In the afternoon of the same day, the defeat of Qingchuan finally became known all over the city, and the entire Bohai Mansion was a sensation, and the streets and alleys, restaurants and teahouses were talking about it.

"Hey, do you know that Qingchuan's army has been defeated?"

"Why don't I know?! The master of the Taishou Mansion is my own relative! This news came from a relative of mine! ”

"Hey, why did you say we lost Qingchuan? The county lieutenant has 6,000 soldiers! ”

"Soldiers are more than a fart, you don't know, those are farmers with hoes, they only train once in half a year, and they have long forgotten how to fight on the battlefield. What a robber who robs every day! ”

"That's not the case, I heard that this defeat is because there are tens of thousands of Japanese robbers!"

"Huh? Tens of thousands of widows? Obediently, when did so many people come? ”

"Well, I don't know! I heard that it is almost Suchuan, I don't know if this Seoul can be defended! ”

"Bah, crow's mouth. We have a population of tens of thousands of people, and one person can drown them with a mouthful of spit, and do you care about these ten thousand widows? You see, I think this widow is a grasshopper after autumn, and it won't last a few days! ”

"Well, it should be this Li'er, didn't you see that those students from Bohai University all went to petition outside the Taishou Mansion?"

"What are they going to ask for?"

"Follow Ban Chao's abandonment of the pen from Rongbei...... But it's just a formality, so that Lord Taishou knows that we are now in a state of public opinion. Look, I guess it's time for Lord Taishou to issue a mobilization order in the next two days...... Hey, have you received any grain? ”

"Oh, don't you say that I forgot, in case Lord Taishou gives a mobilization order, then who will collect the grain in this field? My girl can't do that much work...... No, I won't talk to you, I'll go back and set up the layout first! ”

"I also hurried back, there is a brother in my family who just went out of the house last year, and his daughter-in-law has just passed the door, in case the mobilization order comes down, he will have to go to the gathering, and there are more things in this house."

……

Autumn is the harvest season, when everything is ripe. But the problem is that the beginning of autumn has just passed, and there are still a few days left before the harvest. It is the busy farming season, and the people will talk to each other after tea and dinner, but in the end they will inevitably go back to real problems.

Mano was sitting in a teahouse at the moment, listening carefully to the discussions around him. His face was calm, but his heart was open.

This Japanese man really has some ability, and he can actually take Qingchuan County! But that's the end of their accomplishments, right?

Although the Han people remember the harvest, no one is afraid of war! Sisi Twilight collected the grain, so that he could join the army to fight the Japanese invaders, this folk customs and morale are really strong! It has been a thousand years since the Han Dynasty began with Gaozu Liu Bang, and the Han people have never been defeated in foreign wars, and the pride in the hearts of the people has reached its peak, and any foreign enemy who wants to touch the dignity of the Han people will provoke the most violent blow to the Han people......

Hmm, if we Romans really collide with the Han Chinese, I wonder if we can defeat the arrogance of the Han people who have been arrogant for thousands of years? Alas, I just hope that day will come!

Ma Nuo thought quietly in his heart, and couldn't help but think of the poem he heard when he had a party with the Hou Shizi of Bohai yesterday, especially Shen Yun's heroic expression at that time made him a little admired. I thought to myself: The Han people are full of talents, and they are really a terrible opponent! Father, you asked me to come to the East to find a country that could be an opponent of the Han people to support me, but is this Japanese country really the ideal object in your mind?

Thinking of this, Mano smiled lightly. His smile was not for the Han Chinese, but for the Romans! The motherland that is far away in the West, but he loves!

Everyone, including the Han Chinese and most of the Japanese people, believed that his first stop from Rome was Busan. But in fact, he has actually returned from the Wa Kingdom!

Mano's full name is Uzi? Hughusk? hand . His father Titan? Hughusk? Mano was the governor of the Roman province of Asia. The province of Asia was the easternmost province of the Roman Empire, bordering the westernmost state of the Han Empire with three small states. After graduating from Bohai University three years ago, he returned to Rome on a year's ship, spent a year in his homeland, and then returned to the East with a heavy responsibility.

His purpose was simple: to help Rome determine whether the Wa people were worthy of support. If it was worthwhile, he had the power granted by the Roman Emperor Augustus to change the place of call for Roman merchant ships!

He actually arrived in Dongfang two months ago, but the first time he settled was not in Busan, but in Naha. Then sail out from Naha and make a detour to Tokachi, a port in the north of Wakoku. There, he secretly went to Fuliang Castle, the capital of the Japanese Kingdom. I met the king of the Japanese kingdom, Meiji!

I have to admit that Mano has been moved by the king of the Japanese kingdom, Meiji. That smile just now was Mano's --- for his motherland, because he seemed to have found a country for his motherland that was enough to contain the Han Empire in the East! It's just that the country seems to be a little too weak now!

Mano pouted. Remembering the first time he met the Wa King Meiji, Mano couldn't believe that this king could be a Wa who had always been looked down upon by the Han Chinese, because this king did not wear Hanfu, but wore a straight button-down dress very similar to that of the Romans, and there was a pendant like a Roman. He spoke fluently to Mano and had a great sense of humor, and he was very tall, about 1.74 meters!

These two points have already won the favor of Mano. The people of the Han Empire would not take the initiative to talk to you in Roman when dealing with the Romans, let alone change their attire. They will politely remind you: "Please speak Chinese!" ”

Chinese is the universal language of the world! Many schools in the province of Rome have a compulsory subject--- Chinese class!

So Mano has a very good impression of Meiji. What is even more favorable is the clear grasp of the whole world situation by the Meiji king. After all, Rome needed a country strong enough to contain the Han Chinese in the East, not a narrow-minded traitor who would turn against him at any moment. And the hatred of the Han Chinese and the desire for Roman aid revealed between the lines of this Meiji king were enough to impress Mano.

What moved him even more was Meiji's desire to change the name of the country--- Japan! Where the sun rises! That's what this country name means! It is also the clearest evidence of Meiji's confrontation with the Han Empire!

Therefore, Mano had secretly signed a treaty with the Meiji king--- of course, a treaty that was very favorable to Rome. There were only three articles to the treaty: first, the Wa state must do everything in its power to contain the forces of at least four states in the east of the Han Empire when Rome needed it; second, Rome could unilaterally tear up the treaty when it needed it; Thirdly, when Rome needed it, the Wa state had to provide no less than one year's wealth of a state of the Han Empire.

In exchange, Mano promised to arrange for Roman merchant ships to be loaded in Sapporo, Rumo, Aomori and other ports in the Wa Kingdom over the next three years. Of course, the tax collected by the Wa Kingdom was fifty percent less than that of the Han Empire! Although it seems that the Wa Kingdom is losing, in fact, the Wa State will get at least 10 million to 20 million more gold coins every year than before! This is already a year's tax revenue for the poor states and counties of the Han Empire! Not to mention the income of other related industries after the port boom, which would be an intangible wealth......

King Meiji seems to be quite satisfied with this treaty, after all, he has exchanged a blank check that will need to be cashed in an unknown number of years, in exchange for the comprehensive development of Japan in recent years. He was delighted!

Mano was also very happy, but more often felt that this Meiji king was a little pitiful. Because he found that this king was very unique in terms of tactical vision, but naïve in terms of macro strategy, like a student who had not yet graduated from the political department of the Han Imperial University......

“…… It should be noted that although this kind of all-round development in a short period of time will allow the Wa State to have extremely strong explosive combat effectiveness in a very short period of time, it is still as weak as an ant compared to the Han Empire. Not to mention anything else, the Yulin Army, which is stationed in Nagashima, Shikoku, Pingtung, and Wading all year round, is an obstacle that the Japanese cannot overcome for a hundred years!

Therefore, if the empire wants to make a move, it is better to launch it in five years......

…… In front of the Han Chinese, the king's macro-strategic thinking was still at the elementary school stage. As soon as a Han Chinese official discovered the actions of the Wa state, the country would disappear from the world map......

But I must admit that this is the most long-term vision an island king can have...... The narrowness of the island nation has forged his character and limited his development! ”

Mano said so in a letter to the country.

But three days later, Mano quickly wrote another letter to the country.

The letter reads: "I'm sorry, but I retract some of the points I made in my last letter. Because I got a surprising news today: Xiao Rang, the Taishou of Bohai in the Han Empire, did not issue a mobilization order for the whole county, but issued a dispatch order to the four counties of Changdao, Shiguo, Pingtung, and Shishui, and transferred all the second-class regiments in these four counties to Bohai County, preparing to deal with the Japanese who only had 10,000 men...... I'm not sure if this was a strategy laid down by King Meiji, but I can already see the dawn of the rise of the Wakoku!

And yesterday, a powerful family liaison in Bohai County contacted me, hoping that I would dock all the merchant ships to the Wa Kingdom, and said that they would transport the goods to the Wa Kingdom for loading--- this person's purpose was only to seize the power of the other people in power in the family--- I am sorry that I can only use such vague words to explain this matter. But all this points to King Meiji, because this man had a lot of business dealings with King Meiji!

I must stress once again that the spirit of infighting among the Han people is awe-inspiring. They even ignored the extra 10% freight that would be paid from the Bohai Sea to the Wa Kingdom, just to completely defeat the family members who were competing with them for interests...... I can't find an adjective to describe my mood at the moment, maybe in Chinese, but I'm writing in Roman......

On an East Asian tactical level alone, the Meiji king had been so successful that it was now guarded by less than 20,000 C-class legions in the four prefectures of Fuso Prefecture. Compared to the Meiji king, the Bohai Taishou of the Han Empire was simply a naïve child who did not attend school, because he was fighting mosquitoes with heavy ballistas!

Well, I'll admit, it's all my guess, but I think I'm close to the truth. Because I suddenly received a letter from the king of the Wa Kingdom, who wanted me to make a request in the name of the empire to Yuyang to transfer all Roman merchant ships to the Wa Kingdom in order to avoid the war in Bohai County......

This Meiji King is really a smart man, and we all like such weak but useful smart people, don't we? Especially if he's still a king! ”

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