The Pearl River is mighty and mighty, and it flows into the Lingding Ocean to the south after passing through Panyu City. In terms of length alone, the Pearl River is quite inferior to the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, but when it comes to water flow, it is extremely abundant, and the amount of sediment it transports downstream every year is also amazing.

The so-called vicissitudes of life, Panyu City, which is at the mouth of the Pearl River at this time, will not be near the sea in later generations. The Pearl River continues to be transported day and night, and the Pearl River Delta gradually expands outward, causing the coastline to continue to move southward. In later generations, Zhongshan City and Zhuhai City, which were connected to the mainland, are now just a small island floating in the Lingding Ocean.

Guo Bin's final choice to build a manor and wharf here was also after repeated considerations.

First of all, it is directly opposite the mouth of the Pearl River, and sugarcane from the inland can be easily transported here through the Pearl River, and then transported to the north by sea ship, so the transportation here is extremely convenient. In other words, as long as it is located here, the entire Pearl River basin will be its raw material production base, which is an excellent place for entrepot trade.

Secondly, since it can be used as a hub for entrepot trade, it can also control the mainland through convenient transportation on the Pearl River. In other words, once there is an emergency elsewhere in Jiaozhou, Guo Bin's elite soldiers can be quickly deployed, and they will be able to reach the mainland by boat as quickly as possible. Therefore, as long as the Pearl River Estuary is controlled, the entire Pearl River Basin will be held in the palm of your hand.

Third, this is an isolated island in the Lingding Ocean, surrounded by water, so it is naturally convenient to isolate the island from the island. It is relatively independent and extremely large, whether it is the construction of docks, barracks, shipyards, storage facilities, or the development of plantations, it can do its own thing without worrying about leaks or interference from the court and outsiders. With Guo Bin's prestige and strength, if he can really occupy this island and look at the entire Jiaozhou, no one will dare to provoke him.

Fourth, political strategy and balance are also extremely important considerations. Nowadays, the situation in Jiaozhou is extremely delicate, although Zhu Fu and the Shi family reached an intention to cooperate on the issue of sugarcane, but as the fundamental contradiction between the imperial court and the local wealthy clans, it has not been eliminated, and there is competition between the two sides. Now Zhu Fu is recruiting troops, striving to take strong control of Jiaozhou, at least to gain the initiative in the dialogue with the local wealthy clans; The Jiaozhou wealthy family, led by the Shi family, competed with the Assassin Mansion in all aspects, striving to maintain their right to speak in the local area. This is the result of more than 100 years of hard work of local wealthy families after several generations, and how can the benefits be easily thrown away?

Nowadays, the two sides have a balance of strength and maintain a very delicate balance, and it is conceivable that once an external force intervenes, this delicate balance is likely to be quickly broken, and the situation in Jiaozhou will be difficult to say. The 300 elites sent by Guo Bin are not much of a force in the Central Plains, where the population is large and the control of the imperial court is still very strong, but after arriving in Jiaozhou, with their excellent equipment and hard training, and they are all veterans who have seen big scenes, they will definitely become the third force between the Jiaozhou government and the local wealthy families. This power is used to subvert Zhu Fu's Assassin Mansion or completely exterminate the Shi family, which is a fool's dream, but once it falls to either side, it will definitely make it win an overwhelming victory in the balance of power.

Under such circumstances, it would be unwise to rush into the struggle between the two sides. Because no matter which side it leads, although it can help it win, its own strength can only drink a little soup and water, and the rate of return is too low. And if Guo Bin is independent of the two, no one will rely on, but he can become the object of competition between the two sides, the so-called waiting price and selling. Guo Bin did not only send 300 soldiers to sit in the town, as the scale of his purchase of sugarcane expanded, it is bound to have a very profound impact on the economic structure of the entire Jiaozhou, so Guo Bin's influence in Jiaozhou is undoubtedly deepening day by day. After Jiaozhou's influence deepened, he could legitimately exert his influence on Jiaozhou in other aspects, so that the situation in Jiaozhou would move in the direction he wanted.

This method of exerting political influence through economic cooperation (or economic colonization) was a matter of Guo Bin's work in the Xiongnu Department and in the three cities outside the Saiwai. It's just that the situation in Jiaozhou is more complicated, and he finally chose to establish himself on this small island, so that he can become an important force to maintain himself as a free from the political arena of Jiaozhou, and can intervene in Jiaozhou politics at any time.

Zhongshan was called Xiangshan in ancient times, and there are many fairy flowers in this place, so it is called Xiangshan. This is the settlement of the ancient Yue people, in 214 BC, after Qin Shi Huang pacified the Baiyue land in the Lingnan region, it was under the jurisdiction of Panyu County, Nanhai County. After Zhao Tuo founded the Nanyue Kingdom at the end of the Qin Dynasty, it became a dependency of the Nanyue Kingdom, and later Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroyed the Nanyue Kingdom, and Zhongshan returned to the central jurisdiction. During the Qin and Han dynasties, with the deepening of exchanges between the north and the south, a small number of people from the Central Plains began to move here.

Guo Bin doesn't care about this kind of mixed living of various ethnic groups. In his view, the so-called Chinese is not a complete, well-organized definition with clear boundaries. Especially in this era before nationality appeared, as long as they regard themselves as Chinese, have accepted the influence of Chinese civilization, and conform to Chinese etiquette, they can be called Chinese. As the saying goes, "Yi Di enters China, then China is China", Chinese civilization has always been tolerant and has never rejected pious followers.

From ancient times to the Qin Dynasty, the ancient Yue people have been living in the area south of the Yangtze River and northern Vietnam. In the ancient books of the pre-Qin period, the indigenous tribes in the southeast region are often referred to as "Yue". Although the historical Baiyue Kingdom was destroyed, the cultural traditions and inventions of the ancient Yue people remained.

In terms of diet, the ancient Yue people "rice soup and fish" are the pioneers of rice planting, so "there are no frozen and hungry people in the south of Jianghuai, and there is no home for thousands of daughters"; In terms of clothing, the ancient Yue people and their descendants, namely the Li people of Hainan Island and other southern ethnic minorities in later generations, were the inventors of weaving cloth with plant fibers such as kapok, plantain, and bamboo; In terms of residence, the Guyue tribe is the creator of "ganlan" housing; In terms of transportation, the ancient Yue people were the pioneers of boats. It can be seen from this that the ancient Yue people have made indelible historical contributions to the history and culture of the Chinese nation.

Therefore, in Guo Bin's plan, after establishing a wharf and a manor on the island, he also had to organize manpower, recruit local Yue people to develop plantations, and grow sugarcane on a large scale. In the future, sugarcane, as an important raw material for the manufacture of luxury goods, will certainly be purchased from Jiaozhou on a large scale, but if this big deal is handed over to others to control, then Guo Bin's move can really be regarded as a cocoon. If there is really any change in the future, and the supply of sugarcane is cut off by Jiaozhou, then Yingchuan will invest a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources to build a complete set of trade system, which will immediately be paralyzed, and the gains will outweigh the losses.

In fact, this incident is still a lesson that Guo Bin learned from an international political event later.

At the beginning, the South Korean government agreed that the United States would subordinate a certain German system, and China's private tourism forces tightened the supervision and approval of South Korea's tourism industry, resulting in a sharp decline in the number of domestic tourists to South Korea. Don't underestimate this countermeasure, with the deepening of reform and opening up, Chinese's income has increased, living standards have also improved significantly, and the emerging industry of tourism has risen rapidly with an irrepressible trend. Because of the improvement of the quality of Chinese people and the improvement of education level, overseas travel is extremely popular. As a result, South Korea and Japan, which are close to China, have become popular destinations for domestic tourists.

After decades of popularity, South Korea's tourism industry is booming, and Jeju Island has become one of the best places to travel abroad, and it is a holy place for many young people who have just married to spend their honeymoon. However, just when they have the courage to increase investment in tourism and develop a large number of hardware facilities such as guesthouses, hotels, restaurants, entertainment, etc., Chinese tourists suddenly stop going.

The pressure is real and devastating. The tourism industry relies on the flow of people, such as hotels, hotels and other industries and huge investment, once abandoned, its loss is immeasurable. For a country like South Korea, which relies on only one company to support it, it has already moved its vitality. Therefore, Guo Bin has to admire the far-reaching planning of the Chinese government and the grandeur of the leader's layout. One of the so-called Asian tigers back then, looking at it now, it's just that.

Now that he has learned from the past of future generations (which is extremely difficult to say), it is impossible for Guo Bin to make the mistake that Koreans made at the beginning. The supply of sugarcane in Jiaozhou, even if it is only the production of raw materials, he does not intend to completely let it go, and he has a relatively independent and considerable sugarcane plantation in his own hands.

Of course, in addition to that, he doesn't plan to put his eggs in one basket either. The origin of sugarcane is not only Jiaozhou, but also Taiwan, which is roughly at the same latitude, is also one of the production areas of various tropical and subtropical fruits. Moreover, this place happens to be the only place to go north by sea ship from Jiaozhou, and the geographical location is quite important. According to Guo Bin's plan, he did not build a plantation on the island of Taiwan, but also planned to set up a supply point here for ships to stop. Moreover, this place is rich in products, rice and fruit are extremely abundant, and there are several famous large salt farms in later generations, which is really a treasure land.

Of course, the name of Taiwan at this time is Yizhou, and in Guo Bin's calculations, since it is not easy to travel to Japan and South Korea by sea, it is cheaper to include the treasure island of Taiwan in his sphere of influence first. Separated from Chinese mainland by a shallow strait, it is self-contained, with extremely rich products and high rice production, making it an ideal granary. Therefore, by taking the steps of setting up a supply point first, then slowly expanding its influence, and finally controlling the whole island, Yizhou will be included in its sphere of influence step by step, and it will not be feared by the imperial court, and it will also get a stable rear, which is really a double win. After that, then from Yishu to the Ryukyus in the north, and then to the four islands of Japan, is it also a route to control East Asia, isn't it?

It's just that whether it is in his previous life or in this life, Guo Bin has never been to Guangdong, and he doesn't know much about the situation near Panyu, so this Xiangshan Island was inadvertently known.

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