"Mrs. Qiyu, as early as a few months ago, the last step could have been implemented, but at that time, the purging of Luzon had not yet ended, and among the troops sent to Luzon, a considerable part of the Linyi army was a considerable part of the army, and in order to stabilize the military morale of these Linyi troops, the last step was temporarily postponed, but now that Luzon has stabilized, so that Fan Zhenwei can be ousted from the throne at any time, and then Linyi will be completely incorporated into His Highness's subordinate territory!" Yang Jiu replied unhurriedly.

The so-called last step is to completely annex Linyi and completely eliminate the rule of the Fan Dynasty over Linyi, but at the very beginning, Li Su only mastered the central power of Linyi, and there were five powerful chieftains around, so he had to support Fan Zhenxi, a puppet, and then use bribery, assassination and other means to control the five chiefs, but then there was still a chieftain who rebelled and was finally suppressed by blood, although this incident brought a lot of trouble to Li Su, but it also allowed others to see the force in Li Su's hands, Since then, no one has dared to think otherwise.

Hearing Yang Jiu say that Lin Yi could be annexed at any time, Wu Meiniang nodded with satisfaction, although Lin Yi was already in their hands, but nominally, Lin Yi was still an independent country, which added many unknowable variables to Lin Yi, so it was best to annex Lin Yi as soon as possible, and there would be no more Lin Yi in this world from now on.

"Yang Shi, Sister Liu, you are now mainly operating the ground intelligence system in Nanyang, according to the instructions of His Highness, we need to collect all the intelligence of Jinzhou and the Malay Peninsula, how far have you gone now?" Wu Meiniang turned to Yang Shi and his wife and asked.

Yang Shi and his wife glanced at each other, and then Liu Shi took a step forward and said: "Mrs. Qiyu, the Malay Peninsula, especially the area adjacent to the Strait of Malacca, is almost all in the barren and inhabited tropical rainforest, and even the natives living on the peninsula are not very many, let alone have the concept of a country, so if you want to occupy it, there will not be much resistance at all." ”

The name Straits of Malacca is in honor of the ancient city of Malacca. However, the city did not appear at all in the Tang Dynasty. The Strait of Malacca is not called this name, but the Strait of Morayou, because in the Tang Dynasty, the most powerful country in the Strait of Malacca was called Morayou, and their capital was also called Morayou City, which was the largest seaport in the Strait at that time, and ships coming and going from the East and the West would anchor there. That's why the name of the strait was named after Mo Luoyou, but later Li Su changed the official name of the strait to the Strait of Malacca out of his own habit.

After Liu briefly introduced the situation of the Malay Peninsula, and then began to introduce Jinzhou, which is across the strait from the Malay Peninsula, only to see her expression a little solemn and said: "As for the situation in Jinzhou, it is a bit complicated, with a long and narrow Malacca coast. There are several countries of varying strength, among which Morayu is the most powerful, controlling the transportation ...... of the entire strait."

Hearing the introduction of the Liu family in the study, Li Su also had a comprehensive understanding of the current Strait of Malacca, especially for the strength of the country of Moluoyou, which is a very comprehensive understanding. The country is strategically advantageous, with seaport taxation and looting as its main economic revenues.

For example, there are thousands of warships in Moluoyou, and the combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated. It's just that military discipline is relaxed in peacetime. The navy army was a bandit and often plundered passing ships. In the past, even the cargo ships of the Han people would be plundered by them, until Li Su stationed a powerful navy in Linyi, and then turned around the Strait of Malacca a few times, so that Mo Luoyou restrained a lot, at least he did not dare to loot the merchant ships of the Han people with great fanfare, but the merchant ships from Persia, Tianzhu and other countries from the west were more robbed.

However, it is not peaceful in the country now, because among his subjects, there is a Buddhist country called Sri Buddha, which is influenced by the Tianzhu culture, and its strength has developed rapidly, which has formed a strong threat to Mora You, if nothing else, this Buddhist country will replace the position of Mora You and become another overlord of the Strait of Malacca.

When Li Su heard the name of Sri Buddha's death, he always felt a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it for a while. In fact, if Sri Buddha's death were to be turned into a name hundreds of years later, Li Su must have heard of it, and this name is the Three Buddhas.

Sri Buddha's death is actually the predecessor of the Three Buddhas who dominated the South Seas for several centuries, but now this South Sea overlord is only a subject country of Mo Luo You, although it has formed a certain threat to Mo Luo You, but the strength is still too weak, if it develops for another five or six years, it is not difficult to annex Mo Luo You.

In addition to the death of Mora You and Sri Buddha, there are several small countries along the Malacca coast of Jinzhou, but the strength of these small countries is not strong, and there is no potential for development, sooner or later they will all be annexed by others, so Yang Shi and his wife only briefly introduced this.

However, Liu mentioned in the end that the influence of the above countries is limited to the coastal area, and does not have much influence on the interior of Jinzhou. In fact, Jinzhou is indeed a backward place, and the inland areas are divided into regions in the form of tribes, which is similar to the form of Luzon, and the coastal areas are influenced by the cultures of the East and the West, which makes these areas much more developed than the inland, and there are also countries formed, so for Jinzhou, the real essence of the areas are all near the coast.

"Okay, that's right, Yang Shi, you and your wife have worked hard!" After listening to Liu's introduction, Li Su, who was standing outside the study, immediately clapped his hands and walked into the middle of the study, and looked at Yang Jiu and the three of them with a look full of appreciation.

"See Your Highness!" Yang Jiu didn't expect Li Su to come in at this time, and listening to the meaning of his words, he should have arrived a long time ago, so he immediately bowed down and saluted.

"No need to be polite!" Li Su waved his hand to the three of them, motioning for them to stand up, and then walked to Wu Meiniang's side, pulled up Mei Niang, who was about to give a salute, and said, "Mei Niang, I took you captive at the beginning, maybe it was the most correct thing I did in my life, otherwise where would I find such a good intelligence director?" ”

It was Yang Shi and Yang Jiu's hands that kidnapped Wu Meiniang at the beginning, so after they heard this, a strange smile appeared on their faces. And Wu Meiniang didn't expect Li Su to praise her in front of several subordinates, and she said it so numbly, which made her face slightly red, and she said a little shyly: "Xie Fujun praises!" ”

Li Su pulled Wu Meiniang to sit down, and then asked Yang Jiu and the others to sit down and talk back. The reason why he asked Wu Meiniang to focus on the Malay Peninsula and Jinzhou was actually mainly for the Strait of Malacca between the two places.

Since the Central Plains began trading with overseas, the Strait of Malacca has become a major maritime transportation route, and merchants from Persia, Tianzhu, and even Rome have traveled thousands of miles to the East to reach the coast of the Central Plains through Malacca, where they can buy silk, porcelain, and other goods, and then return to their homeland at risk to make huge profits from these exquisite goods.

It can be said that it is precisely because of the Han people of the Central Plains Dynasty that the Strait of Malacca began to be busy, and it is precisely because of the cultural exchanges between the East and the West that the Strait of Malacca has prospered. The local people of Jinzhou have taken advantage of the geographical advantage, and they can live a rich life with only taxes, and the goods from the East and the West allow them to enjoy incomparable convenience, which should be very satisfying if it is placed on other ethnic groups.

But it's a pity that these natives are greedy by nature, and they are very stupid, they just collect taxes in the Strait of Malacca, but they are not greedy enough, no matter which force occupies the golden waterway of Malacca, they will collect taxes at the same time, openly and secretly conniving at the regular navy to loot passing ships, this stupid behavior of killing chickens and eggs, directly led to the risk of this maritime Silk Road skyrocketing, has seriously affected the overseas trade between Datang and Li Su.

Although Li Su did not make statistics, Lu Qing told him a rough estimate, that is, if there are 10,000 sea ships between Datang and Western countries every year, there may be 3,000 sea ships that are difficult to reach their destinations due to various natural disasters, and at least half of the remaining 7,000 sea ships are because of pirates, and they have lost their personal wealth. Except for a few, most of these pirates were the regular armies of the countries on this route, especially Malacca, in fact, they were more pirate dens than countries.

It is precisely because of this that Li Su has long wanted to make a move on the Strait of Malacca. Unfortunately, he didn't have much naval power at that time, and the Silla, Baekje, and Wa kingdoms around the Tang Dynasty were all potential threats, plus he didn't have his own territory. Therefore, he can only take it step by step, first eliminate those potential threats, and at the same time get the population and land, coupled with the development of Taiwan, so that he has a real territory of his own, and can freely develop the economy and the armed forces.

Until Luzon was included in his rule, Li Zhen and Li Yun's army was going to Tianzhu again, which made Malacca not only have huge economic value for Li Su, but also a very critical military artery, after all, the transportation of various military materials in the future must not be threatened by others! It was only at this time that Li Su finally felt that it was time for him to march to Malacca.

Next, Li Su asked Yang Shi and his wife in detail about Malacca, and when everything was done in his heart, he waved them to retreat, with a hesitant expression on his face.

However, Wu Meiniang was a little worried at this time: "Husband, we have just taken Luzon, and Linyi will also be completely annexed by us, if we use troops against Malacca now, then the speed of expansion is not too fast, if something happens in the future, I am afraid it will have a serious impact on the rule of the husband." (To be continued......)