In addition to Zhen Feng, the governor of Haiyang County, there were also Saga Yoriyuan, the ruler of Tsukushi Province, the auxiliary politician of Hyuga Province, Zaijin Xiang Tsuno, the governor of Dongzhou, Chi Guan, and Li Ji, the son of King Danluo.

They are all the heroes of Haidong who were supported by Huaidong after the elite of the Huaidong Water Infantry Army led by Lin Tieqin in the eleventh year of Chongguan and the war in Xiguipu.

At this time, Chen Enze, the newly appointed governor of Jeju for only three months, and Zhou Guangdong, the deacon of the Heishui Foreign Shipping Society, also accompanied Zhen Feng, Zuo He and others to Haizhou to wait for the drive.

Haizhou was originally subordinate to Yizhou, changed to Huai'an, and was classified as Huaibei Salt Supervision Division.

Haizhou is located at the intersection of Lunan Qiu Mountain and Huaisi Plain, with nearly 300 miles along the coastline, 100 miles in depth, and nearly 10 million acres of salt fields. Since the reform of the salt administration, Lin Jian officially established Haizhou Mansion, in addition to the old county, in addition to the three military tun farms of Ganyu, Xinpu and Guanyun.

After the defeat of Qingzhou, Chu Zheng and other Qingzhou people insisted on resisting and containing the expansion of Hulu and the newly attached Han army in the Yimeng Mountains to the south, and on the other hand, they organized the people of Qingyi to retreat south.

Between Xuyi, there were millions of displaced people before, and there was no extra land to resettle the households who moved south from Renqingyi and other places.

In the coastal area of Huaibei, although there are large areas of barren beach wasteland, as much as millions of acres, but there are many barren salt moraine land and tidal flats, which are easily invaded by the sea tide, and in the early years, they were mainly used as pastures in the salt area, and the salt households lived in poverty.

The south-migrating households are scattered, and it is simply impossible to reclaim these barren salt moraines in patches by themselves.

In order to prevent the south-migrated households from becoming destitute and homeless, in addition to allowing the wealthy Qingyi peasant households to move to Shou, Hao, Yang, Huai, and other prefectures to purchase land for resettlement on their own, Lin Jian also transferred nearly 120,000 households that moved south from Qingyi into the workers' camp, and set up three major tun districts under the Haizhou Prefecture for resettlement.

Tuntian, Haizhou Prefecture, set up a cantonment camp with 600 households, with a total of more than 1,100 cantonment camps, which were under the jurisdiction of 89 township divisions.

The efficiency of setting up township divisions and camps to collectively reclaim barren beaches, build embankments and open rivers, and improve soil is absolutely not comparable to that of the households.

In addition to the 1 million silver dollars allocated by the Military Department over the past five years, the three major tun districts also borrowed nearly 200 silver dollars from Huaidong Qianzhuang for the purchase of a large number of iron farm tools, mules, horses, cattle, large and small ships, kilns to burn bricks, lime, and trees and grasses that are resistant to salt moraines and tidal surges.

In the past four years, since the official establishment of the tun area, we have built a 140-mile-long seawall to defend the sea, cut the Guan River straight and straightened it, made it possible to pass Shushui and Surabaya, and dug several canals on both sides of the Guan River that are connected by irrigation and transportation, such as the Liutang River and the Xinyi River, and improved the soil by the flood silting method, which has now enabled one million households in Haizhou Prefecture to produce almost self-sufficient grain, and built tens of thousands of shacks and tiles.

Of course, the largest direct investment of the Privy Council in Haizhou is the construction of the Haizhou Military Port.

Haizhou is located at the intersection of the Nanqiu Mountains and the Huaibei Plain in central Lu, and the Yuntai Mountains in the territory are the remnants of the Taiyi Mountains, and the Yuntai Mountains are composed of five mountain ranges in Haizhou, including Nanyuntai, Zhongyuntai, Houyuntai, and Dongxilian Island.

Dongxilian Island is located in the sea, five or six miles away from Houyuntai Mountain, but it is five or six miles of sea area, and the establishment of Huaibei is the most excellent large-scale seaport resources.

The Houyuntai Mountains invade the sea directly, making the coastal shore more steep and less silted, and even the super-large sea ships of the Lin Zhengjun class can be berthed directly, and the east and west islands are protected by more than ten miles in depth from north to south, so that Haizhou Port is not invaded by strong winds and tides.

In addition, one of the most important factors is that there is a perennial branch current in the East China Sea circulation formed from the southern tip of the Goryeo Peninsula, which can directly reach the islands of Haeju and Donglian, which means that ships departing from Seogwipo Port on Jeju Island can use this current to directly cross the sea to the coastal waters outside Haeju without even astrology......

In addition, Haizhou is bordered by Yizhou in the west and Juxian in Lunan in the north, which is an important part of the Xusi defense line.

In Haizhou, the Shuibu Army was stationed in Haizhou, and by land it could attack Juxian, Zhucheng, Jimo and other counties in southern Lunan; Taking the sea route can directly hit the southeast and east of Shandong -- this forces Yanhu not to take the initiative to open the blockade of the Jiaolai River, so that it can only adopt the scorched earth strategy of banning the sea and moving the border and passive confrontation in the southeast and east of Shandong, so that it has no way to use the coastal areas of southeast and east Shandong.

Since the third year of Yongxing, the second water battalion of Jinghai in Huaidong, which is now the Jinghai Division, has gradually taken Haizhou Port as the main garrison, and the newly established Denghai Town Division is also stationed in Haizhou.

When Zhen Feng, Saga Yorihara, Nagasaki Xiuxiang, Jinxiang Jinye, Chi Guan, Li Ji and other Haidong heroes rushed to Haizhou, Lin Jian was still patrolling Shouzhou.

Accompanied by Ge Cunxin, commander of the Jinghai Division, Yang Shi, a staff officer, Luo Yicheng, the prefect of Haizhou, Chen Yan, commander of the Denghai Zhen Division, Chen Enze, the governor of Jeju Prefecture and Zhou Guangdong, the head of the Heishui Foreign Society, and others, they first inspected the military and political affairs of Haizhou Prefecture.

Standing on the main peak of Yuntai Mountain, looking to the northwest, outside the old city of Haizhou, the barracks between the backstage mountain and the Zhongtai mountain are lined up one after another, like a huge camp city.

There are dozens of large naval warships stationed in the harbor outside the mountain in the background, and at the northern end of the east and west islands, a huge lighthouse stands in the middle of the fortified wall, like a small peak standing on the top of the cliff, and it seems to be a big star that gradually brightens in the twilight of dusk.

At the southern foot of Houyuntai Mountain, a newly opened canal leads straight to Shuyang, Suyu and other places in the west, connecting the harbor with the hinterland of Xusi.

Even in the heyday of the East China Sea Kou, the connection between Haidong and the Central Plains was actually not completely severed.

After Huaidong dominated the East China Sea, the voyage from Jeju Island to Haeju and Heseong was shortened to three days, and the voyage from Fukgang Island and Songpo Port to Haeju and Heseong was shortened to five days, and the connection between Haidong and Huaidong was even closer.

In order to show that they had no disagreement with Huaidong, and at the same time to learn the new craftsmanship of Huaidong, hundreds of children of the Li family and the Chi family joined the Huaidong army as generals and colonels, leading the troops to fight—all of which greatly promoted the ties between Haidong and the mainland.

Therefore, Zhen Feng, Saga Raiyuan, Jinxiang Jinye, Chi Zhou and others said that they were coming to the Central Plains for the first time, but they were no strangers to the Central Plains before that.

Thinking that Huaidong could transform Haizhou, a small salt industry city on the coast, into a military port city of such a scale in just three or four years, and stationed 50,000 elite heroes to directly deter the Ludong region controlled by Yanhu, Zhen Feng and others could still feel the strength of Huaidong, which was really beyond the ability of small widowed countries such as Goryeo and Fusang to confront it.

Zhen Feng and others crossed the sea to meet Lin Tie this time, firstly, to congratulate the grand event of the opening of the government of the Guogong Mansion, secondly, at the invitation of Lin Tie, to come to Haizhou to discuss the expansion of the Goryeo war, and thirdly, to discuss the division of power in the Haidong region in the future......

Fuso, Goryeo, and Danluo have always been vassal states of the Central Plains Dynasty.

It's just that after the rise of Yanhu in Liaodong, the Qingshui Division completely annihilated the 100,000 elites stationed in the northern frontier of Goryeo in a battle, and Goryeo was completely reduced to Yanhu's vassals under the control of Prime Minister Zuo Jing and others. When the power of the East China Sea was at its peak, the connection between Fusang and Danluo and the Central Plains was also broken.

Where Yuanyue's control over the local area is still in collapse, how can he govern vassal states such as Goryeo and Fuso?

In the 11th year of Chongguan, Lin Jian led more than 10,000 elite people of the Shuibu army to cross the sea to the east, and in the battles of Songpo and Seogwipo, he defeated the Saga clan and the Goryeo Shuibu army, so that the Saga clan, the Jinxiang clan and the Goryeo Zhen clan surrendered, and completely opened up the trade route of Haidong.

In addition to establishing two free trade ports in the Haidong region, Jeju and Fukushima, which were under the direct control of the Huaidong Military Division, Lin Jian also cut off Songpo and Hirado from Kyushu Island and set up the Dongju Governorate, which was nominally under the jurisdiction of the Danluo State, and maintained the Haidong Camp in the Haidong region with a number of 15,000 troops headed by Ma Yigong, so as to maintain Huaidong's strong presence in the Haidong region.

However, on the one hand, out of the purpose of hiding strength, on the other hand, Lin Jian had not yet mastered the center at that time, so there was no way to directly send an edict to Fusang and Goryeo in the name of Yuan Yue, and formally divide the power of Haidong forces.

Since the administration of the Gongfu, Lin Jian has officially taken control of the military and political power of Yuan Yue, and has set up a foreign domain under the Privy Council to directly manage the affairs of the domain(*). The appointment of the king of Goryeo and the supreme ruler of Fuso, Dazai, at least nominally, needed to be granted a credential from the Wonyue court in order to be justified.

Of course, in the past, Yuan Yue had no control over Haidong, but only nominally had the status of a suzerain, and had no binding force on the change of power in Goryeo and Fuso. Goryeo and Fusang recognized Yuan Yue's edict, but they only gave Yuan Yue face, and even if they did not recognize it, Yuan Yue was helpless......

However, at this time, especially the strong existence of the Jeju Governor's Office and the Haedong Camp Army in the Haedong region, the significance of the edict of the national secretary changed radically. The direct interference of the government in the change of power in Goryeo and Fusang not only has a legitimate name, but also has a strong deterrent and operational effect.

This time, Lin Jian will directly send an edict in the name of the Privy Council, enshrine Zhen as the Goryeo Chungyeol King, abolish the Lee's royal title, and authorize the Goryeo Chun Clan to convene the Goryeo people to overthrow the Lee puppet dynasty controlled by the Minister Zuo Jing; It was also forcibly moved to Kyushu Island, and the Saga clan and the Osumo clan took turns to take charge of the Dazaifu to govern the national affairs of Fuso.

Of course, the old forces that controlled Goryeo and Fusang would not be easily submissive, and what awaited them was that the war would further expand.

Since Lin Jian led the Huaidong Army to cross the sea to the east, the Saga clan and the Kongo clan, with the support of Huaidong, conquered and destroyed the Taira clan and divided the Osumi land equally; Subsequently, the Kongo clan conquered the Nagamune Ibe clan and the Saga clan conquered the Mori clan, and the territory under their jurisdiction more than doubled compared to before, becoming the two new overlords of the Fuso kingdoms......

The number of samurai controlled by the Saga clan has also expanded from 1,500 before the Battle of Matsuura to more than 5,000, the number of samurai controlled by the Oongo clan has also reached more than 4,000, the combined army has reached more than 50,000 people, and the population controlled by the two families is as high as 3 million.

If there is any dissatisfaction, it is that Lin Jian adopts a balancing strategy between the Saga clan and the Kongo clan, so that the two families can unite and balance each other, and neither one wants to overpower the other, and it is impossible for one to monopolize Kyushu Island to achieve the ultimate goal of truly dominating Fuso.

However, the Saga clan and the Kongo clan, either of which thought of fighting the Hojo clan on their own, seemed to be weak, and it was actually necessary to fight together. It also officially has the endorsement of Huaidong's balancing strategy, so that their alliance has a more practical and reliable foundation, and there is no need to worry about stabbing allies in the back.

It is also because the Fujiang Free Trade Port directly under the jurisdiction of Huaidong is next to Kyushu Island, so that the Saga clan and the Kongo clan benefit the most.

The free trade port, with Jeju and Fugang as the main body, is responsible for the main maritime trade of Fusang and Goryeo. Maritime trade is mainly based on raw silk, silk cloth, porcelain, coal and iron, armor, cotton cloth, dyes, cane sugar, sea salt, grain, horses, leather, gold, silver, copper, precious metals and other materials, and the annual trading volume is as high as six or seven million stones, and nearly 100 large merchant ships of Jinhai class and Lin Zhengjun class are active in the coastal waters of Haidong, and the annual transaction volume is as high as more than 20 million taels of silver.

Although the Jeju Governorate, which was controlled by the Huaidong Army, had to directly levy about 4 million taels of silver in taxes from such a huge trade volume, and the merchant gentry gathered in the Heishui Ship Company also had to share millions of taels of silver, the merchant forces controlled by the family behind Fusang and Goryeo were still able to share in the extremely large profits.

If they could not share the profits, the Saga clan and the Onsago clan would not have been able to form a powerful army of nearly 10,000 samurai and more than 40,000 ordinary soldiers in just five or six years.

The main reason why Hayashi supported the Saga clan and the Kongo clan in their struggle for the supreme government of Fuso, and the relocation of Fuso Dazaifu to Kyushu Island, was mainly because the Hojo clan, who presided over Dazaifu at this time, was aware of the encroachment of the open Kaito trade on their dominance.

Although Fusang's silver production increased greatly after the introduction of the soot-blowing and smelting method, the annual outflow of five or six million taels of silver, tens of thousands of catties of gold, and almost seven or eight times the amount of copper was still unbearable for Fusang at this time......

Huaidong's increasingly vigorous trade has a strong demand for precious metals such as gold, silver and copper; The amount of coins raised by Huaidong Qianzhuang is more than 10 million new silver dollars, almost three times the value of copper dollars, and it cannot even meet the needs of Jianghuai and other places at present.

Although Lin Jian ordered the reopening of silver mines in western Zhejiang, the output of silver mines in western Zhejiang was only 50,000 or 60,000 jin per year, and the output of silver mines in southern Hunan and Guangnan was not much more, which could not meet the current demand of Jianghuai for new metal currency.

Although Lin Jian vigorously promoted the settlement of bulk trade with silver bills, at this time, the silver bills were essentially equivalent to the bills of exchange of later generations, and the endorsements of the silver bills were extremely detailed to prevent the counterfeiting of huge sums of money; At this time, it has not yet reached the level of promoting money, and can only continue to absorb gold, silver, copper and precious metals from overseas......

In the past, Fuso coinage was mainly iron, so it was not very sensitive to the outflow of gold, silver and copper. The Hojo clan, who controlled Dazaifu, did not have the strength to forcibly close the Fukue Free Trade Port, and came up with a ruthless idea, that is, he deliberately changed the coinage method in Fuso, and wanted to change the previous iron money into silver and copper money.

Once Fusang changed to using silver and copper to mint money, it would directly stimulate the domestic demand for silver and copper in Fusang, stimulate the price of silver and copper to rise sharply in Fusang, and put an end to the possibility of Huaidong absorbing silver and copper cheaply from Fusang.

Therefore, Hayashi will support the Saga clan and the Oongo clan to conquer the Hojo clan this time, and at the very least, it is to ask Fuso Province to give up the idea of switching to silver and copper coinage in the next thirty or fifty years; In addition, the relocation of Dazaifu to Kyushu Island will also promote the further expansion and penetration of trade in Fuso by adding new free trade destinations.

After the Battle of Seogwipo, Zhen Feng and about 3,000 Haiyang disciples were prisoners of war in Huaidong. After the war, Lin Jian released Zhen Feng and Haiyang prisoners and returned to Goryeo. After two years of calm, the conflict between Zhen Feng and Goryeo Prime Minister Zuojing erupted, officially opening the prelude to the Goryeo Civil War.

Lin Jian made Zhao Hu and Ma Yigong successively lead the Haidong Camp Army to participate in the Goryeo Civil War, suppressed the Goryeo naval army, and helped the Zhen clan to take Shannan County and Guanxi County successively, and once threatened Hanyang in Guannai County.

Yanhu realized that once Goryeo lost control, Huaidong would be able to threaten Liaodong directly from the western flank with the assistance of Zhen, so after three years of Yongxing, he returned the 20,000 Goryeo soldiers who had previously helped Yanhu in his southern expedition to the control of Zuo Jing, the prime minister, and maintained Goryeo's civil war front south of Guannai County.

Goryeo has less than 3 million households, and the actual population is about 5 million to 6 million.

Although Zhen controlled the three most populous counties among the nine counties of Goryeo, the actual population was less than 2 million. In particular, 20,000 Goryeo soldiers returned to the control of Prime Minister Zuo Jing, and the Haiyang army under Zhen's control was extremely difficult in land warfare, and suffered several defeats in succession, so that its northward advance was contained.

This time, Zhen needed Huaidong to expand the degree of intervention in the Goryeo Civil War and expand the size of the Haidong marching army.

Helping the Zhen clan fight the Goryeo civil war, on the one hand, was due to Huaidong's need to contain Yanhu from the flank, and on the other hand, it was the need for Goryeo's trade expansion.

Zhen can exchange not many materials with Huaidong, but the coal resources in Shannan and Haiyang are particularly high-quality.

Gaoli Shannan coal has strong thermal power and high combustion temperature, and its performance is far higher than that of coal produced in Liyang, Xuanzhou and other places.

Since the second year of Yongxing, Huaidong Qianzhuang and Heishui Foreign Ship Company have directly lent money to Zhen and other Haiyang clans, so as to facilitate their Shannan County to set up mines to dig coal, and use Shannan coal and Haiyang coal exports to make up for the difference in the import of materials from Huaidong and Fusang to Haiyang.

At this time, as many as 2 million baskets of Goryeo coal were transported to Haizhou, Chongzhou and Jiangning through Shannan and Haiyang counties; As for how the Zhen clan and other Haiyang clans enslaved the captives and the children of the criminal clan of hostile forces to make coal profits, it was not within the scope of Huaidong's consideration.

In addition to further expanding the Haidong marching army, Lin Jian will also provide the Zhen clan with war loans of up to 2 million silver dollars through Huaidong Qianzhuang and Colonist Yinzhuang to help him expand his military armament from the current 60,000 to 100,000.

In this way, Huaidong also had a place to dump the large amount of surplus armor captured from the Battle of Jingxiang.