Chapter 92 Negotiation

In the next few days, Feng Xiaolian would unconsciously feel a little afraid of Yang Yong when she saw him. Beauty was her biggest weapon. However, after this young man fell in love with her, he almost killed her when he learned that she was Princess Qi. Although the boy let go at the last moment, it greatly reduced Feng Xiaolian's confidence in himself.

A few days later, Feng Xiaolian was shocked when she learned about Yang Yong's identity. Although she did not care about the affairs of the court, after Yuchi Jiong rebelled, Gao Baoning was obsessed with invading the Great Peripheral border, but she gave up without the support of the Khitan tribes and Goguryeo. Feng Xiaolian had heard from Gao Baoning many times that the reasons for Yuchi Jiong's rebellion and the changes in the Great Zhou court. At present, this young man was actually the legitimate son of the Great Prime Minister of the Great Zhou, which was much more expensive than the nobles she imagined.

Since she decided to send Feng Xiaolian to the nunnery in the future, Yang Yong left his worries and temporarily enjoyed the joy of fish and water with Feng Xiaolian. In order to please Yang Yong, Feng Xiaolian tried his best to use his full set of books to serve him. Feng Xiaolian's ability to serve men is indeed unparalleled. Not only is it both singing and dancing, but he especially taught himself massage, including hammer, beating, pulling, and loading techniques. As long as she pinched her up and down, the fatigue of the day would be completely eliminated.

Luo Yi brought fifty cavalry to various Khitan divisions to Xuanfu, and first received a warm response from the Japanese company, Piji, Li and Tuliu, who had sent troops. After learning that the young man who led the team last time was Tokyo Tsukashin from the Great Zhou Dynasty, many nobles from the four divisions took the initiative to visit Yingzhou City. Yang Yong had to receive them one by one, and was very busy.

Under the pressure of the four divisions, the Khitan He Dahe tribe, who did not send troops last time, also expressed support for the order of the Great Zhou leader to protect the Dongyi General. However, the two divisions of Fufuyu and Yuling hesitated. Only the Wandan did not comply with the Luo Yi's decree, but instead cut the envoys sent by the Rilian tribe to contact and returned.

Xiwandan is the most powerful among the eight Khitan tribes, with nearly 30,000 young and strong tribes in its tribes. Although the clan leader of Xiwandan tribes saw that five of the eight Khitan tribes surrendered to the Great Zhou, the other two were likely to fall into the arms of the Great Zhou, but they were farthest from the Great Zhou and had the support of the Turks behind their backs, so he naturally refused to obey the orders.

In this case, Luo Yi had to prepare to go to the Siwandan tribe, otherwise he would let the Siwandan tribe go wild. Not only would Fu Fuyu, but the Yuling tribes not obey orders, but the other five tribes might be repeated.

The grassland nations will choose to send troops in the season when the autumn is high and the horses are fat. After October, they are actually no longer used to the large-scale movement. Yang Yong can choose to attack Gao Baoning in October because he made up his mind to fight and decide quickly. Otherwise, logistics will be a big problem. Goguryeo will send troops, and it is also the idea of ​​a quick battle and decide quickly. However, although Goguryeo has fought and decided quickly, the entire army has been destroyed.

There are more than 30,000 young and strong men in the Xiwandan tribe who can participate in the battle. It is difficult for Luo Yi to fight quickly and decide quickly. He can only organize a small team to slowly attack the Xiwandan tribe, use the tactic of cutting flesh with a blunt knife to bleed the Xiwandan tribe, and can also train the team to prepare for next year's attack.

In this case, Yang Yong, in addition to asking Wei Shikang to support Luo Yi as much as possible, could only rely on Luo Yi's own ability. By early November, although Zheng Xiong's injuries had not been completely healed, he could already ride a horse. When Yang Yong was about to leave Yingzhou, Yingzhou welcomed a delegation from the Goguryeo people.

Because the Goguryeo army led by Wenda was destroyed, Goguryeo did not learn about the situation until Yang Yong released two prisoners to report the news. Eight thousand people were annihilated, and his second princess and fifth princess were all in the hands of the Great Zhou. It can be seen how shocked the King of Goguryeo was when he received this news. Goguryeo had not fought such a defeat for a long time.

The entire court of Goguryeo suddenly became a quarrel, pointing the accusation at King Goguryeo. Wenda was a civilian general who was pushed up by the King Goguryeo. The nobles looked down on Wenda's origin, and Wenda looked down on the luxury and depravity of the nobles. Both sides were out of place. This time Wenda was defeated and died, and the nobles in the country were just taking the blame.

Poor Wenda died bravely in battle, but his family was still convicted. The King of Goguryeo still had a little conscience and did not confiscate Wenda's family, but only allowed Wenda's old mother to return to the ranks of extreme poverty.

After the external Wenda, the Goguryeo nobles were also secretly shocked by the combat power of the Great Zhou. Although everyone looked down on Wenda's origin, they still admitted that Wenda had two wars and was completely wiped out by the Great Zhou. The Goguryeo nobles became scared. The little thought of taking advantage of the situation during the rebellion disappeared. They all advocated peace and paid tribute to the Great Zhou again.

Although King Goguryeo always advocated being tough on Dazhou, he could not ignore his two children's lives and deaths. He sent a delegation to Dazhou while expressing his guilt and placing all the blame on the Bianjiang. At the same time, he also asked Dazhou to release their second prince and fifth princess back.

According to the principle, Goguryeo's envoys had to go to Chang'an to negotiate, but Yang Yong served as the Tokyo Tsuna Shin and had the right to deal with matters in line with the local affairs. Goguryeo is located in the northeast and the negotiations with him also fall within the jurisdiction of Yang Yong. Yang Yong is now in Yingzhou, so there is no need to let Goguryeo envoys arrive in Luoyang.

Yang Yong did not meet the Goguryeo envoy directly, but was greeted by Yingzhou Governor Wei Shikang, and then reported to Yang Yong. Although it seemed like he was a waste of time, he was just as a status. Yang Yong was a big tomb of the Great Zhou Dynasty and could also be on par with their Goguryeo King. Yang Yong could not reduce his value.

After hearing Wei Shikang introduced the request of the Goguryeo people, Yang Yong chuckled: "The Goguryeo people just apologized and had nothing else. They wanted us to put their princes, princesses, and prisoners back. It was not that cheap."

"Sir, what conditions should I ask the Goguryeo people?"

Yang Yong thought about it and it was really hard to mention anything. The above statement was submitted, but the other person took the initiative to propose it. Moreover, whether the minister or not is just related to a reputation and has no effect at all. It is impossible to cede the territory. Unless the Great Zhou can restore the four counties of the Han Dynasty, there will be the boundary of the Liao River. Even if Goguryeo is willing to cede one or two cities, the Great Zhou will not be able to defend it.

Yang Yong knocked on the table with his fingers and said to himself: "What good things are there in Goguryeo?" Goguryeo now occupies the northeast of later generations, with three treasures, ginseng, marten fur, and antler horns in the northeast. Unfortunately, these are all luxury goods used by the rich and have no help to national strength.

Hearing Yang Yong's words, Wei Shikang said indeed: "Sir, this time there are more than ten good ginseng tributes from Goguryeo. If you don't let them add them."

Yang Yong shook his head: "Ginseng cannot be eaten as a meal. Why do you need so many ginseng?"

Seeing Yang Yong's veto, Wei Shikang had to continue to lower his head and think. Yang Yong suddenly patted his thigh: "If you have it, let them get the wood to cut down and compensate."

Wei Shikang was stunned: "Sir, why do you want their wood? Could it be that sir, I want them to work harder?"

The wood is not only found in the northeast, but also near Yingzhou. It is everywhere in the Great Zhou Dynasty. However, in this era, the productivity is too low and logging will consume a lot of labor. Wei Shikang thought of this.

Yang Yong asked the Goguryeo people to cut wood and consume Goguryeo labor. One aspect was that if one person went to log wood, one person would definitely reduce the farming and grazing, which invisibly consumed national strength. In addition, the Great Zhou could not use troops to the Goguryeo people before defeating the Turks and unifying the south. The big timber cut by the Goguryeo people was stored for a few years and it happened to be used to build ships. Whether it was the war to unify the south or the attack on the Goguryeo people later, it required a large number of ships. The wood was not missing at all. Of course, it was best to have the Goguryeo people do it for them.

This is also something that the knowledgeable people of Goguryeo may also see, but unless they don’t want their second prince and fifth princess, they can only accept it. The nobles in their country may not consider it too far. After all, wood is everywhere. As long as the Dazhou bites Goguryeo and needs to compensate, it is easier to accept wood than other compensations.

Yang Yong explained to Wei Shikang, and Wei Shikang suddenly realized: "Sir, wise."

"By the way, is the negotiator from Goguryeo easy to deal with?"

"Sir, their envoy is the Goguryeo royal family, who is ignorant, but the deputy envoy is a young man named Yizhi Wende, who is very difficult to deal with. It was precisely because he insisted that the conflict between Goguryeo and the Great Zhou was just the greed and acted without authorization. Now the general is dead, and his family in the country is also implicated. Goguryeo and the Great Zhou have been friendly for generations, so don't expand this matter, so he apologized to the Great Zhou." Wei Shikang frowned.

Yang Yong sneered: "Generations are friendly, but the implication is that I, Dazhou, are so wise. So what if their prince sneaks into Yingzhou and makes a bad intention?"

"Sir, Yizhi Wende said that their second prince only admired the Central Plains culture and was afraid of disturbing the Great Zhou government, so he came to Yingzhou for a trip in disguise, without any intention of making plans."

"Hmph, there is no need to fight. In short, now their second princess, the fifth princess and more than 300 prisoners are in our hands. If they want people, they have to pay the price. If they don't want to pay, they will put their second prince in the brothel as a turtle prince and the fifth princess as a famous prostitute, and they will surely make a fortune."

Wei Shikang was shocked: "Sir, it's inappropriate to say this. The Central Plains has always been a country of rituals. Wouldn't it be a joke if it is spread?"

"It is embarrassing that Goguryeo is not my Dazhou. In short, that's what it means. Of course, it can be said to be more tactful. You might as well ask for gold and silver, an ordinary soldier, ten taels of gold, and ten taels of officers at each level, and their princess and princes will pay the same amount of gold according to their weight ten times."

At this time, gold is scarce and gold and silver are extremely expensive. If they count it, they will have to pay at least tens of thousands of taels of gold, which will cost hundreds of thousands of stagnants of copper coins. No matter how rich Goguryeo has, it will not be willing to spend it like this. Then it will be considered as wood, so it should be easier to talk about.

Wei Shikang naturally knew the reason for asking for a price all over the place and repaying the money, and said excitedly: "Abide by the orders of humble duties."

When Wei Shikang met the Goguryeo people for the second time, he suggested that they needed to pay the ransom, and the amount paid was so much, the Goguryeo delegation was in an uproar and accused Wei Shikang of making too much demand and that Goguryeo would never agree.

But Wei Shikang let them spit and didn't let go for three consecutive days. The chief and deputy envoy of Goguryeo were immediately discouraged. They could not refuse these more than 300 prisoners, but the second prince and the princess had to redeem them. It would definitely not work without bleeding. They could only beg Wei Shikang to lower the price.

Wei Shikang was very happy and threw out the idea of ​​letting them use wood to pay the bill. Goguryeo was puzzled. The wood was everywhere and it was not worth anything. What did the Zhou people want to do? Just as they agreed, the deputy envoy Yizhi Wende realized that it was inappropriate and immediately opposed it, and would rather pay gold than pay wood.

But his opposition was of no effect. His decisive intentions did not listen to the advice of Yizhi Wende. Gold and wood were also fools knew that they were willing to produce wood but not gold.

However, when Wei Shikang finally calculated that tens of thousands of taels of gold could be purchased for hundreds of thousands of wood that he hugged together, Goguryeo was stunned. How many people would need to cut down these woods and transport them.

Wende of Yizhi was red and fought with Wei Shikang, and finally reduced the wood to 50,000. The thickness and length of the wood were stipulated. Both sides used the Liao River as the boundary. The Goguryeo people had to transport the wood to the Liao River. When the water was washed, they could directly send the wood to the sea, and the Zhou army then fished them up in the sea.

Fifty thousand is not a small number. How many warships can this be built? After receiving the contract signed by the Goguryeo people, Yang Yong couldn't help laughing. Unexpectedly, a princess and a prince of Goguryeo are so valuable. As for the more than 300 Goguryeo captives, Yizhi Wende wanted to die. They could not cut down the wood that needed to redeem them when they returned to the country, which made Yang Yong a little regretful and had to demote them to slaves and be responsible for transporting wood at sea.

After signing the letter, Goguryeo's chief and deputy envoy wanted to take their second prince and fifth princess back. In order to avoid Goguryeo's repentance, Wei Shikang clearly refused. The two of them could only serve as hostages for the time being. When they transported 25,000 pieces of wood, they would put another person only.

The chief and deputy envoy of Goguryeo were unable to do so, so he had to go back in shame after seeing Gao Jianwu and Princess Pingkang once. What made them happy was that these two people were not abused, but when they could go back depends on the speed of their transport of wood.
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