Chapter 45 This city is called Weihai

Xiao Wu explained: "Master, this island is the same latitude of Cyprus Island, the island covers an area of 9,251 square kilometers, the original is located in the eastern Mediterranean, the third largest island in the Mediterranean, the central part of the island of Cyprus is plain, the north and southwest are mountainous, rich in copper. ”

What is the concept of 9251 square kilometers, Xu Ding may not be very clear, but when he heard that there are plains above it and copper is abundant, he knows that it is a good place.

The central part is suitable for residential farming, and the north and south are suitable for copper mining, and this is a treasure island.

Xu Ding was a little excited and asked, "Xiao Wu, where is this island?" ”

"Master, the island is in the system space, as long as the owner wants to put it, this island can be released immediately, of course, it is best for the master to choose a wide sea area." Xiao Wu explained and reminded.

Xu Ding thought for a while and said, "Little Wu, how about you say that I put it in the middle of the Bohai Strait." Xu Ding asked, the opposite side of the Bohai Strait is Liaodong, if there is a big island in the middle, then it will be more convenient for Donglai to span to Liaodong.

"Master, Xiao Wu thinks it's best not to do this, although this will shorten the distance between Donglai and Liaodong and enhance the influence of Donglai on Liaodong, but the entire Bohai Strait has a long island chain, and putting a Cyprus island will make the originally not wide Bohai Strait narrower, and it will also make the water situation more complicated, which is not conducive to the entry and exit of large ships in the future." Xiao Wu explained, and then suggested:

"Master, Xiao Wu thinks that it is placed in a southern position between the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea, so that a bridge can be built between Donglai and the Korean Peninsula, so that Donglai can strengthen its control over Lelang County."

Lelang County is basically the territory of the later Joseon Republic, and the Western Han Dynasty added Lelang County to Youzhou, and the Eastern Han Dynasty weakened its control over here.

If a large island is added in the middle of the Yellow Sea between Lelang County and Donglai County, then the Han Dynasty's military front will greatly strengthen the control of Lelang County, and even the entire Korean Peninsula will be a kind of constraint, which can be organically combined together, providing a shortcut route for the Han to send troops.

Xu Ding profoundly understood Xiao Wu's meaning and strategic intentions, and said: "Okay! It is on the sea surface of the Yellow Sea in Donglai and Lelang County. ”

"Will the master let him out now?" Xiao Wu asked.

"Get out there!" Xu Ding returned clearly, and then said: "By the way, Xiao Wu, how many aborigines are there on the island, and what kind of clan or country are they. ”

"Rest assured, the population above is now about 3,000, and it belongs to the Roman ......"

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A few days later, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu both returned to Donglai with troops who had been trained on the battlefield, which made the Beihai family and Taishou, who were originally going to encircle and suppress them, at a loss, and they couldn't find any trace of them after searching for several days.

And Huang County was too guarded by the mansion, Zhang Fei, who had returned from the dust, entered the conference hall and asked: "Lord, why did you summon us back at this time, if you are later, we can have a quick fight with the private soldiers of the Beihai family, and at that time, they will definitely be killed on their backs, and they will be crushed in one fell swoop." ”

Xu Dingdao: "Now is not the time to weaken the Beihai family, don't worry too much about them, let you come back mainly to let you take those bandits who surrendered to an island to eliminate a group of strong enemies." ”

Kick the island to destroy the strong enemy!

Zhang Fei was a little puzzled, and Guan Yu and the others were even more confused.

Xu Ding said half-truthfully: "A big island suddenly appeared in the sea area of Lelang County, Donglai Youzhou, and the people of the Hengshui Lieutenant thought that the warships had gone to reconnoiter in advance, and it was estimated that there were foreign strong enemies on it, so I transferred your troops who had just seen blood to take a look."

Hearing that there is another war and it is still a foreign race, Zhang Xi and Guan Yu are both excited, especially very passionate, especially Guan Yu, who is even more anxious than Zhang Fei, of course, his expression is difficult to show, just with a smile in his eyes, and a murderous intent is shot in his eyes.

arranged the affairs of the county, and Xu Ding took Zhang Fei, Guan Yu and others to the east.

Whether it was Tuntian Commander or Hengshui Commander, the soldiers and horses were placed in the east.

Tuntian Duwei reclaimed hills and mountains and built water conservancy; The governor of Hengshui developed the coastal area and built a new camp in the Weihai area in the later generations, and built a salt farm and a shipyard based on this.

When Xu Ding and others arrived, this place had changed dramatically, and a new large town was formed.

After inspecting the circle, Xu Ding said: "Zike has done a good job, it won't be long before this place will become a county seat." ”

"This is thanks to the fact that the lord chose a good position, Zhicai and others were willing to allocate money and grain, and Zinong and their Tuntian soldiers came to help, otherwise Qian would have the heart to do it, and he would not have built this scale so quickly." Lu Qian replied modestly, and then asked:

"The lord hasn't chosen a name here yet, so why don't you come."

Everyone knew that Xu Ding was extremely proficient in choosing a name, so they all looked at him.

Xu Ding thought for a while and said: "This is the station of the Hengshui Captain, and in the future, my Donglai Navy will definitely go out from here, ride the wind and waves, and rise to the four seas, so it will be called Weihai!" ”

Everyone applauded, and I have to say that the name was very wonderful and meaningful.

Then Lu Qian took Xu Ding to see the newly built ships, there were not many of them, and the hull was not too big, and they were reluctant to go out of the sea, and if they were too far away, they were dangerous.

But it is enough, this time it is not to collapse the sea and jump attack, but to transport the soldiers and horses to the island of Cyprus, and the monsoon has long stopped, and the sea will not be calm and there will be no big situation.

Basically satisfied, Xu Ding let everyone rest for a day, and the next day they were ready to pedal the boat to the sea.

In the evening, Zao only came to see him.

Looking at the jujube that had been tanned a little, Xu Ding said: "It seems that Zinong has lived a very fulfilling life and lost a lot of weight. ”

"The lord has entrusted me with such an important matter, how can Zinong slack off." Zao Yu continued:

"My lord, in the entire eastern part, except for the Hengshui Duwei, which is suitable for large-scale farmland reclamation and the construction of a big city, there are only two other places."

"Oh! In other words, there are three more counties in the entire east, which is not bad. "It's about the same as Xu Ding's estimate, Donglai is hilly and mountainous, and there will be fewer places suitable for building a city, which means that the population ceiling of Donglai in the future is not optimistic.

Then the significance of the island of Cyprus is great.

Next, I chatted with Zaoyi about some things about Tuntian.

The next day, half of the naval army under Captain Hengshui went out of the water village, and almost all the warships were dispatched.

Slowly sailing 10 to 20 degrees north-east, a day later, I finally saw the shadow of a large island in the distance.

There are several small islands around the island, and the small islands are waiting with scouts of the navy sent by the commander of Yokosui in advance.

"Bingduwei and Fujun, that island is huge, it is the largest island we have ever seen, the south side of this island is a mountain range, extending horizontally until the east, if you want to kick the island, you will either land from the west or more far east, no people have been found on the island, the island is densely wooded, and the terrain is getting flatter and flatter to the north, which is very suitable for farming."

The soldier on the island briefly recounted what he knew.

This is not much different from what Xiao Wu said, the difference is that Xiao Wu knows everything above, while the scout is only a part of the investigation, and then analyzes it based on what he sees.

"The fourth and fifth lieutenants will land from the west, Zike, you will continue to sail east with the navy to find a suitable landing site, and at the same time pay attention to the situation on the island, if you find that anyone is not allowed to go to the island and have a conflict, just block the coast, and notify us immediately." Xu Dingyi waved his hand and made arrangements, and the army was divided into two, in the east and west directions of the island.