Henan Road, the name of the Tang Dynasty local administrative district. At this time, it was just an unofficial administrative organization. As for its location, it almost belonged to the later Shandong Province, Henan Province, northern Jiangsu Province, and northern Anhui Province.
It has jurisdiction over one government, twenty-nine states and a total of 126 counties. The 29 prefectures were Henan Prefecture, Guozhou, Shanzhou, Ruzhou, Bianzhou, Xuzhou, Chenzhou, Caizhou, Zhengzhou, Huazhou, Yingzhou, Bozhou, Songzhou, Xuzhou, Sizhou, Suzhou, Haizhou, Puzhou, Caozhou, Dengzhou, Laizhou, Mizhou, Qingzhou, Yizhou, Yanzhou, Zizhou, Qizhou, Yunzhou, Dizhou, and Haozhou.
When Li Chengdao arrived at Henan Province, the situation was worse than he had imagined. From Shanzhou to Ruzhou, Bianzhou, Xuzhou, Chenzhou, and Caizhou, almost seven or eight provinces were affected. Moreover, the disaster was not small. Coupled with the geographical location of Henan Province, disaster victims from other places had also flooded here, resulting in the disaster victims 'population reaching nearly hundreds of thousands.
In this era, hundreds of thousands of disaster victims were definitely not a small number. Even the officials in the court had to be careful. After all, the registered population was only about ten million, close to twenty million. If these disaster victims rebelled, it would have an extremely great impact on the entire government.
However, as mentioned earlier, the system formed in the early Tang Dynasty had not been completed yet. The administrative ability could not be compared to the later ones. As a result, the disaster had already erupted for a long time, but it had not been effectively stabilized.
This was naturally a good thing for Li Chengdao. In Henan Province, he had changed his behavior slightly. It was different from Mingzhou. In Mingzhou, there was a navy. There were only 10,000 disaster victims outside the city, so he had to be careful.
However, in Henan Province, there was almost no need to worry about this. The entire Henan Province was filled with disaster victims everywhere. Li Chengdao only needed to send some people down to encourage them, and many disaster victims would join his hands.
After all, when survival became difficult, everything was no longer a problem. Going out to sea was nothing. After all, people were not the people who had been poisoned by the Manchu Dynasty. Their ability to choose was still very strong.
Under such circumstances, the number of people began to soar. Originally, there were nearly 10,000 people, but after arriving at Henan Province for less than half a day, the number of people soared to 20,000.
After 20,000, it would be 30,000, and after 30,000, it would be 40,000. After the third day, Li Chengdao's 50 ships were already full. The population had increased from nearly 20,000 to nearly 50,000. This was already a huge population base.
One had to know that when he first set sail, there were only 7,000 people. This place was indeed close to 50,000. A difference of seven times meant that his base could be expanded to at least seven times.
However, at this moment, Li Chengdao did not choose to leave, or more precisely, he did not choose to return to the sea. The appearance of the natural disaster made him think of many things and even consider many things. Under such circumstances, he naturally did not plan to return to the sea so soon.
In the navigation system in his mind, the original map was quickly enlarged. Lee Chengdao began to search the entire East China Sea region, and this search soon allowed him to see a terrain that almost perfectly matched his needs. It was the southern extension of an archipelago in the northwest of the Pacific Ocean, also known as the four northern islands in the Wei Nation.
In the future, this piece of land would fall into the hands of the Wei Nation and Russia, becoming a battleground between the two, causing conflicts to erupt again and again.
Of course, Li Chengdao wasn't angry at this moment. The Wei Nation wasn't strong enough yet, and Russia was still eating ice and snow in Northern Europe, so it couldn't be a threat. The reason why he fixed his eyes on this was because he realized that he needed a base, a base close to China, so that he could have a springboard from America to Dragon Country.
This was a springboard for him to complete some things, such as the accumulation of immigrants and future development.
This time, the natural disaster was very big, and this opportunity was also very big. Li Chengdao naturally didn't want to just migrate so few people, but the number of people that the ship could carry was limited. In fact, this 50,000 people was already a bit excessive, and it couldn't be more. He didn't want to let go of this opportunity, so he had to think of other ways.
Among the other methods, the best one was naturally to build a base and a springboard outside the Dragon Country.
Although there would be the same risk as when he chose America, once Li Er found out, it would be a big deal. However, he was no longer comparable to before. Not only had his strength increased further, but more importantly, even if he was discovered by Li Er, it was not a big deal for him. Everything he had was enough for him to deal with it safely. Li Chengdao's thoughts were naturally different from before.
The strategic importance of the four northern islands was beyond question. Not only could they overlook the entire Great Tang, but they also guarded the main passage. In later generations, the Southern Kuril Islands were Russia's few remaining important passages to the sea. This was also why Li Chengdao had chosen them. By occupying them, he could overlook the Central Plains at any time and make perfect arrangements.
Moreover, it was even more useful to him because he could imagine that it would be impossible for him to open up the southern sea route for a long time. Under such circumstances, the importance of the four northern islands could be imagined.
Of course, what was more important was that the Little Ice Age had not yet begun. The weather on the four northern islands was not as terrible as it was in the future. It was still habitable. When Li Chengdao passed by, he had already landed on the island more than once. He had passed by the island once before, and passed by it again on his way back.
Of course, even if it wasn't that terrifying, it was only relative. As time passed and the weather grew colder, Li Chengdao had no choice but to dock and purchase some supplies. Fortunately, the Great Tang did not prohibit the sea, so this was no problem. He quickly purchased enough supplies and the fleet continued forward. After seven or eight days, the fleet finally arrived at the four northern islands.
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(The four northern islands, Russia and the Wei Nation fought for it, but this thing belonged to the Dragon Kingdom, at least in the beginning.)
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