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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 are: "Ten go, six die, three stay, one turn", 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.

Of course, this situation will not happen to the Liangshan army, most of the ships that appear in this situation are those small sampan manpower wooden boats, and the ships of the Liangshan army are all big ships, and when they cross the black water ditch, they rush over in one breath.

The biggest trouble that Liang Shanjun 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 the Liangshan Army landed in Taiwan, one-third of them fell ill one after another.

Fortunately, Li Yan took An Daoquan with him wherever he went, and all the troops in Liangshan had military doctors, otherwise, it would be a big trouble, and if it was not done well, it would be lost by more than half at once, and the key was that he could not take the territory of Taiwan.

As soon as there was a large-scale illness, Li Yan immediately asked Li Jun to go back and take Kong Hou and five hundred physicians, and at the same time took a large number of medicinal materials.

An Daoquan and Kong Hou teamed up, quickly controlled the condition, and developed a special drug.

At the same time, Li Yan was ruthless and set a fire on the vast plains in the west.

The fire burned for twenty-two days, burning thousands of square kilometers of white land on the island.

(The rest of the place is developed and burned at the same time.) ）

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

Later, Li Yan found that the local natives loved to bite betel lang, which seemed to have a certain effect on preventing miasma, so he forced everyone to chew betel nut.

In addition, Li Yan insisted that everyone drink boiled water, personally planned to build a sanitation system based on the knowledge of later generations, and so on......

All in all, despite the difficulties, the Liangshan army finally gained a foothold on the land of Taiwan.

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The future county seat of Taiwan County.

Li Yan watched Tao Zongwang and Jin Dajian command the two largest armies (engineering army) of the Liangshan Army to build Taiwan City, and said: "Jeju Island has just been almost built, so I transferred you here to open up the wasteland, and the conditions here are still so difficult...... Thank you, brother. ”

Wang Lun smiled: "I'm still afraid that my brother will let me stay on Jeju Island for a lifetime." ”

Li Yan turned his face blank and said: "What is this, most of the money and grain we got from Goryeo were stored on Jeju Island before, so naturally we have to find a safe person to manage it, if not, I will ask you to go to Seoul to take the place of me." ”

Wang Lun smiled and said, "The little brother is just joking...... After staying on Jeju Island for a few years, the younger brother's mentality is much better than before, the elder brother is the person who is destined to return, as long as the younger brother tries his best to assist, there will be a day in the future when the glory of the ancestor will be crowned with his wife and son. ”

Li Yan looked at Wang Lun for a while, and saw that Wang Lun didn't seem to be faking, and said in his heart: "True or false, unless I die by myself, my current status is no longer something that anyone can shake." ”

Li Yan said: "Let my brother have that day." After a pause, Li Yan said again: "All the people on Penghu have moved to Taiwan County, and then let Ou Peng and their amphibious army be stationed in Penghu, but all those who come to Penghu will be sent to Taiwan County, and they must be kept secret, and Song Guo must not know that we occupy Taiwan County." ”

Wang Lun said: "The younger brother knows the severity, and he will definitely not spoil the elder brother's big things." ”

Li Yan said: "Hmm...... This place will be built as soon as possible, and I will move two million people here one after another, and I am ready to make this place a second Goryeo. ”

Hearing Li Yan say that he would move two million people and build this place into a second Goryeo, Wang Lun's eyes lit up, if this was the case, then his status would never be under Wen Huanzhang!

Li Yan said: "The southern region here is a tropical monsoon climate, very suitable for farming, growing rice here, there is no problem at all with two crops a year, or even three crops a year, if you build this place well, we will not be short of grain in the future, in addition, in the future this will be the important place for our Shuibo Liangshan foreign trade, as for the military status of this place I have told you before, in short, Taiwan County is very important, so your task is very heavy." ”

Although he didn't understand what a tropical monsoon climate was, Wang Lun still said with a solemn expression: "Little brother will do his best!" ”

Li Yan said: "As for the local natives, try to integrate them into our ...... If they refuse to fit in with us, then don't be soft-hearted, let alone soft-hearted. ”

The local aborigines have a very bad custom - grass.

The so-called grass is the custom of hunters' heads: after killing people, they bring their heads back and put them in their homes or tribes' sheds to show their military achievements.

They cut off people's heads, not primarily for hatred or money, but for reasons that were sacred to them, such as sacrificing ancestors, proclaiming adulthood, boasting of bravery, driving away diseases, and so on.

And the targets of their grass are often unrelated foreign races, so the large number of Han people often become the main victims.

You can't reason with them for this barbarism, you can only give them two choices - obey or die.

Anyway, there are only more than 10,000 of these natives in total, if they don't choose to fuse, then there is no way, Li Yan can only choose to kill to stop killing.

Wang Lun smiled and said: "Although the younger brother is a scholar, he will not be soft when he kills people. ”

Wang Lun's words, Li Yanxin, and didn't look at what Wang Lun did before, so Li Yan didn't continue the topic, but changed the topic and said: "Xiao Jiasui has the talent of the world, you communicate with him more, after all, one person is short and two people are long, and you draw up a list of required talents, and I will match them to you as soon as possible." ”

Wang Lun responded: "Okay, I'll go and discuss with Xiao Tongju in a while, and give my brother a list as soon as possible." ”

Li Yan said: "I have too many things to do, I can't stay here for too long, at most I will have to leave for more than a month or two, so I have to rely on you here, in addition, there is no need for so many soldiers to be stationed here, I will leave you the Fifth Army, the Seventh Infantry Army, the Eighth Infantry Army, and the Twelfth Infantry Army, plus the Eleventh Infantry Army stationed in Penghu, it should be enough for you to deal with any emergencies, and you have to establish a flying slave system as soon as possible, so that there is really a situation that you can't deal with, I will send you reinforcements as soon as possible." ”

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