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    "Mrs. Qi, as early as a few months ago, the last step could have been implemented, but the suppression of Luzon was not over yet. Among the troops sent to Luzon, a considerable part of the Linyi army team, in order to stabilize these  The military morale of Lin Yi's army has been temporarily postponed, so the last step has been temporarily postponed. However, now that Luzon has stabilized, Fan Zhene can be deposed from the throne at any time, and Lin Yi will be completely integrated into His Highness's territory.  !" Yang Jiu replied calmly.

    The so-called final step is to completely annex Linyi and completely eliminate the Fan dynasty's rule over Linyi. However, at the beginning, Li Min only controlled the central power of Linyi, and there were five powerful chiefs nearby.  So this forced him to support the puppet Fan Zhen'e, and then use bribery, assassination and other methods to control the five chiefs. However, one of the chiefs still rebelled and was finally suppressed bloodyly. Although this incident brought a lot of trouble to Li Min  It was troublesome, but it also allowed others to see the force in Li Min's hands. From then on, no one dared to have other thoughts.

    Hearing Yang Jiu say that Lin Yi can be annexed at any time, Wu Meiniang nodded with satisfaction. Although Lin Yi was already under their control, in name, Lin Yi was still an independent country. This gave Lin Yi  Many unknown variables have been added, so it is best to annex Linyi as soon as possible. From now on, there will no longer be a country like Linyi in this world.

    "Yang Shi, Sister Liu, you are currently mainly operating Nanyang's geo-information system. According to His Highness's instructions, we need to collect all the intelligence on Jinzhou and the Malay Peninsula. How far have you achieved it now?" Wu Meiniang turned around again.  asked Yang Shi and his wife.

    Yang Shi and his wife looked at each other, and then Ms. Liu took a step forward and said: "Mrs. Qi, the Malay Peninsula, especially the area adjacent to the Strait of Malacca, is almost entirely in a desolate and inhabited tropical rainforest. Even the people living on the peninsula  There are not many natives, and they don¡¯t have the concept of a country, so if you want to occupy it, there won¡¯t be much resistance.¡±

    The name of the Strait of Malacca commemorates the ancient city of Malacca. However, this city had not yet appeared in the Tang Dynasty. The Strait of Malacca was not called this name, but the Strait of Malacca. This is because in the Tang Dynasty, the most powerful country in the Strait of Malacca was  Mo Luoyou.  Their capital city was also called Marayu Castle. It was the largest seaport in the strait at that time. Ships traveling from east to west would berth there, so the strait was named after Marayu. However, later Li Min came out of his own habit.  .  Changed the official name of the strait to the Strait of Malacca.

    After Ms. Liu briefly introduced the situation on the Malay Peninsula, she then began to introduce Jinzhou, which is across the strait from the Malay Peninsula. She looked a little solemn and said: "As for the situation in Jinzhou, it is a bit complicated.  Along the long and narrow coast of Malacca, there are several countries with varying strengths and weaknesses, among which Morayou is the most powerful, controlling the transportation of the entire strait"

    I heard Mrs. Liu¡¯s introduction in the study.  Li Min also has a comprehensive understanding of the current Malacca Strait, especially the strength of the country Mo Luoyou.  This country occupies a favorable geographical position and relies on seaport taxation and robbery as its main economic income.

    For example, there are thousands of warships in Mo Luoyou.  The combat effectiveness should not be underestimated, but military discipline is usually relaxed, and the naval forces are sometimes bandits, often plundering passing ships.  In the past, even Han cargo ships would be plundered by them, until later Li Min stationed a powerful navy in Linyi.  After a few more turns in the Straits of Malacca, Mo Luoyou restrained himself a lot. At least he did not dare to rob Han merchant ships in a big way. He only robbed merchant ships from Persia, Tianzhu and other countries from the west even more fiercely.

    However, the country of Moluoyou is not peaceful now, because among his vassal states, there is a Buddhist country named Srivijaya. This country has been affected by Tianzhuization and its strength has developed rapidly, and it has formed a strong influence on Moluoyu.  This is a powerful threat. If nothing unexpected happens, this Buddha will replace Morayou's position and become another overlord in the Strait of Malacca.

    When Li Min heard the name Srivijaya, he always felt familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it.  In fact, if Sri Buddha's death was changed into a name hundreds of years later, Li Min must have heard of it, and the name would be Srivijaya.

    Srivijaya is actually the predecessor of Srivijaya, who has dominated Nanyang for centuries. However, this Nanyang overlord is still just a vassal state of Marayou. Although it has posed a certain threat to Marayu, its strength is still too weak. If  If it develops for another five or six years, it will not be difficult to annex Mo Luoyou.

    In addition to Marayou and Sri Buddha, there are several small countries along the coast of Malacca in Jinzhou. However, these small countries are not strong and have little potential for development. Sooner or later, they will all be annexed by others, so Yang Shi  The couple only briefly introduced this.

    However, Liu mentioned at the end that the influence of the above countries is limited to the coast.The ?? area does not have much influence on the interior of Jinzhou.  In fact, Jinzhou is indeed a backward place. The inland areas are still divided into regions in the form of tribes, which are similar to those in Luzon. The coastal areas are affected by Eastern and Westernization, which makes  These areas are much more developed than inland, and they also have the formation of countries, so for Jinzhou, the real highlights are all near the coast.

    "Okay, not bad, Yang Shi and you couple have worked hard!" After listening to Liu's introduction, Li Min, who was standing outside the study, clapped his hands and walked into the middle of the study. Looking at Yang Jiu and the others, his eyes were filled with admiration.  .

    "See your highness!" Yang Jiu did not expect that Li Min would come in at this time, and judging from his words, he should have arrived a long time ago, so he immediately bowed and saluted.

    "No need to be polite!" Li Min waved to the three of them, signaling them to stand up, then walked to Wu Meiniang's side, pulled Meiniang up who was about to salute, and said, "Meiniang, when I kidnapped you, maybe  It¡¯s the most right thing I¡¯ve done in my life, otherwise where would I find such a good intelligence director?¡±

    It was Yang Shi and Yang Jiu who kidnapped Wu Meiniang in the first place, so after hearing this, they all had a strange smile on their faces.  And Wu Meiniang didn't expect that Li Min would praise her in front of several subordinates, and also say it in such a disgusting way, which made her blush slightly, and she said shyly: "Thank you, husband, for the compliment!"

    Li Min pulled Wu Meiniang to sit down, and then asked Yang Jiu and the others to sit down and reply.  The reason why he asked Wu Meiniang to focus his intelligence on the Malay Peninsula and Jinzhou was actually mainly for the Strait of Malacca between the two places.

    Since the Central Plains began to trade with overseas countries, the Strait of Malacca has become an important maritime transportation route. Merchants from Persia, India, and even Rome traveled thousands of miles to the East, passing through Malacca to reach the coast of the Central Plains Dynasty, where they purchased silk,  porcelain and other commodities, and then return to their homeland at great risk to make huge profits from these exquisite commodities.

    It can be said that it was precisely because of the Han people in the Central Plains Dynasty that the Malacca Strait became busy. It was also the exchanges between the East and the West that created the prosperity of the Malacca Strait.  The natives of Jinzhou have taken advantage of the geographical advantages and can live a prosperous life just by relying on taxes. The goods from the East and the West allow them to enjoy incomparable convenience. If this is applied to other ethnic groups, they should feel it.  Very satisfied.

    But it is a pity that these natives are extremely greedy and stupid. They only collect taxes in the Strait of Malacca, but they are not greedy enough. No matter which force occupies this golden waterway of Malacca, it will  While collecting taxes, they overtly and covertly allowed the regular navy to rob passing ships. This stupid behavior of killing the goose and taking the eggs directly led to a sharp increase in the risks of this Maritime Silk Road, which has seriously affected the relationship between Datang and Li Min.  overseas trade.

    When Li Min vigorously developed maritime trade in Dengzhou, he had already discovered Malacca's restrictions on maritime trade. Although Li Min had not done statistics, Lu Qing told him a rough estimate, that is, if there are 10,000 maritime trade every year,  If ships travel between the Tang Dynasty and Western countries, there may be 3,000 ships that are unable to reach their destinations due to various natural disasters, and of the remaining 7,000 ships, at least half are due to encounters  Pirates lose their personal wealth.  Except for a small number of these pirates, most of them are regular troops from various countries on this route, especially Malacca. In fact, they are not so much countries as they are pirate nests.

    It is precisely because of this that Li Min has long wanted to take action against the Strait of Malacca.  Unfortunately, he did not have much naval power at the time, and Silla, Baekje and Japan around the Tang Dynasty were all potential threats. In addition, he did not have his own territory.  So he can only take it step by step, first eliminate those potential threats, and at the same time gain the population and land. Coupled with Taiwan's development, he has a territory that truly belongs to him, and he can freely develop the economy and force.  .

    After Luzon was included in his rule, Li Zhen and Li Yun's armies were about to march to Tianzhu. This made Malacca not only of great economic value to Li Min, but also an extremely critical military artery. After all, in the future  The transportation of various military supplies must not be threatened by others!  It was only then that Li Min finally felt that it was time to march to Malacca.

    Next, Li Min asked Yang Shi and his wife some detailed information about Malacca. When everything was clear to him, he waved them away with a complacent expression on his face.

    However, Wu Meiniang was a little worried at this time and said: "Husband, we have just taken Luzon, and Linyi will be completely annexed by us. If we use troops against Malacca now, will the expansion speed be too fast? If  If something unexpected happens in the future, it may have a serious impact on my husband's rule."
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