Chapter 475 475. Cheng Gang's Choice
Cheng Gang looked at the map, he wanted to ask for a very fertile land, because the land is fertile, then there is food, there is food, you can recruit soldiers, and if you have soldiers, you can stand out among the nobles of Chu and become the new three major families.
This is what Cheng Gang thought, but he soon realized that his idea was very good, but the reality was very cruel, he had just surrendered to this Zhaoyang, and he had not made any achievements, and this Zhaoyang was going to give him a title and give him a fief.
No matter how you look at it, it's a trap, but you can't guess what's wrong.
However, this Zhaoyang asked him to choose a territory, he didn't have to choose, he had to choose a territory, he was silent for a while, and then saw the Haixi Ba Min on the map, many places in these Ba Min are empty lands.
He thought of going to Fujian to discuss with Wu Qian and others, to be a bandit, if he got the city of Fujian, wouldn't it be much better than going to a barren mountain and being a bandit?
Although Fujian is mountainous, in order to facilitate the domination of Fujian, there are still eight core cities in Fujian, but these eight cities are manned, and those who are unmanned are all cottages.
Because many places are very barren, and surrounded by mountains and forests, there is no value in building a city wall, so a cottage is built, and the city owner is actually the owner of the village.
And there are many mountains in Fujian, and there are many cottages, in this land of Fujian, there are many ownerless villages, and there are also many cottages with owners.
And Cheng Gang wants to choose to go to Fujian and become a nobleman, in fact, he is to be the owner of the village, but if he goes to be the owner of the cottage, it will be the same as their previous plan, but the cottage does not need to be built by themselves, and they do not have to choose to go to the barren mountains and no people's places, but they can directly live in a relatively large cottage, and the cottage where they are stationed can also bring them a certain amount of income.
After all, the cottage is very large, there are people who do business and farm land, which is to be taxed for them, and there is also a place in the cottage, and he can take people to reclaim it.
Although the tax is very small, the mosquitoes also have meat on their legs, and they are very content to eat meat, which is completely beyond their initial idea.
Their initial idea was to build a village on a barren mountain, where there were no inhabitants, so they could only cultivate crops and do the business of tolls.
However, because of Zhaoyang's words, Cheng Gang and the others exceeded their previous plan, Cheng Gang pointed to a place in Ba Min and said, "Your Majesty, I want to go to Ba Min!" ”
Zhaoyang was stunned, he didn't expect that this Cheng Gang would choose Ba Fujian, with his plan, he thought that this Cheng Gang would choose a very rich place, and then he was playing on the topic, and then won Cheng Gang.
But Cheng Gang chose Ba Fujian, where birds don't, which made his plan shelved, not only shelved, but also gave him the land and title of Ba Fujian, otherwise you would go against the words of Steel City, the so-called king's golden mouth, without a special reason, he couldn't take back what he just said.
At first, he wanted Cheng Gang to choose a place with very fertile land, and then used the topic to play, saying that Cheng Gang wanted to rebel, colluded with Wu Qi or something, framed him, and then murdered Cheng Gang.
As for his legion, it would be better if it could be in his hands, and if it could not be in his own hands, then he would use the problem to solve it.
But Cheng Gang chose to go to Fujian, he couldn't implement this kind of plan, everyone knew that he went to Fujian, and basically couldn't come back.
In that kind of place where birds don't, they can also mix food and clothing, and if they want to make a fortune and raise soldiers, it is simply unrealistic to get out of the customs.
Of course, Cheng Gang and they didn't think about it, find a place, live a stable life, if you want to talk about poverty, it is Fujian, but if you want to say safe, but it is also Fujian.
Although Ba Min is a dangerous place and a strong fortress place, it is not a place where soldiers must fight, and no one is willing to take this place, because it is too poor and it is a burden to take it.
That place can't bring you any income, and sometimes, you have to subsidize a lot of money in the past, and Ba Min is such a place.
After all, the place is very poor, although the land is not small, there is a lot of fruit to eat, but it produces very little food, after all, although the land is large, but the land needs to be cultivated, and where the land is very difficult to cultivate, more importantly, by the sea, where there are often typhoons and torrential rains.
This has created a meagre grain yield, many people generally rely on natural plants to survive, but the army can't rely on eating that thing, because of the water and soil, where you live for a long time, or very hungry to eat that thing is no problem, but the army has to fight, eat that thing, who knows if it will get sick, who knows if it will decline in combat effectiveness or something.
Generally, unless there is a great shortage of food, they will pick local unknown plants for eating, and under normal circumstances, they will eat logistics supplies, or use war to feed the war and rob the enemy's food.
But if you eat a strange fruit you don't know, you have to starve to death, and if you don't eat it, you will die.
There are a lot of natural fruits in the land of Fujian, only the local people know whether they can eat it, and there are many locals, there is a disaster, there is no food, they rely on taking things to survive, and people in other places don't know at all, you transport to other places, people don't dare to eat, and more importantly, you transport things out of Fujian, the cost is very high.
And if there is a natural disaster such as a typhoon or heavy rain in Fujian, and all the food is destroyed, then you have to take out a sum of money to carry out disaster relief.
Because of the frequent occurrence of heavy rains and typhoons, this relief is basically every year, but because the locals are familiar with the local environment, they can use exotic fruits to eat.
But the soldiers you are stationed in are not local, and they need your food relief.
And the soldiers stationed there are all with their families......
And because of the migration of the Yue people, the people who live in Ba Fujian are basically soldiers and the families of the soldiers, and the local Yue people are very few, but it is not nothing, and there are some people who stay there.
After all, it is their hometown, and everyone has a sense of homesickness, and some Yue people are old, so they take their money and return to Fujian.
Although there are few people, but there is a disaster, how to say that it is also your people, and as a monarch, you still have to send money to help.
However, I got a piece of land, and I threw it away, and I felt that it was a pity, because it was their place of origin, and they couldn't throw it, and after Chu got it, it was because you got it, and you threw it, which is a pity.
What's more, although the land of Fujian is poor, the men who came out of it are very strong, with the brave fighting spirit of the Xianyue people, and the Chu State recruited them under its own banner, so that they can become their warriors and fight for them on the battlefield.
It is also for this reason that the State of Chu did not care about the land of Fujian, and still attached great importance to this place during the war, because the people who came out of this place were fierce, brave in battle, and had the courage and ruthlessness of the pioneers of the Yue Kingdom.
Zhaoyang looked at Cheng Gang and asked, "Are you sure you want this place?" ”