Cursed Mountains and Seas

Chapter 224 Both Acupoints Opened, Nine Feudatories Vie for Hegemony

The next day, when the first rays of sunlight shone into the Pear Blossom Palace.

Shen Yueye is still the original, but he, the Prince of Jinghai, is no longer the same.

Wang Cheng sat up, the silver silk quilt slipping off his body, revealing his well-proportioned upper body with clearly defined muscles, which was bathed in a brilliant golden glow in the sunlight.

Just as he was about to get dressed, the girl's small, cool foot, with bright red toes, touched his back, her toes slightly curled towards the sole of his foot, teasing him in a subtle way.

Wang Cheng turned around, grabbed the girl's restless, smooth feet, and admired his beautiful senior sister lying on his pillow, dressed in a disheveled dragon robe.

Luxurious and beautiful, beyond words.

He thought to himself:

'Old Wang's trick really worked. Although he only had one beautiful wife for the time being, it achieved a much better effect than having a group of beautiful wives.'

With my senior sister by my side, all other women seem ordinary and unattractive to me; my six senses, my ability to perceive pleasure, have been easily opened.

Shen Yueye knelt on the couch, patted his shoulder magnanimously, and said with a smile:
"Junior brother, you did well last night. Keep up the good work tonight! Don't worry, your senior sister will take responsibility for you. Hehehe."

Subconsciously, she licked her exceptionally moist red lips; this time, the vixen had truly stolen something good.

'My mother's tips really worked! I finally mastered the first trick, "Tongue Tastes Thought," after struggling for almost two months.'

I want to leave my insights in the secret scrolls and scriptures; as long as the man is good enough, it's not impossible to share one person with my sisters.

The two snuggled together, both having developed a taste for the delicious treat, and were reluctant to part.

Wang Cheng simply took out his royal seal to handle government affairs remotely, and incidentally gave Shen Yueye secondary access to the [Treasure of the King of Jinghai].

She is still a retainer personally appointed by Wang Cheng. In some periods of history, the "chief secretary" of the emperor was not much different from the deputy prime minister.

With the help of [Harmonizing Yin and Yang], the entire East Sea Kingdom can be monitored, and any matters can be entrusted to this secretary.

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A 3D map quickly appeared before the two, showing mountains and rivers, cities and farmlands, people, horses, cattle and sheep, and so on.

While pointing and gesturing, Wang Cheng explained the situation in Yingzhou to his senior sister, helping her to quickly adapt to her new role:

"Mountains account for more than 70 percent of the four islands of Yingzhou, which is only slightly better than the eight mountains, one river and one part farmland of Minzhou. The level of land development is very different."

Although some daimyo's territories are vast, most of them are barren mountainous areas with very low actual output.
Some small territories, due to their location in plains or superior water resources, actually have higher output.

Therefore, one should never simply measure the strength of a daimyo by the size of the territory they control. For example, the main island of Hida Province is similar in size to Echigo Province, but their actual output differs by more than ten times.

The conventional practice is to measure a country's basic strength by its rice yield, or "shi" (a unit of dry measure).

"The total koku of the entire Kuban Islands is about 250 million koku, while the Ōtomo family's Buzen Province has 14 koku and the Chikuzen Province has 34 koku, totaling 48 koku."

There are 150 million Japanese people on the whole island, which is about 12% of the total population of Japan. The Otomo family has 60, and we have 90.

Based on the basic military strength of a daimyo, approximately 250 to 400 men can be mobilized per 10,000 koku of rice.

Even including the daimyo, noble families, and direct samurai groups who fled north to the Ōtomo family's territory after the southern domains were conquered in recent years, the two countries controlled by Ōtomo are all included.

All the troops combined probably numbered around 30,000, at most 40,000, and his professional navy probably numbered less than 2,000.

The main naval force that the Otomo clan can rely on should be the Frankish fleet, but it's unknown how much effort the Frankish will put in to help.” After speaking about the enemy, Wang Cheng then deployed his own forces based on the air force.

"Our Donghai Kingdom is the opposite; our navy is the strongest, while our army has become our weakness."

Currently, the Donghai Kingdom has approximately 450 warships of 400 liters or more as its main force, plus about 42 sailing warships, cruisers, and converted armed merchant ships.

In terms of naval strength alone, no daimyo on the entire island of Yingzhou should be a match for us. As for the army…

When Wang Cheng first returned, Uncle Zhang San told him:

"You came back too hastily; most of our core members weren't in Pinghu Port."

The seven original vassal states' main cities in the East China Sea all needed manpower to garrison them, and those were mostly our troops. Your uncles and elders have been holding onto this foundation for you firmly (Chapter 131).

The army of the Donghai Kingdom consisted of the Five Peaks Banner, composed of approximately 20,000 Dazhao people, as well as a considerable number of Japanese auxiliary troops from the Outer Five Banners.

These soldiers and their families, which amounted to roughly three times the number of soldiers, were all incorporated into the Outer Five Banners by Wang Cheng.

There was no other way; the Tanka people had no experience living on land for generations, so they could only recruit the Japanese people in their territory as their henchmen.

He will later establish the army and navy of the East Sea Kingdom, modeled after the modern military system, with the Inner Five Peaks Banner of the Da Zhao people mainly serving as the supervisory force and officers at all levels.

In addition, Wang Cheng still has more than 1,500 members of the "Five Peaks Selection" that he has gradually recovered.

This was his greatest source of confidence. Combined with the Heavenly Rules and Earthly Laws bestowed by the Royal Seal, he didn't need to worry about any living ghosts or gods of the highest rank coming to Pinghu Port to behead him.

Shen Yueye was also an exceptionally intelligent genius. After hearing about the military system of the Donghai Kingdom, she quickly applied what she learned to other situations.

"To be honest, the military and civilians were integrated under the Wufeng Banner system, and its organization was almost at the peak of all dynasties."

If war breaks out, they can pull out a battle-hardened elite team at any time.

This is completely different from the Yingzhou military system, which involved farming in peacetime and recruiting soldiers as foot soldiers in wartime.

Once the arsenal completes the equipment replacement for the troops, we can take the initiative.

Ideally, we should lure them into the East Sea Kingdom and then trap them there.

With the [Harmony of Yin and Yang] by your side.

Once they enter the territory and territorial waters of the East China Sea Kingdom, it's as if they have a panoramic map, ensuring that the enemy forces will not encounter any fog of war or ambushes.

Anyway, they had only occupied the nine island nations for a few years, so the Japanese living there didn't care at all if they were affected by the war.

This is what is called the low human rights advantage of colonies.

Wang Cheng smiled and nodded:
"Hahaha, heroes think alike."

A few days later, the front line between Hizen Province, where Pinghu Port is located, and Chikuzen Province, which directly borders Pinghu Province, was established.

The junior officers of the Eastern Sea Kingdom began their conquest of the Nine Islands and even the entire island of Japan by saying, "We have lost a foot soldier and we need to go to Chikuzen Province of your Ōtomo family to look for him."

Upon receiving the news, Ōtomo Yoshishige was furious. Without waiting for the foot soldiers who had not yet arrived, he personally mustered his troops and marched into the Eastern Sea Kingdom.

(End of this chapter)