The Japanese nation only respects the strong, this is not only after modern times, history has proved many times, this nation has a rebellious spirit in its bones, from the Tang Dynasty, they learned Chinese culture and technology, and then when they watched the decline of the Central Plains Dynasty, they would take the opportunity to invade the coastal towns. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This phenomenon was most serious in the Ming Dynasty, but in the end they were repelled by the brave and witty Ming generals, but the idea of worshipping the strong in their bones is boundless, as long as they find the right opportunity, maybe they will come up and take a bite.

For the attack of the Portuguese, they didn't pay attention to it at first, after all, the other party is just an opponent they defeated, even if they have the strength, they know very well how many waves they can turn over under their own defeat.

It's just that what they didn't expect was that the other party really attacked Edo, which is the political and cultural center of Japan and the foundation of the shogunate's rule over the country.

Once this place is destroyed, then the foundation of the Tokugawa family will be affected, and the foundation of their rule will also be affected, don't look at the Tokugawa family has unified the whole country, but there are no less than hundreds of large and small nobles in the whole of Japan.

Those daimyo and powerful low-ranking samurai may have waited for the Tokugawa family to have an accident, and then they could take their place, after all, the Tokugawa family's position as the shogun of the Seiyi was also obtained through this means.

The Tokugawa family had to be on guard, in addition to those nobles, he also had to guard against the members of the family, there were so many people in the Tokugawa family, not everyone would be willing to obey his control, so he must not see Edo destroyed.

If Edo Castle suffers a heavy blow, then his position within the family will inevitably be affected, and in this case, he will definitely abdicate and make way for Xian.

History records that it is wrong to say that Tokugawa Ietsuna's IQ is not high, and a person with a low IQ can think of so many people who can be regarded as an absolute awesome person.

If nothing else, the mere thought of Edo Castle being tied to one's status speaks volumes.

So he sent messengers to negotiate, and although they knew that the Portuguese only had two warships, they knew very well in their hearts that these two warships were very powerful, and their guns were enough to destroy everything on the shore.

Even if they can attack from a long distance, I don't know where they got such powerful artillery, it's terrible.

Tokugawa Ichiro was a member of the Tokugawa family, and as an envoy, he sailed to the sea to negotiate with the Portuguese, and the main content of the discussion was what kind of conditions they wanted, and they could provide them, but there were some principles that should not be taken lightly.

Portugal's demand was very clear, that is, the right to trade, and that there should be no restrictions on Portuguese freedom in the rest of Japan, and that the location of trade could be determined by the shogunate.

After all, the shogunate needed to control the whole of Japan, and the main reason why they closed off the country was that they were afraid that the huge foreign trade would be controlled by the local daimyo and cause some trouble for themselves.

Once the local daimyo have money, it will inevitably pose a threat to the rule of the Tokugawa family, so this is a matter of principle for their family, and it is absolutely impossible to violate it, otherwise they are likely to go crazy.

Of course, this was a decision made after discussions with the Australians, and if the Tokugawa family was pushed too far, it was likely that they would rebel strongly, and in the end, no one would benefit.

The chances of success were very high in negotiating under these circumstances, and the day after the Portuguese sailed for Edo, Australia sent a warship to accompany them and prepare to observe the whole process.

At this time, the Australian officers on the battleship had received the news that the Portuguese were about to negotiate with Japan.

A telegram was sent directly back to Hong Kong, and several officials in the Governor's Palace were very surprised to see the news.

Aren't the Japanese often talking about the spirit of bushido, why didn't they attack for long before they surrendered, this is too fast, and there is a little bit of samurai spirit that is not there, it's rubbish.

The two warships knocked directly on their door, if Australia sent the entire fleet, then it would be okay, didn't all the conditions be agreed.

It seems that it is not as he imagined, the Portuguese used advanced weapons to knock on the door of Japan, originally thought that it would take some effort, but now it seems that there is no need at all, which makes Wang Tiehammer a little disappointed, and he also plans to come to a rescue operation when they can't do it, and now it seems that it is exempt.

Even so, Wang Tiezhu felt that it was still necessary to show off his might and go to Edo, Japan, to take a turn, otherwise it would be completely up to the Portuguese to convey Australia's demands, and the other party would not know how powerful Australia was, and they could only make them fear Australia in their hearts, so that Australia's business in Japan would not be affected in any way.

After all, we all know the virtues of the Japanese, the stronger you are, the more they respect you and slap you, and if they find that you are weak and easy to bully, they will trample you under their feet, they are such a people.

For the fleet proposed by the Australians to go north, the Portuguese naturally have no problem, they want the Australians to come and support them, after all, the deterrent power of the two warships is still limited, once the Australians come over, it will be different, the Australians are coming, they can directly give the Japanese a warning so that they dare not act rashly.

After learning the news of Australia's northward journey, Zheng Zhilong was also glad that he did not start a war with the Australians, or directly helped the Japanese, otherwise at this time, I am afraid that the Australian fleet would sail to the Fuzhou dock.

Seeing that the Japanese market is about to be opened by Australia and Portugal, Zheng Zhilong is also quite helpless, he can only blame the Japanese side for not paying too much attention to his warning, if he is on guard, he will not be attacked so quickly, it seems that in the future, Japan's trade will not only be his own and the Dutch, and if the advantage is not obvious, the focus can only be turned back to the land.

After all, for the Zheng family, both sides need to be taken into account, in addition to taking care of the forces on the sea, they also need to take care of the land needs.

It was only after the Australian fleet arrived in Edo that a cadre of the Tokugawa shogunate learned that there were such large ships in this world, and other ships were not small, larger than the Portuguese.

It seems that Australia is far more powerful than Portugal, and the Tokugawa shogunate has decided to be cautious in its treatment of Australians.

(To be continued.) )