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Text Chapter 945 The war in Kyushu ends (3)

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    The Song Empire's fleet entered Nagasaki Port, and the shock it brought was extraordinary.

    The local residents living here, as well as those from the East who come here to do business and travel on the sea all year round, have never seen such a large ship.

    The warships of the Song Empire were not only huge in size, but also very terrifying in appearance.

    People who have seen this huge maritime warship also say that these are simply giant sea beasts.

    Many people will secretly think in their hearts that if they are attacked by such a warship at sea, their end will not be very good.

    I originally thought that the warships of the Southern Barbarians (Europeans) were already very sophisticated.

    But after seeing the warships of the Song Empire today, they realized that they were really a frog in the well and had never seen anything big in the world.

    Comparing the warships of the Southern Barbarians with the warships of the Song Empire, they are really scum.

    It¡¯s a pity that people in this era don¡¯t know what ¡®combat power is only five¡¯, otherwise they would definitely have such an idea.

    At this time, in the ship berth of Nagasaki Port, in addition to the warships of the Song Empire, there were also many Portuguese ships.

    Therefore, it is obvious that people can compare.

    The Portuguese warships of this era only had sixteen cannons at most.  Such a number of artillery pieces is really nothing compared to the imitation of an improved imperial warship with ninety-six cannons.

    Although the Easterners don¡¯t have many artillery pieces on their naval vessels, that doesn¡¯t mean they don¡¯t understand the power of artillery.

    This thing is definitely a weapon in naval warfare.

    If nothing else, any fool can calculate the scale and power of a single bombardment by sixteen artillery pieces and ninety-six artillery pieces.

    Especially the imperial warships are much larger than the Portuguese warships.

    Actually, it was not necessary for the Song Empire to build such a large warship.  But if the battleship was not built larger, it would not be possible to deploy so many artillery pieces.

    Although it is a twenty-four-pound cannon, it takes up a lot of space.

    What¡¯s more, the battleships don¡¯t just have artillery.  There are also hundreds of sailors who need living space, ammunition storage, and a lot of living supplies.

    Therefore, the size of the battleship has to be larger.

    Fortunately, Zhao Hongyu and the others can get some construction drawings from the virtual world and train some carpenters.

    If you only rely on people of this era, it would still be very difficult to build such a giant ship.

    You must know that Zhao Hongyu¡¯s imitation warships are at least more than 80 years ahead of this era.  Not to mention the other three behemoths, which were more than 150 years ahead in technology.

    Although the Japanese people in Nagasaki were shocked, they looked back and thought again.  This time there is a new lord who seems to be very powerful.  Needless to say, the army under his command is powerful, but I didn't expect that even the navy was so powerful.

    This seems to be a good thing for the people under his rule.

    ¡°After all, most of the people in Nagasaki and even Kyushu deal with people on the sea, and many people rely on the sea for their livelihood, that is, as maritime merchants.

    It¡¯s just that they suffered from the weak maritime power of the Kyushu lords, so they couldn¡¯t make much progress.

    Even when we were at sea, we were still being exploited by pirates.

    But once we have a strong naval force on our side, this situation will change.

    Maybe those hateful pirates will never dare to challenge them again.

    In the future, they can also be like the merchants of the Ming Dynasty.  You can make more money by traveling at sea, right?

    As Nagasaki businessmen who have contact with the outside world and are relatively open-minded, they can still see this.

    So, after the initial shock.  They became happy one by one.

    As for who rules them, they actually don¡¯t care.

    ¡°After all, we pay taxes, so isn¡¯t it still like this if we are ruled by our own compatriots?

    There is no difference at all.

    "But since our compatriots are so weak.  It doesn't seem to matter if we change to a strong ruler.

    What I have to say here is that the thinking of the Japanese is really a little different.

    Although the Japanese are also from the East, they also admire the culture of the Ming Dynasty.  But they have??Some of my own independent ideas, but this idea is a bit different.

    Because the defenders of Nagasaki Castle surrendered in response to the wind, Nagasaki was not damaged, and the streets and buildings in the city were intact.

    When the fleet under Zhao Hongyu docked at Nagasaki, most of the soldiers on the ship, except for the necessary soldiers left behind, poured into Nagasaki City.

    There are more than fifty warships with a total of more than 20,000 sailors.

    In addition to those who stayed on the battleship, the minimum number of soldiers who poured into Nagasaki Castle was about 13,000 to 4,000.

    Because of the arrival of imperial soldiers, Nagasaki suddenly became more prosperous and lively.

    This makes the merchants in Nagasaki Castle laugh so hard.

    With the entry of imperial soldiers into Nagasaki Castle, commercial prosperity was brought to Nagasaki.  After some contact with the imperial soldiers, the Nagasaki businessmen discovered that these Song Empire soldiers, who were rumored to be very fierce, seemed to be easy to deal with.

    It is not as cruel as the rumors say.

    They will not spend money here like the soldiers under the lord in the past, who always owed various expenses on credit and then found excuses not to give them back. The soldiers of the Song Empire were very generous and polite when buying things.

    "Compared with the compatriots who ruled them before, it is really a world.

    If this is the case, many people think that there is nothing wrong with being ruled by the Song Empire.

    At the very least, they can make more money by being ruled by the Song Empire.

    And being ruled by your own compatriots means you will lose money or even be repaid. Anyone who is not a fool will make a choice like this.

    Today¡¯s Nagasaki, the streets are bustling with people every day.

    Although Nagasaki used to be lively, it has never been as lively as it is now.

    But it¡¯s not surprising when you think about it. After all, in addition to the sailors under Zhao Hongyu who came ashore to have fun and spend money, the Army¡¯s 20,000 people were also stationed in Nagasaki. There were also many resting soldiers who had to spend money in the city every day.

    The spending power of these more than 30,000 people cannot be underestimated.

    In addition, the soldiers of the Song Empire were all very rich.  Therefore, the businessmen of Nagasaki were extremely happy all of a sudden.

    You know, the soldiers of the Song Empire usually get twelve silver dragons as military pay per month.  For example, this is wartime, and it is necessary to double the amount and get 24 pieces a month.

    And the Long Yang of the Song Empire was a solid one or two weight. Such a salary would be enviable in the Ming Dynasty, let alone the Japanese.

    In the past, the Japanese soldiers from Kyushu had the highest salary in Nagasaki.

    But it¡¯s just less than one or two a month.

    So, how could those Japanese soldiers have so much spending power?

    therefore.  It is not surprising that all kinds of extortion and even mere credit charges appear.

    But now, after changing the rule of a group of people, who would have thought that these people would be completely rich and handsome.

    Even the soldiers at the bottom have a lot of money in their pockets.

    Therefore, others dare not say anything about being ruled by such a group. Anyway, the people here in Nagasaki are very welcoming.

    Yes, welcome to rule until the destruction of the universe.

    The premise is these rulers.  Able to maintain their tall, rich and handsome appearance.

    Nagasaki was originally a commercial city. There were many merchant ships from Goryeo, Ming Dynasty, and even Southeast Asia and Nanman.

    And, it is also filled with a variety of products.

    But.  Even so, in many cases it is just the big businessmen who make money.

    ??Like some low-income people, they can't make any money at all.

    But things are different now, because suddenly there are more than 30,000 rich men.  Even the common people in Nagasaki Castle can make money.

    Nowadays, even during the day, various pubs are full, and even small restaurants are full.

    Fortunately, the soldiers of the Song Empire were not interested in prostitution or anything like that.  After all, the women here in the Japanese country are really bad, and they cannot arouse the slightest lust from the rich and handsome soldiers of the empire.

    ¡°However, the prostitutes here in Nagasaki are also full every day, and the women are reluctant to make money by accepting clients.

    The reason is very simple. Although the imperial soldiers are not interested, they can't stand Roderney and the others.

    These guys were hired by Zhao Hongyu to captureIn the process of moving to Jiangzhou, I actually made a lot of money.

    And after these Portuguese sluts got money, they immediately began to spend lavishly and enjoy themselves as adults.

    They have never thought about saving money.

    Of course, this is people¡¯s view on consumption, and no one can object to it.

    Now, in addition to Portuguese mercenaries, there are also many mercenaries of other nationalities under Roderney's command.

    Because when he was hired by Zhao Hongyu, he considered that the battle damage might be huge, so he asked his butler to set up a recruitment center in Nagasaki specifically to recruit foreign mercenaries.

    Therefore, during the battle for Kyushu, although the soldiers under his command suffered heavy battle losses, because of this advance consideration, his military strength did not shrink but actually expanded a lot.

    Today, the strength of Rodelney's troops has reached a full two thousand.

    This basically brings all the European prostitutes who are hanging out in the East under his command.

    These guys are frequent visitors to prostitutes, pubs, and casinos in Nagasaki City. They are promising and wealthy, so they are also very generous.

    Especially when Roderney announced to them that he had been employed by His Majesty the Crown Prince of the Song Empire for a long time, and could receive five Longyang coins every month when there was no war, these guys were even more embarrassed when it came to spending money.  There was no hesitation.  (To be continued)
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