Chapter 1075
Road 1 heading north
Chapter 1075
Harugong stood at the height of the pier and looked at the subordinates who were boarding the ship, and found that he was still missing. The troop carrier on which the Special Operations Battalion boarded was obviously better than that of the Cavalry Battalion. He didn't need to know Qian Tian Dun probably approached Sun Changmi in advance to make a behind-the-scenes deal, so he specially transferred this batch of new ships that have not been used much from Fujian to undertake the task of transporting the special warfare battalion personnel.
If there is enough time, Harugong will probably take the initiative to complain about this "unfair" treatment, and help his subordinates to fight for the same conditions by the way, but now that the army is about to leave, we have to argue about this kind of thing again Just can't explain it.Although Harugong is extremely defensive, he still has a view of the overall situation. Even if he still has some dissatisfaction in his heart, he will not bring it up at this point in time.
Of course, even if the cavalry can only board ordinary passenger and cargo mixed sailboats, the horses of the cavalry battalion are still treated as a special horse transport ship. There will be no other troops competing with the cavalry battalion for this arrangement, because even The mounts of several senior military officials will also be taken care of by the cavalry battalion along the way.
"Shi Diwen, I'll leave the stall in Zhejiang to you!" Qian Tiandun held Shi Diwen's hand before parting, and confessed very seriously.The two of them started working together when they were stationed in Penghu, and later they led the coalition forces to attack the Zhoushan Islands together. During this nearly a year and a half, they developed a lot of tacit understanding, but now according to the deployment of the Ministry of National Defense, Shi Diwen will stay behind Zhoushan, while Qian Tiandun led the special warfare battalion to act as the vanguard of the troops going north. After that, it would be difficult for the two of them to have the opportunity to fight side by side again for a period of time.
"It's as if we won't see each other in the future... When you gain a firm foothold in Shandong and the coastal thaws in spring and summer tomorrow, I can come to your place to visit, and it's just a matter of taking a boat for a few days." Shi Diwen was very happy. Optimistic, and did not show too much parting.As for the work in Zhejiang, it will probably focus on trade and immigration in the next two to three years. The possibility of a large-scale conflict with Ming Dynasty or other armed forces is not high. The deployment of the military here is more to appease the hearts of the people. , At the same time, it is just a measure to facilitate the deployment of troops in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea in the future.
Although there will be a large-scale combat fleet going north this time, considering the freezing period of the local coastal waters in winter, it will be difficult for these warships to berth there. Most of the ships will return to Jiangsu and Zhejiang this winter to station.On the northern coastline of the Jiaodong Peninsula, there are only two theoretical ice-free ports, Dengzhou Shuicheng and Weihaiwei, but these two places were abandoned by the Ministry of Defense because they were too close to the Ming army station, and the coast of Zhifu Island chosen by the Ministry of National Defense is In this era, the Yantai Port area in later generations has a high probability of being frozen by sea ice in winter.So even if the northbound troops gain a firm foothold in the second half of the year, Shi Diwen will probably have to wait until next year to find an opportunity to visit his comrades in the local area.
"I have been preparing for this for a whole year, and now I can finally leave!" Wang Tom, who had already boarded the ship and stood at the bow of the flagship looking at the distant sea, did not feel much reluctance.The Ministry of National Defense has planned and prepared for quite a long time in order to take this step steadily.To be precise, since the Haihan army went north to attack Zhoushan in 1633, the Ministry of National Defense has been planning a follow-up plan to go north.
In order to safely maintain the [-]-kilometer supply line from Sanya to Shandong via the Fujian Strait and the Zhoushan Islands, Haihan did several other things after successfully taking control of the Zhoushan Islands.
First of all, in September last year, Wang Tom led the joint fleet formed with the Fujian Navy to go east to the Pacific Ocean, went to Miyako Island, wiped out the remnants of Shibazhi, and solved the only one near the Fujian Strait that could actually threaten the Haihan Sea. Armed Forces on Supply Lines.
Later, Minister of National Defense Yan Chujie also personally led the fleet in September, and joined Annan, Champa and other countries in the South China Sea to carry out a cruise and military exercise that spanned nearly three months. The Dutch in Davia City compromised in the negotiations on the formation of a transnational trade alliance, and set up military strongholds on Bangka Island, Belitung Island south of Ambuna Island, and Star Island at the eastern end of the Strait of Malacca. Han's sea control area pushed further south.
This move seems to have no direct connection with Zhoushan, which is thousands of miles away, but all the measures taken by the Ministry of National Defense in the South China Sea are to maintain peace and tranquility in the area south of Sanya, so that the military can rest assured that it will be stationed on Hainan Island. Part of the navy and army moved northward to participate in the northward march to Shandong.
It sounds like this plan is not complicated, but in actual operation, the negotiations on the formation of the South China Sea Trade Union on Abuna Island were completed at the end of December last year, and we can only hurry up in the first few months of the first half of this year. , Completed the preparation and mobilization of materials and personnel.
In the original plan, the Ministry of National Defense believed that it would be extremely difficult to resolve the hostile forces in Zhejiang’s official circles, and that the action might take a long time, so it actually made a plan to postpone the move northward for a year.However, the beheading operation carried out by the Ministry of Security in Hangzhou Mansion was really lucky. It only took more than ten days before and after, and the planned operation goal was achieved, and the operation was very clean, without leaving too many sequelae. .
It is now the end of July, and the time left for the Haihan army to take root in the local area is probably before the Bohai Bay freezes in early November, and it will take about three months to fully fight.Therefore, the Ministry of National Defense did not want to waste any more time, and sent a telegram to Zhoushan to start north immediately after getting ready.
On July 26, the Northward Fleet, fully loaded with crew, held a simple launching ceremony at the Dinghai Port Military Wharf. Several high-level military generals presided over the offering of incense at the wharf, and then the fleet composed of hundreds of sailboats They began to depart slowly in batches.
The vanguard is composed of six exploration-class ships, two expedition-class warships, two troop carriers, two supply ships and one scout speedboat. They will set off at a distance of about ten to fifteen nautical miles from the main fleet. , and kept in touch with the main fleet through radio and fireworks signals, under the command of the special warfare battalion commander Gao Qiaonan.
The sailing route of the Northward Fleet was also the plan after careful consideration of various situations by the Navy and the Shipping Department. Instead of taking the shortest route across the Yellow Sea in a straight line from south to north, it chose to go north along the Jiangsu coastline.This is mainly due to the consideration of navigation safety, so that when encountering poor sea conditions, a large number of civilian ships in the fleet can quickly dock to avoid danger.
If it is in the south, perhaps the military will choose the shortest route to save travel time, but the northern seas are relatively unfamiliar to the Navy and the Department of Shipping. Although choosing the near-shore route will increase the northward voyage by nearly half, it is safe. But it will be greatly improved.This is undoubtedly a better choice for the military, which has always pursued safety.
After sailing out of Dinghai Port, more than a dozen sailboats of the vanguard turned north, passed through the channel between Jintang Island and Zhoushan Island, and sailed towards Songjiang Mansion on the north bank of Hangzhou Bay.At present, Haihan's direct control area is on the Qushan Island line to the north of Zhoushan. After the fleet sails out of here, it is considered to have entered the sea area controlled by Daming.
The Haihan Fleet passes through Songjiang Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture, and Huai’an Prefecture along the coast of Jiangsu. However, according to information from the Ministry of Security, only a small number of sailors are stationed near the estuary of the Yangtze River among these prefectures. Nothing could threaten the existence of the Haihan fleet.The navigators assigned to the vanguard have experience in sailing back and forth between Zhoushan and Huai'an Mansion many times, and they are also familiar with the sea conditions of offshore routes. They hardly need to use the sextant and other positioning equipment on board. Can determine the correct course.
About two hours after the vanguard fleet set off, the main fleet also began to leave the port pier one after another. Since it included two majestic-class flagships, this was far more eye-catching than the vanguard.Most of the merchant ships and fishing boats that often operate in this sea area know that when a large ship like Haihan enters and leaves the port, it often has a relatively large mobilization, so almost all the civilian ships on the nearby sea stopped and watched the fleet slow down. After driving out of Dinghai Port, head north.
In the evening of the same day, the main fleet arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River smoothly.During this period, the sandbars at the mouth of the Yangtze River have not yet formed. The Hengsha Island and Changxing Island marked on the map have not yet appeared, and Chongming Island is currently only a few scattered sandbars, which have not yet appeared as a whole. contour.
The fleet did not choose to stay here, but continued heading north overnight. This is because Zhenhaiwei, Suzhou Prefecture, has several thousand households in this area, and even Chongming Island, which has not yet been formed, has a Chongming Shasuo.
After entering the offshore area of Suzhou Prefecture, it is not difficult to find that the coastline here is quite different from the map information held by the navy. This is because the sedimentation and land reclamation of hundreds of miles in later generations have not yet appeared in this era. Therefore, the coastline in this area is basically in a pristine state. Compared with the situation depicted on the map, the actual coastline is indented several miles to tens of miles inland.For this reason, the fleet specially dispatched two scout boats to observe and record the coastline so that the existing military maps can be revised in the future.
At dawn the next day, the fleet had already sailed into the boundary of Yangzhou Prefecture. Some fishing boats who went fishing saw the appearance of this huge fleet and avoided the coastline. The reputation of the Han people, but not many people really recognize the red and blue double-color flags of Haihan. Some people even thought that this was another wave of Japanese pirates gathering to attack, and fled to the coast in a hurry, planning to take their families to nearby counties as soon as possible. disaster.
The Haihan fleet ignored the feelings of these people and continued to march northward at full speed, arriving at Yancheng at the junction of Huai'an Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture at noon on the third day.Yancheng faces the Yellow Sea in the east, with flat terrain, criss-cross rivers and canals, and rich products.Because of the long hours of sunshine and the large area of tidal flats in the coastal plain, this place has been the location of the official saltworks since ancient times.
Since 119 BC, Yandu County has been established here. Du means "river for transporting salt". There is also a record in "Historical Records" that "there is a sea swallow in the East China Sea".In the Tang Dynasty, the Yancheng area was known as "the richest in the southeast of the country, with half the salary on the border", and more than one million stones of salt were produced every year.Even the place names here are mostly named after the establishment units such as "Tuan", "Zao", "General" and "Cang" related to the production organization in the salt-producing area.
The amount of salt produced in this place is so large that the small salt farms built by Haihan in the Zhoushan Islands do not have much advantage in terms of production costs.In the past two years, Shandong was in turmoil, and a large number of refugees fled south to Jiangsu, and many people entered the salt households to make a living. These cheap labor forces further lowered the production cost of Jiangsu sea salt.If you want to bring Haihan table salt into this area with the advantage of low prices, at least you have to wait until the Sanmenwan Salt Field near Shipusuo is completed and put into production.
Less than [-] nautical miles to the north of Yancheng is Haizhou, the main place Haihan used to recruit refugees from Shandong through other maritime merchants, and it is also the location of Lianyungang in later generations.However, in view of the large scale of the fleet going north this time, in order to avoid causing panic in the local area, the fleet did not sail directly into the port of Haizhou, but sent two ships to the local area to purchase a batch of fresh fruits and vegetables.
"The place of Haizhou, we must find a way to occupy it in the future, even if it is obviously difficult to do so, we must let the Ministry of Commerce intervene here." Sun Changmi looked at the chart and suddenly said.
Wang Tom knew that he was definitely not aimless, so he asked: "Is there a mine in this place?"
Sun Changmi nodded and explained: "I have read the mineral resources in the coastal area compiled by Tian Yeyou before. There is a large amount of phosphate rock in Haizhou. It is in Jinping Mountain, and it is close enough to the coastline, suitable for large-scale mining. .”
Phosphorus has many uses in military, industrial and agricultural fields. At present, there is a phosphate mine in the Haihan control area that has been mined for several years. It is located in the Damao area in the inland of Sanya.However, in the area north of Hainan Island, no stable supply of phosphate rock has been found yet.
Phosphate rock has no suitable uses for Ming Dynasty in this era, so no one is mining this kind of ore with an extremely low ignition point on a large scale.But for Haihan, this is a treasure waiting to be developed.However, how to get capital to enter the region to operate mines at that time is a headache for the Ministry of Commerce.
When they arrived in Haizhou, the fleet had sailed non-stop for four days, and on the fifth day they could enter the border of Shandong.Compared with the previously formulated voyage plan, the actual travel speed shortened the voyage by at least half a day.
The southern coastline of the Jiaodong Peninsula that will be entered next, the Ming Dynasty deployed more guards on this coastline. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's original concept of "setting up guards across the government and setting up guards across counties", there are Andong from south to north. Garrison strongholds such as Wei, Lingshanwei, Aoshanwei, Dasongwei, Jinghaiwei, and Chengshanwei are relatively tightly guarded.
(End of this chapter)
Harugong stood at the height of the pier and looked at the subordinates who were boarding the ship, and found that he was still missing. The troop carrier on which the Special Operations Battalion boarded was obviously better than that of the Cavalry Battalion. He didn't need to know Qian Tian Dun probably approached Sun Changmi in advance to make a behind-the-scenes deal, so he specially transferred this batch of new ships that have not been used much from Fujian to undertake the task of transporting the special warfare battalion personnel.
If there is enough time, Harugong will probably take the initiative to complain about this "unfair" treatment, and help his subordinates to fight for the same conditions by the way, but now that the army is about to leave, we have to argue about this kind of thing again Just can't explain it.Although Harugong is extremely defensive, he still has a view of the overall situation. Even if he still has some dissatisfaction in his heart, he will not bring it up at this point in time.
Of course, even if the cavalry can only board ordinary passenger and cargo mixed sailboats, the horses of the cavalry battalion are still treated as a special horse transport ship. There will be no other troops competing with the cavalry battalion for this arrangement, because even The mounts of several senior military officials will also be taken care of by the cavalry battalion along the way.
"Shi Diwen, I'll leave the stall in Zhejiang to you!" Qian Tiandun held Shi Diwen's hand before parting, and confessed very seriously.The two of them started working together when they were stationed in Penghu, and later they led the coalition forces to attack the Zhoushan Islands together. During this nearly a year and a half, they developed a lot of tacit understanding, but now according to the deployment of the Ministry of National Defense, Shi Diwen will stay behind Zhoushan, while Qian Tiandun led the special warfare battalion to act as the vanguard of the troops going north. After that, it would be difficult for the two of them to have the opportunity to fight side by side again for a period of time.
"It's as if we won't see each other in the future... When you gain a firm foothold in Shandong and the coastal thaws in spring and summer tomorrow, I can come to your place to visit, and it's just a matter of taking a boat for a few days." Shi Diwen was very happy. Optimistic, and did not show too much parting.As for the work in Zhejiang, it will probably focus on trade and immigration in the next two to three years. The possibility of a large-scale conflict with Ming Dynasty or other armed forces is not high. The deployment of the military here is more to appease the hearts of the people. , At the same time, it is just a measure to facilitate the deployment of troops in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea in the future.
Although there will be a large-scale combat fleet going north this time, considering the freezing period of the local coastal waters in winter, it will be difficult for these warships to berth there. Most of the ships will return to Jiangsu and Zhejiang this winter to station.On the northern coastline of the Jiaodong Peninsula, there are only two theoretical ice-free ports, Dengzhou Shuicheng and Weihaiwei, but these two places were abandoned by the Ministry of Defense because they were too close to the Ming army station, and the coast of Zhifu Island chosen by the Ministry of National Defense is In this era, the Yantai Port area in later generations has a high probability of being frozen by sea ice in winter.So even if the northbound troops gain a firm foothold in the second half of the year, Shi Diwen will probably have to wait until next year to find an opportunity to visit his comrades in the local area.
"I have been preparing for this for a whole year, and now I can finally leave!" Wang Tom, who had already boarded the ship and stood at the bow of the flagship looking at the distant sea, did not feel much reluctance.The Ministry of National Defense has planned and prepared for quite a long time in order to take this step steadily.To be precise, since the Haihan army went north to attack Zhoushan in 1633, the Ministry of National Defense has been planning a follow-up plan to go north.
In order to safely maintain the [-]-kilometer supply line from Sanya to Shandong via the Fujian Strait and the Zhoushan Islands, Haihan did several other things after successfully taking control of the Zhoushan Islands.
First of all, in September last year, Wang Tom led the joint fleet formed with the Fujian Navy to go east to the Pacific Ocean, went to Miyako Island, wiped out the remnants of Shibazhi, and solved the only one near the Fujian Strait that could actually threaten the Haihan Sea. Armed Forces on Supply Lines.
Later, Minister of National Defense Yan Chujie also personally led the fleet in September, and joined Annan, Champa and other countries in the South China Sea to carry out a cruise and military exercise that spanned nearly three months. The Dutch in Davia City compromised in the negotiations on the formation of a transnational trade alliance, and set up military strongholds on Bangka Island, Belitung Island south of Ambuna Island, and Star Island at the eastern end of the Strait of Malacca. Han's sea control area pushed further south.
This move seems to have no direct connection with Zhoushan, which is thousands of miles away, but all the measures taken by the Ministry of National Defense in the South China Sea are to maintain peace and tranquility in the area south of Sanya, so that the military can rest assured that it will be stationed on Hainan Island. Part of the navy and army moved northward to participate in the northward march to Shandong.
It sounds like this plan is not complicated, but in actual operation, the negotiations on the formation of the South China Sea Trade Union on Abuna Island were completed at the end of December last year, and we can only hurry up in the first few months of the first half of this year. , Completed the preparation and mobilization of materials and personnel.
In the original plan, the Ministry of National Defense believed that it would be extremely difficult to resolve the hostile forces in Zhejiang’s official circles, and that the action might take a long time, so it actually made a plan to postpone the move northward for a year.However, the beheading operation carried out by the Ministry of Security in Hangzhou Mansion was really lucky. It only took more than ten days before and after, and the planned operation goal was achieved, and the operation was very clean, without leaving too many sequelae. .
It is now the end of July, and the time left for the Haihan army to take root in the local area is probably before the Bohai Bay freezes in early November, and it will take about three months to fully fight.Therefore, the Ministry of National Defense did not want to waste any more time, and sent a telegram to Zhoushan to start north immediately after getting ready.
On July 26, the Northward Fleet, fully loaded with crew, held a simple launching ceremony at the Dinghai Port Military Wharf. Several high-level military generals presided over the offering of incense at the wharf, and then the fleet composed of hundreds of sailboats They began to depart slowly in batches.
The vanguard is composed of six exploration-class ships, two expedition-class warships, two troop carriers, two supply ships and one scout speedboat. They will set off at a distance of about ten to fifteen nautical miles from the main fleet. , and kept in touch with the main fleet through radio and fireworks signals, under the command of the special warfare battalion commander Gao Qiaonan.
The sailing route of the Northward Fleet was also the plan after careful consideration of various situations by the Navy and the Shipping Department. Instead of taking the shortest route across the Yellow Sea in a straight line from south to north, it chose to go north along the Jiangsu coastline.This is mainly due to the consideration of navigation safety, so that when encountering poor sea conditions, a large number of civilian ships in the fleet can quickly dock to avoid danger.
If it is in the south, perhaps the military will choose the shortest route to save travel time, but the northern seas are relatively unfamiliar to the Navy and the Department of Shipping. Although choosing the near-shore route will increase the northward voyage by nearly half, it is safe. But it will be greatly improved.This is undoubtedly a better choice for the military, which has always pursued safety.
After sailing out of Dinghai Port, more than a dozen sailboats of the vanguard turned north, passed through the channel between Jintang Island and Zhoushan Island, and sailed towards Songjiang Mansion on the north bank of Hangzhou Bay.At present, Haihan's direct control area is on the Qushan Island line to the north of Zhoushan. After the fleet sails out of here, it is considered to have entered the sea area controlled by Daming.
The Haihan Fleet passes through Songjiang Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture, and Huai’an Prefecture along the coast of Jiangsu. However, according to information from the Ministry of Security, only a small number of sailors are stationed near the estuary of the Yangtze River among these prefectures. Nothing could threaten the existence of the Haihan fleet.The navigators assigned to the vanguard have experience in sailing back and forth between Zhoushan and Huai'an Mansion many times, and they are also familiar with the sea conditions of offshore routes. They hardly need to use the sextant and other positioning equipment on board. Can determine the correct course.
About two hours after the vanguard fleet set off, the main fleet also began to leave the port pier one after another. Since it included two majestic-class flagships, this was far more eye-catching than the vanguard.Most of the merchant ships and fishing boats that often operate in this sea area know that when a large ship like Haihan enters and leaves the port, it often has a relatively large mobilization, so almost all the civilian ships on the nearby sea stopped and watched the fleet slow down. After driving out of Dinghai Port, head north.
In the evening of the same day, the main fleet arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River smoothly.During this period, the sandbars at the mouth of the Yangtze River have not yet formed. The Hengsha Island and Changxing Island marked on the map have not yet appeared, and Chongming Island is currently only a few scattered sandbars, which have not yet appeared as a whole. contour.
The fleet did not choose to stay here, but continued heading north overnight. This is because Zhenhaiwei, Suzhou Prefecture, has several thousand households in this area, and even Chongming Island, which has not yet been formed, has a Chongming Shasuo.
After entering the offshore area of Suzhou Prefecture, it is not difficult to find that the coastline here is quite different from the map information held by the navy. This is because the sedimentation and land reclamation of hundreds of miles in later generations have not yet appeared in this era. Therefore, the coastline in this area is basically in a pristine state. Compared with the situation depicted on the map, the actual coastline is indented several miles to tens of miles inland.For this reason, the fleet specially dispatched two scout boats to observe and record the coastline so that the existing military maps can be revised in the future.
At dawn the next day, the fleet had already sailed into the boundary of Yangzhou Prefecture. Some fishing boats who went fishing saw the appearance of this huge fleet and avoided the coastline. The reputation of the Han people, but not many people really recognize the red and blue double-color flags of Haihan. Some people even thought that this was another wave of Japanese pirates gathering to attack, and fled to the coast in a hurry, planning to take their families to nearby counties as soon as possible. disaster.
The Haihan fleet ignored the feelings of these people and continued to march northward at full speed, arriving at Yancheng at the junction of Huai'an Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture at noon on the third day.Yancheng faces the Yellow Sea in the east, with flat terrain, criss-cross rivers and canals, and rich products.Because of the long hours of sunshine and the large area of tidal flats in the coastal plain, this place has been the location of the official saltworks since ancient times.
Since 119 BC, Yandu County has been established here. Du means "river for transporting salt". There is also a record in "Historical Records" that "there is a sea swallow in the East China Sea".In the Tang Dynasty, the Yancheng area was known as "the richest in the southeast of the country, with half the salary on the border", and more than one million stones of salt were produced every year.Even the place names here are mostly named after the establishment units such as "Tuan", "Zao", "General" and "Cang" related to the production organization in the salt-producing area.
The amount of salt produced in this place is so large that the small salt farms built by Haihan in the Zhoushan Islands do not have much advantage in terms of production costs.In the past two years, Shandong was in turmoil, and a large number of refugees fled south to Jiangsu, and many people entered the salt households to make a living. These cheap labor forces further lowered the production cost of Jiangsu sea salt.If you want to bring Haihan table salt into this area with the advantage of low prices, at least you have to wait until the Sanmenwan Salt Field near Shipusuo is completed and put into production.
Less than [-] nautical miles to the north of Yancheng is Haizhou, the main place Haihan used to recruit refugees from Shandong through other maritime merchants, and it is also the location of Lianyungang in later generations.However, in view of the large scale of the fleet going north this time, in order to avoid causing panic in the local area, the fleet did not sail directly into the port of Haizhou, but sent two ships to the local area to purchase a batch of fresh fruits and vegetables.
"The place of Haizhou, we must find a way to occupy it in the future, even if it is obviously difficult to do so, we must let the Ministry of Commerce intervene here." Sun Changmi looked at the chart and suddenly said.
Wang Tom knew that he was definitely not aimless, so he asked: "Is there a mine in this place?"
Sun Changmi nodded and explained: "I have read the mineral resources in the coastal area compiled by Tian Yeyou before. There is a large amount of phosphate rock in Haizhou. It is in Jinping Mountain, and it is close enough to the coastline, suitable for large-scale mining. .”
Phosphorus has many uses in military, industrial and agricultural fields. At present, there is a phosphate mine in the Haihan control area that has been mined for several years. It is located in the Damao area in the inland of Sanya.However, in the area north of Hainan Island, no stable supply of phosphate rock has been found yet.
Phosphate rock has no suitable uses for Ming Dynasty in this era, so no one is mining this kind of ore with an extremely low ignition point on a large scale.But for Haihan, this is a treasure waiting to be developed.However, how to get capital to enter the region to operate mines at that time is a headache for the Ministry of Commerce.
When they arrived in Haizhou, the fleet had sailed non-stop for four days, and on the fifth day they could enter the border of Shandong.Compared with the previously formulated voyage plan, the actual travel speed shortened the voyage by at least half a day.
The southern coastline of the Jiaodong Peninsula that will be entered next, the Ming Dynasty deployed more guards on this coastline. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's original concept of "setting up guards across the government and setting up guards across counties", there are Andong from south to north. Garrison strongholds such as Wei, Lingshanwei, Aoshanwei, Dasongwei, Jinghaiwei, and Chengshanwei are relatively tightly guarded.
(End of this chapter)