"The steel knife promised to you will arrive after the New Year, and the trading location will be in the Xuancheng of Shijun! There will be a mutual market there in the future, and all of you are welcome to come and trade. Zou Yu said with a smile.

"Good!" Zhong Zijin thought about the location of Xuancheng for a while, and agreed.

Xuancheng is now the closest place to Goguryeo, where there is only one small county town of Wandek nearby. It's not too dangerous for both sides, and it's close to the sea, so it's easy to transport.

To say that there are really nothing good things in Goguryeo that people can afford, except for metals such as gold, silver, copper, iron, etc., that is, some seafood, pearls, and coral! There is also cloth, compared with the exquisite silk of the Central Plains, their cloth can only be said to be a very ordinary ordinary goods.

However, Zou Yu will not dislike him for these people's livelihood items, just like a person who is used to being poor, he always likes to have more food and clothing supplies at home, so he doesn't panic.

Now he and Zhong Zijin are just finalizing the location of the transaction, as for the price, of course, it is to see the goods and then negotiate, establish a mutual market, relatively speaking, more stable their hearts, which means that Zou Yu is pursuing peace and does not want to continue the war, which is also the result expected by the top and bottom of Goguryeo.

After four or five years of continuous preparations and wars, they have exhausted their family resources, and they are facing Liaodong, Silla, Baekje, and three sides of attack, Goguryeo of course has to choose one or two allies.

Although Liaodong occupies the most of their territory, it can isolate the Central Plains, which is a positive side for them.

In terms of strength, they are definitely willing to go to war with Silla and Baekje, after all, they know the roots, and they have always been their defeated generals, so there is no pressure in their hearts to fight.

After communicating with Liu Jin and negotiating with Zhong Zijin, Zou Yu immediately set off and returned to Liaodong, he wanted to return to Jinyang before the New Year, although Jinyang was only a seriously crippled imperial court, and there should be some activities.

New Year's sacrifices, New Year's sacrifices, and spring festivals, all of these need to be done.

The major events of the country are in the worship and the war, which means that the major national events lie in the sacrifice and the conquest, and the sacrifice and the conquest are placed in the same position, which shows its importance.

The sacrifice is not only a comfort to the soul, but also a symbol of power, participating in the sacrifice symbolizes approaching the gods, as the host, but also symbolizes the red people around the gods. Therefore, when he left for Liaodong, Fang Yanqian reminded him many times that he had to rush back in advance.

Here Fang Yanqian also made some reminders, although Fang Yanqian is a very upright and loyal old man, but it is precisely because of his old age that many things have been seen through, and he is optimistic about Zou Yu, and his heart has surpassed his loyalty to the Sui Dynasty, of course, there must be the factor of his son Fang Xuanling.

After all, Fang Xuanling is now a long history, in charge of all internal affairs under Zou Yu's rule, and every time he goes out, he is also guarding the rear, which shows that Zou Yu attaches great importance to him.

Originally, he planned to take the armor that had been made out and set off immediately, but he knew that it was another thing, so he had to stay.

"Messenger of Silla?" Zou Yu frowned and asked curiously.

I learned from Li Keshi that Silla did not attach much importance to the power of Liaodong, and did not know why he would suddenly send an envoy to come.

"Maybe it's because the battle situation behind it has been clarified by Silla, so if you pay attention to it, you should be here to find allies, and you should be attacking from afar." Zou Yu quickly analyzed in his heart.

"It is estimated that we see that our strength is good, and we want to win over and deal with Goguryeo, just deal with this matter by the old general, you can have full power, and by the way, inform them that we are going to open a mutual market." Zou Yu thought for a while and said.

It is more troublesome to receive these envoys, and it is necessary to quarrel and set up banquets and entertainment. It is not necessary to set up a banquet, but the purpose of setting up a banquet is just to show strength, and it is easy to be despised if the strength is poor.

At the same time, if you don't hold a banquet, people will think that you look down on him, and the rest of the forces will also think that you are rude and don't like to communicate with your strength.

"It's a little special, it's better for you to come forward, general." Qu Tutong said.

"Special? Could it be that they still have a royal family? Zou Yu smiled casually.

"General, you already know?"

"Really!"

Zou Yu looked at Qu Tutong and said in surprise, he didn't expect to say it casually, and he guessed correctly.

However, the people of the Silla royal family came, and they were in Liaodong, so it really couldn't be said that they didn't come forward.

"The old general informed them that a banquet will be held in your mansion in the evening, and we will meet them for a while to see what the situation is." Zou Yu pinched the bridge of his nose and said.

"The subordinates obeyed, but this time the messenger was a woman!" Qu Tutong reminded.

"Hmmm! It's okay, it just so happens that the lady is there, and she is there to accompany her. Zou Yu was stunned for a moment and replied.

When the group returned to the city, the rest of the things were naturally arranged by Qu Tutong, and the old general had been an official for decades, and these things were all familiar with the road.

It was night, Liaodong City, and the county guard house was brightly lit. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Zou Yu simply asked all the officials to attend with their families.

The officials of Liaodong are mainly the children of the poor family, the elders of the villagers of various ethnic groups, and the talents promoted by the soldiers, even if there are one or two children of the family, they are also a few young people from the south of the Yangtze River.

It can be said that together with Zou Yu, except for Qu Tutong's family, they are all people who have not experienced many large banquets; Fortunately, Zou Yu has experienced enough over the years, and he has been sitting on the main seat and greeting the Silla envoy warmly.

The Silla envoy was indeed a woman, but she couldn't see clearly with a veil on her face, and she had a pair of bright eyes, often looking at Zou Yu with a curious look.

From the exposed eyes and hands, it could still be seen that this was a young girl, and Zou Yu did not understand how Silla could let a young girl be a messenger.

After three rounds of drinking, the singer was removed, and everyone put down the cup and looked at Zou Yu quietly.

"I don't know what is the important matter for your envoy to come?" As half of the master, Qu Tutong is the person with the highest status except for Zou Yu, so it is naturally the most suitable for him to speak.

"The little woman Jin Shengman, on the order of my queen Wang Shande, sent an envoy to Liaodong to discuss the friendship between the two sides." Jin Shengman stood up, gently took off his scarf, revealing a delicate face, and said lightly.

"Queen Seondeok? I don't know the king of Zhenping? Zou Yu was stunned for a moment and asked.

"At the beginning of last month, my uncle suddenly fell ill and died, and he passed on to his sister on his deathbed." Jin Shengman said with a sad face.

"I'm really sorry, I didn't expect King Zhenping to be a holiday, and the Golden Girl's Day was mournful." Zou Yu was stunned, he didn't expect Jin Baijing to die, and he didn't receive any news at all, thinking that Silla deliberately concealed the news, turned his head and glanced at Qu Tutong, and said with fake comfort.