Become a feudal king from today

The north wind blew up overnight, and winter arrived unexpectedly.

In the early morning, a thin layer of ice formed on the small puddles in Yanzhou.

In the dormitory, Zhao Xu wrapped himself in a fox fur and came back from Jinghai. A month passed in a flash.

During this period, neither the south nor the north was peaceful.

However, just as he predicted, both the Shi clan and Beidi were only creating minor friction and did not launch a large-scale attack.

"Your Highness, this stove is really useful."

Zhao Xu was sitting in front of the stove warming himself when Yang Susu came over.

This stove is a briquette stove, and the briquettes are naturally burned in it.

Precautions are also marked on the stove shell: ventilation is required to avoid poisoning.

This is made by a private workshop in Yanzhou.

While opening up private workshops, Yanzhou established the Patent Department and the imperial court promulgated the Patent Law.

Zhao Xu handed over the civilian technologies that could be realized with Yanzhou Industry to the Patent Department.

You only need to pay a patent fee to obtain technology from the Patent Division and use it in your own workshop.

This briquette stove is one of the patents.

At present, many briquette stove workshops have emerged in the private sector to manufacture and sell briquette stoves.

And according to Yang He's reaction, the sales volume of this briquette stove was pretty good once it was launched.

Especially the people living in Yancheng no longer need to collect grass and trees to cook pots.

"There will be more and more interesting things in the future." Zhao Xu took a piece of bread from Yang Susu's hand.

Feng'er bought this from the pastry shop.

Not all patents in the Patent Division are chargeable, and some are free, such as bread baking, cake making, etc.

In addition, there are many contemporary dishes.

This is to promote the development of Dasong’s catering industry.

"His Highness said that, I am really looking forward to it." Yang Susu said: "From now on, the days of praising the people will really become more and more prosperous."

Zhao Xu felt a sense of accomplishment after hearing this.

His goal is to help the people of Dasong escape poverty and live a prosperous life.

Of course, he also knows that he is still far from this goal.

Briquette stoves and bread are currently something that at least moderately wealthy families can enjoy.

The vast majority of people are still purely engaged in agriculture and cannot afford these consumption.

According to Feiwen, ordinary people in Britain can drink a glass of milk and eat bread every morning.

This is the result of more than two hundred years of plundering foreign countries and the wealth accumulated by occupying overseas markets.

This was not very different from the information he knew.

According to his memory, it was recorded in a contemporary historical document.

British country people in the eighteenth century lived in red brick cottages with red tile roofs, wore woolen clothes and leather shoes, ate white bread, and drank milk.

In terms of diet, vegetables and meat are common.

This is still the eighteenth century, and this is what happened in the nineteenth century.

But the more he understood this, the more fighting spirit he became.

Not only will he catch up in technology, but his people's living standards will also catch up.

He will make Dasong a holy place that people around the world yearn for.

But to achieve this, he needs markets and resources from all over the world.

Ninety percent of the current market and resources are in the hands of Western countries.

They would not allow themselves to sell goods to their colonies.

Nor will mining of minerals be allowed in their colonies.

They guarded the lands and resources they had plundered very closely.

This is why he wants to tear down the old order and establish a new one.

Otherwise, Dasong will always be suppressed and unable to breathe.

The days of praising the people will be dark forever.

And now, the challenge to the old order has begun.

Don’t they believe in the law of the jungle where the weak eat the strong, and believe that the weak should be enslaved by them?

Then, they compete with each other.

Thinking of this, he looked in the direction of Jinghai.

Zhou Yi sent someone here two days ago and gave him the date of going to sea.

Today is the day they leave for Japan.

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Sea of ​​Tranquility.

The sea breeze howled, mixed with the cold.

After the temperature dropped sharply, the navy soldiers changed into cotton uniforms.

With the increase of spinning mills and weaving mills in Yanzhou.

It is becoming easier and easier to provide military uniforms.

At this moment, Zhou Yi stood on his flagship Leting.

port.

Twenty-four steamships, forty-eight sailing warships, and sixty troop transports were assembled.

This fleet will head to Japan.

The remaining twelve sail warships are responsible for patrolling the coast to prevent unexpected events.

When everything was ready, Zhou Yi issued the order to go to sea.

The whistles of twenty-four steamships blew simultaneously.

Then he dragged the sail warship towards the sea.

The remaining twenty-four sailing warships followed closely behind.

Next came sixty troopships.

However, these troopships would sail with them for a while.

After stopping at the Ryukyu Kingdom, the Marines will be on standby on Ryukyu Island.

This place is only three or four miles away from Japan.

When landing operations are needed, warships will escort these troop carriers to land.

After all, the soldiers need to eat. They have been drifting on the sea with them, and the supply pressure is huge.

In the Ryukyu Kingdom, the supply of soldiers is not a problem.

Furthermore, they need to fight the British and Japanese fleets first.

Only then can we launch an attack on Japan itself.

After five days of sailing, the fleet arrived at the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Immediately, the fleet headed north, heading straight for Edo.

During this time, Zhou Yi obtained information.

Eighteen sail warships have been launched in Japan, and eighteen more will be launched in more than a month.

In this way, Britain and Japan had twelve steamships and thirty sailing warships.

In Zhou Yi's view, Japan and Britain provoked Beidi and the powerful tribes to initiate provocations, and they may also be suspected of attacking from the east to the west.

I am afraid that I have to wait for all the Japanese sail warships to be launched and wipe out the Yanzhou Navy in one fell swoop.

However, their wishful thinking will eventually come to nothing.

Even if all the Japanese warships were launched into the water, he was not afraid at all.

This time, they not only had steam ships, but also sailing battleships with rifled guns with greater range and power.

Edo would become a graveyard for their battleships.

After another three days of sailing, Zhou Yi arrived at the sea outside Jiang.

Along the way, they encountered many Japanese merchant ships.

But Zhou Yi ignored it, and it was too late for these merchant ships to find them.

Because these merchant ships are too slow, they cannot report the news in advance.

It was not until the watch tower at Edo Harbor discovered them that the shogunate and the British learned of their whereabouts.

"Twenty-four steamships, are you sure they are Yanzhou steamships!" When he got the news, Wolfe was tasting red wine and eating steak.

At that time, the knife and fork in his hand fell to the ground, and he was extremely shocked.

"These warships are flying the flag of King Yan." Watanabe's face was ashen.

The British warships docked at Edo Port, and the Japanese warships also docked at Edo Port, without hiding in the inland river.

Because Japan has been practicing naval battles with Britain these days.

Now, these warships are all exposed to the artillery fire of King Yan's fleet.