The mood of summer has deepened and the north wind is howling. Wang Junlin is wearing a crimson official robe and looks back from the distant sea. Although he knows that Yuan Taizuo and his son will never willingly give these two islands to him, but
Unexpectedly, the father and son were so impatient that they immediately sent the navy to attack.
"It stands to reason that Yuan Taizuo should also know that the possibility of taking this opportunity to keep me here is too low, but he is so eager to attack us. It is really strange." Wang Junlin murmured to himself, faintly feeling that he had ignored it.
What, but I couldn't remember it, so I had to send more naval sentries to search as far away as possible to prevent Yuan Taizu from ambushing other troops besides the 10,000 naval troops of Annan County, Goguryeo.
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The day passed like this. At night, when the moon reached the zenith, Wang Junlin stood on a large ship in the harbor of Omi Island. The sound of a horn came from the North Cliff watchtower, warning that an approaching ship was approaching. Under the moonlight, the visual distance was limited, and Wang Junlin was very fast.
I also saw the shadows of several masts emerging from the sea and sky, only three or four miles away.
Three two-masted sailing ships came across the sea. They were not sent out by Wang Junlin's party. They signaled with lights from a distance and asked to approach.
Three warships were sent over here, two were on guard, and one was to pick up the people who wanted to see them.
Wang Junlin guessed that it was probably the Silla Kingdom that was a little further away that sent an envoy.
When Wang Junlin got closer, he saw to his surprise that the person standing on the bow of the boat under the moon was Prince Jin Guofan of Silla Kingdom, whom he had met once. In addition, there was a middle-aged man wearing an official robe of Silla Kingdom standing there.
Jin Guofan's side.
The civil servant from Baekje Kingdom next to him was shocked when he saw the faces of the envoys from Silla Kingdom and said: "Silla Kingdom actually sent Prince Jin Guofan and Prime Minister Lee Jong-il..."
Before Wang Junlin could ask more questions, he saw Jin Guofan and Li Zhongyi borrowing the rope ladder to board the boat, and asked: "His Royal Highness actually crossed the sea in person?"
"Qin An Gong, this is Li Zhongyi, the prime minister of our Silla Kingdom." Wang Junlin just nodded to the prince Jin Guofan. According to the title of the Sui Dynasty, Jin Guofan was only equivalent to the prince of the Sui Dynasty, and
At most, the prince could be regarded as a prince or a county prince, and with Wang Junlin's title and power, he took the initiative to nod to Jin Guofan, who was already very satisfied.
Jin Guofan took the initiative to bow to Wang Junlin and then introduced the middle-aged people around him. It can be seen that the two of them were actually led by Li Zhongyi during this trip.
Wang Junlin nodded to Li Zhong and said, "It turns out to be Mr. Li."
Li Zhongyi also took the initiative to salute Wang Junlin and said: "Foreign ministers heard that Duke An of Qin sent people to seize two islands from Goguryeo, so they wanted to come over to talk about the alliance. Unexpectedly, Duke An of Qin came in person, and Bai Bai
The state of Ji sent only two minor officials, which is really an insult to Duke An of Qin."
The expressions of the two envoys from Baekje Kingdom suddenly changed slightly. While glaring at Li Zhongyi, they also looked at Wang Junlin with panic. They found that the latter looked calm and did not mean to blame at all, so they breathed a sigh of relief.
"Master Li and His Highness the Prince came in person, but it was a hard work." Wang Junlin was very disappointed with Li Jongda. Judging from what the Prime Minister of Silla Kingdom just said, he knew that this person had a very small way of doing things.
His abilities are also very limited. On the contrary, he prefers Prince Jin Guofan.
It was dark now, and Li Zhongyi could not clearly see the majestic appearance of the naval warships brought by Wang Junlin. He thought that he was the prime minister of a country. Although he did not dare to be arrogant in the face of Wang Junlin, he could not help but be a little arrogant and said: "Qin An
I wonder if I have time to come to our country of Silla as a guest?"
Wang Junlin shook his head and said: "I'm afraid this won't work. I'm just a minister of His Majesty the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty. Without the emperor's will, I can't go to the country privately."
"I see, it's me, Meng Lang." Li Zhongyi said quickly.
After a pause, Li Zhongyi continued: "Qin Angong traveled thousands of miles to personally help Silla and Baekje deal with Goguryeo. The three ships we brought are our Silla navy warships, and they are still in shape.
We stayed behind when we left, as a gift to Duke An of Qin for the navy of the two islands. In addition, our country, Xinluo, will give another 10,000 taels of silver every year to the navy of the two islands as military supplies. Do you think it is good..."
Wang Junlin glanced at Li Zhongyi. Is this person just here to make a joke? Forget about the ship. It was dark at this time, so he deliberately hid the warship, but the other party actually took ten thousand taels of silver a year, and he said
Such grandeur was really stingy and ridiculous. Although Wang Junlin had never thought about coveting the other party's money, he couldn't help but secretly thought: "How could Silla have such a stingy prime minister?"
Jin Guofan was very aware of Wang Junlin's power in the Sui Dynasty. He knew that ten thousand taels of silver were probably worthless to Wang Junlin. His face suddenly turned ugly. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to jump out of the sea. He secretly thought that Li Zhongyi
Too stingy too.
The two envoys from Baekje also secretly despised Li Zhongyi. Although they did not send any money, when they came in the afternoon, they had already offered to provide grain, oil, meat and other supplies to the two islands at the lowest price. This was very important to Wang Junlin.
, on the contrary, it is extremely practical support. Compared with Wang Junlin sending supplies all the way from Fanyang County, the annual savings are no less than one hundred thousand taels. This is too stingy compared to the ten thousand taels mentioned by Li Zhongyi.
The two envoys from Baekje stood with their hands folded, worried that Li Zhongyi and Jin Guofan would not see the contempt on their faces, so they took the initiative and said: "We from Baekje have promised to provide grain, oil and meat to the troops stationed on the two islands at the lowest price.
Waiting for supplies, Duke An of Qin personally said that he saved the Sui Dynasty one hundred thousand taels of silver, and he will report this matter to His Majesty the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty."
When Jin Guofan heard this, he became even more embarrassed and extremely ashamed. Li Zhongyi was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to recover.
Wang Junlin's face was calm and he said calmly: "Master Li said this, so I'm not polite anymore. These ten thousand taels of silver every year should be allocated directly to Baekje! It can be regarded as the grain and oil we bought from Baekje."
Meats and other items..."
In fact, the three schooners that came with Li Zhongyi and Jin Guofan were covered with iron and were shaped like shuttles. From a distance, you can tell that they were very good fast warships. Although their shape was not as good as that of the navy brought by Wang Junlin.
The smallest thousand-stone warship, but larger than an ordinary loach ship, was actually the better warship of the Silla Kingdom.
Of course Wang Junlin would not turn him away and arranged for someone to accept it.
Wang Junlin then said: "His Royal Highness the Prince and Mr. Li may not know that Goguryeo Yuan Taizuo has mobilized 10,000 naval troops and may attack the two islands at any time. If you two are worried, please retreat now, otherwise you two
If anything goes wrong here, I, the Sui Dynasty, can’t say anything in front of your King of Silla.”
Wang Junlin said this, Li Zhongyi and Jin Guofan's expressions changed slightly, but when they saw the two envoys from Baekje standing at the foot of the mountain with no intention of leaving, how could they leave.