Water Margin people

Chapter 1389 The evil-minded Wu Yong

Wu Yong had two completely opposite attitudes towards Goryeo and Japan.

Regarding Goryeo, Wu Yong wanted to kill him quickly, and now the entire upper-class nobility of Goryeo are hiding in the mountains and dare not show their heads.

The King of Goryeo sent people to negotiate several times, wanting to declare himself a vassal, pay tribute, and cede land in exchange for peace, but Wu Yong ignored him and just said "kill"!

During this period, the navy blocked the sea area, constantly patrolled from the river to the inland, and killed many Koreans. Now the Koreans have really gone to the inaccessible mountains.

But for the Japanese, Wu Yong greeted them with a smile and had no intention of plundering or destroying the country. He acted like an envoy and was even received by the Japanese emperor.

When the Japanese emperor and a group of nobles saw Qi's giant ship, they were surprised. Looking at the sophisticated equipment of Qi's army, the Japanese people did not dare to have other thoughts.

Wu Yong said that he only came to the vicinity of the Japanese country to conquer Goryeo. The Japanese emperor immediately said that Goryeo deserved to be destroyed, and he was willing to send 30,000 troops to help.

Wu Yong didn't even refuse, and directly accepted the 30,000 Japanese soldiers.

Wu Yong knew very well that the Japanese king wanted to send him to lead his troops to leave the Japanese country, but since they had all landed, there was no reason to give up.

Wu Yong also thought that the ship was somewhat damaged and hoped that the Japanese king would work with him to repair the ship.

The senior officials of the Japanese state were unwilling, and the Japanese king also expressed that the army could go to the Liaodong Peninsula.

Seeing that the Japanese people did not agree, Wu Yong smiled and said that as long as the land circled by a piece of cowhide was enough.

The cowhide is not that big, so the Japanese people agreed after looking at the big cowhide.

Wu Yong laughed and asked the soldiers to turn the cattle into thin ropes, and his confidant drew out a peninsula.

"Wu Yong, this kid has a way with him!"

Sun Lei listened to Ruan Xiaoer's story with a smile. Sun Lei was speechless when he heard this move. Wu Yong played the red-haired ghost's routine very well.

"That's not all. Wu Yong built a water fortress on that peninsula, and he really looked like he wanted to repair the ship. Then he recruited young men from the Japanese country due to lack of manpower."

"One hundred copper coins a month, including food and accommodation. Those people in the Japanese country are also stupid. They rushed to sign up one by one. In a few days, they recruited more than 20,000 young men."

Ruan Xiaoer said speechlessly.

"The senior officials of the Japanese country didn't stop them?"

Zhu Wu asked unexpectedly.

"No, they were eager to do it. They also wanted to secretly learn some shipbuilding skills. After Wu used that guy to repair the ship for a few days, he offered another four hundred coins per month to recruit warriors to go mining in Goryeo. Those Japanese people heard that there were Wu Yong was overjoyed to be able to make money like this, so he simply took those Japanese to Goryeo to mine copper mines. "

Ruan Xiaoer said.

"Four hundred coins were defrauded in a month?"

Sun Lei touched his chin. The common people in the Japanese slaves must be very poor at this time, almost in abject poverty. Four hundred copper coins from the Central Plains was a huge sum of money for an ordinary Japanese family.

"That boy Wu Yong was not prepared to pay him at all. The Japanese slave king went to negotiate with him and said that Japanese people could not be taken overseas. Wu Yong agreed on the surface, but secretly he was still recruiting smugglers."

"And those Japanese people also secretly signed up, thinking of going overseas to make a fortune. They are all stupid enough."

Ruan Xiaoer said helplessly, Wu Yong was like a liar, deceiving Japanese people as fools.

"Let him go. It's best to kill all the Japanese slaves. What about the silver mine?"

Sun Lei asked again.

"Wu Yong has secretly sent someone to inquire. He said that we can't alert the enemy. If the Japanese slaves know about the silver mine first, it will be very troublesome."

Ruan Xiaoer said.

Sun Lei nodded. With Wu Yong here, the Japanese side would be defeated sooner or later. He could probably guess what Wu Yong wanted to do next.

"Your Majesty, is Wu Yong's progress too slow?"

Zhu Wu asked.

"Wu Yong is not good at fighting. If you ask him to command the army to fight the Japanese slaves, he will only follow the military manual. The formation of troops may not be smooth. He knows this himself, so he did not interfere in the war in Goryeo."

"Wu Yong's strength lies in some insidious moves. What he is best at is sowing discord and spreading rumors. The Japanese country is not monolithic. There are mixed internal forces, and there are many people with evil intentions."

"Wu Yong just needs to get acquainted with them and provoke them a little, and the Japanese country will inevitably be in chaos, and maybe it will enter the era of village wars!" Sun Lei said with a smile.

At this moment, a ship came from the sea.

"It's our ship!"

The soldiers on the mast shouted loudly, and the fleets lowered their guard, but their weapons were still ready.

"Looks like there's some news!"

Sun Lei looked around and thought about it, not knowing what it was about.

When the ship docked, Bu Qing jumped off the ship and quickly came to Sun Lei.

"Your Majesty, I received news that Li Jun is on his way back! This is the treasure that Li Jun first gave to Your Majesty!"

Bu Qing immediately took a box and opened it, and a bright and irregular gold nugget appeared in front of everyone.

"The gold nugget is so big!"

Everyone stared at it intently. Dog-headed gold was rare, but the piece in front of them was even as big as a bull's head.

“We’ve really found a gold mine!”

Sun Lei was dazzled when he looked at the huge gold nugget. He had never seen such a big gold nugget in his two lifetimes.

"Are there any people overseas who are so rich?"

Lin Chong stepped forward to confirm it, and after confirming that it was real gold, his face was full of disbelief. He had been taught since he was a child that the Central Plains was the center of the world, the richest place in the world, and that overseas was a barren and desolate land.

"Just this piece of nugget gold is enough to drive everyone crazy. Merchants will flock to it, even if they are cut into a sea of ​​fire, they can't stop it!"

Wang Jin said, as long as there is enough profit, merchants can do anything.

"What they want is that they are crazy. There are gold and silver mountains overseas, and there are countless good things. If you don't grab them now, they will belong to others later!"

Sun Lei said with a smile, this is his purpose. Driving people by force will be very ineffective and will lead to rebellious psychology, but driving people by profit is different. As long as the profit is enough, greed will continue to flow when there are many people. Can't stop it.

"It would be so majestic if this gold nugget gave me a pair of golden axes!"

Li Kui opened his mouth and said.

"Send this thing to Liangshan for display, and spread the news that Jinshan has been found overseas!"

Sun Lei said to Sun Xin.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Sun Xin took the order and went to make arrangements.

"When can Li Jun come back?"

Sun Lei asked again, the gold mine was just one of Li Jun's goals for this voyage.

"It should take another month to enter the East China Sea!"

Bu Qing said, Li Jun sent a speedboat to go ahead in order to announce the good news as soon as possible.

"One month? Just right, things here will be over in one month!"

Sun Lei nodded.

"Let's set off, let's go back to Liangshan!"

Sun Lei ordered to everyone that the navy was responsible for transporting supplies, while the army marched lightly all the way south.

It's not that Sun Lei is unwilling to take the boat, but that the north has just experienced a war and the people's morale is not stable. At this time, a victory military parade is needed.