Qingyuan County, Incheon City.

The fine snow had already fallen down. In the wind and snow, neat knights of the knights were quietly boarding the boat. Not far away was the first batch of 8,000 Korean slave workers from the city wall of Incheon Market under construction. They were collected directly from Qingyuan County, all of which were moved out of the Qingyuan Li family and the Qingyuan Jin family. These slave workers were not transported to "Hokkaido" or Danluo County, but were used locally in Qingyuan County.

According to the plan, Incheon City, Qingyuan County, will exist as the garrison of Andong Prefecture, Youzhou Town for a considerable period of time.

In addition, Incheon City, which is next to Hanyang Prefecture, Nanjing, Goryeo, will also become one of the three major commercial cities in Youzhou that controls Goryeo's economy.

The other two major commercial cities are Nanpu Commercial City on the banks of the Datong River and Busan City in Busan County. These two counties and three cities, plus the reorganized Danluo County of Goryeo and Andong City in Danluo County, are in total three counties and four cities, which are the jurisdiction of Andong Prefecture, the fourth prefecture under the Youzhou Republic Government.

It looks a bit fragmented from the map. It is far away from Tianjin Prefecture, the base camp of Wuhaogu, and it seems that there is not much oil and water, as if it is not important.

But Wu Haogu himself knew that Anton Prefecture was actually used to control Goryeo, infiltrate Japan, seize the gold, silver and copper of Japan, and explore the chess pieces of the New World. Its role cannot be emphasized too much.

These things in Wu Haogu's planning seem easy at first glance, but it is very difficult to do it. Regardless of whether it is exploring the new world, even Goryeo and Japan are not as easy to deal with as later generations imagined.

The Goryeo Kingdom had been with the Jurchens for eight years, and Wu Haogu's navy and cannons finally collapsed. This strength is really not weak. Moreover, the Goryeo Kingdom has a mountainous terrain and very barren. It is a piece of land that is not worth investing too much resources. The power that Wu Haogu can invest in is naturally very limited.

Japan's military strength at this time was not as good as Goryeo, but before the settlement of Goryeo, Wu Haogu did not have a very useful springboard to enter Japan. Danluo County was a springboard, but it also had many shortcomings. First, its productivity was insufficient and it was impossible to support large-scale interference and movements in Japan; second, there was no good port on the island of Danluo, and the fleet could only be anchored for a short period of time, so it was difficult to stay for a long time; third, before the settlement of Goryeo, Danluo itself was threatened by Goryeo.

In addition, Japan, which has weak military strength, has two relatively sober military and political leaders. One is the Prince of Shirakawa Court. He was in charge of Japan for decades and has held great power.

One is the leader of the emerging Japanese samurai group, Genji's pillar of the Genji, which is the famous Hachiman Taro Yoshiki, who is very famous in the history of Japanese samurai.

Both the Baiheyuan and the Yuanyi family realized the danger of "founding the country". At the same time, they also realized the power of the maritime power of the Song Dynasty.

So they have been carefully dealing with Wu Haogu. Japan's country has been between opening and not opening.

Even after the fall of Tsuma Island and Yinqi Island, Shirakawayuan has been carefully promoting the campaign to attack Goryeo. It seems that it is not really trying to fight, but using it as a banner to appease the warriors in the country, and at the same time dealing with the Hailu Maritime and Land Control Department of the Song Dynasty.

Although the Genyoshi family was appointed as the General of the Western Expedition and was fully responsible for the fight against the Korean enemy and the recovery of Tsushima Island and Yinqi Island, he did not really send troops, but died of illness a few years ago.

As soon as the Yuanyi family died, the position of the General of the Western Expedition fell on his third son, Genyota, who succeeded as the pillar of Genko. However, before Yoshitaki could rectify the army and attack Goryeo, he was assassinated. The Yuanweiyi, who ascended the throne, was only 14 years old, and his official position was low, so it was impossible for him to serve as the General of the Western Expedition.

So the Japanese government and the opposition have to discuss the candidates for the general for a lot of time...

At the same time, Shirakawa Institute approved the opening of the Doctorate in Japan to spread Confucianism. It also supported the establishment of the Kyoto Academy and also awarded the special award of the Kyoto Academy Muto to the senior official of the Kyoto Academy.

In order to make Muto Kinichi, who was born in a humble family, qualified to be a high-ranking official at the level of Danzheng Shaobi, Shirakawa Inn also said that Muto Kinichi, who was born in the Abiliu family, was a bastard of the Chigoku Hok, and asked him to marry the daughter of the elder of the Hokkien, thus gaining the family status of the "Tangshang Family" and being able to become a high-ranking official.

For Muto Kiichi, who was born in a local Japanese family, becoming a "Tangshang Family" is tantamount to reaching the sky in one step, and he is naturally grateful to Shirakawa Inn.

With the help of Muto Kiichi, who had become a kid from the koi, Shirakawayuan's horizon also broadened his horizons, and he became more aware of the fragility of Japan in front of the Youzhou Army of the Song Dynasty.

After opening his eyes to Youzhou, Baiheyuan's position became even more erratic. On the one hand, he frequently showed kindness to Youzhou and the Song Dynasty, gave Tianjin merchants certain privileges, and introduced Tianli Academy; on the other hand, he refused to fully establish the country, and did not agree to open up commercial cities in Kyushu or the present, and at the same time, he also built cities in Kitakyushu under the name of "preventing South Korea".

If Wu Haogu had known that Japan had produced gold and silver for a long time, and had not known that Japan was the springboard for entering the New World, Wu Haogu would have probably not made things difficult for Japan.

But Wu Haogu knew a lot of things. He also had a sharp weapon to open the Japanese gates.

Wuhaogu, who was about to leave Qingyuan County and return to Tianjin Prefecture, was saying goodbye to Zhang Zhifeng, a Zhi'an Mansion who was coming to see him off in a newly built pavilion on the dock.

Although this trip to Goryeo won a great victory, Wu Haogu's brows were frowning, as if he had many worries.

"Teacher, please rest assured. With the fifth general's troops in Goryeo and Qingyuan County in hand, the Goryeo court in Hanyang dare not disobey us."

"What's the point of just obedience?"

"Only we can make money if they are obedient."

Wu Haogu just smiled after hearing Zhang Zhifeng's words: "How much money can Goryeo have? I'm afraid the fifth general can't even pay for the cost of garrisoning troops. Japan's rich production of gold and silver is the top priority!"

He glanced at the proud disciple and shook his head slightly. In fact, Su Shi was the most suitable candidate to be in charge of Andong Mansion. But how could the Su family be with him, a traitor? At least before Su Che passed away, Su Shi would not return to his side.

In the same situation, Li Gang is now stranded in Shanghai and has also established a Shanghai University of Arts and Sciences with the support of Ji Yi. He also recruited a group of teachers and students from Yuntai Academy and scholars from the West to promote "rationality brings true knowledge". It is clear that he wants to establish a new mountain and part ways with the empirical faction.

The departure of Li Gang and a group of teachers and students of Yuntai Academy was of course also the reason for academic disputes, but it is undeniable that the Song Dynasty was still popular. Therefore, the separatist rule of Youzhou caused a large-scale talent loss of the Wuhaogu group.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhifeng, a talented person who works as an official, finally did not leave him.

Zhang Zhifeng didn't know what happened in Japan, so she asked: "Please tell me clearly, how should students deal with Japan?"

Wu Haogu thought about it, "Black ship, Korean Kou, Sado Island!"

The black ship refers to two gunboats. In the Youzhou army, the black ship is the code name of the gunboat.

Zhang Zhifeng also knew the location of Sado Island, which is said to be rich in gold and is very close to the Echigo region of Japan, which produces rice, so it has always been the focus of the Youzhou army's work towards Japan.

But the Japanese side was not stupid, and they kept making trouble and refused to make concessions on the issue of "co-development". Later, they encountered Youzhou separatist times, and Su Shi, who was responsible for negotiations with Japan, simply went to be the Quanzhou Maritime Shipin Department and did not get along with Wu Haogu.

Therefore, the infiltration of Sado Island has been put on hold until now.

"Teacher, what does Han Kou mean?" Zhang Zhifeng still didn't understand much.

"The Korean Kou is the pirate of Goryeo!"

"Goryeo Pirates?" Zhang Zhifeng understood, "What the teacher meant is to let two black ships pretend to be Goryeo pirates?"

"It's not an impersonation, but a hiring." Wuhao Gu Road, "Black ships are to scare people, and Korean bandits are to be evil... But don't let Korean bandits board the black ship, and black ships cannot be parked in Japanese ports."

Wu Haogu is instructing military affairs. Unlike the prefect of Tianjin Prefecture and Yanshan Prefecture, the prefect of Lushun Prefecture and Andong Prefecture have the name of being aware of military affairs. In fact, they are the governors who are both in charge of military affairs!

"Students understand." Zhang Zhifeng said, "The students will let the Korean Kou occupy Sado Island and then develop gold to offer it to the teacher."

"No, no." Wu Haogu waved his hand, "We are businessmen, not robbers."

“The teacher means…”

"After the Korean gang went up, you sent an envoy to Kyoto, Japan to find Juichi and Monk Linzheng, and asked them to find a way to obtain the position of Sado Kinji and send troops to Sado Island. As long as Sado Island returns to Juichi or Kossangkoji Temple, we can naturally find miners to help them pick more gold, and then exchange the more gold with silk, swords and armor. And through Sado Island, we can also get Echigo's rice, grain, fruits and vegetables. It will be easier to enter the East to Hei Island."

In fact, it is not too difficult for Wu Haogu to occupy Sado Island, but the problem is that in order to maintain the occupation, the troops must be stationed on Sado Island. If the 2,000 troops are stationed, it will cost hundreds of thousands of yuan a year. How much gold can Sado Island collect in a year? It produces only more than 60,000 taels per ton. According to the current price of Roman, it is more than 700,000 taels of silver, which is almost 700,000 taels of silver. If it is based on the current price of the Song Dynasty (the silver in the Song Dynasty is much more expensive than Rome), it is about 300,000 taels, and it will only be 300,000 taels of copper coins.

Moreover, Sado Jinshan is definitely not an annual output of one ton. Even if the silver mountain on Sado Island is included, after deducting the mining cost, it will not have a profit of more than 100,000 yuan a year. Therefore, using 2,000 troops to exchange 1,000 yuan for Sado Island gold is a loss-making transaction.

The profits obtained by Tianjin merchants through Sino-Japanese trade are more than one million yuan each year. The overdue taxes received by Youzhou Maritime Bureau alone will not be less than 100,000 yuan per year. Because Japan is rich in gold, silver and brass, its purchasing power is far greater than that of Goryeo and is a big customer. In history, most of the gold, silver and brass produced in Japan have flowed into China. Therefore, there is no need to use war to seize minerals, just try to expand trade and help Japan produce more gold, silver and copper. The gold, silver and copper dug out by the Japanese will sooner or later flow to China through trade. Once a war begins, the trade between the two sides may be interrupted for a period of time, which is very unfavorable for Youzhou.

"Zhifeng," Wu Haogu said earnestly at last, "You remember that the Japanese really hate them (actually Zhang Zhifeng doesn't think they hate them). But we can't break the overall situation of harmonious exchanges between Song and Japan. Because we have to make a lot of money from Song and Japan trade every year. Therefore, the mission of Antonfu is to help Tianjin merchants monopolize trade, and to find ways to increase the gold and silver production in Japan so that they can have more money to buy our good things. Finally, we have to use Japanese resources to develop the Hokkien Island. These things are not easy to do, not only need skill, but also have enough patience.

By the way, when you send envoys to Japan, you can wait until Fan Zhiwen comes back from Fujian before making arrangements. When he goes to Fujian, in addition to discussing the handover of Taiwan with the Su family, he will also take over Su Shi's relationship in Japan. You can listen to him more and remember not to act recklessly."

"The students got it."

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