"This can do too," Chao Gai was a little unconvinced.

Zhu Wudao: "The people in the court, from the ministers to the officials, only think that the Central Plains is rich and rich, which is the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty, as for the overseas islands in the eyes of the important ministers of the imperial court, they are not as real as a few flowers and stones, not to mention that the current Great Song Dynasty is no longer the original Great Song Dynasty, and even Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which are known as the land of fish and rice in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, have Fang La uprisings, not to mention the islands that hang overseas." ”

Chao Gai is right to think about it, now the Great Song Dynasty is an official, and civil strife is everywhere, where can I take care of the overseas islands.

Chao Gai tapped his fingers on the table, thought for a while, and said: "Now the relationship between our Jeju Army and the imperial court is still very relaxed on the surface, and Taiwan cannot be flaunted under the banner of the Jeju Army, and then the Seventh Fleet will not be able to use the military flag of the Jeju Army." ”

Ruan Xiaoqi said: "This is not a problem, the Seventh Fleet now has seven Jiaolong battleships, eight Flying Eagle battleships, a total of fifteen capital ships, and three thousand sailors. The firepower of the Israel Fleet does not fear the fleets of any country in the South Seas. The elder brother only needs to send additional infantry to guard the city on land. ”

Chao Gai nodded, and asked Hu Cheng a lot about Taiwan's folk customs, and most of Taiwan's indigenous tribes live in the mountains, and the folk customs are relatively strong, but they are not foreign barbarians, and their combat effectiveness is average, so it is not difficult to subdue. As for the villages and towns formed by the fertile plains, they are all immigrants from Fujian, and these immigrants work hard and work hard, but some local bullies have formed evil forces that charge high agricultural taxes, and repeatedly ask the imperial court to eliminate the bullies, but to no avail.

Chao Gai said: "So the locals are still looking forward to forming a yamen, so let's go over, let's make a plan first." ”

The occupation of an island with a population of nearly 100,000 and a very large area is a big deal, and of course it is not appropriate to make a lot of noise at this time. Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Zhu Wu, Gongsun Sheng, the core personnel of the military department, as well as Ruan Xiaoqi, Hu Cheng and other personnel of the naval caravan formulated a rough plan.

Since the development of an island is a matter of great importance, Chao Gai directly led the team to set off, with three capital ships of the First Fleet and fifteen capital ships of the Seventh Fleet. The caravan's trade in the South Seas cannot be stopped, and there are more than ten small countries in the South Seas, and the benefits of sea trade are still very considerable. The convoy of the caravan was entrusted to the Sixth Fleet to dispatch warships to escort the caravan, and the affairs of the caravan were completed by Hu Deal to the deputy. Hu Cheng dispatched 20 merchant ships to accompany the brigade to assist in the development of Taiwan Island.

The fleet is not good without cavalry, and the main cavalry is cultivating after this anti-Liao war, and there are not many troops that can be deployed. Chao Gai pondered and pondered, Huang Xin's battalion cavalry made relatively few meritorious contributions, and it was estimated that there would be no major war in Taiwan this time, so Chao Gai transferred Huang Xin's troops to accompany him. On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Chao Gai, who had just been married for ten days, separated his newlywed wife and set sail from Rizhao Port.

Eighteen warships and twenty transports in the harbor were loaded with supplies, and the cannons were loaded and set sail.

White smoke came out of the chimneys of the steam boilers, and the fleet slowly sailed out of Rizhao Harbor and soon came to sea.

Huang Xin's battalion of cavalry made an ocean voyage for the first time, but fortunately, he had done sea training in peacetime and would not get seasick.

The scenery along the way is quite good, Huang Xin is also fresh, accompanied by Chao Gai on the flagship, one will look at the whales spraying water, and the seagulls will look at the water.

It's not boring on this road, Wang Liuding, a big tall man on the side of the Yangtze River, has now become the captain of Chaogai's flagship, although Chaogai's flagship rarely sails.

Huang Xin said: "I really didn't expect that there would be such a huge whale in the sea, and the length is more than ten meters, I'm afraid it will weigh dozens of horses." ”

Wang Liuding said: "Not only that, the weight of the big whale in the ocean is extremely heavy, some time ago there was a big whale stranded on the beach, cut into slices and weighed that there are still 200,000 catties, you can imagine how big this whale is." ”

"I'll do the math, a horse is counted as a thousand catties, and ten horses are ten thousand catties. One hundred horses is ten thousand catties, and two hundred thousand catties are two hundred horses, my God. Huang Xin was taken aback.

Along the way, I took a day off the coast of Hangzhou and sent a boat to buy some fresh vegetables near Hangzhou, and then continued the southward voyage. But it took seven or eight days to finally reach the destination, an unnamed port in northern Taiwan, which is a natural harbor and has not been developed, but hundreds of fishing boats, mainly from Fujian, are parked. The arrival of the fleet did not cause much of a sensation, and usually when the caravans went to the South Seas, they also docked at this nameless port, replenished fresh water, vegetables, and fruits, corrected them, and then continued south.

Ruan Xiaoqi came to Chao Gai and asked, "General, should we land directly on the shore or see the situation before deciding." ”

Chao Gai said: "There is no naval army here, and the possible enemy facing the Seventh Fleet is the Fujian Naval Division. Since they are here, they should make the landing pomp bigger, the cavalry and war horses are a little tired after sailing for so many days, so they will rest on the ship today and land ashore tomorrow. ”

The wind and waves in the harbor were calm, and the transport ships that the cavalry took were all Daifuku ships, and when they arrived in the harbor, the wind and waves were calm, and the cavalry changed out of the cotton clothes brought from the north, and they should wear linen single clothes, and the outside was covered with iron armor.

Chao Gai changed into civilian clothes, and took Luo Yun and Hu Cheng ashore with five entourages.

This port is a gathering place for fishermen, there are more taverns, and the tables are so black that they don't use their real colors, and the Tianya Inn opened by the Chao family firm is mixed in it, and it looks a little dirty and messy, no way, you get it too good, and the fishermen will feel that your price is more expensive, and they don't go to live in the hotel.

Hu Chengdao: "Most of the merchant ships that come and go to trade go to the Quanzhou port opposite to rest, and there is only one relatively large inn here, called Wuyi Inn, which is in front of the town. ”

Chao Gai wanted to see the local customs, and said: "Today is also idle, let's go to this Wuyi Inn to eat local famous food." ”

The group did not ride horses, and it was not far from more than three miles, and they left in a blink of an eye. This town store is different from the traditional town store of the Song Dynasty, there is no wall here, it is directly a long street, there can be three or four hundred meters long street, there are shops on both sides, and there is a residential area inside.

Hu Cheng introduced: "This town store is called Taipei Village, and there are about 2,000 people. Because there are occasional merchants, it can also support hundreds of shops on the street. ”

Chao Gai looked at the signboards of the shops, most of them selling local fruits and specialties, and of course, a few shops selling Jeju products. There is a sign that reads, "Jeju cotton." ”

Chao Gai and the others went in to take a look, it was opened by a Fujian businessman, and it was selling cotton cloth made in Jeju, of course, he didn't know Chao Gai and others, Chao Gai and the others looked at it and came out, and then went to the largest inn in the town, Wuyi Inn.

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