Mime Fu Hori Toshiki's personality is frank and straightforward, and his likes and dislikes are revealed, but in fact, as long as he is sincere, he is really easy to deal with, so the guests and hosts at the dinner are happy, and they are happy.

But "courtesy to people, there must be something to ask for", Naohide saw that Hori Rixi, who was the Mimefu, was polite, he was itching all over, thinking that as long as this person revealed a little bit of the fur to take it casually, he could take as much as he could, it was gold and silver, and the amount could also be negotiated - although the pain was inevitable, but this Hori-sama would have done Hakodate in the future, so what was wrong with being able to make friends in advance.

The next day, Naohide and Egawa Hidetoshi gathered all the servants of the White Lord, and Hori Toshiki carried out the decree in the town, which was nothing more than asking the White Lord to be honest and wary of the Lucians.

After the decree was announced, Mime Fu Hori Toshiki put down the shelf - although Mime Fu and the white lord pursued the service of a thousand stones, but one was to report to Ruonian, and the other was directly under the management of the old man, and legally the white lord pursued it was higher than the Mime Fu, since the duty of the envoy on behalf of the public was completed, the status of the two sides was almost the same, and the face was given to each other, and it didn't mean anything to hold it, not to mention that Hori Rixi also had other plans in his heart.

After visiting the "simple" ironworks and inspecting the standing army of 180 members of the White Lord, the Mimefu lord was full of praise for Naohide, believing that "in just four years, it is absolutely indispensable to be able to build this place into a prosperous territory and fortress from scratch, and the position of Yuanguo is definitely deserved."

"It's not a backword, right?", Naoxiu has a ghost in his heart, and no matter how he ponders this sentence, he feels that there is a problem:

First of all, the White Lord is definitely not a prosperous territory.

If you don't count the stealing of chickens and dogs in Ezo, which is under the control of the Matsumae family, although there are now more than 3,500 lords and more than 1,800 non-naturalized Ainu under the command of the commission, there are only more than 1,000 people in the white lord alone, which is equivalent to a town in Edo, where can it be called "prosperous"!

Secondly, the word fortress is even less talkative.

Although the white lord is the northernmost imperial leader of the shogunate, he has some military privileges, but the shogunate is not stupid, and allows the white lord to be a soldier and self-cast ordnance, but there are restrictions in terms of quantity and specifications, "There can be no more than four warships under 500 koku, no more than 10 large barrels, no more than 200 iron cannons, and it is not allowed to build castles and Odaiba without permission" - this is still what Mr. Tanan and Oguri Tadashun fought for, so Naohide could only pile up a few dirt bags near the dock to make a fort, as for the white lord's serious fortifications, is the brick wall counted?

It turned out that in order to deal with the shogunate, it was also limited by conditions, and the overall defense strategy of the white lord was one outside and one inside, with mines blocking the port and rifled guns harassing enemy ships; Inside, all the people are fighting in the streets. According to this strategy, the white lord did not have any tall and strong fortifications, so he was completely out of the border with the fortress.

Considering that "prosperous territory" and "fortress" are nonsense, the meaning of Mime Fu Hori Lixi's words is obvious - "The position of Yuanguo is definitely deserved", people are not convinced by Naoxiu, why did you come out of the wilderness and become a Yuanguo commissioner.

Pink eye is the most difficult to treat! Naoxiu smiled bitterly, estimating that he might be bleeding heavily this time.

However, the peak turned around, and Hori Toshiki really didn't come with personal revenge or reach out to ask for money.

When he returned to the Yashiki where he was staying, Hori Riki revealed the mystery by himself - it turned out that this Mimetsuke was stimulated and looked at the position of the Hakodate commissioner.

It turned out that Admiral Perry forced the shogunate to sign the "Fuso Rice Country Peace Agreement" in the second month of the Japanese calendar, and the Hakodate in Shimoda and Ezo in Izu Province was opened to the Mi people immediately, and the opening of Hakodate was postponed to March of the following year. Therefore, the shogunate immediately appointed Taro Egawa Saemon as the Shimoda commissioner, but the candidate for the Hakodate commissioner was delayed.

Last year, Naoxiu, the white lord, was appointed by the great imperial family and the old middle school who had not died at that time, but now

The public family must not have interfered much in the shogunate, but the old and middle schools are disagreeing about the choice of the Hakodate government - at that time, everyone was watching two and a half people, one was Takeuchi Hotoku, the other was Hori Toshiki, and half was Naohide Hori.

When the White Lord Office was established last year, Ezo and North Ezo were still wild places, and not many people paid attention to them, but as soon as Hakodate opened the port, although it was only a refuge and supply port, after all, it attracted the attention of everyone in Fuso, and Hakodate was far away from Edo, so it was beyond the reach of anything to happen, so this person had to be cautious.

The reason why Naohide was selected was that some of the shoguns thought that the white lord was not worthy of his name, and as a minister of a thousand stones, it was really unseemly to manage a place where birds did not, so it was better to move the white lord to the box house, and it would be possible to save some money.

But the first one to be excluded was Naohide.,Rice cake balls fell into the open mouth、Sardine nets caught sea bream.,Lucky once it's a little bit of luck.,How can such an important position be given to a flattering villain - about Naohide's ability to accurately predict earthquakes was regarded as a big secret of the Tokugawa family by the deceased Daigosho Iekei.,No one knows except for the successors of Kokata Icheda and Oguri Tadashun.,Edo shoguns pondered and pondered.,I think Naohide must be a lucky person.,Maybe it's the precious otter skin that was offered to please the princess. , yes, yes.

The remaining Takeuchi Hotoku and Hori Rishi have similar qualifications and prestige, and the strength is quite difficult for people to choose, but Mimefu Hori Toshiki participated in the negotiation of "Fuso Mi Guo and Pro-Covenant", and now is really the time for everyone to shout and fight, so he fell behind in the selection, and Hori Rixi is conceited and talented, and he is very dissatisfied with this.

But at this time, another thing deeply stimulated him - the Hakodate commissioner could not be chosen, but the appointment of the Nagasaki commissioner was hot, and Koguri Tadashun, who was also Mimefu, jumped up to take on this important task in one fell swoop!

Nagasaki is known as the "Kyushu Exploration", not only in charge of Nagasaki's civil and military affairs, but also has the right to mobilize the famous feudal soldiers of Kyushu Island to protect Nagasaki, is the spokesperson of the shogunate on Kyushu Island, and is in a high position, but the twenty-eight-year-old Oguri is in such an important position, why do you say!

At that time, it was based on strength:

Unlike Hori Rixi, who was disgraced and troubled with the rice people, the negotiations with the Lusians that Ren Xiaoli participated in could be described as a "complete victory" - compared with the "Fuso Mi Country Peace Agreement" in February this year, in December of the sixth year of Jiayong (January 1854), the requests for "trade" and "demarcation of the border" of Lucia's envoy Pu Jiating were perfunctory, and finally dragged on until Pu Jiating left by himself in a hurry. In fact, there are no serious conclusions.

Although the lead in the negotiation is Omu Fu Tsutsui Constitutional, Kanding Chuan Road Shengmo, Oguri Tadashun is suspected of rubbing credit, but people are lucky to catch up, you have to admit it!

Moreover, the Shogunate, which sold large barrels, mines, and new iron cannons, became increasingly important to the shogunate, and this foreign firm was introduced by Oguri Tadashun during his tenure in Nagasaki.

Coupled with the contribution to the disaster prevention and disaster relief of the Shikoku earthquake last year and February, Koguri Tadashun, whose family is 2,500 koku, is really speechless to say about Nagasaki - of course, his father is loyal to the high and will not retire, and the father and son are both far away from the country, which is inevitably criticized, but Zhonggao has a wide network of people and great credit for being loyal to Shun, and this matter is understandable.

After being stimulated by Oguri Tadashun, Hori Toshiki, who takes the world as his own responsibility, is bound to take the position of Hakodate, so he immediately ran to the White Lord before he finished his inspection in Ezo, and he felt that if the Matsumae family and the White Lord Naohide supported him, then the position of the Hakodate Council would be stable - although the shogunate may not consult the opinions of these two families, he returned to Edo and said that he was on good terms with the head snake of the northern land, and that it would also add some momentum.

Of course, no matter how eager Mime Fu Hori is keeping, he will not directly expose his bottom to Naohide.

He asked his retinue to take Takeshi Enomoto

Jan took out a small box inlaid with gold and silver, and took out a short gun from it for Naohide and Egawa Youngtoshi to see.

Naoxiu was happy when he saw it, isn't this the famous Colt M1851 "Navy" runner short gun in later generations, hey, it still uses the copper bullet casing that he "invented" in the United States.

Hori Rixi looked at Naohide's eyebrows and smiled, afraid that he would think crookedly, so he hurriedly declared, "This is not for the two, I just like this, it was given by Miyi Admiral Perry during the negotiation, and the two of them were given to watch in order to compare the advantages and disadvantages of the white lord's current armament" - when reviewing the white lord's standing army, this person specially asked for a flintlock smoothbore gun and a flintlock short gun, which turned out to be used at this time.

The three of them got up and went to the courtyard, and Hori Riki stood still and fired six shots in a row, and for a moment the smoke rose and the god was majestic.

Entourage Enomoto Takeyang looked straight grinning, this wheel short gun is the heart of the adult, cherish extraordinary, it is said that in addition to the first time I first got the test shot a few times, usually no one wants to see it, the face of the sky is to touch, as for the test shot, according to the adult's original words, "there are dozens of marbles in total, with one less one, I really want to test fire, the benefits of the sky are not to be discussed." ”

Hori Rishi motioned for Naohide and Egawa Youngmin to use a flintlock smoothbore gun and a flintlock short gun to fire, and the two had to charge and stuff lead pills on the spot in order to have fun, Yingmin was better, hunted often, and was skillful in action, but Naohide Shige had never used the front-loading smoothbore short gun, and it was inevitable that he would be in a hurry, and Hori Rixi's smile was about to turn into laughter.

Fortunately, the white master is a paper shell, and no matter how much Naoxiu messes around, he won't make a tragedy of exploding on the spot, but after the launch is completed, Naohide also sweats, it's so embarrassing!

Hori Riki really didn't mean to embarrass Naoxiu, he said to the two of them seriously:

"Actually, I'm already surprised that the White Lord can be equipped with flintlock pistols and short guns. However, with each passing day, the armament of these Western lords has advanced by leaps and bounds, and my shogunate is now far behind. ”

Seeing that Naohide was about to speak, he said, "I know, Horiden presented a batch of ordnance when he returned from overseas, but it was still paper or linen shells with fire caps, you see-" As he spoke, he opened the chamber to show everyone the copper shells.

Naohide's heart is terrified, returning from overseas has always been a piece of his heart, last year and this year's two black ship visits, he is afraid that Edo will associate Miyi's arrival with himself - in fact, Naohide thinks too much, flowers bloom in the wall and incense outside the wall, no one really takes him seriously in Edo, and Miyi colludes with you Naohide has such a big face! What are you doing when you have this ability?

Now seeing that Hori Lixi said it as if nothing happened, Naohide was wide in his heart, and hurriedly echoed loudly, "If it weren't for Horiden's reminder, I really didn't expect to see such a divine weapon today!" ”

"You're also Horiden and I'm Horiden, it's funny to call each other, how about being commensurate with each other?"

Zhixiu was overjoyed when he heard this, this name and Miao are two different things, and the name is much closer, so he hurriedly climbed down the pole, and Jiang Chuan Yingmin's eyes were about to pop out on the side, this relationship is progressing too fast.

Next, Hori Toshiki introduced the origin of the wheel to Naohide, and sighed that Miyi's skills are also unique, and the shogunate can't make it yet, which leads to the fact that the responsibility of this box hall is very important, and the north resists the enemy of Lucia and the east of the Mi people, "non-enterprising people can't do it." ”

"This important task is not for His Royal Highness Lixi, who can take on this important responsibility, and in the future, Lord Bai will be the only one!" No matter how stupid Zhixiu is, he can understand the other party's intention to win over, so why not hurry up and compliment a few words.

Although this sycophant is too straightforward, after all, it is in the other party's mind, and Hori Rixi said "It's over" with a red face, but his demeanor is becoming more and more intimate.

Egawa Yongmin and his entourage Enomoto Takeyang smiled awkwardly on the side, and Naohide struck while the iron was hot, so that people hurriedly took the detailed map of the northern land, and pointed out the country together with Hori Rixi.