Kai Fu Han

Chapter 166
"In this world, the weak are the strongest. Our ally Zhao is facing each other across the sea and cannot protect itself. Our enemy Jin is on the other side of the bed. If he doesn't serve Jin as the main force, Jin can destroy it by sending only partial troops. In the face of life and death, What does faith mean?"

Jiao Rui doesn't agree very much: "If people don't have faith, they don't know what they can do. A big cart has no hooks, and a small cart has no pulleys. How can it move?"

Liu Xinqi knew that Jiao Rui's words came from "The Analects of Confucius as Politics", which means: If a person loses credit or does not honor credit, he does not know what else he can do.Just like a large cart does not have the wooden pins connecting the shaft and the yoke, and the small cart does not have the pins connecting the bars and the crossbar, what does it rely on to move?
After thinking about it, he replied: "Sage Kong is definitely right. Faith is very important. A person cannot stand without faith. But for a force, especially for those small forces, survival is the first priority. Only by surviving can we be honest and honest, otherwise everything will be in vain."

"Then when our Xinghan League encounters a life-or-death and faith-defining moment, should we choose survival and give up faith?" Jiao Rui asked.

Liu Xinqi was asked.

"I do not know."

Liu Xinqi couldn't imagine what he would choose at that time. There must be other factors that would affect his judgment.

At this moment, Liu Xinqi was really glad that he had a system to help him, and he could obtain the absolute loyalty of the person who was attached to the card through attaching the card.

Otherwise, I would probably exhaust myself to death just by distinguishing between loyal and traitorous people.

With my mediocre IQ, I would probably be played around by smart ancient people.

Just when the atmosphere was awkward, the military intelligence department and the person in charge of Diting in the fleet boarded the ship and came to the upper deck.

"Alliance leader!" The two of them saluted first.

"Don't stand, find a place to sit."

The two looked around and saw that there were no stools or chairs to sit on. Finally, they followed Liu Xinqi's example and sat cross-legged on the deck.

"I came to you because I just received news that Goryeo has surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin, and this happened the year before last. Therefore, as a potential hostile force, it is necessary for us to do intelligence work in Goryeo in advance."

"Originally, I planned to set up a liaison office in Kaijing when I left Goryeo. Now it seems that it is necessary to expand the responsibilities and manpower of this office."

"How many people can you two estimate with your existing manpower to stay in Goryeo to develop intelligence work without affecting the subsequent trip to Japan?"

After listening to Liu Xinqi's question, the two began to think, and then communicated with each other and gave the answer:

"Maximum six people. However, if the Korean translators and guides can be left behind, the manpower will be much sufficient. If the leader can cast immortal spells on the people left behind, the Korean intelligence system can be established faster and better .”

When Liu Xinqi heard that there were only a few people, he thought about it and replied: "Since there are few people, let's keep more money and recruit more local people. I will talk to the translator and guide later to see if they are willing to stay. As for Immortal magic..., organize a two-star immortal talisman for the two of you and your family."

The translators and guides were recruited from outside. Only four of the twelve were from the Xinghan League. The other eight were hired from outside with money, so their opinions had to be sought.

"I would like to remind you that the Military Intelligence Branch and the Diting Branch in Goryeo must operate separately. The top management can help each other. However, the local Goryeo people recruited must not know that our Xinghan League has two intelligence teams in Goryeo."

"To avoid being blamed by the Goryeo government."

"Yes! Alliance Lord."

"That's good, you go down and select people, then use this talisman on the person in charge, get off the ship early and take care of things, and bring some start-up funds first. Before we leave, we will leave them with sufficient funds for activities." Liu Xinqi told the two of them. One person hands over a two-star general card. The two persons in charge are both warriors and can use the general card.

"My subordinates say goodbye."

The two of them bowed and retreated.

Then Jiao Rui also said goodbye in a daze and returned to his cabin.

"Students in this era are really thoughtful."

Liu Xinqi shook his head and muttered.

……

In the evening, after Cui Wu returned with the Laiju, the fleet withdrew from the Yeseong River again and continued to anchor overnight outside Ganghwa Bay.

"Before the Laizhou left the shore, all the Korean merchants who participated in today's auction sent people to pick up their goods. However, not all Korean merchants were able to pay for all the goods at once, so only about 900% of today's auction amount was completed. More than [-] taels of payment were recovered."

"It seems that the price of the goods we estimated before departure was too low. If we continue to trade at today's price, we will be able to reach a trade volume of 3000 taels of silver in the Goryeo capital alone. We have already reached the total amount that we expected before we left. ”

Liu Xinqi optimistically predicts that if he sells it again in Japan later, he will really make a lot of money this time.

"It is true." Cui Wu also agreed, and then added: "But the strange thing is that the current reigning King of Goryeo, Wang Kai, is a wise master, but we made a big fuss in Kaijing City. But you can still come and go freely in Kaijingxigang. This seems very contradictory."

"In the nearly 200 years since the founding of Koryo, the forces of the Liangban and the nobles have been intertwined. It should be Wang Hao's father, Wang Kai, who made great efforts."

Jiao Rui guessed.

"It is also possible that Kaijing was not sure of keeping us by force, so the local giants in Kaijing also helped Wang Han settle the matter." Liu Xinqi guessed.

"Why did they help Wang Han?" Jiao Rui wondered.

"They see the benefits and don't want us to leave Goryeo with the treasures." Liu Xinqi replied: "If big businessmen and nobles will participate in the auction in the next few days, it will prove that my guess is correct."

"Let's wait and see." Jiao Rui said. If Liu Xinqi guessed correctly this time, it would prove that his previous theory of 'profit first' is correct.

……

On July 27, the auction continued. There were fewer Korean businessmen attending the auction today than the previous day. Among them were a dozen familiar faces, who were here for the second time.

Seeing that there were fewer Korean merchants today, Liu Xinqi immediately changed the originally planned auction of [-]% of the goods to [-]%, planning to wait for the situation to change for another day.

During the auction, it was found that although the number of merchants has decreased, the quality has improved significantly. Those who came yesterday should be some speculative small businessmen, but the strength of those who came today is much stronger, which can be clearly seen from the increased transaction price.

(End of this chapter)