"So what do you know about us?" Inu Yangyi asked.

"Do you want to listen? If I go too far, aren't you angry? Jin Yujun smiled.

"Of course we listen, we won't be angry." Inu Yangyi said with a smile.

"You are a fanatic. You can't sit still at home, so you run outside and always help others make trouble. You have a kind of troublemaker who always wants to overturn everything above you. The Japanese government is too stable for you to push over, so you went to Korea to make trouble. Jin Yujun said.

"Aren't you representatives of the Enlightened Party also making waves in North Korea?" Kishida asked.

"It's completely different. We are making waves, at least in appearance, we must talk about ideals, righteousness, conscience, friendship, and friends, and you are helping the weak to fight the strong. We're not that stupid. You openly help the strong, and secretly help the weak, and gain room to bargain with the strong. One day, when the price is good, you can sell the weak to the strong; Or the price is not good, and the weak are supported to overthrow the strong, or the weak are divided into one side. In the whole process of operation, there was no ideal popularity, conscience, friends, only the interests of the Japanese Empire. What we are doing is really good for North Korea. We want North Korea to be strong, and when North Korea is strong, it is not good for Japan. Jin Yujun said.

"According to what you said, as long as Japan is strong, we don't care if North Korea is weak, and in the long run, if North Korea is weak, Japan will be weak, and you must not forget the fact that everyone is Asian and yellow. In the future, the world will definitely develop in this way. Inu Yangyi said.

"You are not Japanese diplomats, you are not Japanese prophets, you are not Japanese moralists, and I am not interested in what will happen in a hundred years. I'm not interested in what you're interested in. Jin Yujun said.

"But now you, like us, are interested in saving poor and weak North Korea. Even you helped us. Inu Yangyi said.

"Helping you? Or do you help us, don't you see? On behalf of the Japanese government, you have done things that are inconvenient for the Japanese government and cannot do. Jin Yujun said with a smile.

"We don't give it to the government." Inu Yangyi said.

"That's your idea, your naïve idea. It's a pity that you can't escape the fate of being used, maybe you don't know. But the fact is always: you are invisibly being used by the Japanese government, or by the extremist nationalists, by the War Department, or by the right-wingers of the civil rights, the chaebol, or, worst of all, by the cadres of the country. Jin Yujun said.

"You think we're fools and we're so easy to take advantage of?" Inuyang Yi asked with a smile.

"Whether you are fools or not depends on which way you go. At least in appearance, you have to talk about ideals, righteousness, conscience, friendship, friends, and help the weak to fight the strong. Your efforts on this road have been accomplished, and you are not the ones who have benefited from the results. If you are defeated, no one else will be responsible, and you will be swept to the grave. When you come back from the grave, you laugh at you for being fools. Jin Yujun said.

"You mean we're on the wrong track?" Inu Yangyi asked.

"It depends on which point of view you use. Generally speaking, the road you take is the path of chivalry, from this point of view, your view of success or failure is fundamentally different from the world, others think you are being used, but you sneer three times, why? Your outlook on life is to squander wealth and righteousness to resolve difficulties, and you are not interested in the merits, power, fame and wealth that the world is fighting for. So, when you don't get these things and others get them, the world thinks you're a fool, but you sneer, the world thinks you're a loss, and you're at ease. So, from your chivalrous point of view, you're on the right track. But, oh my God! Who can understand? What century is it now? You guys are so classical. Jin Yujun said.

"You laugh at us for being too outdated?" Inu Yangyi asked.

"Not necessarily. Classics may be reborn into the future, but classics cannot be reborn into modernity, and your actions are either history or the future, but not modernity. Jin Yujun replied.

"Maybe you're right, Mr. King, we're not modern. If we were modern, we wouldn't have made friends with Mr. King. Mr. Kim is also not modern. Mr. Kim is a classical Korean bushido, and Mr. Kim uses the combination of classical and modern to create the future of North Korea. Kishida said Ginka.

"Classical Korean bushido, Mr. Kim is right. In Japan, bushido is our Yamato soul, and Ito Gong is right to say that you are the precious soul of Korea. By the way, we've got to go. Ito should be waiting for us. Inu Yangyi said.

The group left the embassy, got into a carriage, and headed straight in the direction of the Empire State Building.

At this time, Kim Ok-gyun would not have imagined that because of the existence of another person, he would never have the opportunity to return to Korea from the time he set foot on Japanese soil.

March 15, 9085 (11th year of the Great Dry Guangxu, 18th year of the Meiji era of Japan), Volkeng Shipyard, East Prussia, Germany, Szczecin.

Looking at the Japanese ironclad ship "Fuso," which had been moored at the wharf and had completed all outfitting and sea trials, Li Danya, the minister of the Qianguo State to Germany, and Xu Jingcheng, the deputy envoy of the Qianguo country, had a lingering gloom on their faces.

Located on the border of Rostock in Germany, Stettin is a city in northwestern Poland, near the mouth of the Oder River. To the north, it is close to the Gulf of Stettin and Pomerania in the Baltic Sea, and includes the southwestern shores of Lake Donbetsu and the banks of the Oder River and several large islands between the east and west branches of the river. Szczecin train station is now about 6 hours away from Berlin by train.

Szczecin, Poland's 7th largest city and 2nd seaport, is the capital of West Pomerania and is known as the "Paris of the North". Szczecin was a member of the Hanseatic League, later ruled by Sweden and ceded to Prussia after Poland was partitioned by Russia, Prussia and Austria. Szczecin is an important industrial centre, passing through the city of Szczecin, surrounded by many shipbuilding bases, many large arms and large ships under construction.

In Szczecin, there is a shipyard that the Qianguo people are very familiar with, that is, the Volkeng shipyard, which was established in 1851, this shipyard is a famous shipyard in Germany, and it is also the main shipbuilding factory in Germany, the Volkeng shipyard mainly serves the German Imperial Navy, in addition, they also undertake foreign orders, although because of the relationship between Britain and France, a major shipbuilding country, there are not many orders from foreign countries, and Qianguo has ordered torpedo boats at the Volkeng shipyard.

Japan's order of two "Saxony"-class ironclad ships in Germany was the largest foreign business received by Volkeng and even Germany.

Germany was a newly rising naval country at that time, the design and construction of warships in the world was not prominent, before the purchase of warships by most of the countries are looking for traditional naval powers Britain, France and other countries, no one will be weak in the navy of Germany cast a blue eye, but Germany has a strong interest in the development of the Oriental market, since the Japanese government officially opened the embassy in Germany, "in Berlin, people compete to the newly established Japanese legation." Among the many German businessmen who wanted to do business with Japan, the Volkeng shipyard, which had just been restructured into a limited company, was also among them, and it was very predictable to attract the attention of Japanese diplomats to Germany's shipbuilding capabilities. On November 9, 9078, Volken Shipyard invited ministers from various countries to attend the launching ceremony of the new ship, which was launched on the day of the third "Wildenwhite" of the "Saxony" class ironclad ship, the main warship of the German Navy at that time.

The "Saxony" class ironclad ship is the latest and most advanced main ironclad ship of the German Navy, with a total length of 93 meters, a width of 18.4 meters, a draft of 6.53 meters, a horizontal reciprocating steam engine, a power of 5,000 horsepower, and a speed of 13.5 knots. It can carry 700 tons of coal. It has a cruising range of 1940 nautical miles at 10 knots, 8 boilers, a standard displacement of 7411 tons, and a full load displacement of 7935 tons. Two-axle propulsion, 4 blades, single rudder. The crew is 317 people. It was armed with 6 260-mm 25-caliber Krupp breech guns, 2 in the open battery near the bow and 4 in the central gun room, as well as 6 87-mm guns and 8 37-mm guns. The Saxony's form of armor protection, like the British Indomitable, also uses an advanced ironclad design. The "Panzer Tower" and "flybridge structure" of "Saxony" are very unusual and have heavy armor protection. Its armor belt is covered with a layer of 127 mm to 254 mm iron armor and lined with a layer of 200 mm to 288 mm teak, which is very strong and tough. Its waterproof compartment has 203 mm of outer armor and 152 mm of inner armor. Deck armor is 50 mm - 70 mm. The turret armor is also double-layered. The outer layer is 254 mm iron armor, lined with a 228 mm teak layer. The conning tower armor is 140 mm. The design of the "Saxony" class ironclad was a breakthrough in the design of the previous German central artillery group and broadside armored ships. Because this class of battleships was guided by the German military's strategic thinking that "the naval fleet should first provide support for the army's operations," this class of battleships was actually designed as a first-class coastal defense ironclad ship of the coastal defense type, and it was not its strong point to conduct naval operations on the ocean. Due to the arrangement of the massive twin parallel 4 chimneys of this class, it earned it the nickname "cement plant".

As if it was the reward of enthusiastic efforts, soon after, the Japanese side secretly sent an order to order a "Saxony" class ironclad ship in Germany, and the sudden Japanese order immediately aroused the great attention of the Volkeng factory and the German government, and the order to build a warship not only means a zero breakthrough in the history of Germany's large warship exports, but also undoubtedly this brand-new ironclad ship will become the main force of the Japanese Navy that challenged the Asian hegemony at that time, and the propaganda value it brought is self-evident. Therefore, the German government specifically instructed the Frank shipyard to "complete the construction task with the highest quality and efficiency, and with the fastest speed." ”

The Japanese side ordered the "Saxony"-class ironclad ships not because of the enthusiasm of the Germans, but because of their own special considerations.

Although the ship type belongs to the near-shore defense ironclad ship, it is undoubtedly the best choice because of the cheap price (the cost is 6.3 million marks), and a large number of ready-made designs and common parts of the "Saxony" class warships can be used when building, which can shorten the construction period, and is undoubtedly the best choice for the Japanese Navy that urgently needs to be enriched and strengthened by powerful warships.

The Japanese originally wanted a Saxony-class ironclad ship that was exactly the same as that of the German Navy, but Japanese intelligence officers in Qianguo brought disturbing news: the Longwei-class ironclad built by the Qianguo Navy had raised the caliber of its main guns to an astonishing 12 inches (305 mm). Subsequently, the Japanese side asked the Volkeng shipyard to revise the design, and to raise the caliber of the main gun of the Japanese "Saxony" to 12 inches.

The design of the new Japanese ironclad was carried out by the chief engineer of the Volken shipyard, Rudolph? After receiving the request of the Japanese, Haque and his assistants immediately began to revise the design, and finally decided to replace the original 6 260 mm guns on the "Saxony" with 6 305 mm guns, but in order to reduce weight, the diameter of the main gun was shortened, from the original 25 times the caliber to 20 times the caliber. Other than that, nothing else has changed (the caliber of the main guns has changed, the weight has increased, and the displacement of the whole ship has not changed, which shows the depth of Hack's skill). Although the "Fuso" ironclad ship introduced an advanced open battery style in the design of the turret, the conservative Germans still followed the design of the "Saxony" class, and also set up a backward and outdated waist gun room in the middle of the warship, and only two of the six 305 mm main guns of the "Fuso" class ironclad ship were installed in the twin open gun emplacements at the front of the warship, and the remaining four were still equipped in the middle of the warship. In wartime, once a shell enters the artillery room, the scattered fragments will inevitably affect all four guns in the artillery room, and "since the battery is large, it is vulnerable to enemy attack, and if a single shell enters the battery, all the men of the four artillery guns will be injured." This cannot but be said to be a major flaw in the design of the "Fuso" ironclad ship.

On April 12, 9082, the first ironclad ship built by Japan began construction on slipway 94 at the Volkeng shipyard, and according to the nomenclature of "No. 1 ironclad ship" used by the Japanese, the factory was temporarily named "No. 1 ironclad ship", and on October 22, it was officially named "Fuso" by Emperor Meiji (in order to commemorate the generation of "Fuso" ironclad ship that was unfortunately sunk by the Satsuma Navy in the Southwest War, so its name was reused), and it was successfully launched on February 18, 9084.

On the whole, the construction process of the "Fuso" was very smooth and swift, and if it were not for a major accident during the later flight trials, it would have been almost perfect. On June 2, 9084, under the command of the captain sent by the German side, "Fuso" departed from the port of Swinemünde and underwent a series of sea trials in the Baltic Sea. On 9 July, during an artillery test, a 305-mm Krupp gun exploded and was returned to the Frank shipyard for repairs.

In order to prevent sabotage, the Japanese side adopted the strictest secrecy measures in history for the construction of the "Fuso," and did not even hold a ceremony for the launching of the hull, and it was not until the warship was completed, all the tests were completed, and the officers and men who received the ship arrived and were ready to sail back to China, that the Japanese openly announced that the outside world knew of the existence of this "Asia's first" ironclad ship.

Today is the day when the ironclad ship "Fusang" set sail for China, and the Japanese held a solemn ceremony and invited foreign envoys and celebrities from all walks of life to attend.

In fact, to a certain extent, it can be said that the Japanese specially wanted to show a few of them a few Qianguo people at the launching ceremony.

The "Kashin Coup" that took place in Korea and was secretly led by the Japanese failed under the strong intervention of the Qianguo Navy and Army, and for this reason the Qianguo Navy also exercised "gunboat diplomacy" and dispatched a fleet with two "Longwei" class ironclad ships as the main force to sail straight for Tokyo Bay, which shocked the Japanese government and the public and forced them to quickly sign a "Tianjin Article" with the Qianguo to calm down the situation.

"Zhuyun, the Japanese are demonstrating to our Daqian today," Li Danya sighed and said, "The Japanese jumped and ran in front of our Daqian." ”

"Yes! I guess that after this boat goes back, it will be difficult to go to Tianjin or Shanghai to stimulate us. Xu Jingcheng also sighed, "The princes of the court have just been born for a few days, and this time I am afraid that I will not be able to sleep again." ”

"This ship was built in Germany, and I didn't know anything about it before, but I was afraid that there would be a written argument there." Li Danya looked at the "Fusang" with colorful flags, "I, the minister to Germany, will also come to an end." ”

Listening to Li Danya's words, Xu Jingcheng couldn't help but sigh.

"You and I are civil officials, not spies, and the Japanese are strictly guarded, how do you know? It has not been a day since the Japanese people tried to make a big move on me, and when they took this step, the princes of the DPRK and China should have thought about it a long time ago, how could they blame us and others for this? ”

"Anyway, we have to prepare in advance," Li Danya turned his head to look at Xu Jingcheng, and said earnestly, "Let's send a long telegram back today, report this matter, and list the details of the ship's data, the imperial court may not blame us and others, if it is really to blame, it is nothing more than me to go to work, or I will replace me with Zhuyun, then the construction of our ironclad ship will be all undertaken by Zhuyun." ”

"Brother Feng Bao said something! It's not that time yet! By the way, let's send another telegram to Li Zhengtai and Lin Jue's department, asking them to help, maybe we won't be afraid of that Qingliu! Xu Jingcheng said unwillingly. (To be continued.) )