Chapter 403 The correct way to use Japanese pirates(2/2)
So Lu Li formulated a series of plans to gradually implement the establishment of these military bases.
In September, the facilities at the Keelung Port in Bay Island began to take shape.
At this time, the Japanese attacks on the coast of the Ming Dynasty actually no longer existed. Twenty destroyers, based on Keelung Port, patrolled the sea border from both north and south. Even if they wanted to play a guest role as a pirate's maritime merchant, they would not dare to think about it.
The prefectures and prefectures along the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty reported that there had been no Japanese invasion in various places throughout August.
Officials from various departments of the Ming Dynasty celebrated their honor and had not had a Japanese attack for a whole month. This is unprecedented!
Huating Hou is worthy of being a famous general in the world. With him, he will no longer have the danger of Japanese pirates.
But... what is the progress of Huating Hou's clearing out the Japanese pirates? Why haven't Huating Hou's good news yet?
So, in the name of the cabinet, Mr. Xu posted a message to Lu Li to inquire about the progress of the anti-Japanese war.
Of course, Lu Li can't say that the Japanese pirates are not a problem.
Once he said this, the DPRK would immediately order him to return to the DPRK, and the newly built Keelung Port would be abandoned and other base plans would not be implemented at all.
Even the Japanese pirates who fled to Southeast Asia would make a comeback.
Don’t think that this is an over-worry. The big men in the court can’t do anything? They are the most experts in destroying the Great Wall.
So Lu Li wrote a memorial, describing the situation of the anti-Japanese war, and emphasized that the Japanese pirates were not wiped out, but were blocked in the South China Sea. Whenever there was negligence, the Japanese pirates would make a comeback.
After receiving this memorial, the big guys in the court analyzed it, it was correct!
Huating Hou was right. Japanese pirates were pirates, so they could escape by boat. If they could not defeat Huating Hou, don’t they know how to escape?
Now Huating Hou is guarding the South China Sea. Once Huating Hou withdraws its troops, the Japanese pirates will make a comeback.
Since that's the case, let Huating Hou continue to encircle Japanese pirates in the South China Sea!
Anyway, Huating Hou did the work hard anyway, so we don’t have to go to war. You can continue to be in the South China Sea and continue to fight against Japanese pirates!
In order to allow Lu Li to continue to work hard and lead the troops to eliminate Japanese pirates, the court praised Lu Li and commended Lu Li. In order to Lu Li's position as the "Governor of the South China Sea" he also added Lu Li a "Governor of the South China Sea" to Lu Li.
This governor of the South China Sea is just a name. In the eyes of the big men in the court, what is there in the South China Sea? There are only a few desert islands that don’t even have people.
This title is just to give Lu Li a comfort.
However... they didn't know that some people could pry up the earth by just giving him a fulcrum.
The title of Governor of the South China Sea allows Lu Li to make various small moves justified.
Next, Lu Li recruited civilians and men from the southeast coastal prefectures in the name of "Governor of the South China Sea" and the reason of "building the Great Wall on the Sea and defending the enemy overseas", and recruited civilians from all over the southeast coastal states and prefectures without limiting their origins at all.
So, the smart Ming officials arrested all the refugees, gangsters, idle men and villains in the territory, stuffed them into Lu Li's transport ships, and sent them all out.
The security environment in states and prefectures in various places has improved greatly, and Lu Li has also obtained personnel for development overseas.
On the basis of Keelung Port, Wandao continues to increase its development efforts.
The construction of the base on Qiongzhou Island has officially started.
Lu Li transported a large number of men to Jeju Island and prepared to develop the Jeju Island base.
The Ryukyu base does not require additional labor dispatch, and the large population of Ryukyu can be used to engage in base construction.
From Jeju Island in the north to Qiongzhou Island in the south, the island chain bases in various places have been officially launched.
Chapter completed!