Chapter 350: Horse Sales
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Yang Xiong led a few of his own soldiers towards the Goryeo Imperial Palace, and soon came to the palace, and when he entered the council hall, he found that the rest of the people had already arrived. /、Qb⑤.C0m/
"Governor, I'm late." Yang Xiong said with some shame.
"You're going to see your father-in-law, it's normal to be late. How about it, those two Goryeo princesses are still to your liking, right? Wu Dong said with a smile.
A rare hint of red appeared on Yang Xiong's face, and everyone in the conference hall burst into laughter.
"Metropolitan Governor, they are Wang Mata's NV after all, don't worry, I won't love them." When everyone's laughter stopped, Yang Xiong hurriedly said.
"No matter whose NV they are, they're all your NV now. I gave them to you as wives and concubines so that you could be happier, and you should not treat them lightly because of who they are. Wu Dong said with a smile.
Yang Xiong is good at everything, but he is a little too withdrawn. Wu Dong doesn't like his subordinates to be like this forever, he hopes that all his subordinates can have their own happy lives and their own families.
"Thank you, Grand Duke!" Yang Xiong sighed.
Until now, although Wu Dong has ascended the throne and become the king of Liang, he still serves as the governor of Liangshan, so many generals have always called him "the governor of Liang", and only those Goryeo people will always call him "King of Liang".
"Governor, what are we discussing today? Is there another war? Yang Xiong hadn't sat down in his seat yet, and had already asked excitedly.
"Go to war? Yes, we're going to war, but it's a naval battle, and it's not your turn. Wu Dong said with a smile.
"Ahh Yang Xiong's face showed a disappointed expression, while Ruan Xiaoqi, Li Jun and the others became excited.
"Governor, where are we going to fight?" Ruan Xiaoqi hurriedly asked.
"There's no need to rush this matter, let's talk about other things first. Once everything is out of the way, we'll talk about it in detail. Wu Dong said with a smile.
At present, the military aircraft meeting in Yangsan was held, and the first thing to discuss was the restoration of the Goryeo economy. Although the local tyrants and the division of land were implemented, the ordinary people of Goryeo have obtained their own land, and this year's agricultural harvest will certainly not be low. However, after the war, most of Goryeo's industry and commerce were destroyed, and now Goryeo's industry and commerce are in danger of being paralyzed.
"Li Gang, the matter of reviving the Goryeo economy is for you, we must vigorously encourage industry and commerce, and we can even provide some funds for those Goryeo people who are interested in industry and commerce. Of course, the most important thing is to encourage us Han people to invest in the industry and commerce of Goryeo, so that we Han people can make money here. Wu Dong said.
"It's nature! Don't worry, I'll do a good job. Li Gang said.
"There is one more thing, we must vigorously build roads." Wu Dong Road.
"Build roads? What does it do? Is the conscriptor going to build roads? Li Gang said.
"Building roads is good for business and trade...... The roads are clear, and there are naturally close business exchanges. As for the conscripts, I don't think there is any need for them, isn't there 100,000 Red Guards? Let the 100,000 Red Guards go to build the road first. Wu Dong said.
"Okay." Li Gang nodded and agreed.
Wu Dong thought carefully and found that Goryeo was really complicated now, and there were a lot of things. During this time, the navy brought in a lot of Han Chinese, most of whom were concentrated in Incheon and Seoul, and how to settle these Han people was also an important matter.
"Gongsun Sheng, the matter of settling our Han people will be given to you. We're going to build a new city in Seoul, and we're going to give you that. Also, I'm going to expand Incheon City, so you and Li Gang can discuss this matter and make a plan. In the future, Incheon Fortress will become the largest port under our Yangsan, and this must not be neglected. Wu Dong said.
"Yes, Grand Duke." Gongsun Sheng wrote down all of this and nodded.
"There are so many things we have to do now, and we have to expand the shipyard and expand the ordnance manufacturing thing. I would like to appoint a dedicated candidate to be in charge, which of you has the right person to recommend to me? Wu Dong said.
"This ......" Everyone lowered their heads and pondered, and after thinking for a long time, they couldn't think of any suitable candidates.
"It seems that this matter is still handled by the teacher." Wu Dong said secretly.
Now the shipyard and the craftsman battalion are in charge of Master Li, but Master Li, as an NV, is difficult to keep his head in this era, so Wu Dong wants to find another one, and now it seems that there is no suitable candidate for the time being.
"Grand Governor, we can get ships and ordnance from the hands of the imperial court, so we don't have to worry too much about this matter ourselves, right?" Wu said cautiously.
"This is not good, sooner or later the imperial court will find out our true identity, and will we still be able to get ships and ordnance from them at that time? So we have to strengthen our own production. Wu Dong said.
The occupation of Goryeo by Liangshan is so important that the Jin State already knows about it, and it must soon spread to the Liao State, and then to the Great Song Dynasty.
"Grand Governor, before the Imperial Court discovers our true identity, we will get more ships and ordnance from the hands of the Imperial Court." huā Rong Dao.
"Well, that's the truth. Wu Yong, you and Zhu Gui will go to Bianliang again, and you must dig out more ships and ordnance from the imperial court. I will bring you a lot of gold and silver, and you will go and bribe the courtiers and the eunuchs. This may be the last time we will dig up something from the court. Wu Dong said.
"Don't worry, I promise that this task will be completed very well." Wu laughed out loud. To be honest, he misses Bianliang a little, that is the place where he has made great achievements and may leave a name in history in the future. There, there is also Yang Jian's "good friend".
"Let's talk about the naval war, in fact, the naval war is not to simply occupy the land, but to clear the sea lanes and prepare for the sale of horses." Wu Dong Road.
"Horse traffickers?" Everyone was suddenly curious.
This time, he defeated Goryeo and obtained 30,000 good horses from the Goryeo people, and the number of cavalry was expanded. But relatively speaking, there were still too few cavalry. Therefore, Yangsan needs to sell horses, and Yangsan is now in Goryeo, and the first thing to enter is the country of Jin after crossing the Great Wall, and it is extremely difficult to sell horses. Everyone is very curious now, they don't know what method Wu Dong uses to sell horses, and they don't know what the relationship between horse selling and Suqing Haidao is.
"This matter was discussed by me and Huā Rong, huā Rong, you can talk about it." Wu Dong Road.
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Huā Rong stood up and walked over to the map hanging in the council chamber. Now this map is not only a map of Goryeo, but a huge map that includes the Kingdom of Jin, Liao, the Great Song Dynasty, Annam, Dongying, and other places. Almost the entire wall occupies the position of the future Yangsan, and Goryeo is only the first step.
"According to the results of my consultation with the Grand Duke, we are to go north by boat, land in the far north, and then go to the ancient grasslands of Méng, from which we will sell horses. Duan Jingzhu has already been informed, saying that a large number of war horses have been prepared there, as long as we go over and transport them back. Huā Rong said.
Huā Rong had a wooden stick in his hand and had pointed out all the locations. The so-called "Far North" refers to the north of the Trans-Khingan Mountains, which is incomparably desolate and almost uninhabited. The Méng ancient grassland refers to the current outer Méng ancient area, and the inner Méng ancient is still the territory of the Khitan people, and it does not belong to the Méng ancient people.
"Is this path viable?" Luan Tingyu said in disbelief.
"Feasible, we've already sent people to explore that path. I left in February and just came back yesterday, so today I convened this military aircraft meeting to focus on this issue. Huā Rong said.
"It would be great if it worked, we could have more horses from now on!" Luan Tingyu said excitedly.
"Yes! That's great! The rest of Yang Xiong and the others were also excited.
Through the Goryeo War, through contact with NV Zhenren, everyone in Yangsan realized the power of cavalry. If this road is feasible, then Liangshan will have a steady stream of war horses in the future.
"But there are still many dangers on that road, the road is not easy to walk, we have to send a fierce general to go there, open the road in the mountains, build bridges in the river, and walk that road well." Wu Dong Road.
"Grand Governor, Legion Commander, I am willing to take the troops to that road, and I will definitely bring the horses back!" Yang Xiong suddenly stood up and said loudly.
"Governor, I'm willing to go!" Luan Tingyu also hurriedly stood up and said.
"Governor, why don't you let me go?" Sun Li, the commander of Liangshan's newly formed Fifth Army, also stood up, looked at Wu Dong with longing eyes, and said.
"As for who is going to sell horses, this needs to be decided by your Goryeo Legion, and then report it to me. However, before selling horses, it is necessary to clear the sea lane. This area is not safe enough and there are a lot of pirates. In addition, we are also planning to occupy all the nearby islands, especially Sakhalin and Hokkaido, two large islands in the north, which can become a transit point for our horse traffickers, and even raise horses on them. These are the things that the Navy is going to do. Wu Dong said.
Sakhalin Island is in the far north, and it was already Chinese territory during the Tang Dynasty, and it was called "Kuyue" at that time, and later it was called "Ku Pages", and by the end of the Tang Dynasty, China lost contact with it. When the Jin Kingdom is strong, it will also occupy that territory. Later, when the Méng ancients were strong, they also occupied Sakhalin. Sakhalin can be said to be the largest island in China in the past, twice the size of Taiwan. At present, Sakhalin Island has not been occupied by the Jin, and there are some indigenous people on it, and the number is very small, and it is very easy to occupy it.
As for Hokkaido, it is not yet the territory of the Japanese, who did not land in Hokkaido until the 16th century. In today's Hokkaido, the aborigines of Hokkaido are the Ezo people, also known as the "máo people", and the máo hair on their faces and bodies is very long, and the number of áo people is not much, it is estimated that there are more than 100,000 at most, and it is very easy to occupy the place.
Both islands are very cold, and there is a lot of vegetation on them, which should be used to raise horses, but everything needs to be experimented.
"Your navy will come out with a charter and set off tomorrow to clear the sea lanes and occupy these two large islands." Wu Dong Road.
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