The captain of the rice boat is named John, and the captain of the whaling ship who accompanied him this time is also called John. Brian, the other is John ̇mon.

But John ̇ Meng is a native of Fuso, and his name is Manjiro, and he is the head of the navy that Naohide thinks about.

Manjiro is a Fuso man who was shipwrecked in the United States - but unlike Naohide, Manjiro really encountered a shipwreck. He was originally a poor fisherman in Tosa Nakahama Village, Tenbao Nian), only 15-year-old Manjiro worked as a helper on a fishing boat, but unfortunately encountered a storm, and the broken boat was fortunately washed up on a desert island by the waves after five days of drifting, and was even more fortunate to be rescued by a passing whaling ship after 143 days.

is different from the hanging force of Naoxiu, Manjiro in the first half of his life is a real son of the plane, everyone loves him, and flowers bloom.

Soon after being rescued by the whaling boat, the clever and decisive Manjiro was taken in as his adopted son by the captain and brought him back to the United States to raise his children and provide for him to go to school—along with four other fishermen who were left by the captain to fend for themselves on the island of Hawaii.

In 1844, Manjiro graduated from school with honors and went on to work in whaling, during which time Manjiro became the first mate.

At that time, whaling ships were a high-risk industry, limited by navigation technology and ship construction level, the probability of whaling ship wreckage was very high, and piracy was rampant at that time, and there were often battles between whaling ships and pirates, so the crew of the whaling ship were all irascible good sailors, and Manjiro An outsider could be respected by a group of rice people, which shows that this person is extraordinary.

Because of the shogunate's lockdown decree, "those who return from overseas die", so Manjiro did not dare to return to Fuso, so he worked on a whaling ship for a few years - another reason why he could not return to Fuso was that the sea route was not smooth, because the shogunate closed the country, and there were no passenger ships between Fuso and the United States.

After that, Manjiro's experience became even more legendary.

In 1849 Manjiro returned to Massachusetts, and then he decided to return to Fuso.

In Naohide's original world, Manjiro once again showed his unparalleled talent and luck. The young man heard that the California Gold Rush (1848-1855) was more profitable, so he took a few men to pan for gold, and as a result, he made a fortune.

At that time, there were many gold diggers, but the proportion of people who made a fortune was not so high, didn't someone summarize that the way to really get rich in gold panning was to sell water and jeans.

But Manjiro was one of those lucky few, not only survived the gold rush at that time, when there were many fish and dragons, epidemics were rampant, and conflicts broke out at any time, but the money he earned could actually buy a whaling ship!

According to a later information, in 1847, among the eight or nine hundred whaling ships in the Pacific Ocean, the United States accounted for seven or eight hundred, with a total investment of about $20 million and an annual profit of about $13 million.

According to this information, the average price of a whaling ship and the fishing gear on it is 25,000 US dollars, which is equivalent to about 6,400 pieces of Tianbao's small award.

At this time, $25,000 is a huge amount of money, "Iron King" Andrew? In 1853, Carnegie was hired as a private telegraph operator and secretary for the Pennsylvania Railroad's Western District, earning only $35 a month!

If Manjiro's story ends here, it will definitely be an inspirational essay, but how can things be as good as they should be.

In 1851, Manjiro returned to Naha on a whaling ship he had bought, and was then detained by the Satsuma Clan, where he was ordered to return to his hometown in 1853 after he had dedicated dozens of volumes of the Shogunate's World-Gazette, Universal Maps, and Western books.

As for the whaling ship, it is said that Manjiro gave it to his father-in-law's family, who raised him in the United States.

When Kurofune visited in 1853, the shogunate remembered Manjiro, who had been overseas, and appointed him as a general servant, and from then on Manjiro became a samurai and changed his name to Nakahama Manjiro.

At the time of his detention by the Satsuma Domain, at the invitation of Shimazu Saibin, Manjiro taught English and Western sailing in Kagoshima, and became a samurai of the shogunate.

Manjiro has translated many Western books and compiled dictionaries, and the shogunate's first Western sailing ship, the Phoenix Maru, was also built under the guidance of Nakajima Saburosuke.

In the storm at the end of the Edo period, Manjiro was also the focus of the assassination of the people, in this regard, Manjiro said MMP, in fact, because of his identity, Manjiro did not get much reuse in the shogunate, he was an engineer and translator, so the assassination was completely unwarranted - of course, Manjiro is a big mouth, and he usually advocates supporting the founding of the country or something, so it can't be said to be completely innocent.

Compared with the shogunate, which doesn't pay much attention to Manjiro, Naohide has high hopes for Manjiro - the people who can be the first mate of the whaling ship this year are all high-end talents, and they have stayed in the country in the wild, and it is simply intolerable if they are easily let go.

Therefore, Naohide extended a small hand very early - in 1845, when Naohide and Oguri Tadashun got together in Tosa and Yoshida Toyo and Yamauchi Toyonobu, Naohide asked Yoshida and Caiya to take care of Manjiro's mother and frail brother in Nakahama Village.

In 1847, when Naohide was in the United States, he found the Hoitfield family of Manjiro's adoptive father in Massachusetts early, but at that time Manjiro was not seen on the whaling ship, and later Manjiro heard that a compatriot had come to visit, and he was particularly excited, and took the initiative to go to New York to meet Naohide, Naohide "inadvertently" mentioned Manjiro's family in Tosa, and Manjiro was shocked at that time, but at that time, Manjiro was unable to join Naoxiu's team in his contract - it may also have something to do with Naohide's first arrival in the United States.

But in 1848, Naohide initially gained a foothold, and Manjiro's contract expired, and at Naohide's invitation, Manjiro became Naohide's right-hand man.

When Naohide returned to China in 1849, Manjiro was commissioned by Naohide to supervise the construction of steamships in the shipyard at that time, and it was the critical moment that he could not vacate himself, so the two parties agreed that Naohide would return to Fuso first to explore the way, and then notify Manjiro to come back when Naohide was stable.

Originally, Manjiro planned to come back last year, but as soon as Naoxiu left, only Gakujiro and Manjiro were left in the United States, and they were very busy during the period, so they delayed until Manjiro came back this year.

As soon as Manjiro came back, Naohide could dump all the water army to him, but Manjiro was unwilling, and he was ready to go back to Tosa to visit his relatives first. Naohide has always entrusted Yoshida Toyo to take care of Manjiro's family, and told Manjiro that the family is fine, and you will definitely be let go back this year, but in any case, you help me for a month first, so that you can say it, plus Manjiro didn't have to rely on Naohide in Fuso, and finally Manjiro agreed that Naohide would stay in the white master for a month.

Why did Naohide keep Manjiro? People haven't been home for ten years, so why should they let Manjiro go home first. It's really because of the unfortunate timing, it's the beginning of September, it's the end of summer in North Ezo, it's a good time to hunt whales on the Shiretoko Peninsula in the northeast of Ezo, and it's also the end of the sea dog gathering on Seal Island in North Ezo.

If you only rely on Gakujiro to transfuse blood in the United States, after all, it is not a long-term plan, the white lord must have his own pillar industry, and for the time being, the production of the white lord depends on seals and whales, and the good time is only seven, eight, nine or three months, and if you miss it, you have to wait for the next year, so Naoxiu is also forced to do so.

When the rice ship came, Naohide sealed the dock, and sent the merchants of Qianya, Kii Kuniya, and the new Saga windmill group to the north for the purpose of exploring the coal mine, and the rest were their own people, so they quickly unloaded, and then counted the sailors on the rice boat, and the soldiers were divided into two routes, all the way to the Shiretoko Peninsula for whaling, and all the way to Seal Island to make a fortune.

Although Fuso has been whaling since ancient times, whaling is still a case in Ezo and North Ezo

Something new, so Manjiro had a full harvest throughout September, and among the prey were fin whales, sperm whales and humpback whales, and the only regret was that ambergris was never found.

The same is true of Seal Island, according to the history of Naohide's world, the Lucians only discovered Seal Island in 1852, and then hunted and killed 100,000 fur seals and seals in 1852-1855.

The only problem was that whale refining and meat preservation required a lot of fuel, but fortunately, John of the rice people loaded a lot of coal and salt in Naha according to Naohide's instructions, and after the last hunt, the Hakujo Shosho and the Ainu tribe also accumulated experience, and Okubo has also been hoarding wood, in short, although he stumbled, the second great hunt was still a great success.

Manjiro led people to hunt no less than a dozen whales, and Naohide also harvested more than 10,000 furs on Seal Island, and the meat was piled up.

In addition to physical and chemical instruments, chemicals and various reagents, the rice boat also brought valuable steam engines, machine tools, ordnance and improved breeds, etc., which cost a lot of money, but this time I finally saw the money, whale oil and seal skin are definitely hard currency at this time, and they are very popular in Xiangjiang, and John is very happy and said that he can come often - at this time, the crew has a commission in the trade, and in the past, Naohide and Gakujiro gave them subsidies, after all, it can't be too high, but the commission is unlimited, John privately estimated, this time Lao Tzu will be paid.

Originally, John still had a little opinion, so this time Gakujiro sent another cargo ship to Nagasaki alone, John knew that in Nagasaki he could engage in secret trade with Oguri-sama, and there was oil and water to fish - at this time, it was open and reasonable for the crew to carry some private goods, and the white master was to do the delivery.

But I didn't expect to get such a big business, Happy John couldn't keep his mouth shut all day long, and the crew was also a fool with him - in addition to the normal commission, Naoxiu also bought the private goods they carried at a high price, and allowed them to bring the private goods back, plus the commission of the goods, it was really profitable inside and out.

Naoxiu reconfirmed the list of goods sent to Nagasaki with John, and John rolled his eyes, "Didn't the list be given to you", but the boss was the biggest, and John had to repeat it again:

First of all, the ordnance and munitions that Naohide had deducted last time but had originally planned to reform the military system for the shogunate, including 300 breech rifles Sharps 1848, 60 Colt Patterson revolvers, and some military uniforms, leather boots, tents and other armaments.

Secondly, the manufacturing process of breech rifles and some related compounds and tools were also given to the shogunate.

There were also some ordnance and other goods required by the shogunate.

But there are no other special goods - Naohide has already developed in the white master, and Gakujiro is of course focused on supporting this side.

And this time it's not a barbarian offering treasure, after two offerings, with the help of Oguri Tadashun, the situation is finally opened.

At the last time the treasure was presented, Nagasaki and Nagasaki Metoke Oguri Tadashun promised the Shogunate that the rice ships could trade in the name of the Tang people in the future - after all, the Tang trade was also a matter between the shogunate and the folk Tang people, so what happened to the private trade with the rice people? This is the wisdom of the past. Moreover, the shogunate tasted the sweetness and took the initiative to ask for a lot of sensitive goods, such as ordnance or something, which was requested by the shogunate, so it was a special case.

As for how the protest of the Lan Guo Merchant House was appeased, Oguri would not tell John, and John did not care.

Now, according to Naohide's instructions, Gakujiro's trading house in Xiangjiang also has a certain strength, not only foreign goods but also a large number of ordnance eliminated by the United States in the Mi-Mo War (year), and it is not a problem to complete the shogunate's orders.

Naohide let out a sigh of relief, the white lord still has a bunch of troubles here, and helping the shogunate can only help this step temporarily, whether it's good or bad, it depends on the shogunate's own efforts.