In the next few days, Feng Xiaolian would unconsciously feel beautiful to him when she saw Yang Yong, but after this young man fell in love with her, he almost killed her when he learned of her identity as Princess Qi, although the young man still let go at the last moment, but Feng Xiaolian's confidence in himself was greatly reduced.

A few days later, Feng Xiaolian was shocked to learn of Yang Yong's identity, although she didn't care about the affairs of the court, but after Wei Chi Hui's rebellion, Gao Baoning never forgot to enter the border of Kou Dazhou, but he didn't get the support of the Khitan tribes and Goguryeo before giving up, Feng Xiaolian heard many times from Gao Baoning's mouth the reason for Wei Chi Yuan's rebellion and the changes in the court of the Great Zhou, and now this young man turned out to be the son-in-law of the prime minister of the Great Zhou, far more expensive than the noble person she imagined.

Since it was decided to send Feng Xiaolian to the nunnery in the future, Yang Yong put aside his worries and temporarily enjoyed the joy of fish and water with Feng Xiaolian, Feng Xiaolian in order to please Yang Yong, desperately used his full copy to lead and wait for him, Feng Xiaolian's ability to serve men is indeed unparalleled in the world, not only singing and dancing, especially self-taught massage, including mallets, beats, wrenches, burdens and other techniques, as long as she pinched a few times, the fatigue of the day will be completely eliminated.

Luo Yi took fifty cavalry to the Khitan departments to proclaim and appease, first got the Japanese company that had sent troops, Piji, Li, Tuliu in the four departments of the warm response, after learning that the last time the young man who led the team was the Great Zhou Tokyo Tsukasa Xin, many nobles of the four departments took the initiative to come to Yingzhou City to visit, Yang Yong had to receive them one by one, and he was very busy.

Under the pressure of the four ministries, the Khitan He Dahe Division, who did not send troops last time, also expressed support for the Great Zhou Dynasty's order to protect the Dongyi generals, but the Fu Fuyu and Yuling Ministries were hesitant, and only Xi Wandan not only did not obey Luo Yi's edict, but cut off the ears of the envoy sent by the Rilian Department to contact him.

Siwandan is the most powerful of the eight Khitan tribes, with nearly 30,000 young men in its division. Although the patriarch of Siwandan saw that five of the eight Khitan tribes submitted to the Great Zhou, and the remaining two tribes were likely to fall into the arms of the Great Zhou, they were the farthest away from the Great Zhou, and they had Turkic support behind them. Naturally, he refused to listen to orders.

In this case, Luo Yi had to prepare to go to the Siwandan Ministry, otherwise he would let the Siwandan Ministry run rampant. Not only will Fu Fuyu and Yuling not obey orders, but the other five may also repeat.

The grassland peoples will choose to send troops in the autumn season of high horses and fattening, after entering October. In fact, he is no longer suitable for the big move, Yang Yong can choose to attack Gaobaoning in October, because he has made up his mind to fight quickly, otherwise logistics is a big problem, Goguryeo will send troops, and it is also the idea of a quick battle, but although Goguryeo has a quick decision, it is a whole army annihilated.

There are more than 30,000 young men in the Sivandan Department who can participate in the war. It is difficult for Luo Yi to fight quickly, so he can only organize a small-scale team to slowly attack the Siwandan Ministry, using the tactics of cutting flesh with a blunt knife, bleeding the Sivandan Ministry, and also training the team. Prepare for next year's offensive.

In this case, Yang Yong not only asked Wei Shikang to support Luo Yi as much as possible. can only rely on Luo Yi's own ability, and by the beginning of November, Zheng Xiongdi's injuries were not all healed. But he could already ride a horse, and when Yang Yong was about to leave Yingzhou, Yingzhou welcomed a delegation of Goguryeo.

Due to the annihilation of the Goguryeo army led by Wenda, Goguryeo did not learn of the situation until Yang Yong released two captives to report the situation, 8,000 people were annihilated, and the second prince and the fifth princess of his own land fell into the hands of Da Zhou, it can be seen how shocked the king of Goguryeo was when he received the news, Goguryeo has not fought such a defeat for a long time.

The entire court of Goguryeo suddenly quarreled, and the finger of accusation was faintly pointed at the king of Goguryeo, Wenda was a civilian general who was transferred by the king of Goguryeo, and the nobles looked down on Wenda's background, and Wenda also looked down on the extravagance and depravity of those nobles, and the two sides were incompatible.

Although Winda died heroically, his family was still convicted, and the king of Goguryeo still had a little conscience, and did not behead Winda's entire family, but only re-ordered Winda's old mother to return to the ranks of extreme poverty.

Although everyone looked down on Wenda's origin, they still admitted that Wenda had two battles, and was completely annihilated by the Great Zhou, and the Goguryeo nobles were afraid, and the little thoughts that wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob when Wei Chi Hui rebelled suddenly disappeared, and they advocated peace and paid tribute to the Great Zhou.

Although the king of Goguryeo has always advocated being tough on the Great Zhou, he could not care about the life and death of his two children, so he sent a delegation to apologize to the Great Zhou and put all the responsibility on the border generals, and at the same time asked the Great Zhou to release their second prince and five princesses.

It stands to reason that the envoys of Goguryeo must go to Chang'an to negotiate, but Yang Yong served as the Tsukasin of Tokyo and had the right to dispose of the affairs of the territory, Goguryeo is located in the northeast, and the negotiations with him also belong to the jurisdiction of Yang Yong, Yang Yong is now in Yingzhou, but there is no need to let the Goguryeo envoys rush to Luoyang.

Yang Yong did not meet directly with the Goguryeo envoys, but was received by Yingzhou Assassin Shi Wei Shikang, and then reported to Yang Yong, although it seems to be a superfluous move, but the identity is so, Yang Yong is the Great Zhou Dazuka Xin, and they can also be on an equal footing with the king of Goguryeo. Yang Yong can't lower his value.

After listening to Wei Shikang's introduction to the Goguryeo people's requirements, Yang Yong laughed: "The Goguryeo people just apologize, there is nothing else, they want us to put their princes, princesses, and those captives back, there is nothing so cheap." ”

"My lord, what conditions should be put on the Goguryeo people?"

Yang Yong thought about it, it's really hard to mention anything, the above table is called a minister, and people took the initiative to put it forward, not to mention that the minister is not a minister, it is just related to a reputation, it has no effect at all, ceding the territory, this is also impossible, unless the Great Zhou can restore the four counties of the Han Dynasty, otherwise there is the Liao River as the boundary, even if Goguryeo is willing to cede one or two cities, the Great Zhou will not be able to hold it.

The table that Yang Yong knocked with his fingers rattled, and said to himself, "What good things are there in Goguryeo?" "Goguryeo now occupies the land of the northeast, which has the three treasures, ginseng, mink, and antler antlers, but unfortunately these are all luxury goods for the rich and do not help the national strength at all.

Hearing Yang Yong's words, Wei Shikang said on the side: "My lord, there are more than ten good ginseng sticks in the Goguryeo tribute this time, why don't they add more." ”

Yang Yong shook his head: "Ginseng can't be eaten as a meal, do you want so much ginseng?" ”

Seeing Yang Yong's veto, Wei Shikang had to continue to bow his head and think. Yang Yong suddenly slapped his thigh: "Yes, let them cut wood for compensation." ”

Wei Shikang was stunned: "My lord, do you want their wood to do?" It's not that the adults want them to work harder. ”

Wood does not

There is one in the north, and there is no shortage near Yingzhou. It is everywhere in the Great Zhou, but the productivity is too low, and logging will consume a lot of labor. That's when Wei Shikang thought about it.

Yang Yong asked the Goguryeo people to compensate for cutting timber, and the cost of Goguryeo labor was one aspect, and there was a person who went to cut wood. In addition, the Great Zhou Dynasty was temporarily unable to use troops against the Goguryeo people before defeating the Turks and unifying the south, and the large timber cut down by the Goguryeo people was stored for a few years just to be used for shipbuilding, whether it was a war to unify the south or to attack the Goguryeo people in the future, a large number of ships were needed, and the wood could not be less at all, and it was of course best to have the Goguryeo people do it for them.

Knowledgeable people of the Goguryeo people may also see this. It's just that unless they don't want the second prince and the fifth princess by themselves, they can only accept it, and the nobles in their country probably won't think too far, after all, wood is everywhere, as long as Da Zhou bites Goguryeo, he needs to compensate for this. Timber is more acceptable than other compensation.

Yang Yong explained to Wei Shikang. Wei Shikang suddenly realized: "The adult is clever." ”

"By the way, is the Goguryeo negotiator good at coping?"

"My lord, their envoy is the Goguryeo royal family. Don't learn and don't know, but the deputy envoy is a young man, named Eulzhi Wende, very difficult, it is he who insists that this conflict between Goguryeo and the Great Zhou is just the border general's greed and unauthorized action, and now the general is dead, and his family in the country is also implicated, Goguryeo is friendly with the Great Zhou Dynasty, don't expand the matter, so he pleaded guilty to the Great Zhou. Wei Shikang frowned.

Yang Yong sneered: "Generations of friendship, the implication is that I am not reluctant, what is a good mouth, so what about their prince sneaking into Yingzhou to plot wrongdoing?" ”

"Back to my lord, Yizhi Wende said that the second prince of their land just admired the culture of the Central Plains, and was afraid of disturbing the Great Zhou government, so he came to Yingzhou to play, and he had no intention of plotting against him."

"Hmph, then there's no need to fight, in short, now their second prince of Goguryeo, the fifth princess plus more than 300 captives in our hands, they have to pay the price, if they don't want to pay, put their second prince in a brothel as a turtle princess, and the fifth princess as a famous prostitute, presumably there will be a lot of money."

Wei Shikang was taken aback: "My lord, it's not appropriate to say this, the Central Plains has always been a state of etiquette, wouldn't it be a joke to spread it." ”

"It's been passed out and it's Goguryeo instead of my Great Zhou, in short, that's what it means, of course, to put it mildly, you might as well open your mouth and ask for gold and silver, ten taels of gold for an ordinary soldier, ten taels for each rank of officer, and their princesses and princes will pay the same amount of gold according to their weight ten times."

At this time, gold was scarce, gold and silver were extremely expensive, so they had to pay at least tens of thousands of taels of gold, and hundreds of thousands of taels of gold would be exchanged for copper coins.

Wei Shikang naturally knew the reason for asking for a price and paying back the money on the ground, and said excitedly: "Obey orders." ”

When Wei Shikang met with the Goguryeo people for the second time and proposed that they need to pay a ransom, and the amount of money to be paid is so much, the Goguryeo mission was in an uproar, accusing Wei Shikang of asking too much, and Goguryeo would never agree.

It's just that Wei Shikang let their saliva fly, and he didn't let go for three days, and the chief and deputy envoys of Goguryeo were suddenly deflated, these more than 300 captives can they not do it, the second prince and princess can't help but redeem it, and it will definitely not work if they don't bleed, so they can only beg Wei Shikang to lower the asking price.

Wei Shikang was very happy in his heart, so he threw out the idea that they could use wood to settle the account, Goguryeo was puzzled, wood was everywhere, it was not worth anything at all, what did the Zhou people want wood for, and they were about to agree, but the deputy envoy Yizhi Wende realized that it was inappropriate, and immediately objected, preferring to pay gold rather than pay for wood.

It's just that his opposition has no effect, and the iron-hearted righteous envoy does not listen to the persuasion of Eji Wende at all, gold and wood, and the fool also knows that he is willing to produce wood and is not willing to produce gold.

However, in the end, when Wei Shikang calculated that tens of thousands of taels of gold could buy hundreds of thousands of pieces of wood for two people, the Goguryeo envoy was also dumbfounded, how many people needed to cut down these woods, and they also needed to be transported.

Yizhi Wende was red-eyed, and he quarreled with Wei Shikang, and finally reduced the number of timbers to 50,000. The thickness and length of the timber were stipulated, and the two sides were bounded by the Liao River, and the Goguryeo people had to transport the timber to the Liao River, and when the water rushed, the timber could be directly sent to the sea, and the Zhou army would pick them up in the sea.

Fifty thousand is not a small number, how many warships can be built with this? Got the land contract signed by the Goguryeo people, Yang Yong couldn't help laughing, he didn't expect that a princess and a prince in Goguryeo were so valuable, as for the more than 300 Goguryeo captives, Ulzhi Wende didn't want to live or die, they couldn't cut the wood that needed to be ransomed when they returned to China, so Yang Yong regretted a little, so he had to demote them to slaves and be responsible for transporting wood at sea.

After signing, the deputy envoy of Goguryeo wanted to take back their second prince and the fifth princess, for fear that Goguryeo would regret it, Wei Shikang clearly refused, and the two could only be temporarily hostages, and when they finished transporting 25,000 sticks, they would release one person, and when all 50,000 pieces of wood were transported, they would release the other person.

The deputy envoy of Goguryeo couldn't, so he had to go back after seeing Gao Jianwu and Princess Pingkang once, and they were relieved that the two were not abused, but when they could go back, it depended on how fast they transported the wood.

After the Goguryeo people left, Yang Yong stayed in Yingzhou and had nothing to do, and the weather in Yingzhou was getting colder and colder.