Yizhou Island.
Dagou Town in the south was the largest town in Yizhou at this time. It was densely populated and faced the Qingyuan Port on the other side of the sea, with countless ships passing by.
Every year, violent typhoons rage in the east of Yizhou. The huge winds easily destroy the houses that the islanders have built with great effort. The ensuing heavy rains wash away the food grown after a year of hard work. All the hard work has It can be easily destroyed.
Therefore, in order to resist such natural disasters, people still choose to settle west of the Central Mountains, where the disasters will be much smaller.
After the Han Dynasty, the number of Han people in Yizhou began to increase. They brought advanced technology from the Central Plains and barely gained a foothold in this overseas treasure land. However, over thousands of years, enemies began to increase, including ferocious beasts on the island and harsh weather. , the native people on the island and the newly arrived Japanese are all more difficult to deal with, making people's lives never get better.
As the times developed into the Song Dynasty, people's lives experienced great development.
The maritime economy of this era has developed rapidly, and convenient shipping has brought more technology and equipment, money, materials and population.
There are many people who cannot survive in the Central Plains. They are either carrying human lives or incurring debts because of fleeing. In short, there are different reasons. After they came to Yizhou, they found that there was no government restraint here. They wanted to make a difference, and this is the place. Heaven!
The potential of the Han people is huge. It stands to reason that this kind of place would soon give birth to a developed civilization, but it did not.
The arrival of the Japanese interrupted all progress.
With fertile land and no government suppression, I thought that we could achieve great things. With the diligence of the Han people, it stands to reason that this place would soon become a paradise, but such a scene did not come.
They plundered and exploited barbarically, making life in this land even more difficult for the Han people than in the Central Plains!
The Japanese discovered that the knives in their hands could bring in money faster than the Han people's hoes! As long as the ports and docks are controlled, and the source and output of goods on the island are controlled, both natives and Han people on the island will listen to them!
There are tens of thousands of residents in Dagou Town, most of whom make a living from farming, and a considerable number of people make a living from the sea, fishing and trade, which their ancestors have continued for generations. Every year, many Han people come here from the other side. Most of them are people who can't make it in Zhongyuan. Dagou Town doesn't ask people's origins. This is a wasteland outside the imperial land, a barbaric land. As long as they come, It’s the people here.
Dagou Town also welcomes local people to settle here. Every additional person who comes will bring a labor force here. There are also countless wastelands that require a lot of labor to cultivate, and there seems to be never enough labor.
But the population is not growing that fast.
The food grown can only leave enough food to prevent the family from starving to death immediately, and all other food will be ruthlessly taken away.
Fortunately, the island's output is quite abundant. Even if there is no food, people will not starve to death if they wander around in the wild. People can barely survive.
Yes, barely.
There are many virgin forests here, as well as a large number of venomous snakes and beasts. The medical care on the island is not good. Countless people die every year and cannot get timely treatment. People get sick and injured in the wild unless their physical fitness is very good. Good, otherwise it's basically a dead end.
It has been nearly a thousand years since the Han Dynasty, so there is still no money here.
There is one exception.
Japanese, Yamamoto Kameda.
When he was in the Japanese country, he was not even a green onion, and he couldn't survive in the island country. He asked someone to borrow money to buy a few sea ships, and took advantage of the monsoon to sail south to the Song Dynasty.
Here, he found that the people were more obedient than rabbits, and they were very rich compared to the Japanese. . There are no laws and no restrictions here. You can rob as much as you want. As long as you are ruthless enough and run away, what you get is your own money!
Yamamoto, who has just entered the sea, has a personality similar to his name, like a turtle. When frightened, he will retract his head into his shell. No one can attack him. As long as he hides in the sea, basically no one will find him!
But this is the Song Dynasty after all, and the Song Dynasty is too powerful. They have a huge army and hard armor. Many years ago, Izumo Aguo went on a mission to the Song Dynasty under the orders of General Yuan, and that time they brought the power of the Song Dynasty back to the island country.
According to A Guo's description, the Song Dynasty's army was more numerous than the entire country, and everyone was equipped to the teeth. Even their most powerful god of war, Bian Qing, was no match for the Song Dynasty warriors.
The Japanese were all afraid. They knew that the Tang Dynasty was a kingdom in the sky and was extremely powerful. However, the country later fell into chaos and was no longer able to conquer surrounding countries. The Japanese people's impression of this Han country was still in the prosperous Tang Dynasty three hundred years ago. They did not expect that now, they have become powerful again, how could the small Japanese country be their opponent. .
With the mentality of burglary, they carefully set foot on the land of the Song Dynasty. After choosing a few small fishing villages to attack, they were so frightened that they immediately fled back to the sea, fearing that the army of the Song Dynasty would catch up and they would die without a burial place. .
But after a few times, they discovered that the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty did not care about the life and death of the people. Even after they plundered, the army would come again, more thoroughly and more ruthlessly than them. .
The Japanese themselves were shocked!
What kind of operation is this? Song people called them thieves. These officers and soldiers are more like thieves!
The most incredible thing for them was the fighting power of the Song Army. It was so hard to look directly at these soldiers. They were all a group of uncles. Their armors were not neatly worn and their bows could not be drawn. They encountered them several times. They tried their best to fight a few battles, but the Japanese discovered that the Song army's combat effectiveness was worse than tofu and even worse!
Oh my God, I was deceived by Ah Guo!
This is a papery army!
Yamamoto finally saw clearly the true nature of this group of people in the Song Dynasty and showed his fangs of the beast!
They started from Shandong and robbed all the way along the eastern coastline. They didn't encounter any decent resistance. They were everywhere, and the people were at their mercy. Every time they succeeded, their wealth increased by tens of thousands. There are more and more people under Yamamoto's command, and they are getting better and better prepared.
One is ebbing and the other is ebbing, and the Song Dynasty government is no match for them!
They plundered until the end, and many local officials in the Song Dynasty even used money to buy peace. As long as they released the news first, the government would send the money to them. If the price was right, they would change their route. If it was not suitable, then I'm sorry. They are not polite!
The Japanese didn't expect that there was such a way to make money. .
The original Yamamoto was just a little Yakuza, but later Yamamoto has developed into Uncle Yamamoto, and his subordinates call him General Yamamoto. .
Yamamoto Kameda, who accumulated his first fortune through bloodshed, returned to Japan to show off his skills. It was his return that made the large number of idle samurai in the country unable to sit still. They traveled thousands of miles from the island country to I came to Toto and wanted to make a fortune like Yamamoto.
It was a pity that their fate was not good. When the imperial court paid attention to the Japanese rebellion, it sent Xia Song to mobilize the Western Army to sweep them away.
The Western Army is not comparable to the local soldiers. It is the elite of the elite, and it has just retreated from the northwest front. Even the party members can defeat it. Beating a few Japanese is like chopping vegetables. .
During the Japanese Rebellion, Yamamoto was the only one who ran fast and came early, and really benefited. He was also the only one who made his strength bigger and stronger. Yamamoto, who had money and people in his hands, set his sights on the entire East China Sea and wanted to conquer it. In this sea, he found Murong Chao, a down-and-out Xianbei man. The two joined forces to first occupy Penghu, and then Yizhou, occupying the largest island in the entire East China Sea, and directly promoted to the top successful Japanese people. .
Yamamoto Kameda never thought that he, a poor man, could one day become a prince. The life of such a rich and wealthy man was so good. He wanted money, money, women, and women, but that neither male nor female Murong Chao insisted on it. Why did he go to Qingyuan? It is undeniable that the wealth of Quanzhou Prefecture is really tempting to him!
When he heard that he was planning to attack Qingyuan, he had a preliminary understanding of the battle strategy. It was really very thorough and terrifying. He would first lead the main force of Qingyuan to Penghu to be annihilated, and then besiege Qingyuan, and At that time, they still had such powerful weapons as gunpowder. Who was their opponent?
But they were unlucky enough to encounter a beast named Liang Chuan. This kid actually had a more powerful weapon than them. That battle knocked Yamamoto out of the shadows!
Yamamoto was defeated and returned to Yizhou. Murong Chao disappeared directly after the battle of Qingyuan. Yamamoto wanted to settle the score with Murong Chao, but he was nowhere to be found at sea!
The Japanese encountered Liang Chuan's fleet many times there, and without exception, they were all defeated and returned. Not only the Yamamoto family, but also the entire East China Sea, no one was their opponent. , until the end of the fight, Yamamoto clung to Yizhou, facing them across Penghu across the sea, and they lived in peace for several years.
But recently, their life has become more and more difficult. It is difficult to grab valuable commodities at sea. There are no ships leaving from the Song Dynasty. If they want to grab the goods, they can only go to Nanyang, but it is too far and they dare not Stay away from Yizhou. There are fewer and fewer daily necessities on the island. They urgently need to trade with the Song Dynasty to obtain these things through purchase or other channels. With only Yizhou, everyone can only eat grass.
Yamamoto stayed in his mansion, having another day of drunkenness and dreams. He was groggy with two women in his arms, and many hallucinations appeared in front of his eyes. It was a scene from his childhood, poor and humble, being chased for a bite of food. Beaten. .
Suddenly, an urgent cry rang out in the empty lobby.
"General Yamamoto is in trouble, and Penghu sent people from the other side. . '
Yamamoto Kameda woke up from his dream, pushed the two women away, calmed down and looked at the people below: 'Where? '
