The large-scale cold current blowing from the desert steppe to the north of the Beihai Gaoche was swept from the land of Sanqi and did not let go of the islands in the East China Sea located in the East China Sea, especially Qinjin and Changzhou, because they were surrounded by the ocean, and the water vapor was relatively large, so under the influence of this cold current, it also snowed more than two feet thick this time.

Fortunately, because there have been more slaves captured in various parts of the East China Sea, they all build houses before emigrating, so the resettlement of immigrants is relatively in place, and there is such a thing as a fire kang invented by Wang Ze in winter, many Han people who spend the winter outside their hometown for the first time feel that this winter is more comfortable.

Since the snow stopped, the temperature in Qinjin has risen a lot, and the first red sun in winter shines on this place known as the country of sunrise in later generations, and because of the influence of the ocean, even if it snows heavily, it is much warmer than the land of Sanqi on the mainland, and the snow on the ground has melted nearly half of it in just a few days.

Although there are still remnants of the Japanese people on Qinjin Island who are resisting, and there are also some Hayato tribes in the south of Qinjin who are unwilling to belong and still hide in the depths of the mountains and forests, but this still does not affect this land to become Wang Ze's territory, not to mention that the remaining people on the island will only be the sparring partners of the militia on the island in the future.

Now Wang Ze, who has just come to Qinjin, does not know that the Northern Qi army led by Dugu Yongye is attacking Jiaozhou City, and the news brought by the fleets that traveled between Sanqi and Jeju Island and Qinjin many times is that the enemy and us are still on the front line of Jeju and Jibei County, and now the news of the sudden change in the situation has not yet been transmitted.

Now Wang Ze, who didn't know that the situation in the land of Sanqi had suddenly changed, was in the newly built Qinjin City (Nagasaki) of Tan Carpenter with Yang Ku, Zhuo Ran, Zheng Kui, Yan Boss, Tan Carpenter and others in Zhuoran's county guard mansion, and the army generals such as Cao An, Du Sheng, Qu Liulang, and Liu Wancheng were also there.

I haven't been in Qinjin for nearly a year, and when I came back this time, Wang Ze suddenly felt a burst of surprise, on the newly opened land of Qinjin, there are new Hanmin settlements being built every day, and new construction is being carried out every day, and the new look shown in every place makes Wang Ze excited.

Now that Qinjin Castle has been built, Carpenter Tan is already working on the construction of Jinmen New Town (later Kitakyushu), which is close to the Nagamen Waterway in Changzhou, which will be the second largest city in Qinjin County.

From the occupation of Qinjin to the present, it has only been less than two years to have such great results, thinking about it makes Wang Ze feel very complacent, it seems that there will be nothing to do with those dwarves on the surface of the East China Sea in the future, and if it continues to develop at this rate now, it will not take a few years for the entire Wa Kingdom to be Wang Ze's territory!

Originally, Wang Ze was still thinking of carrying out a large-scale attack on the Soga army in the Izumo area after the Wa State was garrisoned this winter, but because of the heavy snow that lasted for many days, Wang Ze decided to wait until next year to start attacking the Wa State, after all, the soldiers still need to recuperate for a while.

In addition, another reason why Wang Ze suspended the attack on the Wa Kingdom was the strange behavior between Baekje and the Silla people during this time, and Baekje and Silla, who had been fighting continuously for more than a year, suddenly ceased war for some reason, so that Wang Ze had to maintain a certain vigilance against these two countries, after all, it was enough for Xiao Yu to happen only once.

Because after the Xiao Yu Incident, Wang Ze moved away tens of thousands of Han people and some Baekje people around Xiao Yu's camp, and ruthlessly scraped the southern part of Baekje, and Cao An, Liu Wancheng and others led the army to Si Hyun City with Du Sheng's naval army to conduct a friendly military visit with the Baekje army.

In order to prevent the recurrence of incidents similar to Xiao Yu's seizure of the island, before leaving Jeju Island, Wang Ze rearranged 5,000 infantry troops to garrison Jeju Island, and Wang Ze selected 3,000 people from the cavalry militia on the island to form the Jeju Island Cavalry Force, so that the cavalry, infantry, and naval army on Jeju Island combined with more than 10,000 people, which was enough to protect the safety of Jeju Island.

"Little Marquis, this is the silk produced on our Qinjin Island this year!" With a beard and a dark complexion, Boss Yan proudly introduced to Wang Ze the results achieved in Qinjin County this year, "If it weren't for the short time, this year's mulberry trees were only cut this year, the number of mulberry leaves is relatively small, not to mention, the mulberry leaves are also relatively thin, if the mulberry trees grow up in the next two years, the silkworms will eat the good mulberry leaves and spit out the silk is good silk!" ”

Wang Ze listened to Boss Yan's explanation while carefully looking at the silk fabric in his hand, it is true that the color of silk is indeed much worse than the best Qingzhou silk today, but it is similar to the silk of Wuxing in the south of the Yangtze River, and the quality of local silk in Qinjin will be greatly improved in the future.

After thinking about it, Wang Ze asked Yan Lao Dao: "Steward Yan, how many silk horses have been produced this year?" Last year and this year, I got you a total of more than 1,000 experts who are good at growing mulberry and silkworms from Qingzhou and Linzi, don't let me down! ”

When Wang Ze said this, Boss Yan was really a little nervous, and he hurriedly said: "These craftsmen moved by the little marquis are indeed first-class craftsmen, just because this year is the first year to plant mulberry trees, not to mention the number of mulberry leaves, the leaves are still relatively small, and the mulberry leaves that have not been planted for two or three years are thick, so this year's yield is lower!" ”

"Since that's the reason, just say how much silk you produce, I don't blame you!" Seeing that Boss Yan was cowering and didn't dare to say it directly, Wang Ze urged.

Boss Yan didn't speak, only stretched out three fingers to come out!

Wang Ze speculated: "Could it be that 3,000 pieces of silk will be produced this year?" "If it's that amount, it's pretty good, and it's worth the investment I've put in for more than a year. Reading the Library

Who knew that after Boss Yan heard Wang Ze's speculation, his face was so red that he couldn't speak, he just waved his hand, and finally Zhuo Ran said to Wang Ze: "Little Hou Ye, Qin Jin has only produced three hundred pieces of silk this year!" At this time, Boss Yan didn't dare to look at Wang Ze's face anymore.

"What? Three hundred pieces of silk! Wang Ze couldn't help but shouted, what is this called, so many craftsmen have been relocated from the land of Sanqi, and as a result, only such a little silk has been produced for more than a year, which is not enough for the placement fee of those craftsmen!

"Little Hou Ye, let's be fair!" At the critical moment, the sheep withered out to save the field, "In fact, you can't blame Yan for taking care of them, the main thing is that the silkworm is a long-term thing that can be effective, whether it is a silkworm farmer or a mulberry tree, it takes time to develop!" ”

Seeing that Wang Ze listened carefully to what he said, Yang Ku continued: "Little Hou Ye doesn't know, in fact, in Qingzhou and other places, silkworm cultivation and mulberry planting are generally planted in the first year or two of silkworm raising, and the second year of spring begins to prepare for silkworm raising, and Yan Steward cuttings mulberry trees in the first year, and it is already a great skill to produce 300 silk horses that year!" ”

"So that's the case, it's my carelessness that has wronged my husband!" As soon as Wang Ze heard this, he knew Boss Yan's difficulty, and immediately became pleasant.

Seeing that Wang Ze's mood had changed again, Boss Yan plucked up the courage and said: "When the mulberry trees start to grow well next year, the silkworm farmers will also have experience, and they are confident that they will produce 3,000 horses of silk a year!" ”

Seeing that Boss Yan almost patted his chest to promise, Wang Ze smiled and said: "Three thousand horses of silk are just enough to meet the needs of the people on our islands in the East China Sea, what I want is good silk that can be sold to Baekje, Silla, Goguryeo, etc., can you produce it?" ”

"It's a bit difficult!" Boss Yan said a little hesitantly, "This year, nearly 20,000 acres of mulberry fields have been opened up on the island, but nearly half of the mulberry trees have been destroyed by the remaining widows and wild beasts on the island, and the farmers who grow mulberry have also been attacked many times!" In addition, because there are many storms passing through Qinjin, it is not suitable to open up more mulberry fields! ”

Boss Yan can only do things and can't be a person, and when he said this, he didn't even notice the color of Yang Wither, Zhuo Ran and others, but just talked about himself there.

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Why didn't anyone explain it to me? Sure enough, as expected by Yang Ku and the others, Wang Ze was a little unhappy when he heard Boss Yan's story, and he had said several times before that the remnants of the Japanese and Hayabusa on Qinjin Island could be completely destroyed by no more than 10,000 people, but now there are still so many remnants of the Japanese destroying mulberry fields and attacking Tuntian households.

Yang Ku came out and explained: "Little Marquis, most of the Japanese people on Qinjin Island were indeed exterminated before, and at most the remnants did not exceed 10,000 people, but in the past few months, a large number of Japanese people have crossed the sea from Iyo Island (Shikoku Island) at night to Qinjin, and most of the cases done by the Japanese people during this time were committed by these people!" ”

Wang Ze raised his eyebrows and said, "I can't imagine that the Japanese people still know about the plan to save Zhao from Wei Wei!" However, no matter how many schemes there are, there is nothing to be done in the face of strong strength! ”

Thinking of this, Wang Ze suddenly laughed again: "Haha, isn't Carpenter Tan short of slaves to build cities and roads now, so let's start with Iyo Island!" First take Awaji Island and block all the connections between Iyo Island and the outside world, and then turn it into our territory! "These latter Wang Ze said to Cao An, Zheng Kui and other generals

Seeing Cao An, Zheng Kui and others nodding, Wang Ze continued to Yan Lao Dao: "Steward Yan, in the future, this Iyu Island will be the place where you grow mulberry and raise silkworms!" Regardless of Boss Yan's eyebrows dancing on the side, Wang Ze said to Yang Ku again: "Mr. Yang, I don't think the name of this Iyo Island is good, what name do you think should be changed to?" ”

Yang withered his beard and thought for a while, then smiled: "Since the original Tsukushi Island (Kyushu Island) was named Qinjin because of Xu Fudongdu during the Qin Dynasty, it is better to call Iyo Island Xiadu!" To commemorate the great achievement of the little marquis who founded the Xia Kingdom of the East China Sea and opened up the place where the Chinese people live! ”

"Where, where, Mr. praised falsely!" Although Wang Ze kept waving his hand to refuse, he was happy in his heart, alas, he was really a vain guy! Yang Ku also knew Wang Ze's character, but he just smiled and didn't answer.

So it is not surprising that Iyo Island, the third main island of the Japanese Kingdom that is about to be occupied, will become Wang Ze's summer crossing after Qinjin and Changzhou!

"Mr. Yang, now that you are staying in the East China Sea and still managing the government affairs of Changzhou, it is really hard, you have to quickly find someone to help you share it, and you have to help me manage the affairs of the entire East China Sea in the future!" Wang Ze really has a lot of things to worry about.

Just when Wang Ze and everyone in the hall were discussing the next development plan, suddenly a soldier came to the door and said, "Tell the little marquis, Mr. He Liang He is back!" ”