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"So expensive!" King Shang Zhen was shocked in his heart, but calmed down in an instant. This price is a bit expensive, but it's not outrageous. For example, the merchant ships they ordered from Taiwan and Manila also reached 150,000 taels of silver. These fourth-class and fifth-class warships were warships, and they were so huge that even fifth-class warships were no smaller than their merchant ships. 300,000 taels of silver, I can still afford it.

King Shang Zhi silently calculated in his heart that even if the Mawei Navy attacked the Satsuma Domain, even if it could not do its best, it would at least make the Satsuma Domain a heavy loss, and coupled with the restrictions of the shogunate on foreign daimyos, it would be almost impossible for the Satsuma Domain to develop a naval division again, in that case, he would have to buy at least two fourth-class, four fifth-level and a total of six warships to resist the re-plundering of the Satsuma Domain. And if Geng Jingzhong directly destroyed the Satsuma Domain, it would be even better, he would have one less of his biggest enemies, and he only needed to have three sail warships to resist the invasion of other enemies.

"Okay, let's do it!" King Shang Zhen made up his mind in his heart, and then said to Geng Jingzhong: "Your Royal Highness, this king will first customize a fourth-level and three fifth-level warships for you!" ”

"Hahaha, yes! However, you will have to pay half of the deposit upfront. By the way, I will reserve some soldiers in the Ryukyus to help you train qualified naval soldiers. That Jinwu Bay will be garrisoned by the navy, I don't know what the prince wants! Geng Jingzhong's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he asked with a smile.

King Shang Zhi did not hesitate, and readily agreed: "There is no problem." With the protection of the Mawei Navy, our Ryukyu is even more solid as a rock. Don't worry about the invasion anymore! ”。 From the heart of things, King Shang Zhen was extremely reluctant to garrison the armies of other countries on his own territory. But it won't work if you don't agree, outside Naha Port, tens of thousands of horsetail navies are fully armed, and as long as they want, they can wipe out the Ryukyus in one day, not a single one is left, and effortlessly. Just with the 5,000 soldiers of the Ryukyus, they want armor without armor, and they want weapons without weapons. How to fight with tens of thousands of famous horsetail navy? However, the Jingnan Wangfu is also from the suzerain, the state of etiquette, and the Mawei soldiers have also seen that the military discipline is strict, and they will not bully men and women like the Ronin of the Wa Kingdom, this is already a good ending!

The day passed quickly, but it was busy. The officers and men of the navy fought and patrolled for a day, with the cooperation of the officers and men of the Ryukyus. He controlled all the large and small docks in the Ryukyus, and also controlled all the ships. Just in case a few of the widows went into hiding and fled in small boats. At this time, even a little negligence can't come out, otherwise it will be impossible to raid Kagoshima!

Early the next morning. The Mawei Navy set off again. Last night, they accepted the reward of the Ryukyu Kingdom and feasted and drank. At this moment, the spirit is doubled, and the sails are full. Heading north. At the same time, 4,000 soldiers from the Ryukyu Kingdom set out. None of these 4,000 soldiers were the elite of the Ryukyu Kingdom. The most elite was the palace guard of 1,000 men, and they had to stay to protect the palace capital, so only this ordinary sailor set off with the navy. Anyway, they also fight soy sauce, and it is definitely okay to fight a good fight, but if they want to charge, they probably don't have the guts, and the fierceness of the samurai of the Satsuma Domain is still in their minds.

In the spacious cabin hall, a long wooden table sits in the center, with ten seats on each side. On the flagship of the Zhenyuan, the only person who can talk to Geng Jingzhong is to chat with a few people, and after staying at sea for a long time, Geng Jingzhong will feel bored and panicked, and he always has to find something to do, and analyzing intelligence is a good way to dispatch loneliness.

"Tian Xin, the intelligence information you have calculated with Tang Zhi and Shopkeeper Gu is all on it?" Geng Jingzhong was sitting in the center of the long wooden table, holding a stack of intelligence materials and watching there, Zeng Yangxing, Wang Zhenbang, Tang Zhi, Gu Shopkeeper, and Tian Xin were sitting on both sides. I heard that Edo is a city without walls.

"Hui Shizi, yes! We have just filled in every missing item, and we can immediately order someone to copy it and hand it to the commanders of the various detachments! Tian Xin heard Geng Jingzhong's question, and hurriedly stood up and replied.

"Oh, that's all you guys can do? Then I'll take a look first! Geng Jingzhong flipped through the information in his hand and filled in later, and it is true that a lot of information about the size, disposition, and distribution of the armies in Kagoshima and Edo was not available in the previous information, or was not detailed enough. There is not much information, there are only about ten pages in total, just 10,000 words, and Geng Jingzhong finished reading it in a few minutes.

"Hehe, this Wa country is really strange. The Edo Castle has a population of 600,000, while the largest of any other city is just over 100,000. The development of this city is too deformed! Geng Jingzhong said with a smile. From the current situation, it seems that the development of the Wa Kingdom is indeed somewhat deformed, you must know that the largest city in China at the moment is only a little over 500,000 people, and the population of Edo is actually more than 600,000. In addition to Beijing, there are many other large cities in China, both of which have a population of more than 300,000, including 240,000 in Fuzhou, and about a dozen cities similar to Fuzhou. However, the Wa Kingdom is such a big city, and the others are all small cities, with a population of 100,000, which is equivalent to the current starting point town!

"No, 600,000! Didn't you say that there were only 300,000? "Zeng Yangxing rarely set off with the navy, but this battle is rare, so he strongly asked Geng Jingzhong to board the Zhenyuan. He's also excited these days, and he's passionate about the fight. But at this time, he was a little surprised! The intelligence materials he had read before were all those military information, those customs, the number of people, etc., he just skimmed at a glance, compared to which he cared more about the number of troops stationed there, how the troops were deployed, and so on. But he clearly remembered that the information he had seen earlier said that Edo had a population of 300,000. These 300,000 and 600,000 are completely different concepts!

Tang Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, the population is definitely not less than 600,000. Your previous numbers are only the ones recorded in the texts more than ten years ago, and since the shogunate ordered that the daimyo must live in Edo for two months a year, the population of Edo has begun to explode. The Tokugawa shogunate was also able to move the population inward, making Edo Castle even larger. It is worth mentioning that although Edo Castle was garrisoned with less than 20,000 troops, the number of samurai in Edo Castle was very large, at least more than 30%. The Tokugawa family can easily assemble a team of 100,000 people, so you have to be careful. ”

The state of the Japanese is indeed a martial artist, which Geng Jingzhong has known for a long time. China's system is Shi Nong Industry and Commerce, in which the Shi is a scholar, is a reader, is a literati, and the Wa State is also divided into Shi Nong Industry and Commerce, however, their Shi refers to the samurai, these warriors are all learning martial arts since childhood, there is still a lot of combat power, so if you despise them, but you will suffer.

When Zeng Yangxing and Wang Zhenbang heard this, they couldn't help but pause, what is the concept of a 100,000 warrior? How is this battle fought?

"Don't worry!" Geng Jingzhong said with a smile. "Samurai are just a double identity, they have not undergone real battle training, for us, they are a rabble, there is nothing to worry about."

Zeng Yangxing thought about it, even if the army was formed, the recruits were not their opponents. "I estimate that the Wa Kingdom has been peaceful for decades, and I am afraid that there will not be too many samurai who can go to the battlefield. Do not worry! (To be continued......)