In the seventh year of the Apocalypse and the ninth year of Chongzhen, the Manchu Emperor Taiji sent troops to conquer Korea twice, and finally forced Korea to change to the Manchu Dynasty as the suzerain, and severed relations with the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty has no contact with North Korea now.

Now, after Liu Kongzhao appeared on Jeju Island in North Korea with the Guards Navy, he thought that these North Korean naval forces would resist their own Guards Navy because they were no longer the suzerainty of the Ming Dynasty.

But what Liu Kongzhao didn't expect was that Li Shi, the defense envoy of these North Korean naval forces, would take the initiative to greet him and also let the dock out.

Seeing the North Korean sailors on the shore cheering like a rain after a long drought, Liu Kongzhao had to admit that he had a kind of as if he was not here to conquer North Korea but to rescue North Korea, otherwise why would these North Korean sailors be so excited.

Seeing that the Korean navy had no intention of resisting his own guards navy, Liu Kongzhao did not bother to come out to command the battle again, so he handed over the contact matter to Xu Xianqing, who was really in charge of the affairs of the envoy to Korea.

Xu Xianqing came to the shore, and Li Shi, the very stylish defense envoy of the Korean naval army, came over:

"Since you call this official angel you have the intention of continuing to serve my Ming as the master, but since you still want to serve me as the master, why would you change to the Manchu Qing Dynasty as the master, don't you intend to betray my Ming, have you forgotten who saved your country in the first place, so that it was saved from the disaster of the destruction of the country and the species brought to you by the Japanese slaves!"

"Angels, don't be angry, my Korean monarchs and ministers know that they are sorry for the Celestial Empire, but at that time, Hu Lu was too strong, and my North Korea was powerless to resist, so I had to betray the Celestial Empire in order to protect the safety of my family and country.

As he spoke, Li Shi personally welcomed Xu Xianqing into his camp, and at this time, many North Korean soldiers and civilians rushed to see the excitement.

Xu Xianqing has always put on a posture of an envoy of the Celestial Empire, but Li Shi and the others are not angry, and now the Ming Dynasty is indeed like a recreated parent in the eyes of their North Korea, so Li Shi is only afraid that Xu Xianqing will be a little dissatisfied, and he does not dare to be disrespectful to Xu Xianqing.

"This official tells you the truth, my Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was extremely angry when he heard that Er and others had betrayed the Ming Dynasty and respected the Qing Dynasty, so in good faith Hou Liu Kongzhao led a large army to conquer you, and the warship that was just outside came to Xingshi to ask for guilt, and now that you sincerely confess your guilt, this official can not help you ask Your Majesty for forgiveness and other crimes."

As soon as Xu Xianqing said this, Li Shi also panicked, he really couldn't accept that he would make North Korea an enemy of the Ming Empire that he admired, so he knelt directly on one knee in front of Xu Xianqing: "Li Shi, thank you angel!" Please rest assured that the angel will never betray the Ming Dynasty, now that the angel has come, my North Korea will be the enemy of Jianyu, and now I also ask the angel to intercede for us, I am willing to go to the soup for the Ming Dynasty! ”

"Very good, then go to see the Sincerity Marquis with this official now, and then send someone to bring the news to your Royal Highness the King, so that he can personally pick up the official and the Sincerity Marquis!"

After Xu Xianqing said this, he left here, and returned to the ship to tell Liu Kongzhao everything.

And Li Shi was busy with Xu Xianqing's entrustment, and hurriedly informed the current king of Joseon, Li Hao, about the matter for 800 miles.

"What, the angel of the Ming Dynasty is here! Quick, quick, take Lone to meet the angels! ”

Without the slightest hesitation, the king of Joseon, Yi Hao, rushed from Pyongyang to greet Liu Kongzhao, Xu Xianqing and other Ming officials.

At the repeated invitation of Li Shi, the defense envoy of the North Korean naval army, Liu Kongzhao also got off the boat and went ashore to see Li Shi, but in order to show the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Kongzhao was not as polite as Xu Xianqing, and had been arrogant and pointed at Li Shi's navy.

"What kind of warship is this, it is still using hardwood sails, each of which is equipped with less than ten guns, how to fight this, Benjue's five sail battleships this time are all second-class sail warships, you can sell one, what do you think, each is not expensive, only 200,000 silver dollars."

Liu Kongzhao nominally instructed the North Korean naval army out of good intentions, but in fact, his main purpose was to sell his own Ming arms.

This was entrusted to him by Zhu Youzhen before he came to the DPRK.

After all, the main equipment of the Ming Dynasty was updated too quickly, resulting in many weapons that still had market value in this era, but were scrapped for the Guards.

It also took a toll on the empire's finances.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen has been thinking about finding ways to sell some weapons that are slightly inferior but still advanced in this era, so that the Ming Ordnance Institute can realize profit income, and foreign countries can pay for the cost of weapons research in the Ming Dynasty.

"Don't believe it, this officer can take you to the battleship to have a look, or he can put a few cannons for you to see, so that you can see if this kind of battleship is worth buying with 200,000 silver dollars."

Liu Kongzhao is now shouting all over the sky, since the Ming Zhijiang Shipyard introduced a large number of Hongmao Fan and Franco machine people as laborers, Daming's shipbuilding technology has been rapidly improved, the cost of a second-class warship is no more than 50,000 silver dollars, and now Liu Kongzhao directly to the North Korean naval defense envoy Li Shi shouted 200,000 silver dollars.

And Li Shi did not have a strong concept of the number of 200,000 silver dollars, but he knew that 200,000 silver taels was not a small number, so he was still more cautious to follow Liu Kongzhao on the battleship, he was indeed very interested in the sail battleship of the Ming Dynasty, because from the outside, it could be seen that this kind of battleship was obviously larger than his own warship, and there were more guns.

Rumble!

Rumble!

Rumble!

A series of artillery fire poured on the sea level, and the defense of the Korean navy made Li Shi have a great curiosity about the flexibility and speed of the guns and warships of the Guards Navy as Liu Kongzhao expected, and hurriedly promised to buy one himself, and asked Liu Kongzhao how to buy it and how many silver taels he needed.

"I don't look at silver taels for trading goods in the Ming Dynasty, we only recognize silver dollars, so if you want to buy a warship like this, you can only take 200,000 silver dollars out, otherwise you don't need to talk about it", Liu Kongzhao looked at it with a very disdainful look.

At this time, Li Shi was really interested in the second-class sail battleship of the Guards, and finally had to say helplessly: "But there are not so many silver dollars in the bottom, only silver and gold." ”

"This is nothing, when your king comes, you will help the official persuade your king to allow trade with my Daming, and allow my Daming Central Bank to issue currency in North Korea, and you North Korea must protect the safety of the Daming Central Bank and recognize that the silver dollar is a common currency that you North Korea also uses, and then the people of the Daming Central Bank will teach you how to apply for a loan, you can buy this battleship through a loan, you can handle it now, you can apply for a loan with the person in charge of the Daming Central Bank from this official!"

(End of chapter)