In the Jicheng Palace, in the lofty study, the sound of Shuang Lang's laughter came out through the glass, and even the guards outside could clearly feel the joy of the king.

I can't help but be unhappy, since he was still in the Eastern Army, he began to develop the naval division, and now it can really be called the navy, although it has not gone far, but in Asia, it can already run rampant. The huge ocean-going ships have been able to ignore the restrictions of the seasons and sail freely on the ocean, and the fleet equipped with artillery is basically unable to find an opponent that can compete with it on the sea, and corresponding to the powerful combat power, the island country of Fuso, which has been hanging for a long time, finally succumbed and surrendered to the Han under the threat of the giant ship cannons of the Han naval division.

The battle of Fusang, because it was a navy that was not widely known in the Han Dynasty, although the money invested was large, but the personnel were small, and the entire fleet, together did not exceed 5,000 people, for the domestic battle of more than 100,000 people, it is indeed not worth mentioning, but for Gao Yuan, the actual significance of this battle is far better than any major battle in China.

Fuso, that is, Japan in the future, is rich in gold and silver, but also a large sulfur deposits, although the former island country is poor, the country is full of candidates, chaotic, but the Han is limited to the number of people invested, has always occupied, has only occupied some coastal strongholds, and has not been able to go deeper, with the gradual increase of strength over the past year, only began to gradually deepen.

But the gradual deepening also caused a backlash from this island nation, and many local forces in Fusang united to start fighting against the Han army, which once gave the Han army a headache, until the Han army's newly equipped artillery was put on board, and a large number of firearms such as grenades were used in the Marine Corps, this powerful weapon that the opponent had never seen before, finally completely destroyed the opponent's will, just yesterday. Gao Yuan got the latest battle report of the expeditionary force.

Fuso surrendered.

As Gao Yuan, Fusang's bending is not only a major victory for the Han Kingdom overseas, but more importantly, he feels that he has finally taken a bad breath, as a second human being, although the memory of his previous life has already begun to blur, but every time he sees this country like a small insect on the map, Gao Yuan feels a little uncomfortable. Some unpleasant memories will come flooding back.

Hmph, Japan! He sneered inwardly. From now on, I will let you wear Hanfu, speak Chinese, read Hanshu, and become vassals of the Han Kingdom forever, and as for that disgusting flag, there will never be a chance to appear in the sun again.

Yang Qingyi really made a great contribution this time, he knew that his troops were insufficient, so he lured the opponent to gather the main force to fight him. The poor Fusang people saw that Yang Qingyi was on an expedition with a lone division, and he was far away from the coast, and he lost the support of the sailors, so he actually gathered almost all his forces to defeat him. It's a pity, they never calculated, this time Yang Qing brought with them weapons that they couldn't imagine, in the roar of cannons. Those warriors who rushed up thought it was thunder from the sky! Tens of thousands of corpses ambushed the battlefield, this battle completely chilled the opponent's courage, and they no longer had the strength to fight against us. I had to surrender on my knees. Kou Shuguang smiled so much that his eyes were almost out of sight, Yang Qingyi took over him as the commander of the navy, although the credit was given by Yang Qingyi, but he was naturally indispensable here, and he will get the biggest share, because the foundation of the navy was laid down by him, and after he came to the political hall, he was also responsible for the navy.

After this battle, his voice in the government hall will be greatly increased, and the navy will henceforth receive more resources from the army.

"King, the strength of the navy still needs to be strengthened, after taking Fusang, we will have an excellent port overseas, and we will have a better springboard to advance to the open sea, you said, the outside world is very big, and wherever the sun shines, there are yellow dragon flags fluttering of our big man, so we must strengthen the construction of the navy, build more ships, train more sailors, and build more marines." Kou Shuguang struck while the iron was hot, and said loudly in front of all the members of the political hall in the study, as well as the ministers of several major ministries.

"The Navy is not the point right now." The first one to jump out is naturally Ye Chong, the minister of the Ministry of National Defense, now the Ministry of Defense is in charge of the army, and the navy is basically under the direct jurisdiction of the king, and the specific affairs are handled by Kou Shuguang, and now there are only so many military expenditures approved by the big council every year, and the navy takes more, and the army will naturally be less, and as Ye Chong, he also has to worry about the allocation of these military expenses. "The Qin and Chu in the country are still standing, especially the Chu State, the strength still exists, and in the past few years, the Chu people have been under our threat, making great efforts, although the economy is in a bad situation, but the military strength is growing steadily, its land area, the number of people, is still better than our country, that is, the Qin people, but also a hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff, not without the strength of a fight, the top priority, or to strengthen the construction of the army strength, after the enemy on land, can talk about marching overseas."

"It's not that the construction of the navy can't hit Qin and Chu, at least we can make a big effort to fight against Chu, there are many rivers in Chu, and it is also the time for our sailors to play a role." Kou Shuguang retorted.

Ye Chong snorted a few times: "Kou Yizheng, your naval ships can see the inland rivers of the Chu State, but I'm afraid that they won't be able to go far and will stay there!" ”

Kou Shuguang laughed, "Minister Ye doesn't know, when our naval division was developing the ocean-going fleet, the inland water division was also under construction, and Li Quan's current inland water division is already quite large-scale." ”

"No matter what the water division is, in the end, it is still up to the army to solve the problem, king, I suggest that the artillery be equipped with the army immediately, at least for now, it must be equipped to the first military region, in my opinion, there is no need to grind with the Qin people at all, just set up a cannon to bombard it, let him the city be impregnable, and blow him into powder."

"Minister Ye, are you so easy to build artillery? Last year's output in the two years of this year only equipped our navy! Kou Shuguang said.

"It's not easy!" Ye Chong's face was cold, "Isn't it okay to unload the artillery from the ship?" After beating the Qin people, I will return it to you. ”

Without saying this, not only Kou Shuguang's face turned green, but even Gao Yuan couldn't help coughing loudly.

"Minister Ye, this won't work." Gao Yuan shook his head again and again: "The artillery made now is too heavy, do you know how heavy the artillery on the ship of the Navy Division weighs?" It weighs thousands of pounds. Except for being mounted on ships or mounted on cities, it is almost impossible to equip an army to move with the army. It's better to say something in our country, after all, the transportation network extending in all directions has begun to be hardened with cement, and the carriage can still move quickly with the cannons, and if you really fight with the Qin people, the poor road conditions in their country, these cannons can move, but I am afraid that they will not be able to go far, so they will have to lie on their stomachs and fight with the Qin people with such a slow-moving guy, then you will only be beaten. Besides, don't think that the army equipped with artillery is invincible in the world, the artillery we have developed has many shortcomings now, and it may not be able to defeat the enemy, and the victory in Fusang is also because the enemy is too weak, but the Qin people are not like this. ”

Speaking of this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but think of the history of the previous life, when the firearms of the Ming Dynasty were already very developed, at least much stronger than they are now, but in the end, they lost to those Manchu iron horsemen outside the Guan. Thus began the centuries-old decline of Chinese civilization, which directly led to the bullying of the Chinese nation in the following hundreds of years.

"King, can't these cannons be made lighter and easier to carry?" Ye Zhong asked with some reluctance.

"Of course it can, it is now being developed, but this is at the expense of the power of artillery, and the small cannon that is now built is not much stronger than the grenade, but it is just farther away, far from being able to use him to defeat the enemy, and for a long time to come, we still need to use bows and crossbows, spears and broadswords to solve the battle." Gao Yuan smiled and said: "Moreover, whether it is a battle with the Qin people, or a battle with the Chu people, I don't want to kill and kill, this is all our Chinese family, and it will also be my Han people in the future, it is my greatest wish to pacify them at the smallest cost, even if it takes a longer time for this, I am willing to wait, now, isn't the Qin people already being dragged down by us?" ”

"The king is really kind-hearted." Yan Shenghao slapped his ass quietly, "A soldier who surrenders without a fight is, of course, the best policy of a soldier." ”

"The Qin people are in civil strife, I'm afraid that they are almost on the verge of an outbreak." Mei Yipo, governor of the Central Bank, also smiled: "This year, branches around the country have reported that many wealthy families in the Qin State have secretly used various channels to smuggle their gold and silver to our Han and save them, and many people have secretly brought the descendants of the clan to our Han Kingdom. ”

"That's a good thing!" Gao Yuan laughed and said: "For these people, don't be too strict with the relevant departments, open one eye, close one eye, let them come with a large amount of gold and silver, you are strict, they will still use underground channels to sneak in." ”

Gao Yuan's words were said to Cao Tianci beside him, and Cao Tianci nodded slightly: "We have investigated these people more strictly, because we are worried that the spies of the Qin people will be mixed in, as long as there is nothing to do with the review, we will not be in trouble." ”

"Very good, it seems that there is already a rumor in the Qin State, and the grass and trees are all soldiers." (To be continued......)