When Chi Zhou heard that Lin Fu had no intention of appeasing him, he thought he had murderous intentions and did not dare to resist. He was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and kowtowed to beg for mercy.
Lin Fu looked at Chi Zhou and Yan Baishan, who were kowtowing on the ground, and said, "I can't recruit soldiers and horses without permission from the imperial court. Even if the Saga clan temporarily cedes three lands, I can't place them in the Huaidong Army."
Under the rule of the Secretary, lest others say that I am good at provoking wars and provoking troubles in Haidong. In addition, Danluo Kingdom still lacks naval establishment. If you are sincere in going on the right path from now on, and will not engage in looting and harming the local livelihood, I will
I can recommend you to the leader of the Danluo Kingdom. In addition, my original intention is to temporarily hand over the three places to the supervision of the Danluo Kingdom..."
Hearing what Lin Fu said, Chi Zhou was stunned again.
Among the three areas of Matsuura, Hirado, and Goto, Goto is relatively poor. Matsuura and Hirado are both good lands, with well-developed farming and fisheries, and the territory is also large. He didn't understand why Lin Fu wanted to separate the three areas.
Give it to Dan Luo?
In addition, they have 1,400 to 500 people in the southern five islands. Although their combat power is not as good as the elite of the Jinghai battalion, they cannot be ignored in Haidong. Lin Fu actually wants to incorporate them into the Danluo King's army!
Danluo Kingdom has no naval force. If he recruits Danluo Kingdom, Danluo Kingdom can only use him to guard Matsuura and other places.
Besides, the Danluo country was weak, with a total population of only 30,000 people. Submitting to the Danluo country meant that Chi Zhou had greater independence; it was not impossible to turn his back on the foreigners.
This condition was far better than directly recruiting people to the Huaidong Army Division. It was so good that Chi Zhou couldn't believe it for a moment, and couldn't figure out whether there was a conspiracy behind it that he couldn't figure out at the moment.
"It's rare to come here. Let's have a banquet first. You can have some contact with Prince Danluo first. Then go back and discuss it carefully. After discussing it, it won't be too late to reply to me in two days." Lin Fu said.
Chi Zhou did not expect that there would be a chance to go back for discussion, so he thanked him and stood up. The banquet at night was quite sumptuous. Chi Zhou kept his thoughts in mind and stayed in Matsuura for one night. When he left Matsuura by boat for the second time, he breathed a sigh of relief.
, at least you don’t have to worry about being detained in Matsuura.
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Don't talk about Chi Zhou, Yan Baishan didn't understand, even Ge Cunxin, Zhou Pu, Lin Jingzhong and others didn't understand why Matsuura, Hirado, and Goto were handed over to Danluo's supervision, and why those who were willing to accept the recruitment were also
Chizhou's troops were incorporated into the Danluo King's army?
Li Ji, the Crown Prince of Danluo, was present, and Ge Cunxin, Zhou Pu, Lin Jingzhong and others could not say anything. When Li Ji returned to the camp stationed in the Qianyuan area, Ge Cunxin, Lin Jingzhong and others asked for military instructions and stayed in the mansion.
leave.
"The three places of Matsuura, Hirado, and Goto together are enough to reach Chongzhou County. When I was in Shengsi, I often heard Master Fu lament that Chongzhou was a small place with a large population, which made it difficult for adults to display their talents and ambitions satisfactorily. Now I can do it in vain
If you get a county land, why don't you take it for yourself, but hand it over to the Danluo people for supervision?"
Zhao Hu stayed on Danluo Island and commanded the main force of the Infantry Division. He was responsible for trapping the Korean governor Zhenfeng of Haiyang County to death in Seogwipo City. He followed Lin Fu to Songpu to lead the generals, including Ge Cunxin and Zhou.
Headed by Pu.
Zhou Pu didn't care much about matters other than military affairs. Ge Cunxin couldn't hold back at first and expressed his doubts.
Lin Fu didn't mind if the generals below questioned his decision.
Lin Fu hoped that the Huaidong Military Division would have more generals and officials who could stand alone. They would have to learn to consider these issues at a higher level instead of mechanically executing orders.
Lin Fu waved his hand and ordered all the guards in the hall to leave, leaving only four people including Zhou Pu, Lin Jingzhong, Ge Cunxin and Song Jia to stay and talk.
"It's not that I don't want to occupy Matsuura, Hirado, and Goto, but now is not the right time," Lin Fu picked up the flask, poured himself a glass of wine, and said, "First, the Saga family will not be willing to take over
Leaving these three places, secondly, in the eyes of the Fusang vassal states, we are a foreign race after all. If Huaidong takes these three places directly, even if it ignores the hostility of the Fusang vassal states, at least 300,000 to 50,000 people will have to move in.
It will take three to five years of operation to truly effectively control these three places..."
"Then move 300,000 to 50,000 men here. There is a shortage of other people in Chongzhou, but there is no shortage of men. Aren't there hundreds of thousands of floating people in Huaidong Prefecture?" Ge Cunxin said, "My lord, just move here. If it doesn't work, it's OK.
Those exiled prisoners with families and families will be moved here first."
"You are not a family member, and you don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive," Lin Fu said with a smile, "You think it is a pity that we give up these three places temporarily. If I really take these three places directly, Lin Mengde will be the first to fall out with me.
Stack your picks with me! Ask Lin Jingzhong, how much money have we invested in Xisha Island in less than three years?"
"It takes four taels of silver to cultivate one acre of mature farmland," Lin Jingzhong said. "At this time, Xisha Island has cultivated a total of 150,000 acres of various fertile fields, with an investment of about 600,000 taels of silver."
"So high?" Ge Cunxin asked in surprise, "I remember that the final investment didn't seem so high!"
"Using warships to dig up manure from islands, organizing manpower to dig canals and ditches, planting windbreaks, building sea dikes, fixing sand, etc. These are not included in the cost of reclamation, so it doesn't seem like a terrible waste of money.
"Lin Jingzhong explained, "It is precisely because these things are done together, and it is precisely because the adults are well organized, otherwise the money consumed will be even more unimaginable. If it were easy, Xisha Island has been a land for more than two hundred years, and it is impossible to leave this benefit to
We...Matsuura, Hirado and other places have a lot of wasteland. It will not be too difficult to reclaim more than 100,000 or 200,000 acres of fertile land. But even if you don't take into account the hostility of the surrounding Fuso feudal kingdoms, the resistance and resistance of local indigenous people, and the garrison
The cost also needs to be considered. The final cost can be doubled or tripled, which is not a surprise!"
Ge Cunxin stared blankly. His concern was mainly limited to the military expenditure of the Jinghai Second Water Battalion. He was not very concerned about civil affairs and finance. It was even less likely to consider directly controlling Matsuura, Hirado, and Goto.
cost.
"Our most urgent priority now is to make profits from Haidong to support the army, rather than uncontrolled expansion that aggravates Chongzhou's financial pressure," Lin Fu said with a smile. "Since we are not under direct control for the time being, these three places are nominally returned to Huaihe."
For Huaidong, there is no real difference whether it is under the supervision of the Eastern Army Division or under the supervision of the Danluo Kingdom. But for the Fusang vassal states, the feeling in their hearts is different..."
Ge Cunxin and others sat down in the hall, thinking carefully about the differences.
Lin Fu continued: "...for more than two hundred years since the founding of our country, our dynasty has regarded foreign lands far away from the Central Plains as remote wilderness. The people are barbaric and difficult to civilize. The garrison will not benefit, but will waste the people and money. Therefore, we often adopt the method of using barbarians to control barbarians.
Policy. Jie, that is, gathering control. The Saga family must take responsibility for the assassination. If no one takes responsibility for this, the Huaidong Army will have no prestige in Haidong. Huaidong will take over Matsuura, Hirado, and Goto.
The land is regarded as a punishment for the Saga clan. Giving the three lands to Danluo is an act of restraint to show that Huaidong has no intention of taking land from Haidong and permanently occupying it..."
"...The core of the Jisi government is to use barbarians to control barbarians, and the Saga clan will understand it," Lin Fu said. "The Danluo people can become the core of Huaidong's implementation of the Jisi policy in the Haidong region, at least in the Saga clan's view.
, the Danluo people are currently Huaidong's only allies in the Haidong region. The Danluo country is weak and does not have the strength to control Matsuura, Hirado, and Goto. In the Saga family's view, as long as they can gain the trust of Huaidong
, it’s not that there is no hope of taking back these three places. Even further, it is not impossible to replace the Danluo people and become Huaidong’s core ally in implementing the Jisi policy in the Haidong region..."
"Then if the Saga family really puts aside their opposition and fully cooperates with Huaidong, won't these three places have to be returned to the Saga family?" Ge Cunxin asked.
Being able to capture Songpu, Hirado and Five Islands this time was also an unexpected gain for Lin Fu. If the Yuan family's energy is not exhausted, these three places plus the Jeju Fortress will be the best retreat for everyone in Huaidong. Lin Fu
How could the bondage be returned to the Saga clan so easily?
At this time, Lin Fu could basically confirm that Qin Zitan and others were behind the scenes and planned this "crappy" assassination. He thought to himself: Qin Zitan could never figure out what was going on here, and he probably thought Huaidong
Do you regard these three places as hot potatoes?
Thinking of this, Lin Fu smiled slightly and answered Ge Cunxin's question: "It will depend on the situation at that time. At worst, we can take land from other places and double the compensation to the Saga family!"
"Chi Zhou has more than a thousand bandits under his command, and his power is not weak. It would be a pity not to be integrated into the Jinghai camp. Furthermore, if Chi Zhou is incorporated into the Danluo King's army, the Danluo people will have limited control over him.
I'm very afraid that his mind will not be stable!" Ge Cunxin said again.
"In the past two years, Huaidong still needs to control the scale of military expansion," Lin Fu said. "In addition, Matsuura, Hirado, and Five Islands will be handed over to the Danluo people for supervision. I will use Chi Zhou to guard these three places.
It won’t work if we don’t incorporate Chi Zhou into the Danluo King’s army! Chi Zhou really won’t be subdued easily, so let him be more independent. Chi Zhou’s mind is unstable and the Saga clan sees the possibility of winning over him.
Wouldn't using him to guard Matsuura, Hirado, and Goto make the Saga family feel more at ease?"
"Do you want to use Chi Zhou to balance the relationship between the Saga clan and the Danluo people?" Ge Cunxin asked.
"Well, if there was no tacit understanding with the Saga clan, how could Chi Zhou have been able to occupy the southern five islands for more than ten years without moving any further?" Lin Fu said, "In addition, if Chi Zhou's troops are incorporated into the Danluo King's army, we
Give him warships and armor, and you can shamelessly count more money..."
"That's true. Chi Zhou has been a pirate for most of his life. In the past ten years, he has not suffered any big losses. I think he has saved a lot. We can't rob him openly and sell his warships and armor. Think about it.
He won't refuse!" Ge Cunxin said with a smile.
The Fusang Islands are surrounded by the sea, but the technology of sea-going ship construction lags behind that of the Central Plains. This is also related to the fact that the power of the Fusang vassal states mainly focuses on the mainland; without the awareness of the open sea and the need for this, there will be no development of the open sea.
The power of sea-going ship technology. Lin Fu set his sights on the ocean from the beginning. Under his promotion, the shipbuilding technology inherited from Longjiang Shipyard in Chongzhou has surpassed Longjiang Shipyard. It is Jin'an's shipbuilding technology.
Shipbuilding technology has also made great progress in recent years.
Although some pirates like Chi Zhou were so powerful that they had thousands of soldiers, most of them did not have the strength to build sea-going ships. They had to replenish a large number of sea-going ships every year. In addition to the proceeds from plundering, most of them came from Goryeo.
Or the Fuso vassals purchased them secretly, but it is not easy to obtain large and high-quality ships.
With Ge Cunxin, Zhou Pu and others there, Song Jia sat there quietly without saying a word, listening to Lin Fu's conversation with everyone, but she was not worried that Chi Zhou would not come to surrender. Indeed, he surrendered to the Danluo Kingdom, led an army on his behalf, and guarded it on his behalf.
Matsuura, Hirado, Goto and three places, with such favorable conditions, Chi Zhou would only reject it if he had a mental problem.