Chapter 410: A Difficult First Step
For the ancients, the road to death was not suitable for Zhen Qian, even if he did not have a ship that could cross the Taiwan Strait in his hands now, it would not prevent him from investigating the current situation of the Great Ryukyu in advance and preparing a good mat for the development of the first island chain in the future.
As soon as Zhen Jiu arrived in the Wufeng Islands, he sent the only two motor boats in his hands to explore the surrounding waters, which seemed very risky, and the actual danger was basically infinitely zero.
One trick is eaten all over the world, Zhen Jiu now only has a modified thousand-stone warship in his hand, if it is placed in the Song Dynasty three or four hundred years later, as long as he encounters a group of very small pirates, it is possible to rout. But now, this warship, which has been refitted and has not yet been armed to the teeth, is an invincible warship off the coast of the Wa Kingdom, and as long as you give yourself enough time, it is possible to occupy all the islands around the Wa Kingdom.
Zhen Qian has seen the sea ships that sent Tang envoys, and seen the small sampans of the fishermen of the Japanese Kingdom, and now he has not gone to Kyoto to see the largest seaport of the Japanese Kingdom, but he will not doubt the strength of his own warship, if it is a complete victory against one is an inevitable result, unless he encounters the wolf tactics of the Japanese ships, but there is no need to worry at all, the maneuverability of this battleship has surpassed that of any ship in this era, and it can't run if it can't be beaten?
Therefore, Zhen Qian was not surprised that Zhen Jiu sent two ships to the south and north to reconnoitre, and using the strength in his hand to the maximum was what he had to do now when he came to the Wa Kingdom.
"Although Sado Island is not big, it is one of the purposes of my visit to the Japanese Kingdom this time, it is rich in golden sand, and it is also an important springboard for us to pass through the northern coast, to spy on the Bohai Sea Country and contact the outpost of the northern Heishui Ya, and when the survey is completed, we will immediately send our escort to the immigrants of Sado Island, and establish our base ...... there."
Zhen Jiu never doubted why Zhen Qian knew that there was golden sand on Sado Island, since Zhen Qian said that there was golden sand on Sado Island, there must be golden sand there, and it would not work without it.
"Although the output of the Wa Kingdom is barren, the minerals are very rich, master! Is our aim to occupy the mining resources of the Wa Kingdom? Zhen Jiu said ambitiously.
"It's not that easy! The Japanese are not stupid, they will not watch us occupy their mineral resources, but fortunately we have the technology in our hands, and the Japanese can only keep saliva for the minerals that cannot be eaten or mined, this is our advantage, which is one of the reasons why I asked you to bring craftsmen to the Japanese country? ”
Zhen Jiu is now a talent under Zhen Qian, some words must be clearly explained to Zhen Jiu face to face, and his own plans must also be clearly explained.
Say half and leave half, let your subordinates figure out the thoughts of the superiors, this kind of thing is required to be placed in the early stage of their own experience in the ocean, that is, they are looking for unhappiness, and their subordinates will only be like headless flies, a hammer in the east and a stick in the west like a fool to tempt and tempt, this kind of thing has been seen too much in the officialdom of later generations, Zhen Qian does not want to use his time and financial resources to play such an irresponsible thing.
In the end, my stall is a bit big, my financial resources can't keep up, I don't have enough time, and I can't do anything, and I have a lot of worries about everything, which feels very bad, but I can't help it.
It is said that the first pot of gold is very important, but I don't know how many people have fallen on the road to earn the first pot of gold, their starting point is good, inheriting the thousands of pieces left by their mother, so that they can gather nearly 100,000 pieces of family property in just two years, but this 100,000 pieces are not enough to support their own plans, if they just invest in one place should be enough, but eggs can't be put in one basket, no one knows where the risk will come .......
Zhen Er's matter in the Murowei Wuluo Protectorate caught him a little off guard, An Lushan wanted to plot his own soju workshop, and let himself give up the idea of continuing to live in seclusion, so he had to temporarily avoid the limelight and go to the Wa Kingdom, fortunately, he didn't choose to take a desperate approach at the beginning, otherwise his current situation would be really very dangerous.
The advantages are obvious, and the disadvantages are also not small, every plan has not taken shape, there is no surplus manpower in the north, warships and manpower on the Bohai Sea have not yet been trained, and the south is just starting, and every step is so difficult.
This time he went to the Wa Kingdom, Zhen Qian was ready to spend a year to create a place of wealth for himself, and continuously deliver the blood of wealth for his plan.
The first step was to occupy the Wufeng Islands and intervene in the trade between the maritime merchants and the Japanese kingdoms, and this plan would take two or three years.
The second step is to occupy Sado Island, which is not very difficult, and the difficulty lies in the transportation of migrants to Sado Island, after all, the sea route from Datang to Sado Island is thousands of miles, and there are many variables in between, and it cannot be formed in a short period of time.
These two steps will produce large-scale benefits after one year, and within two or three years they can form their own virtuous circle, and even if they don't do anything after five years, they can rely on these two places to be the king and hegemon in the country, of course, all of this is a beautiful blueprint, and the variables in the middle are not nothing?
For example, the greed of the Japanese people, Zhen Qian has already considered this, and it is not too careful to be more careful with the Japanese people.
Zhen Qian has been deeply impressed by the greed of the Japanese people in history, this is a hungry wolf that is still asleep, when it is strong, it will put away its minions and become a docile puppy, and will wash its most beautiful women and send them to the bed of their opponents, the ferry boat of the Song Dynasty is an example. But when the opponent is weak, it will show its claws, open its bloody mouth and begin to bite and suck blood, and the Ming Dynasty's self-chaos is also a vivid example.
It is precisely because of knowing these living examples that Zhen Qian does not want to disturb this sleeping hungry wolf now, and before he can have the power to crush it, he is ready to stand on the side of Jianzhen, learn from Confucianism to spread the Confucianism to the Wa Kingdom, and by the way, find an opportunity to suck a little ......flesh and blood on the Wa Kingdom.
It was only 200 miles from Nagasaki Town to the Gomine Islands, and the flywheel warship was already the fastest warship of this era, but it still took almost two days to arrive.
It is hard to imagine how difficult it is to transport people from Datang to the Wufeng Islands, or to Sado Island, such a long voyage, how difficult it is to be busy for a year, this state described as a snail crawling makes Zhen Qian, who has done airplanes and high-speed trains, unwilling to think about it, but this is the reality that he must face.
While this state hindered Zhen Qian, it actually helped Zhen Qian himself, the long sea route is his best guarantee, as long as he completes this first step, it is like before the war horse begins to sprint, like the darkness before dawn, the pain to be experienced by turning a chrysalis into a butterfly is unavoidable.
(End of chapter)