Of the four islands in the north, Li Chengdao chose to land on one of the islands in the west. Of course, as an archipelago with great strategic and practical significance, Li Chengdao had no choice but to occupy it. However, he had to eat his food one mouthful at a time, and he had to walk step by step.
Currently, he had nearly 50,000 people. It was not difficult for him to occupy the entire archipelago. However, the key problem was that doing so would cause the strength and layout to be scattered. This was naturally not what Li Chengdao wanted. Therefore, his plan was simple. He would first occupy an island and use all his strength to develop it.
In this era, there was no one who could snatch it from him. The only person who might be a threat was Li Er in the imperial palace, but that was not something to consider for the time being.
Anyway, he did not intend to provoke the authority of his second uncle. In the short term, he would not attract the attention of the other party. As time passed, these problems naturally would not be a problem for him.
With a golden finger and a thousand years of experience, even if Li Er was really the one emperor of the ages, Li Chengdao had enough confidence to compete with him. Not to mention that Li Er was still a little bit away from being the one emperor of the ages, so it was naturally not a problem.
Iturup Island had an area of 3,185.65 square kilometers. It was one of the largest islands in the four northern islands, and it was also the island that Li Chengdao had chosen to land on.
Of course, his importance was not only because he was big, but more importantly, he had a natural deep-water port. Even in the later era, there were about a dozen coasts that could anchor large ships, and large fleets could hide here. As for the modern era, hundreds of ships could dock at will. For Li Chengdao, this was especially important.
As for the location, if the four northern islands were extremely important, then this island was extremely important among the four northern islands. This was because Iturup Island, together with the Thousand Islands and Sakhalin Island, almost controlled the sea line traffic from the Pacific Ocean to the Kamchatka Peninsula. It blocked all the possibilities of attacking in the entire west. Even if Li Er discovered something, he could rely on this island to perfectly block it.
The only drawback was that there was no iron ore or coal here. It was basically impossible to refine steel here, and there were no other minerals. However, this was not a problem. Li Chengdao did not need to refine steel here. What he needed was a springboard, a base that belonged to the middle station. It was completely different from the base in America.
The resources weren't that important, not to mention that although there were no minerals here, the fishing resources were extremely rich. Although in this era, there was almost an inexhaustible fishing industry in the sea, the fishing industry here was definitely even more terrifying. It should be known that even after a thousand years, this was still the world's largest fishing base. Just this point alone was enough to make people tempted.
More importantly, if Li Chengdao's memory served him right, there were a large number of whales in this area, even in the North Korea Strait. These were whales, and their use was unquestionable.
Look at Japan in the future. The whole world had scolded them like dogs, but they still did not stop hunting whales.
The reason was very simple. Whales were too valuable in terms of industrial value and various functions. They were too powerful. Even if they were to face the world's mouth, they could still withstand the pressure.
Whales were no joke when they said that their entire body was a treasure. Their huge bodies provided a large amount of whale meat, whale oil, and other products for people. The meat value of a blue whale alone was as high as 10000 US dollars in later generations.
Moreover, whales were the most abundant food source. Whale meat accounted for about half of the whale's weight. Other than grinding it into coarse powder to be used as feed or fertilizer, it could also be used for human consumption after processing. It was rich in protein and had high nutritional value. A thousand years later, the food stores in countries such as Norway and Japan were already supplying fresh whale meat and canned whale meat. The economic value and industrial value of whale skin and whale skeletons were astronomical figures. What was even more wonderful was that at this point in time, there was no international condemnation. The entire sea was his.
When the people arrived, Li Chengdao also began to move quickly. He even directly used several large ships to catch whales. Although many soldiers were a little afraid of this order, after all, this was the Kun Peng, a legendary divine beast. However, under Li Chengdao's order, even if these people were afraid, they were temporarily suppressed and quickly moved.
After ordering the whaling, Li Chengdao began to instruct people to build the entire island on a large scale. Although it was only a springboard, Li Chengdao also planned to make it his own base. This would definitely be beneficial to him, and it would even be convenient for him to carry out his actions and work for a long time.
Of course, all the work was carried out together. After arranging these people, Li Chengdao once again led the remaining ships to the Great Tang.
With this opportunity, Li Chengdao naturally couldn't leave just like that. Although he didn't plan to rebel against Li Er now, Li Chengdao didn't mind poaching Li Er. After all, he wanted to develop and even reach a certain level. In the foreseeable future, he had to poach Li Er.
It was naturally the best outcome to be able to dig a little more at this time.
After all, regardless of other factors, Li Chengdao was confident that having another Chinese person in his hands would be much more useful than having Li Er in his hands. With the help of his golden finger and a thousand years of knowledge, Li Chengdao believed that he could do more and change more. He had no obstacles in his heart.
Everything he did was carried out in an orderly manner. The coverage of the mental network could also ensure the absolute loyalty of these people. Nothing would happen. On the other hand, the migration was also extremely simple.
Even if it was just one-tenth of a hundred thousand refugees, it was still quite a large number. Not to mention, the disaster at the end of the second year of Zhenguan was even greater than expected. The flood was one of them. In addition, there was also the recent drought and locust plague. Adding them together, the number of victims was actually quite a large number.
This was also one of the reasons why the Great Ming Palace had been in a debate for several days. To the Great Tang, this was a terrible thing, but to Li Chengdao, it was like a fish in water. He had everything that Li Er did not have, and he could do everything that Li Er could not do. One could only imagine the effects of this.
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