From the day he decided to go south to sea, Liu Heng had already used Da Yuan Island as his escape route for the Tiger Flag.
If one day the foundation of the Tiger Flag in the north is completely destroyed, the Tiger Flag can still retreat to Dayu Island to find a way to survive. Even if Li Guozhu doesn't tell him to build a port on Dayu Island this time, he will find a way to build a port on Dayu Island. The island built its own port.
Taiyuan Island is isolated overseas. It is considered a half-unowned land in this era. In the future, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Jurchens, they will not easily go to Taiyuan Island. At least it can bring decades of stable development for the Tiger Flag. .
Even though he had agreed in his heart, Liu Heng still pretended to hesitate and said, "Okay, okay, but you know, eldest son, our Tiger Flag does not have its own ships, and the personnel sent to the island will be Wugenzhiping." , it is difficult to guarantee safety.”
"This is easy." Li Guozhu said, "Yan Siqi on the island is my father's subordinate. With Yan Siqi here, the safety of the people sent by Liu Dongzhu to Dayuan Island can be guaranteed. As for the Folangji people on the island, they are all on the island. On the other side, there is no threat to the people sent by Dongzhu Liu. The only ones who are threatening are the indigenous people on the island. I believe that with the people under Dongzhu Liu, it will be very easy to deal with the indigenous people."
Liu Heng nodded slightly.
If the soldiers of Tiger Character Banner can't even deal with the natives on Dayuan Island, then Tiger Character Banner should disband as soon as possible. He might as well escape by boat to Nanyang or Xiangshan Ao.
Li Guozhu said, "Don't worry, Dongzhu Liu, this is also my father's intention. My father also hopes that Dongzhu Liu can go to Dajuan Island to establish a port."
The Li family has the foundation of Hirado, so they don't value Taiyuan Island that much, otherwise they wouldn't let Yan Siqi go to Taiyuan Island to build a stronghold.
But this does not mean that the Li family will completely give up on Taiyuan Island. After all, there are deer skins and sugar cane on the island, especially sugar cane. The profits from sea trade are huge if the sugar is extracted.
If the Li family had not been unable to hold Yan Siqi hostage on Da Yuan Island, they would not have thought of introducing the tiger-character flag to Da Yuan Island to restrain Yan Siqi.
Liu Heng asked curiously, "I wonder which port the eldest son is going to leave to the Tiger Flag?"
"Stupid Beigang" Li Guozhu said.
Liu Heng frowned.
He had heard of Bengang. As for Benbeigang, he suspected that it was Bengang, but he was not sure.
Li Guoshu said, "Bennangang is where Yan Siqi established a stronghold. There are already ten villages. Only Benbei Port is still in the hands of my Li family. If Liu Dongzhu is interested, my Li family is willing to hand over Benbei Port to Liu Dongzhu to take care of."
Liu Heng hesitated for a moment and said, "This matter is of great importance. Let me have some time to think about it."
Li Guozhu nodded, not surprised by this.
For the Tiger Flag, Damuan Island is considered to be alone overseas, and the Tiger Flag's foundation is entirely in Datong. If it were him, he would also consider it carefully.
If Liu Dongzhu of Tiger Character Banner agreed so quickly, he would be worried and suspected that the other party would have another idea of Dayuan Island.
The Li family invited Huziqi to Taiyuan Island to restrain Yan Siqi, but they did not really want to give Taiyuan Island to Huziqi.
After explaining his purpose of coming to Lingqiu this time, Li Guozhu proposed to go back to his room to rest and give Liu Heng some time to think about it.
He will leave Lingqiu for Tianjin Wei tomorrow, and then take a boat back to Hirado. He believes that Liu Heng will give him an answer before he leaves.
After Li Guozhu and his people had left, Liu Heng picked up the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp.
Yang Yuan on the side said, "Master, my subordinates think that we can establish our own port on Dajuan Island. In this way, Tianjin Wei's shipyard can also be moved there. As long as we find enough shipwrights, we can build more ships." There is no need to borrow Zheng Qianhu’s ship anymore.”
Liu Heng said, "No rush, let him sink first. I agreed too quickly. I'm worried that the Li family will not trust us. Moreover, establishing a port is not that simple. It requires manpower to open up wasteland and fight the indigenous people on the island. In a short time, even if If we send people to Taiyuan Island, there won’t be too many people.”
Nowadays, the Tiger Flag is short of money and has no ability to recruit more soldiers. Moreover, going to Da Yuan Island is very dangerous, not to mention a narrow escape. Without sufficient preparation, it is easy to kill and injure too many people.
If you want to prepare enough, you need to spend money, not to mention soldiers, doctors are indispensable, herbs to treat dysentery must be prepared, a group of people who are willing to go to Damuan Island to reclaim wasteland must be recruited, and weapons and ammunition must also be needed. Prepare.
Before becoming self-sufficient, ships were still needed to transport food and armaments to the island, but Tiger Flag had not yet built its own ship, so it could only use money to buy a ship, which was a huge expense.
"Give us half a year," Zhao Yutu said. "When the business roads on the grassland are operating normally, we will have a steady stream of money to earn back, and we can use this money to support the construction of Dajuan Island."
Yang Yuan said, "It's a pity that the Li family didn't give us this time."
Liu Heng thought for a while and said, "First send some people with Li Guozhu to Dayuan Island to do some preliminary preparations. After at most half a year, we will have enough people to send to Dayuan Island to open up wasteland and establish a port."
"It's hard to leave our homeland, and the people may not be willing to leave their homeland and risk going to Dajuan Island. Moreover, there are not many people in Datong, so it will be difficult to recruit more people." Zhao Yutu said.
Yang Yuan said, "Nowadays, the world is in chaos. There are refugees everywhere who have no food to eat. It is no problem to recruit some. Among these people, there will definitely be some people who are willing to go with the ship to Dayuan Island to fight for a way out."
"Who is the person sent to lead the team on Damuan Island?" Zhao Yutu suddenly asked.
Going to Da Yuan Island is equivalent to being alone overseas. It is dangerous, but it also has the opportunity to stand on its own. Without a suitable candidate, it is very likely that their tiger character flag will lose their wives and troops, so the candidate to lead the team is very important.
"The person leading the team is still Zheng Tie." Liu Heng said, "Tianjin Wei's shipyard will not be moved for the time being. We will move the shipyard there when the preparations on Damuan Island are almost complete."
Zhao Yutu said worriedly, "Zheng Tie is the only one who holds great power. Over time, he will inevitably have thoughts that he shouldn't have. We have to be on guard."
"My subordinates can send secret spies to monitor." Yang Yuan said.
"It's useless." Zhao Yutu said, "Dayuan Island is isolated offshore. It is difficult for the secret spies sent to send the news back in time. By the time the news is received, it will be too late."
As the director of the Logistics Bureau, he is unwilling to allocate financial and material resources to establish a port on Taiyuan Island. Now as long as the trade routes on the grassland are opened, the Tiger Flag will not be short of money. There is no need to risk going to a deserted island at sea to create another one. An inheritance.
"Okay, don't argue anymore, I only have arrangements." Liu Heng said.
Zhao Yutu and Yang Yuan in the room looked at Liu Heng.
Just listen to Liu Heng say, "I will select a few people from the Attendant Department to go to Dajuan Island with Zheng Tie as staff officers. Their level is half a level lower than Zheng Tie. Then I will select a team of people from the Intelligence Bureau to serve as law enforcement officers. Go to Taiyuan Island.”
Separation of the three powers is the only way to check and balance that Liu Heng can think of.
In the future, with the construction of Da Yuan Island, more and more soldiers and officers of the Tiger Flag will be sent to Da Yuan Island. By then, even if Zheng Tie wants to be independent, it will be difficult to achieve it.
