Zhen Shi was worried that Zhen Qian would not agree with his plan, and deliberately compressed his demands, but this made Zhen Qian a little worried, and the invasion of Qiumei Island was a very dangerous plan. This is completely different from the significance of Zhen Qian's occupation of the Wufeng Islands and the Osumi Islands, this can be said to be Zhen Qian's first real invasion war overseas, in case of fierce resistance from Qiumei Island, the army sent will not be able to return in a short time?

However, Qiumei Island and Keelung Port are too tempting for Zhen Qian!

As one of the three main islands of Okinawa in later generations, the area is much larger than the total area of the Goho Islands, and there are many islands nearby, so because it is far from the mainland, it cannot compete with the Goho Islands in terms of military, economy, culture, etc.

But these are not things that Zhen Qian is worried about.

According to Zhen Thirty-one's investigation, there are thirty or forty thousand natives on Qiumei Island, in case Zhen Shi lands on the island, the indigenous people resist violently, and trigger the same enemy on other islands, Zhen Qian can only retreat, or launch a full-scale war against the Ryukyu Islands, the problem is that Zhen Qian now does not have the strength to eliminate all the natives on the Ryukyu Islands in one fell swoop, so he can only fight a quick battle and control the war on Qiumei Island.

If you want to fight quickly, then the few cargo ships and a thousand soldiers that Zhen Shi needs are far from enough.

The benefits of occupying Qiumei Island are too important to Zhen Qian.

First of all, Zhen Shi's tentacles in the south extend from the Shengsi Islands to Qiumei Island and Keelung Port, the Shengsi Islands are not enough for Zhen Shi's long-term development needs, and it is too close to Datang, and there are many maritime merchants entrenched on the island, and the real strength is easy to expose.

In fact, the transportation of population resources from the south to the Wufeng Islands is neither suitable nor economical, which is equivalent to migrating the population from the south of the Yangtze River to the northern region, and the change of climate is also a problem for immigrants, but if they can migrate to Qiumei Island and Keelung Port, although they will not be very adaptable, it is much stronger than migrating to the north.

The Great Migration in history was not accompanied by a large number of deaths!

Then the occupation of Qiumei Island is equivalent to advancing the plan by three years for the development of Keelung Port, and even the occupation of the entire island of Taiwan.

Finally, the Goho Islands, the Osumi Islands, the Kohomi Islands, and the Keelung Port are all on the first island chain, and it is much easier to sail back and forth between them than to cross the sea from the mainland. At the same time, it is equivalent to completely controlling the entire Ryukyu Islands, as long as the opportunity is right and the strength is sufficient, Zhen Qian will send troops to occupy the entire Ryukyu Islands at any time, expand his control to the entire first island chain, and lay a solid rear for the future southward control of the South Seas.

Because the current development of the Wufeng Islands is still in its early stages, Zhen Qian is struggling with the development of the Osumi Islands, and he is slowing down step by step, and after two or three years, the development of the Osumi Islands has improved. Zhen Qian turned his head and passed through the large and small Ryukyu Islands, although no one would fight with Zhen Qian at that time, but at that time, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and his plan to develop overseas would inevitably be subject to many restrictions, and at that time he could only nest on the Wufeng Islands.

Although Zhen Shi's plan is a bit risky, it does not lose the best and fastest way in the current situation.

Although Zhen Qian's previous pace of development was steady, but the obvious lack of enterprising spirit, of course, Zhen Qian cannot be blamed, Zhen Qian's character of seeking stability and prudence cannot be said to be wrong, if it is placed in the Tang Dynasty, the forces of all parties are complicated, and any caution is not exaggerated. But after leaving the Tang Dynasty, the overseas land is almost an undeveloped virgin land, even if it is the Wa Kingdom that will cause disaster in Asia in later generations, it is not a completely unified country at this time, and Zhen Qian's caution at this time is a little forward-looking.

Thinking about this, Zhen Qian decided to adjust his overseas development plan.

The Wufeng Islands are already the focus of Zhen Qian's development, but this focus has changed from the focus of the entire overseas to the focus of the overseas north, and the addition of a north shows that Zhen Qian is preparing to develop on both sides of the north and the south at the same time, and although it will weaken the development speed of some of the Wufeng Islands, on the whole it is a one-plus-one effect, and the pace is greater than the development of the Wufeng Islands alone.

"This matter, we need to adjust the development plan of the Wufeng Islands, and we will go back to the Wufeng Islands together in a few days to discuss this matter again?"

Zhen Shi nodded yes, secretly happy in his heart, Zhen Qian finally agreed to develop the large and small Ryukyu Islands.

Zhen Qian's return to Saga Town this time had two things: Saga Town, as Zhen Qian's bridgehead in the Japanese Kingdom, was not convenient for the Wufeng Islands to come forward directly for the time being, and it had to be carried out secretly through Saga Town.

Now that the locust plague in Hizen Province has ended, the entire Saikaido Province is threatened by the locust plague, among which Hizen Province, Chikuzen Province, Chikugo Province, and Toyozen Province are the most severely affected. A large number of victims of the latter three kingdoms fled to the surrounding Linglu countries, which caused great pressure on the surrounding Linglu countries.

More than 200,000 victims poured into Hizen Province at once, and now Fujiwara Brush is in a mess by the disaster victims, especially now that it has entered autumn, and it is about to enter winter, not only the disaster relief food for the disaster victims, but also the winter shelter and winter clothes to keep out the cold, which have made the already not rich Hizen Country more difficult, and also made Fujiwara Brush O feel the pressure.

The market of the Wa Kingdom is not large, even if Fujiwara Shuxiong wants to take out the money to buy winter clothes for the disaster victims to spend the winter, he can't find such a large supply, at this time Fujiwara Shuxiong found Zhen Qian and the maritime merchants, hoping that Zhen Qian and the maritime merchants can buy a batch of winter clothes from Silla and Datang and other places as soon as possible.

But the problem is that the value of the clothes for the victims is not high, and the maritime merchant is not a good money boy, so he will naturally not do loss-making business, so why help Fujiwara Shuxiong.

Now that Fujiwara is rearming for war, he naturally knows the importance of the population base, and hopes that Zhen Qian can help him convince these Tang merchants.

The problem is that this kind of thing is thankless, Zhen Qian can't force the maritime merchants, and the maritime merchants are not stupid, knowing the relationship between Zhen Qian and Fujiwara Shuxiong, they ask Zhen Qian for benefits, otherwise they are not willing to help this favor.

Now is not the time to tear his face with Fujiwara Shuxiong, and with the current transportation capacity of these maritime merchants, it is simply not possible to meet the transportation of winter clothes for hundreds of thousands of victims of Hizen Province, but this is an attitude, and it has nothing to do with the size of the capacity.

The maritime merchants, who were already preparing to return home, stopped when they passed by Saga Town, and Zhen Qian warmly entertained these maritime merchants and told them his plan.

"I don't want to say more polite words, Fujiwara Shuo leased the port of Nagasaki to Tang merchants, in fact, he took a fancy to the great benefits that you can bring to Hizen Province, which is a good thing for mutual benefit! I also know what you mean, a boatload of ordinary winter clothes is not enough to pay for a round trip to the Japanese country, but you should not forget who you are doing business with, and if you lose the port of Nagasaki, you will be exploited by the Japanese merchants again. So I have a proposal, don't be in a hurry to express your position, you can take out half of the cabin cargo space to transport winter clothes, just do what you want, presumably Fujiwara Shuo will not embarrass you. Moreover, I am going to open a money bank in Nagasaki Port and the Shengsi Islands, and in the future, I only need to pay a small fee to exchange money between the two places, and I can also take out a mortgage in the bank, this is the benefit I promise you? ”

(End of chapter)