Gakujiro is the son of the neighbor's uncle Nakamura Shoichi, and the younger brother of Naohide's wife Eiko, who is three years younger than Naohide. In December 1846, with the help of the then Nagasaki Metosuke Koguri Tadashun, Naohide and his wife, Toranosuke, and Gakujiro secretly went to sea together. But Naohide and others returned to China in 1849, but the elder brother of Gakujiro was left in the United States to take care of business.

I haven't seen him for three years, Gakujiro has a beard, a black silk dress, a high top hat, a gold-inlaid cane, and shiny leather shoes, no matter how you look at it, he is a suave gentleman - the 24-year-old Gakujiro is already a mature man.

But the younger brother is always the younger brother, Yingzi has already pushed Naohide aside and then took Gakujiro's hand and asked for warmth, and he couldn't see Gakujiro's embarrassment at all.

Every time the rice boat enters the port, it is a great joy for the white master.

Although the shogunate is called a father, this father is the same as a fake, and it is extremely difficult to support him - I am afraid that he is a stepfather; Compared with the shogunate, the rice boat is much more arrogant, basically what you want, so the white lord is very kind to the rice people, and the dock is now as lively as the festival.

Naohide is also very happy, after Gakujiro returns, he can take on the heavy responsibility of industrial production, and the two steam river warships can greatly strengthen the naval force of the white lord - although it is only a small ship of dozens of tons, the all-iron structure plus the two-stage expansion steam engine and propeller is undoubtedly the pinnacle at this time. Although the firepower is a little worse, there is only one 3-inch rifled gun, which can hit far, and it is definitely not to be underestimated in the strait and the river.

The more Naohide looked at the battleship, the happier he became, and he was about to start chatting with Gakujiro, but Eiko spoke, "I'll talk about it at night, the journey is hard, Gakujiro, you and the captain and sailors go to rest first." ”

In the evening, the white lord holds a feast to entertain guests from afar. During the banquet, Naohide found an excuse and slipped away, leaving others to entertain the guests, and he and Yingzi had a secret conversation with Gakujiro.

"Gakujiro, are you married? Are you not married and have a favorite girl? You're back this time, but what about her? ”

"How's business going in the United States? How strong is the support of Vanderbilt, a big backer? Tiger nosuke, are they still adapting to the United States? ”

Naohide Eiko's two in-laws kept asking questions, and Gakujiro had to scratch his face and answer them one by one.

At that time, everyone went back to Fuso, and only Gakujiro and John Manjiro were left to support the overall situation, and later Manjiro also left, and Gakujiro was very hard in the United States.

Naohide has a hanging on his body but Gakujiro doesn't, but relying on the guidance left by Naohide, he also does a very decent job.

Vanderbilt, a wealthy man in the United States, has become a nationally recognized "captain" in the shipbuilding and shipping industry, not only opening the East Coast to California route, taking advantage of the California gold rush to make a fortune, but also in recent years has taken a fancy to the railroad business, and actively bought railroad companies near New York.

His son, William, inherited his father's business acumen and was interested in making a name for himself outside of the transportation industry.

In accordance with Naohide's instructions, Gakujiro handed over the business of sanitary napkins, bras, tea bags, pedal sewing machines, jeans and other businesses to the Vanderbilt family, and William had initially established a business empire integrating manufacturing, distribution and sales with these products as the leader.

Of course, Naoxiu did not suffer a loss, not only obtained a large amount of cash for the white lord blood transfusion, but also with the support of the Vanderbilt family, continued to develop invention laboratories, steam engine manufacturing, iron ship manufacturing, ironworks and military industry, although the scale is small, but through the licensing of technology also made a lot of money - Vanderbilt and his son are interested in the industry that cannot be monopolized

It's not very interesting, and it only accounts for a small number of shares in it.

Moreover, the Vanderbilt family recently finally set up their own bank, Vanderbilt Bank, and deeply experienced the magic of finance, and the father and son were very grateful for Naohide's original suggestion, and invited Naohide to New York through Gakujiro.

Where did Naoxiu have time to go to New York, he could only decline the kindness of Vanderbilt and his sons, and write a letter to bring it back when the fleet returned.

In addition, Gakujiro told Naohide that the rice company he established in Xiangjiang has recently become more and more popular, and has established credibility among merchants in Southeast and East Asia, and not only is there a steady stream of goods being trafficked from the country for sale, but the seal skins of the white lord have become extremely popular goods.

The comptoir in Hong Kong is an important part of the development of the White Lord, in addition to normal business, but also has the important task of collecting information about the Far East. Brian, who used to run the white master, is a shrewd and capable person, and now he is one of their important partners.

According to Brian's information, since the abolition of the navigation regulations in 1849 by the Kingdom of England, private merchants have been actively involved in Asian routes, which has led to a marked increase in Great Britain's attention to the Far East.

"Where is the friction, it is obviously the official start of the war", Naoxiu secretly spit out, Count Dalhousie launched a war on April 5 this year, and at the end of the year, he defeated the Gongbang Dynasty, and Lower Burma has since become a colony of the English.

A few years later, the French conquered Indochina, the English defeated the uprising on the Tianzhu continent, and then the two joined forces to defeat China, which was the great expansion of the European power after the completion of industrialization, and the great tide of history came.

Fortunately, the countries of the Far East have not heard the phrase "if you can't resist, close your eyes and enjoy it", everyone has more or less resisted, which is also the reason why Fusang was able to survive in the original world of Naoxiu - a large number of brothers in front of him knelt down, and finally came to it, and the robbers who ate and ran away looked down on this bit of leftovers, and felt that it was almost enough, which led to Fusang's escape from death.

When it comes to the world situation, there have been a lot of things that have happened in the past two years.

In 1850, the Australian Gold Rush was seen as a shot in the arm for the countries of Europa.

Around 1850, the economic exhaustion of the countries of Europa, the rise of various trends, the Kingdom of Sardinia seeking independence, the independent powers seeking unity, the internal turmoil in England, the Flannish Civil War, and the upsurge of Pan-Slavism led to the Rusians eyeing the Danube Valley, and at the same time, the northern power was still obsessed with reclaiming Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.

The Australian Gold Rush at this time was seen as a successful Pacific Rim economic activity, and it also redirected the attention of the Europa countries to the outside world.

This year was also the beginning of the battle for the Holy Land.

The Marquis de Lavaletti of France went to Constantinople to claim protection of the Church of the Holy Land, a major provocation to Lucia, the self-proclaimed heir to the Eastern Roman Empire, which, along with the rise of Pan-Slavism, was considered the trigger for the future Crimean War of 1853.

By 1851, two world events worth mentioning: the first World's Fair was successfully held in London, and Louis of France? Napoleon? Bonaparte's coup d'état was successful.

On May 1, 1851, the first World's Fair was held in England. It is not that there have been similar expos before, but judging from the number of participating countries, scale and influence, this expo is considered a "world expo" in the true sense of the word.

The most famous building of the exhibition is the Crystal Palace, which is about 563 meters long, 138 meters wide and 30.5 meters high, using 4,500 tons of steel and 100,000 square meters of glass.

The exhibits come from more than a dozen countries and the major colonies of England, and include a large number of industrial products such as new steam engines, textile machines, ships, tractors, cranes, harvesters, and various industrial goods, including even a 24-ton lump of coal!

With more than 13,000 exhibits, the fair attracted more than six million visitors, including millions of visitors.

The Times at the time commented that "for the first time since the creation of the world, all the races of the world have mobilized for the same purpose", but in fact this was the glorious era when Great Britain presented Queen Victoria to the world, "an empire with a high degree of industrial, military and economic development".

Speaking of which, there are traces of Naoxiu in this fair, and the Phoenix brand pedal sewing machine invented by him has been highly praised and is considered a must-have for factory and home sewing - because the name of Merlin, the inventor, is actually considered their own invention by the English people.

Compared to the first World's Fair, Louis? Bonaparte's coup d'état in France was full of blood, the elected parliamentarian and president of 1848, who successfully staged a coup d'état in 1851 and extended his presidency by amending the constitution - Naohide knew that in December of this year, 1852, Bonaparte would establish the Second French Empire and then proclaim himself emperor.

And in the rolling tide of the world, a handful of flowers in Jintian Village in China in 1852 is still a small splash that no one notices.

After talking about world events, Naohide finally asked Gakujiro how the people who went to the United States were waiting - it's not that they didn't care, but at the beginning Gakujiro told Naohide that these people were doing well, so everyone talked about business first.

Last year, the White Lord sent a large number of people to the rice country, including Toranosuke, Murata Eitoshi, Ninomiya Ina, Iwasaki Yataro, Hidenomi Daishang, Ryoma and his sister Otome.

Toranosuke is a revisit to the old place, the best adaptation, he, Gakujiro, and Eiko were all registered in rice at that time, and they were the three major shareholders of the company, and with the help of Gakujiro's efforts, the business was taken over smoothly.

Ninomiya Rice had always wanted to go to Rankoku on the continent of Europa, but he hadn't made it before Gakujiro's departure.

Eitoshi, Yataro, Ryoma, and Otome have all started school, and they usually help Toranosuke manage his business.

Xiunian is the most refreshing monk, and he also goes to the seminary, the church, and the land of fireworks, and completely lets go of himself.

But for these people, according to Naohide's instructions, Gakujiro didn't reveal the inside information, just said that these businesses were managed by the Vanderbilt family - Naohide originally designed the intricacies of the relationship between various companies, not a few core shareholders, and outsiders couldn't figure out the inside story at all.

Zhixiu is not worried about these people, but "if you don't secret, you will lose your ministers, if you don't secret, you will lose your ministers, and if you don't keep secrets, you will be harmed", since everyone knows that there is no other benefit, of course, it is better to keep it secret. What's more, in the future, the white lord will send more people to study abroad, and the shogunate and the retainers of the princes may also be involved, so it is necessary to do a good job of information isolation now, so as not to inadvertently show their feet.

Yingzi was anxious to wait, although she was also one of the major shareholders, but she was more concerned about her brother's lifelong affairs than business.

"Where have you and the little princess of the Vanderbilt family come to progress? Say it quickly, say it quickly. ”