The Red House starts from Liaodong

Chapter 260 Will move (subscribe for the second update)
The Jia Mansion and Tang Qing'an would not be unhappy or even break up because of one incident, the entanglement between the two parties was too deep.

Since Jia Lian came in person, Tang Qing'an moved ahead with the inspection of Jeju Island and put aside the matter of patrolling the army.

This is also the first time he has been to Jeju Island in recent years.

Knowing that the Jiedu envoy was coming to inspect in person, the officials of Jeju Island were extremely excited, and everyone was looking forward to showing their faces in front of them.

The current Jiedushi is no different than before, it is very difficult to get in touch with.

Li Chengxian put aside his affairs and came to accompany him in person.

All the islands in North Korea are his achievements, and Jeju Island is the top priority.

Jeju Island is the largest island in North Korea, with fertile land, lush grassland, and pleasant climate, whether it is farming, horse administration, or even opening and closing the exchange market.

Everything is the crown of the North Korean islands, it can be said that it is not an exaggeration.

Six warships in the model of Fuchuan carried a thousand elite soldiers from the Jiedufu Guards Battalion and more than ten officials.

Jeju Island is 150 miles long from east to west, and more than [-] miles wide from north to south, plus the surrounding affiliated islands, it is really huge.

"This island is really not small."

You can't see the end at a glance, which is beyond Jia Lian's original expectation. Although I heard that this island is the largest island in North Korea, I still subconsciously compare it with the island I saw.

Tang Qing'an's face was full of pride.

North Korea assigned the islands to him for use, but he did not agree on a time with North Korea, and he avoided the topic of borrowing.

He is still hesitating whether to annex North Korea or not.

Although North Korea is large, it also has many mountains and little land, so its population is only about 200 million. Even in the peacetime of the next [-] years, it will only be more than [-] million.

If Jinjiang Town plans to annex North Korea now, then the future plan will have to be greatly changed.

First of all, there are not many acres in North Korea. Although the population is only three to four million, the plains are extremely crowded.

If you want to occupy North Korea and achieve self-sufficiency, you will have to take away acres of land from these three or four million people, which will definitely arouse strong resistance.

Secondly, to subdue the past with strength, it will take at least ten years to stabilize the situation in North Korea, and a lot of manpower, material and military resources will be invested in it.

With the current productivity, North Korea has many mountains and little land, and it has been impoverished and remote in the past dynasties, and it will not get any benefits if it is occupied.

Even North Korean soldiers and civilians rebelled. Jin Jiangzhen used troops in North Korea, and the grain and taxes collected were not enough for the army's expenses.

In the end, Jinjiang Town was pinned down by North Korea. In the future, whether facing the barbarians or the Great Zhou, Jinjiang Town would be dragged down by most of its forces.

And now Jinjiang Town occupies many mines and all the islands in North Korea without any effort, and enjoys an annual quota of 30 catties of ginseng, [-] shi of grain, and countless cloth and other materials.

At the same time, tens of thousands of soldiers can be sent to fight for Jinjiang Town.

Such benefits, in the short term, are extremely cost-effective for Jinjiang Town, but after the invasion of North Korea, these benefits will not only disappear, but also consume Jinjiang Town's savings.

But from a long-term perspective, of course North Korea is to be occupied.

So Tang Qing'an is considering whether to spend 20 to 30 years by means of sluggish North Korea.

Step by step, the frogs are boiled in warm water to gain benefits from North Korea, and weaken North Korea's potential, and finally recover North Korea more easily.

He hasn't mentioned these things yet, because people's hearts are still different now.

No matter whether it is the officials of Dazhou, Jinjiang Town, or even North Korean officials, none of them thought that they would have ambitions for the North Korean land.

As a descendant, he knew that it was easier to ask the gods than to give them away, so he occupied the Korean islands and had no intention of returning them.

But in today's era.

The ruling class of the Great Zhou Dynasty also pursued the set of Shangguo and Fanguo.

North Korea has been a vassal state of China for hundreds of years, adhering to Chinese culture, respecting the former Ming Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty as the upper state, and has always been extremely respectful.

Neither the officials of Jinjiang town nor the two classes of nobles in North Korea thought that Da Zhou would occupy North Korea's land.

This is the usual psychology.

Tang Qing'an is currently relying on this mentality to successfully obtain benefits from North Korea.

If it weren't for the influence of this culture, the king of North Korea and even the two nobles knew that Tang Qing'an had the idea of ​​annexing North Korea.

The situation will be turned upside down immediately.

Jin Jiangzhen has no righteousness to annex North Korea.

Japan's invasion of North Korea was also under the guise of an excuse.

Excuses are easy to come by.

However, if it invades North Korea at present, the gain will not be worth the loss.

Tang Qing'an let go of the thoughts in his heart, surrounded by everyone, got off the ship's plank, and saw the eager officials.

Among them was his cousin Wu Zhong.

Wu Zhong was high-spirited, and among the many expressions, he seemed eye-catching.

However, this person is a relative of the Jiedushi, everyone didn't take it seriously, instead they took it for granted and thought it should be so.

After all, in a society with a large clan, it is inevitable to use relatives for such a large foundation in Jinjiang Town.

"Everyone has worked hard."

Tang Qing'an said as usual.

Although they knew that most of them were clichés, after hearing this, all the officials still looked happy, and their hearts were filled with joy.

We exchanged pleasantries at the pier.

In the personal guard battalion, a team has already been divided into the city first, these defensive affairs, the personal guard battalion is already familiar with it, and has its own set of rules.

On the second day, look at Tuntian.

On the third day, look at Ma Zheng.

With the fall of Beizhen and the tense relationship with Jinzhou, the business of smuggling horses with Mongolia has long been cut off.

Therefore, the status of Ma Zheng in Jeju Island has risen sharply, and it is the top military event in Jinjiang Town, and even the garrison of Jeju Island needs to make way for Ma Zheng.

"There are five thousand horses in Jeju Island."

Tang Qing'an couldn't be happier with the report of the horse administration official. It sounded like a lot, but it was far from enough for the war horses in Jinjiang Town.

After a battle, the lost horses are no less than sergeants.

The horses smuggled in Mongolia in the past were all stallions that were gelded, and the Mongolians are not stupid, and they don't know how to sell stallions.

Of the [-] horses on Jeju Island, most of them come from China. In North Korea, a very small part comes from Mongolia.

Of the stallions smuggled from Mongolia that were gelded, one out of ten was used as war horses, and some of them were used by cavalry infantry, and the rest could only be used as rough horses.

It is foreseeable that in a few years Jinjiang Town will be in a situation of shortage of war horses, [-] cavalry, and the horse administration of Jeju Island.

Hundreds of qualified war horses can be cultivated every year, and it will be good to maintain the supply of cavalry in Jinjiang Town.

As for the expansion of cavalry, this matter is not easy to solve.

"Ma Zheng's affairs should not be neglected. I won't repeat the redundant words. You should know the importance. Ma Zheng, you should handle it well. I can rest assured everyone."

Tang Qing'an gave some encouragement, and finally went to see the shops, warehouses, etc. prepared for the opening of the market.

Li Chengxian did his part and introduced it personally.

A group of people walked on the empty street, and there were two neat rows of shops, and the plaques of the merchants had already begun to hang on them.

"Although there are currently no people in these shops, they have basically been bought by merchants in Jinling, and they have also sent some staff to take care of them.

It won't be long before the shopkeepers of various merchants will lead people to come, and there will be no more peace now. "

Li Chengxian said brightly.

These shops will collect taxes from the door, and this alone can solve the expenditure of the government of the entire North Korean island, which is not a small political achievement.

He made a promise at the beginning that the North Korean islands would be self-sufficient and that Jinjiang Town would not need to spend extra money. Now it has basically been achieved.

"good."

The relationship between Tang Qing'an and Li Chengxian does not require too many words, so it is not like that with other officials.

"Tang Qianshi from Jinling came to Jeju Island in person, and told me that Jinling merchants prepared 30 pieces of cloth of various colors.

Other tea, porcelain, etc. are also countless. According to the general's plan, we monopolize the price and make a profit of at least 70 taels. "

Hearing 70 taels, Tang Qing'an finally couldn't help it, and laughed so hard that he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

"It's not easy."

Hearing the general's exclamation, Li Chengxian was also relieved.

For this mutual market, they prepared for two years.

The general's layout is too big.

Every year, Dazhou produces a fixed number of linen and cotton cloth, even tea, and porcelain, which may increase or decrease according to the sales situation in previous years.

As soon as the general made a move, there were 30 pieces of silk and satin alone.

The annual output of Songjiang Jinbu is only 2000 million pieces.

Dazhou produces as many as 4000 million pieces of cloth for long-distance sales a year, but the generals use more expensive silk cloth for sea trade.

It is not comparable to small business.

If we do not arrange in advance and expand production in advance, we will not be able to obtain the supply of goods for the extra purchase of 30 horses this year.

The same is true for tea and porcelain.

The trade of bulk commodities is not comparable to the sale between markets.

What's more, the general was born out of nothing.

On the domestic side, relying on the endorsement and investment of Xungui, and on the Yiren side, relying on the endorsement of priests such as Wang Fengsu and the urgent demand for Dazhou products, the two sides hit it off.

Millions of taels of silver were produced out of thin air.

Whenever there is a mistake, the risk involved will cause countless businessmen to go bankrupt.

"The mutual market has great benefits, but also has a lot of risks, and it is the first time to hold a mutual market, so there must be no omissions.

If the mutual market fails this time, merchants will no longer trust us, and it will be extremely difficult to reopen the situation.

You should know about my recent difficulties, and you have to swallow your breath so that this matter will not be affected.

Now it is imminent again, and it seems to be successful, so we must be more vigilant and plan for a rainy day.

Any risk obstacles that hinder the mutual market must be resolved in advance, and you cannot wait for it to happen and then remedy it.

Although there is an old saying that it is never too late to make up for a dead sheep, some things are really hard to fix. "

The general explained carefully, but Li Chengxian didn't feel any danger.

On the other side of Guangdong, the general blocked the opening, on the other side of Jinling, nobles from various families came forward, and on the sea, the navy of Jinjiang Town maintained the seaway.

"The only thing to worry about is the imperial court. If the imperial court restores the sea ban in Jinling, even if there is smuggling, we may not be able to achieve our plan."

"The imperial court has no worries."

Tang Qing'an didn't take it seriously.

According to Jia Jian, the barbarian Huang Taiji couldn't bear it anymore and was ready to attack Liaoxi.

Li Chengxian sighed when he heard the general's explanation.

"The imperial court is really stupid. The enemy is still pending, but they are anxious to kill the birds and hide the good bow. It is really unreasonable."

Li Chengxian was different from Feng Shengzhi and others, and he was not as determined to support the general as Gu Yingshi.

He is in the middle.

In this matter, neither opposes nor supports the general.

Choose to bury your head in doing things and turn a deaf ear to foreign affairs.

He had the same attitude as Shen Yourong and Yan Zhongzheng in the navy.

(End of this chapter)