After some tug-of-war "discussions", the two sides finally signed the covenant smoothly.

The Covenant records the following points in a scattered manner: 1. Liu Ji recognized that the north of the Yellow River belonged to the Western Qin, and that the subordinate forces of Confucianism, including himself, were not allowed to invade the land of Hebei under any name.

2. Liu Ji provided Xiqin with various materials worth 200,000 gold every year, and sent them to Handan before May each year.

3. Western Qin withdrew his troops on the same day, and he could not use this as an excuse to raise troops to attack Liu Ji.

This covenant is a lesson for heaven and earth, and if anyone violates it, man and God will punish him.

The inscription at the bottom is the names of Lin Ze and Liu Ji, and the seal stamped is also a seal representing the identity of the two.

Lin Ze originally wanted to bypass Liu Ji and sign a covenant with Confucianism directly, but Yan Hui was resolute and refused to agree, even at the expense of Confucianism and the Taoist Palace, and refused to sign a covenant in the name of Confucianism.

According to Lin Ze's character, he would have used both coercion and temptation, and slowly grinded his patience until Yan turned around and agreed to it.

However, Zhuang Zhou is an easy-going person, and his attitude is not tough at all, and after a few peacemakers, Lin Ze has lost his mind.

In the end, both sides took a step back, and Yan Hui did not have to sign an alliance with the Qin Dao Palace in Linzexi on behalf of Confucianism, but on behalf of Confucianism, as a witness, he attached a great name to the covenant.

Similarly, Zhuang Zhou, on behalf of the Dao Palace, witnessed this covenant.

If Lin Ze and Liu Ji repent, the two of them, as witnesses on both sides, have the right to seek justice for those who tear up the covenant in one direction.

After the matter of the covenant was settled, under Yan Hui's repeated warm invitations, Zhuang Zhou and Lin Ze went to each other's banquet.

However, Lin Ze resolutely rejected Liu Ji's "kindness" to send people to reward the Western Qin army.

At a time when the world is about to be chaotic and the strong man is the king, how could Lin Ze let someone like Liu Ji come into contact with his army?

What if Liu Ji suddenly broke out and abducted people?

Don't think it's impossible, it's all a mythical world, what's impossible?

Anyway, with Lin Ze's cautious nature, it is impossible to take this risk.

The banquet lasted for two hours, and from noon to evening, Lin Ze couldn't remember how many cups he and Yan Hui drank. The dishes were changed once in half an hour, and after a banquet, the dishes alone were changed eight times.

It wasn't until Cao Shen ran to the banquet hall to tell Liu Ji that all the materials worth 200,000 gold had been prepared, and Lin Ze was able to get out of the banquet smoothly under the pretext that he was serious about his business.

Lin Ze came to the warehouse full of all kinds of materials, and immediately swept it through it with the unique spiritual sense of the Heaven and Man Realm, in case Liu Ji cheated.

I don't know if Yan Hui specially explained that Liu Ji prepared a variety of materials, but they were not separated from food and clothing.

Either it is related to eating, such as staple foods such as rice and soybeans, as well as the jerky of various unknown monsters, and even a few large bags of salt.

Either that, it's all kinds of cloth, from silk to burlap.

After calculating the types and quantities, Lin Ze deliberately communicated with Xiao Jin in his mind, calculated the overall value, and saw if Liu Ji had "cut corners".

After receiving a positive answer, Lin Ze immediately ordered the army outside the city to send 10,000 people into the city to move things.

After a while, the materials worth 200,000 gold were moved to the military camp outside the city by the enthusiastic Western Qin soldiers.

In the eyes of the soldiers of the Western Qin Dynasty, the lord of his own country actually surrendered his soldiers without a fight, and without fighting, let the other party bow down and obediently "pay tribute", which is really extraordinary.

Early the next morning, Lin Ze and Zhuang Zhou submitted their farewells to Yan Hui.

Yan Hui pretended to be sorry and said: "I and the two of you hit it off at first sight, and we talked very happily, but the two of us are a little reluctant to go, why don't you stay for a few more days, so that I can fulfill the friendship of the landlord?"

Zhuang Zhou replied in a proper manner: "The coming day is long, there will be a period later, he will see you again in the future, everyone will not return if they are not drunk." ”

Lin Ze replied with a cheap smile on his face: "It's not necessary to stay for a few more days, stay for a day or two, Yan Shengxian may be happy in his heart, if he stays for a long time, 100,000 troops will be outside the city, I am afraid that some people will have trouble sleeping." ”

As soon as Lin Ze said such a straightforward word, Yan Hui suddenly looked embarrassed, and laughed a few times, but he didn't have the intention to keep it.

What if this newly accepted little disciple of the Dao Sage borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and didn't leave?

If the covenants are signed, but the people are not sent away, will they not die?

So, after the 100,000 Western Qin army had a full meal, Lin Ze took them on the road back to the north.

This time, Lin Ze didn't plan to take them back to the Western Regions, but planned to stay in the land of Yan Zhao and manage this newly acquired territory well.

Not only that, but in the near future, Lin Ze will also transfer most of the officials from the Western Regions to this side, leaving only a small part to stay in the Western Regions.

Although the Western Regions is a treasure land, it is too barren compared to the land of Yan Zhao.

The land is vast and sparsely populated, the transportation is inconvenient, the land is barren, and there are many aliens.

In any way, the Western Regions, as the place of self-preservation that Lin Ze originally identified, was more than enough.

But as a place to compete for hegemony, it is far from qualified.

The focus of development has shifted from the Western Regions to the land of Yanzhao, which is an inevitable trend.

Even in Lin Ze's mind, he had already formulated several methods for rapid development of strength, and he could gradually implement them by waiting for Chen Ping to bring someone over and focus on the discussion once.

With supplies worth 200,000 gold, the speed at which the army returned was only half of that of a normal marching battle.

Of course, this is related to the fact that Lin Ze only used Hu soldiers to temporarily act as people's husbands.

It is normal for 10,000 people to transport large quantities of goods and walk slower than the normal march of 100,000 troops.

It's not that Lin Ze deliberately targeted the bullying of the Hu people, sympathized with the Western Qin army, and only let 10,000 Hu people be the transport team.

Instead, with his cautious character, he was unwilling to take it lightly and turned the army into a civilian army.

What if Confucianism is really treacherous?

The army of Liaofu is not a rabble, there is a calculation or unintentionality, and there is the help of Confucianism, and the army of Western Qin may not be sure of victory.

Lin Ze would rather think more about himself than be careless.

It turned out that Lin Ze did think a little too much, and the army kept returning to Handan without accidents.

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The county seat of Pei County.

Liu Ji watched the Western Qin army leave proudly, his face was gloomy, and he said to Yan Hui with some unwillingness: "Yan Sheng, I have never ordered to provoke Western Qin, the army attacked Jinyang and clashed with the Western Qin army, it is very likely that Western Qin is making trouble." ”

Yan looked back at the direction in which the Western Qin army was leaving, and said without looking back: "I know." ”

Liu Ji said with a look of surprise on his face: "Since Yan Sheng knows, why do you have to compromise with him?" As far as I know, with the strength of Confucianism, there is no need to worry about the Dao Palace at all. ”

Yan Hui glanced back at Liu Ji and said indifferently: "The strength of Confucianism is not worse than that of the Dao Palace, but compared with Western Qin, how many hundred and eight thousand miles are you different?"

"If you really want to fight, the Dao and Confucian families will not act rashly, but will only fight with Western Qin like today. ”

"You ask yourself, has your army beaten the Western Qin army? Is your ability comparable to that of Lin Ze, the lord of the Western Qin Kingdom?"

"Knowing that it is the Western Qin that is causing the blame, what can you do? At present, the common enemy of the Dao and Confucian families is the Qin State, and there is no need to fight to the death because of some trivial matters. ”

Liu Ji was still a little unwilling, and argued: "Thousands of miles of fertile fields in Hebei are not a trivial matter. ”

Yan Hui shouted when he heard this: "Stupid, the land of Kanto is so big, with your current strength, do you think you can swallow it alone?"