When Ryuze and Aoi were in Japan, their lives were indeed quite difficult. They seemed to have a good life on the surface, but in fact, they not only had to face the abuse of Hirohito, but also the persecution of Hirohito's other concubines.

In order to guard against things that might happen at any time, the sisters have to turn a blind eye even when they sleep.

However, that situation will no longer happen now. They are now in the prison of the Ming Dynasty Imperial City Bureau and no longer have to worry about useless things.

Because everything is out of their control, the only thing they have to survive is Zhang Wuji's kindness and the information they have about the inside of Japan.

However, Longze and Aoi believed that they would not die. During the previous conversation with Zhang Wuji, they had used the eyebrow technique on Zhang Wuji again. Now they were sure that Zhang Wuji would come back soon and come to them again because he could not bear the longing in his heart.

Some things are beyond words.

Long Ze smiled and said, "Sister, it seems that Zhang Wuji is quite good to us and is reluctant to abuse us. But we sisters must also be careful. Our lives will be relatively comfortable for a long time in the future, but you and I must not indulge ourselves. If our figures and appearances are out of shape, our achievements in eyebrow art will be greatly reduced."

Aoi said: "Sister, tell me, to some extent, are we almost completing the task assigned by Hirohito Hiroichi?"

"If Zhang Wuji is really willing to do that kind of thing with us, then with our abilities as sisters, we will most likely not fail."

After hearing this, Long Ze glared at Aoi fiercely and said, "Damn it, you obviously see this matter more clearly than me. Now that things have come to this, why do you still say these things? It is impossible for Hirohito Hongichi to swallow up the Ming Dynasty. At most, he can only occupy a few provinces on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty."

"If he beat Zhang Wuji, what good will it do to us sisters? Do you still want to go back to him?"

"That's perverted. Compared to going back to him, I would rather stay in this prison in the Imperial City of the Ming Dynasty. We women are no different from men. Here we have food and drink, clean clothes, and bedding. What else do you want?"

After hearing this, Aoi smiled and said, "Sister Longze, you are worrying too much. I was just testing you casually."

"I just want to know what you are thinking right now."

"I also think the prison cell in the Imperial City of the Ming Dynasty is okay. It's quiet and peaceful. Just the two of us are like living in heaven right now compared to life in Japan. Besides, Zhang Wuji is really handsome. If he can come and bully us a few times every month, then our life will be really good."

After hearing this, Long Ze gave Aoi a fierce look and said, "You little stinky girl, you were bullied a lot when you were in Japan. Now you can finally live a peaceful life. Do you still want to be bullied?"

"Besides, you are not a girl anymore. There are so many beautiful women around Zhang Wuji. Do you think you are worthy of him?"

Aoi smiled and said, "Not worthy, but, like my sister said, with our looks and ability to serve men, we are qualified to be a maid, right?"

"I'm not asking for much. Besides, I don't believe that my sister doesn't think about those things. You and I are only in our twenties. It's the prime of our youth and life. If we don't have a man, wouldn't it be a waste of our bodies? What's more, it's in vain for us to harm Zhang Wuji and let him take advantage of us. We serve him in vain and he doesn't suffer any loss."

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A year later, this new and huge machine of the Ming Dynasty was still running in an orderly manner, and the country looked more like a country should.

Everyone is busy.

This kind of busyness was a happy busyness, as the generals were conducting military exercises in an orderly manner.

The finances of various places were gradually recovering. Zhao Linger, the Queen of the Ming Dynasty, also raised the first military pay for Zhang Wuji to supervise the construction of the navy. With Zhang Wuji and the entire Ming Dynasty as her backing, Zhao Linger's income far exceeded the expected estimate in just one year.

In one year, he brought Zhang Wuji a profit of 1.5 million taels of silver.

These 1.5 million taels of silver are not a lot for a country, nor are they enough to build a large navy, but they are enough for the initial investment in the navy.

According to Gong Yu's budget, the Ming Dynasty had just been established and had experienced more than a hundred years of chaos between the Mongols and various vassal kings. At this time, the purchasing power of silver was extremely strong.

The cost of building a warship that is twenty meters long and sixty or seventy meters wide is about sixty or seventy thousand taels of silver.

Gong Yu was well aware of the strength of the Japanese navy. If they were to compete in the number of warships, it would be impossible to build a fleet that could gain an overwhelming advantage in numbers within just a few years.

Therefore, she advised Zhang Wuji to gain advantages in size and quality.

That is to build an elite fleet of one hundred ships that are twenty feet long and six or seven feet wide within five years, and then install dozens of cannons on each ship. In this way, they can use their absolute elite strength to counter the numerical advantage of the Japanese fleet.

However, it is still very difficult to achieve all this within five years.

Theoretically speaking, one million and a half taels of silver can indeed build more than twenty huge warships.

But in fact, after discussing with Zhao Linger, Gong Yu decided to use the money for the infrastructure construction of the fleet first.

After all, that's what Chen Youliang did back then.

Gong Yu planned to use the 1.5 million taels of silver to build five shipyards in Dahukou, Bohai. With the shipyards, the construction of ships could be more systematic.

In this regard, it makes no sense for either Zhao Linger or Zhang Wuji.

After all, everyone has their own expertise. If you want to get things done well, you have to find someone relatively professional, and Gong Yu is that relatively professional person.

Whether it is Zhang Wuji, Zhao Linger or others, they all know that Gong Yu is a scheming woman, but fortunately, Gong Yu's scheming is not bad, she just wants to be popular with Zhang Wuji for a few more years.

Therefore, when Gong Yu was handling these matters, Zhang Wuji also gave her the greatest power.

Gong Yu naturally lived up to everyone's expectations. In just a few months, she gathered most of Chen Youliang's old subordinates who were still alive. Those so-called old subordinates were all skilled craftsmen when Chen Youliang was building ships.

In terms of employing people, it is more convenient to use family members. Gong Yu was the princess of Chen Youliang at the time. Although these things are still a bit embarrassing to talk about, it seems that there is a good side to it now. That is, when these old subordinates of Chen Youliang faced Gong Yu, they had an indescribable respect for her.