Chapter Seventy-Three: The Establishment of Jiaozhou Bay

After entering Gaomi County, Yang Yong and others went straight to Jiaoxi, because although Yang Yong could find Jiaozhou Bay from the map, the closest county town to Jiaozhou Bay was Jiaoxi, although it was the closest, but it was still quite far, and the ancient map was not so accurate, how to find it in case of getting lost.

There was not a decent city near the entire Jiaozhou Bay, although the Sui Dynasty did not have a clear ban on the sea, but the maritime trade had not yet emerged, and there was no decent city on the coastline of the entire Sui Dynasty, let alone the famous and prosperous excellent ports in later generations.

After entering Jiaoxi, Yang Jun ignored the enthusiasm of the county order, just encouraged the county order a few words, and then asked for two guides who were familiar with geography and then embarked on the journey, all because of time, and there was not much time left for him to prepare.

"Lord, look, this is the river I said, and if you go down this river, you can reach the seaside that the prince said, and I also stumbled upon it when I was hunting in the mountains and getting lost." The one who spoke was a forty-something hunter, the guide Yang Yin found in Jiaozhou.

"Well, well, let's walk along the river, how long will it take to get there?" Yang Jun asked.

Because he didn't know the specific path, Yang Jun left half of his personal guards and the two hundred military craftsmen in Jiaoxi, and he and others first explored the road and then sent someone back to pick them up.

"About half an hour." The Orion said uncertainly.

Yang Jun and his entourage walked along the river, and sure enough, after about half an hour, they saw an open field, and slowly saw the shadow of the sea. A group of guards who had never seen the sea were very excited, but Yang Jian was not happy, if he came here according to the path just now, then it would be difficult to supply food and other things, let alone build this into a shipbuilding base.

"Lord Wang, what's not to be happy about, it's the first time I've seen it under the sea, it's really spectacular." Han Qiang said.

"It's nothing, I've seen the sea a few times in Huainan Province before, and what this king is thinking about is how to transport grain if he really wants to stay here for a long time, and timber is easy to do, and he can get materials nearby."

"Well, let's go and find out if there are any people in the vicinity, maybe we can find a more convenient way." Han Qiang also felt that the supply of food was a problem when he heard Yang Yun say this, so he proposed.

"Well, okay, be careful!"

"Yes!" After Han Qiang answered, he took more than a dozen people away.

"I can't imagine that there is no city at the confluence of this big river and the ocean, and there are no people, which shows that the Sui Dynasty does not attach importance to the ocean, and it can be seen that there is still a fear of the ocean, otherwise it would have been developed a long time ago. The Maritime Silk Road started from Quanzhou, but that was after the Tang Dynasty, and now there is no business at all. But I came here, so the Maritime Silk Road let it come in advance, it is said that an island country is rich in silver, silver is very cheap, and I don't know whether it is true or false, otherwise it is good to bring some broken copper and iron to exchange for some silver. Yang Jian thought that there were still a lot of things waiting for him to do, from this point of view, these are his missions, if he came to this era and left a backward country for future generations, it is estimated that he will not have to live.

"Lord, we're back." After a while, Han Qiang came back with people.

"How's it going, what's the catch?"

"Back to the prince, we found a small fishing village in front of us, with about a dozen families, so we rushed back to tell the prince first." Han Qiang replied.

"Let's go, go with the king, maybe the people there will know the way to the outside." Yang said expectantly.

"Lord Wang, look, it's that small village." Han Qiang led Yang Jun to the vicinity of the small village he saw and pointed to Yang Jun to show him.

Sure enough, in front of Yang = Yang Jun, a small village with more than a dozen families appeared, and the houses were relatively simple.

"There's a man, let's go and ask."

"Hello old man, what kind of place is this?" When Yang Yun got closer, he realized that it was an older person weaving a net.

"Who are you?" "Ahh Official, we are small fishermen, but we haven't done anything illegal! After seeing the outfits of Yang Yun and the others, he shouted in horror.

"Don't worry, old man, we're just passing by and asking you about things, and we don't mean anything else." Yang Jian was depressed, why were even these fishermen so afraid of officers and soldiers.

It turned out that these fishermen were also the targets of exploitation, and finally some people could not stand the exploitation so they left their hometowns to find a place where there was no exploitation, and then this small village was born.

"There are many more fish here than on the beach where we used to live, but the land near here can't grow food, we can only grow some grass and trees, and we can only fish to exchange for some food, so we still know the road to the county seat." The old man told Yang Jun about their experience of moving here, and explained why there was no one to develop it.

There is a river inflow, which will bring a lot of nutrients, so it is very suitable for the growth of fish, and the reason why you can't grow food is because the vegetation is not destroyed, and the sea water pours into the ground, and the land is salinized, of course, you can't grow crops, no wonder no one will come here to develop.

Is it saline? Nobody wants to develop, does it? Then it's up to me to develop it, it's a good place for both a seaport and a river port, and with such good resources, it shouldn't be a problem to build a new city.

Later, under the leadership of the villagers of this small village, Yang Jian found a convenient path to and from Jiaoxi, and then brought people in, followed by a large amount of food and tools needed for construction.

With the joint efforts of everyone and the help of the villagers in the fishing village, Yang Yong and others only took two days to build a temporary shelter, and all the work is being carried out in an orderly manner. Follow-up support is being continuously delivered here, and Yang Yong is bound to build this place into a decent city, which can be small, but the facilities must be complete and the layout must be perfect. Also think about the subsequent development, after all, to make yourself the first city.

Of course, just when Yang Xuan was in full swing with his shipbuilding business, Yang Xuangan, who had been stagnant for a long time, finally moved, and the first large-scale aristocratic anti-Sui uprising officially arrived. However, everything has nothing to do with Yang Jun, he doesn't want to participate in it for the time being, and he can't participate in it, but can the form really develop secretly and not be affected as he wishes?

(There is no state at all today, the more I write, the more entangled I become, it seems that I have to learn how to write the gods!) )