Eulzhi Wende slowed down and continued: "Besides, why should the Turks help us Goguryeo people who have no contact with each other to intercede? Even if the Turkic Khan went to intercede, the Great Sui Emperor would listen? ”

Wang Shichong shook his head with a smile: "This kind of thing can only be understood, not spoken." The Prime Minister is a smart man, so I don't need to say anything more. ”

Yizhi Wende's eyes lit up, and then his brows were deeply locked: "Wang Shilang, do you want us to make a private agreement between our country and the Turks like this, so that your Supreme will also think twice when you decide to do it?" But now the Turks are dead set on your Great Sui, and they may attack our Goguryeo as your precursor in the future, so why should they help us intercede? ”

Wang Shichong's eyes flashed: "Anyway, I've already talked about this, I'll teach the minister another trick, but I also have one condition, that is, if this thing is done, and a complete peace between the three kingdoms is achieved, I hope that I can monopolize the commercial power of your Goguryeo and Sui Dynasty transactions, and also, your trade with the Turks, I will also share the benefits from it." ”

Ulzhi Wende replied without thinking: "These are all right, they should be." Listen to Wang Shilang, you mean that you want us to do business with the Turks in order to win their support? ”

Wang Shichong laughed and clapped his hands violently: "That's right, who will do it if there is no benefit?" What the Turks need most, don't you know? ”

Yizhi Wende said with a smile: "What the Turks need most is the iron-armored steel knife, which is a necessary tool for them to fight and fight on the grassland, I heard that your Great Sui has been implementing a pig iron embargo on the Turks before. How. Do you mean. Is it for us to Goguryeo to provide these pig iron to the Turks in exchange for their support and intercession? ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "These are what you think about yourself, not what I taught you, just look at it yourself." ”

Yizhi Wende nodded: "With Wang Shilang's position, Yizhi is already grateful for this step, but I heard that the Turkic Qimin Khan has a very good relationship with the Great Sui, if it wasn't for the Great Sui." He had already died at the hands of Dulan Khan, and now although he was dead, his son Ashina Jiji served as Khan, that is, Shibi Khan, and continued to maintain a low posture of submission to the Great Sui, and this time I also saw the tributary envoy he sent to congratulate the emperor of the Sui Dynasty in Honglu Temple, and now the Turks will still be as hungry for pig iron as before? ”

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "I don't know what the Prime Minister of Yizhi is, the first Khan of the Turks, Qimin Khan, is indeed grateful to the Great Sui and loyal. But his three sons were all in charge of the people. Split up and expanded, and their gratitude and loyalty to the Great Sui were far inferior to their father Khan. ”

"I don't know if you have heard that the year before last in the desert outside Yulin County, the number one general of this dynasty, the two sons of Yuwenshu, the general of Zuo Yiwei, secretly carried out pig iron smuggling business with the Turks, the amount was as high as 500,000 catties, and they were arrested and almost executed, until a month ago, they were still punished as slaves by the Supreme and detained in the mansion of General Yuwen.

Ezhi Wende gritted his teeth: "I have indeed heard of this, but I still have two concerns, one is that our Goguryeo, like your Great Sui, is also bordering these nomadic barbarians, and the steppes produce war horses and cavalry, and their herdsmen are very good at bows and arrows. It is precisely for this reason that your Great Sui imposed a pig iron embargo on them, but if we in Goguryeo put wings on these tigers, we must also worry that they will attack us in the future. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "You have to solve the difficulties in front of you before you can think about the future, if you can't even pass the current level, what will you talk about in the future?" If you don't come up with some real money, how can you make friends with the Turks? ”

Yizhi Wende shook his head: "But the Turks have always fought with our subordinate Khitans and Xi people, and the Turks in Monan did not have obvious advantages in weapons before, so they fought back and forth with the Khitans, and they could not threaten us, if they got iron weapons, they would definitely annex the Khitan and Xi people, and then our Goguryeo barrier would be gone." ”

Wang Shichong said with a smile: "This depends on your own control, anyway, you only need to use the Turks to intercede for you once, and the first time you make more shots, it is not up to you to decide whether to give it in the future or not." ”

Etozhi Wende's brow softened slightly: "Well, compared to the second question, this first question is not a problem. Even if we intend to provide pig iron to the Turks, we Goguryeo and Turks almost never have any formal interactions, especially the Qimin Khan and his three sons, who have nothing to do with us. ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "The matter you said is indeed a problem, but it is not unsolvable, didn't the Minister of Yizhi say it just now, in the Honglu Temple where you live, can't you also see the Turkic envoys who came to pay tribute and congratulate?" ”

Yizhi Wende's face finally flashed with a hint of joy: "Yes, that person's name is Gao Baoyi, and he is still a Han Chinese, I don't know how he ran to the Turks, I was a little surprised when I first saw him." ”

Wang Shichong's face changed: "What did you say?" This time the Turkic envoy is Gao Baoyi? ”

Yizhi Wende was a little surprised, and wondered: "What, does Wang Shilang know this person?" ”

Wang Shichong laughed: "How can you not know it, this is the leader of the Mobei Turks, the number one military advisor of Ashina Dubi Special Service (after the death of the Qimin Khan, the prince of Dubi changed his position, and according to the customs of the Turks, he was promoted to a special service, that is, the leader of a close tribal tribe, a noble man with Khan blood, and still commanding the Mobei Turks), I have been trading with the Turks for many years, and I am an old acquaintance with him. ”

Yizhi Wende smiled "hehe", looked at Wang Shichong's eyes, and showed a meaningful look: "Did Wang Shilang also trade with the Turks for that pig iron?" No wonder I'm so familiar with this. (To be continued......)