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Chapter 1070
"This is the city of Dongying. The streets are almost full of wooden houses. No wonder the fire a few days ago burned the entire area to ashes." Ruan Youjin and Ruan Youyi, two captains of the Fourth Fleet, were on the streets of Edo Castle Patrol.

In order to maintain the stability of Edo Castle, the naval soldiers of the Fourth Fleet were scattered in various streets of Edo Castle.

Ruan Youjin and Ruan Youyi looked at the scenery of Edo Castle curiously.

At this time, the streets of Edo Castle are lined with low wooden houses, which have a similar architectural style in East Asia. After all, they are both influenced by Chinese culture and developed on this basis.

"Dongying has become a province of China after our Annan. It seems that this is the general trend of history. The struggle between the Zheng and Ruan families in our former Annan Kingdom is nothing compared to their frequent crossing of the sea to attack the enemy." Ruan Youyi backed When he started, he was wearing the white military uniform of a major in the Admiralty, and the surrounding residents of Edo Castle cast envious and fearful eyes.

"In this way, it is an inevitable choice for us to serve the fleet of the Kyushu Army. The areas influenced by Chinese culture will be annexed by them." Ruan Youjin said.

"Perhaps it is better to be annexed by a developed civilization rather than plundered. I am afraid that other non-Chinese cultural circles will not be treated as well as we are." Ruan Youyi said.

The two of them were supposed to be two important figures in the future of An Nanguo, but An Nanguo was abolished by Chu Yun, and they both became admirals of the Kyushu Army, finding a reasonable reason for themselves to join the Kyushu Army.

After the fire in Edo Castle, thousands of samurai were pulled out by the Huaxia Association. They were seized with katana swords and became coolies to clean up the ruins. They were carrying collapsed houses and charred corpse.

The once high-ranking samurai group has now become a mouse that shouts and beats during the festival, and has become the target of Huaxia's anger and dissatisfaction.

"Hurry up and work! If you don't finish today's work, you will have nothing to eat!!" The members of the Huaxia Society supervised the warriors with whips and spears, and they rarely felt the thrill of being superior to the warriors on weekdays.

Although the rebel army convened by the Huaxia Society was dismissed by the Fourth Fleet, they already had many members. After the occupation of Edo Castle, many refugees joined the Huaxia Society, and the Huaxia Society became a large society with more than [-] members.They organized a brigade by themselves to arrest samurai in Edo City and force them to work for "atonement".

"Although the samurai group is going to be abolished, if we allow Huaxia to behave like this, will it lead to a large-scale resistance from the samurai group? The samurai group in Dongying is the educated group, and their literacy will be higher. Except Jiang Other areas outside of Hucheng are controlled by samurai groups. If samurai in other areas know that they will end up like this, they will definitely not want to submit to our rule." Sun Xu, the commander of the Fourth Fleet, saw the busy cleaning up the rubble The samurai who always feel that what the Huaxia Society does will
"This is what the Huaxia Society did personally, not what our new government did. They have experienced the horror of being exploited before they will sincerely submit to the management of the new government." Zhang Yuan and Sun Xu stood on one side, facing each other. he said.

"The higher authorities plan to implement the provincial system in Dongying, establish prefectures and counties, abolish samurai and implement the abolition of swords. I am afraid that it will cause an uproar. The samurai in many places will rebel against the new government." Sun Xu is still worried about the future of Dongying.

No vested interest group would hand it over so easily, and the samurai would try to resist even without the shogunate.

"The biggest reliance on dealing with rebel warriors is not our own army, but the lower class people who have benefited from the new policy. They are our biggest reliance on dealing with the samurai group. It will take a lot of manpower and material resources to call troops from our homeland to suppress them. The establishment of a local security force is like any province in our country, and the cost of maintaining the same number of troops is the lowest." Zhang Yuan said.

"The shogunate has already surrendered at the front line. The shogunate general Tokugawa Iemitsu and other fighting daimyo have signed the surrender document. I think the daimyo of the Western Kingdom will lead the captives to Edo Castle soon and form a new government together." Zhang Yuan said again.

"A new government jointly formed by the Western Kingdom Daimyo, the Huaxia Society, the Red Turban Warriors, and our Kyushu Army may cause a lot of conflicts and troubles," Sun Xu said.

"This is a principle of checks and balances. The daimyo of the Western Kingdom, the red scarf warriors, and the Huaxia Society represent different group interests, and they are also three different classes in Dongying." Zhang Yuan said.

"You and Huaxia will be a good way. Our Fourth Fleet received the order to capture Edo Castle. As a result, as soon as we came to Dongying, Edo Castle was occupied by you in advance. I didn't know what to do in the report to the Ministry of the Navy. How should I write it?" As the commander of the Fourth Fleet, Sun Xu felt a little uncomfortable about being robbed of credit.

"The Huaxia Society took the lead in this incident. I originally came to Edo City to collect information in advance and contact the red scarf warriors we secretly bought. After the Huaxia Society launched an attack, I just followed the trend." Zhang Yuan said.

"It's a good one to follow the trend, and I have to explain it to the captains under my command." Sun Xu was still a little dissatisfied.This is the first time the Fourth Fleet has been on a mission, and as a result, the war mission has become a security mission.The daimyo around Edo Castle did not dare to march towards Edo Castle occupied by the Fourth Fleet.

"The purpose of the military's establishment of the Fourth Fleet is to protect Western companies from going to Europe, right? If the British king agrees to the treaty of commerce, then Britain will provide you with ports as overseas bases. That is your real mission, This trip to Edo Castle is just for the newly established Fourth Fleet to have a good experience, and the captains are familiar with each other." Zhang Yuan said.

"The other three fleets are patrolling the waters we are familiar with, and our fourth fleet will go to the unknown Western Ocean as soon as it is established. The sea battle there is much more tragic than our East Asian region. According to our intelligence, there are sailing battleships and There are many armed merchant ships, and there are many pirates with powerful firepower. The local kingdoms also allow their own country’s armed merchant ships to plunder merchant ships from other countries and sell African slaves..." Sun Xu told Zhang Yuan about the Western region The situation and the troubles that the Fourth Fleet may encounter in the future.

If the Fourth Fleet is still invincible in East Asia, and placed in the melee of several maritime powers in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, more than a dozen warships may only be able to protect the fleet of Western companies, but cannot achieve the effect of suppression.

"All of this is because there is no powerful kingdom in the West that can lead other kingdoms, so there are constant wars." Zhang Yuan said.

(End of this chapter)