Chapter 488: I'll be in charge of your country's security
It seems that the kings of the two countries are still sensible, Li Xiang was very satisfied and put the two pieces of paper aside, and the kings of the two countries also breathed a sigh of relief, if Li Xiang was angry, it is estimated that the two countries gave too little things.
This informal meeting of the three countries, to put it bluntly, Li Xiang came to knock off the bamboo, I didn't expect the kings of these two countries to be so sensible, they actually sent the list over, each country paid nearly 800,000 yuan in gifts, if it is in the territory of Datang, you may feel that these things are not valuable, but the two countries are equivalent to a province of Datang at most, and they can pay such money, which is basically the top.
According to the news that Li Xiang knew, the two countries were actually very poor, and there were no special products in the territory, but they just relied on the common people to farm and fish to make a living, and they took out so much money at once, it should have been the treasury clean, and Li Xiang didn't know how to speak for a while.
"If Your Highness needs our service for something, Your Highness will eat it even if you open your mouth, although our two countries are small and the people are weak, it is absolutely incumbent on us to do things for Your Highness."
The king of Silla saw that Li Xiang was drinking tea vigorously, and he didn't get to the point, so he dared to ask, he knew that this knife would come down sooner or later, and it was better to take the initiative himself, maybe for the sake of his own initiative, Li Xiang would probably not do it.
"That's the case, our Datang original sailor is also very powerful, but since the last war, our sailor has had various problems, and now the scale is not very large, and now this king is already the governor of Dengzhou, so in the future, in terms of training sailors, I hope the two can help each other."
Since the two of you have automatically paid for it, then we have omitted the first step, there is no need to ask you for money, and there is no need to let the cavalry next to you conduct exercises, after all, if you drill again, at most, this money will face these small countries, and you can't squeeze it too hard, squeeze out this money every year, and you have to leave a little money for enjoyment for others, and you can continue to squeeze it next year.
After the two of them listened to Li Xiang's words, they were nervous in their hearts, the reason why they were far away from Datang in the past was because Datang did not border with them, and they accepted things that were beneficial to them, and things that were not conducive to them were regarded as deaf ears, but now if Datang has a water master, it will be too easy to control them.
Of course, although both of them oppose Datang's construction of the water division, but it is useless for us to oppose it, Datang will not listen to our opinions, and the national policy formulated by others, we basically have no other choice than to implement it, just let us cooperate?
"If the Datang Navy Master is trained, in addition to being able to ensure the safety of the Datang coast, we, as a vassal state of the Datang, can naturally sit back and relax, and we are also very happy, but I don't know what His Highness needs us to cooperate with?"
The king of Baekje pretended to be happy and said, in fact, this guy's heart is already spitting sour water, they are all coastal countries, who doesn't want to have a strong sailor, but do you think it is so simple to train a sailor? The sailors of the two countries have also been formed for a long time, but there is nothing except for dozens of broken ships, and in addition to the cost of developing sailors, the most important thing is talent, but where can the small and weak people of the two countries find so many talents?
"I heard that there is a big island at the southern end of yours, and there are a lot of people living on it, I hope that my sailors can set up a military port there, once there is anything to do, your maritime security is also our responsibility, and your sailors can be disbanded, and the military expenses allocated to your sailors every year can be directly handed over to the Datang sailors, of course, you only need to give seventy percent every year, and the remaining thirty percent will supplement your treasury."
Li Xiang looks like a good old man, but in the ears of these two kings, it is a bolt from the blue, not only do you want to dismiss our sailors, but also ask us to make offerings to you every year, so that we can ensure the safety of our coast, is this called ensuring the safety of our coast?
This is called putting our coast under your threat, and if we are not obedient, your sailors and warships will be ready to arrive at any time, and after occupying our large southern islands, we must have your consent to go to sea, which is 100% control.
The most infuriating thing is that you have made us have no sovereignty, and we have to hand over your garrison expenses to you every year, which is really a bit excessive, although the two of them are almost angry, but they still have a faint smile on their faces, they know who the person in front of them is, and the fate of the two countries is also in the hands of others, if you are a little dissatisfied, maybe you will not be the king.
"Please rest assured, I know it's a bit difficult for you to give up the water master, but I'm not without a purpose, if you two have nothing to do, you can follow me to see the majesty of the Datang water master."
Li Xiang stood up involuntarily, the two didn't want to go over, this was clearly a show of force, but under Li Xiang's enthusiastic pull, the two could only slowly follow from behind, these two people glanced at each other, and what they saw from each other's eyes was bitter, the bottom line of this time is not to die in the country, but in the state of not dying in the country, it is estimated that all the power in the country will be handed over to the Tang Dynasty, and it is the most important part, otherwise your country will not be able to exist.
Both of them smiled bitterly and shook their heads, at this point today, they no longer have any choice, they made a wrong choice before and after the war, and now Datang can still keep them, this is already quite a face-saving thing, you can't let Datang forget all the previous things, right?
If you want to see the sea, as long as you gallop for an hour, you can immediately come to the sea, no matter where you are in Goguryeo, you can arrive at this hour, this is a task that the land of the Tang Dynasty cannot complete, who made the territory of the Tang Dynasty so big?
The two kings had never been on the battlefield, so they could only take a carriage, Li Xiang came when the sailor warships were assembling, when the two kings arrived at the sea, more than a dozen warships in the distance had formed a double column, majestic on the sea.
"This ...... Such a big ship? ”
The king of Silla was so frightened that he said this.