? Qu County is facing the sea in the east, and there are mountains standing on the shore. The highest point is called Yunu Peak (now the main peak of Huaguo Mountain in Lianyungang). The trees on the mountain are green, fruit trees are flourishing, and waterfalls and springs are at the top of it.

One day in late June, the new Jin Navy Admiral, General Ziyi, accompanied by Mi Fang, the second son of the Mi family in Donghai, was excited to climb up the steps, climbed to the Jade Girl Peak, and admired the beautiful scenery formed by the changing of the sun and the moon.

"General Taishi, the mountain towering in the sea in the distance is Yuzhou Mountain where the fleet is circling by. This mountain is dozens of miles in radius, with birds and birds gathering on the mountain and beasts everywhere. Fishermen often cross over the mountain on boats to catch birds and beasts in the mountains..." Mi Fang pointed his hand at a large island in the sea that was vaguely visible in the distance, and patiently introduced to Taishici.

Taishi Ci took the binoculars from the guards who were accompanying him, carefully observed the mountainous terrain of Yuzhou Mountain, and from time to time he would ask a few questions to Mi Fang who was accompanying him.

"Brother Zifang (Mi Fang), I wonder if this Yuzhou Mountain has a master place?" Taishi Ci asked as if nothing had happened.

Mi Fang didn't know the intention of Taishi Ci's question, but he was entrusted by his brother Mi Zhu to accompany him. Mi Zhu repeatedly told him to treat Taishi Ci well with the above-mentioned guests, so he did not dare to be careless and answered truthfully: "The islands in the sea are under the jurisdiction of Donghai County. Because they are far away from land, only a few fishermen settled their homes on it, not the private property of any other family."

"Oh, who is the governor of Donghai now?" Taishi Ci asked again.

"I was originally from Pengcheng. Recently, I heard that Zhang Xi had gone to Xia Pi as prime minister, and the new county magistrate has not yet taken office. However, from the news found out from the family, the new county magistrate may be an old acquaintance of the general." Mi Fang replied.

When Taishi Ci heard Mi Fang say that the new Donghai Prefect might be his old acquaintance, he couldn't help but feel moved and asked: "The person I know in Xuzhou is just Er'er, and it's amazing that he happened to meet a county magistrate. I would like to ask Brother Fang to make it clear!"

Mi Fang replied mysteriously: "This man crossed the same boat with the general a few days ago, and was Chen Yuanlong, a famous scholar in Xia Pi!"

When Taishi Ci heard that the new Donghai Prefect was Chen Deng who had returned from Jin State, he suddenly had a bold idea in his heart, but his face was still as calm as before. He smiled and said, "It's so good. Before I return to the north, I would like to ask Chen Yuanlong for a glass of wedding wine to congratulate him!"

Afterwards, Taishici went down the mountain and returned to the Mi family in Qu County. They discussed some things with the head of the family Mi Zhu, which seemed to be related to doing business. However, even Mi Zhu thought that the business Taishici wanted to do this time sounded very bold. He actually planned to sell Yuzhou Mountain in the sea east of Qu County from the prefect of Donghai County!

As the first naval admiral, Zhao Xing gave Taishi Ci the power to be arbitrary. In some cases where there was no time to ask for instructions, Taishi Ci could take action first and then report as long as it was beneficial to the development of Jin State and the navy. Zhao Xing was even more generous in preparing for the establishment of the navy. As soon as he opened his mouth, he transferred Taishi Ci two million taels of silver as the start-up capital.

You should know that the guardians are now close to 200,000 people, and the military expenditure in a year is only six million taels of silver. The Jin Navy is now just at the beginning of its establishment. There are less than 10,000 people in total. Zhao Xing raised his hand and even allocated two million taels of silver.

In fact, Zhao Xing knew very well that two million taels of silver were not given more, but could barely deal with the situation. The construction and development of the navy were the most expensive troops. Not only did it cost to build large warships, but the expenses of navigating and training at sea were also increased exponentially than on land.

The final destination of Taishici's voyage this time was Quanzhou Shipyard, so he carried this huge amount of wealth on the ship with him. It was so confident that he had the idea of ​​buying Yuzhou Mountain.

The boss of Taishi did not have the idea of ​​buying an island on a whim. In fact, he wanted to use Yuzhou Mountain Island as the future advance base for the Jin Navy to go south, to build a large port and shore supply facilities here, and to entrust it to the Mi family to help with the care. Once the Taifu of the Japanese moves south, the island can play a huge role.

There is no doubt that Taishi Ci, who has been trained in the Wohu Martial Arts Hall system, has a long-term strategic vision and has begun to think about problems from Zhao Xing's perspective. The idea of ​​buying Yuzhou Mountain is undoubtedly a very desirable and appreciated behavior.

In early July, Taishici had been staying in Qu County, Donghai for nearly twenty days. During this period, Taishici conducted a careful investigation of the coastline near Qu County and made detailed records. With the help of the Mi family, he recruited another thousand sailors in Donghai County, and now he has boarded a paddle steamer and received simple military training and management with the other two thousand sailors.

Taishi Ci stayed slowly in Qu County and was not in a hurry to go north to Quanzhou. In fact, he was waiting for Chen Deng to come to Donghai to take office. He wanted to take down the purchase of Yuzhou Mountain Island before going north.

On July 8, Mi Zhu told Taishi Ci that Chen Deng had taken office and was coming to Qu County with his staff, as if he was coming to visit the Mi family. So Taishi Ci stopped wandering around and waited for the arrival of his old acquaintance Chen Deng in Mi Mansion.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Taishi Ci and Chen Deng are old acquaintances. In fact, Chen Deng and Mi Zhu are also acquaintances. Their friendship originated from the time they went north together and formed friendships when they were in the Qingxu Army. Several of them were born in counties and counties in the east, and they had the same living habits. In addition, the relationship between Kong Rong and Tao Qian was relatively harmonious, so it was naturally easier for them to get along with each other as their subordinates.

On July 10, Chen Deng, who was willing to get along with the Mi family and then approached Jin State, finally stepped into the Mi family's mansion. When he saw that the crowd who came to welcome him was Taishi Ci and not Mi Zhu, he was shocked.

After Chen Deng carefully interrogated it, he realized that after Taishi Ci sent them to Gaotang, he did not lead the team to go upstream and return to Jin State. Instead, he went downstream and sailed from the sea to the east to Qu County. Chen Deng secretly admired his father's sharp judgment in his heart, and was really strongly told by him: Zhao Xing's desire to form a navy was not very big, but he actually wanted to dominate the sea and take all the coastal areas of the Han Dynasty into his pocket.

Chen Deng, Mi Zhu and Tai Shi Ci were very familiar with each other, so after some greetings, he told Mi Zhu that he wanted to further strengthen the relationship between Chen and Mi families in front of Tai Shi Ci.

Mi Zhu is not stupid, and Taishi Ci is not even stupid. When he heard Chen Deng’s words, he immediately understood the Chen family’s idea. So the three of them hit it off and stopped talking nonsense. They directly took Yuzhou Mountain Island as the introduction to the main topic of secret cooperation.

Since the Chen family took the initiative to move closer to Jin State, there must be some specific actions and expressions. Therefore, Yuzhou Mountain Island became a meeting gift for Chen Deng to contribute to Jin State. Taishici's plan to the island was not only successfully implemented, but also symbolically paid a very low price of 5,000 taels of silver, and became the "island owner" of Yuzhou Mountain Island.

Of course, the new prefect Chen Deng would never honestly report to the court that he sold a large island worth tens of miles to Zhao Xing, Jin State at a price of radish and cabbage. Chen Deng would only say that there is an island east of Qu County, a radius of hundreds of feet, and could barely live in twenty or thirty fishermen. Now he sold it to local fisherman Shi Tai for a high price of 5,000 taels of silver. The money he earned was used to rescue emergency victims...

This is what the official said, and it makes sense no matter how you say it. ~
Chapter completed!