"Let's go!"

The next day, under the instruction of Qingji, the southern fleet of Wu led by Deng Xi officially set sail and went to the South China Sea to open up a new route, that is, the Maritime Silk Road.

There are more than 300 large and small sea boats and wooden boats, and the number of ships in the fleet is 5,000.

Among them, there were more than 4,000 strong soldiers, who basically served as sailors on the ship.

There are also some scholars, and some are merchants.

Sea ships carry a large amount of goods, such as porcelain, silk, tea, etc., as a local specialty of the Central Plains.

If you barter, in fact, you can't look down on Qingji.

The native products of the South Seas, including ivory, rhinoceros, tortoiseshell, pearls, etc., are actually also found in the six counties of Lingnan, and Wu Guo himself has them, so why bother to go far?

The ministers and doctors of Wu State were also deeply puzzled.

The vast caravan of 5,000 people, of which 4,000 were soldiers, soldiers with good combat effectiveness.

What is the king's purpose?

Is this going to business, or is it going to war?

Qingji didn't say his thoughts and made them public.

However, he had already secretly instructed Deng Xi to go to war at any time and snatch some of the young and strong Nanyangs over to serve as slaves of the Wu State......

Want money?

Or do you want people?

Children make choices, adults want all!

In addition to opening up the Silk Road in the south in a real sense, the greater significance of Qingji's letting the southern fleet sail this time is to strengthen Wu's influence in the South Seas and make full preparations for Wu's future colonization of the South Seas.

Just like the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, in order to promote national prestige and strengthen ties with overseas countries, Zheng He was sent to the West.

And buy back luxury goods for the court, and set a record of seven Western feats!

At that time, the Ming Dynasty exchanged silk, porcelain, and tea for jewelry, spices, and medicinal herbs for the enjoyment of the royal family and nobles.

During Zheng He's voyage to the West, he advocated not bullying widows, not bullying the weak, getting along with each other, and sharing peace.

It established an unwritten standard for the exchanges between the Central Plains and overseas countries, which had a far-reaching impact on later generations.

The significance of those seven voyages was unprecedented.

Its scale is only large, the voyage is long, and the number of countries it has visited makes the world sigh!

Historically, since the Tang Dynasty, many people along the southeast coast have gone to the Nanyang Islands to make a living.

After Zheng He went to the West, more Chinese migrated to the islands of the South Seas and became overseas Chinese.

Overseas Chinese brought advanced production technology and tools from the local area, and worked with the local natives to develop jungles, mine mines, and cultivate rubber.

Of course, Qingji is not so ambitious yet.

Because no matter what you do, you always have to do what you can!

At this stage, it is estimated that it is impossible for Wu to emigrate overseas and rule the South Seas.

However, Qingji is not incapable of plundering the population and wealth of the South Seas in order to strengthen itself.

……

After sending away Deng Xi's Nanyang fleet, Qingji waited for the army led by Sun Wu and Wu Zixu to rush to Panyu in a steady stream.

and Sun Li, who was already in the northwest of Lingnan and repelled the invasion of the Dian people and Baipu, also led the army and rushed to Panyu to meet Qingji.

The soldiers and horses of Wu stationed in Panyu, Longchuan and other parts of Nanhai County seem to have exceeded 120,000 people.

This is undoubtedly what makes the small countries and tribes of the six counties of Lingnan the most frightened.

Qingji suddenly sent so many soldiers and horses into Lingnan, what was his intention?

In the government of Panyu City, Qingji summoned Sun Wu, Sun Li, Wu Zixu, and Bo Kuo to discuss the matter.

Outside the palace, there are all stubborn guards.

They took five steps and one post, and ten steps and one sentry, to make sure that the wall had no ears, and no outsider could hear what the monarchs and ministers of Wu were discussing.

Qingji sat on the steps, sat upright, looked around for a week, looked at the humerus of the four countries present, and said slowly: "Second and third sons, the widow wants to ban all the small countries and tribes in the six counties of Lingnan and fight quickly, how can the Qing and others teach the widow?" ”

This is the biggest purpose of Qingji's southern tour.

In fact, Wu sent so many soldiers and horses into Nanhai County, as long as he was not blind, he could guess what Qingji's intentions were.

As the general of Zhennan of Wu State, Sun Li, who was the governor of the capital, was stationed in southern Xinjiang all the year round, and she knew the six counties of Lingnan better than anyone else, and understood the situation of the local Baiyue people.

Therefore, when Qingji asked, Sun Li immediately stood up and saluted Qingji: "The king, the concubines think that if you want to quickly clear the rebellion in Lingnan and completely mix up the Wu Kingdom, you should also pay equal attention to suppressing and appeasing you. ”

"My Wu country has entered Lingnan and set up six counties, so far, it has been five or six years."

"Thanks to the benevolence of the king, the state of Wu benefited Baiyue, and the local Li Shu opened up a large amount of wasteland, not by slash-and-burn farming, but by farming, fishing and hunting for a living."

"The Baiyue people have a certain centripetal force towards our Wu country, and the rebellion is decreasing day by day every year."

After a pause, Sun Li said again: "Therefore, the king should distinguish priorities and deal with the small countries and tribes of Baiyue in various places one by one, instead of sweeping Lingnan with the power of thunder." ”

“……”

For Sun Li's proposition, including Qingji, everyone deeply agrees.

The culture of Wu is actually very similar to Baiyue.

In the final analysis, the predecessor of Wu State, "Gou Wu", was the same as Yue Guo before, and it was still a part of Baiyue.

In terms of clothing, food, housing, transportation, etc., the Yue people are the inventors of weaving cloth with plant fibers such as kapok, plantain, and bamboo.

In terms of diet, the Yue people are the pioneers of rice cultivation (early rice, rice).

In terms of transportation, the Yue people are the pioneers of boats.

In terms of housing, the Baiyue tribe is the creator of "ganlan" housing.

In the past, Qingji's ancestors, the sons of Gu Gong's father, the leader of the Qishan Zhou clan, Taibo and Zhong Yong, wanted their father to realize their wish to destroy Shang.

He took the initiative to give up the right to inherit the throne to his younger brother Ji Li, and brought his relatives to the area of Yangzhou, which was still a wild land, and established the kingdom of Gouwu (i.e., Juwu).

Taibo and Zhongyong "cut off their hair and tattoos", accepted local customs, took the initiative to integrate into the local area, and brought the advanced farming technology of the Central Plains to the local area, so thousands of small tribes voluntarily attached to Taibo.

It is worth mentioning that the Zhou people are a tribe with first-class farming skills.

Houji, the ancestor of the Zhou people, "is a good farmer, the land is suitable, the grain is suitable for the grain, and the people are all lawful", and Emperor Yao appointed him as a "farmer".

Legend has it that Taber "copied" the original entrepreneurial experience of the Zhou people in the Meili area, greatly developed water conservancy, developed agriculture, and "wore mud and mud to prepare for drought and flood".

It is to dig ditches and ponds to irrigate and drain water.

Taber also improved his farming methods, changing from one cropping a year to two crops a year, which led to a leap forward in local agricultural production.

The substantial improvement of production technology promoted the unprecedented development of the local economy, and Taibo built cities and houses to enhance the civilization of Wudi.

After hundreds of years of evolution, the culture of Wu has been biased towards the Central Plains, but from beginning to end, it is still inclusive of some cultures of the southern Yue people.