Seeing that Wang Ze suddenly asked about the Kuyi envoy, Yang Ku, who had never mentioned this stubble before, couldn't help but smile bitterly at him: "Little Marquis doesn't know, that Kuyi envoy has already left Qinjin!" ”

Wang Ze was surprised to hear Yang Ku's story, there are such strange envoys in the world, although he came back a little late, but at this time, the envoys to other countries are always based on years, where is there a reason to run away first if you don't see someone!

"The Kuyi envoy met Ling Cheng's fleet on Ezo Island in February, and he came to Qinjin in March and waited, during which he said that the people of Kuyi Island had long admired China and were willing to be attached to the subject country and wanted to see the little marquis, but the little marquis did not come back from Qingzhou for a long time, so the Kuyi envoy couldn't wait and went to Nanchen with the merchant ship in May!"

Because of the practice of the kings and foreign saints of the Chinese dynasties in ancient times, as long as foreign envoys came to the Celestial Empire, the Celestial Empire always gave very generous rewards to foreign envoys who came to China in order to show their generosity and abundance, and as a result, many foreign merchants pretended to be envoys to defraud a large amount of wealth.

In the past, there were maritime merchants who did this in the Han Dynasty, and there were many examples of defrauding the tributaries during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Does he think that we are big Kaizi, stupid, with a lot of money, and we can't come quickly?

Yang Ku saw Wang Ze's surprised expression on his face, so he smiled bitterly again: "Actually, this Kuyi envoy can't wait to go to Nanchen again in Qinjin, because they are now being invaded by the Beji people and cannot resist, in fact, they are asking for help under the pretext of tribute!" ”

He also knows a little about Beji, and when the caravans of the cottage went to Goguryeo, there were also tribal merchants who sold furs from Beji, and the specific scope probably covered most of the Heiling River basin in later generations, including northeast China and the outer northeast region of Russia in later times.

In the Han Dynasty, it was called Rulou, and it was not called Beji until the Northern and Southern Dynasties when the Northern Wei Dynasty and Liu Song faced off, and then waited for a few decades to be called the Yan Ya here again during the Sui and Tang dynasties, anyway, the name changed a lot.

"There's still this kind of thing, but what kind of place is this bitterness?" To be honest, Wang Ze was not too interested in the battle between Beji and Kuyi, and it was only a battle of thousands of people in total, but for the unfamiliar name of Kuyi, Wang Ze was very puzzled about what kind of place this was.

Although Wang Ze was very familiar with the world map of later generations, he had never heard of the name Kuyi. However, Wang Ze secretly guessed in his heart that since Ling Cheng was a Kuyi envoy he met while sailing near Ezo Island, he thought that this Kuyi Island was not far from Ezo.

Just when Wang Ze was thinking about where he had heard of this name before, he saw a newly drawn map open in front of Wang Ze, and it was none other than Qu Liulang who opened the map.

Now Ling Cheng, who drew this map, was sent to take a fishing boat to Ezo Island to set up a fishing and whaling base, and because Qu Liulang was Ling Cheng's superior, it was just right for Qu Liulang to explain.

Qu Liulang pointed to the map in front of him and said to Wang Ze: "Little Marquis, this is the map that Ling Cheng sent back last month, you see that this is a big island found nearly two hundred miles north of Ezo Island, but because of the lack of time at that time, only a part of the coastline in the south of the island was drawn, and now Ling Cheng may be exploring further north!" ”

Wang Ze looked at the place Qu Liulang pointed to, isn't this location Sakhalin Island in later generations, how did it become Kuyi Island? However, the pronunciation of the two names Kuyi Island and Sakhalin Island is quite similar, and it seems that it should be the same place, as for the difference in the name, the pronunciation should have gradually changed in later generations for some reasons.

Speaking of Sakhalin Wang Ze knows this place, a large island with an area of more than 70,000 square kilometers, all kinds of resources are very rich, but it is a treasure island, but it is a pity that in later generations, this is the territory of Da Mao (Rakshasa country), and small people like Wang Ze at the bottom of the society at that time did not have the opportunity to come here.

Because it is located in the cold temperate zone of the extreme north, although it is separated from the mainland by a narrow strait, when the weather is very cold, the strait will form a thick layer of ice, and then the tribes on the mainland can reach Kuyi Island through the ice.

The current invasion of Kuyi Island by tribes in the Begi region is due to the fact that some tribes reached Kuyi Island through the ice last year, which has better natural conditions than Begi itself.

But no matter what the name of Kuyi Island is, since he has come here now, there is no reason to let it go, especially now that Beji's invasion of Kuyi Island is an opportunity, Wang Ze decided to find an opportunity to take this land into his own hands.

In fact, Wang Ze was so eager to send troops to establish settlements not for anything else, but because the islands in the East China Sea occupied by Wang Ze today, whether it is Jeju Island, Qinjin, Yizhou and other places, there are no large-scale coal mines and iron mines. Everyone

Although there are a large number of copper, gold and silver mines in Qinjin, Changzhou, Yizhou and other places, the strength of a country is mainly manifested in the military and economic aspects, and the military is at the forefront.

What do you rely on to fight and develop in these years? It's not about who has more weapons, sharper, and more than whose younger brother! And there is not enough iron ore to make enough weapons, and even the iron tools used in agricultural production may need to be purchased from other countries, although Wang Ze has a lot of money, he doesn't want to throw the money out like this.

So in order to obtain enough coal and iron ore, Wang Ze also had to find a way to send expeditions everywhere and strive to expand the territory he occupied, so that Ezo Island and Kuyi Island, which are still sparsely populated, have entered Wang Ze's sight.

Because Yang Ku was more familiar with allusions, he stood up and said to Wang Ze: "Kuyi Island first came from the Ezo who came to pay tribute in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and it is said that because it is relatively close to Ezo, there are many Ezo tribes living on the island!" ”

Hearing Yang Ku's introduction, Wang Ze nodded, and then instructed Qu Liulang: "Sixth brother, now that Ling Cheng has led the team to Ezo Island, and Zhao Qin has also led the fleet to the Beji Coast, then I will select some young people who don't have families yet, and you send a boat to send them to Ling Cheng and Zhao Qin to establish a stronghold on the Ezo and Beji coasts!" ”

Seeing that Qu Liulang was listening carefully to his speech, Wang Ze continued: "Sixth brother, you especially want to tell Zhao Qin that his task at this stage is nothing else, which is to cut down trees, cut down a lot of trees, and keep the cut down trees. In two years, I will move the shipyard on Jeju Island there, and in three years there will be a large shipyard there, and Zhao Qin will reward him at that time!" ”

Speaking of shipbuilding, Wang Ze is very ghostly, not for anything else, but Wang Ze's current newly occupied Qinjin, Changzhou These places are indeed a lot of forests, but most of them are bent by the sea breeze, and they cannot be used to make sea ships at all, and the wood material in these places is also much worse, although there are some better trees on the island, but they have also been cut down in the past few years.

In addition, because the islands of Qinjin need to be prevented from typhoons, Wang Ze, who knows the severity of the typhoon, does not dare to cut down too much on these islands, which leads to the situation that the shipyards on Jeju Island are not operating enough due to the lack of timber.

Compared with Qinjin, Changzhou and other places, the Beji (Northeast Heilongjiang Basin) area is densely forested, so there is no need to worry about this problem, but because shipbuilding needs to dry the wood for about three years before it can be used, so now Wang Ze has to plan for the future and prepare to cut down trees.

"Little Hou Ye!" Yang Ku, who stayed behind in the East China Sea, stood up and asked, "Little Hou Ye, I don't know something, the northern land is covered with ice and snow for half a year, and the cold is so cold, and you can't grow crops, why does Xiao Hou Ye attach so much importance to these places?" Now that He Liang has returned from Nanyang and set up a number of strongholds in Nanyang, and Nanyang is rich three times a year, why doesn't the little marquis go all out to develop the land in Nanyang? ”

Everyone was very attracted when He Liang described the wealth of Nanyang before Yang Ku found out, but Wang Ze did not show any excitement, and he only said that he would immediately increase the number of young and strong people and increase the strength of these places for the several supply points established by He Liang, but he did not show the intention of large-scale development in Nanyang, but Wang Ze attached great importance to Ezo Island and Beji area, which had just established two supply points.

It is understandable that Wang Ze attaches great importance to Ezo Island, after all, there are a large number of whales and marine fish in the sea area, which is the meat warehouse of the people in all parts of the East China Sea today; However, Wang Ze on the coast near Beji is preparing to build a large shipyard there, which is clearly to focus on the development of this place!

As soon as Yang Ku's voice fell, everyone in the hall noticed this problem, so Qi brushed his eyes on Wang Ze, and they were also very puzzled about this problem.

Wang Ze raised his head and looked around at everyone before he said slowly: "Mencius said: Born in sorrow and died in peace!" When I was reading and practicing calligraphy with Chen Fuzi in the cottage, I thought it was true when I heard this sentence for the first time! ”

As long as Meng Ke is a person who has read a book, he must learn it from his husband, who has never heard of it! Yang Ku and the others were secretly puzzled in their hearts, and they didn't know what Wang Ze meant by saying this.

Seeing everyone's puzzled expressions, Wang Ze smiled and said: "Think about it, if I vigorously develop the land in Nanyang, everyone can get food that can be eaten for three years in one year, so that everyone still wants to continue farming in the next year?" If you still want to farm in the second year, what about the third and fourth years? I think you're probably going to be at home in less than two years, right? ”

Saying that, Wang Ze said to He Liang: "Brother, when you passed by the islands of the South Seas, did you find that the local natives could have enough food and clothing without working and had nothing to do all day long?" ”

He Liangliang, whose skin was tanned, nodded and said: "This is indeed true, when I first arrived there, I thought it was because the local day was too hot for these people to avoid the heat of the day, and later found out that because the local area is like summer all year round, there are fruits and vegetables harvested in all seasons, so you don't have to work just to collect wild fruits to live very comfortably, so the local men are extremely lazy!" ”

After He Liang finished speaking, Wang Ze nodded and continued: "In this way, if we occupy the land of Nanyang and develop it from the beginning, I am afraid that the people under our rule will gradually lose their enterprising spirit in a few years, so I think that although the rich land of Nanyang will be taken by us in the future, the foundation of our future roots must be in the north!" ”