The sun never sets in America

Chapter 160 The Naval Era: Tozhong and Lanfang
Edo Bay, Japan...

Four days have passed since the Han fleet visited Edo. Within these four days, the Han ocean fleet visited Osaka, Nagasaki and other major coastal cities in Japan, which had a profound impact on the entire Japan.

At that time, Captain Nan of the Longjiang Ship of the Ocean Fleet
Yu Lin wrote in his diary:

"Wherever our navy goes, the Japanese people wholeheartedly welcome us. On the pier, there may be children waving our country's flag, or there may be young women looking at our heroic naval officers and soldiers... Everywhere our navy goes, the Japanese people admire it. We boarded at Nagasaki Port. When we were on the shore, one day a woman pestered our naval officers and teased them. Although our naval officers have steel and iron bones, they can't escape this gentle land..."

"Our army's station on the Edo coast, no matter it is day or night, there are Japanese women coming in and out. Although we have given repeated orders, they have no effect..."

"In just a few days, the number of women in the army exceeded the number of soldiers in our army, which caused the spread of dispersion in our army. Later, Japanese women were strictly prohibited and military discipline was strictly enforced. Only then..."

"However, I also heard that the Japanese did this to transfer the species. What is the transfer of the species? Borrow the blood of the mighty naval officers of our Han Dynasty and keep it in the womb of the Japanese women. Maybe a boy or a girl will be born. The blood of the Japanese will be shorter. The physique of all Japanese people..."

"In ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, breeding is unheard of. When I was a child, I saw farmers breeding stallions to breed stronger horses. However, the same is true for people, which is rare in the world..."

"The Japanese act like humans and animals, and they are indeed inhuman. If a country stronger than my big man comes to Japan in the future, won't it have to be crossed again? If the black barbarians in Africa are strong, won't the whole country of Japan have to turn into black people? , and extinct from the east!!"

When Nan Yulin wrote this, the Han ocean-going fleet had not yet left Japan.

Since April [-], many Japanese women appeared in the military camps near the Ocean Fleet. They wore kimonos with pillows and flirted and winked at the Han naval officers.

Many Han naval officers who could not control themselves completely relaxed military discipline in Japan.

On the streets of Edo at that time, you could often see Han naval soldiers holding Japanese girls in their arms, walking down the streets and strutting around.

And the Japanese who saw them, not only were not angry after seeing them, but bowed to them.

This situation initially worried many Han naval officers as to whether the Japanese were deceitful. Even during that period, naval warships on the pier were guarded 24 hours a day, leaving soldiers who could start firing to prevent the Japanese from attacking. sneak attack.

But after a few days, it was discovered that this group of Japanese were really like this. Not only were they not angry about Han soldiers seducing Japanese women, but local officials even asked Baoyunshan if they wanted to send more women to work in the army.

Baoyunshan's expression at that time was as weird as possible.

So much so that Baoyunshan privately said that the Japanese were beasts, inhuman and without a state.

But even if Baoyunshan regarded the Japanese as enemies, it was still difficult to explain why the Japanese did this.

It was not until a Chinese-Japanese businessman reminded Baoyunshan and other Han naval officers that they understood that the Japanese were doing this for the purpose of crossing their species.

What is crossing species? It sounds like it is called crossing, but if it sounds bad, it means livestock breeding.

Moreover, the Japanese have been doing this for a long time. Thousands of years ago, they did so with the Han Dynasty people, with the Koreans, then with the Tang people, the Song people, and now with the Han people. kind.

Everything is to improve the poor genes of the Japanese. According to the current average height of the Japanese, it is estimated to be around 1.5 meters. Why is it not above 1.5 meters? It is not because the Japanese do not want to grow so tall. It is simply because in Japan, 1.5 meters Above, even if it is 1.6 meters, it is considered to be about 1.8 meters tall in China.

Among the big names in Japanese history, few were over 1.5 meters tall. They basically hovered between 1.6 meters and 1.5 meters.

Today's shogun is only a little over 1.5 meters tall. Every time he meets the Han minister, he needs to wear height-increasing boots, just like the emperor of the Qing Dynasty who needed to increase his height when meeting foreign envoys...

As for the Japanese, they don't transfer everyone. They only transfer with the strong.

Just like in a racetrack, the fastest citizens are often easily lured to be bred for large sums of money.

Han is the well-deserved strong man in the hearts of the Japanese at this moment.

Even after the Han's ocean-going fleet arrived in Japan, a surprising thing was discovered, that is, the arrival of the Han's fleet in Japan actually boosted the sales of Han's products in Japan.

In today's large coastal cities in Japan, it is very common for a Japanese to hold a Chinese comic book and read it with gusto without taking his eyes off it.

Even the shops selling Han cigarettes are sold out. In some places where supply is in short supply, cigarettes are sold by the root. Many people buy them not to smoke them at all, but to show that they are using Han cigarettes and smoke them. He smoked Han cigarettes in order to increase his worth in the eyes of others.

This situation is not bad among civilians. After all, no matter how cheap Chinese products are, they are still imported goods. With tariffs, they can't buy much.

But it is different for the middle and upper classes in Japan, because they have the money to consume Chinese products, so the current shortage of Chinese products in Japan is entirely the result of the consumption of these people.

Even in today's Japan, it is very unsociable if you don't smoke.

Because in the eyes of many Japanese, the strength of the Han people may lie in these cigarettes. After all, smoking this thing really makes you feel more energetic.

This has also led to the fact that the first items to be sold out in Japan are not the civilian consumer goods from Han China, but cigarettes and so-called Han-made Western clothes! !
Smoking Han cigarettes and wearing Han-made Western clothes are very fashionable in Japan today. It seems that as long as they smoke cigarettes and wear Han-made Western clothes, the Japanese can also drive huge battleships like the Huo Qubing and sail around the world. The world is running rampant, and you can do whatever you want, and rob whatever you want.

In the final analysis, in the minds of the Japanese, the so-called cigarette suits can bring them the so-called sense of conquest, a feeling of putting themselves in the perspective of a conqueror. This feeling is like a tiger biting its prey, bloodthirsty and cruel, but It makes the Japanese unable to stop! !
If Baoyunshan knew the true thoughts of the Japanese, he would definitely say what he said:

"The Japanese are beasts, without humanity and without a nation!!"

Have a whole new perspective! !
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"The Han Empire is on board..."

"The Han Empire is on board..."

The pier was crowded with Japanese people who came from all over Japan to Edo to see them off. Even some extremely elite men even shouted the slogan of the Han Empire, which made Baoyunshan, who was sick in Huo Qu, a little embarrassed. When will His Majesty the King of Han say that Emperor? ?
"Zhao Jun, you must remember me, I will wait for you in Japan..."

"Lin Jun, I love you..."

"Don't worry, I will raise the child by myself..."

On the Edo pier, dozens of Japanese women who came to see them off shouted at the Chinese warships that were leaving the port. Some of the remarks even made the listeners blush and dare not describe them.

"Who is Mr. Lin, ah... good guy, you move fast enough, so quickly, you have a baby." On a certain warship, a navy lieutenant laughed loudly at the officers and soldiers standing on the ship.

"Ha ha……"

"Ha ha……"

There was laughter everywhere on the ship.

The noncommissioned officer named Lin Zihang deliberately pulled his military cap down so that others could not see his face clearly.

Even so, his eyes were always looking at the Japanese girl waving in his direction on the pier, and the girl's belly. He knew that I had to come back, and if nothing else, the child would always be brought back.

You can't be like some bastards in the navy and say: "Hello, I'm Han Chinese, you are the most beautiful Japanese woman I have ever seen, and the child is the best gift I can give you..."

Finally left, never planning to come back.

"Liurizi, don't worry, I will take you to Han, don't worry!!"

Lin Zihang looked at the dock that was already getting further away and swore secretly.

Of course, there are only a few people who think like this. Most people actually regard this trip to Japan as a sexy game.

Now that the game is over, it's time for them to go.

The ocean-going fleet, composed of twelve combat ships and three supply ships, officially set sail...

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The Southern Shenzhou Sea is a vast and fertile sea area. It is the largest trading center after Malacca.Tea, porcelain, raw silk, and raw silk produced in the Qing Dynasty had to be evacuated from this sea area through the Strait of Malacca to all parts of the world.

This is also the place where pirates are most rampant, and a large amount of goods are robbed by pirates from here every year.

There are a large number of small islands in the South China Sea. These small islands give pirates the best place to survive, especially in the East Indies of the South Ocean. The entire East Indies Archipelago has tens of thousands of islands, which is the best breeding ground for the development of pirates.

Because there are so many islands, it is impossible for local colonists to control them all.

Even though the Dutch were the undisputed overlords of the East Indies, there were still many places they did not control, such as Borneo! !
The entire Borneo covers an area of ​​74 square kilometers, which is almost the same area as half of the Oregon area traded between the Han and the British.

On this large island, there are eight small countries distributed respectively. To say that they are small countries is actually being polite. According to the standards of the Han State, these people are at best separatist forces. They are not worthy of mentioning the country.

What is interesting is that in Borneo at this time, there was also Lan Fang Country, or Lan Fong Company, which many people in later generations knew.

This so-called Lanfang Kingdom was established by overseas Chinese, and its country was mainly managed by the imperial system.

The person who currently manages Lanfang is Ye Tengfei, the ninth generation controller.

In real history, this person only served as ruler for less than three years, to be precise, two years.

And now, it is the last year of his reign.

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Pontianak, the capital of Lan Fang Kingdom. (later Kutinak, the capital of West Kalimantan Province)

This city is a typical coastal port city. There are many coconut trees in the city. This kind of tree is very common and cheap in Southeast Asia.

Coconut is rich in trace elements and sugar. It is a very precious fruit in today's era when most people cannot afford sugar. But in Nanyang, this thing is no different from wild flowers on the roadside.

Otherwise, Nanyang is really suitable for growing fruits. In addition to cold zone fruits, most of the fruits currently known to mankind can be grown in Nanyang.

In later generations, the fruits of Southeast Asia were among the best in the world, and local people made a lot of money relying on natural resources and markets close to East Asia.

Moreover, the weather in Nanyang is extremely suitable for growing rice. Rice in this area is basically harvested three times a year, and even four crops a year in some areas.

It can be seen from this that Nanyang is completely a treasure house of agricultural resources. As long as any country occupies Nanyang, it is difficult to have a food crisis.

Moreover, Nanyang is also suitable for growing one thing, and that is rubber. During World War II, the Japanese army went south to invade Southeast Asia. One of their main goals was to grow rubber in Nanyang.

Take Han's current rubber industry as an example. Han imports more than 1000 million yuan of rubber from Brazil and several Central American countries every year. Although these rubber resources are all under the control of Han officials and Han rubber merchants. , but it still made Han State wary of resources like rubber.

After all, these rubber resources are not on Han's territory. Once the host country turns its back, it is likely that Han's rubber industry will collapse.

Brazil, which accounts for one-third of Han's total rubber production and is not affected by Han, is the second imaginary enemy in Han's naval combat subjects, and the number one is the United States.

Therefore, it is imperative to explore new sources of rubber, even if it takes time to cultivate them.

Nanyang is an important part of Han's rubber strategy.

In the city of Pontianak, people wearing Nanyang short shirts are everywhere. Because of the hot climate, there is no such thing as keeping warm in Nanyang. People wear thin shirts and long-sleeved clothes, all year round. This has never changed.

In some rainforests, there are even a large number of unclothed savages with bone weapons, and even cannibals.

They all have one thing in common, that is, they have very few coverings on their bodies. Some tribes even don't cover themselves at all. From this, we can see how superior the climate in Nanyang is.

However, in such a superior environment in Nanyang, no big country has emerged. It can be seen that it is not enough to live too well, and it is easy to slack off! !

"Selling fish, fresh rat spot..."

On the streets of Pontianak, a fishmonger wearing a Nanyang sunhat and chewing betel nuts was shouting in Hokkien.

Soon, there were several people picking and choosing in front of the fishmonger’s stall. Both sides spoke Hokkien.

Because at that time, there were many Hokkien and Cantonese people in Nanyang, and Hokkien and Cantonese were even considered the mainstream languages ​​there.

And because it is located near a foreign colony, many Chinese even speak four languages, Cantonese, Hokkien, dialect, Spanish, and even English and German. (The Dutch language is very complex. It is roughly a colony of German and English. Does Dutch exist? Yes, but there is a niche language, Frisian. The native Dutch call this language peasant language. It can be seen that this language has status of the Netherlands)

"The warships are coming. There are many warships coming to the sea..."

Just when the people on the street were going about their business as usual, a man dressed as a fisherman ran over in a panic and kept shouting.

It wasn't until I asked more clearly that I found out that there were more than a dozen large warships arriving off the coast of Pontianak, and the direction they were heading towards was Pontianak City.

After the news spread, the entire city of Pontianak was in panic. The streets and alleys that were lively just now were soon deserted.

In the Tongzhi Mansion in Pontianak City, Ye Tengfei, who had just received the news about the warship, was like an ant on a hot pot.

Even if they summoned the officials and dignitaries of Lanfang State to discuss countermeasures, in the end, these people would either be intimidated by him, or they would be like frightened birds, wishing they could abandon the city and flee immediately...

There was even a full-scale military attack, forcing Ye Tengfei to use the army to stabilize the situation.

Lanfang is such a country. There is an internal struggle for power. In normal times, everyone has to be wary. Once they encounter real danger, they are like frightened beasts, running around, and often hurting their own people.

Even the so-called brothers and sisters, at this time, turned against each other and refused to recognize each other.

What a brother, what Lan Fang, let’s run away first.

In the end, it was Ye Teng who used his last bit of prestige and decided to contact the warships outside.

But before they ran to contact him, people sent by the Han State sent the letter to Lanfang and delivered it to Ye Tengfei.

"Han..." Ye Tengfei looked at the news about the Han's ocean-going fleet in Baoyunshan's handwritten letter, and a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes.

To be honest, it is not that Ye Tengfei does not know the country Han. After all, Han has immigrated to the Far East in recent years, with tens of millions of people immigrating every year, from China, Japan, and even North Korea and Vietnam. As long as Ye Tengfei is not blind, Everyone can see it clearly.

But when the Han people came to Lanfang, Ye Tengfei was caught off guard. For a while, he didn't even know how to deal with it.

Later, when discussing with Lanfang's senior officials, Lanfang was divided into two groups. One group was pro-Han. They believed that the Han Dynasty was a country founded by the Chinese. When the Han Dynasty came, there would be blue sky, and they did not need to be afraid. Foreigners bullied me.

The other group is opposed to having too deep contacts with Han. The reason they give is that Han is a Chinese country, and it is said that it is still very powerful. This time, the immigrants in recent years and the bicycles sold to Nanyang can It can be seen that the Han people are definitely on the same level as the Dutch, and may even be higher.

But it is precisely because of this that they are more afraid of the Han. After all, they are also Chinese. At the beginning, they, the Nanyang Chinese, had not thought of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, but the Qing Dynasty did not want it, so they relied on their own efforts and had a family in Nanyang. With his own property and rights, this person has also changed...

Who can guarantee that when the Han Dynasty comes, they will not be swallowed up. It is not uncommon in history for a big country to swallow up a small country.

The entire Tongzhi Mansion was once again engulfed in quarrels.

Finally, Ye Tengfei ordered:

"Welcoming the Han king's army into the city..."

　Please give me a reward and make a full order.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)