"Jeju Island?"

Lee Chaosheng's eyes also looked at Jeju Island, for which he was no stranger, and it was also a tourist attraction in later generations.

But now he does not belong to the Ming Dynasty, but to the Goryeo Kingdom.

Jeju Island was originally set aside by the Yuan Dynasty as a horse breeding area, and the island is huge, covering an area of 1,846 square kilometers.

During the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols once wanted to attack Fusang across the sea, which was borrowed as a place to raise horses, but the Mongols themselves were unwilling to come so far, so they sent a few officials, and the rest of the islands were used by captured Goryeo slaves.

And when Zhu Yuanzhang opened the country, Goguryeo bowed his head and was willing to be Zhu Yuanzhang's younger brother, paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty for generations, and Zhu Yuanzhang gave Jeju Island to Goguryeo as soon as he was happy, so now this is an enclave of Goguryeo.

Shi Lang said: "That's right, it's Jeju Island, I went to sea with the Zheng fleet, I went to this island, this island is very large, and the resources are also very rich, but there are very few Goguryeo people on the island, only some descendants who raised horses for the Mongols live on the island, and the island of Nuoda is so wasteful, my idea is to use this place as our overseas naval base, establish a harbor, build a dock, and by the way, relocate the population to the island to farm, establish a naval base, and snatch this island back from the hands of Goguryeo and become our territory." ”

"And this place is far away from the mainland, even if Daming and Liukou want to attack us, they don't have a decent navy, and in terms of water warfare, as long as the construction of the harbor is successful, then I am confident that this island will become the most powerful overseas force in our Lantian, and as long as this island is fully developed, I think it will not be a problem to raise fifty or sixty thousand sailors, and with these fifty or sixty thousand people, I dare to face any challenge."

"Da Ming, let's not mention a weak person like Goguryeo for the time being, even if the Zheng pirates come, they don't want to threaten Jeju Island."

Shi Lang paused here and continued: "And if the construction of the Jeju Island Naval Base is successful, then the Zheng pirates who can attack the land of Fujian, can also springboard to attack Ryukyu, Goguryeo, Fusang, and even enter the Bohai Sea with this, and then sneak attack the nest of Jiannu, it can be said that as long as we have this place, we can be in an invincible position in the offshore sea." ”

After Shi Lang finished saying this, Li Chaosheng's eyes stared at Jeju Island, what Shi Lang said is very reasonable, this Jeju Island is definitely a springboard to control the coastal sea, build a naval base here, and raise the navy.

Immigration, this is indeed a big project, but if it is done well, it is really a great merit, Jeju Island is such a big place, left to the Koreans, but there is no development, if it is given to Lantian, Lantian can be built here into a largest seaport, so as to radiate the entire coastal area, advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended.

After Shi Lang's opinion, Li Chaosheng was completely moved, and then Li Chaosheng looked at Jeju Island pointed out by Shi Lang and said: "Yes, this is indeed a good way, but Shi Lang, are you confident that you can block the trouble from the sea?" You must know that Jeju Island is a strategic place, and if we start construction, we will inevitably be feared by the people around us, and maybe someone will be the first to attack us. ”

Shi Lang hugged his fists when he heard this: "County Zun, if it is someone else, I dare not pack a ticket, if County Zun asks about this, as long as County Zun is willing to help, I am absolutely confident that I will defend Jeju Island and make it our offshore fortress in Lantian."

Li Chaosheng thought for a while and said, "Okay, let's talk about the conditions you need." ”

Shi Lang hugged his fists when he heard this: "County Zun, the first thing I need is the latest artillery produced by the Lantian Arsenal, the kind of rifled cannon that can hit more than ten miles away and can easily destroy a building!" ”

Li Chaosheng didn't say anything when he heard this, but glanced at Shi Lang and said, "How many doors do you need?" ”

Shi Lang said: "One hundred gates, I need to prepare at least ten warships." ”

Li Chaosheng pondered for a moment and said, "But! ”

Hearing this, Gu Zi said on the side: "County Zun, how many armies of rifled artillery are staring at?" And due to technical reasons, Lantian can only produce one door in three days on average, and at present, Shi Dalei's army is only equipped with ten. ”

Li Chaosheng raised his hand to interrupt Gu Zi's words and said: "Now mobilize all the vitality of Lantian and concentrate on the production of rifled artillery, and after the production is completed, priority will be given to preparing the navy, and Shi Lang will be responsible for the deployment." ”

"Yes."

Gu Zi immediately responded when he heard this, and Shi Lang was a little moved when he heard this: "The county doesn't have to be like this, if Shi Dalei's army has an important combat mission, I can wait." ”

Li Chaosheng smiled: "You can wait, Lantian can't wait." ”

"If you have any other requests, just ask."

Hearing this, Shi Lang thought for a while and said: "County Zun, the second requirement is that at present, in addition to the five thousand sailors in Shandong, I don't want any Lantian sailors, I want to gather fishermen around Shandong nearby, they often fish in the sea, and their familiarity with the sea is much higher than that of people on land, and Lantian sailors practice in rivers and lakes, and when they get to the sea, that's another matter, so if you want a strong navy, fishermen are the first choice." ”

"And ......"

"And what, say it!"

"And even if the current Lantian 5,000 sailors in Shandong, I may not be able to stay all, I will train them according to the strictest sailor drills, if they are not qualified, they are likely to be returned, can this county honorable accept."

Li Chaosheng listened to Shi Lang's words and said, "How many sailors are you going to train on Jeju Island?" ”

Shi Lang said: "If you want to defeat the Zheng pirates and dominate the coastal seas, I think you need at least 50,000 sailors. ”

Li Chaosheng looked at Shi Lang and said: "Fifty thousand sailors, of which Lantian people may account for less than one percent, do you think I will agree?" ”

Shi Lang thought for a while and said: "If I am a county honor, I am afraid that I will not be able to agree, as soon as I first came to Lantian, I made such a request, to be honest, Shi Lang himself felt that it was too much." ”

"Moreover, the cost of building Jeju Island across the sea may be very huge, and it may also affect the unification of the county at that time, so this law is only the best choice militarily, not politically."

Shi Lang said to Li Chaosheng, Li Chaosheng smiled when he heard this: "Do you think I don't have the courage to expand the territory?" ”

Shi Lang said: "The county didn't beat me out, it was already giving me face, I mentioned the construction of Jeju Island to Zheng Sen back then, and he was inserted out of the banquet hall in public, saying that I was delusional and unrealistic, I don't know how much manpower, material and financial resources are needed to build such a large island, and what kind of abyss will bring Eighteen Zhi to extricate himself." ”

"And the county zun listened carefully to my plan, based on this alone, the county zun is a hundred times higher than Zheng Sen, and he is the master I should serve."

Shi Lang slapped a small sycophant, and Li Chaosheng smiled when he heard this: "Shi Lang, when will you still pat the sycophant?" ”

Shi Lang said: "It's not sycophancy, every sentence is a heartfelt word." ”

Li Chaosheng laughed when he heard this: "What a heartfelt word, I was moved, okay, I promise you, the sailors of Jeju Island borrowed the fishermen from the coastal areas of Shandong." ”

"Ah, county honor, this ......"

Gu Zi was shocked when he heard this, and cried out, this is not good, Jeju Island is an enclave after all, how can an enclave not use its own people?

Shi Lang was also taken aback when he heard this, and looked at Li Chaosheng with wide eyes, as if he was shocked by Li Chaosheng's courage, of course, he might also feel that Li Chaosheng was too naïve, but no matter what, Shi Lang was shocked.

Li Chaosheng glanced at Shi Lang and said with a smile: "Do you think I'm too stupid to dare to delegate power like this?" ”

Shi Lang didn't say anything, and only after a long time did he speak: "I am far from being able to have the mind of the county honor. ”

Li Chaosheng said: "What you said is very good, Jeju Island is the territory of our Ming Dynasty, but it was temporarily lent to the Koreans, since they can't use it well, we naturally have to take it back, and Jeju Island is fertile, and it should be possible to raise hundreds of thousands of people, so you reminded me." ”

"Guzi, pass the order, let the Ministry of Military, the Ministry of Politics, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Agriculture, and other departments draw up a migration plan for me, I am ready to move 100,000 households to Jeju Island, of which 60,000 are Lantian people, and the other 40,000 households collect Shandong coastal residents, mainly fishermen, on the condition that their men must participate in the Lantian Naval Army, by the way, they are all galloping on the sea, and the name will not be called the Naval Army, but the Lantian Navy."

"In addition, one Lantian Jeju Island Dali Chief, eight Zhongli Chiefs, and 36 Li Chiefs will be set up on Jeju Island to manage the livelihood affairs of Jeju Island, and the Jeju Island Garrison Division will be built to carry out land protection, and the people on the island will be mobilized to build Jeju Port, and the Shandong Dockyard will be relocated to Jeju Port, and the Jeju Port Headquarters of the Lantian Navy will be set up, and a naval commander will be set up, whose position is equivalent to that of the commander of the Lantian Army Division, who can lead 10,000 naval soldiers."

"This commander of the Navy Army, Shi Lang, you can do it."

"Me?"

Shi Lang's eyes widened, and he followed closely: "The county respects me......"

"Don't shirk, you and I want 50,000 sailors, I can't give you 10,000 now, I can only give you 10,000 first, in addition to Lantian's 5,000 sailors in Shandong, you can also choose 5,000 coastal fishermen in Shandong to train as an army, in addition, you are only in charge of the military, regardless of the people's livelihood, the people's livelihood is all under the control of the Dali Governor sent by Lantian to Jeju Island, in addition, I will give you an adjutant, the adjutant is mainly responsible for the ideological work and political work of the army in peacetime, but it will definitely not affect your military decision-making, that is to say, you listen to the adjutant in peacetime, and when you fight, the whole army listens to you."

"Will that work?"

Li Chaosheng looked at Shi Lang, and Shi Lang heard the words and said, "It should be, it should be." ”

Shi Lang has actually been frightened by Li Chaosheng's generosity, good guy, Li Chaosheng is too awesome, he ordered 100,000 households to move to Jeju Island, 100,000 households, this is nearly four or five hundred thousand people, and now there are 10,000 aborigines in the entire Jeju Island, which is preparing to directly divide Jeju Island into the territory of Lantian.

And how much does it cost?

Shi Lang was deeply shocked, and Li Chaosheng said: "In addition, the Ministry of Finance has been notified that 30 million silver dollars will be allocated for the first phase of the construction of Jeju Island, and then it needs to be allocated separately." ”

"Inform the Ministry of Agriculture to send special personnel to Jeju Island to inspect the soil environment, test the yield of crops at designated points, and confirm the most suitable crops for production on the island in the shortest possible time, and achieve food self-sufficiency within two years, without relying on blue fields."

"Third, transfer Shi Dalei's Li Debao division to Jeju Island as a garrison division, Li Debao as the commander of the garrison division, in charge of all military affairs on the island, and let the military department carry out a strict division of accusations, Shi Lang's navy is in charge of the harbor and maritime military operations, and the internal military affairs of Jeju Island are in charge of Li Debao's department."

"In addition, the Political Department selected good officials, and the Propaganda Department did a good job of propaganda and mobilization, so they said that those who went to Jeju Island would give each household 20 acres of land, and they would be exempt from tax for three years, and after three years, the land would be nationalized, but they would have the right to use it for 20 years, and they told those businessmen that Jeju Island had great wealth, and nearly 500,000 people asked them if they could do it, and if they did, they could relocate their businesses and build their branches on Jeju Island."

"Well, in addition, we will relocate government businesses and institutions to Jeju Island, and we must develop people's livelihood as soon as possible after entering Jeju Island."

"There is also about the aborigines of the island, if they are willing to submit to Lantian and receive education from Lantian, they can be reorganized, but they must be completely disrupted and they are not allowed to continue to huddle."

"If there is resistance, you can send it back to Goryeo, if you dare to make trouble, you will be killed!"

What Li Chaosheng said was categorical, as the leader of Lantian County, he can now be decisive in killing.

"By the way, and we will definitely provoke the dissatisfaction of the surrounding neighbors in Jeju Island, such as the Goryeo Kingdom, we will also expel their aborigines, and give them the next letter of state to the king when we go, saying that Jeju Island has been my Chinese territory since ancient times, and it has been considered benevolent and righteous to use it for hundreds of years, and now it is withdrawn, so far, Jeju Island is my Chinese land, and the Goryeo people must not touch it, otherwise they will bear the consequences."

Hearing this, Gu Zi said, "I'm afraid the king of Goryeo can't be willing." ”

Li Chaosheng said with a smile: "I don't want to be afraid of anything, if he causes trouble, the land of Goryeo should also belong to me in the future." ”

"County Honor!"

Gu Zi and Shi Lang widened their eyes when they heard this, the county lord is intending to expand the territory, Li Chaosheng said with deep eyes: "I know that this is a little cruel, but for the sake of future generations, I am willing to bear this infamy." ”

Hearing this, Gu Zi and Shi Lang's eyes widened, and then Shi Lang couldn't help but say: "County Zun, Fusang Country is very rich, let's." ”

Li Chaosheng said with a smile: "If you have spare strength, it should go to Lantian." ”

"Yes, I'll understand."

Saying that, the two of them clenched their fists excitedly, Li Chaosheng said: "As for the Eighteen Zhi in the land of Fujian, leave them alone for the time being, they have not yet unified internally, and they have not yet worked to deal with us, of course, if they really attack us desperately, don't compete with them at first, let them be one or two, let Li Debao advance to the island, the first thing is to build a fort around the island, if they come, let them know what is called the benefit of Lantian artillery." ”

In fact, Li Chaosheng was not worried about the invasion of Jeju Island by Eighteen Zhi, Goryeo and Fusang, because their combat power was really not strong, even if it was the invincible Zheng Sen and Zheng Chenggong, it took eight months to recover the bend guarded by only more than 1,000 Dutchmen, which shows the difference in weapons between the two sides.

And Lantian's current firearms can beat the Dutch, and Li Chaosheng on Jeju Island also released a 10,000-person division, if Eighteen Zhi comes to attack, I'm afraid it will be really difficult to move an inch!