Edo Bay entrance.

A huge fleet sailed into Edo Bay in a mighty manner.

However, the first one to enter was the cruiser. They had to measure the water depth first. After all, the draft of the battleship was very terrifying. The Ming army's slightly better had exceeded five meters, and the USS Columbus draft was more than seven meters. It would be unwise for such a warship to rashly enter a bay where silt is accumulated all year round.

So all the giant battleships were left outside for the time being.

As for the Japanese attacks, the construction of the Tokyo Bay Fortress began after Meiji, which was the two forts built opposite Yokosuka from the tip of Totsu Cape. However, there was no defensive means at this time, and it was meaningless to have no cannons that could block the waterway without repairing the artillery. The Tokugawa family did not have a real navy. The Salt-Saphon Water Division mainly controlled the Seto Inland Sea and Edo Bay. There was no need to defend at all. At most, there were several small boats that patrol and collect taxes, and a cruiser could pick them. Faced with the vast invaders, the Tokugawa family could only do the only way to mobilize troops and prepare for a land war.

The doors can only be opened at sea!

This is also the reason why Perry was able to make direct efforts to Edo and land on Kanagawa in history.

Well, Perry is also in the American mission at this moment.

He is the head of the US Navy shipyard and is in charge of the construction of steamships. He has built several, but their steam paddle steamers have fundamentally different from the Ming army's propeller warships, so as a member of the delegation, I want to see if I can check and learn something.

Speaking of which, the two Ming army warships caused great stimulation to the American people.

Even Congress has become much more generous.

"First, Japan ceded Kagoshima to the Ming Dynasty, rented Yokohama Port to the Ming Dynasty, and rented four square miles of land from the Ming Dynasty at the mouth of the Yokogawa River at Osaka. Second, compensated the Ming Dynasty's military expenditure of 10 million taels. Third, Japan rented Yokosuka to the United States, and paid the fourth compensation for the United States' military expenditure of 1 million taels. Fifth, Fukuoka, Shimonoseki, Kochi, Osaka, Edo, Nagoya and Sendai along the coast were open to the trading ports. The Ming and American merchant ships were allowed to reach ports and traded by merchants from both countries. Tariffs were decided by the three countries. The Ming and the United States set up consulates in the above areas. The crimes committed by the Ming and American citizens in Japan must be handed over to the consulates of the two countries.

That's all for the time being. Is there anything else that you need to add to?”

Li Cheng, the joint command of Zhiyuan, said.

“Would the right to preach?”

Webster said tentatively.

"The right to preach? This is a bit too cruel, right? You have to know that they don't like your religion. Two hundred years ago, they even fought a religious war for it, completely purged the Catholics in Japan. It is said that tens of thousands of people died for it."

Li Cheng said.

"No, no, we are not Catholics."

Webster said quickly.

"I know, you are Protestant, but you believe in the same God after all. Those believers rebelled to overthrow the Tokugawa family's rule. The Tokugawa family has always been very wary of this. We need to make a territorial and compensation. For him, it is just a few small ports, just dig more silver. He has gold ore and does not care about this, but if he preaches, it will shake his foundation. But we can raise this request. If he refuses, we can take the opportunity to ask for more compensation."

Li Cheng said.

"You're completely right."

Webster said with a smile.

Compared with money, let’s go to the missionary matters!

"That's it?"

Li Cheng smiled and stretched out his hand and said.

Webster also smiled and stretched out his hand. The two of them held each other tightly, and then laughed happily at the same time, but at this moment, the alarm bell outside suddenly rang out.

"There is a cruiser coming!"

Captain Zhiyuan ran into the command room and said.

A group of people quickly walked to the deck outside and looked at a sailboat on the sea in the distance. Wu Ruxiao raised his telescope and the sailboat immediately enlarged in his sight. It was a brig sailboat that should have been sailing on the sea for a long time. The hull was old and the sail was a little damaged. Compared with the two Ming cruisers who were rushing to intercept, it was like a pile of garbage floating on the sea. On the main mast was a tricolor flag arranged in white, blue and red up and down.

"Russians, armed merchant ships of Russian and American companies!"

Brigadier General Biddle said holding a telescope.

"Russians? Our God Emperor dislikes Russians the most. He sent orders to cruisers, arrested them, and if he dared to resist, he would sink!"

Wu Ruxiao said without hesitation.

Biddle and Webster showed a look of surprise on their faces at the same time.

At this time, the Russian-American company was the main colonial company of the Tsar in the Americas. It was known as the East India Company of Russia. It has control over almost all ports on both sides of the Pacific Ocean at 51 degrees north latitude. Its sphere of influence includes Alaska and Kamchatka. There are also strongholds on the west coast of modern Canada, and even California has appeared. They were also the first to establish strongholds on Sakhalin Island and Heilongjiang Haikou Temple Street. At this time, the largest stronghold on the west Pacific Ocean was Peter in Kamchatka.

Ropavlovsk, however, did not have a decent military force, only a few hundred garrisons were often robbed by whaling ships. The main business of Russian and American companies is fur, especially sea dogs and otters, and their main sales are China. By the way, this company is a shame for colonists in Europe. Because Russia itself is a farmer system, they also have control over their employees like slaves, holding control of the fur and whaling industry in Alaska, but making their colonists live worse than American slaves.

When the colonists ran from far away Russia to Alaska, they could only return to Russia in their rags and ragged clothes when they went to America, it would be difficult for them to have any pioneering spirit.

This should be one of the reasons why they missed the gold mine.

Because America could not bring him the wealth that satisfies him, the development of Asia by Russian and American companies was strengthened. The mouth of Heilongjiang and Sakhalin Island were their key targets. They had even fought with the Matsumasa Basilica of Japan for the southern end of Sakhalin Island. In history, Captain Neverskoy would start a new round of colonization in a few years, and established colonial sites between Sakhalin Island and Temple Street until they were officially annexed in 1860.

Russian and American companies are also the main competitors of American fur merchants in the North Pacific, and of course there are whaling ships that can be regarded as one of the pillars of the US economy at this time.

Don't underestimate whales.

In this era when kerosene has not been extracted, whales are the main lighting method in Europe and the United States. The income of the whaling industry is one of the most important sources of income for the United States. Eighty percent of whaling ships in the world are the United States. From the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, there are their whaling ships everywhere. The main whaling field in the Pacific is the Sea of ​​Okhotsk and the Bering Strait, which are the scope of activities of Russian and American companies. Competition in this industry has begun, but the United States has no stronghold in the Pacific. One of the reasons why they attach so much importance to the Ming Dynasty is that they can gain a supporter. You must know that Webster himself is the Whig Party supported by whaling industry, and he himself is an important supporter of the American whaling industry.

This is a surprising surprise to the unfriendly attitude of the Ming Dynasty towards the Russians.

"We don't like the Russians. These guys still occupy the land of our Ming Dynasty. Although this is caused by the incompetence of Jiannu, it is still our land. Lingbei, Beihai or what they call the Baikal area, and to the entire east of the Ural Mountains, are all ours. A large part of Central Asia is also the vassal states of our Ming Dynasty back then. Now they are occupied by the Russians, and we will all take them back in the future!"

Li Cheng said indignantly as he looked at the cruiser that had already opened fire in the distance.

"You're completely right."

Webster also said indignantly: "These Russians are the most greedy. They have annexed almost half of the Eurasian continent and are not satisfied, and even America is not spared. Our whaling ships are often persecuted in the north."

"This kind of thing is easy to solve!"

Li Cheng waved his hand boldly and said, "The United States is a friend of the Ming Dynasty, and the American whaling ships are also our friends. If you are interested, you can find some whaling ships as guides. After our Beiyang Fleet solves Japan, there will be no combat missions. It just happens to organize a crusade team. A new batch of large ocean cruisers in Guangzhou is about to enter service. After completing the supply of these cruisers in Japan, they are enough to sail to the Bering Strait. They are just not familiar with the route. You must use your whaling ship as a guide and then destroy all Russian strongholds along the coast. The whaling industry in the North Pacific belongs to you. Our people are not interested in this kind of business. It is too dangerous to do this. We do not lack safe and stable business."

By the way, whaling is really a life-threatening thing. At this time, there is not even a whale cannon. It is all up to sailors to tie a spear, and then hang a rope and row a boat to compete for endurance like fishing. By the way, it is a whale. If you just slap your tail casually, you will be wiped out. That is really a life-for-month exchange. It is difficult for anyone to be interested in this kind of business in the Ming Dynasty.

What's more, kerosene will be refined soon.

Webster could hardly believe it.

This happiness cannot be stopped even when it comes! The generosity of the Divine Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is simply outrageous.

Of course, he also knew that there would be no pie falling from the sky. It was abnormal to be so generous to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. It was understandable to take them to rob Japan. Anyway, it was not the Ming Dynasty paid money, but it was just a pity for others. However, it was exaggerated to attack the United States on Russia's strongholds on the Pacific coast. The relationship between the two sides was not so good. He looked at Li Cheng with a waiting look, waiting for the latter's additional terms...

"Ha, this is a Russian who is really ignorant of life and death!"

Li Cheng said with interest as he looked at the Russian warship that fired and fought back from a distance and tried to escape.

This unlucky warship was shot under the beating of four Ming army cruisers, but it was still a four-inch flowering bullet, and the rolling smoke made it look quite spectacular.

Webster was confused.

There are no additional terms?!!
Chapter completed!