Lord of the House

I heard my sister say that Nanyang Airlines has shipped dozens of raw silk, tea, salt, iron and other goods to the Nanyang Islands. In addition to 400,000 shi of food and grain, it also received nearly 800,000 taels of gold and silver. Invested in the development of Yizhou Island.

"Last year, before and after the Yongjia, Kuaiji, and Xuzhou wars, Huaidong's troops were very tight. Since Nanyang has so much profit, why not give priority to recruiting troops and buying horses?" Song Bo asked suspiciously.

Before and after the war in Xuzhou, Huaidong deployed about 50,000 soldiers in the Xusi area. Since we can get 400,000 to 500,000 stone grains and nearly one million taels of silver from Nanyang every year, and we are not in a hurry to develop Yizhou Island, we can add 50,000 soldiers to the Huaisi area.

"Thick accumulation and thin hair." At this time, Huaidong's military and political details no longer need to be concealed from the Song family, Song Jia said, "To sum up in six words, 'build a city high and accumulate grain' is not urgently needed. At that time, Huaidong would give priority to investing his money in politics, just like after the Huai Si war, Huaidong could take hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from the Jinhai grain route every year, and it was also given priority to repair the seawall. Seawall, it's hard to imagine that Huaidong can accommodate so many people in the past two years?"

"Huaidong defends the seawall, it's really courageous - it's also Huaidong's defending the seawall, that's why my father didn't even go to Jin'an, and stayed in Quanzhou because of illness." Song Bo said.

Song Jia frowned slightly and thought to herself: Maybe before she came back, her father had seen it thoroughly and knew what choices to make, but he might not be able to convince the clansmen to delay it until now, right?

When the boat was docked, Zhao Qingshan and Sun Shangwang personally went to the pier to greet them. When they disembarked, Song Bo bowed to the two of them: "Song Bo has seen General Zhao and Lord Sun!"

Zhao Qingshan was born in the forest. He was one of the five generals of the Jiangdong Left Army in his early years. Now he is in command of the first water battalion in Jinghai. He is responsible for the harassment of the coastal areas of eastern Fujian on the southern line. Song Bo is no stranger to Zhao Qingshan, but he has never tried noodle.

Sun Shangwang stayed in Jinhai for a long time. In the autumn of the first year of Yongxing, he abandoned Jinhai. Sun Shangwang went south to work in Yizhou, which was a little more than a year. In a short period of a year, under the auspices of Sun Shangwang, Huaidong forcibly moved nearly 100,000 people to Yizhou Island.

Song Bo only knew that Sun Shangwang was born in a dilapidated scholar, but he didn't expect that he was very talented in politics. Sun Shangwang was also in the middle of his family, forced to make a living and wandered everywhere, so he was more aware of the sufferings of the world than a scholar.

"After the fall of Mingzhou, Yizhou could not be defended alone, so the Governor's Office of Zhejiang and Fujian decided to abandon the island and burn the city, and turn Yizhou into rubble and waste. "Song Bo complimented.

"The luxury family still caused us a lot of trouble, otherwise we would have to buy the mansion a few years ago." Sun Shangwang said.

"Zhifu?" Song Bo asked suspiciously.

"The conditions for the temporary residence are not yet mature, and four villages will be set up in the eastern and central and southern parts of Yiyang, Nantun, Xinying, and Fengshan." Sun Shangwang said.

"..." Song Bo glanced at his sister suspiciously. He had just arrived, and he came to join him on behalf of the Song family. Some words should not be said too plainly.

The coast of Jinzhuxi, located in the northwest of Yizhou Island, was the earliest gathering area. The luxury family invested a lot of manpower and material resources before and after. After decades of hoarding and cultivating crops, it has become a mature land. Even if the luxury family is evacuated, it will be destroyed and a large number of houses will be burned down, but as long as people move in, it will be relatively easy. It’s easy to move and adapt—but the rest of Yizhou Island is a place where miasma is rampant, and people from the north are very prone to diseases. Once a large area is infected, the loss is bound to be heavy.

Seeing the doubts in Song Bo's eyes, Sun Shangwang said with a wry smile: "Yizhou is a barren and desolate island. There is a saying in ancient times that it is difficult for people to live in this place, and people who suffer from diseases will die. Everyone regards it as a fearful way. But generally speaking, Those who are strong and strong are less likely to suffer from diseases; those who have lived in the wet and wet land in the south for a long time are less likely to suffer from diseases; those who drink water and eat clean food are less likely to suffer from diseases. Around Yizhou City, in the mountains, they have acquired 400,000 mu of land. It is very difficult. If you want to move more people to the island, you must open up settlements in the western and central and southern parts of the island. First, dispatch the soldiers in the labor camp and the hard labor and exile prisoners in the service camp. Food and beverages Work and rest are strictly controlled. For more than half a year, although there have been patients with serious diseases from time to time, as long as they are treated and isolated in time, they have not caused serious problems. Even if they suffer from serious diseases, they can be cured in nine out of ten..."

Although Xuzhou decided to borrow 3 million taels of silver from Huaidong Bank to rectify people's livelihood and restore it, but due to the influx of too many refugees in Xusi area and being in a war zone, the population is too dense, and moving the population south is a long-term process. strategy to stick to.

The areas with the largest population in Zhejiang County are also the coastal and riverside areas such as Yongjia, Taizhou, Mingzhou, Kuaiji, etc., which are generally already in the hands of Huaidong—the wealthy land is also very limited.

In the future, even if the west of Zhejiang is conquered, in fact, too many dingkou cannot be placed in the west of Zhejiang with many mountains and few fields. Including the Taihu Lake Plain, Jiangning, Dongyang, Weiyang and other places, the population is relatively full. Only Yizhou Island, which is almost larger than Hailing and Huaian Prefectures combined, has tens of millions of acres of flat land resources that are still undeveloped. How could Lin Bie slow down the development of Yizhou Island because of malaria. Woolen cloth?

The power of the eight surnames in Eastern Mindong is exceptionally large. In the entire Eastern Mindong region, almost 70% of the population can be traced back to their origins, and they can all be related to the eight surnames. Even if the extravagant family is wiped out in the future, it is impossible to eradicate the Eight Clan forces with a population of millions.

When Yizhou was developed, the large-scale immigration of people from Huaisi and other places actually changed the population structure of the southeastern region on a large scale, and also used Huaidong's future rule over the eastern Fujian region.

Later generations thought that miasma was malaria, a pollution disease mainly transmitted by mosquito bites. As long as mosquito nets can be popularized in the world, the infection rate will drop significantly. The early immigrant population, strengthening the management of eating habits and other habits, can effectively control the breeding of malaria.

Furthermore, there is no cure for miasma. Searching medical books, there have been fifteen or six kinds of prescriptions for miasma in the past thousand years. Huaidong has also invested a lot of medical resources in Yizhou Island. Completely put an end to miasma, and can also control the loss within the range that can be tolerated.

Once Yizhou Island forms a living scale of hundreds of thousands of people in one prefecture and several counties, and relies on the Nanyang route, it will become a springboard for connecting Chongzhou, Mingzhou and Nanyang Islands. Even if the Song family does not go to Huaidong at this time, the luxury family will also lose Relying on the possibility of confrontation with Huaidong in the coastal areas of eastern Fujian.

When Song Bo entered the island, he only had a rough look at the surface. Sun Shangwang did not hesitate to introduce a series of details of the development of Yizhou Island, so that Song Bo could fundamentally know that at least the situation in the southeast was no longer a luxury.

At this time, a large ship came upstream from Jinzhuxi, and it did not intend to stop at Yizhou City. When I got closer, I saw that the dark cabin was filled with coal and stone, and it went straight to the mouth of the stream.

"Where is this coal going?" Song Bo asked.

"Chongzhou?" Sun Shangwang replied.

"Huaiyang also produces coal, and it has always been under the control of Huaidong. Isn't it more convenient to transport coal from Huaiyang to Chongzhou than Yizhou?" Song Bo said.

"It looks like Huaiyang and Yizhou are far away, but the river boats are slow and small, the sea-going boats are fast and the boats are big. In comparison, the coal from Yizhou is cheaper to reach Chongzhou..." Sun Shangwang said, "Let's talk about Huaiyang. There is also a slight shortage of coal.”

In the previous dynasty, Huaiyang coal was supplied to Jiangning, Weiyang and other places. At its peak, it amounted to a million stone. At this time, it was not enough for Chongzhou. It is also emotional to think about.

Looking at the size of the coal ship, the load is almost four or five thousand stone, and the five tall masts are towering into the clouds-Huaidong uses the five-masted giant ship extravagantly for coal transportation. Compete with Huaidong in the East China Sea?

It is no longer a question of winning or losing, but a question of eligibility. Thinking of what my sister said before that Yanhu has the determination to develop a water camp in Dengzhou, I thought at this time: Could this be a trap in Huaidong?

Huaidong's shipbuilding resources are far richer than Yanhu's.

Even if Yanhu spent a lot of effort to build the water camp, and even won a series of victories, as long as he loses, Yanhu's water camp will be greatly damaged, and according to Huaidong's shipbuilding ability, he has lost ten times Eight times, it may not hurt the vitality.

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When it comes to the development of water camps~www.readwn.com~, there is also a lot of controversy in the city of Yanjing.

Since Huaidong is regarded as a strong enemy, it is natural to send spies and secret agents to Huaidong to collect information on Huaidong.

The defeat of Xuzhou made Huaidong's Xusi line of defense consolidated, and Yanhu switched from offensive to defensive in Shandong and Henan, but Huaidong deployed water battalions on Miaoshan Island, Jinwei Island and other islands to keep tentacles from beginning to end. Reaching into the Bohai Bay and not taking it back, the city of Yanjing will be like a thorn in the back, and it will be uneasy all day long.

Miaoshan Island is more than ten miles away from Dengzhou City, and Jinwei Island is even closer to Jinhai City, less than ten miles away; Huaidong deploys elite combat forces at such a close distance and can harass thousands of miles from Liaoyang to Jimo at any time. coastal line.

Even more terrifying, Huaidong troops and horses moved very fast by sea, and they were also very concealed and free.

The successive defeats of the luxury family in eastern Zhejiang and southern Zhejiang were a foreshadowing that Yan Hu had to ponder.

In late December, Na Hexiongqi was transferred to eastern Shandong, which meant guarding the sea and frontier. From Dengzhou, Laizhou, Cangnan, Jinhai, Changli, Yuguan, Liaoyang and Jinzhou, Shandong is headed by Nahexiongqi; from Yuguan to Cangnan, it is headed by Yeji Baishi; Liaoyang and Jinzhou are also They all used veteran generals to build a simple sea and frontier line of defense, in order to prevent the large-scale landing of Huaidong troops and horses from Yanji, Liangliao and other central places.

Ye Ji'er invested 100,000 troops in this defense line, including 40,000 Donghu elite cavalry, and the price was not too high. At this time, Huaidong invested only a few thousand troops on Jinhai Island and Miaoshan Island.

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