Volume 4 is in the ascendant Chapter 448: Preparing for Development
In December of the first year of the Chu calendar, envoys from all sides of Jinling said goodbye and left one after another. They were obviously unwilling to stay in Jinling for the New Year again. Even if they set off now, they might not be able to spend the New Year at home...
After a tug-of-war negotiation with the Ministry of Civil Affairs, each company obtained a trading quota for plate armor, as well as... a price that was painful but acceptable enough.
However, this plate armor was a restricted item of the Chu State, and it was specifically emphasized that it would only be traded with "like-minded" people. For this reason, the princes of all parties also agreed to some other conditions.
For example, private trade, accepting the export of Chu learning, and allowing the people to migrate to Chu on a limited basis...
In addition to using restricted goods trading as bargaining chips, it was also because Bai Tu proposed "study abroad", that is, for the technology of the Chu State!
Of course, Bai Tu also understood that their promises were just "stopgap measures".
Even though on the surface the State of Chu did nothing, and apart from accepting refugees, did not take any actions that directly harmed their interests, but...how could these cunning people possibly watch the State of Chu increase its influence?
Based on Bai Tu's understanding of them, the agreement will be effective for five years, even if they are honest people!
The process of leaving was also very distressing for these envoys - the road construction plan of Chu State had already begun. Although in Bai Tu's view, it had just "begun at the beginning", but for Jian Yong and others, they directly felt how much the "road" was different when they were in Chu State and when they returned to their own territory...
This is not a matter of them sitting in the carriage for a longer time or experiencing a more bumpy ride, but once the war breaks out, the Chu State will mobilize its troops at a faster speed and transport supplies at a lower cost and faster.
Even Jian Yong and Liu Ye did not think of more . However, after they went back and told this matter, Zhuge Liang, Xun Yu and others immediately thought that this also meant that the business in Chu would rise rapidly!
The people of the Eastern Han Dynasty, especially the common people, were almost adapting to the shrinking small commodity economy. However, for these ministers who governed the country, even if they could not come up with too many theories, they could still think of some general advantages.
Especially under the leadership of Chu, their productivity is also improving. How can they not see that this is one of Chu's combined punches...
Cao Cao and Liu Bei also wanted to build roads, but... after considering the cost, they thought it would be more cost-effective to invest in troops, so they gave up.
After seeing off envoys from all parties, Jinling welcomed messengers from the navy and Yizhou.
What Guan Ning sent back were only the routine reports that were brought back on the passenger ship every month. There were already two Yi girls in Yizhou, who officially became city girls of Chu. It was not the same as the previous transformation into city girls, but there was no essential difference between them and the city girls of Chu, except that some local characteristics were retained - ordinary city girls also had them, for example, Qu'a girl now had Qu'a wine as her specialty.
Guan Ning was confident that before he left office, there would not be a single "barbarian" left in Yizhou.
In his reply, Bai Tu also reminded Guan Ning that he could select young Dongyu people who are smart and outstanding and focus on teaching them, and send them to local county schools and universities for instruction, so that in the next imperial examination three years later, someone from Yizhou can pass the second place...
At the very least, it should be done to a degree where “the slacking off is not so obvious” - since it is a white map and the final review is based on the results, no one can say anything if the files of the top three scholars are promoted.
He also instructed Guan Ning not to call the people from Yizhou who surrendered as his own "Dongyu" but to call them by the place name Yizhou, just like the people from Jinling and Kuaiji.
Another letter from Gan Ning surprised Bai Tu even more - the area of Danzhou was equivalent to a smaller state that Chu State picked up for free!
Of course, it takes a lot of manpower and time to develop it.
The reason why Gan Ning did not come back, but instead took a small boat through Andong Port and Zhouhu Port to deliver the letter was because Tanzhou was too " big".
Compared with the spread of Chinese civilization today, Danzhou is not big, but for the princes from all sides, it can be called "fat".
Gan Ning even worried that if he left some generals behind like he did before and returned with the main fleet, would the generals left behind become the second Zhao Tuo?
In addition, the area of Danzhou is completely different from that of Yizhou, and it would be a pity not to utilize it.
Therefore, Gan Ning personally took charge of the situation while sending an urgent letter back, hoping to immediately occupy Tanzhou, establish a county system, and start immigration and reclamation.
According to Gan Ning's research, most of the hundreds of tribes of the Yamato people are distributed on the East Sea Island and the southwest of Tanzhou...
Bai Tu looked at the hand-drawn map by Gan Ning as a reference, and knew that the "East China Sea Island" Gan Ning mentioned was actually Kyushu Island in later generations, and the mainland of Danzhou was also Honshu Island.
Even in Donghai Island and Tanzhou, there are large areas of dense forests, swamps, and mountains that are difficult to develop, and there are no traces of tribes, let alone further north...
Gan Ning suggested that before civilizing the Yamato people, they should first occupy the unowned land, and mentioned that... he had summoned the major tribes on the East Sea Island, including the Idu Kingdom, the Bumi Kingdom, the Xiquan Kingdom, the Touma Kingdom, etc., and demarcated their territories.
Even on the most densely populated East China Sea Island, Gan Ning directly allocated half of it to the State of Chu, including all areas suitable for building ports. The other half was crowded with dozens of tribes, large and small - but it was not too crowded, after all, the dozens of tribes had less than 200,000 people in total.
As for why Gan Ning was able to demarcate the territory?
Well, of course, it depends on food, farm tools, and kitchen utensils on one hand, and weapons on the other...
Ahem, of course, Gan Ning did not use weapons to attack innocent people. He just traded weapons with several supporting tribes, including the Xiquan Kingdom.
After that everyone agreed, and eight tribes still insisted on joining the State of Chu . It was so easy to talk to them!
In his reply, Bai Tu also agreed with Gan Ning's idea, and just as Gan Ning requested, he was not simply sending them to Danzhou, but was preparing to directly "deploy" the governor candidate and the first batch of pioneers.
After all, before a stable route was opened up, communication between the Chu mainland and Danzhou was far less convenient than within the mainland, and it could not be solved by building roads.
In this case, it is still necessary to establish a "governor" with greater autonomy to govern the country - Yizhou can serve as a very successful precedent so far.
The Yamato people of Danzhou, because they were influenced by the people of the Central Plains and the Three Han people, had a higher level of civilization than the Dongyu people of Yizhou, a larger population, and a more complicated natural situation, but...
The vast land of Danzhou and the rich silver mines lying dormant will make it far more popular than Yizhou!
Bai Tu has also started to pay attention to currency issues recently. Now that the small commodity economy has recovered to the point where it has been recovering, it is not a big deal to continue relying on barter. "Precious metals" are particularly important at this time.
Just like in Yizhou, Bai Tu planned to first discuss the general policy with several university scholars in the palace, then spread some rumors, and then discuss it in the court of six ministries when the time was right!
Within a month, we need to decide on the candidate for the Governor's Office and organize the first batch of pioneers...
