In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, the first month.

Li Zhong quickly decided on the choice of his daughter-in-law and the person to match.

Next......

It is to go to the door one by one, and then complete the six rites step by step.

And ordinary people like them, of course, don't have to prepare for half a year, or even a year, I feel like I'm going to prepare for three months, just do it, it's almost the same.

What you want is one word - fast.

In this way, it seems that King Jin's wedding has to become hasty.

After all......

They are in unison when they play small actions, and it doesn't seem good that you will leave him when you get married now.

After three months......

Five couples completed the wedding.

Meanwhile......

Li Chong is also making arrangements to be made in advance to go to Liaodong.

First of all......

It is necessary to send craftsmen from the Academy of Sciences to Yangzhou to cooperate with the shipbuilders in Yangzhou to build at least ten paddle steamers that can cross the Bohai Sea.

Secondly......

It is necessary to transport steam engines, tractors, and threshers to Liaodong.

Other than that......

The negotiations with Goguryeo should be almost completed.

The Tang Dynasty demanded a total of three points, first, Goguryeo should compensate for all the military expenditures of the Tang army's expedition, second, Goguryeo wanted to cede all the cities on the first line of Liaodong City, especially such as Beisha City, such a coastal city to the Tang Dynasty, and third, Goguryeo wanted to open a foreign trade port to the Tang Dynasty.

All I can say is......

The king can accept the land and keep the king, anyway, he can't take those lands back now, but this is to compensate for military expenses and open foreign trade ports.

This made King Rongliu hesitate.

The key is......

He also had no money to compensate Datang for its military expenditures.

The envoys of the Tang Dynasty gave them an idea, and they had no money to exchange things for.

For example, Goguryeo's delicacies from the mountains and seas, ginseng, and Silla women.

You don't have any money, you can go and fight Silla.

If you go and rob Silla, won't you have money?

Of course!

This represents only the personal opinion of the envoys.

These words made King Rongliu speechless, and also made King Rongliu realize, so what to say.

Datang's national policy this time seems to have completely changed.

Before......

They all need to take out their own fiefdom map to Datang, and then say to Datang that I surrender, I am willing to surrender to Datang and accept Datang's canonization, and Datang will ignore you.

But now......

How does he feel that Datang seems to be completely different?

One of the ministers said, "King, you can't agree to this condition."

But soon the other ministers said, "If you don't agree, they will attack directly, do you want to destroy our king?"

The third minister also stepped forward to persuade: "The Tang Dynasty soldiers are sharp and difficult to resist, so for today's plan, we can only promise the other party first."

Previously, Goguryeo had already lost nearly 300,000 troops, and if it happened again, the ministers of Goguryeo would not dare to imagine it.

After all, what they can use in the whole country is about five or six hundred thousand troops.

The key is......

You can't use all these armies against the Tang Dynasty, you also have to guard against Baekje and Silla.

King Rongliu listened to the discussion of the ministers, and of course he also understood the power of this.

If they don't do it well, maybe they will really lose their country.

The anger of a big country like Datang is not something they can afford.

The Turks were once very prosperous, but where have they gone now?

Gao Changguo also thought that he was far away from Datang, and Datang would definitely not come over, but in the end, it was not destroyed.

What King Rongliu is most afraid of now is the Tang Dynasty to him

We have similar thoughts.

In fact, when he arrived here, King Rongliu himself was still a little selfish.

If he agrees to Datang's request.

Then he can also be the king of Goguryeo.

This is beyond doubt.

But what if he is against Datang?

He may be the one who died.

Therefore......

He knew that Goguryeo could not defeat the Tang Dynasty, and even Goguryeo might be destroyed by the Tang Dynasty in the future.

But as long as he has been a dog to Datang for generations, this may be able to let himself and his heirs continue to live as kings.

Merely......

should become the county king of the Tang Dynasty, just like Tuyuhun.

But it's better than letting your head fall to the ground.

So......

King Rong decided to ensure the interests of himself and his heirs.

Those who advised him not to agree were ill-intentioned.

King Rongliu then agreed to all of Datang's requests.

Compensate Datang with 100,000 copper coins as military expenses, and at the same time, cede the first line of Liaodong City, including Beisha City, to Datang, and open a foreign trade port to Datang.

Next......

It's hard to say whether Goguryeo will die, but at least, it can't die at his hands.

This news was quickly transmitted back to Chang'an in August.

Li Chong can only say......

This Goguryeo king is quite interesting.

However, 100,000 copper coins is not a small amount, although Goguryeo does have a population of at least close to 3 million, but if it is apportioned, each person will have to pay at least 33 copper coins.

All I can say is......

Next, Goguryeo is afraid that he will smash the pot and sell iron.

But......

They can really think about it, if they go to loot the Silla maid and sell it, they should be able to pay off the money soon.

After all, a Silla maid doesn't say a few hundred, but dozens of it should still be needed.

You must know that in the Dunhuang documents, the price of one of the slaves and maids recorded above is often twenty or thirty yuan, and thirty or forty yuan is about the same.

Other words......

If Goguryeo wanted to pay off this debt quickly, it probably only needed 2,500 Silla maids.

When Li Chong thought of this, he also had to carry out self-confession.

But if it is not of my race, its heart will be different.

Not to mention, the Koreans in later generations are quite jumpy.

In order not to be burdened by future generations.

He can only be the person who is guilty of the present generation and has a merit for a thousand years.

When the time comes......

Directly sell these Silla maids to Yangzhou.

And you can make a lot of money!

In this way, the five little ones have their start-up capital.

Although Liaodong is indeed a bitter cold place, it also depends on how you use it.

If you use it well, it's a good place.

Meanwhile......

Some agricultural and water conservancy talents, as well as medical talents, will also begin to prepare to go to Liaodong.

All I can say is......

Whoever is chosen is unlucky.

And the fact that the King of Jin was going to Liaodong to be the king next has also become a secret that is not a secret in the court.

Even......

The news soon reached the ears of the other kings.

Li Tai, King of Wei: "Father, this is true."

Wu Wang Li Ke: "Fortunately, he didn't let me go."

Li You, King of Qi: "Isn't this just distribution?"

Li Su, the king of Shu: "My father also said that I am not as good as a beast, I think my father is not as good as a beast!" What the hell did he do wrong?"

Li Zhi was also very depressed, so he said! It's certainly not good for them to learn the art of war.

"I can only say...... You Ayeh

He's not a nice guy!"

Then Li Zhi said to the four little ones.