Chapter 757: Next Step

"Your Highness, the British fleet is fleeing to Japan. I have ordered the warships to clear out the escaping Wu warships and Japanese ships. Read М"

After asking where the King of Yan was, Zhou Yi immediately came to report.

In front of the tent, Zhao Xu was eating with Chang Wei, Qin Shan, Guan Tong and Lu Chang.

After clearing the remaining enemies, the soldiers found a large amount of Japanese baggage in the warehouse at the dock.

Including a lot of dried beef and mutton, and some seafood.

It may be that the Japanese soldiers caught them in the nearby waters before the war started.

In order to prevent these foods from being poisonous, Xu Lie found a few Japanese soldiers and let them taste them first.

After confirming that they were non-toxic, Zhao Xu ordered these things to be distributed and let the soldiers have a taste at night.

If there was not enough meat, they would make soup.

But the rice was definitely enough, and the Japanese left a lot of food and grass.

"Don't worry about them, come, let's eat together." Zhao Xu said to Zhou Yi.

The British warships just need to escape, and he doesn't care where they go.

The war in Goryeo is over, and no matter how many British warships jump around, it won't affect the outcome of the war.

"Hehe..." Zhou Yi laughed twice, sat down, got a bowl of rice, and went to get the soup in the pot.

Since arriving in the Qinghe Sea, his nerves have been in a state of high tension, and now he can finally relax.

"Your Highness, the Goryeo battle is over, what should we do next, should we deal with the Northern Di, or go south, or..." Chang Wei muttered while shoveling rice into his mouth, and pointed his mouth to the east, meaning Japan.

Zhao Xu pondered for a while, and he said: "Of course we deal with Japan. This thing is very bad. If we don't beat them up, they will keep stirring up trouble."

This time Japan can send troops to Goryeo, and next time it can send troops to Wu. It's endless.

He will not give the East Earth Alliance the opportunity to run rampant on the sea and constantly interfere with Dasong.

Furthermore, after taking over Goryeo, he expanded his sphere of influence to the opposite side of Japan.

After all, the narrowest part of the sea between Goryeo and Japan is only about 350 miles.

It is very convenient to transport troops from Goryeo to Japan.

Convenient transportation means that it will be much easier to deal with Japan.

Another point is that various workshops are being fully rolled out in Jiangbei. In a year or so, Jiangbei's industrial production capacity will be greatly improved.

At that time, the goods produced will soon exceed demand.

In order not to affect the development of industry, the market must be expanded outward.

Goryeo was taken over by him, and this nearest market was no longer a problem.

Japan is another large market in the East, with a population of nearly 30 million.

He naturally wants to hold this market in his own hands.

It is better to give him a good deal than to give the people of the West a good deal.

Just think of it as Japan's atonement to Dasong.

In recent years, the Japanese pirates have robbed a lot of wealth from Dasong.

"Hahaha, Your Highness is right. I have long been annoyed with the Japanese. They support the powerful families to deal with us. It is time for us to deal with them." Lu Chang ate up the rice in his bowl and got another bowl of rice.

Qin Shan said: "This time, are we going to cross the sea to fight?"

Guan Tong also looked at Zhao Xu with excitement.

Zhao Xu shook his head, "I don't need you for the time being, let the navy and marines go first."

For him, the most important thing is maritime hegemony.

So, his plan has not changed.

When the steamship is launched, it will allow Zhou Yi to drive the British fleet away from the waters near Dasong and use the marines to deal with Japan.

He has ordered Zhou Yi to expand the marines to 30,000 people.

Relying on the mobility of the navy, the marines can quickly move from one point to another.

Form a local force advantage to attack Japan.

After all, Japan cannot mobilize its forces faster than them.

In this way, the Japanese army can be exhausted.

In the end, Japan had to submit to him like it did to the United States and Britain, and sign a trade treaty with him.

At this stage, it was enough for him to achieve this goal, and he did not want to have a full-scale national war with Japan for the time being.

The reason was very simple.

Japan, which was blockaded by the Yanzhou fleet, was like a wild dog in a cage, and could no longer pose any threat to Dasong.

Use trade to draw blood from it and inject it into Dasong.

Of course, it was not impossible for him to conquer Japan in a full-scale national war.

But the Beidi, the Russians, the British, and the Dasong clans would certainly be happy to die, and they would definitely find a way to drag themselves to the battlefield in Japan.

Moreover, for the Japanese shogunate, signing an unequal treaty was easier for them to accept.

In a national war, they would definitely resist with all their strength, and make the other side a whole nation of soldiers, and then fall into the quagmire of war.

At that time, trade could not be done, and they would have to lose money to fight the war.

This was a loss-making business.

However, he also knew that if he only signed an unequal treaty, Japan would surrender on the surface, but would definitely not be convinced in his heart.

The technological gap between the two sides is not enough for them to lick him like they licked the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, after using trade to draw blood, making Dasong's industry more advanced and developing weapons that are beyond their time, he will deliberately loosen the dog leash and let Japan continue to toss, and then fight to decide the outcome.

Completely psychologically castrate Japan so that they will never have any desire to resist again.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Zhou Yi was immediately excited when he heard that the mission to attack Japan was his, and he was very happy.

Chang Wei looked at Zhou Yi with a sour look on his face, "Zhou Yi, you have to buy me a drink when we meet in Yancheng. You have taken away all the weapons of our royal army."

"Of course, of course." Zhou Yi laughed.

Zhao Xu shook his head helplessly, "You are not idle. Now that the sea issue is resolved, it's time to go south. We can't let Dasong continue to split like this."

This is a turbulent era.

The Western Land has conquered most of the world and has set its sights on Dasong, the only remaining pure land.

At the same time, the Western Land world is also at the end of the first industrial revolution.

In just over ten years, they will naturally enter the second industrial revolution.

Put more power into the East.

At this point in time, the longer the unification is delayed, the more difficult it will be to unify in the future.

"It's not bad to clean up the powerful families." Chang Wei was satisfied, "This time Wu is really capable. It actually followed Japan to fight Goryeo. I really don't know how much weight it has."

"This is why I want to dismantle the East Land Alliance. This has squeezed Japan, Wu, Sam and Britain into a rope." Zhao Xu said.

Sam and Britain are too far away, and he can't reach them for the time being.

But it is still possible to deal with Dongying and Wu first.

While eating, everyone chatted for a while before dispersing.

The next day, he asked Chang Wei to leave 30,000 people in Goryeo, and the rest of the people withdrew to Dasong.

When the situation in Goryeo stabilized, these 30,000 people would be withdrawn one after another, leaving only 2,000 people to garrison in Rangcheng.