Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

"Is it really a good idea to use a limited number of ballistic missiles to smash this kind of thing?"

Amidst the online uproar, the fourth day of the Busan peace talks also failed to reach a conclusion.

Moreover, the Chinese delegation appears to have decided to leave.

Li Xinghe invited Lao Wang onto the Zhenhai battleship.

He presented Old Wang with a plaque inscribed with the word "Zhenhai".

Old Wang then presented a Chinese national flag to the Zhenhai warship.

Old Wang, on behalf of everyone, asked a question:

"If the Quad peace talks result in a peace under US rule, will the ship's name change?"

Li Xinghe scratched his ear and gave a direct answer:

"It will probably be called Zhonghua (中华). If I don't build any more heavy amphibious assault ships with near-shore firepower projection capabilities."

"That's a pity."

Seeing the couple exchanging gifts, a reporter suddenly asked a thoughtless question:

Is this the moment to part ways?

Li Xinghe rubbed his hands together and said:

"In any case, I still adhere to the strategy of a peaceful future."

Old Wang then directly criticized Li Xinghe in front of the media:

"No. I must emphasize that the so-called peace that Mr. Li Xinghe insists on is 'peace under American rule,' a typical 'peace of colonial servants following their masters,' a 'kneeling peace' of submission to Europe and America. This is not peace; it is surrender to the United States. If the whole world continues to indulge and obey the United States, peace will not come even in ten thousand years. That's all I have to say. Farewell."

Li Xinghe responded with a smile.

that's right.

Without any secret negotiations behind the scenes, Li Xinghe at this time did indeed resemble the United States' chief steward of East Asia, which was consistent with Obama's positioning of Japan in the 2010s.

With the naming of the Jinhae warship, the Busan peace talks completely broke down, and the Chinese delegation returned home by plane that same day.

The Dong-A Ilbo, Asahi Shimbun, and other media outlets all used the same headline:

"Let us march toward war."

Chapter 792: Japanese Warships Launched in Covert Warfare, Debt-ridden Bride Sold to China (4900 words)

"One two three, one two three..."

At Ulsan Port, the Joint Marine Corps, who were conducting group training on a battleship, ran around watching a gantry crane being used to hoist the battleship's main gun turrets onto their mounts.

The massive 4000-ton gun mount slowly descended, and the three 510mm cannons, simply standing upright, exuded a sense of solemnity and majesty, like the mountains and rivers.

The workers on the ship are welding steel plates and laying cables, and the new recruits of the Allied Forces transferred from Tokyo have already enlisted.

The coalition's marine corps was also established with the commissioning of three amphibious landing ships known as air battleships.

The army uses a blue background with a red dragon pattern as its flag. Currently, it has temporarily established three battalions of 1,000 men each, selected from elite soldiers of Chinese, Korean, and Korean descent, and deployed on three battleships, ready to participate in beach assaults at any time.

Many of the sailors on board were seconded from the South Korean Navy.

In fact, there are significant differences between the South Korean Army and Navy.

The South Korean army has inherited all the traditions of the Japanese puppet army. During the Vietnam War, it was almost a second Japanese army, and many bad habits still remain to this day.

The South Korean Navy was established by Sun Yuanyi, a graduate of the Central Naval University of China, and its naval academy and marine corps were located in Jinhae Port, South Korea. Its fundamental character is relatively clean, and left-wing organizations have long been active within it. However, its combat capabilities are limited by South Korea's extremely restrictive strategic environment, causing it to waver between a blue-water navy and a coastal navy. Even its large ships have ended up being used as concert venues.

Military officers from various countries, with differing political goals, also discussed the tense current situation.

A South Korean military officer said:

"Everyone is holding their breath, waiting to see what outcome the two sides will reach."

A public peace conference in Busan will absolutely not yield any results.

But privately, everyone assumed that Li Xinghe definitely had a second negotiation route with China to peacefully resolve the Taiwan Strait issue.

The officers were complaining to each other:

"The atmosphere is tense. We have the Jinhae, Koryo, and Yado ships that have just been launched, the Nimitz is restarting its construction, and the Shinano is still lying in the dry dock. Five missile destroyers are currently in the shipyard cutting steel plates."

Chinese officers discussed:

"We need at least three months."

The clueless South Korean officer also said:

"But the Americans can't wait. Their dual-carrier strike group has been deployed two months overdue. The Tokyo headquarters estimates that they can only hold out in the Philippines until October at most. Now the power system on the USS Washington has problems, causing their shipboard cold storage and air conditioning to malfunction. The sailors on the USS Washington can only eat moldy and rotten food and live in the sailors' barracks, which are 40 degrees Celsius like saunas. According to the information gathering officer, many sailors on the USS Washington even jumped into the sea in the middle of the night and swam to the shore to sleep in the open."

In a sense, however, whether frozen or not, the food on US warships, like their military rations, is as unpleasant to eat as eating excrement. It's simply a matter of experiencing frozen excrement versus thawed, flavorful excrement. The ship's snack shop is always booming.

Several Chinese officers looked tense.

It's not because the US military is doing something stupid, but because the three months they mentioned are actually the time they're waiting for those two US aircraft carriers to get out of East Asia.

At that very moment, they would lead three air battleships into the mouth of the Tamsui River to carry out Operation Ardennes Blitzkrieg.

At this moment, someone came and told them some news:

"The 002.5 aircraft carrier has been launched, but it seems it will not be handed over for the time being."

This is the age of innovation; you can live without living, but you can't be without something to do. Naturally, the young people at Jiangnan Shipyard were going to retaliate against Li Xinghe's "Zhenhai Battleship."

It's time for us to become trolls.

Therefore, Jiangnan Shipyard announced that the 002.5 aircraft carrier has been launched.

This assembled "corpse ship girl," pieced together from the remnants and technical verification sections of several aircraft carriers, landed heavily at the Jiangnan Shipyard with a weight of 8 tons.

Because it was created from a pre-assembled corpse, it naturally suffered from being overweight, having a large bottom, and an unbalanced center of gravity. The attempts to adjust the center of gravity further exacerbated the problem, leading to continued overweight.

So when it was launched, the big-bottomed Japanese ship girl smashed a small tugboat and knocked the gate of the dry dock askew, becoming a funny story.

Japanese special envoy Takeshi Iwaya accompanied Lao Wang to China.

Old Wang won a game back on home soil:

"To express our gratitude to Li Xinghe for naming China the first battleship, we specially named this ship 'Japan' as a modified version of the Shandong, also known as the 002 modified special aircraft carrier."

Takeshi Iwaya's expression was very stiff.

Damn it.

It's a meme that people from Shandong and Japanese people both really like.

The aircraft carrier is excellent. It is a modified version of the Shandong, adopting the traditional ski-jump takeoff method. The deck length has been extended to 300 meters, specifically designed to accommodate the Type 1 Super Battle Dragon Sakura, which has already undergone flight testing. They can be considered mutually exclusive weapons.

This naming is quite ridiculous. As an aircraft carrier of the same class as the Shandong, it's tantamount to implying that Japan is on the same level as its Shandong counterpart, only fit for a provincial-level unit. However, it's difficult to refute, as there are many possible interpretations, such as, "This is an aircraft carrier for Japan; what else should it be called but a Japanese ship?"

However, those who know, know.

They're just playing on the 'Japan is China's son' meme.

Takeshi Iwaya had no choice but to force a smile for the media:

"We celebrate the launch of the Japan together."

Of course, this big-bottomed ship girl will have to stay at the Jiangnan Shipyard for outfitting until the situation in the Taiwan Strait ends.

……

Li Xinghe wasn't in a hurry to bring his assembled, big-butt ship girl home.

What he's worrying about is how to clean up the mess South Korea is in.

Cho Gu-hwan's political governance abilities are so mediocre that even when combined with Moon Jae-in and Yoon Suk-youl, the three of them together exhibit identically low-level governance. Consequently, past problems have remained unresolved, while new troubles have gradually accumulated.

You wouldn't know until you come; once you arrive, you realize how serious the problem is.

Higashikawa Yukimi returned with the latest gossip from the streets and told Li Xinghe:

"South Korean media outlets are all asking, when exactly is Lee Sung-ha's birthday?"

Li Xinghe is nearing the point where he needs to choose his nationality.

Some South Korean media outlets, as well as political groups with a more populist political stance, have begun to pay attention to this critical moment.

In reality, Li Xinghe doesn't place much importance on his birthday. According to legal records, he was born on a winter night in California, close to Christmas. This means that legally, he still has six months to amend the relevant laws.

As promised by Lee Sung-ha last year, he will choose his nationality according to the laws of both countries when he turns 22. If he chooses Japan, he will automatically lose his South Korean nationality. If he chooses South Korea, it will be equivalent to abandoning his base in Tokyo.

Therefore, many people are secretly exerting their influence within the organization.

Meanwhile, Zhao Lieshu, also in the room, displayed the qualities of someone from a prestigious family and began discussing the law:

"South Korea's new Nationality Law stipulates that South Korea allows highly skilled overseas personnel to hold dual citizenship. We can certainly make a political determination through judicial means. That's the only way."

But Higashikawa Yukimi reminded:

"However, Japan's Nationality Law mandates that citizens must choose their nationality before the age of 22. There are no provisions that allow for such choices to be made."

Zhao Lieshu frowned slightly; her beautiful eyebrows were curved, but she was thinking:

"What if Xinghe becomes king? Couldn't the royal family circumvent the law?"

"This is a bit troublesome. Let's consider amending the law first."

The two women were discussing Li Xinghe's nationality.

This mine needs to be defused as soon as possible.

In other words, Lee Sung-ha must begin revising the laws of Japan and South Korea, in addition to his never-before-seen birthday.

Lee Sung-ha, however, was more concerned about South Korea's private debt problem, complaining:

“These things are not important. What is important is how to solve the problem that a quarter of South Korea’s 28 million workers are living beyond their means, and more than 4 million people’s monthly salaries are not enough to cover their debts, with half of them having interest accruing every month.”

Following the massive losses incurred by South Koreans who borrowed money to invest in US stocks, the heavy burden of stock market crash loans has begun to spread.

While every country has loans, South Korea's situation is particularly complex. Having invested their entire life savings during the US stock market crash, and then borrowing heavily to repay debts, South Koreans, known for their strong gambling instincts, have borne the brunt of the massive losses following the consecutive stock market crashes. Mortgages, car loans, student loans, and various high-interest loans—the sheer volume of debt has become an unbearable burden for this generation of South Koreans. This figure in South Korea is roughly equivalent to 1.5 million workers in China who have to use all their monthly wages to pay loan interest, and then rely on additional high-interest loans just to survive.

Li Xinghe couldn't even imagine what would happen if 1.5 million workers had to rely on high-interest loans to survive each month. But South Korea has already reached that stage.

The military government's rise to power can only be described as a precarious maintenance of power through coercion, but the rampant growth of South Korea's financial sector has necessitated control. South Korea's overall debt has reached 300% of its GDP. Of course, Japan is even more extreme, with its government debt alone reaching 257% of its GDP.

Japan has the Tokyo Stock Exchange, but South Korea lacks global financial capabilities.

This kind of "frustrated" state is much more serious than not being able to read or write Chinese characters.

Although South Koreans vehemently criticize the greed of South Korean capitalism online, the problem is that their funds have actually been reaped and swallowed up by the US stock market. They only dare to blame South Korean financial institutions for harming them, without considering that it was the US stock market that was exploiting them; the tragedy of this situation is evident.

Foreign Minister Hong Zhuangyuan quietly explained the current situation to Li Xinghe:

"Korean women can marry Chinese men to solve their problems, but Korean men... probably have no choice but to endure it. So last year alone, the number of Korean women marrying foreign men surged by more than 200,000, while the number of Korean men fleeing to the United States or Southeast Asia reached more than 400,000. And this doesn't even include those who immigrate."

Li Xinghe was taken aback:

"Marry a Chinese man?"

Hong Zhuangyuan knew this was shameful, so he could only try his best to use more civilized language to describe the problem of debt-brides that is currently occurring in the community and has already exceeded hundreds of thousands of cases:

"They have... um... they'll pay a very generous dowry, which can be used to pay off loans owed to banks, financial institutions, and gangs. You know, there are many private agencies now that specialize in these kinds of transnational marriages. Chinese men pay Korean women a dowry of about 8000 to 1 million won to pay off various loans, while Korean women guarantee to give birth to at least one child, or until they have a boy. Then they'll run away."

Li Xinghe didn't find it shocking.

Simply put, it's about selling one's reproductive rights to pay off debts. This isn't just a problem in South Korea; it's the last place in the world where women are used as commodities. Many Black girls in Haiti sell their genitals to military personnel and immigrants from China, Japan, and South Korea. This has led to a surge in the number of mixed-race children in the area.

Speaking of this, Higashikawa Yukimi also reminded Li Xinghe:

"Japan has it too. The number of people marrying out of the country has surged because of the massive devaluation of the currency over 26 years and the multiple stock market crashes in the United States. Everyone lost money in the stock market and had no choice but to sell their right to marry. It's just that family matters are not very public."

The same problem is more outwardly apparent in South Korea, while in Japan it is more subtle but more severe.

The situation was so complicated that Li Xinghe scratched his head in disbelief.

Well, anyone with experience living in economically underdeveloped areas understands this situation; it's a typical traditional contract. The groom's family provides a bride price, and the bride must give birth to at least one child, or at least a boy, as compensation. For example, women from the mountainous areas bordering Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan are commonly found in villages in Henan and Shandong. (The remaining text appears to be gibberish and unrelated to the initial statement.)

If they can make it work, then the family is considered established.

If things become unbearable, the woman will secretly run away, but she will leave the child with the man, and they will tacitly break up.

Is it legal? No, it's not legal.

But since these are private contracts that have withstood the test of decades of social development, they can usually be maintained.

This is the very traditional Confucian social foundation.