Yu Liangtai could indeed hear clearly what Qiu Zhenhai and Zhang Degui said just now.

And he also understood that with the full capacity of the Qiu Zhen Hainan Road fleet, two batches of immigration teams could immigrate 3,000 households.

If there are three thousand households, there are ten villages.

In this way, Jinhai East Road can quickly fill all the large and small islands within the jurisdiction of the former Dongjiang Town with the population of one or even two villages.

However, these newly arrived immigrants have almost nothing. How can they solve the food problem for so many of them?

However, as soon as he raised his question, Yang Zhen waved his hand and interrupted what he wanted to say next. Yang Zhen stared at him for a moment, and then said slowly:

"What I just said to Lao Zhang is also applicable to the east route where you are about to receive immigrants to the island. In addition to those methods, you have ships, soldiers, and a large number of artillery, and you are not far from North Korea to the east.

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"ah?!"

Yang Zhen stopped before he finished his words and looked at Yu Liangtai with a smile. Although he didn't finish his words, his meaning was clearly understood.

Therefore, as soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Degui, Qiu Zhenhai and Yu Liangtai were surprised again.

"Commander, when Marshal Mao of Dongjiang was questioned by Yuan Chonghuan, one of the charges was that he repeatedly sent troops to rob the Korean vassal. This is something the Commander must not be careful about!"

Qiu Zhenhai was born in Dongjiang and was deeply impressed by the events of that year. When he heard that Yang Zhenyou wanted to launch troops to plunder North Korea, he quickly told the lessons of Mao Shuai of Dongjiang back then.

"Haha, that was then, and now is now. Now, this Li family of Korea is no longer the filial son and grandson of my Ming Dynasty.

"Even if word of this matter reaches the capital court one day, I believe no one will cry out for the injustice and injustice of the loyal ministers and filial sons of the Manchu Tatars as they did back then."

Zhang Degui, Qiu Zhenhai, and Yu Liangtai were all low-status people. Naturally, their understanding of the relationship between the Manchus and North Korea was not that in-depth or clear. Now you look at me and I look at you.

It was a look of suspicion.

However, their hesitation did not affect Yang Zhen's determination at all.

Because Yang Zhen was very sure that North Korea had changed its affairs to the Manchus, he was not worried at all that there would be people in the Ming Dynasty today who would protest against North Korea being robbed.

In fact, as early as the first month of the 10th year of Chongzhen, King Li Zhu of the Li family of Korea knelt three times and kowtowed nine times to Huang Taiji, the puppet emperor of the Manchu Tatars who personally conquered Korea, and professed his surrender in person.

In order to show his determination to surrender, Li Zhu ordered people to build a monument to the merits of the Qing emperor at Santian Ferry to show that Li's Korea had completely separated from the Ming Dynasty and became a vassal state of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The faction among the upper-class dignitaries of Lee's Korea who advocated serving the Manchus came to power, while the faction that favored the Ming Dynasty gradually stepped aside and was marginalized.

From then on, for the Ming Dynasty, North Korea not only could no longer play the role of containing the Manchu Qing's rear, but also became an important source of food for the Manchu Qing.

In particular, the first thing North Korea did after surrendering to the Manchus was to help the Manchu Tatars capture Phi Island. Their massacre of the surrendered soldiers and civilians on Phi Island was even worse than that of the Manchu Tatars.

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Faced with such a group of beasts, if Yang Zhen didn't kill them or rob them, he would be sorry for the soldiers who died on Pidao in Dongjiang Town.

"In the name of General Zhengdong, this Commander-in-Chief allows you, Jinhae East Road, especially your Jinhae East Road Naval Battalion, to go to Pi Island or Ganghwa Island to plunder the Korean coast. You can keep 70% of the 30-70 cents for yourself and turn it over to the general government.

The town government is 30%."

Yang Zhen didn't give the three of them any time to react. He told them all his thoughts very straightforwardly and without any concealment.

And as soon as he opened his mouth, Zhang Degui and the other three were shocked.

Looking at the dumbfounded Zhang Degui and Qiu Zhenhai, Yang Zhen smiled and said: "General Yu Shen happens to be here today, and you, Lao Zhang, are also here. You all should note this decision and implement it accordingly in the future.

"And the decision I just mentioned can be left unchanged. It can be used as a military order from the general town government to Jinhai East Road. It will also be issued to Zu Keyong and his men, asking them to execute it as one."

"Well, everything in the humble post today, including warships, artillery, and soldiers, was given by the governor. Including the Jinhai East Road horse infantry, the same is true. The governor enzhun kept 70% of the proceeds from the East Road expedition against the rebels, which would be treating his subordinates too well. If you treat your subordinates too well with the humble post

In my opinion, a fifty-fifty split is enough."

Just when Zhang Degui and Qiu Zhenhai didn't know what to think of what Yang Zhen said, Yu Liangtai, who was sitting on the side, had already reacted, stood up quickly, bowed towards Yang Zhen, clasped his fists, and said these words.

But his words made Zhang Degui and Qiu Zhenhai look sideways even more.

"No, Lee's Korea has been weak for a long time, and its coastal towns may not be able to grab much. If you hand over half of your income to the town hall, the soldiers on the East Road will not have anything left. What will you take then?

What about the immigrants who came to provide relief to the islands on the East Road? Just do as I say."

"This is a humble post for the officers and men of the East Route, and the officers and soldiers of the Navy Camp on the East Route. Thank you to the Commander-in-Chief for the generous reward!"

Yu Liangtai obviously knew what Yang Zhen meant. At the moment, Yang Zhen did not give them any actual money, food or supplies, but he saw the huge benefits contained in it. He took advantage of the situation and knelt on the ground to receive this special order from Yang Zhen.

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As for Zhang Degui and Qiu Zhenhai, seeing that Yang Zhen had decided so many important things in just a few words, they didn't know what to say for a moment.

However, for them, as long as a large number of immigrants continue to cross the sea and head north, Jinhai Town will not be depleted of money and food. Of course, they themselves do not care much about how the generals on the east route who are about to accept a large number of immigrants should solve the money and food problems they face.

There is a material supply problem.

On the morning of April 9, the 13th year of Chongzhen, the Yuliangtai East Road Naval Camp, which had been moored for a day and night in Lushunkou Port, replenished a large amount of ammunition and water at Lushunkou, and sailed into the east side of the Liaodong Peninsula in the face of the rising sun.

Heishuiyang, all the way north along the coast, towards Guanglu Island, Changshan Island, and Shicheng Island.

At the same time, the Southern Navy fleet, which had opened a new anchorage in Shuangdao Bay, also set sail again south to Tuoji Island under the command of Qiu Zhenhai after replenishing a large amount of food and fresh water.

In fact, Yang Zhen originally intended to follow Yu Liangtai's new fleet to the direction of Shicheng Island.

The reason why he wanted to do this was not because he was worried about Zu Keyong or Yu Liangtai. It was not that to this day, all the generals in Jinhai Town, including Zu Keyong, had won Yang Zhen's full support for them.

trust.

The reason why he wanted to go to Dongjiang Town in person was because he wanted to take the opportunity to visit Pi Island, and even wanted to follow Yu Liangtai's fleet to go to Ganghwa Island in person.

The Korean coast near Phi Island and the nearby cities have experienced many years of war. Most of them are sparsely populated and dilapidated. Although they are easy to break, there is not much that can be captured.

And all the way south along the coast to Ganghwa Island, there are so-called large numbers of palaces, temples, buildings and various treasury treasures from the Lee Dynasty's Joseon.

Among them is Bukhansanseong Fortress, a palace run by the Joseon kings of the Lee family for generations, which is worthy of Yang Zhen's visit.

However, after much thought and deliberation, Yang Zhen decided not to follow Yu Liangtai's fleet for the time being.

First of all, Yu Liangtai's fleet has to stop at too many places this time. It has to stop at Guanglu Island and station a team of people. It has to stop at Dachangshan Island and also go to inspect the settlement of immigrants after they land on the island.

, and then docked at Shicheng Island.

After confirming the home port of the Jinhai East Road Navy, Yu Liangtai will go to Zhuanghe Fort near the coast to replenish a batch of artillery ammunition and supplies for the cavalry infantry led by Zu Keyong, who has already arrived here.

After sitting down for so long, more than half a month passed, and then when it was time for the fleet to go to Ganghwa Island, Yang Zhen would not be able to make the trip.

Because at that time, the introduction of sweet potatoes to various farming areas in Jinhai Town was at a critical stage, and there were more important things in Lushunkou that required Yang Zhen to take charge.

As early as when Shen Yongzhong, Yan Shengsan, Guo Xiaowu and others took a small fleet and set out south with Hong Chengzhuan and others, Yang Zhen told them the approximate date of return.

At that time, Yang Zhen told them that unless they encountered extremely special circumstances, they must return to Lushunkou before the end of April.

There are only two kinds of extremely special situations that Yang Zhen mentioned: one is a war, for example, encountering pirates and the entire army is annihilated; the other is a shipwreck, and then the entire army is also annihilated.

If he really encounters these two extremely special situations, then Yang Zhen really has no choice but to say that God is going to destroy him.

However, in Yang Zhen's view, the probability of these two situations happening is so small that it can almost be ignored.

Therefore, in his heart, before the end of April, Yan Shengsan and Guo Xiaowu, who were always rigorous and meticulous in their work, would definitely be able to lead their fleet back.

Once they return to Lushunkou, the reclamation project in Jinhai Town will reach a critical moment that determines success or failure.

If at that moment, Yang Zhen was not at Lushunkou because he went to attack Jianghua Island, thus delaying the best farming season for the introduction of sweet potatoes, then it would really be a small loss outweighed by the gain.

For several days after Yu Liangtai set off for Shicheng Island, Yang Zhen sent people or went to Baiyu Mountain in person almost every day, looking southward with a telescope, looking forward to the early return of Shen Yongzhong, Yan Shengsan and his fleet.
Chapter completed!