Wei Yi said with some uneasiness: "Penghu Shenzhen and Hong Kong, the two sides of the strait are fortified, easy to defend and difficult to attack, I'm afraid it won't get in the way, right?" ”

Penghu is indeed an easy to defend and difficult to attack geographical environment, the Ming army and the Dutch army are at war, the Dutch are guarding in the port of Penghu, 1,000 people against the Ming army more than 10,000 people, although the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is not very good, it also shows that Penghu is not so easy to attack.

"And quite a few eight-ox crossbows." Wei Yi suddenly laughed again, and said: "There are at least a dozen eight-bull crossbows installed on the high part of the port, with this thing, it is not easy to enter my Penghu, and the last step is Penghu County, and there are also bed crossbows at the head of the city, which are all good things left over from the past." ”

"There are only a few eight-bull crossbows, tens of thousands of people are rushing over, how many do you shoot with one crossbow?" Xu Zixian said: "We are trying to cast artillery, I don't know when it will be successful, and when the time comes, we will give priority to assembling it to Penghu...... But what I want to say is that the most important thing is to win people, so that we can keep the peace of Penghu and the Eastern Domain, and also protect our foundation. ”

"Regimental training or expansion of the army?"

"Of course." Xu Zixian said: "There are six battalions of soldiers in the water division, and at least thirteen battalions of soldiers in the Eastern Domain." I'll do the math for you, there are more than 3,000 people in the water camp now, exactly six battalions, which is enough. There are also 1,700 old soldiers, only three battalions and one more, and nine battalions of soldiers, after arriving in the Eastern Domain, the situation is slightly stable, and the army is expanded together in Nan'an, Penghu, and Eastern Domain. ”

"Why?"

"Of course, the remnants of the Qishan thieves attacked the Eastern Domain, and Penghu ......" Xu Zixian smiled and said: "When the time comes, you need Yanke's cooperation to appease the envoy...... Well, be a little more alarmed. ”

"I'm too embarrassed, am I?" Wei Yi pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "There are less than 300 people in Qishan, and my county is too poor." ”

The two glanced at each other, feeling tacit understanding, and couldn't help but laugh.

Xu Zixian felt comfortable in his heart, King Qi's arrangement was quite correct, Chen Zhengbin was also an interesting person, and the relationship with Xu Zixian was also quite good, but no matter what, it was a layer apart, not like Wei Yi, it was simply a brotherly relationship and tacit understanding.

"Of course, the garrison is self-......sufficient," Xu Zixian said: "My Eastern Domain is developed, and the people of Penghu who are poor and cannot provide for themselves, and those who have no land to cultivate can slowly move to the Eastern Domain. ”

"Of course it's good." Wei Yi really doesn't care, there are only 4,000 households in Penghu, more than 20,000 people, most of them are black households, Fujian has the habit of going to sea to seek a way to live, and where there are seven mountains, two rivers and one field, there are poor people who go to sea to live. Many of the immigrants from Penghu went to the Eastern Domain, but later learned that the Eastern Domain was not as good as they imagined, and it was not easy to go home, so they were delayed in Penghu from generation to generation. And these people are poor, fishing for a living, sometimes go to the Eastern Domain to fish, or go back to the coast of Fujian, herd sheep on the island, collect work, and fish, most of these are black households, and they are also the poorest people.

According to the production conditions at that time, a family planted at least twenty or thirty acres of land in order to maintain a well-off life, because the average yield per mu was too low, especially in an island place like Penghu, the original yield per mu was not very good, and it was mainly planted with miscellaneous grains and beans, and was often plundered by strong winds.

The difficult life of those black households, Xu Zixian felt before entering Penghu.

A large number of people named Huazi live in low, cave-like houses, with yellow faces and thin muscles, and empty eyes, and when they see Xu Zixian and other outsiders, there are not many ripples in their eyes, maybe they have seen too much, and they know that these people can't change their embarrassing lives.

If these black households are moved to the Eastern Domain, it should be a win-win situation for Xu Zixian, Wei Yi, and these people who are living in difficulty.

"The premise is ......" Wei Yi said with some suspicion: "Can the development of the Eastern Domain really succeed?" ”

"Necessity." Xu Zixian laughed confidently.

"Okay, then I'll wait." Wei Yi stood up and said with a smile: "But before you can show your ambitions, you still have obstacles that you can't spare, the Nanyang Naval Division is under Ren Zhong, and his subordinates are the big votes." ”

Xu Zixian also heard the noise outside, and also stood up and said, "It seems that someone has come to 'welcome' me." ”

Wei Yi said happily: "People stay in Penghu well, the annual military salary, money and food expenses plus maintenance expenses are also 300,000 yuan, as soon as you come, whether you want to check the money and food, whether you want to read the account books, whether you want to verify the personnel, whether you want to watch the battleship, watch the sea drills, watch the bow and arrow, after this set, they will hate you to death." ”

"Even if there is a group of evil dragons, I have a dragon slaying sword." Xu Zixian smiled, his face turned cold, and he said coldly: "The country has hundreds of thousands of yuan a year, not much, and how many households are squeezed out of their mouths, so they can't afford to waste it like this?" ”

Wei Yi nodded lightly, it was also his wish to be able to suppress Master Qingshui, but the official position was not enough, and he was extremely happy about Xu Zixian's arrival.

"The military discipline of the officers and men of the Navy Division is very bad, you don't have to worry, just stay in Penghu for a few days."

……

"Nan Anhou doesn't go to the banquet?"

Although it was not surprising for this result, Ren Zhong still felt like he was slapped in the face, and Weifu's self-respecting face showed a rare anger, embarrassment, and a little panic.

After all, they are separated from the sea, and the treatment of the naval division and the forbidden army is equal, and they are not subject to the control of the metropolitan governor's office, and are only under command and cooperation in wartime.

In peacetime, the sailor trains on his own, and only accepts the moderation of the pacification envoy and the control envoy, but he is alone, and the military order is not passed, in fact, the sailor is Ren Zhong who has the final say.

Only when there was a need for food, money, and necessary paperwork would Ren Zhong send people to Fuzhou to deal with the officials of the pacification envoy.

Usually, Ren Zhong has the final say, and the imperial court pinched his nose and endured this situation because of the particularity of the sailor.

Well, now that a sudden observer, that is, the Navy Division's supervising army, was sent over, and that's not all, it is still Nan'anhou, a strong person who has a certain strength in the military and government of Fujian, and even the strength is not faintly under the Zhao King and the pacification envoys.

What is this?

Ren Zhong thought angrily, who has the final say in the sailor?

A strong observation will make it absolutely possible to overhead the control of the sailors, and a strong control will also make the observation useless.

So the question is, between Ren Zhong and Xu Zixian, who is stronger?

Ren Zhong took a deep breath, he was not a fool, he knew who was stronger and who was weak between him and Xu Zixian, but he didn't have the idea of sitting still......

"The account books are flat...... Ren Zhong looked at the seven or eight henchmen under the lights in front of him, and commanded quietly: "Make up for what should be made, make up for what should be flat, and if this layer is done, we will be invincible first." Then, recently, be diligent, and tell the brothers under your command to do the same, you should give benefits, and you must hold people's hearts...... Nan Anhou is not three heads and six arms, his affairs in the Eastern Domain are more important, here, as long as we are respectful and docile, obedient in everything, inside and out, just a word, the sailor here listens to Nan Anhou...... coaxed him like this, not to let him treat the sailor as his own confidant, but also to make him not think of slashing the sailor with a knife......"

Ren Zhong is nearly fifty years old, and he has been in the water division for thirty years, and his attitude is quite calm when he speaks, but there is still an unspeakable sense of humiliation.

"In short, let him be nothing more than checking the accounts, proofreading, and marching laws......" Ren Zhong said with a grudge on his face: "The new official has three fires, he is still a young clan, and he must have a big false fire, so we will become cotton, so that he has no place to ...... it."

……

Fuyi and Ling No. 1 did not stop in Penghu, and went directly to Huaxi Village after putting down Xu Zixian and others.

That is the main development place of the Eastern Domain, along the Huaxi development of dozens of miles, most of the immigrants and military villages are there, the main village is also the place where the defense envoy Chen Duzhong is located, known as Huaxi Village, a radius of five and a half miles, there are two thousand garrisons in the village, and two or three thousand residents live in the village.

The immigrants of Nan'an Hou Mansion were distributed along Huaxi and another stream more than 20 miles away, and Xu Zixian didn't know what the name of that big river was in later generations, so he simply named it Nan'an River.

Fu Yi and Ling No. 1 were transporting warriors and a large number of tools, while several other Fu boats and water bow ships, and the Dragon Spirit Boat continued to transport ploughing oxen, horses, donkeys, mules, and complete sets of chariots and horses.

These things are being done in an urgent way, so Xu Zixian doesn't have much time to delay in Penghu.

But he just stopped.

The main island of Penghu is more than 60 square kilometers, and the combined Yuweng Island and Baisha Island are more than 30 square kilometers, and the size of the main island is equivalent to the size of half a county in the mainland, and five or six townships and towns are not very small.

The two islands of Baisha and Yuwen are about to be a township each.

The population of the other 20 or so islands combined is not as large as that of a large village in Nan'an.

Most of the island's residents are fishermen, and they also herd goats and ducks, and when Xu Zixian and his party drove by, many islanders looked at them with curious eyes.

After seeing quite a few birds and two sub-islands, Xu Zixian walked around the island again.

Wei Yi, the magistrate of the county, didn't have much government affairs, so he followed Xu Zi to run blindly first, just as he was patrolling the county.

"Penghu beans are actually a good choice......" After watching it for a whole day, Xu Zixian said to Wei Yi: "Do you know what the problem is, Yanke?" ”

"I don't know." Wei Yi said honestly: "In front of you, I am a fool. ”

Xu Zixian laughed, patted his friend's shoulder, and said, "If you Wei Yanke want to say stupid, then I just don't have a brain...... You just don't think in any other direction. ”

"Please be enlightened and ...... released"

"Have you noticed how many oil mills there are on the island?"

"I didn't pay attention...... Wei Yi said curtly: "It should be a lot, right?" ”

"Eleven ......" Xu Zixian said with a smile: "Tens of thousands of people, less than 80,000 acres of land, most of them grow beans, half of the rape flowers and peanuts, the wind is too strong, they can't grow tall crops, they fall rainwater, they store little fresh water, they can't grow rice, most of them live on trade, fishing, and grazing, and the small half of them farm land, and the number of commercial houses and shops is very small, and there are few in the county, but no matter what, eleven oil mills with a population of tens of thousands of people can only squeeze enough oil for their own use, isn't it?" ”

"That's right......" Wei Yi is a smart person after all, and he realized himself at the moment and said: "Mingda, what do you mean is that it is too much of a loss for us to sell beans and peanuts directly in Penghu, and it is more cost-effective to build a large-scale oil mill to sell oil?" ”

"That means you, Wei Yanke, are not stupid......" Xu Zixian laughed, but after a while, he said: "Since you don't have this awareness, I will build a large oil mill directly in the Eastern Domain, and there are also a lot of bean fields over there, plus the ones collected from Penghu, large-scale production capacity can reduce costs, and large-scale acquisitions can lower prices, well, this is a good way." ”

"I don't care...... Wei Yi shrugged his shoulders and said: "As long as you get rid of twenty or thirty thousand people, I have fewer people here, and there are many people in the port, and everyone can live a good life." ”