In the study of the parliament building.

After the banquet, Zhen Qian left Wei Jian alone, brewed a cup of strong black tea and tasted it slowly, his eyes swept over the somewhat restrained Wei Jian from time to time.

Wei Jian was dressed in a cyan robe, his body was slender, his face was a little haggard, slightly sickly, according to Zhen Qian's understanding, this person was bold and careful, he used to be a scholar, but he dared to hook up with the girl who was next to the young master, which was at most a violation of customs in later generations, but in the era of the Tang Dynasty, it was a heinous crime, which shows that this person has no reverence for Shang.

However, Zhen Qian wanted to use this person's talent, not Wei Jian himself.

Thinking of this, Zhen Qian's eyes became cold, "I just asked you about the past, today you are promoted to the position of deputy manager of Qiumei Island, Qiumei Island is very important to an overseas plan, have you ever thought about how to get through Qiumei Island?" ”

Wei Jian also knew that he would not be tolerated by the world when he seduced the young master's side in the past, so he would go far away, in the society of monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons, even if Zhen Qian didn't care, other people's eyes and bad words could make his life worse than death.

Zhen Qian's words were equivalent to giving Wei Jian a reassurance, as long as Zhen Qian recognized this matter, others didn't dare to say anything, and immediately knelt down in gratitude and said: "The grace of the island owner's recreation, Wei will not dare to forget it in this life!" ”

"Get up!"

When it should be beaten, it will be beaten, and Zhen Qian will not be stingy when it is time to be gracious.

Wei Jian stood up and sat down again, full of curiosity about the young man in front of him who was four or five years younger than himself, when he took refuge in Zhen Thirty-one, he thought that this group of forces was really a group of pirates, but he soon found that this group of people was not simple, and he saw the ambition of this group of people earlier than others, so he took the initiative to give Zhen Thirty-one advice, and slowly climbed to the position of the first strategist under Zhen Thirty-one.

But Wei Jian was not satisfied with spending his life in obscurity like this, Qiumei Island made Wei Jian see the opportunity, although he was born as a scholar, but when he used to study with the young master, because of his intelligence, and heard and saw in the young master's house, his mind has long exceeded that ordinary people don't know much, and he also saw Zhen Qian's ambition.

The entire Qiumei Island is the area of a low-class county in Datang, and now the population is only a few thousand, but in Wei Jian's eyes, it is a completely different scene.

Like most Tang people's understanding of overseas, Wei Jian didn't think that there was much development overseas, but it was just a place for himself to hide, a wild place, not educated, aborigines everywhere, and Ru Mao drank blood, such a place was abandoned by the Tang Dynasty, and even Tang merchants were unwilling to trade in these places.

In fact, Wei Jian is not the only one who has such ideas, but after seeing the rapid development of the Wufeng Islands, there are gradually fewer people who have such thoughts, and Wei Jian is one of them.

Wei Jian re-looked at everything that happened with his eyes, and suddenly found that his previous thoughts were ridiculous, the Wufeng Islands are indeed not big, even if they become the lord of one island, what can they do, but what about all the islands south of Saikaido? One Taiwan island alone is larger than the Tang Dynasty, and the area of the entire first island chain is combined, which can be compared to three or four states in the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, the Wa State can become the biggest threat to the Wufeng Islands, but the shipbuilding technology of the Wa State is too backward, and now the large-scale development of the navy in the Wufeng Archipelago will not take long to become a maritime power, and even threaten the sea frontier of the Tang Dynasty, thinking of these Wei Jian immediately understood that his opportunity had come.

Zhen Qian did not build a country at this time, but secretly, Wei Jian knew that it was just a matter of time, and it would not be long before a maritime power would be born, so should he do something at this time?

What does the deputy manager of Qiumei Island mean, Wei Jian has analyzed Zhen Qian's personnel arrangements, Zhen Jiu, Zhen ten, and Zhen Thirty-one all belong to the military system, and Qiumei Island is now temporarily under the military control, so there is Zhen Thirty-one under the leadership, and once all the natives on Qiumei Island are cleared, the real manager of Qiumei Island is himself, which is already equivalent to the county order of Datang County.

Thinking of this, Wei Jian's heart jumped wildly, and he could one day become a parent official in a county!

However, Wei Jian also knew very well in his heart that the reason why Zhen Qian did not immediately appoint himself as the manager of Qiumei Island was because he had his own thoughts about the school.

"Back to the Lord! Now we only occupy a piece of land at the southern end of Qiumei Island, the population is only thousands, the area is only hundreds of miles, the top priority is to gain a firm foothold, immigrate from the Tang Dynasty, reclaim the land for cultivation, prevent the indigenous sneak attack, consolidate the land that has been occupied, it is not easy to start a war with the indigenous people in a short period of time, and when we have a firm foothold, after the strength is strong, while carrying out slave trade with the indigenous people, while pulling and dividing the indigenous alliance, let them attack each other, we are good fishermen and profit from the best policy! ”

Zhen Qian just smiled, not to express his position, Wei Jian's words did not have any creativity, if Wei Jian only had these levels, he could only be a deputy steward in this life.

Seeing Zhen Gan's expressionless and noncommittal face, Wei Jian chuckled in his heart, knowing that his words did not convince Zhen Qian, and his impression in Zhen Qian's mind was divided into a step.

Wei Jian was one of the few scholars under Zhen Qian, his brain turned quickly, and he suddenly thought of why Zhen Qian wanted to capture Qiumei Island at this time, why Zhen Qian didn't arrange himself in Tanegashima or Yakushima, but in Qiumei Island, the purpose can only be trade and population, and he had an idea in his heart when he thought of this.

"The biggest advantage of Qiumei Island is not the size of the cultivated area, but the aborigines of the island and the convenience of transportation, now we are not short of cultivated area, but lack of cultivated population, although some displaced people can be transported from the Tang Dynasty, but after all, it is a drop in the bucket, and it is easy to be discovered by the Tang government, so in the future, how to get more indigenous slaves is one of the key ...... of Qiumei Island."

Speaking of this, Wei Jian glanced at Zhen Qian with his eyes, and found that Zhen Gan's face softened, knowing that his guess was correct.

"The second is the geographical location of Qiumei Island, in the past, the southern Tang merchants directly crossed the sea to trade with the Wa Kingdom, and it took more than a month and a half to reach the Wa Kingdom, and was subject to the annual monsoon climate, there are many inconveniences to and from the Wa Kingdom, but if it is changed to a direct Qiumei Island, the sea navigation time can be reduced by half a month, and the sea navigation is also safer through the first island chain to the north to reach the Wa Kingdom. A large number of Tang merchants entered the Wa Kingdom from Qiumei Island, and all the islands needed to provide supplements for food, drink and supplies along the way, which would bring huge business opportunities to Qiumei Island and even the first island chain, thereby driving the prosperity and development of the entire first island chain ....... ”

(End of chapter)