Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

The next day, the Commander-in-Chief's Office

"Brother Xiaobao, when are we going to attack the Tokugawa Shogunate?" Ling Zhao asked, burying his head in Wei Xiaobao's chest.

"There are not enough warships to transport troops now," Wei Xiaobao replied.

"Then how long do we have to wait?" Ling Zhao raised his head and asked.

"It won't take long, probably about half a year, and the shipyard will be able to build enough warships." Wei Xiaobao replied.

"It takes so long. Brother Xiaobao, can you accompany me back to Japan? Lingzhao misses home, my father, my mother, and my brother the Emperor." Princess Zhaoling said.

"Go to Japan?" Wei Xiaobao said hesitantly.

【ding dong】

The system mechanical sound starts

[The system releases the main task, please accept it]

[Mission objective: Overthrow the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and conquer Japan]

【Mission duration: six months】

[Task Reward: Thief Laotian's incomplete system perfection increased by 5%]

[Task penalty: If not completed within the deadline, the host system lottery function will be closed]

[The mission countdown starts now]

【179 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds】

The system perfection increased by 5%. Wei Xiaobao remembered that when the Zei Laotian system was downloaded, it only reached 25%. After completing the task, the system perfection increased to 30%. Doesn't it mean that more functions will appear?

Wei Xiaobao knew that ever since the system bound him, the cheating benefits of the time travelers had played a big role in him. Although he was identified as an experimental subject and a tool by the system, and he was very disgusted with it, but at the moment when he had no strength and no financial resources, he didn't even have the right to speak. How could he resist? He could only rely on the system and quietly develop his situation.

Wei Xiaobao is looking forward to increasing the system's perfection by 5%.

"Brother Xiaobao, are you going to Japan?" Ling Zhao said coquettishly while sitting in Wei Xiaobao's arms.

"Go, go, go, go tomorrow!" Wei Xiaobao replied.

Princess Lingzhao was so excited that she stood up from Wei Xiaobao's arms, but she couldn't believe it and asked again, "Is it true or false? Brother Xiaobao won't lie to me, right?"

"Really? When have I ever lied to you?" Wei Xiaobao said, and then instructed, "Hurry up and get ready. I have to make some arrangements as well."

In the federal government office building.

Wei Xiaobao said to Huang Shiming, the director of Naha Port and the director of the shipyard, "In five months, build three 2000-ton ironclad ships with the same configuration as the Julong, and five 2500-ton treasure ships to transport troops and supplies."

The treasure ship was the main ship used by Zheng He in the Ming Dynasty. It was 148 meters long, 60 meters wide, flat-bottomed, wooden, with a draft of 4 to 6 meters, 12 hard sails and masts, three-layer mezzanine cabins, and a deck with a deck. It had a displacement of tons, a load capacity of 800 tons, a cabin area of ​​square meters, and a full load of 1 people.

Full sail design, speed 5 knots.

From Naha Port to Edo Castle, the Tokugawa Shogunate's former residence, the distance is 1860 kilometers, or about 1000 nautical miles. It takes eight days for the treasure ship to sail at full speed.

Building eight large ships in five months is already the limit of the Naha Shipyard.

Fortunately, while building the Julong, Wei Xiaobao had the Naha Shipyard build eight large docks in advance, which could be used to build large ships of less than 5000 tons.

Construction of eight ships started at the same time. Huang Shiming said that the construction technology of the treasure ships was available, and the craftsmen needed to gather all the ship carpenters in Shuri Port and Okinawa Bay. There would be no problem in completing the construction of eight ships within five months.

Wei Xiaobao then summoned Qiu Daoji from the Ministry of Industry and first talked about shipbuilding, requesting the construction of three more 1500-horsepower steam engines and matching boilers for ships, as well as naval guns and weapons consistent with those of the Julong.

He also asked Qiu Daoji to put the production of rifles on the schedule and gave him the rifle drawings he had drawn before. He produced according to the drawings. Five months later, all the Tiandi Army would be equipped with rifles, and the obsolete Zhuge Crossbows and fine steel Tang swords would be equipped to Princess Lingzhao's Royal Guards.

Qiu Daoji didn't understand why the fine steel Tang sword should also be eliminated.

Wei Xiaobao casually drew a picture of a military triangular bayonet for Qiu Daoji.

"In the future, all soldiers will be equipped with this kind of bayonet. It can be installed on the rifle and used in fighting. It can be taken off and used as a dagger." Wei Xiaobao said.

In addition, Wei Xiaobao also drew a multifunctional engineering shovel, which can be used as a shovel, a saw, a hammer, a hand drill, and a machete to kill the enemy.

Afterwards, Wei Xiaobao told Qiu Daoji about the new weapon, the landmine, and drew the principle diagrams of several firing devices, asking Qiu Daoji to organize people to conduct research.

After seeing off Qiu Daoji, Wei Xiaobao summoned Yang Lin, the commander-in-chief of the Tiandi Army. The Tiandi Army currently has 3 field troops. Wei Xiaobao requires these 3 people to adapt not only to land warfare, but also to landing warfare and shallow warfare, and to do a good job in amphibious warfare training. In addition, 3000 navy soldiers will be recruited to learn how to operate ironclad ships and sailboats and how to use shipboard weapons.

Within five months, Wei Xiaobao asked Yang Lin to send all the Tiandi Army and Princess Zhaoling's Ryukyu Division to the Japanese mainland in batches to fight a war to conquer Japan.

Finally, I met with Wu Sanniang, who reported that spring ploughing and crop replacement had been carried out on a large scale this spring, cotton and peppers had already been planted, and industries such as sea salt, soap, and liquor had already started mass production...

After Wu Sanniang finished her report, Wei Xiaobao knew that Japan had many silver and copper mines, so he asked Wu Sanniang to find the scattered small daimyo under Princess Lingzhao's royal guards and find a way to exchange food for copper ore or copper ingots from Japan.

The food for exchanging ore is three-line hybrid rice. Without the technology of breeding, hybrid rice cannot be used as seeds, and it cannot be planted for the second time. Even if it is planted, it will not receive any benefits. The seeds of hybrid rice are all produced in the seed fields of the State-owned Assets Department. So there is no need to worry about the Japanese stealing the high-yield hybrid rice.

Copper was very valuable in ancient times. It could be used to make tools, weapons, and coins. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, China lacked silver and copper mines, and most of the copper coins printed, Kangxi Tongbao, were imported from Japan. Standard silver was also imported from Japan.

Without copper, bullets cannot be mass-produced, and rifles are just fire sticks.

Without copper, we cannot make generators or electric light wires, and industrial civilization is just empty talk.

After everything was arranged, Wei Xiaobao asked Princess Ling Zhao to pick a few well-known small and famous people to accompany her. They are:

The first one is Takagi Yamaoka, the commander of the Osumi Ten Thousand Man Regiment. Takagi Yamaoka is from the Takagi family of Osumi, so the regiment he led is called the Osumi Regiment.

Osumi is the closest Japanese mainland county to the Ryukyu Islands, about 800 kilometers away from Naha Port. Wei Xiaobao plans to use it as a military base to conquer Japan.

The second is Ishikawa Taro, the commander of the Iwami Ten Thousand Man Regiment. He is the daimyo of Iwami County. Iwami is located in the west sea of ​​Japan, across the sea from Korea. This place is rich in silver and copper mines.

The third was a leader from Awaji County, which was adjacent to Kyoto. His name was Mizutani Hayata and he was a heir of the Mizutani family.

Also accompanying them were the Oda clan's Dizzy Yellow Machine, the Takeda clan's Big Foot Jiro, and the Uesugi clan's Yamatake Feida.

After selecting the people to accompany him, Wei Xiaobao decided to take the first brigade and the first regiment of the Tiandi Army, as well as Princess Lingzhao's 300 guards on board the Dragon.

After receiving the order, Li Qiang, the first regiment commander, was extremely happy. It was such an honor to be able to act with the commander-in-chief.

Mao Shiba was unwilling to be kept at home by Wei Xiaobao to preside over the naval training because his internal injuries had not yet recovered.