Wu Yijiu just smiled faintly in response to his father's reminder: "Sir, don't you hope Zhao Sanlang can ascend the throne to the throne and become the emperor? This elder sister is the queen."

His expression suddenly became serious, but his tone was still stable, "For us, the Song Dynasty is still too big and the population is too large... I can't swallow it in one bite! Although Hebei, Hedong is fighting well and it is unstoppable, our strength is almost used up.

The scale of the troops sent this time was too large, with more than 700,000 soldiers and generals entering service alone! In addition, there were more than 1.2 million people. It was equivalent to one-tenth of the population being directly invested in the war.

This is all so powerful! If 1.2 million people are missing, agriculture and animal husbandry will definitely reduce production. The question is just how much is it?

Industry and commerce are in trouble now! Although there is a middleman in Donghai Country, the Song Dynasty still lost more than half of the market, and the goods cannot be sold or made money!

The South Ocean and the southeast coast are in a mess again! Our merchant ships must be surrounded by warships to pass safely. Even if they can pass, it will be much harder to do business!

Moreover, the maritime commerce and naval forces in the southeast of the Song Dynasty were stronger than expected. The Navy's South Ocean Fleet was exhausted and had asked the Navy's capital Jiyisi several times for help. The main force of the Beiyang Fleet was used for landing operations on Jingdong East Road, and the power that could be drawn was limited.

However, the most important thing to be taken lightly is to digest the occupied area! Dujun Jiji predicts that hundreds of thousands of troops may be needed to ensure the smooth implementation of the clearing of fields and land!

So we cannot let the army spend all our energy on fighting the Song army."

Wu Yijiu is a legal expert, not a military expert. So his perspective on the problem is different from Wu Yiyong.

Wu Yiyong focused on "fighting down", while Wu Yijiu focused more on "digesting".

For Wuyijiu, conquering large tracts of land on Hebei, Hedong and Jingdong East Road was only half the success.

Only by thoroughly implementing the republic system of the Great Zhou Dynasty is the other half of success!

If the system of the Great Zhou Dynasty is fully implemented, it will inevitably offend the powerful and powerful gentry on Hedong, Hebei and Jingdong East Road.

So the Republican Army must keep its strength to fight them!

...

Spring in Haizhou Bay is the most beautiful, with the sea breeze blowing and the waves softly. Yuntai Mountain appears and disappears in the fog, like a fairyland on earth.

There are cargo houses everywhere above the port and marinas, and various merchant ships are moored everywhere on the sea. There are all kinds of styles. The Zhou Dynasty merchant ships with towering masts and white soft sails, the big food-style sailing ships from the West, and the hard sailing sand ships from the Song Dynasty, coming and going, extremely busy.

The docks of JD Shipyard, which repairs ships, are arranged in rows in a corner of the port area, and nearby are timber yards and iron factories with tall chimneys.

The shipbuilding industry in the north and south of the Song Dynasty has also made great progress in recent years! It is divided into the northern style Jingdong shipbuilding industry and the southern style Quanzhou shipbuilding industry.

The former can use oak produced in Zhou Dynasty as raw material to produce warships. The latter can use teak produced in Ganpa and real wax as raw material to produce large and medium-sized warships.

At this moment, the dock of JD Shipyard is busy, and construction is being started at the same time to build more than a dozen large galloping sand ships - this kind of bottom is very flat and can be driven by hard sails and long oars at the same time. The warship with a layer of artillery deck is the main ship of the Donghai Kingdom Navy.

Don’t underestimate the combat effectiveness of these medium-sized ships that can only move in shallow water. Although they cannot enter the far sea and fight with the "Beiyang"-class sailing ships, they are very useful weapons in the shallow water near Haizhou Bay.

There are so-called rolling waves on Haizhou Bay and the nearby Huaidong coast, which are undercurrents, round bottoms and pointed bottoms, and it is easy to overturn when encountering such waves. The flat bottoms can lead to the like.

Therefore, large sailboats in Zhou Kingdom are extremely careful when entering and leaving Haizhou Bay and dare not sail along the coast of Huaidong. They usually take a long way to enter long-distance voyages with deeper water levels.

In addition, flat-bottomed sand boats are also a common ship for the sea and rivers. They can not only move around the Haizhou Bay and Huaidong coast, but also directly sail into the Yangtze River.

Their hard sails and oars drive modes are also very suitable for moving on the river surface.

Therefore, the naval fleet of the Donghai Kingdom can enter the river via Huaidonghai Road at any time and become the Yangtze River Navy!

Standing on the Wanghai Pavilion of Donghai County Prince's Mansion located on the edge of Haizhou Bay, Donghai County Prince Zhao Kai was looking at a sailing sand boat on the sea near the relatively open military port to conduct target shooting training.

This is a "East Sea"-class sand ship. It is not too big, with only 5,000 materials. It uses oak as the main material and is very strong. Moreover, the oak used for shipbuilding is purchased several years in advance and then dried before use. The ships made can be used for decades only after careful maintenance.

Therefore, a "East Sea" class in good condition is definitely a valuable asset for the East Sea country.

Their value lies not only in wood, but also in combat power. Although this 5,000-material warship is not big, it is also equipped with 8 3,000-pound bronze long cannons, and the bow is also equipped with a collision angle.

Not only cannon bombardment, but also can impact. There are also many sailors on the ship (there are many sailboats), with a total of 250 sailors. The jumping and fighting hand-to-hand combat is also very powerful!

In shallow waters and in the Yangtze River, they are definitely overlords.

In the past few years, the Donghai Kingdom has been working hard to expand its "East Sea" class warships. Currently, 24 such warships have been equipped with the Donghai Kingdom Navy, and another 16 are rebuilt.

In other words, in the near future, the East China Sea Kingdom will have a navy division composed of 40 "East Sea" class warships and 10,000 sailors.

For a small vassal state with only one small land, this powerful force is a bit too much.

However, it was not Zhao Kai's intention to form a powerful Navy in the East China Sea Kingdom, but the former Donghai Xiangwu Haowen, who was carrying out the will of the Song Dynasty court. The Song Dynasty court always believed that the Zhou Dynasty invaded the Donghai Kingdom from the sea, so it spared no effort to expand the Navy in the East China Sea Kingdom.

Dazai Kiyi is also a navy expert. She professionally chose the "Donghai" class, which is a common sand ship for the East China Sea, as the main ship type. In Jiyi's view, the "Donghai" class can not only defend Haizhou Bay, but also enter the Yangtze River when necessary and act as the main ship of the Yangtze River Navy...

At the same time, he gave way to the Navy School in Jingdong City to train a large number of naval officers who could fight both naval and "river wars" for the Navy of the Donghai Kingdom.

In other words, Ji Yi had long expected that the Song Dynasty would be defeated in the future Song and Zhou war and lost half of the northern territory.

By then, a navy that can move in the Yangtze River will be needed to defend half of the southern country.

And when defending the "Southern Song Dynasty", it seemed that it was coming soon...

At least, in the eyes of King Donghai’s beloved concubine Wu Meiniang, this day is coming soon.

So after the incident in Kaifeng Prefecture, Wu Meiniang became quite active, frequently meeting with the wealthy merchants in JD.com and the generals of the Donghai Navy, and made wishes to them to be appointed as officials and win them over to support Zhao Kai!

And this almost reckless behavior actually attracted a large number of supporters for Zhao Kai.

Just two days ago, 48 wealthy merchants in JD.com and the main generals of the Donghai Navy, including all 24 bows, jointly wrote a letter of loyalty to Zhao Kai.

In addition, the major universities and colleges in Donghai Country, including Yuntai Academy, Gezhi University, JD University, JD Metallurgy College and Dasong Naval Academy, have also submitted letters of loyalty to Zhao Kai one after another.

The East China Sea country is basically controlled by Zhao Kai now... Oh, Zhao Kai did nothing, and Wu Meiniang is responsible for bad things. In other words, the one who is truly loyal to him is probably Wu Meiniang.

"King!" Wu Meiniang was gentle and with a little unquestionable majestic voice, and it rang in Zhao Kai's ears, "I just received the express delivery from the Clippers, and the Great Zhou government refused to negotiate with the court."

"What?" Zhao Kai was stunned, "How is it possible? Could it be that Zhou Guo wanted to swallow Da Song in one bite?"

He was not as afraid of Zhou State as Zhao Huan, because the Southeast Maritime Business Force behind him was stronger than the scholars and officials who supported Zhao Huan.

In the confrontation at sea, the Song Dynasty did not lose too ugly - none of the nine major commercial cities along the coast fell! The Zhou navy did not even have the force to attack any commercial cities.

Although there were not many regular Song troops in the nine major markets, they all had their own regiment training troops, ranging from five thousand to seven thousand or eight thousand.

They also have a small naval warship fleet, and the councils of various commercial cities can mobilize a large number of merchant ships to assist in the war.

Even if the Navy of the Song Dynasty did not participate in the war, it was rare for Zhou Navy to succeed - at least a few warships and one or two thousand Marines could not defeat any market.

As for Zhao Kai's Donghai Kingdom, the defense power is even stronger. Currently, there are 10,000 naval troops in service! The army has a new general who is full of troops, not belonging to the Song Dynasty, but to the Donghai Kingdom.

So Zhao Kai is not afraid of Zhou's attack from the sea!

In addition, his wife Wu Meiniang also gave him a trick to go south to ascend the turmoil and establish the country on the side of his pillow.

The specific method is to collect supporters of the East China Kingdom, and everyone boarded the boat together, walked along the Huaidong coast and entered the Yangtze River, and anyone went straight to Jiangning Prefecture.

After controlling Jiangning Prefecture, he invited representatives from more than a dozen shopping malls in the southeast to Ning, and joined forces with the whole family to discuss the country's affairs, formulate a constitution, and elected Zhao Kai as the new emperor of the Song Dynasty...

"King," Wu Meiniang's words were a little unconcealed excitement, "The Great Zhou Republic believes that your eldest brother is a rebel and a rebellious son, not a legal monarch of the Song Dynasty, so he will not negotiate with him.

King, your opportunity is coming, but you must seize it!"

"Opportunity?" Zhao Kai turned around and looked at his beloved concubine, "Even if my elder brother is illegal, the official family is still my father. What chance do I have?"
Chapter completed!