This time, Lin Yizhe arranged for Mei Hong to take the "Weiyuan" ship to escort Eya back to the Peony Society, and by the way, he brought 200 French-style "snuff box" rifles and 10,000 rounds of ammunition to the leader of the Peony Society, who was also his father-in-law of the Paiwan clan, Alugu, as a gift. On www.biquge.info the surface, these gifts are to save face for Eya and make her return to her hometown and province, but in fact, they are to strengthen the strength of the Peony Society, so that they can have enough resistance in the face of the invasion of the Japanese army!

In the original history, when the Japanese army attacked the Peony Society and other Fan Societies, it was met with heroic resistance from the Fanmin, and there were many casualties, but because the Fanmin were poorly armed and equipped, they were finally defeated under the continuous attack of the Japanese army's powerful firepower.

This time, Lin Yizhe imported more than 3,000 rifles and nearly 100,000 rounds of ammunition into the Fanmin tribe in various ways (trade, gifts, and exchange for golden silk nanmu), which greatly strengthened the Fanmin's armament.

The rifle that Lin Yizhe gave to the Fanmin tribe was not the French-style "Xia Saibo" rifle that the shipmaster and sailor were currently equipped with in large quantities (Lin Yizhe considered that this rifle needed a special rubber sealing ring, which was more difficult for the Fanmin to serve), but the "snuffbox" rifle that the French army had been equipped with in large quantities.

In addition to the American Civil War, the largest variety of weapons used in the war was the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, in which the French army used snuffbox rifles can be said to be the world's largest rear-loading rifles for infantry.

Prior to the Franco-Prussian War, France purchased a number of rifles, carbines, and pistols from the United States that had been left over from the Civil War, as well as some from other neighboring countries, such as Belgium and the United Kingdom, thus allowing the French army to be equipped with a wide range of weapons at the same time, from the old front-loading guns, to the American "Spencer", "Springfield" rifle, "Sharps" rifle, "Remington" rifle, "Winchester" rifle, "Maynard" rifle, "Smith" carbine, and the British "Enfield". "Rifles, "Schneider" rifles, etc., you name it. However, the rifle used in the French army in the largest number was the "Chasepo" breech-loading rifle, followed by an improved version of the "Dreiser" rifle used by the Prussian army at that time, which also used fixed ammunition.

Soon after the start of the Franco-Prussian War, the French side realized that the production of Chasepol rifles was far from sufficient and needed to be supplemented by other weapons. Due to the limited budget of the army and the tight schedule, the French military decided that it would be a good idea to take some steps to convert the front-loading gun to the rear-loading gun. In this regard, both the United States and Britain have already experimented, with the United States having modified the "Alin" rifle and the British adapting the "Schneider" rifle. Based on the above ideas, the French army converted some old front-loading guns into rear-loading guns, and because the reversible bolt used by the modified guns was similar to the snuff boxes used by the French upper class at the time, the modified rear-loading guns were also called "snuffbox" rifles.

The snuffbox rifle was mainly adapted from two weapons, most of which were adapted from the French musket of the time, and some from the M1859 hussar carbine. The muskets that were converted into snuffbox rifles were mainly French muskets of the time with 0.69-inch calibres, including both standard infantry muskets and cavalry muskets. The hammer of these muskets is located on the side of the barrel, and the position of the fire cap is above the end of the barrel, so the end of the barrel is used as a bolt structure during the modification, and the position of the fire cap is changed to a firing pinhole. After this change, it was easiest to use the bolt side, so the modified rear-loading gun adopted the bolt side-swing structure. In addition, because the modified weapon was originally 0.69 inches in caliber and the available space for the chamber was relatively limited, the modified snuffbox rifle was equipped with a short, thick cartridge in shape, using a rolled brass cartridge case with a detachable base, a bullet mass of 36 grams, and a charge of 4.5 grams of black powder.

The operation of the snuffbox rifle is very simple, first pull the hammer slightly backward to make the hammer semi-ready to fire, then rotate the bolt to the side to open the chamber, load a bullet and close the bolt, and then pull the hammer backward to make the hammer all ready to fire, and then shoot. Because it is a modified front-loading gun, the gun does not automatically eject the case, and the bolt must be opened and pulled back to extract the empty cartridge case.

Although the snuffbox rifle is more reliable to use, and sturdy and durable, when shooting at a distance of 64 meters, the dispersion accuracy is better, but after all, it is a modified weapon, and its performance cannot be compared with the Chasebo rifle and some other imported rear-loading rifles, so most of the guns are not distributed to the regular front-line troops of the French army after the modification, but to the irregular troops and reserve forces.

With the end of the Franco-Prussian War, large quantities of snuffbox rifles entered stockpiles and were sold as surplus to the civilian market. A significant part of them are sold to China. Because of the cooperation with France in the shipbuilding industry, French businessmen took the opportunity to vigorously sell this gun to the local authorities in Fujian, and the Fujian side purchased more than 4,000 guns. Later, under the facilitation of Lin Yizhe, the shipmaster and the local defenders of Fujian began to replace them with new Xia Saibo rifles, and in addition to the use of these guns, about 3,000 of them were returned to the warehouse, and later used by Lin Yizhe to arm the people of Taiwan.

These rear-loading rifles remodeled from old guns are already backward in performance compared to the Xia Saibo rifles equipped by the current shipmaster and sailors, but for Fanmin, they are the most suitable weapons and hunting tools.

In the face of the invasion of the Japanese army, the current aborigines of the Gaoshan tribe no longer need to use earthen guns, bows and arrows, knives and spears and flesh and blood to tragically face the invaders armed with foreign guns and cannons (this is the favorite theme of mainstream film and television literature and YY literature in later generations).

Only, that's not enough!

After Lin Yizhe finished explaining, Mei Hong said goodbye to Lin Yizhe and got on the "Weiyuan" ship, the sailors on the ship took back the trestle, untied the cable and lifted the anchor, and the "Weiyuan" ship whistled for a long time and slowly sailed away from the dock.

It wasn't until the figure of the "Weiyuan" ship disappeared from his sight that Lin Yizhe left the dock in a daze and returned home.

Soon after Lin Yizhe arrived home, the porter came to report that Yanagihara Maemitsu had come to visit again.

Lin Yizhe nodded quietly, and then immediately changed into filial piety clothes and came to the living room to meet Yanagihara Qianguang and others.

As soon as Lin Yizhe entered the living room, he saw a wooden frame covered with a curtain in the middle of the living room.

"Come and disturb Lin Jun early in the morning! Very sorry! Yanagihara Maemitsu bowed to Hayashi Yoshizhe in accordance with the usual Japanese etiquette. Mizuno and the others also bowed.

Lin Yizhe returned the salute and said, "Where did Liu Yuanjun say it!" Since I defended the system, I have been impeached by the ignorant officials of the DPRK and China, and I can't defend myself, and my mood has been depressed. ”

Yanagihara Qianguang listened to Lin Yizhe's sincere words, and there were bursts of heat in his heart.

Since coming to Fuzhou to investigate Lin Yizhe's situation, Yanagihara Qianguang seems to be very close to Lin Yizhe on the surface, but he has always maintained great vigilance and hostility in his heart, for fear that he will accidentally fall into Lin Yizhe's way. But what he didn't expect was that after getting along these days, his impression of Lin Yizhe had changed unconsciously.

Every time he brought Mizuno Zun and others to visit, Lin Yizhe personally accompanied him, and sometimes held banquets. Because he is in the period of filial piety, he is not an ordinary feast, and the guests are also served with vegetarian banquets, and the drinks are also vegetarian wine. However, the food and drink are still very rich, and they are comparable to the best restaurants in Japan. Let Yanagihara Maemitsu, who has been living a frugal life since the Meiji Restoration, feast on it.

Lin Yizhe not only entertained them very warmly, but also did not hide his speech as he did before the system, but spoke freely, which surprised Yanagihara Maehiro and couldn't help but admire his profound knowledge.

Lin Yoshizhe and Yanagi talked about the most during this period is the way to reform the country and become rich and strong, and Hayashi Yoshizhe's views coincide with many of Yanagihara Maemitsu's ideas, and Hayashi Yoshizhe is especially amazed by Japan's drastic reform achievements since the Meiji Restoration. But Lin Yizhe is not blindly pandering to Yanagihara Maeko. He also criticized some radical practices that emerged during the Meiji Restoration, such as Japan's reckless reform of the samurai class, which bankrupted small and medium-sized samurai one after another, and extremely unfair distribution of social wealth. Hayashi believed that the mid-class samurai were a powerful force in Japanese society, and that excessive expropriation and oppression would push them against the Japanese government, leading to social unrest. Hayashi confessed to Yanagihara Maemitsu that the reason why he took in the down-and-out samurai Inoue Hikonosuke in Kagoshima Prefecture was largely because he sympathized with the plight of these Japanese samurai.

Yanagihara Maemitsu also deeply agrees with Hayashi's view, believing that the Japanese government has mishandled this issue, just as Hayashi said, many samurai have launched rebellions, although they have been suppressed by the government, but it has caused a violent social shock. It was the mistake made by the Japanese government that led to the fact that the Japanese samurai wanted to naturalize the Qing country.

The two talked freely for many days, and they both benefited a lot, and they hated each other. The sincere words that Lin Yizhe said just now were indeed heartfelt words, and it is no wonder that Yanagihara was moved.

At this time, Yanagihara Maemitsu couldn't help but feel a little stunned when he thought that his mission had ended and he was about to return to China.

"The portrait of the little lady, I have finished! Please take a look! Yanagihara retracted his thoughts, and as he spoke, he got up and lifted the curtain that covered the wooden frame.

Lin Yizhe suddenly stood up from his chair, he took a few quick steps, and stopped in front of the portrait.

In a carved ebony frame about one person high, embedded is a portrait of Aya with Yanagihara's name in Hangul.

This is a Western oil painting, in which Eya is dressed in the beautiful traditional costume of the Paiwan tribe, with eyebrows like spring mountains and eyes like stars, looking at the sea from afar, with the blue sea and blue sky in the background behind her. It may be that Yanagihara's attention to color is expressive, highlighting the red part of her clothes, and the black part is less, which forms a sharp contrast with the blue sky and the sea, making the whole painting look rich and bright, and the forehead silk in the painting is also particularly moving.

It's just that the slightly melancholy look between his forehead and eyebrows made Lin Yizhe feel sour in his heart when he saw it.

Lin Yizhe stared at the portrait and looked at it for a while, before he slowly applauded as if he had come back to his senses.

"I didn't expect Yanagihara-kun's painting skills to be so good, to be able to paint so vividly, as if he was alive." Lin Yizhe sighed, and his voice couldn't help but choke a little.

This painting by Yanagihara Maemitsu has already aroused his strong longing for Aya who has just left.

"Hehe, as long as Lin Jun likes it, I'm satisfied." Yanagihara Maemitsu heard Lin Yizhe's admiration for his painting skills, and he was secretly proud in his heart.

"Such a masterpiece is really hard to find. When the moonlit night is lonely, it can comfort the pain of my thoughts. Lin Yizhe said gratefully to Yanagihara Qianguang, "Lin should be rewarded with a lot of gratitude to Yanagihara-kun." ”

"Lin Jun, you and I are now close friends, and it would be too obvious to say such things." Yanagihara Maeko is the color road.

"Lin lost his words, and asked Yanagihara-kun not to be surprised." Lin Yizhe said, "Yanagihara-kun is here today, please dine in the house, you and I just have a good conversation." ”

"Thank you Lin-kun for your kindness." Yanagihara Qianguang said, "Today I actually came to bid farewell to Lin Jun. ”

"Oh? Leaving so soon? Lin Yizhe was stunned for a moment, and then sighed, "I still have a lot of questions, and I want to ask Yanagihara-kun for advice." ”

"I actually have a lot of questions, I want to discuss with Lin Jun, but I am busy with official business, and I can't get out," Yanagihara Qianguang said, "I have been bothered for many days and benefited a lot." I've thanked Lin Jun here. ”

Yanagihara Qianguang said, bowed deeply to Lin Yizhe, and Lin Yizhe bowed back.

The two were relatively speechless, and each felt the meaning of parting from the other.

"We're going to take our leave." After a while, Yanagihara Maeko broke the silence.

"Yanagihara-kun, everyone, please wait, let me prepare a small gift." Lin Yizhe said, and then turned into the back hall.

Hearing that Lin Yizhe was going to give them gifts, Yanagihara Maemitsu and Mizuno couldn't help but glance at each other.

After a while, Lin Yizhe came back with an extra brocade box in his hand. He was followed by a number of servants, each holding a brocade box in his hand.

Lin Yizhe stepped forward and sent the brocade box to Yanagihara Qianguang, Yanagihara Qianguang took the brocade box, opened the lid of the box curiously, and when he saw the things inside, his pupils couldn't help but shrink.

Inside the box was a beautifully crafted carved gold-plated ivory-handled revolver.

The Chinese characters on the body of the gun clearly told him that this pistol was a product of the shipmaster gunhouse!

Lin Yizhe's servants stepped forward at this time, and handed the brocade box in their hands to Mizuno and other Japanese present, Mizuno and others also opened the box, and the box was also full of exquisite gift-style carved revolvers, but it was different from the ivory handle that Lin Yizhe gave to Yanagihara Maemitsu, and the handle was silver-plated, and the handle was colored porcelain flowers.

Seeing such a precious gift, the eyes of the Japanese people invariably flashed with admiration.

And, of course, jealousy and envy.

These gift pistols are well-made and made of precious materials, not only exquisite handicrafts and valuable gifts, but also very good practical weapons, showing the strength of China's military industry!

"It's just a small courtesy, but it's not a respect." Lin Yizhe said sincerely, "Please Yanagihara-kun and you must accept it." ”

Yanagihara Maemitsu certainly understood what Lin meant by giving himself and other Japanese such a beautiful and valuable gift, a pistol, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Lin Jun's generous gift! I took it! Yanagihara closed the lid and bowed solemnly, "Thank you very much!" ”

Lin Yizhe and the servants returned the salute. Then Yanagihara Qianguang and others said goodbye to Lin Yizhe, and Lin Yizhe knew that he couldn't keep them, so he no longer kept them, but personally sent them out.

Yanagihara Maemitsu and others got into the carriage and went straight to the Japanese consulate. Yanagihara Maemitsu, who was sitting in the carriage, took out the brocade box again, opened it, and took out the gift pistol inside.

Mizuno noticed that Yanagihara Maemitsu was playing with the pistol, but there was no joy on his face.

"Yanagihara-kun, what are you thinking?" Mizuno asked.

"I can't imagine that Qing Guo can make such excellent firearms now." A hint of gloom flashed in Yanagihara Maemitsu's eyes, "If you really want to go to war with the Qing Kingdom, even if Japan can win, I'm afraid you will have to pay a great price......

"I think this Lin Jun gave us these pistols to remind us, right?" "He wanted to show off China's current industrial and military strength in this way, and the purpose was to remind us not to easily want to go to war with the Qing State." Just ......"

"Mizuno-kun, tell me what you really think." Yanagihara Maeko saw that Mizuno was about to speak and stopped, and said.

"I wonder if he did this because he was worried that Japan would start a war against the Qing while France and the Qing were at war over the Vietnam issue." Mizuno Tamido.

"You're right, Mizuno-kun. That's exactly what he's most afraid of. Yanagihara Maemitsu nodded, "Otherwise, he wouldn't have stayed in Fuzhou for so long." ”

"That's what you think too? Yanagihara-kun? Mizuno's eyes flashed with admiration.

"From the first time I saw this gun, I thought about it." Yanagihara smiled, and he put the revolver back into the box, carefully closing the lid.

"What we need to do now is to tell Ito-kun everything we know as soon as possible." Yanagihara Maemitsu looked up at Mizuno and asked, "Have you sorted out the information provided by the 'chess pieces'?" ”

"It's all sorted out." Mizuno replied, "You can directly present it to His Majesty the Emperor." ”

"Let's show Ito-kun first!" Yanagihara said, his gaze turned to the car window.

Although a round of red sun was shining in the sky, and the sun was shining through the car window and shining on the body, it was very warm, but Yanagihara Qianguang still felt a chill inexplicably.