Perhaps it was to comfort Zhao Luan, or perhaps it was because he was afraid of the world's Qing discussion, Zhao Duan also gave Zhao Lu a county king this time, which was the king of Beihai County.

It is said that there was a king of Beihai County in the Northern Song Dynasty, but Mao Geng felt that something was wrong, no matter how he looked at it, it seemed that Lu Yi had leaked the heavenly opportunity. Now, Xia Descend Island is the official place name known to the world, and neither the Great Song people nor the Japanese know that this island will be named "Hokkaido". But I don't know if this island will be called "Beihai Island" in the future after Zhao Lian becomes the king of Beihai County.

Historically, until the 15th century, the island had been the territory of the Ainu people, and there was nothing Japanese to do about it. It was only after the 15th century that the Japanese began to immigrate to Natsu Island, which was called "Ezo Land", and at the end of the 16th century, the Matsumae Domain established a castle on Natsu Island, and it was not until 1869 that "Ezo Land" was officially renamed "Hokkaido".

Hokkaido has only more than 5 million people in the 21st century, it is indeed a vast and sparsely populated area, Hokkaido has a cold climate, the average annual temperature is only seven or eight degrees, in this cold Xiaoice era, of course, it is even colder, in addition, Hokkaido's volcanic zone occupies a lot of area, naturally not a habitable place.

Obviously, Zhao Lu has a great affection for adding the title of a county king to the bitter cold Xia Island, and when Mao Geng saw Zhao Lu, Zhao Lu was angry and his face was green.

Originally, Zhao Lian was ready to show his strength in Taiwan, so to speak, it was not easy to lay such a good foundation, Zhao Lian is still the founder, as a pioneer, Zhao Lian can continue to create a new miracle in the Great Song Dynasty here, but he didn't expect that with an edict, he would let himself go to Xia Yi Island to fish, what kind of world is this!

Zhao Lian only felt indignant, Zhao Lian, who was in his early twenties, was young and vigorous, and before that, he still had dreams, thinking of directly taking over the emperor's grandfather's class to the throne as the emperor, but suddenly, it became the general treatment of exile, this contrast is too great. It must be known that the officials of the Great Song Dynasty were demoted, and many of them were worthy of Qiongzhou, which was a big crime, and Qiongzhou was much better than Xia Island. Yes, after receiving the holy decree, of course Zhao Lian couldn't figure it out, and King Zhao Jun faced Han Yanxuan and Mao Geng, and he was in a hurry for a while, and he had no intention of stopping.

In order to soothe Zhao Luan's injured heart, the two persuaded left and right, but to no avail, so they had to accompany Zhao Luan to drink together.

Zhao Lian felt very aggrieved, so he had to drink to drown his sorrows. As members of the core team of the Caotai team that originally conquered Taiwan, Mao Geng and Han Yanxuan also sighed in their hearts, the so-called tragedy of the rabbit and the fox was what the two of them were thinking at this time. Han Yanxuan is better, with the Empress Dowager Wu as a supporter, I don't think Zhao Xuan will be embarrassed by himself, Mao Geng is different, he is so close to Zhao Luan, in case Zhao Dan wears small shoes for himself, he may not even be as good as Zhao Luan, therefore, Mao Geng's mood at this time is also related.

In fact, Mao Geng didn't think that Hokkaido was a good place there, but seeing Zhao Luan like this, Mao Geng said in his heart, we have the responsibility to cheer Zhao Luan up.

Previously, Mao Geng also told Zhao Lu about some of the benefits of Hokkaido, such as Xia Yi Island is a paradise for aquatic products, such as a good place for horse grazing, in addition to coal fields, although the coal field is not large, it is enough to be mined for more than a hundred years, and there are many volcanoes, which means that it is rich in sulfur, and so on, but it is useless to say this.

Mao Geng thought, it seems that you have to take a little fierce medicine.

Taking advantage of a few glasses of wine, Mao Geng began to incite Zhao Lu:

"In fact, when the king went to this Xia Island, he just opened up the territory and made great achievements. If it is done properly, hehe, it is not too difficult to expand the territory of the Great Song Dynasty by two or three times. ”

Zhao Luan, who was depressed, heard this, immediately raised his head and asked:

"Yi Sheng, there are only more than 20,000 people on Xia Island now, and it is not enough to open a Xia Island, but to talk about what to expand the territory, isn't it a fool's dream!"

In the past two years, the imperial court has forcibly arranged for 4,000 Xiang troops to go to Xia Yi Island, plus the families of the Xiang army and thousands of native captives in Taiwan have been forcibly relocated, and there are more than 23,000 people so far. Most of the advance personnel of the Taisong Haimao on Xia Island have now become managers, and under their management, Xia Island has been in the early stage.

After the arrival of the Xiang army6, fishing, animal husbandry, and agriculture on Xia Yi Island all had different exhibitions. But if 20,000 people are thrown to the 80,000-square-kilometer Xia Descendant Island, how much space can they occupy!

Jin Ding has been applying for more immigrants from the imperial court, but after all, Xia Yi Island is a bitter cold place, far less attractive than Taiwan, and even inferior to Luzon, so Zhao Lian believes that the top problem of Xia Yi Island is still a population problem, not a land expansion.

Mao Geng said in his heart, Zhao Lu, you are lonely and unheard, but I don't know that the Spanish thousands of people dare to take down Luzon and then control it in their hands, and firmly rule for hundreds of years, and hundreds of Dutch people dare to occupy Taiwan, and Maozi will let Kang Mazi withdraw if hundreds of people defend the city! Of course, this is all two or three hundred years later, how could Zhao Lian hear about it!

Mao Geng had to patiently counsel:

"Your Majesty, let me tell you, in the north of this Xia Island, there is a big island, let's call it Sakhalin Island, its size is similar to that of Xia Island, after the king goes to Xia Island, he does not worry about the uselessness of heroes, in my opinion, since he has occupied Xia Island, he can take this Sakhalin Island by hand."

Zhao Yan shook his head and said:

"Xia Xia Island is already a bitter cold place, so isn't Sakhalin Island even colder! Where there is a bitter cold place, people survive, nothing more than grazing, fishing and hunting, compared with the two, of course, choose a slightly warmer place to graze and hunt, right! Xia Island is already vast and sparsely populated, the people of my Great Song Dynasty are tired of its bitter cold, even if the catch is considerable, the arable land is very extensive, there is no need to worry about livelihood, and the people of my Great Song Dynasty have not seen enthusiastic going, Xia Island is still like this, what is the benefit of taking Sakhalin Island again! Half of the 20,000 people will go to Sakhalin Island, but I am afraid that even the land that has been opened up on this Xia Island will be abandoned again. ”

Mao Geng said in his heart, Zhao Lu is a young master after all, and his temperament is a little afraid of hardship, which is nothing strange. Well, the key is that the Song Dynasty lacked a strong pioneering spirit, and the later Ming and Qing dynasties were actually the same, you can also understand that the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties were adhering to the harmonious plan of stability and unity, and tried their best to prevent all kinds of unstable factors, and the expansion policy may bring instability.

If he had been as pioneering as the Russian Tsar and had formed expeditions to occupy land everywhere, in fact, as long as the policy was given, the territory of the Celestial Empire would have been multiplied several times long ago. But then again, Moscow is a bitter cold place, so Maozi doesn't care if the climate is bad or not, basically as long as it's a territory. Good teeth and mouth have the advantage of good teeth, that is, they are not picky eaters, no matter whether they are meaty, they are vegetables in their mouths. Therefore, the territory of Northwestern Lia and Sakhalin is also very good. As a result, in the oil age, Maozi greatly benefited because of its vast territory and unlimited underground resources.

It's not good to just look at the ground, let's talk to Zhao Lian about popular science:

"It is said that there are gold mines and large coal fields on Sakhalin Island, and the key thing is that it is said that there are also abundant reserves of fire oil underground, well, that is, oil, your majesty, oil is a good thing, and in the future, if the steam engine on our ship burns oil, we will be able to go farther." The burning-ball internal combustion engine that we have just successfully trial-produced will be able to burn oil in the future, and alcohol will not be able to burn it, but burning oil and oil will definitely be able to burn it, right? Therefore, Sakhalin Island must be occupied. ”

Mao Geng is not false at all, the ball burning machine is also a meat taboo, any heavy oil engine oil can be used as fuel, and the crude oil can be burned with a filter, which is not as delicate as a gasoline engine and diesel engine.

At this time, Han Yanxuan also became interested and began to think about how to occupy Sakhalin Island, but Xia Yidao had limited manpower, so Han Yanxuan said:

"Your Majesty, Yi Sheng is right, Sakhalin Island will be occupied first, just like when it received Xia Yi Island, go up hundreds or thousands of people first, build a small castle, and then find a way to recruit people after occupying it."

When he said this, Han Yanxuan was thinking about how to help Zhao Lian and let Tai Song Haimao get a piece of the pie in the process.

Mao Geng smiled:

"That's right, recruiting people can always think of a way, and under the heavy reward, there will be brave men. What's more, the natives of Luzon, Taiwan, as well as the Japanese and Koreans, can all be recruited! The king might as well put forward a little more conditions to the court, and the new emperor should not refuse! ”

Zhao Lian heard this, he was in a good mood, he stayed with Mao Geng in the past two years, after all, he has made great progress, at least, the importance of mineral resources can be regarded as knowledge, since Sakhalin Island has coal and magical oil, of course it is to be won.

However, Zhao Lu felt that Mao Geng had missed something, so he pointed out:

"Yi Sheng, didn't you just say that you can expand my Great Song Dynasty territory several times, this Sakhalin Island is just the same size as Xia Island, and it is several times the same size as Fang Cai, and the difference is not too much!"

Mao Geng did drink a little too much, and when he heard this, he simply said:

"Your Majesty, if you are not afraid of being greedy and chewing too much, I will have a bolder proposal. I didn't build a way to cross the Pacific Ocean before, but now it's not the same as it used to be, and soon, we'll be able to build a big ship that will go farther, and the king might as well go to the northeast to occupy the first line of islands in the northeast of Xia Island, and then set up coal supplies along the way, and then continue to sea trials to the east, so that we can land in the 6 Americas. As long as the king is brave enough, send an expedition to 6 Americas, and then slowly plan it, great things can be accomplished. The Americas are several times bigger than the Great Song Dynasty, hehe, when I talk about this, the king should no longer doubt it! ”

Mao Geng wanted Zhao Lian to occupy the first line of the Kuril Islands, so that he could relay supplies along the Kuril Islands through the Aleutian Islands, test the voyage to North America little by little, and then go south to South America along the way after boarding 6 in North America.

Of course, there is another shortcut that can be taken to the Americas via Hawaii, but in that case, the risk is much greater.

In other words, the rubber trees, corn, peppers, and potato seeds of the Americas have been coveted by the travelers for a long time, and now, the conditions have been basically met.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Lian said next:

"Oh, since Yi Sheng has this idea, it's so good. The great husband should stand between heaven and earth, as a descendant of the Taizu, how can I be afraid! Heaven and not take the blame, Yi Sheng said that it is desirable, of course I want to do this great plan. It's just that, Yi Sheng, how can you help me? Who can I send to help me? ”

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