Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 283 Either obey or die (seek subscription!)

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The narrowest part of the Taiwan Strait - from Pingtan Island in Fujian to Hsinchu, the straight-line distance is about 130 kilometers.

This seemingly short distance, but the seaway in the middle is a natural danger that is difficult to cross, and it is called "black water ditch".

Black Water Ditch is a common name for the Penghu Waterway.

The Penghu waterway has the fastest flow, is bottomless, and the color of the sea water is like ink, so it is called black water.

If you go from Xiamen to Taiwan, you must go through the "Ocean";
If you choose to transit in Penghu, from Penghu to Tainan Luermen, you must pass through "Xiaoyang".

The big ocean and the small ocean make it very difficult to cross the strait from east to west, and because of the depth of the water, it is impossible to anchor. The sailboat must sail quickly with the wind. If it is too late to pass, it will be swept away by the current and lose its way.

Therefore, there is a saying: "Ten go, six die, three stay, and one turn back", about an average of ten people, six will die at sea, only three will arrive safely, and the last one will turn around and give up crossing the sea.

Of course, this kind of situation will not happen to the Liangshan army. Most of the boats in this situation are small sampan human-powered wooden boats, while the Liangshan army's ships are all large ships. up.

The biggest trouble Liang Shanjun encountered was disease.

The subtropical and tropical warm and humid climate makes regional infectious diseases and endemic diseases more serious than those in the north.

Not long after the Liangshan Army landed in Taiwan, one-third of them fell ill one after another.

Fortunately, Li Yan brought An Daoquan with him wherever he went, and all the troops in Liangshan had military doctors. Otherwise, it would be a big trouble, and it would lose more than half of it at once. The key is that they still can't win Taiwan. territory.

As soon as a large-scale collapse occurred, Li Yan immediately asked Li Jun to go back to fetch Kong Hou and five hundred doctors, and at the same time brought a large amount of medicinal materials.

An Daoquan and Kong Hou teamed up and quickly brought the disease under control and developed a specific medicine.

At the same time, Li Yan became ruthless and set a fire on the vast western plain.

This fire burned for a full 22 days, burning thousands of square kilometers of white land on the island.

(The remaining places are developing and burning.)
I don't know if it was because of the fire that Li Yan set off that the miasma on the white ground was not so severe.

Later, Li Yan discovered that the local aborigines liked to chew betel nuts, which seemed to have a certain effect on defense against miasma, so he forced everyone to chew betel nuts.

In addition, Li Yan forced everyone to drink boiled water, planned to build a sanitation system based on the knowledge of later generations, and so on...

All in all, despite the difficulties, the Liangshan Army finally gained a foothold on the land of Taiwan.

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The future county town of Taiwan County.

While watching Tao Zongwang and Jin Dajian commanding the two largest armies (engineering armies) of the Liangshan Army to plan the construction of Taiwan City, Li Yan said: "Jeju Island has just been built, and you will be transferred here to open up wasteland. The conditions here It's still so hard... Thank you for your hard work, brother."

Wang Lun smiled and said, "I'm still afraid that my brother will let me stay on Jeju Island for the rest of my life."

Li Yan sternly said, "What are you talking about? Previously, Jeju Island stored most of the money and food we obtained from Korea. Naturally, we must find a safe person to manage it. If not, I will ask you to go there." Seoul took my place."

Wang Lun said with a smile: "My little brother is just joking... After staying on Jeju Island for a few years, my mentality is much better than before. My elder brother is the man who is destined by fate. As long as my younger brother does his best to help, there will be a glorious family in the future. child's day."

Li Yan looked at Wang Lun for a while, seeing that Wang Lun didn't seem to be lying, he thought to himself: "It doesn't matter if it's true or not, unless it's my own death, my current status is no longer something anyone can shake. "

Li Yan said: "Brothers will have that day." After a pause, Li Yan said again: "All the people on Penghu will move to Taiwan County, and then Ou Peng and his amphibious army will be stationed on Penghu. All the people from Penghu are sent to Taiwan County, and they must be kept secret, and Song Guo must never know that we have occupied Taiwan County."

Wang Lun said: "The little brother knows the importance, so he will not spoil the big deal of the big brother."

Li Yandao: "Well...the construction here will be done as soon as possible, and I will move 200 million people here one after another. I plan to make this place the second Korea."

Wang Lun's eyes lit up when he heard Li Yan said that he would move 200 million people and build a second Koryo here. If this is true, then his status will never be inferior to that of Wen Huanzhang!
Li Yan said again: "The southern region here has a tropical monsoon climate, which is very suitable for farming. It is no problem to grow rice here twice a year, and even three times a year. If you build this place well, in the future we will There will be no shortage of food. In addition, in the future, this place will be an important place for our foreign trade in Shuibo Liangshan. As for the military status of this place, I have already told you before. In short, Taiwan County is very important, so your task is very heavy. "

Although he doesn't know what a tropical monsoon climate is, Wang Lun still said solemnly, "My little brother will do his best!"

Li Yandao: "As for the local natives, try to let them integrate with us... If they refuse to integrate with us, then don't be soft-hearted, let alone soft-hearted."

The local aborigines have a very bad custom - to produce grass.

The so-called "grassing" is the custom of headhunting: after killing a person, the head is brought back and placed at home or in the first shed of the tribe to show his military exploits.

They beheaded people not for hatred or money, but for reasons that they considered sacred, such as sacrificing ancestors, declaring adulthood, showing off bravery, and getting rid of diseases, etc.

The targets of their drafts are often unrelated foreigners, so the large number of Han people often become the main victims.

You can't reason with them about such barbaric behavior, you can only give them two choices-either obey or die.

Anyway, there are only more than 1 aboriginals in total. If they don't choose to merge, then there is no other way. Li Yan can only choose to stop killing by killing.

Wang Lun smiled and said, "Although my younger brother is a scholar, he will not be lenient when it comes to killing people."

What Wang Lun said, Li Yanxin, did not look at what Wang Lun was doing before, so Li Yan did not continue this topic, but changed the topic and said: "Xiao Jiasui is a man of great talent, you should communicate with him more. , After all, one person counts the short and the other counts the long, and in addition, you draw up a list of required talents, and I will fill them out for you as soon as possible."

Wang Lun replied: "Okay, I will go to discuss with Xiao Tongpan in a while, and give my brother the list as soon as possible."

Li Yan said: "I have too many things to do. I can't stay here for too long. I will have to leave after staying for a month or two at most. Therefore, I still have to rely on you here. In addition, I don't need so many soldiers to garrison here. I will send Ma Wu The Army, the Seventh Army, the Eighth Army, and the Twelfth Army are left to you, plus the Eleventh Army stationed in Penghu, it should be enough for you to deal with any emergencies. Also, you need to establish a flying slave system as soon as possible , If you really can't handle the situation, I will send you reinforcements as soon as possible."

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(End of this chapter)