Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 767

[Chapter 767]

“Your Highness, during this period we have wiped out more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers, seized 18 million taels worth of spoils, and captured more than 90,000 young men.”

Back to the temporary hospital on the island , Gong Ying reported the results of this short period of time to Zhao Xu.

Hearing this, Zhao Xu nodded in satisfaction, secretly thinking that the southern part of Dongying is still rich.

Although they went around Dongpu and robbed more than ten cities, the spoils they seized were only worth more than 50 million taels of silver.

Among them, there are only more than three million taels of silver, which is not as good as a Changqi.

But it doesn’t matter, these looted things are enough for Jiangbei to consume for a while.

Moreover, with the strength of the Yanzhou Fleet, both Britain and the Sam Kingdom would never want to extend their hands here again.

Dongpu has become a fat sheep raised by him in captivity, and the wealth cannot escape.

When the wool grows longer, another wave of cutting is fine.

“You did a good job. Because of your actions, the Watanabe case did not send troops to the north. This will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the northern vassals. Next, we only need to let some vassal lords take action.” Zhao Xu said.

After a pause, he said to Zhou Yi: “From today onwards, we need a fleet to station on Wufeng Island for a long time to patrol the waters of Dongying and prepare for the arrival of the Western Earth Fleet.” What

he was worried about was not Britain.

Because in terms of distance, the country of Sam is closer to Japan.

Moreover, the country of Sam has controlled many islands in the eastern waters of Japan, including Hawaii Island.

It took four months for the British fleet to reach Japan from the mainland.

It will take less than two months for Sam’s fleet to go to Japan.

Furthermore, according to the information he possessed, the Kingdom of Sam in this period should not be underestimated.

In fact, more than 30 years after the Second Opium War in the contemporary era, the industrial output value of the United States surpassed that of the United Kingdom.

Even the current country of Sam, its industrial strength is probably half of that of Britain.

Therefore, one must be wary of Sam’s next move.

“Let Gong Ying command twelve steamships and thirty sailing warships to station on Wufeng Island.” Zhou Yi thought for a while and said.

Zhao Xu nodded, and he also admired Gong Ying, a general.

However, because the navy had too few warships before, he did not reform the navy’s military system. He just let General Zhou Yi command the entire army, and promoted some captains and first officers.

But now as the fleet grows day by day, he feels it is necessary to standardize the navy’s military system.

So he said: “It is better to hit the sun than to choose the day. Today, the king is the same as the army. I will also set a military system for your navy. The highest general of the navy is the same as the general. There are captains under the captain, and the commander under the commander. The captain, the captain has a capital commander, and the capital commander has a banner commander.”

This setting basically means that the general is equivalent to the admiral of the navy, and the captain is equivalent to the commander of the navy. The command is divided into three levels, which are equivalent to general, lieutenant general, When the major general surrenders, the lieutenant is also divided into three ranks, which are equivalent to colonel, lieutenant colonel, and major, and all are equivalent to captain, lieutenant, and second lieutenant. The banner chief is equivalent to sergeant, sergeant, and corporal.

While speaking, he explained to Zhou Yi and other admirals, and everyone nodded, looking forward to the title he would get soon.

After all, since ancient times, no dynasty has paid much attention to navy.

King Yan established a naval military system, which was the first step towards glory for the navy.

“Zhou Yi, this king announces you to be the Admiral of the Grand Admiral!” Zhao Xu said to Zhou Yi after explaining the military system.

After a pause, he looked at Gong Ying, “I ordered you to be the captain of the navy.”

“Thank you, Your Highness.” Both Zhou Yi and Gong Ying were overjoyed, and gave a military salute to Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu nodded and looked at the other generals who were full of expectations, “You are all excellent, but Gong Ying’s position is temporarily appointed because of his temporary appointment. Next, the king will ask Zhou Yi to submit the list to the king. You will be assigned positions, but these positions are not fixed, and you will be promoted or demoted based on your merits and demerits.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” The other admirals were delighted when they heard the words.

After finalizing the matter, Zhao Xu ordered Gong Ying to hand over Qing Zhuang to Wang Yanzhong.

Then let the navy transport the seized spoils back to Yanzhou, and he is also going to return together.

The next focus is to disrupt Japan’s interior.

Therefore, he needs to make these northern feudal lords obey.

After resting on the island for a day, Zhao Xu left for Yanzhou on a steamboat the next day.

After three days of tossing on the sea, he arrived at Jinghai, and another day, he returned to Yancheng.

Hojo Chuanqing and the lord of Ono Town also arrived in Yancheng with him.

However, they all had shackles on their hands and were still treated as prisoners.

When he arrived at the palace, Zhao Xu took a shower, changed into fresh clothes, and then gave an order to the general who was detaining the lord of Dongying.

Let them lead the feudal lords to walk around the various workshops equipped with steam engines.

After that, they were escorted directly to Jinghai, and the navy was ordered to send them back to the feudal clans.

“Your Highness, the army generals are about to drool with envy.” As soon as

Zhao Xu’s order was sent, Chang Wei and Liu Fu arrived.

Once in the study, Chang Wei showed a sour face.

Naturally, the matter of the navy’s welfare cannot be hidden from him.

He, the top general of the army, naturally wants to fight for benefits for his generals and soldiers.

Zhao Xu squinted at him, “It’s not that the whole army was not rewarded in the Battle of Goryeo, so don’t be greedy.”

“Your Highness, this reward is far from the navy’s 10% and 10% reward. It is said that every soldier in the navy can earn at least one year’s salary this time.” Chang Wei salivated.

Zhao Xu shook his head helplessly, he knew that the army generals would be envious.

So he said: “What’s the hurry, if you have the ability, your army will also grab the spoils worth hundreds of millions of taels back from me, and I will share 10% of it with you.

” It’s not easy, capturing Jiangnan will cost more than a hundred million taels of silver.”

“Snatching something from your own family, isn’t it an honor for you?” Zhao Xu glared at him. Song’s assets.”

“Puff.” When Zhao Xu was bickering with Chang Wei, Liu Fu couldn’t help laughing, “Chang Wei, Your Highness has his own reasons, and I can’t talk about His Highness, so how can you?”

Chang Wei heard Said, Liu Fu rolled his eyes, and was a little disappointed at the same time.

However, what His Royal Highness Yan Wang said was also reasonable, the things that were snatched here and there were still things from the Dasong Dynasty.

But what Zhao Xu said next made him excited again, “Don’t worry, when your army will go overseas to fight in the future, your benefits will also be available at that time.”

“With His Highness’s words, the general will feel at ease.” Chang Weidao.

At least, Yan Wang has leveled their army and navy.

He can also dismiss the generals when he goes back.

Of course, even if King Yan didn’t give them benefits, they just complained, doing what they should do.

These words are just like two children in the family begging for candy from adults.

(end of this chapter)