An envoy who visited Baghdad?

Ji Yi still remembers this?

Whoever surnamed Ji wants to take this trip?

He also knows that there are great benefits to this trip?

So...will let him go?

In just a moment, Wu Haogu had a few thoughts, but his face still had a faint smile. Wu Haogu finally learned to control his facial expressions on the northwest battlefield and wanted to cry because he was afraid, and he had to hold back his appearance as a hero, otherwise it would disrupt the morale of the army.

As for the feeling of vomiting when I saw the ugly dead body, I became used to it after secretly vomiting for a few times.

However, being able to control facial expressions does not mean that you can guess Ji Yi's ambitions. In Wu Haogu's opinion, Ji Yi, who was standing in the wrong team at a critical moment, is already broad-minded if Zhao Ji can make him rich. Can he still be the leader? If he thinks this way, he will not understand Zhao Ji too much. It seems that the purpose of his insertion is still for money.

If it is for money, you have to join him and not join him. He is a difficult competitor. If you join him, you can form a group to enclose land.

"The envoys who visited Baghdad have not yet begun to search for them." Wu Haogu and Ji Yi told the truth, and he smiled, "The current priority of the Coastal Maritime Control Department is to develop relations with Goryeo and Japan.

In addition, last year, a fleet was sent to explore Liuqiu and Luzon. He had found several large islands and left some people. He would arrange a fleet to go after the New Year. If he could gain a foothold, he would have to arrange more people and supplies to the island. At that time, you may need to help with Jingdong Maritime Service."

The so-called "Liuqiu" refers to both the Taiwan Island and the Ryukyu Islands in later generations, as well as the Penghu Islands located in the Taiwan Strait. Although these islands are not far away from the mainland, they are completely within the reach of the Great Song Dynasty's maritime capabilities. But it is very strange that the Great Song Dynasty court did not include these islands in the ruling scope.

According to reports sent by Hu Yanqing and Wu Side from Mingzhou, there were also residents on the Liuqiu islands (including Taiwan). Some islands have long lived in Han people, some islands have indigenous people living on them, and some even have traces of pirate activities.

However, there are no Han people on the largest island (Taiwan Island). There are many natives who will occasionally drive their boats to the coast of Fujian to do some small business, and sometimes they will steal some and grab something.

There are several smaller islands in the Liuqiu Islands. For example, the Penghu Islands between Liuqiu Island and Fujian are inhabited by fishermen from Fujian. Moreover, the ports on the Penghu Islands are very good and are a natural shelter. Therefore, Hu Yanqing and Wu Side established the first stronghold on the Penghu Islands, leaving more than 200 bad people and a team of naval officers and soldiers, and transported a lot of supplies from Fujian to prepare to establish a stronghold there.

In addition, in the sea about 1,000 miles northeast of the Ryuki Island, there is a large island about 200 miles long from east to west, called Aernabe Island. The island not only has natives, but also many Han people from Fujian in the past, and there is also a small kingdom called Tiansun Kingdom.

Because they already had a country, Hu Yanqing and Wu Side did not dare to send bad people to attack. However, Hu Yanqing still went to Aernabe Island in the name of the Song Dynasty's envoys, and also gave gifts to the Tiansun King on the island. He exchanged a piece of land for "repairing ships", and left a wooden boat on the island that was not known where the broken was. Of course, there were also several boatmen and sailors who were grinding the ocean...

As for the "Liuqiu Island", which is later Taiwan Island, it is said to be an island with miasma. Any Han people who live on the island will often get infected with plague in a few years, and then they will die.

However, the Han people are not unable to go to the island. They just have to go to the island when the north wind blows in winter, land near the plain north of the Daxi River (Zhuoshui River) on the island, go to the indigenous people on the island to purchase deer skin, and then leave as soon as possible.

Because during this period, the climate in the coastal plain north of Daxi was very "cold", similar to the spring and autumn seasons of the Central Plains, so miasma is not easy to spread. The so-called miasma is actually an infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes and flies. When the weather is cold, there will be no vectors such as mosquitoes and flies, and it will not cause people to get sick.

Although Hu Yanqing and Wu Side do not know the principle, they are still planning to go to the island this winter to see if they can find the Liuqiu natives who speak Chinese, and then bring them back to the strongholds on Penghu Island. In fact, the low temperature period affected by the northeast monsoon is harvested on the western coastal plains of Taiwan Island, which is very beneficial for the development of Taiwan Island. The Han people who go to the island have at least two or three months of "safety period", and can clear out large areas of flat and clean land to establish strongholds and ports.

Of course, the safer land that has been cleaned up will not be too large. There is no problem using it to build a colonial stronghold for purchasing deer skin. As for large-scale development, let’s talk about it later. Anyway, take up the land first, and then talk about the development matters slowly... This is called land hoarding! If possible, stock up tens of millions of square kilometers of land first, and there will always be a time of appreciation. Anyway, no one will collect real estate taxes, and it will cost no matter how much it will be for stocking for a thousand years.

"Explore Liuqiu, Luzon?" Ji Yi has been imitating Wu Haogu's business behavior in recent years, so when he heard that Wu Haogu was exploring Liuqiu, Luzon immediately became interested. "Brother Chongdao, why do we want to explore such an overseas deserted island?"

Wu Haogu smiled, "Of course, exploration is for the purpose of occupying it, this is to open up the territory!"

Is this opening up the territory?

Ji Yi thought for a while, "What's the use of this kind of island without household registration, no output, and no taxes?"

"No one has a good population, but there is no output and no taxes." Wu Haogu smiled, "For example, although there are no Han people on the Rikuo Island, there are many natives who are rich in deer skin. If you search carefully, there may be other specialties. And there are already natives on the island of Aernabe. With farmland and fishing villages, you can provide food to ships that come and go, fresh water. The merchant ships from your family to Japan often dock there, right?"

Ji Yi nodded. He knew both Aarnabe Island and Tiansun Kingdom on the island. But he didn't think there was anything good about this island?

Wu Haogu said again: "There are not much oil and water in the water at present, but further south, Luzon... Do you know about Luzon?"

"I know, I know." Ji Yi said, "There are several small countries on this island, and we have always had trade with us. There are also many people from Visayay on Luzon Island who settled on the Great Island of Luque you mentioned, and they would harass Quanzhou and Fuzhou from time to time."

Unlike the initial imagination of Wu Haogu, Luzon Island was not a wild place in the Song Dynasty. The civilization on the island can be said to be quite old! It can be traced back to BC.

"But the wind direction in Luzon is not good," Ji Yi said again. "It is not easy for sea boats to go by, so there is not much trade with us."

"It's not easy to pass, but you have to pass!" Wu Haogu said seriously, "What's the matter with the people on their island invading the coastal areas of Fujian? I am now the commander of the coastal market, so I will not take it lightly. I will send troops to attack sooner or later!

In addition, is that the Three Buddhas a lot of oil and water?"

"This is so much!" Ji Yi nodded and said, "The three Buddhas are so rich! Merchant ships traveling between the Great Food Kingdom and the Central Plains, as well as the Tianzhu Kingdom and the Central Plains, all have to pay taxes on them. A ship must be paid hundreds or even thousands of cranes, which is too dark!

Moreover, although the kings there were vassals to our Song Dynasty, they were close to the merchants of the Tianfang Sect and often made things difficult for the Han merchants, making it difficult for us to pass through the strait."

"So, we have to have an island at the entrance of the Sanfoqi Strait as a stronghold," Wuhao Ancient Road, and then develop into a commercial market, so that we will not be afraid of the Sanfoqi people's blackmail!

Brother Yizhi, let’s work together! Let’s take advantage of the opportunity of the mission to visit the Great Food Country. How about it?”

This is very oily and watery!

Ji Yi took a breath, "But the Three Buddhas are not small countries, but powerful countries with tens of thousands of troops. If you really want to fight..."

"I can't beat us!" Wu Haogu smiled, "Just a mob, how can I beat the navy of our Coastal Control Division in the Song Dynasty?"

How many naval troops are there in the Coastal Control Department? Ji Yixin said: You, Wu Dalang, regard the sea affairs as land, have you sent 1,000 knights over and rushed over, and even tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Three Buddhas will collapse.

"The Three Buddhas and Qi's navy is not weak," Ji Yi said, "and the Three Buddhas and Qi are also a place for miasma. Although it is better than the Liuqiu Island, it is difficult for the northerners to stay for a long time after they go."

The so-called miasma is actually malaria, which is a common infectious disease in the tropical region. Because malaria is transmitted through mosquito bites, it has been developed for a long time. The original vegetation forests no longer exist in tropical areas, so the epidemic will be lighter, and in places that have not been developed, the epidemic will be very serious.

Therefore, although the dimension of Taiwan Island is closer to the north and the climate is relatively cool, the malaria on the island was still very serious during the Song Dynasty. The capital of Sanfoqi, the capital of Sanfoqi, and the main city of Bolinban, was cut down a large number of primeval forests because it was developed for a long time, and the environment was not conducive to the spread of malaria, so the epidemic was not so serious.

Because Wu Haogu knew the medium of malaria transmission, he had some ways to deal with it. That is, he occupied a small area and was easy to clean up, and established strongholds on the relatively cool and clean beach.

As for the specific location, of course, it is Singapore Island in later generations!
Chapter completed!