“…… The Goryeo Kingdom has always had two factions: the military faction and the civil official faction, and the civilian faction is mostly from the Gaomen giant family, which originally held the power of the country, and also used the civil and military forces like our Great Song Dynasty. However, 90 years ago, several Goryeo generals, such as Chung Chung-bo, Yi Eui-fang, and Yi Gao, staged a mutiny to gain power, and since then the king has been reduced to a puppet, and the power has been vested in the military ministers.

About 65 years ago, Choi Chung-san, a military minister of Goryeo, killed the powerful minister Yi Yimin and seized power, established four kings, abolished two lords, and ruled the dictatorship for decades. However, Goryeo, which was under the control of the Cui clan, was invaded by the Mongols like the Great Song Dynasty, and the Choi army suffered heavy losses in the battle with the Mongols, and finally had to move to Ganghwa Island without being able to resist. Two years ago, Choi's general Jin Jun staged another mutiny, killed Choi Jun and united with the civilian faction to support the return of King Wang Hao to the Mongols, and sent the prince as a hostage to accept the Mongol armies and Daru Huachi. The Goryeo civil faction and the king relied on the support of the Mongols to fight against the Muchen faction, and there were also people in the Muchen faction who were unwilling to surrender to the Mongols and wanted to expel them, but their strength was limited after all, and the force they relied on was only the Choi clan's private soldiers......

Chen Dexing's spy leader Liu Yang was pale in the cabin of the Tiger three-story oared warship, and he dutifully explained the situation in Goryeo to Chen Dexing. This was the task given to him by Chen Dexing before he left Yangzhou, asking him to gather as much information about Goryeo as possible, because this country was the country that Chen Dexing planned to occupy as a base for the northern resistance to Mongolia.

Now Chen Dexing's group has risen rapidly, and its strength has expanded to 20,000 people. It can be regarded as a big warlord, but the flaws of the unstable foundation are still very obvious. After all, a strong military bloc must rely on the support of territory, financial resources, and industry. Money can be snatched with galleys...... As long as there is a channel to sell the stolen goods, this is not a problem. However, the industry and the territory are mutually exclusive. To use the noun of a later web novel. It's called farming!

There must be land for farming, and it must be relatively safe. And there is no shortage of land with population and resources! The current Sichuan is not an ideal land where you can "farm", because there is no one! The Mongols were killed. Thousands of miles of white land, ruins everywhere, the gods have no way to go, and they can't fucking open any gold fingers and golden thighs!

So Chen Dexing did not consider staying in Sichuan. The ideal base in his mind are two pieces, Liaodong and Goryeo.

Compared to Liaodong, the situation in Goryeo is more ideal. It has a large population, relatively developed agriculture, and a certain foundation of Confucian civilization. What's more, there were still many Han Chinese in Goryeo in this era. There are at least hundreds of thousands of them - some moved over in the last years of the Tang Dynasty, some moved to avoid chaos in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, but many more moved from the Central Plains to Goryeo for refuge more than 100 years after the disgrace of Jingkang. Many Han Chinese have only been in Goryeo for two or three generations, and they have not forgotten that they are Han Chinese. The channel through which Liu Yang collected information about the Goryeo Kingdom was the Goryeo-Han maritime merchants who were engaged in the Goryeo-Southern Song trade. Although the Han people of Goryeo did not necessarily support the colonial rule of the Chen family, their survival would eventually facilitate Chen Dexing's foothold in Goryeo.

Of course, the so-called colonial rule cannot be achieved in one step, there must be a gradual process. After all, Chen Dexing's force is limited. However, with 20,000 soldiers, there is no problem in defeating the broken army of Goryeo. If you want to seize the whole territory of Goryeo, it is a dream. And even if you take it, you can't hold it!

Therefore, it is more ideal to follow the example of Western colonizers. First a puppet regime was established, then a monopoly on trade, and then a few islands off the coast of Goryeo as a base area...... Jeju Island is definitely wanted. However, it is not the land of the Goryeo Kingdom now, and there is a Tamna Kingdom ruling this small island. It seems that there are not many people, and it should not be difficult to annex. This Jeju Island can be used as the old camp of the Chen Jiajun overseas.

There are also Jindo Island and Geojedo Island at the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula. Ganghwa Island in the middle of the Korean Peninsula, Phi Island and Minmi Island in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. Among them, Jindo, Geoje and Ganghwa are all large islands, with an area of several hundred square kilometers. Phi Dao and Shenmi Island are small islands near the mouth of the Yalu River, with an area of only a few dozen square kilometers, which can be used as an advance base for harassing Liaodong.

As long as you control these five coastal islands on the Korean Peninsula, you can control the foreign trade and imperial court of Goryeo. Chen Dexing estimated that he would gain a firm foothold in Goryeo. Even if the Mongol army did kill them, they could move both the Goryeo court and the Goryeo Han people to these coastal islands or Jeju Island.

With a reliable site, all that's left is to build the property.

The iron-making yard must be set up after the site is available. The navy is fundamental, and the navy must have its own shipyard to support it, otherwise it will be a source of water. This shipyard must also have one! In addition, before going to sea, it is best to find a way to get more sea boats, whether you buy or rob them!

By the way, talent is also a key! My group is still very short of talents, and there are more martial artists, but there is still a shortage of talents in culture and technology! When you have the territory, you have to find a way to collect some. In addition, it is necessary to run one's own school, and truly reliable talents must be cultivated, and it is best to instill the concept of Han nationalism and the scientific and technological knowledge of later generations into the students......

Finally, it is the relationship with the Southern Song Dynasty...... It's better not to tear this cheek! Otherwise, it would be inconvenient to deal with merchants in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it would not be convenient to collect talents in the Southern Song Dynasty. Moreover, the Southern Song Dynasty official family is Zhao Lin'er's girl's father after all.

It's really a headache to think about, so many things to do, everything is so hard. Thinking about the gentle township that Emperor Lizong arranged for himself, it is not bad, sometimes I want to be lazy and give up the great cause of saving Huaxia and helping the sky.

Luckily, the thought was just a thought.

Just when Chen Dexing just thought of Zhao Lin'er, the obedient little Lori, he suddenly remembered the footsteps outside the cabin, and then saw the big man Chen Derui coming in from outside and handing an envelope to Liu Yang.

Liu Yang took it and looked at it, his face suddenly flashed with surprise, this is Jinyitang's secret letter, and there is also an urgent code on it - now Chen Dexing and Liu Yang are on the boat, but there is no telegraph and telephone to contact the outside world, this letter was sent by Jinyitang's spies on a fast boat!

Liu Yang hurriedly opened the envelope, took a look at the dim light in the cabin, and took a breath and said: "Kublai Khan sent a delegation to the south, the purpose is to make peace with the Great Song Dynasty...... His son Jinjin wants to marry the princess of Seungguk! ”

"What!" Hearing the news, Chen Dexing's chest tightened, and he almost jumped up from the chair!

Although the will to give marriage has not yet come down, Chen Dexing has long regarded Zhao Lin'er as his fiancée. Now Kublai Khan still has the idea of eating the bear's heart and leopard gall and wanting to beat his fiancée!

"What's the reaction of the imperial court?" Chen Dexing asked in a calm voice.

"It's not clear, I only know that the official family allowed the Hao Jing delegation to go south, and also sent the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, Liu Mengyan, to meet the Hao Jing mission......"

In the cabin, it was quiet, and only Chen Dexing's uncontrollable breathing could be heard. Under the dim light, I only saw Chen Dexing's face gloomy and a little scary.

Liu Yang took a breath and said in an inaudible voice: "General, in fact, it's better if you don't want to be this horse master...... Your merits, you should have a proper position even if you are not a donkey, how can you receive the ...... of a state and a government"

Chen Dexing looked up at the ceiling of the cabin steadily, was silent for a while, and when he spoke again, his voice was far away, as if he was not talking to Liu Yang, but talking to the heavens in the dark.

“…… The Great Song Dynasty can no longer tolerate the warriors who support the army and manage the people, and the Mongolian civil war has started, and Kublai Khan lowered his position and sent envoys to beg for relatives...... For the officials and the rulers of the court, the immediate disaster is no longer Mongolia, but the feudal town!

…… And our Thunderbolt Navy Army is different from other armies, we are a national army, not an official army. Now the officials and the court don't know the details, and when they find out about our country's pillars, they should treat us as a thorn in the flesh.

…… Even if the officials and the court do not deal with us, we will not be able to maintain it, and the combat power of the Perak Navy Army is not based on the superiority of the generals' martial arts, but on faith and discipline...... This faith, this discipline, is not unbreakable, it can only be maintained in a closed circle! Once we merge with the armies and the muddy officialdom, it won't be long before we will be the same as the armies. ”

The more Chen Dexing spoke, the more heavy his tone became, and Liu Yang also restrained his thoughts and listened to Chen Dexing calmly.

“…… So we can't stay in Da Song anymore, we have to leave...... The only way to go to Goryeo is to lay down a piece of our own territory. With turf, we can maintain our faith and discipline and not be assimilated by other armies. With the territory, our Perak Navy can develop and grow without restrictions. With the site...... Only then can we continue the war with Mongolia outside of the overall situation of the Mongol-Song Peace Conference!

…… However, we can't completely detach ourselves from the Great Song Dynasty. Because the Great Song Dynasty has the population, resources, and markets that we need for foreign development...... Only by relying on the Great Song Dynasty can we open up a world in Haidong, and can we use the land of Haidong as the foundation to complete the ambition of recovering the Central Plains and exterminating the Tartars. That's why I'm going to marry the princess of the ascending kingdom...... The princess is the single daughter of the official family, as long as the princess is with me, an envoy of Haidong and Liaodong, and he is still willing to give the official position of supervising the Goryeo Kingdom.

Liu Yang, do you understand? This princess, I have to grab it even if I grab it! ”

Liu Yang nodded heavily and muttered: "The lord is ambitious, and his subordinates swear to follow him, and his subordinates will go to Lin'an to inquire about the news!" (To be continued......) R1292