Kai Fu Han

Chapter 368 Treaty of the Opening of Beijing

"It's okay if you really don't want to cede Ganghwa Island." Liu Xinqi saw that the heat was enough and began to draw his sword.

"Thank you, Lord Alliance Leader!" The envoy quickly thanked him.

"The King of Korea cannot accept giving us the island next to Kaijing, but he is willing to give us the northernmost land. Can it be understood that as long as it is far away from the border of Kaijing, it can be ceded?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"That's true." The envoy answered, confirming Liu Xinqi's analysis.

"According to this statement, the northernmost Haisei and the southernmost Jeju Island should have the same status for the Goryeo royal family. And Jeju Island has a strait as a natural barrier for us, the Xinghan League, and this barrier is the same for you, Goryeo. ." Liu Xinqi said slowly: "Moreover, the size of Jeju Island is only [-]% of that of Haixi, so you must be more accepting."

After hearing Liu Xinqi's conditions, the envoy lowered his head and pondered, probably weighing the pros and cons.

This time the Xinghan League has already arrived at the inner city, and the envoys who come out to negotiate this time have very high authority, which means they can take a heavier blame.

"Yes, we agree to the terms of the alliance leader."

Liu Xinqi did not agree, but continued: "I have taken a step back on the size of the land, and you have to agree to two more conditions."

Knowing that it would not be that simple, the envoy replied: "Please make it clear."

"First, ensure that our Xinghan League's trade in Goryeo is not restricted by the government and can trade freely within Goryeo. Of course, we will also pay taxes in accordance with the regulations of the Goryeo government and will not buy or sell by force."

"[-]. The more than [-] young Goryeo men who were previously captured must be allowed to freely choose whether to stay or go. Those who are willing to join our Xinghan League, Goryeo must cooperate with our Xinghan League to take away the families of these young men. They must not set up any Obstacle."

"that's it."

The envoy thought that Liu Xinqi would ask for money and food, but he didn't expect that he was just asking for some untouchables, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.As for the first item, after this ship arrest incident, no one will dare to affect the normal trade of the Xinghan Alliance in Korea in the future.

"can."

After the general direction was set, Wang Hao was in charge, assisted by Jiang Dahu, supervised by Jiao Rui and people from the Goryeo Military Intelligence Department, and continued to discuss details with the Goryeo Ministry of Rites, while Liu Xinqi withdrew the army from Kaijing.

On April [-], Liu Xinyuan and the Minister of Rites of Goryeo formally signed the "Kaijing Treaty" at the south gate of Kaijing.

The treaty stipulated that Goryeo would permanently cede Jeju Island to the Xinghan League to compensate for the war costs of the Xinghan League's troops to Beijing.

It was also agreed that Goryeo people could freely choose to move to Jeju Island and live there, and the Goryeo court could not restrict it.This article is to provide a legal basis for the Xinghan League to take away [-] prisoners and their families.However, it can be regarded as laying a trap for Gao Li.

Finally, it was agreed that the Xinghan League and Goryeo would be commercial allies, and merchants from both sides would enter each other's territory to do business and enjoy the same treatment as local merchants.

Except for Goryeo's cession of Jeju Island, the other terms of this treaty were not harsh, and it gave the Goryeo royal family and court enough face.

Going back 90 years, Jeju Island originally belonged to the Silla Kingdom. After the Silla Kingdom was destroyed by Goryeo, Goryeo established Tamna County here, and it was only changed to Jeju in recent years.

For the aborigines on Jeju Island, Goryeo was considered an invader, and the Xinghan League defeated the invaders and obtained ownership of this land.

After the treaty was signed, Liu Xinqi led the troops to withdraw to Zhenzhou City. The next step was to let the 3000 captives freely choose whether to stay in Goryeo or follow the Xinghan Alliance to settle on Jeju Island.In the end, Liu Xinqi had to admire the power of religion. There were actually 3000 people who were willing to follow the Xinghan League and leave their homes for Jeju Island. He directly let those who were unwilling to go to Jeju go home, and also let [-] people who were willing to go go home to visit relatives. .

After that, these 3000 people will follow the fleet to Jeju, where they will first carry out preliminary development and construction. After the residences of these people are established, their families will be picked up to settle in Jeju Island.

While waiting for the return of the Koreans who had returned home to visit relatives, twenty merchant ships once again sailed north along the Yecheng River and arrived at Kaijing West Port.

Even though Liu Xin used cannons to blow down the south gate of Kaijing, the merchants of Goryeo were still extremely eager for the goods of the Xinghan League, and more merchants came to bid than ever before.

The Korean merchants who had previously obtained the qualification to distribute goods from the Xinghan League suddenly became the most popular among the merchants. The goods traded to them by An An could transfer half of the profits if they were resold in place.

Wang Hao also moved back to his home. The things that were robbed from his home were returned overnight, and there were also many apology gifts that filled the entire room.

But it is a pity that Wang Hao's father, Wang Han, can no longer serve in the city guard, which makes Wang Han, who has been an official all his life, very uncomfortable.

Wang Hao became the agent of the Xinghan League in Kaijing of Goryeo. The Xinghan League trading company was officially established in Kaijing and purchased a house as a stronghold. Many warehouses were also purchased outside the city to store Wang Hao's goods according to the alliance. Various raw materials required to be purchased.

On April [-], the fleet set sail again.

Twenty merchant ships unloaded most of their cargo, and loaded them with the Korean auxiliary troops heading to Jeju Island despite their carrying capacity. The two fleets also packed as many Korean auxiliary troops as possible on the ships, and finally managed to manage all 3000 people. Load it up, no need to run twice.

On April [-], the fleet arrived at Jeju City in the north of Jeju Island.

After docking, Liu Xinqi found that all the officials in Jeju City had fled, leaving only some local officials with nowhere to go to greet Liu Xinqi at the port.

After the introduction of these people, Liu Xinqi learned that four days ago, Jeju Island received the order from the Goryeo officials. The officials on the island did not understand the Xinghan League. Faced with the unknown life in the future, they fled directly to the familiar Goryeo Peninsula.

Even some wealthy businessmen packed up their belongings and took their families and fled to Haiyang on the other side.

"That's good. It's easy to draw on blank paper. Without the constraints of these gentry and officials, we can directly establish the order of Xinghan League on Jeju Island." Liu Xinqi said.

"Do you want to send a letter to Penglai and ask them to send officials over?" Liu Xinyuan asked.

"Yes, but Jeju Island has a small population. It will be enough to transfer 300 people." Liu Xinqi replied.

According to local officials, after the wealthy businessmen and officials fled, the number of remaining households on Jeju Island was only more than 1, and the population was less than [-], which is smaller than the population of Dengrae County.

Jeju Island has an area of ​​220 million acres, of which 70 acres are available for farming, but only [-] acres of it have been cultivated. The rest is still in its original ecology, and at most some pasture is planted to raise horses.

The island is mountainous, which has advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage is that it is not conducive to agriculture, and the advantage is that there is no shortage of fresh water.

“It’s a treasure island.” After briefly understanding Jeju Island, Liu Xinqi praised it.

On April [-], Liu Xinqi and Goryeo
(End of this chapter)