Although what Yamamoto Ningji said was unpleasant to hear, it was the truth.
Japan's current national strength is not enough to launch another expedition of 200,000 troops, at least not in the next one or two years.
Hirohito Koichi also said: "Yamamoto is right. It's not that I don't want to go on an expedition. I can't wait to send 400,000 troops to the land of Ming Dynasty."
"But, what happens after we send them up? Are we just going to ignore them after we send them up? Do we need food, do we need salaries, do we need to prepare more weapons, armor and other easily consumable things?"
"Weapons alone will require millions. As for arrows, at least several million will be needed. Do we need to prepare gunpowder? Do we need to start building cannons as soon as possible?"
"Have you considered these things?"
After hearing these words, Inoue Yu could only remain silent.
He knew that what Hirohito Hiroichi said did make sense.
But doesn't what he said make sense? Fighting in someone else's home is always better than fighting in your own.
…
Japan is making every effort to prepare for war.
Zhang Wuji was also seizing the opportunity.
The next day, inside the Daming Palace in the Beijing Imperial City.
Zhou Zhiruo placed the things she had packed in front of Zhang Wuji.
"This is the current combat capability of our Ming Dynasty. In the past two months, several more warships have been launched in Dahukou."
"At this moment, we already have ten warships that are twenty meters long and seventy or eighty meters wide, and troop transport ships are also being built urgently. According to Gong Yu's idea, we must build at least two hundred troop transport ships in the Ming Dynasty, and each troop transport ship can accommodate at least two hundred soldiers. In this way, we can transport about 40,000 soldiers to the Japanese mainland in one round trip."
"A troop transport ship can only carry two hundred people?" Zhang Wuji was a little surprised.
Zhou Zhiruo said: "I have already asked Gong Yu about this question privately."
"He said that two hundred people are not a small number, and those troop transport ships carry not only our soldiers, but also food, horses, armor and weapons."
Zhang Wuji suddenly understood: "If that's the case, two hundred people is really not a small number."
Zhou Zhiruo frowned and hit Zhang Wuji's hand repeatedly: "You bastard, I really don't know what kind of person you are. I am talking to you about state affairs, but you are still taking advantage of me."
"You are an old married couple, don't you have enough to eat?"
Zhang Wuji said with an unhappy look on his face: "Zhiruo, you are really going too far now. You can't even touch me? If I were to say, you must have started to dislike me now."
"If that's the case, let's separate for a while."
Zhou Zhiruo felt helpless after hearing this.
"You enemy, I really admire you. You use these words to scare me every day."
"Do you really think I'm afraid of you?"
Although Zhou Zhiruo said this, she still sat on Zhang Wuji's lap.
And Zhang Wuji's hands became even more dishonest.
Zhou Zhiruo felt itchy in her heart: "Alas..., we are already an old couple, but I really can't do anything about you."
"However, it's okay for you to take advantage of me. If you dare to go too far again, I won't agree with you."
Zhang Wuji put his nose on Zhou Zhiruo's snow-white neck and sniffed hard a few times.
It’s still that familiar fragrance.
Even though Zhou Zhiruo said things like they were an old married couple and expressed disgust, she was actually happy that Zhang Wuji did this to her.
After all, as long as Zhang Wuji is willing to do this, it is enough to prove that he still likes her.
…
After Zhou Zhiruo calmed herself down, she continued, "That's probably what's going on with the navy."
"The progress is neither fast nor slow, but the overall pace is still keeping up."
"As for our army's troops, after several integrations, the number has now reached 600,000."
"Six hundred thousand?" Zhang Wuji smiled and said, "This number is actually not a lot, but in my eyes it is just right."
"The soldiers are not more numerous, but more elite. With the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, we can no longer spend extra money and food on the number of soldiers and horses."
"As long as Min'er is still here, our north will remain stable, and in the west, there will be no rivals for the time being."
"Our main focus now should be on the Japanese in the southeast."
Zhou Zhiruo thought for a moment and said, "You are right."
"But do we need to guard against Tubo in the southwest?"
Zhang Wuji laughed and said, "When I first occupied the three provinces of Hexi, I already had the strength to crush that kind of country. To defend against them, 30,000 to 50,000 soldiers would be enough."
Zhou Zhiruo nodded: "You are right. If that is the case, then our internal problems will not be a big deal. As long as we do not expand the size of the army, we can still squeeze out some money to invest in the navy. This is what Gong Yu hopes for."
Zhang Wuji smiled and said, "It seems that Yu'er is short of money again."
Zhou Zhiruo smiled and said, "That's true. She has recently recruited a lot of craftsmen, and the number of soldiers in the navy has also increased a lot."
"Therefore, financially, we are also in a difficult situation. It is no longer possible to solve this problem by relying solely on the Queen's private treasury."
"So she set her sights on you, hoping you could think of another solution."
Zhang Wuji laughed and said, "Yu'er, you are really something. Instead of saying this to me directly, you try to hint at it to you."
"See how I deal with her tonight."
Zhou Zhiruo was also speechless: "You, my dear, have been getting more and more excessive lately."
"Miss Gong has had a difficult life. Don't always make her unable to get out of bed. If this gets out, the soldiers will probably laugh at you."
Zhang Wuji laughed and said, "Spread it out? Even if it spread out, it was you who spread it out."
"But Zhiruo, I'm always so crazy. Can you guys handle it?"
When asked this kind of question, Zhou Zhiruo's beautiful face flushed with shame.
"You bastard, I was talking to you about state affairs, why did you bring the conversation to this kind of thing again?"
Zhang Wuji persisted and said, "Zhiruo, just tell me, if you don't like the way I am, I won't be that crazy anymore."
Zhou Zhiruo glared at Zhang Wuji fiercely and said, "You enemy, there's really nothing I can do about you. Actually, your madness is okay for us sisters, but not so bad for me."
"It's nothing to be too much to bear. What's more, even if it is too much to bear, isn't it still very refreshing?"
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