After two years of accumulation, the Dajin Navy began to make great strides in development, and the entire East China Sea to the Whale Sea became the back garden of the Dajin Navy.

"Captain, is this the Wajima? Why is it so desolate? It's not as rich as my hometown! A sailor followed a young captain down from the second ship, and asked as he went, "Are we going to build a new port here?" ”

"Yes, this is it, in the past two years, we have touched all the waters of the Whale Sea, this is the west coast of the Japanese country, the population is relatively small, and the economy is not developed." The captain who put down the binoculars pointed to a barren beach in front of him and said affirmatively.

In fact, this deserted beach was later known as the Etsu region of Japan, and the Iwami Silver Mine, which later accounted for one-third of the world's silver production, was not far to the northeast. And this time and space is still a primeval mountain forest, and the Dajin prospectors found it after months of searching.

"But, captain, how do you build a harbor here? The water is too shallow, the water level of the estuary is only 4 meters deep, and it will not exceed three zhang at high tide. Aren't all the Japanese concentrated on the east coast? ”

"This is an order personally issued by His Majesty, and our navy can only obey the order, no matter whether we can build a big port or not, we just need to enclose the land. Moreover, it is said that there are silver and copper mines everywhere in the country, and not long ago, someone found a copper mine in the south. You see, there are mountains around here, and maybe we can find a silver mountain here! ”

This really made the other party talk about it. Just three days later, a flotilla of five more ships stopped here, bringing with them a large number of supplies and personnel, ready to dig silver mines in Iwamiyama. It turned out that a few months ago, a Dajin prospecting team discovered a huge silver mine here, and it is estimated that it contains enough silver ore for the Dajin to mine for decades.

Although the island of Japan was known for its lack of resources in later generations, it was rich in precious metal deposits such as gold, silver, copper, etc., and in the third and fourth centuries, the island of Japan did not have a unified government.

The Dog Slave Kingdom was unimpressed by the arrival of the Great Jin, and even maintained an instinctive hostility at times. And Yamatai is different. They had met the Emperor of the Central Plains during the Cao Wei period. The arrival of the Great Jin was very welcome, especially when their country was weakened.

The Great Jin Dynasty was able to successfully find so many silver and copper mines on Wajima, thanks to the help of the Yamatai people. Of course, the Great Jin did not treat the other party badly, and the navy dispatched a part of its forces to help the other party repel the invasion of the dog slave country several times. stabilized the domestic political situation of Yamatai. With the support of Dajin. Another Queen Himiko becomes the ruler of the Yamadai Kingdom.

Taking advantage of the civil strife in Yamatai, the Great Jin easily took the powerful country of Wajima into their own hands, and after the Dajin continued to meddle in the internal affairs of Wajima. Let the rulers of the dog slave country realize that the opportunities and dangers of their country are coming!

The opportunity is to be able to use the help of the Great Jin Dynasty to work hard to develop national strength, unify the entire Wadao at the right time, and establish a strong country. The only thing that worries them is that in the future, they may be swallowed up by the Great Jin before they start the unification plan!

Under the temptation of money and the deterrence of force by force, the Yamatai Kingdom was very aware of the current affairs and signed the first 'Treaty of Friendship and Commerce' with the Great Jin. This treaty of commerce stipulated that the Great Jin had the right to do business, open mines, and reside within the sphere of influence of the Yamatai State, and that the Great Jin goods enjoyed the most favored nation treatment here.

Not only that, every Dajin official stationed on Wadao would preach and promote the friendship between Jin and Wa to the natives of Wajima, and take Yamatai as an example, and trade friendship with Dajin could help each other improve their living standards. Many indigenous leaders were envious of the 'luxurious' life of the Yamatai people, and signed friendship agreements with the Great Jin Dynasty.

In November of the second year of Hongwu, the Jin navy successively incorporated Jeju Island, Tsushima Island, and some mines of Wado Island into its rule. When the entire East China Sea and the Whale Sea became the backyard of the Great Jin, the Great Jin Navy began to tentatively expand southward. In particular, with Jeju Island as a transit station, the Dajin Navy can be more bold to open up to the south.

At the end of November, a flotilla of two No. 1 Fukukuk ships sailed from Jeju Island. The fleet had been adrift on the sea for seven days, and on the eighth day, the sailors on the lookout suddenly discovered an island ahead. Hearing that the island had been discovered made the whole fleet excited, they had been floating on the sea for a week, and if there was no more harvest, the fleet would be on its way back.

When they got closer, they realized that there was not only one island, but an archipelago of many islands.

Although there were many islands, Lin Feng, the commander of the fleet, believed that if there were people on the island, it could only be a relatively large island, so he decided to land on the largest island first. After all, if someone says something, it means that there is water and food on it, and the fleet can replenish supplies and water sources.

Sure enough, when Lin Feng and the others landed, they soon found a small village with only a few hundred natives on this island. Faced with such a "huge" army, the natives looked terrified.

Although the other party was very weak, Lin Feng and the others still tried their best to show friendship. It's just that the two sides can't have an effective conversation because of the language barrier, so Lin Feng used some porcelain and steel knives as much as possible to exchange some water and food with the other party.

At the beginning, in the face of strong military deterrence, although the natives on the island did not dare to resist, their attitude was definitely not friendly. It wasn't until Lin Feng took out some porcelain and steel tools that the Tu became enthusiastic. Some even took the initiative to help Lin Feng as they captured prey to make food.

"Let's split up and map the entire island!" After using porcelain to get through the relationship, Lin Feng quickly arranged the task. Lin Feng, who surveyed the terrain on the island, did not know that this was the Ryukyu Islands in later generations, which was the most basic task of the Great Jin Expeditionary Fleet, and the fleet commander had to record in detail all the terrain and landforms that passed along the way.

In a group of five people, the whole fleet was divided into 10 groups, except for the personnel who left them on guard, plus some natives helped them, and after six or seven days of work, they finally surveyed the surrounding hundreds of large and small islands. When the final intelligence was reported to Lin Feng, he found that there was no one else in the entire archipelago except for the previous village.

"My lord, shall we continue south or return directly?" After replenishing the food and fresh water resources, a naval non-commissioned officer came to inquire about Lin Feng's next move.

Lin Feng shook his head and said, "No, it's not time to go back yet, haven't you noticed?" Based on the distribution of the surrounding islands, I am nine percent sure that there must be other islands in the east and west directions of this island, and we must continue to search for them. Do you still want to keep a tail? ”

"Well, my lord has a point, so should we go east or west next?" The non-commissioned officer asked.

"To the west, to the east, it's very close to our base in Wajima, and it's not challenging at all. To the west, if I'm not mistaken, when I was a student at the Naval Academy, there should have been a huge island to the southwest. This island is called the Great Island of the Ryukyus by His Majesty! If we can find this island, we will be a great success! ”

So after the fleet added fresh water to the island and buried the boundary monument, Lin Feng led the fleet to set sail to the west!

This time, the fleet sailed for only three days before they found land again. This time, Lin Feng and all the naval officers were dumbfounded.

This is a very big island, with a long coastline, and there is no edge in sight, at first Lin Feng and the others thought that they were back on the mainland. It wasn't until they sailed around the island that they were sure that it was indeed a huge island, most likely the Ryukyu Island.

Looking at the coastline as far as the eye can see, the whole fleet cheered enthusiastically. This time Lin Feng did not make a rash landing, after all, the bigger the island, the stronger the local forces on the island, with only two hundred people in his hands, once he was besieged by thousands of people, there was no second possibility except for the annihilation of the whole army.

After repeated observations, Lin Feng and the others chose a relatively flat beach to land. Sure enough, when Lin Feng stepped on the island with a hundred naval soldiers and walked only a few miles inside, many natives suddenly rushed out of the jungle and surrounded them.

I thought that I would go through some twists and turns again, but it turned out to surprise Lin Feng, those natives could actually understand what they said. This brings great convenience to the communication between the two sides. After some understanding, Lin Feng learned that Sun Quan of Wu had sent people here as early as the Three Kingdoms period. In addition, from time to time, Han people 'wandered' here, so many natives learned Chinese.

Looking at the native soldiers around him, Lin Feng hurriedly expressed his intention to the other party, and took out some porcelain and iron utensils and gave them to the other party's head. Maybe the natives were not surprised by the Han people who appeared from time to time, or maybe it was for the sake of what Lin Feng sent, and the natives quickly lifted the hostile state.

In the subsequent conversation, Lin Feng learned that there are nearly 100 tribes on this island, large and small, ranging from thousands to only 100 people, which shows that there are at least tens of thousands of natives on the island.

A few days later, Lin Feng led his team to leave the island of Ryukyu and embark on the road back. Standing on the deck, Lin Feng's heart was surging, the importance of the Ryukyu Island was self-evident, if the imperial court could establish rule here, it would be able to threaten Jiangdong from the south. In the future, when attacking Jiangdong, starting from here can not only bypass the Yangtze River defense line, but also threaten the rebels from behind! (To be continued......)