In August, the blue sea and sky are endless, which is the most beautiful season of the year.

Bai Qi has been fascinated by fishing recently. Every evening, he would drive a small boat alone to Tongxu Reef near Xiaohuangdao for fishing.

The water depth of Tongxu Reef is only about ten meters. The sea water here is as crystal clear as crystal. Sitting on a boat, you can clearly see colorful fishes running through the coral reefs.

Bai Qi fishes not for eating, but for this quiet and leisurely feeling. Usually, no matter how many you catch in the end, Bai Qi will only choose one of the largest ones to take back, and then release all the others.

This period was indeed leisurely. After the Japanese were driven out of Ryukyu, although they were ready to fight back to Ryukyu, the Japanese would not do anything before completing the military training, so Bai Qi lived a leisurely life during this period.

Generally speaking, it takes at least half a year to train a recruit to go to the battlefield. Considering the current efficiency of the Japanese, even if they are given one year, they may not be able to train a farmer to be a qualified soldier.

Japan's main problem is still concentrated on finance. The biggest problem of the current Japanese government is that it has no money and cannot even afford the military's weapons, so no matter how fast the training progress is, it is useless.

In comparison, Bai Qi can be described as strong strength. With the backing of Junma Group, the approximately 5,000 recruits on Bai Qi's side all use the latest breech-mounted bullet-cage-type rifles. The troops are also equipped with heavy rain machine guns and 75mm rapid-fire cannons. If they really want to fight, Bai Qi is very confident of counterattacking the Japanese mainland.

Although there is already a big gap in strength, Li Mu still feels dissatisfied. On August 15, Li Mu sent four latest armed patrol boats to Ryukyu, once again strengthening Bai Qi's strength.

All four armed patrol boats are propelled by the latest propeller. Each patrol boat is equipped with two 75mm naval rapid-fire guns, and there are also four 12.7-caliber heavy machine guns. In terms of firepower intensity alone, this patrol boat can completely destroy the Japanese Navy at this time.

Speaking of the Japanese Navy, this is another tragedy.

Japan just established its navy four years ago, in 1872. The current Japanese navy has no decent warships at all, and only relies on a few sampans to maintain its appearance.

At the beginning of this year, the Japanese Navy Ministry proposed a ship purchase plan, hoping to purchase two retired steam warships in the United States to support the storefront, but the final ship purchase plan was not approved, and the reason was that there was no money.

Now that these four gunboats are available, Bai Qi has the ability to attack Japan's local area, but Li Mu hopes that Bai Qi can keep a low profile for the time being, so Bai Qi can only go to Tongxu Reef to fish every day to relieve his depression.

It's really depressed. If Li Mu could let go, Bai Qi would now attack the Japanese mainland with four gunboats. At that time, he would say that he would catch a few princesses and be maids. If he had something to do, he would have to bully him if he had nothing to do, then he would not live in vain in his life...

"General, General..." Yang Wei's shouting interrupted Bai Qi's YY.

"What's wrong?" Bai Qi took off the hat he was buckled on his face, turned over and sat up from the boat, with a hint of impatientness in his tone.

"General, we have captured two Japanese fishing boats..." Yang Wei's voice was filled with excitement.

Yang Wei is different from Bai Qi. Bai Qi is depressed and comes to fish, while Yang Wei goes out to sea to catch Japanese fishing boats.

In the past, if a Japanese fishing boat was caught, the fishing boat would basically be sunk on the spot. As for the life and death of the fishermen, Yang Wei did not have the idleness to care about it.

"Then what..." Bai Qi could still calm down and knew that if there were no accidents, Yang Wei would not bother him.

"These two fishing boats were not fishing. All the people on the boat were rich. According to their own instructions, they escaped from Edo, and the leader was Tokugawa Riyan..." Yang Wei said that, he did catch a piece of fat this time.

Tokugawa, after hearing this surname, Bai Qi immediately thought of the last shogun Tokugawa Keiki.

In fact, it was ten years ago that Emperor Meiji had just overthrown the shogunate rule through the anti-shog movement, making the emperor a true national leader in Japan for the first time.

The name Tokugawa Ritsuno had some relationship with the shogunate when he heard it. Maybe he was a descendant of the shogunate general, so Bai Qi immediately became interested.

"Let's go back and take a look..." Bai Qi was very interested and immediately left behind the fishing and other things.

While Bai Qi and Yang Wei were rushing back in a hurry, Tokugawa Riyan was also restless in the conference room in the small island military camp.

There is a deviation from what Bai Qi imagined. Tokugawa Ritsu is not a descendant of the shogun, but he also has a close relationship with the shogun.

Tokugawa Ritsuo's family came from the famous Osan family in the Shogunate era. These were three families that could use "Tokugawa" as their surname. They had a very special status in the Shogunate era. If the shogun died but had no descendants, one of the most suitable ones would be selected from these three families as the new shogun.

This is how the last shogun Tokugawa Keiki was born.

The anti-shog movement ten years ago not only completely overthrew the shogunate rule, but also severely hit the forces of the three families.

The Japanese are indeed cruel enough to be cruel to themselves, to others, and to their own internal enemies.

After Emperor Meiji overthrew the shogunate rule, the 17-year-old young emperor started a massacre and almost completely eliminated the three families. Tokugawa Ritsuo escaped the pursuit of loyalty to the emperor under the protection of several retainers, and hid in Kyushu Island for ten years. It was not until Bai Qi led the Ryukyu people to drive away the Japanese invaders that Tokugawa Ritsuo fought to the death, hoping to complete the revenge with the help of Bai Qi.

Although Tokugawa Ritsuo survived with his identity, he was still very concerned about the Japanese government and the opposition, especially the conflicts and disputes between the Japanese government and the Junma Group. Tokugawa Ritsuo knew very well, but even so, Tokugawa Ritsuo was not 100% sure to obtain Bai Qi's support.

"Sir, don't be impatient. As long as we can show our value, I believe General Bai Qi will definitely get what we want." A middle-aged short and fat man bowed behind Tokugawa Riya.

Most Japanese people have five short figures, and a height of 1.6 meters is tall for Japanese people. After gaining weight in middle age, Japanese people will be very funny. The saying that being four feet tall and waist is also four feet tall and four feet tall is not an exaggeration.

Tokugawa Ritsu is a young man who is not old. Although his face is weathered, he is relatively not tall, but because of his thin body, he looks much more coordinated.

"I hope so. This is our last hope. In any case, we will also get the support of General Bai Qi..." Tokugawa Ritsuo looked at the eight big words "Tujiu" on the wall, "The Legend of the Rabbit and the Silent Rabbit can't help but lose his mind. Although Japan also respects Han culture, it is still the only way for Han people to show its true charm.

It is worth mentioning that Tokugawa Takiyo and the short and fat man just talked with both Chinese, which is also an important manifestation of the popularity of Chinese culture in Japan. However, in Japan at this time, only people with noble identities were qualified to learn Chinese.

"The national hatred and family hatred have to be repaid, but it is still up to be discussed in this way. If we introduce Westerners to Japan, then we will be Japanese sinners. A hundred years later, our ancestors will not forgive us." Another retainer looked sad, with confusion and helplessness in his voice.

There is probably no such thing as "Japanese traitor" in Japan these days. If there is no accident, Tokugawa Ritsuo and others should be the earliest Japanese traitors in Japan.

"The blood-sea hatred of the tribe members has to be avenged. Even if we use external forces, we must rectify the trouble and restore the glory of the shogunate in the past. If we cannot do this, our ancestors will not forgive us." The short and fat man had a decisive tone before, and in his opinion, it was obvious that family hatred was greater than national hatred.

"Don't say it anymore. Since we have come here, let's face it." Tokugawa Ritsua didn't want to retreat and had nowhere to retreat.

If possible, Tokugawa Ritsuo would certainly not be willing to take this step, but since he has made a choice, don’t regret it.

The sound of the leather boot heels hitting hard outside the door. The guards were saluting, and Tokugawa Ryō immediately realized that the main person was here.

Unlike Tokugawa Ritsuno and others who were well-dressed and well-behaved, Bai Qi wore a long-sleeved shirt, with breeches tied with feet and a pair of shabby military boots, which looked a bit unkempt and unruly.

Bai Qi's eyes were also unruly. After sitting in the main seat, Bai Qi was not busy greeting Tokugawa Ritsuo and others, but looked up and down with sharp and rude eyes. For a moment, Tokugawa Ritsuo felt like he was being targeted by a poisonous snake.

"Your Excellency...is it General Bai Qi?" Tokugawa Ritsuo took the initiative to speak out.

"I am Bai Qi. Why do you want to see me?" Bai Qi was surprised by Tokugawa Rishi's fluency in Chinese.

"I will introduce myself. I am Tokugawa Riyan, but Meng's retainers are unabandoned. Now he is the 16th General of the Conquering Yiyi..." Tokugawa Riyan raised his chest and tried to leave a deep impression on Bai Qi.

"The position of General of the Conquering Yi has been revoked, so you are the 16th generation, probably talking to yourself." Bai Qi unceremoniously tore off the last fig leaf of Tokugawa Riyan.

This general of the Shogun refers to the General of the Constitution. In Japan, this position is the real name of the Shogun.

During the shogunate rule, although the general of the Seiyi nominally needed the emperor's enthronement, the emperor actually had no say in this matter, so the first thing after Emperor Meiji took back his rights was to cancel this position.

By the way, in order to show the emperor's kindness, the last shogun Tokugawa Kyoki is still alive now, although for Tokugawa Kyoki, this is the real life is worse than death.

Maybe, there are rumors that Emperor Ji himself has impure bloodline, so no one knows whether the real Tokugawa Kyoki died or not.

"You are right, we are talking to ourselves... Please allow me to introduce myself to you again. I am Tokugawa Ritsu from Edo. If General Bai Qi can give me a chance, then I will prove to you that the trust you gave me is absolutely worth it." Tokugawa Ritsu gritted his teeth for a long time before he calmed down again.

"Tell me, what do you want from me?" Bai Qi didn't say anything, and picked up the teacup and took a sip. This is not the intention of serving tea to see guests.

"I don't know if General Bai Qi knows that the Japanese government is preparing for the war in Kagoshima. More than 30,000 soldiers are undergoing military training in Kagoshima. These soldiers will be trained within about three months. At that time, General Bai Qi will talk about how to deal with the siege of these 30,000 soldiers. I wonder if General Bai Qi has considered it?" Tokugawa Riya didn't talk nonsense and was not exaggerated. In Tokugawa Riya's opinion, with Bai Qi's current strength, he really cannot compete with the 30,000 soldiers.

Speaking of which, the population of Ryukyu is only 300,000 to 400,000 people in the country. Even if Bai Qi is powerful and powerful, he can only pull up 10,000 or 20,000 people at most. This is simply incomparable to Japan's war potential. Although the Japanese government has no money, compared with Ryukyu, Japan has almost unlimited manpower, and it is not impossible to pull up millions of troops.

"What does it matter if 30,000 people? Japan has no navy, so it cannot carry out cross-sea landings. They can't even board Ryukyu Island, so how can they threaten?" Bai Qi didn't go to make a simple comparison of troops. In Bai Qi's opinion, even if Japan trained more troops, it would be useless.

"You can tell the truth that many ants can bite the elephant to death. If the general thinks that this is only a hundred miles of nautical miles, please forgive Tokugawa for taking the blame. Tokugawa will take his leave and wish the general a prosperous martial arts fortune..." As a descendant of the shogunate general, Tokugawa Ryon has his own pride. If Bai Qi has always treated him with this attitude, then Tokugawa Ryon would not want to beg in every way.

Seeing Tokugawa Ritsuo getting angry, Bai Qi laughed: "Don't be angry, don't be angry. Recently, I became addicted to playing chess with Master Pan, but I was influenced by him without realizing it. The words that were very literary are not meaningful. I don't know what I am saying. Please do not be surprised..."

That's right. The clouds and mountains are foggy and have been talking nonsense for a long time. Even a good person will be suffocated to death. It is better to be more happy. If you succeed, you will lose your success.

"General Bai Qi, my three families were almost killed after the Emperor came to power, and their hatred was irreconcilable. If General Bai Qi did not dislike him, Tokugawa would like to help him, just to hope that the general would be powerful in Kyoto in the future and could avenge my family. Tokugawa Harasuan, the general, will follow the general's head..." Tokugawa Riya was able to let go of his figure. In order to avenge, this was not even the honor of the family.

Hearing Tokugawa Ritsu's words so resolutely not only made the two retainers behind Tokugawa Ritsu stunned, but Bai Qi couldn't help but be moved: "Don't worry, Tokugawa, you have the chance to be the glory of the family..."
Chapter completed!