Then maybe they don't need to do anything, the people of Sui will be miserable, and at that time, many forces will see the opportunity to act and expose the uprising, wouldn't it save too much trouble.

Xiao Mo thought of this, and had to say that Li Mi thought thoughtfully, at that time, as long as they recruited soldiers and horses according to the plan, Jiangling would inevitably become their bag.

"Li Mi is right, but what can we do to achieve our goal?" Zhang Zhongjian asked.

"This is simple, you can't let Goryeo submit to the Sui State, you can create contradictions in the middle, and you can leave the specific matters to me to deal with." Li Mi took the initiative to take over the matter.

"Okay." Xiao Mo and Zhang Zhongjian are fine, they just need the result, and they really don't care about what Li Mi will do.

Half a month later, the envoys of Goryeo came by boat, and their purpose this time was to ransom more than 10,000 people who were captured, why is there so little, anything can happen on the battlefield.

When he came to Hu'er to lead the troops to besiege Yang Xuangan, these people were not a little merciful, if it wasn't for the fact that it was already late at that time and the soldiers needed to clean up the battlefield and rest, it might not be possible for even these more than 10,000 Goryeo people to remain.

Looking at Yang Xuangan's subordinates, the former Sui people are now rebels, and they haven't really killed their children, but the life of prisoners of war is like that, and it will definitely not be too easy.

According to the requirements of the vanguards, these Sui prisoners of war were taken to the road to Youzhou as soon as possible, and the remaining Goryeo pirates were not treated so well, and after being captured, they were allowed to clean up the battlefield and carry out various engineering construction and repair work.

Lai Hu'er is very smart and knows that Li De wants to go to the battle uniform just to work, he actually wants to leave so many people behind After all, they all have combat experience, if these people are selected to form a vanguard, then the combat effectiveness of Penglai soldiers and horses will definitely improve again, at least the strength will be improved.

Although the idea is very good, the objective conditions do not allow it, and the most important thing is that he has no food to support so many people, even if the prisoners of war do not need to be paid, they still have to eat.

Penglai was already short of food, why was this happening, it was not when Yang Xuangan occupied Penglai at that time, although he didn't really snatch the food, but before he returned with the soldiers and horses, Yang Xuangan saw that the situation was not good, and finally didn't care about whether the reputation was good or not, and still robbed the local people.

Not only robbed but also very thoroughly, causing Laihu'er to return to Penglai angry, both sides were desperate when fighting for Penglai, but unfortunately the local people all supported Laihu'er, which drove Yang Xuangan to the sea.

Maybe this is the sin that has been created, and sooner or later it will be repaid, and now that Lai Hu'er is facing Yang Xuan again, he feels that the families of the Penglai soldiers are all in the local area, so how can they not be angry.

Being able to keep so many prisoners of war is already quite face-saving.

It's good to come to Hu'er now, after the victory, you can get the reward of the imperial court, and the prisoners of war can exchange for some food in Youzhou, in addition to these prisoners of war, he also plans to let some of the people of Penglai migrate to the sixteen states of Youji.

When Lai Hu'er attacked Goryeo for the third time, he knew the rules of personnel for food, and now Penglai soldiers and horses need some time to recover their strength, and those who lack food and clothing will definitely not work.

If the benefits of the imperial court alone cannot make Penglai soldiers develop, he knows very well that even if the imperial court is built to meet his requirements, if he does not enjoy such treatment after the war subsides, Penglai soldiers will fall into passivity at that time.

At that time, even he, a great general, will not be in a good situation.

Because of this, he felt that instead of currying favor with the imperial court, it was better to establish a good relationship with Youzhou, as long as the people were allowed to pass, he could restore Penglai's soldiers and horses to 100,000 in a short time.

Hoarding enough grain to make his power firm with Penglai's annual grain production.

He was a little envious of Youzhou in his heart, after all, Li De's method was like this, to improve his own strength and develop his power, he was also ready to do so.

The Goryeo captives worked in Penglai, and what they did was to build commercial blocks, and to protect the business that Hu'er did not understand, but he could copy the Youzhou model, and he now knew the benefits of the prisoners of war, as long as he provided food every day, if he mobilized the people to pay the wages, it would really not be able to support the continuation of the project.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and he had already received news from Gangneung that the Goryeo envoy had arrived in Gangneung and proposed to His Majesty to redeem these people.

There is no way to come to Hu'er, the emperor really ordered him to release him, and he has no way to refuse.

When the Goryeo envoys arrived in Gangneung, they met with Emperor Yang of Sui, and they made it a condition that Goryeo submit to the Sui state, and the Sui state needed to release the prisoners of war and help build Goryeo.

The reason for the people is also very good, after many wars, the national fortune of Goryeo has been greatly consumed, and if the Sui State supports them, the two countries can sign a vassal state contract and pay tribute every year.

Emperor Yang of Sui satisfied his sense of conquest when he saw the Goryeo envoy groveling so much, but he did not immediately agree.

Emperor Yang of Sui was not stupid, and the conditions offered by the Goryeo envoy were very clear, saying that the premise of the minister's tribute was that the Sui State needed to help the money first to restore the other party's national fortunes.

For a Goryeo, even if it helps, it is only the annual income of several state capitals, in exchange for the other party's claim that the minister will pay tribute every year, in fact, in terms of value, it is really not what it seems on the surface.

Don't look at it as a small country, but to let it restore its national fortunes, the money that the Sui State has to pay is not the tax of several state capitals, a large amount of money is equal to giving it for nothing, and then people take out a little bit every year to pay tribute.

If Li De heard it, he would definitely scoff, isn't this the same as borrowing a national debt, borrowing a huge amount of money and then taking out some of it every year and sending it back, just like repaying interest.

The funny thing is that these tribute money were all lent out by the Sui State.

Emperor Yang of Sui naturally thought of this, he valued wealth very much, and it was not very likely that he wanted to take advantage of him, and most of the ministers of the imperial court were opposed to the conditions of the Goryeo envoy.

Li Mi of the Xiao family came over and told all the requirements of the Goryeo envoy.

"Li Mi, what do you think of this matter, will the emperor agree?" Zhang Zhongjian asked.

"I don't know, I hope Your Majesty will agree." Li Mi has changed his attitude towards this matter, and his plan is not as fast as the change, and now this change has given him a big surprise.

"What do you mean?" Xiao Mo said slowly, he seemed to think of something.

"What the head of the Xiao family thinks is right, when Emperor Wen of Sui was alive, he Emperor Yang of Sui was able to rob the 'Emperor Gang', why can't we?" Li Midao.

In fact, they just heard that even Li Mi didn't know where the last "Emperor Gang" went, but it was rumored that it was taken away by Yang Guang, the king of Jin at that time.

Things can't be verified, even if it's fake, it's recognized by the public, and it's hard to shirk it.

Li Mi just wanted to help Goryeo with money.