Perhaps it was to comfort Zhao Han, or perhaps it was to be afraid of the world's clear discussions, Zhao Dun also granted Zhao Han a title of prince, the prince of Beihai.

Speaking of which, there were the Prince of Beihai during the Northern Song Dynasty, but Mao Geng thought something was strange. No matter how he looked, it seemed that Lu Yijian revealed the secret of the world. Now, Xiayi Island is the official place name known to all the people in the world. Whether it is the Song Dynasty or the Japanese, they don’t know that this island would be named "Hokkaido". However, they don’t know whether Zhao Han became the Prince of Beihai, the island will be called "Beihai Island" in the future.

In the original history, before the fifteenth century, Xiayi Island was always the territory of the Ainu people, and there was nothing Japanese at all. The Japanese began to immigrate to Xiayi Island after the fifteenth century, and they were named "Haoyi". At the end of the sixteenth century, the Matsumae-fan built a city on Xiayi Island and established a rule. It was not until 1869 that "Haoyi" was officially renamed "Hokaido".

Hokkaido only had more than 5 million people in the 21st century. It is indeed vast and sparsely populated. Hokkaido's climate is cold and the annual temperature is only seven or eight degrees Celsius. Of course, it is even colder in this colder Little Ice Age. In addition, Hokkaido's volcanic area occupies a lot of area, so it is naturally not a livable place.

It is obvious that Zhao Han was very moved by the fact that he was sent to the bitter cold Xiayi Island with the title of a prince. When Mao Geng saw Zhao Han, Zhao Han was furious and his face turned green.

Originally, Zhao Han was planning to show his strength in Taiwan. Let’s put it this way, it was finally difficult to lay such a good foundation. Zhao Han was also the founder. As the founder, Zhao Han could continue to create a new miracle of the development of the Song Dynasty here, but unexpectedly, with an edict, he would go to Xiayi Island to fish. What kind of world is this!

Zhao Han felt indignant. Zhao Han, who was just in his early twenties, was young and energetic. Before that, he had dreams and wanted to take the emperor's grandfather's Ban as the throne as the emperor, but suddenly, it turned into an exile treatment. The contrast was too great. It should be noted that many officials in the Song Dynasty were demoted and were exiled. This was a serious crime. Qiongzhou was much better than Xiayi Island. Therefore, Zhao Han, after receiving the imperial edict, of course, could not understand. Prince Zhao was angry for a long time when facing Han Tuozhou and Mao Geng, but he still had no intention of calming down.

In order to soothe Zhao Han's wounded heart, the two of them persuaded each other, but it was not effective, so they had to drink with Zhao Han.

Zhao Yan felt very frustrated, and could only drink to drown his sorrows. As a member of the core team of the grass-roots team who was conquering Taiwan, Mao Geng and Han Tuozhou were also very moved. The so-called sadness of the rabbit and the fox was what they thought at this time. Han Tuozhou was a little better. With Empress Dowager Wu as a reliance, I thought that Zhao Dun would not be embarrassed with him. Mao Geng would be different. He was so close to Zhao Yan. If Zhao Dun puts his shoes on him, he might not be as good as Zhao Yan. Therefore, Mao Geng felt very worried at this time.

In fact, Mao Geng didn't think that Hokkaido was a good place, but seeing Zhao Han like this, Mao Geng thought to himself, it's our responsibility to cheer Zhao Han up.

Previously, Mao Geng also told Zhao Han about some benefits of Hokkaido, such as Xiayi Island is a paradise for aquatic products, such as a good place for horse grazing, and there are also coal fields. Although the coal fields are not large, they can be mined for more than a hundred years. There are many volcanoes, which means that sulfur is abundant, and so on, but it is useless to say that these are not useful.

Mao Geng thought, it seemed that he had to apply some strong medicine.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Mao Geng began to incite Zhao Han:

"In fact, the king went up to this Xiayi Island and expanded his territory and made achievements. If it was done properly, hehe, it would not be too difficult to expand the territory of the Song Dynasty two or three times."

When Zhao Yan, who was in depression, heard this, he immediately raised his head and asked:

"Yi Sheng, Xiayi Island now has only more than 20,000 people. It is not enough to develop a Xiayi Island, but they are talking about expanding territory. Isn't it a fool!"

In the past two years, the imperial court has forcibly arranged 4,000 xiang troops to go to Xiayi Island. In addition, the family of the Xiang army and thousands of native captives from Taiwan have been forced to come, and more than 23,000 people have been moved to this day. Most of the advance personnel of the Song Haimao on the Taiwan Strait of Xiayi Island have become managers. Under their management, Xiayi Island has been in the early stage of development.

After the arrival of the wing army, the fishing industry, animal husbandry and agriculture on Xiayi Island have developed to varying degrees. But how much place can it occupy if 20,000 people are thrown into the 80,000 square kilometers of Xiayi Island?

Jinding has been applying for immigration from the imperial court, but Xiayi Island is a bitter and cold place after all, it is far less attractive than Taiwan, and even less than Luzon. Therefore, Zhao Han believes that the top issue of Xiayi Island is still a population problem, rather than a expansion of territory.

Mao Geng thought to himself, Zhao Yan, you are ignorant, but you didn’t know that a thousand Spanish men dared to take down Luzon and control them in their hands, and ruled firmly for hundreds of years. A few hundred Dutch people dared to occupy Taiwan, and a few hundred Maoists defended the city and asked Kang Mazi to withdraw his troops! Of course, this is something that happened two or three hundred years later. How could Zhao Yan hear it?

Mao Geng had to patiently provide guidance:

"Your Majesty, I tell you that there is a big island north of the Xiayi Island, so let's call it Sakhalin Island. Its size is similar to that of the Xiayi Island. After the king goes to Xiayi Island, he will not worry about the hero's useless place. In my opinion, since he has occupied Xiayi Island and is able to take over this Sakhalin Island, he can also take down."

Zhao Han shook his head and said:

"Xiayi Island is already a bitter and cold place, isn't Sakhalin Island even more extremely cold! In all bitter and cold places, people are just grazing, fishing and hunting. Compared with the two, of course, they choose to grazing, fishing and hunting in a slightly warm place, right! Xiayi Island is already a vast land and sparsely populated people, and the people of our Song Dynasty are disgusted with the bitter and cold. Even if the fishing catch is considerable and the cultivated land is very wide, there is no need to worry about our livelihood. The people of our Song Dynasty have not seen us go there enthusiastically. Even if Xiayi Island is like this, how can we get Sakhalin Island again? 20,000 people will divide half of them to Sakhalin Island, I am afraid that even the already developed place of Xiayi Island will be abandoned."

Mao Geng thought to himself that Zhao Han was a young master after all, and he was a little afraid of hardship. This was nothing strange. Well, the key is that the Song Dynasty lacked a strong pioneering spirit, and the later Ming and Qing dynasties were actually the same. You can also understand that Song and Ming and Qing dynasties both adhered to the harmonious plan of stability and unity, and tried their best to prevent various unstable factors. Expansion policies might lead to instability. Yang Guang was the lesson of the past. The emperors of Song and Ming and Qing dynasties consciously followed the plan of keeping the foundation based on the principle of stability overwhelming everything.

If he was as pioneering as the Russian Tsar and formed an expedition team to occupy land everywhere, in fact, as long as the policies were given, the territory of the Celestial Empire would have doubled a few years ago. But then again, Moscow was a bitter and cold place, so the Russians didn't care whether the climate was harsh or not. Basically, it was enough to be a territory. Good teeth and good teeth were good, but they were not picky about food. Regardless of whether they were meat or not, they would be vegetables when they were eaten. Therefore, in the oil era, the Russians benefited greatly because of their vast territory and unlimited underground resources.

It’s not good to just look at the ground. We have to share some popular science with Zhao Han:

"It is said that there are gold mines and large coal fields in Sakhalin Island. The key is that it is said that there is a rich storage of tincture oil underground. Well, that is, oil, king, oil is a good thing. In the future, if the steam engine on our ship burns oil, we can travel farther. We have just tried the ball burning internal combustion engine, which can also burn oil in the future. Alcohol cannot be burned, but burning tincture and oil must be burned, right! Therefore, Sakhalin Island must occupy it."

Mao Geng said it is true that the ball burning machine is not a bad thing. Heavy oil can be used as fuel. Crude oil can be used as a filter and it can be burned with a filter. It is not as delicate as a gasoline engine and diesel engine.

Han Tuozhou also became interested and began to think about how to occupy Sakhalin Island. However, the staff of Xiayi Island was really limited, Han Tuozhou said:

"Your Majesty, Yi Sheng said it well. Take the Sakhalin Island first. Just like when I first received the Xiayi Island, I went up to hundreds or thousands of people to build a small castle. After taking it, I found a way to recruit people."

When he said this, Han Tuozhou was considering how to help Zhao Yan and give Taiwan Song Haimao a share of the pie in the process.

Mao Geng smiled and said:

"That's true, you can always find a way to recruit people. With a heavy reward, there must be brave men. What's more, the natives of Luzon, the natives of Taiwan, the Japanese, and the Koreans can all recruit them! The king might as well make more requirements with the court, and the new emperor is not good enough to refuse!"

Zhao Han was in a good mood when he heard this. After all, he had made great progress with Mao Geng in the past two years. At least, he had an insight into the importance of mineral resources. Since Sakhalin Island has coal and magical oil, it is of course necessary to take it down.

However, Zhao Han felt that Mao Geng had missed something, so he pointed out:

"Yi Sheng, didn't you say that you could expand the territory of the Song Dynasty several times? This Sakhalin Island is just the same size as the Xia Dynasty Island, and it is no different from what you said just a few times!"

Mao Geng did drink a little too much. After hearing this, he simply said:

"King, if you are not afraid of greed and not chewing too much, I have bolder suggestions. I did not recommend crossing the Pacific Ocean before, but now we are different from the past. Soon, we can build a large ship with a longer voyage. The King might as well develop to the northeastern front line, occupy the front-line islands in the northeast of Xiayi Island, set up coal supplies along the way, and then continue to test sailing eastward, so that you can land in America. As long as the King is brave enough, send an expedition to land in America, and then slowly plan it, big things can be accomplished. America is so big that it is several times more than the Great Song Dynasty. Haha, when I talk about this, the King should no longer doubt it!"

Mao Geng wanted Zhao Han to occupy the Kuril Islands line, so that he could relay supplies along the Kuril Islands through the Aleutian Islands, and try sailing in North America bit by bit. After landing in North America, he would go south along the way to South America.

Of course, you can also choose another shortcut channel, that is, direct flights to the Americas through Hawaii, but in that case, the risk will definitely be much greater.

By the way, I have been coveting the rubber trees, corn, peppers, potato seeds in America for a long time. Now, the conditions are basically met. I just took advantage of Zhao Han's opportunity to transfer to Hokkaido to the east and embark on a long voyage. I don't know if Zhao Han really has this heart.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Jian said next:
Chapter completed!