Lord of the House

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The situation in Jeju was critical, and the Korean Navy attacked the Jeju military fortress three times after November.

Lin Fu temporarily gave up visiting the Shengsi Islands and returned to Chongzhou. He called Qin Chengzu, Lin Mengde, Hu Zhiyong and others in Chongcheng to discuss countermeasures.

Jeju Island (Danluo) is more than a hundred miles deep, and its area is more than three times that of Xisha Island. There are large arable plains in the south, rich in products, and it is the largest island in the East China Sea, except for the four islands of Japan.

Under the control of the Donghu people in Liaodong, Jeju Island is adjacent to Goryeo in the north and faces Japan's Kyushu, Honshu and other islands across the sea, so its strategic position can be imagined.

Since ancient times, silk has always been a high-end fabric pursued by wealth and wealth.

Eight years before Chongguan, there was a saying in Pingjiang that there was a pound of silk and a tael of silver. At the price of rice at that time, a pound of silk was worth two stone of rice.

One acre of good mulberry field is used to raise silkworms, and if you get cocoons and reel silk, you can get eight catties of raw silk, which is worth 16 stone of rice. However, in the same period, the ripe fields that harvested three stone of rice grains each year are already considered to be very good fields in Pingjiang Prefecture.

Compared with farming, planting mulberries and raising silkworms requires much more manpower; but in Pingjiang Prefecture, which is relatively rich in manpower, the benefits of growing mulberries and raising silkworms can be seen.

Eight years after Chongzhou, there were successive severe droughts in the northwest, the world was in turmoil, the eastern invaders invaded the south, and the water transportation was interrupted. The price of raw silk continued to drop, by about two-thirds, and a pound of raw silk was only worth a little more than three cents.

At the same time, the price of rice grains in Jiangdong County has continued to rise. Compared with the price of silk, a pound of raw silk is only worth half a stone of rice.

Since it takes twice as much manpower to grow mulberries and raise silkworms, after the market has shrunk sharply, the benefits of raising silkworms and producing silk are very meager compared to farming.

However, at this time in Kyushu, Honshu and Korea, a pound of raw silk was worth ten stone meters, which was twenty times the price of raw silk in Pingjiang Prefecture; if one compares the prices with metals such as silver and copper, there is almost such a high gap.

To this end, Chongzhou has just set up a silk reeling factory, and the first phase recruited 1,000 female workers. The purpose is to purchase silkworm cocoons from Pingjiang Prefecture and Hailing Prefecture, produce raw silk, and transfer it from Jeju Island to Korea, Honju, Kyushu and other places for sale. Take profit.

In addition to raw silk, cotton, cane sugar, ironware, ceramics, tea and other items are far more expensive in Korea, Honshu, Kyushu and other places than Gangdong County.

Even without considering the strategic value of Jeju Island, the value of opening up a route from Chongju to Jeju to attract businessmen from Honshu, Kyushu and Korea to Jeju Island for commodity trade is huge.

At this time, the Kyushu and Honshu Islands were more chaotic than the Dayue Dynasty, and they were in a period of confrontation between the feudal kingdoms. The market for high-end commodities such as raw silk, porcelain, and tea was relatively narrow, but there was a great demand for ironware.

For those tyrants who came to dominate the Kyushu and Honshu islands, even if they tightened their belts and were hungry, they still wanted to buy more sophisticated armor.

Lin Fu can plan to transport the high-quality military armor produced on a large scale in Chongzhou to Kyushu and Honshu islands for high-priced sales. How can there be no transit base in Jeju Island?

The Liang family could not infiltrate Qingzhou, and could not control the Jiaolai River. They did not want the benefits of grain harvesting to be exclusively obtained by the Dongyang family, so inland water transportation would be restored to a certain extent.

There is a bottleneck for Chongzhou to take advantage of the Jinhai grain route.

Besides, if the Yanbei defense line is completely leaked by the Donghu people, Yanjing cannot defend it, and if the capital is moved to Jiangning, Chongzhou will not be able to profit from the Jinhai grain route at all.

In this sense, Jeju Island is absolutely not to be missed.

"No matter how much it costs, Jeju must be defended, and the Koreans cannot be driven out!" Lin Bie's fists were heavily on the table, but Lin Mengde and the others shivered, for fear that Lin Bie would smash the table. .

The high value of this wooden case placed in the Dongya Council Hall is not because it is made of sandalwood, but the map carved on it can be said to be the most accurate sea and border map in the world, not only to outline the Jianghuai, Jianghuai, The geography of Zhejiang and Shandong, islands such as Goryeo, Jeju, Kyushu, and Honju, as well as important ports, as well as several main and secondary shipping routes utilizing the currents of the Blackwater Ocean are also marked on the map.

In the world, there is astrology that can identify latitude, that is, measuring the angle between the star and the sea level to identify latitude, which is one of the most important practical technical achievements in ancient astronomy.

Although Changsan Island is small, it is almost at the same latitude as Jeju. This provides the greatest convenience for sailing from Chongzhou to Jeju via Changsan Island, that is, it is very easy and accurate to identify the direction.

After nearly two years of practice and spending huge amounts of money on the construction of large directional lighthouses on Changsan Island, the route from Chongzhou to Jeju via Changsan Island has matured.

As long as it is not sailing in rainy weather, there is almost no possibility of a ship heading for Jeju Island getting lost.

Under the promotion of Lin Bie, Chongzhou's navigation technology can be said to be ahead of the times.

"The navy of the Koreans is not strong, and they are mainly concentrated in the Southwest Hainan to prepare for the pirates. They concentrate their forces on deploying the first and second water battalions to defeat them, abolish their southwest ports, and Jeju Island can be protected from their threats for a year or two... "Hu Zhiyong said.

The status quo of islands such as Kyushu and Honshu also deviates greatly from the history in Lin Bie's memory.

The current Fusang, and the later Japan, after more than a hundred years of separation between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, have now evolved into a situation where dozens of vassal states are separated, and there is no relatively powerful unified regime.

Except for the pirates, the Koryo Kingdom was not under much threat at sea, and there was no motivation to develop a naval force, and the strength of the naval force was limited.

Otherwise, Ge Changgen would only have a battalion of Jeju Saishui Army (under the No. 1 Water Battalion of Jinghai) consisting of one Jinhai-class warship and three Jiyun-class warships, with only 400 main soldiers. It was impossible to repel the invasion of the Goryeo navy three times in a row.

"After the Goryeo was defeated by the Donghu people, it became a vassal state of the Donghu people, and most of the troops stationed on the northern border were transferred back to the southern capital, which is very close to the southwest coast," Qin Chengzu said. , but then, Korea will fully strengthen its navy, and will also strengthen the defense of the southwest sea frontier, which will add many variables for the future..."

"Don't the Koreans intend to send troops directly to Danluo Island?" Lin Fu said, "Let the Korean army go to the island to annihilate it!"

Although Goryeo is weak, it also has nearly two hundred small mouths, and it also has a relatively unified regime. When Goryeo concentrates its national strength on the defense of the southwest sea frontier, its strength should not be underestimated - this is what Qin Chengzu is worried about.

The Koreans have just defeated the Donglu and lured them to the island, annihilated or severely damaged their infantry, and they can continue to induce the Koreans to focus on the construction of the infantry and the city in the later stage of defense. In this way, the development of the power structure in the Northeast Sea area can still be well controlled within the grasp of Chongzhou.

"Danluo people may not be willing to cooperate!" Lin Mengde said.

"The matter of infiltrating from the Shengsi Islands to the south should be slowed down first," Lin Fu said, "I will lead the personal guard camp and the second water camp to Jeju to see the opportunity, at least one or two months, at most three or four months. just come back..."

If it wasn't for the incident in Jeju, Lin Bie's plan was to strengthen the Shengsi defense line, take Daheng Island as the base, infiltrate to the south, and compete with the luxury family for Daishan and Changguo.

Nowadays, with Qianjiang as the line, the Shengsi line of defense in Chongzhou, the line of defense in North Zhejiang Province in Dongyuan, the line of defense in Huizhou in Jiangdong County and Jiangxi County share the pressure of extravagant family soldiers. In comparison, the Jiangxi direction is the weakest, and it is likely to give the She family a breakthrough first. Lin Fu wants to use troops in Shengsi to contain the She family's troops and horses, so that they can't care for each other.

Now it seems that the Shengsi defense line will be slowed down, and the Jeju side must be taken care of first.

"Let's adjust the long mountain camp, and then adjust the five battalions from the guard camp to strengthen it..." Qin Chengzu suggested.

The Guard Battalion has only undergone a large-scale expansion, and has not fought hard battles, and its combat effectiveness has not yet been tested; the Changshan Battalion led by Ao Canghai is the three elite infantry brigade called Fengli Battalion and Chongzhou Infantry Battalion. Lin Fu wanted to go to Jeju in person, and Qin Chengzu suggested that it would be safer to bring Changshan Camp.

"The tiger cubs have to go out to hunt alone," Lin Fu said. "Changshan Camp still stays in Chongzhou~www.readwn.com~ Xiapi fought hard, and Changshan Camp suffered heavy casualties. After more than two months, many wounded soldiers did not return to the army. The Workers’ Camp was expanded, and there were many veterans and military attaches from Changshan and Fengli Camps. Lin Fu didn’t want to transfer Changshan Camp for the time being.

"I will accompany you to Jeju, who else will I bring?" Qin Chengzu asked.

"Mr. Qin, you stay in Chongzhou," Lin Fu said. "In this way, the troops are divided into three paths. Coordination is the most important thing in Chongzhou. If Mr. Qin is not in Chongzhou, I don't worry about going east to Jeju..."

Qin Chengzu did not insist on anything. Lin Mengde was specialized in internal affairs, but he was not familiar with military affairs, so he was not enough to stay and sit in Chongzhou.

The Huai Line and Shengsi Line seem calm at the moment, but Sun Zhuang in the north is an extremely unstable factor. Who knows when things will change?

It is not difficult for Cao Zi'ang to defend the front line of Shanyang and Siyang, but there are 60,000 strong workers in the labor camp, and most of them are refugees. The person must be old enough to become.

The situation in Jeju could not be delayed any longer. Since the decision to send troops to Jeju was made, the mobilization started quickly. The preparation of food and grass, armor, and ordnance is also fast, and the strength of the north and south lines must be adjusted accordingly. In addition to some of the Jinghai Third Water Battalion staying in Shanyang, the main force will also be transferred back to Chongzhou. As long as the weather is suitable, before the end of the twelfth lunar month go out.

In addition to Zhou Pu, Zhao Hu, Ge Cunxiong and other generals, Lin Fu specially transferred Lin Jingzhong from Jiangning, made Sun Wenbing responsible for Chongzhou's affairs in Jiangning, and asked Lin Jingzhong to go to Jeju with him.

In any case, it is necessary to comprehensively strengthen Jeju.

It is not enough for Jeju to have only military officers. Lin Fu will transfer Lin Jingzhong to Jeju to be responsible for civil and commercial affairs. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter