Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 522 Loyal North Korea

In the seventh year of Tianqi and the ninth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Taiji of the Manchu Qing sent troops to conquer North Korea twice, and finally forced North Korea to change to the Manchu Qing as the suzerain state, and severed relations with Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Daming has no contact with North Korea now.

Now, after Liu Kongzhao brought the Guards Navy to Jeju Island in North Korea, he originally thought that these North Korean sailors would resist his Guards Navy because he was no longer the overlord of Ming Dynasty.

But what Liu Kongzhao didn't expect was that Li Shi, the defense officer of the North Korean navy, would take the initiative to greet them and let the dock out.

Seeing the North Korean navy on the shore cheering like rain after a long drought, Liu Kongzhao had to admit that he felt like he was not here to conquer North Korea but to rescue North Korea, otherwise why would these North Korean navy be like this? Excited.

Seeing that the North Korean navy had no intention of resisting his own guard navy, Liu Kongzhao didn't bother to come out to command the battle again, so he handed over the contact matter to Xu Xianqing who was actually in charge of the North Korean affairs.

Xu Xianqing came to the shore, and Li Shi, a very dignified North Korean naval defense envoy, came over:

"Since you say you are the official angel, you have the intention to continue to serve my Da Ming as the master, but since you still want to serve my Da Ming as the master, why did you change to serve the Man Qing as the master? Don't you intend to betray my Daming? Are you already Forget who saved your family and country from the disaster of subjugation and genocide brought to you by Japanese slaves!"

"Angels, don't be angry. I, the king, my subjects and the people of North Korea, knew that I was sorry for the Celestial Dynasty. But at that time, the Hulu were too strong. Our North Koreans were powerless to resist. We had no choice but to betray the Celestial Dynasty in order to protect the safety of our country. Now that the angels are here to question us, we will naturally confess our guilt." .”

As Li Shi said that, he personally welcomed Xu Xianqing into his camp. At this time, many North Korean soldiers and civilians rushed to watch the excitement.

Xu Xianqing has always put on airs as an envoy from the Celestial Dynasty, but Li Shi and others are not angry. Today's Daming is indeed like a reborn parent in the eyes of North Korea, so Li Shi is only afraid that Xu Xianqing will be dissatisfied in the slightest, so he dare not There is a way to be disrespectful to Xu Xianqing.

"I tell you the truth. My Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was very angry when he heard that you had betrayed the Ming Dynasty and enshrined the Qing Dynasty as the Lord. Therefore, out of sincerity, Liu Kongzhao led an army to attack you. The warship that was outside just now came to Xingshi to question your crimes. Now that you have confessed your crimes sincerely, I might as well help you to ask His Majesty to forgive you for your crimes."

When Xu Xianqing said this, Li Shi also panicked. He really couldn't accept that North Korea was an enemy of the Ming Empire he admired. For this reason, he knelt down on one knee in front of Xu Xianqing: "Li Shi, thank you angel! Please Angel rest assured, North Korea will never betray Daming, now that the angel has come, North Korea will be an enemy of Jianlu, and now I ask the angel to intercede on our behalf, and we are willing to go through fire and water for Daming!"

"Very good, then I will go to see the Marquis of Chengyi with me now, and then send someone to bring the news to Your Highness the King, and ask him to pick me up and Marquis of Chengyi in person!"

After Xu Xianqing said this, he left here, and returned to the boat to tell Liu Kongzhao everything.

And after Li Shi received Xu Xianqing's entrustment, he hurriedly traveled all the way to tell the matter to the current King of Korea, Li Hao.

"What, Daming's angel is here! Quick, quick, take Gu to meet the angel!"

Without the slightest hesitation, King Li Hao of North Korea came from Pyongyang to welcome Liu Kongzhao, Xu Xianqing and other Ming officials.

At the repeated invitation of Li Shi, the defense envoy of the Korean Navy, Liu Kongzhao also got off the boat and went ashore to meet Li Shi. The military finger pointed.

"What kind of warships are these? They still use hard wooden sails, and each of them is equipped with less than ten cannons. How can you fight this? The five sailing warships that I have this time are all second-class sailing warships. I can sell you one , what do you think, each ship is not expensive and only needs 20 silver dollars."

Liu Kongzhao's nominal purpose of pointing out the North Korean navy out of good intentions was actually to sell his Ming's arms.

This is what Zhu Youjian entrusted him before he came to North Korea.

After all, Daming's main equipment and weapons were updated too quickly, resulting in many weapons that still had market value in this era but were waste products for the Guards.

And it also caused losses to the empire's finances.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian has been thinking about ways to sell some slightly inferior weapons that are still advanced in this era. This will also allow the Daming Ordnance Institute to realize profit income and allow foreign countries to replace Daming's weapons. Research costs pay for it.

"Don't believe me, I can take you to see the battleship, and I can also shoot a few shots for you to see, so that you can see if this kind of battleship is worth buying with 20 silver dollars."

Liu Kongzhao is now asking for prices all over the sky. Ever since the Daming Zhijiang Shipyard introduced a large number of Hongmaofan and Flang robots as laborers, Daming's shipbuilding technology has been improving rapidly. The cost of a second-tier warship is no more than 20 silver dollars, and now Liu Kongzhao directly bid [-] silver dollars to the North Korean naval defense envoy Li Shi.

And Li Shi didn't have a strong concept of the number of 20 silver dollars, but he knew that 20 silver dollars was not a small number, so he followed Liu Kongzhao on the battleship more cautiously. From the outside, it can be seen that this kind of warship is obviously larger than his own warship and has more artillery.

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A series of artillery fire was pouring down on the sea level, and the defense of the North Korean navy made Li Shi not expect for a while. Liu Kongzhao became very curious about the artillery and battleships of the Guards Navy and the agility of the warships, and hurriedly agreed to buy them himself. One, and asked Liu Kongzhao how to buy it and how much silver it would cost.

"I don't look at silver taels when trading goods in Ming Dynasty, we only recognize silver dollars, so you can only get 20 silver dollars to buy such a warship, otherwise there is no need to talk about it," Liu Kongzhao looked at it with a very disdainful look.

At this time, Li Shi was indeed very interested in the second-class sailing warship of the Guards, and finally had to say helplessly: "But I don't have so many silver dollars, only silver and gold."

"It's nothing. When the time comes, when your king comes, you can help me persuade your king to allow me to do business with Daming, and allow my Daming Central Bank to issue currency in North Korea. Your North Korea must protect the safety of the Daming Central Bank and recognize silver dollars." It’s because you North Korea also brought common coins. At that time, people from the Central Bank of Ming Dynasty will teach you how to apply for a loan. You can buy this warship with a loan. You can apply for it now. You can come to the Central Bank of Ming Dynasty with me. The person in charge of the bank applies for a loan!"

(End of this chapter)