Yang Zhi and the Qin family's movements naturally could not be concealed from the emperor.

The emperor's original intention of supporting Yang Zhi was the same as when he supported the Qin family, in order to contain each other and minimize his dependence on the chaebols on the hills. Borrowing the hand of Yang Zhi to prepare for the establishment of the Yamen of the Governor of Customs is also a move to lay eggs through chickens.

The last thing the emperor wants to see is that the two join forces. There have been more than one call for gold to talk secretly, or to inquire about Wang Yunong in a vague way. It can be said that the Qin family and Yang Zhi have made great contributions to Great Xia, and the emperor has always been quite easy to use, and they are far away from military power and have no collusion with the rest of the forces in the court, so they can't just make an order to ask for guilt based on suspicion, right? After a small landowner in the countryside made a fortune, he still knew that buying a house and buying land was just a harmless expansion of power for people and animals, so what hindered you?

There is only one point, the emperor, Jin Zishan and Wang Yunong all tacitly never mention it: even if you are not at ease, even if you can't see it, what can you do with them? Out of sight and out of mind, it's better to make a fortune with a muffled voice!

Because of the preciousness of time, coupled with the emperor's entrustment on when to depose Xu Wenhan when he returned to Beijing to "report on his work", although he was very concerned about his old father, wife and children who were far away in Chang'an, Yang Zhi left Beijing for more than three years.

In June of the 29th year of the reign of Wucheng of Xia Li, Yang Zhibu General Li Zhao led a fleet of two thousand sergeants, four patrol ships each capable of carrying 500 people, and six fast boats each capable of carrying 50 to 100 people, and led two thousand sergeants and hundreds of craftsmen, as well as the first batch of grain, weapons, and other materials, from Jilong Port to Yizhou.

Yizhou is now under the jurisdiction of Quanzhou Prefecture of Southern Chu, although many people from China have moved here to escape the war since ancient times, but it has not been developed on a large scale at that time. Yizhou has a pleasant climate and abundant products, which can be called an excellent treasure place to keep the Great Xia in and out of the ocean.

By the end of the thirtieth year of Wucheng in the Xia calendar, under the close cooperation of Yang Zhi and the Qin clan in an orderly manner. There are 13,000 garrisons and more than 50,000 immigrants on Yizhou Island, nearly 300,000 mu of fertile land has been cultivated, nearly 1 million mu of fruit forests have been planted, and two shipbuilding workshops and armament workshops have been built.

The garrison was divided into three divisions, with a fleet of 5,000 men stationed in Jilong Harbor and Kaohsiung respectively. Another 3,000 men were in charge of the garrison.

At the insistence of Xiong Zhan and his wife, a fleet of 2,000 people was stationed on the islands off the coast of Shandong, which was still led by Xiong Zhan. Originally, Linglong, Jiang Chengbi, the Qin brothers and others discussed and wanted to relocate all the workshops on Long Island to Yizhou, but Yang Zhi vetoed it without hesitation. The reason is very simple: one day the world will be unified, and the islands off the coast of Shandong will never be the private property of the Yang family, but will always be the land of the Chinese dynasty. In the future, no matter which dynasty it falls on, it will benefit future generations!

The world is not blind, and the emperor is not. The prefect of Quanzhou, which is close at hand, is not even more.

Most people in this era have no concept of sea power, especially in troubled times. Since the fall of the previous dynasty, the feudal towns have been divided, and there are many countries. Attacking each other on land, all be careful, who has the leisure to take care of the affairs of the sea? Yang Zhi ambushed several bands of pirates to occupy the islands off the coast of Shandong, and even the emperor initially disagreed. Isn't it just a few palm-sized islands? No matter how much he tosses, where can he jump to? As a result, when the emperor woke up, the islands off the coast of Shandong had already taken the surname Yang.

Yizhou is becoming more and more different. Long Island is too close to Penglai. As long as the emperor grits his teeth and is ruthless, he can break it in ten months at most. Yizhou and Fujian and Guangdong face each other across the sea. The two sides of the strait are blocked by straits hundreds of miles apart, and the island is very large and the land is fertile. Whether it is Great Xia or Southern Chu, according to the current national strength of the two countries, how easy is it to cross the sea to conquer? It was the emperor's pretending to be deaf and dumb because he was completely helpless. I could only watch Yang Zhi and the Qin clan join forces to pass through the strategy and garrison emigrate.

Since the day when the news of Li Zhao's landing in Yizhou reached his ears, the Quanzhou prefect has not slept peacefully.

Large ships that could carry thousands of men, well-trained and armed sergeants to the teeth, and 20 acres of land were given to each family free of charge. Craftsmen with craftsmanship have given five acres of mountains and forests ......, and there are many laws and regulations to benefit the people, and the small people on the land don't even dare to think about it on weekdays.

At first, it was secretly organized by the Qin clan to send people who were interested in immigrating to Yizhou in the name of "merchant ships", and later they simply had at least one large ship that could carry 500 people every day, openly like a ferry. The sudden mass migration and loss of population will undoubtedly lead to a series of social problems, the most direct manifestation of which is the sharp reduction in taxes paid by local governments and the difficulty of collecting forced labor. Can the prefect of Quanzhou not be in a hurry? Trying to forcibly block it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and concealing it and failing to report it is a serious crime of bullying the king. After hearing the news and confirming it, he first reported to Emperor Chu for several months, but it was like a stone in the sea, and there was no response. Later, even the Great Chu Emperor ignored the heart, and simply broke the jar and pretended to turn a blind eye, so he had to resign himself to fate.

Great Xia and Southern Chu are two troubled powers facing each other in the north and south, and the emperors of the two countries seem to have reached a tacit understanding, and they let Yang Zhi let go of it for several years, but it did not bring any interference to his occupation of Yizhou. Not only Linglong, Jiang Chengbi, Qin Kongyun, Qin Jiaoyang and others found it incredible, but Yang Zhi himself couldn't cry or laugh.

Yang Zhi originally thought that if Emperor Xia's secret order was to inquire about it, he could push the scoundrel clean up in the end. Yizhou is the territory of Southern Chu, what does it have to do with you? What does it matter to me to be taken by the bandits of the sea? If Emperor Chu sends a sailor to crusade, I can't wait for it! Just let Lao Tzu's new fleet try its hand and open a round of meat!

It's a pity that the emperors of both countries are very generous, and they don't have the same knowledge as him Yang Zhi, which makes him regretful. It is conceivable that Emperor Xia was only forced to endure it out of helplessness, and Emperor Chu's self-deception and lack of reaction was downright mediocre and incompetent.

From the islands off the coast of Shandong to today's Yizhou, the garrison immigrants, the establishment of government officials, business-oriented, encourage farming and fishing, attach importance to craftsmanship, and lightly pay tribute to meager endowments. It is no exaggeration to say that as long as Yang Zhi is willing, he is only one step away from becoming the king. In fact, in the minds of tens of thousands of subordinates, Yang Zhi has long been a well-deserved uncrowned king.

The pirate-born subordinates all hoped that Yang Zhi would establish himself as king. Jiang Chengbi also had a vague persuasion, but Yang Zhi was furious: "The eyes of the rat are inch! As soon as I had a slightly more spacious place to stay, I didn't even know what my last name was! If I am king, how is it different from a clown who jumps off the beam? Sooner or later, there will be a battle with Great Xia! Fighting in the same room, fratricidal, living and suffering, do you think it's very interesting? ”

Yang Zhi, who has been a man in two lifetimes, has a keen political sense, and he can see the thoughts of tens of thousands of subordinates from behind Jiang Chengbi, and he must not break their thoughts of worshipping the general and the marquis. Said in a slow tone: "How big is the world? Why do you always stare at the one-third of an acre of land in front of you? Sir, let's take a longer-term view. I, Yang Zhi, swear that I will never be the king in this life, but my subordinate brothers will be famous overseas in the future, but those who are capable can be kings! ”

Yang Zhi had the intention to let Jiang Chengbi spread the word, and he had every reason to believe that these words would also reach the emperor's ears in the near future.

King? Even if in a few years, after carefully building a few invincible armadas, Yizhou has a surplus in addition to self-sufficiency, and there is no need to worry about that false name. The king does not need to be self-proclaimed, not the king but the king is the highest state! (To be continued.) )