It's the fifth watch, do the brothers have some tips and condolences?
"Go to Ryu to grow sugar cane" Cheng Yanjin was very curious, "I remember that in the sixth year of the Great Cause, Wu Benlang sent Chen Ling and the court doctor Zhang Zhen and Zhou Fadong to fight more than 10,000 soldiers, and took the initiative to attack the country of Liuqiu. ” "Is that Ryugu?"
"That's the Ryuqiu."
Li Chao raised his wine glass and signaled.
In ancient classics, there are many records about treasure islands, such as "Yingzhou" in the Qin Dynasty, "Dongkun" in the Han Dynasty, and "Yizhou" in the Three Kingdoms period, which are actually treasure islands.
There are also the great injustice country in the Han book, the liuqiu in the Sui book, the Kunshena country in the Song history, and the Dongfan and Taiwanese titles in the Ming history, all of which refer to the treasure island.
Although the Central Plains was not until the Qing Dynasty, it was only when it was truly controlled that the treasure island was controlled.
But there are not many records, as early as the Three Kingdoms era, Wu lord Sun Quan once sent the generals Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi to lead 10,000 sailors to cross the sea to the treasure island, where they reclaimed and planted.
The Linhai Taishou of Soochow also wrote a book called Linhai Soil and Foreign Objects, which specifically and vividly described the situation in Yizhou and Shanyi.
Shanyi is the aboriginal of the island.
"Is this Ryuqiu Island very big?"
asked Luo Shixin.
In his heart, since it is an island, it must not be big.
"Liuqiu is bigger than Hainan Island."
Li Chao replied.
Luo Shixin asked again, "Is Hainan Island very big?"
Li Chao was speechless, for Luo Shixin, he had a clear understanding of Hainan and Treasure Island in his heart, in fact, many people in this era did not know enough about geography.
It's not like the afterlife, even if it's a kindergartener, you know that the earth is round, and elementary school students have seen what the earth looks like.
Teenagers can basically know how big China is and how big the world is.
But most people in this era may have never been out of the county in their lives.
I haven't even been out of the township, anyway, it's just a place for a lifetime.
How big the outside world is I don't know.
The distance they have to walk for is how many days they have to walk.
As for the area, it is not a square kilometer, but how many days it takes to go from north to south and how many days to go from east to west.
"Let's put it this way, you know how old Xiangzhou is."
Luo Shixin nodded, "Of course I know, two hundred and forty-six miles from east to west, and three hundred and sixty-seven miles from north to south. ” After all, Xiangyang has been the temporary capital for several years, and he is still clear about this, which he heard from listening to lectures in the lecture hall, which has a special geography course, and he will talk about these things when he talks about military geography.
Two hundred and forty-six miles from east to west and three hundred and sixty-seven miles from north to south, this is actually about the same size as Li Chao's territory in the north of Wolf Mountain.
"Well, Xiangzhou is indeed so big, but Ryuqiu Island is almost three big."
Luo Shixin opened his mouth wide and was about to eat roasted garlic, but he couldn't bite it anymore.
"Liuqiu Island is so big and three Xiangzhou are so big, isn't it as big as three of your fiefdoms?"
"Pretty much."
Luo Shixin became interested, he thought it was an overseas island, but he didn't expect it to be so big.
"Is it far from the Koto coast?"
Cheng Yanjin said on the side, "It should be quite far, in the sixth year of the great cause, Chen Ling and them crossed the sea and spent more than a month." ” Li Chao smiled.
It's just a strait, which takes a month, and the strait is about 300 miles wide, and the ship travels 300 miles for a month "Actually, it's very close, and you can get there in two or three days."
"Impossible, if it's so close to the coast of Jiangdong, and it's such a big island, there's no reason why the Central Plains hasn't controlled the development there," Li Ji also asked in surprise.
Hainan Island is smaller than this Liuqiu Island, and it is not far from the Central Plains, so the Central Plains Dynasty has been controlling Hainan Island for a long, long time.
But this Ryuqiu Island is only three days by water, and there is no reason why it has not been occupied and developed.
"That island is all poor mountains and bad waters, and it is not suitable for habitation" "No, it's a treasure island with a pleasant climate for farming.
If it's really developed, there is no problem for a million people to live on the island, and it can still supply food to the outside. ” "Impossible, if it's really so good, why hasn't the Central Plains controlled it for thousands of years" Li Ji felt that things were very strange, there was no strong country on the island, Chen Ling took 10,000 people to the island back then, but he defeated the natives.
At that time, the indigenous king Yunsi was thirsty and sent troops to refuse the battle, and Zhang Zhenzhou was directly defeated, all the way to their capital.
Xiao Wang Yunsi led the troops to fight and was defeated by Chen Ling.
When the opponent's capital was hit, the opponent's king only gathered a few thousand people.
Chen Ling defeated his kings, broke his capital, and captured the son of the old king to hammer the hammer, capturing thousands of men and women and returning. 10,000 soldiers and horses crossed the sea to attack, and they were able to directly break through the capital and capture the prince, which in Li Ji's opinion, the strength of the Yi people on this island was extremely weak, and it was not as good as those barbarians in the southwest mountains.
Those barbarian tribes and slightly larger stockades are estimated to be stronger than this Shanyi force.
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"Maogong is also reasonable, in fact, Liuqiu and Jiangdong are indeed only separated by more than 300 miles of straits.
It's just that although this strait is narrow, the wind and waves are very strong.
Especially in winter, the northerly monsoon is strong, and there are strong winds blowing at both ends for almost three days, and the strong winds blow huge waves, which can be as high as two or three zhang. ” "In the summer, the wind is light and the strait is calm.
However, in June and July, typhoons are at their peak, and once they pass, they bring heavy rain and storm surges.
Moreover, there are often high tides. ” It is precisely because of these reasons that these 300 miles of strait have been hindering the exchange between the mainland and the treasure island in ancient times.
Because ordinary people could not grasp these rules, the navigation skills at that time were also insufficient.
Although a large number of troops also went to the island to reclaim the famine, the transportation was still very inconvenient.
It is precisely because of various reasons that Baodao has not been able to be developed and controlled as early as Hainan.
Until now, there are still some Shanyi natives fighting with each other for headhunting.
However, those difficulties are not difficult for Li Chao.
First of all, Nanyang Company has a new type of sailing ship, although the wind and waves are strong, they are not afraid.
Again, Li Chao had already asked the crew of the Nanyang Company to observe the hydrological situation of the strait and find a suitable route.
Now, Li Chao's ship has successfully landed on the island many times.
Li Chao's ship can now easily shelter from wind and waves, typhoons, and high tides, with a safe route and a suitable landing port.
In a word, Li Chao has been thinking about the treasure island for a long time, and he has made full preparations for colonizing the treasure island.
Li Chao once mentioned to Li Shimin that he would develop the treasure island.
But Li Shimin was clearly not interested in a small island in the far East China Sea.
Now Li Chao is ready to colonize by himself.
The Nanyang Company was invested and partnered by a number of large families, and many businessmen also held shares in the company.
If you go to explore the treasure island, it is no problem at all.
The Shanyi natives on the island still live in a primitive society, and they are no match for their pioneers at all.
"Let's really go to grow sugarcane," Li Ji always felt that things were not so simple.
Li Chao smiled, planting sugarcane is to be planted, but this is not the main purpose, Li Chao's purpose is the people and land there.
Compared with the fiefs given to him by the imperial court, the treasure island is better.
That's a really good place for the family to grow.
"We colonized and pioneered Liuqiu, captured Shanyi as slaves and sold them, and you also know that the demand for slaves in the Tang Dynasty is great now.
As long as there are strong slaves, it is extremely profitable.
This Liuqiu is only 300 miles away from Jiangdong, and if we can capture the mountains and enslave them, then we can greatly reduce the cost of transportation and increase profits a lot. ” "Again, after the mountains are cleared, then this rich island will be ours.
There is a lot of land there, there is an abundance of timber and minerals, copper, iron, gold, silver, and think about it, and then we will have sugar cane plantations, rice plantations, sugar mills on it.
You can also open mines, log wood, and more. ” "Eight or nine hundred miles long from north to south, and three hundred miles from east to west, such a large and rich island, after taking it, it will completely belong to us."
Li Chao tempted them.
The most important thing is that this Liuqiu has no half-penni relationship with Datang.
Datang doesn't even have any interest in this Liuqiu, if they quietly fight down, they can make a fortune in silence.
"The strait is only 300 miles away from the Jiangdong region, even if it is not far from Hangzhou Bay and the mouth of the Yangtze River."
Li Ji asked a question.
"Although this mountain is weak, it also has soldiers and horses.
Our few partnerships in the Four Seas Company, that is just a maritime trading house, we have no soldiers, no ordnance, have you beaten them, besides, the Four Seas Company is not the only one of our partners."
Li Chao smiled.
This Li Ji seems to be difficult, but in fact, he is already moved, this is because he doesn't want more people to share this benefit.
"Or, how about the eight of us here form a new company, called Baodao Commercial Bank?"
Li Chao means eight partnerships, which then buy sailboats from shipyards and recruit sailors.
"Even if there is a ship and a crew, how can you deal with Shanyi," Li Ji continued.
"We can set up a slave hunting team and a merchant escort team, let's build a stronghold fortress on the coast of Treasure Island first, recruit people from here, and then train there, as for weapons or something, you can also build a batch over there."
That's a bit bold.
It's one thing to start a business house in partnership, but it's a bit risky to set up an escort armour, or even to build weapons privately.
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"Liuqiu is not in the Central Plains, so what our firm does in Liuqiu does not need to be bound by the laws of the Tang Dynasty.
As long as we don't bring these armed guards back to the Central Plains, then we have not violated the laws of the Tang Dynasty. ” It's a sideshow.
Li Ji and the others were surprised by Li Chao's boldness, with Li's current family business, he was not short of money, why should he risk going to Liuqiu Island.
"I've been looking at Ryuqiu Island for a long time, if you don't want to partner together, it doesn't matter, then I'll do it alone with the Li family.
It's just that this huge benefit, then you can only watch the Li family enjoy it exclusively. ” Cheng Biting Jin laughed, "Count me old Cheng a big fart, what's there to worry about." ” Qin Qiong coughed, "I'm also in the group." ” Niu Jinda and Luo Shixin no longer hesitated and asked to join the gang.
In the end, Li Ji and Shan Xiongxin also expressed their willingness to join the gang.
"What about you," Li Chao asked Ma Zhou.
Ma Zhou spread his hands.
"I can't compare to your family's big business, I want to join the gang, but I don't have the capital."
"If you are willing to join the gang, you have no capital to be afraid of anything, I will lend you, okay, you will also join the gang."
Eight partnerships, this matter is negotiated.
It's just that Li Chao originally said that there were eight equal shares, but they agreed that Li Chao should occupy more, and even asked for Li Chao to be given half of the shares directly.
After talking for a while, an agreement was finally reached, Li Chao alone accounted for 30% of the shares, and the remaining seven families each accounted for 10 shares, and Ma Zhou's share of the capital was paid by Li Chao. t1706231537: