Du Ji didn't expect that she bumped into someone while walking in a daze, so she quickly bowed and apologized.
When she looked up, she realized that the person she bumped into was actually the adult.
"What are you doing?" Dong Shuheng asked, with a little bit of reproach in his words.
"I'm sorry, sir, I'm going to help my father get the books." Atsuhime lowered her head and replied. There is a small library on the warship. Shimazu Qibin is now sealing himself in books. Without books to read, people will be sluggish.
"Are you still used to living on the boat these days?" Dong Shuheng asked, his tone a little more relaxed.
"We have a good stay, sir, thank you very much!" Du Ji thanked her in a very sincere tone.
"How is your father now?" Dong Shuheng asked again.
"My lord, I'm still the same. I don't want to talk to people." Du Ji replied.
"I hope he can get out of the book again after reading more books." Dong Shuheng sighed.
This is the first time in the past few days that someone has taken the initiative to talk to Duji. Duji, who has a lively nature, has been very depressed on the ship these days.
"Sir, why did we return to Edo?" Atsuhime finally had the courage to ask this question.
"Oh, are you afraid that I will hand you over to the shogunate?"
Duji lowered her head even lower. In future generations, it would be a very provocative thing for a woman to bow her head in front of a man.
But now that he was on a warship, Dong Shuheng was not in that mood. Moreover, through the collar, Dong Shuheng could not see anything. Maybe this woman was too thin.
"Haha, I'm kidding you! Seriously, if I told you that I was here to protect Japan, would you believe it?"
Duji didn't speak. If she said yes, it would seem a bit fake, so she simply didn't speak and waited for Dong Shuheng to continue.
"Look, you still don't trust us in your heart. The American fleet will arrive tomorrow. You must still remember the black ship incident last year."
When Duji heard this, she raised her head and looked at Dong Dingguo with her big round eyes.
When watching TV series before, Dong Shuheng liked the eyes of the actors in the TV series. He never expected that the eyes of real people would be like this.
Atsuki's facial features are not the kind of incomparable beauty. Only her eyes are very distinctive. They are not only large, but also very clear, as if looking at them can cleanse the soul.
"Since I signed a treaty with the shogunate, I must keep my promise and protect Japan from foreign invasion."
"Atsuki, you are a smart woman. Do you think the shogunate can resist the Americans without the support of the Huai Navy?"
Duji shook her head.
"Do you know the Indians in North America? They used to have nearly five million people, but now there are only a few hundred thousand."
"All this is done by the Americans. The U.S. government announced that each Indian scalp can be exchanged for ten dollars from the U.S. government."
Although Du Ji had studied Orchidology, she still didn't know these secrets. What Dong Shuheng said made her feel terrified in her heart.
"Japan is just a small island country. Whether you want to believe it or not, it cannot independently develop into a big country."
"If the Americans use force to open Japan's door this time, other powers will also come, and they will either squeeze Japan as much as they can."
"But what does Japan have? Japan has few resources. Its biggest resource is its population. You wouldn't think that all Japanese people are black and become slaves of white people, being sold around in chains."
"Please, sir, save Japan!" Atsuhime bowed and begged.
She didn't expect Dong Shuheng to say this to her.
Dong Shuheng never thought about why he said these half-truths and half-false words in front of this Japanese woman.
Maybe he wanted to convey these words to Qi Bin through Du Ji.
"Atsuhime, your father also made Japan strong by learning from the West. This is not wrong, but he did not consider international things and only focused on Japan."
"The world has entered a time of great strife, and white people are trying to rule the entire world. Yellow people like us have always been regarded as aliens by them. If we do not unite, we will become like black people, Indians, and Indians.
Slaves to the white man.”
"Atsushi, do you think there are many free races in this world besides us?"
"So I am really here to help the Japanese. I hope that we, the yellow people in East Asia, can unite to resist the white invasion."
"I don't want Japan to become a tool of the white people and a tool for them to invade China. This will be a disaster for Japan and China. We cannot let the white people's conspiracy succeed." Dong Shuheng said firmly, looking ahead.
Like an eagle.
Du Ji just listened to Dong Shuheng's words infatuatedly. Even with her knowledge, she didn't quite understand. She just felt that this young man had a strong heart.
His father may be the stumbling block on his way forward. Anyone who hinders him will be crushed by his firm heart.
Unknown to them, Qi Bin, who was reading in the room, suddenly put down the book in his hand.
He had read a lot of books in the past few days, as well as Huai Haijun's newspapers and magazines, and finally found the reason for his failure. It must be his own misfortune to choose such an opponent.
But is it lucky or unlucky for Japan that the shogunate chose this person as an ally?
"After all, this young man's situation is higher than his own. If Japan continues to develop under its own plan, it can get support from the West for a while, but it will eventually become their tool and a knife for them."
"As a sword, it will eventually be broken one day. What awaits the Japanese will be endless suffering and catastrophe." Qi Bin thought of this, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.
Dong Shuheng felt that it was almost done. He said a lot of things in a confused way, not just to show off in front of the beautiful woman.
Put Japan back on the right path. Become a dog of war in front of China's chariot, instead of becoming a vicious dog that invades Western whites and curbs China.
Later Japan embarked on the road of reform, but could Japan really defeat China after the Westernization Movement at that time?
What role did the West play in this process? I think many people will study it.
It is difficult to find clues from just a few words in textbooks.
Why was Japan able to buy so many warships at once at that time? Was it just because the Japanese were trying to tighten their belts?
Why does the Beiyang Navy have so many unqualified artillery shells? Is it just because the old witch misappropriated the navy's funds?
I think fundamentally Westerners are still worried about China becoming stronger after the Westernization Movement and using Japan to suppress China.
After all, Japan is a small island country with no resources and no market. Its development requires communication with the outside world. As long as it controls foreign trade, it can control Japan. Therefore, the West is not afraid of losing control after Japan breaks free.
However, China is different. Even if it was closed to the outside world like the Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty, China is still the largest country in the world.
Therefore, China has the potential to develop into a country that can threaten Western hegemony. This is why the West has always been afraid of China.
Therefore, if there is even the slightest sign of China's rise, they will try their best to suppress it.
Looking at Japan again, under the control of Westerners, it suppressed China, and then went to fight with Russia. Finally, during World War II, Japan, this vicious dog, finally got out of control.
The Westerners taught him a painful lesson. The two atomic bombs made the Japanese see the situation clearly again, and they became the vicious dogs of the Westerners. They continued to help the Westerners fight against the Soviet Union, and then came to suppress China.
It can be seen from this that the Japanese are hateful and pitiful. They live in a cycle of being controlled by others.
Don't envy the life of hounds. Although they can sometimes eat meat, they look glamorous.
In fact, it will be whipped by its owner at any time. When the owner feels that it is swollen, he will even cut its flesh.
Do the Japanese in later generations really want to be America's dogs? They also want to resist, but they are disgraced every time.
Dong Shuheng feels that Japan became a thug planted by Westerners in the East in later generations, starting from the Black Ship Incident.
The Black Ship Incident opened Japan's borders and allowed Westerners to cultivate a group of pro-Western Japanese in Japan. These people did not recognize the Japanese as Orientals and even took the lead in discriminating against East Asians.
At that time, Japan was not only a vicious dog, but also a licking dog.
Therefore, Dong Shuheng wanted to block this incident, cultivate pro-China forces in Japan, maintain the rule of the shogunate, and rewrite Japan's history.
If Japan, a small country, must rely on a big country and become a vassal of a big country, then this big country should be China.
Just like what Dong Shuheng and Du Ji said just now, the yellow people in East Asia should unite, twist into a rope, and work together to resist the invasion of the West.
Japan is one of the more potential countries in East Asia, so it plays an important role in Dong Shuheng's Greater China Circle plan.
Now is just the beginning. Dong Shuheng believes that as long as he continues to be strong, he will definitely transform Japan into what he needs.
The current Japan under the leadership of the shogunate can be said to be a loose Japan, which is exactly where Dong Shuheng started.
After the Americans' problem is solved this time, it will be Lao Maozi's turn. At that time, Dong Shuheng will recruit a mercenary army in Japan.
Japan is also a typical country with less land and more people. Nowadays, there are so many unemployed people everywhere, which endangers local security and gives the shogunate and the daimyo everywhere a headache.
In a dozen years these people will become the main force in the overthrow of the shogunate. They blame their poor life on the exploitation of the shogunate, and under the guidance of some Japanese reformists, they will burst out all the dissatisfaction accumulated in their hearts.
We came to the deck and looked at Edo Castle in the distance and the calm bay. The sea was sparkling and the waves were calm.
Dong Shuheng knew that under this calm surface, there were undercurrents surging everywhere.