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Japan.

Watanabe Case and Asana Taro were in the Edogawa River north of Edo, looking at the sailing battleship being built.

As soon as he learned that King Dasong Yan owned a sail warship, he sent someone to send the news to the British.

After confirming the facts, the British finally agreed to help Japan build sailing warships.

Three months ago, Britain sent the first batch of personnel to Japan, and the construction of sailing battleships was officially put on the agenda.

To this end, he gathered shipbuilding craftsmen from all over Japan, but Britain was only willing to build eighteen warships for Japan at the same time.

He knew that the British people used the balancing strategy adopted in the Western Territories on him and King Dasong Yan.

While using him to contain King Yan, he also did not want Japan to become stronger and threaten his interests in the East.

"It will take ten months before these battleships can be launched into the water. It's really painful." Taro Asana put his hands in his sleeves and shook his head slightly.

He couldn't wait.

Watanabe's expression darkened a bit. Just as Taro Asana said, the construction of the battleship took too long.

It's just that the current war is coming too fast, and they can't be given time to wait leisurely.

Once they join the alliance and attack King Yan, they can only use their current warships to fight the King of Yan's navy at sea.

Of course, he also thought about postponing the war until Japan's sailing battleship was launched.

However, he was also worried that King Yan was building more warships.

Therefore, he and the Dashong clan had the same idea, and they could not give King Yan any more time to develop steadily.

King Yan must be attacked immediately without giving him a chance to breathe.

Moreover, if this maritime alliance can succeed.

Eight sail warships combined with Japan's 300 warships were enough to destroy King Yan's fleet.

Once King Yan's fleet is destroyed and the sail warships are launched, Japan will rule the Eastern Sea.

"Every good thing is worth waiting for." Watanabe looked at the dark clouds coming from the east.

The wind in the river is biting, and a heavy snowfall may be coming.

"The general is always so poetic." Asana Taro flattered.

With the increase in contacts with Western countries, the Watanabe case has been deeply influenced by Western countries in recent years. He often reads books from Western countries and becomes more and more elegant.

Then, he said: "General, I ordered 80,000 Japanese soldiers to prepare. If the fleet of King Yan can be defeated in a naval battle, these 80,000 soldiers will board the territory of Qi and fight with the soldiers of Qi to destroy Yan. king."

Watanabe nodded, this was what he asked Asana Taro to do.

Since the establishment of Qingcheng Merchant House, a large amount of information has been transmitted to the Edo shogunate.

Through this information, he could almost feel the threat of King Yan coming towards him.

The flintlock gun with a range of 150 meters, the hot air balloon flying in the sky, as well as soap, glass and other products full of Western industrial atmosphere told him.

This King of Yan is very dangerous to Japan.

He never worried about the powerful people in Dasong.

Because even though these powerful families are rich and powerful, and have many soldiers and generals, they do not have endless craftsmanship.

On the contrary, judging from the development of King Yan, the level of firearms in Yanzhou is constantly improving, and there are more and more types of products.

This illustrates a problem. Yanzhou's various crafts are constantly rising, and currently exceed Japan's.

But from now on, this kind of transcendence is not too far away, and fortunately, the territory controlled by King Yan is very small, and the population under his command is very small.

At this time, if King Yan cannot be eliminated, only Japan will be eliminated in the future.

Therefore, he agreed to almost all Qi's requests. After the news of the alliance came, he chose to join without hesitation.

The purpose is to do everything possible to destroy King Yan before he threatens the Japanese territory.

"We cannot relax in the construction of forts at the port. We must consider all possibilities." Watanabe said that if the battle is defeated at sea, we must be prepared for the King of Yan to launch an attack on the Japanese mainland.

So he asked Taro Asana to deal with it in advance.

While the two were talking, a Japanese official came over and said, "General, a merchant ship from Sam Country requested to enter Edo Port to meet the general."

"Sam Country." Watanabe frowned.

In recent years, the Sam country has been coming to Japan from the east, hoping to establish trade relations with Japan.

But every time he chose to refuse.

Because according to his understanding, the British are currently suppressing the country of Sam around the world.

Friendship with Sam would only make the Britons angry.

This time, the British are mobilizing warships from the mainland and preparing to launch a war against the Wu State established by the Liang family.

In addition to the huge trade deficit, another factor is that the Liang family is obsessed with it and does not refuse trade with Sam Country.

"No." Watanabe thought of this and decided to implement his previous decision again.

After that, he and Taro Asana returned to the shogunate.

However, just as he sat down and prepared to make himself a cup of tea, he suddenly heard the rumble of cannons coming from the distant sea.

Watanabe's face changed greatly, and Taro Asana said: "General, what's worse, the Sam people must have lost their patience and tried to use force to force Japan to trade with them."

After getting to know the Western Kingdoms, he knew that this was their usual method.

Watanabe slammed the table, stood up suddenly, and prepared for the Japanese Navy to attack.

But he rolled his eyes and sat down again.

After hesitating for a while, he said to Taro Asana: "Maybe we should accept Sam Country's request."

"Why?" Taro Asana was surprised, "The British people will definitely hate us."

Watanabe shook his head, "No, the situation seems to be different now. Compared with us in Japan, whether it is the British or the Sam people, they definitely don't want to see Dasong unified by King Yan."

"Otherwise, their colonies in the East will be threatened, so they will definitely rush to win over us in Japan."

"Whoever loses us will lose the bargaining chip against the King of Yan in the East. Therefore, we can swing between the Sam Kingdom and the British to obtain the maximum benefit, and even blackmail the King of Yan in the future."

Although this was just his judgment, he felt it was necessary to take a risk.

Otherwise, it is obviously not what he wants to have a bad relationship with Sam Country.

Taro Asana thought for a while and nodded slowly, "In that case, you can give it a try."

"Go to the Edo Pier immediately and invite the envoys from Sam Country to come to the shogunate." Hearing this, Watanabe said.

Taro Asana nodded, stood up and left. After a while, the sound of cannons on the sea stopped.

About half an hour later, Taro Nawa led a Sam man wearing a black dome hat on his head, a black short coat on his upper body, and leather boots into the shogunate.

Watanabe smiled and led Sam into the house.

He will allow Japan to officially establish trade relations with Sam Country.