The two came to a lake as promised, and stopped at a hundred paces. At the same time, the guards were asked to retreat, each with only one attendant, and slowly moved forward.

When the two were ten paces apart, they stopped to salute. Lian Po was the first to report: "Minister Zhao Shangqing Lian Po, I would like to see Doctor Qin!" ”

Li Bing also responded: "Minister Qin Gong takes Li Bing, I would like to see Lian Qing!" ”

Lian Po said: "The minister led 100,000 troops to the party, not to restore the old land, but to Han Ye." Zhao was hungry, Han was willing to donate money and food, and ordered Zhao to take the party, but he didn't dare to disobey. The doctor guards the party, and if he loses, he will be defeated. Now it is Qin and Zhao Ji, if it is better to stop the war, the ministers live outside the city, and the monarch lives in the city, and the two do not invade each other. Cover the same siege as the city, but not fight each other. If you are a minister to the party, you will be restored to the king; Zhao got money and food, and was saved from famine. And the king has to guard the eldest son, and the party is not lost, and the king is also exempt from his crimes. ”

Li Bing said: "Lian Qing's order, the minister should be respectful." Only the domain of the party dares to discuss with the Qing, Changping is the throat of Qin, and I wish the Qing will release it! ”

Lian Po said: "Changping is the sad place of Zhao, so I can't take it!" ”

Li Bing said: "Qingyan is for Han to take the party, not for Zhao Ye." If Qing wants to avenge Zhao, the minister dares to ask for a fight! ”

Lian Po thought for a while and said, "It's up to the secretary." Zhao Dan entered Changping with thousands of people, and there was no more. ”

Li Bing said: "If you dismiss the soldiers, Zhao can join a thousand people." ”

Lian Po said: "But sacrifice Zhao Zhu'er, don't blame you!" ”

Li Bing said: "Be careful! Since the west of the lake, dare not cross also! ”

Lian Po said: "This lake is in the party. With the lake as the boundary, there is no party. The eldest son is ten miles away from eight towns and ten miles, and Zhao Jun is not allowed to enter. ”

The two sides agreed on the matter in a few words, each pointing to Zhangshui as an oath, and not invading each other. Then both sides returned to their respective teams and led the centurion to leave.

That night, Li Bing only left an official doctor in the city to lead 500 people to defend the city, and he led the remaining 4,500 people to withdraw from the city overnight, enter Changping, and set up camp around the Hyun clan. It is bordered by Duanshi in the west and Gaodu in the south, and there is no shortage of supply. Choke the Zhao army's westward and southward journey, in case the Zhao army reneges on the contract, there is also room for maneuver. Lookouts were set up on the high ground on both sides of the Danzhu Ridge to monitor Zhao Jun's every move.

The next day, Zhao Jun entered the Shangdang in a big way. The lookout found that the Zhao people did not occupy the eldest son, but some of them entered the Qin people's fields and houses separately, watered, weeded, and engaged in various field management; The other part goes up to the mountains to hunt. In addition to one unit stationed in Lucheng, other troops were also sent to the shores of Shaoshui, as well as to the west and north. After Li Bing heard the lookout's report, his heart relaxed: it seemed that Lian Po sincerely hoped to live in peace with Qin Jun in Shangdang.

In the months that followed, Lian Po not only let the Zhao army who had conquered the party disarm and return to the field, but also brought their families from Handan. It seems that Zhao Ren wants to live in Shangdang for a long time. Although Shangdang has no harvest at present, there are endless treasures in the deep Taihang Mountain. Whether it's wild vegetables, wild fruits or game, as long as you pick them, you will never be disappointed. And, look at the corn in the field, which is about to ripen!

Lian Po only entered Changping on the second day after Zhao's army entered the party, with a thousand people, only carrying short soldiers, and sacrificed Zhao Zu, who was martyred in Changping. The bodies of these Zhao pawns were burned by a fire, leaving no graves. At that time, Lian Po and others used flags to summon spirits and set up altars to burn the sky, but they did not sacrifice wine and meat, and they did not even have ordinary corn. After the sacrifice was over, Lian Po returned to Handan, leaving this place to Li Chong, who was the former Wu'an Order and the current Shangqing, to be responsible. What Li Chong is best at is to be at peace with the enemy!

Changping also had houses and farms left by the Qin army, and Li Bing's 4,500 people did not suffer too much. At the beginning, he was also wary of Zhao Jun's sudden betrayal of the alliance and defeat, and he was always tightening a string. Later, seeing that Zhao Jun had already started to live a down-to-earth life, Qin Jun also relaxed, and simply took turns to enter the fields to farm. Pi Juan, who was stationed at Duan's, was also relieved and sent the sergeant back to Changping to continue farming. The soldiers of the Qin and Zhao families, collectively incarnated as peasants, and began a labor competition. It's just that everyone still has a little tacit understanding, the voice of chickens and dogs is heard by each other, and the old and dead don't get along!

South Korea's money and grain have entered Handan. They only need to negotiate with the grain merchants and pay a deposit, and the grain merchants will naturally transfer grain to Handan from the place where the grain price is cheap.

In Handan now, the price of grain is soaring, almost a hundred dollars a stone. Grain merchants from all over the country desperately seized this business opportunity, transferred grain from all over the country, and sold it at a high price; Food prices have risen in other places.

Aragaki Yan brought the Wei army back to Daliang, reported the incident to the King of Wei, and transported back the body of Jin Cong. With a gloomy face, the King of Wei asked Aragaki Yan to disband his troops and bury Jin with a high standard. Then he ordered Taishi and Sinong to prepare for the field.

The land is similar to the ploughing ceremony in later generations, where the Son of Heaven, the minister, and the doctor symbolically plough a piece of land on their own private fields, signaling the coming of spring ploughing. At that time, this was the second most important ritual after the worship of the heavens! King Wei knew in his heart that he didn't have much talent, but in the spirit of making up for his mistakes with diligence, he always kept improving in details! The Jitian ceremony was held solemnly and warmly, and everything was in order!

After the spring ploughing began, the King of Wei began to send people to investigate the Xinling Jun stealing talisman case! As the investigation progressed, one by one officials were removed or transferred, and new ones were appointed. The officials of the DPRK and China immediately re-sided in line, and those who originally supported Xinling Jun moved closer to the King of Wei.

Two months later, King Zhao sent an envoy to ask the King of Wei to express his gratitude to the King of Wei for sending troops to rescue Handan at a critical moment, believing that this fully reflected the brotherhood between Zhao and Wei! Coach Wei Gongzi Xinlingjun is a relative of King Zhao, Pingyuanjun's wife misses his brother, and is willing to stay in Handan for a long time, may the king be favorable! King Wei is also a smart person, how can he see that he can't go down the steps! After fully demonstrating the friendship of the alliance, he immediately said: "Mrs. Pingyuan-kun, too, my sister." Xinlingjun, my brother also, stay in Handan to serve his sister, and divide it! The fief and the annual salary should be paid on time and transported to Handan. Those who wish to return to the door, listen. ”

Due to the high price of grain in Handan, Daliang's grain was not transported to Handan, including the King of Wei's own grain, and the King of Wei made some money in it. Now, another large fleet of ships set off from Daliang, escorted by Zhao envoys and escorted by Wei troops, and sailed to Handan. The disciples of Xinlingjun also went with the ship! Although the scale of the merchant ships in front of them is not small, compared to this fleet, it is a small one.

After Wang Yi withdrew his army to Tao County, the Yellow River trade route was completely unblocked, and the merchants of Tao County naturally did not let go of this opportunity to make money, and did everything possible to collect grain, vegetables and fruits and other food from all possible places and transport them to Handan for sale. The four or five catties of fish on the edge of the Yellow River have been bought! Fish, turtles, shrimps, snakes, lotus mushrooms, and all edible mushrooms in the Chu State were also collected. Merchants from all over the world went one after another to transport food from all over the world to Handan. However, Wang Yu did not sell the official grain of Tao County to these merchants for profit, and ordered that all peasant households should not sell grain to merchants at will, and that each household must set aside sufficient rations and seeds: if there is no ration this year, there will be no seeds at the beginning of next spring, and they must be bought back at the market price to make up for it. Now that the price of grain in Taoyi has also begun to rise, farmers naturally do not dare to sell grain at will.

The only thing that is not affected by grain prices is Qindi; Even the old Chu Di Nan County and Nanyang, the grain was strictly controlled; Hanoi currently belongs to Hedong, and Hanoi has a relatively strong business tradition, and always wants to smuggle some grain from Hedong to make a lot of money. As a result, Wang Ji ordered the blockade of the road, and all commercial exchanges between Hedong and Hanoi were cut off.

A month or two later, the new grain has not yet been put on the market, and the grain prices in various places have risen so high that everyone can no longer stand it, and only Qindi still maintains stable grain prices. Some bold businessmen tried to smuggle grain from Qindi, but they were seized by the soldiers, and the law was corrected on the spot!

Tao County has both joy and sorrow, with peasant families still living as usual, and business families living in trouble. A large number of merchants were anxious to marry the peasant families in order to receive food supplies. The status of the Qin people in Tao County increased significantly. Merchants have also cut down on the number of guards because of higher costs. And the king incorporated them into the city; Since they had missed the agricultural season this year and did not farm the land, they served as soldiers in various places to get rations. With Cai Don's lesson, the officials of Tao County could no longer trust the hired guards, and honestly put the focus of construction on the organization of Qi people.

Handan, as the center of the storm, is naturally in the most difficult situation. Although a large number of merchants brought grain here, the high price of grain made eating a luxury. Lian Po conscripted hungry people into the army in Handan several times, completely disregarding the lives of soldiers in the war, and let the hungry people who should have died of famine die on the battlefield, reducing the psychological impact of famine and reducing the social impact of famine to a certain extent. With the end of the expedition to Shangdang, a large number of hungry people were thrown into the distant battlefield, and even some of the soldiers' families were conscripted to Shangdang to get food, and an illusory way out was also formed in everyone's hearts: I am hungry here just because I did not participate in the battle! If there is an opportunity to join the army in the future, we must firmly grasp it.

Although more than 200,000 people have been displaced from Handan, the food shortage in Handan has not been alleviated, and people starve to death in all corners of Handan every day, and are transported out of the city gate after dawn and discarded in the wilderness. Zichu Mansion, which was a hostage, was also affected. Zichu fled Handan, but everyone else stayed, including Zhao Ji and her child, Zhao Zheng. Lü Buwei had to procure enough food for them every day, thirteen people, thirteen mouths, and a baby, which was a huge burden. Lü Buwei had to run every business carefully in order to ensure that he could earn enough money to buy grain.

King Zhao seems to have forgotten that there is also a hostage of the Qin State here. When Handan was at its most dangerous, he didn't come to Zichu for trouble; After Handan was relieved, he did not send anyone to pay his monthly salary. During the siege of the city, Lü Buwei tried every means, but he could not guarantee the standard of one bucket of grain per person per day, and the whole family, except for Zhao Ji, all ate half-food, and in the most difficult time, he could only eat one liter of grain per day. After the siege was lifted, Lü Buwei immediately drove to a hundred miles away and brought back a cart of grain from there.