Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 202

Naturally, Zhu Di could not let Zhu Di come to an end in person for such a vulgar matter of bargaining.

Below, Guo An directly asked curiously: "Emissary Cao said that Yan'an County has a vast territory and many people? I don't know if Master Cao can tell you, how big is Yan'an County? How many households are there people?"

Cao Minxiu was slightly taken aback, and bowed slightly to Zhu Di who was standing up.

"May I ask Your Highness, who is this?"

Zhu Didao: "Guo Qing is the right-hand official of this king's mansion. It is Guo Qing's proposal to ask this king to lend a loan to the Goryeo Kingdom... Now, it is also Guo Qing who persuades the king to agree to you and the Goryeo Kingdom's use of the city to repay the debt. Qing..."

After hearing Zhu Di's introduction, Cao Minxiu understood that this Guo Changshi must be the confidant of King Yan and also a treacherous minister, subconsciously full of humility.

"It turned out to be Guo Shangguan, Cao Minxiu is polite!"

Regarding Cao Minxiu's attitude, Guo An was stunned for a moment, and then smiled back.

"Major Cao, can you tell me how big is Yan'an County? How many households are there?"

Cao Minxiu's face froze, he finally understood the purpose of this treacherous minister in front of him.

Although Guo treacherous minister is making wind and rain in Yanwangfu, but he is a subject of Yanwangfu, and he must speak for Yanwangfu at this moment.

However, he had to return, otherwise the King Yan above would definitely kill him.

Damn Guo traitor!

Cao Minxiu has already regarded Guo An as treacherous ministers such as Qi Zhe and Lin Jianwei.

"Reporting to His Highness King Yan, this Guo Changshi, the specific size of Yan'an County, the number of foreign ministers is really not exact, but even if it is riding a horse, it will take more than ten days to go around...Nowadays, Yan'an County has enough There are more than 4000 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 couldn't help pursing their lips and chuckling.

"Master Cao, there are only 10 households. If His Highness hadn't responded to the previous envoy named Cui Chun earlier, I'm afraid His Highness wouldn't even want to give out [-] taels of silver!"

"Exactly, my Highness traveled around Liaodong with the army, and brought back [-] Mongols, nearly [-] households. That's how you lived in one workshop. Of your [-] households, there are [-] strong people." ?”

"How big is your city in Yan'an County?..."

Hearing this, Cao Minxiu was startled instead of angry, he was really confused, he even forgot that in Daming, the most indispensable thing is the common people.

Thinking about it, he quickly apologized to Zhu Di.

"Your Highness, forgive me, foreign minister..."

Zhu Di waved his hands impatiently, "Okay, okay, don't bother, we are the dignified Prince of Ming Dynasty, since we have accepted Er Gaoli, we will definitely not go back on our word.

Although Yan'an County is small and sparsely populated, it can still be worth 10 taels of silver!
If you Koryo agree, then let the king of Koryo submit the letter of credence to the king quickly, if you don't agree, then quickly return the money to the king! "

Cao Minxiu stared dumbfounded at the very 'bold' King Yan above him, and sighed slightly inwardly.

"The foreign minister will go back now and report His Royal Highness King Yan's wishes to me, King Gaoli!"

"Ok!"

Only then did Zhu Di nodded in satisfaction, and looked at Guo An who was beside him.

Guo An also nodded slightly, and shouted at Ma He beside him.

"The envoys from Korea came from afar, and served the food quickly!"

……

Afterwards, sumptuous dishes were brought up one after another.

In particular, the plates of fresh vegetables surprised all the missions in Korea in this cold winter.

Early the next morning.

Cao Minxiu took a group of Koryo envoys and bid farewell to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di sent one hundred households to escort them along the way.

With the departure of the Korean mission, letters, like snowflakes, flew out of Beiping Mansion and headed for various state capitals of Daming.

Especially in the south.

then.

More than ten days later.

The crown prince Zhu Biao, as well as Qin Wang Zhu Xi, Jin Wang Zhu Fang... and other princes and nobles who have a good relationship with Zhu Di, all wrote letters and came to inquire.

As for those merchants, they even searched around.

The matter between Yanwang Mansion and Koryo State is really too strange. Looking at the previous dynasty, only the land was cede for compensation, and there has never been a case of borrowing money from foreign vassals, and then letting the foreign vassals use the city to pay off the debt.

So, if Zhu Di, the King of Yan, becomes successful, can they also learn from Zhu Di and borrow money from those Goryeo, Annan, Chenla, and Siam, so that their kings can directly transfer the city to them?
Especially princes such as Zhu Xi and Zhu Fang, they all regretted this very much, why didn't they just take over Beiping Mansion?
It's a pity that the Korean mission only stayed in Beiping Mansion for one night before being escorted out of Daming by the guards of King Yan's Mansion.

No one had access to the Korean Mission at all.

As for the officials in Yan Wangfu?
Now each of them can receive nearly a hundred taels of silver every year, and they cannot be bought!

And just when everyone in Daming was very curious, a wealthy businessman suddenly found out in surprise that the Yan Palace had unknowingly purchased [-] large ships, including [-] large ships.

Neither Zhu Di nor Guo An paid any attention to the reaction from the outside world.

Because, it's the end of the year again.

This year's festival is still the same as last year, with New Year's goods and rewards.

The only difference is that there are [-] more Mongols in Yan Wang's mansion. Although more than a dozen died of illness, there are still [-].

Fortunately, half a year's income from a Zhangjiawan wharf is enough to support the consumption during the New Year's Eve.

Therefore, everyone in Yanwang's mansion was very happy, and many people were about to burst into laughter with the New Year's goods and rewards in their hands.

However, just after the new year, Si Lunfa, the leader of the Dai people in Luchuan, Yunnan, rebelled again.

Xiping Hou Muying sent the governor Ning Zheng to lead the army to defeat the rebellion.

When Zhu Di heard the news, he cursed fiercely: "The barbarians are all wolves with ambitions, they should be killed!"

Then, within a few days.

The imperial court sent an imperial decree to recruit [-] peasants from Beiping Mansion to transport grain and rice to Songtingguan, Daning and other places.

Hearing the imperial decree from the imperial court to the Yamen of the prefect of Beiping, Zhu Di sat on a chair and couldn't help muttering to himself.

"Father really wants to send that Sapphire to lead the army to conquer Beiyuan?"

Guo An had already expected this.

"Your Highness, Lan Yu is brave and good at fighting, and Song Guogong and Ying Guogong and other generals are old. As for Dingyuan Hou Wangbi, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, Shen Guogong Deng Zhen, Nanxiong Hou Zhaoyong, Xingyang Hou Zheng Yuchun... these martial arts are not old. , lack of prestige and courage, or is too young to take on great responsibilities.

In addition, Sapphire can be regarded as a relative of the emperor, so there is no need for His Highness to compare with him, these places in Liaodong are all from Daming...

Now, the city that can completely belong to His Highness is that Yan'an County. "

Hearing about Yan'an County, Zhu Di's face collapsed.

"I'm afraid that the matter in Yan'an County will also cause disturbances."

Guo An was startled, and quickly asked, "Huh? Your Highness, what happened?"

Zhu Di smiled coldly and said, "Brother Huang sent us a letter a day ago.

After Naha surrendered, Koryo was afraid that our Ming army would attack Koryo, and the king of Koryo built his city and prepared for war.Even, they recruited common people to serve as post officials. If they have nothing to do, they will work as soldiers, and they will be recruited as soldiers if they have something to do. Beware of my Ming Dynasty!
A few months ago, the father wanted to set up Tieling guards on the site of the former Shuangcheng governor's mansion, and sent a letter to inform Goryeo.

The Goryeo Kingdom dared to oppose it, and sent Mi Zhiti to study Pu Yizhong as an envoy to the capital, arguing that Tieling goes north, and Wen, Gao, He, Ding, Xian and other states, as well as Gongzhen, have been the land of Goryeo since ancient times...

However, my father also issued a decree to tell the King of Koryo that Tieling is my Ming territory, and it is under the jurisdiction of Liaodong Dusi..."

After listening, Guo An couldn't help frowning, and subconsciously asked.

"Your Highness, before the end of that year, that Goryeo sent envoys to my Prince Yan's Mansion to discuss with His Highness the matter of repaying the debt in the city. Why?"

Zhu Di snorted coldly, "Hmph, the thieves in Korea are cunning, and they are afraid that I, Daming, will send troops to Korea by taking advantage of our Yan Palace's loan from the Kingdom of Korea.

I will wait for him for two months, regardless of whether the Tieling Guard is established or not, if the Korean thief country dares to play tricks on us, we will definitely go to the King of Korea with him! "

After Guo An pondered for a while, he said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will set up the gunpowder workshop and make more bombs and grenades!"

"Ok!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

After leaving the Cunxin Palace, Guo An was also furious.

Everyone in Koryo Kingdom is really treacherous, cunning and shameless.

He directly recruited a team of guards, got into the carriage, and headed for the gunpowder workshop.

"Meet the master!"

In the gunpowder workshop, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting, who were fiddling with a hand-sized fire device, saw Guo An walking in with a gloomy expression, and hurriedly saluted.

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 mines are there?"

Tao Yiping quickly replied: "Go back to Master, in the gunpowder workshop, there are six thousand incendiary bombs, twenty thousand grenades and twenty thousand mines each!"

Guo Andao: "Another [-] incendiary bombs will be made, and [-] grenades and [-] landmines will be made each!"

Hearing this, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting's eyes flashed with curiosity, "Master, did the Korean thief official offend His Highness?"

Guo An glared at the two of them, "Don't inquire about His Highness's affairs!"

Immediately, he noticed the iron bumps in the hands of the two of them, and asked, "Look at your relaxed expression, but 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 am ashamed of myself that it took an extra year for such a small hand."

"You also know? It took more than a year for this hand system?"

Guo An cast a contemptuous glance at the two, then picked up the wristband, and looked it up and down, although the rubbing hands did not meet the requirements in his mind.

However, this is also the first hand system he owns,
Hold it in your hand, feel it, and feel excited.

Immediately, he remembered something and quickly opened the place where the ammunition was loaded.

Sure enough, empty...

"Where's the ammunition?"

Tao Yiping and Yang Ting watched in astonishment as Guo An was more skilled than them in fiddling with the hand system for a while.

Then, under Guo An's questioning, he came back to his senses.

"Return to Master, the ammunition is here!"

After speaking, 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 it over carefully, but couldn't find any roughness.

Immediately, the bullet was loaded into it.

"Master..."

Seeing this, Tao Yiping and Yang Ting couldn't help but look surprised.

Guo An asked, "What's the matter?"

Tao Yiping, who was distressed by the bullet, subconsciously changed his words after seeing Guo An's expression:

"Master, this thing is very powerful, please be careful, Master!"

"We know it."

Guo An nodded slightly, and asked again: "Have you tried it, how far can this hand system shoot?"

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(End of this chapter)