Become a feudal king from today

"Indeed, thank you for your help." Through the translator, Fei Wen learned Zhou Yi's identity, took off his hat and saluted Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi returned the gift with his hand, "What you should really thank is our His Highness King Yan."

After a pause, he said: "Of course, we also have our own purposes. You should know by now that the attack on the merchant ship has nothing to do with us."

"Of course, I have figured out the cause and effect. In order to express my gratitude to King Yan, I will send someone to Yaga City to personally explain this matter to the people of Sterdam."

Zhou Yi showed a satisfied smile, this was the result they wanted.

The Japanese wanted to form a maritime alliance to deal with them, and they have now successfully resolved one of the links.

As long as the news of the Folanji people reaches Yaga City, the second ring will also be resolved.

In this way, the entire Japanese maritime plan went bankrupt.

Then the rest is a one-on-one duel between them and Japan.

In fact, it is not that they are afraid of the Franks and the Sterdams, they just don't want to fight a war that should not exist in the first place.

"That's all for Governor Fei Wen. In addition, His Highness King Yan also gave me a questionnaire this time, which contains the questions His Highness King Yan wants to know."

"Since Dasong has been banned from the sea for many years and lacks communication with the outside world, he wants to understand the situation of the Western Kingdoms through Governor Fei Wen."

After that, he took out the questionnaire Zhao Xu gave him and handed it to Fei Wen.

Fei Wen glanced at it and nodded.

King Yan rescued him. To him, this matter can only be said to be a trivial matter among trivial matters.

And what King Yan wants to know doesn't seem to be a secret.

Even ordinary people in the West understand the problems involved.

"Wait a moment." Fei Wen said a few words to the translator. The translator translated the question to him, and he dictated it to the translator, filling in all the questions on the entire sheet of paper.

After about half an hour, Fei Wen returned the questionnaire to Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi put it away, glanced at Malka City, and said: "I think Governor Feiwen must take time to clear up internal problems now, so we won't disturb him."

"Are you leaving now?" Fei Wen was about to invite Zhou Yi to Malka City.

"This is His Highness's request. We still have a lot to do at the moment. See you next time." After that, Zhou Yi turned around and went back, and the Marines followed him towards the port of Marka City.

The soldiers reboarded the troopships and the fleet headed north.

Fei Wen sent Zhou Yi to the battleship and watched King Yan's fleet leave.

At this time, his mood was very complicated.

There is gratitude to King Yan in my heart, and there is also awe of King Yan.

I also understood why Japan was so afraid of this King Yan.

As the Japanese say, once the King of Yan solves domestic problems and adopts a strategy of external expansion, it will be a disaster for both the Japanese and the Westerners.

The city of Marka, which they have been running for a hundred years, may also be in danger.

At this moment, he thought of Steven's strong proposition again, but then he put the thought out of his mind.

In his opinion, this was too desperate. Once the encirclement of King Yan failed, they, Fo Langji, would lose their trade with the Eastern Territory forever.

Once upon a time, their Franconians were indeed the strongest country on the sea, but they lost this glory more than two hundred years ago. Now that their national power is weak, they are no longer able to provoke wars at will like Britain, Frank, and Russia.

Therefore, he believes that the current attitude towards King Yan is still to adopt a wait-and-see attitude.

Another ten days of sailing.

Zhou Yi arrived at Laoting from the waters of Marka City.

After getting off the battleship, he rushed to Yancheng without stopping.

While returning the questionnaire, report the situation in Marka City to King Yan.

"Well done, all we have to do next is Japan." Zhao Xu said while writing and drawing on the drawings.

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhou Yi responded.

Then, he handed Fei Wen’s questionnaire to Zhao Xu.

After taking the questionnaire, Zhao Xu read it carefully and frowned.

During this period, although he captured two Japanese generals, he was not very satisfied with what Tsui Hark asked.

Because the Japanese people's understanding of Western soil seems to be only superficial, and they don't have what they want.

Therefore, when Zhou Yi went south this time, he specially handed him a piece of paper filled with questions he wanted to ask.

Generally speaking, this questionnaire basically involves the political, economic, military, cultural and national strategy issues of Western Turkey.

After browsing, he had a complete understanding of the situation of the Western Kingdoms.

If compared to contemporary times, the Western countries in this world are roughly at the level of the 1830s, that is, around 1830.

At this point in time, just over a decade after the Napoleonic Wars ended, the July Revolution was breaking out in France.

During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, the first American missionary came to Guangzhou, and Belgium became independent from the Netherlands.

However, just as the history of Dasong went astray, the historical trajectory of Xitu has also changed.

Naturally, there is no Napoleon in this era. The only difference is that the powerful countries on the Western Continent are still those powerful countries, just like the Central Plains Dynasty in the Eastern Continent has always been the overlord of the Eastern Continent.

According to Feiwen, the most powerful country in the Western Continent is undoubtedly Britain, followed by Franks, Rus, Germania, Habsburgs, Frankia and other countries.

In addition, there is a rising Sam Country, but Feiwen did not include Sam Country in the rankings, and does not seem to agree that Sam Country belongs to the Western Kingdom.

In his opinion, these countries correspond to the contemporary nineteenth-century Britain, France, Tsarist Russia, Prussia, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

As for Franji, it is the collective name for Spain and Portugal in the East, and does not refer specifically to Spain.

The country of Sam is equivalent to the United States.

Apart from these countries, Zhao Xu is most concerned about the industrial level of the Western Territory.

According to Feiwen, it has been seventy years since the improved steam engine appeared in the Western Continent.

Currently, the Western Continent is dotted with steam-powered factories.

Among them, Britain has the strongest industrial strength, followed by Frank.

In terms of warships, the warships currently in service in the Western Kingdoms are basically old sailing warships.

But twenty years earlier, Frank had produced the first steamship.

Although the steamship sank while sailing, Frank made many attempts and successfully built a steamship that could sail on the water.

Later, other Western countries followed suit.

However, at present, steamships are still a new thing in Western soil, and there are no ironclads.

However, Britain was already trying to use steamships to tow sailing warships on the sea.

In terms of firearms, the current troops deployed by the Western Turks in the colonies and the Eastern Turkestan are still using old flintlock muskets, but the local troops in the Western Turks already have new muskets.

"Fortunately, I came early, otherwise the day lily would have been cold." After reading all the answers, Zhao Xu sweated.

In the First Opium War, the British army no longer used just ordinary flintlock muskets.

Among them appeared the flintlock gun, which was the first generation Enfelk rifle.

The British sailing warships were also towed by steamships and traveled very fast on the sea.

At that time, due to the advent of steamships, the time from Europe to East Asia was shortened to four months.

Therefore, the situation he faces now is basically similar to the world environment before the Opium War.