Seeing what Qiu Zhenhai said, everyone had a new understanding of Yang Zhen's long-term plan. They all smiled and nodded, understanding the plan behind borrowing the island for five years.

When Yang Zhen heard this, he also knew that Qiu Zhenhai had obviously understood his intention.

Although Yang Zhen has no plans to send troops to occupy the three lands south of Li Chao yet, taking Yingzhou Island is his established strategy.

Nowadays, in the Ming Dynasty, the people in the Guan Guan are in dire straits, especially in the northern region, where natural and man-made disasters have led to refugees everywhere.

At this time, the traditional concept of farming people settling down and relocating to their new homeland was at its most weakened, and it was a good time to immigrate overseas.

"What Lieutenant General Qiu said is exactly what I want. In the past few days, you have thought about it and found a candidate from the South Road Naval Camp to recommend to me. I will appoint him to guard Yingzhou Island so that he can lead the team to take over.

Yingzhou Island is responsible for the defense and settlement of immigrants after they land on the island!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

After Yang Zhen finalized the matters of taking over Jeju Island and preparing for resettlement and settlement, he then struck while the iron was hot and finalized several other matters to implement the secret treaty on Ganghwa Island.

First, Yang Zhen ordered Yu Liangtai's East Route Naval Battalion to send people as soon as possible to secretly connect with Liu Lin, the military commander of Li Chao's Ping'an Road stationed in Pyongyang, and to take charge of the Korean mines on both sides of the Qingchuan River and Datong River.

It carries iron ore and supplies it to the iron and steel works in Lushunkou.

There are many open-pit iron ore mines on Pingan Road in Chaoren. Among them, the iron ore with the highest grade of ore is undoubtedly the Jiechuan Iron Mine on Pingan Road.

The Jiechuan Iron Mine is located near Anzhou City, not far from the outlet of the Chongchuan River, and its mines are distributed along the river, making it very convenient for mining and transportation.

At the same time, this place is a certain distance from the Yalu River and is not easily detected by the Qinglu troops stationed west of the Yalu River. This advantage is unmatched by the Tieshan Peninsula on the other side of Dongjiang Island.

Of course, in order for Yu Liangtai to better complete this task, Yang Zhen also arranged for Yu Liangtai to use Shen Qicheng, who had withdrawn from Ganghwa Island to Shicheng Island with the army.

Liu Lin, the military envoy of the Ping'an Road of Li Chao who was stationed in Pyongyang, was the son and daughter of Shen Qiyuan. Of course, he knew Shen Qicheng. With Shen Qicheng in the middle of the naval camp on the east road, this matter would be easy.

Too much to do.

Secondly, the so-called Loyal Gui Ming Army, which was withdrawn from Ganghwa Island to Shicheng Island with General Yang Zhen, was also placed under the banner of Jinhae East Road and placed under the control and command of East Road Commander-in-Chief Zu Keyong.

In the past, there were fewer people on Jinhai East Road. Now, although ten sentries and 3,000 young soldiers have been recruited, after allocating them, there are still not enough people on land.

Correspondingly, Yang Zhen did not want to bring the loyal Ming army led by An Yingchang back to the core area of ​​Jinhai Town for settlement now.

These Korean soldiers and horses who have surrendered to them can be used to fight against the Manchu Tatars, and they can also be used to govern the Korean peninsula in the future, but they cannot be asked to understand the various secrets of Jinhae Town now.

As for the steel smelting, sulfur production, gun and ammunition manufacturing and other matters in Jinhai Town, Yang Zhen was not worried that they could learn it easily.

Because the threshold for these things is relatively high and cannot be learned easily.

What Yang Zhen is really worried about is that he is afraid that the secrets of sweet potato cultivation will be stolen from them.

After all, the threshold for this kind of thing is extremely low, and there is no technical content. It can be said that you can master it at a glance.

Once it is learned by interested people and spread to the Li Dynasty, the Japanese country, or the Qing Dynasty, then Yang Zhenke will lose an important asset of his.

By arranging the loyal and loyal Ming army to the front of the East Road, the risk of such problems can be minimized.

"The Loyalty Gui Ming Army under An Yingchang has about four commanders and about 2,000 people. They will be temporarily transferred to your command on the East Road. You can place them at the forefront of the East Road and set up defenses - tell them to camp at the mouth of the Yingna River. guard."

After Yang Zhen finished speaking these words to Zu Keyong, he was afraid that he would not understand his true intention. He paused briefly, and then continued to say to him:

"If An Yingchang and the others are willing to cultivate land, just ask them to plant the kind of rice they like to grow on both sides of the Yingna River. As for the sweet potatoes that we promote planting in Jinhai Town, don't let them know about it for the time being.

"In the future, food and grass supplies will only consist of rice, sorghum, millet, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and other things, whether raw or cooked, including vines, branches, and leaves."

Having said this, Yang Zhen saw Zu Keyong nodding his head in understanding, then turned to look at Yu Liangtai, and then told him:

"Including Shen Qicheng, as well as the peace soldiers Liu Lin and other court officials and generals who you will inevitably deal with in the future, you must also have reservations in your dealings. Internal affairs of Jinhai Town, such as the cultivation of seed potatoes, should not be dealt with with They talked about it.

"Anyone who belongs to the government, civilian, or military personnel of the DPRK is not allowed to enter or leave the land or island settlements on the East Road without permission from this town, especially Dongjiang Island and Yuncong Island. The DPRK people are not allowed to leave or leave the island. Please understand. ?”

Yang Zhen had said so, how could Zu Keyong and Yu Liangtai still not understand in their hearts. At that moment, the two of them immediately bowed and clasped their fists, and Su Rong accepted the order and made a promise.

After Yang Zhen met Zu Keyong and Yu Liangtai in the main camp on Shicheng Island, it was already dark, so he did not invite Shen Qicheng and An Yingchang to talk again.

In the early morning of the next day, Yang Zhen left the camp at the foot of Shicheng Mountain and came to Shizuizi Pier. On the pier, he summoned Shen Qicheng, An Yingchang and other court officials to meet with their respective counterparts. They met and informed them of the decision he had made the night before.

Afterwards, Yang Zhen boarded the ship and set off, taking Guang Haijun and Hong Mingyi and other important hostages south to Lushunkou.

Although Shen Qicheng, An Yingchang and other loyal Ming army generals did not expect Yang Zhen to assign them on Shicheng Island, they also knew that to this day, they had no room for bargaining at all. Able to follow Yang Zhen's arrangements.

On the morning of the day Yang Zhen left Shicheng Island, An Yingchang, along with four commanders of the loyal Ming army, followed Zu Keyong and were transferred by Yu Liangtai's fleet to the mouth of the Yingna River to camp.

After An Yingchang led his troops to the mouth of the Yingna River, Shen Qicheng followed Yu Liangtai and Yu Haichao's fleet to continue northward, heading to the outpost of the East Road Navy to meet with the Ping'an Road troops stationed in Pyongyang City. Liu Lin was sent to discuss mining and transportation matters.

As for the mining of iron ore, it was of course left to the people of the DPRK to do it themselves.

At the same time, Yang Zhen also used Shen Qicheng's mouth to promise Liu Lin, the military commander of Ping'an Road, that Yu Liangtai and Yu Haichao's fleet would not set foot on the land of Ping'an Road and would only be responsible for transporting the ore mined and supplied by the Chao people.

Of course, if the Ping An soldiers in Liulin cannot guarantee the supply of ore, then the teams of Yu Liangtai and Yu Haichao would not mind sending troops ashore to directly take over the mines in Jiechuan and other places.

But by that time, whatever happens, Yang Zhen will not be able to promise anything to Shen Qiyuan's children and their relatives, Ping'an soldiers Liu Lin.

On the night of June 26, the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Yang Zhen led the fully loaded fleet of Musket Battalion and Qiu Zhenhai and successfully arrived at the old port dock in Lushunkou.

When Yang Zhen arrived at the entrance of Lushun, the generals from the north and south cities of Lushun and nearby areas came to greet him after hearing the news. When he got off the ship, the dock was brightly lit and crowded.

At the dock, Yang Zhen not only met Zhang Degui, the general officer of the South Road Assistance Guard, Fang Guangchen, the general town councilor, Li Lu, the deputy general of the grenadier battalion of the advance army for the Eastern Expedition, Yang Shen, the artillery battalion staff general, and others who came to greet him, but also very Unexpectedly, I met Chu Xianzhang, the eunuch in charge of the military affairs bureau who had met twice before in the capital and Songshan City.

Of course, what surprised him the most was that among the people who followed Zhang Degui, Chu Xianzhang and others to the dock to greet Yang Zhen, there was also a tall man with a tall nose and deep eyes, wearing a Ming Dynasty civil official uniform and a big beard. The old foreign devil.

Yang Zhen was still surprised when he saw Chu Xianzhang first cupped his hands towards him, then turned around and said something to the old foreign devil, and led him towards him.

Although Yang Zhen was a little confused for a moment, when he saw Chu Xianzhang appearing on the pier to greet him, he couldn't help but express his feelings, so he quickly stepped forward, and from a few steps away, he clasped his fists and bowed to Chu Xianzhang. said:

"Yang didn't know that Eunuch Chu had already crossed the sea and came to Jinhai Town, so he asked Eunuch Chu to come to meet Yang at Lushunkou. He is really ashamed, so ashamed!"

After saying these words to Chu Xianzhang, Yang Zhen straightened up, turned to Zhang Degui, who came to meet him after Chu Xianzhang, and said with a smile:

"Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang, what did you do? Why didn't anyone tell anyone about such a big event like Eunuch Chu driving across the sea and visiting Jinhai Town?"

Zhang Degui, who was ordered to stay at Lushunkou, heard Yang Zhen's words. He immediately took three steps and two steps at a time, stepped forward quickly, bowed to Yang Zhen with a smile on his face and said:

"Yes, yes, it's all the fault of the commander. It's all the fault of the commander! The commander led the navy to go to sea to look for fighters. The commander didn't know where the commander was, so things were delayed! The commander knows that he is guilty, and the commander--"

"Hahahaha, Governor Yang is indeed not very strict in governing the army, but for this matter, he wrongly blamed General Zhang!"

Before Zhang Degui could finish his apology, he was interrupted by Chu Xianzhang laughing.

I saw Chu Xianzhang first excused Zhang Degui, and then said with a smile: "This matter has nothing to do with General Zhang. Firstly, Chu arrived at Lushunkou only after this afternoon, and the trip was very hasty. Secondly, in fact, It was Chu who made the decision to prevent General Zhang from sending people to sea to recall Governor Yang from the front line!

"As the ancients say, the general will not accept the orders of the foreign king. Governor Yang's army is ruthless, the military affairs are busy, and the situation on the front line is unknown, and the rear area does not know everything. How could Chu recall Governor Yang regardless of the priority?
Chapter completed!