In late March, 3,000 Haiyang County captured soldiers returned across the sea in batches. It was almost after Zhen's forces in Haiyang County and the generals loyal to Zhen controlled Luozhou and other counties in the southern part of Haiyang County that Zhen Feng was granted the title.
Finally crossed the sea and returned to Goryeo.
To prevent Goryeo from falling into civil war, Na Hexiongqi could only ask Goryeo Prime Minister Zuo Jing to compromise with Zhen Feng and return the position of Haiyang County Governor to Zhen Feng. Jin Chengyue immediately changed his position to Shannan County Governor.
At this time, it was known in Goryeo that Danluo had set up Dongzhou governor's office in Goto, Hirado, Matsuura and other places, and recruited the great bandit Chizhou. In addition, the Jingo clan, Saga clan and Danluo had entered into an alliance, and almost the entire
All the forces in Northern Kyushu Island were brought together by Huaidong to fight against Goryeo.
Even if Zhen Feng did not secretly defect to Huaidong, at this stage, it is obvious that Zhenfeng cannot be expected to send troops to Haiyang County to contain Huaidong's power in Haidong. Shannan County, which is located in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula with Haiyang County, has greatly increased pressure.
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Jin Chengyue, who was transferred to Shannan County, as a confidant of the Prime Minister Zuo Jing, obviously had to make some arrangements in Shannan County to guard against any unusual moves by the Zhen family in Haiyang County.
Goryeo Prime Minister Zuo Jing also stationed heavy troops in Tanyang, Gujin and other prefectural cities in the north of Haiyang County. At the same time, he transferred the naval forces of the ministers to the Funan Islands northwest of Haiyang County to garrison, which shows his defense against Zhen Feng.
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Huaidong's plan of seducing the tiger was very clever, but if it could not resolve Zhen Feng's precautions and Zuo Jing's suspicion, Goryeo would put a lot of energy into this confrontation.
Nahe Xiongqi, She Feihu and others were unable to do anything about this. Seeing that the situation in Haidong had temporarily calmed down, they left Goryeo one after another in early April.
As April enters, the weather is getting hotter, and people in Jeju City are gradually putting on thin clothes...
Saga Yorimoto and Kongo Tsuno both left Danra Island and returned to their respective territories, but they both sent their close retainers to stay behind to take charge of liaison, coordination and other matters.
The four families signed an alliance, and the Saga clan, the Kingo clan and the Uchie clan all recognized the status of the Dongzhou Governor's Palace.
In addition to obtaining Tsushima Island, the Saga family also obtained an additional 2,000 prisoners of war and the tax-sharing rights of the Fukue Island Free Port, which has greatly eliminated the dissatisfaction and resentment of being forced to cede Hirado and Matsuura.
Since Fukue Island is surrounded by the jurisdiction of the Toshu Metropolitan Government and the Saga clan, the Kingo clan naturally cannot obtain tax revenue from it. The Shimomonoseki Strait, located at the northern gateway of the Seto Inland Sea, controlled by the Kingo clan, is the southern part of Honshu Island and
The only way to Fukue Island from the southeastern region of Kyushu Island. By truly operating the Fukue Island Free Trade Port, the benefits that the Kingo family will gain from this maritime trade route will not be lower than those of the Saga family...
This is also the main reason why Kongo Tsuno rushed to Jeju City immediately after the Huaidong Army won a great victory on Danluo Island.
From Chongshu to Jeju, from Jeju to Fukue Island, then to the northern part of Kyushu Island, the northern part of Honshu Island, Ezo Island, or through the Seto Inland Sea to the southwest of Kyushu Island, the Kaito trade route in the southern part of Honshu Island was officially opened.
Koryo and Huaidong are in military confrontation, but it is impossible to completely prevent maritime merchants from the eastern part of the Koryo Peninsula from going out to sea privately to make profits. Or at least the eastern counties of the Koryo Peninsula will be transferred through the maritime merchants of the vassal power of Honshu Island, and they will also be connected with the Haidong trade route.
Get in touch,
By achieving this step, Lin Fu's goal of leading the Huaidong Army to cross the sea was successfully completed.
Through the Haidong Trade Road, bulk commodities from Jiangdong County can be transported to the Haidong region more smoothly for profit. Metals, horses, medicinal materials, wood, sea salt and other items from the Haidong region are also in urgent need of materials in Huaidong, and even some
Furs can be purchased from farther away Ezo Island and Kui Island...
The Saga clan and the Kingo clan want to join forces to attack the Ohsumi Taira clan in the southern part of Kyushu Island and expand their military equipment. There is a huge demand for sophisticated armor and warships.
Huaidong is currently also carrying out large-scale storage of soldiers and armor and ordnance to prepare for future large-scale military expansion. For the time being, Huaidong soldiers and armor will not be transported to Huaidong for sale on a large scale.
In the Battle of Danluo Island, in addition to nearly 7,000 prisoners of war, the Huaidong Army also obtained a total of more than 20,000 pieces of armor and weapons, but there was no need to bother transporting them back.
The Koreans also wanted to win this battle before, and the soldiers and horses who crossed the sea to help in the later period were all elite infantry drawn from Guannai County and Shannan County, and their armor was strong.
Lin Fu just returned the 3,000 spears and spears to the Haiyang County soldiers, and kept all the good things. Especially the armor, crossbows, high-quality steel knives, etc. He only gave a small amount to Danluo, and the rest was packaged and sold to Saga.
The two families of Jinxiang family...
By selling this batch of captured soldiers and armor, we received 200,000 taels of silver, which was almost enough to make up for the military expenses of this cross-sea expedition.
"There are about fifteen or six pirate forces in northern Kyushu. Your Zuo family is either the largest or the strongest. It is Lei Zhengming from Iqi Island. His warships, soldiers and horses are as good as yours. You know
Why do I choose you to serve as the governor of Dongzhou?" Lin Fu stood on the long promontory of Jeju Port, looking at the blue sea in the distance, talking to Chi Zhou beside him, Zhao Hu, Lin Jingzhong accompanying him, further away
Soldiers were everywhere on guard, not prepared to let anyone approach.
"Chizhou is ignorant, he only knows how to be grateful to the Zhizhishi for his training..." Chizhou said.
Iki Island is a force that is not weaker than Minami Goto, but it is sandwiched between Tsushima Island, Goto Island and Kyushu Island. The Kingo clan has also made it clear that it has given up secretly supporting Iki Island. Even though Lei Zhengming has nearly two thousand people in his hands.
What's the way out for the bandits?
Lei Zhengming finally chose to join the Saga family, and Chi Zhou had nothing to feel sad about. After all, Lei Zhengming had more bandit soldiers than Dongzhou soldiers, so when he was asked to join Dongzhou, Chi Zhou was still worried that there would be some pirates who would bully the master.
threaten...
"If not forced by the situation, I know you would not be willing to become a pirate," Lin Fu said. "Unlike other pirate forces who make a living by plundering and plundering, you have the intention to run the Southern Five Islands. Lei Zhengming except for the two thousand pirates
Soldiers, what else does he have besides the pirate den of Iqi Island? In addition to the three battalions of soldiers and horses in Nanwu Island, in the past ten years, you have attracted more than 2,000 poor households from the coasts of Zhejiang, Guangnan, and Jianghuai to enrich Nanwu.
Wu Dao, Lei Zhengming's thoughts are far inferior to yours..."
"Nothing can be hidden from your eyes. Chi Zhou has been wandering around the lake and the sea for half his life. He doesn't want to follow Chi Zhou's brothers all these years. In the end, he has no whereabouts and ends up with his body cut into pieces. So from Chi Zhou to the bottom
My brothers, I am very grateful to you..." Chi Zhou said sincerely...
Previously, Chi Zhou was in awe of Lin Fu due to the power of the Huaidong Army and the kindness of Lin Fu's deliberate promotion; now it was just the deep thoughts in his heart that Lin Fu recognized, and Chi Zhou had another feeling in his heart.
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The title of Lin Fu was also changed from "Zhizhishi" to "Sir". Seeing the prosperity of Huaidong Military Division, Chi Zhou also had the desire to integrate into Huaidong.
The land of Dongzhou is no bigger than a county, and it is surrounded by wolves. As long as surrendering to Huaidong can protect the wealth of the Chi family, it really doesn't make much sense whether the leader of Dongzhou is right or not.
"I can't talk too much about the affairs of the Saga family; Dongzhou is still dominated by Fuso people. There are nearly two thousand prisoners of war in Dongzhou this time. I hope you can arrange them well." Lin Fu didn't say much and stopped talking.
, Chi Zhou can understand it best, but if he can’t understand it, there will be ways in the future...
"Thank you, sir, for the advice." Chi Zhou replied with understanding.
Lin Fu didn't care whether Chi Zhou really understood or pretended to understand. The current power structure in the Haidong region was most beneficial to Huaidong. He couldn't directly recruit the Chi family and talk about other things.
In the past ten years, Chizhou has recruited refugees from the mainland to settle the five islands, with only 2,000 households. Compared with the approximately 16,000 Fusang households in Dongzhou, the proportion of households that have moved from the mainland is very small.
After the Koryo people's two thousand young prisoners of war have been resettled, it is equivalent to the immigration of two thousand people into Dongzhou. While weakening the power of the local wealthy families in Dongzhou, it can actually weaken the Saga family's power over Matsuura to a considerable extent.
, the influence of Hirado area.
"After I left Haidong, Zhao Hu was the camp guard of Haidong, and Lin Jingzhong was the inspector of the Jeju Inspection Department. If anything happens to you, both of them can make decisions for me," Lin Fu said...
"I know." Chi Zhou said.
In order to ensure Huaidong's influence over the Haidong region, to ensure Huaidong's monopoly on the Haidong trade route, and to cope with the military pressure from Goryeo, Lin Fu must station an elite combat force in the Haidong region.
Since late March, Lin Fu has drawn four battalions of armored soldiers from the Guards Battalion, one battalion of marines from the Second Water Battalion, and one sentry armored light cavalry from the cavalry to form the Haidong Marching Army, which is mainly stationed in Jeju City, led by Zhao
Hu served as the guardian of the Haidong camp and took charge of Huaidong's military and political affairs in the Haidong area.
Before the war, Huaidong had less than 400 troops stationed in Jeju. After the formation of the Haedong camp, the total number of troops stationed in Jeju was nearly 4,000, an increase of nearly ten times.
Chi Zhou then resigned, leaving Zhao Hu behind on Changjiao. Lin Jingzhong accompanied Lin Fu to watch the sunset... Five or six years ago, who would have thought that three inconspicuous young men in Shanglin would only have such power today?
"I will return to Huaidong tomorrow, and I will leave this to you two," Lin Fu said. "Sooner or later, the Donghu people will make this move of Goryeo, and the pressure on the Tianjin-Hai Food Road will increase. We
We must even seriously consider the situation when Yanjing is defeated and the Donglu cavalry advances to the north bank of the Yellow River. Haidong is actually the lifeblood of Huaidong, and you must operate with caution here."
Zhao Hu and Lin Jingzhong both felt that there was a lot of pressure on their shoulders and listened carefully to Lin Fu's detailed explanation of the strategy for managing Haidong.
"Huaidong is not the only place in the mainland that is connected to the Haidong trade route," Lin Fu said. "In addition to severely cracking down on private traders coming from Fujian and Zhejiang, the Haidong camp has no reason to openly block the trade routes from Pingjiang Prefecture.
Ships from Shandong and Hejian Prefecture come to Jeju for trade. In fact, we should encourage them to come. However, there are a few points to pay special attention to. First, the raw silk, tea iron, etc. exported from Huaidong area are all processed by Jiyunshe
Franchise, maybe Heishui Shipping Company can be involved in the later stage, but we will discuss it later. The second is to transport raw silk and tea iron from other areas for sale in Haidong, and conduct a physical draw of 30 to 60%, raw silk and silk fabrics
60%. Third, except for Jiyunshe and Heishuiyang Shipping Company, Haiyan has implemented an embargo on all other maritime merchants. Fourth, horses purchased from the Haidong area are only allowed to be transported to Huaidong for sale. I can think of four for the time being.
"Come on, what are your thoughts? I would like to add that we should think it through as much as possible together. We should announce the list to the maritime merchants and don't change it day and night..."
For high-value goods like raw silk, shipping to the Haidong region has the highest profit, almost twenty times the profit. A sea-going ship carrying 400 loads of raw silk and transporting it to Kyushu Island is worth 160,000 taels of silver.
After Lin Fu couldn't work hard to open up the Haidong trade route, he allowed the Haiyu Chen family and other forces to get the maximum benefit from it. After all, for the Chen family and other forces, it was not that difficult to build ships and go to sea.
Before the war, the Haidong region brought in about three to four thousand tons of raw silk and silk fabrics from the mainland every year through piracy and private trade, which allowed it to maintain such a high price. After the Haidong commodities are opened, without control, the raw silk trade volume is likely to increase.
times of growth, prices will naturally fall sharply.
In order to protect the interests of Huaidong and to ensure that Huaidong can obtain enough funds to support the army from the Haidong trade route, it is inevitable to carry out additional high-proportion points extraction in addition to taxes on hugely profitable commodities.
If Lin Fuzhen had the ability to tightly control the trade in the Haidong region, Huaidong's annual profit from raw silk alone would reach more than one million taels of silver.
This is just an ideal goal. After the She family controls most of Fujian and Zhejiang, the maritime trade route from Mingzhou and Jin'an to Kagoshima, the southern region of Kyushu Island, has been opened.
Another important task of the Haidong camp is to attack and block this trade route and restrict the She family from profiting from the maritime trade in the Haidong area.