Capital Datang

"Madam Qi, the last step could be implemented as early as a few months ago, but the suppression of Luzon was not over at that time. Among the troops sent to Luzon, there was a considerable part of the Linyi army team. In order to stabilize these The morale of Linyi's army has temporarily postponed the last step, but now Luzon has stabilized, so Fan Zhen'e can be driven off the throne at any time, and Linyi will be completely merged into the territory of His Royal Highness. !” Yang Jiu replied unhurriedly.

The so-called last step is to completely annex Linyi and completely eliminate the rule of the Fan Dynasty over Linyi. However, at the very beginning, Li Yin only controlled the central government of Linyi, and there were five powerful chiefs around him. So this made him have to support Fan Zhen'e, a puppet, and then control the five chiefs by means of bribery and assassination. However, one of the chiefs rebelled and was finally suppressed bloody. Troublesome, but it also allowed others to see the force in Li Yin's hands. Since then, no one has dared to have other thoughts.

Hearing Yang Jiu said that Linyi could be annexed at any time, Wu Meiniang nodded in satisfaction. Although Linyi was already under their control, in name, Linyi was still an independent country, which added to Linyi. There are many unknowable variables, so it is best to annex Linyi as soon as possible. From then on, there will be no country like Linyi in this world.

"Yang Shi, Sister Liu, you are now mainly operating the Nanyang ground intelligence system. According to His Highness's instructions, we need to collect all the information on Jinzhou and the Malay Peninsula. How far have you achieved now?" Wu Meiniang turned to Ask Yang Shi and his wife.

Yang Shi and his wife looked at each other, and then Liu took a step forward and said, "Madam Qi, the Malay Peninsula, especially the area adjacent to the Strait of Malacca, is almost all in the barren tropical rainforest. Even the people living on the peninsula There are not many natives, and there is no concept of a country, so if you want to occupy there, there will not be much resistance at all." Capital Datang 511

The name of the Strait of Malacca is to commemorate the ancient city of Malacca, but the city has not yet appeared in the Tang Dynasty. The Strait of Malacca is not called this name, but the Malacca Strait. Mo Luoyou.Their capital was also called Mo Luoyou City, which was the largest seaport in the strait at that time, and sea ships traveling between east and west would berth there, so the name of the strait was named after Mo Luoyou, but later Li Yin came out of his own habit. .Changed the official name of the strait to the Strait of Malacca.

After Liu briefly introduced the situation of the Malay Peninsula, she then began to introduce Jinzhou, which is across the strait from the Malay Peninsula. Her expression was a little dignified and said: "As for the situation of Jinzhou, It is a bit complicated, along the long and narrow coast of Malacca, there are several countries with different strengths and weaknesses, among which Merayu is the most powerful, controlling the transportation of the entire strait..."

Hearing Liu's introduction in the study.Li Yin also has a comprehensive understanding of the current Malacca Strait, especially the strength of the country of Mo Luoyou.This country occupies a favorable geographical position, with seaport taxation and robbery as its main economic income.

For example, there are thousands of warships in Mo Luoyou.Combat power cannot be underestimated, but military discipline is usually relaxed, and the navy and bandits often loot passing ships.In the past, even the cargo ships of the Han people would be plundered by them, until later Li Yin stationed a powerful navy in Linyi.Then he made a few laps in the Strait of Malacca before Mo Luoyou restrained himself a lot. At least he didn't dare to loot the merchant ships of the Han people in a big way, but the merchant ships from Persia, Tianzhu and other countries from the west were plundered more fiercely.

But now the country of Malayu is not peaceful, because in his vassal country, there is a Buddhist country named Sri Buddha. This country has been affected by the influence of Tianzhu, and its strength has developed rapidly. Such a powerful threat, if nothing else, this Buddhist Congress will replace the status of Malacca and become another overlord of the Straits of Malacca.

Li Yin always felt a little familiar when he heard the name of Sri Lanka, but he couldn't remember where he heard it?In fact, if the death of Sri Buddha was turned into a name hundreds of years later, Li Yin must have heard of it, and this name is Sanfoqi.

Srivijaya is actually the predecessor of Srivijaya who dominated Nanyang for several centuries, but now this Nanyang overlord is only a vassal state of Marayu. Although he has already formed a certain threat to Marayu, his strength is still too weak. If it develops for another five or six years, it will not be difficult to annex Mo Luoyou.

In addition to Malayu and Srivijaya, there are several small countries along the coast of Malacca in Jinzhou, but these small countries are not strong and have no potential for development. Sooner or later they will be annexed by others. So Yang Shi and his wife just briefly introduced it.

However, Mrs. Liu mentioned at the end that the influence of the above countries is limited to the coastal areas, and does not have much influence on the inland of Jinzhou.In fact, Jinzhou is indeed a backward place. The inland areas are still divided into areas in the form of tribes, which is similar to that in Luzon, while the coastal areas are affected by the East and West. These areas are much more developed than inland areas, and there are also countries formed, so for Jinzhou, the real elite areas are all near the coast.

"Okay, yes, Yang Shi, you and your wife have worked hard!" After listening to Liu's introduction, Li Yin, who was standing outside the study, clapped his hands and walked into the middle of the study, looking at Yang Jiu and the others. Appreciation.

"See Your Highness!" Yang Jiu didn't expect Li Yin to come in at this time, and judging from what he said, he should have arrived early, so he immediately bowed and saluted.

"You don't need to be too polite!" Li Min waved to the three of them, signaling them to stand up, then walked to Wu Meiniang's side, pulled Meiniang up who was about to salute, and said, "Meiniang, when you were kidnapped back then, maybe It is the most correct thing I have done in my life, otherwise where would I find such a good intelligence director?"

It was Yang Shi and Yang Jiudong who kidnapped Wu Meiniang back then, so after hearing this, they all had a strange smile on their faces.And Wu Meiniang didn't expect that Li Min would praise her in front of several subordinates, and what she said was so nasty, which made her face turn red, and she said shyly, "Thank you husband for your compliment!"

Li Yin pulled Wu Meiniang to sit down, and then asked Yang Jiu and the others to sit down and talk.The reason why he asked Wu Meiniang to focus his intelligence on the Malay Peninsula and Jinzhou was actually mainly for the Strait of Malacca between these two places.

Since the Central Plains region began to trade with overseas countries, the Strait of Malacca has become an important sea transportation route. Merchants from Persia, Tianzhu, and even Rome traveled thousands of miles to the East, and reached the coast of the Central Plains Dynasty through Malacca, where they bought silk, goods such as porcelain, and then take risks to return to their homeland to make huge profits from these exquisite goods.

It can be said that it was because of the Han people of the Central Plains Dynasty that the Straits of Malacca began to be busy, and it was precisely because of the exchanges between the East and the West that the prosperity of the Straits of Malacca was created.The natives of Jinzhou land take advantage of the geographical advantage, and they can live a rich life only by taxation. The goods from the East and the West allow them to enjoy incomparable convenience. If this is placed on other ethnic groups, they should feel Very satisfied.

But it is a pity that the "sex" of these natives is extremely greedy and stupid. They collect taxes in the Strait of Malacca, but they are not greedy enough. No matter which force occupies the golden waterway of Malacca , while collecting taxes, openly and secretly connive at the regular navy to plunder passing sea ships. This kind of stupid behavior of killing chickens and taking eggs directly led to a sharp rise in the risk of this Maritime Silk Road, which has seriously affected Datang and Li. stingy overseas trade.

When Li Yin vigorously developed maritime trade in Dengzhou, he had already discovered Malacca's restrictions on maritime trade. Although Li Yin did not make statistics, Lu Qing told him a rough estimate, that is, if there are [-] maritime trade ships every year If ships travel between Datang and Western countries, there may be [-] ships that are difficult to reach their destinations due to various natural disasters, and at least half of the remaining [-] ships are due to encounters. Pirates ended up with nothing but personal wealth.Except for a small number of these pirates, most of them are regular armies of various countries on this route, especially Malacca. In fact, they are not so much countries as they are pirate dens.

It is precisely because of this that Li Yin has long wanted to attack the Strait of Malacca.It's a pity that he didn't have much naval power in his hands at the time, and the Silla, Baekje, and Wa countries around Datang were potential threats, and he didn't have his own territory.So he can only take it step by step, first eliminate those potential threats, and at the same time get the population and land, coupled with the development of Taiwan, he has a piece of land that truly belongs to him, and he can freely develop the economy and force .Capital Datang 511

Until Luzon was brought under his rule, the armies of Li Zhen and Li Yun were going to Tianzhu again. This made Malacca not only of great economic value to Li Yun, but also a very critical military route. After all, in the future The transportation of various military supplies must not be threatened by others!It was only then that Li Yin finally felt that it was time for him to march to Malacca.

Next, Li Yin asked Yang Shi and his wife some information about Malacca in detail, and when everything was clear, he waved them back, with a smug expression on his face.

However, Wu Meiniang said worriedly at this time: "Husband, we have just taken Luzon, and Linyi will be completely annexed by us. If we use troops against Malacca now, isn't the speed of expansion too fast? If something happens in the future, I'm afraid it will have a serious impact on your husband's rule."