Ming Zuo

Chapter 803 The Strategic Role of Sakhalin
Huang Zaisheng and Yu Binwang's reform of the pastures in Jeju Island is to change from the original government management model to a business model.

After the two inspected, they keenly felt that the Jeju Island ranch has great potential.

The pasture area here is very large, more than enough to raise tens of thousands of horses at one time.

In this way, not only can it meet the needs of the military, but it can also be sold to the people.

Is there a large demand for horses among the people in Shandong?

It can be said to be a bottomless pit.

With the increasing prosperity of commerce and trade, the transportation volume of goods is more than one day.

Where there is water, it is okay, and it can be transported by ship.

But where there is no water, horse-drawn carts are needed.

But the use of horses in Shandong is very tight, but all qualified horses must be given priority to the military.

However, horses that cannot be used by the military are actually not very usable by the people.

Nowadays, the military is given priority, so there is no problem.But sooner or later, the contradiction between military use and civilian use will come to the fore.

Zuo Menggeng had taught them a long time ago that when doing things, they should not only be able to draw inferences from others, but also have a long-term vision, seeing the trends in a few years, ten years or even decades.

Huang Zaisheng and Yu Binwang didn't have the ability to see through decades, but they still empathized with the need for war horses.

The pastures in Jeju Island must be reported if they want to reform.

These two people were also courageous, and while writing the report and sending it back to Shandong, they had already made their own decisions and started to move first.

Xu Qian has no opinion on what to do with the ranch.

Before he came to Jeju, he had received special orders and knew that he had to fully cooperate with Shandong in doing things.

Another Jeju ranch is remote and poor, and it is of no benefit, and it is not worth fighting for.

Maybe he can cooperate well with Shandong and get promoted in the near future.

Since even Xu Qian is extremely cooperative, there will be no obstacles to the reform.

The number of soldiers on Jeju Island has increased to more than [-].

The Western People's Party subsequently sent more than [-] people over, which greatly enhanced the strength here.

After seeing the training methods of these soldiers and the terrifying power of the musketeers, the Western People's Party finally realized what is the fundamental force that determines politics.

After Zhang Keda inspected the army here, he wrote a report and sent it back to Shandong.

So far, this army is still dominated by North Koreans, and it is also more influenced by the Western People's Party.

But in order to control the situation in North Korea in the future, the Western People's Party must not be allowed to have too much power.

Specifically how to check and balance is something that the center should consider.

After finishing his trip to North Korea, Zhang Keda led the fleet to continue to set off.

It was again off Tsushima Island that the deal was completed with Japan.

With the opening of trade routes, the demand for Shandong commodities in Japan has skyrocketed.

This time, the price of the goods sold to Dongying exceeded [-] taels of silver.

All that Dongying gave was cash.

Such clients are rare.

Two months later, Zhang Keda and others finally came to Sakhalin Island again.

Wu Jiang, Liang Fa and others have long been waiting.

Seeing that there are still a large number of shipbuilders in the team that came this time, the two were overjoyed.

"We have long wanted to explore the surrounding waters, but there are no suitable ships, so we can only look at the ocean and sigh."

Zhang Keda received full authorization for the arrangement of the shipyard.

"The plan of the high command is that the warships built here belong to the navy fleet, and the small ships can be used by you."

He then said to General Wu: "The commander instructs you to explore inland and north as much as possible, and at the same time pay attention to absorbing the indigenous population. At any time, the size of the population can determine the strength of the force."

Wu Jiang and others have now unified the entire Sakhalin Island, bringing all ethnic groups and tribes on the island into management.

But even so, after integration, only a standing armed force of more than [-] people was established.

Although Shandong will send people over one after another, this is obviously a long-term plan.

A better way to increase the population is definitely to expand around.

There are many tribes on the islands around Kuye Island and on the land to the west.As long as the population here is taken over, it is enough to become a decisive force in this area.

As the nominal supreme leader of Sakhalin Island, Zhang Chun has long had specific plans.

His hand is on the map.

"Since the Jurchen side is not coming to attack, my plan is to take down Yongning Temple within this month and use cement to build a solid fortress here as an outpost on the island. We can rely on this to continue to go deep inland, and we can attack, You can stay back."

Yongning Temple is at the mouth of Heilongjiang, and it is the first stop to go deep into the mainland.

This place is critical.

Although the military strength on Sakhalin Island is insufficient, if cement is used to build the fortress, with the current military methods of Houjin, there is no way to break it for three to five years.

Zhang Keda did not despise Zhang Chun when he was both an official in the imperial court.From his experience, occupying Yongning Temple and Sakhalin Island is equivalent to opening up the situation.

"This time, three thousand muskets and [-] light rifles were sent. Not to mention occupying Yongning Temple, it is not difficult to sweep both sides of the river. But you still have to pay attention to the scale, and don't provoke Huang Taiji too much."

Everyone on the island still fully agrees with this conclusion.

Next, Zhang Keda announced the military order of the command headquarters.

"According to the plan of the High Command, your army in Sakhalin Island has been reorganized into the Northward Legion, and this is your new regiment commander."

Zhang Ke introduced the people around him to everyone.

Hearing that the command headquarters had dispatched a new military officer, Mang Gurtai, Leng Sengji and others looked at each other in blank dismay.

They are still thinking about the original military system, and feel that Shandong sent people to take over the military at this time, which seems to have some other purpose.

But when looking at Wu Jiang and Liang Fa, they were unusually ordinary, as if they were commonplace.

General Wu even asked: "Are the two of us going to be transferred back to Shandong?"

Zhang Keda pointed at Liang Fa.

"Director Liang needs to go back, and you still have to take charge of the overall situation here."

Liang Fa was very happy.

"My God, I can finally go home. I don't know what the savage looks like now. Will my mother deny my son when she sees it?"

General Wu was also happy for him.

"Before you go home, why don't you tidy up?"

The reason why the high command sent new military chiefs was because General Wu and Liang Hua were from the intelligence department.He is good at intelligence, but he is not good at commanding the army.

Mang Gurtai's and Zhang Chun's methods of governing the army are both old-fashioned.

The high command was very afraid that they would lead this important force astray.

"I am Wei Yuanfeng, the former Chief of Staff of the First Division. I was ordered to serve as the head of the Northward Army. I hope you will give me more advice in the future."

Upon hearing the identity of the visitor, Wu Jiang and Liang Fa hurriedly stood up and saluted him.

"It turned out to be the Chief of Staff of the Guards, who has long admired his name."

(End of this chapter)