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Nagasaki, Japan

The meeting room of the Huaxia Merchant House in Japan, located on the edge of the port area, was densely packed with people, these people looked anxious, looking left and right, but one by one they tried their best to suppress their feelings, so the atmosphere in the meeting room seemed to be frozen.

Speaking of which, these restless people are all victims of the summer conflict. In view of the fact that the Nagasaki Shogunate did not give the Chinese merchants the grace period they deserved, after the Edo Shogunate promulgated the "Genroku Rixia Trade Style" and before the Chinese coastal provinces received definite news, all the merchant ships from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian that came to trade with Japan were seized without exception, and a considerable number of merchants and ship owners were left without their own money and forced to stay in Japan.

Because it didn't make sense to reason with the Japanese, the representatives of the merchants of Sandu, who had once had commercial relations, also avoided it, so the desperate Chinese merchants and ship owners had to ask the Huaxia Dynasty to come to the Nagasaki Merchant House. As early as the Ming and Zheng periods, Zheng Fan wanted to establish formal diplomatic relations with the shogunate, but the shogunate deliberately delayed the reply, so until the establishment of the Huaxia Dynasty, there was still no diplomatic relations between the two sides. As a last resort, the Chinese court was forced to use the method of replacing the embassy with a merchant hall to establish a window of communication between the two sides in Nagasaki, and due to the arrogance of the shogunate, the communication between the two sides was not smooth.

"Lord Dai is back, Lord Dai is back." A commotion came in, and the merchants present stood up one after another and rushed to the door to welcome the arrival of the owner of the merchant hall. "Lord Dai, what do the Japanese say, can the cargo be returned to us?"

"Everyone," Dai Shuyong, who had come to the main seat, shook his head at the pair of eyes full of expectation in front of him. "Nagasaki refused to return the detained cargo." As soon as this sentence came out, the last hope of the people present was suddenly shattered, and some of the nerves were already crying, and Dai Shuyong suddenly shouted. "What's the panic?" Like a rooster being choked by the throat, the cry stopped all at once. "Today, the imperial court sent a notification ship to pick up everyone to return to China, as for your losses, submit the manifest when you get on the ship, and Tonghai Qianzhuang will compensate you."

Tonghai Money Village is the property of the Inner Court Manager, which is equivalent to Zheng Kezhang losing money out of his own pocket, is this possible true?

Immediately, a businessman who was surprised and delighted blurted out: "Lord Dai, are you saying that the imperial court will lose our money?" ”

"How is that possible!" Dai Shuyong flatly denied. "I heard it clearly, it's Tonghai Qianzhuang, not the imperial court."

The people present are getting more confused, aren't the two the same thing?

Dai Shuyong explained: "There is already a budget for the use of the country, how can a baht and a cent be embezzled, but the saint is benevolent, willing to use the internal funds to help the people, but this kind of thing is only this once, the future to go to sea at your own risk, if you still want to be able to get compensation, go to Tonghai and the four seas to buy new marine insurance." ”

Although I don't know what the new marine insurance of the two big money banks is, but this time they were able to escape death, the businessmen present immediately smiled, and some of the clever ones immediately turned over and knelt down and bowed to the country, bluffing a group of people to follow suit, chanting in unison "Holy benevolence and love for the people".

As soon as they left, the merchant hall text came up: "My lord, let them write their own manifests, do you know if they will overreport and make false declarations?" This is the use of the Holy Body's own money, so why don't you go to the Nagasaki Shrine to implement it? ”

"No need." Dai Shuyong shook his head. "Before they go to sea, they have filed with the customs of each port, and when they go back, they will know that they dare not make false declarations." Dai Shuyong sneered when he said this. "And we're going to board the ship together tomorrow and return home, so let's keep the embarrassment of Nagasaki's preparations for yourself."

"We also want to return home," the text was stunned. "Well, the Nagasaki Merchant House is closing."

"What's the difference between being like this and closing?" Dai Shuyong snorted coldly. "The Japanese Yelang is arrogant, thinking that he has decided the court, but he doesn't know that he is killing himself, wait and see, we will be back soon."

The text raised his eyebrows, and he realized: "My lord, has the imperial court decided to send troops?" ”

"Don't inquire about what you shouldn't ask." Dai Shuyong's words are not so much a rebuke as a tacit acquiescence. "Immediately notify the whole museum, organize the whole museum, destroy everything that can't be taken away, and never leave a piece of paper for the Japanese to use." The text answered and was about to retreat, but Dai Shuyong stopped again. "Slow!" The text turned back, and Dai Shuyong commanded. "You go and inform the Tagawa family again, ask them to evacuate with us, if you don't want to, then forget it"

On June 28, the third year of Huaxia Wucheng and the 14th year of Genroku, the Chinese Dynasty in Japan withdrew from Nagasaki. Before leaving, Dai Shuyong warned the Japanese side to abolish the "Yuanlu Rixia Trade Style" and compensate the Huaxia side for the loss, otherwise they would bear the consequences.

However, the warning of the Chinese side was only an empty threat in the eyes of the Japanese, and everyone from the generals, the old people, and the common people and merchants all believed that the Huaxia Dynasty would not send troops to Japan at all, and even if Huaxia did send troops, with the 80,000 banners of the shogunate, Japan could deal with it calmly, and only a few "people of insight" were anxious about the complete cut off of Chinese goods.

It was under the sobriety of this extreme optimism that the two countries finally inevitably ushered in war in the summer

Summer is the typhoon season, but in this dangerous sea, a fleet of ships is speeding eastward.

The flags hoisted on the flotilla indicate that they were a task force detachment of the Beiyang Fleet of the Huaxia Oriental Naval Division from Seogwipo. The entire detachment has 14 large and small ships, including two second-class cruisers of 12,000 materials, two first-class cruisers of 8,000 materials, four second-class cruisers of 6,000 materials, two third-class cruisers of 4,000 materials, two first-class notification ships of 3,000 materials, and two second-class communication ships of 1,500 materials, which are no longer the main ships of naval warfare. Since there was no drag from the transport ships, the entire detachment could move forward with the fastest sailing.

In fact, the distance from Seogwipo to Kyushu, Japan, is quite close, so in less than half a day, the shadow of the island of longing appeared in front of the fleet. Judging from the nautical charts, this should be the Goto Islands off Kyushu, where the famous Chinese pirate Wang Zhi lived for a long time in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

According to past experience, the key to cross-sea operations is, of course, the issue of food. In order to ensure the safety of grain ships, it is necessary to build new ports and reserve supplies at a suitable distance, so the detachment must land on the 6 Goto Islands. However, with the exhibition of shipbuilding technology and the progress of ship handling technology, the Huaxia fleet with sufficient load does not need to go to such great lengths. Therefore, after establishing a landmark, the entire detachment immediately turned southeast and headed straight for the Osumi Strait.

Two days later, the task force joined up with the reinforcement fleet sent by the Toyo Naval Division's headquarters in the waters north of Kuchinoshima, which had been assigned to the Ryukyus in the Osumi Islands, and by this time the Chinese fleet had expanded to 32 ships of various types, but due to the addition of six large transport ships carrying a certain unit of the Ryuchamp Army and some supplies, the ships were dragged down, and it was not until the fifth day of the seventh month that they sailed into the ocean east of Kii Kumano and sailed further along the coastline of Honshu towards the Soma Peninsula and Edo Bay.

On the sixth day of July, a typhoon swept through Japan's Tokaido, and forced by the monstrous waves set off by the typhoon front, the Huaxia fleet was forced to retreat to the Tosa coast. After another two days, the impact of the typhoon subsided, and the Xia army continued to advance eastward.

It must be unbelievable to say that the actions of the Huaxia Navy Division have not been shown at all, but it is true. Due to the extreme backwardness of Japanese shipbuilding technology - the technology of ocean-going ships in the Tokugawa Ieyasu era was lost - Japanese coastal transport ships were able to travel at a distance from the coastline and could not penetrate deep into the sea. Therefore, although the Huaxia Navy Division was close to him, there was no trace of the enemy on the Japanese side at all.

"Ichchiki-sama, what do you see over there?" As the Chinese sailors crossed the Ise Peninsula again, the Japanese finally saw for the first time that there was such a large ship group of unknown origin. "How do I look like sails? The number is also very large. ”

"Sails? Is there a ship in Japan that can sail into the ocean? "Climbing up to the castle tower of the Ataka ship, Kazuki carefully looked into the distance, because binoculars are extremely valuable in Japan, so even if he can't afford them at all, he can only observe them with the naked eye, but if he looks closely, he can see that there is a problem." That's not a Japanese ship, it's a Hongyi ship, no, how can there be dozens of them. "Dozens of Hongyi boats? The sailor was at a loss, and the well-informed businessman on the ship was a little confused. "Ah, they're getting closer."

The face of the merchant who hired Ichiki changed suddenly, and he seemed to remember something: "Ichiki, can you be sure that it is the Hongyi ship?" ”

"Boss Jiujiuya, my eyes can see fifty steps away at night, how can I be wrong?" Kazuki replied with some dissatisfaction. "That's right, it's a Hongyi ship, I've seen it in Nagasaki. Hey, something is indeed wrong, why do a few of them seem to be Xia Guo ships? Kazuki suddenly exclaimed. It is the ship of the Xia country, the tricolor flag of the Xia country. ”

Kazuki saw the color of the flag on the approaching bulletin ship. Because of Zheng Kezang's bad taste, the Chinese Dynasty has a variety of national flags, royal flags and military flags, among which the naval flag is a blue, red and blue tricolor flag, symbolizing the sky, the sea and the blood of the men in it. However, the flag of the sailor can only be used exclusively by the sailor, and the general merchant ship can only use the national flag of Lan (Tu) Huanglan, and the urgent report ship has not only the military flag but also the national flag, so a wood can distinguish clearly.

"Xia Guoship. Worst! The owner of the Kujiuya exclaimed. Hurry, hurry to the shore. ”

"There's a reef on the shore, and the boat will run aground."

"No matter, hurry up and get to the shore." But it was too late, and under the frightened eyes of the farmers on the shore, two columns of water suddenly rose on the sea, and at the same time the sound of thunder resounded in the sea and air. "It's over," the owner of the Kukuya wailed. "This is the big cylinder of the Xia people"