Strictly speaking, after passing through a series of island groups including Changshan Island, from Penglai County, Dengzhou, the northernmost end of Jiaodong, it arrives at the nearest land edge of the Liaodong Peninsula, with a straight line distance of about 100 kilometers.

Therefore, limited trade activities can be carried out by relying on smaller fishing boats for relay. If it is a large sea boat, you can easily reach the other shore by following the natural currents of the Bohai Rim.

Before our army entered Huaidong, pirates and private dealers who traveled between the Liaodong region and the Jiaodong Peninsula often used the Changshan Islands as a springboard or escape and hide.

Because the terrain and environment here are so convenient. So it was not until last year that these marginalized forces were actually announced to be basically cleaned up.

Therefore, compared with the uncertainties such as the danger and accidents of sending troops to the Shillao family in winter, this spring voyage almost felt decent, and it had arrived at the other side of the destination calmly without any decent schedule.

Compared with the ancient district called Jilizhou, the modern emerging seaside city of Dalian is naturally completely different in flavor and feeling.

In fact, in the later years, the city of Dalian was only a small fishing village named Qingnipu in Dalian Bay, the narrowest part of the small peninsula. It really became the prototype of the city, and it happened after Tsarist Russia occupied Liaodong in the late Qing Dynasty.

At this time, the capital of Jili Prefecture was Jili Prefecture located in the north of the small peninsula (now Zhuanghe Chengshan Mountain City), which was located deep inland. It belonged to the prefecture inherited from the Goguryeo era.

Therefore, in this era, from the vast sea, from afar, apart from the stacked low hills and the winding roads that are almost unrecognizable, there are basically no traces left by artificiality. They are gray-green mottled wilderness and rocky coastlines, filled with view.

But the only exception is that after turning a headland, the irregular strip-shaped peninsula that shrinks and extends out as the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula. As the traditional port city of Duli Town (now Lushunkou), which has a considerable scale and prosperity, is still of considerable scale and prosperity.

It is said that there have been a record of people here in the Qin Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, Dashi County, which belonged to the four counties of Lelang, was named "Ma Shijin" in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and played the role of foreign trade between the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Therefore, the history of opening ports and ports is quite long.

Although, because the coastal areas are limited and the overall layout is not too big, people think of the large Liangshanhai City as soon as they see it, but it is much more regular and orderly.

The stacked buildings have been paved from the seaside dikes in a certain order and in a certain order, step by step to the hillsides, terraces and hills near the shore, making almost every inch of high and low space and drop.

Then it was surrounded by a long ring of wooden exterior wall, leaving only the part of the embankment and trestle that extended toward the sea.

As for Duli Town itself, it seems that my reaction and attitude towards my foreign army crossing the sea also received some publicity and explanation, and I was a little calm and too indifferent.

Only those merchant ships under the banner of other places will show a little panic and surprise. Then, driven and urged by the port area, they hurriedly gave up a large berth with enough space to us.

The one responsible for diversion and opening the way for us was also a paddle-up clutch from the commercial group in Huaidong. The only small episode during this period was that two unavoidable merchant ships collided with each other and several people fell into the water.

But when she got off the boat, Sanmei's face looked a little bad, or it was even worse. Was she a little seasick? However, even though the wind and waves that were farther away from Silla in winter have come, why did she feel so smooth that she feels so faint?

"Or why don't you go down and rest for a while..."

I asked kindly.

"If it really doesn't work, just go back with the boat. Don't force it..."

What responded to me was her stubborn look and persistent expression. Well, it seemed that what I said had a certain counterproductive effect.

After camping and building defense areas on the spot, demarcating the scope of alert and basic shooting boundaries, the port was closed on the spot for one month, and all local ships and manpower were requisitioned to provide subsequent material delivery.

As a result, there was naturally a lot of complaints, but after several heavy cannons with a pre-designed high point were brought to the sea and the waves tested on the sea were built, all the noise disappeared.

On the other hand, most of the business in Duli Town is more or less a direct or indirect relationship with the emerging Huaidong.

The only local armed forces are the five hundred vassal soldiers who are used to tax hundreds of soldiers and maintain public order, plus three small sea boats that can only move along the coast.

He also looks a bit awkward, with old, weak, sick and disabled.

It took three days to arrange the stop, and I led the guards who had respite and reduced the number of troops to continue to march towards the inland of the peninsula along the trade route opened on the west coastline.

It is said to be a commercial road, but it is actually just a dirt road mixed with a little gravel. It is just that due to frequent business trips and travel, people regularly maintain and maintain a basic state of traffic.

As a mountainous and hilly geographical environment on the Liaodong Peninsula, it is located in Jili Prefecture at the southern end and is also a mostly mountainous land and a long-term low-tempered hill;

The plain lowlands are only scattered in the rivers and in some mountain valleys, and people gather in coastal villages, towns and cities.

But here has an excellent environment. As the saying goes, there is no severe cold in winter and no scorching heat in summer.

Because the direction of the local mountain range not only blocks the cold current that blows from the north every year, but also comes from the warm and humid water from the ocean, intercepting the hills and peaceful ground along the coast.

Therefore, the quality and output of local fruit trees such as apples, pears, peaches, hawthorns are quite good. In addition, there are many trees in the head of oak trees, and the yield of tussal cocoons suitable for breeding in the local area is not small.

There are also some benefits in aquatic products, reed planting, salt drying, etc., and most daily necessities, including iron products, have to rely on external imports.

Therefore, although the time for trading with Huaidong is still short, it is familiar to different levels of local areas.

On the way to Jili City, I specially stopped here in Qingnipu, which is still unknown. I collected some seashells and snails in the scattered beaches and waves as a kind of air-remembering remembrance of the tourist cities and coastal resorts of later generations.

According to preliminary investigation,

This is the narrowest part of the small peninsula at the southern end and the land in the north. It is only about ten miles wide and long. Standing at the highest point, just half of the body can bring the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea into view.

This is also a natural and dangerous place, with rugged coasts on both sides, and a soil channel facing the sea runs through it with a backing against a ridge.

Although the road is wide enough and relatively flat, under the undulating ground drop, just a low wall or wooden fence can block and intercept it.

In fact, the Luo family also set up a tax-type clip here. Behind it is a two-story flat-top village with a high terrain and rammed earth and wooden structure. It is also a vassal soldier from Liao County, which looks big and round, and has become much more powerful.

I think this is also the last agreement between the other party, and let me stay in Duli Town. After all, it is difficult for any foreign force to maintain the production of Duli Town and some surrounding towns and villages.

However, the weapons and equipment used by these garrisons have reduced their evaluation a lot.

Although there are both long and short soldiers, and nearly half of them are covered with armor; most of them are old-fashioned and rusty, which seems to lack time to practice and maintain. Even the garrison regiments of the six states in Huaidong's interior are in better condition than theirs.

After seeing my escort force armed to the teeth, my expression was also a bit complicated and deep. There were emotions similar to envy, jealousy and hatred, as well as surprise and fearful staying away.

After passing through Qingnipu, the vast and open coastal scenery gradually disappeared and fell into the rolling low hills and mountains again.

As the team walked, it seemed that the road ahead, together with the first rider who was leading the way to investigate, disappeared immediately; then when they got closer, they were looking at it, but behind a rock, a section of low wooden bridges, a line of gullies and valleys, traveling and coming again appeared.
Chapter completed!