Militarily more than an era, and there will be no economic problems, then the country must be very belligerent.

This was the case with the Huaxia Empire, which had actually begun to consider a war with the Great Zhou before the Fusang War ended.

When, in the 1793-94 season, someone tentatively proposed to attack Jiangnan and end the division of the Central Plains, the atmosphere at the conference quickly became hot.

Everyone, really everyone, is loudly preaching the idea of attacking Jiangnan as soon as possible without scruples, everyone thinks that the Great Zhou is vulnerable, and the prosperity of Jiangnan has a great attraction for everyone.

What's more, if they kill the Great Zhou, they will not be "traitors", nor will they be a Northern Dynasty. Everyone wants to be an official of a unified Great Empire, a real, all-round official of the First Empire of the time!

Listening to the sounds surging in the venue and looking at the excited faces of people when they thought of the war, Xu Shiyang knew that people's feelings for the Great Zhou court had completely disappeared.

That's really good news.

Perhaps, the war of unification will not cause much trauma to this country and this nation - then it is indeed time to do it.

Now all it takes is a suitable excuse.

……

Republic January 15, 1794, the sea east of Fuso.

The Navy's third-class sail transport ship "Dengyingzu" spent this year's Mid-Autumn Festival off the coast off Edo Bay.

Because it is still in a state of war, although there has not been a large-scale fighting between the various parties in Fuso, confrontations and skirmishes have occurred from time to time, and the navy is now carrying out heavy transportation tasks and blockade and surveillance of the Fuso coast.

The task is so heavy that the old sail transport ships such as the "Dengyingzhou" are very busy.

Early in the morning, 15-year-old Imperial Navy Captain Xu Daixuan led a group of second-class sailors to carefully wipe down the deck.

In fact, sail carriers such as the "Deng Yingzhou" can continue to operate for a long time without too good maintenance, but the Navy regulations still require every ship to maintain itself when it is idle, and there must be no slackness.

Therefore, although "Deng Yingzhou" is only an old ship that has been in service for 19 years in Huaxia, and has been on duty at sea for several months, she still looks like a new ship just from the outside.

After the maintenance, the boatswain of the "Deng Yingzhou" put on a pair of white socks and walked back and forth on the deck twice with his hands behind his back, stopping from time to time to look at the soles of his feet, or walking to the gunwales and touching the chamber with his white-gloved hands.

If there is a trace of black marks on the snow-white gloves and socks, then the officers and soldiers in charge of maintenance today will be punished in addition to re-maintenance, usually carrying shells, arranging sails and other heavy work.

After a long time, the boatswain nodded with satisfaction and said loudly, "Well done, give you half an hour to rest!" ”

Whoa, salute, salute.

"Captain Xu Daizhuo, you come with me, the captain wants to see you."

"Yes!"

The captain's cabin of each sail warship is the first cabin under the stern deck of the ship, and the "Deng Ying Chau" is no exception.

The captain's cabin is very spacious, and for a sail warship, the decoration is slightly luxurious.

"Lieutenant Colonel."

The door of the captain's room was open, and Xu Daizhuo saluted at the door.

"Come in."

The captain of Dengyingzhou is an old sailor who is nearly forty years old, and he used to help the local dock lord family run the Jiangnan route in Dengzhou, and after the empire ruled Dengzhou, he was admitted to the naval academy and studied in the military academy for a long time.

Therefore, although he is only a lieutenant commander transport captain now, he has a bright future, and it is estimated that he will be promoted to colonel in a few years, and even in ten years, he can expect to be a general.

However, the future admiral has always had a good attitude towards Xu Daizhuo - and it can't be bad, after all, he is the emperor's grandson.

In fact, Xu Daizhuo suspected that he was promoted from a second lieutenant to a naval captain in half a year, and the top five big names on the transport ship "Dengyingzhou" were because of everyone's own identity - perhaps even this suspicion was superfluous, and everyone promoted him like this because of his status as the emperor's grandson.

"Captain, you have two months off this year." The captain sat behind the mahogany desk and said in a casual tone, "You can use this vacation." ”

"Why? Didn't you say that you were not allowed to take leave during the war? Xu Daizhuo felt a little strange.

Cadets do have special holidays, and in peacetime they can choose when they want to rest, but in wartime, of course, it is impossible to exercise this right - otherwise they become deserters.

"It is not that leave is not allowed during the war, but that the reasons for taking leave must be approved by the general-level officer and the Judge Advocate General's Office." The lieutenant colonel smiled and said, "Captain, you don't know enough about military discipline. ”

"But I don't have a reason to take a leave of absence."

Xu Daizhuo didn't even ask for leave at all.

"Captain, sometimes, what you should do doesn't have much to do with what you want to do."

The captain took out a letter from his desk and handed it to Xu Daizhuo:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asks you to return to China immediately."

"What? My father? Xu Daizhuo was surprised: "He asked me to leave the front line?" ”

This seems unlikely, Xu Shiyang didn't transfer him away from the front line when the battle was at its most fierce before, and it seems unnecessary to do so now, after all, the fleet of the Fuso people has long been finished, and it is safe for Xu Daizhuo to stay on the front line.

"You can take a look at the letter first." The captain reminded.

Xu Daizhuo opened the letter with doubts.

Then it dawned on me that it was so......

There is news from Jiangnan that Xu Daizhuo's grandfather, Wen and Fu, who were two prime ministers, are seriously ill, and it is estimated that time is running out.

As his own grandson, Xu Daizhuo must go to the Wen family in Jiangnan, and those who return to Jiangnan together are Wen Ji, the son of Wen Xianggong, and his wife, as well as Xu Daizhuo's mother, Wen Yue, the crown princess of the Chinese Empire.

This is the filial piety that the Han people attach the most importance to, as the flaunting of the Han empire of China, it is impossible to win love, but now the attitude of the Jiangnan Great Zhou towards China is not very friendly (the empire is the same for the Great Zhou court), so this trip to Jiangnan must have multiple security guarantees.

The navy decided to directly dispatch a detachment of troops to anchor in the waters off Lin'an, and as soon as something happened, they went up the river and forcibly entered Lin'an for rescue.

In addition, the Imperial Cabinet also specially contacted friendly people in Jiangnan, including Xu Shisong, Wen Zhong, Bao Zheng and others, and obtained certain guarantees from them to ensure the absolute safety of the group.

Some of the wealthy gentry in Jiangnan who had economic ties with the empire also agreed to provide guarantees.

There is no problem in terms of safety, so Xu Daizhuo has to set off as soon as possible, return to China to meet his mother and uncle, and then take a boat to Jiangnan.

Moon Sang-gong's physical condition is very bad, and they have to race against time.