I heard my sister say that since the opening of the Nanyang Airlines, dozens of raw silk, tea, salt, iron and other goods have been transported to the Nanyang Islands. In addition to 400,000 stone of food, the profit has been nearly 800,000 taels of gold and silver, and these are all
Invest in the development of Yizhou Island.
"Before and after the wars in Yongjia, Kuaiji, and Xuzhou last year, Huaidong's military strength was very tight. Since the profits from Nanyang are so huge, why not give priority to recruiting troops?" Song Bo asked doubtfully.
Before and after the Xuzhou War, Huaidong deployed about 50,000 soldiers in the Xusi area. Compared with the Yan captives who came from the south at that time, they were outnumbered. Since it could obtain four to five million stone grain and nearly one million from Nanyang every year,
With two silver coins and no rush to develop Yizhou Island, we can add 50,000 soldiers to the Huaisi area.
"Thick accumulations and thin accumulations." At this time, there was no need to hide more details of Huaidong's military and political affairs from the Song family. Song Jia said, "To sum it up in six words, 'Build the city high and accumulate grain widely', it is not necessary for urgent needs."
At that time, Huaidong would give priority to investing money in politics. Just like after the Huaisi War, Huaidong could still take hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from the Jinhai grain road every year, and it would also give priority to building and defending the sea wall. If it were not defended
It’s hard to imagine that Huaidong can accommodate so many people in the past two years?”
"Huaidong built and defended the sea dike. It's really courageous. It was Huaidong who built and defended the sea dike that made my father not even go to Jin'an. He stayed in Quanzhou because of illness." Song Bo said.
Song Jia frowned slightly, thinking: Maybe before she came back, her father had seen through it thoroughly and knew what choice to make, but he might not be able to convince the clansmen, so he delayed it until now, right?
When the boat docked, Zhao Qingshan and Sun Shangwang came to the dock to greet them. When they got off the boat, Song Bo bowed to them and saluted: "Song Bo has met General Zhao and Mr. Sun!"
Zhao Qingshan was born in Shanglinli and was one of the five generals of the Jiangdong Left Army in his early years. Now he is the commander of the First Water Battalion in Jinghai and is responsible for the raids on the eastern Fujian coast on the southern front. Song Bo is naturally no stranger to Zhao Qingshan, but he has never planned it.
noodle.
Sun Shangwang stayed in Jinhai for a long time. In the autumn of the first year of Yongxing, he abandoned Jinhai and Sun Shangwang went south to take up a post in Yizhou. It took a little more than a year. In a little more than a year, under the chairmanship of Sun Shangwang,
, Huaidong forcibly moved nearly 100,000 people to Yizhou Island.
Song Bo only knew that Sun Shangwang was a scholar from a poor background, but he did not expect that he was very talented in politics. Sun Shangwang also happened to have a poor family and was forced to make a living and moved around. Only then did he realize the sufferings of the world compared to the scholars who sought to find the hall.
"After the fall of Mingzhou, Yizhou could not defend itself alone. The Governor-General of Zhejiang and Fujian decided to abandon the island and burn the city to turn Yizhou into a wasteland. If we had seen the situation today, we would not have expended so much effort in the first place.
"Song Bo complimented.
"The She family still created a lot of trouble for us, otherwise we would have had to buy a house years ago." Sun Shangwang said.
"Setting up a government?" Song Bo asked doubtfully.
"The conditions for temporarily setting up a government are not yet mature. Four villages will be set up in the east and central and southern parts, including Yiyang, Nandun, Xinying and Fengshan." Sun Shangwang said.
"..." Song Bo glanced at his sister suspiciously. He was new here and came to surrender on behalf of the Song family. Some words should not be said too clearly.
Along the Jinzhu River, located in the northwest of Yizhou Island, it was the earliest gathering area. The She family invested a lot of manpower and material resources. After decades of hoarding wasteland and cultivating crops, it was already a mature land. Even when the She family withdrew, they started to
Destruction and a large number of houses were burned down, but as long as people move in, it is relatively easy to adapt - but other areas of Yizhou Island are barbaric places where miasma is rampant. People from the north are very susceptible to diseases when they move in.
, Huaidong developed scattered areas in various villages from the beginning, which was somewhat too aggressive. Once a large area is infected by the disease, the losses will be heavy.
Sun Shangwang saw the doubts in Song Bo's eyes and said with a wry smile: "Yizhou is a barbaric and swine-ridden island. It has been said in ancient times that it is difficult for the people to live there. Diseases will lead to a near-death life. Everyone is afraid of the road. But generally speaking,
Those who are strong and strong are less likely to suffer from diseases; those who have lived in the wet land of the south for a long time are less likely to suffer from diseases; those who drink water and eat clean food are less likely to suffer from diseases. Around Yizhou City, located in the mountains, we have acquired 400,000 acres of land.
It is very difficult. If you want to move more people to the island, you must open up settlements in the west and south-central part of the island. The first ones to be sent there are the supply troops from the work camp, the hard laborers from the service camp, prisoners, etc., food and drink.
Work and rest are strictly controlled. For more than half a year, although there have been people suffering from serious diseases from time to time, as long as they are treated and isolated in time, they have not caused serious problems. Even if they suffer from serious diseases, they can be cured in nine out of ten cases..."
Although Xuzhou has decided to borrow three million taels of silver from Huaidong Bank to rectify people's livelihood and recover, due to the influx of too many refugees in the Xusi area, it is in a war zone and the population is too dense. It is long-term to move the population south.
A strategy to stick to.
The area where Zhejiang County can accommodate the largest population is also Yongjia, Taizhou, Mingzhou, Kuaiji and other coastal and riverside places. Most of them are already in the hands of Huaidong - the rich land is also very limited.
Even if western Zhejiang is conquered in the future, we actually cannot settle too many small towns in western Zhejiang, which is mountainous and has little land. Including the Taihu Lake Plain, Jiangning, Dongyang, Weiyang and other places, the population is relatively full. Only the area is about the same as Hailing.
, Yizhou Island, which is even larger than the two prefectures of Huai'an combined, has tens of millions of acres of undeveloped flatland resources. How could Lin Fu slow down the development of Yizhou Island because of miasma?
The power of the Eighth Surnames in Eastern Fujian is extremely large. In the entire Eastern Fujian region, almost 70% of Ding people can trace their origins to the Eighth Surnames. Even if the She family is wiped out in the future, it is impossible to wipe out the Eighth Surnames with a population of one million.
All the surname forces were uprooted.
The development of Yizhou and the large-scale immigration of people from Huaisi and other places actually changed the population structure of the southeastern region on a large scale and also took advantage of Huaidong's future rule over the eastern Fujian region.
Later generations thought that miasma was malaria, which was mainly a pollution disease spread by mosquito bites. As long as mosquito nets can be widely spread in the world, the infection rate will drop significantly. For the early immigrants, the management of diet hygiene and other work and rest habits will be strengthened, which can be effective.
Control the spread of malaria.
Furthermore, there is no cure for miasma. Searching medical books, over the past thousand years, there have been fifteen or six kinds of prescriptions for treating miasma. Huaidong also invested a lot of medical resources in Yizhou Island - after using various methods, even if it is far from enough,
Completely eliminating miasma can also control losses within an acceptable range.
Once Yizhou Island forms a residential area with a population of hundreds of thousands in several counties, and relies on Nanyang routes, it becomes a springboard connecting Chongzhou, Mingzhou and Nanyang Islands. Even if the Song family does not invest in Huaidong at this time, the She family will lose
Relying on the possibility of confrontation with Huaidong in the coastal areas of eastern Fujian.
When Song Bo entered the island, he only had a cursory look at the surface. Sun Shangwang introduced a series of details about the development of Yizhou Island without hesitation, so that Song Bo could fundamentally understand that at least the situation in the southeast was no longer the same as She's home.
At this time, a large ship came upstream from the Jinzhu River. It had no intention of docking at Yizhou City. When we got closer, we saw that the ship's cabin was dark and filled with coal and stone. It was heading directly to the mouth of the stream. It seemed that it was going directly to the sea.
"Where is this coal shipped?" Song Bo asked.
"Chongzhou?" Sun Shangwang replied.
"Huaiyang also produces coal, and it has always been under the control of Huaidong. Isn't it more convenient to transport coal from Huaiyang to Chongzhou than Yizhou?" Song Bo said.
"It seems that Huaiyang and Yizhou are far away, but river boats are slow and small, and sea boats are fast and big. In comparison, the coal from Yizhou is cheaper when it comes to Chongzhou..." Sun Shangwang introduced, "Besides, Huaiyang's coal
There is also a slight shortage of coal.”
In the previous dynasty, coal from Huaiyang was supplied to Jiangning, Weiyang and other places. At its peak, it amounted to a million stones. Now, it is not enough to supply Chongzhou. It is sad to think about it.
Looking at the size of the coal ship, it has a carrying capacity of about four to five thousand stones, and five tall masts towering into the clouds - Huaidong has the luxury of using five-masted ships to transport coal. It is hard for Song Bo to imagine any other force that could be qualified.
Competing with Huaidong for dominance in the East China Sea?
It is no longer a question of winning or losing, but a question of qualifications - thinking that my sister had said before that Yan Hu was determined to develop Shuiying in Dengzhou, I thought at this time: Could this be Huaidong's trap?
Huaidong's shipbuilding resources are far richer than those of Yanhu.
Even though Yanhu spent a lot of effort to build the water camp and even won a series of victories, as long as Yanhu was defeated, the Yanhu water camp would be severely weakened, and depending on Huaidong's shipbuilding ability, it would be defeated ten times.
Eight times may not damage your vitality.
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When it comes to the development of Shuiying, there are also many controversies in Yanjing City.
Since Huaidong is regarded as a powerful enemy, it is only natural to send spies and secret agents to Huaidong to collect information about Huaidong. Naturally, the understanding of Huaidong is getting clearer and clearer.
The defeat of Xuzhou consolidated Huaidong's Xu Si defense line, and Yanhu turned offensive to defensive in Shandong and Henan. However, Huaidong deployed water camp troops on Miaoshan Island, Jinwei Island and other islands as bases to keep its tentacles intact.
If you stretch into the Bohai Bay and don't take it back, the city of Yanjing will be like a thorn in the back, making it uneasy all day long.
Miaoshan Island is more than ten miles away from Dengzhou City, and Jinwei Island is even closer to Jinhai City, less than ten miles away. Huaidong deploys elite combat forces at such a close distance, and can harass thousands of miles from Liaoyang to Jimo at any time.
coastal line.
What's even more terrifying is that Huaidong's soldiers and horses moved very quickly by sea, and they were also very hidden and free.
The She family in eastern Zhejiang and the successive defeats in southern Zhejiang were lessons that Yan Hu had to think deeply about.
In late December, Nahe Xiongqi was transferred to eastern Shandong, with the intention of guarding the sea frontier. From Dengzhou, Laizhou, Cangnan, Jinhai, Changli, Yuguan, Liaoyang and Jinzhou, Shandong Province was assigned to Nahexiong.
Qi was the leader; from Yuguan to Cangnan, Ye Ji was the leader and Baishi was the leader; Liaoyang and Jinzhou also used veteran generals to establish a relatively simple coastal defense line, just to prevent Huaidong soldiers and horses from Yan Ji, Liang Liao and other henchmen.
to conduct large-scale landings.
Ye Ji'er invested 100,000 troops on this defense line, including 40,000 Donghu elite cavalry. The price was not cheap. At this time, Huaidong only invested a few thousand troops on Jinhai Island and Miaoshan Island.
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To expel or annihilate Huaidong soldiers from these islands, Yanjing City cannot directly control a powerful water camp force. Huaidong's shipbuilding ability is so strong, what can Yanhu do to compete with Huaidong for water camp forces?