"What you say makes sense, sir, but you still have to be careful in everything." Liu Jing agreed with him.

"By the way, I have an idea." Zhou Pu seemed to suddenly think of something.

"Sir, please tell me?"

"Aren't we trying to find a way to send the Japanese envoy to the mainland? Let's do this. Mr. Liu, you have been preparing a ship in the past few days on the pretext of delivering news to the country, and then you will send someone back to the country. This person

You can also put it on the ship. Since you have such an important mission, the shogunate will strictly inspect it and send it out of the country as a gift..." Zhou Pu suddenly laughed when he thought of this, "This old Chinese gentleman would never have thought that it would be possible.

Is there a Japanese envoy who has to leave before him...?"

"Sir... this is a very clever plan!" Liu Jing thought for a moment and immediately agreed with the other party's view, "These people like sneaky tricks, let's also give him a secret plan!"

Then the two of them laughed together.

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After a few days of turbulence, the prince and his entourage arrived in Busan.

What he had done in Seoul had already spread throughout Goryeo and shocked the people of both the government and the public. However, because Li Hui was not popular among the people, the people of Goryeo did not all oppose his actions. They just felt that China and North Korea were acting

It's just too domineering.

After being named an heir by the prince, Li Hui continued to serve as the head of the country. However, due to his old age and disability, he no longer held real power. He just lived in Gyeongbokgung Palace. Political affairs were temporarily led by Jin Mingguo.

The government was responsible for the government, and other clan and general ceremonial affairs were temporarily in charge of the heir's biological father, Qingpingjun Li Juelai.

As soon as Jin Mingguo took power, he directly issued an appointment, appointing Li Ke, who had served as the envoy to the Han Dynasty, to serve as the observation envoy of Gyeongsang Province. At the same time, he also directly issued an official document requiring the local officials of Gyeongsang Province to fully cooperate with Li Ke's orders.

, any slack will be dealt with severely, and these local officials are also ordered to prepare supplies in advance, especially grain and fodder for horses.

The official document with a very stern tone soon aroused widespread fear among local officials. Originally, they were deeply frightened by the vigorous and resolute actions of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of China. Now that their future is at stake, they dare not slack off. Although they don't know

What is the purpose of preparing supplies? But they can only obey the order and start to prepare supplies.

However, Goryeo was originally a weak country and its people were poor. Even if they tried hard to raise funds, they could not raise much supplies, let alone supply the ordnance and ammunition needed by the army. The Han Dynasty had already expected this, so they did not hold out much hope.

, I just hope to be able to provide some food and grass.

At this time, Busan, after years of management by the Goryeo court and the commercial prosperity brought about by the joint efforts of merchants from several countries, was already considered a large city and had become an important trade transit port between China and Japan.

, it is precisely because it already has relatively complete port facilities and is the closest to Japan, so it was considered by Zhao Song as the best place to gather troops and launch the attack.

The crown prince and his entourage who had just arrived in Busan were quickly received with the highest standards by local officials. The highest-level civil servant in Busan was the Dongnae Protectorate, and the military attachés were composed of the two highest-ranking officials, one from Gyeongsangjo Province.

Du Wanhu, who was in charge of the land garrison, and one who was the military governor of Gyeongsangzu Province. These three people came to the outside of the city to greet them. Because they had been notified in advance, they did not organize a large-scale

Welcome ceremony, but they were originally very afraid of China and North Korea, but now they are even more respectful and respectful when facing the prince, and even seem to be submissive.

The prince just exchanged a few pleasantries with them, without even saying any polite words. He directly asked them to hand over the local governance and command of the navy and army. Then he also asked them to restrain their subordinates as much as possible and not to allow spying or spreading rumors about the Han Dynasty.

Of course they agreed to any news in Busan, and then the prince dismissed them, and then under the guidance of a dedicated person, the group walked towards the residence arranged for them outside the city.

After settling down for a while, the prince summoned several of his main ministers.

"This time we came to Busan to prepare for the war." As soon as everyone gathered, he got straight to the point, "Everyone, including myself, must fulfill their duties and there must be no slacking off. It is necessary.

There are so many things to do, so please get the charter first."

Several civil and military ministers stood respectfully and bowed their heads to show their listening.

"The most important thing first is to give the assembled soldiers a place to live and train," the prince continued, "I have already told Li Ke and asked him to set aside a large area outside the city for supplies.

It will be used as a barracks for our soldiers, and the Korean Navy will also assist our soldiers in training."

Then, he looked at Zhang Daoyan, the deputy envoy to Goryeo, and said, "Deputy envoy Zhang, you are responsible for coordinating with Li Ke and other Goryeo officials. In addition, you are also responsible for the daily food supply of the soldiers, the maintenance of the camp and epidemic prevention, etc.

It’s up to you to be responsible and there must be no problems.”

"I understand that I will manage the camp well and never let the soldiers have to worry about their lives." Zhang Daoyan quickly bowed and accepted the order, "But... time is running out now, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to gather the barracks in a hurry..."

"Let's requisition civilian houses first, let the Liaodong troops who arrived first move into them, and then step up efforts to build barracks. Troops from other areas who were later assembled will live in those barracks. Make this clear to Li Ke and others, and ask them

When demarcating the camp area, we should try to stay as far away from Busan Port as possible, and at the same time, it is best to have some villages. At the same time, let them send people to cut down the trees as soon as possible, send building materials over, and build the barracks as soon as possible." The prince immediately made a decision, and after a while, he again

He added, "By the way, when we relocate these Goryeo people, we must give them some compensation. Our army of soldiers cannot rob them. Besides, if they become displaced and complain, or commit chaos,

It’s also very detrimental to our plans.”

"What the prince said is true." Zhang Daoyan immediately agreed with his opinion, and then added his own opinion, "However... if compensation is to be given, it is best to give it directly to them personally, so as to prevent the Goryeo government from taking advantage of it.

Moreover, in order to make up for this part of the expenditure, I suggest that we simply requisition the local government's treasury first, and use the money in the treasury to give it to them as compensation. In this way, the people will not be displaced, and we will also be able to

The military can reduce some expenditures."

"This is very reasonable. Deputy Envoy Zhang's idea is very good." The prince readily agreed with his opinion, "Let's do it according to Deputy Envoy Zhang's opinion. This matter will also be left to the Deputy Envoy."

"Thank you, Your Highness, the Crown Prince! I will do my job seriously and never let His Highness down!" Zhang Daoyan hid his joy well, and just kept saying thank you to the Crown Prince.

"How are the navy's preparations?" Then, the prince looked at Gao Ze, an officer of the navy next to him. He had come to Busan before and was responsible for the transportation and storage of supplies in Goryeo.

"Going back to Your Highness, although there were a lot of things at the beginning, but through the efforts of my colleagues at all levels, the transportation of materials is now on track. We use merchant ships for transportation, and no one can see the clues on the surface.

Come." As he said this, Gao Ze walked up and handed a thick booklet in his hand to the prince. "Your Highness, this is the register of our warehouse. Every time supplies arrive in Busan,

, we will all count and register them, and there will be statistics on the total number of materials, and then we will send these materials to their respective warehouses."

"Very good." The prince took the book. He flipped through it roughly and found that it was full of numbers, and they were filed according to the date and type of supplies. It can be seen that it was done very carefully. "

You have worked hard, please keep up the good work in the future, is there anything you need my help with?"

As the prince, he is responsible for strategic planning and overall arrangement. Naturally, many people will help him with problems that are too trivial. He does not need to do everything personally. This does not reflect his diligence.

Can appear ignorant of the general situation.

"Back to Your Highness, everything is generally going smoothly, but... some things are annoying." Gao Ze looked at the prince carefully, "Busan is a commercial port, and there are usually many merchant ships from various countries coming and going. They will occupy the berths and affect the situation.

Our transportation efficiency is poor, and it is difficult for us to transport troops and supplies with great fanfare in front of them... I hope that the flow of merchant ships can be reduced recently."

"Of course we should do this." The prince nodded slightly, "The Han Dynasty has reduced the number of ships sailing to Busan recently. I will order that from the next few days, not a single Han merchant ship will come. As for the merchant ships from other countries... just use the seaport as an excuse.

It needs to be renovated. If we don’t let them in, the navy can also expel those merchant ships in the open sea."

"What about the Japanese ships? It's not easy to alert the enemy." Zhang Daoyan asked.

This is indeed a big problem. As the closest commercial port to Japan, Busan is the most convenient place to gather troops. However, commercial ports have advantages and disadvantages. The characteristic of commercial ports is that they have too much traffic and a large number of soldiers and materials are gathered.

At that time, there was no way to keep secrets. There were already Japanese merchants' offices in Busan, and some Japanese merchants were stationed here. Because of the shogunate's directive that "Japanese nationals who have stayed overseas for more than five years are not allowed to return to Japan," they

People often have to return home. Even if they are not aware of the Han's decision to attack Japan, as long as they report the signs of the accumulation of supplies and troops to the shogunate, the shogunate will be aware of it.

This question put the prince in a difficult position.

"Why don't we just burn down their business building first and call it a fire? Then we will send people to guard outside and arrest all the Japanese who have escaped." At this time, an official suddenly suggested, "These

There are not many Japanese, so as long as we arrest them all, they will have no one to inform them."

"Isn't this too loud?" Zhang Daoyan hesitated, "What if the Japanese ask?"

"I can't care so much anymore, let's do this first." The prince made a decision, then looked at Gao Ze again, "Is there anything else you need?"

"One more thing, your highness. I am responsible for the management and storage of materials, so the warehousing is also managed by me. All other problems are fine, but this problem is the most annoying. There are not enough warehouses in Busan Port before.

...His Highness also knows that warehouses are the most important items in the rear of the army and cannot be neglected at all. Especially since our army also uses a large number of firearms, ordnance and gunpowder must be managed in special warehouses and must not be ignored. Busan is now

Some warehouse facilities are really unable to meet the needs of our army, so we want to build more warehouses... But now there is a shortage of manpower everywhere, making it difficult to achieve this goal, so we have been troubled by this matter recently."

"Since there is an urgent need, don't delay. The construction of the warehouse can be put first, parallel to the construction of the barracks." The prince immediately made a decision, "As for the problem of insufficient manpower... I will ask the local magistrate in person.

Yes, let them stop all other projects and recruit Korean civilians to cooperate with our work. Hmm..."

After pondering for a moment, he came up with another idea, "Since our construction of barracks will require a large number of local villagers to relocate, and it will definitely affect the livelihood of the fishermen, then we might as well hire the young and strong among them as hired workers to provide services for the fishermen.

Shall we build various facilities? This will not only speed up the construction progress of our various facilities, but also allow them to have a place. Moreover, I will ask the local government to cooperate with us and recruit young people from other places. In this way

The labor force should be enough. If I put pressure in person, they should be able to find someone."

"Your Highness is wise!" Gao Ze was overjoyed and quickly expressed his gratitude to the prince.

"By the way, you have to register the cost of hiring Korean migrant workers and building warehouses and barracks, and then compile detailed accounts, and then transfer them to me. I want someone to do the accounting." The prince said.

Added another sentence, "When the reparations are settled for Japan after the war, such an expenditure will also be counted on the Japanese."

Firstly, it was for the settlement of compensation after the war, and secondly, it was also to prevent the relevant managers from being corrupt. Although the laws of the Han Dynasty were extremely strict, there was still some supervision that should be in place.

"Yes, Your Highness." Gao Ze obeyed solemnly.

Then, the prince looked at Zhao Song again.

"Zhao Luzheng, you are the leader of this battle, what else do you want?"

"Back to Your Highness, I have two requests." Zhao Song bowed and saluted, "Except for one regiment of the troops going out this time, which is directly under your Majesty and has been led by me, the remaining two regiments are from other places.

They were mobilized from the army and were not particularly familiar with each other. Moreover, I and this regiment have been fighting in Liaodong, and they had been fighting in the south before. There may be differences in fighting methods and experience. Therefore, I need

Spend some time training them, and please His Highness to designate a remote area outside Busan Port for the minister and his subordinates to train; in addition, in the minister's combat plan, the coordinated maneuvers of the navy and the army are particularly important, and many sea landings are required, so the minister

We need people from the navy to train with us specifically, so that the navy and army can cooperate well before launching an attack."

"Zhao Luzheng is indeed me, a good general. It is true that training is the most important before fighting." The prince nodded, "Okay, then the brigade will continue to work hard. The officers and soldiers must be well trained before sending troops, so that the brigade can do its job well.

"

"This is also my purpose." Zhao Song continued, "However... Your Highness, the area around Busan is densely populated, and if the army has been training, it may be difficult to keep it secret..."
To be continued...