On October 25, 1863, Naohide personally went to his friend Oguri Tadashun's house to meet him, but was turned away.

As for the reason, Naoxiu knows it well, so he is not in a hurry at all, so he stays in front of the door and does not leave, which makes the Oguri family very embarrassed:

Who doesn't know that Naoxiu is the best friend of the head of the family;

Especially this year, since the head of the Haku-Matsumae family in July, Shimotoshi Shogun, who defended Yokohama, the two families have moved around more frequently, and this Anfang Mamoru is directly hanging outside, what the hell is going on!

Sure enough, in less than half an hour, the advice of the old family owner appeared in a hurry, and as soon as they saw him, he and Naoxiu smiled bitterly, but the two of them had a heart, "Zhongshun has this stinky temper, everyone still bears it." ”

After meeting, Oguri Tadashun still ignored Naohide and only cared about greeting Ryoma who accompanied him.

In the end, his father's advice couldn't stand it anymore, and he took the initiative to ask Naoxiu what he wanted to discuss.

Naohide didn't hide it, and directly told Satsuma about interceding for Choshu, and asked the Oguri family to transfer from it.

Zhongshun was furious when he heard this, and loudly reprimanded Nao-so:

"What do you say? military affairs, its own regulations; You do not distinguish between public and private, and you exceed your duty! ”

With that, he stood up and walked away.

But before the advice could be softened, Naohide suddenly laughed, and he didn't stop to wipe his tears until he was out of breath.

Zhongshun watched Zhixiu's performance coldly, it's okay to bluff others with this contrivedness, but it's not okay to lie to him:

He and Naoxiu have known each other, and after more than 20 years, he has watched this person become a prince step by step from the second half of the royal family - although the white lord Matsudaira is Naoxiu's son Mao Min, but in his eyes, it is actually Naoxiu's feudal system.

In this process, there are those who are bold and reckless (bold and careful), there are those who are calloused, there are bullets and bullets, but there are countless privacy treacherous, and he has fallen into his current situation, isn't it because of him?

After Naohide wiped away her tears, she didn't say anything, just took out a box from her bosom and gently placed it on top of the stack. Ryoma then opened it and presented the contents to Oguri Tadajun.

The advice probe next to it looked at it and couldn't help but say:

"A timepiece in your arms!"

The old man really doesn't understand, this thing has been common for more than ten years, why did Naoxiu take out this thing?

Say it's a gift, it looks gray, it's not a gold watch, it's not inlaid with any pearls and agate, and the workmanship doesn't seem to be exquisite, it's not like it at all.

But the son's face changed dramatically when he saw it, you must know that Zhongshun is easy to get excited when he quarrels with people, and he is usually known as a character who does not change color when Mount Tai collapses in front of him!

Holding the pocket watch and looking at it again, Oguri Tadashun sighed, and then asked three words:

"Steel? Produced in the Northland? All Fuso production? ”

"All in the middle! The eyes are like torches, and the points are not bad. ”

Speaking of this, the old master's advice also understood, the pocket watch of feelings was produced in the north, but he still didn't understand what Naoxiu was going to do when he took it out.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't understand, as long as he is loyal and understands.

It turned out that in the third year of Honghua (1846), Oguri sent Naohide to the sea, although the future was uncertain at that time, but the two were still proud, high-fived and swore to meet again in three years, and then work together to do a great cause.

The following year, Naohide began to ask people to bring back all kinds of books, maps and items, including a gold pocket watch.

This pocket watch, although it is a gift for a friend, also contains several meanings:

First, Zhixiu is good at mixing outside-they all bought gold watches, so it can be worse;

The second one is to remind Oguri that time changes and it is big

Families have to work hard;

In the end, it means that after Naoxiu returns from school, it is not a problem to make his own pocket watch or something.

In the second year of Kahoega (1849), Naohide returned, but there was no news about the self-made pocket watch, and now, after a lapse of 17 years, Naohide finally fulfilled his promise.

In fact, it is not that Fuso cannot produce its own clocks and watches, such as the table clock "Watimepiece", which appeared in the Edo period; Moreover, according to folklore, there were skilled craftsmen who imitated Western pocket watches.

However, as far as Naohide knows, the Osaka Watch Manufacturing Co., Ltd., which appeared in 1889 in the future, was the first Fuso pocket watch manufacturer with official records—as for the predecessor of the famous Seiko company, "Seikosha", it was only established in 1892.

In this world, because of the appearance of Naoxiu, Oguri no longer has to use screws as a treasure, but until today, he really hasn't heard that Fuso can produce it himself.

In fact, the pocket watch that Naohide is taking out now can theoretically be produced by itself, but the resources in the north are limited, and the priority of developing pocket watches has to be put on the back row, so it has been delayed until this year.

Oguri Tadashun looked at this pocket watch, his face was cloudy, and Naohide knew that his heart knot was not so easy to unravel.

What happened between Naohide and Oguri?

In fact, since 1858, there has been a gap between the two:

Affected by Naoxiu's chaotic ingress, there are countless people who have changed their lives against the sky, but unfortunately, Mr. Egawa Tanan is still tired to death.

Naohide has a big opinion on this.

Originally, Jiang Chuan died of overwork in 1855 at the age of fifty-five, but now he died in 1858. It stands to reason that it has been postponed for three years, which is okay.

But Naohide doesn't look at it like this, the general Jiading, the former chief old man Nakabe Masahiro survived, and a large number of people such as Hiromichi Ido and Tadashi Iwase are also alive, why is Mr. Tanan still dead!

To put it bluntly, this is not the reason why good people don't live long, can do more and do more and die early.

Naohide was not the kind of person to blame the traitors in the court, he had expressed disdain for the twilight of the shogunate at the time, and if it hadn't been for the careful consideration, coupled with the excellent performance of Takeda Kaizaburo, Naohide would have almost shaken his belief in supporting the shogunate - Takeda was an expert in the shogunate industry after Egawa, and if Naohide did not appear, it would be this person who succeeded in imitating Napoleon.

Prior to this, Naohide was supporting Mr. Tanan to promote the renewal of the shogunate's industry, but after that, he could only rely on Oguri Tadashun's side.

On the contrary, although Oguri is an administrator like Mr. Tan'an, his understanding of industry is far inferior - he is okay with agricultural promotion or something, and industry or something, because of the lack of experience, it was indeed a little reluctant at that time.

In fact, Oguri Tadashun is a capable minister compared to other ministers, and there is an element of Naohide's haste in this.

But in any case, after 1858, Naohide's support for Oguri was somewhat incomparable to when Egawa was there.

Therefore, it was not until 1860, when Oguri successfully renovated the Nagasaki Iron Works with the help of Saburo Nakajima, that Naohide regained his support for him, and even in 1861, he spared no expense and recommended Takeda Kaizaburo and others to Oguri, and started the reform of the Yokohama Iron Works.

But Xiao Li is nothing, although the correspondence between the two has not been interrupted, but he can't detect the warmth and coldness of this person - Xiao Li is not high in emotional intelligence, it doesn't mean that people don't have the ability to distinguish.

To be honest, even if Naoxiu didn't say sorry to his friend first, at least he couldn't run away if he didn't do his best at the time.

From this point of view, Oguri is much stronger than Naohide.

Although he doesn't have many friends, he is quite good to a limited number of friends, so he has never bothered with Zhixiu, and still maintains Zhixiu in every way.

But the problem is, yes

Hou Naoxiu did two more things, which made Oguri a little angry:

In 1862, Oguri didn't go to Europa, Naohide stirred up the wind and rain through Kusahara Saburo, Otome and Huitong Foreign Company, although the original intention was to help Oguri, but there were a lot of twists and turns, so there was some suspicion of manipulation.

Moreover, is it easy to get the "Proposal for the Cultivation of Fusang Production" provided by the British?

If Oguri really wants to develop industry, he must find a way to reform the shogunate, which is obvious. And this road, if you don't go well, it's a bloody road.

Maliciously, Naoxiu not only manipulated his friends, but also suspected of roasting the small chestnut rack on the fire.

But Xiao Chestnut Tou Tie, he really didn't take this matter to heart, after all, Naoxiu just provided some insight, and whether to do it or not was decided by Xiao Li's own choice.

In fact, this first thing was in the past, but in December of the second year of Bunjiu (1862), Oguri's mission was completed, and he returned to Fuso, and when he heard about the second thing, he was immediately furious!

What did Naoxiu do?

In February of the second year of Bunkyu (1862), the Matsudaira family of the white lord was established.

Yes, the flag book that doesn't want to be a big name is not a good flag book, but the straight show didn't reveal it to Oguri at all beforehand, this is not the way to make friends!

Moreover, this matter actually has the help of his loyal father Zhonggao, co-authored, and his father and his friends deceived themselves together, isn't it even more nonsense.

Actually, this is a complete misunderstanding.

In order to maintain the relationship in Edo, Naohide asked Oguri's father Tadaka, Hori Toshiki's father Hori Riken and others to help, but he didn't dare to really expect the white lord to establish a country, but a few coincidences happened, and this thing actually came true.

As for Zhonggao, he actually didn't know in advance that there was such a thing as a white lord founding a country, and in fact, he couldn't hide it from his son at all. But Zhonggao's unfathomable (old treacherous and cunning) is that he has been deeply ingrained in Zhongshun's heart since childhood, so the explanation is useless.

And for such a major event as the founding of the country, Oguri Tadashun and Naohide could not communicate in the letter, so this bone has always been in his heart.

In fact, Naoxiu did think about the establishment of the country, but he has always buried this matter in his heart, that is, "I can't say what I can do".

In the end, how did the white lord succeed in establishing the country, in fact, until now, Zhixiu is still covered by clouds and mountains, he only knows that it is mainly the idea of the great imperial house, and there are a few helpers, but what is going on, he has not figured it out now.

So, although it has been almost a year since Oguri returned to Edo, and Naohide's son Shigeru Min and others have been staying in Edo since July, this pimple has not been officially clarified.

His family knows his own affairs, and because of the accumulation of these things, Naohide has long known that this is not easy today-if it is replaced by himself, his friends and allies are even worried about big things, which is also unacceptable.

That's what Naoxiu thought:

Since 1853, when Oguri issued an order to the white lord, the two have not sat together for ten years, so it is inevitable that they will have some dirty feelings with each other;

And in the final analysis, he is the No. 1 thief in the sky, not only to bring down the Fuso royal family, but also to bring down the shogunate, he tried his best to hide it, but no one is stupid, and he can detect that something is wrong when he smells it.

Up to now, Fusang, who is in internal and external troubles, has become a pot of porridge, and this is basically the time to see the poor dagger.

Oguri wants to revive the shogunate, he has already started a big move, and Naohide is also considered to be initially full-fledged, and this little hand has not stopped fishing, and the two friends are no longer right, it is really unreasonable.

But why can even more filthy people be able to endure it, but now they are falling out with their friends?

Naoxiu came this time, ostensibly for the Maori family's business, but in fact, he was preparing to have a showdown with Oguri to see if there was room for reconciliation between them.