Dongzhi County was the seat of the newly established Nanping Commandery under Liu Bei, and also where Zhuge Jin was stationed.
Strictly speaking, this was not a city of the Han people, but a place where Han and Yue lived side by side.
As far back as the Qin dynasty, this had still been territory of the Minyue Kingdom. Only after Qin Shi Huang ordered the southern campaign and destroyed Minyue did it become part of Han land.
Yet Fujian's peculiar terrain—eight parts mountains, one part water, one part farmland—made it difficult for the region to develop and grow.
The reason Qin Tian had specifically carved out Nanping Commandery before was precisely because this land was simply too barren.
Other than cities such as Shanyin in the north, there were almost no major cities within nearly a thousand li south of Kuaiji.
After government orders reached northern Kuaiji, at most they could extend as far as Zhang'an and Yongning; reaching Dongzhi was difficult.
This was clearly extremely disadvantageous to their ambitions of vigorously developing maritime transport!
Thus, Qin Tian intended to prescribe a specific remedy for a specific ailment and establish a commandery here alone.
With Dongzhi as the commandery seat, they would continually extend their influence along the surrounding coast and develop coastal cities.
It was for this purpose that Zhuge Jin had been sent to Dongzhi.
Originally, after inspecting Yizhou, Qin Tian had planned to come here. Unexpectedly, an illness had brought him here ahead of schedule.
As soon as the ship docked, they could see a group of people waiting in the distance.
Looking over from afar, Qin Tian spotted a dark, lean young man among them and called out with a hearty laugh, "It has been so long, Ziyu. How have you become like this?"
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