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"Second order, the army has been marching thousands of miles in recent days. I am considerate of the soldiers and all the troops are stationed in place to rest. After I report to your majesty, I will reward the three armies!"

Yeon Gaesomun called the three armies to stop their counterattacks on Silla and Baekje.

On the other hand, he sent a letter to Pyongyang City, asking for more grain, grass and baggage.

Now that Goryeo has almost half of the army in his hands, what he has to do now is to firmly hold these tens of thousands of troops.

Otherwise, whether he returns to the court now or after defeating Silla and Baekje, it will be a dead end.

As a result, Silla Baekje was also confused.

Could it be that Yeon Gaesumun on the other side knew how powerful they were and didn't dare to fight them?

Now that the fight is like this, it is impossible to stop.

Unless they are willing to sue for peace and then cede territory to pay compensation.

However, both the civil and military forces of Silla and Baekje were full of confidence, and they had defeated Goryeo some time ago.

It's just that the war has been unfavorable recently. Why do you want peace?

And the two countries are not really useless. At least they have heard about what happened in Pyongyang.

Now that Goryeo's monarch and ministers are at odds, this is the biggest opportunity.

What we should do now is not to sue for peace, but to continue to hold on to Kuoding County and get more weapons and equipment from them!

Silla directly sent Yan Zhigao and Brother Chengyu, who had been in contact with Yan Kai in the past, to Kuoding County.

“I’ve seen Yanzhi County!”

Both of them are respectful now. Anyone who is not a fool knows that Yan Kai, the county magistrate, is extraordinary.

Ordinary county magistrates can deliver shiploads of equipment to other countries, and they can deliver it on time no matter it is windy or raining.

That equipment can even support their country in fighting a full-scale war.

"Zhixian Yan, I am obsessed with you. I miss you so much today when I see something and think about you. I am laughing so hard!"

After Idiom went back, he studied a lot of Tang dialect and felt that his cultural level is now better than before.

"Laugh together, laugh together!" Yan Kai held back and laughed at others in front of foreign businessmen, which was always not very polite.

"Why are you two here today?"

"I came here today to ask Yan Zhixian to sell us some more weapons and armor."

Yan Zhigao hurriedly spoke, asking Brother Idiom to go around again. He didn't know what the twist would be like.

"It's easy to say. Just tell us, County Cheng Zheng, in a while."

It just so happens that the steel produced in the early stage of blast furnace steelmaking here is so-so.

Yan Kai is still considering whether to remanufacture or use it as civilian products.

Now, no need to worry about it, just make it into a weapon and sell it to them.

It seems that the weapons production line in Kuoding County will be divided into two recently.

One for export and one for domestic use.

"Um..." Yan Zhigao rubbed his hands and said, "But recently we have been fighting against Goryeo, and our logistics are tight."

"Oh!" Yan Kairan said, "So you two are here to get credit today, right?"

"Exactly, exactly, Yan Zhixian, look at our relationship..."

"Hahaha!" Yan Kai laughed and said, "You and I are like brothers..."

When the two heard this, their faces were overjoyed. They didn't expect Yan Kai to be so easy to talk to. Yan Zhigao had prepared a lot of words at the beginning, but he didn't expect that Yan Kai agreed before they were used.

Then I heard Yan Kai say: "I always tell my brothers: brothers, settle the accounts! So, this credit account is not good!"

"..."

Yan Kai's sudden arousal almost hit their waists.

"Ahem, cough, magistrate Yan, I..." Yan Zhigao was about to say more, but was interrupted by Yan Kai reaching out.

"You two, it's not that I don't want to, but you should also know that I, a small county magistrate, can't decide on these weapons and armors?"

"I'll understand later!" Brother Idiom took out a small box and said, "It's just a gift, but it shows how little you care."

Yan Kai didn't expect that he actually used the right idiom, took the small box and opened it in front of the two of them.

Inside is a gold wine bottle, covered with precious stones.

Ayutthaya gemstones on the Korean Peninsula are quite famous, and the gemstones inlaid on this wine bottle look very good.

Yan Kai put the gem aside with a satisfied look, then smiled and said to the two of them: "It's not impossible to say that there is no way."

"I just said that Yan Zhixian will definitely repay kindness with hatred." Brother Chengyu looked embarrassed, thinking that the wine bottle he just sent had an effect.

Then he heard the clicking sounds of Cheng Huailiang's plate armor standing behind Yan Kai.

The two of them looked at Cheng Huailiang's plate armor with some envy.

"It's okay, he probably didn't take a shower and is itchy!"

Yan Kai said: "I also understand your Silla's recent financial constraints, but I also ask you to understand my difficulties, so I have a compromise."

"What kind of compromise?" Yan Zhigao and the others asked.

"You don't have money, but you can process it with supplied materials!"

"Processing with supplied materials?" The two of them were a little confused.

"As far as I know, you actually have a lot of iron ore there, but it's actually a bit lacking in forging technology."

Yan Kai's eyes lit up. The Korean Peninsula is a much bigger place, but if you talk about resources, they are really blessed by God.

Let's talk about iron ore. The iron ore in their place is of the same origin as ours in Anshan, China.

But it just so happens that their half is much better than ours in terms of quality and reserves.

To put it simply, the reserves of large iron ore are currently announced to be 250 billion tons, while their far bigger places have 100 billion tons.

Yan Kai tried his best to provoke the war between the three countries. Even if he didn't want to do something, he himself didn't believe it.

Silla and Baekje have mines, but what they lack is the smelting and forging technology.

These two technologies are now available in the entire Tang Dynasty, no, probably in the entire world, and the strongest ones are in Kuoding County.

"You bring over twenty kilograms of ore, and I will make you one kilogram of high-quality weapons!"

"Twenty pounds? Just one pound?" Yan Zhigao stretched out his finger. This was a loss no matter how you looked at it.

"Isn't that too little?" Yan Kai said dissatisfied: "You two don't think that one pound of ore can produce one pound of iron, right?"

"With your 20 kilograms of ore, I can smelt three or four kilograms of iron right now, and then I have to add fuel and labor!"

Yan Kai began to count them one by one: "You have also seen that the people in Kuoding County are all wearing silk and satin. How can we hire people if the wages are too low?"

"The wages are so high! And our steelmaking uses high-quality coke, and the price is about the same as iron ore."

"Also, I have to ask our craftsmen to make weapons for you. Is this another huge cost?"

While Yan Kai was calculating, he also listed his costs on the paper for the two of them.

A large piece of paper was filled with writing!

Finally, he gave it to the two of them: "Look, you two, give me these twenty kilograms of ore, and I will give you one kilogram of weapons, and my profit will be just over one kilogram of ore!"

"Look at this big piece of data, is there anything I can do to deceive you? I can't even make this profit. If we weren't old acquaintances, could I get you this price? Can I do it?"

The reason Brother Idiom is here is because he is actually pretty good at math in Silla.

After looking at each item carefully, he nodded and whispered to Yan Zhigao: "It should be no problem. Looking at the big data in Yanzhi County, it is indeed because we are old acquaintances that we can achieve this price."