Chapter 784: Naval System

"Your Highness, during this period of time, we have annihilated more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers, seized spoils worth 18 million taels, and captured more than 90,000 young and strong men. Read"

Back to the temporary residence on the island, Gong Ying reported the results of this short period of time to Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, secretly thinking that the southern part of Japan is still rich.

Although they went around Japan and robbed more than ten cities, the spoils they seized were only worth more than 50 million taels of silver.

Among them, there were only more than 3 million taels of silver, not as much as a Changqi.

But it doesn't matter, these robbed things are enough for Jiangbei to consume for a while.

Moreover, with the strength of the Yanzhou fleet, Britain and the United States will never reach out to this place again.

Japan is equivalent to a fat sheep raised by him, and these wealth cannot run away.

When the wool grows longer, you can cut it again.

"You did a good job. Because of your actions, Watanabe did not send troops to the north, which will certainly cause dissatisfaction among the northern vassal states. Next, we just need to let some vassal lords act on their own." Zhao Xu said.

After a pause, he said to Zhou Yi: "From today, a fleet needs to be stationed in Wufeng Island for a long time to patrol the waters of Japan and guard against the arrival of the Western Fleet."

He was not worried about Britain.

Because in terms of distance, the United States is closer to Japan.

Moreover, the United States has controlled many islands in the eastern waters of Japan, including Hawaii.

It takes four months for the British fleet to reach Japan from the mainland.

It takes less than two months for the United States fleet to reach Japan.

Moreover, according to the intelligence he has, the United States at this time should not be underestimated.

In fact, more than 30 years after the Second Opium War, the industrial output value of the United States exceeded that of Britain.

Even the current United States is probably only half as strong as Britain in terms of industrial strength.

Therefore, we must be wary of the next move of the United States.

"Let Gong Ying lead 12 steamships and 30 sailing warships to station at Wufeng Island." Zhou Yi thought for a while and said.

Zhao Xu nodded. He also admired Gong Ying as a general.

However, because the navy had too few warships before, he did not reform the navy's military system. He just let General Zhou Yi lead the entire army and promoted some captains and first mates.

But now that the fleet is growing, he feels it is necessary to standardize the navy's military system.

So he said: "It is better to do it today than to wait for a day. Today, I will set up a military system for your navy, just like the army. The highest commander of the navy is the general, and the commander is under the lieutenant, the commander is under the captain, the captain is under the general, and the general is under the flag chief."

This arrangement is basically equivalent to the general equivalent to the naval marshal, the lieutenant is equivalent to the naval commander, the commander is divided into three levels, equivalent to the admiral, lieutenant general, and major general surrender, the captain is also divided into three levels, equivalent to the colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, the general is equivalent to the captain, lieutenant, second lieutenant, and the flag chief is equivalent to the sergeant, sergeant, and corporal.

While speaking, he explained to Zhou Yi and other naval generals, and everyone nodded, looking forward to the title they would get soon.

After all, since ancient times, no dynasty has paid much attention to the navy.

The King of Yan established the naval system, which was the first step for the navy to move towards glory.

"Zhou Yi, this king declares you the marshal of the Dasong Navy!" After explaining the military system, Zhao Xu said to Zhou Yi.

After a pause, he looked at Gong Ying, "I appoint you as the senior lieutenant of the navy."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Zhou Yi and Gong Ying were both delighted and saluted Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu nodded and looked at the other generals who were full of expectations, "You are all excellent, but Gong Ying's position is a temporary appointment, so I will temporarily assign him a position. Next, I will ask Zhou Yi to submit a list to me and assign you positions, but these positions are not fixed. You will be promoted or demoted depending on your merits."

"Yes, Your Highness." The other naval generals were delighted when they heard this.

After deciding this, Zhao Xu ordered Gong Ying to hand over the young and strong to Wang Yanzhong.

Then let the navy transport the captured spoils back to Yanzhou, and he was ready to return with them.

The next focus is to disrupt the internal affairs of Japan.

So, he needs to make these northern lords obedient.

After resting on the island for a day, Zhao Xu took a steamer to Yanzhou the next day.

After three days of tossing on the sea, they arrived at Jinghai, and another day, they returned to Yancheng.

Hojo Kawakawa Kei and Ono Town Lord also arrived in Yancheng with him.

However, they were all shackled and were still treated as prisoners.

When he arrived at the palace, Zhao Xu took a bath, changed into fresh clothes, and then gave an order to the generals who detained the Japanese lords.

Let them lead the lords to visit the workshops with steam engines.

After that, they were taken directly to Jinghai and the navy was ordered to send them back to their respective fiefdoms.

"Your Highness, the army generals will be drooling with envy."

As soon as Zhao Xu's order was sent, Chang Wei and Liu Fu arrived.

As soon as he arrived in the study, Chang Wei showed a sour look.

Naturally, he couldn't hide the welfare of the navy from him.

As the highest general of the army, he naturally had to fight for the welfare of his generals and soldiers.

Zhao Xu glanced at him, "It's not like the whole army didn't get reward money for the Goryeo war, so don't be greedy."

"Your Highness, this reward is far less than the 10% of the navy's 100%. It is said that every navy soldier can earn at least one year's salary this time." Chang Wei's face was drooling.

Zhao Xu shook his head helplessly, he knew that the army generals would be envious.

So he said, "Why are you in such a hurry? If you have the ability, your army can also bring back spoils worth hundreds of millions of taels of silver for me, and I will give you one tenth."

Chang Wei's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Your Highness, this is not easy. Conquering Jiangnan is worth more than hundreds of millions of taels of silver."

"You are so proud of robbing your own things, right?" Zhao Xu glared at him, "The navy robbed Japan, which is the enemy's things. Jiangnan is a traitor, and that is the asset of Dasong."

"Puchi." When Zhao Xu and Chang Wei were bickering, Liu Fu couldn't help laughing, "Chang Wei, Your Highness has his own reasons. I can't argue with Your Highness, so how can you?"

Chang Wei rolled his eyes at Liu Fu when he heard this, and was a little disappointed.

But what His Highness the Prince of Yan said also made sense. What was robbed was still the property of the Dasong Dynasty.

But the next sentence from Zhao Xu made him excited again, "Don't worry, when your army goes to fight overseas in the future, you will also have your benefits."

"With Your Highness's words, I feel at ease." Chang Wei said.

At least, the King of Yan treated their army and navy equally.

He can send the generals away when he returns.

Of course, even if the King of Yan does not give them benefits, they will just complain and do what they have to do.

These words are just like two children at home asking adults for candy.