Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 509

[Chapter 509 Flyers]

“Your Highness, this is what Lu Zheng provided.” In the

palace, Zhao Xu took the news dictated by Lu Zheng and read it through.

This made him a little clearer, Dongpu was unable to avenge Wufeng Island at the moment.

Moreover, there may not be such a will.

According to Lu Zheng, he didn’t completely follow Dongying’s orders, the two just had similar interests.

This time he attacked the black shark pirates, he just wanted to maintain his supremacy in the sea.

At the same time, he also learned more about the current situation in Japan.

Compared with the two hundred years of Dasong Forbidden Sea, although Dongying has reduced its exchanges with the West for a period of time due to the melee between the feudal lords.

But the Watanabe family has been secretly engaged in sea trade.

This is also the reason why Dasong’s Liang family monopolized the sea trade and made a lot of money.

Therefore, the result of the melee between the feudal lords was that the Watanabe family established the shogunate.

Afterwards, the Watanabe family completely opened up maritime trade, and even sent envoys to Europa in the early days.

It is also the Western Land in the population of Dasong.

And it seems to have been influenced by the family’s contacts with the West since childhood.

The Watanabe case seems to fetishize the colonists.

In the thirty years since the establishment of the shogunate, it has been actively emulating Xitu.

It’s just obvious that the colonists of this era were very arrogant and didn’t attach much importance to Japan.

But regard Japan as an export place for commodities.

But even so, Dongpu is much better than Dasong in terms of firearms.

Of course, his Yanzhou is an exception.

“It’s a little troublesome.” Zhao Xu chewed the information he got, feeling very confused.

He found two very bad signs.

The Central Plains Dynasty is in a period of decline, and Dongying is temporarily ahead of the Central Plains Dynasty in technology.

When these two factors are put together, what will happen next has a reference in contemporary history.

“In 663 A.D., the Japanese army was about 32,000, and there were more than 170 warships. The Tang army had 20,000 people in a fierce naval battle at the mouth of the Baekje Baekje. In the political, economic and cultural structure of Northeast Asia for more than a thousand years, the Japanese country was afraid of power and did not dare to enter.”

“At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese country was arrogant again. Zhu Yuanzhang sent envoys to the Japanese country, but was beheaded by the Japanese country. Jiajing Japanese rebellion attacked the coast of Daming , During the Wanli period, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a Japanese daimyo, sent troops to occupy Korea.”

“At this time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi had already formulated a plan to destroy the Central Plains Dynasty. First, after the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, let the emperor live in Beiping; Conquer Tianzhu and Nanyang.” Zhao Xu read softly.

Since then, this plan has been regarded as the ancestral motto by Japan, and the World War II invasion of China almost copied Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s plan.

It can be seen that since ancient times, Japan has never given up its coveting of the Central Plains.

To be honest for the time being, I was just scared of being beaten, but there was no news about my ambition.

Once the right opportunity arises, they will show their fangs again.

Based on these, Zhao Xu believes that Dongying in this world will not be honest.

Occupying half of Yizhou is the beginning of its expansion.

In addition, there is another point, this is the nature of the island country.

As the island nation is isolated overseas, its resources are limited.

If you want to get more resources, the only way to go is aggression.

“Beidi must be settled as soon as possible to stabilize the country.” Zhao Xu murmured.

Without the knowledge he brought, he might really be helpless.

Fortunately, steam engines and rifled guns are currently on the way.

This will allow the small Yanzhou to retain a little technological advantage.

But even so, these advantages make him unable to deal with too many enemies.

After all, Yanzhou’s resources are limited, whether it is manpower or various resources.

Therefore, while continuing to improve technology, he must continue to absorb the population.

At the same time, find a way to make Koryo an export place for King Yan’s products.

He knew it was difficult, after all Goryeo was a vassal of Beidi.

Therefore, in addition to making Zhou Yi work hard, he also needs to win this confrontation with Beidi.

Try to drive Beidi out of Ningjindusi as much as possible. In this way, Goryeo will have to reconsider his attitude towards him.

Furthermore, the inside of Dasong is now like a powder keg.

No one knows when it will detonate.

When he doesn’t want civil strife, he still has to deal with Beidi in Ningjindu Division. It is imperative to formally compete with Beidi in Ningjindu Division.

Thinking of this, he tore Lu Zheng’s confession into pieces, “Execute him.”

Xu Hark answered yes, turned and left.

When Xu Hark’s figure disappeared, Zhao Xu ordered Mi Wen to be called over.

Not long after, Mi Wen hurried over.

Now he is very busy. After the first newspaper was published, it spread quickly in Yancheng.

So in order to run the newspaper better.

He also recruited a group of scholars to serve as “reporters” that King Yan said.

“Your Highness.” Seeing Zhao Xu, Mi Wen called out, still thinking about the layout in his mind.

Zhao Xu knew that Mi Wen was very busy, but what he had to do next was very important.

So he said: “You can find a few articles, and write a few articles about homesickness for the great eulogists of Ningjindusi. Remember, it should be concise and accompanied by pictures.”

Mi Wen was stunned for a moment, “Your Highness wants What are these articles for?”

“You’ve been focusing on the newspaper these days, and you’ve forgotten the real responsibility of your propaganda department.” Zhao Xu snorted, “Don’t forget that this king is confronting Beidi. Either he dies or I die. The things you make are called leaflets, and the purpose is to shake people’s minds and prepare for the next action.”

“It’s just how His Highness will deliver these leaflets to the people of Ning Jindu Division.” My boss, now I like to find out the root cause.

Zhao Xu didn’t bother to pay attention to him, “This king has his own idea, you just need to make the flyer well, remember that the flyer doesn’t need to be too big, but it must have both pictures and text, even if you can’t understand the text, with the pictures and text, you can guess how many words.” points.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Mi Wen nodded emphatically.

From King Yan’s serious face, he felt that this matter was very important.

Waved Mi Wen to leave.

Zhao Xu went straight to the Military Division.

At this time, the machines in the Bingzhang Division roared.

Zhao Xu felt happy when he heard it. To him, it was even better than fairy music.

Knowing that Zhao Xu was coming, Wang Ying and his son immediately greeted him.

Wang Ying first took Zhao Xu to the musket workshop.

“Your Highness, before the barrels were made, they were sent directly to assemble the flintlock guns. Now, when the barrels come out, they go to this room to pull the rifling first.” Wang Ying said, pointing to the steam engine.

Now, the broach is being driven by the steam engine, making steady linear reciprocating motion.

The craftsman responsible for rifling only needs to move the barrel.

“How long can it take to pull out a barrel now?” Zhao Xu asked.

Wang Ying was overjoyed, and returned to His Highness, “Two can be pulled out in an hour, twenty-four in a day is no problem, and a skilled craftsman can reach thirty.”

Zhao Xu nodded, the power of a steam engine is much greater than that of manpower, And the speed of repeated movements is very fast.

It is not surprising to have such an efficiency.

But the only pity is that it is too wasteful for a steam engine to only affect one broach.

Thinking of this, he called Wang Chong over, “My lord will teach you a method, and you should concentrate on studying it in the past few days and figure it out.”

(End of this chapter)