"Your Majesty, the southeast is victorious, and Qian surrendered to our army on the fourth day of the fourth month of April in Phoenix City in the south of Liuqiu, and begged for recovery." Li Xuanqing, who was inspecting the closing ceremony of the inter-provincial railway between Hezhong Prefecture and Bingzhou, received the southeast war report from the General Staff in the rear, and reported that Liu Qiu Guangfu nodded immediately. As the southern gate of the southeast continent, Liuqiu has an extremely important strategic position. Mastering the islands in the southeast sea, which is dominated by streaming, means that the trade routes between the north and south of the Tang Empire can finally rely on sea transportation to support half the sky. Unlike the north and the Central Plains and other places that basically rely on railways or the Grand Canal as the main means of transportation, the terrain in the south is complex, and the popularization of railways is slow, but the water transport is very developed, and the east-west direction relies on the Yangtze River water system as the main inland river transportation system. And that's not counting the fifty-seven high-powered river steamers sent into the canal by the northern royal shipyards. Coupled with countless old ships such as sailboats, the status of the Yangtze River's golden waterway is gradually driving the surrounding provinces into the road of rapid development. However, the transportation of bulk materials between Jiangnan and Lingnan basically relies on sea transportation. Basically, from the mouth of the Yangtze River or Hangzhou, Runzhou and other Hangzhou Bay ports, the materials brought from the canal and the Yangtze River are transferred to large sea vessels, and then transported to the ports of Fuzhou, Shantou, Guangzhou and Qinzhou on the southeast coast, and finally set off to other places. In the case of the slow construction of the ports in the West Sea, that is, in the southwest of the empire, and the construction of the main internal transportation hubs has not been completed, it can be said that all the trade in the south of the empire is concentrated in a few large ports such as Guangzhou and Shantou, so that the flow of demand has become the throat of the entire southeast route, and the civilian trade fleet basically does not have much force. This is contrary to the naval strategy and Li Xuanqing's idea of expanding new routes for the navy. Now Qian Toucheng means that the navy can rely on Liuqiu Island to build an advance base in the next step, and further explore the South Seas and even the legendary Luzon Island, which is still in the wilderness and slash-and-burn cultivation.

"Go and inform the Prime Minister to prepare for the establishment of the first overseas province of Datang as soon as possible." Li Xuanqing smiled slightly, turned around and asked the herald messenger to bring back his latest order. According to Li Xuanqing's goal, Liuqiu Province is not only the current Liuqiu Island, but also the nearby Ryukyu Islands, which are not yet connected to the Ryukyu Islands, which are directly connected to Japan to the north, and are also the first island chain to contain the Republic in later generations. However, at this time, in Li Xuanqing's planning, it has become the first barrier of the empire's maritime defense, and the status of the province in the future can be said to be quite important.

However, when Li Xuanqing's side decided to let the cabinet start the establishment of Liuqiu Province as soon as possible, Chen Yu and Guo Chongtao, who took over Phoenix City, had unnatural faces when facing money. If it hadn't happened to burn Hangzhou, then according to Chen Yu's character, maybe he would have had a good time with Qian Jiu now. However, no matter what happened in the past, at least Qian handed over his troops and chassis as promised, so Chen Yu had no way to express it no matter how bad he was in his heart. Qian also knew that his behavior in Hangzhou at the beginning was only afraid that it had made the entire Tang Empire have inexplicable hostility towards him, although Xuan Yingwei brought Li Xuanqing's assurance, but looking at Chen Yu's face constantly changing, he was also in a nervous mood, and now he has handed over all his strength, if the other party turns his face, it really has no power to resist at all.

"General Qian was able to understand the righteousness and choose to return to the Tang Dynasty at the critical moment on the battlefield, and the commander is deeply grateful, and I would like to thank the general for his righteous act on behalf of the officers and men of the two armies." Chen Yu nodded after a long while, the first sentence made Qian overjoyed, and Guo Chongtao beside him was also relieved when he heard this, if Chen Yu wanted to be unfavorable to Qian, he couldn't persuade him, he didn't know if he could get through that hurdle, plus Chen Yu's status in the army was not comparable to him, Guo Chongtao was actually only a second-generation general, and it was also because of the separation of the navy and the army that he would squeeze into the first-line generals.

"Thank you for the praise, I don't dare to take the money." Qian hurriedly stood up and saluted Chen Yu, to be honest, he and Chen Yu had seen each other on the battlefield before, but at that time, the confrontation between the two armies was just a nodding acquaintance, and at this moment, seeing that Chen Yu did not make a fuss about his past, he breathed a sigh of relief and immediately opened his mouth to explain the main population situation of this Liuqiu Island and the development of the island's resources.

"General Qian, how much do you know about the Gaoshan Clan, and have you had any contact with it before?" Chen Yu saw that Qian began to introduce the specific things on the island, knowing that Qian also let go of his vigilance, he nodded suddenly, and began to ask about the Gaoshan tribe that was defeated by the first battalion before, but halfway through his speech, he suddenly found that the Gaoshan tribe was just named after these tribes when Li Xuanqing chatted with them before, so he explained: "It is the native indigenous tribe of Liuqiu." ”

"I don't remember how many years these tribes have existed on the island, but according to historical records, I am afraid that they can be traced back to the pre-Qin era. The places where we are now, such as Phoenix, are actually the places where Han people who came here from Fujian and other places lived. The Gaoshan people themselves are not good at farming, and before the Han people came here, they basically relied on the sky for food, mainly fishing and hunting, and lived in the central mountainous area of Liuqiu. After the Han people came to settle here on a large scale, they gradually moved from the mountains to the plains, and began to learn farming skills, and some tribes also began to learn Tang dialect. It's just that," Qian glanced at Chen Yu and continued: "Although the Gaoshan tribe learned farming with the Han people, their attitude towards the Han people was not very friendly, and there were often robberies of Han people's property and grain, which often happened in the past. After the end of the future, a large-scale counterattack was carried out against this, and began to build Phoenix City and Red Embedded Tower, and sent troops to garrison it, so as to avoid a large-scale battle between the two clans. I also sent someone to contact them to prepare to fight against the marshal, but they refused. But I didn't expect them to show up in the North Harbor. ”

"You mean that the Gaoshan Clan originally refused to fight with you against our army, but then I don't know why they joined the battlefield on their own, right?" Guo Chongtao took over the conversation and asked, "Then do you know where their base camp is?" ”

"What does General Guo mean?" Qian didn't know what Guo Chongtao meant by his words for a while, so he hesitated a little. But then he was interrupted by Chen Yu, "General Qian doesn't have to be careful in everything, since you have already submitted to the Tang Dynasty, then you and I will be the emperor's people in the future, so you don't have to think that we will be unfavorable to you." Today's Tang Dynasty is different from previous dynasties, and you will understand this when you go to Chang'an. ”

"According to the decision of the annual meeting of the empire this year, the Liuqiu Council will be established as a separate province, so soon the cabinet will send someone to take over the civil affairs and build the administrative team, so some things must be clarified before the cabinet officials arrive, and they need to be cleaned up when necessary. If General Qian has contact with them, he can bring them a message in advance, the Tang Empire will treat all tribes in the country equally, but no tribe within it is allowed to use force against the government. If they are willing to accept the reorganization of the imperial government, then they can get the same treatment as the people of the empire, including receiving the help of the empire, coming to settle in the plains, and the empire will also send people to help them live and produce materials, and teach them advanced farming methods. Guo Chongtao continued with Chen Yu's words, but for Qian, it revealed another meaning, which was to give him a credit for pacifying the Gaoshan clan and restoring the stability of the flow of people before the cabinet sent someone to accept it.

"Okay, this matter will be handed over to General Qian. After the cabinet sends someone over, General Qian will leave for Chang'an. Chen Yu waved his hand and handed over the matter to the money.

In fact, this matter was indeed resolved in the hands of Qian, and in the following day, Qian personally took some of the remaining personnel to the Gaoshan tribe station, and began to contact the other party's big chief to discuss the specific matters concerning the return of the Gaoshan tribe to the Tang Dynasty, although it did not go well at first, and even drove the family out. However, after the first battalion then began to encircle and suppress the large and small ethnic groups around the Gaoshan tribe, the situation began to gradually reverse, especially in order to exercise the actual combat ability of the marines, Chen Mingzheng led the marines to join the battlefield and began to focus on the base camp of the Gaoshan tribe, the rebel strength within the Gaoshan tribe was clear one by one, under the strong force guarantee, Qian appeared in the Gaoshan tribe station for the second time, and the tribal group in Yushan launched a second negotiation with the big chief, in order to ensure that the Tiance army would not blame the ordinary people in the past, After promising to teach the basic skills of production and life, the Gaoshan agreed with Qian's opinion, and when the cabinet officials arrived, they led the crowd to appear in the Beigang area, lay down their arms and accept the reorganization.

At the same time, the troop movement on the side of the General Staff also arrived on the same day as the cabinet officials, the first battalion began to gradually retreat to the mainland after the return of the Gaoshan tribe, the security of the Coast of Liuqiu was taken care of by the Marines before the arrival of the Guard Agency and the National Guard, and the Revival Coast Guard also began to garrison Phoenix after that, and began to cruise and provide necessary assistance to the merchant ships.

On the tenth day of the fourth month of April in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Chang'an conveyed that the senior generals of the former Wusheng Army such as Qian Qian returned to Chang'an, and at the same time, they also began to announce to the outside world that a series of surrounding islands, including the surrounding Penghu Islands, began to establish a separate province, thus the first overseas province of the Tang Empire was formally established, and the cabinet allocated 100 million Tang coins for the development of Liuqiu, the construction of ports, the development of resources on the island, and the stabilization of the people to follow up the development of the Central Plains. The Xu family, which had been operating the Beiyang route, also began to announce the corresponding cabinet plan in a high-profile manner at this time, increasing the investment in Liuqiu, and Xu Xingxia announced at the internal meeting of the Xu family that in the next two years, it will invest major manpower and material resources to build a new trade center centered on Liuqiu, and transfer the Nanyang trade originally centered on Guangzhou and Fujian to Liuqiu as the center. Xu Xingxia's remarks were quickly seen by the Zhang family as an opportunity for the Xu family to intervene in the Nanyang trade because they were not satisfied with the trade between Japan and Sanhan and other places, and were ready to take advantage of the flow to intervene in the Nanyang trade. However, the Zhang family obviously did not rush to follow up because of the Xu family's invasion of the flow, but continued to focus on the basic area of Nanyang with Guangzhou as the center.

And Xu Xingxia, who made this remark in Chang'an, was far from being as simple as the Zhang family thought, and it was true that he took the opportunity to join the Nanyang trade, but Xu Xingxia had premeditated for the internal development of Liuqiu, so almost at the same time that the cabinet began to develop Liuqiu, the Xu family and the Murong family joined forces to start arranging on the island, and began to send a large number of people into Liuqiu, exploring the natural resources on the island and then formulating a detailed development plan, and the two joined forces to start using the northern Tamsui estuary as a new port. On the one hand, the construction of the port began, and on the other hand, the construction of the wharf began, and the southern shipyard was established, which joined the shipbuilding industry, taking advantage of the shipping advantages, and transported raw materials from the north to assemble here. In this way, in the absence of large-scale steelmaking and ironmaking and other basic industries on the southeast coast, they began to seize the huge sea ship market in the south. Subsequently, the Southern Shipyard cooperated with the Imperial Third Shipyard, which was named Shanghai at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and became the base for the construction of the Empire's famous large ocean-going freighters, thus surpassing the two shipyards of the Zhang family in one fell swoop. The development of the Murong family in Liuqiu is much more low-key than that of the Xu family, but they used Murong Feixue's relationship to obtain the production method of mothballs from Qiaoxi very early, and quickly built a factory in Liuqiu and then put it into production, this kind of insect prevention pill swept the country in the following years, bringing a symbolic pillar industry to Liuqiu.

However, at this time, Li Xuanqing did not know the deployment of the six major families in the south, but after seeing the successful connection of the railway network between Hezhong Province and Bingzhou, he returned to Chang'an and began to shift his attention to the industrial adjustment of the northern industrial belt. And began to promote the development of various industries towards the upstream and downstream, in the case of the continuous development of railways and other transportation to lead the country, as soon as possible to supplement the whole industrial chain, and then rely on the development of technology to continue to promote each other.

"Your Majesty, Qian has already set off to return to Fujian, and is preparing to come to Chang'an to meet him according to the cabinet order." Xuanyingwei Hu Xiaosi came to interrupt Li Xuanqing's idea and asked Li Xuanqing to throw aside the half-written plan.

"After he comes to Chang'an, he will go to the School of Administration to study for half a year, and let him be in charge after the Tibetan area is recovered." Li Xuanqing thought about it and said with a smile: "But tell him clearly about our system, although I said that I would not be responsible for the past, but what he did in Hangzhou in the past still needs to be responsible for himself, let him go to the law court to turn himself in, and let Du Yuanzheng deal with it as appropriate." ”

"Okay, the war in the southeast on the side of the General Staff has ended, and Houchun has returned to Chang'an, it seems that you are all ready, right?" Li Xuanqing looked at Hu Xiaosi and said with a smile.