But the rice boat did not arrive, but the boat of Satsuma and Saga arrived first.

It turned out that Qi Xing, the tenth feudal lord of the Shimazu family, who had received a tea set, finally couldn't bear to abdicate, and Qi Bin, who succeeded him, finally returned to Kagoshima.

Compared with his younger brother Zhongjiao, although Qi Bin "set things right" to the Yura incident after he took the throne, he did not wipe out the Zhongjiao party, and the Satsuma clan had long been tired of turmoil, so the situation in Kagoshima quickly stabilized.

And Qi Bin unsurprisingly began to implement the orchid industry, which is the famous "integration of museum projects" in the future.

Qi Bin is a well-known "Lan addict daimyo", before he became the head of the family, he preached "enriching the country and strengthening the army, breeding and prospering", and after becoming the head of the family, he also wrote a white letter to his friend and the chief old Abe attendant at this time, proposing that "at this time, the Western countries are pressing eastward, which is an unprecedented change", and suggested that the shogunate should reform its governance, "the first is to strengthen the army", to put it bluntly, it is to unite the upper and lower levels and strengthen the armament.

After he returned to Kagoshima, he began to actively prepare for the establishment of the museum.

At this time, there were two most famous places for the Rangaku industry, one was the shogunate's ironworks in Nirayama, and the other was Saga Mokata, which was in Kyushu with Satsuma.

Last year, Nirayama successfully built a small blast furnace and a reverberatory furnace, which caused a sensation in Fuso at that time. Saga followed suit, and this year he built a blast furnace and a reverberatory furnace, and successfully cast a cast iron cannon, making it a powerful feudal clan in the world.

In fact, with the help of Naohide, Saga first built a glass factory, during which Saga accumulated technology and should have been able to develop a reverberatory furnace long ago.

But Cheng also Xiao He defeated Xiao He, the glass factory is too profitable, Saga Kiriko has become the four major sources of wealth of Saga with the ceramics "Arita ware", ash, and charcoal, after all, Saga is only a feudal country, and under the distraction of energy, it was not until the shogunate officially launched the construction of ironmaking in Nirayama, and the money-hungry Nabeshima Qimasa did not react.

But Saga went the wrong way from the beginning - Saga had always followed the path of directly smelting iron ore with reverberatory furnaces, and there were many difficulties in studying small blast furnaces when he went back. Fortunately, the head of the family, Qi Zheng's stepwife, Bihime, came from the Tian Anjia of the Imperial Sanqing, and Qi Zheng himself was friendly with the lord of the Omi Hikone domain, Ii Naobi, who was a famous family among the daimyo of the pedigree, and the highest position of the shogunate was monopolized by the four families of Doi, Sakai, Hotta, and Ii, so after some negotiations and heavy bribes, the shogunate agreed that Saga would send people to Nirayama to study, and only then did a small blast furnace and reverberatory furnace be built in May of this year's calendar.

Qi Bin has always had plans for a big iron smelting, and his eyes were red when he heard the news of the Saga Domain, and on the one hand, he scolded the infighting in private, and on the other hand, he hurriedly started the corresponding construction in Kagoshima.

After Saibin returned to Kagoshima, many newcomers were appointed, and Saigo Takanaga was also impressively listed. Different from Naohide's original world, Saigo entered the sight of the head of the family, Qi Bin, three years in advance - Saigo was famous in Kagoshima because of his promotion of agriculture, and his family had a surplus of money, so he established the "Seitaka Group" in advance, and he had a great potential among young samurai, and under the influence of Naohide, Saigo also had a certain amount of research on Lanxue.

In the Yuluo incident, many of the talents of Qi Bin's faction withered, and the young Saigo emerged.

Knowing that the head of the family intends to build a blast furnace and a reverberatory furnace, Saigo hurriedly went to the book, I know the person who made the furnace, do you want to know about it?

At this time, Naohide's reputation was not yet known, and only the high-level officials of the shogunate and a few people with good intentions understood Naohide's role in the construction of Nirayama ironworks, and because of the current atmosphere, craftsmen were not taken seriously.

But what is good to die or not to die is, straight

Xiu went to Kagoshima to recruit Saigo and Okubo before going to the white master, and in order to win the trust of the two at that time, Naohide leaked part of the bottom, and Saigo and Naohide have known each other for seven or eight years, so they naturally have a judgment.

According to Qi Bin's original plan, he followed the path of his friend's chief old Abe attendant, but friendship is friendship, and it is really difficult to say whether the shogunate can teach the art of the military state's heavy weapons, and the hope is very slim.

Seeing Saigo's letter, Qi Bin hurriedly called him over, and after a careful understanding, Qi Bin felt that it was more appropriate to walk on two legs and not three legs, so in addition to the shogunate and Saga, he arranged for Saigo to take the boat north.

Since the death of Saemon two years ago, the connection with Kitachi has been severed, and Satsuma's secret trade has broken a leg, so this time I will take the opportunity to see if there is a chance to make up for it.

And Saga, who arrived on the front and back feet of the Satsuma merchant ship, also had a similar idea.

Speaking of which, Saga and Naohide have a deep relationship.

Of Saga's five pillars of economy, three are related to Naohide. The glass factory was built directly by Naohide, and the coal industry also flourished because of the glass factory and honeycomb coal, which was promoted in the Kanto region by Naohide reminded his teacher Taro Egawa Saemon, and the new ironmaking, like honeycomb coal, was also closely related to Naohide Hori, according to the description of Totao Motoshima and Yosuke Sugitani, who returned from studying at Nirayama.

And Naohide used to be the instructor of the Orchid Academy, and there are many students of Naohide in Saga, and the windmill group is one of the representatives.

Nabeshima Qizheng regretted this very much, he felt that he was at a loss, he had known that he was closer to Naoxiu, and maybe he could get a lot of good things in advance.

The ironmaking was a great success, Saga has not done much recently except for the construction of Iwang Island and Odaiba, and when it comes to the construction of Odaiba, Qi Zheng found that the cement and bricks that played a big role were also the first to be produced by Naohide to help Saga, so Qi Zheng asked Sugitani Yosuke to lead the team, and a few people from the windmill group went north to the white lord, and instructed Sugitani before leaving, "If you can find any business opportunities or what benefits Naohide can provide, then the seven people of the windmill group can stay in the white master to help Naohide." ”

Qi Zheng is playing the idea of borrowing chickens to lay eggs and empty gloves white wolf, and the seven people in the windmill group are ready to be recycled, anyway, all but four of the shogunate acting officials are on temporary duty, and when Naohide is transferred from the white master, these seven people have also been trained, and they just returned to Saga to show what they have learned.

What should come is not coming, what should not be coming is coming.

Naohide has his own channels for secret trade, and except for the seven people in the windmill group, he has nothing to ask for Satsuma and Saga for the time being. But with Datong's ideas and long-term plans, Zhixiu still warmly received two groups of people.

Fortunately, there was only one day between the two families and the white master, so Zhixiu stewed a spoonful and didn't waste more time.

Naohide pinched Saga's sore feet - Saga and Languo Commercial Hall hooked up with that little thing, Oguri Tadashun had already found out, and Oguri naturally told Naohide after knowing it, so Naohide was not afraid of Saga casually denouncing him.

And Saigo's character is still relatively strong, and it has not yet reached the level of blackening during the storm at the end of the Bakuma, as long as he can give some benefits to the Satsuma Domain, he can still keep a secret for himself.

Time is precious, so Naoxiu cut through the mess quickly, and quickly sent the two families away, and the seven members of the windmill group were successfully stayed.

Saga is greedy for money, he wants everything, Naohide didn't want to hide it, and directly showed the breech rifle Sharps 1848, Sugitani Yongsuke and Naohide have the same friendship, and he is also a disciple of Mr. Ito Genpu, so Sugitani said that it is very good, and these Languo Merchant Halls are not there.

Naohide didn't explain the origin, but just told Sugitani to keep it secret, and then gave the manufacturing process to Sugitani, as for whether it can be precision machined and create related compounds, this depends on Saga's own book

It's over.

Sugitani estimated it.,I think it's very difficult.,Ask Naohide to give some samples.,Naohide directly refused this.,I used to give Saga so many benefits.,I didn't see any real return for Saga.,Now Naohide has a bit of status.,I still want to take advantage of it like before.。

Sugitani is a sensible person, saying that the white lord has a hundred industries to be developed, Saga can trade with the white lord, Naohide is not polite, everything is wanted, especially cast iron, and then he will say that the goods are there, because Naohide gives money, this is normal trade, so Sugitani agreed, saying that he would come back early, and no matter what, please give some samples.

As for Saigo Takanaga, he felt embarrassed, so he was very talkative.

Okubo is now the town of power, and Naohide's promise to recruit the two at that time was indeed true. And Xixiang can have today, Naoxiu has helped a lot, so Takayong feels that he didn't help Naohide when he was the most difficult, and he also dissuaded the people of the Jingzhong group from going north with Naoxiu, which is a bit unkind.

But with the fate of the domain in his body, Takayong still opened his mouth with a twist.

Counting, Satsuma is much more ruthless than Saga, Saga brought seven people when he came, Satsuma didn't bring anyone, and he asked for more than Saga.

In addition to the craft of ironmaking, Takanaga also had a crush on the breech rifle, and he asked Naohide to help rebuild the Satsuma Domain's northern trade.

The Satsuma Domain's former Tsukuji Secret Trade was more interesting, although it was called the Secret Trade, but the trading object was merchants led by the money house, and Satsuma exchanged it for silk, Chinese medicine, dyes, and other goods from Naha for the Tang people, and then exchanged it with Ezo for the goods and sold them to the Tang people.

Mounting is dried seafood, such as dried sea cucumber, shark fin and dried abalone.

Naoxiu is very strange about this, Satsuma Domain can trade it by itself, why are you looking for me? Mr. Ma said that only by killing middlemen can you make a lot of money, this reason is very simple.

Takanaga smiled bitterly, how could it be so easy, firstly, the Satsuma clan could not explain the origin of the Tang people's specialties, and secondly, the main partner, Kanya, broke off the cooperation of the Satsuma clan after the death of the lord of the bureau, and the relationship between the two hama-gumi and the shogunate was deep, and the Satsuma clan did not dare to hook up.

Hearing this, Naohide smiled angrily, "The Ryohama Group has a deep relationship with the shogunate, so as the acting official of the shogunate, shouldn't I report it immediately?" ”

Saigo also smiled, and at this time Okubo was present, and Okubo also smiled. Zhixiuxin said, Liji, you are unreliable, what did you say to Xixiang?

"Brother is far away from the white master, and the plan is far-reaching. Satsuma has no objections, just self-preservation. Saigo and Naohide had a very early relationship, and he had long seen that Naohide wanted to change the status quo, and it was a big change, but this was absolutely not allowed by the shogunate - because the change was too big, and the shogunate did not have the motivation and courage.

Although Naohide didn't tell Saigo that he still had a few hands overseas, Saigo treated people with himself, and he could guess it.

This is also to blame Naohide himself, at that time, in order to win over Saigo and Okubo, Naohide disregarded the risk and revealed that he had studied overseas when he was "shipwrecked". At that time, it was to increase the chips, although I didn't elaborate, but I also vaguely hinted that I was not self-made in the white master, and laid the root of today's bane.

Originally, Naohide should have been angry and left the table immediately, but it was too unrighteous to take advantage of his friend's weakness Saigo. But Naohide likes Xixiang very much, after the Restoration, he tried to be a good person, but he hesitated to give away his life, he is essentially an idealist, so Naohide is not willing to treat Xixiang with power, and he is ready to wait for Qi Bin to subdue Xixiang to conspire with him.

Saigo didn't get angry when he saw Naohide, but he was ashamed that he couldn't do it, and he paid a big salute, and then said something, and finally convinced both Naohide and Okubo.