Chapter 250: Do You Want to Be Chinese?
Wang Yue does not care when North Korea will be attached, and several islands at the mouth of the Yalu River must be firmly occupied.
Yuncong Island is also the ownership of Shenmi Island and other islands, and it is undisputed in this time and space that belongs to the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Because this was the jurisdiction of Donggang Town, which was officially appointed by the Ming court, North Korea never raised objections.
Therefore, Wang Yue could not tolerate the long-term absence of his own military presence in these lands, and the territory of Dongjiang Town should be garrisoned by Dongjiang Town.
Shen Shikui said in embarrassment: "Yuncong Island is too close to the land, and the military strength of my Dongjiang Town is no longer as good as before, and it may not be able to resist the attack of the Jiannu army." ”
It is also true that the era of Mao Wenlong was the peak of Dongjiang Town's strength. Since his death, the general soldier Huang Long has not been able to suppress his arrogant soldiers at all, and Dongjiang Town has gradually been torn apart.
From the three Shun kings Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi, who defected to the Manchu Dynasty in Dongjiang Town, it can be seen how talented Dongjiang Town was in the past.
Shen Shikui came to power by virtue of his in-law relationship with Mao Wenlong, who was born as a businessman, although he did not have much military ability. But he was able to fight with the Qing army to the end, and he would rather die than surrender, and he was a very virtuous general.
It is difficult for Dongjiang Town to even protect itself, and it is indeed difficult to talk about enterprising. Wang Yue smiled and said: "Your Dongjiang Town is not as good as before, and he is not the same as before!" My Tiance army will not stand idly by, and will naturally assist your army in defense. ”
Wang Yue said: "Our army will soon drive Jiannu out of North Korea, and I will send troops to help you garrison Yuncong Island." ”
Yuncong Island was strategically important, controlling the Yalu River estuary to the north, threatening the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and to the south it was in line with Dengzhou and Laizhou on the Shandong Peninsula.
In the future, in order to completely eradicate mites, Yuncong Island can be used as a base for stockpiling supplies. Wang Yue planned to send a battalion to garrison it and recruit laborers to build a warehouse.
Shen Shikui was overjoyed and said: "Then there is no problem, with the Tiance Army to assist in the defense, the last general will definitely be able to hold Yuncong Island." ”
The Tiance army was able to use 5,000 troops to break 50,000 Qing troops in one day, and kill 30,000 enemies, with such a strong army to help defend the island, what else is there to worry about, not to mention that there are so many steel giant ships.
Yuncong Island is a big island after all, which means that the territory of Dongjiang Town has expanded again.
Wang Yue nodded and said, "How many soldiers and civilians do you still have in Dongjiang Town?" ”
Shen Shikui said: "There are more than 12,000 soldiers and more than 130,000 people. ”
Wang Yue said: "The people are living in hardship on the island, it is better to let those fugitives from Liaodong go ashore, and move to Korea, and I will greet the king of North Korea, Li Liang." ”
Most of the people on these islands have fled from Liaodong, and it is indeed not a problem for so many people to be crammed into a small island lacking fresh water.
However, Wang Yue's real purpose was to increase the number of Korean Chinese, and with the strong support of the Tiance Army, he would fight for the rights and interests of the Chinese higher than the Korean natives, and gradually erode Korea, so that it had to be annexed.
The DPRK has a population of about 3 million, and the number of Chinese is quite large, and these 100,000 or so will greatly increase this proportion.
Shen Shikui didn't understand what he meant, and said in embarrassment: "These people are all soldiers and civilians in Dongjiang Town, how can they immigrate to North Korea and become foreigners?" ”
The strength of Dongjiang Town is composed of territory and people, without population, where will the soldiers and money come from? Of course, Shen Shikui didn't want the people to lose.
Wang Yue probably understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "Chief Shen's concerns, this official knows a little bit about it, please follow this official to the boat to see something!" ”
Since Shen Shikui came to Incheon, he has not been on these magical iron ships, and Wang Yue's invitation is exactly what he has dreamed of these days.
Wang Yue took him to a storage room on the landing ship, which was very spacious and could hold several hundred tons of cargo.
"Mr. Shen, please see, how are these goods?" Wang Yue interrupted Shen Shikui's gaze in amazement at the modern ship.
"This, what are these goods?" Shen Shikui's eyes widened.
Wang Yue asked the staff of the trading company accompanying the army to introduce the goods in the storage room to Shen Shikui one by one.
It includes almost all the goods in the starting point, including cloth, pressurized water wells, honeycomb coal stoves, sewing machines, sewing threads, needles, washing powder, sulfur soap, soap, wind oil, cooling oil, toilet water, kerosene lamps, kerosene lighters, etc.
These were specially prepared by Wang Yue for Shen Shikui, and the main source of wealth for Dongjiang Town to survive was smuggling. Shen Shikui, the chief soldier, was also a businessman, so Dongjiang Town was a very ideal regional agent.
Through the introduction of the staff of the trading company, Shen Shikui immediately discovered the huge prospects of these goods, and his eyes lit up and said: "Lord Wang, are these goods going to be handed over to our Dongjiang Town for sale?" ”
Wang Yue smiled and said, "I brought General Shen here, which is exactly what I meant. All kinds of goods here can be handed over to Donggang Town to operate, and North Korea and Liaodong are your sales directions. ”
The Manchu land can also be sold, and whoever makes money is made anyway.
Shen Shikui was overjoyed when he heard this: "Thanks to Lord Wang's attention, on behalf of Dongjiang Town, I would like to thank Lord Wang for his high intentions!" ”
He seems to have seen the prospect of Dongjiang Town's rolling wealth!
Wang Yue nodded and said, "General Shen should be able to see that relying on the goods provided by my starting city, the income of Dongjiang Town will definitely be ten times the meager tax levied from the people." Therefore, after the people moved to North Korea, Dongjiang Town did not have to worry about money and food. ”
"In addition, although these people have moved to North Korea, they are still the people of my Ming Dynasty and the people of your Dongjiang Town. They are in North Korea, and they have to be protected by Donggang Town and our Tiance Army. All disputes involving the Chinese and DPRK people must be supervised and coordinated by our personnel. The people of the Ming Dynasty have violated the law in North Korea, and the North Korean side has no right to adjudicate and must hand it over to our side for trial and finalization. ”
This is extraterritoriality, and Wang Yue intends to include these people in the starting point city in the future.
The regulations of the starting point city, which resemble modern laws, are certainly more popular than the impersonal laws of the Ming Dynasty. Mining and development of Jeju Island and other construction on the North Korean side require the participation and management of the Chinese, and the generous salary package in the city will quickly improve their quality of life.
North Koreans will also be hired in the future, but the salary package will definitely be different from that of the Ming people.
North Korea, like the Ming Dynasty, does not collect commercial taxes, so tax and other issues will be finalized later.
From legal protection to living standards, these Chinese will have a greater sense of superiority in the Central Plains, and make the local Koreans envious.
Do you want the same treatment as the people of the Ming Dynasty? Want to become a citizen of Shangguo? Yes, please learn Chinese first, and then you will be issued a temporary ID for five years. After five years, if you really agree with the Chinese language, and you have passed the fourth level of Chinese, you will be issued an official starting point city identity document after passing the examination.