Late Tang

After Li Jing and Gongsun Lan finished talking about business, the old concubine also called Wan'er's sister to come and ask them to go to the Compassionate Palace for dinner. Wan'er and Ruiwen also finished the backgammon game, but when they were leaving, Ruiwen quickly put the spoils into a snack box and held them tightly in her arms.Li Jing and the others laughed at this appearance of being a money fan.At any rate, Little Blue Bird is also Princess Qinghai, the princess of Joseon, and her father is the most powerful and wealthy King Qin of the Tang Dynasty in the world today. How much does she want? How much is Wan'er's jewelry worth?

Besides, Wan'er has always been relatively simple, except for important occasions, the jewelry she usually wears is relatively ordinary.Li Jing reckoned that the half box of spoils of the little blue bird would not add up to more than one hundred coins.

"Qingniao, what did you do with the money from your aunt Wan'er? You are so young, do you know how to spend it?" Li Jing asked with a smile.

Unexpectedly, the little blue bird puffed up her face and pouted and replied: "I won this from Aunt Wan'er openly and aboveboard, and I want to exchange these for money."

"What do you want money for?"

"For my mother's military expenses." She said seriously.Li Jing froze for a moment, not expecting to hear such an answer.This time when Zhang Yingying came here, she naturally went to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing.When Qin Fan continued to expand over the years, Zhang Yingying was also making a splash in the southern part of Silla.However, it was smoother than the previous few years. In recent years, Zhang Yingying's North Korea has gone from bad to worse.Since Jinman inherited the throne of Silla, the princess of Silla who used to drive the mandala symbol, Kexin said that unexpectedly by many people, she began to use iron and blood, and began to clean up the court as soon as she took the throne. Power, support cronies and trustworthy people, and fight against the power of those aristocratic families.Externally, facing the four peasant rebellions in Silla, he resolutely suppressed the red trousers and others without mercy.And through the army, etc., obtained a lot of excellent ordnance from Yangzhou, Runzhou, Hangzhou and other places in the southeast, and added a 5000-man cavalry and a [-]-man navy in addition to the original Silla infantry. force.With the assistance of the two new troops, the navy and the cavalry, the originally vigorous peasant rebellion in Silla had been suppressed within a few years and could only linger and hide in the mountains.

The new state of Silla and the revival of Wang's prestige were a great blow to the newly established state of Korea.In the early years, Zhang Yingying received a lot of help from Li Jing, and provided them with a lot of logistical support by virtue of the sea trade and sea thieves business.But in the past few years, Qin Fan has continued to fight foreign wars, so naturally he has no spare power to assist North Korea on a large scale.Moreover, due to the rapid growth of Qin Fan's sea trade business, Zhang Yingying's caravan was inevitably squeezed, and the patrol of Qin Fan's maritime patrol fleet also severely hit their original pirate business.

In the past two years, Queen Jinman of Silla finally began to attack the Joseon Dynasty in the south after sorting out the Qing government and eliminating the peasant rebellion.Within three years, more than [-] wars broke out between Silla and North Korea on the Korean peninsula.In particular, Kingman issued orders to strengthen the walls and clear the country for the small country of North Korea, and continued to raid and destroy the southern coastal economy, plunder the people, and burn down the cities and villages, which dealt a great blow to North Korea.The pressure on Zhang Yingying is increasing, and North Korea can be said to be in crisis.As a last resort, now I have to rush to Yanjing and ask Li Jing to come forward to help.

Zhang Yingying hasn't told Li Jing the request yet, but Xiao Ruiwen has already taken Li Jing into the army first.Facing Zhang Yingying's mother and daughter, Li Jing had no choice but to express.Anyway, from a personal point of view, Zhang Yingying is Li Jing's woman, and Ruiwen is their daughter.Although Zhang Yingying insisted on staying in Silla, after all, even if she became the king now, she was not married. Based on this, Li Jing had to help her.What's more, from a public point of view, North Korea is also very important to Qin Fan.

The Qin Fan has already taken over the Northeast, and to control the vast Northeast region, especially in the remote area of ​​the former Blackwater Alliance, often has to rely on sea transportation and the strength of the navy.The location of the Sanhan Peninsula, which is stuck between the Yellow Sea and the East Ocean Sea, is extremely important.Sooner or later, Qin Fan and others will definitely win the Sanhan Peninsula.Now Qin Fan has no time and opportunity to attack Silla.Therefore, it is extremely important to support Zhang Yingying's North Korea to resist and conquer Silla and continue to weaken the power of the Korean peninsula.

This is a long-term strategic plan. The Sanhan Peninsula is not only an important strategic point for the Qin Fan to control the Northeast, but the south of the Sanhan Peninsula is also a vast fertile plain, which is a grain-producing area.Qin Fan is now growing in territory, and the demand for food is huge.

On the way back to the Compassionate Ning Palace, Zhang Yingying hesitated to speak several times.Li Jing saw her expression and knew that she hoped to get Li Jing's assistance, but also knew that the Qin army had just finished fighting the Northeast War and was about to fight the Hebei War, so it was difficult to speak for a while.

"I plan to give you 500 sets of infantry equipment, another [-] cavalry equipment, and equipment for a [-]-man fleet. In addition, if you need, I can also send a [-]-man military mission to North Korea. They are all composed of outstanding elite non-commissioned officers from Qin Fan. In addition, they can also provide North Korea with a loan of [-] million yuan, is this enough?" Li Jing and Zhang Yingying walked together, and Zhang Yingying was half a step behind Li Jing.

Zhang Yingying couldn't believe it, she raised her head in surprise, stopped, and stood there staring at Li Jing in a daze.This time she came to Qin Fan to ask for help, but she never expected to get so much assistance.In her mind, based on Li Jing's help to her in the past, it is estimated that a batch of the most needed ordnance can be obtained, and the number may be around 1 to [-] sets.But it never occurred to her that Li Jing had already offered to give them [-] sets of infantry equipment, [-] sets of cavalry equipment, and [-] sets of naval equipment before she even opened her mouth.

"The southern part of the Sanhan Peninsula is all plains, which are more suitable for cavalry operations. Don't worry, among the 1 cavalry equipment, including horses, I will give you [-] horses, which is enough for [-] cavalry. In addition, I can also provide you with [-] draft horses and mules for logistics transportation. Enhance your mobility and supply capabilities. The same is true for the navy. The naval equipment of [-] people will include [-] large and small warships and [-] transportation Sea ship."

At this time, Zhang Yingying calmed down instead.The assistance given by Li Jing has surpassed the personal relationship between her and Li Jing.Even if they had a daughter, it was impossible for Li Jing to give him so much equipment for nothing.She thought for a while, and asked proactively, "What does Qin Fan hope to get in return?"

Li Jing smiled, Zhang Yingying is indeed very smart, no wonder she was able to go from a pirate leader to the current queen of North Korea.

"Well, the amount of these aids is very large, and it is impossible for me to give you all of them free of charge. These ordnance equipment and loans can be regarded as a loan, and you can exchange resources. For example, food, prisoners of war, looted enemy population, various Minerals, paints, etc., and some islands can also be exchanged.”

With Li Jing's reminder, Zhang Yingying immediately understood what Li Jing meant.Qin Fan's request is not too much, their aid is huge, not to mention the equipment, just 10,000+ horses and hundreds of boats, it's a big deal.In the war between Zhang Yingying and Jinman, they were in the south and had a stronger naval force than Silla, but their infantry was weaker. Especially after Jinman formed an elite cavalry, on the southern plains of the Sanhan Peninsula, It is even more difficult for them to compete with Silla.If you can get 2 horses and form a cavalry of [-], even if it is only a junior cavalry, it will have a reversal effect on the next war.What's more, Li Jing is more willing to send an observation team of one thousand people, which is an observation team composed of elite non-commissioned officers.

As for the return that Li Jing hopes to get, compared with the aid, in the eyes of North Korea at this time, it is a bit too favorable.

Zhang Yingying didn't even ask to discuss with her subordinates, she directly negotiated with Li Jing about the terms of the aid exchange.

Li Jing's goal is long-term, so what he needs now is for Silla to keep fighting against each other, so that when the time comes in the future, Qin Fan can take down Sanhan Peninsula in one fell swoop.Therefore, Li Jing didn't ask too much now, and he didn't put forward many conditions.

First of all, the Kingdom of Korea ceded Tamna Island, Tsushima Island, and Ulleung Island to Qin Fan.Among them, Tamna Island is a large island, which is later known as Jeju Island in South Korea, Tsushima Island is the boundary island between Silla and Dongying Strait, and Ulleungdo Island is in the sea east of the central part of the Samhan Peninsula.These three islands are very large, especially Tamna Island, which is bigger than Duli Town and Cheongnipo combined, especially since they are surrounded by three sides of the Samhan Peninsula, their strategic position is also very important.

Qin Fan took these three islands and built them into a naval base. It could not only be used as a sea supply station for Qin Fan to the Northeast, but also as an outpost to capture Sanhan in the future.It is extremely important for the control of Northeast China and the control of Sanhan in the future.On the long sea route, several important sea bases are necessary.

In addition, all ports along the coast of North Korea will implement preferential conditions for exempting goods from the Qin Dynasty.In addition, Qin Fan will cooperate with North Korea to start all kinds of minerals in its territory. Qin Fan will account for [-]% of all cooperatively developed mineral products, and North Korea will account for [-]%. Calculated according to the proven mineral value, until the developed minerals are enough to repay Qin Fan's loan .In addition, Silla's annual grain, charcoal, cloth, fish, leather goods, etc. must also be given to Qin Fan for repayment.

The terms of the treaty are clearly written, and there are no overlord clauses.Even on the surface, the war in Silla was cheap. They received that huge amount of support, but what they had to pay was only a few deserted islands, and those minerals that had not been discovered and developed there. Exploration, people from the Qin Dynasty came to explore, they sent people to mine, and Silla could still get [-]% of the harvest after mining.

As for the various grains produced, Qin Fan also promised to meet Silla's own needs first, and use the rest to repay the loan.How to look at it, how cost-effective this condition is.You must know that what Qin Fan gave was not only money and food, but also important materials such as ordnance and war horses that are extremely precious everywhere.These things, even if you take out real money, there may not be places where you can buy them.

Of course, Li Jing didn't actually do business at a loss.Qin Fan did come up with a lot of equipment, but the Qin army has just undergone major disarmament.Not to mention that what Li Jing actually gave Zhang Yingying this time was some equipment from her early years. Even the war horses were also replaced war horses, and even the naval equipment and warships were the same.The Qin army has already been equipped with newer equipment, and even the local garrison and reserve militia are equipped with better equipment than these.Although this batch of equipment for Zhang Yingying is still some excellent equipment in other feudal towns, especially on the Sanhan Peninsula, for Qin Fan, these ordnance must be exchanged for food and cloth in the southeast and other places, or It can only be refurbished.To Yingying, just in time to help clear some inventory.

As for the 500 million loan, it was not actually given to Zhang Yingying.According to the agreement, the 500 million that Qin Fan lent to Zhang Yingying can only be used to purchase Qin Fan's weapons and equipment. After a turn on the account, the money is still returned to Qin Fan, and there is no need to withdraw cash from the warehouse.

Zhang Yingying didn't have the slightest objection to these additional conditions, she just felt that the trip was worth it.With Li Jing's promise to complete the delivery of these ordnance equipment in one year, Zhang Yingying already has enough confidence to reverse the unfavorable situation of the past three years.Jinman is aggressive, and this time she will end it.With the equipment supported by Qin Fan, Zhang Yingying can completely equip an army of [-].On the Sanhan Peninsula, [-] troops are enough to wipe out the peninsula.

After solving the biggest need of this trip, Zhang Yingying felt much more relaxed, and even took the initiative to take Li Jing's arm full of charm, and snuggled up to Li Jing like a bird.At this time, she didn't have the aloofness of the North Korean queen, she was only attached to Li Jing, and her face was full of happiness.

"I have one more thing to discuss with you. This kid, Jade Bird, is very smart. I plan to let her go to the training camp for special training." Li Jing said.

Zhang Yingying's body was a little stiff, she hesitated and said, "Spartan training camp?"

"You also know the Spartan training camp?" Li Jing was a little surprised.The Spartan training camps have been set up. From Dengzhou to Yushuo Island, Li Jing has established 12 Spartan training camps, and the first batch of 100 young people selected has officially entered the No. [-] camp , Dengzhou camp.The first batch of [-] teenagers were all under the age of [-] and over the age of seven.From Li Jing's eldest son, Li Dezhao, to the civil and military children of the Qin Fan, to the powerful and powerful landlords and officials of the big families, noble families, powerful landlords and officials in the Fan, those meritorious families, as well as the children of the right age of the families who have close ties with the Qin Fan, are all included. .But not everyone can go in. Although Li Jing has explained the harshness of the training camp before, the families saw that in the first batch of lists, including Li Dezhao, eighteen sons of King Qin, and more than [-] Li family members The children of the family are all included, those families would not miss this opportunity.For them, this is an excellent opportunity and an honor.

However, what Zhang Yingying hesitated was that Rui Wen was a girl, and she was also the appointed heir princess of North Korea.Li Jing wanted to keep her and send her to the training camp, so she had to think about it.Perhaps, Qin Fan's assistance is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

"Don't worry, what I plan to let Ruiwen go to is not the Spartan training camp, but the Rose training camp. It is a training camp for girls. It was built on the outskirts of Yanjing. The instructors and students in it are all women. Although the training content It also includes military training, but it will not be as harsh as Sparta. To be more clear, this is a school for noble girls. I just want Ruiwen to spend more time in Yanjing, so that my mother and I can see this child more And it will be good for her to spend more time in the Central Plains and learn more about the Central Plains."

Hearing that Li Jing didn't let the little blue bird go to the extremely cruel and severe Spartan training camp in the legend, but to a noble girls' school, Zhang Yingying finally breathed a sigh of relief.However, she still felt faintly in her heart that things might not be that simple.After all, Ruiwen is the heir to the Korean throne and the crown prince.Li Jing had just lent such a large sum of money to North Korea, but now he let Jade Bird stay in this Rose training camp, I'm afraid there was some intention of keeping her as a hostage. (To be continued.)