Chapter 770: Sword Pointed at Japan

One night, the north wind blew, and winter came unexpectedly.

In the morning, a thin layer of ice formed on the small puddles in Yanzhou.

In the bedroom, Zhao Xu wrapped himself in fox fur. A month had passed since he came back from Jinghai.

During this period, both the south and the north were not peaceful.

However, as he predicted, both the powerful families and the northern barbarians were just creating minor frictions and did not launch a large-scale attack.

"Your Highness, this stove is really useful."

Zhao Xu was sitting in front of the stove and warming himself by the fire, and Yang Susu came over.

This stove is a coal briquette stove, and honeycomb coal is naturally burned inside.

There are also precautions marked on the stove shell: ventilation is required to avoid poisoning.

This was made by a private workshop in Yanzhou.

At the same time as the private workshops were opened, Yanzhou established the Patent Department and the court promulgated the Patent Law.

Zhao Xu handed over the civilian technology that could be realized by Yanzhou industry to the Patent Department.

Only by paying a patent fee, you can obtain technology from the Patent Department and use it in your own workshop.

This coal briquette stove is one of the patents.

At present, many coal briquette stove workshops have appeared in the folks, manufacturing and selling coal briquette stoves.

And according to Yang He's reaction, the coal briquette stove has a good sales volume as soon as it came out.

Especially the people living in Yancheng no longer need to pick up grass and wood to cook.

"There will be more and more interesting things in the future." Zhao Xu took a piece of bread from Yang Susu.

This was bought by Feng'er from the pastry shop.

Not all patents in the Patent Office are charged, and some are free, such as bread baking, cake making, etc.

In addition, there are many contemporary dishes.

This is to promote the development of the catering industry in Dasong.

"Your Highness said that, I am looking forward to it very much." Yang Susu said: "In the future, the people of Dasong will really live a richer and richer life."

Zhao Xu felt a sense of accomplishment when he heard this.

His goal is to help the people of Dasong get rid of poverty and live a rich life.

Of course, he also knows that he is still a long way from this goal.

Coal briquette stoves, bread and other things are currently at least for middle-class wealthy families to enjoy.

The vast majority of people are still engaged in agriculture and cannot afford these.

According to Feiwen, ordinary British families can drink a glass of milk and eat bread every morning.

This is the result of more than 200 years of foreign plunder and the wealth accumulated by occupying the overseas market.

This is not much different from the information he knows.

According to his memory, it is recorded in a contemporary historical document.

In the 18th century, British countrymen lived in red brick cottages with red tile roofs, wore woolen clothes, leather shoes, ate white bread and drank milk.

In terms of diet, vegetables and meat were very common.

This was still the 18th century, and it was the same in the 19th century.

However, the more he understood these, the more motivated he was.

His Dasong would not only catch up in technology, but also the living standards of the people of Dasong would catch up.

He would make Dasong a holy place that people all over the world yearn for.

But to achieve these, he would need markets and resources all over the world.

Ninety percent of the current markets and resources are in the hands of Western countries.

They would not allow themselves to sell goods to their colonies.

Nor would they allow mining in their colonies.

They guarded the land and resources they plundered very tightly.

That's why he wanted to tear up the old order and establish a new order.

Otherwise, Dasong would be suppressed forever and unable to breathe.

The days of the people of Dasong would be dark forever.

And now, the challenge to the old order has begun.

Don't they believe in the law of the jungle where the strong prey on the weak and think that the weak should be enslaved by them?

Then, they will compete with each other.

Thinking of this, he looked towards Jinghai.

Zhou Yi sent someone to give him the date of going to sea two days ago.

Today is the day they go to Japan.

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Jinghai.

The sea breeze was howling, mixed with cold.

After the temperature dropped sharply, the navy soldiers changed into cotton uniforms.

With the increase of spinning and weaving workshops in Yanzhou.

It became easier and easier to provide uniforms for the army.

At this moment, Zhou Yi stood on his flagship, Leting.

Port.

Twenty-four steamships, forty-eight sailing warships, and sixty troop transport ships were assembled.

This fleet will go to Japan.

The remaining twelve sailing warships will be responsible for patrolling the coast to prevent any accidents.

When everything is ready, Zhou Yi issued an order to go to sea.

The whistles of twenty-four steamships sounded at the same time.

Then they dragged the sailing warships to the sea.

The remaining twenty-four sailing warships followed closely.

Then came sixty troop transports.

However, these troop transports will only sail with them for a while.

After stopping in the Ryukyu Kingdom, the Marines will be on standby at Ryukyu Island.

It is only three or four miles away from Japan.

When landing operations are needed, warships will escort these troop transports to land.

After all, soldiers need to eat, and they have been drifting on the sea with them, and the supply pressure is huge.

In the Ryukyu Kingdom, the supply of soldiers is not a problem.

Moreover, they need to fight a decisive battle with the British and Japanese fleets first.

Only then can they launch an attack on Japan.

After five days of sailing, the fleet arrived at the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Then, the fleet headed north and headed straight for Edo.

During this period, Zhou Yi got intelligence.

Eighteen Japanese sailing warships were launched, and another eighteen would be launched in a month.

In this way, Britain and Japan had twelve steamships and thirty sailing warships.

In Zhou Yi's opinion, Japan and Britain provoked the Northern Di and the powerful tribes, which might be a feint to the east and attack the west.

They might have to wait for all the Japanese sailing warships to be launched and destroy the Yanzhou Navy in one fell swoop.

However, their wishful thinking would eventually fail.

Even if all the Japanese warships were launched, he was not afraid at all.

This time, they not only had steamships, but also rifled cannons with greater range and power on the sailing warships.

Edo would become the graveyard of their warships.

After another three days of sailing, Zhou Yi arrived at the Edo Sea.

Along the way, they encountered many Japanese merchant ships.

But Zhou Yi ignored them, and it was too late for these merchant ships to find them.

Because these merchant ships were too slow, they could not report in advance.

It was not until the sentry tower at Edo Harbor discovered them that the shogunate and the British learned of their whereabouts.

"Twenty-four steamships, are you sure they are steamships from Yanzhou!" When Wolfe got the news, he was tasting red wine and eating steak.

At that time, the knife and fork in his hand fell to the ground, and he was shocked beyond words.

"These warships are flying the flag of the King of Yan." Watanabe's face was ashen.

The British warships were docked at Edo Port, and the Japanese warships were also docked at Edo Port, not hiding in the inland river.

Because these days, Japan has been practicing naval battles with Britain.

Now, all these warships are exposed to the gunfire of the King of Yan's fleet.