This time, in addition to Zhen Feng, the governor of Haiyang County, those who came across the sea to see Lin Fu were also the governor of the Chikushi Kingdom, Saga Yorigen, the auxiliary minister of the Hyuga Kingdom, Kongo Tsuno, the governor of Dongzhou, Chi Zhou, and the crown prince of the Danluo Kingdom.

Li Ji et al.

They were all the heroes of Haidong who were supported by Huaidong after the Seogwipu War. [bsp; At this time, the new appointment had only been three months old.

Chen Enze, the governor of Jeju, and Zhou Guangdong, the dean of the Blackwater Shipping Company, also accompanied Zhen Feng, Zuo He and others to Haizhou to wait for the ship.

Haizhou was originally under the jurisdiction of Yizhou, then under the jurisdiction of Huai'an, and was again classified as the Huaibei Salt Supervision Bureau.

Haizhou is located at the intersection of Lunan Hills and Huaisi Plain. It has a coastline of nearly 300 miles, a depth of 100 miles, and nearly 10 million acres of salt fields. Since the reform of the salt administration, Lin Fu officially established Haizhou Prefecture, except for the old counties.

In addition, three other military farms were spun off: Ganyu, Xinpu and Guanyun.

After the defeat of Qingzhou, Chu Zheng and other Qingzhou people persisted in resisting in the Yimeng Mountains to contain the Hulu and newly attached Han troops from expanding southward, while at the same time organizing the Qingyi people to retreat southward.

The area between Xuyi and Xuyi had already accommodated millions of refugees, and there were a large number of households. There was no extra land to accommodate the households that migrated south from Qingyi and other places.

Although there are large areas of wasteland in the coastal areas of Huaibei, as many as millions of acres, they are mostly barren salt moraine and tidal flats, which are easily invaded by the tide. In the early years, they were mainly used as pastures in salt areas. Salt households

It was extremely difficult to live there.

The households that migrated south were scattered, and it was impossible for individuals to cultivate these barren salt moraine flatlands in large areas.

In order to prevent the households who moved south from becoming destitute and displaced, in addition to allowing the wealthy farmers in Qingyi to move to Shou, Hao, Yang, Huai and other prefectures to purchase their own land for resettlement, Lin Fu also moved nearly 120,000 households south from Qingyi.

The households were organized into labor camps and resettled in three large villages under Haizhou Prefecture.

There are 600 households in Haizhou Prefecture's tuntian, and there are more than 1,100 tun camps in total, which are under the jurisdiction of 89 townships.

The efficiency of setting up township bureaus and encampments to collectively reclaim wasteland, build embankments and rivers, and improve soil is definitely not comparable to that of private households.

In addition to the military department's cumulative allocation of one million silver dollars in the past five years, the three villages also borrowed nearly two hundred silver dollars from Huaidong Bank for reclamation, which was used to purchase a large number of iron farm tools, mules, horses and cattle.

, large and small ships, building kilns to burn bricks, burning lime, planting salt-resistant moraine and tide-resistant trees and grass.

Since the official establishment of the garrison area, in four years, a 140-mile-long sea embankment has been built, the Guan River has been cut and straightened to connect the Shu River and Sishui River, and Liutang River has been dug on both sides of the Guan River.

There are several canals connected with irrigation and transportation such as the Xinyi River, and more than two million acres of soil have been improved by the flood siltation method. At present, Haizhou Prefecture has been able to make millions of households almost self-sufficient in food production, and the stilts and roofs built are more

It's tens of thousands.

Of course, the Privy Council's largest direct investment in Haizhou Prefecture is the construction of Haizhou Military Port.

Haizhou is located at the junction of Nanqiu Mountain in central Shandong and the Huaibei Plain. The Yuntai Mountain System within the territory is the remnant of the Taiyi Mountains. The Yuntai Mountain System in Haizhou is connected by Nanyuntai, Zhongyuntai, Houyuntai, and the east and west.

It consists of five mountain ranges including the island.

Dongxilian Island is located in the sea, five or six miles away from Houyuntai Mountain, but it is only five or six miles away from the sea, establishing Huaibei's largest seaport resources with the best terrain.

Houyuntai Mountain penetrates directly into the sea, resulting in many steep banks and few silts along the coast, which can even accommodate Lin Zhengjun-class super-large sea ships to berth directly. However, the east-west connecting islands that are more than ten miles deep from north to south protect the outside, making Haizhou Port

Not affected by strong winds and tides.

In addition, the most critical factor is that there is a perennial branch current in the East China Sea circulation formed from the southern tip of the Koryo Peninsula, which can directly reach Haeju Dongxilian Island. In other words, the sea starting from Seogwipo Seaport on Jeju Island

The ship can use this ocean current to directly cross the sea and touch the offshore areas outside Haizhou without even using star detection technology...

In addition, Haizhou is adjacent to Yizhou in the west and Ju County in southern Shandong to the north. It is an important part of the Xusi defense line.

The water infantry stationed in Haizhou can attack Juxian, Zhucheng, Jimo and other counties in southern Shandong by land; it can directly attack the southeastern and eastern Shandong coast by sea - thus forcing Yanhu to dare not take the initiative to open the Jiaolai River.

The blockade has forced them to adopt the scorched-earth strategy of banning the sea and relocating the border and passive confrontation in the coastal areas of southeastern Shandong and eastern Shandong. As a result, they have no way to utilize the coastal areas of southeastern Shandong and eastern Shandong.

Since the third year of Yongxing, the second water battalion of Jinghai in Huaidong, now the Jinghai Division, has gradually used Haizhou Port as its main garrison, and the newly established Denghai Town Division has also been garrisoned in Haizhou, plus

Previously, the Xu Si Defense Line was stationed in Haizhou, and the water infantry gathered in Haizhou had reached 50,000.

When Zhen Feng, Saga Yorihara, Nagasaki Hidego, Kingo Tsuno, Chi Zhou, Li Ji and other heroes from Haidong rushed to Haizhou, Lin Fu was still on patrol in Shouzhou.

They were under the command of Ge Cunxin, the commander of the Jinghai Division, Yang Shi, the military officer, Luo Yicheng, the prefect of Haizhou, Chen Zhi, the commander of the Denghai Division, Chen Enze, the governor of Jeju Prefecture, and Zhou Guangdong, the director of Heishuiyangshe, who came across the sea.

Accompanied by others, we first inspected the military and political affairs of Haizhou Prefecture.

Standing on the main peak of Yuntai Mountain, looking to the northwest, outside Haizhou Old City, military barracks are lined up in rows between Backstage Mountain and Zhongtai Mountain, like a huge barracks.

There are dozens of large naval warships stationed in the port outside the backstage mountain. At the northern end of the east-west connected island, a huge lighthouse stands in the fort, like a small peak standing on the cliff, and it seems to be gradually brightening in the dusk.

Big star.

At the southern foot of Houyuntai Mountain, there is a newly opened canal that leads directly to Shuyang, Suyu and other places in the west, connecting the seaport with the hinterland of Xusi.

Even during the heyday of the East China Sea pirates, the connection between Haidong and the Central Plains was never completely severed.

After Huaidong dominated the East China Sea, the voyage from Jeju Island to Haeju and Hakseong was shortened to three days, which shortened the voyage from Bokjiang Island and Matsuura Port to Haeju and Hakseong to five days.

The contact with Huaidong is even closer.

The Zhen family, the Saga family, the Kingo family, the Li family, and the Chi family, in order to show that they have no dissatisfaction with Huaidong and at the same time learn new craftsmanship in Huaidong, hundreds of their children are doing business or studying in Huaidong all year round.

What's more, dozens of descendants of the Li family and the Chi family joined the Huaidong Army as generals and led troops in battles - these greatly promoted the connection between Haidong and the mainland.

Therefore, Zhen Feng, Saga Laigen, Kingo Tsuno, Chi Zhou and others said that it was their first time to come to the Central Plains, but they were not familiar with the Central Plains at all before that.

Thinking that Huaidong could transform Haizhou, a small coastal salt industry town facing war, into such a large military port city in just three or four years, stationed with 50,000 elite troops, to directly deter the Ludong area controlled by Yanhu, Zhen Feng and others

People can still feel the power of Huaidong, which is beyond the power of small countries with few people such as Goryeo and Fusang.

Zhen Feng and others crossed the sea to visit Lin Fu this time. Firstly, they wanted to congratulate the Duke on the grand opening of the government. Secondly, at Lin Fu's invitation, they came to Haizhou to discuss the expansion of the Goryeo War. Thirdly, they came to discuss the future of the Haidong region.

Division of power...

Fusang, Goryeo, Danluo and other countries have always been vassal states of the Central Plains Dynasty.

However, after the rise of Yanhu in Liaodong, the Qingshui Division wiped out the 100,000 elite soldiers stationed in the northern border of Goryeo in one battle. Under the control of Prime Minister Zuo Jing and others, Goryeo was completely reduced to a vassal of Yanhu. And the East China Sea bandit forces

During its heyday, the connection between Fusang and Danluo and the Central Plains was also severed.

How could Yuan Yue govern the vassal states such as Goryeo and Fusang when Yuan Yue's local control was still in collapse?

In the eleventh year of Chongguan, Lin Fu led more than 10,000 elite water infantry troops to cross the sea and march eastward. In the battles of Songpu and Seogwipo, he severely defeated the Saga clan and the Goryeo water infantry army. The Saga clan and the Jinxiang clan were defeated.

And the Zhen family of Goryeo surrendered, completely opening up the trade routes to Haidong.

In addition to setting up two free trade ports in the Haidong region, Jeju and Fukushima, which were under the direct jurisdiction of the Huaidong Military Division, Lin Fu also cut off Matsuura, Hirado and other places from Kyushu Island and established them under the nominal jurisdiction of Danluo Kingdom.

He took charge of the Dongzhou Dudufu, and maintained Huaidong's strong presence in the Haidong area, headed by Ma Yigong, to maintain the armament of the Haidong Camp Army with a strength of 15,000 troops.

However, on the one hand, for the purpose of hiding his strength, and on the other hand, Lin Fu had not yet taken control of the center, so there was no way to directly issue a national edict to Fusang and Goryeo in the name of Yuan Yue to formally divide the power of Haidong forces.

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Since the Gong government came to power, Lin Fu has formally taken control of the military and political power of Yuan Yue. Under the Privy Council, there is a foreign vassal affairs department to directly manage the affairs of the vassal. The appointment of the King of Goryeo and the highest ruling Dazai of Fusang, at least in name, requires the approval of the Yuan Yue court.

Only when the edict is given in writing can it be considered legitimate.

Of course, in the past, Yuan Yue had no control over Haidong, and only had the status of a suzerain in name, and had no binding force on the change of power in Goryeo and Fusang. The recognition of Yuan Yue's credential by Goryeo and Fusang was only to give Yuan Yue face.

Even if he doesn't admit it, Yuan Yue can do nothing...

But by this time, especially with the strong presence of the Crown Prince's Office in the Haedong area, including the Jeju Governor's Office and the Haedong Camping Army, the meaning of the imperial edict had fundamentally changed. This allowed the Crown Prince's Office to directly interfere in the affairs of Goryeo and Fusang.

In addition to having a legitimate name, the change of power also has powerful deterrence and operability.

This time, Lin Fu will directly establish a national document in the name of the Privy Council, conferring the title of King Zhonglie of Goryeo on the Zhen family, abolishing the prince title of the Li family, and authorizing the Zhen family, the loyal king of Goryeo, to summon the people of Goryeo to overthrow the puppet Li family controlled by the Prime Minister Zuo Jing.

North Korea will also force Fuso Dazaifu to move to Kyushu Island, and the Saga clan and the Kingo clan will take turns taking charge of Dazaifu to govern the Fuso national government.

Of course, the old forces that control Goryeo and Fusang will not give in easily, and what awaits them is that the war will further expand.

Since Lin Fu led the Huaidong army to cross the sea and march eastward, the Saga clan and the Kingo clan, with the support of Huaidong, conquered the Taira clan and divided the Osumi territory equally; subsequently, the Kingo clan conquered the Changzong Gabe clan.

, the Saga clan conquered the Mori clan, and their territory expanded more than twice as much as before, becoming the two new overlords of the Fuso Kingdom...

The samurai controlled by the Saga clan also expanded from 1,500 before the Matsuura War to more than 5,000. The samurai controlled by the Kingo clan also reached more than 4,000. The combined army reached more than 50,000. The two families

With a population of up to three million under its control, it has the ability to compete with or even replace the Hojo clan that currently controls Dazaifu.

If there is any dissatisfaction, it is that Lin Fu adopts a balancing strategy between the Saga clan and the Kongo clan, so that the two families can check and balance each other while joining forces. Neither one wants to overpower the other, and one family cannot monopolize Kyushu Island to achieve a real goal.

The ultimate goal of dominating Fuso.

However, the Saga clan and the Kingo clan would appear weak if they thought of fighting the Hojo clan alone. In fact, a joint operation is necessary. There is also the official endorsement of Huaidong's balancing strategy, making their alliance more practical.

, a reliable foundation, and you don’t have to worry about stabbing your allies in the back.

Also because the Fukue Free Trade Port under the direct jurisdiction of Huaidong is close to Kyushu Island, the Saga clan and the Kingo clan benefited the most.

The free trade port with Jeju and Bokggang as its main body undertakes the main task of sea trade with Fuso and Goryeo. Sea trade mainly includes raw silk, silk cloth, porcelain, coal and iron, armor, cotton cloth, dyes, sucrose, sea salt, grain, and horses.

, mainly leather, gold, silver, copper and precious metals, with an annual trading volume of up to six to seven million stones. There are nearly a hundred large merchant ships of the Jinhai class and Lin Zhengjun class active in the coastal waters of Haidong, with an annual trading volume of up to two thousand stones.

More than ten thousand taels of silver.

Although the Jeju Governor's Office controlled by the Huaidong Army had to directly collect taxes of about four million taels from such a huge trade volume, the merchant gentry gathered in Heishui Shipping Company also had to take away millions of taels.

However, the merchants controlled by the aristocratic families behind Fuso and Goryeo can still share huge profits.

If they could not profit from it, the Saga clan and the Kongo clan would not be able to form a powerful army with nearly 10,000 warriors and more than 40,000 ordinary soldiers in just five or six years.

The reason why Lin Fu supported the Saga clan and the Kingo clan in their fight for the supreme power of Fuso and supported the move of Fuso Dazaifu to Kyushu Island was mainly because the Hojo clan who presided over Dazaifu at this time was aware that the open Kaidong trade was infringing on his dominance.

Although Fuso's silver production increased significantly after the introduction of the ash-blowing silver smelting method, the annual outflow of five to six million taels of silver, tens of thousands of kilograms of gold, and almost seven or eight times the amount of copper was still unbearable by Fuso at this time.

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To be continued...