Ome Fu Hori Riken forced Koguri Tadashun to ask as a last resort, this Xianheng foreign company has become a piece of the shogunate's important ministers, and he can't even say it to himself if he doesn't ask.

It turned out that with the passage of time, the help of the Shogunate became greater and greater - originally, in order to maintain an understanding of the outside world, the Shogunate retained the Orchid Kingdom as a trade object among the Western countries, but the purpose of the Rankoku Merchant House and Fuso was to always trade rather than support, and the Hamheng Foreign Company was specially used by Naoxiu and his group to support the Shogunate, so after the arrival of the black ship, the Shogunate was stunned to find that the Hamheng Foreign Company had become an indispensable role, but at the same time, it also caused a lot of doubts and worries.

At the request of the old and middle schools, the Mufu Institute retraced the past of dealing with Xianheng Foreign Company:

In August of the second year of Kaei (1849), Naohide Hashimoto returned from overseas, and in addition to a Western wooden ship purchased by himself, he was accompanied by a Rice Man sailing ship—this was the first time that Hamhyung Yoko officially appeared in Fuso, and at that time it was nominally delivering goods for Naohide Hori, and it was not directly related to the shogunate.

However, in the third year of Kaei (1850), the ships of the Hamheng Shoko appeared in Nagasaki again, and under the operation of the new Nagasaki Metoki Oguri Tadashun, they played the barbarian treasure again, which was the beginning of dealing with the shogunate - but there was no deal at the time, and the shogunate only accepted the gifts, and the only return to the Hamhyung foreign company was coal, fresh water, and some other supplies.

The so-called "another time of barbarian offering treasures" refers to the fact that it happened once before.

In the first year of Kaei (1848), there was a rice boat to Nagasaki, which is said to be the ship of Vanderbilt, the richest man in rice, and at that time, Morgan at the bow of the ship and Oguri Tadashun, who was the servant of Nagasaki at the time, "hit it off at first sight", and Morgan came into contact with the Fuso culture and found that it was "broad and profound", so he offered a large number of southern barbarians.

Of course, the shogunate did not accept Westerners gifts casually - "this does not cost money is the most expensive", everyone understands the reason, but the Mi people unloaded the goods and slipped away, which was not collected and collected, not to mention that people did not mention trade or other conditions at all, so the matter was not closed - in fact, it was Nagasaki at that time, Nagasaki was greedy for money, and they couldn't look down on small money, but at that time it was a southern barbarian worth tens of thousands of taels of gold, and it was costless, and it was sold with a lot of hands.

And the reason why the shogunate gently let go of this matter is that the rice people not only offered goods, but also some steam cans, machine tools, and books, which are some good things that can be used to understand the outside world, and the rice people are gone, so why make a fuss - when the rice people come again, they will naturally know what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd, and if there is a problem, they will naturally find the back account of the handler.

But the Vanderbilt ship never appeared again, and the shogunate breathed a sigh of relief - afraid that it would be poisoned, but a little regretful - after all, there were examples of Tang trade, and it was not impossible to open another channel to understand the outside world under the guise of private trade.

Of course, when the rice merchants really proposed to trade with the people, it is estimated that there will be another battle within the shogunate!

Real changes accumulate slowly – little by little, and it's too late to be surprised when you find out.

Since there was a precedent for the barbarians to offer treasures in the first year of Kaei (1848), it became logical for the treasure offering of the Shogunate in the third year of Kaei (1850), and the attitude of the shogunate this time was much more positive.

The reason is to blame for Naoxiu.

When Naohide came back the year before, he presented goods worth 100,000 taels of small money, and in addition to a large number of dazzling foreign gadgets, there were also a large number of books and weapons, which greatly broadened the shogunate's vision and accumulated a sense of crisis

- It turns out that the Southern Barbarians are so fierce now, no wonder the Tang people were defeated by the British eight years ago!

tasted the sweetness, so many people suggested whether it was possible to make a story other than the Lan people and the Tang people.

What's more, Zhixiu refreshed a concept for the old middle school in the wind story, that is, businessmen are businessmen, and the country is a country, not every businessman cares about governance, as long as there is a lot of money to be made, there are still many people who dare to take risks.

The old and middle people pondered, it is indeed this truth, Fusang has secret trade, the Tang people have private merchants to and from Nagasaki, the hearts of the people in this world are the same, so it is really impossible to generalize, so the rice merchant may be able to participate in the trade - I Fusang is a big land, and the coveted Nanban merchants naturally have.

Therefore, after paving the way, in the third year of Jiayong (1850), the Xianheng foreign company presented the treasure smoothly.

At that time, Xiao Li proposed to "let Xianheng Foreign Bank make a deal under the banner of the Tang Dynasty", and the old and middle school were quite calm about this, and got together to discuss, "Is this thing reliable, if there is no problem, let's try it for a year or two?" "—Oguri Tadashun dared to go to the book because he had the right idea, and he felt that as long as it was beneficial to the shogunate, it would be a big deal, and at most he would go home and eat old rice.

But most of the old middle schools think it's nothing, but there is one person who is in a hurry, and this person who is anxious is the chief Abe attendant of the old middle school!

Why is Abe in a hurry? What else can I do because of this, I am out of control.

In the third year of Honghua (1846), he instructed his subordinates to promote Oguri to the rank of Nagasaki Metoke, and in the third year of Kaei (1850), he single-handedly pushed Oguri to the post of Nagasaki Metoke, but he never expected that things would develop to this day.

Back then, he promoted Oguri Tadashun to Nagasaki, in fact, he acquiesced in Oguri to help Naohide Hori go overseas - this is a precedent, it is said that his previous chief old Nakano Tadashi sent people to go overseas, although he did not catch the real hammer, but some secret information in the shogunate hinted that this was true, so why Mizuno did my Abe can't do it?

And Oguri and Naohide Hori both did a good job before.

Since the fourth year of Honghua (1847), Oguri has been providing a steady stream of overseas stories and various books to the shogunate—although Oguri is a Nagasaki me, he is a Daishiki banner, so he can still keep a little credit for himself.

The next barbarian offering treasure, whether it is Xiao Li or something else, it doesn't matter, anyway, the shogunate can get the benefits and there is no risk for himself.

Then there is Naoxiu's generosity, the Nanban who donated 100,000 taels of gold, the meticulous and rigorous wind storytelling, a large number of books, Yomiuri (newspapers), and a large number of weapons, all of which show that he had an excellent eye for idle chess at his hands back then.

Of course, he also rewarded the two, Naohide was exonerated and promoted to the acting official of the 200 stones, and Oguri was promoted to Nagasaki Metsuke.

If things are said to be perfect at this point, but this Xiaoli Zhongshun has made a barbarian offering treasure, and also proposed to "let Xianheng Foreign Company make a deal under the banner of the Tang people", so the opening is getting bigger and bigger, isn't it fun not to make trouble?

Now the old people think that Oguri is their confidant, but in fact, this Oguri is a reckless person, and he let people suggest that he took care of his previous hands and tails in Nagasaki, and it was over, but he was good, and he made a barbarian offering treasure, and he was ready to trade for a long time, is this a bad head?! - From this time on, the old middle Abe began to gradually cut off with Oguri.

But the old and middle schools have said, "Xiao Li proposed, 'Let Xianheng Foreign Company take the banner of the Tang people.'"

'It's a good thing to do a deal' is a good thing to open up a different path.,Both Nagasaki commissioners also agree.,That's it.,' What can you say as Oguri's "backer"?

There has to be a reason for saying no, right? What's more, turning too quickly is easy to hurt the waist, since the other old middle school proposals are feasible, so the old middle Abe can only push the boat down the river and agree.

The development of events confirmed that the old middle school was indeed right:

In the fourth year of Jiaei (1851), Xianheng provided six rifled guns, breech rifles Sharps 1848 300, 60 Colt Patterson revolvers, and ordnance, and this was not required by the shogunate - the strange shogunate and the Lan Kokushokan traded for many years, and it was mainly ordinary barter.

During this period, the Languo Merchant House also promoted Western ordnance many times, but the shogunate was not very enthusiastic, and only bought a small amount for research, the reason was actually "money in vain" - the shogunate unified Fuso, as long as the armament was better than the princes, and it was useless to buy the latest Western ordnance, this reason made the Languo Merchant House angry and bloody.

To tell the truth, the shogunate actually rejected this batch of weapons, and was very worried that the Hamheng foreign company had ulterior motives - even if the Hamheng foreign company explained that if you used it, the Western countries, including the rice country, would soon appear in Fuso, but the shogunate thought that "so many years have passed safely, don't talk about deceiving people, okay?"

So the shogunate only paid for six three-inch rifled guns - this was ordered by Taro Saemon of Egawa, who was the commander of the Kanji Ginmi and coastal defense, and it involved the Odaiba plan, and the protection of Edo was absolutely the right way to govern, and this money was not impossible! However, the shogunate resolutely refused to pay the other ordnance.

Fortunately, Xianheng Foreign Bank also said that these are gifts, free of charge, and they can be used to play.

When the rifled gun, which could be used as a sample, was urgently transported to Edo, the old and middle school people were surprised!

After the test firing, the three-inch rifled gun can really hit a Fusang Li (a Fusang Li is about 3,900 meters), and its own large barrel is only 30% of the firing range at most, this foreigner's firearm has changed so sharply after so many years!

The old and middle men hurriedly sent flying scissors to Nagasaki and said to the people of Xianheng and foreign companies, "Forty more rifled guns, and a hundred new electrolyte trigger anchor mines, if you have money, don't give any other ordnance for free, give me the money, and make a price." ”

When it came to the end, the shogunate began to worry that the price of Xianheng and the foreign company would not be able to come up with so many goods—this was not without precedent, and the Languo Merchant House and the Tang people sometimes liked to do what they wanted.

As a result, the leader of Xianheng Foreign Company smiled evilly and said that how can it be done, we are serious businessmen, not only the price remains the same, but also that it is free and really does not need money.

As a result, the shogunate felt even more uneasy, fearing that something would go wrong, so Nagasaki temporarily organized a batch of raw silk and sold it to the other party at a low price.

In the fifth year of Jiayong (1852), Xianheng entered Nagasaki according to the agreement, forty rifled guns, one hundred new electrolytes triggered anchor mines, and the ration of ammunition was enough, Nagasaki was really convinced this time - not convinced, not only did they deliver the goods, but also gave the manufacturing process last year, and the shogunate studied for a long time and could only admit that they could not make it.

And the wind storytelling submitted by the Xianheng Foreign Bank is much better than the wind storytelling of the Languo Merchant Hall, this year the Languo Merchant House just told the Shogunate that the Mi people were coming, and this Xianheng Foreign Bank actually described the resume of the Mi Commander, the possible route, the parameters of the ship, and the details of the ordnance clearly.

Therefore, the shogunate could only say, "I'm convinced, what are you coming from?" ”