Four hundred and eighty-ninth chapter south to Quanzhou
Song Yang originally asked Han Jin about the situation of the four major camps of Japan.
As a result, Han Jin actually said that Japan also had artillery!
"Have you brought the captured artillery?" Song Yang asked with a frown.
"Bring it! It's on our ship!" Han Jin nodded.
Without Song Yang's approval, it was impossible to bring artillery directly to the Wanwan.
"Have someone get it immediately!" Song Yang ordered.
The guard guarding the door left immediately.
After a while, two guards came back carrying a stone cannon.
Song Yang took a look and saw that it was indeed made of stone.
"This is a stone mortar cannon. Japanese pirates can actually make such a thing!" Song Yang said to himself in surprise.
"Stone mortar cannon? It looks a bit like a stone mortar!" Han Jin nodded after hearing this.
This kind of stone mortar appeared briefly in history, and was later replaced by iron mortar.
For a country like Japan with extremely low steel production, it is possible to use stone instead of steel for the cannon body.
Of course, we don’t know how long this thing will last.
Anyway, Song Yang did not dare to let the soldiers use the captured things.
Song Yang bent down and reached out to twist the remaining gunpowder in the mortar.
I looked at it, smelled it, and wiped it on the paper.
The color, smell, and feel are all very different from Jiangzhou gunpowder.
When these gunpowder powders are ignited, the burning is not violent.
It should be the kind of gunpowder used before Da Qian.
The birth of gunpowder in Daqian has a history of hundreds and nearly a thousand years.
Based on the previous submissive attitude of the Japanese towards Da Gan, and their willingness to come to learn advanced technology whenever they had nothing to do, it is not surprising that gunpowder had already been introduced to the Japanese.
This is indeed the case.
During this period, while fighting the four major battalions, the Japanese also discovered the use of gunpowder.
So I developed the mortar myself.
Song Yang quickly analyzed the birth of the mortar.
It is indeed very different from reality.
Moreover, the one who developed the mortar was the Shimadzu family who suffered the worst blows.
The Shimazu family samurai, who had many close encounters with the Crouching Tiger Cannon and narrowly escaped with their lives, brought back some general data and news about the Crouching Tiger Cannon.
The Shimadzu family learned from the painful experience and found many Japanese foundry masters and various craftsmen.
Finally, the mortar was developed.
At that time, the Shimazu family thought that the mortars were tiger squatting cannons, and confidently took the mortars to attack the islands of the four major camps.
As a result, I was taught how to be a good person again.
The dejected Shimazu family could only retreat to their base camp in the island nation again.
After learning that the Shimazu family was defeated again, the surrounding daimyo wanted to carve up the Shimazu family's territory.
But the mortar cannon is no match against the tiger squat cannon. It immediately became a magic weapon against those big names in the cold weapon era.
In that battle, the Shimazu family not only defeated various troublemaking daimyo, but also regained all the territory their family had lost last time.
The Shimadzu family, with their confidence greatly increased, felt that they should first dominate the island country and then concentrate their efforts on dealing with Okan.
These things happened not long ago, and the four camps have not received any news, let alone Song Yang.
Song Yang looked at the mortars, sank for a while and said: "The Japanese country has already developed mortars. If they are allowed to develop, they may indeed pose a threat to Daqian."
"After destroying the Japanese pirates in the Daoyi Islands, the Tokyo Battalion will go north. The four major battalions have been training for a year, and it is time to take action against the Japanese."
Han Jin was immediately excited after hearing Song Yang's words.
The four major camps of the Japanese Kingdom have been preparing intensively for so long in order to eliminate the huge hidden danger of the Japanese Kingdom.
Now the time has finally arrived!
Song Yang looked at Han Jin, took a deep breath and said:
"Xiao Han. It is not difficult to destroy the Japanese country. We have more advanced weapons and a stronger army."
"But it is very difficult for the Japanese country to be stable for a long time. Especially in the four major camps, there are many Japanese pirates who surrendered in the past. These people are ultimately unstable factors, and it is not easy to change them."
Han Jin thought for a while, frowned and said, "Should we take them all..."
Han Jin made a killing gesture.
Song Yang shook his head and said: "After all, these people have taken refuge with us. It is easy to kill them, but people's hearts will be in chaos."
"So these surrendered soldiers cannot be killed, they must be educated. You and Lao Yu should ask for advice on this point. Our previous policy towards Tibetan prisoners in Shanzhou was good."
"Now take it out and improve it so that it can be used on Japanese pirates."
"Of course, there are some die-hards who clamor about the spirit of Bushido every day and refuse to bow their heads. Send them to see Amaterasu!"
"By the way! Don't they have some samurai etiquette for seppuku? Anyone who wants to commit seppuku honorably is allowed to do so!"
Song Yang had never been soft on Japanese pirates. If it weren't for the urgent need for labor after the natural disaster, he would have killed all the captives.
The purpose of keeping those Japanese pirates in place now is to start construction as soon as possible.
In the evening, Song Yang treated Han Jin to dinner and gave him some chicken soup.
Han Jin bid farewell to Song Yang with enthusiasm and promised to supervise the team for three days.
Early the next morning, the fleet sailed out of the Yangtze River Estuary and turned south to Quanzhou.
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Quanzhou Prefecture, Fucheng**.
Nanhai.com Song Jing has been here for a few days.
After being repaired, renovated and upgraded, Quanzhou Port has reached a certain scale and can accommodate some large cargo ships.
This kind of deep-water port was requested by Song Yang.
To open the Maritime Silk Road, it is very necessary to utilize the ancient port of Quanzhou.
I made an appointment with Song Jing to meet in Quanzhou, just to see the current situation of Quanzhou Port.
"Your Majesty, King Jiangzhou's fleet has passed through the waters of Qixing Island and should soon enter Fuzhou. It can reach Quanzhou in two days at most."
Tan Ma, who came by land, reported Song Yang's itinerary to Song Jing.
Song Yang went south along the coastline and explained his movements to the various states along the way.
This is for better communication and supplies with Quanzhou.
"Two days... A Yang came very quickly. I wonder if the latest information from Dao Yi can be sent back." Song Jing pinched his chin and said.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Clippers will be back by noon tomorrow at the latest."
Song Jing would send a speedboat to Daoyi Islands every few days to detect the movements of Japanese pirates.
In the past year or so, Japanese pirates have raided the southeastern coast twice, but due to timely warning, they were well prepared.
The Japanese pirates did not gain anything.
Over the past year or so, the supply of Japanese pirates on the island has become increasingly difficult, and they have targeted Wanwan Island.
The robbery and exploitation of Wanwan Island was intensified.
The residents on the island could not bear the harassment and organized civil armed forces to fight against the Japanese pirates.
However, Japanese pirates rarely penetrated deep into the interior, and the islanders were no match for the Japanese pirates at sea.
Plus some weird things.
Therefore, they were often captured by Japanese pirates and suffered heavy losses.
Song Jing already knew this information, and he also sent people to secretly contact some islanders.
One of the relatively large forces of Dagan's displaced people has agreed to submit to Dagan and is willing to help Dagan persuade other islanders.