Chapter 1926： Nobunaga's place

Marin did not know the current situation in Hokkaido, so he called Gan Fushuizi and asked:

"Shuizi, what's the situation with Ayi Island now?"

"Yiyi Island?" Gan Fushuizi froze, saying:

"It is now the site of the Ai Yi people on the Ai Yi Island. Probably only a few small vassals, such as Songqian Fan in the north, will cross the river and trade with the Ai Yi people.

"How many people are there on the island?" Marin continued to ask.

"This ... seems to be tens of thousands ..." Gan Fushuizi was not very clear.

"Ten thousand people? So many?" Marin jumped in shock, but he quickly relieved.

Why? Because conditions in Hokkaido are much better than Sakhalin Island, don't look at the two islands close together, but the climate is completely different. In Sakhalin, winter temperatures can be as low as tens of degrees below zero. In Hokkaido, winter is only about 10 degrees below zero, which is very different from Sakhalin.

Mainly, Hokkaido is greatly affected by the Japanese warm current. Sakhalin Island is greatly affected by the cold current in the north. On the east side of Hokkaido, it is exactly the intersection of the cold current of Thousand Islands and the warm current of Japan, forming the "Hokkaido Fishing Ground", one of the four largest fishing grounds in the world.

Unfortunately, Sakhalin Island is just right in the area affected by the cold current of Thousand Islands, while Hokkaido is just at the northernmost end of the Japanese warm current. Therefore, despite the fact that there is only one strait, Hokkaido has a much warmer climate than Sakhalin. The entire Sakhalin Island is probably only the southernmost area, because it has a little Japanese warm tail, it is suitable for agriculture. As for the north, it is a place of bitter cold.

And the Yi people just occupy the southern tip of Sakhalin, which is suitable for agriculture, and the entire Hokkaido, which makes Marin a little bit hot ...

"Otherwise, let's send troops to occupy Yiyi Island ..." Marin suddenly said.

Gan Fushuizi was shocked and said:

"Husband, what do you do to occupy the Yiyi Island? There is nothing good there, and there are many Yiyi barbarians ..."

Malin smiled and said:

"You don't understand this, although Nobunaga is your child, but your father is only a small city owner of the Osumi Kunikan, and the status of protecting Daimyo is very different. Even the liver Fu's I have been out of the guardianship, but it's just 'snacking up' and controlling the Osumi Peninsula. And Nobunaga wants to be a general of the Shogunate in the future, and a guardianship is still needed. "

After a pause, Marin said:

"You should know that the shogunate's title is" General Yizheng ", and this" Yi "refers to Ai Yi. And defeating Ai Yi, in Japan, can be regarded as a great achievement. You said, we If you send soldiers in the name of Nobunaga to take down the Yiyi Island, and then bribe the shogunate, will you justly get an identity that protects Daming? "

Gan Fushuizi nodded again and again:

"Japan fought for thousands of years, and it was only a few decades ago that it completely expelled the people from Honshu Island. As for the island of Yayi, Japan is not strong enough now. If you can take the island of Yayi in the name of Nobunaga, go to The emperor's appearance and the bribe to the shogunate did indeed justify a position to protect Daming. Moreover, the prestige of the people is also high. However, what is the use of fighting down the savages and colder Ezo Island? "

Gan Fushuizi is similar to the ordinary Japanese people in this era, and he thought that Hokkaido is a bitter cold place.

Marin shook his head and said:

"You don't understand, Hokkaido ... Oh no, it's Yeyi Island is a big island, the area is more than twice the size of Dongfan Island. There are many plains on the island, and the arable land can be more than 10,000 square kilometers ..."

In later generations, the area of ​​cultivated land in Japan was only 49,000 square kilometers, accounting for less than one-seventh of the total 370,000 square kilometers. But Hokkaido is only 83,000 square kilometers, and the arable land area accounts for a quarter of the whole of Japan, that is, more than 12,000 square kilometers, equivalent to more than 18 million mu, which is more than half that of the country that finds a plain in Hokkaido.

Of course, that is the data of later generations, the data in the era of high mechanization. In this era, because of terrain and technology, it is difficult to reclaim farmland in many places, especially those far away from water. Moreover, the labor force is far from enough.

However, Marin did not plan to develop Hokkaido immediately. First send troops to land on the west coast of Hokkaido, and first control the Ishikari Plain where Sapporo, the largest city in Hokkaido, is located.

Located on the west side of Hokkaido, Ishikari Plain is a coastal plain and the largest plain in Hokkaido. Its area is about 4,000 square kilometers, which is a little smaller than that of Tainan Plain on Taiwan Island, but in later generations of Japan, this is already the second largest plain besides the Kanto Plain.

This is the northernmost metropolitan area in Japan, with a population of more than 5 million, and it is also an important food production area.

In addition, on the east side of the Ishikari Plain, the eastern part of the plain where the postwar Yubari City borders the mountainous area, there is the Ishikari Coal Mine, one of the largest coal mines in Japan.

In short, it may be difficult to control the entire Hokkaido at once, but it is not difficult to send troops to control the Ishikari Plain near the sea.

Moreover, the fighting capacity of the Ainu is not strong, at least it can't beat the Savage Jurchen. Marin can hire some savages Jurchen, equipped with excellent weapons and armor, to attack them, and it should not be difficult to take down the Ishikari Plain near the sea.

Even if the Savage Jurchen mercenaries are not enough, Marin can hire the old Ainu opponent Kuyi, and the fascinating Qilie, and even Beishan Savage.

In short, it should not be a problem for those fierce barbarians in the outer northeast to defeat the Ainu.

By then, Nobunaga could ask the Japanese emperor to protect Daimyo's status with the 4000 square kilometers of Ishikari Plain. Of course, bribery is indispensable.

However, this is not a problem, what Nobunaga wants is legal status. Once you have a legal position to protect Daming, you are eligible to participate in the hegemony of the warring village chief.

After all, such things as hegemony are very famous for teachers. Although the following skills are cool, the identity is awkward and unrecognized.

And with the legal status of guarding Daming and participating in the hegemony, it is justified. Moreover, one day in the future, there will also be confidence and reason to compete for the position of the Shogunate. Lao Tzu solicited Yiyi, and also took Yiyi Island. It was regarded as a successful "yiyi". It was reasonable to be a "general general"

In short, this can be regarded as a foreshadowing of Nobunaga's future shogunate general. Moreover, the development of the Ishikari Plain is also beneficial for controlling the Northeast.

Marin intends to establish a port in Ishikari Bay on the west coast of Hokkaido ~ www.novelhall.com ~ as a transit port to facilitate the connection with Nuergancheng.

Moreover, the food produced in the Ishikari Plain can be imported into Nuergan City as a source of military food for Suha ’s army. After all, it is not very far from Nuergan City, so it is suitable as a food supply base for Nuergan City.

In addition, the 4,000-square-kilometer plain is completely unusable for farming. Without him, the farmer ’s manpower may not be enough ...

4000 square kilometers is 6 million mu. Even if a family grows 100 acres of land, 6 million acres will require 60,000 households, or two or three hundred thousand farmers. How could Marin get so many people in the early days?

Therefore, a piece of land was simply allocated to raise horses and provide Mongolian horse forest breeds for Suhar's Sauron soldiers. Moreover, it can also be used as a training ground for Jurchen mercenaries to train cavalrymen who adapt to jungles and mountains. Then, it is conducive to conquering the whole of Japan in the future.

You know, although the Solon horse from Mongolian horses is not tall, it is taller than the local pony in Japan and is more suitable for cavalry. Once the savages are really trained in mountain jungle cavalry, they will definitely become a nightmare for other famous infantry ...