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Chapter 654 Target Nanyang (three more)
"You said that the Kyushu Army wants to recruit you and train you so that you can lead the troops to assist the Nanyang Fleet in attacking the Spice Islands..." Ruan Fuxi was lost in thought.

After Ruan Youjin and Ruan Youyi returned to the Ruan family's camp, they told Ruan Fuxi about Zhao Youguang's solicitation of them.

"The ambition of the Kyushu Army is unimaginable. When Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty went to the Western Seas, he only traded with the countries in Southeast Asia. At most, he asked each small country to send envoys to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute. How greedy and plundered like their Kyushu Army? Land, gold and silver treasures." Ruan Youyi said.

"Isn't this more realistic? What the Kyushu Army gets is tangible benefits. The land they can use to produce anything they want, and the gold and silver treasures are used by them to strengthen themselves, and they can use war to support war. As long as the strength If they are strong enough, they can do whatever they want." Ruan Fuxi spoke the truth of the era of the jungle.

"However, the Mongols also established an incomparably vast empire at the beginning, much wider than the territory of the Kyushu Army today. They fell apart in just a hundred years. Not only did they not assimilate other ethnic groups and tribes, but they were gradually assimilated by other ethnic groups and tribes. No matter how much territory the Kyushu Army conquers, they will not be able to maintain long-term rule after a hundred years, and will only repeat the same mistakes." Ruan Youyi said.

"A hundred years is enough. The world is in a hurry. If you can achieve great achievements across the world in your lifetime, why do you care about the flood after death?" Ruan Youjin said.

"You may have underestimated the power of the Han people to assimilate other nationalities. They are different from the sparsely populated Mongolian tribes, but most of the tribes that have frequent contact with the Han people have been assimilated by them. And with the magical new knowledge of the Kyushu Army, I am afraid It can maintain a rule of more than a hundred years." Ruan Fuxi has a positive attitude towards the Kyushu Army, although he does not know that Chu Yun is trying to find a way to get the telegraph network, telephone network, railway network, and sea routes. The goal is to bind all the territories together. Moreover, immigrants are constantly being sent to Sinicize the local tribes, but Ruan Fuxi has a faint intuition that the large-scale expansion of the Kyushu Army is different from the expansion of Genghis Khan hundreds of years ago.

"So this time is a once-in-a-lifetime fortune for the two of you. You should seize this opportunity to expand your territory and become a marquis." Ruan Fuxi said again.

"But..." Ruan Youyi and Ruan Youjin said hastily.

"Needless to say, you don't owe our Ruan family any more. I don't have many days to live as an old man, and my brother's nephew is only 11 years old. I don't want him to be involved in disputes with the Kyushu Army in the future. I no longer have any ambitions. You are also members of the Ruan family, and you should take good care of yourself. It is also the honor of our Ruan family in the Annan Kingdom to be named marquis and prime minister in the future, so there is nothing to tangle with." Ruan Fuxi persuaded the two.

Ruan Youyi and Ruan Youjin were silent.Now that the leaders of the Ruan family support them in this way, and they are also very excited about the conditions of the Kyushu Army, there is nothing to say.

"Leave quietly later. We important people are locked up here, and you two have encountered a rare opportunity. I'm afraid that other people will feel uncomfortable. After you leave, I will explain the ins and outs to them. " Ruan Fuxi said.

That night, Ruan Youjin and Ruan Youyi followed Zhao Youguang out of Yantai Peak Fortress, and the group boarded a merchant ship moored on Phi Island and set off for the Liaoning Academy of Sciences.

Ruan Youjin and Ruan Youyi looked back at Phi Island in the darkness, as if they had passed away.The two of them came out after only less than a day in the Yantai Peak Fortress. This kind of story is like a legend.

"I knew you would agree to the conditions of our Kyushu Army, because no one can refuse such a temptation." Zhao Youguang came to the deck, and the moonlight was shining on the deck.

"I thought I would stay on such an island for ten years, but I didn't expect to be released so soon. It reminded me of the song in the Song Dynasty's poems, 'There is no way out of the mountains and rivers, and there is another village with dark willows and flowers." Ruan Youyi relied on On the hull, look at the sky full of stars.

"The next ten years will be the most exciting ten years. Do you really want to stay in prison and suffer with nothing to do?" Zhao Youguang said, "First, we will attack the Spice Islands in a large scale, and then we will divide our forces and march westward. Advance to Nanyang, gods block and kill gods, and Buddhas block and kill Buddhas, wouldn't it be pleasant and painful?"

"Hmph, if it weren't for your Kyushu Army being so powerful, how could I agree to you." The arrogant Ruan Youjin couldn't fall asleep, and walked out of the cabin. , The war lasted on and off for decades before it got half of the territory of the city state and an outlet to the sea from the Chenla state. It's not like your Kyushu army. It's a big deal when you make a move, and you destroy the country at every turn."

"You can also experience this feeling in the future. There are many small countries on the Spice Islands. There are too many small countries and they are too scattered. We lack enough experienced generals to destroy these small countries. It is not easy to cultivate a general who dares to lead soldiers to charge from scratch. Difficult, what is really difficult is to cultivate a group of generals who can stand on their own." Zhao Youguang said.

"There are indeed many small countries in the Spice Islands...but Westerners have already intervened in the Spice Islands, which is the territory of Westerners. There are Netherlanders, Frenchmen, Spaniards, and Britons. You want to aggressively attack the Spice Islands. You are making enemies of all Westerners. The so-called cutting people’s money is like killing your parents, and they will join forces to deal with you.” Ruan Youjin is quite familiar with the Spice Islands across the sea from An Nanguo.

"You may not know that Yizhou Island and Penghu were also occupied by the Dutch and the Spaniards, but they were all driven away by us a few years ago. Even if they all joined forces to fight against us, it is nothing more than that. We are now I haven't gone to Nanyang for a long time, it's just that I haven't prepared enough, and I still need to prepare... an excuse." Zhao Youguang said meaningfully.

"If you want to commit a crime, why is there no excuse?" Ruan Youjin and Ruan Youyi said in unison.

They have personal experience of the Kyushu Army making excuses. The history of the Annan Kingdom was traced back to the Nanyue Kingdom at the end of Qin Dynasty by the Kyushu Army, and it was claimed by the Kyushu Army as its territory since ancient times.

"Ahem, you have to find a good excuse." Zhao Youguang coughed twice, "With a good excuse, we are teachers of justice and can be invincible. When you come to the Liaoning Academy of Sciences, just study hard and study hard. If you want to make an excuse, you can do it. Hand it over to our General Staff and Military Intelligence."

(End of this chapter)