Chapter 637: Edo Incident

Japan.

Watanabe Case and Asana Taro were in the Edogawa River north of Edo, looking at the sailing battleship being built.

As soon as he learned that King Dasong Yan owned a sailing warship, he sent someone to send the news to the British.

After confirming the facts, the British finally agreed to help Japan build sailing warships.

Three months ago, Britain sent the first batch of personnel to Japan, and the construction of sailing battleships was officially put on the agenda.

To this end, he gathered shipbuilding craftsmen from all over Japan, but Britain was only willing to build eighteen warships for Japan at the same time.

He knew that the British people used the balancing strategy adopted in the Western Territories on him and King Dasong Yan.

While using him to contain King Yan, he also did not want Japan to become stronger and threaten his interests in the East.

"It will take ten months before these battleships can be launched into the water. It's really painful." Taro Asana put his hands in his sleeves and shook his head slightly.

He couldn't wait.

Watanabe's expression darkened a bit. Just as Taro Asana said, the construction of the battleship took too long.

It's just that the current war is coming too fast, and they can't be given time to wait leisurely.

Once they join the alliance and attack King Yan, they can only use their current warships to fight the King of Yan's navy at sea.

Of course, he also thought about postponing the war until Japan's sailing battleship was launched.

However, he was also worried that King Yan was building more warships.

Therefore, he and the Dashong clan had the same idea, and they could not give King Yan any more time to develop steadily.

King Yan must be attacked immediately without giving him a chance to breathe.

Moreover, if this maritime alliance can succeed.

Eight sail warships combined with Japan's 300 warships were enough to destroy King Yan's fleet.

Once King Yan's fleet is destroyed and the sail warships are launched, Japan will rule the Eastern Sea.

"Every good thing is worth waiting for." Watanabe looked at the dark clouds coming from the east.

The wind in the river is biting, and a heavy snowfall may be coming.

"The general is always so poetic." Asana Taro flattered.

With the increase in contacts with Western countries, the Watanabe case has been deeply influenced by Western countries in recent years. He often studies books from Western countries and becomes more and more elegant.

Then, he said: "General, I ordered 80,000 Japanese soldiers to prepare. If the fleet of King Yan can be defeated in a naval battle, these 80,000 soldiers will board the territory of Qi and fight with the soldiers of Qi to destroy Yan." king."

Watanabe nodded, this was what he asked Asana Taro to do.

Since the establishment of Qingcheng Merchant House, a large amount of information has been transmitted to the Edo shogunate.

Through this information, he could almost feel the threat of King Yan coming towards him.

The flintlock gun with a range of 150 meters, the hot air balloon flying in the sky, as well as soap, glass and other products full of Western industrial atmosphere told him.

This King of Yan is very dangerous to Japan.

He never worried about Dasong's powerful people.

Because even though these powerful people are rich and powerful, and have many soldiers and generals, they do not have endless craftsmanship.

On the contrary, judging from the development of King Yan, the level of firearms in Yanzhou is constantly improving, and there are more and more types of products.

This illustrates a problem. Yanzhou's various crafts are constantly rising, and currently exceed Japan's.

But from now on, this kind of transcendence is not too far away, and fortunately, the territory controlled by King Yan is very small, and the population under his command is very small.

At this time, if King Yan cannot be eliminated, only Japan will be eliminated in the future.

Therefore, he agreed to almost all Qi's requests. After the news of the alliance came, he chose to join without hesitation.

The purpose is to do everything possible to destroy King Yan before he threatens the Japanese territory.

"We cannot relax in the construction of forts at the port. We must consider all possibilities." Watanabe said that if the battle is defeated at sea, we must be prepared for the King of Yan to launch an attack on the Japanese mainland.

So he asked Taro Asana to deal with it in advance.

While the two were talking, a Japanese official came over and said, "General, a merchant ship from Sam Country requested to enter Edo Port to meet the general."

"Sam Country." Watanabe frowned.

In recent years, the Sam country has been coming to Japan from the east, hoping to establish trade relations with Japan.

But every time he chose to refuse.

Because according to his understanding, the British are currently suppressing the country of Sam around the world.

Friendship with Sam would only make the Britons angry.

This time, the British are mobilizing warships from the mainland and preparing to launch a war against the Wu State established by the Liang family.

In addition to the huge trade deficit, another factor is that the Liang family is obsessed with it and does not refuse trade with Sam Country.

"No." Watanabe thought of this and decided to implement his previous decision again.

After that, he and Taro Asana returned to the shogunate.

However, just as he sat down and prepared to make himself a cup of tea, he suddenly heard the rumble of cannons coming from the distant sea.

Watanabe's face changed greatly, and Taro Asana said: "General, what's worse, the Sam people must have lost their patience and tried to use force to force Japan to trade with them."

After getting to know the Western Kingdoms, he knew that this was their usual method.

Watanabe slammed the table, stood up suddenly, and prepared for the Japanese Navy to attack.

But he rolled his eyes and sat down again.

After hesitating for a while, he said to Taro Asana: "Maybe we should accept Sam Country's request."

"Why?" Asano Taro was shocked, "The British will definitely hate us."

Watanabe An shook his head, "No, the situation seems to be different now. Compared with us in Japan, both the British and the Sam people definitely don't want to see Dasong unified by King Yan."

"Otherwise, their colonies in the East will be threatened, so they will definitely compete to win over us in Japan."

"Whoever loses us will lose the bargaining chip against King Yan in the East, so we can swing between Sam and the British to get the most benefits, and even blackmail King Yan in the future."

Although this is just his judgment, he feels it is necessary to take a risk.

Otherwise, he will be at odds with Sam, which is obviously not what he wants.

Asano Taro thought for a while and nodded slowly, "In this case, you can try it."

"You go to Edo Wharf immediately and invite the Sam envoy to the shogunate." Hearing this, Watanabe An said.

Mazawa Taro nodded, stood up and left. Soon, the sound of cannons on the sea stopped.

About half an hour later, Mazawa Taro led a Sam countryman wearing a black round hat, a black short coat, and leather boots into the shogunate.

Watanabe smiled and led the Sam countryman into the house.

He will let Japan formally establish trade relations with Sam country.