Great Tang Southern Emperor

But now Li Zhen's plan is to exile all the criminals except for the most heinous ones to a remote island.So Li Zhen told Lin Fa to pay attention to it a few months ago, to see if there are any islands under his jurisdiction that are large enough, the environment is very harsh, and the geographical location is very remote, but they can barely survive on the island.

It’s just that I didn’t expect that after several months, there was no result from Lin Fa’s side, but Situ Chen found several places with similar situations—but it’s not surprising to say that the main part of northern Luzon under Lin Fa’s control is actually It is Luzon Island, which is quite a large island, and there are not many small islands around it, but Situ Chen is different. The main jurisdiction of the Southern Fleet he is in charge of is more small islands, although there are also several large islands. , For example, the port where the main fleet is stationed is located on Cotton Island (Mindanao Island), but more of them are actually broken islands.

It is actually very simple to find a lonely and desolate island in such a place, but it can still survive. Especially at this time, the development of Luzon is mainly concentrated in the north, and only three ports where the fleet is stationed in the south have been developed. Come out, the average population of each city is less than 20 people, desolate islands are everywhere, and there are countless ones with harsh environments. The only thing you need to pay attention to is that it should be deserted enough. It is best not to have islands within a few hundred nautical miles. Existence is the best, this is the only place where Lin Fa and Situ Chen can't live. Fortunately, Situ Chen finally found five such islands.

"Your Highness, these are the islands that Situ found."

Coming to another room, Lin Fa unfolded a map. This is a regional map, which only marked some islands in southern Luzon. Li Zhen noticed that five islands on the map were circled in red. It should be the suitable island that Lin Fa said.

These five islands are not concentrated together. The largest is a small island located in the south of Luzon. If Li Zhen remembers correctly, it should be called the Cuyo Islands in later generations. The main island of Cuyo Island has an area of ​​more than 50 Square kilometers, although the area is not large, it is just an island prison, and it does not require very good conditions-not to mention that it is exile, which itself is for them to suffer, not for them to enjoy happiness.

Chapter 1087 An Unexpected Island ([-] words)

Chapter 34 The Unexpected Island ([-] words)

"It's a good place. It should be able to deploy about 5000 people." Li Zhen is very satisfied with this place. Cuyo Island is located in the north-central part of the Sulu Sea. Nai Island is about the same distance, and Minluodu Island is in the north, which is also about the same distance.As for the south, needless to say, the closest to here is Borneo, the distance is at least 100, and it is impossible to think about escaping from this direction, so there is no need to worry about them running from this island. Going out—In this era, without strong boats and reliable navigation equipment, if you want to drift out of an island more than [-] nautical miles away by raft, it is simply looking for death.

In particular, although this is an archipelago, most of them are coral islands and reefs. There is only a little land on the main island of Kuyo, which is barely inhabitable, but it is difficult to live a good life on such a little land. After thinking about it, I can only guarantee that people will not starve to death.

Li Zhen remembers that even in later generations, the population here is less than 3 at most—5000 to be precise. You must know that the technology of later generations is very advanced, and under such conditions, there are only a few , the current 5000 people may already be the limit.

"The subordinates also think this is the best place." Lin Fa also laughed and said, "We only need to set up a few sentries around to prevent anyone from coming to save people, and it is impossible for anyone to walk out of here alive... Besides, if they can really get out of such a Jedi... Such people are really talented, so what if we forgive their sins?"

"That's true, but just having an island is not enough." Li Zhen tapped on the map. This time, he will not make the same mistakes as before. The main reason why Coconut Port has become the capital of crime is that criminals are too concentrated. Yes, but when the number of prisoners is large, in addition to forming gangs, more importantly, they will gather people to make trouble, such as group fights and so on. Over time, Yegang has become synonymous with chaos and crime.

So Li Zhen learned the lesson of Yegang and is not going to put all the criminals together.Although on a deserted island, it doesn't matter if criminals gather together, but with their unruly character, they will definitely not wait for death easily, especially if the number increases, God knows what they will do.We must know that the reason why these criminals can reach today's level is because their IQ is high enough-in fact, someone in later generations raised a question, where is the most concentrated talent in this world?Some people gave two answers, one is in the Academy of Sciences, the other is in prisons, which shows that there are still many talents in prisons.

Therefore, one Kuyo Island cannot satisfy Li Zhen, and they must be dispersed, so Li Zhen set her sights on the other four islands to find out about the situation of the other islands...

"Where is this island?" Li Zhen glanced over, and then fixed her eyes on another island. The reason is very simple, because this island is the largest, and it is almost the same as Jiaoma Island (Basilan Island, which is rich in Jiaoma Island). ) is almost the same. You must know that Jiaoma Island has an area of ​​more than 1000 square kilometers. Such islands may not be rare in the world, but almost every one has a corresponding name. It is impossible for Li Zhen not to have I had an impression, but he carefully compared the map he drew based on the memory of later generations, and found that the island did not have the slightest impression.

In particular, the location of this island is even more remote. It is actually outside the Luzon Islands. It is located [-] kilometers east of Jindao (Mindanao Island, because there are gold mines, hence the name)——according to Li Zhen’s memory, Luzon Although the internal terrain is messy and mostly small islands, the eastern border is very neat, especially the outer edge of Jin Island. Because of the existence of the Luzon Trench, not to mention large islands, there are not even a few broken small islands.

The closest big island to here in later generations should be more than 880 kilometers away, Babel Tuap Island in the Republic of Palau, but the area of ​​this island is only more than 300 square kilometers, but now between the two, there is actually It is simply unbelievable that an island with an area of ​​more than [-] square kilometers has been established.

"Is this also an island that may sink in the future?" Li Zhen guessed like this. This guess is very likely to be true. After all, it is not halfway through the seventh century, and it is still a thousand years away from the 21st century. For more than 300 years, no one can tell what disasters happened in the Pacific Ocean during this period.

Perhaps a larger tsunami may change the topography of one side of the sea. During this period, it is absolutely impossible to say that no islands sink or regenerate (the Indonesian tsunami caused changes in the magnetic field of the nearby sea area, and even some islands shifted their positions. It would be nonsense to say that there has never been a tsunami or earthquake stronger than the Indonesian tsunami in history, but the technology was not developed at that time, and the area in Southeast Asia was also a barren land at that time, so it was not well known just know).

The most typical one is Silver Island. This island located in the South China Sea has no records at all in later generations. Let alone an island in later generations, not even a piece of silver has been found—this is an island made of pure silver. The island, if it survives to the end, or even until the Song Dynasty, it is impossible not to be discovered after the development of the navigation industry, but once it is discovered, it is impossible to say that there is no record, even if there are no classics Records, there should also be folklore.

But the fact is that there is no information about this island in later generations, which also shows that in the next two or three hundred years, some great changes must have happened to this silver island, and then it completely sank into the sea. There is no trace of it.

There are too many similar islands. Li Zhen even saw an island about to sink into the water when he discovered the Spice Islands a few years ago. When he found that island, there was only a small island left. The tip of the tip will soon be completely submerged in the sea. Li Zhen also rescued some plant specimens from it. Later, after returning to Lingnan, he sent a special expedition fleet to search for it, but found There is no longer any shadow of the island, and it is obvious that it has completely sunk into the sea.

So such islands are not uncommon, but to be honest, whether it is Silver Island or the unnamed island that has sunk into the sea, the area is not very large, and the reason for their sinking into the sea may be just an ordinary submarine earthquake. But the island that Li Zhen is paying attention to now has an area of ​​more than 1000 square kilometers. Such an island may not be considered a big island, but it should be regarded as a medium-sized island——Li Zhen can't imagine what it is What kind of mighty force can sink such an island into the sea?What he couldn't even imagine was that if such an island sank into the sea one day, how destructive would it be?Perhaps the entire Luzon and even the coast of Datang may be affected. Everything that Datang built here may be destroyed by the sea, and I don’t know how many people will die by then...

What needs special attention is that this is Luzon. The archipelago itself is located on the western Pacific seismic belt. There are more than 300 volcanoes in the archipelago, and there are dozens of active volcanoes alone (there are 21 active volcanoes in later generations, but now It was 1000 years ago, and it was normal to have more active volcanoes), the continental plates were highly active, and volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occurred from time to time.

In particular, the east is adjacent to the Luzon Trench, one of the deepest sea areas in the world. The depth of the Luzon Trench reaches more than [-] meters. It is one of the deepest trenches in the world. It is second only to the Mariana Trench and ranks second in the world .

And if Li Zhen is not mistaken, this newly discovered island is located in the east of the Luzon Trench, facing Jin Island across the trench—that is to say, if the island sinks, the most likely cause is the Pacific plate movement, and then As a result, the entire island overturned and fell into the Luzon Trench... No wonder later generations have not found any trace of this island, and the technology of later generations has not been developed to the point where it can detect the underwater environment at a depth of [-] meters.

Of course, things may not be so bad, because there are many reasons for the sinking of the islands. In addition to violent factors such as tsunamis or earthquakes, some islands actually sink into the sea slowly—for example, the Maldives, It is because of the sea level rise that the island is about to sink. In addition to this, seawater erosion and other reasons may also cause the island to sink slowly. This kind of sinking has occurred for hundreds of thousands of years. The impact on the environment of the nearby sea area is very low, so there is no need to worry too much. ...but it's not very likely.

Lin Fa didn't know what Li Zhen was thinking. Seeing that Li Zhen was focusing on this big island, he immediately smiled: "Your Highness, this island was newly discovered by our fleet. For this Situ, I have done a lot. In front of your subordinates—and he strongly recommends this island to your highness, and regards this island as a prison for exile prisoners."

"Why? Are the conditions here very bad?" Li Zhen was very surprised, and then looked at the map. This is an island of more than 1000 square kilometers. With water, fast speed, and no shortage of food, such an island should be a good place to be developed in the eyes of others. It is simply too luxurious to be used as a prisoner's exile—such a good environment, what is it to let them go there? Yeah punish them?Or let them enjoy themselves?

But why did Situ Chen strongly suggest to himself?

Is this a volcanic island?

Frequent eruptions of volcanoes lead to extremely harsh environments?

It's not impossible.

Chapter 1088 Conception of Prison Island ([-] words)

Chapter 35 Conception of Prison Island ([-] words)

Li Zhen thought her reasoning was correct, but Lin Fa quickly corrected his mistake: "Your Highness, you are wrong. The environment here is not only not bad, but also very good. This is a typical building. A tropical island with dense rainforest, abundant food, and a large river flowing through it. There is no shortage of food or water. As long as you have a little bit of survival skills, you can live well here. Perhaps in the eyes of others, it is simply a place to exile prisoners. It's a waste of resources, but the problem is..."

Speaking of this, Lin Fa's voice changed in vain: "The problem is that the environment here is a little too good, a little too good..."

"What does it mean that the environment is too good?" Li Zhen was a little confused, what is too good?Isn't the environment good?Is the bad environment considered a good place?What's the point?

"It is precisely because the environment is so good that an overlord has grown on the island." Lin Fa explained with a wry smile, "Because the environment is so good, snakes and insects have grown and spread almost all over the island—that is to say, here is actually an overlord." It is a snake island, and almost all of the people living on it are highly poisonous snakes that seal their throats with blood."

"Snake Island? That's how it is... I said why did Situ Chen recommend this place to Ben Gong?" Li Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that this made sense, because the environment was too humid, resulting in many snakes and insects on the island , so ordinary people can't live in it, so the prisoners are exiled there, let them fight against the snakes, and see whether they have done the poisonous snakes or the poisonous snakes finally ate them.

Snake Island, as the name suggests, is an island whose ecological chain is dominated by snakes and insects. There are many snake islands in the world, such as the native Qiandao Lake Snake Island, Dalian Snake Island, foreign Brazilian Snake Island and Ukrainian Snake Island, etc.There are many reasons for the formation of Snake Island, but most of them are due to the suitable environment and the absence of natural enemies. Snakes and insects can reproduce unscrupulously on the island, and eventually wipe out other creatures on the island and dominate the island.

The only difference is that the current Snake Island is a bit too big, more than 1000 square kilometers...

I don't know how many poisonous snakes are there?

When asked by Li Zhen, Lin Fa replied: "I definitely don't know the exact number, and my subordinates have never seen it with their own eyes. Anyway, according to what Situ said, the island is full of poisonous snakes. On average, every ten steps you will encounter one." snake……

His exploration team only explored the edge of the island, and they don't know what's going on inside, but according to Situ, the reason why his exploration team didn't complete the exploration was not because they were lazy, but because of fear—the exploration team was After exploring the island for three days, I didn’t dare to go any further. They all ran back like crazy. After returning, they still did psychological counseling with the political commissar for several days. Even so, they couldn’t hear the word snake anymore. Otherwise, they will definitely have goosebumps all over their bodies, and then they will be restless, and they don't even dare to look at things that are too dense... It seems that they have the dense phobia that your Highness you mentioned. "

"So that's it." Li Zhen was even more satisfied. Even the expedition team, who often took the lead and always faced danger, was known as the hero of the army. The center is an open space, so don’t worry if there are no poisonous snakes. As long as there are these poisonous snakes guarding the periphery, the prisoners inside will not be able to escape.

"Very good, since that's the case, let's put 1 people here, and the rest will be put on the other three islands separately." Li Zhen decided.

On such a large island, if there are not 1 people, it would be a waste of resources. In fact, according to the size of the island, no matter how many people there are, it’s just that Li Zhen’s plan is not clear to others—the environment of this snake island is really That's great, it's a natural prison exile place. Not only does he want to exile the group of prisoners in front of him, but he also plans to turn this snake island into a real prison island. In the future, whether it is domestic or overseas criminals, They all have to be placed here, so it is not advisable to put more people in first, otherwise if it becomes crowded, it will be difficult for future people to put in here again.

"Of course it is beneficial to separate the distribution. After all, the power of the prisoners will be much weaker in this way, and it will be easier to manage. It's just that your Highness has made such a move. I think Situ will die of sorrow when he hears it. After all, the people in his hands are already It’s not enough, if you make such adjustments again, his hair will probably turn white.” Lin Fa said gloatingly, originally Situ Chen might have planned to ask Li Zhen to choose one of the five islands, but Li Zhen They actually used all five islands—you must know that the prisoners didn’t put them on these islands and leave them alone. The fleet needs to be guarded by manpower. It's hard enough, and now Li Zhen has to transfer some of Situ Chen's staff to guard the prisoners. He would be happy if he was happy.

"You can just let Situ Chen rest assured that I don't intend to use your people this time." Li Zhen said with a smile: "This time, I plan to set up a Class C fleet and equip a Class II warship. Ten third-tier battleships, twenty cruisers (an improved version of the fourth-tier battleship, the original fourth-tier battleship should be regarded as a reduced version of the third-tier battleship, but after having a third-tier battleship, the role of the fourth-tier battleship is greatly reduced. , so Li Zhen asked people to make changes to the original drawings, reducing the weight of the armor and the number of artillery pieces, increasing the caliber of the artillery pieces, and increasing the speed of the ships. They are specially used to patrol the sea area. As for the fifth-level warships, they are no longer produced. They will be gradually replaced by destroyers) and [-] destroyers. The only role of these warships is to manage the prison island and transport or capture prisoners, which is relatively more independent."

"It turns out that's the case, so my subordinates can rest assured." Lin Fa breathed a sigh of relief, because if Li Zhen transferred a manned ship from the Luzon mainland fleet, not only the Dagang fleet would be transferred, but his Coconut Harbor fleet would also flee. In order to avoid the fate of being transferred, now that Li Zhen has specially organized another small fleet, it means that his manpower will not be used, which is also good news for him.

As for whether the new fleet will divide his rights, this Lin Fa is not worried, not to mention his loyalty to Li Zhen, but to say that Luzon is so big that their two fleets cannot protect them at all. They would be taken advantage of by smugglers and pirates, for which they were often reprimanded by the court.

Now that there is an extra fleet, it can relieve their pressure. Although it is said that the main function of this fleet is to guard the prison, Lin Fa does not believe it. They will not arrest pirates and smugglers when they encounter them.

"By the way, there is one more thing." After talking about the Prison Island, Li Zhen remembered another thing: "You have been here in Luzon for almost three or four years, right?"

Lin Fa added: "Three and a half years."

"So, your term of office should have expired." Li Zhen said solemnly: "You should prepare for it in the next few days, at most two months, the fleet that will come to change defense with you will arrive soon."

A defense change, as the name suggests, means that the troops stationed in a certain place hand over their defensive tasks and are replaced by newly transferred troops. The main reason is to prevent the army from staying in a certain place for too long, resulting in deep-rooted troops, and eventually forming a trend that cannot be lost.

Speaking of which, not only Lin Fa, but also Cheng Chuliang, Liu Rengui and others have not changed defenses yet. Yuchi Baolin and Qin Huaiyu, who have been the longest, have even stayed in Dengzhou for nearly ten years. It's time to switch defenses.

But in the past few years, because the navy had just been established, the number of Tang's local fleets was not neatly configured, and everything was crossing the river by feeling the stones, so it was impossible to talk about changing defenses.However, with the development of time, the scale of the navy has become more and more complete, and some old fleets have already stayed in place for a long time, and it is a matter of course to change defenses at this time—otherwise it will take a long time, really Something will happen.