Chapter 970(1/2)
Sure enough, all the civil and military officials of the court opposed the "time" to recover Ryukyu.
But Wang Xiao always insisted that if this is not the case, Zheng Yuanhua would definitely make trouble behind the scenes during the Northern Expedition this year, and it would be difficult to guarantee that Nan Chu would not retreat to Ryukyu during the Southern Expedition next year, and another "Yanping King" would appear.
Well, he still knows that Zheng Ke is happy...
Wang Xiao disagreed with the public, and it was useless to oppose civil officials and military officials, so he could only "retain opposition."
He Wan also felt a lot of pressure. He knew that if the King of Jin was defeated, it would be a huge blow to the King of Jin's reputation.
But restoring territory is the supreme achievement of every man in this era. He finally got this opportunity and could not retreat.
So he decided in his heart that if he could not win this battle, he would never come back alive.
On the first day of the second month, the Chu army swore an oath in Dengzhou.
The Navy Governor He Wan was in charge of the commander and commanded 8,000 naval troops; the Ben Rui Army General Geng Shubai was the deputy commander and led 7,000 troops to fight together.
On that day, more than 140 large and small warships were moored on the sea, and flags covered the sky.
The Chu army had twenty cannon ships, two of which were equipped with huge steaming machines, and sixty bird ships, one hundred warships of various types, including 100 ships such as rushing and double sailing.
In addition, there were 70 martial arts practitioners in the lecture hall who followed the army, all of whom were 16 or 17 years old.
He Wan didn't understand why she took these children to war, and she had asked Wang Xiao privately.
At that time, Wang Xiao didn't seem to know what to say, but just said, "Let them go and have a look."
He Wan still doesn't understand what red-haired ghost looks good about...
“Back to the ship!”
The sea breeze was strong, and with the sound of the horns, a series of Chu troops began to board the ship in an orderly manner.
"Li Ping, Li Ping..."
Zhang Guangdi and Wang Yong ran along the queue, and kept waving their hands to shout at the queue of the martial arts students.
Both of them were young and were not sixteen yet, so they were unable to go to the army, but Li Ping, who had always been with them, was selected again this time.
Li Ping turned around and looked at it, but his eyes were filled with brilliance, but his steps did not move.
Until a general smiled and said, "Go, meet classmates, you are the last group of people boarding the ship."
Li Ping then grinned and ran towards the two classmates.
"Why are you here?"
"We're following King Jin." Zhang Guangdi said, taking out a scroll from his arms and handing it to Li Ping, saying, "This... for you."
"What's this?"
Li Ping said, took it and spread it out, but saw that it was a map, and he was stunned for a moment.
"This is the original manuscript when King Jin used to draw a world map." Zhang Guangdi stared at the map again, looking a little reluctant, and emphasized again in a low voice.
"It's the original manuscript written by King Jin."
"You gave me a gift?" Li Ping was not polite, took a step back and looked at it.
He had seen the world map of the newly-made King of Jin in the past, but he was not impressed by the messy names. He looked at it before going to war with the army today and felt a completely different feeling.
"Ryukyu is here... Batavia is..."
"Here." Zhang Guang pointed his first hand and said, "It's not big on Java Island, but the next Austrian is big."
"I remember why I couldn't find the Netherlands in this area..."
"It's only a little bit big, but this area is its colony..."
The three teenagers stood together and talked for a while, and Li Ping's tone suddenly became solemn.
"This time we will restore Ryukyu first, and next time we will fight to Java Island together."
"Well, go to Java Island!"
The long horn sounded again. Li Ping rolled up the map and put it in his bag. He bowed to his two partners like a little adult and ran into the team.
Zhang Guangdi and Wang Yong stood on the coast and watched him board the ship, then looked up at the platform.
The flag of King Jin shook, the gunship roared, and the three armies thundered...
"I really want to grow up quickly." Zhang Guangdi murmured in a low voice...
The fleet sailed farther and farther on the sea and finally disappeared.
After Wang Xiao personally went to Dengzhou to see him off, he checked in Denglai for a few days and set off for Jinan.
On the way back, he specially asked Zhang Guangdi, Wang Yong, and several young men from the martial arts lecture hall to car with him.
On the carriage, two boxes of information brought back from various places overseas in the past year were placed in the Haimaoya.
"King of Jin, do you want us to help you organize it?"
Wang Xiao was watching casually with a letter of intelligence.
In fact, it is better to say it is a customs and customs than to say it is a local customs. He himself didn't know how to organize it, so he shook his head.
"There is nothing to organize. These crew members do not do their jobs carefully and the information they record is not comprehensive."
Wang Yong asked, "It's all such a big box, how can it not be comprehensive?"
Wang smiled and said, "For example, this letter mentioned that our captain was summoned by the Swedish queen, but his records of Sweden were pitifully small."
"Queen of Sweden? Is that an queen?" Wang Yong asked.
"Well, Christina." Wang Xiao didn't understand, and threw the information aside.
Wang Yong was very curious, picked up the information and took a look, and said "wow".
"Uncle San, I have clearly recorded a lot. The Queen of Sweden is over 20 years old. She is as white as snow, has a curly blonde hair, has a beautiful face, and has never been married. She beats the captain about your deeds and asks for your portrait. Did Uncle San ask her to be my third sister-in-law too?"
"Shut up, you are young and you know gossip all day long."
"But is this queen really that beautiful?"
"Maybe." Wang Xiao said casually.
He had seen Greta Garbo play the Queen of Sweden before, and he was really beautiful in his memory...
Zhang Guangdi couldn't help asking: "King Jin, why do you say that this information is not fully remembered?"
"For example, here, I heard that the Queen invited Descartes to Sweden. He went to know who Descartes was, but did not bring back Descartes' works."
Zhang Guangdi didn't know who Descartes was, so he had to nod his head obediently and asked, "Is Descartes very powerful?"
"Well, it's quite amazing." Wang Xiao actually didn't understand, he only knew that this person founded the analysis of geometry and laid the foundation for modern Western philosophy.
He thought for a while and said, "I hope Fang Yizhi will be so powerful in his future."
Zhang Guangdi also listened to Fang Yizhi's lecture and nodded and said, "Mr. Fang must be even more powerful."
"Maybe."
Wang Xiao looked at the information casually, while telling these young boys what they have or not, and saying whatever they think of.
After a while, he was stunned for a moment.
This is a record brought back by a ship who set out to America to bring goods the goods the year before yesterday. It recorded a lot of things, but some of them he knew...
"Well? Harvard University has been established for more than ten years?"
Wang Xiao shook his head and felt that it was quite a splitting feeling...
"Harvard University? What is this?" Wang Yong was still curious and asked, "Is it amazing?"
"It's nothing great," Wang Xiao shook his head and said, "We also have many powerful academies, well... For example, in Shandong, there are... Nishan Academy... right?"
Zhang Guangdi said: "The martial arts lecture hall is also very good."
“That’s different.”
Wang Xiao patted Zhang Guangdi and Wang Yong's heads and said, "How to say... the world's major changes will be in the next hundred years. In just a hundred years, the other side of the ocean will change from a new continent to an independent country, which shows how fast this change is. And if we are still in the same place..."
He wanted to say, "If you are still in a so-called 'Kang Gan Prosperity', you will be too backward."
But I don't know how to say it.
He originally thought that everything was too late, but on this day, looking at the customs and customs collected from Lieyang, he suddenly realized that everyone was walking very fast.
In just a few years, because of the huge interests of global colonies, the British Navy expanded more than three times. The countries in the sea followed suit and prepared to draw the land and circle the people, like a hungry tiger rushing to eat.
There are already storms and clouds on the ocean...
Wang Xiao couldn't help but feel that if his ambition only wanted a "healthy age", it would be better not to live again...
Zhang Guangdi was very sensible. Although he didn't know what Wang Xiao wanted to say, he still straightened his back and said, "Don't worry, King Jin, we will not let you down. We will prove like the world that the martial arts lecture hall is the most powerful institution in the world."
After hearing this, Wang Xiao couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, I'll wait to see that day..."
Jinan, Governor's Court.
Liu Wei was explaining matters to the female officials seriously.
"The navy finally went to the expedition. Recently, you have worked hard to sort out the logistics documents. But you must not relax in the future. King Jin is about to go to Guanzhong. All important documents that require him to pass must be properly prepared before today."
To be continued...