Although King Xirong was very angry about the conditions proposed by Xiao Yuan, the domestic situation left him with no choice but to agree.

He was afraid that if the Qin army continued to penetrate Xirong, if they traveled another three hundred miles, they would hit his home base.

But in fact, the current Qin army is unable to go deeper due to various circumstances.

A few days later, Genn went to the Qin army camp again.

This time, after meeting Xiao Yuan, the two of them didn't talk nonsense, went straight to the point, and started to explain the matter of war and peace.

In the big tent, Genn said: "I have reported the three conditions previously set by the general to my king. Only after domestic discussions can we make certain concessions."

"Very good." Xiao Yuan nodded, not intending to beat around the bush: "Do you have a detailed list of the gold and silver compensation for the twelve cities?"

"This." Gen pondered for a moment and said: "Based on all considerations, we are willing to compensate the general one hundred thousand taels of gold and one million taels of silver. This is also our country's biggest concession."

Hearing this number, Xiao Yuan and Shangguan Wenruo couldn't help but look at each other.

At that time, the ratio of gold to silver was one to one hundred, which meant that one hundred thousand taels of gold could be exchanged for ten million taels of silver.

But those were twelve cities, which were twelve counties. Before they were occupied by Xirong, not to mention how prosperous they were, at least the population was there.

How could Xiao Yuan be willing to do this with just these gold and silver!

He immediately sneered and said: "The biggest concession? The envoy is really good at joking. Could he be treating me like a three-year-old child?"

As he spoke, he added: "Three hundred thousand taels of gold and five million taels of silver. This is the biggest concession I can make."

What!? Hearing this, Genna's eyes widened suddenly, and he said in disbelief: "This, this, general, this is too bullying!"

"Bullying people?" Xiao Yuan sneered and said unceremoniously: "When you Xirong invaded my Qin land and slaughtered my people, why didn't you say you were bullying people!"

"But...but that was war..."

"It is also a war now!" Xiao Yuan interrupted him: "There is nothing more to say. I still say what I said, whether it is war or peace, it depends on you Xirong."

He acted too forcefully, which doubled Gen's pressure. After being stunned for a while, he swallowed his saliva and said: "General Xiao, I think this matter can be discussed further, but you are like this...

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Next, the two people undoubtedly started to bicker again, and Gen continued to bargain. After several trials, Xiao Yuan realized that this condition was indeed beyond Xirong's tolerance.

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Finally, both sides took a step back and reached an agreement at the price of 200,000 taels of gold and 1 million taels of silver, plus 10,000 war horses and 1,000 cattle and sheep.

After the matter was settled, Xiao Yuan also asked for pen and ink, and the two parties began to sign relevant documents.

The content of the document was written by Shangguan Wenruo, describing in detail all the post-war matters of the battle and the agreement reached between Qin and Xirong.

He was a man of letters, and his handwriting was fluent and very neat. When he finished writing, Xiao Yuan first took it over and looked at it, and then handed it to Gen.

As a diplomatic official of Xirong, Genn naturally knew the Chinese characters. He read the document carefully, and then said with a grimace: "General Xiao, I think we can still discuss it...

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Xiao Yuan's face darkened: "I have made enough concessions. If the envoy does this again, there will be no sincerity at all! How can we talk about a cessation of war!"

His tone was very unkind, almost cold. When Gen heard this, he had no choice but to laugh bitterly, then picked up his brush and started to sign on behalf of Xirong.

What he signed was in Xirong characters. After Xiao Yuan read it, he also wrote his name with a pen and stamped it, and the matter was considered successful.

This moment also left a strong mark in the history books of the empire and became the famous Black Ishihara Treaty.

After the matter was done, Genna left the Qin army camp with a sigh. Then, Xirong began to escort people and sent huge compensation. After Xiao Yuan inspected it, the entire army also began to retreat.

This battle was somewhat unacceptable to Xirong, but to Xiao Yuan, he undoubtedly tasted the sweetness of fighting to support war.

The Qin Dynasty is very poor. If we want to develop the economy, we can't develop it in a year or two. In the meantime, we need a period of transition.

But with this large amount of compensation, he can maintain an army and recruit troops.

After fighting for nearly a year, the war finally achieved a comprehensive victory. The soldiers of the Qin army cheered loudly, and the generals in each department were full of joy.

Because after returning to Qinzhou, there is no doubt that Xiao Yuan will reward him based on his merits.

Here we return in triumph, with a huge team, flags flying, and soldiers in black armor and red tassels forming a long queue that can't be seen to the end.

After several days of marching, the Qin army was finally about to enter Qingshan County.

At the moment, he was riding a tall horse at the front of the team, with several Qin generals protecting him behind him.

Twenty miles ahead, we reached Qingshan County, but looking at the surrounding terrain, Xiao Yuan couldn't help but rein in the reins.

As soon as he stopped, the large troops behind him also stopped one after another.

"What's the matter, sir?"

Xiao Yuan did not respond, but observed carefully, then pointed around and said: "Look, the terrain here is simply a natural pass. It can be said to be the throat of the northwest of Qin. If we can build a majestic pass here,

Then we can keep Xirong outside the Pass forever."

As he spoke, he sighed: "It's a pity that we are poor..."

After hearing what he said, all the generals couldn't help but raise their heads and look around. The terrain here is indeed very good. If Xiongguan can be built, it will be equivalent to adding another gate to Qin.

Shangguan Wenruo thought about it for a while and said: "My lord, I think it is feasible to build a pass here. As for gold and silver, my lord can send a memorial to the imperial court to explain this matter and request the imperial court to allocate funds."

"Haha." Xiao Yuan smiled, shook his head with a smile and said: "Sir Shangguan thinks too much, this memorial will not have any effect."

"Your Majesty is right." Shangguan Wenruo did not defend himself, but said: "The real purpose of this memorial is not to allow the imperial court to allocate funds, but to give the imperial court no reason to ask for money from Qin."

"Oh?" Xiao Yuan couldn't help but look at him and motioned for him to continue.

Shangguan Wenruo said: "I heard that the Emperor has been in the Great Cultivation Palace recently. It won't be long before he will definitely ask various places to levy taxes and pay them. But at this time, your Excellency issued a memorial in advance and reached out to the Emperor to ask for money to build the city gates. The Emperor

"Ting, seeing that you don't have enough money to repair the gate, I can't ask for it anymore."
Chapter completed!