Chapter 702: Response

"Please rest assured, Your Highness. The Kingdom of Ryukyu will be your loyal subject in the future, and your orders will be above everything else. Read" Shang Bin looked firm and his tone was decisive.

Zhao Xu nodded and asked Shang Bin to go back and wait.

When the fleet sets out, Zhou Yi will take him with him.

Shang Bin left, and Zhao Xu turned to Zhou Yi and asked how many Japanese soldiers were currently stationed in the Kingdom of Ryukyu.

Seizing Ryukyu and Yizhou was already in his plan.

So during this period, Zhou Yi has been investigating the Yizhou area occupied by Ryukyu and Japan.

However, due to the interception of intelligence about the East Earth Alliance, he decided to take action in advance.

"Return to Your Highness, there are about 20,000 people, and we can rely on our Marines. There is no need for the Jin Army of the Royal Palace to take action." Zhou Yi was very confident. The Portuguese were not their opponents, let alone the Japanese soldiers.

Zhao Xu smiled lightly. He had no doubt about the combat effectiveness of the Marines.

But the 8,000 Marines were really a bit too few.

After all, the combat missions faced by the Marine Corps in the East Land will become more and more numerous and more brutal in the future.

So he said: "Expand the Marine Corps to 30,000 people."

In the past, due to population restrictions, he could not be aggressive and let soldiers occupy too large a proportion of the population, which would affect the development of agriculture and industry.

However, he has now taken over the eight counties of Qizhou, and Chang Wei and Ma Han will soon sweep across Jiangbei.

At that time, the population problem will be greatly alleviated.

Moreover, in the war with Qi, they captured a large number of surrendered soldiers.

Some of these surrendered soldiers took off their armor and returned to their hometowns to farm.

Some of them hope to join his army.

These soldiers can be added to the Marine Corps.

"Hehe, thank you, Your Highness." Zhou Yi grinned.

As the highest general of the navy, he naturally hopes that there will be more and more soldiers under his command.

After discussing this matter, Zhao Xu asked Zhou Yi to return to Jinghai to prepare, and also took Shang Bin with him.

After Zhou Yi left, Zhao Xu looked at the map of Dasong on the wall with a frown.

If the East Earth Alliance is really established, it will be a real trouble for him.

The purpose of Japan, Britain and Sam is very sinister.

Their ultimate goal is to split Dasong, just like the Western Continent, forming many large and small countries.

In this way, Dasong will no longer be an independent country, but a continent that carries many countries like the Western Continent and Tianzhu.

For such a continent, they will adopt a strategy of balancing power, profit from it, or colonize one by one, depending on their mood.

At the same time, they will use this alliance to target his every step of strategy and block his way to expand outward.

As for the way to target him, it is naturally to support agents, constantly fight proxy wars with him, or even do it himself.

He is not afraid of war. Even if he faces the British army head-on, he has the confidence to win.

But he does not want to keep fighting with the powerful families under the intervention of Japan.

Because this will ultimately consume the national strength of Dasong, and the people who die are all the people of Dasong.

As for Japan and Britain, they only need to sell weapons and watch them kill each other.

Even if he wins, what he gets is a broken Jiangnan.

It is exactly what they want.

So, he just can't be led by them.

If Wu Kingdom does not join the East Land Alliance when occupying Jiangbei this time, he will go south and unify Dasong.

If it is too late, he will have to find a way to give the Liang family a magic potion to temporarily stabilize Wu Kingdom.

At least, he can't let Wu Kingdom lean on Japan and let it waver in the middle.

In this way, he can first cut off the interference of the tribe, and then clean up the remnants of the powerful families in Jiangnan.

At that time, the war will be much easier, avoiding serious damage to Jiangnan.

But in this way, he will give Wu Kingdom a little sweetness.

With a plan in mind, Zhao Xu decided to observe the situation for a while.

It would be best if he could go south and clean up Wu Kingdom. If not, he would consider other things.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Xu left the study.

The conspiracy between the United States, Britain and Japan aroused his anger.

No force should think of letting Dasong go through the shameful history of the contemporary era under his nose.

Moreover, he will eventually lead Dasong to destroy the colonial system established by the West and seek a bright future for Dasong.

To achieve this, he wants Dasong to achieve a comprehensive crushing in military, cultural and economic aspects.

This time he returned from the battlefield to supervise these things in person.

As for wars of all sizes, it is enough to leave it to the generals.

"Ask someone to call Liu Fu, Yang Feng, Yang He, and Wang Ying father and son." Zhao Xu said to Feng'er.

He wanted to ask about the reform and industrial development that he had promoted during his absence.

After saying yes, Feng'er turned and left. Not long after, the five of them arrived in the study.

Seeing Zhao Xu, Liu Fu smiled and said, "Did your highness beat the Yan coalition forces into a panic?"

Yang Feng stroked his beard and nodded slightly with expectation in his eyes.

Zhao Xu smiled and told them about the current battle situation.

Knowing that the Yan coalition had been resolved by him, the Southern Liang withdrew its troops.

The Han, Wang and Xie families left 100,000 soldiers in Lucheng and fled to Yicheng. The five people showed admiration.

Originally, they thought that the Wangfu's personal army would definitely have a bloody battle with the million-strong coalition in Qizhou.

But they didn't expect it to be safe.

"Hahaha... What a bunch of stray dogs." Yang Feng laughed, feeling happy.

He had suffered so much humiliation in the hands of these powerful officials in his life.

And if it weren't for these powerful officials, how could Dasong be in the current situation.

Today, they only got the retribution they deserved.

After talking about the current war for a while, Zhao Xu asked the five people about the matters they were responsible for.

"Your Highness, the preparations for the Teachers' School are basically complete, including the recruitment of students. It will be officially opened in three days."

"As for the public schools, there are currently 106 registered. According to your Highness's wishes, these public schools have made full use of local private schools. Those without private schools are being built and will be completed before September. Students will be officially admitted on September 1st."

"As for the issue of teachers, I have recruited some scholars to teach students to read and write in the public schools. The public schools in Yancheng will try to arrange students from the Science and Technology School to give lectures occasionally. After the first batch of students in the Teachers' School graduate, they can be sent to the public schools." Liu Fu said slowly.

Zhao Xu nodded, "I'm afraid that there are too few students recruited now. The territory controlled by the court will soon cover the entire Jiangbei area. You have to prepare for the rainy day."

"Yes, Your Highness." Liu Fu responded with an excited look.

Although the Yanzhou government office and the court are combined into one.

But the territory under his rule was too small after all, which made him feel small from time to time.

But if he governed the entire Jiangbei Jiuzhou plus a Ningjindusi, he would have the atmosphere of a real dynasty.