Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1339

"It's really on the path of Ezo and Murakami. This broken Shiga County is basically a deserted island, a deserted island in the sea, full of barren mountains and cliffs, and the only place to settle is this small area in the south!"

The five large ships finally left Natsu Port and arrived at Shiga Island at the north exit of Natsu Bay.

But after landing and relying on it, many brothers could not help but curse out. This place is really too remote. There is only one flat place on the whole island. Now there is only a small fishing village with about [-] households.

Xu Xiaofeng jumped off the boat, and a group of Japanese fishermen in the distance looked at them vigilantly, fighting with each other, wanting to escape at any time.

He glanced around, and said with a smile, "It's not bad, anyway, this place belongs to our brothers now, and we also have a piece of land that really belongs to us. Shiga, the name is ordinary, but it is ours after all. gone."

Hundreds of people jumped out of the boat one after another and walked around the coast.

Just now I thought it was not pleasing to the eye, but now I think it is quite good, after all, the island really belongs to them now.

"Brothers, although I am now the nominal owner of Shiga Island, or the county magistrate of Raoshizi, a daimyo, etc., this island belongs to all of us brothers, and it belongs to our more than 500 brothers."

"Captain, those fishermen are also our people in the future?"

"Well, Murakami allocated the land and people to us. These people will be our people from now on. Please be polite to them and don't scare them."

Xu Xiaofeng led a group of people to walk along the coast. To the east of the fishing village is the sea road. Between Shiga Island and Nishitozaki, there is a thin belt of sand about two miles long. It is only twenty or thirty feet wide and narrow. It is only five or six feet wide, and when the tide is high, it is even submerged directly under the water, making Shiga Island an isolated island.When the tide falls, the sand belt reappears, connecting Nishitozaki and geese returning to their nests, and connecting Chikushi Island, making Shiga a peninsula.

The terrain of Xihuzaki and Yanhuichao is flatter. Shiga is a mountain island, while Xihuzaki and Yanhuichao are two large sandbars.

There are several fishing villages in the two places. These fishermen not only fish, but also plow and farm.

"It's really a nice place!" Xu Xiaofeng said.

Listening to the sound of waves lapping on the beach and the cold sea breeze blowing, Wang Baoqiang asked Xu Xiaofeng.

"Captain, do you really trust these Japanese people? We fought and robbed them this time. It's impossible for ordinary people to do this?"

"It's really impossible for ordinary people, but these people are Japanese. In fact, you don't have to worry too much. We are not alone here. Hizen to the west of Chikushi is now our Daqin land, and the imperial court will be stationed there soon. Fleet and garrison, there will also be immigrants, and several new commercial port cities will be opened, the nearest place is only two hundred miles away from us, what do you think we are afraid of? With this backing, do the Japanese dare to touch us?"

"Besides, this Shiga Island is actually pretty good. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. As long as we build a fortress in that fishing village, we can advance, attack and retreat."

"Are we really going to stay here in the future?"

"Since the Wa country has already surrendered, and judging by the attitude of Su Womazi now, he is determined to surrender, so for a long time to come, it is estimated that this side will be relatively peaceful. Do you know what this means? No wars, no looting , then it must be open sea trade, and there are still many Japanese people. Now Najin is the largest port, and it is close to Baekje and Silla. It is also the closest port to our Central Plains. Therefore, it will definitely be very lively in the future, and we will occupy it. , operating as a stronghold, only earning no losses.”

"Captain, you said that since this island is ours now, can we apply to the imperial court for an overseas colony to be developed, and can we ask for a knighthood?"

Xu Xiaofeng was also a little moved, "Maybe it can, maybe it can't, I don't know, but you can give it a try, it doesn't matter if it works or not."

In the next few days, Xu Xiaofeng and Wang Baoqiang visited the three townships of Shiga, and finally decided to build a fort at the fishing village connected to the sandbar on the south of Shiga Island.

Taking out some money, silk, salted fish and rice that Murakami compensated, he successfully recruited fishermen from several fishing villages in Sanxiang to build the fort. Come here with a straight face.

Xu Xiaofeng didn't have much ambition, for the time being, he only planned to build a small fortress with a circumference of two miles, so as not to be outflanked by the Japanese one day.

Rice with salted fish is still full.

This surprised the Japanese fishermen who came to build the fortress. When they ate Houthi so hard that their stomachs became round, they really believed that these Qin people were really good.

Taking advantage of the situation, Xu Xiaofeng announced that the farmland in the three townships would be leased to these people for cultivation, and the tenants only need to hand in half of the harvest.

These lands are not owned by these fishermen, but belonged to Zhuzi Haoqiang. This time they were all awarded to Xu Xiaofeng as the famous land, so he can naturally lease them to these fishermen.

It is very conscientious to collect [-]% of the rent according to the harvest, and it is highly praised by the Japanese.In the past, they rented crops to the nobles and tycoons, and the rent was much higher than this. Some were seventy-three, some were sixty-four, and they were all above [-]%.

What's more, Xu Xiaofeng also announced that apart from the [-]-[-] share, these tenants do not need to bear other burdens, which greatly reduced their burden.

Xu Xiaofeng asked these fishermen to build the fort, not only to manage the pavilion, but also to pay the wages, which made the Japanese people even more surprised, there is such a good thing.

They all sighed, why didn't the Qin people come earlier.If you had come earlier, everyone would have had enough to eat and live a good life.

Therefore, within a few days, these Japanese fishermen were very grateful to their new master, Xu Xiaofeng, and they were very loyal, and they worked much harder.

Cutting wood and taking rocks, digging trenches and building walls, they are very diligent.

"My lord, my lord!"

Several Japanese ran towards Xu Xiaofeng excitedly.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Laosan asked.

A fisherman held something high in both hands, "My lord, we dug up this thing in the ground when we were digging just now, hurry up and present it to the lord!"

Zhao Laosan helped Xu Xiaofeng translate.

"what?"

Zhao Laosan took it, "It seems to be a big seal."

"Golden ones?" Xu Xiaofeng took it, it was very heavy, and there was a lot of soil on it, as if it had been buried under the soil for a long time.But after wiping it, he quickly recognized that it was actually a gold seal.

Xu Xiaofeng was born in the general family, although he later declined, but after all he had received a good education when he was a child, he suddenly realized that this seal is not easy, after all, the materials used for the seal are very particular, and there are strict grade regulations, it is impossible to go overboard.

Those who can use the gold seal are generally kings.

"I haven't heard that Japanese people use gold seals?"

"I've never heard of it."

"It seems that there are words, what are they writing, Captain?" Zhao Laosan didn't see clearly.

"This is inscribed seal script. I recognize it. Han... Wei... Nu... King, um, the five characters Han Wei Nu King."

"Could it be that this is the king's seal?" Zhao San exclaimed.

Xu Xiaofeng also pondered, the seal of the king enslaved by the Han Dynasty, don't think about the word king, what does the first three characters mean.Han Wei slaves, is there still a Han Wei slave country in the history of Wa Kingdom?
He picked up the gold seal and wiped it carefully. At this time, the face of the gold seal gradually appeared completely. The seal is square, less than an inch long and wide, and about seven cents high. There is a snake button on the seal.

(End of this chapter)