Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 551

Is Goujian really loyal to Qingji?

No, no.

Not also!

The big treachery seems loyal, and the big fake looks like the truth.

Goujian just hid his ambition very well, but he couldn't hide it from Qingji.

"Wannian King! Wannian Wu Guo!"

After Qingji's patrol team entered Panyu City, they were welcomed by the local Lishu.

As the largest city in Lingnan, Panyu County is high and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are not a few people who settle here.

According to the previous census of population data, there are already more than [-] people in Panyu with household registration.

Properly "Lingnan carries the handle"!
"Wu Guo Wannian! Great King Wannian!"

Qingji didn't get out of his royal chariot, and waved to those Li Shus in Baiyue.

Why?

It's not that Qingji can't treat people equally and treat these Li Shu who also belong to Wu Kingdom kindly.

However, the situation in the six Lingnan counties is complicated.

It was very difficult for Qingji to guarantee that there would not be assassins among the crowd, trying to assassinate him.

Therefore, in order to prevent problems before they happen and ensure his own safety, Qingji will stay in the royal chariot all the way, and will not show his face in public.

"Goujian, what is the population of Panyu now? What is the permanent population?"

Qingji asked with great interest.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the population of Panyu, according to the latest census, is more than [-] households, with more than [-] people."

Goujian thought for a while, then replied: "It is thanks to the country's vigorous development of Panyu over the years, and the original foundation of Panyu."

"This place has well-developed transportation and is quite rich, comparable to a high-class city in the Central Plains."

"The resident population has reached nearly [-]."

Obviously, Gou Jian is quite competent as the sheriff of Nanhai County.

It is foreseeable that Panyu, and even Nanhai County, will become more prosperous in the future, and all developments will be on par with the mainland of Wu.

……

Qingji, who came to Panyu City, was not idle.

After a night's rest, Qingji, accompanied by officials such as Bo Tong, Gou Jian, and Deng Xi, came to Panyu's ferry for inspection.

At the beginning of last spring, Qingji planned to open up the Maritime Silk Road.

There are two Maritime Silk Roads. One starts from Panyu (Guangzhou) and trades with Nanyang, which is the south.

The second is to start from Yanling (Changzhou) to trade with the East, which is the east.

Deng Xi was in charge of going to Panyu to recruit craftsmen, build shipyards, and take full charge of the Southern Maritime Silk Road in case of emergencies.

Now, after a whole year, the ferry of Yanling has started foreign trade, going to various islands in the East to do business, but no news has come back.

However, Qingji believes that good news will be sent back to Wu State in a few days.

On the Panyu side, with the completion of the construction of the shipyard and ferry, and a large number of sea-going ships, craftsmen, and goods waiting, they can set off at any time to trade with Nanyang.

"Your Majesty, the preparations for the fleet have been completed. Please also issue an edict to lead the fleet to Nanyang for foreign trade."

Deng Xi bowed to Qingji enthusiastically.

Even though Deng Xi is already a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, he is still very heroic, and he wants to forge ahead for Wu and China.

Regarding Deng Xi's positive attitude, Qing Ji slightly nodded, expressing his approval.

"Deng Xi, how much do you know about Nanyang?"

Qingji squinted his eyes and asked.

Hearing this, Deng Xi immediately waved to the subordinates behind him, and immediately took out a huge sheepskin map, and spread it out in front of Qingji.

I saw that the map was clearly a nautical chart, but the place names and the names of the islands were somewhat blurred.

In some places, there is even a blank space, obviously an island that has not yet been discovered.

At this time, Qingji and a group of ministers and officials stood on the deck of the warship, gathered around and looked at the navigation chart.

"Your Majesty, please take a look."

Pointing to the nautical chart, Deng Xi said solemnly: "After I arrived in Panyu, I ordered people to collect various nautical chart materials, and even interviewed the Baiyue people who had sailed to Nanyang."

"After nearly a year of dictation or various records, this relatively detailed nautical chart was finally drawn."

After a pause, Deng Xi said slowly again: "Besides Panyu County, there are people from the south of Yangyue."

"A large island in the south, or a continent across the sea from Nanhai County, was called 'Nanfu Huangjia' in the Tang and Yu Dynasties."

"Everyone in the Central Plains thinks that there are the ends of the earth, but it is not. In the west and east of that big island, there are still some land or islands scattered on the ocean."

"The Dongshan people and the Malays have already begun to establish a country, or there may be large and small tribes across the land, but they are rebellious and unruly, and they are still small barbarian countries."

"Nanyang is rich in products, and some Nanyang people often barter and trade with Baiyue people. Therefore, the southern sea route has been opened up and has begun to take shape."

After a pause, Deng Xi said with emotion: "This time, if the king can let the minister lead the fleet to sail, then the minister will become the king and open up a more far-reaching route for Wu to go south for thousands of miles. Learn!"

"good!"

Qingji agrees with Deng Xi's ambition.

Immediately, Qingji leaned forward again, looked at the not-so-detailed nautical chart in front of him, stroked his beard, thoughtfully.

The southern Maritime Silk Road of Wu State is different from the overland Silk Road, as well as the Eastern Maritime Silk Road.

Why?

Because Wu Guoneng's profit from it is not large, and he may even lose money.

Where is Nanyang?
It was a place outside of civilization, a place where civilization had not yet flourished, and even the small countries and tribes of Baiyue in the original six counties in the south of the Lingnan were different.

At any rate, the Baiyue people already had a slavery country, and their own civilization began to sprout.

But in the vast sea area of ​​Nanyang, in various islands, people really live a life like primitive people.

Nanyang has really been developed to a certain extent, and more than a thousand years later...

However, Qingji is not depressed, nor will he give up opening up the Southern Maritime Silk Road because it is not profitable.

At this moment, Qingji had a thought in his mind.

That is, do you want to change your strategy and include Nanyang into Wu's territory?
Or is it to carry out foreign colonization and formally treat Nanyang people as slaves of Wu?

Or simply capture the Nanyang people, take them to the state of Wu as slaves, and contribute to the state of Wu for the rest of their lives?
This is a question worth pondering.

With the national power of Wu State, it is not easy to absorb the Yue people from the six Lingnan counties.

If Nanyang is added, I am afraid that the gain will not be worth the loss, and Wu will have no spare power to go north to fight for hegemony and weaken the power of the countries in the Central Plains.

It is different to colonize or capture Nanyang people as slaves...

(End of this chapter)