Chapter 112 Is Japan’s “dog luck” coming? (Luo Luo, please read and collect!)

Japan, December 30th, the ninth year of the Bunsho period.

Outside Edo Castle, the Satsuma clan's residence.

According to the "Zhuge Calendar" now commonly used in the entire East Asian cultural circle, today is the last working day before the Chinese New Year.

Starting from December 31st to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the following year, there are twenty or twenty-one annual holidays - yes, twenty or twenty-one days! Because according to the "Zhuge Calendar", one holiday

There are thirty days from January to November in the year, and December usually has thirty-five days. There is a December 36th every four years, so there are 365 or 366 days in a year. Although December

Dates like December 35th and December 36th may seem a bit strange, but this was calculated by King Zhuge Wuzhong by counting on his fingers, so it must be the most accurate.

Anyway, it has been like this for more than a hundred years, and everyone in East Asia is used to it. Even Japan, which has always been at odds with the Ming Dynasty, has long accepted the concept that December has thirty-five or thirty-six days.

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Therefore, the last working day of the Tokugawa shogunate every year is also December 30. After work on this day, the various offices of the shogunate are basically closed, and only some left-behind officials are on duty.

On the last day when the yamen opens, there is usually no business to be done. Therefore, Shimazu Qi Liang, the staff officer of the Naval Administrative Office, left work early. However, after work, he did not interact with his colleagues in the Administrative Office as usual.

We went to Yoshiwara together to drink sake and hung out until late at night before returning home. Instead, we returned early to the Satsuma clan residence in Sakurada, which was Shimazu Sairyo's home.

After returning home, Shimazu Qi Liang did not go to discuss New Year matters, but plunged into a secluded Japanese room in the deepest part of the mansion, and met the two mysterious guests who had been waiting there for a long time.

Drink tea and talk together.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Fengxing, as long as our Haitao Team can know when Zhuge Weidao's ship will arrive at a certain port in Japan, we will definitely make him disappear forever!"

The person who spoke was a ferocious-looking Japanese ronin, with a shaggy beard and a single eye that shot out a fierce gaze. He looked very tall and did not look like a Japanese. His skin was tanned, and his face was very dark.

You can tell by looking at him that he is a person who travels at sea all year round.

The "Haitao Team" he refers to is a famous ronin organization in Japan and the waters surrounding Japan. Most of its members are ronin from the Shogunate Navy, and most of them have a background in the Satsuma clan. This "Haitao Team"

There are several modified armed motor-sailing boats on hand, nominally doing the job of "protecting shipping", but in fact only God knows what they are doing.

Shimazu Qi Liang suddenly laughed, looked at the big one-eyed dragon warrior in front of him, and said: "Saigo-kun, did I say that I wanted to get rid of Zhuge as the Taoist?"

"Didn't he snatch away Miss Okoku that you fell in love with?" The one-eyed dragon warrior with the Miao name "Xixiang" looked at Shimazu and asked, "Don't you want to get rid of this person who steals love with a sword?"

"It's just a woman," Shimazu said with a smile, "How could I make an enemy of the Zhuge family of the Ming Dynasty over a woman?"

"Yes, sir, didn't you just say that the target was Zhuge Weidao's ship?"

Shimazu nodded, "Yes, I said it, but I didn't ask you to eradicate him! The reason why I chose his ship as the target was not because he took away Daikokukora, but just because

His ship is the only Ming Navy cruiser that I can determine when and which route it will take to arrive at Mito Port."

"What? Cruiser?" Saigo, the one-eyed man, was startled by Shimazu's words.

The ships in his hands are just a few disguised assault ships, which are fine for dealing with merchant ships, but aren't they looking for death against the Ming Navy cruisers?

"Yaoxi!" Shimazu nodded sharply, "It's a cruiser. If the information I have is correct, it should be a Port Arthur class."

"Lushun-class" One-eyed Dragon Xixiang had beads of sweat on his forehead, "That is a large cruiser with a displacement of four to five thousand tons, and it also has 16 155mm rapid-fire guns! To deal with such a cruiser, at least the Four Heavenly Kings must be used

Are you going to take action?"

"Hahaha," Shimazu laughed loudly, "I didn't expect Oni Saigo to be scared sometimes!"

"Sir," Xixiang became a little anxious upon hearing this, "Why should I be afraid of death? It's just that death can be as heavy as a mountain, or as light as a feather."

Shimazu Qi Liang said seriously: "This operation does not require your death. If you are really unfortunate enough to die during the operation, then I can guarantee that your death will be as heavy as Mount Tai! Because you are for the national destiny of our Japan."

And die!"

"Xixiang is willing to hear the details."

Shimazu said in a low voice: "In the first month of next year, a British Royal Navy formation will arrive in Japan. They are here to instigate us, Japan, to become enemies of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Really?" Xixiang gritted his teeth and said, "The Ming Dynasty is Japan's enemy, and there is no need for anyone to instigate it! The reason why Japan cannot rise is because of the oppression of the Ming Dynasty!"

Listening to this, Shimazu just smiled. Most samurai knew that the reason why Japan could not develop was because of the suppression of the Ming Dynasty - this is also a fact! But what they didn't know was that if Japan wanted to develop, it could only rely on

It is impossible to count on the support of the Ming Dynasty from the British Empire tens of thousands of miles away.

Because the British Empire is too far away and the Ming Empire is too close. Moreover, the Ming Empire has strong national power and the possibility of being destroyed by the British Empire is almost zero. The future war with Britain will be nothing more than whether it can seize valuable territory or whether it will

There is no possibility of being completely defeated by the British Empire by losing a few pieces of territory that are out of reach. Even if the war goes unfavorably, the basic base of East Asia and Southeast Asia can still be preserved.

After all, it is obvious that the Ming Empire had the largest population and industrial strength in the world.

Therefore, if Japan acts as a pawn of Great Britain, the final result will be destruction!

If the Ming Dynasty cannot deal with Great Britain, will it be unable to defeat Japan?

However, the outbreak of war between Great Britain and Ming Dynasty was a great thing for Japan that could reverse its national destiny - Japan's "dog luck" was coming!

However, how big this "dog luck" is, we still have to fight against it.

And this "beating" is very particular.

The best solution is of course to start a firefight between Britain and the Ming Dynasty, so that Japan can perform well without being beaten. If it can help the Ming Dynasty deal with the British, it will be "lucky".

The middle strategy is for Japan to withstand a good beating from Ming Dynasty, which makes Ming Dynasty feel that Japan is a fierce dog with high utilization value, so the benefits are "big" - Japan must be allowed to charge into the battle to defeat the British and barbarians, and must not be fed.

Full? The so-called emperor is no worse than a hungry dog!

As for the next best option, of course, Japan lets Ming beat him until his head and face are covered in blood, and then he cries for mercy. This dog is worthless.

As for surrendering without a fight, that would be too worthless. It is estimated that the Ming Dynasty will despise Japan from the bottom of their hearts, and will continue to live as coolies and kiln sisters in the future.

Therefore, the ruling elites of Japan, such as Tokugawa Iesai, Tokugawa Saiaki, and Shimazu Sairyo, would rather let Japan be beaten than kneel down without a fight - they are also ruthless dogs even if they are not afraid of being beaten!

Shimazu Qi Liang looked at Saigo with a look of indignation, and said in a very serious tone: "Saigo-kun, although Ming Dynasty oppressed us Japan, Ming Dynasty's oppression will not make Japan destroyed. On the surface, Britain is here to help us Japan.

, but their help is just to make us Japan die quickly. If we don’t want to die, we don’t want to be beaten. The only way is to let a fight between Ming and Great Britain. And the British Royal Navy formation and Zhuge Weidao’s cruiser at the same time

Appearing in the offshore waters of Japan is our opportunity.

Among them, we can control the itinerary of Zhuge Weidao, and we can arrange the itinerary of the British naval formation visiting Japan. In other words, we can arrange for the British Royal Navy formation to meet Zhuge Weidao in a certain sea area at a certain time period.

Dao's cruiser encounters. At this time, if anyone can help them fire the first shot, what will be the consequences?

Xixiang-kun, do you understand now what I want you to do?"

These one-eyed dragon Xixiang suddenly understood, and then respectfully bowed to Shimazu Qi Liang: "Hai, I know what to do!"
Chapter completed!