Gao Liansheng instinctively shrank back, forced a smile and said humbly: "Lord Wang, Xiao Lao'er is just an ordinary merchant, what big can he do?" The prince made fun of it. ”

"No, no, no, you are not only a rich businessman, but also a dignified uncle of Goguryeo, when Gao Tang was seriously ill, he urgently called you back to China to entrust the important things behind him. As long as your boss is willing to do it, it will be done. Yang Guang refuted Gao Liansheng disappreciatively.

"Then, please ask the prince to give the king's order, the little old man is willing to give it a try." Gao Liansheng's eyes rolled on the face of Yu Xiaoren, who was sitting next to him, and he couldn't get the slightest hint from him, so he had to express his attitude to Yang Guang.

"Boss Gao, you also know that since my father founded the Great Sui, although Goguryeo was one of the first foreign countries to pay tribute to the imperial court, to this day, its king Gao Tang has not gone to Chang'an in person to meet the emperor of the Great Sui. As Uncle Wang, if you can persuade your nephew Gaotang to go to Chang'an and meet my father and emperor, wouldn't you have achieved a good thing? I think that the thousands of people of Dasui and Goguryeo will be grateful for the kindness of Boss Gao. Yang Guang slowly and methodically expressed his expectations for Gao Liansheng.

Yu Xiaoren, who brought Yang Guang to the branch of Gaoji Leather Goods Company, didn't understand why Yang Guang didn't say goodbye to the banquet of the generals of the unified army who stayed in Bingzhou on the first day of leaving Bingzhou, but went out of the palace to find Gao Liansheng, and only when he heard that Yang Guangtuo asked Gao Liansheng to persuade Gao Liansheng, the king of Goguryeo, to go to Chang'an in person and meet the emperor of the Great Sui, he suddenly understood: It turned out that Yang Guang wanted to do another major diplomatic affair before leaving Bingzhou, in order to stabilize Liaodong, and of course, to eliminate hidden worries for the successor Han King Yang Liang.

Thinking of this, Yu Xiaoren couldn't help but open his mouth to help Yang Guang persuade Gao Liansheng and said: "Boss Gao, the Turks have dominated the Guanwai for decades, and his great khan took a picture and went to Chang'an in person last year to call the emperor a minister, since your nephew Gao Tang had already presented a minister to the court a few years ago, and was willing to be a vassal, why not persuade him to meet the emperor in the Jingjing Dynasty to deepen the affection between the two countries?" ”

Gao Liansheng looked at Yang Guang with a bitter face, and then at Yu Xiaoren, as if he had made a lot of determination, he arched his hand at Yang Guang and said: "Since the prince has said this today, the little old man simply poured the bitter water in his stomach in front of the prince, so that the prince can understand my hardships." ”

Yang Guang saw Gao Liansheng's embarrassed look, he was quite displeased, deliberately lowered his face, and said, "Boss Gao, please speak." ”

"Lord Wang, General Yu, you two don't know, although Xiao Lao'er is Gao Tang's uncle, but because he has been doing business abroad for many years, he rarely returns to his homeland during this period, so the friendship between our uncle and nephew has already become very weak. When Takato was seriously ill, the reason why he urgently summoned me to return to China was because several of his princes took advantage of his illness to fight for power and profit, and even did not hesitate to usurp the throne by going to war against Baekje and Silla. Later, although after the little old man returned to China, the soup was given medicine by the immortals outside the world for treatment, and the condition turned into safety, and several princes who were in trouble saw that their father was ill, and they also reined in one after another, but they did not expect that the old country suffered a flood that had not been encountered in a hundred years, the people were not able to make a living, and the treasury was empty, so the soup ordered the little old man to bring some Liaodong prescriptions and specialties back to the Central Plains to sell, in order to make up for the domestic deficits. Xiao Lao'er suggested to Gao Tang at that time that instead of relying on Xiao Lao'er to make profits from selling goods to make up for the shortfall, it was better to ask the Great Sui Imperial Court for help and ask for his favor to reward him for food and grain to tide over the crisis. However, Gao Tang ignored Xiao Lao'er's suggestion, and forced Xiao Lao'er to promise him in person, and since then he has opened up a new source of wealth for him, if he can't do it, he will not be allowed to return to his hometown after his death. Lord Wang, it's not that Xiao Lao'er doesn't want to persuade Gao Tang to go to Chang'an to meet the Emperor of the Great Sui, but Gao Tang can't listen to the persuasion. ”

Speaking of sadness, Gao Liansheng couldn't help but burst into tears, and actually cried in front of Yang Guang and Yu Xiaoren.

Yang Guang originally came to test Gao Liansheng, so naturally he would not be easily moved by his words, and listened to Gao Liansheng's explanation with a cold face, but laughed and said: "After Boss Gao said this, this matter is easier to handle." This king ordered today, sealed your Gaoji leather goods store, cut off the soup of this financial road, and then you return to China to bring him a message, as long as he is willing to go to Chang'an in person, not only can he protect the wealth of the Gaoji leather goods store, the court will also allocate some favors to Goguryeo every year, like such a good thing, he will probably not agree to it. ”

Gao Liansheng opened a pair of bloodshot eyes, looked at Yang Guang blankly, and only spoke after a while: "Does the prince think that if he forces Xiao Lao'er to a dead end, he can change his mind in soup stock?" Not to mention that two days ago, the messenger he sent to monitor Xiao Lao'er had transported the proceeds from the sale of these days back to Goguryeo, even if the prince really cut off this financial route, if Gao Tang was unwilling, no one would be able to force him to go to Chang'an. ”

"It's one thing to succeed or not, and it's another thing whether Boss Gao is willing to do his best to promote this matter according to the king's request. This king has said all he has said today, Boss Gao might as well take a look. Yang Guang threw down a sentence lightly, and actually took Yu Xiaoren to get up and leave.

On the way to escort Yang Guang back to Jinyang Palace, Yu Xiaoren thought about it again and again, but couldn't help but ask Yang Guang: "Lord Wang, why is your attitude towards Gao Liansheng today much worse than before?" According to the last general's opinion, what Fang Cai Gao Liansheng said is probably not a lie, how can he, a businessman who has been doing business abroad for many years, be the lord of a country and force him to come to Chang'an to see the emperor? ”

"There's no special reason, I just want to see how much Gao Liansheng, Uncle Wang, has in the eyes of Gao Tang?" Yang Guang replied succinctly and clearly.

Yu Xiaoren knew that Yang Guang was reluctant to tell him the real reason, because he considered that Gao Liansheng was introduced to Yang Guang by himself, so in order to avoid arousing suspicion, he had to stop and dare not ask any further.

When the two of them were about to walk to the gate of Jinyang Palace, Yang Guang suddenly instructed Yu Xiaoren: "Xiaoren, you don't have to return to Chang'an with me tomorrow, you still stay in Bingzhou to monitor Gao Liansheng's every move, I want to see if he is forced by this king today, will he immediately return to Goguryeo to persuade Gao Tang to go to Chang'an." ”

"What if Gao Liansheng really followed the prince's instructions and immediately set off to return to Goguryeo? Then it will ......"

"You said that the king sent you to escort him back to China, and personally accompanied him to Liaodong for a trip." Yang Guang replied without hesitation, and walked into Jinyang Palace.