On the beach near Osaka Castle, the world's largest steamship, Oriental, is moored not far from the beach.

"This should be an excellent harbor, but unfortunately there is no suitable dock to dock the Oriental. You can only barely take a boat to get close to the Oriental and then head to our capital. Your family members in Edo Castle or other places will be sent to the capital later, so don't worry." Lu Xiangsheng said to Tokugawa Iemitsu and others.

Tokugawa Iemitsu also had a group of famous generals taken to the capital as war criminals for imprisonment, and some unimportant middle and lower-level flags were dismissed back to various places.

"Osaka Castle never expected such a large ship to sail..." The local daimyo in Osaka Castle felt helpless about Lu Xiangsheng's complaints.

The harbor of Osaka Castle was not well built, and it was enough for ordinary fishing boats and sailing boats to enter and exit, but the water level was not enough for the steam boats loaded with tens of thousands of tons, which resulted in the Oriental being able to berth in the sea area hundreds of meters away from the shore.

"Will you really guarantee the safety of our family?" asked the war criminals who were about to be escorted to the capital.

"If they were still alive, we would definitely send them safely to the capital. Execution of them would not be of much benefit to us," said Lu Xiangsheng.

"Let's go on the road and see how prosperous the capital of the Celestial Kingdom is compared to our Edo Castle." said Tokugawa Iemitsu, who had not been to the capital yet.

The war prisoners behind Tokugawa Iemitsu looked at each other. No matter how prosperous the capital of China was, their captive identity made them unable to move forward in the capital, and they could not bear the pressure on their face.

"This is the rumored steamship! Fishermen on Shikoku Island have reported that they had seen black sea monsters appear when they went out to fish and they could suck black smoke. It is probably this ship!" Tadonico Yamauchi had a little hearing about the Oriental Steam Iron Shell Ship.

This was the first time he saw the Oriental giant ship, and he couldn't help but be shocked by the huge size of the steam giant ship. The steam iron shell ship, more than 100 meters long, was three times the length of their largest Anzhai ship. It was riveted from steel, and its scale was breathtaking.

A group of Western daimyos behind Tadaoyi Yamauchi were surprised by this.

If they were allowed to independently develop such a steam ship, it might take decades or hundreds of years to study it. Or they could not imagine that the iron ship could sail on the sea and could not think about how to make the iron-shelled ship float on the sea.

"The prisoners were escorted to the capital by black ships, so how should we go to Edo Castle to form a new government office?" asked the Western Daming.

"You will take the Victory to Edo Castle. Although Victory is a bit behind the steamer, it is still the largest and most advanced wooden sailboat in the world." Nelson still has a lot of feelings for his ship. Even if the wooden sailboat is replaced by a steam iron-hulled ship in the future, Nelson wants to keep Victory as it is as possible. It is a witness to the era of sail battleships.

"Prepare to board the ship!" Navy soldiers escorted Tokugawa Iemitsu and other prisoners of war onto the boat, and then paddled near the Oriental.

Tokugawa Iemitsu looked up at the huge hull below the Oriental. When he saw such a huge industrial product, he felt inexplicably frightened.

How big is the technological gap between the two sides when the Celestial Empire can produce such a huge industrial product? Such a gap may not be able to be compensated for in decades.

After Tokugawa Iemitsu and others arrived on the deck, they knocked on the iron hull in disbelief. After confirming that it was made of steel, they were shocked in each other's eyes.

"This failure is not unfair... They can create such an iron-shelled ship, and they will definitely be able to install heavy artillery on it in the future. It is simply an iron castle." Tokugawa Iemitsu walked around the deck curiously, making the sailors on the Oriental feel that they were fussing.

"How much high-quality iron is needed to build such a large ship?" The captured shogunate daimyos did not mention steam power and riveting technology, just making the steel of the Oriental was a huge astronomical figure for them.

The iron consumption of a steam iron-hulled ship is enough for them to make a large number of cold weapons and firearms.

"What is that!" A Daming saw two huge paddle wheel thrusters in the middle of the Oriental.

"Oils, our Chinese shipbuilders have made them very early, have you never seen them?" said Yun Danfeng, a sailor on the Oriental.

"Did such a large oar? Is it manpower to turn them, or did donkey mules? How many people do such a large oar need to work together to keep them running?" Tokugawa Iemitsu interrupted.

"It is neither manpower nor accumulation, but a giant steam engine for ships." said the sailor.

"Tashikazu Sakai introduced me to this extremely important machine, as if its principle is to use water vapor to drive the continuous bar... Our newly established factory also purchased steam engines, but the cunning Kyushu Jun sold us a simple civilian steam engine, which provided limited power, and the steam engine that drove such a large iron ship must be very huge." Tokugawa Iemitsu had only a slight understanding of the principle of the steam engine, but he understood that it was impossible to drive the Dongfang just by selling the small steam engine to them for spinning.

Compared with small steam engines and large marine steam engines, the principle may be similar, and the process manufacturing technology is more complicated. Jiuzhou Jun strictly keeps the technology of locomotive special steam engines and marine steam engines. Only the government can produce such steam engines. The people can only imitate and repair simple civil steam engines.

"It's time for us to set up a new government office in Edo Castle. The delegations and officials sent by the capital are likely already on the way." Lu Xiangsheng watched Tokugawa Iegawa and other prisoners of war boarding the Oriental, and urged the Western Daming to take the Victory to Edo Castle to establish the management system of the Japanese province.

"Each of them arranged for retainers to lead their troops back to their hometown." Shimazu Kokusaku, Yamauchi Tadaeyoshi and other Nishiko Daimai also disbanded their troops after the war ended.

With the establishment of a new ruling system, all the original troops will be dismissed and a new security force will be established to rule Japan.

Compared with the Eastern Daming who became prisoners of war, the Western Daming had a much better life. They were still able to hold important positions in the new government as compensation for dismissal of the army and surrender.

"Once the new government is established, it is estimated that not only will samurai protests break out in Kanto, but also samurai rebellion break out in your Xiguo region. Be prepared to suppress the rebellion. There are also peasant uprisings that have broken out in recent years of civil wars, and we must find ways to quell the peasant uprisings." Lu Xiangsheng said to Shimazu Kokusa and other Western Danames.

Winning the war does not mean everything goes well. How to achieve effective rule is the most difficult place.
Chapter completed!