According to the Europa countries, "the mummies that were carefully kept quickly decayed and damaged after coming into contact with the air", and the Fuso and shogunate at that time did not realize this understanding, but they were only immersed in the atmosphere of the whole country, and the center of the storm was Edo, where the shogun was stationed.

Like the eye of the storm in nature, although the discussion in the Edo shogunate and the market is becoming more and more intense, the reaction is more direct in places far away from Edo, as is the case with the white lord Oguri Tadashun and Naohide now.

After explaining the Voydtun ambush and the battle of Miaotun, Oguri began to get excited, "The Lusia people didn't retaliate? ”

"Not yet. And there was no sign of the Lucian in Miaotun this spring. ”

"According to you, this Lucian is obviously very sinister, who would have thought that they only had a small fleet of warships in the Northlands, seven ships, right? It would be nice if the Lucia boat had broken into Edo Bay this year. It's a pity, it's a pity. ”

Looking at the appearance of Xiao Chestnut's eyebrows dancing, Naohide, Okubo and Fukuzawa Yukichi looked at each other, the young and promising shogunate minister in front of him was suffering from hysteria, Naohide was clearly talking about a sneak attack based on the ice period in the northern part of the Whale Sea and the North Sea, and the opponent was still a small group of people, so what was there to be happy about - the opponent was a behemoth, with a loss of less than two hundred people, just a hair.

After a few mouths, Oguri finally broke free from all kinds of fantasies, this is because Naohide put a globe in his face, looked at a small Fusang on a big ball, and said that it was a small dot and a little buried, and it was just right to say that a small point was appropriate, and suddenly he had no ambition.

Next, Naohide gave him a careful analysis of the form, this year Lucia will invade the Danube River Valley, and then there will be the Crimean War, this war will not have time for the Lucians as long as it begins, and at the same time, the gold rush broke out in Alaska in the north, which also involved its energy, so normally, the Lucians should not pose much threat to the shogunate within 3 years.

Xiao Li smiled when he listened, and made a gesture with the globe, he didn't fully believe in Naoxiu, but everyone loves to listen to good words, and besides, Naoxiu is a demon, and it is still more convincing before the cowhide is blown up.

"But", as soon as Naohide said "but" Oguri had a toothache, and it was the turn of the bad thing after saying this good thing, Naohide told Oguri that the Rusians did not have a big ship in the north but there were in the west-" Emperor Rusya, after hearing the news that the Mi people were coming to Fuso, sent a warship to set off from Europa, and calculated the days, the ships of the Rusians might have arrived in Nagasaki. ”

Seeing Oguri's worried look, Naohide told him not to be afraid, this Rusian people are different from the rice people, the Pacific route of the rice people needs Fuso as a haven or supply station, the Lusians have no business to use Fuso, and the troublemakers are some ambitious nobles who want to make achievements, so they lack stamina, as long as it drags on - the Crimean War will naturally stop when the Lusians are fought.

Limited to the level of science and technology, the globe at that time was an approximation, there were mistakes in many places, and the same is true of the globe of Zhixiu, the foundation is from the United States, and Zhixiu is to update the northern part of the Whale Sea.

Oguri looked at it for a long time and asked Naohide, "What kind of Siberia can the Rusians mobilize in this Siberia?" ”

"20,000 people, plus horses." - Fuso had a habit at this time, often counting war horses into combat power, and some even counted a horse as two foot light, so Naohide had to explain it clearly.

Hearing 20,000 people, Oguri gasped, Naohide just introduced him to the geography of mountains and rivers, and specially explained the impact of monsoons, ocean currents and ice periods on the land of North Ezo, so Oguri was anxious when he heard it, the Mamiya Strait is frozen in winter, and these 20,000 people can go to Huatai Island by stepping on the ice, and the white lord men, women, and children add up to more than 1,000 people, which is not enough for people to stuff their teeth.

"Qin Shi, Mingyue and Han Shiguan, thousands of miles long ~ the recruitment has not been returned. But to make the dragon city fly will not teach Humadu Yin Mountain. After chanting the final poem, Naohide continued to explain to Oguri that only the Lucian people would do this if they were crazy - logistics alone could drag it to death, and the northern Ezo land was two mountain ranges in the east and west, even if it was on the island, it would not be possible to fight the white lord, and the white lord was in the central and southern regions, and it happened to be blocked by the two mountain ranges.

And Kamchatka can't take out 20,000 people, Rusya really

If you want to press the border, you have to send troops from Irkutsk Province, this road is poor and bad, you have to go to seven or eight stops by land, and the middle and lower reaches of the Wulong River by water are still Tang - Zhixiu This is to explain to Xiaoli why he wants to send troops to Miaotun.

"Dead lips and cold teeth, I know." Oguri Tadashun pondered for a moment, "Can't you join hands with the Tang people to fight against Rusya?" ”

Okubo on the side was a little impatient, curious about the baby, so he came with a ruthless shot, "If the Goryeo envoy crosses the sea and invites Fuso to fight against the West, what can the shogunate do?" ”

Oguri Tadashun understood in seconds when he heard it, "If it is not my race, its heart will be different", so there are a lot of people in this Far Eastern country, and Westerners have come to Fuso many times to say that we are trade, and the shogunate used to be a word "roll" and now it is also a word "drag", so it is impossible to unite easily.

Naohide was in a hurry on the side, Okubo, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are you, right, I still expect my good friend Oguri to return to Edo to sponsor me to pull the shogunate, so he hurriedly handed over a ladder, "I want to talk, this idea is good, it's too late this year, and I will definitely send someone to visit the Tang people general next year." ”

The stakes are very high, Xiao Li didn't care what others thought, he pondered for a long time, bowed his head and bowed to Naoxiu.

Naoxiu was shocked at the time, he hurriedly returned the salute, his friend will not let himself send Petropavlovsk, this direct attack on the enemy's lair is really cool, but unfortunately I can't do anything.

"The family and the country are troubled, and it is the time for heroes to be brave. Today, I have three chapters with my brother, and I hope not to lose them. ”

In the past, the two interacted, in fact, Oguri's attitude has always been high, but Naohide is hanging on the wall, so he didn't suffer a loss, it was a tie, but today Oguri called Naohide "my brother", this attitude is not an ordinary respect, presumably none of the following "three chapters of the law" is easy to do, but over the years, Oguri has been very kind to himself, so Naohide ignored Okubo's frequent eyes, treated each other with dignity, and was ready to agree if the request was not too outrageous.

"Westerners are not allowed to live in the white lord for a long time, Xianheng and foreign companies need to do their best to help the shogunate, and you must not harm the shogunate."

After speaking, Oguri Tadashun stared at Naoxiu's eyes tightly, you and I have a relationship, whether the friendship is deep or shallow depends on this time.

After listening to it, Zhixiu felt that people's requirements were still more measured:

"Westerners are not allowed to live in the white lord for a long time", this requirement is to let Naohide not collude with outsiders too much, and the meaning of not living for a long time means that you can live for a few days, a few months or even a year or two, but you can't leave the shogunate and form an alliance with outsiders, and there is no time limit, this is actually not too much.

The second "Xianheng foreign company needs to fully support the shogunate" - the people of Oguri Tadashun have not eaten rice for so many years in vain, although there is no real evidence, but the iron cannon and big barrel in your white lord's warehouse fell from the sky, and your white lord's information about the Western countries is more timely and comprehensive than the shogunate, there must be support from outsiders, and all kinds of weirdness related to the white lord and the Xianheng foreign company, fools know that there is a problem.

Speaking of which, in recent years, the Hamheng foreign company of the rice people thought about the shogunate and was anxious about what the shogunate was anxious about, and its status in Edo has been continuously improved, and the shogunate is now a little inseparable from it.

Let's take the iron cannon barrel as an example, the Lan State Merchant House either resigned or provided some tired things - the Lan people said, "I was wronged, I can't say that what I sent is the best, but it's not the worst, it's better than your shogunate's things", but "people have to die more than people, and goods have to be thrown away", Xianheng Foreign Bank provides the latest models made by Naoxiu and others, and the two sides are compared together, and there is no shogunate official who knows the inside story who does not scold.

Moreover, the asking price of Xianheng Foreign Company is very low, the average price of Lanwu is half of that of Languo Merchant Hall, and the price of ordnance is only 20% of that of the opponent.

This newcomer is much stronger than the old one, if it weren't for the fact that the Hamheng Merchant House was a merchant and the other party represented a country, the shogunate had been worried that the Hamhen Merchant Company would not be able to work for a long time, otherwise they would have stopped the trade concession of the Lan Kingdom Merchant House.

As the saying goes, "see through but don't say through, see through but don't see through", Oguri Tadashun is really a loyal minister of the shogunate, it's good to pretend to be confused about this kind of thing - can Naoxiu collude with Xianheng Foreign Bank to lose a benefit to him, and say that he has more to do with it.

The third article "Do not harm the ministers", the white lord is lawless, this is Oguri deliberately added a shackle to Naohide.

Others don't understand Oguri but

I have done Nagasaki Mefuki, and I have more time to deal with the Lan country, this Western soldiers and horses against the Fuso samurai, said that one enemy and ten small chestnuts dare to believe, and the shogunate and the princes, he thinks that the Saga Nabeshima family of the Nagasaki Imperial Domain can be compared with the white lord, and the others are probably all like goods - this includes the standing army of the shogunate, Oguri has been a small surname, can you still understand your colleagues, the mountain sounds that blow one by one, and hold on to what family secret skills, what age is this talking about secrets, and talking about rakugo.

Zhixiu wins more with less - in fact, the white lord is to divide the opponent into two places by dividing the leaves and picking flowers, and also ambushes and sneak attacks are full of tricks, but the Fuso Art of War also respects this, winning is the truth, Xiao Li has specially checked before, and Fusang and Lucia have not been against each other during the cultural years, and there are many examples of ten dozen and one being defeated, although the Spring and Autumn penmanship has passed, but it can't be concealed from people, so Xiao Li is very optimistic about the combat effectiveness of the white master.

Besides, he has been with Naohide for many years, and he is very familiar with Naoxiu's temper, and the Lucia people can mobilize up to 20,000 people, so Naohide will definitely do everything possible to get 10,000 four-legged light out, although Oguri doesn't know how Naohide wants to do it, but he can definitely not get these ashigaru Naoxiu will definitely not sleep well.

But if Naoxiu has 14,000 Western soldiers, then the shogunate will have to mobilize 100,000 people to suppress it, which is not a matter during the Taiping period, but the key is that it is not peaceful now, and Wan Zhixiu can't think about it, so it won't turn the world upside down.

Therefore, it is necessary to take precautions, and when Oguri prepares to return to Edo, he applies to the shogunate to send someone to the white lord to mix sand.

But when this person arrives in the Northland, the foundation is not to let Naohide rub the round and flatten, one dies violently or falls into the water and dies, two dead and a pair, there is no use for fart, so it is necessary to say hello in advance, Oguri believes that for the sake of his own face, and also for the sake of the white lord who cannot do without the support of Edo, Naohide promised, and the person who came here would not have an accident.

"Westerners are not allowed to live in the white lord for a long time", "Xianheng and foreign companies need to do their best to help the shogunate", "Do not harm the shogun", Naoxiu groaned for a while, the words were meaningless, and both sides knew the depths, so he agreed.

There were a total of four people present, in addition to Oguri, Naohide, Okubo Riyoshi and Fukuzawa Yukichi, both of whom looked stupid on the side.

Fukuzawa Yukichi is nineteen years old this year, he worshiped Oguri Tadashun as a teacher at the age of eleven, and he has also eaten and seen it with Oguri running around, but he was still shocked today, Mimefu pursued the distant country, one was good at opening the border and provoking the Lucian people to arrange it clearly, and the other directly agreed that the other party could engage in secret trade but not too much, this real flower played between important ministers, it was really a long time to see.

Yuji patronized and sighed, but the twenty-four-year-old Okubo quit, this white lord is not Naohide's career alone, how many people are risking with Naohide with their heads, so he added on the side:

"Xianheng Yang was opened by the rice people, and the temple did its best; If outsiders do not harm His Highness, the white lord will not harm others. ”

After Okubo finished speaking, the two of them who were originally quite serious were amused, "Promises are used to violate", as soon as the "three chapters of the covenant" were proposed, the friendship between Oguri and Naohide could never go back to the past, and when they got along in the future, the consideration of political allies should be ranked before friends, and there was no evidence, both of them had to mobilize forces to ensure that the other party kept the contract, so Okubo said "do your best" and "people don't harm themselves, they don't harm others" fart is not used properly - there is no strength This three chapters of the covenant cannot be guaranteed at all, and with the strength is naturally hello and me.

Therefore, Oguri ignored Okubo, he saw Naohide's happy promise, and also showed his conditions, "In the fifth or sixth year of Jiayong, there were Western sea bandits in the north, and the acting officials of the white lord fought back, and the soldiers and the people also enthusiastically helped, and a lot of seizures were captured. ”

In such a light passage, the previous battle between the priest and the Lucians and the Western ordnance and utensils were whitewashed - of course, it was not all white, if Naohide couldn't bear Lucia going south, everything would be over, but as long as it was not exhausted, the white lord could use the words of Mimefu Oguri as a shield: it was a war with the Lucians, but this was a rebellion against the invasion, not a provocation; There are some Western ordnance and utensils in the office, but this is seized, what, secret trade, which eye of you has seen it, be careful of nonsense, I will sue you.

That night, Naoxiu and Oguri were drunk, Naoxiu twenty-eight and Oguri twenty-seven, and the two said goodbye to the past completely.