As for the navy, Xiao Letian is looking forward to and fearing it, expecting powerful ironclad warships to run rampant across the ocean, protect China's sea power, and create a peaceful space for the mainland's internal political reform.

Xiao Letian once deduced that as long as he can hold on to the peace of China's coastal areas for three or four years, then this time will be enough for the reorganization of domestic political forces, and even a civil war will be too late.

Do not think that war has all kinds of harm but no benefit, because later generations of students who have studied political economy even a little bit know that war is nothing but the continuation of politics, and it is the last and most effective means of resolving conflicts.

Relying on the means of war to complete the reorganization of the internal political structure, redistribute forces, and then achieve a relatively balanced state is the only way to reform the Qing Dynasty at present, and it is also the inevitable that many parties are preparing.

The Hunan army is dormant, the new army of the Ryukyus is on guard on the edge of the mainland, the Manchu conservative forces in Beijing are training frantically, and even Xiao Zaichun has begun to form his own officer corps, not to mention those external forces that are eyeing each other, the Russians' hand has reached directly to Xinjiang, and the British are constantly strengthening the armament of Hong Kong and other concessions.

If nothing else, the year when Emperor Tongzhi was 16 years old and came to power is likely to be the point in time when all conflicts broke out.

Don't think that Xiao Lotian doesn't care about anything on the surface, in fact, the pressure in his heart is beyond imagination, he woke up in a nightmare more than once, in which the Forbidden City was burning and the walls of Sijiu City were collapsing. Refugees fled Beijing in droves, gunfire rained down and the sky was reddened by firelight.

This is not the most terrible scene, the most terrifying is that while the groups of pigtailed soldiers are fighting, there are countless European troops hidden in the smoke behind, they are waiting for the last drop of blood in the Chinese civil war, and then use bayonets to kill the defeated soldiers, and finally sit on the advantage of the fisherman.

Sandpiper and clam compete for fisherman's profit, this idiom is not unknown to Europeans, and they are very skillful in playing.

Xiao Letian, who woke up in a nightmare, was sweating profusely on his chest and back, but he didn't expect that just a nap would fall into a demonic dream, and Ping'er, who was playing a fan next to him, was startled.

After drinking two bowls of iced tea, the little anger in Xiao Letian's heart finally dissipated a little, pushed open the door, Xiao Letian started to walk in the back garden of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and those who were familiar with Xiao Lotian knew that he was thinking about the problem as soon as he saw the Prime Minister's expression, and at this time, even his two daughters-in-law could not be disturbed casually.

The Ryukyu Prime Minister's Mansion was built on the original residential land of Kayama Kuriten, which is located on a high ground overlooking the entire Naha Bay and Shuri Castle, and was originally chosen because of its sophistication and because of its condescending terrain that could easily control the entire city.

At the top of the Prime Minister's Mansion, which is built on the mountain, there is a great pavilion with a view of the sea, and on top of this Japanese-style three-story castle tower, Xiao Lotian pushes open the wooden door and is greeted by the cold sea breeze blowing from the Pacific Ocean.

Here you can see the Pacific Ocean in the east, the waves are painted with white marks rushing towards the beach, and there are scattered sail merchant ships sailing on the blue sea.

"China is not afraid of civil war, and it closes its doors to solve problems, even if it is in the form of war, and in the end it is still a division of family property between brothers...... What China is most afraid of is that there will be foreign ghosts intervening during the civil war, and at that time, it will be obviously a competition for family property between brothers, and it will become a foreign ghost entering the house to take advantage of the chaos to rob money!"

"If you want to block the foreign ghosts, you must have a strong navy, as long as the sea frontier can be stabilized, the chaos on the land can be controlled...... But can I build such a navy alone, and can I withstand that crazy arms race?"

"The design ideas and technology of the Zhiyuan ship have surpassed the generation difference of at least 20 years among the current European powers, this is my Xiao Letian's golden finger, but how long can this advantage be maintained?"

"On the secret return of the Zhiyuan to go smoothly, the battleship and those core equipment and instruments are safe, in the autumn and winter Vladivostok will inevitably have a war, then the secret of the Zhiyuan will naturally be revealed to the world, with the industrial level and technical strength of Britain and France, at most a year, and the performance of the Zhiyuan warship will also be launched, and after half a year or a year of commissioning and running-in period, at most 1870 Zhiyuan's scientific and technological advantages will no longer exist......

"Hey...... This gold finger can only be opened for two and a half years......!

"But in 1870 Prussia was almost ready for battle, and if I hadn't completely changed the course of history, the Franco-Prussian War would not have gone away, and the great war that shook the world, the rise of the German Empire, would certainly shake the whole of Europe...... It will take at least two or three years for Britain, France, and Russia to have the energy to take care of Asia, so the security period of the Ryukyu Navy should be between four and a half to five years......"

"In 1872...... Wait!" Xiao Letian was stunned for a moment, his brain hurriedly calculated desperately, and finally even began to break hands, "In 1872, wasn't Jaechun exactly 16 years old? History records that Jaechun got married in 1872, and 1873 was not the year he was in power?"

"Damn!" Xiao Letian patted his head, "I thought I could influence history, in fact, I am just a small chess piece around history, there is really a force in the dark that is gathering us to a point, and when everyone walks on the altar, the karmic fire of hell will rush out and burn all of us......"

"Whether you will cultivate a three-foot golden body or turn into ashes in the endless void, it depends on whether the preparation work in the last five years is sufficient, damn it...... Why didn't I travel a few years sooner? Damn, damn it......"

"Please invite my father-in-law, Lao Taishan, please invite Fan Yao, Xiao Hexin, Sima Yun, Wang Huaiyuan, Luo Huo...... They're all here, emergency meeting!"

At the sound of an order, several figures under the attic blew in all directions like the wind, and after a while, a team of kung fu horses began to plan to the prime minister's mansion, and the pedestrians on the street hurriedly avoided it, and everyone knew that the officials of the Ryukyus would not gallop in the downtown without an urgent military situation.

Everyone walked quickly to the attic, only to find Xiao Lotian sitting cross-legged on the wooden floor, the ice bucket full of white and crystal ice, with red wine, beer, and Ryukyu specialty rum on it.

"Close the door, the highest level, today's meeting involves strategic planning for the next five to ten years, I have prepared delicious food and wine, eat and drink Lazar will be solved here......"

Looking at the scattered figures and the chaos around him, Xiao Letian asked with a gloomy face, "The moment the Zhiyuan returns to China, it is destined to kick off the global naval arms race, I want to know how much money we have in our hands?"