Soon, the mother and son parted due to disagreement. Zhao Yan's decision was still not something Zhang could agree with, mainly because of Yuan'er's background.

As soon as Zhao Yan walked to the corridor in the yard, he saw Yuan'er's red eyes and pounced into his arms. Zhao Yan smiled with a smile, gently pinched Yuan'er's nose and said softly: "Little cat, let you eavesdrop."

"Young Master, I..." Yuan'er looked at Zhao Yan with a choked sob, unable to speak for a while, but her crystal tears couldn't help but slid down.

Zhao Yan didn't say anything, but just reached out to wipe away the tears from her face, then hugged her delicate body as soft as jade, and whispered in her ear: "That position will always belong to you, and no one can take it away, don't worry! There will be a result soon."

"Yeah!" Yuan'er snuggled her face to Zhao Yan's chest and responded softly. Zhao Yan's words instantly dispelled all the confusion in her heart.

...The second time, Zhao Yan ran to the study early and wrote two letters out by himself. One was written to Chen Zhongsheng, asking him to help Yuan'er's father rehabilitate the case.

Yuan'er's father Zhou Junyi was once the prefect of Suzhou. Strictly speaking, he was not a member of the eunuch party, but he was involved in the liquidation.

Another letter was given to Zhu Dadian, the old boss, mainly to ask him to take time to come to Shandong and accept Yuan'er as his adopted daughter.

Since Zhang thought that Yuan'er's background was a problem, Zhao Yan began to prescribe the right medicine, first rehabilitating Yuan'er's father, but then posting him to a first-rank official. At the same time, he asked Zhu Dadian to come forward and take Yuan'er as his adopted daughter.

In this way, Zhang naturally had no reason to object.

As for rehabilitation, the cabinet now controls administrative power, and with Yuan'er's father himself, it is naturally not difficult.

However, Zhao Yan still asked Chen Zhongsheng to carry out a comprehensive rehabilitation operation in the letter to use it as a cover and would not let the world see Zhao Yan's intentions at a glance.

If you rehabilitate Yuan'er's father alone, you will naturally succeed, but you will inevitably be discussed. Zhao Yan is nothing. If there are too many ants, you will not be afraid of biting them. People in the world have many objections to him, but Yuan'er is inevitably discussed.

At the same time, he brought Zhu Dadian out to be Yuan'er's adoptive father. This two-pronged approach will definitely have a good effect.

Zhu Dadian quelled the Kong Youde Rebellion, and with the help of Zhao Yan, he quelled the bandits who rushed into the Jianghuai River.

In terms of fame, Zhu Dadian is very famous. Compared with Qian Qianyi, he only lacks appeal to scholars, but his reputation in commanding troops exceeds Qian Qianyi.

As Zhao Yan's old boss, Zhu Dadian is the most suitable to be Yuan'er's adoptive father.

Zhao Yangang sent the letter, and Zhao Quan ran in excitedly and said to Zhao Yan with an excited look: "Young master, the merchant ship heading to Japan is back."

"How is the situation?" Zhao Yan asked.

"There are a total of 30 merchant ships returning this time, and they directly transported back 300,000 taels of gold, 10,000 taels of silver, and about 3 million taels of other jewelry." Zhao Quan replied.

"Has the road been smooth?" Zhao Yan asked.

"There were three warships escorting this time, and the Tokugawa shogunate had basically no maritime power that could be used. The Dutch warships stationed in Japan did not dare to come and disturb us. Zheng Zhilong's pirate ships could not catch up with our flying scissors, and they also had no courage to provoke us. Thirty flying scissors returned successfully." Zhao Quan rubbed his hands in excitement.

Three hundred thousand taels of gold are equivalent to three million taels of silver, and plus one thousand one million taels of silver, that is fourteen million taels of silver.

The value of other jewelry is three million taels in the reporting list, but the evaluation is not professional. Conservative evaluation methods are used when evaluating, and the value is definitely more than that.

Wang Wenyue grabbed a vault of 8 million taels in Edo, and with the wealth of Edo City, there were about 15 million taels. The reason why he could grab so much wealth was because Wang Wenyue swept the entire Kanto.

The Tokugawa Shogunate not only monopolized Japan's foreign trade, but also occupied the most prosperous areas and major mines throughout the country, and also monopolized the right to mint coins. It would be impossible for the Tokugawa Shogunate to be rich.

However, Wang Wenyue has stopped mobilizing because Wang Wenyue plans to build Guandong into a production place for Japanese slaves, so as to provide Japanese slaves for Shandong for a long time.

From the combat report of the Honshu Mixed Brigade, Zhao Yan found that the Tokugawa Shogunate was extremely tough.

The toughness of the Tokugawa shogunate was beyond Zhao Yan's expectations.

Zhao Yan sent troops to attack Edo not only to steal silver or capture Japanese slaves. At the same time, to capture Tokugawa Iemitsu, he forced Tokugawa Iemitsu to sign a treaty, thereby opening up the Japanese market.

Stealing money is a temporary source of wealth, just an additional income to achieve the goal. Dumping goods to Japan is a long-term and continuous income.

Tokugawa Iemitsu led his army to withdraw from the Kanto Plain and entered the mountainous area. It was naturally impossible for Wang Wenyue to chase him. Once he arrived at the mountainous area, the battle would turn into infantry combat. At the same time, the firearms could not be fully utilized, and their advantages would be greatly weakened.

Obviously, Tokugawa Iemitsu wanted to fight to the end with the Shandong Army.

This made Zhao Yan deeply troubled.

Zhao Yan naturally could not increase his troops to sweep Japan. The Qing Dynasty in Liaodong had not yet been resolved, and the number of troops to attack the Tokugawa shogunate was just to achieve the goal of opening up the market, so he naturally did not have more energy to devote himself to it.

Originally, Zhao Yan thought that after Tokugawa I-Kuang would come to seek peace soon after he ran out of Edo, he really didn't expect it!

The combat report later included Wang Wenyue's management method for the Kanto region was approved by Zhao Yan. According to Wang Wenyue's intention, it was necessary to occupy the Kanto region for a long time.

But Zhao Yan was not interested in Japan's Kanto.

First of all, it is very troublesome to manage yourself, and secondly, Japan is just an island country. Although the Kanto region is good, it is limited to agriculture. There are not many mines or other places in Japan, and earthquakes occur frequently.

As for the issue of Japanese slaves, it can naturally be obtained through other methods of plunder. As long as Japan opens the market, it is still very easy to get Japanese slaves.

What you really want to occupy is Hokkaido. Most of Japan's coal is concentrated there, and it is suitable for the development of animal husbandry. At the same time, there is a world-class Hokkaido fishing ground, which is the essence of Japan.

Zhao Yan immediately wrote a combat order to Wang Wenyue, asking him to carry out shaved looting in the Kanto region, striving to squeeze out all the wealth in the Kanto region.

If Japan refuses to negotiate, it will attack Nagoya and Kyoto in Japan. In this era, Kyoto was not in Edo (Tokyo), but on a small plain further west, it is also a region with relatively developed agriculture.

As long as these most important areas are destroyed, the Tokugawa Shogunate will be destroyed, and other daimyos will naturally be replaced.

However, for now, a relatively stable and slightly chaotic Japan is most in line with Zhao Yan's interests, because once Japan is in chaos, it will be very unfavorable to open up the market. If Japan is not in chaos, it is only necessary to sign a treaty with the Tokugawa shogunate to sell the goods to Japan.

After entering the Japanese market, in order to expand its interests, Japan must be in chaos.

Since the Tokugawa shogunate wanted to hold on, Zhao Yan would see how long they could hold on.

...No, Zhao Yan's figure appeared in the Academy of Sciences. After nearly a year of research and manufacturing, the first new steam engine is about to be completed.

Under the developed boring machine processing, the cylinder finish problem has been solved, and the biggest problem that restricts the manufacturing of new steam engines no longer exists.

This new steam engine is more reliable and more perfect than the old steam engine that has been developed. According to theory, the power of this steam engine should be four times that of the original.

The Academy of Sciences has now grown to a scale of more than 200 people, who are engaged in various research.

The gear devices of the steam engine have also been studied.

Under Zhao Yan's visit, an old steam engine drove the spinning mule machine under the action of the gear linkage.

This is a universal machine! With the steam engine, it is about to break away from the era of production of human, animal and water power with many limited human, animal and water power.

Zhao Yan nodded with great satisfaction.

The steam engine is not yet mature, but it can also be put into production. However, the new steam engine is about to come out, so it is more cost-effective to wait for the new steam engine to come out.

Another important thing is the train!

As long as the railway problem is solved, commercial circulation will be extremely fast, and logistics transportation, expeditions, etc. are no longer a headache.

Steamboats can also be made.

These two projects have begun to be studied. Now a five-hundred-meter straight track has been laid on the edge of the Institute of Science and Technology, and the iron armored ship is also under development at the Longkou Shipyard.

Steel-made steamships cannot be achieved overnight, but must be accumulated through continuous attempts to manufacture.

Zhao Yan's idea is absolutely crazy for members of the Academy of Sciences.

Anyone who heard about the iron armored ship would think that at most it was a layer of iron on the outside. However, when they knew that the iron armored ship was made of all steel, they all opened their eyes wide open in disbelief.

All made of steel?

Even if it doesn't sink, it's probably not easy to drive with sails! It's possible that you can't run at all. Only those who have seen steam engines know that the manufacturing of ironclad ships is theoretically possible.

The steel shell is equipped with one or more steam engines, and then the propelled paddles are driven, and a warehouse for coal is built.

In addition, there are cargo compartments, living compartments, turrets, etc.

Combine these together, design them, and then manufacture them step by step. It should take less than a few years to build an ironclad ship. As long as the navigation speed is free, the artillery fire is fine, and other aspects are incomplete. As long as these two points are achieved, the strongest will be the one that appears.

Sailing warships, and not sailing warships at their peak, can they be compared to iron armored ships made of steel? After all, their defense is too abnormal, unlike the hardness of wooden ships.

...There are ships everywhere in Edo Port, and almost all the ships in Tokyo Bay were snatched up one by one, all concentrated in Edo.

There are at least a thousand of these ships. Su Buheng led the First Fleet to intercept Japanese ships in Tokyo Bay. Ten armed merchant ships have been blocking the Hepu Waterway to prevent ships in Tokyo Bay from escaping. At the same time, it is to prevent Dutch warships from rushing into Tokyo Bay to make trouble.

The Dutch were quite wise. Their warships were not stupid enough to come and eat shells. The ten warships were not dispatched in Nagasaki. Although Tokugawa Iemitsu and others offered very attractive conditions, after several battles, the Dutch had already understood that the navy in the northern Ming Empire could not be defeated by them because they had powerful artillery.

Merchant ships from Shandong arrived in Edo one after another. From mid-September, the first batch of clippers arrived, with a total of thirty ships, and nearly forty merchant ships were found behind them.

Wang Wenyue asked someone to load the gold, silver and treasures, the most precious things on the fly-scissor ship, and transport them back to Shandong. In order to ensure the insurance, Su Buheng also sent several warships to escort. At the speed of the fly-scissor ship, there was no need to escort.

The other forty merchant ships were shipped with large-weight and not so valuable goods, and the forty merchant ships were also loaded with full load.

The young and strong Japanese slaves captured have now reached more than 300,000, and they really cannot be transported back, so they can't arrest anyone anymore.

Wang Wenyue brought people to Edo that day to watch the Japanese ships captured by Su Buheng in Tokyo Bay. After the continuous sweeps over the past few months, almost all the Japanese ships in Tokyo Bay were concentrated here.

Thousands of Japanese ships, which were as large as 200 tonnes and as large as 400 tonnes, were docked in the port. After looking around, Wang Wenyue asked Su Buheng: "Old Su, can we use these ships to transport Japanese slaves? Will it not be a capsized at sea?"

After hearing this, Su Buheng smiled and said, "It is possible to capsize, but at most it is a small number. When the Japanese pirates ravaged our Ming coast, some Japanese pirates were still on small sampans, and they could still run to Zhejiang, Fujian, and some even go to Guangdong."

"Then how do they get back after they get something?" Wang Wenyue asked in confusion.

"This is simple. You can go back by grabbing a ship in the Ming Dynasty!" Su Buheng said, "These Japanese ships are pretty good. For example, with a displacement of 100 tons, it is absolutely possible to stuff two or three hundred people into it. If you don't encounter any strong winds and waves on the road, you can basically not overturn it."

"..." Wang Wenyue was speechless when he heard Su Buheng say this. If Su Buheng did this when he sent their army, at least 10% of the soldiers would lose their combat effectiveness after landing, and would even have a high death rate.

"Anyway, these Japanese slaves are useless in their place in Edo. No ships come to transport them back for a while, so we would just drive all of these ships back and take some Japanese slaves back." Su Buheng still attaches great importance to these thousands of Japanese ships. "Although these ships cannot sail from ocean, it is absolutely possible to travel from Japan to Shandong. After driving back, our offshore transportation capacity can be quickly improved."

"Well! Then who will drive the boat?" Wang Wenyue asked.

"Let the Japanese drive sail and tie all these ships together with ropes. Send more than a dozen people to stare at each ship. Then let these ships follow the ships in front of us, and then use warships to escort them around. You can get all your surnames back at once." Su Buheng said.

"A serial boat? If someone sets on fire, wouldn't it be all over?"

"Don't worry, we don't need iron locks, we just use ropes. If someone burns the boat, it's enough to cut the ropes off." Su Buheng explained.

"If you encounter a strong wind?"
To be continued...