Whether it is the loyal generals of the Ming Dynasty who want land or the Shen brothers who want land, now is not the time.

It's not because they haven't made any achievements, but because the current jurisdiction of Jinhai Town is not suitable for them.

Because the current jurisdiction of Jinhai Town is not large, but there are many immigrants.

Even giving the land to the generals of the regiments and battalions who followed him to found Jinhai Town and asking them to occupy land according to the quota was Yang Zhen's last resort.

Don't look at the total area of ​​​​60 acres for a general, 90 acres for a thousand people, and only 300 acres for a total soldier. It is still wasteland, and it doesn't seem like there is much.

However, in fact, the total amount is already quite a lot.

After all, Yang Zhen currently has ten auxiliary defense officers under his command, and the deputy generals are only a lot more than the auxiliary defense generals.

There are also many generals, guerrillas, generals, and garrison officers.

As for Qian Zong, there are even hundreds of Zong Zong. Added together, if not three hundred, there must be upwards of two hundred.

Even if there are only 300 governors in total, and each one only covers an area of ​​90 acres, it will still occupy 27,000 acres!

Fortunately, Yang Zhen had already made it clear that they would only be allowed to occupy uncultivated wasteland according to quotas. Otherwise, how much arable and easy-to-cultivate land would be available in Jinhai Town to be distributed to new farmers?

Under such circumstances, even his own people couldn't tell the difference. Of course, it was impossible for Yang Zhen to consider the demands of those generals and allow them to occupy land in Jinhai Town as a legacy.

Of course, Zu Keyong had already been mentally prepared for Yang Zhen's reaction. Seeing that Yang Zhen did not agree, he kept silent and stopped mentioning it.

For him, this time he came to Lushunkou to meet Yang Zhen, and many of the issues he raised have been resolved.

Yang Zhen's method of solving the problem may need further discussion and adjustment in the future, but Yang Zhen's attitude of facing the problem squarely and solving it made him very satisfied.

From Yang Zhen's attitude, Zu Keyong at least saw that the future of Jinhai Town will never stop at the current situation, and will definitely continue to become stronger. It is just around the corner that Liaodong Town, which is completely beyond the control of the ancestral family, is just around the corner.

Similarly, Yang Zhen's attitude and actions also strengthened Zu Keyong's determination to move his family members who had been staying in Ningyuan to Jinhai Town.

On June 28, after the trip to Lushunkou, Zu Keyong led his followers to board Gao Chengyou's fleet, which was transporting ore south, and returned together.

As early as mid-May, Yu Liangtai had already led the Qiandong Road Naval Battalion fleet and went south to station and operate at Liugong Island in the waters east of Dengzhou Prefecture.

After Yu Liangtai left, Gao Chengyou, the new vice-admiral of the East Route Navy, led his fleet to Shicheng Island. At the same time, he also assumed the tasks that Yu Liangtai had previously undertaken.

On the one hand, he will lead the fleet to accept the refugees on board from the direction of Shuicheng, Dengzhou, and send them to Jinhai East Road and Yuncong Island.

On the other hand, after sending the refugees away, they had to lead the fleet to Anzhou to load coal and iron ore for return, and then transport them back to Lushunkou for unloading.

It went on and on like this, and it was so busy that I felt so tired.

On June 27, Gao Chengyou's fleet followed Yuan Jin's fleet and once again arrived at Lushunkou loaded with ore from Anzhou waters.

So once he asked Yang Zhen for instructions, he no longer had to go to Dengzhou Shuicheng.

On the same day, they unloaded the ore, and then loaded a large amount of ammunition and military supplies that Yang Zhen had approved to transfer to the Zhuanghe Regiment Camp and the Anton Regiment Camp. They picked up Zu Keyong and his party and returned directly.

During Zu Keyong's stay in Lushunkou, Yang Zhen not only took him to visit the iron smelting factory, gun foundry and ammunition factory in the north city of Lushun, but also fully communicated with him and informed him that he would use troops in Japan next.

The general strategy of taking a defensive position against the Qing invaders in the north.

For Yang Zhen, while he is sending troops to Japan, he only needs to conscientiously complete the expansion and training of his troops on the North Road, East Road and Qiu Zhenhai, and then defend the existing defense lines to maintain the current situation without collapse.

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When the expansion of the major regiments and camps in Jinhai Town is completed, especially when this year's autumn harvest is completed, and when a large amount of food supplies are collected and stored, it will be time to restart the war against the prisoners.

Moreover, Yang Zhen also gave Zu Keyong clear information and told him clearly that the resumption of the crusade against the Qing captives in the future would be a decisive battle with the main force of the Qing captives.

At that time, the Jinhai East Road soldiers and horses will go straight from the direction of Xiuyan to the rear of Gaizhou City, and even have to bear the heavy responsibility of attacking Haizhou and Liaoyang directly. Yang Zhen asked Zu Keyong to use the next six months to make all preparations.

Zu Keyong learned about the future arrangements from Yang Zhen, and he naturally had an idea in his mind. He also found the direction of army preparation for war, and went back to organize troops and horses, and sort out the defense of the east route.

Correspondingly, Yuan Jin, who had been traveling at sea for several months, also got the anchorage he dreamed of.

On June 27, in the name of the imperial envoy holding Shang Fangjian to guard Jinhai, Denglai and other places, Yang Zhen officially appointed Yuan Jin as the chief military officer and commander of the Jinhai West Road Assistant Defense Force.

The Denglai West Road Naval Battalion was stationed in Shuicheng, Dengzhou, and Yuan Jin was allowed to select a site on the coast of Laizhou Prefecture to recruit 3,000 households in order to expand the number of troops and cultivate the land for self-sufficiency.

Yuan Jin and many of his subordinates were ecstatic about Yang Zhen's appointment.

Yuan Jin was originally a water thief. He thought that after being recruited by Yuan Keli, he had been serving in the Denglai Navy.

Therefore, Yuan Jin had great feelings for Dengzhou Prefecture, Denglai Navy, and even Dengzhou Water City.

Not to mention that Yuan Keli's eldest son, Yuan Shu, is currently serving as the magistrate of Dengzhou Prefecture, and they are secretly expecting him to lead the navy to Dengzhou.

Therefore, Yang Zhen's appointment was a perfect fit for Yuan Jin, and it almost fulfilled his dream of taking charge of the Dengzhou Navy.

Although there is no Dengzhou Navy anymore, and the Denglai West Road Naval Battalion that Yang Zhen asked him to concurrently lead in his appointment does not exist, for him, with this title, other

That's out of the question.

Yang Zhen asked him to select a site along the coast of Laizhou Prefecture to recruit 3,000 households. Didn't he also ask him to recruit troops to build the Denglai West Road Naval Camp?

It can be said that from then on, Yuan Jin's navy finally had a territory of their own.

After Yang Zhen issued the order asking all roads to pay with land, everything else in Jinhai Town was easy to handle, but Jinhai West Road was difficult to handle...

Although Jinhai West Road has a vast jurisdiction, it is all on the sea, and there are numerous islands within its jurisdiction that have long been home to immigrants.

Moreover, whether it is the garrison on Juehua Island or the garrison in Jinzhou Bay, the various forces are intricate and intertwined. There is me among you and you among me. It is not something that he, the chief military officer of Jinhai West Road, can have the final say on his own.

In the past few months, he had worked so hard so that one day he could speak in front of Yang Zhen and give his brothers a piece of territory that was truly under his control.

This goal has now finally been achieved.

And compared to overseas, Yuan Jin himself certainly prefers the coastal areas in the Bohai Bay.

Especially after learning that Yu Liangtai had moved to Liugong Island and became the chief military officer of the Denglai East Road Assistant Guards, the best place he could hope for was the coast of Laizhou Prefecture west of Dengzhou.

Yang Zhen's appointment finally gave him what he wanted.

Of course, after completing his appointment, Yang Zhen also explained to him the task of picking up people in western Liaoning in front of Zu Keyong and others.

Since he will be stationed in Juehua Island and Dengzhou Shuicheng from now on, he will of course be responsible for the arrangements for the family members of old soldiers from Jinhai Town and Liaoxi to cross the sea from Guanning and other places.

Yuan Jin, who had just received the new appointment, naturally agreed wholeheartedly.

On the first day of July in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, just two days after Zu Keyong and others left Lushunkou on Gao Chengyou's fleet, Yuan Jin completed the inspection and repair supplies in Shuangdao Bay, and set sail for Dengzhou Prefecture with new appointments and tasks.

Already.

As soon as they left, on the second day of July, Yang Zhen welcomed a ghost messenger from the Council of Senior Members of the Dutch East India Company at Lushunkou.

This Gui Lao messenger and his party arrived at Lushunkou from Seogwipo on Yingzhou Island by boat sent by Qiu Guangyi.

The person who brought them by boat from Seogwipo was Wang Defa, a general under Qiu Guangyi.

"Is your real name Wang Defa?"

"My real name is Wang Defa. I have served under General Qiu Shen since I came here. I think I met the governor when he came to Tianzhuang Terrace. Guo Shoubei was there, and he recognized me!"

Yang Zhen heard that a ship from Yingzhou Island had arrived, and that he had brought a Gui Lao messenger with him. He quickly summoned the general officer who led the team from Yingzhou Island in the lobby of the front yard of the main town house.

, I want to ask about the situation first.

As a result, when Yang Zhen heard the name of the commander-in-chief, he immediately became happy and asked with a smile if his name was really Wang Defa.

"This——, Governor, Commander Wang is an old brother of General Qiu Shen. He has made great contributions to Yingzhou Island. Besides, his name is indeed Wang Defa!"

Guo Xiaowu, who was at the scene, was a little stunned when he heard Yang Zhen's rhetorical question. Then he heard Wang Defa's request for help and immediately stood up to prove his identity.

"Hahahaha, good name, good name! Get up and speak, get up and speak!"

After hearing Wang Defa's confused answer and seeing Guo Xiaowu step forward to explain, Yang Zhen quickly smiled and asked him to get up and talk.

In fact, it's not that Yang Zhen doesn't believe in the true identity of this dark, skinny man, but that his name awakens some long-standing and interesting memories deep in Yang Zhen's soul.

The General Qiu mentioned by Wang Defa refers to the current General Qiu Guangyi of Yingzhou Island.

And the Guo Shoubei he was talking about was Guo Xiaowu who was present at the meeting.

Obviously, Yang Zhen's promotion and appointment of some generals on Yingzhou Island had already been communicated with the immigration fleet's repeated trips.

"The red-haired ghost guy from Dayuan has come in a total of several boats and how many people have come? Where is their fleet docked now?"

Since the last conversation with He Tingbin, Yang Zhen was still looking forward to joining forces with the armed fleet of the Dutch East India Company to fight against the Japanese slave country.

So during this period of time, Yang Zhen has actually been waiting for news from the Dutch East India Company.

Therefore, he was very surprised when he suddenly heard today that the ghost messenger from the Dutch East India Company's Council of Ministers followed the ship to the port of Port Arthur.

But surprises are surprises. Some important questions should be asked clearly beforehand.

"When we return to the Governor, there are only two Gui Lao boats coming from Damuan Island this time. One is a Gui Lao plywood boat like the Yingzhou, and the other is a common Nansha boat.

"As for how many ghost guys have come, it's not many. There are about a hundred or so people in total, including about forty red-haired ghost guys, and the rest are mainly some black-skinned Uban slaves, and a few like He Tong

That's what happened to Tang Tongshi.

"As for their ship, it is currently docked in Seogwipo. Because you, the governor, had previously issued an order that only the ships of the ghosts were allowed to dock in Seogwipo. Therefore, General Qiu Shen did not allow them to bring their own ship to the west, so he called

Humble job brought them here."

Faced with Yang Zhen's inquiry, Wang Defa, who brought a boat from Yingzhou Island to Lushunkou, was unambiguous and immediately told the ins and outs of the situation.

"Only one boat? A hundred or so people?"

Yang Zhen patiently listened to Wang Defa's answer, but he had more questions in his heart.

But there were some things that he couldn't get answers from Wang Defa, such as what exactly the Dutch East India Company's plans were, whether it wanted to cooperate with him, whether it wanted to join forces with him, etc.

Therefore, he could only suppress these questions in his heart and first ask Wang Defa some things that he could intercede with.

"Well, I'll ask the messenger from Gui Lao about the situation there later. First, tell me, after all this time, have you found out the situation in Nagasaki clearly? How about Hirado Island? And the Wonu Kingdom.

What is the current situation of the plague on Kyushu Island?"
Chapter completed!