"Problem? Haha" Wang Pang couldn't help but smile. "This is not a difficult problem, but this problem is not for me, Wang Pang, to solve. Besides, even if I come up with a solution to the problem, the Emperor of Liao can make the decision. Can Ambassador Li make the decision? ?”

After Wang Pang said these words, everyone seemed to have some realization. Originally, since Wang Pang was able to build a world-famous spectacle on the huge rocks of Shuangta Mountain, what other problems did Wang Pang have in this world or in this Song Dynasty? It's just that he said a solution, whether it can be implemented in Korea.

Everyone turned their attention to Li Enze, the Korean envoy. Li Enze frowned, as if he had no determination. Suddenly they heard someone laughing in the hall, and everyone looked for the laughter. The person who laughed was Yelv Renxian, the prime minister of the South Court of Liao Dynasty.

Yelu Hongji asked: "Ren Xian, why are you laughing?"

Yelvren stopped his smile first and said to Wang Pang: "Immortal Wang probably underestimated Ambassador Li."[

"How do you say this?" Wang Pang couldn't help but ask.

Yelvren said unhurriedly: "Ambassador Li, as the king of the West County of Goryeo, commanded five of the twelve states of Goryeo and was in charge of 50,000 soldiers and horses of Goryeo. The Li family has been the king for generations, guarding Goryeo and the Liao Kingdom. Intersecting national borders. Ambassador Li, who is so important, can ask for troops from various countries on behalf of the Emperor Goryeo, so why worry about not being able to make the decision?"

I had never heard of these kings before. When Libo came back, he only said that Li Enze was the king of the county. Only then did he take a closer look at Li Enze. He saw that this man seemed to have no idea and looked like a coward. Thinking carefully about it, the emperor of Liao Kingdom at that time During the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, he did not carry out the plans he made one by one. Moreover, he did not seem to deviate from the plan, which is enough to show that there are some things that Li Enze can make the decision.

Li Enze also looked at Yelv Renxian. This Liao man actually understood his situation so clearly. I wonder what else he knew. Yelv Renxian went on to say: "Prince Li only has soldiers, but he may not be able to do what he says." Well, the key is still with you, the Emperor of Goryeo. As far as I know, King Wenzong of Goryeo today is fully assisted by Prince Li and his son. When Wenzong ascended the throne, Prince Li's father was an assistant to the emperor when he was young. Until now, Ambassador Li Meng Yin is serving as the commander-in-chief. The king can also handle important military matters on behalf of the king. I am not wrong about this."

Yelu Hongji squinted at Li Enze, and he didn't expect that this humble ambassador of Korea was actually a man of power. Li Enze saw that Yelu Renxian knew everything about himself and the current situation of Korea, and sighed and said: "Prime Minister Renxian is indeed right. , but now that I, Emperor Wenzong of Goryeo, can handle important matters on my own, the reason why I am asking for troops from everywhere is just to solve the emperor's urgent needs with all my loyalty."

When King Xiao Ying saw that Ye Luren had asked so many questions first, he also heard some clues. He was a straight-tempered man. Seeing that Li Enxi was still explaining, he snorted and said, "I don't understand this. Since Ambassador Li has so many soldiers, Ma, why don’t you go to Tokyo to relieve the siege, but instead borrow troops from everywhere?”

"This, these soldiers were ordered by the late king to guard the Great Wall built between the south of Hamhung and the north of Yonghing, and build the three passes of Dingzhou (today's Dingping, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea), Xuande, and Yuanxing. Therefore, I also You can't make the decision on your own, Xiangdong..." Li Enze explained a little embarrassedly, but mid-sentence, he also felt something was wrong.

The king listened and understood, and he said to Yelu Hongji: "Your Majesty, these Korean people are interesting. In order to defend against the Liao Kingdom, they used this line of Great Wall and Three Passes as the boundary between Liao and the northeastern part of Korea. They guarded the border and used heavy troops to defend against the Liao Kingdom. But the coast was beaten hard by the Wonu Kingdom and they fought back. This is called being afraid of wolves in front and fear of tigers in the back!"

Everyone laughed after hearing this. Even Queen Xiao Guanyin, who had been sitting upright, couldn't help but lowered her head and laughed. Yelu Hongji was really amused by Gao Li's behavior. He rubbed his belly and said with a smile: "I You Koreans are really bad. If the Japanese slaves occupy all of you Korea, what's the use of staring at the Sanguan boundary? Doesn't that mean you have built the border between the Liao and Japanese slaves in advance? Haha .The home is gone, but the border is still guarded.”

Wang Pang finally understood that later generations always said that Goryeo people were sticks, but it was actually a misinformation. This statement actually came from the mouth of Emperor Yelu Hongji of the Liao Kingdom, saying that the Koreans were stick sticks.

Although this was a joke, the Korean people's behavior was indeed ridiculous. Everyone was laughing, but Wang Pang did not laugh. He kept staring at Li Enze, and intuitively told Wang Pang that there must be other reasons why Li Enze did not move his troops.

After everyone had laughed, Wang Pang asked Li Enze: "Ambassador Li, I have a question. If you can answer it like this, I will tell you how to solve the food and grass problem." Seeing the seriousness of Wang Pang's question, Li Enze nodded. head.

Wang Pang pondered for a moment, then looked up at Li Enze and asked: "Ambassador Li, tell the truth, can you protect yourself by not using troops?"

Li Enze took a deep breath after hearing Wang Pang's question. Wang Pang stared at him with a pair of eyes. He was young, his eyes were like lightning, and his piercing eyes seemed to be looking directly into people's hearts. His heart skipped a beat. He said: "If Mr. Wang has a way to solve the problem of food and grass, just tell him."

Wang Pang knew that there was no need to ask any more questions. Smart people are like this. There are many things that you don’t need to get to the bottom of. You will know what you need to know. Wang Pang nodded: "Ambassador Li, what I just asked you, you know, I know, and everyone here knows." I don’t know. But if the ambassador can do the solution I mentioned to solve the problem of food and grass, it will only be good for you and not harmful."

Wang Pang focused everyone's attention with just a few words. When he saw Li Enxi nodding, Wang Pang said slowly: "Ambassador Li, since the Emperor Liao is helping you Korea, he can't help you in vain! You are not out of food. Money? Grain, the Liao Kingdom can lend you grain, money, and I, the king, can lend you money. But you must have a certificate."

"Oh? Immortal Wang, please tell me in more detail, how can we, the Liao Kingdom, not help you in vain?" Yelu Hongji looked at Wang Pang and asked.

Wang Pang smoothed his train of thought: "Ambassador Li, since we are talking about borrowing, if you borrow money, you must repay it. There is still a penny for private loans, let alone between countries."

Li Enze didn't know what kind of medicine Wang Pang Gourd sold. He said: "Since it is borrowing money, of course you have to give a profit, but how much is the loan, what is the profit, and how long can the loan be borrowed? Wang Shilang always has to give a profit. Accurate."[

There were cries of birds in the hall, and everyone looked at Wang Pang, as if what Wang Pang said could determine the fate of Goryeo.

"Ambassador Li is not a fool. How much should you borrow? It depends on how much of the shortage of food, grass and armaments you need to defeat the Japanese slave country. How much is the profit and how long should you borrow? Let's limit it to one year. I will give you 10% of the interest in Korea. In the second year, you can repay as much as you can. If you can't repay, you can re-open the IOU with interest and borrow it again."

Yelu Ren was the first to understand. He saw Yelu Hongji frowning, as if he didn't understand, so he asked Wang Pang, "Wang Shilang, can you understand what you said? Calculate the thirty thousand of our Liao Kingdom." When the troops arrive in Goryeo, how much grain, grass, and silver does Goryeo need to spend? If it is necessary to send troops this time and it takes one thousand taels of silver to convert into silver, then our Liao Kingdom will lend Goryeo one thousand taels of silver and let him purchase grain, grass, and armaments. One year later, he Do you want to repay me, the Liao Kingdom, one thousand one hundred taels of silver?"

Li Enxi frowned and looked at Wang Pang: "It's acceptable to pay some interest on lending silver taels, and the interest is not very high. It's just that if the interest compounded for a long time, wouldn't it mean that the more you owe, the more you owe?"

Wang Pang shook his head: "Hey, what are you afraid of? At the end of the year, he takes the IOU and you pay back the money. You can't pay back as much as you want. The new voucher will be replaced by the voucher, and the one that is not replaced will be invalid. I'm afraid of lending it to you. Aren’t you going to report all the money?”

Xiao Ying heard that this matter seemed to be profitable. He rubbed his beard and asked: "Then what if Gao Li defaults on the debt?"

The king looked at the crowd and said: "Korea borrows silver taels in vain, and there must be some mortgage. I think the three levels are good. First issue the mortgage certificate. If the loan is owed to a certain extent with interest, then give up the first level. .Ambassador Li, what do you think of this?"

Li Enze is now angry and funny. Why is this Song countryman so full of strange ideas? You say it doesn't work, but it seems feasible. You say it works, but it doesn't seem so practical. He looked at the crowd, Yelu Hongji Looking at himself with squinted eyes, as if he despised Gao Li's inability to pay back the money he borrowed, Li Enze said: "It's not unreasonable to borrow something as collateral, but what is the voucher for borrowing money?"

This is an important question. Korea can borrow money as a pledge first, but how much will it be repaid and how will it be repaid?

Wang Pang blinked and said: "We will calculate by grain. You, Gao Li, will calculate how much grain will be used and issue "food stamps". You will make separate vouchers for every ten shi and every hundred shi of grain. We will call them 'food stamps'." '. Let's convert it into 600 Song Dynasty copper coins per stone grain, which equals one tael of silver per stone grain.

The 30,000 Liao troops have one million shi of grain a year, which is enough, right? If you borrow one million shi of grain and grass from the Liao State, Daliao will give you one million taels of silver in exchange for one million shi of grain and grass. Food stamps. When the Liao army arrives in Goryeo, they will use these food stamps in exchange for food from Goryeo. After two months, if the Liao army does not withdraw from Goryeo after the war is over, then they will run out of food stamps and there will be no follow-up food. In this way, Ambassador Li Don’t worry about the Liao army not withdrawing, right?!”

Wang Pang turned to look at Yelu Hongji: "Your Majesty, if each of the three passes of Dingzhou, Xuande and Yuanxing in Goryeo is worth one million taels of silver, is this feasible?!"

Yelu Hongji thought to himself: If we were to fight every step of the Great Wall with real swords and guns, we might not be able to afford the military expenditure of one million taels. But if all this silver was exchanged for the food stamps that Wang Pang said, all the money would be lost. If you consume it in Goryeo and get no benefit, then isn’t it just a matter of wrapping your fingers and eating it yourself?
Chapter completed!