"O king, make peace."

The prime minister of Baekje stepped out of the ranks, and what he said was a sentence that disappointed the Baekje king Fuyeo.

But seeing that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were silent, Fuyu Xie forcibly suppressed his anger and said: "Isn't Baekje unable to deal with the Han army and the Song army of the labor expedition?" And the Silla who used to only be worthy of following us behind? ”

With a bit of sorrow, he bowed his hand: "Your Majesty, as far as the ministers know, Goryeo has begun to gather troops and horses in Kaesong. ”

After hearing this, a glimmer of hope rose in the bottom of his heart: "The Goryeo army has arrived in the north of the Imjin River?" Why don't you quickly invite the Goryeo army to the south, even if I Baekje will pay for the food and grass of the expedition, as long as the Goryeo soldiers and horses arrive, we can always reverse the situation by working together. ”

The expression of the wry smile gradually crawled all over the whole old face, and he shook his head at the moment: "Does the king know, who is the leading general of Goryeo this time?" ”

"Could it be that in addition to General Yuan, there are other famous generals in Goryeo?"

"No, the person who came is the Goryeo royal family, Wang Yun, the prince of Goryeo."

"Isn't it General Yuan?"

When Buyeo heard this, he first felt incredible, and then realized that something was wrong.

Immediately afterward, his facial expression became the same as that of Jongle.

As the king of Baekje, although his national strength is inferior to that of Goryeo, Buyeo still knows Goryeo very well. According to the past habits, the Yuan family, who is in the prime minister, will definitely not give up their military power, as long as the troops are sent out, they must be led by the Yuan family.

Now that Goryeo has changed its coach, there is only one explanation.

The status of the Yuan family is no longer guaranteed.

The king of Goryeo moved the yeons at this sensitive moment, and he could still count on them to save himself?

No matter how naïve he is, Buyeo doesn't dare to think so.

The so-called hope is great, and the disappointment will be great, Buyeo Xie doesn't even have the strength to be angry now, only a deep sigh is left: "So, Goryeo is also going to take advantage of my danger to attack in the north?" ”

"Goryeo is about to take the opportunity to move, and if the king is undecided, Baekje will face attacks from all sides." Although this was very helpless, as the prime minister, he at least came up with a way to quell the war.

Even if this method treats the symptoms but not the root cause.

"Really?"

The king of Baekje gritted his teeth and asked rhetorically at this time, and as Jie Le nodded heavily, Fuyu Xie Cai said silently: "Let's negotiate peace, the prime minister has full authority to handle this matter for me, I am lonely, and I will tell you when I have a conclusion." ”

………

Just when Mo Xiaobai, Cao Yi, and Zhou Hun led the fleet south along the coast to the coastal port of Luozhou, they happened to receive news from the black-clothed guard.

The Baekje royal city court officially sent envoys to the Han, Song, and Silla provinces.

The purpose is clear.

Don't fight, negotiate peace!

"We're here at the right time."

As soon as he got off the boat, Mo Xiaobai looked at Zhou Hun beside him: "It seems that the adults are busy again, but this time there should not be any danger, but it will become the guest of honor of the ministers of Baekje." ”

Zhou Hun shook his head weakly, and there was still a little palpitation in his heart: "That's thanks to Earl Hongfu, the old man's life has finally been saved." ”

"You can't say that, it's all the soldiers who are brave and outstanding, otherwise you and I wouldn't be able to leave Goryeo alive." Mo Xiaobai waved his hand as he spoke.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Cao Yi on the side couldn't stand it: "It's very boring for you two to boast like this, it's better to follow me into the city, these days you have been running around, you haven't taken a serious break, and you will definitely have a good time in the city today." ”

Mo Xiaobai did not refuse: "Okay, now the entire Luozhou is from the Great Song Dynasty, so it is naturally up to you to arrange." ”

After a whole night of singing and dancing, eating and drinking, Mo Xiaobai and Zhou Hun set off again.

On the one hand, he informed the soldiers of Damengcheng to retreat from the Toonjin River, and at the same time, he also had to go to Gwangju with Zhou Hun.

When they arrived in Gwangju, the negotiations began when the envoys of the two sides met for the first time.

Sitting at the negotiating table, although Mo Xiaobai is not the minister of Honglu Temple, as the leader of this coalition, his status is actually higher than Zhou Hun.

But on the first day of negotiations, Mo Xiaobai was a quiet listener for a day.

On the second day, the negotiations entered the substance.

As the Baekje envoy made his first request, Mo Xiaobai tapped on the desk with his right index finger: "Want to redeem Gwangju with money?" It's not impossible, but how much can you get in Baekje? ”

This time the envoy made it known that it was not an easy job for Baekje to do, and it finally fell on the Mu family, the weakest of the eight major clans of Baekje.

As soon as he heard Mo Xiaobai speak, Mu Shazhi, who served as the negotiating envoy, immediately asked: "The earl thinks this method is feasible, why not say a price?" ”

"Then, 100 million gold."

"One...... Hundred million? Mu Shazhi was stunned for a long time before he figured out this value, but then his whole face turned red: "What the earl said, is it too child's play?" ”

"The land of a state is enough to feed tens of millions of people, and tens of millions of people can reproduce a generation every twenty years, I only count five generations, that is, at least 50 million people will live and work in peace and contentment, birth, old age, sickness and death in a hundred years, if each of them only pays one gold tax for the Han in their lifetime, it is 50 million gold, and one person has 100 million gold."

Mo Xiaobai squinted his eyes and spoke lightly, and then smiled: "I count it like this, do you still think it is too much?" ”

Mu Shazhi instinctively felt that this calculation must be wrong, but for a while, he couldn't find anything wrong. First, he was too unfamiliar with this amount, and second, he had never been in charge of the taxation of a country or a city.

Mo Xiaobai just bullied him as a layman, and continued: "Since there is no objection, then it will be done like this, you go back and tell your king, and say that you will take out 100 million gold, and this city will be returned to you immediately." ”

Get back? Tell the king?

The corners of Mu Shazhi's eyes twitched, if he agreed to this kind of thing, he might not see the king after he went back, and he would be demoted to a commoner.

Knowing that it would be fruitless to continue to fight with Mo Xiaobai, Mu Shazhi said with a calm face: "Don't joke, Earl, although I am defeated in Baekje for a while, the main force of 80,000 troops is still there, but not anyone can bully it." ”

"Then there's no need to talk about it, we'll see you on the battlefield." Mo Xiaobai also gave a cold face and got up to leave.

"It's just been discussed, how can you break up in two? All sit down, sit down. ”

Zhou Hun sang with a red face at this time, and smiled and played a round: "Since we all have the heart to negotiate peace, there will always be a way to negotiate, and my Han is not greedy for anything else, the land currently occupied must belong to the Han, and the rest are negotiable." ”

"What do you mean by this city?"

"It is not a lonely city, but bounded by the Chanjin River, the north of the river belongs to Baekje, and the south of the river belongs to the Han Dynasty."

As soon as Zhou Hun spoke, Mu Sha was angry.

But who made Baekje in danger right now, and he couldn't spread it everywhere even though he had anger in his heart.

But Mo Xiaobai wanted to add fuel to the fire, and continued to add conditions: "Let me add one more sentence, at present, most of the islands in the southern part of Baishan have also been cleaned by my sailors, and those islands should also belong to me." ”

Mu Sha gritted his teeth angrily: "Earl, you are robbing!" ”

"If I don't rob, can Baekje be saved?" Mo Xiaobai mocked and asked rhetorically, if Baekje could hold it, how could Liu Renliang and Gan Ning take down the archipelago so easily.

"These are the conditions, continue to talk if you agree, don't waste everyone's time if you don't agree."