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Fang La was not reconciled, and all the treasures he had captured with great difficulty and danger had been taken away by the Jinwu army.

Therefore, Fang La sent a large army to attack Hangzhou Bay three times, and the last time he even personally led the army to try to recover the thousands of ships he had lost, and at the worst of all, to recover the hundreds of ships loaded with treasures and materials.

But how did Fang La know that as soon as Li Bao found the hundreds of big ships, he immediately sealed them, and then discussed with Liu Qi and Yue Fei, and Li Bao personally led the amphibious army to send all the ships and shipwrights that Cai still repeatedly emphasized to the rear.

In other words, even if Fang La could recapture Hangzhou Bay, it would never be possible to get back his treasures and materials.

What's more, how could Liu Qi, Yue Fei and others let Fang La recapture Hangzhou Bay?

World War III!

Liu Qi and Yue Fei defeated the Fangla Rebels three times, killing and wounding tens of thousands of soldiers of the Rebels and capturing nearly 20,000 Rebels.

If it weren't for the fact that he had to stick to the bridgehead of Hangzhou Bay, the result would have been even greater.

After trying three times, Fang La finally gave up unwillingly to snatch back his treasures and materials, and stuck to Hangzhou.

With Fang La's thousands of ships, Cai Yi's more than 100,000 horses and prisoners of war could actually reach Hangzhou City at one time.

But Cai still did not do this, he just transferred the Jinwu Left Army and the Jinwu Right Army and the General Staff (including those who Cai was still not at ease) to reinforce Hangzhou Bay, and then took the pro-guard army, the amphibious army, and the Jinwu rear army to escort the prisoners of war to Zhoushan Island.

On Zhoushan Island, Cai still asked Song Jiang and others to continue political education, capture and select people suitable to join the Jinwu Army, and send people to train them, while he himself took a battalion of the Pro-Guard Army and a battalion of the Amphibious Army and went straight to Taiwan.

Taiwan is still just a barren land.

Well...... It's also not a good place to describe it as barren.

There are actually some aborigines on the island.

These aborigines belong to the dwarf black people of the Negrita regional race and the Langqiao people who belong to the Ryukyuan race (they are the ancestors of the Gaoshan people) and belong to the Malay race.

However, there are so few of them that there may not even be a thousand.

The point is that they should not understand the means of warfare, and will only fight like wild beasts, with rudimentary weapons and personal bravery.

Cai still believes that the two battalions should be completely able to deal with them.

In addition, there are some Han people in Penghu.

But—

The goal of Cai Ying's trip is not Penghu, so he can not consider the Han people in Penghu for the time being.

Moreover, there are not many Han people in Penghu, only one or two thousand, and it is impossible to pose a threat to themselves at all - because the population is so small that the Northern Song Dynasty is not in the mood to care about it at all.

(It was not until the middle of the twelfth century, a few decades later, that the Southern Song Dynasty placed Penghu under the jurisdiction of Jinjiang County (later Jinjiang, Fujian) on Fujian Road and sent troops to defend it, and the contact between the mainland and Taiwan became more and more frequent.) ）

The narrowest point of the Taiwan Strait, from Pingtan Island in Fujian Province to Hsinchu, is about 130 kilometers in a straight line.

This seemingly short distance, but the seaway in the middle is difficult to cross, and it is called "Black Water Ditch".

Heishuigou is the common name of the Penghu waterway.

The Penghu waterway has the most rapid flow rate, the depth is bottomless, and the color of the sea water is like ink, so it is called black water.

If you go from Xiamen to Taiwan, you must pass through the "ocean";

If you choose to transit in Penghu, from Penghu to Luermen in Tainan, you must pass through "Xiaoyang".

The large ocean and the small ocean make it very difficult to cross the strait in the east and west directions, and because the water depth cannot be anchored, the sailboat must go with the wind quickly, if it does not have time to pass, it will be swept away by the current and lost.

Therefore, there is "ten goes, six die, three stay, and one turn" - in layman's terms, about an average of ten people, six will die at sea, only three can reach safely, and the last one turns around and gives up crossing the sea.

But—

This is not going to happen to the people that Cai still brings.

First of all, most of the ships in this situation are those small sampan manpower wooden boats, and Cai Ying's boats are all big ships, the best ships of this era, or even beyond the big ships of this era, when they crossed the black water ditch, they rushed over in one breath.

Secondly, when Cai was still in service, his main attack was the southeast coastal waters, so it can be said that with his eyes closed, Cai can still touch Taiwan.

In this way, it is not difficult for Tsai and them to get to Taiwan.

Tsai's biggest trouble they encountered was illness.

The warm and humid climate of the subtropics and tropics makes regional infectious diseases and endemic diseases more serious than those in the north.

Soon after Cai still led the Pro-Guard Army, the Amphibious Army, the Jinwu Rear Army, and a group of entourages to land in Taiwan, one-third of them fell ill one after another.

Fortunately, Cai still knew that the miasma in Taiwan was strong at this time, and brought Wang Jixian, Chen Jingu, and the medical battalion, and also brought a large number of medicinal materials.

In addition, Cai still instilled hygiene knowledge in future generations, such as drinking boiled water, washing hands before eating and after using the toilet, and so on......

In this way, Cai still and others barely gained a foothold on the island of Taiwan.

The triumph of violence is based on the production of weapons, which in turn is based on the productive forces of the power as a whole, hence the importance of economic power.

"The country is poor and the army is weak, the war is invincible, and the code is not solid."

"Therefore, all the tactics of using soldiers, three surprises should be one to, three to, three armies, and three armies should be a battle."

"Therefore, the division of the first phase, the accumulation of ammunition for ten years, the expenses of the First World War, and the achievements of the generations."

In terms of materials, war costs a lot of money, and if the country is weak and the people are poor, it will be difficult to sustain the war.

Therefore, in order to strengthen the army, it is first necessary to develop the economy, and if it wants to defeat the enemy, it must first surpass the enemy in material wealth÷...... It is to rule the world with desire, and wealth does not cover the world, and cannot rule the world."

In addition, if you want to rule the world, you must "have a rich country and a lot of corn", "all the people, strong soldiers, vast land, and rich country will be born in Su", "the land is guarded in the city, the city is guarded by the soldiers, the soldiers are guarded by the people, and the people are guarded in the corn", only if the food is sufficient, the army can defend and fight, "if there is accumulation, it will fight for a long time without rats" is this meaning, on the contrary, if the army is not enough food, "the soldiers are weak and the soldiers are not strong, then the war is invincible and the defense is not solid; If the war is not won and the defense is not solid, the country will not be able to break down." The role of grain in war is very important, and in order to outperform the enemy in material wealth, the most fundamental thing is to strengthen agricultural production.

Many people think that it is not easy to want food, just grab it.

This is a big mistake.

Not to mention, it may not be possible to really grab it, especially in the famine years, how easy is it to grab enough food for hundreds of thousands of troops and more subjects?

Taking a step back, even if you can grab it, you can't grab it all the time, the key is that you can't grab it all the time.

As long as people don't eat for a day or two, or even as long as they don't eat for one or two meals, riots may break out, and the good situation will be ruined.

The southern part of Taiwan has a tropical monsoon climate, which is very suitable for farming, and there is no problem at all in growing rice here with two crops a year, or even three crops a year.

A big reason why Tsai still chose Taiwan as his rear and base is also because Taiwan can become a grain production base.

After reluctantly inspecting Taiwan, Cai was still ruthless and set a fire on the vast plains in the west to burn down the wasteland.

The fire burned for three days and three nights, burning thousands of square kilometers of white ground on the island.

(The rest of the space can be burned while developing.) ）

I don't know if it's because of the fire that Li Yan put out, the miasma on the white ground is not so powerful.

After that, Cai still sent Li Bao back and brought all the people on Zhoushan Island to Taiwan.

During this period, Cai still personally selected a suitable place to plan a city.

A few days later, Li Bao took the people from Zhoushan Island to Taiwan.

These people were full of curiosity about this paradise, and they were even more shocked that Cai could still find such a place.

Cai still didn't have time to make these people curious, or even to get them used to it, so he led them to start planting the Champa rice that he had prepared long ago on the white ground he had burned.

Champa rice is a high-yielding, early-maturing, drought-tolerant rice variety produced in the Indochina Peninsula, which has been introduced to the Northern Song Dynasty for some years and has been rapidly popularized in the Jiangnan region.

Champa rice is named after Champa where its origin is located in the south-central part of Vietnam in later generations.

It has several features

One is drought tolerance.

Second, it is adaptable and born regardless of location.

Third, the growth period is short, only more than 50 days from planting to harvesting.

Fourth, Champa rice can be combined with late rice, and in some areas, it can also become double-cropping rice, which has greatly increased the grain output.

Cai still believes that with the treasure land of Taiwan, plus Champa rice, as long as he gives himself a year, he will definitely be able to save enough food to compete for the world.

In addition to getting people to start farming, Tsai also had people start laying the foundation stone for the city (Tsai is still the name of the first city on the island of Taiwan), and building a port and dock.

Needless to say, the city will be the basis for the survival of people on the island of Taiwan.

Not to mention the port, in the future, people on the island of Taiwan will have to contact the outside world through here, and Cai is still too lazy to bother, so he directly found a suitable place near the True Love Pier in the future to start building a sustainable wharf.

As for the dock, it goes without saying, it is Cai Ying's ambition and ambition, how can he not vigorously develop it?

Moreover, the island of Taiwan has a large number of trees suitable for shipbuilding, some of which can reach a height of 50 or 60 meters, and shipwrights have even found several large camphor trees that are more than 2,000 years old and 70 or 80 meters high, and they can even be used to build treasure ships.

It's just—

The keel used in shipbuilding is not ready in a year or two, so Cai still wants the treasure ship, and he has to wait.

All in all, Tsai is still vigorously developing here on the island of Taiwan, and is committed to building it into his own rear, his own base, and his own retreat.

However, it is a pity that Cai can still stay on the island of Taiwan is limited after all, and he still has a big mess in the southeast and cannot leave it alone.

Cai could only hand over the island of Taiwan to his four women, Wang Sanniang, Liang Hongyu, Fang Baihua, and Chen Jingu, and help each of the four women form an army of 5,000 people.

In addition, Cai still left Zhao Ding, Song Jiang, Zhang Wei and a large number of literati who were loyal to him personally selected by Cai still to Wang Sanniang and four daughters.

Just in case, Cai still left the pro-guard army and the Jinwu rear army to Wang Sanniang and the four daughters.

At the end of March, Cai still led the amphibious army back to Hangzhou.

At this time, the situation in Hangzhou has undergone earth-shaking changes......

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