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334 Naha Prepares for Battle

People need to be forced, and a country and a nation also need to be forced. Close the door and live their own life with peace of mind. It was a false proposition in the Middle Ages, not to mention the current industrial age.

If you don’t provoke others, it doesn’t mean others won’t provoke you. The Qing Dynasty also wants to live a small life in its own home. The Qing Dynasty has the right to not communicate with you outsiders in business!

But this is not the case. Someone will force you to do what you don’t want to do. Do you want to close the country? I have a cannon to blow it away. Do you want to be your fence-bearing country in the cracks? Sorry, I think your wild grass is very annoying.

At the moment of life and death, Jin Changsen finally abandoned all unrealistic fantasies, and the most conservative group of people in the Ryukyu Kingdom were finally mobilized.

"Dear teachers and gentlemen, we have been with me, Jin Changsen for decades. In the past few decades, we have protected the country of Ryukyu and survived countless dangers. I thought we could also survive the crisis by relying on our best efforts this time, but I was wrong, and I was very wrong..."

The high hall was brightly lit, and Jin Changsen gathered together the group of old stubborn people who were wearing him and the most conservative Ryukyu Kingdom. Jin Changsen, who held the wine glass high, was already filled with tears of excitement.

"The French have already made a war with no declaration. Ten warships loaded with more than 600 artillery are already coming for Naha. They are going to completely destroy our country! We can't retreat anymore. If we take a step back, we will all fall into the sea to feed the sharks!" The crowd was filled with an uproar. Everyone looked around and looked at each other and couldn't believe their ears. It was not until they confirmed three times that they realized that Jin Changsen did not deceive everyone.

There was a crisp sound, I wonder if it was the one who broke the porcelain cup in his hand. "Bastard, these bastards have not stopped yet? After a year of good life, the thief came again. Is this still a way out!"

"That's right, we have never thought that there would be such a prosperous day in Ryukyu for hundreds of years. Look at the ships and cargoes in the port! Look at the taxes flowing in like sea water every day! There are also workshops that cannot be called names. These are something we dare not think about in eight lifetimes!"

"The Prime Minister feels sorry for us. Not only did he make up for the salary he owed over the years, but he also added a lot of money to support us. Why did he destroy the country just now?"

"Damn, since we don't let us live, let's continue to work with them. I will never fight with the world for the rest of my life. Today I will fight. If the foreign ghost soldiers rushed to me, I will have to give him two sticks even if I die..."

The most conservative group in the Ryukyu Kingdom was also mobilized this time. When these politicians who were so calm that they were almost cold-blooded, they were angrily trying to make a knife, and it is conceivable how angry the most fanatical group was already.

The entire Naba was completely in a big storm, and the government machine began to fully operate. All the new troops opened their doors to recruit strong people. The five hundred new troops left by Xiao Letian in Naba expanded to three thousand in just three days.

Only General Cai Mao kept compressing. If he hadn't been controlling the scale all the time, even 30,000 could have easily gathered together, let alone 30,000.

But modern warfare is not like this. The army has always been unable to win by competing for the number of people. Adding water into the 500 New Army, and being able to mix 3,000 is already the limit. If you continue to do more, the command system will definitely collapse.

Now the people in the city are crazy. If you can't join the new army, then organize militia groups. If you can't join the militia groups, then be a brave man. If it really doesn't work, I can help the troops carry big bags.

All the streets were full of rushing messengers. The head of the village, the head of the neighbors began to pile up sandbags and block traffic. At almost all intersections, literate students were preaching to the people.

These young people who came out of the ten schools built by Xiao Letian were wearing light blue half-old student uniforms, standing on high wooden boxes, holding the newspaper circulating from Europe in their hands, shouting loudly and heartbroken.

"Friends, look! The shameless French people dare to send warships to attack our Prime Minister in the Mediterranean and in the high seas. They even hurt the Prime Minister in France! The Prime Minister of a country can face each other with bayonets. Everyone tells me, if our people fall into their hands, will there be a way out?"

"Uncles, who drove away the jackals from the Shimazu family? Who gave us a full meal? Who made us young people go to school without spending money? Who... is the Prime Minister! What choices do we have besides taking revenge? As long as we have a trace of conscience in our hearts, we cannot live numbly!"

"The people of Ryukyu Kingdom, the robbers have come to the door. Even if you can't lift the steel knives or shoot foreign guns, everyone still has some strength! Everyone organizes, and those with money contribute money and those with strong efforts. We need to purchase military funds, and we need to build fortifications... prepare for war! The whole city prepares for war..."

From ancient times to the present, young people have been fanatical, not to mention that they are all young people brainwashed by Xiao Letian's Western Studies. They really want to form a student army to join the battle, but the Ryukyu royal family flatly rejected their request.

If we don’t let the battlefield take action, then we will talk. We must use our passion and three inches of tongue to inspire the entire kingdom.

Chinese groups, Ryukyu natives, and even Japanese residents were all swept by the storm. In just two days, the student preachers on the streets of Naba received 200,000 silver dollars donations.

Countless old men with gray hair, children with sluts, and housewives with vicissitudes of life... These people from different ethnic groups and have different life experiences took out the little money they saved by saving frugality, and threw them into the donation box with their temperature.

"Then go, anyway, the days were given by the Prime Minister. The jackals came to the door, so what's the use of keeping wealth? Even if we return the good days given to us by the Prime Minister..." After saying that, countless women and children left with tears.

What is even more unimaginable is that even the gangsters who opened brothels, gambling halls, and had a lot of money to eat, even squeezed over with shame, threw down a handful of silver dollars in the strange eyes of countless people, turned around and left.

When they were blocked by the puzzled people, they stuttered, "Look at...what we are doing? Even if the money I earn is inferior, we know...why...you know, the reason why my lips are dead and my teeth are cold. Besides, if Naha is beaten up, won't we have no money to make money?"

This is the real social mobilization. Xiao Letian ruled Ryukyu for only one year and had already built Naha into the most progressive city in East Asia. The national concept and national concept finally broke through the ground and grew into it under the advocacy of Xiao Letian's unlimited efforts.

As expected, everything is as Xiao Letian said. Without breaking an old world, a new world will not appear. Why did the people of Ryukyu change so much within a year? This is inseparable from the great riot that swept the whole city.

After a night of blood and fire, the entire Naha turned into ruins. Not only were the houses and wealth burned, but the people's dependence on traditions. In addition, Xiao Letian's almost god-like performance in the entire conflict made his prestige even surpass that of King Shangtai.

Xiao Letian is already a bit semi-mythical. His personality cult in Ryukyu is no less than that of Hitler's heyday in Germany. In addition, ten public schools are desperately brainwashing young people, so there will be ghosts if the people remain unchanged.

Countless Western businessmen stranded in Naha were already stunned. In their eyes, these East Asian people suddenly burst out with a temperament that they had never seen before. If the Asian people in the past were all ignorant and numb, then the temperament that the people of Ryukyu today exuded is confidence and pride.

"This is so terrible. In just one year, Ryukyu was changed to this by Xiao Letian. If he was given time to rule the empire opposite... Oh, God, I really can't imagine it!"

Countless treacherous Western merchants were shocked by the surging momentum of the Ryukyu people. They did not even dare to make this money in the national crisis. When the Ryukyu government brought silver coins to purchase various materials from them, they not only did not increase the price, but also gave some discounts.

Any accident in the war may happen. Merchants are just about connections. It is always good to keep more good relationships.

Time passed little by little, and what should come would always come. Just when Ryukyu had become a big fortress, on the route near the Taiwan Strait, ten hideous giant French ships finally revealed their figures.

The special envoy Molière stood at the bow of the boat, holding a telescope in his hand, looking inch by inch at the outline of the mountains on Taiwan Island. Countless seagulls were flying in the white waves splitting from the bow of the boat.

"What a pity, it's a pity. Such a huge island was not developed in the Qing Dynasty? I have never seen a decent turret along the way... It has declined, and this old empire has really declined!"

The changeable Rear Admiral Bruce quickly took advantage of the opportunity to smile and said, "The special envoy is right. Don't say that Taiwan Island was wasted by the Qing Dynasty. Six years ago, when I was an ordinary captain and followed the Expeditionary Force to the north of the Qing Dynasty, I felt this way..."

"They have not only wasted a Taiwan Island, but their mainland turrets are also backward. This country has been wasted for two hundred years under their rule. This cannot be like this anymore. This country needs our civilized world to save..."

Bruce's flattery obviously did not hit the point. Mori said with a sarcastic sarcasm, "Haha, it seems that the General will not be a politician in his life. Why should this country be saved? What obligation does our civilized world have to save?"

"Since they have chosen to fall behind, then continue to fall behind, let this huge country become a raw material base and a place for us Europeans to dump goods, let us squeeze out all their wealth little by little. This is a gold mine that will never be exhausted, and the door has long been blown up by us..."

At this moment, the lookout hand above the two men suddenly shouted, "There is an unknown ship in the north... I see clearly that it is a Japanese-style ship..."

Molière picked up his telescope and looked north. When the old and broken ship appeared in his eyes, a grim smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"It is a miracle that such a backward medieval sailboat can sail here. Japan is still in a state of seclusion, so it is impossible for them to send ships to Taiwan..."

"Hahaha, little guy, you came from Ryukyu, right? Well, since you came to the door, I won't be polite... I'll send an order to sank this ship, and France's battle of punishment officially kicked off!"

[This book was first released from 17k Novel Network, and you can read the genuine content as soon as possible!]
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