When Shang Dun left the royal city and came to the execution hall, he saw that the usually domineering Japanese were being held on their knees by the roadside, with dozens of prisoners next to a pile of corpses.
There were vigilant Nanhua soldiers everywhere along the way. They were wearing blue military uniforms, holding Western rifles, and watching the surroundings vigilantly. After Shang Dun showed his identity, he was introduced into the main hall of the Fengxing Hall, and sat in the main hall of the Fengxing Hall.
Facing the visiting Shang Dun, Li Fengzhi directly asked the guilty party.
"Practice...is this your attitude in serving the Celestial Empire? One country, two belongings?"
Facing the accusation, Shang Dun said helplessly.
"Sir General, the Ryukyu Kingdom is poor and weak, and is separated from China by an ocean. It is really powerless to resist the invasion of Japanese invaders."
Then Shang Dun looked grateful again.
"With the help of Nanhua's army today, Ryukyu is able to get rid of the Japanese imprisonment. It is really a blessing for Ryukyu. The whole Ryukyu community must be grateful to Nanhua for its virtues..."
Facing the flattery of the regent of a country, Li Fengzhi just smiled indifferently and said.
"Don't be too quick to be grateful. Since you could have one country and two vassals, from now on, Ryukyu will be my vassal of Nanhua!"
"ah!"
Shang Dun opened his eyes wide and said in surprise.
"What? General, this, this..."
"you are not willing?"
Li Fengzhi said seriously, leaning forward slightly.
"Why, is Ryukyu only willing to belong to the Japanese, but not to me, the Chinese!"
Shang Dun, who originally thought that he could use the conflict between Nanhua and the Japanese to drive the Japanese out of Ryukyu, was dumbfounded. He had never thought that this would be the result. Faced with such a heart-wrenching question, he was speechless for a moment.
He could only murmur.
"This, this, the Ryukyu Kingdom is weak and the Japanese are tyrannical. What if the Japanese are to blame?"
"You won't have to worry about it!"
Li Fengzhi stood up and said.
"I will go to Japan to question the crime!"
Go to Japan to ask questions!
Shang Dun couldn't believe what he heard. He even glanced in the direction of Naha, and seemed to be muttering in his heart - how could they dare to go to Japan to question the crime with just a warship!
But it’s just Japan!
…
Japan also has dignity!
After the Nanhua Navy "attacked" the execution center, the "Tatsuwa Maru" in Naha Port immediately left Naha. After returning to Nagasaki, it reported the "Shuri Incident" to the official. Facing "Nanhua"
The warships brazenly seized the execution center and killed many Japanese."
The Satsuma clan, which has been claiming to be the "Lord of the Ryukyus" for many years, reacted extremely strongly. As the lord of the Satsuma clan, Shimazu Hisamitsu immediately summoned Saigo Moritaka, who had just returned to Satsuma from Tokyo. After telling him everything, Shimazu Hisamitsu asked
road.
"Xixiang, in your opinion, what should we do now? Should we wait for the court's decision, or should we handle the matter ourselves?"
Facing the feudal lord's inquiry, Saigo remained silent for a moment. As the first contributor to the downfall, after he became famous, out of feudal thinking, he believed that his fame and status were higher than those of the Shimazu family, the lord of the Satsuma clan, which would damage his reputation as a "loyal minister."
, so he resigned a few months ago and returned to Satsuma to work as a feudal political advisor. However, he never imagined that he would encounter such trouble just after taking office as a feudal political advisor.
"Nanhua...the national strength seems not to be weak either!"
Xixiang muttered.
"My lord, before I left Tokyo, I learned from Westerners that Nanhua had conquered the capital of Argentina. Counting it all, they had already destroyed two countries in South America! Nanhua's national strength is far beyond your imagination."
Unlike the Qing Dynasty, which opened its doors and lived its own life, signed treaties with whom, and made friends with China based on its material resources, Japan began to pay attention to the situation in various countries in the world from the day it opened its doors. It is a bit strange to try to understand this
World. Although there is no definite information due to communication and other reasons, they still obtained a lot of information related to South China through captains from European and American countries.
In fact, they are no strangers to Nanhua. In the past few years, Nanhua's merchant ships and training ships have sailed into Nagasaki Port many times. Every year, tens of thousands of Japanese and women take Nanhua ships to go to Nanhua to work as maids.
There were also many unemployed warriors who went to Nanhua to make a living.
Japan is no stranger to Nanhua, but what is unfamiliar is its national strength!
"Although the power of Nanhua is not weak, we can't bully others too much. Ryukyu has been our Satsuma clan for nearly 260 years. If we just sit back and watch Ryukyu be occupied by outsiders, how can we face the previous feudal lords!"
Once upon a time, Shimazu Hisamitsu was an eager man to "reject the foreigners", but after being taught a lesson by the British in the "Anglo-Saharan War" eight years ago, he immediately changed his stance. He believed that "repelling the foreigners" who believed in force had no future.
He then took the initiative to launch a series of economic and military cooperation with the British, becoming a pioneer in the theory of "founding the country".
Over the years, Shimazu, who has set up factories, built warships, and trained talents, thought he was quite strong, pointed to the map and said.
"Although Nanhua is strong, its naval strength is quite weak. Otherwise, naturally they would not send only one warship to Dongyang every year. This time they only have one warship in Naha. Although the tonnage is quite considerable, but
Our Satsuma Navy has several warships. If we send a fleet to Naha, we may have a chance to force the Nanhua warships to retreat! Saigo and Ryukyu have been our Satsuma territory for hundreds of years and must be restored!"
Of course, for Shimazu, the reason why he wanted to send a fleet to Ryukyu was because he wanted to take advantage of this crisis to preserve the navy. Now that the imperial court in Tokyo has established a navy, they are sending orders to various vassals.
The warships have been eyeing the warships, and soon they will use various excuses to ask for warships from various places.
If there is a crisis on Ryukyu, the Satsuma Domain can naturally use this as an excuse to refuse to hand over the warships to the imperial court.
Of course, if the Nanhua warships can be forced back, then the Satsuma clan will definitely become famous and admired by all parties. After all, Nanhua... is also a foreigner.
Facing the feudal lord's sigh, Saigo Moritaka was silent for a while. Of course he knew what the feudal lord was thinking. In fact, he himself was extremely dissatisfied with the imperial court taking away the warships and even the feudal soldiers.
Staring at Nanhua on the map, far away on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, he thought about it, and then Saigo Moritaka said.
"Even if we send troops, our intention is not to go to war with Nanhua, but to make it withdraw from Ryukyu. Therefore, we must not go to war with it unless it is absolutely necessary. After all, although Nanhua is far away, it can connect the two countries in the West. With such strength, it is actually
It is beyond our imagination. Once a war starts, there will be endless troubles!"
Regarding Saigo Moritaka's warning, Shimazu Hisamitsu nodded repeatedly.
"What you said is true. The purpose of sending troops this time is to recapture Ryukyu. It is definitely not to start a war with Nanhua. Nanhua can conquer foreign countries with Asians and destroy foreign countries. Their national strength is not bad! But that's it.
,After all, the countries in South America are just small and weak countries!"
Facing Nanhua, a strange opponent, Shimazu Hisamitsu was quite confident in his heart. He was not the same person he was before the "Inglobal War". At that time, he knew only a little about the West, but it is different now.
, he already has a very deep understanding of the West - who is stronger in the West? It's Europe! It's the so-called United States, which is just a second-rate country in Europe. As for the countries in South America... their national power is not worth mentioning at all.
Their former suzerain country, Spain, was also poor and weak.
"Nanhua was able to destroy two countries in a row because there were no tigers in the mountains and the monkey was the king."
This chapter has been completed!