In the second year of Kaei, in the town of Toga, the black clouds of the sea rolled in the distance, which was obviously a harbinger of the coming storm.

"Oguri-sama is really interested", the head of the Fukuoka Kuroda family carefully greeted Oguri Tadashun, and it was really strange to see the sea in such a weather.

Xiao Li glanced back at Fantou, he has been majestic for more than two years, and Fantou hurriedly accompanied a smile, this master is not easy to serve, not only there are backers in Edo City, but there are also many acquaintances on Kyushu Island.

"Boat!"

"Two boats!" Taking the long glasses handed over by Murata Nagatoshi, Oguri also found two white sails in the raging sea in the distance. With a wave of his hand, he led the group to the docks.

Nagasaki was filled with the sound of drums and bells to warn against him, and his eyes were full of panic, and many ashigaru people had gathered at the docks, and the chief executive office continued to busy after greeting Riki and Oguri.

Because the shogunate's "Fuel and Fresh Water Supply Order" allowed the shipwrecked foreign ships to be fed food and fuel, only a few cannons were fired as a warning in Odaiba on the outskirts of Nagasaki, and the two Western-style ships circled outside the harbor when they heard the cannons, and only one small boat rowed towards the port.

"It's the Tang people", the ashigaru whispered, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief - although the two ships were more like Nanban ships than ordinary Tang ships, but since it was the Tang people who came ashore, then today was a false alarm.

Sure enough, after being inspected by the ships going to sea, the adults let the two Karajin ships enter the harbor one after another, and after the sails were transported to the shore, the townspeople began to appear, all talking about which shipowner came this time, what kind of goods were being transported, and why the merchants of Karajinyashiki had not yet appeared, and in the confusion, no one noticed that there were three more people in Oguri's entourage.

"A bold fanatic, dare to go to sea without permission!"

Naoxiu, Yingzi, and Toranosuke, who changed into Wu clothes, knelt down and sat silently, which is useless to the three of them, and the country is not really a sea of gold and silver, everyone has seen a lot of wind and rain outside, and seeing such a scene, it is somewhat familiar and a little funny.

The power of the office shouted for a long time, and he was a little embarrassed when he saw that the people below did not respond, and he was about to get angry, when Matsumae Taro of the office came forward and whispered a few words, and the old man immediately changed his smile, and asked people to quickly take three seats out.

Naoxiu thanked him, thinking that this Yoli was an eyeless person, and he didn't see that Nagasaki and Mufu hadn't come forward yet, and this idiot jumped out directly and didn't know whose instructions it was, or did he simply want to make some benefits in the spirit of having dates and not hitting a shot?

As a result, no one came forward until the evening, and finally the people from the office led the three of them to a courtyard to rest, during which Matsumae Taro, who accompanied him, secretly told Naohide, "And wait patiently." Naohide thought about what happened to John Wanjiro in the future, and after Manjiro returned to Fuso, he was imprisoned for two years, so he wouldn't be so weak, right? As for going to sea without permission to be beheaded? Considering the worship of the shogunate in the past two years, it is definitely not possible to cut off the head, and it is impossible to cut the belly, just don't be cold and locked up for too long.

Naoxiu is thinking nonsense here, but Xiao Li has a headache in the office, if he hadn't been prepared, Naohide would have taken precautions, and he really didn't know what Naoxiu would have ended up with today.

Honghua three years frost moon Naoxiu went to sea privately, at that time got the acquiescence of the chief old Abe Isemori, but the acquiescence of this way is very friendly to the boss, and it is very cheating on the subordinates, such as now,

Nagasaki Governor Ido Satoruhiro and Metsuke looked at the cargo details book, their eyes lit up, and they clung to the shogunate's rule that "Fuso people are not allowed to go to sea, and those who are overseas are not allowed to return to China", and forgot all about the fart they had made when receiving the gift.

In the past two years, these two guys have not been less profitable and robbed of credit from themselves, usually smiling, but the black eyes can't see the silver, and then they show their fangs to want to eat more.

Month, it should be right, Naoxiu said that according to the Western Gregorian calendar, this is how it is calculated, Naoxiu ran away with his wife and students, and he was so worried that he was almost cut off by his father and son, but in the second year, Naoxiu began to ask the Tang people to send good things to Fuso.

Thinking of this, Xiao Li glanced at Lord Fengxing and Lord Mufu again, and asked for a card, and Naoxiu saw through these people.

In the autumn of the following year, Naoxiu sent back to Fuso for the first time was a map, newspapers, books, wind storytellers and some Western gadgets, because after all, he was the assistant of the eye, and he couldn't get around the boss, and the mefu was nominally assisting the commissioner, although everyone knew that the target was actually a surveillance officer, but the reason why the unspoken rule was called the unspoken rule was that it didn't make sense on the surface, so everyone had to share the credit, and the gift was also shared. Fortunately, he was born in a big body and a small surname, and his father was pursued in a distant country, so he would not be eaten and wiped clean by the two old foxes.

In the autumn of last year, Naoxiu tossed a big scene, full of steam cans, machine tools, books and some goods sent back by a Western ship, when he entered the port of Nagasaki, the movement was not small, if it wasn't for the bow Morgan saying that he was a subordinate of the rice country tycoon Vanderbilt, the people of the Languo Commercial Hall also confirmed that the newspaper shown at the bow of the ship stated that Vanderbilt was a big man in the United States, similar to the old and middle-aged people who could influence the politics of the United States, and Morgan would not want to leave Nagasaki easily.

At that time, he was fledgling, and he secretly controlled the bulk of charcoal purchases in the Kanto region with the Egawa family and other big body flags, so the Fukuoka Kuroda family and the Saga Nabeshima family of Nagasaki Goban cooperated with him very well, and with the secret help of Komon Matsumae Taro of the Metsuke office, he finally established an offensive and defensive alliance with Mefuke.

Naohide is also a smart man, and he instructed the bow Morgan to only deal with himself, so he put the main credit on his head in the name of "Oguri-sama is very elegant" and "goods for fresh water fuel". Of course, the Lan Guo Merchant House protested, believing that this was a disguised trade with the rice people, but the government and the eyes coped with the reason that "how can the trade only need fresh water fuel and no money", and the two of them made a lot of money by selling goods in private, and the Lao Zhong appraisal committee also thought that the steam tanks, machine tools, and books were "useless but after all, they were eye-opening", and gave a clear affirmation - after all, this kind of incident of foreign guest clothes greatly increased the face of the shogunate.

Oguri knew from Naohide's letter that he was coming back, but he didn't expect the pomp to be so big, two ships of goods, and a Western ship was to be dedicated to the shogunate, originally it seemed that for the sake of so many goods, the pursuit and the eye payment are indispensable, it should be very easy to speak, but you can know that people know the face but don't know the heart, and the pursuer Ido Juehiro suddenly changed his mouth This Oguri can still understand, after all, this year Ido is going to be transferred to it, how to catch the hatred before leaving, but Lord Mufu also changed his words, this is a bit of a sense of taking advantage of people's danger.

In the afternoon, Bing Xing and Mu Fu babbled about what "Fusang people are not allowed to go to sea, and those who are overseas are not allowed to return to China", and they did not summon Naoxiu for questioning, as for Naoxiu wrote in the book that "he escaped shipwreck, was rescued by a rice boat on a desert island, and returned to China after tossing and turning", the two scoffed at this, and clearly put on a look of thousands of mountains and rivers, and Lao Tzu had also eaten and seen

look, repeatedly studied the details of the goods together, and the two people who usually don't deal with each other as soon as they meet turned out to be like old friends for many years, and they disgusted Oguri.

But this kind of fat thing,Whoever takes the first bite will lose more.,Xiao Li has also been experienced in the past few years.,He took out the collected Naoxiu portable folding fan to play.,The money "Mizuno Xuejuxuan" dangled around, but the two adults were determined to take a big bite, anyway, this fell back into my hands, don't think about getting out if the benefits are not enough.

The three of them pulled to the top of the moon, and they didn't do anything serious, just studying the cargo details and the exquisite gifts they took from the ship, and finally they were reminded by the hand of the institute because "you adults are too hard" and ended, and the matter of the straight show will be discussed the next day.

"It's too late, it's better to drink two cups to relieve fatigue", Xiao Li was about to break it separately, and he followed Mufu to prepare for a private transaction.

"Good wine?"

"My subordinates made a few bottles of six-year-old Tosa cranes, and I have been reluctant to drink them, so please help me appreciate them."

Seeing that his usually unruly subordinates are so well-behaved, he is very happy, and he also knows that he can't offend Oguri too much, after all, the two Nagasaki Miban support Oguri, and they are afraid that people will know that their butts are not clean, and tearing their faces has always been a taboo for officials.

Besides, he also knew that what Oguri did had something to do with Abe Isemoru , after all, many of the rumors in the shogunate were true, but the chief elder was not without flaws, otherwise this position should be Oguri's! Live horses take their eyes, geese pluck their feathers, as long as you have a good grasp of proportion, it is no problem to take a big bite.

Xiao Li repeatedly hooked up with Mu Fu and the pursuit to discuss the benefits, and in the end it was the words of the Westerner on the bow of the ship that became the last straw, "We are a big ship in the United States, and our country has a warship in Xiangjiang, although the cargo owner is your Fuso people, but the business is about reputation, if the cargo owner does not come forward, no one will want to board the ship and unload the cargo." ”

After all, more than 40 years ago, Matsudaira Yasuei, the Nagasaki Minister, committed suicide in office because of the Westerners' troubles, not to mention that this has been pressed for four or five days, and everyone has booked a lot of benefits, so why bother in case the chicken flies and the egg is beaten.

After the unification of opinions, the government and the purpose of the joint letter to the old middle school assessment meeting, "Today, there is a former flag of the flag Honbori Naohide returned from overseas, shipwrecked and separated, returned to the country with great suffering, and I implore the mother state to take it in, the heart of the fist, the meaning of the child, the words are earnest, and everyone who hears it is in tears." The subordinates did not dare to be arbitrary, and the cardinal was the master of the judgment", and of course the most important thing was the detailed book of goods, which were all presented to the shogunate by Naohide free of charge, but could not be reflected in the documents.

If the old middle school exempted Naohide from the sin of returning from the sea, of course, it was because the shogunate was magnanimous and benevolent; If the punishment is straightforward, of course, it is also a precept for curing diseases and saving people for the latecomers, and the details of the goods are written, what if someone misunderstands among the people?

However, the 10,000 Mexican silver coins and valuable small gifts such as bone china in the goods list have disappeared, and the 5,000 silver coins have been divided in Nagasaki, and the three have been paid 2,000 and Oguri 1,000. The rest of the silver coins and gifts were personally escorted to Edo by Oguri Tadajun, and they were delivered from house to house according to the list discussed by the three of them.

Before Oguri set off, he asked Matsumae Taro to bring a message to Naohide, "Moon, flowers, good things, my brother don't worry", Naohide smiled bitterly, he was a year older than Oguri, where did this "my brother" start.