"Lord, is this Jeju Island really as good as you say?"

Han Shou still didn't believe what Wei Shuo said, he always felt that what Wei Shuo said was too mysterious, if this island was really as good as Wei Shuo said, why did Wu Guo prefer to travel thousands of miles to Liaodi to sell horses and never thought of occupying this place.

"Hehe, I know that you have doubts, but in fact, I am dissatisfied with you, long before I went north to Liaodong, I noticed Jeju Island. Later, due to busy affairs, the plan to occupy Jeju Island was temporarily shelved. However, I have always kept it in mind, and recently, with the implementation of the plan to reclaim the land, Jeju Island has reappeared in my sight. ”

"If you don't know Jeju Island, you will naturally have one or another concern, but you know this place very well. Jeju Island has vast grasslands, which are perfect for free-range horses. And by choosing this place as our horse farm, you can avoid being remembered by others. ”

"If the lord of this island really says it is as good, it will be too important to us. As the lord said, placing the pasture on Jeju Island not only protects the eyes and ears of all parties, but also hides our strength from the outside world, and can play a role in influencing the situation at critical moments. Pei Wei said with a cautious face.

"Indeed, my lord, has our sailor ever been to Jeju Island?" Han Shou asked.

"I've been there once, this place is about 700 kilometers away from my Liaodong, and it takes more than a month to go back and forth, and if you start from Laoshan, it may be ten or eight days less. According to the report of the brothers who came back, they walked forty or fifty miles in one direction on the island, and they could not reach the end, so you can see the size of this island! Moreover, the island has mountains and rivers, fertile land, grasslands as far as the eye can see, and all kinds of unheard of trees grow very luxuriantly! ”

"Really?"

"That's great!"

"Heaven treats the lord well!"

After listening to Wei Shuo's brief introduction to the situation on Jeju Island, everyone was overjoyed. Everyone present is a resourceful person, and they will naturally know how important an island that can graze horses is to the great cause of the lord.

It's not that there are no suitable horse farms in Liaodong, but the slightly better horse farms are all forbidden in the hands of the Hu people of various departments, and they are not allowed to interfere at all. Now that Jeju Island is in place, not only has the much-needed pasture problem been solved, but there is no need to worry about being taken away by the greedy Hu people.

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The dusk on the sea has an indescribable softness. I saw the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the sparkling sea, outlining a beautiful scenery.

Wei Shuo stood on the deck, looking at the beautiful scenery of the sea and sky in the distance, and couldn't help but feel relaxed. Wei Shuo, who has been busy since crossing here, has rarely had leisure time to enjoy this scenery that is completely different from the land and desert until this time.

"Actually, the lord doesn't have to go to sea in person this time, some small things will be handed over to me and Wang Sima!" Mr. Liu and Wang Wei stood beside Wei Shuo, looking at the neat fleet under their command, and couldn't help but persuade.

While admiring the beautiful scenery of the sea, Wei Shuo sighed: "This trip to Jeju Island is related to the future development of our business. How can I settle down if I don't see the sailors take Jeju Island with my own eyes? You and others also know that now we are facing a large number of Hu cavalry threats in Xuzhou and Liaodong, and the development of cavalry is an urgent matter, but how can there be no war horses to develop cavalry? ”

"Jeju Island will be one of our most important horse farms in the future, so how can I rest assured if I don't see it with my own eyes? It's not that Wei doesn't believe in the sailor brothers, it's just that this matter is too important, so he can't be careless. ”

"Don't say that, the lord understands the lord's hard work very well, but I can't bear to suffer with us!"

Unexpectedly, Wei Shuo smiled when he heard this: "Speaking of going to sea, I can't help but think of the trip to Jiangdong some time ago. However, this time we were lucky not to have any bad weather. ”

Soon the whole fleet left the Bohai Sea and entered the Yellow Sea, and the whole sea seemed quiet and peaceful. On this expedition to Jeju Island, Wei Shuo sent all the sailors under his command, not because he was worried that the indigenous forces on the island were too strong, but mainly to train the two sailors under his command.

It has been almost a year since the establishment of the Laoshan Water Division, and except for a few battles in Liaodong this year, the task of the Water Division is to be responsible for transporting supplies and manpower in most cases. The sailors have never experienced a real water war since their establishment, and this trip to Jeju Island is a rare sea raid, which is just enough for all the sailors to see.

More than 30 warships, including three medium-sized ships of 2,000 materials, drifted on the sea for nearly 20 days before reaching the waters near Jeju Island. When a huge island appeared in front of everyone, it immediately caused the sailors to scream.

The expected battle did not happen, and after more than 1,000 sailors walked around the island with weapons, the lord of Tamna chose to surrender. The nearly 10,000 natives on the island did not cause any trouble to Wei Shuo, and Wei Shuo did not embarrass the other party after controlling the lord of the country. However, in order to prevent the lord of Tamna from causing trouble, Wei Shuo still sent his family to live in Liaodong.

Stepping onto Jeju Island and looking at the endless grasslands on the island, Wei Shuo couldn't help but be overjoyed, as if he saw thousands of horses running on it in the future.

"Lord, it seems that this place can really herd horses!"

When Wei Shuo heard this, he looked back, and it turned out that Mr. Liu had returned, and when he saw this, he hurriedly asked, "Then the family of the lord of Tamluo Country left smoothly?" ”

"Well, Wang Sima returned to Liaodong with three hundred sailors and the family of the lord of the country, and told Pei Changshi about our situation." Mr. Liu said with a smile.

"Liu Sima, this place will be all handed over to you, you have to take the entire island into your hands as soon as possible, and then mobilize the local natives to build enough dwellings for the Han people and Hu people who are about to immigrate here. In the next period of time, nearly 10,000 people will move here to graze, the vast majority of whom are Hu people. ”

"In the future, your Liaodong Navy Division will be the main fleet between the two places, and you must be more attentive to prevent the Hu people from making trouble."

"Hahaha, the lord is too worried, this island is surrounded by the sea on all sides, if there is no sailor, even if the Hu people are reversed, what can they do? As long as we blockade this island with sailors, it won't be long before those rebellious Hu people will be in chaos. Mr. Liu is not worried about the relocated Hu people at all, in his eyes, Jeju Island can be said to be a dead place without a sailor.

"Well, you can count it yourself, I think this island is quite large, it would be a pity if you only used herding horses, you can also let those natives farm the land, if you can be self-sufficient, it will greatly reduce our burden. Today, we don't have much food in our hands, and we are not yet self-sufficient. ”

"Please rest assured, we will definitely achieve the goal of self-sufficiency in the shortest possible time!"

It was not until June of the sixth year of Yongjia that Wei Shuo returned to Pingcheng, Xi'an, at this time hundreds of Hu people had been relocated to Jeju Island to settle down, and dozens of horse farms of all sizes had been allocated to the naturalized Hu people. Now in Xi'an Pingcheng, there are still more than 3,000 Hu people waiting to move to Jeju Island.

The situation in various parts of eastern Liaoning has not undergone major changes, only the situation in Hebei has undergone major changes. Among them, after Shi Le went north last year, he finally defeated Liu Kun and Liu Yan after more than half a year, and completely occupied the entire Xiangguo.

In the sixth year of Yongjia, at the end of June, Shile entered Xiangguo and set the capital here. After that, Shile took Zhang Bin, a frustrated scholar of the Han nationality, as the mastermind, summoned the low-level scholars, and set up another battalion, called the "gentleman's battalion". Since then, Shi Le's good fighting and Zhang Bin's wisdom have combined to form an irresistible military force.

After entering Xiangguo, Shi Le followed Zhang Bin's strategy, sent troops to plunder the grain of Jizhou counties and accumulated in Xiangguo, and migrated the population to Xiangguo for farming.

While Shi Le and Zhang Bin were busy accumulating strength, Liu Cong, who had just ascended to the throne not long ago, completely embarked on the road of corruption and degeneration.

After the death of Huyan, the queen of the Xiongnu Han Kingdom, in the first month of the sixth year of Yongjia, Liu Cong took the women of Sikong Wang Yu and Shang Shuling as the left and right Zhaoyi; The daughters of Wang Zhang, Fan Long, and Ma Jing are all wives; With Zhu Jinu as the concubine, they are all gold and purple ribbons.

Later, Liu Congna, the second daughter of Liu Yin, Liu Ying, and Liu E were the left and right noble concubines, and they were above Zhaoyi. He also accepted four daughters and grandchildren, all of whom were nobles and ranked second to concubines, so the favor of "Six Liu" crowned the Han harem.

Liu Cong not only wantonly expanded the harem, but also wantonly slaughtered ministers, and the Xiongnu Han State declined since then.