noffsinger Chapter 381: They Sold Me and Counted the Money
Chapter 381: They Sold Me and Counted the Money
You want both face and substance. To put it bluntly, you want money and you also want others to say hello to you?
Why?
Li Jize will tell you that I am a time traveler! I know that there was a bandit named "America" in the future, who also occupied Goryeo...
He wanted more and more. After selling out the Koreans, he still had to praise them and give them a thumbs-up, “Daddy loves me!”
Li Jize wanted to do this kind of thing. Not only would I suck the blood of the Koreans, but I would also help him count the money after selling them out.
This is not...
Since Park Geuk-chang has become the regent of Goryeo and put the blame of cooperation with the barbarians directly on the former king Lee Seong-hyeon, he must now lead Goryeo back to the embrace of "Great Qi" and sign an "agreement" with the Qin army again!
Yes, the “letter of credence” between countries.
Logically speaking, Hu Guangsheng is not qualified to sign an agreement on behalf of Da Qi. What qualifications does he have?
But! Power comes from the barrel of a gun!
With these 3,000 soldiers, he put Park Geuk-chang on the throne of regent and captured the capital of Goryeo.
So, with a gun pointed at your head, can you stand and sign the agreement with this thing?
First of all! The Qin army has an obligation to help Goryeo and fight against the barbarians.
This is a great deal, right? They think this is what it means to be a "big brother." If I'm bullied, I have to help!
But at the same time, in order to help you Goryeo fight against the barbarians, we must first station troops here, right?
The Koreans were so happy! With the Qin army on our land, the barbarians would not dare to come in, and we would not be plundered by them.
but……
But, these people stationed here need food, shelter, and shelter, don't they need military funds?
Secondly, if we leave, what will you do? We have to help you build your own army, right?
Look at what crappy weapons you're using! Just because you only have those dung-fork-like weapons, even the firearms you have are junk! Come on, our Qin army has good weapons for you. Qin army-made weapons are of the highest quality, so of course they're a bit more expensive.
What? Not buying?
OK! Let’s go!
What? You don't have money?
Okay, I think you can exchange it for iron ore!
If all else fails, you can also exchange your mink fur, Korean ginseng or something like that.
That's right! Where our Qin army is stationed, we must demarcate a piece of land. This area is under the jurisdiction of the Qi people only, and you have no right to manage it.
Just call...
Uh! Let’s just call it “concession”!
Just like that, the Qin army and the previous Qi army had already come to Goryeo to rescue them, but it was different.
It seems like they didn't take anything, didn't rob anything, but in reality...
They have already squeezed out all the descendants of the Koreans!
Stealing local people's money, cattle, sheep, and horses is "low-level looting." The real high-level "looting" is to make these people and their descendants work for you for generations! After the deed is done, you can still stand on the high moral ground and say, "If it weren't for our Qin army, how could you Koreans have the good life you have today?"
and so……
The Koreans ceded the iron mines to the Qin army, and their people went to dig the iron mines for the Qin army to earn some pocket money.
Should we thank the Qin army?
Not only did he save them, rescue them from the barbarians, but he also gave them jobs?
If all the Koreans went to mine and work for the Qin army, where would they get their food and daily necessities?
This brings us to another great victim, the rebel Li Zhenbei! The people under his command grew grain and sold it to the Qin army in exchange for their weapons. In turn, the Qin army sold the uneaten grain to Goryeo.
After the Koreans worked hard to earn some small sums of money from the Qin army, the imperial court used a large amount of money to purchase weapons from the Qin army and to pay the Qin army's "stationing fees", which was actually a disguised protection fee.
And what about the people of Goryeo?
This is because after the market was opened, Qingzhou used the countless goods produced by its factories to dump them into Goryeo crazily.
In fact, the silver given to the Koreans was earned back!
People in feudal society didn't understand "finance" at all. Why did those foreign masters in the past go to great lengths to start wars and blast open your country's doors? Wasn't it just to dump their goods?
These bastards don't want your land, they want the labor and wealth of the people on your land.
Li Jize did the same thing! The Koreans actually wanted to thank him for protecting them and giving them jobs.
Actually?
Li Jize and his Qingzhou people are all vampires and parasites. They use cheap industrial products to make a living and then reap the benefits of these people at high prices.
This is still considered good!
That's because Li Jize still remembered that the Koreans were close by and were the rear of the barbarians, so he was willing to absorb their labor.
What is Li Jize’s grand plan?
He mobilized the entire "Confucian cultural circle" and made these people his "subordinates", similar to the several watchdogs and "godsons" raised by America in later generations.
When he had financial problems, he asked his godsons to pay protection fees to help him get through it.
When one's economy and military are strong, haha... sorry, people outside this cultural circle are truly colonies! They are the targets of "sucking the marrow out of the bones"!
Moreover, Li Jize not only wanted to exploit his own strength to ensure the "permanence of the alliance", but also to reduce the cost of future wars and the chance of failure...
He also wants to learn from America. Every time there is a war, he calls his friends and gathers his brothers to form a coalition army and fight together!
just now……
Goryeo was only the first link in this grand plan. Besides being a dumping ground for the Qin army, providing a stable livelihood and a source of minerals, its most important function was...
It's at the very back of the barbarians!
If Li Jize wanted to deal with the barbarians, he had to let Goryeo act as a pawn and threaten the barbarians' so-called "dragon's birthplace" at all times.
Okay! Let’s get back to the point. No matter how grand the plan is, we have to take it one step at a time.
Although Hu Guangsheng had already captured the capital of Goryeo, he also supported Park Geukchang to sit on the throne, and they even signed an agreement according to the King of Qin's plan.
but……
The prerequisite is that they have to be able to defend Goryeo in the face of the barbarians. If they can't, this agreement will be just a piece of waste paper. If they can't defend against the barbarians coming back to kill Park Geuk-chang, it will be useless to support Lee Sung-hyeon.
Because of this, Hu Guangsheng sent someone back to the ship to report the victory to Qingzhou and tell the King of Qin what they had done in Goryeo, while at the same time asking him what to do next?
The most important thing is that Hu Guangsheng will have to deal with Zojihalang's 3,000 barbarian cavalry next. They will definitely start a counterattack after knowing that the capital has been lost.