In the morning, in Tai Chi Hall, Goguryeo envoy was meeting the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Facing the supreme Central Plains Emperor, the envoy crawled on the ground and reiterated his determination to maintain peace between the two countries.

The official of the Ministry of Rites, who served as a general official, translated the content he said one by one.

Ten years ago, in the spring of the eleventh year of Mingde, Zhou State and Goguryeo reached a peace treaty, followed by a truce, and the peace treaty lasted for ten years.

This year marks the 21st year of Mingde, and the peace treaty between the two countries expired at the beginning of this year.

This means that the ceasefire state is over, and the Zhou State can send troops to attack Goguryeo. With the current strength of the Zhou army, the Goguryeo army cannot resist.

In ten years, the strength of Zhou State has changed rapidly. Goguryeo has some understanding of this, so in order to survive, King Goguryeo has been sending envoys to the Central Plains since last year, requesting the concession to continue.

After struggling for more than half a year, the result has finally been reached: the peace agreement will be continued, starting next year for ten years.

Yuwen Wen sat on the imperial throne, looking at the Goguryeo envoy under the steps, and said nothing.

For him, receiving Goguryeo envoy today was just a formality and a conversation.

Everything that should be discussed has been signed, and the treaty that should be signed has been signed. The envoys of Zhou will go to Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo, to finally implement this matter.

If nothing unexpected happens, the date with you lasts for ten years. If Yuwen Wen has any problems during this period, then he will not be able to wait for the day when the four counties of Han will be completely recovered...?

Yuwen Wen doesn't think so, because it will be fine in another two years.

The development of Liaodong took ten years and finally opened up. Last year, the Liaodong region had a grain surplus for the first time, which means that the wastelands that were previously reclaimed have begun to become mature land, and the grain output in Liaodong region will soon be self-sufficient.

In two years, the surplus grain will be more abundant. By then, the local grain produced in Liaodong will not only support immigrants who have settled in Liaodong, but also support new immigrants who have arrived in a crowd.

At the same time, the production of iron ore in newly mined coal mines in Liaodong has increased significantly, the use of steam engines (mainly water pumps) has gradually become popular, and steamship shipping has become a scale.

If nothing unexpected happens, in just two years, the Liaodong region will be able to achieve a preliminary "self-consumer profit and loss".

By then, the court no longer needed to transport a large amount of grain and iron tools to the Liaodong area, and could free up their hands. After destroying Goguryeo, they would operate the old land of the four counties of Han that were recovered.

It takes two years to wait, only two years to wait. Yuwen Wen thinks why can't he wait?

As the saying goes, you can’t eat hot tofu if you are anxious.

The slogan of "breaking into Liaodong" has been shouted for many years. It was not until the previous year that Yuwen Wen inspected Liaodong. The development of the Liaodong region was indeed good. The people of the Central Plains (mainly Hebei and Qingqi areas) finally figured it out.

Last year, the number of people who "entered Liaodong" increased by 50% year-on-year compared with the previous year. More and more people were looking forward to going to Liaodong to open up land, and to create a new world for themselves and their families.

If we fight now, the "breaking into Liaodong" wave that broke out at the beginning would inevitably be greatly affected. If Goguryeo was destroyed, the court would inevitably invest a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources to operate, and maintain a large-scale garrison.

This will affect the material support for Liaodong, after all, the resources available in the imperial court are limited.

If you want to take into account both sides, the consequence is that neither side can do well.

Now, the Liaodong region has reached a critical moment. According to the current momentum, as long as you wait for another two or three years, the court will be able to fully digest the former places of the four counties of Han with higher efficiency and lower costs.

After two or three years, Yuwen Wen felt that he could afford to wait. If he "collapsed" halfway through, he would naturally have a son to inherit his will.

Seeing that the Goguryeo envoy was still talking sincerely, Yuwen Wen suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

This feeling of bullying a small country is really strange...

......

"Erlang, will the court not use troops against Goguryeo in the next ten years?"

"What do you ask about this?"

"Didn't the court have renewed its contract with Goguryeo?"

"A treaty? A treaty is a piece of paper that can be torn up at any time."

"Ah? Then, that's not... that's not...uh..."

"You want to say 'shameless'?"

"No, I don't mean that... I'm trying to say... What should I do if I borrow? The creditor killed the debt, what should I do if I have a debt?"

"Is there real estate as collateral? What are you afraid of?"

As noon approached, Yuwen Wen, who had returned from the scattered court, talked with Empress Yuchi Chifan, and the topic was the ten-year peace agreement between Zhou and Goguryeo.

This peace agreement is a bit special. In addition to listing many harsh conditions that force Goguryeo to pay "annual monies", there is also an unprecedented condition, which is "borrowing".

In order to maintain peace, Goguryeo faced various harsh demands put forward by Zhou State, he could only bargain as much as possible, including a significant increase in the supply of coal and wood (one of the payment methods for annual monies).

However, the court's fiscal revenue was meager and it was urgently unable to expand the scale of mines and logging sites.

If the scale cannot be increased, its output cannot meet the requirements of Zhou State, so Goguryeo urgently needs capital turnover to expand "production", use the increased output to pay annual monies and repay debts.

Therefore, Zhou State lent money to the Goguryeo court for emergency treatment, and the money borrowed by the other party must be repaid in installments. If there is any owed, the consequences will be borne by yourself.

This practice is similar to the workshop owner owes debts but his business income is not high and he cannot repay the debt at all. The creditor then lends funds to the other party to help the other party expand the production scale and enhances their profitability so that they can pay back the money as soon as possible.

Among the people, this practice is fine and is very common nowadays, but if it appears in the relationship between the two countries, it is really rare in ancient times.

So Yuchi Chifan was curious. She thought that since Zhou had lent money to Goguryeo, does that mean that Zhou would not start a war until the other party paid off the debt.

Regarding this question, Yuwen Wen replied: "Didn't I say that if the agreement should be torn apart, it's not important if it fights and kills the debtor. After the court estimates the fertile land, mines, and the imperial court will pay part of it to the bank for compensation."

Yuchi Chifan still felt strange: "Ah, this is OK?"

"Why can't it work?"

"This..." Yuchi Chifan still couldn't see through Yuwen Wen's intentions.

Because the "people" who lend money to Goguryeo were not the Zhou court, but banks such as Nikkei Chang.

Zhou State and Goguryeo continued the peace agreement and agreed to a loan agreement. Among them, the Zhou State court was only a witness, with banks such as Zhou State Xingchang and others being creditors, and the Goguryeo court was the debtor.

Banks such as Nikhung Chang lent the money to Goguryeo, who must repay the debt on time according to the loan contract.

If the debtor refuses to pay, the witness will stand up and "speak fairly."
Chapter completed!