Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 630

[Chapter 630 Edo Incident]

Dongying.

The Watanabe case and Ma Rotaro are looking at the sailing warships under construction in Edogawa, north of Edo.

As soon as he learned that King Dasong Yan owned sailing warships, he asked people to send the news to the Britons.

After confirming the facts, the Britons finally agreed to help Japan build sailing warships.

Three months ago, Britain sent the first batch of personnel to Dongpu, and the construction of the sailing warship was officially put on the agenda.

For this reason, he gathered all the shipbuilders in Japan, but Britain was only willing to build eighteen warships for Japan at the same time.

He knew that the British used the balancing strategy adopted in the Western Lands on him and King Dasong Yan.

While using him to contain King Yan, he also didn’t want Japan to become stronger and threaten his interests in the East.

“It will take ten months before these battleships can be launched. It is really tormenting.” Ma Rotaro put his hands in his cuffs and shook his head slightly.

He couldn’t wait any longer.

The expression of the Watanabe case dimmed a bit. Just as Ma Rotaro said, the construction time of the battleship was too long.

It’s just that the current war is coming too fast to give them time to wait leisurely.

Once they participate in the alliance and crusade against King Yan, they can only use the current warships to fight against King Yan’s navy at sea.

Of course, he also thought about postponing the battle until Dongpu’s sailing warship was launched.

However, he is also worried that King Yan is building more warships.

Therefore, he has the same idea as the Dasong clan, and cannot give King Yan any more time to develop steadily.

King Yan must be attacked immediately, without giving him a chance to breathe.

Moreover, if this maritime alliance can succeed.

Eight sailing warships combined with Dongpu’s 300 warships are enough to destroy King Yan’s fleet.

Once King Yan’s fleet is destroyed and the sailing warships are launched, Dongying will rule the East Sea.

“All good things are worth waiting for.” Watanabe looked at the dark clouds coming from the east.

The wind on the river is piercing, and a heavy snow may be coming.

“The general is always so poetic.” Taro Mawa flattered.

With the increase of contact with Western countries, the Watanabe case has been deeply influenced by Western countries in recent years. I often study books from Western countries and become more and more elegant.

Then, he said: “General, I ordered 80,000 Dongying soldiers to get ready. If King Yan’s fleet can be defeated in naval battles, these 80,000 soldiers will land on the territory of Qi State and fight with Qi State soldiers to destroy Yan King’s fleet.” King.”

Watanabe nodded, and he asked Ma Rotaro to do this.

Since the establishment of the Qingcheng Commercial Hall, a large amount of information has been passed to the Edo Shogunate.

Through this information, he could almost feel the threat of King Yan coming.

The flintlock guns with a range of 150 meters, the hot air balloons flying in the sky, as well as soap, glass and other products full of western industrial atmosphere are telling him.

This king of Yan is very dangerous to Dongpu.

He never worried about Dae Song’s family.

Because even though these powerful families are rich and powerful, they have many soldiers and generals, but they do not have endless craftsmanship.

On the contrary, judging from the development of King Yan, the level of firearms in Yanzhou is constantly improving, and there are more and more types of goods.

This shows a problem, Yanzhou’s various crafts are constantly rising, and currently surpass Dongying.

But judging from the present, this kind of transcendence is not too far away, and fortunately, the territory controlled by King Yan is very small, and the population under his command is very small.

At this time, if King Yan cannot be eliminated, only Dongpu will be eliminated in the future.

Therefore, he agreed to almost all of Qi’s requests, and after the news of the alliance came, he chose to join without hesitation.

The purpose is to do everything possible to destroy King Yan before it threatens the territory of Dongying.

“The construction of the fort at the port must not be slack, we must consider all possibilities.” The Watanabe case said that if the battle is defeated at sea, it is necessary to prevent King Yan from attacking the mainland of Japan.

So he asked Ma Rotaro to deal with it in advance.

While the two were talking, an official from Japan came over, “General, a merchant ship from the country of Sam has requested to enter Edo Port to meet the general.”

“Country of Sam.” Watanabe frowned.

In recent years, the country of Sam has been coming to Dongying from the east, hoping to establish trade relations with Dongying.

But every time he chose to refuse.

Because according to his understanding, the current Britons are suppressing the country of Sam all over the world.

Befriending Sam will only annoy the Britons.

This time, the Britons are mobilizing warships from the mainland, preparing to launch a war against the Wu Kingdom established by the Liang family.

In addition to the huge trade deficit, there is another factor that Liang Jiacai was obsessed with, and did not refuse to trade with the country of Sam.

“Not seen.” Thinking of this, the Watanabe case decided to implement the previous decision again.

After all, he and Ma Rotaro returned to the shogunate.

However, just as he sat down and was about to make himself a cup of tea, he suddenly heard the sound of rumbling guns coming from the distant sea.

Watanabe’s face changed drastically, and Ma Shengtaro said: “General, it’s too bad, the people of Sam must have lost patience and tried to force Dongying to trade with them by force.

” usual means.

Watanabe slammed the table and stood up suddenly, ready to let the Dongying navy attack.

But rolling his eyes, he sat down again.

After hesitating for a while, he said to Masheng Taro: “Perhaps we should accept Sam’s request.”

“Why?” Masheng Taro was surprised, “The British will definitely hate us.”

Watanabe shook his head, ” No, the situation seems to be different now, compared to us in Dongpu, whether it is the Britons or the people of Sam, they definitely don’t want to see Da Song unified by the King of Yan.”

“Otherwise, their colony in the East will be threatened, Therefore, they will definitely scramble to win over us.”

“Whoever loses us will lose the bargaining chip against King Yan in the east, so we can swing back and forth between the country of Sam and the Britons to gain the greatest benefit, and even In the future, I can still blackmail the King of Yan.”

Although this was only his judgment, he felt that it was necessary to take a risk.

Otherwise, it is obviously not what he wants to fight against the country of Sam.

Ma Rotaro thought for a while, then nodded slowly, “In this case, you can try it.”

“You go to the Edo Wharf immediately and invite the envoy of Sam to come to the shogunate.” Hearing this, Watanabe said.

Ma Rotaro nodded, got up and left, and after a while, the sound of gunfire on the sea stopped.

About half an hour later, Rotaro led a Sam countryman wearing a black dome hat, a black jacket, and leather boots into the shogunate.

Watanabe smiled and led Sam into the house.

He will allow Dongying to formally establish trade relations with the country of Sam.

(end of this chapter)