Chapter Seventy-Five: On the Sea

As soon as Wang Ze opened his mouth, the later Yakushima became Jumu Island, and although Xiao Jing, who was traveling with him, slandered Wang Ze's naming level in his heart, he was still full of praise.

That night, everyone rested on the island for a night, and Liu Wancheng sent people to hunt and caught a unique ape on the island, which made Wang Zezhi shake his head.

Zhu Qingqing and Cheng Xueying, the two 'female' children, were even more distressed, buried the two adult apes that were killed, and then healed the three young apes that were still alive, preparing to release them when they left Jumu Island.

However, wild deer and pine 'chicken' and other game caught on other islands are roasted with crispy skin and tender inside, which makes Cheng Xueying and Zhu Qingqing eat full of oil.

On the second day, the team that explored Jumu Island came back and reported that, except for the eastern part of the island, where the fleet docked, which was gentle, the rest of the country was all mountainous, and the coastal cliffs and reefs were full of unsuitable for immigration.

According to the flat-bottom area of the survey statistics, Wang Ze calculated in his heart that the entire Jumu Island can accommodate more than 2,000 people at most; Moreover, if this wharf is built now, it can only dock ships below 3,000 stones, which is not too suitable for building a large-scale supply point.

Just when Wang Ze was disappointed, the fleet that went to explore nearby Tanegashima came back and brought Wang Ze a surprise.

Tanegashima is only one-third the size of Jeju Island, about the same size as Jumu Island, but Tanegashima Island has a large area of flat land.

According to surveys, it is estimated that it can accommodate 20,000 or 30,000 people, although there are not many rivers on the island, but due to the influence of the sea, it is very rich in precipitation, which is very suitable for growing food crops such as wheat and rice.

Wang Ze was really overjoyed when he heard the report of the surveyors, since Tanegashima is so powerful and has such good conditions, then Jumu Island, which is not very suitable for large-scale construction, should simply try to protect it.

It is only necessary to build two settlements near the dock where it is docked now, and then expand this dock into a supply port that can dock 3,000 stone sea ships, and the rest of the island is planned to be a forest park reserve, which can also be a good place for tourism in the future.

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"Xiao Langjun, the map mapped out of the island in front of me looks like a seed, and everyone jokingly calls it Tanegashima!" Gu Bin stood at the bow of the boat and introduced Wang Ze to the island in the distance.

Wang Ze looked at the big island in front of him, although there are mountains on the island, it is far more flat than Jumu Island, mostly low mountains and hills, and the coastal places are large areas of flat land, growing dense forests.

Gu Bin pointed to the flat and said: "Xiao Langjun, this kind of sub-island has a slender north-south distribution, this is the southern part of Tanegashima because of a lot of precipitation, which is more suitable for growing rice, and the northern area is suitable for growing wheat, soybean, millet and other dryland crops because it is mostly dryland!" ”

The familiar Wang Ze introduced by Gu Bin here was a little strange, Gu Bin actually knew a lot about farm work, so he asked: "Commander Gu, aren't you from a cottage army, why are you so familiar with the matter of crops?" ”

Hearing Wang Ze's question, Gu Bin smiled and said, "Which of our generations has not run behind Uncle He!" When I was a child, I followed Uncle He all day long to get some snacks, and I learned some of them! ”

When the boat sailed to the camp in the north of the island, Gu Binzheng said to Wang Ze: "Although Xiaolangjun Island is relatively good, there are many mosquitoes, so it is better for the two little ladies to stay on the boat and not get off the boat!" ”

Just as Wang Ze was about to get off the ship, a team of scouts ran back, and Gu Bin asked, "What kind of system is it that is panicked?" What happened? ”

"There is a team of unknown people on the island of Hui Xiaolangjun and Gu Commander, and a brother was injured by them, so we will bring him back for treatment!" The lead scout captain replied.

"Oh! Is there anyone else? Gu Bin was taken aback when he heard the news, and Wang Ze was also surprised, according to this time, Tanegashima was not a chassis for the Japanese people, and there were some natives on the island at most, but listening to the scout's account, the team was also dressed as a Central Plains person.

It seems that this group of people must be solved now before they can immigrate to the island, otherwise so many trees on the island will not be found anywhere you hide, and it will be a big hidden danger in the future.

Here, while Wang Ze was camping near the anchorage point that had been chosen, he asked Gu Bin to send one of the fastest ships to Qinjin Island, and asked Zheng Kui and Cao An to arrange for the soldiers of the Blue Wolf Battalion and the subsequent immigrants to arrive.

Zhu Qingqing knew that he couldn't get ashore for the time being, and he was sulking freely on the boat, but Cheng Xueying was studying the various plants collected by the scouts with the doctors on the ship, and cheered from time to time for the discovery of a 'medicine'.

The night was uneventful, but there were still unknown people spying on them at night, but fortunately, the soldiers on duty at night kept a high level of alert and scared them away.

The next day, we continued to explore the coast near the south, and found several harbors suitable for the construction of ports, one of which was in better condition than the current one, but the land expansion area was smaller, and it was more suitable for military ports.

Three days later, Cao An led more than 1,000 soldiers of the Blue Wolf Battalion to Tanegashima Island on the merchant ship under He Liang's command, after all, there was no naval force here, and Qu Liulang and others did not dare to leave Jeju Island and Qinjin Island.

"Xiao Langjun, I came with 1,200 soldiers from the Blue Wolf Battalion this time, and two hundred of them are Wolf Fang's brothers! The best at jungle warfare! Cao An reported excitedly when he saw Wang Ze.

In the next few days, more than 2,000 young immigrants and more than 3,000 Japanese slaves will come to the island to cultivate wasteland, and other old and weak 'women' and children will have to wait another month or two before they arrive.

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Cao An was different as soon as he made a move, under the leadership of more than 200 soldiers of the wolf fang, more than 1,000 soldiers of the wolf battalion captured that group of people in one fell swoop in only two days!

There are not many people in this group, that is, 100 people, most of them are dressed in tatters, and it seems that life is very hard.

Looking at Wang Ze, an officer in front of him who was obviously dressed as Liang Jun, he asked, "Are you waiting for Xiao Liang's water master Xiao Yu?" Why did you attack my sergeants? ”

Xiao Yu should have passed through here before, these sergeants may be soldiers who have fallen behind, if these soldiers can give a reasonable explanation, Wang Ze can also forgive these people for hurting their own soldiers.

Who knew that the officer headed by him raised his head and said proudly: "We are the officers and soldiers of the naval division of the Central Army of Daliang, but not the sailor of Xiao Yu's 'traitor' thief!" ”

Wang Ze is strange now, I don't know what Xiao Yu has done to make people angry and resentful, and it has caused this person to hate him so much!

So Wang Ze asked the officer: "Although Xiao Yu said that he crossed to Baekje in the east, he also protected the safety of Xiao Yin, the great-grandson of Emperor Wu of Liang, why did this gentleman say this?" ”

"Xiao Yu and Hou Jingzhi took refuge in the 'chaos' when Hou Jing slaughtered my Liang Shimin, and now they are hijacking the first emperor's concubine, 'wanting' to do great things, how can such a 'chaotic' minister and thief not kill him!?" The officer glared angrily!

It turned out that the officer's name was Yang Feihu, who belonged to Xiao Liang's die-hard fan supporters, and was very dissatisfied with Xiao Yu's behavior of protecting Xiao Yin in the name of hijacking, and intended to unite with others to kill Xiao Yu and support Xiao Yin in the East China Sea.

didn't want to be secretive and was chased and killed by Xiao Yu, and finally the ship ran aground on Tanegashima beach, and Yang Feihu led his sergeants to escape into the dense forest to hide for their lives.

Later, when Wang Ze's sergeants landed, Yang Feihu began to think that Xiao Yu had come back to search for him and others, so he stabbed a scout.

However, Yang Feihu immediately found that these people were dressed differently from Xiao Yu's navy, and the words they spoke were even more northern accents, and after some investigation a few days ago, he finally confirmed that they were not Xiao Yu's subordinates.

However, he had already injured other people's subordinates before, and Yang Feihu was afraid that Wang Ze's side would retaliate, so he hid, but in the end he was found by the wolf's tooth soldiers, and Yang Feihu surrendered under the command of thousands of soldiers.

Wang Ze heard Yang Feihu's narration and said happily in his heart: "I really want to doze off, so I came to a pillow, isn't this a ready-made guide to guide the way?" ’

Thinking of this, Wang Ze said to Yang Feihu: "Now that Xiao Yu has led his subordinates to take refuge in Baekje, I am Xiahou Wang Ze of the East China Sea, and now I 'want' to trade with the Southern Dynasties, I don't know if you can lead the way with me?" ”

Yang Feihu agreed without even thinking about it, although he was Xiao Liang's hardcore supporter, but Xiao Liang didn't exist anymore and didn't know who to be loyal to.

The back beam of Jiangling is obviously the puppet of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Yang Feihu is not cut to the back beam, and his group has lived on the island for more than a month, it is really hard, of course it is the best to leave here!

Two days later, after Wang Ze waited for thousands of young men and slaves led by Zheng Kui, Wang Ze set off again, but there were more than 200 wolf tooth soldiers and more than 100 soldiers of the former Xiao Liang Navy on the fleet. In addition, He Liang also led dozens of merchant ships to accompany him.

The trail behind the guide was much easier, and the fleet passed through a series of islands that seemed to be the backs of dragons 'exposed' from the vast sea.

Xiao Jing looked at the series of islands under the blue sea and blue sky and exclaimed: "It's really a thousand miles away, and it is magnificent!" ”

Wang Ze was stunned, isn't this the first time in history that Zhu Kuan, a general of the Sui Dynasty, saw what the Ryukyu Islands said? Now it has become Xiao Jing's words.

"Haha, what Mr. said is good, since it is like a wanderer, it is called the Wandering Islands!" Wang Ze said with a smile.

Before Xiao Jing could reply, Zhu Qingqing shouted: "It's not proper, it's not proper, it's a fierce dragon and a bad dragon, and this name is unlucky." She scratched her head and said, "I think these islands are like pearls in the sea, so why don't you call them the Ryukyu Islands!" As he spoke, he wrote down the word Ryukyu on a piece of paper.

Seeing the two words Ryukyu written by Zhu Qingqing, Xiao Jing also nodded and praised: "What Xiao Niang said is not bad, or this name is better!" ”

Wang Ze has no opinion, it's still the Ryukyu Islands!

Unlike Tanegashima and Jumu Island, there are still indigenous people living on Ryukyu Island, but the indigenous people on the island are similar to the situation before Jeju Island, that is, more than 10,000 indigenous people live.

Because the fleet did not have many troops, and it was already far away from Qinjin, Wang Ze just asked Yang Feihu to establish a supply docking point on an island that had no natives and was not too small in size. He Liang's fleet of six or seven hundred men was stationed on the island, first building a stronghold, and then further expanding and passing through the Ryukyu Islands.

The fleet then continued to sail southwest, passing through a series of islands, most of which were uninhabitable except for a few suitable for settlement, but Wang Zedu had inscriptions set up on the islands.

After three more days of travel, when Zhu Qingqing and Cheng Xueying were a little irritable, another island appeared in front of them, different from the previous island, the coast of this island could not be seen at a glance.

Yang Feihu pointed ahead and said to Wang Ze: "Lang Jun, look, that is the Yizhou that General Sun Wu Weiwen once arrived in during the Three Kingdoms!" ”