On the Beijing-Tianjin cement road leading from Tianjin to the capital, dozens of luxury four-wheeled carriages were walking leisurely on the spacious cement road.
Although it was already the twelfth lunar month of winter, the sky was freezing, the wind was howling, and there were small snowflakes in the sky. The sky was groggy, and it looked like it was going to snow.
However, the flow of people on the Beijing-Tianjin cement road has not been affected at all. On the contrary, as the New Year is approaching, this road has become busier.
At a glance, the road winds to the end. There is a dense flow of people and cars on the road. The people go to the far right and the traffic goes to the left. It is in order, like a torrent heading towards the capital.
The other side is the direction from Beijing to Tianjin, which is also densely populated and extremely busy.
"This carriage is really nice~"
“It’s very comfortable and there’s not even a single bump.”
Inside a four-wheeled carriage, Shimazu Tadamasa opened the curtains to let in the cold air from outside.
It was really hot inside the carriage, because there was a fire in the middle of the carriage. The fire was burning brightly, which made the carriage feel very stuffy. When the curtains were opened for ventilation, a cold wind blew in, which made the whole person feel much more comfortable.
"The most powerful thing is not the carriage, but the concrete road. Concrete is truly a divine thing."
Emperor Gokashiwara nodded solemnly, looked at the spacious cement road outside and said.
"I heard that this thing is like mud at first, but after a day or two it becomes as hard as bluestone. It is most suitable for building bridges and paving roads, pouring cities, and building buildings."
Shimazu Tadamasa nodded and said.
"Write this down. We in Japan must also master the method of making cement."
Emperor Gokashiwara nodded slightly, and then said to Shimazu Tadamasa.
"Yes~"
Shimazu Tadamasa nodded quickly, then took out a notebook and a pen from his arms and solemnly wrote this down.
This book contains dense records of many things, such as shipbuilding, fishing, four-wheeled carriages, briquette stoves, etc. Obviously these are things that the Japanese want to learn.
This year's battle also severely wounded and defeated Japan.
In the past, although I felt that the Ming Dynasty was relatively big, I did not think that the Ming Dynasty was so powerful, even because Japanese pirates had been rampant along the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty for a long time.
So many ambitious people on the Japanese side even proposed the mainland plan. The so-called mainland plan believed that the Japanese should use North Korea as a springboard to attack the Ming Dynasty and occupy their own piece of land on the huge continent.
Although the Ming Dynasty was big, it was not strong. The grassland people in the north had been constantly oppressing the Ming Dynasty, and it was not clear what the Ming Dynasty could do to the grassland people in the north.
Their wandering warriors became Japanese pirates who roamed the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty, and they have never been completely eradicated. This made the Japanese people feel that the Ming Dynasty was not strong.
Then in this battle, the 50,000-strong Ming army was ruthlessly rubbed against the ground. No matter it was the powerful Ming Dynasty, Ouchi, Otomo or the Uesugi family, they were all easily wiped out by the Ming army.
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Or maybe the shogunate army, the current ruler of the Japanese country, was also defeated by the Ming army and had to sign an alliance under the city.
Not only was Shijian Country ceded, but I heard that a super-large silver mine has been discovered here in Ishijian Country, and tens of millions of taels of silver can be easily mined every year.
Moreover, Hyogozu was leased, and there are still 10,000 Ming Dynasty troops stationed in Hyogojin. To this day, the Ming Dynasty's navy is still patrolling the Seto Inland Sea and Tokyo Bay of Japan.
They also paid fifteen million taels of silver as compensation to the Ming Dynasty. Even the Japanese kings would have to be canonized by the Ming Dynasty in order to be legal and effective.
It can be said that the Japanese were completely defeated in this battle, and they were convinced of their defeat.
There is really nothing we can do, the Ming army is too powerful.
Terrifying artillery, powerful battleships, and cavalry like a torrent of steel. Facing such powerful forces, the Japanese warriors, no matter how powerful they were, had to surrender.
The advantages of the Japanese people are obvious.
As long as you can beat me and you are better than me, I will learn from you.
At this time, in the Japanese country, both the daimyo who supported the Japanese king and the shogunate were silently learning from the Ming Dynasty and wanted to become as powerful as the Ming Dynasty.
This time it was a formal mission, and it was extremely large. Usually, a large number of Japanese people arrived in the Ming Dynasty with the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty. They came to the Ming Dynasty to study, travel, and find the roots of the Ming Dynasty's strength so that they could learn for themselves.
"The Ming Dynasty is really too big~"
Emperor Gokashiwara held a map in his hand and couldn't help but say.
"Yes, the Ming Dynasty is indeed very big, but the world is also very big."
"The current expansion strategy of the Ming Dynasty is very obvious. It will occupy the Northern Golden Continent from the north, then occupy Australia from the south, and then occupy the Southern Golden Continent. In this case, the entire Golden Continent will belong to the Ming Dynasty, and the Pacific Ocean will become the inland sea of the Ming Dynasty.
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"Towards the west, the Ming Dynasty continued to advance north and west. It is said that Liu Jin, the Marquis of Liaodong, proposed to open a land route to Europe from the land all the way to the west, and occupy the entire vast land."
Shimazu Tadamasa nodded solemnly and said.
"If Ming Dynasty completes this strategy, Ming Dynasty's territory will become extremely terrifying, and almost the entire world will be occupied by Ming Dynasty."
When Emperor Gokashiwara saw it, he couldn't help but take a breath and exclaimed.
"Yes, the Ming Dynasty is very big, not only because of its large territory, but also because they have enough population and strength, plus the Ming Dynasty itself is in a favorable position."
"Once this giant dragon takes flight, the whole world will surrender at its feet."
Shimazu Tadayamasa also sighed.
The more you understand the power of Ming Dynasty, the more you will feel a new sense of powerlessness.
The Japanese country is very ambitious, but the Japanese country is not unified now. The shogunate, local daimyo and the emperor are all at odds with each other, and no one obeys the other.
The shogunate still wanted to maintain its rule. It is said that this time Yin Shizhong came to the Ming Dynasty, his main mission was to purchase arms and weapons.
The daimyo in various places are also ambitious. Some want to replace the shogunate, some want to support the emperor, and some are on both sides. In short, the Japanese country at this moment has no way to unite.
What's more important is that Ming's attitude is very clear, that is, it hopes that Japan will maintain this situation. Arms and weapons are sold to both sides. Anyone who has the strength to unify Japan will be immediately attacked by Ming.
"This is a new era, the era of great navigation."
"In this era, wealth and land will come very easily. I heard that last year, the ten ships of the Ming Dynasty that returned from the Golden Continent brought back 30 million taels of gold and silver, as well as many crops from the Golden Continent.
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"I heard that the yield of any kind of crop can be dozens of dan per mu, and it can feed a large number of people."
"This should be remembered. We Japanese people are poor, so we can introduce these crops from the Golden Continent from the Ming Dynasty and promote them."
Emperor Gokashiwara said with a sigh.
At the same time, there is also an incomparable desire in my heart, eager to unify the Japanese country, concentrate the power of the Japanese country, move towards this magnificent era, and seize a piece of land belonging to the Japanese country in the world.
"I have already written it down."
"Your Majesty, there is no need to be discouraged. Where there is a will, things can come true. Even if the cauldron sinks the boat, one hundred and two Qin Passes will eventually belong to Chu. With all the hard work, man and nature will not let you down. If you lie down and taste your courage, three thousand Yue Jia can devour Wu."
"Perhaps this is also a great opportunity for us."
"The world is a big place. We may be able to secretly build a strong army outside the Japanese country. When the time is right, we can transport the army back to the Japanese country and unify the entire Japanese country in one fell swoop."
"As long as we, like the Ming Dynasty, implement strong centralization and gather the strength of the entire Japanese country, we will be able to develop and grow rapidly."
"When the time comes, the world is so big, there will eventually be a piece of land that belongs to our Japanese country."
Shimazu Tadamasa looked at Emperor Kashiwara and said in a very firm tone.
The current problem of the Japanese country is that there is no unity. The decadent shogunate rule has hindered the development of the Japanese country. However, the shogunate is very powerful and the daimyo in various places are very ambitious. No one obeys anyone.
This is the key.
Without unity, power will naturally be dispersed, and there is no way to concentrate efforts to do great things, let alone snatch meat from Ming's mouth in this era.
"I'm just afraid that after our Japanese country becomes stronger, the entire world will have been completely annexed by the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty's speed is too fast."
"Now their power has expanded to Nanyang. The countries in Nanyang have always been vassals of the Ming Dynasty, with the Ming Dynasty as the main country. The expansion of the Ming Dynasty here is almost effortless."
"By next year, it is estimated that they will expand to Australia and the Southern Golden Continent. Such a huge land fell into the arms of the Ming Dynasty in a blink of an eye. It is really a bit unwilling."
"I heard that the land here in Huangjinzhou is very fertile, and there is gold everywhere. The natives here are descendants of the Yin Shang Dynasty. Their development is extremely slow. They are still in the tribal stage. They can't even make iron tools, and their population is very small.
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"In a place like this, if our Japanese country dispatches 10,000 warriors, we can easily conquer land dozens of times that of our Japanese country."
Emperor Gokashiwara sighed and said, thinking of the Ming Dynasty, he felt helpless.
Such a powerful country has embarked on the road of expansion, and its appetite cannot be satisfied casually. It is estimated that the entire world must be eaten before it can satisfy the appetite of the dragon.
"Your Majesty, maybe we can form an army now. It doesn't need to be big, just a few thousand people. It won't work in the Pacific Rim, but there are still vast areas of land in places like the South Asian subcontinent, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.
We can also seize it."
"No matter what, let's give it a try and then talk about it."