In December of the first year of the Chu calendar, the envoys of all parties in Jinling said goodbye and left, obviously unwilling to stay in Jinling again for the New Year......

After tug-of-war negotiations with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, each family obtained the transaction quota of the plate armor, as well as ...... Although it is painful, it is still acceptable for gritting teeth.

However, this plate armor belonged to the restricted goods of the Chu State, and it was specially emphasized that it was only traded with "like-minded" people, so the princes of all parties also agreed to some other conditions.

For example, non-governmental trade, such as accepting the export of Chu learning, such as limited opening up of people to move to Chu......

In addition to the restricted goods transaction as a bargaining chip, it is also because of the "study abroad" thing proposed by Bai Tu, that is, for the technology of Chu State!

Of course, Bai Tu also understands that their promises are all "expedient".

Even if on the surface, the state of Chu did not do anything, except for accepting the displaced people, there was no move that directly harmed their interests, but ...... How could these elves watch the Chu State increase its influence?

With Bai Tu's understanding of them, the agreement can take effect for five years, even if they are honest people!

This process of leaving is also very worrying for these envoys - the road construction plan of the State of Chu has begun, although in Bai Tu's view, it has only just "started with the first step", but for Jian Yong and others, they directly realized how much the "road" is different in the territory of the State of Chu and when they return to their own territory......

This is not a matter of them sitting in the carriage for a while and jolting a little more, but once the war starts, the state of Chu will also mobilize its own troops at a faster speed, and transport the baggage at a smaller cost and faster.

Even Jian Yong and Liu Ye didn't think of anything more for a while, but after they went back and told the matter, Zhuge Liang, Xun Yu and others immediately thought that this also meant that Chu's domestic business would rise rapidly!

The people of the Eastern Han Dynasty, especially the people, were almost quick to adapt to the shrinking small commodity economy, but for these ministers who ruled the world, even if they couldn't make up too many theories, they could think of some general advantages.

Especially under the drive of the Chu State, their productivity is also improving, how can they not see that this is one of the combination punches of the Chu State......

Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who said it, also wanted to build roads, but they ...... After considering the cost, no matter how you look at it, it is more cost-effective to invest in the army, so let's stop.

After Jinling sent away the envoys from all sides, it ushered in the messengers of the navy and Yizhou.

Guan Ning came back, just a daily report brought back by the passenger ship every month, there are already two Yi Ji in Yizhou, officially becoming the city Ji of Chu State, not the previous transformation to the city Ji, but there is no essential difference with Chu Cheng Ji, but it retains some locality - ordinary city Ji also has it, for example, Qu Aji now has Qu A wine as a feature.

Guan Ning is confident that before he leaves office, there will be no more "Yiren" in Yizhou.

When Bai Tu replied to the letter, he also reminded Guan Ning that he could choose a smart and outstanding young Dongfeng person to focus on teaching, and send him to a local county school or university to teach, so that when the next imperial examination was held three years later, there would be Yizhou people who could be ranked second......

At least, it must also be able to achieve the level of "the release of water is not so obvious" - because it is the final review of the white map, no one can say anything about the top three scholars.

In addition, Guan Ning was instructed not to use the title of "Dongan" for the Yizhou people who belonged to him, and only called the Yizhou people by the place name, like the Jinling people and the Huiji people.

Another letter from Gan Ning surprised Bai Tu even more - the area of Bozhou is equivalent to Chu Guobai picking up a smaller state!

Of course, it takes a lot of manpower and time to develop it.

The reason why Gan Ning did not come back, but took the route of Andong Port and Zhouhu Port by small boat, and came back to deliver the letter, is precisely because Bozhou is too "big".

Compared with the spread of Chinese civilization today, Bozhou is not big, but for the princes of all parties, it can be called "fat".

even made Gan Ning worry that if he left some generals as before, and then returned with the main fleet, the generals who stayed behind would not become the second Zhao Tuo......

In addition, the area of Bozhou is completely different from that of Yizhou, and it is a pity not to use it.

Therefore, Gan Ning personally sat in the town, and on the other hand, he urgently sent a letter back, hoping to immediately start to occupy Bozhou, and establish a county system, and start immigration and reclamation.

According to Gan Ning's research, most of the hundreds of tribes of the Amato people are located in the southeast of Donghai Island and Bozhou proper......

Bai Tu looked at Gan Ning's hand-drawn map as a reference, and knew that the "East Sea Island" mentioned by Gan Ning was actually the island of Kyushu in the later generations, and the mainland of Bozhou was also the island of Honshu.

Even in the East China Sea Island and Bozhou, there are large areas of dense forests, swamps, and mountains that are difficult to develop, and there are no traces of tribes, let alone further northern......

Ganning suggested that the Borderlands be occupied before the Yamato were civilized, and mentioned ...... He had already gathered the main tribes of the East Sea Island, such as the Ido Kingdom, the Bumi Kingdom, the West Dog Kingdom, and the Toma Kingdom, and demarcated the territory for them.

Even on the most densely populated East China Sea Island, Gan Ning directly assigned half of it to the Chu State, including all the areas suitable for building ports, and the other half was crowded with dozens of tribes, large and small—it was not too crowded, after all, there were less than 200,000 people in total.

As for why Gan Ning can demarcate the territory?

Well, naturally, it depends on food, farm tools, kitchen utensils in one hand, and weapons in the other hand......

Ahem, of course, Gan Ning didn't attack innocent people with weapons, but just traded weapons for several supported tribes, including the West Dog Country.

After that, everyone agreed, and there were eight more tribes who insisted on joining the Chu State, which was so easy to talk about!

In his reply, Bai Tu also agreed with Gan Ning's idea, and as Gan Ning requested, he was not simply sending off to Bozhou, but preparing to directly "put" the governor and the first batch of pioneers.

After all, before the opening of stable shipping routes, the communication between the mainland of Chu and Bozhou was far less convenient than that within the mainland, and it was not possible to solve it by building roads.

In such a situation, it is still necessary to have a more autonomous "governor" to govern it – Yizhou can serve as a successful precedent so far.

The Amato people in Bozhou, because of the influence of the Central Plains people and the Samhan people, have a higher level of civilization than the Dongfeng people in Yizhou, and the population is larger, and the natural situation is more complicated, but ......

The vast expanse of Bozhou, as well as the slumbering fertile silver mines, will make it far more popular than Yizhou!

Bai Tu has also recently begun to pay attention to the matter of currency, and the recovery of the small commodity economy to the present is not a matter of bartering, and "precious metals" are particularly important at this time.

Just like in Yizhou, Bai Tu is going to agree on the general policy with a few scholars in the palace first, and then release some rumors, and then discuss the six courts when the time is about right!

Within a month, the choice of the Governor's Palace was to be decided, and the first pioneers were organized......