In late March, 3,000 captured soldiers from Haiyang returned to the sea in batches, and it was only after Zhen's forces in Haiyang County and the generals loyal to Zhen took control of Naju and other southern prefectures and counties of Haiyang County that Zhen Feng finally crossed the sea and returned to Goryeo.

In order to avoid Goryeo falling into a civil war, Na Hyuk Xiongqi could only ask Goryeo Prime Minister Zuo Jing to compromise with Zhen Feng and return the position of governor of Haiyang County to Zhen Feng, and Kim Seung-yue was immediately reappointed as the governor of Shannam County.

At this time, it was known in Goryeo that Danra had set up the Dongju Governor's Office in Goto, Hirado, Matsuura and other places, and that he had attached Dakou Chi Guan, and that the Onsgo clan, the Saga clan had made an alliance with Danra, and almost the entire power of Kitakyushu Island was brought together by Huaidong to fight against Goryeo.

Even if Zhen Feng did not secretly defect to Huaidong, it was obvious that Zhen Feng could not be expected to send troops to Haiyang County to contain Huaidong's forces in Haidong at this stage. Sannam-gun, which is located in the southern (southeast) part of the Goryeo Peninsula with Haiyang-gun, is under great pressure.

And Jin Chengyue, who was reappointed to Shannan County, as the confidant of Zuo Jing, the minister of state, obviously has to make some arrangements in Shannan County to prevent any changes in Zhen's behavior in Haiyang County.

Goryeo Prime Minister Zuo Jing also stationed heavy troops in Tanyang, Gujin and other state cities in the north of Haiyang County, and at the same time transferred the naval army of the Urging Ministers to Funan Islands in the northwest of Haiyang County, which shows Zhen Feng's vigilance.

Huaidong's plan to divide the tiger is very clever, and if it cannot resolve Zhen Feng's defense and Zuo Jing's suspicion, Goryeo will involve considerable energy in this kind of confrontation.

Nahe Xiongqi, Hao Feihu and others had nothing to do about it, and seeing that the situation in Haidong had temporarily calmed down, they left Goryeo one after another in early April.

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As the weather gets hotter and hotter in April, people in Jeju City are changing into thin clothes.

Saga Yorigen and Kingo Tsuno both left Danra Island one after another and returned to their respective territories, but they both sent their henchmen and retainers to stay behind to be responsible for liaison and coordination.

The four families formed an alliance, and the Saga clan, the Onsago clan, and the Uchie clan all recognized the status of the Toshu Prefecture.

In addition to Tsushima Island, the Saga clan also received an additional 2,000 prisoners of war and the right to share the tax of the Fukue Island Free Port, which greatly eliminated the resentment and resentment of being forced to cede Hirado and Matsuura.

Since Fukue Island was surrounded by the Toshu Prefecture and the Saga clan, it was natural that the Oongo clan could not benefit from the tax revenue. Located at the northern gateway of the Seto Inland Sea, the Shimobaguan Strait (only one mile wide at its narrowest point) controlled by the Onsago clan is the only route to Fukue Island from the southern part of Honshu Island and the southeastern part of Kyushu Island. Truly operating the Fukue Island Free Trade Port, the Oongo clan will not benefit from this maritime trade route less than the Saga clan.

This is also the main reason why Jinno rushed to Jeju City as soon as possible after the Huaidong Army's great victory at Danluo Island.

The Haidong trade route from Chongju to Jeju, from Jeju to Fukue Island, to the northern part of Kyushu Island, the northern part of Honshu Island, Ezo Island (present-day Hokkaido), or from the Seto Inland Sea to the southwestern part of Kyushu Island and the southern part of Honshu Island, was officially opened.

Goryeo and Huaidong faced off militarily, but they could not completely prevent the maritime merchants in the eastern part of the Goryeo Peninsula from going to sea for profit. Or through the maritime merchants of the Honshu Island vassal power, at least the eastern counties of the Goryeo Peninsula will also be connected with the Haedong trade route.

By achieving this step, the purpose of Lin Lian's cross-sea expedition led by the Huaidong Army was successfully completed.

Through the Haidong Trade Road, the bulk commodities of Jiangdong County can be transported to the Haidong region relatively smoothly for profit, and the metals, horses, medicinal materials, timber, sea salt and other materials in the Haidong region are also urgently needed in Huaidong, and even furs can be purchased from Ezo Island and Kuyi Island (Sakhalin Island) farther away.

The Saga clan and the Kongo clan wanted to join forces to expand the armament of the Osumi Taira clan in the southern part of Kyushu Island, and there was a great demand for sophisticated armor and warships.

At present, Huaidong will also carry out large-scale reserves of armor and ordnance in order to prepare for the large-scale expansion of the army in the future, and for the time being, Huaidong armor will not be transported to Huaidong on a large scale for sale.

In the battle of Danluo Island, in addition to nearly 7,000 prisoners of war, the Huaidong Army also obtained more than 20,000 pieces of armor and ordnance, but there was no need to bother transporting them back.

The Goryeo people also wanted to win this battle before, and the soldiers and horses who crossed the sea to help in the later period were all elite infantry soldiers drawn from Kannai County and Shannan County, and their armor was strong.

Lin Jian just returned the 3,000 guns and spears to the soldiers of Haiyang County, and all the good things were kept. In particular, armor, bows, crossbows, high-quality steel knives, etc., were only given to Dan Luo in a small amount, and the surplus was packaged and sold to the Saga clan and the Kongo clan.

Sell this batch of captured armor to get 200,000 taels of silver, which is almost enough to make up for the military expenses of this cross-sea expedition.

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"There are almost fifteen or sixteen Haikou forces in the north of Kyushu, and your left family is not the largest and strongest one, it is Lei Zhengming of Iki Island, and the warships, soldiers and horses under his command are on a par with you, do you know why I want you to serve as the governor of Dongzhou?" Lin Jian stood on the long cape of Jeju Port, his eyes looking at the blue sea in the distance, talking to Chi Xuan on his side, Zhao Hu and Lin Jingzhong accompanied him, and in the distance, the military guards were on guard, guarding against people who were not close to him.

"Chi Zhou is ignorant, and he only knows that he is grateful to the envoy for Zai Pei...... Chi Zhou said.

Iki Island is not a force weaker than the South Five Islands, but it is sandwiched between Tsushima Island, Five Islands and Kyushu Island, and the Kongo clan has also made it clear that they will give up their secret support for Iki Island, even if Lei Zhengming has nearly 2,000 soldiers in his hands, what way out can he have?

Lei Zhengming finally chose to join the Saga family, and Chi Zhou had nothing to be sad about, after all, Lei Zhengming's soldiers were more than Dongzhou soldiers, so let him merge into Dongzhou, Chi Zhou was also worried that there would be a threat of a big bully.

"If it weren't for the situation, I know you wouldn't be willing to become a pirate," Lin Jian said, "Unlike other pirate forces who plunder and plunder, you have the intention of running the South Five Islands." Lei Zhengming has nothing but two thousand soldiers and a pirate den on Iki Island? In addition to the three battalions of soldiers and horses, over the past ten years, you have successively attracted more than 2,000 poor households from the coastal areas of Zhejiang, Guangnan, and Jianghuai to enrich the southern five islands......

"I can't hide anything from the eyes of adults, Chi Zhou has been adrift in the lake and sea for half his life, and he doesn't want to follow Chi Zhou's brothers over the years, but in the end, he didn't find a place, but he fished out the end of his body and dismembered his body, so from Chi Zhou to the brothers below, I am very grateful to the adults...... "Chi Zhou said earnestly.

Before, he was afraid of the prestige of the Huaidong Army and the kindness of Lin Lian's deliberate promotion, and Chi Zhou was in awe of Lin Lian; At this time, it was just that the deep thoughts in his heart were recognized by Lin Xuan, and Chi Xuan felt another thing in his heart.

The title of Lin Jian has also been changed from "system envoy" to "adult", seeing that the Huaidong Military Division is so thriving, Chi Zhou also has the desire to integrate into Huaidong.

The land of Dongzhou, which is no bigger than a county, is surrounded by wolves, as long as Huaidong can protect the wealth of the Chi family, the lord of Dongzhou should not be appropriate, it really does not make much sense.

"The affairs of the Saga family, I can't talk too much; Dongzhou is still dominated by Fusang people, and there are nearly 2,000 prisoners of war to Dongzhou on this trip, and I hope you can settle them well. Lin Jian didn't say much, he couldn't stop talking, Chi Xuan could comprehend the best, but if he couldn't comprehend, there would be means in the future.

"Thank you, for a point." Chi Xuan replied with a heart.

Lin Jian didn't care whether Chi Zhou really understood or not, the current power structure in the Haidong region was the most favorable to Huaidong, and he couldn't directly recruit the Chi family and go to other things.

In the past ten years, Chi Zhou has recruited refugees from the mainland to the five islands, and there are only 2,000 households. Compared with the 16,000 Fusang households in Dongzhou, the proportion of people who have moved from the mainland is very small.

When the 2,000 young and strong prisoners of war of the Goryeo people were settled, it was equivalent to moving 2,000 people to Dongju to emigrate. While weakening the power of the local wealthy clans in Toshu, it was in fact able to weaken the influence of the Saga clan on the Matsuura and Hirado areas to a considerable extent.

"After I leave Haidong, Zhao Hu is the guardian of the Haidong camp, and Lin Jingzhong is the inspector of the Jeju Inspection Division, if you have anything, both of them can make up their minds for me!" Lin Jian said.

"I know." Chi Xuan said.

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In order to ensure Huaidong's influence on the Haidong region, in order to ensure Huaidong's monopoly on the Haidong trade route, and in order to cope with the military pressure from Goryeo, Lin Jian must have an elite combat force stationed in the Haidong region.

Since late March, Lin Jian has drawn four battalions of soldiers from the personal guard battalion, one battalion of sailors from the second water battalion, and one sentry from the cavalry to form the Haidong Battalion Army, which is mainly stationed in Jeju City, and Zhao Hu is the guardian of the Haidong Battalion, overseeing the military and political affairs of Huaidong in the Haidong region.

Before the war, Huaidong had less than 400 troops stationed in Jeju, but after the formation of the Haidong Camp, the total number of troops stationed in Jeju was nearly 4,000, which was nearly ten times larger.

Chi Zhou then retired, leaving Zhao Hu and Lin Jingzhong on the long cape to accompany Lin Jian to watch the sunset. Five or six years ago, who would have thought that three inconspicuous young men in Shanglin would only hold the power of these today?

"I'll go back to Huaidong tomorrow, and I'll leave it to the two of you," Lin Jian said, "Sooner or later, the Donghu people will take this move of Goryeo, and the pressure on the Jinhai grain road will get bigger and bigger." We even have to seriously consider the situation that Yanjing was broken and the Dongyu Iron Cavalry advanced to the north bank of the Yellow River, Haidong is really the lifeblood of Huaidong, you must be cautious here! ”

Zhao Hu and Lin Jingzhong both felt that the pressure on their shoulders was not light, and listened carefully to Lin Lian's detailed strategy for running Haidong.

"Huaidong is not the only place in the mainland that can be connected to the Haidong trade route," said Lin, "and apart from severely cracking down on private traders from Fujian and Zhejiang, the Haidong camp has no name to openly prevent sea ships from Pyonggang, Shandong, and Hajian provinces from coming to Jeju to trade." In fact, we should encourage them to come. However, there are a few points to pay special attention to, one is that the raw silk, tea and iron exported from the Huaidong region are all franchised by the Jiyun Society, and maybe the Heishui Ocean Ship Club can be involved in the later stage, so we will discuss it later. The second is to transport raw silk and tea iron from other regions to Haidong for sale, and carry out three to sixty percent of the physical division, and sixty percent of raw silk and silk fabrics. Third, except for the Jiyun Society and the Heishui Foreign Shipping Society, Haiyan has imposed an embargo on all other maritime merchants. Fourth, horses purchased from the Haidong region are only allowed to be transported to Huaidong for sale. I think of four points for the time being, what do you think, and the addition is that we should think about it as much as possible, and we must make an announcement to the maritime merchants, and don't ......change the order every day."

Raw silk, a high-value cargo, is the most profitable to be shipped to the Haidong region, with almost 20 times the profit. A sea ship loaded with 400 loads of raw silk and transported to Kyushu Island was worth 160,000 taels of silver.

After Lin Jian couldn't go to great lengths to open up the Haidong trade route, he let Haiyu Chen and other forces get the greatest benefit from it. After all, for the Chen family and other forces, it is not very difficult to build a ship to go to sea.

Before the war, the Haidong region imported about 3,000 to 4,000 quintals of raw silk and silk fabrics from the mainland every year through piracy and private trade, so that the price was so high. After the opening of Haidong commodities, if not controlled, the trade volume of raw silk is likely to increase exponentially, and the price will naturally fall sharply.

In order to ensure the interests of Huaidong and ensure that Huaidong can obtain sufficient funds to raise the army from the Haidong trade route, it is inevitable to carry out an additional high proportion of points for profiteering commodities in addition to the tax.

Lin Jian really has the ability to tightly control the trade in the Haidong region without revealing a single seam, and the annual profit of Huaidong can reach more than one million taels of silver in raw silk alone.

This was only an ideal goal, and after the luxury family controlled most of Fujian and Zhejiang, the maritime trade route from Mingzhou and Jin'an to Kagoshima in the southern region of Kyushu Island was also opened.

Another important task of the Haidong camp was to crack down on and block this trade route, and to restrict the luxury families from profiting from the maritime trade in the Haidong region.