No matter how big the blessing boat is, if it is alone on the sea, it is only as small as a grain of rice.
Fortunately, the weather was fine and the waves were calm, so the people on the boat were comfortable.
Seeing Jeju Island approaching, Liao Zhongjian's mind was filled with Zuo Menggeng's earnest words of warning.
After careful consideration, Liao Zhongjian already had a strategy on how to carry out the activities.
When Zhang Keda returned, he still stayed in Jeju Island. Although he did not conduct any more trade, he still had some discussions regarding exchanges.
Li Chong knew that the angels from heaven would still come.
The arrival of Liao Zhongjian made Li Chong excited beyond words.
The last time the things were delivered to Hanyang, Shen Qiyuan praised them repeatedly. He had already promised that he would be promoted to a senior official in the near future.
In Li Chong's eyes, the angel of heaven is his lucky star.
"Lord Angel, I have prepared a sumptuous banquet. I would also like to ask you to show your respect to me so that I can fulfill my friendship as a landlord."
Guests and hosts followed suit, and Liao Zhongjian happily sat down at the table.
But looking at the dishes presented one after another, Liao Zhongjian was a little dumbfounded.
Pickles, pickles...
See also pickles.
No pickles.
Chili pepper has just emerged in Shandong and is not available in North Korea at all.
So the fact that kimchi has thousands of years of history is just a matter of bragging by later generations of Koreans.
Fortunately, Liao Zhongjian didn't want to talk too much, and he was more concerned about important things in his heart.
Even the two North Korean beauties carefully arranged by Li Chong were blown away by him.
"After General Zhang Ke returned, he spoke in detail about your situation. My commander-in-chief said that North Korea is a descendant of China. It is one body and should be taken care of. How can we allow North Korea to fall into the hands of barbarians?"
Upon hearing this, Li Chong immediately howled loudly.
"Since ancient times, North Korea has been a king for a long time and has been favored by the emperor. It has long regarded itself as China. The villains have sworn to the death and made clear their ambitions. They would rather be the dogs of China than the guests of the barbarians."
Oh, this expression of loyalty gave Liao Zhongjian goosebumps.
If he had been an official of the Ming Dynasty, he would have been completely comfortable and complacent.
However, he is a new type of diplomat trained by Zuo Menggeng, and he doesn't care at all about this verbal advantage.
No matter what it is, North Korea is still a country.
How can there be any friendship between countries?
It's kind of just pure profit.
In order to conquer North Korea, Liao Zhongjian collected enough information and knew the domestic situation in North Korea well.
In the third year of the Apocalypse, Jin Liu, Li Gui and others of the Western People's Party launched a palace coup, deposing Li Hui, the king of Gwanghae, and proclaimed Li Jiao, the king of Ayang, as king. He was known as Injo in history.
Because Gwanghaegun implemented the policy of neutrality between Ming Dynasty and Jin Dynasty, from the perspective of Ming Dynasty, Injo was a happy event.
However, the Ming Dynasty foolishly believed that Injo was treason anyway, so they did not recognize it at first.
This is enough to show how the Ming Dynasty lacked the ability to control the development of the surrounding situation.
It was not until later that out of the need to unite the DPRK to fight against the Jin Dynasty, Li Jian's legitimacy as king was recognized.
From North Korea's perspective, it was clear that Gwanghaegun's neutral policy was more in line with North Korea's interests, but because the Westerners were dissatisfied with the current situation of losing power, they overthrew him.
When the Western People's Party supported Li Zhu to the throne, they chose to fully support the disadvantaged Ming Dynasty.
I have to say that history is such an irony.
If Gwanghae-gun was in power, North Korea would not have been beaten twice by Hou Jin, and after suffering heavy losses, he would have become Hou Jin's follower again.
Of course, Li Zhu and the Westerners' Party had their hearts set on the Ming Dynasty.
But the strategic situation dictated that they chose a wrong path that led to their own destruction.
In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Ding Mao fought a random battle, and North Korea was defeated and had to humiliatingly negotiate peace with Hou Jin.
Because of this incident, Li Zhu's prestige in the country plummeted, and he lost his ambitions and began to be passive and lazy in government and indulged in pleasure.
Grain gall
Taking advantage of Hou Jin's victory in North Korea, some people in the Western People's Party saw the situation clearly and voiced their support for Hou Jin.
In short, the current political situation in North Korea is a mess.
Everyone was arguing and arguing, but no one could come up with a solution.
We can only wait for the external trend to change, and North Korea will make passive choices accordingly.
Of course, if possible, North Korea would definitely prefer to be in the arms of Dad Ming.
This is why the Western People's Party officials were so excited when Liao Zhongjian and Zhang Keda came here.
But in Shandong's eyes, North Korea is not that important.
If it were not for ensuring the smooth support of Sakhalin Island, there would be no interaction with North Korea at all.
Even without North Korea, as long as we can establish contact with Tsushima, this route will still be open.
Since these North Korean officials were so enthusiastic about their arrival, how could Liao Zhongjian let go of this opportunity?
"The Ming Dynasty is well aware of North Korea's loyalty. However, the Ming Dynasty is now in a little trouble, which is hard to take care of, but it has made you trapped in a difficult time, which is sad and lamentable."
These words made Li Chong cry on the spot.
"With the angel's words, even if our country and people in Korea are destroyed, we will not have any regrets."
Liao Zhongjian is not just talking empty words.
"North Korea was founded the same as the Ming Dynasty, and the royal power is deeply rooted. Even if it is disturbed by barbarians, you must continue to strengthen yourself in order to maintain national unity."
Li Chong sighed.
"What the angels don't know is that Korea is a small country with a small territory and is poor and weak. If we don't have the Heavenly Soldiers, we are really unable to fight against the brutality and tyranny of the barbarians."
It was true, but Liao Zhongjian did not make a promise, but said seriously: "Please tell the county magistrate about all matters in Korea. Please rest assured that I, the Ming Dynasty, will not sit back and watch Korea fall."
How to communicate with North Korea has nothing to do with Li Chong, a small county magistrate.
North Korea must have a big shot come forward.
When Liao Zhongjian said this, he dropped the bait.
I believe that someone will be tempted by the high-level officials in North Korea who are trapped in the situation between the DPRK and China.
As expected, Li Chong did not dare to neglect.
"I immediately sent a message to the state pastor and asked the angel to wait a moment."
Three days later, Jeju Shepherd Shen Daoxun hurriedly arrived. After discussing with Liao Zhongjian, he quickly sent an urgent message to Hanyang.
Liao Zhongjian did not delay, left Jeju Island, and continued eastward.
A few days later, we arrived at the seaside of Busan.
In the pitch-black night, the lucky boat floats on the sea, blending into the sky and the sea.
Even if you get close, you may not be able to find it.
Unless someone gets the message beforehand.
Liao Zhongjian sat and waited, and a message came from the observation deck.
"Minister, people are here!"
Liao Zhongjian perked up.
"Give the signal."
A kerosene lamp was lit on the observation deck and drew several irregular circles back and forth in mid-air.
Although the fire was not very bright, in such a dark night, it immediately spread far away.
After burning a stick of incense, a dark shadow approached the lucky boat.
Before the two ships could meet, someone on the opposite side called out urgently: "Is the angel from the Kingdom of Heaven here? I, Jin Sangxian, would like to see you."
Liao Zhongjian was stunned.
I thought it would be Shen Jiyuan who came, but I didn't expect that it was Kim Sang-heon, the leader of the Western People's Party.
"I'm here. I'd like to ask Mr. Jin to cross the boat for a while."