When the announcement was made on the first day, the entire capital was still very quiet, but many people were already panicking the next morning. Although they were all ordinary people, this matter concerned everyone's lives, and they didn't want to become slaves of one family in the future.
Many people gathered at the gate of the government office in the morning, and some brave enough went to the dock. It was said that the Tang army would land at the dock today. Would it be possible to ask them in person then?
"Everyone, get back here. Follow what the master said yesterday and do what you should do. No one should ask too many questions. The master doesn't have time to answer you right now."
The government staff said fiercely that they thought the matter was over yesterday and there would be a peaceful transfer of power between them and the Tang Dynasty, but they did not expect these people to come and cause trouble now.
"We just want to know the truth. Will we end up like the people of Goguryeo, working the land for the people of the Tang Dynasty from morning till night, until we can't even fill our stomachs?"
This incident happened two or three years ago. Many people who escaped from Goguryeo and Silla have come here, and their descriptions have been confirmed. So these Fuso people are also worried that their future will be like this. If this is really the case, they will take their entire family and run away even if it means dying at sea.
Originally, those Silla people could still run to Fuso, but where can they go now? Some of them fish at sea all day long, so they are familiar with some uninhabited islands nearby. Although they don’t know how to live there, it is at least much better than being slaves here.
Just as they were thinking about these things, new changes soon occurred.
What you can think of, the Tang army can also think of. The labor force here is extremely abundant, but if too many people run away, it will be a loss for the Tang Dynasty.
At noon that day, the Tang army commissioned the local government in Fusang Capital to issue an official document, requiring everyone to fish near the coast. If anyone wanted to enter the open sea, the Tang navy would directly sink them.
In order to tell everyone the combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty Navy, this afternoon, in the west of Fuso Capital Bay, the Tang Dynasty Navy will choose to sink several large ships. Of course, these are all Fuso's large ships, so that you can see the power of the Tang Dynasty Navy.
Mr. Suzuki has been negotiating with Ding Jiayong for a long time, wanting them not to show force around the capital, but Ding Jiayong also has his own insistence. Showing force is necessary, and it has been approved by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
If we don't show our military force, you Japanese people won't know where you are. Only by seeing how powerful the Tang Dynasty Navy is, will you stay at home and do what you should do, instead of running around and causing trouble for our Tang Dynasty Navy.
Of course, this is also for the dignitaries in the palace to see. Aren't there some people who are not convinced? I always feel that your Fusang fighting power is good. If you unite to resist together, you may be able to drive out our Tang army. Now, let me show you whether your bones are that tough.
So Lord Suzuki negotiated with Ding Jiayong for half a day, but in the end nothing was accomplished. He could only return to the palace with regretful news and persuade all the people not to go and see it.
Although the Fuso court issued an order for everyone to stay at home and blocked the main streets, not allowing people from other areas to go to the port, the port itself is the most developed place in the entire city, with as many as 80,000 to 90,000 people living here. Can you shut the mouths of these 80,000 to 90,000 people?
What's more, many people live on the boats. Even if you pull them all ashore, it will be too late to relocate these 80,000 or 90,000 people, not to mention there is no good place to accommodate them.
That afternoon, three broken ships in Fuso Port were gathered together. All three ships had holes in them and had been stranded in the port. They could be used now.
The streets were full of Fuso soldiers, who were shouting at everyone to go back home, but at the same time they kept looking back at the west side of the port. They also wanted to know the true combat effectiveness of the Tang army.
If a confrontation really breaks out between the two countries, these soldiers will definitely be on the front lines. Now that we can learn more about the combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty army, it can be regarded as finding some chances for us to survive. So they prevent others from watching, but they are the part they want to see the most.
When the time came, Ding Jiayong ordered the three ships to fire at the same time. These three broken ships could have been dealt with by one warship, but in order to leave a deep impression on the people on the shore, Ding Jiayong still ordered the more than 100 cannons on the three ships to fire!
When Ding Jiayong's order was given, loud noises one after another began to spread from the port to the surrounding area. After hearing the sound, many people unconsciously ran to a high place to see what was happening at the port.
Some people even covered their eyes. They knew that the situation was unbelievable, but they couldn't help but be curious and looked at the situation in the port through the gaps between their fingers.
The three broken ships were hit by cannonballs one after another. The cannonballs were too powerful and not solid. When these cannonballs hit the wooden ship, the whole ship exploded immediately, and raging fires broke out in many places.
Is this the true combat strength of the Tang Dynasty Navy?
According to the Fuso court, their combat effectiveness is similar to that of the Tang Dynasty navy, but this is a battle on our doorstep, and the Tang Dynasty navy is definitely no match for us. Many people believed this lie before, and they also thought that the Fuso navy could protect them.
But no one believes such nonsense now. With just a few of your small, broken ships, you still want to use fire to kill them. Do the Tang Navy give you such a chance? With the guns on both sides of this ship, I'm afraid you don't stand a chance of getting close.
The people's confidence collapsed instantly. Many of them wept bitterly, thinking about the miserable life they would face in the future. How did the people of Goguryeo live? Perhaps they would have to live the same way in the future, working from morning till night for the Tang landlords...
