The sun never sets in America

Chapter 157 The Naval Age: Map of the Frontier and Japan
In the Hawaiian port, Haixihou Kamehameha, the crown prince, his wife, and even a group of named Hawaiian nobles stood on the port to welcome the departure of the Han Dynasty's ocean-going fleet.

In order to make the ceremony more grand, Kamehameha also sent out his palace band to play music. (formerly Hawaiian King's Palace Band)

At the port, a large number of local people also gathered, and they were even more enthusiastic than when the Han Dynasty's ocean-going fleet visited a few days ago.

The black and red dragon flag of the Han Kingdom in their hands never stopped, and everyone's faces showed excited expressions.

Because from now on, they are Han people.

In fact, when Marquis Haixi issued an edict four days ago saying that he wanted to surrender to the Han Dynasty, no one in Hawaii stood up to stop it. There were even scenes of people setting off firecrackers along the street to celebrate, which made Baoyun ready to suppress the remnants. There is something incredible about mountains.

In his opinion, if this country is destroyed and annexed by a big country, no matter how small the country is, there must be some loyal ministers and filial sons willing to stop it.

To put it bluntly, we still have loyal ministers and filial sons in the Qing Dynasty. A hundred years later, there will still be filial sons to help clear our name, not to mention Hawaii, a tribal country with a long history! !

But unexpectedly, no one stopped them at all. Even when the Han naval soldiers took to the streets, they were pulled by the local people to dance to celebrate this great moment of joining the Han Dynasty.

This puzzled Bowenshan. It was not until he learned what happened in the previous four months that he realized that it was not that the Hawaiians did not resist, but that those who resisted had all disappeared.

This disappearance is a literal disappearance.

The total population of Hawaii is only 10,000+, and the level of civilization is not high. After several years of construction, Han culture and Han culture have penetrated into every place in Hawaii, large and small.

It can be said that Hawaii before the annexation was not a colony of Han, but it was more of a colony than a colony.

It feels a bit like Puerto Rico in the United States in later generations, except that compared to the poor and clanking Puerto Rico, Hawaii, which is in an important strategic location in the middle of the Pacific, is undoubtedly a high-quality area. In this kind of place, it is naturally impossible for Han to be like the United States Treat it the same as Puerto Rico, and you can only add Hawaii to the mainland.

It became Han's strategic bridgehead in the Pacific region. Relying on Hawaii, it could radiate the entire central Pacific region and complete control and surveillance of the region.

The person who has the most say in the location of Hawaii, besides Liu Peng, is Baoyun Mountain who has just left Hawaii.

Baoyunshan wrote this in his logbook: "Hawaii... is a large island in the central Pacific. It is the gateway to the Pacific Ocean from the Western Sea of ​​Han Dynasty. Among the islands under it, except for the main island of Hawaii, Yunshan is the most important. Yunshan Bay is a natural haven. Only an elite fleet can be stationed to control the sea area of ​​​​thousands of miles. Today, we control Yunshan in Hawaii, and we will control the Pacific Ocean in Hawaii in the future..."

From this passage, we can see that Baoyunshan attaches great importance to Hawaii, especially Yunshan Bay. According to Baoyunshan, if the Pacific Ocean is compared to a person, then Hawaii is the heart of the person, and Yunshan Bay is the heart of the person. Shanwan is the blood node of the heart, which is more important...

Therefore, in Baoyunshan's view, controlling Hawaii is the most important strategic decision besides attacking Mexico! !
Baoyunshan also included the expansion of the Yunshan Bay military port as a plan on the way back and the establishment of the Pacific Fleet. However, this matter still requires the approval of the local Navy Ministry and even the cabinet. He only has the right to make suggestions. No decision-making power.

After all, the Han Dynasty was a country with separated military and political affairs. The army only had the right to make suggestions but not to make decisions. The final power rested with the military department and the cabinet...

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In the Pacific Ocean, a huge fleet is moving forward.

All warships fly two flags, one is the blue dragon flag of the Han Navy, and the other is the national flag of the Han Dynasty.

This fleet is the Han Dynasty's ocean-going fleet. This huge fleet composed of fifteen warships, after leaving Hawaii, followed the navigation chart and sailed towards Northeast Asia, with the goal of Japan...

The flagship of this fleet has been replaced by the Longjiang, a fourth-level sailing battleship of Han Dynasty, and the third-ranked battleship among the fifth-level ships, after the general warships and sea-level ships.

The Huo Qubing, who was the first to take the lead, had already arrived at the rear of the fleet and was responsible for guarding the rear.

Quack quack... quack...

A large group of seagulls flew over the fleet. These seagulls are all from nearby Pacific islands. They catch fish in the waters around the island on weekdays and return to the island to rest at night.

In fact, there are some larger islands in the entire Pacific, but they are basically not many, and most of them are concentrated in the South Pacific and the Western Pacific. In the central Pacific, only the Hawaiian Islands are the largest.

Most of the others are reefs and islands the size of a village.

When encountering such an island, the ocean-going fleet would usually stop for a while and carve the boundary monument of the Han Kingdom on it. The raw materials are local stones, which can be regarded as authentic.

The entire ocean-going fleet enjoys doing this kind of thing, just like the navy does from the West Coast to Central America.

Regardless of whether it is useful or not, whether it can be immigrated or not, let’s occupy it first.

In the words of Navy Minister Jiang Yucheng:

"Our navy must carry forward the spirit of opening up borders and expanding territories, especially telling the army that if they can open up territories and expand territories for the Han Dynasty, so can our navy!!"

It can be seen from this sentence that the navy's purpose of occupying those unowned islands actually has nothing to do with the so-called expansion of territory. It is entirely a psychological cause of competing with the army.

Everything is to show the army and the cabinet the importance of the navy.

Although some army generals describe the navy's behavior as picking up feces in the sea, the navy still enjoys it and tirelessly searches the sea for possible unclaimed islands.

As for what to do when you meet those who have owners? ?

In one sentence from Baoyunshan Island:

"Don't admit it, don't take responsibility, ignore it, and resolutely implement the strategic goal of opening up new territories!!"

Of course, most of the "unowned" referred to here were occupied by the Spaniards back then. Maybe they themselves have forgotten that there are so many islands in the Pacific.

Of course, even if Spain now thinks about it and asks Han to argue about the ownership of these islands, Han will still say that it will not recognize it and will not be responsible.

"As for talking about war, it's a joke. Our Han navy is afraid of Spain's ruin. If we are in a hurry, the Philippines will also take it!!"

This was Jiang Yucheng's reply to those who questioned whether to take Spanish Pacific Island generals before departure.

It was under such a policy that the Han Navy became the branch of the Han army that was most enthusiastic about opening up territories, even more enthusiastic than the army.

After all, Han had real strategic rivals in America, especially North America.

Moreover, fighting a land war, especially against a country as powerful as the United States, requires several years of preparation. Even if you ask the current Han Army whether it is sure of defeating the United States, he can only give you an ambiguous answer. …

But the sea is different. The mid-[-]th century was the afterglow of the colonial era, but it was precisely the afterglow. For a rising star like the Han State, there were still many great powers that had not eaten, or had no place to eat, waiting for the Han State. Go and eat, and the navy is the bridgehead and even the fulcrum for Han's overseas expansion! !
The size of the navy means the size of the territory. In this era, this is not just talk.

Just look at the hundreds of capital ships of the British Empire and you will know what sea power is and what colonization is.

"Report to the captain, the commander asked us to speed up..."

In the captain's room of the Longjiang, the messenger came trotting in with the news from the Huo Qubing passed from behind, and reported to the captain of the Longjiang, Lieutenant Colonel Nan Yulin, who was drinking coffee.

"Well..." Nan Yulin put down his coffee cup after hearing this, "Speed ​​up..." and then gave an order to the helmsman on the side.

Then, the Longjiang ship's sails were seen puffing up and speeding up with the wind.

The warships behind, after the Longjiang ship accelerated, made the same move, and the team was uniform, just like one person.

On the Longjiang ship, Nan Yulin was tasting coffee from Brazil while looking at the endless sea opposite.

The setting sun shone on him like a scene from a movie. ………………………………

Edo……

The center of Japanese rule and the most important place where the Tokugawa Shogunate currently rules Japan.

It can be said that as long as Edo is not lost, the Tokugawa family's rule in Japan can continue.

Edo Castle in 1844 was completely different from when Hu Junding and others first arrived in 1840.

Because of the addition of the Han Kingdom and the contemporary shogunate's interest in the Han Kingdom, just as the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty brought Tang-style architecture to Japan, the Han Kingdom also brought Chinese-style architecture to Japan.

What is Chinese-style architecture? In fact, there is no specific explanation in the entire Han Dynasty.

Because the current architecture of the Han Dynasty is so mixed that even the Han people themselves cannot understand what Han-style architecture is.

At present, the domestic architecture of the Han Dynasty is very complex, including the palace buildings of China, the most obvious ones are the Han Dynasty palace and the homes of those nobles.

All high-ranking officials in the Han Dynasty, including the Han royal family, highly admire the ancient architecture of China. Hui-style buildings, Jiangnan style courtyards, and even Tang and Song Dynasty buildings passed down in ancient books were all built by nobles of the Han Dynasty. .

For example, the Han Dynasty Army Minister Li Zhaowu and his family hired Japanese-made Tang-style buildings. The reason why they hired Japanese-made buildings was because it was actually very difficult to see pure Tang-style buildings in China during this period. It is ridiculous to say that. Even the current so-called saber-making technology of the Han Dynasty comes from the Japanese samurai sword, and the samurai sword comes from the Tang sword, which is extremely ironic...

Of course, because the Japanese Tang-style buildings have a bit of a petty style, they added buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties to these Tang-style buildings to make them look more majestic.

Li Zhaowu's Weiyuan Hou Mansion covers an area of ​​more than ten acres, which shows how much this ancient-style building cost.

In addition, Western-style buildings are the most common in Han Dynasty, and they are obviously more popular than Chinese buildings.

Nothing else, just red bricks and cement! !

In a country like Han with hundreds of thousands of new immigrants every year, new brick and tile factories and cement factories are built every year, so that in Han, there are cement brick houses everywhere, painted with a layer of red and yellow. Lacquer is actually no different from Europe.

Of course, these are civilian buildings. There are also many buildings left by the Spaniards in Han Dynasty, as well as Shylock palace buildings that are now highly sought after by nobles and wealthy businessmen.

This kind of building is magnificent and splendid, which is in line with the aesthetics of those nouveau riche.

As for the so-called Han-style architecture in Japan, it is better to say that it is Han-style architecture, rather than Han-style banking style architecture.

The banks of the Han Dynasty were basically square buildings, sometimes made of bricks and cement, sometimes better made of marble and Roman columns. The most typical one was the Imperial Bank Building with its huge bell tower.

This building is currently a landmark in Xijing, and its status will be the same as that of the British capital in a decade or so.

Japan's bank-style architecture was first brought by the Hanguo Bank. In the most prosperous areas of Edo, there were branches of the Imperial Bank and even the Glory Bank belonging to the royal family.

These banks have brought to Japan not only an advanced modern financial system, but also the Huayuan coins currently circulating in Japan on a large scale, and also the bank-style square buildings.

This kind of building is called Han-style architecture by the Japanese. Because of the influence of Han products and the relationship between China and Japan, many Japanese are proud to live in Han-style buildings.

There is even a joke that Japanese people who live in Chinese-style square buildings look down on Japanese people who live in tile-roofed houses.

Although it is a joke, it is true in current Japanese society.

In today's Japan, the influence of the Han Dynasty on Japan is almost the same as that of the Tang Dynasty on Japan, or even more.

From economy, to culture, and even currency, Japan is deeply influenced by the Han Dynasty.

Take the Japanese yen currently entrusted by the shogunate to issue by Glory Bank. Its currency value is basically linked to the Chinese dollar, calculated on a two-to-one basis, that is, one yen is exchanged for [-] Chinese dollars. (The silver content is less than half that of the Han Dynasty Hua Yuan, and the silver dollar is also relatively small)
Japan's currency has to be issued by a foreign bank. For some Japanese who are concerned about their country and people, this is no less than a national humiliation! !

Some Japanese scholars even published the so-called theory of chasing Han in the recently issued Edo Daily News.

"The Han Kingdom, a country in America, is thousands of miles away from our country. It is a warlike country. It was established less than four years ago. It first occupied the land in the West Sea of ​​America. The land in the West Sea is almost as big as our country, Japan. Then it cut off two parts of Mexico. Times the land of Japan..." This paragraph tells the Japanese the origin of Han and exposes the true nature of the warlike Han people.

"After visiting Japan more than three years ago, we first relied on our country's transit immigration population to enrich the country's population, and then exported goods to our country. The culture of the Han Dynasty and our country's raw silk industry were almost controlled by Han merchants. I pity our silkworm farmers. You work hard, but you get nothing, and Han merchants rely on monopoly to operate, sucking the blood of Japan's economy..." (Industry, economy, monopoly, these three words are all passed down from the Han Dynasty. It turns out that Japan No, Japan currently has a lot of Chinese vocabulary. Because they are all Chinese characters, the Japanese just use them and don’t need to change them.)

"What a pity...it is a pity that our country, Japan, began when Emperor Jimmu stood proudly in the east. Although he sincerely obeyed the Western Han Dynasty and learned from the Tang and Song Dynasties, our forefathers never gave up the national sovereignty of Japan. Now the Northern Han Dynasty invades, controls the financial currency, and controls Industry, export of goods, if things continue like this, in less than ten years, our country, Japan, will become a colony of the Han people. Today, the native barbarians in Southeast Asia and the ancient country of India controlled by the British barbarians will be the Japan of the future..." (Because the Han Dynasty is in North America, Han is still the name of the country, and the Japanese also privately call Han the Northern Han Dynasty)

"Given time, there may not be a Japan in the East, but only Han and other provinces or colonies!!"

Saigo Takamori published it in Edo Japan on April 1844, 4, and this article happened to be the day before the ocean fleet visited Japan.

There is no doubt that Saigo Takamori's article triggered a strong response in Japan.

There were even so-called anti-Han activities in some places, with the same slogan: expel the Han captives and restore Japan! !
Even more radical is to kill all Han Chinese in Japan.

Before such an idea could be implemented, it came to naught when the Han’s ocean-going fleet arrived in Japan the next morning.

April [-]rd, the fourth year of Longwu's reign, is a day that all Japanese will remember.

When the huge Han ocean-going fleet arrived in Edo Bay, the entire Japanese population in Edo City came to watch the heroic style of the Han navy.

On the pier, women were wearing kimonos and holding children, men were wearing Chinese-made Western clothes from the Han Dynasty, children were holding Han national flags, and the luxuriously dressed Edo City dignitaries were all looking at the huge ship in front of them with fear. Battleship.

This [-]-ton first-class sailing warship is named after the famous Western Han Dynasty general Huo Qubing! !

In his memoirs, Japanese scholar Takeda Yokei described the situation when the ocean-going fleet arrived in Japan and the reaction at that time.

"When Huo Qubing's huge body and the dense cannons on it sailed into Edo Bay, not only me, but everyone present fell silent. There was not even a sound at the scene. Yesterday, they were clamoring to drive away the Han people. , to recapture Mr. Kobayashi, who belongs to Japan’s raw silk industry, he is like a deflated pufferfish that can no longer cheer up..."

"It's funny to say that since that day, those guys who hate Han and want to go to war with Han have collectively become pro-Han faction. They actually want to send their children to study in Han..."

"I asked them why they did this. Isn't Japan bad??"

"They actually told me that the education in Han is ten times or a hundred times better than that in Japan. If I stay in Japan, I won't learn anything. And they also said stupid things like they really wish they were Han Chinese..."

"Have they forgotten that they are Japanese? Those lower-level warriors went to Han to help the Han people fight. Some stupid women also married Han people. What's even more annoying is that those farmers actually said that if they could go to Han , just be Han Chinese, so that they can be allocated a hundred acres of land..."

"If this continues, will Japan still be the same Japan, and will the Japanese still be the same Japanese??"

Takeda Yokei's mood at the time is unknown, but it was definitely not good, and he might even be in a state of collapse.

Of course, some Japanese people knelt down under Huo Qubing's gunfire, while other Japanese people saw the way to become a strong country and the future of Japan.

This group of Japanese hopes to imitate the Han Kingdom and establish a powerful country, a dignified Japan, a Japan that is not controlled by any country...

　Please order all of them and give me a reward. This book is too difficult.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)