Negotiations resumed.

This time, Kim Fu-cheol didn't play any more tricks, and all his tricks were out of rhythm in front of the difficult situation facing Goryeo.

Zhou Quan wanted to weaken Goryeo, but he did not want the current Goryeo regime to end immediately, so he also made some adjustments in the specific terms.

For example, the establishment of a concession was changed from the initial proposal to establish a concession in Kaegyong to the establishment of concessions in Ganghwa Island and Busan, and the number of ports opened in Goryeo was also limited to these two ports from four.

Another example is the exploration right, which is limited to a radius of 50 miles from the concession, and as for the interior of Goryeo, it is still not allowed to enter the Donghae Chamber of Commerce.

A number of sub-clauses had been amended, but the total number of 10 treaties had not changed.

In addition to these ten articles, there is also the so-called supplementary contract. The content of the supplementary agreement finally made Kim Fuzhe feel that he could go back and give an explanation: the Donghae Chamber of Commerce supports the current Goryeo royal court, is willing to pay taxes to it, abides by Goryeo laws under its rule, and does not hide and shelter rebellious Goryeo fugitives; The Donghae Chamber of Commerce supported Goryeo in its war against the Jurchens, and was willing to release the Goryeo captives with an appropriate ransom and, if necessary, sell weapons, armor and other war materials to the Goryeo court.

On October 9, the fourth year of the Great Song Dynasty, after a long period of verbatim bargaining, the two sides finally drew up a peace treaty, but when Kim Boo-cheol was about to return to Goryeo, a new Goryeo envoy arrived.

"The king of Goryeo sincerely invited the envoy of the coastal state of Haizhou in the Great Song Dynasty to the Kaijing ......"

When he saw this invitation, Zhou Quan also felt a little dizzy.

What Kim didn't know was that Jeju's grain had bottomed out at this time.

It is extremely difficult for 150,000 or 60,000 people to support themselves for more than half a year only by halving the income from autumn grain and the seized grain. If it drags on any longer, even if Zhou Quan kills all the Goryeo captives, he will not be able to support the remaining population, unless he kills all the natives who are now extremely obedient.

In that case, not to mention that there will be a serious labor shortage on Jeju Island, even the remaining Han people may also have the impression of Zhou Quan as "unkind".

Therefore, although Zhou Quan grasped the initiative in the peace talks, he was also eager to reach an agreement, just like the Koreans.

"Enter Kaijing to sign a peace treaty?" Zhou Quan's brows furrowed slightly.

"Ming Gong, don't do it!" Dong Changqing exclaimed after reading the letter.

"Oh, tell me about it."

"The entire Donghai Chamber of Commerce is completely tied to Ming Gong, and the Korean people may not be able to keep their word, if they are unfavorable to Ming Gong, what should I do?"

Seeing that Zhou Quan seemed to be a little disapproving, Dong Changqing persuaded again: "The son of a daughter, you can't sit in the hall, not to mention Ming Gong, if this is a trivial matter, Ming Gong will personally come out, so what's the use of me and Bai Ruizhi?" Dong is not talented, and he is willing to be the envoy of the Ming Dynasty and go to Goryeo! ”

This has risen to the meaning of the existence of the two of them, Zhou Quan originally wanted to go by himself, but in this way, it was difficult to speak.

But the later envoy discussed with Jin Fuzhe, Jin Fuzhe asked to see Zhou Quan, and persuaded bitterly: "Why worry about the system, my lord has heard that the hero boy is being controlled, so he wants to see it, His Majesty has said, if the system can be reached, then the peace agreement will be made, if the system cannot be made, the peace agreement will be difficult." If you feel that the system is not appropriate, you can lead a team of soldiers and horses into Kaijing, how about it? ”

Kaijing is only twenty miles away from the harbor, if Zhou Quan is really allowed to bring a team of soldiers and horses into Kaijing, if something is wrong, either cover Zhou Quan's retreat, or stick to it and wait for reinforcements, both can ensure Zhou Quan's safety.

Dong Changqing still needs to be advised, but this time Zhou Quan agreed.

"Why did Ming Gong promise him?" After Jin Fuzhen left with joy, Dong Changqing asked with a pause.

"As for safety, since I am allowed to lead troops into Kaesong, there is no need to worry. If this treaty can be signed as soon as possible, our food crisis will be lifted, and the next step will be to concentrate on Liugu. Zhou Quan's eyes flashed: "This matter must be prepared within this year!" ”

Dong Changqing was stunned for a moment: "Why is Ming Gong so anxious?" ”

Zhou Quan smiled but did not answer.

Compared with Bai Xianxian, Dong Changqing, etc., Zhou Quan has a much far-reaching vision, and he has already foreseen an imminent storm.

Cotton takes over the field!

Because cotton cloth has been prevalent in the past two years, the original linen cloth and even silk silk have been beaten to the ground, so in the next two years, the cultivation of cotton will be greatly expanded. Those magnates have been merging land on a large scale, among which Yang Jian is the most powerful, and more and more farmers have lost the land they depend on in the areas of Jingdong East Road and Huainan Road, especially in northern Jiangsu, Shandong.

A civil uprising is brewing, others can't see it, how can Zhou Quan not see it!

But he was powerless and unwilling to stop the change, and only when more peasants came out of the shackles of the land could he have more labor to devote to industrial and colonial expansion.

It's just that Zhou Quan didn't realize that he was far from the only one who saw this, and others also discovered this problem.

"If Ming Gong wants to go to Goryeo, how can his safety be guaranteed?" Seeing that he didn't answer, Dong Changqing asked a second question.

"You and Mr. Bai, Uncle Wu, and Ye Chu work together to come up with a strategy, and then the implementation is, oh, by the way, in order to avoid accidents, the Xuanniao can go to Goryeo with me!"

"If there is a Xuanniao, there is no worries!" Dong Changqing heard this, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Unlike other ships, the Gentori is a gunboat, modified and equipped with eight bronze naval guns!

Dong Changqing had seen the power of the Xuanniao, although strictly speaking, it was only a small gunboat, when facing the enemy at sea, it might blast out dozens or even hundreds of cannons, and it might not be able to hit the opponent, but if it hit the target enemy ship at medium and close range, its destructive power was far better than that of ordinary fire attack ships.

Moreover, it is less likely to face the Goryeo warships this time, but it is more likely to face the Goryeo land soldiers.

In addition to the Xuanniao, 2,000 soldiers were also dispatched, of which 500 would be Zhou Quan's guards to follow him to Kaijing, and the other 1,500 would wait in the harbor, one was to protect the warship, and the other was ready to meet Zhou Quan at any time.

On October 19, the fourth year of Zhenghe, Zhou Quan led the escort fleet to set off, and on the 25th, the fleet arrived at Ganghwa Island and stationed at Incheon. Dong Changqing, as an envoy, arrived in Kaijing first and discussed with the Ministry of Rites of the Kingdom of Goryeo all the ceremonial matters of Zhou Quan's visit to Kaijing.

Because Zhou Quan did not attach importance to etiquette, the agreement reached between the two sides was very fast, and Zhou Quan did not need to bow to the king of Goryeo, and he could just settle down.

The meeting place between the two sides was not in Kaegyong, Goryeo, but in the palace of the king of Goryeo on Ganghwa Island.

Goryeo was almost destroyed by the Khitan, and the monarch of Goryeo avoided Ganghwa Island at that time, so on Ganghwa Island, there is the palace of the king of Goryeo. Around the palace, there is also a walled city, although it is not big, but it is also prosperous.

Early in the morning of November 12, after Zhou Quan got up from the tent, he saw Bai Xianfeng and Dong Changqing guarding the door.

The two of them were full of energy, looking extremely excited, seeing them like this, Zhou Quan smiled and said, "Why are you two so uncalm? ”

"How can we not be excited to meet the king of Goryeo today, we can also be regarded as a foreign country, right?" Dong Changqing said.

Bai Xianfeng sighed: "It's a pity that he has never been a thief in the west. ”

According to the agreement, Zhou Quan was going to visit the king of Goryeo in the palace today, so the two of them were so excited.

After washing up, I ate a little breakfast, and the envoy of Goryeo had already arrived.

The messenger is none other than Jin Fuzhe.

"Weekly system, the carriage and horses have been prepared, please prepare and get on the car." He saluted Zhou Quan respectfully.

Zhou Quan came out to take a look and saw a splendid carriage, he smiled, pointed to one of the tall horses and said, "I don't take a car, I only go by horse." ”

Jin Fuzhen has no opinion, anyway, when he came, he prepared both a car and a horse, and even a sedan chair.

Zhou Quan himself got on his horse, and his five hundred guards escorted him, left the port, and began to head towards the palace of the king of Goryeo.

Along the way, the Koreans watched one after another, and many people even followed the team, if it wasn't for the Goryeo sergeants to drive them away, they were afraid that they would surround Zhou Quan and his party.

There is still a distance to the palace, and halfway through, Jin Fuzhe pointed to a temple and said: "Zhou Zhizhi, the country is in this temple, talk about preparing a wine banquet, please take a break." ”

Zhou Quan smiled and calmly dismounted.

There is a stupa in this temple, and on the sixth floor of the tower, there are several people condescendingly looking towards this side.

"I don't expect that there is such an elite army in the Song State Chamber of Commerce, Li Qing, you are not unjustly defeated!" The speaker was none other than the king of Goryeo, Wang Mata.

Li Ziqian's face was ashamed, and he arched his hand beside him: "Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent......"

"How can you say that you are incompetent, you see this team of guards, alas, my guards, it is not as far away!"

Wang Yu looked at the guards who were guarding Zhou Quan with admiration on his face. These are all young and strong between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four, and the short ones have also undergone more than half a year of training, and the oldest ones have a year of practice, so they can do what they order. When they marched in formation, they carried with them a overwhelming force.

The armor of the guards was also very neat, and they did not look like the guards of a caravan, but like the honor guards of a great power.

If it were the usual, Wang Yu would have been able to get a few thousand of such elites, but after the defeat of Jeju and the attack of the Jurchens, it was difficult for him to raise hundreds of such troops.

What Zhou Quan didn't know was that the Goryeo court invited him to visit, which was the whimsy of the Goryeo king. Because the front line was unfavorable and the Jurchens were only less than 100 miles away from Kaijing, Wang Yu was shocked overnight, so he invited Zhou Quan, one wanted to take advantage of Zhou Quan's military might, and the other could use the meeting with Zhou Quan as an excuse to temporarily leave Kaijing and hide on Ganghwa Island to take refuge.

At the same time, Wang Ma also has an extremely bold idea.

"Sister Wang, what do you think?" He turned his face away and looked at the woman standing beside him.

This woman is eighteen or nineteen years old, tall, with a goose egg face that is more common among Koreans, her eyes are like stars, and her green silk is like daisies.

Wang Yu's younger sister, Wang Fuxue, the lord of the Goryeo Palace. (To be continued.) )