Chapter Twenty-Three: Flashy

Most people's minds are influenced by everyday life, and the only way to transcend them is through knowledge.

The white lord is now a military station, and it is not feasible to really change the ideas of these people, and after a long time, it will only produce some utopians. Without industry and factories, most of the ideas that are detached from Confucianism and gods and Buddhas will firmly return to the original trajectory, with the exception of one path, the study of mathematics, physics and chemistry.

Mathematics, physics and chemistry pursue logic and rationality.

Mathematics is the only subject that claims to be able to create a new world out of reality, and people who are good at mathematics are very rational and not easy to fool.

And astronomy in physics is also very sharp, and anyone who sees a crater on the moon is basically shattered by the idea of a high heaven or something like that—the vastness of the universe makes the boastful seem particularly small.

Chemistry is not ambiguous, synthesizing new substances, this is one, and the theory of divine creation has been beaten all over the body and crumbling.

But it's useless to think too much, the physical and chemical instruments and reagents that Naohide is looking forward to have not arrived - the merchant ship of the United States has not come this year.

But no matter what, the township school can't be turned into a mouth cannon school, Naohide and Murata Yongmin grasp the students brought out over the years, insist on teaching, and can't relax for a moment in mathematics, physics and chemistry.

The sky is high and Edo is far away, and there are no prestigious Confucian scholars in the white lord, so Naohide simply promotes vernacular, simplified Chinese characters and punctuation in the countryside.

For the vernacular, it is welcome from top to bottom, and it is very good, but after all, communication is inconvenient, and not everyone can read poetry and books from an early age.

Mr. Sanshan thought further, these three things were popularized, and the students who graduated from the school were naturally the enemies of Confucian scholars, which was a great plan.

Naohide tossed excitedly in the village school, but the town commissioner Okubo couldn't get excited because the Ainu tossed him to death.

It turned out that the nearby Ainu tribes in July had benefited greatly from the hunt, and although they were a little tired, they had harvested a lot of meat, had enough food, and had to work for the people, and it was impossible to work part-time.

So, at the beginning of August, the tribal leaders and shamans called the people back, but Okubo could not stop them, because the notice board of the government office, "Koza", clearly affixed a notice, "Death to the murderer, injury and theft, no one is discriminated against, and the Ainu are free to stay." ”

Naohide has long known that a good system is better than worrying too much, and Okubo has a "post-covie" - "it is better to get rid of one evil than to prosper a good", this master is a "cow man", with a double meaning, he does things like a cow, and his governing style is as strong as a cow, and he will be ruthless when he is in a hurry, so he issued various decrees early, so that Okubo can only jump in the circle.

There are now more than 200 people with the white master, and there are more than 100 Ainu people who help, which is quite a small proportion, so the Ainu people have left, and the work of the institute has suddenly slowed down.

The merchants of the money house also came to complain to Okubo, because there was a decree of the government office, and the people of the money house could only watch the Ainu run away with confidence, and the fishing and fish processing were completely closed down - after so many years, the Kazuto in the northern land had long stopped doing manual work except for technical jobs, and the helpers had run away, so naturally they could not do the work.

The heads of the various groups led by Okubo are looking for Naohide.,Since the white lord has eleven groups.,These people have swelled.,I feel that it's natural to give money to work.,And I didn't bully the natives.,This thing can't be counted like this.,But Naohide choked them all back with a word.。

"Is there a contract?"

Not really. In the past, the Ainu people took the initiative to contribute, and the north was bitterly cold, and working for merchants could exchange a large amount of food and groceries, and they couldn't drive them away, and the Matsumae family was completely let go in the white master, and the merchants were the heavens of this place, what are they saying, what are you doing with the contract, is it a waste of paper?

As for Okubo and the others, their ideas are the same as those of businessmen, so the Ainu have been working in the dark all along! This time, everyone ran away, and everyone realized that reasoning didn't make sense.

Naoxiu has always emphasized "trustworthiness", so these people have been blocked back several times when they look for Naoxiu. And Naohide comforted them by saying that the Ainu would come back themselves after a while.

As Naohide had predicted, in late August, the Ainu came back one after another, and more than before.

It turned out that the tribe had received a lot of meat, but when the Ainu who helped them returned to the tribe, they found that life had not been as comfortable as the Lord's life.

Since coming to the Northland, the lifestyle of the Ainu people has changed dramatically. Originally, collective fishing, hunting and food gathering, the distribution was basically average according to the head, but after the arrival of the people, although the deductions, but still do more helpers to get more, and the income to the people helpers is higher than staying in the tribe, the average set will naturally not be able to continue, and it will naturally become a productive and powerful more distribution.

The meat obtained by the tribe has nothing to do with the people who help in the White Lord, so the distribution is small, and the Ainu people who help are naturally dissatisfied, usually eating our hard-earned food, and now they are squeezing out us, and they have no conscience!

Since there is the White Lord Ashwagery, the remuneration and food and living conditions of the Ainu people have obviously improved a lot, and the money house has also increased the welfare in order to keep people, in contrast, the living standard of the tribe is much worse, although it is mainly fishing and hunting, but the tribe can not eat meat every day, and the small life is very hard, if it is not so, who is willing to run to help the people.

And since there is the example of the "big head" Suketaro, the Ainu people who help the helper don't bully the big head family, so naturally someone brings his wife and children to the white lord - the separation of the two places is not tolerated!

The Ainu helped the government to build a lot of wooden houses, and the office was also very kind to the Ainu who helped, basically charging a small amount of money to let them live in it.

Naoxiu is a bad heart, and the township school also takes in the children of the helpers, not only is it not restrained, but it also includes food, and the food is richer than that of adults, so the Ainu people send their children to take advantage.

Moreover, there is a great shortage of people in the government, and the women of the Ainu people can easily find something to do in the Kanding head Inoue Genzaburo, washing or helping in the kitchen, eating and drinking, and taking another sum of money back.

Mr. Miyama's medical center also treats everyone equally, and the money collected is very small, and the Ainu people have a headache and brain fever and finally don't have to be stiff anymore.

Moreover, the white lord has two shops, the money house and the Kino Kuniya open, and there are all kinds of groceries, from food and clothing to children's toys, and Kii Kuniya's Yuzaburo believes the nonsense of the Naoxiu cultivation market, and the price is affordable, which is really convenient for the people.

In such a comparison, the Ainu people who worked in the white lord were even more dissatisfied, so they made a lot of noise with the people who stayed behind in the tribe, and the various leaders had a headache, why did they have meat to eat and quarrel?

Moreover, the human stomach decided that it was not possible to eat whole meat, so after a few days, everyone found that the grain was also quite delicious, and the dried vegetables of the white lord were better, better than wild vegetables, the amount was enough, and there was no need to go out to pick them.

So, at the insistence of the original helpers, the Ainu returned to work. That's not all, after the tribe was full, many people had nothing to do, and when they quarreled, they heard from their companions how the life of the white lord was good, and they also wanted to go out to see, so they went together. At the end of August, there were more Ainu than before, and the office was back in operation.

At this time, the half-guard, the ruler of the northern land of the money house, visited the white lord again.

Last time, Okubo asked him to buy a merchant ship, and Hanbei vaguely agreed, but this time he came to deliver the goods.

Money house finally gives it in our store in Kaga Kanazawa

He sent a directive that the merchant ships in the Northland could be resold to a part of the White Lord's Office.

In fact, the half-guards have long wanted to sell.

The business of the money house in the northern land was divided into three parts, one was the fishing and the fur trade with the natives, the second was the trade of the Matsumae family, and the third was the secret trade.

The Matsumae family's share of commerce has always been so large, and they have to compete with the Ryohama group, and there is not much oil and water. And the secret trade, which has been getting worse and worse in recent years, is even more of a chicken rib.

The Houses of Money's secret trade in the Northlands consisted of the Lucians and the Savage tribes along the Whale Sea.

In the past few years, the foundation of the Lusia people has gradually stabilized, and the rice people have frequent contacts, and the grain in the money house has no market at all, and the Lu people have turned their faces ruthlessly and took the initiative to trade with the savage tribes along the Whale Sea, so the secret trade of the money house has plummeted.

What's even worse is that since the death of Hirogo-sama, the Satsuma Domain's mediation office, the chain of secret trade has been broken by a large piece, and the shogunate is still strictly investigating who cooperated with the Shogunate in the Northland.

Since the death of the old Okumura Eimi, the old of the Maeda family who was close to the money house, eight years ago, his rival the Kuroba Weaving Party has gradually gained power, which has led to increasing pressure on the money house main store, and now the power in various places is shrinking, according to the tone of the letter from the main store, the secret trade in the northern land may also have to be abandoned.

If you give up the secret trade, then there is no need to keep the secret trade merchant ships and secret shipyards in the Northland, take one step at a time, and you will have a headache to death when you think about it.

The arrival of the Hanbei made Okubo very happy. The money house has taken root in the north, and it is not a substitute for other merchants in the short term, and now the government relies on the money house a lot.

This time, Hanbei brought two 1,000-stone defense ships to sell to the commissioner, and after inspection by the navy, they were all in good condition, so Okubo readily accepted them.

The half-guard offered to pay for it with fur. The news of the hunt could not be concealed from the local people of the money house, and after some bargaining between Yataro Iwasaki and Hanbei, the two sides reached an agreement.

In addition, Edo is a long way, and it is not a long-term solution to send food and daily necessities from Edo to the white lord, Okubo asked the money house to help purchase these, and Hanbei was worried that the business would be difficult to do, and a piece of steamed bread fell from the sky, and the amount of the commission was calculated on the scale of a thousand people, which could be regarded as a delicious stuffed steamed bun, so he quickly promised it.

In addition, Okubo also entrusted the money house to help recruit the homeless, a homeless person can pay ten taels, you can also bring your family, and a strong woman can be five taels of gold, these are all rewards for the money house, and the homeless people will naturally be properly settled after they go to the white master. But it is required to be strong and disease-free, and it is not considered money if it does not meet the requirements after being inspected by the medical center - Okubo has worked in an internal job for a while, has experience in dealing with businessmen, and plugs the loopholes that come to mind in advance.

"It's also Ashigaru when you're here?"

Okubo glared at Hanbei, what do you want to eat? In the past, there was no way to lack people, but now that the white master has eleven groups, there will be no more such good things.

"Fishing and farming, building wooden houses." However, Okubo hinted that the price of half-guards, skilled craftsmen and experienced old farmers could be doubled, and it was difficult to say that this was a corner of digging for the princes.

Hanbei knew that the entire west coast of Fuso, especially in the northern part of Honshu Island, the second and third sons of farmers and townspeople were not easy to make a living, so it was not a problem to recruit new people at all, although the white lord was in the northern Ezo land, but he didn't say it when recruiting, who can know? Therefore, as soon as he agreed, the pockmarks on his face lit up excitedly.

Okubo was very cooperative and very happy to see that the money house was very cooperative, and made an exception for Yataro to invite the half-guard to a meal as a sign of encouragement.

After receiving the two boats of the money house, the number of ships in the office reached five, but there was no news about the head of the sailor that Naohide wanted, and he was very irritable, so he went to the dock to look at it if he had nothing to do, hoping that the rice boat would arrive as soon as possible.