C270 (1/2)
”Start the web!” Yang Lin waved his hand, and the soldiers began to turn the winch. Following the turn of the winch, the large net slowly moved towards the exit of the net. Because the fishing net is not laid flat in the water, but stands in the water -- top ice to drag the bottom, so, the fishing net encloses the area of the shoal will be one hit
”Wah …” ”A lot of fish!” When they finally saw the fish, the soldiers couldn't help but cheer. As the temperature of the water below the glacial lake was higher than the outside world, the fishing net that was pulled out of the water was steaming hot. Large fish danced on the ice, dancing with the soldiers.
At this time, the corydalis radix was still a small fishing port, and there were many fishing boats anchored at the port. Because it was winter, no fishermen went into the sea to fish. As the sea breeze blew by, the fishing boats of various sizes moved up and down with the waves, dancing happily.
corydalis radix is a peninsula, located in the East Bank at the mouth of the Suifen River, on the northern slope of the Golden Horn of the northeast peninsula, surrounded by the sea on three sides. The Golden Horn was the best port in deep water along the North Sea's coast. The Northeast Peninsula had blocked the northern wind for her, causing the corydalis radix to become the only port along the North Sea's coast that was not frozen cold.
”Lord General, this is really a natural military port!” Zhang Banxian looked around, her expression obviously excited, and said with emotion: ”The bay is deep into the mountains, with three sides of the mountains encircled, and there are millions of soldiers hidden in the bay. This is a blessed harbor.”
The corydalis radix Peninsula, that protruded from the middle of the bay, divided the entire bay into two. The two bays were deeply embedded in the interior, and the choppy waves were blocked by the peninsula, causing them to immediately become more meek. The battleships in the bay moved up and down like a cradle.
”Indeed!” Yang Lin who had a modern consciousness naturally understood the importance of corydalis radix more than the Zhang Banxian. He turned around, and his expression became extremely solemn: ”Mr. Zhang Ling, remember what I said. No matter what, no matter how strong the enemy is, we must keep the corydalis radix in our hands and never give up!”
More importantly, what the Zhang Banxian couldn't understand was that with the development of technology, every peninsula should have a cannon emplacement at the top. Any battleships that were close to the Gulf should be within the cannon emplacement's firing range. Even if the battleship couldn't beat the others, it would be safe to hide in the bay.
The importance of the corydalis radix couldn't be overemphasized. Even if they couldn't occupy the Viking Island, as long as they retained a powerful fleet within the corydalis radix, it would be able to effectively stop the rise of the Pirate. It wouldn't cause the future generations of the Pirate to bring a heavy disaster to the Han nationality.
”I will remember it, Lord General!” Zhang Banxian had never seen Yang Lin speak to them in such a serious manner before, so he hurriedly nodded his head and said solemnly: ”No matter what, no matter how strong the enemy is, we must always have the corydalis radix in our hands and never give up!”
The people of Morvo who were living in the corydalis radix had followed the Gaoguellian's every step of the way and retreated back to the corydalis radix. Many of the Morvo's people were conquered and turned into Gaoguellian, and the rest of the Morvo's people went into chaos. As a result, they were split into two parts, Southern Morvo and Nordovo. The one who occupied the corydalis radix was the leader of the Southern Morvo tribe, Li Jian.
After conquering the Saur, due to Yang Lin's kind invitation, the tribe leader and merchant Li Chun of the Nordovo followed Yang Lin's fleet to the corydalis radix. Along the way, Li Chun explained to Yang Lin in detail about the situation of the people of Morvo, and promised to help the people of Nordovo submit to the Han Army. In return, Yang Lin would allow him to expand his fleet and conduct business in the coastal ports of North Sea.
This was not because Li Chun betrayed the nation, he was originally a Chinese man, and he truly cared for the Morvo. Firstly, in this era, other than the Han nationality, the other clans did not have any national relationships and could only call them Tribes. Second, Morvo Tribes were once a part of the Xuantu County, so they had to submit to the Han army and return, just as the generations of people said. Thirdly, as the super power and the center of the world's culture at that time, the Darky Court was also a place that the hearts of the clan members of the Barbarian yearned to become the subordinate of a burly man.
According to Li Chun's introduction, the entire Morvo had a population of over five hundred thousand, of which more than two hundred thousand had already been conquered by the Gaoguanli, becoming the Gaoguellian s. The remaining two hundred thousand Morvo people were divided into twelve tribes, five of them forming the Southern Morvo and seven of them forming the Nordovo. The people of the Morvo had a deep level of Han nationality, and were mainly based on agriculture and animal husbandry. The leaders of the tribes and merchants all had Chinese names and knew how to speak Chinese and understand Chinese characters.
During the time of the Han Wu Emperor, the Gaoguellian, the helper, the Man of the Morvo, the Man of the River and the Man of the Mohe were all part of the Darky Court and were under its jurisdiction. Following the internal strife of the Central Plains, the Darky Court became weaker and weaker. However, the Gaoguellian became stronger and stronger and they continued to invade and occupy the Leroy County, Liaodong County and the Xuantu County.
Currently, the Li Jian Tribe that occupied the corydalis radix only had around twenty thousand Morvo people. He had built a castle on the mountain not far from the port, which was the ancient corydalis radix City. Normally, there were more than a thousand Tribal soldiers stationed in the castle and every day, they would send over a hundred soldiers to the harbor to look for merchant ships or fishing boats to collect taxes.
”Lord General, this Li Jian is very harsh, his taxes are very heavy. In the past, whenever we came to the corydalis radix, we had to pay Li Jian a lot of business taxes. ” Yang Xing walked to Yang Lin's side and said angrily: ”Even towards the people of Morvo, he did not hold back at all. Half of the food collected by the farmers, and the fish harvested by the fishermen, are all taken away by him.”
These tribal leaders did not understand the laws of economics, nor did they regard the peasants and fishermen of his tribe as human beings. It was already good that he did not take all of them. ”Yang Lin turned around and looked at Li Chun, and started a joke. Mr. Li Chun, with so many ships entering into the corydalis radix, Li Jian should be collecting taxes. ”