Chapter 38 The kings expanded overseas

Gan Ning's status as a general of the cavalry is equivalent to that of the general of the chariot cavalry and the general of the hussars, and he is one level higher than the general of the four expeditions. The generals of the Four Expeditions and Li Jun and Li Bao were all made state dukes, with 4,000 households and fiefs on the island of Honshu.

With Wei Rui as the general of Zhenxi, he guarded Liangzhou and presided over the work of opening up the Western Regions. With Su Lie as the general of Zhendong, he was stationed in western Liaoning, and presided over the conquest of Liaodong Xianbei, Liaoxi Xianbei and Fuyu. With Gao Changgong as the general of Zhenbei, he was stationed in the state and conquered the Yellow River Valley. With Lin Fengxiang, the general of Zhennan, he was stationed in Jiaozhou and conquered Linyi and other places. With Jiang Qin and Zheng Chenggong as the generals of Zhenhai, they were stationed in Yizhou and Luzon Island, and supported them in the south and north. The shogun of the town is a county prince, and his fief is on the island of Shikoku. Shang Shifu was also posthumously awarded the county duke, and the fief was inherited by his son Shang Yu.

With LĂź Meng as the general of Anton, he was stationed in Xuzhou. With Li Bao as the general of Anxi, he was stationed in Hanzhong. For Sun Wuzhong, he was the general of Annan and was stationed in Guangzhou. With Wang Yanzhang as the general of Anbei, he was stationed in Jizhou. With Pan Zhang and Zhou Tai as the generals of Anhai, they were stationed on Zhuya and Risi Islands. General Anzi was named a county marquis, with 3,000 households.

With Wang Jian as the general of Pingbei, he was stationed in Yanzhou. With Wei Wentong as the general of Pingdong, he was stationed in Shouchun. Liu Yuanjing was the general of Pingxi and stationed in Jingzhou, and Han Shizhong was the general of Pingnan and was stationed in Fuzhou. With Sun He as the general of Pinghai, he was stationed at the mouth of the water. General Anzi is a townsman, with 2,000 households.

The rest of the people, thirty-six were miscellaneous generals.

In addition to these Jianglings, Zhang Yi canonized his son again.

Zhang Xingren is the king of Han, Zhang Xingyi is the king of Wu, Zhang Xingli is the king of Qi, and Zhang Xingzhi is the king of Yan. The four kings are all city kings, Zhang Xingren's food is Nanzheng, Zhang Xingyi's food is Wu County, Zhang Xingli's food is Linzi, and Zhang Xingzhi's food is Zhuo County.

Zhang Yi has great restrictions on the king, his son's original princes are all city kings, and if he wants to be promoted, he must have merit. Now Zhang Xingren is the Taishou of Bohai County, and if he wants to be the third-level king, he must at least be a pastor in Bohai County for more than a hundred years. Therefore, if Zhang Xingren stands still, he will be able to become a king at most in his life.

After Zhang Xingyi, Zhang Xingli, and Zhang Xingzhi were crowned kings, Zhang Yi ordered the three to go overseas for development. Zhang Xingyi went to attack the islands around Luzon, Zhang Xingli went to attack Sulu Island (modern Kalimantan), and Zhang Xingzhi went to attack Medan Island (modern Sumatra).

These islands are all part of the so-called first island chain, and there is a lot more to be produced in these places. With such an important strategic location and the ability to bring abundant products to China, Zhang Yi will certainly not let it go.

Zhang Xingyi, with the support of the Sun and Zhu clans, soon led a large fleet and headed towards Luzon. The natives of Luzon have been defeated under Zheng Chenggong's attack. If Zheng Chenggong hadn't been busy building county governance, the entire Luzon Island would have been captured by him. This is Zhang Yi's promise to Zheng Chenggong, and within a year, Zheng Chenggong established three counties, with a territory of more than 200 li, which has surpassed the city kings in terms of area.

Zhang Xingyi, with 10,000 troops and more than 100 ships, landed from Zheng Chenggong's territory and began to attack all parts of the island. The vegetation on Luzon Island is dense, but fortunately, Zhang Yijun has a lot of experience in pioneering, and he quickly cleared the road. Zhuge Liang once developed a kind of marching powder, which is very effective in dealing with miasma hot flashes. With the help of the marching army, Zhang Yijun lost a lot of troops in the rainforest.

In less than a year, Zhang Xingyi captured the entire island of Luzon. It was not only Ma Chao who helped him, but also some juniors of Bu and Chen. Zhang Xingyi built more than a dozen counties in Luzon, and appointed the juniors of the Bu family and the Chen family as county commanders to help him govern Luzon.

Luzon is also rich in products, not to mention all kinds of trees, but also rich in copper, nickel, and gold. Copper and gold are the main materials used to mint coins, and nickel is part of the coin alloy. In addition to these three, there are iron, chromium, tungsten, tin and other metals, coins have a small amount of chromium, which is used to increase hardness, while iron can be used to forge weapons, tin can be used to make pewter, and tungsten can be used to reserve, waiting to find a way to use it.

Zhang Yi just can't remember the generator clearly, otherwise he would definitely have studied electricity and lights.

Zhang Xingli was helped by the Sun family and the Zhu family, and formed more than 300 ships, also 10,000 regular soldiers, but there were 30,000 auxiliary soldiers, all of which were recruited by the Sun family and the Zhu family. After arriving on Sulu Island, Zhang Xingli was also overwhelmed. The natives on Sulu Island are inferior to Luzon, and they can't stop Zhang Xingli's attack at all, and often a hundred regular soldiers can easily capture a tunju.

These natives did not have a city, and because of the fertile land, these natives developed a lazy character. Such a character makes them scattered, and they can't form effective resistance at all. Zhang Xingli built more than 10 counties on Sulu Island, and began to govern with the people of the Sun and Zhu clans as county commanders.

There are not many minerals on Sulu Island, but there are many tree resources, producing rubber, agarwood, sago, coconut, pepper, kage dyes, etc. However, the development of these things is not something that can be used overnight, it needs to be tested and promoted, and it will take a long time to promote it before it can be of great value.

Zhang Xingzhi also brought a lot of descendants of the Sun family, but because the children of the Sun family and the Zhu family were all around Zhang Xingli, Zhang Xingzhi only had some ruthless and brave people around him. But these ruthless and brave people are just in line with overseas expansion. After Zhang Xingzhi arrived on Medan, he took the Lion City Port as the basis and captured the entire Medan Island in half a year. These fierce and brave men, each of whom was impatient, marched much faster, and when they landed in one place, they quickly went to another, and they killed people and robbed of food, and they hardly relied on supplies.

Zhang Xingzhi set up eight or nine counties on Medan, and then developed the island's specialties. Medan is still relatively rich in products, there are many plants that are not available in China, and many plants that are cherished in China, such as sandalwood, ironwood, palm trees, myrtles and so on. There are some tin, aluminum, coal, gold, and silver mines on the island, as well as many magical animals, all of which Zhang Xingzhi needs to get.

Medan is also indigenous, and the number of indigenous people is greater than that of Luzon and Sulu. However, the ruthless people under Zhang Xingzhi burned all the way, killing 20,000 or 30,000 people and robbing tens of thousands of women.

Zhang Xingzhi was somewhat influenced by his mother, he was a fierce general, and he didn't know much about governance, so he let his subordinates do power in the counties.

Three years later, after Zhang Xingzhi's plan was handed over to Shouchun, Shouchun knew about this situation and hurriedly sent Gu Yong's nephew and Gu Hui's son Gu Yu to help manage it.