On August 25, 1853, there was chaos on the White Main Wharf, and more than 200 ragged homeless people were disembarking from their ships one after another.

August and September were originally the closure period of the White Lord, but since the opening of the branch this year, the closure period has also been officially canceled, and now the purpose of the White Lord is not to refuse to come—merchants come casually, and the princes' sailors are also welcome.

"The wharf is windy, and the boat is tired, so it's good to invite Xiaoli Hall to recuperate." Naohide said with a smile to his friend Oguri Tadashun.

"Wait, let me take a closer look, the scenery in this foreign land is very different from Edo." But Xiao Li has a face, and he has a gun and a stick in his words, and he can't see the closeness of the old people.

"It's fine on the ship, how can you make it like this as soon as you meet." The entourage Yuji was secretly anxious - Naohide was the great benefactor of the Fukuzawa family who sent charcoal in the snow, and Uenosuke was his mentor, but he couldn't figure out the reason why Oguri turned his face, so he couldn't persuade him so he could only be anxious.

"Duh! Be bold and straight, your incident has happened, and you won't be caught yet! Before Yukichi could figure out a way, two people sprang out from behind him, dancing and shouting.

Hearing these two people shouting like this, the people on both sides were stunned, and Oguri Tadashun didn't react here, but Naohide had a lot of fun here, because he usually did too many bad things and heard "something was done", some rushed to Naohide to protect, and some people actually took out all the short guns, and the ashigaru of the white master group also heard the news and surrounded him with iron cannons, and the atmosphere was very tense, and the originally noisy dock quickly quieted down.

"Fuck off!" Naoxiu waved his hand and told everyone to do what they should do, but although the iron cannons were put away, the crowd was still around.

Those two people recognized it as soon as they jumped out of the straight show, isn't this the two dog-legged people Zangba and Quan Liu arranged for him by Oguri's father Zhonggao, dancing, squeezing eyebrows and making eyes, it's funny, can't be wrong.

If the shogunate really wants to arrest himself, even if he is careless and does not send troops, but there is a small chestnut who is familiar with him, he will definitely not be negligent, and Ashigaru will always send a few groups, this light boat is simple, and these two living treasures must be funny!

Xiao Li was so angry that his face turned pale, and he suppressed the fire in his belly on the boat, but now he is an important minister of the shogunate, and the castle government has also experienced some - so the student Yuji didn't see it, as soon as the white lord came ashore, he found something strange again, the two retainers are like this, although Naohide didn't show anything unusual, but he hasn't understood the reaction of the white lord and these people, this white lord no longer belongs to the shogunate! What exactly does Naoxiu want to do?

Zang Ba and Quan Liu's two teases are also numb, just raise their hands and shape like that, Xiao Li rewarded one person and one kick in the past, and the two of them followed the young master aggrievedly, and muttered "Didn't you let us do it" while walking, so angry that Xiao Li turned around and scolded again, "Mumble something, shut up!" ”

Oguri walked directly down the street, Naohide and the others followed, and the people on the dock saw that they were fine, and resumed the noisy situation.

The people who came to the white lord with Oguri were his own samurai, middle and small, and these people didn't understand what was going on, and they silently followed after seeing the young lord angry, and the white lord greeted, in addition to Naohide, the town executive Okubo, and Riyuei There is also a group of ashigaru, this group of ashigaru is also behind, the two groups of people look at each other, what is the relationship between us? Let's talk about hostility, obviously the leaders of the two sides have a lot of relationship, let's say friendly, it was that kind of scene just now, come on, I don't know if it's mixed like this first, just don't let the adults spread the fire on themselves.

The more they were afraid, the more difficult it became for these people from Edo to go, not because the road was bad, but because after walking for a while, these people also found that something was wrong.

I didn't pay attention to it on the dock just now because of the large number of people, and I found more and more strange things when I left the dock and walked into the workshop area

The upper body is a strange short dress, a leather belt, a strange-looking tube (a winter coat similar to stockings), and as for the feet, God, it is actually leather straw shoes, but is this still grass shoes? The clothes and hairstyles of the townspeople who come and go are also strange, and this is the white lord? Northland is weird!

Oguri didn't listen to what his subordinates muttered, and after he entered the workshop area, he broke in one by one to take a closer look, and no one dared to stop him because Naohide and Okubo signaled, but except for Yukichi, Kurahachi, and Gonroku, the others were stopped outside.

Naohide accompanied Oguri to look at the workshop, but it was nothing more than some fishery, fur, meat, woodware and production, and soon Oguri stopped looking, he turned around and asked Naohide, "Where is the factory?" ”

Naohide replied with a grin, "White Lord North."

Xiao Li looked north, and sure enough, he saw a few puffs of black smoke rising into the sky, he turned around and wanted to pull a horse, but was stunned to find that there were only two carriages accompanying him - hey, carriages, which also contained the gifts he brought, and then a large number of people looked at him with blank eyes, he gritted his teeth and whispered to Naohide, "Settle these people first, and then you will make clear the audacity of the past few years, and you must not hide or omit them!" ”

The white lord is now also a town of one or two thousand people, and it is very easy to settle the dozen or so people brought by Oguri, these people have been floating on the sea for a long time, and Oguri let them rest They don't want to do much, and they all went to Zhou Gong to find their dreams after eating and drinking, and only Yuji, Zangbachi and Quan Roku are still serving.

On the side of the white lord, only Naohide, Okubo, and Sawamura Sonojo, who sent an envoy to Edo and returned with Oguri.

Xiao Li looked left and right, except for his own henchmen who were Naoxiu's minions, he sighed, "Naoxiu, you did a good thing!" ”

"Don't dare to ask for ears, but you can do what you want."

Xiao Li was angry and happy when he heard it, this is "Mencius. The famous sentence in "Gongsun Chouxia", Mencius wanted to resign in the Qi State, and the King of Qi asked him, "We get along well together, what are we going to do?" Mencius said the above sentence, "I didn't dare to say it before, but in fact, this is what I thought in my heart—my brother wanted to slip away." ”

What does Naoxiu mean by saying this?

"I've wanted to do this for a long time, but I haven't had the chance."

Naohide was blunt, but Oguri wasn't angry, the person in front of him was a friend he made when he was a teenager, and after many years of dating, could he still not understand each other - Naohide was right, he had always wanted to change something, so it's not surprising that something happened to the white master!

In the world without Naoxiu, Oguri Tadashun was born at the age of seventeen in 1843, but after Naohide appeared, it was inexplicably wonderful, Oguri became a public surname in 1841, and in 1842, because Naohide cured Nishimaru-like Iesho's beriberi, Oguri was curious and asked the businessman Rihachi to call Naohide to his home, so the two got acquainted.

Naohide is one year older than Oguri, similar in age, but the two have a huge difference in identity, one was born in the big body banner family of brocade clothes and jade food, and the other is the second half of the shogunate's low-level samurai whose parents died, and it was difficult to meet again after they met, but the two became friends by coincidence - Naohide expressed his resolute opposition, "There is no coincidence of karma, I have worked so hard!" ”

In 1844, because of the rice-style windmill "invented" by Naohide, the Oguri family and the Egawa family formed an alliance.

By the end of the year, Naohide became the banner of the shogunate of the Thirty Stones, and it was Oguri Tadashun who was still a shogun with the surname of Oguri who issued the certificate of knowledge at that time, so far, Naohide officially entered the eyes of the Oguri family and was cultivated as a future helper of Oguri Tadashun.

Later, in 1845, Oguri and Naohide traveled together, during which a lot of stories happened, and then the relationship between the two grew by leaps and bounds, and then Oguri really regarded Naohide as his friend.

In 1846, Oguri wrote a letter on behalf of Naohide to ask for a study tour overseas, but although the chief Abe attendant of the old middle school did not allow it, he gave it a convenience, and he promoted Oguri to Nagasakime to serve as a helper.

After that, the daring Oguri helped Naohide go to sea.

In 1849, after Naoxiu returned, he was given a light sentence because of his meritorious service to the treasure, and he was "cautiously punished" in Jiushan. But the next year. Because of the great success of helping Mr. Tanan to make irons in Nirayama, Naohide was promoted to the banner of 200 stone of Jiaroku, and then he was assigned to the white lord of the North Ezo Land to do the commission, at that time Oguri was Nagasaki Metsu, and before Naohide went to work, he also helped Naohide make various preparations.

Although Naohide is a year older than Oguri, Oguri has always regarded himself as an elder brother, and he has strict rules in his family, so he regards Naohide as another possibility in his life - Naohide often does things that he can't do or dare not do, so Oguri supports Naohide while also satisfying his own wishes, if he is born in a family like Naohide, maybe Naohide's path is the path he wants to take.

Of course, the compatibility between the two is also very high, Naohide is studious and very strict with himself, round on the outside and square on the inside, and Oguri also appreciates this - he can't be a person like Naohide, Oguri himself is used to being straight, but he can understand why Naohide does this.

The two of them not only have a good relationship, Oguri can be promoted from Nagasaki Mefu to Nagasaki Mesuke, and then promoted to Mimesuke, which Naohide also helped a lot, but he never took these Oguri to heart, he felt that these were nothing, because in terms of his family personality, as long as Daddy Tadaka lived in seclusion, Oguri could directly serve as Mimefu!

What Oguri really values is that what he did changed the shogunate and Fuso bit by bit - ever since Naohide opened his horizons, Oguri often woke up in his sleep, dreaming that the mountain-like Nanban gunboats had blown everything in front of him to pieces, but with Naohide's efforts, this dream became less and less, and he felt that one day this nightmare would disappear completely.

But this year, the situation in the dream appeared in reality - although he was inspecting the disaster relief situation in Tokaido when the black ship arrived, and by the time he rushed back to Edo, the black boat had already left, but the photo that Mr. Tanan showed him almost made him breathless, and this is it, the Nanban gunboat that appeared in the dream was exactly the same as the black ship in the photo!

Of course, Oguri doesn't understand that this is the characteristic of the human biological brain - he often feels that some things have been seen and some scenes are familiar, of course he is ignorant, what happened, why did I dream of the black ship before?

Oguri has a tough personality, he was stubborn when he was young, "ignorant and stubborn", so angry that his father Zhonggao perennially talked about "the family is unfortunate", but how Zhonggao disciplined it to no avail, it was Oguri who read books and saw the world before he slowly got better. But this time he was really scared, and secretly ran to the temple to ask for a sign, so that he would not die, and drew a sign of "noble people help each other, and turn evil into good fortune", and as a result, Xiao Li beat the monk in the temple violently.

"Noble people help each other, help you with your legs, Lao Zi has a strong neck all his life, and he relies on himself to do things! If the lottery is useful, Fusang 471,840 Temple, the rice people and the black boat can still hit the door?! ”

The monk hugged Xiao Li and threw him the little judgment and cried, "I didn't ask you to ask for divination, you said that the lottery is useless, you don't want to draw it!" After drawing the lottery, he still beat people, and he can't live this day. ”

After beating the monk, Xiao Li came out of this evil breath in his chest, he pondered, pondered carefully, "How can you rely on yourself?" ”

In the past, although he also worked hard to do things, but after all, he was young and felt that there was nothing to do, and this shogunate was getting better day by day, but Kurofune had always been known for his shrewdness and ability, but Oguri actually felt deeply powerless - "Turning the sky", it's easy to say, which one, try it yourself!

At this time, it happened that Naohide was promoted by the shogunate and needed someone to envoy the white master, so he volunteered to take this task, asking for a cameo appearance in a "messenger", the white master is far away and remote, even if there is oil and water, no one wants to go, plus Oguri has been in the limelight recently, so no one robbed him, and followed the white lord sent to Edo to serve the public Sawamura Sonojo, Oguri came.

He went to the white master to find an answer, but can Oguri find it?