Steel Dynasty - Chapter 913

[Chapter 911 Japanese Market]

“Your Majesty, now the merchants are very eager to open the Japanese market. After tasting the sweetness of Goryeo, their appetite has increased now. Li Kaiyuan has reported the merchants’ voices to the lower officials many times.”

Seemingly seeing through Xiao Ming’s thoughts, Pang Yukun took the opportunity to speak.

After coming back to his senses, a smile appeared on Xiao Ming’s lips. Now Li Kaiyuan was known as the chairman of the Political Consultative Conference, and businessmen all responded and appealed to him directly.

As a result, the voice of businessmen appeared in the court, and many businessmen felt relieved.

Xiao Ming was not surprised by this kind of demand. This is the inevitable demand in the development of industry and commerce. With the improvement of industrialization, while meeting the domestic needs of Da Chongqing, businessmen need to sell goods to other markets in exchange for funds. This is a A virtuous cycle.

Because of this, during the process of European industrialization, they actively competed for colonies in order to expand their product sales markets. In this way, their domestic industry and commerce could continue to strengthen and form a virtuous cycle.

Once the market slumps and businessmen are unprofitable, industrial development will lack motivation, which is fatal to a country.

In contemporary times, Xiao Ming sometimes understood but did not understand it deeply, but now that he has become emperor, he understands some of the purposes of national strategic advancement.

In the final analysis, whether it is a war or a trade organization established, the purpose is to grab market share.

In the past, Dayu was an agricultural country, so it did not have to worry about being self-sufficient. However, the transformation of the industrial country has forced it to embark on this path of competing for market share.

“The Japanese market is indeed very tempting, but the Yamada Daimyo of Japan is very tough.”

“No matter how tough he is, can he still be stronger than our cannonballs?” Pang Yukun said jokingly.

Hearing this, Xiao Ming laughed. Nowadays, the increase in industrial and commercial taxes has almost doubled every year. Pang Yukun was also shocked. In the past, he clung to agricultural taxes and his concept began to change, and he gradually shifted his focus to industrial and commercial taxes, so It is normal for him to seek interests for businessmen now.

“What Pang Shoufu said is interesting. It is true. This Japanese country will not shed tears until it sees the coffin. It is time to deal with it severely. The market with a population of more than 20 million is very attractive.” Xiao Ming’s eyes narrowed slightly.

For Dayu, the Japanese could not pose any threat now, and the main threat on land came from the north.

But it would be unwise to go to the North to fight a money-losing war just after the war in the South.

For Xiao Ming, the current war in Chongqing must be fought more and more profitably, so that the country’s national power can be steadily increased.

Therefore, fighting the Japanese is a profitable war, while fighting the Golden Horde is a losing war. Compared with the two, he is willing to fight the profitable war first.

By bulging his pockets in this way, he could afford to spend money on a loss-making war.

Pang Yukun’s reminder made Xiao Ming make up his mind, casually gave instructions to the ministers in the cabinet, and he returned to the inner palace.

After the war in the south was over, both Niu Ben and Luo Quan had returned to Qingzhou, and he immediately summoned the two of them to discuss the attack on the Japanese country.

…

On July 9, an order departed from the imperial palace and arrived in Dengzhou.

After receiving the order, Yue Yun looked excited. Facing all the naval generals, he said: “The emperor’s order has arrived. Now it is finally time to deal with the Japanese country.”

“Long live my emperor!” The naval generals shouted in unison, all of them beaming.

Most of these generals came from coastal fishing villages. They had been harassed by Japanese pirates, and their hatred for the Japanese country never disappeared.

Although they besieged Japan for a year, their purpose was only to blockade Japan and cut off the communication between Japan and the outside world.

But now it is different. This time they will lead the army to land directly on the Japanese country and use cannons to reason with the Japanese country.

“Assemble the Marine Corps immediately. The Emperor has high hopes for us this time. Let our navy solve the Japanese affairs independently. As the saying goes, it takes a thousand days to raise troops and use them for a while. The emperor has always taken good care of the navy over the years. We cannot let the emperor down this time. .”

“Yes, General.” The generals shouted.

“Dismissed.” Yue Yun asked the generals to go back and prepare, and stopped Liu Chen who was about to leave. He was an important general of the Marine Corps.

“I’m afraid there will be a fierce battle to be fought this time. We can only succeed but not fail. During the war in the south, the emperor was under pressure and replaced the Marine Corps with Falcon rifles.” Yue Yun said. He understood that the purpose of this time was to open up the Japanese country. market.

But if you want Japan to open up its domestic market, you must defeat Yamada Nobunaga. Only if Japan admits defeat can this plan succeed.

“Thirty thousand Marine Corps officers are not vegetarians, general, don’t worry.” Liu Chen looked firm. The most famous names in the army now are Lu Fei, Luo Xin, Lei Ming, Qi Guangyi and others.

As a navy, they made few achievements during this period and seemed to be forgotten in the corner.

Now, for the first time, the emperor has entrusted the navy with important tasks, and he feels that the glorious era of the navy is coming soon.

Not only him, but Yue Yun also noticed that with the end of the domestic disputes, the Chongqing Kingdom must do something on the sea. After all, warships from Western countries have been cruising in the southern waters of the Chongqing Kingdom.

In their eyes, it was the back garden of the Chongqing Kingdom and no one else was allowed to touch it.

“Okay, I’ll wait and see.” Yue Yun nodded with satisfaction.

After sending Liu Chen off, he looked at the map of the sea area around Japan. After annihilating the Japanese warships in Suwon City, the Japanese navy suffered a serious setback. The remaining warships have been hiding to avoid fighting with them.

In order to annihilate the last Japanese naval force, they have been searching at sea but to no avail. This time they plan to dock directly at the Busan Castle Pier and attack the Japanese coastal town of Nanasuji from the front, which is the contemporary Fukuoka.

Because this city is opposite Busan in Korea, and the strait distance between the two is the shortest, he does not believe that Yamada Nobunaga can still sit still.

After settling the matter, three days later, Yue Yun led the fleet to Busan City. This time he led 72 warships to Busan City, including 16 hybrid warships built this year.

Two days later, the fleet arrived at Busan City successfully. At the pier of Busan City, he saw Ye Qingyun, whom he had not seen for a long time.

“Yue Yun.”

Ye Qingyun smiled happily when he met his old friend. Ye Qingyun was once the governor of Dengzhou. The two had worked together for a long time and had a close personal relationship.

“Commander Ye, I haven’t seen you for half a year.” Yue Yun was in a good mood after seeing his old friend, but when he saw the soldiers lined up neatly behind Yue Yun, he asked, “Have you also received an order from the emperor?”

“This is Of course, but don’t worry, I can’t take care of the affairs of Goryeo. I don’t want to get involved in the affairs of Japan. I’m just here to provide you with supplies. “

(End of Chapter)