The development of Anton was basically carried out along the Yaji River Basin, but it was mainly concentrated in the plain area in the west with Suihua City (Harbin) as the center, which was also the main gathering place for Han officials and private merchants who developed Anton.
In the southeast direction, a special Shubin Mansion was set up. However, due to the difficulty and complexity of land transportation, Han people and merchants mainly traveled by sea. Maritime merchants played a large role in the development of Shubin Mansion in recent years.
Of course, it was not because of the great economic benefits of the Shubin Mansion, but because of the expansion of trade routes and waterways between Goryeo and Japan. The Donghai Navy even sent a small fleet to be stationed at the Shubin Mansion.
Today's Northeast Asian waters are undoubtedly the Han Dynasty's back garden, where naval forces, official, commercial and civilian ships can pass freely without fear.
Of course, no one or any force can express any objection to this. The only two independent countries on the route, Korea, have been frightened by "sanctions" and are now extremely well-behaved and docile like a kitten, especially
After Wang Wei succeeded to the throne, his attitude towards Tokyo became even more submissive.
After the absurd prince in Tokyo became the king of Goryeo, his private life was still absurd, and he had a big picture of right and wrong, which was to blindly lick the Han and follow the Han.
During the years when Wang Min was king, in addition to building his "Korean Kaijing" in Kaizhou, his main focus was on maintaining the relationship between Han and Li. He paid almost a small tribute to Tokyo in March and a large tribute in half a year.
When the Han merchants came, they welcomed them with both hands and gave them preferential treatment. When the Han army came, they opened the port wide and provided food and drink. They also held some social activities and worshiped the beauties of Goryeo to accompany them to bed.
As for Japan, it has always been aware of current affairs. In this era, there is no concept of territorial waters. Of course, for the Han Dynasty, all places that officers and merchant ships can reach are within the Han Dynasty's sphere of influence.
The rise of maritime trade in Northeast Asia was not just the work of Han merchants. Merchants from Korea and Japan were also involved, but they were not as arrogant and arbitrary as Han merchants.
In recent years, the political and economic ties between the three countries have probably been the tightest in history, and they may become even closer in the future. After all, in Northeast Asia, with just three countries, the Han Dynasty is a giant, and even if it is dormant, it will still be suppressed.
All the existences, Korea and Japan, can only tremble and try to please.
The rise of maritime trade also inevitably gave birth to a new group and new maritime activities, commonly known as pirates. It must be said that the initial piracy was the private actions of some Han navy, taking advantage of the performance of missions or training at sea.
They took the opportunity to rob passing merchant ships. Of course, they were initially targeting foreign ships. Especially during the period when Han and Li were at odds with each other, there was no bottom line in the massive plundering.
Seeing that it was profitable, he later even robbed Han merchant ships. After being brought to the court, Emperor Liu was "furious" and blamed the Privy Council. Guo Tingwei was accused of lax military management and ordered rectification and punished a group of naval officers.
Only then did this plundering trend brought about by the navy have been rectified.
In fact, the imperial court also got a share of the treasures plundered by the navy, but it was just not easy to put them on the table.
The reason why the court promptly stopped the rectification is because such behavior is really unethical and has a bad impact. Of course, the most important thing is that it has seriously curbed and harmed maritime trade, which is not in the interest of the court.
As a result, the official robbery ended, but private pirates became increasingly rampant. The Han Navy also changed from robbers to defenders, and began to focus on cracking down on pirates on the north-south route.
It is not only to protect the routes and ensure the safety of maritime trade, but also for training. At the same time, combating pirates is also an opportunity for the Han Navy to perform meritorious service and get promoted during peacetime. In addition, the Navy also understands that destroying pirates is also a way to make profits.
, both for the military industry and for the rich spoils of war.
However, the thousands of miles of sea territory and the even longer and more complicated maritime trade routes are not something that the Han Dynasty's 70,000-strong navy can handle. The sea area is too vast, and there are too many places to hide. The pirates are simply inexhaustible.
, will be destroyed as long as sea trade is still going on, as long as the ships loaded with cargo are still passing through.
There is no doubt that the pirates active in the East Asian waters mainly come from three countries, Dahan, Korea, and Japan. Sometimes, you can't tell whether a merchant from Dahan is a merchant or a pirate.
, some lost all their money in trade, so they simply took their own ships to engage in robbery.
As for Korea and Japan, there are more poor people in the country, and there is no psychological burden for doing business without capital. However, pirates from various countries seem to have reached a certain tacit understanding, and each has its "sphere of influence."
Most of the pirates of the Han Dynasty were active in the Southeast and Southeast Asia, Korea, and Japanese pirates were active in the waters of Northeast Asia. However, in the past two years, some Japanese pirates have also begun to expand to Southeast Asia, and even caused conflicts between pirates
Fight with.
Most of the pirates who were born in the Han Dynasty maintained a certain degree of restraint, called themselves righteous thieves, and adhered to the principle of rob but not kill. In most cases, when carrying out robbery activities, they rob but not kill.
Smart thieves will never kill everyone. Pirates from the Han Dynasty also have the most basic and simple understanding of the four words of fishing in the lake. If it is not necessary or if they are provoked, they will try to avoid killing. After all, hijacking a ship increases the risk of killing.
Killing people is enough to cause the Han navy to pursue and fight.
In many cases, the target merchant ship must pay sufficient tolls before it can be released smoothly. After all, for pirates, snatching goods requires a process of selling and realizing cash, so it is better to collect cash.
Of course, in some ports in Dahan, especially some commercial ports in Liuqiu and Annan, there are also active merchants who are responsible for handling some goods of unknown origin.
The industrial chain and the profit chain were naturally formed. Even for the Han navy, the rise of pirates could not be considered a bad thing, otherwise how could they reflect the value of their existence.
In the past, there were always people within the imperial court who proposed reducing the navy. After all, the Han Dynasty was a continental empire. In the eyes of many courtiers, it was really unnecessary to maintain a navy of 70,000 people and hundreds of warships. There were still so many people every year.
The cost of training ships is much more expensive than raising horses and infantry.
That is to say, with the rise of maritime trade and the support of Emperor Liu, the Han Navy was able to maintain its current scale. During the reform of the military system, its military strength was not reduced much.
But even so, compared to the eldest brother of the army, the navy is still the younger brother, not taken seriously, and even a little bit miserable. Previously, why did General Guo Tingwei allow the navy general to acquiesce in the plunder under his command? Was it not to make up for the shortfall in the navy's military expenditure and provide water
Military officers and soldiers receive some benefits.
Therefore, even if there is a suspicion of being a self-respecting pirate, the Dahan Navy does need the existence of pirates to train troops, perform meritorious service, and make profits. And the Dahan Navy mainly pursues and suppresses pirates who kill people and steal goods.
Compared with the "Confucian pirates" of the Han Dynasty, the pirates from Goryeo and Japan were much more wanton and violent. They were more cruel and easier to kill. They caused a lot of tragedies on the vast ocean.
This was completely intolerable to the Han Navy. In recent years, the targets of attacks have basically been on these "beautiful thieves" and "Japanese slaves".
They also looked down upon the pirates of Goryeo, Japan, and the Han Dynasty. They believed that these people had no foresight and only sought temporary gains. Therefore, when the Japanese pirates expanded their activities southward, they were severely punished by the government.
Double whammy containment with peers.
Because piracy activities were rampant in the waters of Northeast Asia, at the instruction of Emperor Liu, the Han Dynasty also issued an instruction to the two countries on "eliminating pirates and clearing the sea areas," urging both countries to eliminate pirates in their countries.
It is obviously unrealistic for the two countries to send their navies out to sea to fight against pirates. Let’s not mention Goryeo’s navy. During the Han-Li conflict, it was destroyed long ago and has not recovered its strength. It even gave up on restoring it. So far, it only has big ships.
There are three or two small boats, which is about the same as the naval force deployed by the Bin government.
As for the Japanese navy, their boats are small, poorly trained, and have no long-distance navigation capabilities. When they go to exterminate pirates, not to mention whether they can find the whereabouts of the pirates and eliminate them, if they encounter a large and ruthless pirate group, they may be killed.
The ending of annihilation.
Therefore, even under the instructions of the Han Dynasty, the so-called pirate suppression plans of the two countries remained on paper. However, in order to give an explanation to the Han Dynasty, the two countries carried out raids on some pirates who backed their ports.
Expulsion and extermination, driving them away from the homeland, leaving them to fend for themselves.
Obviously, in the past, Goryeo and Japanese pirates also had certain official backgrounds...
