Volume 2: Soaring! The Overlord of the Region Chapter 337: Pojunxing's Backhand
July 1617, Japan, Edo, Shogun's residence.
Many young people walked hurriedly and orderly through the houses, each holding a book of different colors in their chests.
When they came out of the general's room, as the colors of the books in their hands were sorted, gradually the little guys with the same color books slowly gathered in the same room.
The Japanese are meticulous in their work. The orders that Tokugawa Yoshinao approved and assigned to different departments were even written in different colors.
As the number of people running around became fewer and fewer, the sun gradually set and night finally fell.
"Ah~" Tokugawa Yoshinao stretched himself lazily, and after a busy day of work, he stood up and changed into his regular clothes with the help of the maid. Then the servants brought him food for the night.
"Um, is Tsuru Chiyo here?"
"Your Highness, His Excellency Huang Men will arrive this afternoon."
"Then let him come over quickly."
The so-called Tsuruchiyo was Ieyasu's youngest son, Tokugawa Yorifusa, who was only fourteen years old that year.
Because the three children, Yoshinao, Yorifusa, and Yorifusa, were close in age, they studied and lived together for a long time.
As a time traveler who was suppressed by Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa Yoshinao knew long ago that the two younger brothers who grew up with him would be his greatest support in the future. Therefore, the time traveler spent a lot of energy on these two younger brothers.
Now, Tokugawa Yorifusa was sent to Korea by him as the nominal general of the Korean Front Army. And this Yorifusa certainly would not leave him idle.
"I've met you, brother. You need to take care of your health while handling state affairs. Don't get too tired."
"Hahaha, Tsuru Chiyo, why are you so polite? Tell me, you came to my place this afternoon, but you didn't come to my study. Did you go to the kitchen in the back again?"
"Hehe, nothing can be hidden from my brother. My younger brother asked the chef to make unagi grilled and whale sushi for me."
"You, you only care about satisfying your own appetite. Can't you come to me earlier and help me review these memorials?"
After the two brothers chatted for a while , Tokugawa Yoshinao asked seriously, "How is the matter I asked you to do two months ago going?"
"Hi." The 14-year-old boy also stopped playing and saluted very seriously, then said: "Ten 3,000-ton transport ships, two first-class battleships, and five second-class battleships are all in place. Captains, sailors, sailors, etc., a total of 1,200 people, all of whom have joined the Tokugawa Navy since my brother established it. They are all proficient in sailing and have clean family backgrounds. In addition to these people, my younger brother has also prepared 300 samurai, all of whom are selected from the best illegitimate sons of various hereditary families. Uh, in addition, according to my brother's special instructions, my younger brother also used various means to get 500 young women..."
"Yoshi! Tsuru Chiyo, do you remember the world map I drew for you when we were little?"
"Remember, my brother was scolded by father for this."
"Haha, that's because I was still young at the time and didn't think enough. I actually drew Hawaii and Australia, which were not yet in the eyes of the world."
Speaking of which, the seven time travelers had a tacit understanding: no matter who they were, even Zhu Youdong, he posted the world map in the six major newspapers, but Australia, Antarctica and the like were not included.
Everyone had the same idea: Australia is a big place, but the only place that is suitable for development by various countries is the southeastern coastal area. Everyone is busy competing with each other, so how can they spare the energy to spend huge manpower, material resources and financial resources to cultivate that barren land? By the time you develop that land from scratch, if you don't do well, they will have battleships of tens of thousands of tons coming to you.
So, let's put Australia aside for now. When we have established a firm foothold and social productivity has developed to a certain level, we can just grab some.
But now, Tokugawa Yoshinao is starting to set his sights on these barren lands.
"Tsuru Chiyo, come and see."
He stood up and took out a hand-drawn world map that was quite close to the actual world map, and spread it out in front of Tokugawa Yorifusa: "This is Honshu Island. Going northeast from here is Hokkaido. Continue northeast from Hokkaido, and then..." Tokugawa Yoshinao's finger slowly moved towards the middle of the Pacific Ocean: "Here, Hawaii. The island of paradise."
"Uh... Brother, do you want me to take these two thousand people out to sea to find this archipelago?"
"Yes."
" But ..." Tokugawa Yorifusa stared at the place where Tokugawa Yoshinao pointed for a long time with his eyebrows furrowed. "This island is not very big. Judging from its area, the stones on it should not be more than 500,000 stones, right?"
"Five hundred thousand shi? You're dreaming. Two hundred thousand shi would be good. And you can't grow much rice there. But the production of various fruits is pretty good."
"Why do you want me to go there, brother? My Mito Domain already has 250,000 koku."
"Damn it, you think that's your future fiefdom? What are you thinking about?" He habitually picked up a scroll at hand, knocked on Laifang's head a few times, and said, "Hawaii is located in the north-central Pacific Ocean and has very important strategic significance. However, this significance can only be truly reflected when the power that controls this land has a larger territory. This archipelago alone has a higher density of volcanoes than Japan. It is useless except for tourism... This is to let you explore new routes, train the sailing team, and then establish a transit station in Hawaii!"
"Oh oh." Anyway, since he was used to being hit on the head by his brother since he was a child, Tokugawa Yorifusa did not feel annoyed at all. On the contrary, he felt a kind of childhood warmth.
However, it was obvious that his brain was not damaged by this habitual beating.
"Brother, this is the transit station. After you take this place, where are you going to jump to from here?"
"It depends. Maybe they won't jump at all, or maybe they'll jump to America. The worst thing would be jumping to Australia."
"Brother." After thinking for a long time, Tokugawa Yorifusa stood up in fear and said, "Do you think that our expedition to Korea this time will lead to Ming intervention and failure?"
"Ming will definitely intervene. As for failure, it is possible. Of course, at the moment, it is just a possibility."
After all, he was only a fourteen-year-old child. When his brother, who seemed to know everything and be omnipotent before, admitted that he might fail, Tokugawa Yorifusa suddenly felt dizzy and could not react.
"Hey, Tsuruchiyo." Tokugawa Yoshinao walked to the side of Laifang and hugged him: "Japan is a country with scarce resources and frequent volcanic earthquakes. Although the people of this country are brave, tenacious and hardworking. However, compared with a big country like Ming that occupies the most fertile land in East Asia, our foundation is really too poor.
For a small country like us to survive, we must find a piece of continent. So my brother and Siam formed an alliance to find a way for Japan to survive. It's a pity that the fool Luo Zhifu couldn't even take down the Changsha shipyard, and the Ming Dynasty's crown prince was able to withstand the pressure for the generals and not drive them to fight us... The war has inevitably become protracted. Both we and Siam are small countries. Once the war between a small country and a big country becomes protracted, the future..."
"Brother, why don't we explore new routes earlier and find a new continent suitable for our development?"
"Hey, so you are still young." Standing up bleakly, looking at the moon hanging in the sky outside the window, Tokugawa Yoshinao said: "Through the efforts of our ancestors, Japan has achieved peace. At this time, you go and tell everyone that our future is on the other side of the Pacific Ocean thousands of miles away, and ask everyone to give up everything in their hands, and 20 million people move together?"
“…”
Looking at the silent Tokugawa Yorifusa, Tokugawa Yoshinao said, "Even if everyone agrees to move, then Korea, which has been developed for thousands of years, has tens of millions of people and is very close, and North America and Australia, which are still wild and thousands of miles away. Which one do you think everyone would choose?"
"...I understand." When Tokugawa Yorifusa raised his head, his eyes were slightly red. "Brother, for the future of Japan, we should try to gain a foothold in Korea first. If we are still defeated by the Ming Dynasty this time, then everyone will give up the hope. So, are we willing to head to America and Australia thousands of miles away?"
This kid is so easy to fool, and his imagination is so strong. I feel really sorry for him.
Although he complained in his heart, Tokugawa Yoshinao still made a very vicissitudes of life expression and nodded silently.
"Brother!" Tokugawa Yorifusa was completely moved and bowed respectfully: "Brother, you have thought so much about the future of Japan. As a younger brother, I really admire you. Please rest assured, brother, I will complete all the tasks you have assigned me!"
"Yoshi, then I'll leave everything to you!"
