Chapter 333: Peace and Governance of Baekje and Silla
Hearing that Wu Tiande was worried that the matter here would be spread by the Japanese prisoners of war, Lu Qing smiled calmly, and at the same time thought that although Wu Tiande's character is not good, he is an ordinary person after all, how can he know the cruelty of the battlefield?
Thinking of this, I saw Lu Qing say with a smile: "Daochang Wu, you don't have to worry about this, there are a total of 1,531 prisoners of war on the island, and after building this place, these people ......, hehe!" ”
When he heard the end, Lu Qing's face showed a cruel expression, and he even bared his teeth and smiled at Wu Tiande, which made Wu Tiande, who had always been bold, shudder, and at the same time couldn't help but turn his eyes on the prisoners of war working in the valley, he didn't expect that the General Lu in front of him was really ruthless, and more than a thousand people would kill him when he said he would kill him. But it's not surprising to think about it, after all, he is a general who leads the troops, and he can kill 10,000 people on the battlefield at one time, let alone these prisoners of war.
But then Wu Tiande suddenly thought of another thing, and reluctantly showed a smile at the moment and said: "General Lu, since these prisoners of war can't get out of the island, it's better to hand them over to Poor Dao, I have some other uses." ”
Hearing that Wu Tiande actually wanted these prisoners of war, Lu Qing was a little puzzled in his heart, he couldn't understand what this scum in the Dao Sect was going to do? However, he remembered that Li Yulai had said in his letter that he wanted him to meet all the requirements put forward by Wu Tiande, no matter how weird and unreasonable it was, he would try his best to help them do it, and now it was only the right to deal with thousands of prisoners of war, so Lu Qing thought about it and agreed.
After staying on Devil Cry Island for a while, Lu Qing and Wu Tiande returned to Tsushima Island by boat, and then Wu Tiande gathered the more than 20 people under his command and told everyone to get ready. They were going to Devil Cry Island in a few days to set up, after all, they were going to live there for a long time. It's better to do something in advance.
Although Wu Tiande's anatomy plan has a far-reaching impact, it is relatively similar to Li Su. But it can only be regarded as a relatively important small thing, compared to this small thing, he still has many big things to do, such as what to do next after taking Silla and Baekje into his hands?
Still in the Tsushima Strait, the choke point of this sea, a huge fleet is moving from north to south, most of this fleet is composed of warships, and it can be guessed from the size of the warships that this must be the navy in the hands of Li Su. At the rear of the fleet, a number of cargo ships followed. This situation is very common, as long as the warship is not carrying out the battle plan, it is generally allowed to have cargo ships in the rear to accompany it, which can be regarded as a little protection provided by Li Su for the maritime merchants.
In the middle of the fleet, there is a huge ship that is much larger than other warships, even bigger than Lu Qing's handsome ship, although this ship is also a lucky ship, but the real role is not to fight. There are not many weapons on the ship, but in order to make the ship safer and more comfortable, some modifications have been made to the ship, and it looks like a giant passenger ship.
The ship's name was King Qi. It is Li Su's car at sea, and after he leaves Chang'an this time, I am afraid that he will have to stay at sea for a long time. So as early as a year ago, people were ready to build a large ship for themselves, and there were no other requirements for this ship. The only way to do this is to be strong and safe, after all, the sea is unpredictable. No one knows if there will be any danger, Li Su doesn't want to die in the hands of God so aggrieved, so the safer the ship, the better.
In order to build this ship, Wei Heizi also specially consulted Zhao Yifan, and then discussed with the master of the ship design college for a long time before finally determining the ship model, and then it took nearly a year to cause, but the last time Li Su returned to Dengzhou, the ship was still in the sea trial, so Li Su has not had the opportunity to take it, and this is the first time to take his own special boat.
On the wide deck of the King of Qi, a fixed small table placed a few simple drinks and dishes, Li Su and Wang An sat opposite each other, enjoying the scenery of the sea while drinking, which seemed very comfortable. They had just sailed out of Jinseong and were going to go to Baekje's capital city through the Horse Strait to take a look at Sihyeon, after all, Li Su had not been there since the capture of Baekje, and this time he went there to make a plan for governing Baekje by the way.
After three rounds of drinking, Li Su smiled and pointed to the east of the ship, and said with great ambition: "Wang Fu, that is the Honshu Island of the Wa Kingdom, and in the section closest to us, there is an area called Iwami, where there is a huge silver mine, no, to be exact, it should be a huge silver mountain, as long as we can occupy it, and then mine the silver, and then mint it into coins to circulate in the market, then this higher value coin will definitely replace the lower value of copper coins, after all, the current commercial transaction volume is too large, If you only use copper coins to settle the settlement, it is too troublesome. ”
Hearing Li Su's ambitious words, Wang An was not so excited, but put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "Your Highness, now is not the time to think about the Wa Kingdom, let's think about how to govern Silla and Baekje!" ”
It's not that Wang An is not interested in the Wa Kingdom, but he knows that the rice must be eaten one bite at a time, and now he has just defeated Silla and Baekje, although the two countries have temporarily stabilized their countries, but how to govern next, there is still no charter, so he said this to Li Su.
When Li Su heard the plan for the governance of Silla and Baekje, the hesitation on his face froze, and he rubbed his head that was a little painful, and asked very distressedly: "Wangfu, according to your meaning, how should this Silla and Baekje be governed?" ”
In fact, for Silla and Baekje, Li Su just thought that he would never leave this scourge, so even if it was not much good to defeat the two countries, he was finally determined to control the two countries in his hands, but he did not have a systematic plan for what happened after the defeat of the two countries, let alone how to govern them, so he was so distressed.
And Wang An was waiting for Li Su's words, only to see that he deliberately pondered for a while, and then said: "Your Highness, Silla and Baekje are barren land, and there are no properties, the only advantage is that the population is relatively large, although this period of time has been recruiting, so that most of the prime men in the two countries are missing, but there are actually some in the country, and the children below are also growing up, and they can also come out to do things in two years, so in the opinion of the old man, it is best to develop industry in the two countries." ”
When Wang An said this, he peeked at Li Su, and found that Li Su's face was very ugly, and he didn't seem to approve of his proposal, but Wang An still continued: "A lot of coal mines and iron ores have been found in the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, especially the iron ore among them, many of which are rare rich ores, if the coal and ore there are transported to Silla and Baekje, and then smelted into steel here, in this way, if we need to use steel in the future, we don't have to purchase from Datang domestically!" ”
There are words in Wang An's words, although some words are not explicitly said, but with Li Su's cleverness, he can also hear them. Although Li Su is now the prince of the Tang Dynasty, he has already been regarded as a self-reliant door, and now because of Li Shimin's support, Li Su can get support from the Tang Dynasty no matter what he does, but he can't be like this forever, but to accumulate his own strength, such as steel, naturally he can't just rely on purchasing from Datang, but he must also have the ability to produce, and Silla and Baekje just have surplus manpower, plus the nearby Andong Metropolitan Protectorate produces coal and iron, so it's a pity not to take advantage of such convenient conditions.
However, after hearing this, Li Su shook his head firmly, and said to Wang An with a gloomy face: "Wang Fu, although your method is good, I can't do it!" ”
"Why?" Wang An asked a little anxiously, in fact, he could vaguely guess some, but he still couldn't help but ask.
Li Su turned his head to look in the direction of Silla and Baekje, and said in a heavy tone: "Wang Fu, if you are not of my race, your heart will be different, although the two small countries of Silla and Baekje are not worried, and now they are under our control, but they still can't be taken lightly, so for Silla and Baekje, it is okay to develop industry, but it can only develop light industries such as textiles and food processing, and the workers of these two countries can't be treated too preferentially, as long as they are enough to eat, as for heavy industries such as steel, Absolutely not on this land! ”
Li Su's words were very resolute, especially the last sentence, which aggravated the tone a little. It's not that Li is suspicious, but he clearly knows that although Silla and Baekje have been captured, the people of these two countries still have their hearts set on their homeland, especially Silla, and Kim Seungman is still the nominal queen, so he is really not at ease with these two small countries, so even if he knows that this is a good place to develop the steel industry, he still does not agree.
And Wang An also sighed, in fact, he also knew that Li Su seemed to have a great prejudice against Silla and Baekje, and was very disgusted with the two small countries everywhere, and even if he didn't want to be taboo, Li Su just didn't want the two small countries to have a good time, and even the development of industry was restricted everywhere, and the people of the two countries were squeezed as much as possible, as long as the stability of the two countries could be guaranteed.
However, since Li Su had already made up his mind, Wang An couldn't say anything more, so he had to nod his head and say yes, and then discussed with Li Su the specific governance plan for Baekje and Silla, such as the division of administration, the planning of the army, and so on.
Although Li Su also put forward his own views on these issues, most of them are still perfected by Wang An, after all, he has experience in this area. After the final agreement between the two, they finally came up with a rough plan, which not only limited the industrial development of the two countries, but also squeezed the labor force of the two countries as much as possible. In addition, in terms of administrative division, Li Su made great changes, but he also kept his original promise and let Silla retain a country name, but in terms of internal affairs, it has been completely hollowed out by Li Su. (To be continued.) )