"Why did Alang suddenly fall in love with that deserted island in Yizhou?"
These days, many people have asked Huaiyu this question. They really can't understand that no matter how bad Jiangzhou is, it is still better than Yizhou. In addition to cannibal savages, what else does Yizhou have?
"Yizhou is not as good as Zhuyazhou."
Facing these questions, Huaiyu just smiled.
At night, I spent time with my eldest wife. Fan Xuanfu was about to give birth, so Huaiyu spent more time with her.
Fan Xuanfu couldn't help but talk about this matter.
"I have twenty-five brothers, thirteen nephews, nineteen sons, sisters, daughters, and more than sixty nieces," Huaiyu said, lying on his side, looking at his wife and smiling, "There are so many
Children need to be raised and trained, which requires a lot of resources, so I have to work hard."
"To be honest, Yizhou is really a hundred times stronger than Jiangzhou. It's a pity that neither the emperor nor the prince agreed to change the title. Fortunately, the teacher helped me speak. The prince had an order to move Yizhou to the foot of Lingnan Road. I was allowed to
It’s cheap.”
Fan Xuanfu was also lying on her side, holding a pregnancy pillow designed by her husband, which made her with a big belly feel a lot more relaxed.
"What's there in Yizhou?"
"Yizhou is very big, almost as big as Zhuya County, which is jointly developed by Feng Xian and his family, or even a little bigger. You have to know that since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered South Vietnam, nine counties were established in Lingnan, and Zhuya County was established on Hainan Island.
It started in Erliang County and has been operating for more than 60 years.
However, later the Luo Yue people resisted fiercely and a great famine broke out in Guanzhong. Finally, the Western Han Dynasty withdrew from the island.
For the next five hundred years, Hainan Island was just a distant territory. It was not until Emperor Liang Wu of the Southern Dynasties that Yazhou was established in Hainan itself.
Feng Rong's son Feng Bao married the female leader of the Xian family of Li people, and there were more than a thousand creeks on the island attached to the Xian family. After that, Feng Xian and Han Li joined forces to jointly develop Hainan Island. Now the four states on the island have
Most of the upper coastal plain area has been developed, and it has begun to penetrate deeper into the hinterland of the island,"
Huaiyu and his wife counted in detail the huge benefits brought by the marriage of the Feng and Xian clans and their joint efforts to develop Hainan Island.
It’s no exaggeration to say that there are mountains of gold and silver,
And to be honest, the Feng Xian family may not even have developed one-tenth of Hainan Island, so the potential is unlimited.
"Actually, I have also begun to participate in the development of Zhuya Island," Huaiyu told his wife with a smile. How could he let Hainan Island have such great resources?
After previously reaching a cooperative development agreement with Feng Xian and his family on the development of Xuwen Port, he quickly proposed to expand into Zhuya Island. Feng Xian and his family were a little reluctant at first. They regarded Zhuya Island as their own.
The garden is forbidden,
But Wu Huaiyu is not the kind of person who blindly takes advantage of others. He has always been about win-win cooperation and mutual benefit. I am not the one who grabs the cake, I am the one who makes the bigger cake.
Feng Xian and his family have been developing Zhuya Island for several generations, but the speed is still a bit slow. Wu Huaiyu can bring policies and technology, etc.
After several rounds of negotiations, Huaiyu also showed his sincerity and strength, and has now reached a preliminary cooperation intention.
Many noble generals from the Central Plains led by the Wu family entered Zhuya Island, of course not to engage in real estate, but mainly to develop seaports, then shipbuilding, fishing, agriculture, and then minerals. Hainan Island still has a lot of valuable minerals.
There are many gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, tin and other ores.
In addition, there are also very valuable things on the island, such as agarwood, ebony, rosewood, rattan, kapok, etc.
There is also a lot of land that can be reclaimed on the island, which is suitable for plantations, cotton, sugar cane, etc.
Wu Huaiyu and other cross-river dragons will not directly compete with Feng Xian and others for territory, but will march into the hinterland of the island, such as going deep along the Nandu River on the island to develop colonization, mining, logging and reclamation.
We have even chosen a location to build Qiongshan Village and use it as a base to be upgraded to Qiongshan County and Qiongzhou in the future.
The martial arts family of Zhuya Island and the nobles of the Central Plains will all have a hand in it.
But Wu Huaiyu is not only satisfied with this,
Compared with Zhuya Island, Yizhou is a treasure land that has not yet been developed at all.
He had previously found someone to learn about the detailed process of the Sui Dynasty's conquest of Liuqiu, and knew some of the inside stories.
For example, the Sui Dynasty defeated the kings of Liuqiu and conquered the Dongzhai, which was actually the colonial stronghold of Funan State across the sea to Liuqiu.
That little king was originally a descendant of the Funan royal family.
Funan is a large country in the Indochina Peninsula. It was founded in the first century AD and still exists today in the seventh century. However, it was beaten to death by Chenla.
But from the first century to the seventh century, it was indeed glorious. The territory of this country is in the southern part of the Indochina Peninsula.
In the past few hundred years, it has also experienced three dynasties, the Hun Dynasty and the Fan Dynasty that established the country, and the current Kouchenru Dynasty.
The Kochenru dynasty has been in power for three hundred years.
Liuqiu's Huan Si Ke Ji Dou Wang sailed out to the sea from Funan Kingdom to colonize. After all, Funan Kingdom was once the dominant power in the southeast. Although they are now defeated by Zhenla Kingdom, they are so skinny that a camel is bigger than a horse. They are originally
He is good at maritime trade, shipbuilding, fishing, etc., and his war equipment and experience are also good.
He ran all the way to Liuqiu Island, immediately attacked the island's barbarians, established a colonial stronghold, and became the king and hegemon here.
It's a pity that the Zhenla people knew their details, so they approached the Sui Dynasty and borrowed knives to kill them.
However, after careful study of these insider details, later generations found that the lights of swords and shadows were quite exciting, but they were not worth mentioning in the official history of the Central Plains Dynasty.
Those historians in the capital would not study carefully that Huansi Ke Ci Dou is Funan, nor would they study in detail what the Chinese translation meant, let alone find out their real names, nor did they care where they came from.
In their eyes, on Liuqiu Island, he is the barbarian king of the island.
If they refuse to surrender and pay tribute, then they will conquer across the sea, and then the Sui soldiers will kill the kings and princes, capture the princes, and bring back thousands of men and women to show off the prestige of our country and punish the barbarians. That is enough.
Wu Huaiyu was surprised when he learned about it carefully.
But in fact, the Sui army's conquest of Liuqiu only happened twenty-three years ago, and many people who participated in that war are still alive.
For example, the Ning family of Qinzhou participated in the Sui Dynasty's conquest of Linyi. Later, many of the Ning family who conquered Linyi were called to participate in the cross-sea conquest of Liuqiu.
Many people even acted as translators.
At that time, the Kunlun language spoken by Liu Qiu Huan Si Ke Ji Dou Wang and others was actually very obvious. The Central Plains people called the Nanyang people, including those in the Indo-China Peninsula, Kunlun people. They also called the slaves trafficked from there "Kunlun people".
As a Kunlun slave, I thought these people were dark and ugly, but I also liked them to be docile and obedient.
Wu Huaiyu collected a lot of information and learned deeply that it was not only the Funan people who went to Liuzhou to establish colonial strongholds, but also the Luzon Islands, Borneo and other major Southeast Asian islands. The indigenous forces from all sides were also rushing back and forth.
Moreover, in these peninsular countries and island countries, maritime trade is relatively prosperous. Tianzhu merchants trade and preach, and their influence is profound.
Until later the Arab maritime traders arrived,
Now that the Arab Empire has risen,
But the Persian Empire and the Byzantine Empire were still like two mountains standing in front of them.
The Arab maritime merchants have not been able to replace the Indian merchants and become the largest maritime merchant in Southeast Asia. Naturally, they have not yet been able to spread their religion to Southeast Asia, where Hinduism and Buddhism are still the dominant religions.
The people of Indochina and the Nanyang Islands are like a huge loose alliance, and they still have a lot in common in terms of culture and Chinese religion.
Since the Sui army struck like a thunderbolt and sent more than ten thousand troops to attack across the sea, the Funan colonists on Liuqiu were considered to have suffered a disaster.
Although there were still some people left later, after more than twenty years, they were still insignificant and disappeared among the barbarians.
Wu Huaiyu was very confident that there was no need to send tens of thousands of troops on an expedition. A random fleet of 1,800 people would be enough to build a stronghold on the island first.
Then you can start your business slowly, first doing business and trading, and then getting some people to build manors and farm fields, and the stronghold will continue to expand and slowly encroach.
The colonists in the Age of Discovery all did this, or we don’t have to wait until later. Southeast Asian countries in this era, and even earlier, had already done this.
Huaiyu even made plans. The first step was to build a fortress on the Penghu Islands and build a port and wharf, which could then serve as a transfer station for trade, a supply point, and even a haven for fishermen.
The Penghu bridgehead has been built, allowing us to advance, attack, retreat or defend, and it also facilitates trade.
Then we will land in Tainan, seize suitable ports, and build fortresses, starting from the coast and then inland, from the south to the north, from the west to the east, step by step.
This huge treasure house is enough for the Wu family to slowly gnaw at it for hundreds of years.
"It sounds so far away. Is it really worth the effort?" Xuan Fu asked.
"Actually, it doesn't take much effort. We all told you to get a few boats in the early stage and get a few hundred people to go there."
"I'm not afraid of the islanders. After all, they are indigenous people and their numbers are powerful. And on this strange island, what if the climate and soil are not suitable for them and there is an epidemic?"
Huaiyu smiled, this is just Liuqiu, it is not the New World of America, it is not much different from Fujian, just bring more medicine, and as long as you are familiar with the routes and waterways, the distance between Liuqiu, Penghu and Quanzhou is actually very short.
close.
"Did you know that from Quanzhou Port to the west bank of Liuqiu, it can be reached in one day and night, or in three or four days at most. It is very convenient to travel there, unless there is a storm or heavy rain."
"It can be reached in a day and night, but it is so close. I heard before that it took the Soochow Navy a year to get from Jianye to Liuqiu, and that the Sui Army also took a month at sea to get from Chaozhou to Liuqiu. I thought it was deep in the East China Sea.
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“It’s not as close as Leizhou and Zhuya Island, but it’s really not that far away, so it’s very valuable for development and management, and it’s worth a try.”
Fan Xuanfu likes to listen to what her husband has to say, whether serious or not, he is always so charming and can never get enough of him.
"oops,"
Just as I was watching my husband filled with joy, my water suddenly broke. "Ms. sir, my water has broken. It's time to give birth."
Huaiyu had been accompanying his wife these past few days, and he had already calculated the date and was mentally prepared. He immediately picked up his wife without any haste, and then called the maids and maids,
Boil water, boil water,
Prepare clean towels, clothes, and boil scissors in boiling water for disinfection.
Fan Xuanfu gave birth to her fourth child.
Very experienced,
I also had prenatal check-ups and the fetal position was normal.
After the amniotic water broke, the pain started quickly, and there was a rush. About half an hour later, there was a loud cry, and the daughter-in-law of the Wu family came into the world.
"Hurry and bring your daughter and show me,"
The newborn daughter of the Wu family was still crying. Her little face was very white, but very wrinkled, making her look a bit ugly. Fan Xuanfu had always been looking forward to having a lovely daughter, and he was thinking about the fourth child. Finally, he gave birth to a daughter, but he couldn’t hold him in front of him.
After taking one look, I was stunned.
This child is too ugly.
"It's been like this since birth." Huaiyu hugged the baby and said to her.
Fan Xuanfu said helplessly, "The first three are also born ugly, but it doesn't matter that they are boys. This is a girl. I thought she would be prettier."
"It will look better if it grows longer," Huaiyu smiled and handed the child to the nanny. They would bathe and dress the child first.
Because the couple had a heart attack when they were discussing Liu Qiu, Huaiyu named her daughter Wu Liu after Wang Pang.
Wu Liu, Wu Shiba Niang, the eldest daughter of the Wu family.
After taking a bath, the little girl changed into a close-fitting and comfortable cotton dress, wrapped herself in a quilt, and fell asleep quickly.
Here Fan Xuanfu also cleaned up and changed his clothes and lay on the bed. Looking at the little one next to him, he felt very cute again.
There is no need for a girl to change her age, she will already look better in just a short time.
