allonlinenovel Chapter 139 Zhao Kuangyin Candlelight Axe Shadow Get Out of Here 12
Chapter 139 Zhao Kuangyin Candlelight Axe Shadow Get Out of Here 12
Goryeo poured all its might into the tribute of five hundred beautiful women, all from official families, with stunning looks! It also included three hundred kilograms of Korean ginseng, ten thousand taels of gold, one hundred thousand taels of silver, and ten carts of Korean paper and cloth.
The letter written by the King of Goryeo is like a love poem, full of lingering and flattering content!
Zhao Kuangyin was not fooled. He looked at the humble envoy and said, "Either surrender and accept the transformation, or die! If you accept the transformation, your king can live in the northern capital! You can also have something to talk about with Li Yu and Li Yuanhao as neighbors!"
Otherwise, the Song Dynasty's cavalry will trample all over your turtle-shell-sized territory, and then you won't be able to surrender anytime soon! "
The Goryeo envoy left the northern capital in tears. He presented the tribute, but the emperor of the upper country did not give him any face at all and left Goryeo.
The envoy wanted to cry when he thought about returning to Goryeo. The king would definitely not forgive him. His parents, wife and children were all in Goryeo, and he couldn't run away!
The envoy was also a talented person. When he saw the glass ornaments sold on the streets of Dasong, he came up with an idea. He quickly jumped out of the car and asked the vendor in fluent Mandarin:
"Hey, how much is this glass hairpin?"
Seeing that the customer was a foreigner, the clerk couldn't help but be delighted: "Oh, sir, you have a good eye. This is the latest model of colorful glass hairpin in our shop. Look at its quality and transparency. It is the only one in the whole Beidu!"
The hairpin is not expensive, you can take it back for five hundred taels of silver. There is also a set of jewelry that matches the hairpin. If you want it, I will make the decision. Just give me two thousand taels of silver, and I will give you a beautiful velvet and mother-of-pearl jewelry box!
The envoy took a deep breath and said through gritted teeth, "Why don't you just rob it? It's too expensive!"
The clerk was not happy to hear that. "Sir, this is not expensive at all. This is a product made by the Imperial Glass Factory of the Great Song Dynasty. I sell it at a very fair price. Sir, please don't talk nonsense. Why don't you reflect on yourself? It's very difficult for us to do business!"
The envoy could not be bullied: "I want it if you pack it up for 500 taels! Even if you sell me for 2,000 taels, I still can't get that much!"
The clerk was so angry: "Take the 1800 taels! The original 500 taels hasn't even arrived yet!"
The two men struggled to the limit and the deal was settled at 1,300 taels. The envoy, with a pained look on his face, pulled out a sixth-grade ginseng leaf from his carry-on luggage. The clerk, however, was a connoisseur of the goods and hurriedly took the envoy to the herbal medicine shop on the corner.
This kind of hard currency was still easy to sell. After some bargaining, the ginseng was sold for 1,500 taels of silver.
The jeweller took 1,300 taels and gave the remaining 200 taels to the envoy.
The envoy thought that too many lice wouldn't bite, and too many debts wouldn't worry him, so he gave this set of jewelry to the Queen, which would offset any disaster.
They simply sold all the ginseng they brought from Goryeo and bought a batch of tea, silk and glass from the Song Dynasty and brought them back to Goryeo.
The envoy returned to Goryeo trembling with fear, and first used his connections to send gifts to the Queen, and then went to meet their great and arrogant king.
As expected, the king flew into a rage, scolding the envoy for being useless and a disgrace to the country! Just as he was about to deal with the envoy, the eunuch reported that the Queen Mother had come to see the king.
The envoy managed to escape the disaster, and when he returned home his wife had sold the goods he had brought back from the Song Dynasty for a good price.
This woman is very good at making money. This time when she went to the Song Dynasty as an envoy, she made 8,000 taels of silver. If the king goes bankrupt, what does it have to do with a little Karami like her?
If they really became citizens of the Song Dynasty, it would be a blessing in disguise. They could move to the prosperous Song Dynasty and live there. It's not like now, where eating a piece of meat is like celebrating the New Year. They only eat pickles every day.
The Goryeo court was divided into two factions. One faction advocated that the king should consider the people of Goryeo. Fighting against the Song Dynasty was like hitting a rock with an egg.
The other faction consisted of the royal family, who believed that surrendering was shameful and impossible!
Before the Goryeo king and his ministers could come to a conclusion with their argument, the iron hoof of the Song Dynasty was at the gates of the city.
At this time, all the ministers took action, entered the palace at night, tied up the king and opened the gate of the capital.
The Song Dynasty conquered Goryeo without losing a single soldier!
At this time, you can see how miserable the emperor is. The ministers surrendered to change their masters and their futures, but the emperor was facing a life-and-death situation!
The surrendered ministers were considered meritorious. Although they received no rewards or punishments, they were allowed to take some property with them if they escaped unscathed. All these Koreans would be packed up and taken to the Song Dynasty.
From then on, the land of Goryeo could only be governed by immigrants from the Song Dynasty.
The Koreans, carrying their elderly and children and their few belongings, followed the Song army on a long journey.
Every time they passed through a county, a small number of Koreans would be grouped together and divided into families, and their family ties would be disrupted and reorganized to cut off.
In this way, there is no need to worry about these Koreans causing trouble, and the land will be distributed among the Han people, with one Korean immigrant for every dozens of Han households.
The Koreans never dreamed that there would be such a good thing. The Song Dynasty was a paradise. There was very little tax on land for farming, and children were forced to study, although it was only for three years, but they only had to pay a small amount of tuition during these three years!
Goryeo implemented an extremely strict system of matriarchal devotion. People were truly born unequal, and the untouchables had no chance to receive education.
The Koreans felt like they had found a lucky break. If they had known this would happen, they would have brought the evil king to the Song Dynasty much sooner!
This vast land, this rich product, each family has a hundred acres of land, and the court also distributed seeds.
Korean women are hardworking and are busy with housework and farm work every day, while men at home won't even bother to help if the oil bottle falls over.
They are too lazy to work in the fields. Even Korean women regard their husbands as the most important thing. This rule has to be changed in the Song Dynasty. You must farm the land allocated to you. If you don't, the headman will block your door and scold you!
When the captain of armor found out about the lazy and gluttonous Korean man, he started spitting at him and scolded him for a full hour!
Still want to enjoy yourself at home? Dream on! The head of the village was carrying bamboo sticks and forcing the men to work in the fields!
In the words of the head of the group, "I don't care how you lived in the past! We in the Song Dynasty don't support lazy people! You are a grown man and you expect your wife to support you. How can you be so shameless? Get up and work!"
If you can't finish cultivating all the land, I will never forgive you! Our government is kind and considerate. He cares about the suffering people in this world!
People like you who don't know what's good for you don't deserve the government's mercy! If you dare to keep whining, I'll send you to Yunzhou to dig coal!
There really is that stubborn guy who only remembers eating and not being beaten. The captain really didn't tolerate him, so he was really sent to Yunzhou to dig coal. The cycle was five years, and when he came back he was as thin as a monkey!
From then on, no one dared to challenge the authority of the captain, and these Koreans honestly farmed in the Song Dynasty.
After growing crops and raising fat pigs, these Koreans finally understood what life should be like.
It turns out that being full is so satisfying, pork is so delicious! It turns out that you can eat as much fruit as you want in the yard!