Once the balance of power in Kyushu is reached, Kyushu will slide into the abyss of comprador again.

When Yan Zheng was unable to spread out the cost of rule, he was not interested in Japanese land at all.

There are too many good places in the world, and the population he can control is too small, so there is no need to smash a barren and divided Japan right now.

Because occupation and domination are all about throwing money, instead of pretending to occupy Japan, invest in building Japan.

It is better to keep Kyushu divided, and keep the rest of Japan divided from Kyushu, so that labor, women, silver, and minerals will continue to flow from Japan into Eastern Qin.

Yan Zheng can get a lot of benefits without much effort.

He also sat in this position, and only then did he understand the love of the British and other powers for my Qing Dynasty.

With compradors brutally suppressing your own people and getting you a lot of money, what reason do you have not to support a comprador government?

Of course, in the future, when the population is so large that it explodes, the situation will be very different.

Yan Zheng also had a little selfishness when he did this, after all, he had a son, so he had to leave some money for him.

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Two days later, Yan Zheng submitted Decree No. 119 to the House of Representatives, requesting the use of troops against the Osumi Islands of Japan.

With the initiative in hand, how can you care about the attitude of the Shimazu clan when you hit the Osumi Islands?

The court parliament quickly approved the plan for the use of troops.

Then there is the authority of the monarch to use the relevant power in this regard.

Although it is an empty shell of the House of Representatives and an empty shell of the cabinet, the procedures that should be followed still have to be followed.

In less than three days, several orders were sent everywhere, asking them to prepare immediately.

Five days later, the Navy had requisitioned eight Long March-class ships and five transport ships, and the Army had assembled five battalions.

Li Jian, a newly promoted naval private, got a job of cleaning the deck this time.

He has been in the Navy for almost two months and is now a cadet at the Naval Academy.

As the most educated person in the new batch of naval seedlings, he has had a good life in the past two months.

Navigation knowledge is very simple for him, even the use of some instruments is not as difficult as he imagined.

The only thing that made him uncomfortable was practicing swimming and rowing a lifeboat.

In the first month he came to the academy, he swam every day, and they had to swim in the seawater, wearing life jackets made of dried bamboo tubes, constantly floating and swimming!

The whole person was wrinkled by sea bubbles, but the instructor was extremely strict, and he would never be allowed to go ashore until he finished his daily training.

When I finally got used to swimming, I added rowing.

They were asked to row a lifeboat from Salt Harbor to Zhuqian Harbor every Saturday and Sunday, and then back again.

When Li Jian was paddling on the first day, due to his unskilled skills, his buttocks were worn out by his pants, and the blood stained the white sailor's pants red.

Fortunately, he survived, and as an excellent student, he got this internship opportunity.

The name of the warship he interned on was "Pinghu", and there were no specific requirements for the naming of the warships of the Eastern Qin.

"Whew! Finally wiped it out! ”

After wiping the deck with his comrades, Li Jian leaned on the side of the ship, panting heavily.

Washing the deck is a technical task, not only with a cloth mop, but also with a brick-sized sand and gravel grinding on the deck, this process must be well controlled, otherwise the deck is vulnerable to damage.

After the qi was even, Li Jian looked at the ships gathered in the harbor and the materials that were constantly transferred to the ship, and couldn't help but get excited.

He patted his comrade-in-arms He Zuwang on the side, and said excitedly: "Zu Wang, did you say that you are going to fight this time?"

He Zuwang looked a little dumbfounded, it turned out to be an ordinary little tanker, he thought about it and said, "Maybe it's true!" But there is discipline, we can't discuss it casually! ”

Li Jian smiled and said: "What is this, anyone with a discerning eye can see it!" You see, our ship is carrying army artillery and a lot of shells, if it weren't for the war, it would definitely be a place to carry goods! ”

He Zuwang nodded: "Makes sense!" Who is that going to hit? Won't it be to fight Mingguo? ”

Li Jian said smugly: "It's definitely not Mingguo!" These days, the Huaxia Daily did not mention the affairs of the Ming Kingdom, but mentioned the Japanese Shimazu Clan's mission. In my opinion! As long as the direction of sailing is north, it is definitely going to fight somewhere in Japan! ”

"Japan? Woko? He Zuwang was also energetic, "That's great!" Our village has been plagued by pirates before! ”

"But don't be too happy, there are no too strong words in the Huaxia Daily, I'm afraid that even if you want to send troops this time, the scale will not be too big."

"That's right!" He Zuwang said with admiration: "You are still amazing, you can see so many famous names in one newspaper!"

"What is this!" Li Jian said angrily.

"Li Jian, He Zuwang, are about to leave the boat, hurry up and help pull the rope!" The third mate ran to give an order.

The two of them hurriedly got up and ran towards the mast.

Soon, a fleet of thirteen ships, led by a newly promoted naval officer, Zhao Laohu, headed north.

Li Jian looked up angrily at He Zuwang, as if to say, "Look, I guessed right!" ”

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Two days later, the flotilla was anchored at Bukgang Harbor outside Gyeongbuk City.

Gyeongbuk City is one of the five newly established cities, and the port is still very rudimentary, and it can only replenish the water and let people get off the ship to rest.

The reason for the stop here was also to transport a batch of gunpowder to the local garrison.

Coincidentally, when he was getting off the ship, Li Jian saw his brother walking down from a transport ship with a company.

His brother actually participated in this mission!

Li Jian immediately felt weak, he didn't have time to tell his brother about joining the navy.

"Li Jian, look! The mountain over there is smoking! Afraid of something, He Zuwang suddenly shouted.

Li Yong's gaze swept over in the distance, and he paused for a moment.

However, he withdrew his gaze and continued to command the soldiers to assemble in formation.

Li Jian looked at He Zuwang with a wry smile and said, "Zuwang, that's a volcano, there's nothing strange about it!"

He Zuwang was surprised: "Volcano, but I only see smoke, not fire!"

"Alas~" Li Jian covered his face and didn't know what to say.

He couldn't hide, so he explained to the chief and got half an hour's leave.

Then he ran directly towards the camp of the old brother company.

"Brother!"

Li Yong glanced at him expressionlessly, and continued to say to the whole team: "Dig a good toilet, you must stay away from the water source, and the firearms must be well maintained, and you can't get wet......"

After the arrangement, he said to Li Jian: "Come here!"

Li Jian followed behind with a weak heart, and his heart was worried.

"When did you join the Navy?"

"On the third day after you got married and left, I submitted the application!"

Li Yong glared at him and wanted to open his mouth to reproach, but the exit was: "Since you are a soldier, you must learn your skills well, contribute to the country in the future, and fight for the king!"

"I will! This time, it was because of his outstanding performance that he was allowed to participate in this operation! Li Jian breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Yong nodded, looked back at his younger brother, looked at his dark face, and couldn't help feeling distressed.

"You will become a navy in the future, but you will be better than the army, but the sea is stormy, and you have to learn these things well."

"Don't be afraid!" Li Jian smiled and said: "Now the ship is getting stronger and stronger, and the bigger it is, this little wind and waves is nothing!"

"Lake Tu!" Li Yong frowned and preached: "As a soldier, you can't take chances at any time, fighting a war will kill people!" Whether at sea or on land, no one can say for sure when the guns go off! So you must remember that you must not take it lightly, pride and complacency will make people careless, and carelessness will make mistakes......"

Li Jian lowered his head and obediently listened to the "brother flavor" preaching.

Seeing this, Li Yong couldn't help but sigh again: "But your navy is indeed a lot safer, as long as you support a few guns during the war, you can only use it as a transport ship in peacetime!" I haven't fought a serious battle, and it's inevitable that there will be slackness in my thinking! ”

"Brother, without the navy monopolizing the routes, trade cannot be guaranteed, and without trade, the country is afraid that it will not be able to support your army!"

"Heh, the army has become your navy's raising?"

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