People need to be pushed, and a country and a nation also need to be pushed. Closing the door and living a peaceful life at home was a false proposition in the medieval era, not to mention the current industrial age.
Just because you don't mess with others doesn't mean that others won't mess with you. Daqing still wants to live its own life behind closed doors. Daqing has the right not to do business or communicate with outsiders like you!
But that’s not the case. If you don’t want to do something, someone will force you to do it. Do you want to close the country? I've got cannons to blast away. Do you want to stay in the cracks and be your little weak country? Sorry, I think your weeds are an eyesore.
At the moment of life and death, Jin Changsen finally threw away all unrealistic illusions, and the most conservative group of people in the Ryukyu Kingdom were finally mobilized.
"Dear ministers and dear friends, you have been with me, Jin Changsen, for decades. Over the past decades, we have protected the Ryukyu Kingdom through countless crises. I thought we could survive this time by trying to make ends meet. I survived the crisis, but I was wrong, very wrong..."
The lights in the high hall were brightly lit. Jin Changsen gathered together a group of old diehards who wore the same pants as him and were also the most conservative in the Ryukyu Kingdom. Jin Changsen, who was holding his wine glass high, was already filled with tears of excitement.
"The French have declared war undeclared. Ten warships loaded with more than 600 cannons have already rushed towards Naha. They want to completely destroy our country! We can't retreat any more, even half a step back. But they all fell into the sea and were fed to the sharks!" There was a loud roar and the crowd roared. Everyone looked around and couldn't believe their ears. It wasn't until they confirmed it three times in a row that they realized that Jin Changsen had not deceived everyone.
There was a crisp sound, and I didn't know it was the porcelain cup in my hand that broke. "Asshole, these bastards haven't stopped yet? It's only been a good year, and thieves are coming again. Can you give this back to people?" A way to survive!"
"That's right, our Ryukyus have never thought that we would have such a prosperous day for hundreds of years. Look at the ships and cargo on the port! Look at the taxes that flow in every day like sea water! There are also rooms that cannot be called The name of the workshop is something we have never dared to think about in our eight lifetimes!"
"The Prime Minister feels sorry for us. Not only did he make up for the salary we owed over the years, but he also gave us a large sum of money to support our integrity. Why are you trying to cause trouble in this good life just at the beginning?"
"Damn it, since we are not allowed to live, let's keep fighting with them. I have never fought against the world all my life. Today I will fight hard. If the foreign ghost soldiers rush in front of me, I will fight to the death. He has two sticks..."
The most conservative group in the Ryukyu Kingdom has also been mobilized this time. When these calm and almost cold-blooded politicians are angry and want to take a knife, one can imagine how angry the most fanatical group has been.
The whole of Naha was completely plunged into a big storm. The government machinery began to fully activate. All new armies opened their doors to recruit strong people. The 500 new armies that Xiao Letian left in Naha expanded to three in just three days. thousand.
This was General Cai Mao's continuous compression. If he hadn't been controlling the scale, let alone three thousand, even thirty thousand could be easily gathered.
But that's not how modern war is fought. The army has always won by relying on numbers. Adding water to the 500 new troops will reach the limit of 3,000. If there are any more, the command system will definitely collapse.
Now the people in the whole city have gone crazy. If you can't join the new army, then form a militia. If you can't join the militia, then become a volunteer. If it doesn't work, I can help the army carry the big bag.
The streets were full of rushing messengers. The li chief and the armor chief led the neighbors to pile up sandbags to block traffic. At almost all intersections, there were literate students preaching to the people.
These young people who came out of the ten schools built by Xiao Letian, wearing light blue and half-worn student uniforms, stood on tall wooden boxes, holding in their hands the newspaper circulated from Europe, a Everyone shouted hoarse and heartbroken.
"Folks, take a look! The shameless French dare to send warships to attack our Prime Minister in the Mediterranean and on the high seas. They even hurt the Prime Minister in France! The Prime Minister of a country can bayonet with each other, what do you think? , if we people fall into their hands, will we still have a way to survive?"
"Uncles and gentlemen, who drove away the wolves of the Shimazu family? Who allowed us to have enough to eat? Who allowed us young people to go to school for free? Who... is the Prime Minister? ! What choice do we have besides revenge? As long as we still have a trace of conscience in our hearts, we cannot live in numbness!"
"People of the Ryukyu Kingdom, bandits have come to your door. Even if you can't lift the steel sword or shoot the foreign gun, you still have some strength! Let's organize ourselves, the rich will contribute money, and the powerful will contribute. We need to purchase military supplies, we need to build fortifications... prepare for war! The whole city is preparing for war..."
From ancient times to the present, young people have been fanatical, not to mention that they are all young people who have been brainwashed by Xiao Letian Western School. They really want to form a student army to join the battle, but the Ryukyu royal family flatly rejected their request.
If we are not allowed to go to the battlefield to take action, then we will use our words. We will use our passion and our sharp tongue to incite the entire kingdom.
Chinese groups, Ryukyu natives, and even Japanese residents were all caught up in this storm. In just two days, student preachers on the streets of Naha received 200,000 silver dollars in public donations.
Countless white-haired old men, babbled children, housewives with faces full of vicissitudes of life... These people from different ethnic groups with different life experiences took out the little money they had saved through frugality and threw their body heat into the In the donation box.
"Let's go, anyway, the good days are given by the Prime Minister. If the wolf comes knocking on the door, what's the use of us keeping the money, even if the good days given to us by the Prime Minister are returned..." After saying this, countless women and children Wiped away tears and left.
What's even more unimaginable is that even those gangsters who run brothels and gambling dens and eat low-quality meals actually sneaked over with sullen eyes, threw down a handful of silver dollars and turned around in the eyes of countless people. Just leave.
When they were blocked by the incomprehensible people, they stuttered one by one and said, "Look, look... what are we doing? Even if I earn a low-level money, we still know... know, the truth is that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold." Besides, if Naha is destroyed, won’t we have no money to make?”
This is the real social mobilization. Xiao Letian only ruled Ryukyu for one year, but he has already built Naha into the most progressive city in East Asia. Under Xiao Letian's tireless advocacy, national concepts and national concepts have become the most ideologically advanced city in East Asia. Finally, the sprout sprouted and grew.
Sure enough, everything is as Xiao Letian said. If the old world is not broken, a new world will not appear. Why Ryukyu people's hearts changed so much in one year is inseparable from the riot that swept the city.
In a night of blood and fire, the entire Naha was turned into ruins. It was not only the houses and wealth that were burned and smashed, but also the people's reliance on tradition. Coupled with Xiao Letian's almost god-like performance throughout the entire conflict, his prestige even surpassed that of King Shang Tai.
Xiao Letian is already a bit of a semi-myth, and his personality cult in Ryukyu is no less than when Hitler ruled Germany in its heyday. Coupled with the fact that ten public schools are working hard to brainwash young people, there will be trouble if people's hearts remain unchanged.
Countless Western businessmen stranded in Naha were dumbfounded. In their eyes, these East Asian people suddenly burst out with a temperament they had never seen before. If Asian people in the past were ignorant and insensitive, then the temperament exuded by Ryukyu people today is confidence and pride.
"This is too scary. In just one year, Xiao Letian changed Ryukyu like this. If he was given time to rule the opposite empire... Oh, God, I really can't imagine it!"
Countless treacherous Western businessmen were frightened by the surging war momentum of the Ryukyu people. They did not even dare to use this national treasure. When the Ryukyu government brought silver coins to purchase various supplies from them, they not only did not increase the price but even returned the money. Got some discounts.
Any accident may happen in a war. Businessmen rely on connections. It is always good to have a little more good luck.
Time passed little by little, and what was to come would always come. Just when Ryukyu had turned into a big fortress, ten ferocious giant French ships were finally revealed on the route near the treasure island side of the Taiwan Strait. their presence.
Special Envoy Molière stood on the bow of the ship, holding a telescope in his hand and looking at the outline of the mountains on Taiwan Island inch by inch. Countless seagulls were flying in the white waves split by the bow.
"It's a pity, it's really a pity. Such a huge island was not developed by the Qing Dynasty? I haven't even seen a decent fort along the way... It has declined. This old empire has really declined! "
The rebellious Rear Admiral Bruce quickly took advantage of the opportunity to apologize and said with a smile, "The envoy is right. Not to mention that Taiwan Island was wasted by the Qing Dynasty. Six years ago, when I was an ordinary captain and followed the expeditionary force to the north of the Qing Dynasty, That’s how I feel…”
"Not only have they wasted the island of Taiwan, their forts on the mainland are also backward. This country has been wasted for two hundred years under their rule. It can't be like this anymore. This country needs our civilized world to save... "
Bruce's flattery obviously missed the point. Molière said with a hint of sarcasm, "Haha, it seems that the General will not be able to become a politician in this life. Why should this country be saved? What do we have in the civilized world?" Obligated to save?”
"Since they have chosen to lag behind, let them continue to lag behind. Let this huge country become a raw material base and a dumping ground for our Europeans. Let us drain all their wealth bit by bit. This is an eternal destiny. A gold mine that will never be exhausted, and the gate has already been blown open by us..."
At this moment, the lookout above the two men suddenly shouted, "There is an unknown ship due north... I can see clearly that it is a Japanese-style ship..."
Moliere picked up the telescope and looked to the north. When the old and dilapidated ship appeared in his eyes, a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"It's a miracle that such a backward medieval sailing ship can sail here. And Japan is still in isolation. It is impossible for them to send ships to sail to Taiwan..."
"Hehehe, little guy, you are sailing from Ryukyu, right? Well, now that you have arrived, I won't be polite... Send the order to sink this ship, and France's punishment war is official. begin!"
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