Talking to the soldiers who had just gone to the other side to intrude on the other side was only temporary, Shang Kexi and Xiang Shenggao, the two leaders of Dongjiang Town, gathered at the pier of Phi Dao, but they were waiting for an important guest.

Sent away the soldiers of Dongjiang Town who returned in a hurry, Shang Kexi They didn't wait long, and a merchant ship of more than 1,000 materials, which seemed to be ordinary, came from east to west and slowly docked at the wharf of Phi Island.

The merchant ships docked at the pier of Phi Koh, and the coolies who were looking for work at the pier went to negotiate with the owners of the merchant ships, and a large number of coolies flocked to unload the goods on the merchant ships.

"The two generals have been waiting for a long time!"

When it was not noticeable, a line of only three or four people walked down from the flank of Class A, and no one who seemed to think that it was the merchant ship guys who would be the shopkeepers, but it was a few people in this area, and it was Shang Kexi who was waiting at the dock this time.

The accent of the people who came came was somewhat different from that of the Han people, although they were also oriental faces, but they had some exotic flavors.

"This time, the councillor personally visited our bitter cold place, but it is an honor for us and other soldiers of Dongjiang Town!"

Shang Kexi and Xiang Shenggao didn't support each other, with the status of the two of them in Dongjiang Town, they could still treat each other so cautiously, which shows that the other party has a lot of background.

The person who came looked up, and a gentle and elegant face jumped out, but it was comparable to the demeanor of a knowledgeable literati in the Ming Dynasty, and the majesty that he couldn't help exuding on his body was no different from those important ministers in the Ming Dynasty.

"Now the reputation of the two generals in Dongjiang Town has already spread all over the Qing Dynasty, and even in my Joseon Dynasty, there is no shortage of praise for the two generals."

"As for the bitter cold land of Phi Island in Dongjiang Town, with the support of Li Tianyang of Nanyang Dayuan Island and Raven, I am afraid that the livelihood of the people of Dongjiang Town is not much more than my Korean land!"

The person who came blew up his identity, but it turned out to be Choi Myung-gil, the leader of the current Korean Kingdom, who was above 10,000 people.

Since that time, Choi Mingji spared himself to calm the anger of the Qing Emperor of the Qing Dynasty for the king of Joseon, and finally spared the king of Joseon and a number of important ministers, and his status and reputation were already the first person in Korea at that time.

Not only did the king of the dynasty trust him, but even the Qing Emperor Huang Taiji and his important ministers, who had already made Korea bow down and regarded Korea as a subordinate state, were also full of trust in the seemingly respectful Choi Myeong-gil at the beginning, and supported the other party to sit in the position of the leader of the Korean Kingdom.

However, Huang Taiji, the most discerning emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was also deceived by the attitude shown by the other party when it came to the issue of Cui Mingji, a North Korean.

I thought that Cui Mingji was the leader of the main peace faction, and his heart was naturally towards the powerful kingdom of the Qing Dynasty, but when the Qing people got a contract and the Korean king bowed down and bowed down to courtiers, and returned triumphantly, Choi Mingji, who became an important leader in the political position, turned around and put forward his own proposal to the Korean king of the way: continue to actively contact the Ming Dynasty and seek official support from the Ming Dynasty.

Choi Myung-gil is indeed a great man among Koreans, and he is also a loyal minister to the Joseon Kingdom from beginning to end.

He knows very well that the reason why the current Qing Dynasty has not yet occupied the nest of the dove and wiped out the Korean Kingdom is not because they don't have this idea, but because the Qing Dynasty at this time does not have the strength.

Although the land of the Korean Kingdom is small, the Korean people living in this small land are more than 10 million, and if it is true that when the Korean Kingdom bravely resisted the invasion of the Jurchens, with the population of the Qing Kingdom at that time was only about 2 million, it would be a little difficult.

Moreover, compared with the Korean Kingdom with a narrow land, the Ming Dynasty, which seems to be rich and powerful in the south, but is actually strong and strong in the middle, is the real fat of the Qing people, but the Qing Emperor Huang Taiji will not do the stupid thing of losing watermelons and picking up sesame seeds, and consume the rare and valuable strength of the Qing Dynasty on the same bitter cold land of Korea.

However, this does not mean that the Qing people did not covet their Korean kingdom, on the contrary, if they can really eat the land and population of Korea in one bite, I am afraid that the iron cavalry of the Qing Dynasty will definitely rush across the Yalu River as soon as possible, go straight to the capital of Korea, and annex the land of the Korean Kingdom.

Now the Kingdom of Korea is temporarily safe, but the price it has paid is more than one million people and the king of Korea grovels to the Qing Emperor Taiji.

As the so-called being prepared for danger in times of peace, standing in Cui Mingji's position, he must think about how to deal with the powerful Qing people eyeing him in the future after turning his face with the Qing people.

In the end, after thinking about it, there was only one way to get the Korean Kingdom out of the coveted Qing Dynasty, and that was the powerful dynasty in the West, the former suzerainty of the Korean Kingdom, the Daming.

Although today's Ming Dynasty is worried about internal and external troubles, it seems that the outside is strong and the middle is capable, and in the face of the Qing Dynasty people disturbing the border year after year, there are more defeats and fewer victories, but from the perspective of Cui Mingji and their literati, they still do not think that the Ming Dynasty, which has a vast territory and profound heritage, will be annexed by a mere Qing Dynasty.

This is not only Cui Mingji's personal opinion, but also the thoughts of many literati and soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, as well as the cognition of many people of insight around him, except for Li Tianyang, a butterfly who has crossed over.

Therefore, when he became the leader of the council, Cui Mingji, who was loyal to North Korea, since he came to office, on the one hand, he was perfunctory and deceived in the face of the Qing people, and he was respectful and unspeakably obedient on the surface, but on the other hand, they continued to send secret envoys to Shuntianfu to contact the Ming Dynasty, showing their helplessness and helplessness in the posture of vassals, obtaining the understanding of the Ming Dynasty court, and then obtaining the support of the other party.

Of course, for the Ming army of Donggang Town, which is now closest to North Korea and is in full swing, the leader of the Korean Kingdom naturally has to send someone to contact one or two.

And this time, the other party suddenly came in person, but it was because they quietly sent someone to send a secret letter to their own side when they were still happy in Dongjiang Town last year, and finally prepared their kingdom for this and avoided a tragedy of human suffering.

"This time I came, in fact, I am also grateful to you for informing our country in advance of the news of the smallpox epidemic in the Qing Dynasty, so that our country can block the border in advance and prevent the smallpox epidemic from spreading in our country."

As he walked, Cui Mingji expressed his gratitude to Shang Kexi.

"It's just a gesture, although you and I seem to have their own masters now, but after all, we also had the feelings of colleagues back then, and we should help one or two."

Shang Kexi laughed, and he didn't mean to take credit for it.

(End of chapter)