Summers in Jeju are not very hot because of the oceanic climate, which is very humid and nourishing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After the spring ploughing was completed, the Korean officials and slaves and later the Liao people were very satisfied with the current life in Jeju, and even as tenants, they only paid 30% of the rent, or became herdsmen, planted alfalfa, and became part of the pasture.

If it is a laboring army, it will be more satisfied, more than one tael of silver a month, three full meals, are all rough work of construction, although it is more tiring than farming, but more food.

The fort of Jeju Port, the expansion of the port, the military barracks, and the artisan camp were all built through the efforts of such a laboring army, and now they are tasked with building and widening roads throughout the island, which is also a major project.

All in all, this is the most pleasant spring that Jeju people have ever had.

Liaodong Beacon is too far away from here, this is a peaceful and quiet island, and now it is a so-called foreign land outside the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhao Lie didn't know the information of the Ning Jin War at this time, there was such a thing in his memory, but the specific time was impossible to remember.

He didn't know that the first rank of the Jiannu soldiers sent by his family to consolidate his Laozi's power turned the crisis faced by the Zhao family into invisible, indirectly consolidating his rear foundation.

After all, the transmission of information in this era is still too slow.

At this time, Zhao Lie was trapped in the room with Wan Ji, Huang Han, Li Hu, Ma Tao and others to discuss the shipping matter, which was really a sad thing.

"My lord, the eight 500-ton Galen warships that have been built and tested this month have been put into operation to rush to the Mido military household, and the last two thousand generals will also return to Jeju within the month. However, it will take more than a year to transport nearly 200,000 refugees from Shidao to Jeju at the current capacity. Capacity is the biggest challenge right now. Fortunately, in six months, ten Galen ships will be in service, and the capacity will increase significantly. ”

Ma Tao estimated the time for the next year or so. The biggest problem facing Jeju was how to transport tens of thousands of refugees to Jeju, and the island was too close to North Korea and the Donggang River to stay for a long time.

"The most difficult part was the voyage from Jeju Island to Ezo, which took nearly a month to sail, more than a month and a half round trip, and only eight months a year. In the past four months, the sea has been frozen, so even if the fleet is fully dispatched, it can only carry 10,000 people at a time, and it will take more than four years to reach Ezo Land. Add in the delivery of grain, it will take more than five years. Fortunately, they are all sailing in cool areas, and they can basically be transported by all people, without halving the transportation as in hot areas. ”

Wanji said with a sad face. He calculated the distance from Jeju Island to Ezo Island.

It's not that I don't know. Shocked by the calculation.

Previously, Li Meng, Wan Ji, Ma Tao and others still had a lot of complaints about Zhao Lie's crazy ship-building behavior.

After all, the cost of each 500-ton galen has reached more than 5,000 taels of silver, and 14 galenic ships have been built in more than a year, and the bare ships alone have already spent more than 100,000 taels of silver, plus artillery and crew salaries, all kinds of expenses are complicated, which greatly aggravates the financial crisis of Shidao, and the silver mountain of Shidao is decreasing at a speed that can be seen.

It is extremely deadly. The robbery of the Spanish treasury by Stone Island was the foundation of the treasury of the Broken Army, if it dried up. The captives will not be able to move an inch.

However, when Zhao Lie said that the goal was to turn the Ezo land in the north of the Wa Kingdom into his own territory, after the surprise of the people, they were distressed to find that there were not enough ships, and the existing eleven Galen merchant ships, eighteen Galen warships, thirty flying clippers, and more than thirty large and small Fu ships were all of the Shidao sailors.

This is still the result of plundering the fleet of more than a dozen sea ships, that is, with the ten 500-ton Galen warships under construction, the transportation capacity is only to transport more than 10,000 people to Ezo at a time, and ships have to be built.

"Not counting what has already been built, twenty Galen ships will have to be built. This was able to transport these people to Ezo for three years while maintaining the defenses of Jeju and Seokdo. Zhao Lie came to a conclusion.

Wan Ji and the others grinned, this is the expenditure of more than 200,000 taels of silver, not counting the expenditure of artillery, after all, most of these ships are still used as transport ships first, just to place a few self-defense guns.

"Wanji, give an order to the Ishido shipyard to prepare for the construction of twenty to thirty five-hundred-ton Galen ships in the next year or so, and in addition, order Ishido to expand salt production, and if necessary, smuggle salt from Jeju to North Korea to increase financial income."

Zhao Lie only has a stable financial income of private salt, and the harvest of plundering the fleet is to see the sky, Zhao Lie does not want to increase his income, but unfortunately there is really no good way to generate income at the moment, in addition to salt and grain, there are not too many popular commodities in business, and Zhao Lie really does not know how to make cloth, glass and other objects in the workshop.

Zhao Lie was just a novice in liberal arts in his previous life, and he really didn't know anything about these things.

The heavy responsibility of more than 200,000 refugees, Zhao Lie still has to bear a few years, only after the Liao people cultivate their own land in Ezo, Zhao Lie can unload these burdens, and then Zhao Lie can really enjoy the dividends of these populations, before that, the future is bright, the road is hard.

At present, Zhao Lie fell into this contradiction, if he wanted to develop Ezo as soon as possible, he would build more Galen sea ships, so that Zhao Lie's money would be consumed very quickly, if the shipbuilding was built step by step, then the annual consumption of refugees would be hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and Zhao Lie would have to go bankrupt in a few years. In this way, we can only build ships as soon as possible, develop Ezo, and remove the burden as soon as possible.

After unifying the opinions, Zhao Lie began to discuss with Wan Ji and Ma Tao about the upcoming trip to Ezo, the difficulty of this trip was not to interrupt the pace of transporting refugees from Shidao, but also to go to Ezo as soon as possible to establish a wharf, military camp, and open up Tunpu and other places.

"My lord, the north of Korea is not quiet at the moment, Jiannu has robbed tens of thousands of Dingkou, killed and injured more than 100,000 people, the whole north is in a mess, Li Chao has no courage to start a war with our army at this time, so the five battleships defended by Jeju Island and the five battleships that are about to return to Seumi Island are useless here, it is better to leave two gunboats, and the others will first dismantle the cannons and turn them into transport ships. This would allow ten Galen to sail to Ezo, but it would not reduce the number of refugee ships on Stone Island. Wanji said.

Wan Ji had no choice but to come up with such a note to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall.

"Huang Han. If thousands of Korean soldiers land in Jeju, will you be able to win the battle? Zhao Lie thought for a moment and asked Huang Han.

"Don't worry, sir. Jiannu occupied the entire territory of Pyongan Province in Korea in two months, and it can be seen that the Korean soldiers are weak, not to mention thousands, even tens of thousands of our captive troops can also win the battle. Huang Han is now full of confidence.

The damage of the Broken Army in the Battle of Iron Mountain was not small, but this battle proved that the Broken Army could be undefeated in a frontal field battle with the elite Eight Banners of Jiannu, and the Korean soldiers who were beaten by Jiannu all over the ground and looking for teeth had long been ignored.

"Huang Han. Don't be careless," Zhao Lie said, "Today's Jeju is different from the past. If the North Korean soldiers do not land in front of the Jeju Fort, but at other locations, the key is to find them in advance and destroy them. We can't let them break the jars and jars that we have worked so hard to build. How to send clippers to find the North Korean landing fleet. Discovering where it landed is what you need to do as early as possible. ”

"Obey the order, and the subordinates will definitely live up to the trust of the adults." Huang Han hurriedly got up and saluted respectfully.

"Wanji, the proposal is very good, this can greatly increase the transportation capacity of our army." Zhao Lie nodded approvingly. "However, the Frangi and Dutch Galen ships entering and leaving Nagasaki still pose a certain threat to our fleet."

"Your Excellency, rest assured, according to the sentinels of Haicang and other ships, the Francois and the Dutch never approach the Korean coast at present, and they all go south from Nagasaki." Li Hu bowed and said.

"Hmm. In this way, it is safe to let the battleship go to the north. "Zhao Lie was always wary of the Dutch and Spaniards.

"Your Excellency. Ezo land is all uncultivated woodland and grassland, and unlike abandoned land, the speed of manual labor alone is too slow, and the horses of Jeju Island can help a lot. However, capacity is extremely tight. Ma Tao said.

"Even if there is a shortage of transportation capacity, we have to transport horses to Ezo, first, horses are wasted on money and grain in Jeju, and second, there is a real lack of large livestock in Jezo, and Jeju horses are not good as war horses, so they can be used as ploughing horses, and they can also be used as mounts in Ezo." Wanji said.

Zhao Lie nodded, Jeju horses can only have this purpose.

"My lord, you can send a fleet to rush to transport people, horses, and food to Ezo from March to October, and when the local sea is closed in winter, the main force of the fleet can return to Shidao to rush to transport refugees." Li Hu said beside him.

Zhao Lie slapped his forehead, yes, the main force of the fleet can be arranged to go to the north in the summer and return to Shidao in the winter, after all, Shidao and Jeju are not closed to the sea in winter.

"Jiang is still old and spicy, Li Hu, take credit for you." Zhao Lie gave a thumbs up.

"Don't dare to be, your subordinates are just spending more time at sea, and they don't dare to take credit." Li Hu said humbly.

"Since the founding of our army, the rewards and punishments are clear, and the rewards and punishments can only be clear, otherwise who will be brave to take the lead in the battle array, such as I was sixteen years old and awarded a hundred households, the Ming army generals are all like this, how to not chill the soldiers who have been taken away from the front to kill the enemy, our army must not re-lead the mistakes, my merits must be heavily rewarded, but it will not be a shadow, and the next generation of fame will let the boys take it themselves." Zhao Lie nodded to everyone present.

After all, they are all from the dragon heroes, it is better to establish a system in advance than to experience the pain of abolishing the old and welcoming the new in the future, and clearly tell everyone that following the founding of the country is indispensable for your wealth, but the glory of the descendants will be taken by themselves immediately.

"Yes." Everyone bowed in response.

These two boys are not married, only Li Hu has a son and a daughter, so the current feeling is not deep, and if it is lost, it will be lost, if there is no system, in the future, it will become a burden on the country and drag down the finances sooner or later.

In order to explore the bay of Ezo, establish a harbor to moor ships, and unload cargo personnel, it was decided to send five clippers to the northwest of Ezo to begin the exploration.

On the fifth day of the sixth month of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, five miles outside the port of Mi Island, three warships including Huo Qubing and Peng Yue met with more than ten Fu ships, more than 20 Haicang and Shaniao ships.

Gu Wuyue took the small tonnage Peng Yue and Mao Wenlong's fortune boat to the trestle bridge of Shenmi Island, which is now uninhabited, and the hundreds of military households that farmed here were also pulled away by the Broken Army.

The remaining 20,000 taels of silver were exchanged for the banners and armor of Jiannu's Jiale Ezhen and Niu Lu Ezhen. The dozens of generals and their families who were captured were returned.

Dusi Lu Mingde was not exchanged, he really had no shame to return to Phi Dao, after all, he introduced the Iron Mountain by the Broken Army that captured Iron Mountain, and now he jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash it.

As for the previously said head of the 500 Jiannu was handed over to Mao Wenlong as a month ago, after the last demonstration, the Broken Army was not afraid that the Dongjiang River would repent, and the Broken Army Naval Division would make Phi Island an isolated island. Mao Wenlong used these heads to deal with the imperial court and Denglai, Jiannu attacked Ning Jin very urgently, and the cabinet and Denglai urged Mao Wenlong to launch an offensive day by day, in order to encircle Wei and save Zhao.

Mao Wenlong only wanted to see the whole picture of the Broken Army's naval division, and the Broken Army had already prepared, and dozens of ships had already left the port more than ten miles away and were waiting for three warships. Mao Wenlong just looked at the general situation with a telescope, and it can only be said that the sails are spread all over the sea in the east, which is the most powerful fleet that Mao Wenlong has seen so far.

"Mao Shuai, today I will go south to Jeju Island, and when I leave, the commander of our army has something to say," Gu Wuyue respectfully bowed his hand to the south. "Mao Shuai is neither after the honor, nor the support of the imperial court, only with hundreds of people from the family to go to sea to fight slaves, in the past few years, the trouble of the henchmen of the Jiannu, the anti-gold heroes of the Ming people, rare in ancient and modern times, the leader of my family is deeply admired,"

Mao Wenlong proudly thanked him, this is the pride of his life, walking alone in the sea, fighting fiercely with foreign races, building the Dongjiang River from scratch, daring to think and dare to do and take responsibility.

"However, Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, and now Mao Shuai is suspected of supporting the army in the Ming Dynasty, and Jiannu is regarded as a big trouble in the rear, this is the autumn of life and death, Mao Shuai must not be investigated." Gu Wuyue bowed his hand respectfully, "If Mao Shuai has internal and external difficulties, he can report to my Jeju emergency, and the head of my family will do his best to help." ”

"Oh," Mao Wenlong was shocked, and the leader of the Broken Army said the biggest worry of Phi Dao, "I don't know what your family leader wants." ”

"Setting up a long car, stepping through the lack of Helan Mountain, and drinking Hulu's blood wine are the demands of the head of my family, and Mao Shuai will know it in the future." Gu Wuyue made a military salute and returned to the boat.

Mao Wenlong looked at the fleet heading south, his heart was churning, he knew that Phi Dao was now difficult to ride a tiger, Shen Shikui, Mao Chenglu, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi and other generals were only obeying him at the moment, and they were all against Denglai Liaodong, and some even had the mind of self-reliance.

The imperial court, most of the speculations of the lords of Denglai are true, although he and Jiannu are false and wronged, but he has never surrendered to the thief's heart, so, but it is an internal and external dilemma, and the attack can not fight with Jiannu in the field, defeat more and win less, do not attack, it is regarded as supporting the army and self-respect, if he really has the heart of rebellion, but there is no such dilemma.

Mao Wenlong listened to the sea breeze blowing his beard, and he was stupid for a while. (To be continued.) )