Naturally, Zhu Dilai cannot be allowed to deal with such a vulgar matter as bargaining in person.
Below, Guo An asked directly with curiosity: "Mr. Cao said that Yan'an County has a vast territory and many people? I wonder if Chief Cao can tell me, how big is Yan'an County? How many households are there?"
Cao Minxiu was slightly startled, and bowed his hands slightly to Zhu Di who was standing up.
"May I ask, Your Highness, who is this?"
Zhu Di said: "Guo Qing is the chief historian of my palace. It was Guo Qing who suggested that I ask you to lend money to the Republic of Korea... Now, it is Guo Qing who persuades me to agree to use the city to pay off debts of the Republic of Korea." Sir..."
After listening to Zhu Di's introduction, Cao Minxiu understood that this Guo Changshi must be a confidant of King Yan and a treacherous minister, and his face was subconsciously full of humility.
"It turns out to be Guo Shangguan, Cao Minxiu is polite!"
Regarding Cao Minxiu's attitude, Guo An was stunned for a moment and smiled back.
"Mr. Cao, can you tell me how big the area of Yan'an County is? How many households are there?"
Cao Minxiu's face froze, and he finally understood the purpose of the traitor Guo in front of him.
Although Guo Treacherous Minister is causing trouble in Prince Yan's Mansion, he is a subordinate of Prince Yan's Mansion, and he must speak for Prince Yan's Mansion now.
However, he had to return, otherwise King Yan above would definitely kill him.
Damn Guo traitor!
Cao Minxiu has regarded Guo An as Qi Zhe, Lin Jianwei and other treacherous ministers.
"Reporting to His Royal Highness King Yan, this Guo Changshi, the foreign ministers really don't have an exact number of how big Yan'an County is. However, even if you ride a horse, it will take more than ten days to complete a circle... Nowadays, Yan'an County has enough There are more than 4,000 households!”
"Four thousand households?"
As soon as these words came out, Tang Yun and other generals laughed loudly.
Zhu Fu, Guo An and other civil servants could not help but chuckle.
"Mr. Cao, there are only 4,000 households in the area. If His Highness hadn't responded to the previous envoy named Cui Chun earlier, I'm afraid His Highness wouldn't even be able to come up with one hundred thousand taels of silver!"
"Exactly, my Highness followed the army to Liaodong and brought back eight thousand Mongolians, nearly two thousand households, so they only lived in one house. Your four thousand households have six thousand strong people. ?”
"How big is the city of Yan'an County?..."
Hearing this, Cao Minxiu was not angry but shocked. He was so confused that he had forgotten that in the Ming Dynasty, the most important thing was the people.
Thinking about it, he quickly bowed to Zhu Di and apologized.
"Your Highness, please forgive me, foreign minister..."
Zhu Di waved his hand impatiently, "Okay, okay, don't be nagging, we are the majestic princes of the Ming Dynasty, and since we agreed to Ergory, we will never go back on our word.
Although Yan'an County is sparsely populated, it can still be worth one hundred thousand taels of silver!
If Goryeo agrees, then quickly ask the King of Goryeo to submit credentials to me. If you don’t agree, then quickly pay back the money to me! "
Cao Minxiu stared blankly at the very 'bold' King Yan above him, and sighed slightly in his heart.
"The foreign minister will go back now and report the wishes of His Highness King Yan to me, the King of Goryeo!"
"Um!"
Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction and looked at Guo An aside.
Guo An also nodded slightly and shouted to Ma He on the side.
"The envoy from Goryeo has come all the way to serve the food quickly!"
…
Afterwards, sumptuous dishes were served one after another.
In particular, the plates of fresh vegetables surprised all the Korean envoys in this cold winter.
Early the next morning.
Cao Minxiu took a group of Goryeo envoys and resigned to Zhu Di.
Zhu Di sent a hundred households to escort him along the way.
As the Goryeo mission left, letters, like snowflakes, flew out of Beiping Mansion and went to various state capitals in the Ming Dynasty.
Especially in the south.
then.
More than ten days later.
Prince Zhu Biao, King of Qin Zhu Feng, King of Jin Zhu Fan, and other princes and dignitaries who had good relations with Zhu Di all wrote letters to inquire.
As for the merchants, they were even more probing around.
The affairs between the Yan Palace and the Goryeo Kingdom were really weird. Looking at the previous dynasties, they only ceded land for compensation, and never lent money to foreign vassals and then asked the foreign vassals to use the city to pay off the debt.
So, if King Zhu Di of Yan succeeds, can they also learn from Zhu Di and lend money to those Korea, Annan, Chenla, and Siam, and let their kings directly lend their cities to them?
Especially the princes Zhu Xi and Zhu Fan felt very regretful at this time. Why didn't they just conquer Beiping Mansion?
Unfortunately, the Goryeo delegation only stayed in Beiping Mansion for one night before being closely escorted out of Ming Dynasty by the guards of Prince Yan's Mansion.
No one had access to the Koryo mission.
As for the officials in Prince Yan's Mansion?
Now each of them can receive nearly a hundred taels of silver each year, and they cannot be bribed!
And when everyone in the Ming Dynasty was very curious, suddenly a wealthy businessman was surprised to find that the Yan Palace had unknowingly purchased fifty large ships, including four hundred large ships.
Neither Zhu Di nor Guo An paid attention to the reaction from the outside world.
Because it’s the New Year’s Eve again.
This New Year's Eve, it is still the same as last year, with New Year's goods and rewards being given out.
The only difference is that there are 8,000 more Mongols in Prince Yan's palace. Although more than ten died of illness, there are still 8,000.
Fortunately, half a year's income from a Zhangjiawan pier is enough to support the consumption during the New Year.
Therefore, everyone in Prince Yan's palace was very happy. Many people were holding the New Year's goods and rewards in their hands, and their mouths were almost bursting with laughter.
However, just after the new year, Silunfa, the leader of the Dai people in Luchan, Yunnan, raised his troops to rebel again.
Xiping Hou Muying sent the governor Ning Zheng to lead his army to defeat the rebellion.
When Zhu Di heard the news, he cursed fiercely: The barbarians are all ambitious and deserve to be killed!
Then, a few days later.
An imperial edict came from the imperial court to recruit 30,000 civilians from Beiping Prefecture to transport grain and rice to Songtingguan, Daning and other places.
After hearing the imperial edict from the imperial court to the Yamen of the Prefect of Peiping, Zhu Di sat on his chair and couldn't help but murmured to himself.
"Father, do you really want to send that Lan Yu to lead the troops to conquer Beiyuan?"
Guo An had already expected this.
"Your Highness, Lan Yu is brave and good at fighting, but the generals such as Song Guogong and Ying Guogong are already old. As for Dingyuan Marquis Wang Bi, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, Shen Guogong Deng Zhen, Nanxiong Marquis Zhao Yong, Xingyang Marquis Zheng Yuchun... these military heroes are not old. , lack of prestige and courage, or are too young to take on big responsibilities.
In addition, Lan Yu can be regarded as a relative of the emperor. There is no need for His Highness to compare with him. These places in Liaodong belong to the Ming Dynasty...
Now, the city that can completely belong to His Highness is Yan'an County. "
When he heard about Yan'an County, Zhu Di's face turned pale.
"I'm afraid that the incident in Yan'an County will also cause trouble."
Guo An was startled and asked quickly: "Huh? Your Highness, what happened?"
Zhu Di smiled coldly and said: "Brother Huang sent us a letter one day ago.
After Nahachu surrendered, Koryo was afraid that our Ming army would attack Koryo, so the King of Koryo built the city and consolidated his troops, preparing for war. They even recruited post officials from the common people to help the farmers when they had nothing to do, and to serve as soldiers when they had something to do to guard against our great Ming Dynasty!
A few months ago, my father wanted to set up Tieling Guards at the former Shuangcheng Governor's Palace, and he sent a letter to inform Goryeo.
The Koryo Kingdom actually dared to oppose it, and sent a secret envoy named Zhiti Pu Yizhong to the capital, arguing that the Tieling Mountains stretching to the north, including Wen, Gao, He, Ding, Xian and other prefectures and even Gongzhen, had been the territory of Koryo since ancient times...
However, my father also issued a decree to warn the King of Goryeo that Tieling is our territory of the Ming Dynasty and is under the jurisdiction of the Liaodong Capital..."
After listening, Guo An couldn't help frowning and subconsciously asked.
"Your Highness, before the end of that year, why did Goryeo send envoys to my Prince Yan's Mansion to discuss with His Highness the city's debt repayment?"
Zhu Di snorted coldly, "Huh, the Goryeo thieves are cunning, and they are afraid that Ming Dynasty will send troops to Goryeo because of the loan between Prince Yan's Mansion and Goryeo Kingdom.
I will wait for him for two months. Regardless of whether the Tieling Guards are established or not, if the traitorous country of Koryeo dares to play tricks on us, we will definitely kill him, King Jing of Koryeo! "
After Guo An pondered for a moment, he said: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will set up the gunpowder workshop to make more bombs and grenades!"
"Um!"
Zhu Di nodded slightly.
After leaving Cunxin Hall, Guo An was also furious.
Everyone in the Goryeo Kingdom was indeed treacherous, cunning and shameless.
He directly summoned a group of guards, got on the carriage, and headed to the gunpowder workshop.
"I've met the Master!"
In the gunpowder workshop, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting, who were playing with a palm-sized fire weapon, saw Guo An walking in with a gloomy look on his face and quickly greeted him.
Immediately, he hurriedly asked: "Master, what happened?"
Guo An asked directly: "How many incendiary bombs are there in the gunpowder workshop? How many grenades and landmines are there?"
Tao Yiping quickly replied: "Back to Master, there are 6,000 incendiary bombs in the gunpowder workshop, and 20,000 grenades and landmines each!"
Guo Andao: "Create four thousand more incendiary bombs, and ten thousand grenades and landmines each!"
Hearing this, a trace of curiosity flashed in the eyes of Tao Yiping and Yang Ting, "Master, but the thief officer of Goryeo has angered His Highness?"
Guo An glared at the two of them, "Don't ask about His Highness's affairs!"
Immediately, he noticed the iron knots in the hands of the two of them and asked, "Looking at your leisurely expressions, the fire system we want has already been created by you?"
Tao Yiping and Yang Ting smiled reservedly, "Master is really sharp-eyed, but I'm just ashamed that such a small arm actually took an extra year."
"You also know? This hand system took more than a year?"
Guo An glanced at the two of them with disdain, then picked up the wristband and looked it up and down. Although the wristband he rubbed did not meet the requirements in his mind.
However, this can be regarded as the first hand system he has.
I held it in my hand, felt it, and was filled with excitement.
Immediately, he remembered something and quickly opened the place for loading ammunition.
Sure enough, it was empty...
"Where's the ammunition?"
Tao Yiping and Yang Ting watched with astonishment as Guo An manipulated the hand system more skillfully than them for a long time.
Then, under Guo An's questioning, he came back to his senses.
"Come back, master, the ammunition is here!"
With that said, Tao Yiping walked to a wooden box and opened it.
Inside, six yellow conical bullets were exposed.
Guo An's eyes lit up, he picked up one directly, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, but he couldn't find anything rough.
Immediately, he loaded the bullet into it.
"Master..."
Seeing this, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting couldn't help but look shocked.
Guo An asked: "What's the matter?"
Tao Yiping, who originally felt sorry for the bullet, subconsciously changed his mind after seeing Guo An's expression:
"Master, this thing is very powerful, please be careful, Master!"
"We certainly know."
Guo An nodded lightly and asked, "Have you ever tried it? How far can this hand shoot?"
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(End of chapter)
