Two days later, Liu Yu's fleet finally arrived at a place called Bailong Island.
This is a small island between the Liaodong Peninsula and the Korean Peninsula. According to Yi Zhong and others, this is a small island where passing fleets often take supplies, rest and escape from wind and waves.
Liu Yu had already observed on the ship that this was just a remote island with a radius of several miles, but there were actually many houses and people living on it.
After the fleet docked, Liu Yu was even more surprised to find that many people on the island had accents from Qingxu and Qingzhou, and the rest should be mostly from Liaodong County.
"Is there so many people from Qingxu and Qingxu in this isolated island?"
Liu Yu was very surprised that there were so many Han people on such a small island in the sea that he had never known before, and couldn't help but ask Yi Zhong, who was accompanying him.
"This Bailong Island belongs to Daifang County. It is the only place to enter Lelang and Daifang from the southwest. It used to be that there were more Central Plains people on this island than now. However, in recent years, there have been wars in the Central Plains. Lelang, Liaodong has also been repeatedly invaded by Goguryeo. Now there are far fewer people stopping here to rest than before, and it is no longer as prosperous as it was in previous years."
After Yi Zhong explained a lot, Liu Yu discovered that the ancestors of Qin and Han not only established a powerful civilization on the mainland, but even the oceans had long been conquered by the Han.
Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered Korea and established the four counties of Lelang, Xuantu, Zhenfan and Lintun in the hometown of Korea, the fleets from Qing and Xuzhou to Liaodong and the four counties have been shuttled non-stop. With the help of strong civilization and Force has become the only strong one on the East China Sea.
However, since the beginning of the Eight Kings Rebellion, not only the maritime trade has been greatly affected, but what is even more serious is that after losing the support of the Central Plains court, the two counties of Lelang and Daifang occupying the northern part of the Korean Peninsula have been frequently attacked by Goguryeo in the north and Baekje in the south. intrusion.
According to the original history, after the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Central Plains fell, Liaodong also fell into the hands of Murong Xianbei, and tens of thousands of Han people in Lelang and Daifang counties were completely surrounded by barbarians.
Even in such a bad situation, these Han people did not easily abandon their parents' country, and still tenaciously resisted the encroachment of Goguryeo and Baekje.
According to later archaeological discoveries, in the early 5th century, more than a hundred years after the fall of the Central Plains, many Han tomb inscriptions and brick inscriptions using the Eastern Jin Dynasty titles and official titles were found in Lelang and Daifang, proving that Lelang, Daifang The Han towns and local government organizations continued to worship Zhengshuo of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and did not easily surrender to Goguryeo or Baekje.
After resting for a day at Bailong Island and replenishing fresh water, Liu Yu's fleet continued to set off. This time, they took advantage of the wind direction and turned south from Bailong Island. The land of Baekje Mahan is south of Daifang County. The southwesternmost part of the peninsula.
Not long after this impressive fleet sailed south, it encountered a fleet that had been flying the flag of the Western Jin County Guards.
The fleet was very small, with only two brigs, and seemed a bit weak next to Liu Yu, the three-masted tanker.
"It was the boat that brought the governor of Fang County. They asked us who we were, where we were going, and what we were doing."
Yi Zhong explained beside Liu Yu that he saw the flag signals of the two ships from a distance.
"Who is the governor of Daifang County?"
Liu Yu asked.
"Zhang Tong, I heard that he is also the prefect of Lelang."
Yi Zhong replied.
"I've never heard of this name."
Liu Yu, who was conceited about his erudition, did not have any deeds of Zhang Tong.
"His grandfather is the famous Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan."
"Is this the Zhang Liao who repeatedly defeated Sun Shiwan?" Liu Yu was a little excited. He didn't expect to meet the descendants of Zhang Liao, the famous general of the Three Kingdoms, in the vast sea.
"Uh, General, is the Sun Shiwan you are talking about Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu?"
Yi Zhonglue was a little confused. He was well-informed, but he had never heard that Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, had the nickname "Sun Shiwan".
Liu Yu knew that Yi Zhong couldn't possibly know about this nonsense, so he just didn't talk to him.
When the two ships with the governor of Fang County discovered Liu Yu's fleet, they did not panic because they knew that the powerful merchants and pirates in the East China Sea were all Jin people. They could gather such a powerful force. A large-scale fleet cannot be pirates, but most likely a large merchant from Qing and Xu. Naturally, they will not get mad and offend the governor of Daifang County for no reason.
After Liu Yu learned that Zhang Tong, the governor of Daifang County on the opposite boat, was Zhang Liao's grandson, he suddenly developed a lot of affection for the governor of Daifang County, whom he had never met before.
After he ordered to approach, he put down the boat and sent Yi Zhong to bring some gifts to pay homage to Governor Zhang.
After Yi Zhong boarded Governor Zhang's ship, he followed Liu Yu's instructions and said that he was a naval force under the command of Liu Yu, Governor of Donglai, because last winter when the Baekje invaders led Fangjun, they killed more than a dozen people. A Donglai County businessman, this time he was ordered by the Donglai Prefect to question the crime.
After hearing that this fleet was going to the Mahan people of Baekje to attack the enemy, Zhang Tong, the governor of the country, first reacted with surprise. You must know that the governor of a county does not have the power to raise troops to attack crimes without authorization. This is a naked violation. The imperial court enacted the law.
However, Zhang Tong himself did not have the strong confidence to say anything against it. After all, he once called himself the governor of the two counties, and he had raised troops against Goguryeo and Baekje more than once.
Moreover, King Piryu of Baekje Kingdom has invaded the southern part of Daifang County several times in recent years. If Zhang Tong had not been busy fighting against the Goguryeo barbarians in the north, he would have wanted to deal with these annoying Mahan natives.
Zhang Tong had heard about Liu Yu, the newly appointed governor of Donglai County, and knew that he was the general of Liu Bogen's rebel army. He became the governor of this county after he surrendered and became the regent of Donghai King Sima Yue.
However, the behavior of the Donglai Governor was in line with Zhang Tong's subconscious image of a reckless man.
In the name of avenging a few businessmen, it is very disrespectful. It is simply rash to raise an army for the sake of a few businessmen with a certain identity. Since ancient times, the army must be raised with the name of righteousness.
And Zhang Tong remembered that when Baekje invaded last year, he only killed a few powerful Jin tribes, but not any businessmen from Donglai County?
However, since someone was willing to travel all the way across the sea to teach the Baekje savages a lesson, Zhang Tong was very happy. He encouraged Yi Zhong and even said that if he returned from victory, he could stop by Daifang and Lelang. He was willing to treat you well.
In fact, Zhang Tong thought that since Donglai County had such a fleet, if trade channels were established, he could use the mutual market to exchange supplies for Lelang and Daifang counties to strengthen their strength when the imperial support was cut off. Strength, against the Goguryeo people who are pressing harder and harder.
Yi Zhong hurriedly agreed to all of them.
