Qu County faces the sea to the east. There are mountains standing majestically on the shore, the highest place is called the Jade Girl Peak (now the main peak of Lianyungang Huaguo Mountain), the trees on the mountain are verdant, the fruit trees are flourishing, the waterfall flows and springs, and the end is a good place with beautiful scenery.

One day in late June, the new Admiral of the Jin State and General Taishi Ziyi, accompanied by Mi Fang, the second son of the Mi family in the East China Sea, went up the stairs with great interest, climbed the Jade Girl Peak, and watched the beautiful scenery formed by the vicissitudes of the sea and the change of the sun and the moon.

"General Taishi, the mountain that rises in the sea in the distance is the Yuzhou Mountain that the fleet by, this mountain is dozens of miles in circumference, the mountain is full of birds and birds, animals are everywhere, and there are often fishermen who cross the boat to catch birds and beasts in the mountains......" Mi Fang pointed to a large island in the sea that was faintly visible in the distance, and patiently introduced to Tai Shici.

Tai Shici took the binoculars from the hands of the accompanying guards, carefully observed the mountain terrain of Yuzhou Mountain, and asked Mi Fang who was accompanying him a few questions from time to time.

"Brother Zifang (Mi Fangzi), I don't know if this Yuzhou Mountain is a land of masters?" asked Tai Shi Ci casually.

Mi Fang didn't know the intention of Tai Shi Ci's question, but he was entrusted by his brother Mi Zhu to accompany him, and he was repeatedly told by Mi Zhu to treat Tai Shi Ci well as a guest, so he didn't dare to be sloppy, and replied truthfully: "The islands in the sea here are under the jurisdiction of Donghai County, because they are far away from the land, so only a few fishermen settle down on them, not the private property of any family." ”

"Oh, who is the Donghai County Guard now?" Tai Shici asked again.

"Originally from Pengcheng, Zhang Xian, recently heard that Zhang Xi has gone to Xia Pi to serve as the prime minister, and the new county guard has not yet arrived. However, according to the news found out from the family, the new county guard may be an old acquaintance of the general. Mi Fang replied.

Tai Shi Ci heard Mi Fang say that the new East China Sea Taishou might be his old acquaintance, and couldn't help but move in his heart, and then asked: "The person I know in Xuzhou is just Er'er, and it is really surprising that he can happen to meet a county guard, and I also ask Brother Zifang to make it clear!"

Mi Fang replied a little mysteriously: "This person crossed the same boat with the general some time ago, and it is Chen Yuanlong, a famous man from Xiapi!"

When Tai Shi Ci heard that the new Taishou of the East China Sea was Chen Deng, who had returned from the Jin Kingdom, he suddenly had a bold idea in his heart, but his face was still as calm as ever, and he said with a smile: "So good, before I return to the north, I want to ask Chen Yuanlong for a cup of happy wine to congratulate!"

Subsequently, Tai Shici went down the mountain and returned to the Mi family in Qu County, and discussed some things with the head of the family, Mi Zhu, behind closed doors, which seemed to be related to business. However, the business that Tai Shici wanted to do this time even Mi Zhu sounded very bold, and he actually planned to sell Yuzhou Mountain in the sea east of Qu County from the Taishou of Donghai County!

As the first admiral of the water division, Zhao Xing gave Tai Shi Ci the power to make arbitrary decisions, and in some cases where it was too late to ask for instructions, as long as it was conducive to the development of the Jin Kingdom and the water division, Tai Shi Ci could cut it first and then play. In terms of the funds for the preparation of the water division, Zhao Xing was even more generous, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he transferred two million taels of silver to Tai Shici as a start-up capital.

You must know that the Protector Army is now close to 200,000 horses, and the military expenditure in a year is only 6 million taels of silver, and the Jin State Naval Division is now only at the beginning of its establishment, and the total number of personnel of all kinds is less than 10,000 people.

In fact, Zhao Xing knew very well in his heart that the two million taels of silver were not given more, but they were barely able to cope with the situation. The construction and development of the naval division has always been the most expensive type of troops, not only the construction of large warships is staggering, but also the cost of sea navigation and training has increased exponentially compared with on land.

The final destination of Tai Shici's voyage was Quanzhou Shipyard, so he carried this huge amount of wealth on the ship, which can be said to be rich and confident, so it was normal to have the idea of buying Yuzhou Mountain.

The big boss of Taishi did not have the idea of buying the island on a whim, in fact, he wanted to use Yuzhou Mountain Island as the forward base for the Jin State Naval Division to go south in the future, build a large port and shore supply facilities here, and entrust it to the Mi family to help take care of it.

There is no doubt that Tai Shici, who has undergone the training of the Crouching Tiger Martial Arts Hall, has already had a long-term strategic vision and has begun to think from Zhao Xing's point of view, and the idea of buying Yuzhou Mountain is undoubtedly a very desirable and appreciable act.

At the beginning of July, Tai Shici had been staying in Qu County in the East China Sea for nearly 20 days. During this period, Tai Shici made a careful survey of the coastline near Qu County and made detailed records, and with the help of the Mi family, he recruited another 1,000 sailors in Donghai County, and now he has boarded paddle steamers to receive simple military training and management with 2,000 other sailors.

Tai Shi Cizhi stayed in Qu County slowly and leisurely, and was not in a hurry to go north to Quanzhou, in fact, he was waiting for Chen Deng to come to the East China Sea to take office. He wanted to buy Yuzhou Mountain Island before going north.

On July 8, Mi Zhu informed Tai Shici that Chen Deng had gone to his post and was coming to Qu County with his staff, as if he was coming to visit Mi's family. So Tai Shici no longer wandered around, and waited for the arrival of his old acquaintance Chen Deng in the Mi Mansion.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Tai Shici and Chen Deng are old acquaintances, in fact, Chen Deng and Mi Zhu are also acquaintances. Their friendship originated from the fact that they went north together and formed a friendship when they were in the Qingxu Army. Several of them were born in the counties near the sea in the east, and they had the same living habits, and the relationship between Kong Rong and Tao Qian was relatively harmonious, so it was naturally easier for them to get along as their subordinates.

On July 10, Chen Deng, who had the desire to befriend the Mi family and then get closer to the Jin Kingdom, finally entered the Mi family's mansion, and when he saw that the middle of the crowd who came to welcome him was actually Tai Shici instead of the head of the family, Mi Zhu, he couldn't help but be surprised.

After Chen Deng's careful interrogation, he learned that after Tai Shici sent them to Gaotang at that time, he did not lead his team to return to the Jin Kingdom against the current, but sailed down the river and sailed from the sea to Qu County in the east. Chen Deng secretly admired his father's sharp judgment in his heart, and was really taken seriously by his old son: Zhao Xing's desire to form a sailor is not ordinary, but to dominate the sea and take all the coastal lands of the Han Dynasty into his pocket.

Chen Deng, Mi Zhu and Tai Shici were very familiar with each other, so after some greetings, he told Mi Zhu in front of Tai Shici that he wanted to further strengthen the relationship between Chen Mi's two families.

Mi Zhu is not stupid, Tai Shici is not stupid, as soon as he heard Chen Deng's words, he immediately understood the Chen family's thoughts, so the three of them hit it off, no longer talking nonsense, and directly used Yuzhou Mountain Island as an introduction to cut into the main topic of secret cooperation.

Since the Chen family took the initiative to move closer to the Jin State, it had to have some specific actions and expressions, so Yuzhou Mountain Island became a meeting gift for Chen Deng's contribution to the Jin State.

Of course, the new Taishou Chen Deng would never honestly report to the imperial court that he had sold a large island with a radius of dozens of miles to Zhao Xing of the Jin Kingdom at a price as cheap as radish and cabbage. Chen Deng would only say that there is a small island in the east of Qu County, with a radius of 100 zhang, which can barely live for 20 or 30 fishermen, and now it is sold to the local fisherman Shi Tai at a high price of 5,000 taels of silver, and the silver money obtained is used to help the emergency victims......

This is the official's two mouths, and it makes sense to say anything.