Kai Fu Han

Chapter 462 Changes in Jeju Island
There are cargo sailing ships that drag down the overall speed of the fleet. The fleet heading to Japan this time is not traveling very fast.

Departing from Penglai on August [-]th, we arrived at Jeju Island on August [-]th.

This time going to Japan included all the warships of the Second Fleet, plus thirty county-level transport ships.

In addition to sufficient sailors and sailors from the Second Fleet, there were also all the officers and men of the First Field Regiment on board, including the cavalry battalion and their horses.

In addition to Liu Xinqi and Cui Wu, the high-level officials accompanying the army included Liu Xinbao from the Military Intelligence Department and Shao Zhen from the Special Operations Battalion.

The special operations battalion followed this time with three platoons of 300 people, led by Shao Zhen.Other soldiers of the special operations battalion are still on the northern front, defending the Jin Kingdom from possible Hun attacks.

In addition to the Xinghan League's own army, Liu Xinqi transferred 2000 people from the last grain transportation team organized. These 2000 people were the [-] Koreans and [-] Japanese who participated in the food transportation team before.

At the end of this westward raid, the two thousand foreigners performed very well, and they were also very brave in dealing with the mob organized by the gentry, especially the Japanese.

Liu Xinqi improved the treatment of these 2000 people, second only to the garrison, and then let them accompany them.

After arriving at Jeju Island, the civil affairs officer of Jeju Island and the two leaders of the Korean delegation were already waiting at the port.

"Welcome, leader!"

"Hello."

Liu Xinqi looked at the civil and military officials who came to greet him. The civil officials had not changed much, but the military attachés Wang Hao and Jiang Dahu had changed a lot.

The two Goryeo regiments have Han officers as the backbone and Han instructors, so the training standards are the same as those of the field regiments, higher than those of the garrison troops.

These two group leaders have also undergone training, and their temperaments have improved significantly compared to before.

Wang Hao no longer has the frivolity of a dude, and Jiang Dahu no longer has the cunning of a thief.

"How are you preparing?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"Everything is ready and ready to go at any time." Wang Hao replied

"Okay! The fleet will rest here for a day. You can start organizing the soldiers to board the ship and replenish the fleet with some supplies and fresh water."

"Yes!" Jeju Governor replied.

After this westward attack, the Xinghan League's territory expanded a lot. The Government Affairs Council has promoted a group of officials to serve as prefecture governors, and added state-level official offices. The location of the state capital basically continues the previous setup of Southern Zhao and Puppet Qi.

Jeju Island is set up and managed as a state by the Government Affairs Council. However, because the population is small and most of them are of foreign races, the Jeju governor is one level lower than the Deng and Rai governors on the mainland.

"It's hard for the leader of the alliance to come to Jeju once. If you have free time, can you inspect it here." Zhizhou invited.

Taking the initiative to request inspections, it seems that the Jeju magistrate is very confident in his own governance.

"of course."

Under the leadership of Zhizhou, Liu Xinqi walked to Jeju City.

The road from the port to the city was very clean, and some trees were transplanted and arranged neatly on both sides.However, since there is no nursery industry, there are many types of trees on the roadside and they are inconsistent, which affects the ornamental value to a certain extent.

But this is already very good. These are the styles of Dengzhou, changes brought by Liu Xinqi from later generations.

The guards at the north gate of Jeju did not check and charge pedestrians entering and leaving, which shows that Zhizhou is still very confident in the security of Jeju.Now that Liu Xinqi came to Jeju for inspection, he did not close the road or drive away the people along the way.

This shows that the Jeju magistrate has a deep understanding of Liu Xinqi's governing philosophy. "Your name is Tao Lu, right?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"Yes." Jeju Zhizhou nodded.

The two continued to walk inside. As they walked, Tao Lu introduced Jeju City to Liu Xinqi.

After Tao Lu came to Jeju Island, because the wealthy businessmen, landlords and other wealthy people on the island fled to the Korean Peninsula in the north in advance, Tao Lu was left with a good governance environment.

Tao Lu knew that Liu Xinqi planned to completely occupy the island, so he did not implement an extreme policy of oppression against the Koreans on the island, but copied the ruling methods of the Xinghan League.

Tao Lu gave all the Koreans who stayed on the island who did not escape or were unable to escape civilian status, allowing these foreign aborigines to cross the stage of "criminal people".

You must know that the status of civilians in Xinghan League is much higher than that of Goryeo. At least in terms of personality and private property protection, there is a huge gap between heaven and earth. In addition, children’s rights to education, low taxes, improved medical conditions, Improvement of the business environment and so on.

The arrival of Tao Lu made the islanders of Jeju Island feel that life suddenly became so beautiful.

This has also resulted in Taolu's reputation in Jeju Island being very high, and the islanders have long abandoned the Kingdom of Koryo thousands of miles away.

"Although the grain tax is relatively low, Jeju Island is more suitable for raising horses. The local grain and alfalfa and other horse feed are enough for the horses on the island, and there is no need to transport them in from outside, so the cost of raising horses is very low."

Jeju Island is surrounded by the sea, and storms bring a lot of nutrients. The horse grass on the island grows very well.

"I will transfer both Korean regiments this time. Can you guarantee a stable job here?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"Absolutely. I sent some officers here to the Military Academy before, and established garrisons in Jeju and Guipu. Self-defense and stability maintenance will not be a problem." Tao Lu replied.

There are only two counties in Jeju Island, Jeju County, which is located in the north of the island, and Guipu County, which is located in the south of the island, where the state capital of Jeju is located.

"That's good. Jeju Island is our material transfer point for this operation, so there is no room for loss." Liu Xin said.

"There is no problem on land, but I can't guarantee it at sea. There are only some small fishing boats and merchant ships in Jeju, and the available warships have been recruited by the coastal defense fleet." Tao Lu said.

Liu Xinqi only found out about this after returning to Penglai from the west.

As the tasks of the coastal defense fleet became more and more heavy, they began to recruit warships from various places. Now the fleet has more than a hundred warships. Although there are no large ships, it is guaranteed that they are basically warships with a thousand stone or more.

Since the fleet only has a strength of 1000 or [-] men (including [-] marines), in order to maintain the operation of so many warships, the coastal defense fleet had to recruit many sailors and give up all ship-operating positions to the recruited sailors and officers. All are combat positions.

Even the captains of some small boats were recruited.

This also means that there are policies from above and countermeasures from below.

"Jeju City has a permanent population of 2 people. Most of the adults are engaged in navigation, and a small number are engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. Jeju has a total population of 4. The small population limits Jeju's development." Tao Lu finally introduced: "But we Arrangements have been made to guide poor and bankrupt Koreans from the north to come to Jeju, and the results are pretty good. More and more Koreans have moved here recently."

Jeju City is not big, and it was completed in a while. Overall, it was much better than when we first occupied it.

Take the population as an example. Before that, the remaining population of Jeju City was less than 2, but now it has grown to [-]. Tao Lu contributed a lot.

"You did a great job." Liu Xinqi praised.

"Thank you, lord."

(End of this chapter)