The second reason is that the coastal province does need a port to enhance its presence.

Among the six provinces and one prefecture of the Ming Dynasty, if there is the weakest sense of existence, apart from the coastal province, there is no other second province. Even in the impression of many people, they do not know that there is still a coastal province in the Ming Dynasty.

Its territory is also located in the Ussuri River in later generations, east of the current Alimen River. Unlike Longjiang Province, which has large plains, coastal provinces are mainly mountainous. Only a small area of ​​flat land is distributed along the river and in the coastal areas.

It is precisely due to this restriction that the number of immigrants in Binhai Province can be far inferior to that in Longjiang Province.

On the contrary, Sakhalin Island, which is an exile site, has a larger population than the land part of the coastal province.

Moreover, the lack of presence in the coastal province is also reflected in the provincial governance.

As the former headquarters of the Sufen Department, Sufen City is actually a slightly larger village. Later, after being designated as provincial governor by the Ming government, with the influx of population, the scale has improved greatly.

However, because the road network is not connected to the Ming Dynasty, the development of cities is very slower than that of other cities. The so-called "If you want to be rich, build roads first." In the absence of roads, few merchants go to Binhai Province.

In this era when there is no information in a relatively closed environment, with less population mobility, the news about Binhai Province is rarely known to the outside world. Its popularity is equivalent to zero.

Although Binhai Province is actually not inferior to Longjiang Province when it comes to resources and minerals, the transportation is inconvenient and the principle of being close to me, merchants do not have to go to Binhai Province. In this way, fewer businesses focus on Binhai Province.

If it weren't for the area connecting Xingkai Lake to the north of Supin City, there was a vast plain. It would be said that Supin City's development would be slower.

The current governor of Binhai Province is Wang Chenghan, who is a rare scholar in Liaodong. He was once a Juren when the Jin Dynasty had not yet lost control of Liaodong. But that's all! Going further, he has been unable to pass the exams many times.

After the Ming Dynasty completely took control of Liaodong, he defected to the Ming Dynasty. His talent was not outstanding. He was also a person with a weak sense of existence within the Ming Dynasty court. Throwing him into the small transparent coastal province was also very consistent with his temperament.

But he still wanted to do something when he was an official in the local area. However, the limitations of Binhai Province are too great, and there is nothing to do, so no matter how hard he has, he can do nothing.

However, his always safe temperament sometimes helps him a lot.

For example, he knew that the current situation of Binhai Province was not as good as Longjiang Province, which was established at the same time. Therefore, he did not learn from Longjiang Province's methods and concentrated the energy of the whole province to give priority to building a model city headed by Heihe City.

Instead, we actively used the large area of ​​flat land on the south bank of Beiqinhai (Xingkai Lake) to establish a large-scale new immigrant village. We also used the water transportation advantages of Beiqinhai to establish a wharf and actively contact the Longjiang Province region on the north bank.

After two or three years of reclaiming and continuous immigration, the number of land in the local area has become considerable. The demand for support for the imperial court has become increasingly weak. With enough food to support people, Binhai Province can accept more new immigrants.

In addition, the tribes living in the mountains were not ignored by Wang Chenghan.

Compared with the somewhat tense tribe-civilian relationship in Longjiang Province, the coastal province has been much more relaxed and harmonious. Because Wang Chenghan paid more attention to the way of contact with the tribes and the people from the beginning!

After all, the new immigrants in the imperial court were foreign households, and the population was too small. If they had a turmoil with those tribes from the beginning, it would definitely be meaningless for local development. And he also took the initiative to allow those tribes to come and trade, which was a sufficient friendly attitude.

This method is still very effective!

As for those tribes on the ground, he also tried his best to get land from those tribes through Huairou and Consultation, such as using salt and sugar that the tribe urgently needed, or treating the tribe's people.

If the tribes are willing, they can even hire them.

This relatively equal attitude continued until the immigration side had enough to gain a foothold. He gradually expanded the scale of contact with those tribes, such as hiring more people, and trade with more tribes.

Later on, it became the option of allowing tribes to join the Ming Dynasty and build houses for them. Although this method of boiling frogs in warm water was not as fast and convenient as Longjiang Province used force coercion from the beginning, it was the least expensive.

In fact, because there are not many markets in the tribe, people are simple and simple. As long as they trade with them with a peaceful heart and ensure that they have strong force, the other party will generally repay their favor.

Especially in treating diseases and saving lives, due to the lack of medical conditions, the mortality rate of tribes has always been very high.

Knowing this, Wang Chenghan prescribed the right medicine and specially formed a medical team. He cooperated with the trade team to enter the mountains, traded in many tribes and cured diseases and saved people.

Generally speaking, those tribes who are sick and rely on luck will be grateful to the Ming government when they see their companions or are treated after they are completely cured.

This also gave the governments of Binhai Province a high prestige among tribes and people.

It became easier to guide more tribes to naturalize the Ming Dynasty.

The coastal province has been preparing for the plan of Pearl Harbor in the Northern Territory, which the imperial center had long been interested in. At first, because the coastal province was too desolate, the development of Vladivostok was slower than that of Supincheng.

After Wang Chenghan took office, he increased efforts to develop flat land south of the Beiqinhai, and gave priority to the construction of Vladivostok Port. In the past, a port where even 400-foot-large ships could not be docked, but now all 1,000-foot-large ships could be docked.

Moreover, in order to actively expand the advantages of Vladivostok, the official road between Vladivostok and Vladivostok was built early. There was also a land passage to the west, trying to open up a waterway connecting Tumen. However, because the governor of Jilin Province was not very active in this regard, and was afraid that they would weaken their status as Newport, so they did not build parts of the province.

With such sincerity, Wang Chenghan also played the emotional card and said bluntly that the coastal province had never specifically asked the court for anything, but the construction plan of the Northern Pearl Harbor cannot be ignored.

He even got a "Letter of People" written by the people, and the request was very strong. He also said bluntly that if the court agreed, the coastal province could immediately move the provincial capital to Vladivostok Port.

I believe that with the support of the whole province, its development will never be slower than that of Xingang in Jilin Province.
Chapter completed!