Chapter 562: Congratulatory Gift (2nd Watch)
Niwa Nagakuni, who came to pull the relationship, has not yet arrived, and an acquaintance in Dalian has appeared in front of Asano Munehide. The acquaintance who suddenly appeared was called Wang Zifu, but this name was a later one, he was originally called Wang Wu, and he was one of the younger brothers of Ma San, a bigwig in the arms industry. Because it often ships in Dalian Port, it is quite familiar with Asano and others who have been stationed in Dalian for many years.
This time, Boss Wang also came to Japan to do business, but when he passed by Nihonmatsu Street (the name of Nippon Main Road), he suddenly saw a flare in broad daylight, so he came to visit out of curiosity. Although Asano can't be said to be in a foreign country, he did meet an old acquaintance, and of course he had to be warmly entertained. Boss Wang also frequents in Japan, and has a very good understanding of Japanese customs and food, and quickly integrated into the atmosphere of the wedding.
"General Asano's wedding, I came in a hurry and didn't prepare any gifts, I'm really embarrassed!" When the banquet was opened, Boss Wang first served radish pickles and drank three glasses to express his apology.
"Mr. Wang is gracious! If you can come to the humble house and drink a glass of water and wine, Asano will have a light on my face! "Wang Zifu's background is very deep, and Asano is naturally very polite to him.
"I will make it up for the next day, I must make it up! Today, I can only borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and I wish General Asano and Fujin, a hundred years of good togetherness, and an early birth of a noble son! "Boss Wang is really good at drinking, and he has been drinking three times in a row.
"Mr. Wang has a business in Japan?" Asano hurriedly found something to suit the situation and chatted first, Boss Wang opened his mouth to drink, and he accompanied him for six or seven glasses, which was already a little unbearable.
"Yes! But I'm scared to death! Originally, more than 10,000 Schneider rifles and 30-meter Armstrong guns were sold here, but the shogunate didn't know what medicine they had taken wrong, and suddenly they used French goods, which caused me to deal with the return of half a year. This time, the Aizu Domain is going to fight again, and I estimate that they have suffered losses, and they should know the benefits of our Manchurian guns, so I brought some samples and came over to try my luck. "Boss Wang finally stopped his glass, he also wanted to try his luck in Asano, Asano They are all Japanese, what if they can get in touch!
"Edo has opened the castle, and the relatives of the shogunate are afraid that it will be difficult to resist the Satsuma and Nagasu feudal domains." Asano also learned a little about the situation in his own country, and he was very optimistic about the people of the Okuba Domain Alliance.
"Satsuma, Nagasu, and Tosa's gang all use British goods, and then there is a batch of Spencer rifles, and that's what happened. During the Battle of Toba Fushimi, it was good to fight with our Manchurian goods, if it weren't for the inexplicable escape of the bird general, the chaos might have been calmed down. Later, the shogunate switched to French goods, so naturally they couldn't do British goods, so they made that bird. The Aizu clan is still very clever, and they have also used our Schneider in Manchuria, so they will definitely not be confused this time. "Boss Wang is full of confidence.
"Schneider has a lot of problems, huh?" Asano's mercenary division turned out to be Schneider, who had been using it for several years, and knew too much about the problem with this.
"The batch of Schneider returned by the shogunate has long been sold to the mountain monkeys in Vietnam and Burma, and now only the British can sell Schneider, which has long been out of print, and what I brought this time is a Zhongzheng rifle." Boss Wang really brought some good things over.
“*!” Asano is also very familiar with the Nakasho 1 rifle that uses * ammunition, and it is this equipment that they use in the Udi Valley, and it has only been a few days since they were replaced.
"Hey, hey! Speaking of which, the Aizu Domain is still stained with General Asano's light, and this batch of goods is the one that your division eliminated! Boss Wang's status in the Manchurian arms industry is not high, but Guo Xing'a still loves him very much, because he transferred to deal with the tatters of the Manchurian ministries replaced.
"Machine guns and artillery!" Asano asked.
"All of them!" Wang Ziyu's main task now is to deal with more than 10,000 guns of various types that have been replaced by the mercenary division.
"I'm a little reluctant!" Asano took a glass of wine, then sighed, not knowing what he was reluctant to do.
"Yes! There are so many* with names engraved on them! But it's a new generation! It's inevitable. Boss Wang comforted Asano.
While the banquet was in full swing, Nihonmatsu Domain's lord Niwa Chokuni, who had just prepared a gift, finally rushed over with a group of retainers. The emperor can't look up, the princes can't look at the daimyo, Niwa Nagakuni is present, and the courtyard of the Asano family suddenly falls to his knees. Asano and most of his officers were from the Nihonmatsu Domain, and when they came out to meet the former lord, they instinctively wanted to bend their knees.
"General Asano, you are wearing the eight-star emblem of Northern Manchukuo on your head, and the generals won't let you kneel, and outsiders can't kneel!" Asano's knees had just bent a little, and the young man in a black uniform had already supported him from behind.
Asano shook for a moment and stood up straight, and his knees changed to a military salute of raising his hands. Asano gave a military salute, and the other officers followed suit. They all wanted to kneel very much, but if the people from the miscellaneous department stopped Asano, it was equivalent to stopping all of them, and the miscellaneous affairs department was not allowed to kneel, so they said that they couldn't kneel. Many of the confused soldiers in the guards had already knelt down, but they were also picked up by Uesugi and others. Now is not the time to respect etiquette and show respect for the Daimyo, who are Japanese, and even more so Manchurian soldiers. If Goxinga knew that the Manchurian soldiers knelt down to worship the Japanese daimyos, he would have to kill them alive.
Niwa Nagakuni was still very satisfied when he saw that Asano had the intention of bowing, but he was suddenly stopped by someone, and he was a little unhappy. But if it's not happy, it's not happy, Niwa Changguo, who came to pull the relationship, doesn't care about a little thing. didn't care about too much false courtesy, but came up and took Asano's hand and said all kinds of congratulations enthusiastically. A freelancer is almost like a wild dog on the side of the road for a daimyo like Niwa Nagakoku. In order to be able to keep his Nihonmatsu Domain, Niwa Nagakuni also fought hard.
The appearance of Niwa Chokoku suddenly pushed Asano's wedding to *, not only Asano's mother laughed and cried, but even Asano felt that her face was very bright. The Asano family's neighbors and old friends are even more envious and crazy, and Fang Daming personally came to congratulate the wedding of a low-level samurai, this is really a thing of green smoke from the ancestral tomb! Niwa Nagakoku, as the old master, sat as the chairman as a matter of course, took Asano's hand, and talked nonsense for no reason at all, and he was about to tout Asano as the greatest glory of Nihonmatsu.
"Alas! I've just drunk two glasses of wine, and my mind is confused. Where to wait for congratulatory gifts! I've got a gift for Shogun Asano! Looking at the hypocritical Niwa Changguo, Boss Wang suddenly felt that he didn't need to run to the Aizu Domain, he could let the Aizu Domain come and beg him.
Boss Wang's guards presented the gifts, Asano was confused, but Niwa Nagakoku's eyes were about to fall. 500 Zhongzheng 1 rifles, 4 12-barrel Gatling machine guns, and two 75 mm caliber Jinxi 1 guns, this is the wedding gift from Boss Wang to Asano.