"Japan is an island country. It is composed of three major islands and a small island. Its land is narrow and long, with many mountains. The large plain is only one of the so-called Sakato Plain, which is about the size of Yanshan Prefecture, which is the key to controlling Japan!"

Wu Haogu knocked on a map of Japan spread on the desk, and gave his two sons a solution to the situation in Japan.

Although Wu Yiyong is brave and good at fighting and has a very active mind, he is still a little worse than his third brother Wu Yijiu.

Now, I have been fooled to be the king of Japan just a few days after returning to Tianjin!

Of course, there is nothing wrong with being the king of Japan. As far as Wu Haogu knows, before the gold and silver mines on the American continent, Japan's gold and silver mines occupied an extremely important position in the civilized world. Its silver production once reached 40% of the world's silver output!

Japan also has abundant copper reserves. In ancient China, a large amount of copper ore was imported from Japan for minting coins.

In addition, the gold, silver and copper ores in Japan are in a shallow layer that is relatively easy to mine. At least with the backward mining technology of ancient Japan, many gold, silver and copper transportation can be opened to China for various commodities.

At the same time, Japan's land is not too small, and there are a lot of plains, basins and valleys that can be reclaimed, and 70 million to 80 million mu of arable land can still be reclaimed.

Moreover, Japan is surrounded by the sea on all sides, which is very conducive to the development of fishery.

If we can use the introduction of good varieties and advanced iron farm tools, this land plus fishery will not be a problem to feed 20 million people. The current population of Japan is definitely less than 10 million, which means that at least millions of them can be colonized on the land of Japan in the future. The remaining Japanese devils can also be educated by the righteous way of heaven...

The process of education and colonization will last for dozens or even hundreds of years.

In this process, Wu Yiyong and his descendants may become the top dominant of this land in Japan (mostly Japan's provinces)...

When he heard Takeo Kou talk about the Sakatoki Plain, Wu Yi smiled and took over the topic: "Sakato is also called Kanto. In a broad sense, it refers to the Bubiao Pass in the central part of Japan, east of Suzuka Pass and Aifa Pass. Kanto is not all plains, but also large areas of low hills. Some of them are the Kanto Plain. The Japanese divided them into Musashi, Sagami, Anfang, Ueno, and Shinno eight reigns: Musashi, Sagami, Ueno, and Shinno. Japan's reign is approximately equivalent to our prefecture.

In addition, there is a huge bay in the south of the Hachily Kingdom of Kanto, with many good harbors in the bay."

Wu Yiyong nodded: "It is false to hear it, but it is true to see it! I have to go to Japan in person to see the Eight Kingdoms of Kanto and Kyoto of Japan.

After seeing this, you should have a strategy to conquer Japan!”

Wu Haogu nodded with a smile. In this matter, you cannot make blind decisions, you must know yourself and your enemy.

"Sanlang, find a way to arrange it."

"Okay." Wuyi Hiro smiled, "We have a Hirado Concession in Japan, in Hakata, Namba, and also a shopping mall and an embassy. It's not difficult to get there."

Although the Japanese Emperor Shirakawa was old and stupid, he could still see the ambitions of the Great Zhou Republic. Therefore, he has been trying every means to boycott the founding issue.

However, due to the invasion of the "Bohai Pirates" in the northeast of Japan, the Emperor Shirakawa still had to accept the "goodwill" of the Great Zhou and agreed to the Great Zhou Republic to lease the port of Hirado Island, and set up a shopping mall and embassy in Hakata and Namba, and set up a joint mine on Sado Island.

At the same time, Japan also began to send envoys to the Great Zhou and Song dynasties, and also allowed the missions of the two countries to enter Kyoto.

However, the "opening" Japanese territory is limited to five places including Hirado, Hakata, Namba, Kyoto, Sado Island, and the road from Namba to Kyoto.

As for other parts of Japan, I’m sorry, it’s not open!

But even so, the Navy of the Great Zhou Republic still used various methods to investigate the hydrology and terrain around the Japanese archipelago.

The Kanto region, which has huge bays and plains, is the top priority for the Navy of the Great Zhou Republic.

Over the years, I don’t know how many naval reconnaissance ships disguised as merchant ships have entered the Kanto Bay with various excuses and stayed for a short time at the Japanese fishing village port...

In addition, the sea area called Seto Inland Sea is a must-pass place to Namba Port and Kyoto, and has been reconnaissed countless times by the Great Zhou Navy!

Therefore, it is not difficult to send Wu Yiyong to Japan for a visit.

Before officially setting off for Japan for "travel", Wu Yiyong found Fan Zhiwen, the Minister of the State Council of Rites of Japan, who had visited many times to ask for the national conditions of Japan.

As a soldier, observing the terrain and military preparation of Japan is good at Wu Yiyong. However, if you want to conquer a country, you cannot rely solely on force.

As the first generation of graduates of the Yuntai Academy, Fan Zhiwen, who was middle-aged, has become a chubby uncle, married and had children, and has three sons, four daughters, and two Japanese concubines - all gifts he received from Emperor Shirakawa when he was on a mission to Japan!

Of course, he is not a public lady, nor a farmer's daughter, but a Wu family's daughter.

In this era, Japan was still in the era when the public assisted the emperor, and the Wu family was not at a high level. Of course, the samurai who came from the Hei clan, Genji, and Fujiwara clan had a low status. However, grassroots samurai like the Abiri family were not very valuable.

To put it bluntly, they are the servants of the public! Their daughter is lucky enough to be a toy for the noble and noble men... The one who was given to Fan Zhiwen by the Dharma Emperor Baihe was the daughter of the warrior from his background. She probably was not a legitimate daughter, so she gave it to someone as an item.

However, they are pretty good-looking, delicate, fair-skinned, and delicate. They are actually not young anymore, but they still look like a girl who has not grown up.

When Wu Yiyong visited Fan's house, Fan Zhiwen asked the two concubines to accompany him and set up a Japanese-style banquet in a Tang-style side hall.

In fact, the difference in living habits between China and Japan in this era was not too big. Chinese people would kneel down, eat sashimi, like to drink various dried fruits and drink some kind of matcha that was ground into powder (called powdered tea in China, which was popular in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and it was also in the Song Dynasty).

So Wu Yiyong was used to it, but he felt that the amount was a little less, and the amount was a little less, and he didn't feel full after a meal...

"Are you full?" Fan Zhiwen asked with a smile.

"I'm full." Wu Yiyong is a guest, so he can't say even if he can't eat enough.

Fan Zhiwen smiled and said, "The General is a brave warrior, and he is strong. How can he be full of food? You Ji, go and ask the general to roast a whole sheep for the General."

The Japanese concubine who was serving Fan Zhiwen responded and went away in a hesitant manner.

Fan Zhiwen then said, "Admiral, don't think I'm stingy. I'm serving the general today is already a top-notch delicacy in Japan."

"Good food? Why is it so poor?" Wu Yiyong frowned.

Japan seems not as good as what Dad and Saburo said!

"It's not entirely because of poverty," Fan Zhiwen said, "The Japanese are superstitious about Buddhism and are not willing to kill animals, so they eat very little meat. During our Tang Dynasty, Emperor Tianwu issued a meat ban, prohibiting all meat, including fish and shrimp. It was not until the Emperor Chengwu that it was opened up and could eat a little fish, but they didn't know how to catch fish, and they didn't have much salt, so it was difficult to pickle salted fish in large quantities. Moreover, the habit of eating vegetarian food has been developed and it is not easy to change, so they basically eat vegetarian food.

Not only do Japanese civilians do not eat meat, but even the samurai do not eat meat... At least samurai in Gyeonggi and Kansai do not eat meat. Kanto is a barbaric place, and the situation is slightly different.

In addition, there are few plains in western Japan, with narrow terrain and no good agricultural tools, so the farming is not done well. Not only does there be no meat, but there is not much rice and grain. Therefore, Japanese life is short, and it is also related to insufficient food for children."

"Can you fight as short as a child?" Wu Yiyong smiled and glanced at the "little girl" beside him... so young, how could he speak? It's better for Yupan and Shishi, that's a woman!

"Small and brave!" Fan Zhiwen said, "This is not my evaluation, but the evaluation of the Marine Warfare Division... There have always been Japanese mercenaries in the Marine Warfare Division. It can be seen that Japanese samurai are also worthy of!"

Wu Yiyong nodded and remembered this. Since the Land War Department knew Japan, there should be people from the Land War Department’s Japanese troops in the Message Division that he conquered the Japanese army.

"They are willing to work hard for us?" Wu Haogu asked again.

"Yes!" Fan Zhiwen smiled, "Samurai from famous families may not be willing. What are the low-level samurai who are from a small family and have no food and clothing? They have nothing, and if they don't get along with us, what will be the way out? Only when we can give them a manor in Japan will we win over the pawns."

"Divid the Japanese manor to them?" Wu Yiyong asked, "What should we do?"

Of course, it is necessary to colonize Japan! Otherwise, Wu Yiyong would not be an invader, but a liberator... to liberate the suffering Japanese people?

The colonization method is of course to divide the territory of the knights and the troops!

Now the Great Zhou has established a huge territory. Although many knights and soldiers can be placed, there are more farmers with little land and no land! There are also many brave and good at fighting. They have to give them a chance to rise, otherwise the Central Plains will not be stable.

"Don't divide them all!" Fan Zhiwen said, "It's enough to hold the Eighth State of Kanto in the palm of your hand... At most, the territory in the northeast and the west are divided, and reward the Japanese samurai who defect to us. Don't give those from famous families, but the samurai who come from poor families. They are easier to tact!
Chapter completed!