"His Royal Highness, the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty are fierce this time, and it is difficult for my Ming reinforcements to come to Liaodong for reinforcements for a while, once my Liaodong Ming army cannot compete with it, in order to avoid its edge, it will take the initiative to abandon Liaodong and withdraw across the Yalu River, so as to disperse the forces of the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and fight to the death on the south bank of the Yalu River."

Under the gaze of everyone with great interest, Li Yuntian looked at Li Jue with a smile and said in an orderly manner, "At that time, the south bank of the Yalu River will become the decisive battle place between our army and the enemy, and your country's garrison on the south bank will be turned into a sharp sword that will kill the remnants of the Northern Yuan." ”

"Therefore, in the opinion of this envoy, the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty are powerful, and your army should not enter Liaodong to fight with it, and should stay on the south bank of the Yalu River to prepare for war.

Saying that, Li Yuntian put forward his construction seriously, "However, due to the sparse strength of my Liaodong Ming army, in order to hold on to several important cities, I hope to recruit 50,000 troops from your country to defend the city, and all the military supplies will be provided by my Ming Dynasty, if my Liaodong Ming army defeats the remnants of the Northern Yuan, it will also avoid a war in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

"Your Excellency, the newly recruited sergeants are still training for a shallow time, and it may be difficult to fight with the Mongol soldiers, and my country has more than 100,000 elite soldiers in Hamgyong Province and Pyongan Province, which can help the Ming Dynasty fight with the remnants of the Northern Yuan?"

Hearing this, everyone at the scene was taken aback, no one thought that Li Yuntian would actually put a good elite army of the Korean State and recruit troops from the people, Huang Xi thought that Li Yuntian did not know that the Korean State had laid heavy troops on the south bank of the Yalu River, so he opened his mouth to remind her.

Li Ji's brows suddenly frowned slightly, and he was quite dissatisfied with Huang Xi's move, according to Huang Xi's words, wouldn't he want to use the more than 100,000 main forces of the Korean State on the border to fight the Mongolian soldiers? At that time, it will be cheap for nothing.

"The newly recruited sergeants this time are just defending the city, although the Mongol soldiers are powerful, they lack siege equipment, and once they attack, they will be sent to death in vain." Li Yuntian knew what Huang Xi meant, and said to him with a disapproving smile, "Besides, now that it is winter, it will be difficult to move an inch on the road as soon as the heavy snow in Liaodong arrives, and the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty will not be able to have a big battle until after the spring of next year, and take advantage of this time to allow our army to reorganize its armament and train the new army." ”

"What the envoy said is very true, the winter in Liaodong is freezing and the Mongols can't move a bit, and when they gather to attack the city next year, the new army has already completed their training, and if they attack the city, it will be tantamount to killing themselves." Without waiting for Huang Xi to speak again, Li Ji took the lead and said to Li Yuntian with a smile.

"Zuo Yizheng and Ben thought of going together." Li Yuntian nodded with a smile, and after a deep groan, he raised his glass to Li Ji with a smile, "In order to allow the soldiers of your country to prepare for war with peace of mind, the envoy plans to transfer a part of the military resources of Liaodong to the soldiers of your country on the south bank of the Yalu River, I hope that you and I will work together to exterminate the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty that came this time!" ”

"With the envoy in charge, the invasion of Liaodong by the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty is undoubtedly a moth to the fire and bring about its own destruction. Li Ji didn't expect that Li Yuntian would actually provide military supplies to the Korean army, which was a huge expense, which could greatly reduce the burden on the treasury of the Korean state household, so he was slightly stunned at first, and then couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly raised his wine glass and saluted Li Yuntian.

Seeing this, a subtle smile flashed at the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, how could he take advantage of him so easily? For him, the military supplies were nothing more than a decoy, which prevented the Joseon king from asking for favors from the Ming dynasty, and at the same time provoked the relationship between the soldiers and generals of the Korean army deployed on the south bank of the Yalu River.

From the case of the Korean state embezzling money for the Ming army's rations, Li Yuntian knew that the wind of greed for ink was prevalent in the officialdom of the Korean state, so in the face of the military supplies of the Ming Dynasty, the generals of the Korean army would definitely deduct and embezzle them, damaging the public and private interests, and it would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers at that time.

Although those generals can suppress the dissatisfaction of the soldiers, the spark of this dissatisfaction will undoubtedly be buried in the hearts of the soldiers, and as long as Li Yuntian lights a fire, it will inevitably ignite a raging fire.

After the banquet, Li Jue and Li Ji immediately rushed to the Kangning Hall to report to the king of Joseon about Li Yuntian's proposal, because the conditions given by Li Yuntian were reasonable and unusually generous, so the king of Joseon had no excuse to refuse, so he nodded and agreed to the matter, and the next day he issued an edict to let the officials of Bingcao assist Li Yuntian in recruiting troops in the Korean state.

Due to the urgency of the situation, Li Yuntian's scope of recruitment was mainly in the central and northern parts of Korea, that is, Gyeonggi-do, Gangwon-do, Hwanghae-do, Pyongan Province, and Hamgyong-do provinces north of Chungcheong-do, so that he could rush to Liaodong as much as possible.

Among them, the most important areas for recruiting troops are Gyeonggi-do, Gangwon-do, and Hwanghae-do.

Although Pyongan Province and Hamgyong Province are now the two largest of the eight provinces in Korea, since most of these two provinces were taken from the hands of Tielingwei and Jianju Zuowei, the local security was not good, otherwise the Joseon king would not have established four counties and six towns to defend them, so the two places had limited recruits.

In order to be able to recruit qualified recruits from the Korean state, Li Yuntian provided a generous salary package, and the monthly salary was set at one tael of silver, which exceeded the highest level of the Ming army, and after retirement, he was able to get five acres of land, and the land was purchased by the Jiangwutang in the Korean state.

Not only that, two sets of clothes are distributed in each season of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and there must be a meat dish for every day's meal.

In order to dispel the worries of the young people of the DPRK, the newly recruited soldiers can first pay half a year's monthly salary, that is, six taels of silver, which is enough for a family of 10 in the DPRK for a year.

What is particularly important is that Li Yuntian has given a generous bereavement policy, those who are disabled due to injuries can receive a subsidy of 15 taels of silver, and those who died in war will receive a bereavement pension of 2 acres of land and 30 taels of silver, which has already exceeded the pension standard of the lecture martial arts.

In order to be able to obtain qualified soldiers, at the request of Li Yuntian, the king of Joseon specifically indicated in the conscription notice issued that the slaves of the nobles and local nobles could also sign up for the army, and the funds for their redemption would be deducted from the salaries of those slaves.

Because Li Yuntian gave a lucrative offer that could not be refused, the conscription notice of the king of Joseon immediately caused a sensation in the Korean state as soon as it was issued, and the young children went to the recruitment point to sign up for the army in the hope of earning that considerable monthly salary, and even the Korean army was also fluctuating, and many soldiers privately rushed to the recruitment point to sign up and try their luck.

The soldiers who had passed the medical examination were very clever and promised to give the six taels of silver they had received first to the generals in the battalion, which in turn made the generals turn a blind eye and let them be discharged from the camp and then go to join the army.

Because this was a windfall, it was imitated by the generals of the Korean army, so that many young and strong soldiers in the barracks became recruits recruited by Li Yuntian.

Li Yuntian did not deal with the recruitment of troops in Seoul, and soon after the king of Joseon ordered the recruitment, he left Seokyo and rushed to Pyongyang City, Xijing, where the 5,000 soldiers of the Suzaku Battalion were waiting for his arrival in Pyongyang, and would cross the Yalu River with him into the territory of Liaodong Dusi.

Before leaving Seoul, Li Yuntian specially invited Huang Xi and other two classes of magnates to a banquet in the Seoul Teaching Workshop, hoping that they could take care of the Jiangwutang Hancheng Affairs Office after he left, after all, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, and with Huang Xi and others taking care of him, it is undoubtedly much more convenient for the Jiangwutang Hancheng Affairs Office, so although he is an envoy, he also has to win over these powerful people of the Korean state.

The kindness released by Li Yuntian made Huang Xi and the others very surprised, since the state of Korea, the envoys of the Ming Dynasty have all been arrogant, and it is rare to have such a kind and humble envoy as Li Yuntian.

At the same time, Huang Xi and the others also knew that Li Yuntian's background was not simple, and the person who could call the shots to recruit troops in the Korean State and provide generous treatment was definitely the son of the top nobles of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise how could he have such a great authority.

Therefore, Huang Xi and the others also have the heart to make friends with the sons and daughters of honors like Li Yuntian, and if they have anything to do in Korea in the future, Li Yuntian can also take care of them in the capital.

At the banquet, Yoo Jin gave a wonderful dance performance, although she has left the place of geisha and became a commoner woman, but because the Seoul workshop is in charge of the court dance of the Korean country, she has gathered the highest geisha in the Korean dance, so in order to improve her dance skills, she has to stay in the Seoul workshop to continue to sharpen.

Moreover, Liu Zhen's previous home was long gone with her father's exile, and now she is also a little famous in Seoul, so she took out the private money she saved to buy a courtyard for her parents and family to live in, so that her parents, who had suffered a lot, could retire in Seoul.

Besides, although Liu Zhen is in the teaching workshop, none of those two classes of magnates in Seoul dare to beat her idea, everyone knows that she is Li Yuntian's woman, otherwise Li Yuntian would say good things for her?

Although Li Yuntian is gone, Huang Xi, the leader of the government, can be in Seoul, who is full of food and support to provoke Liu Zhen to trouble himself, maybe when Liu Zhen will go to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to be Li Yuntian's concubine.

At this moment, as long as there are some scheming magnates in the two shifts, they have already seen that the background of Li Yuntian, the deputy envoy, is not simple, Wei Yi, who was Chen Ming's envoy when investigating the military rations case, the envoy sent by the Ming Dynasty to supervise the purchase of military rations, did not complain, but honestly assisted Li Yuntian in investigating Chen Ming.

If Wei Yi is a military attaché, it would be good to say, but he is neither a military attache nor a civilian official, but a eunuch who can't fight with Li Yuntian, and the eunuch has often clashed with the civil and military officials accompanying the mission in Korea over the years, and the two sides don't buy it at all, but Wei Yi is obedient in front of Li Yuntian, which shows that Li Yuntian has a huge deterrent to him.

"Your Excellency." When Li Yuntian and Cui Li entered the living room in the backyard of the Taiping Pavilion with a smile, Park Yongji, a Songdu merchant who was waiting in the living room with anxiety, hurriedly stood up and quickly knelt on the ground to salute Li Yuntian.

"Boss Park, do you know why the envoy invited you this time?" Seeing this, Li Yuntian bowed slightly to Park Yongji, and asked quietly after taking a seat at the top of the living room.

"The villain doesn't know, please make it clear to the Lord." Since Park Yongji didn't know the language of the Ming Dynasty, Cui Li translated to him, and Park Yongji then shook his head and looked at Li Yuntian with a puzzled expression.

Park Yongji was very puzzled by Li Yuntian's invitation to come this time, and it stands to reason that a lowly businessman like him would not be able to enter the eyes of a noble person like Li Yuntian.

"You tell the envoy, who are the famous businessmen in Korea?" A smile appeared at the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth, and he reached out and made a gesture for Park Yongji to get up, and asked quietly.