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Chapter 385 Breaking Into Edo Bay (Fifth Change)
Gulu... The businessmen from Liaodong and Liaonan who were present swallowed their saliva in disbelief.

"General Zheng, the Tokugawa shogunate has always issued an order, only allowing the ports of Nagasaki and Hirado to be opened for trade with the outside world. These two places are located in the west of Dongying, and are also close to our southern Liaoning. Edo Castle seems to be in Dongying. In the east, there is a forbidden area where overseas ships are strictly prohibited from entering." A businessman who understands the terrain of Dongying Kingdom said worriedly.

"The more they want to close the country, the more we have to open their country and turn this place into a market for dumping our goods. Edo Castle is the base of the shogunate forces. Once it surrenders here, our merchant ships can go wherever they want to trade. The Tokugawa shogunate’s deportation order to Nagasaki Port will also have no meaning.” Zheng Zhilong said the Beiyang Fleet’s decision, “Everyone, get ready, we will go to the Seto Inland Sea and go to Edo Castle.”

After Zheng Zhilong got the merchants mentally prepared, he put his hands behind his back and led the soldiers away, leaving behind the stunned businessman who became ecstatic later.Edo Castle is the hinterland of Honshu Island. There is the largest market in Dongying Country there. If the market there is opened, it will be equivalent to several Kyushu Island markets!

In the next few days, daimyos in coastal areas such as Seto Inland Sea and Osaka received reports from many people under their rule.Some people claimed to have seen a black dragon blowing clouds and mist by the sea, others claimed to have seen a fairy island, and more people said they saw a fleet of gods, and people panicked for a while.

The real instigator was the Beiyang Fleet and the accompanying merchant ships sailing northeast.After they left the Seto Inland Sea, they passed through the waters near Kanagawa Juku without encountering any large ships, but there were quite a few warehouse ships and fishing boats used by villagers.It's just that these ships only dared to sail close to the coastline, and had no chance of encountering the Beiyang Fleet, which kept a certain distance from the coastline.

In this way, the Beiyang Fleet and the accompanying merchant ships broke into Edo Bay brazenly along the coastline!

"Near the coastline." Zheng Zhilong used a telescope to look at a suitable place to anchor. "This is a natural harbor that can block typhoons and waves. It would be a waste of money if we don't develop it properly."

"According to intelligence, there is nothing in Edo Bay that can threaten our ships except for some weak Ataka ships of the shogunate." Said the naval officer on the Daqi.

"You still have to be careful, there must be a formation patrolling the periphery of the fleet at all times." Zheng Zhilong said.

"Yes."

In the end, Zheng Zhilong chose to drop anchor in a little-known fishing village—Yokohama Village.The number of households here is less than a hundred. It is still quite remote from Edo Castle in the interior of Edo Bay, and it belongs to the territory under the jurisdiction of Kanagawa.

Zheng Zhilong was not in such a hurry that he led the Beiyang Fleet directly to the city of Edo, so there would probably be no need for any negotiations, and it would simply be an undeclared war.

The fishermen in Yokohama Village saw more than 20 huge boats approaching, and they shook the wood desperately, then abandoned the boat and docked, staring blankly at this huge fleet that had never been seen before.The Yongchang, whose hull was painted black and whose chimneys emitted black smoke, was the most eye-catching, and the Yongchang, which had a steam boiler, was no smaller than the sailing battleships like the Daqi, which attracted their attention even more.

"What is that black boat? Is it on fire? Why is there smoke?" The villagers in the small fishing village have never seen such a strange thing in their life, pointing to the Yongchang and whispering.

"These ships are so big, how can there be such a big ship in the world, could it be a monster?" Some villagers were full of awe and fear.

Under the terrified eyes of the villagers, several small boats were lowered from the big ship. Sailors and naval soldiers drove these wooden small boats towards the shore.

"The monster has landed, the monster has landed!" Someone yelled, and the fishermen who were onlookers scattered in fright.They fled back to their wooden house, closed the doors and windows, and prayed that the siren would not come to harm them.

This saves Zheng Zhilong and the others from having to spend time cleaning up these fishermen.

The small boat carried several teams of naval soldiers to the land of Honshu Island, and then these teams of naval soldiers explored around.

"It may not be easy for us people to figure out the surrounding water situation on our own. It's better to catch a local fisherman and know where to park a big boat." A navy soldier said.

"Does anyone here speak Japanese?" someone asked.

"The military master has already considered this issue. Our Beiyang Fleet has mainly dealt with Korea and Dongying, and there are many soldiers and officers who understand Dongying. When I was with the commander in Kyushu Island, I learned Dongying. It's in Chinese," said a small officer of the Beiyang Fleet who went ashore.

"That's easy."

The naval squad targeted the small fishing village of Yokohama before forcing their way into a fisherman's home.The doors and windows of these fishermen are tightly closed, and they cannot be opened unless they force their way in.

After the wooden door of the fisherman's house was destroyed, a fisherman stood in front of his wife and other fishermen who were less than five or six years old, looking desperately at a group of strong men in strange costumes and holding muskets in their hands.

"You don't have to be afraid. We are here to trouble the shogunate. We won't do anything to the civilians. Now we are in a little trouble. I hope you can help us. And these are your rewards." The junior naval officer who can speak Japanese will A silver ingot was taken out and placed on the tattered wooden table in the wooden house.

The poverty and desolation here are similar to some remote fishing villages in Ming Dynasty.This piece of silver ingot seemed to have a huge magic power, which made the flustered fishermen seem to calm down a lot.Just this piece of silver ingot is enough for their family to live for a long time!
In addition, the small naval officer also spoke Japanese, and the fishermen accepted the silver ingot hesitantly: "Are you really not monsters in the sea?"

"We are soldiers from Ming Dynasty. Do you know Ming Dynasty? Han Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, calligraphy, tea?" The naval officer gave examples one by one, trying to make the fisherman trust him.

"Are you people from China? Ah, I heard from the old people in the village that it is the most prosperous place in the world, no wonder you are so rich." The fisherman understood this time, and took the silver ingots away as a matter of course.

"It's easy to talk like this. You guys testify to me. This is the money I spent to complete the mission, and I will have to find financial reimbursement in the future." Seeing that Zhonghua's recognition here is so high, the junior navy officer believes that communication should be Not a problem, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the navy soldiers on the left and right.

　At the fifth watch, two chapters have been added, and two chapters are still owed.Thank you Lord Tiger 2 and all the book friends!
　　
　
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