Just Walking Makes You a Millionaire - Chapter 199



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◈ 199. Sino-Japanese War (2)

Korea and China were not at war, and the Korean government was still watching China’s every move.

With the collapse of North Korea, the nuclear weapons the North Korean regime possessed fell into the hands of the South Korean government.

Of course, a significant number of nuclear weapons were dismantled due to counter-intimidation from the United States and China, but it is unknown how long they were hidden.

Since North Korea’s nuclear weapons were officially known to have been dismantled, the South Korean government did not want to even think about war with China, which is still a nuclear state.

As it became difficult to trade with Western countries, the Chinese government tried to focus on trade with the Korean government as an alternative.

Western countries also wanted to cut off trade with China, but realistically, if trade with China were completely cut off, they would face difficulties due to extreme inflation.

Trade was necessary, as if we were blindly talking to each other.

Originally, trade could have been conducted through Southeast Asian countries, but since the Southeast Asian countries were worried about national collapse and were at war, the Chinese government considered Korea as a partner for intermediary trade.

So the Chinese government notified that it would approve the unification of North and South Korea, as it was already impossible to turn back North Korea.

It was an outrageous thing for the Korean government and Korean people, but it was passed over because it would have been a headache if they had continued to oppose it and made excuses.

As the North Korean region began to stabilize and food production increased, the Chinese government contacted Jincheol’s Footsteps Group to inquire about food imports.

“This amount of volume is difficult for us to handle.”

“We have determined that the quantity of Cheongya is considerable. We would like you to return this quantity to us.”

“Currently, the Cheongya region supplies food to people in Southeast Asia and North Korea. Furthermore, Cheongya countries are also controlling export volumes due to rising food prices.”

Although no control measures have been put in place yet on the amount of produce produced by Jincheol’s farm, exports from local farms and ranches are being controlled.

The relationship between the Chinese government and Australia, as well as the Qinghai-Taiwan border to the east of the Australian continent, was not entirely friendly.

To be exact, the Qing Dynasty itself did not form deep relationships with any country in the world except the Korean government.

Although it is not a neutral country, the country itself is choosing isolationism.

Since Cheongya had designated Korean as its second language and there were a significant number of Koreans living there, its relationship with Korea was quite good.

As Koreans chose green countries over the United States or Canada for overseas immigration, quite a few people settled down and settled in green countries.

The Chinese government, which had already tried to export food to the Qing Dynasty but was rejected, is now requesting the quantity secured by Jincheol.

Until recently, they would have made very high-handed demands, but because the situation in China itself is so bad, they are now making requests quite politely.

“Haven’t China and Korea had a relationship like a close relationship since long ago? We were together during the Imjin War and the threat from the north, and didn’t China help us a lot in establishing the Korean government?”

In fact, it was not wrong, but it had nothing to do with the current Chinese authorities.

Rather, it was the culprit that caused South Korea to suffer for over half a century, but it was not something that could be unconditionally rejected as the Korean Peninsula could not be moved to another region.

The same was true for Japan, so maintaining balance was more important than anything else.

“As for aquatic products, we will be able to supply some. And we will check the additional supply of pasture and feed and deliver it to you.”

“Thank you, Mr. Kim.”

“You are a great person.”

“You saved the lives of the Chinese people, so you should be called a great person.”

Jincheol had to listen to the audit of Chinese authorities to the point where they called him a great man.

China’s environmental destruction is greater than expected.

Huge amounts of cement have contaminated large parts of the country.

As the world’s factory, environmental destruction was serious, but so was land and river pollution caused by cement, and the polluted land even polluted the sea.

The reason Chinese fishing boats have been engaging in illegal fishing around the world is because fish have dried up in Chinese seas.

Even now, Chinese fishing boats are forming fleets and catching fish in seas all over the world, but unlike in the past, they are now actively attacking Chinese fishing boats.

Southeast Asian countries at war were immediately sinking Chinese fishing boats upon discovery, and India in the Indian Ocean in particular was more actively suppressing and pressuring the Chinese navy and fishing boats at sea than on land.

Even in Taiwan, which is only in name, Chinese fishing boats were blocked from leaving for the Pacific Ocean, and the Chinese fishing boats were eventually forced to flock towards Korea and Japan.

Naturally, Korea and Japan were busy fighting a non-war with those Chinese fishing boats.

Although they were able to block some Chinese fishing boats from entering Korean waters using ghost ships, now it was difficult for both Jincheol and Jaewoo to operate ghost ships.

The silver lining was that North Korean fishermen were playing a significant role in stopping the Chinese fishing boats.

Compared to South Korea, North Korean fishermen were practically like the North Korean navy, and they hunted not only in South Korean waters but also in Chinese waters on fishing boats provided by the South Korean government.

In China, there was even a protest to the Korean government because of this, but the protest was not great, perhaps because it was burdensome to make even Korea an enemy.

As a result, Chinese fishing boats were flocking to the Japanese coast in larger numbers than the Korean coast and sweeping up all the fish.

Japan was also pushing for the relocation of its capital from Tokyo to Osaka due to the imminent eruption of Mt. Fuji along with the earthquake in Tokyo.

However, Tokyo, Japan, was a much larger and more populous city than Seoul.

Moving was virtually impossible.

In such a difficult situation, conflict with China would not have been something the Japanese government wanted either.

Since the US Navy was still stationed in the Japanese archipelago, the threat of war with China was not great.

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But Japan was also gradually drying up, and its huge fiscal deficit was now irreversible, which was enough to make Japan change its mind.

“North and South Korea should have gone to war.”

“It’s truly a shame. This golden opportunity for Japan to rise again is disappearing like this.”

“There is no hope if things continue like this. If things continue like this.”

“But isn’t there no other way?”

“This time it’s different.”

“Different?”

“Isn’t America behind us? This time, we’re going to take on the wavering China….”

“This time?”

When it comes to belligerence, this was a nation that could be picked on one hand from all over the world.

Japan’s suppressed belligerence and group spirit sought to solve internal problems by turning them outward, as they had done in the past.

“We can just pass all the deficits on to China. There is no need to occupy Chinese territory. Right now, China is struggling with wars with neighboring countries, so if we attack it, it will surely surrender right away. If it surrenders, we can receive compensation for the damages and end the war.”

It was a ridiculous judgment, but Japan has made such ridiculous judgments in the past.

Chinese fishing boats were coming in large numbers all the way to the Japanese coast, sweeping up fish, so Japan had a justification for it.

Japan’s coast guard has been arresting Chinese fishing boats en masse, protesting strongly to Chinese authorities and demanding huge compensation.

Naturally, the Chinese authorities refused to apologize or compensate, demanding that the safety of Chinese fishermen be guaranteed.

Japan, which had always been at the back of China’s noses in the past, expected the same thing to happen this time.

But this time, Japan was also holding out quite a bit.

It was the Japanese army that attacked Chinese fisheries guidance ships and raided Chinese naval bases.

This time, Japan did not declare war.

The war between China and Japan was much more shocking than the war between China and India.

The war between the two countries was especially surprising to neighboring Korea.

“Do you want to get hit by a nuke again?”

“Isn’t this turning our country into a battlefield too?”

Japan’s preemptive strike was somewhat understandable.

To solve China’s food problem, hundreds of large-scale fishing fleets approach the coastal waters of Japan by the dozens and sweep up fish.

The fishing practices that were sweeping away the environment along Japan’s coastline were at a level that no sovereign nation could stand idly by.

It was to the extent that it could be said that although Japan launched the preemptive attack, it was actually China that started the war.

Nonetheless, it was shocking that the Japanese government, unlike in the past, attacked Chinese fisheries guidance ships and naval vessels, and even naval bases.

Even the Chinese government thought that when their naval base was attacked, it was the Indian Navy, not the Japanese.

Japan was once the world’s second largest naval power.

The Japanese Navy was still evaluated as possessing the third-largest maritime power after the United States and China, and it was thought that it would not be easy for the Chinese Navy, with its dispersed forces, to deal with the Japanese Navy alone.

It was Japan’s last ounce of strength.

With Chinese naval bases and Chinese naval vessels suffering such great damage, both China and Japan were shocked and did not know what to do.

China also suffered so much damage that it became paralyzed, and Japan also became paralyzed after suffering a much greater victory than expected.

For China, it was scary to have Japan as an enemy, but for some reason Japan felt it was worth a try.

Japan also thought it would be difficult to claim the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere and swallow up all of East Asia as it had in the past, but it was natural that they would change their minds if it was advantageous in war.

In any case, Japan had to accept China’s surrender and compensation for damages in order to solve its own economic difficulties.

At the very least, they had to receive money for shells, so the Japanese Navy, with the support of the Japanese Air Force, put pressure on Shanghai, one of the key regions in China.

Even if there is no intention of landing, the intention is to blockade cities such as Shanghai and Hangzhou, which are symbols of the Chinese economy.

I was confident that if I applied just a little more pressure, the Chinese government would come to the negotiating table.

But this action by the Japanese government has made those who had been holding their breath move.

“The Imperial Japanese Navy has finally taken action! It is time to reclaim the continent!”

Taiwan, which had been making a lot of noise, has finally started to move.

The Taiwanese military, which had been constantly harassed, took action to reclaim the mainland.

“Since South Korea has also achieved unification, there is no way we can’t do it! If we cooperate with the Japanese military, we can reclaim the continent! Let’s go! To the continent!”

The Taiwanese military’s landing capabilities were not certain.

However, the Chinese army already had enemies on all sides and could not fully concentrate on the Taiwanese army.

In this way, the Taiwanese landing force suffered enormous damage, but was able to set foot on the Chinese mainland.

Of course, Chinese missiles continued to rain down on the island of Taiwan, but the same was true for cities in mainland China.

The Northeastern Three Kingdoms, which had been keeping an eye on the situation, must have judged that if not now, there would be no other opportunity, and declared independence by establishing the Later Qing, claiming to be the successor to the Qing Dynasty.

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