Chapter 291: Kyoto at the end of the Bakugawa period
Zhang Heng and Crimson Sword met at the game point, with the help of the special effects of the game point, the appearance characteristics of both parties will not be revealed, and it is an absolute safe zone at the game point, and neither party has to worry about being ambushed.
Zhang Heng used the [Oath Ring] to confirm that there was no problem with the Crimson Sword, and then exchanged the upper part of the Three Days Moon Sect for a scabbard in the hand of the Crimson Sword.
"Cut the palm of your hand, just drop the blood into it, it will take about two milliliters of blood, and then wait three minutes and you will be in that special copy." The crimson sword checked the handle in his hand, and after confirming that it was genuine, he put it away with satisfaction, and at the same time told Zhang Heng how to use the scabbard.
At this point, the transaction was successfully completed, and the Crimson Sword was busy recasting the Three Days Moon Sect, and did not stop at the game point any longer, shook hands with Zhang Heng and left in a hurry.
The two were hostile in the [Leaker] dungeon before, Crimson Sword attacked Zhang Heng on a Dodge battle axe, and Zhang Heng almost killed the Crimson Sword in the subsequent engagement, but these few contacts in the real world were quite pleasant, and the Crimson Sword also said that he had the opportunity to cooperate with Zhang Heng again when he left.
Waiting for the crimson sword to leave, Zhang Heng glanced at the starfish in his hand, there were still about forty minutes before zero o'clock, Zhang Heng was not in a hurry, he asked for a drink and a dinner knife from Miss Bartender, and waited for a while, until 11:55, he cut the palm of his left hand with the game knife and watched the blood flow into the scabbard.
After waiting for a while, estimating that the blood was almost gone, Zhang Heng wrapped the upper mouth of his hand with gauze again.
Two minutes later, the familiar feeling of dizziness hit, and the system beep came to my ears.
【Player Identity Verification......
[Verified to pass, player number 07958 is the holder of the scabbard, and the ...... of the copy is being linked for the player]
[Quest link completed - the current quest is Kyoto at the end of the Bakudo (Special)]
"In 1600, the Battle of Sekigahara opened the curtain for the Edo shogunate era, the Tokugawa clan ruled the world, pursued a policy of seclusion for more than 200 years, the end of the shogunate was financially tight, exploitation was flourishing, the people at the bottom could not be oppressed, riots occurred frequently, coinciding with the Black Ship Incident, the warships of the United States East India Company knocked on the door of Japan with cannons, and forced the shogunate to sign a series of unequal treaties that humiliated the country, aroused the dissatisfaction of the domestic people. The Shogunate faction led by the Aki San Francisco prepared to meet in Kyoto and plotted to launch a palace coup against Tokugawa Yoshiki............ This round of the game does not count towards the number of rounds in the game, and you cannot re-enter this dungeon after exiting the game. ”
【Objective: Knife Hunting】
[Mode: Single]
[Time Flow Rate: 240] (1 hour in the real world is equal to 10 days in the game, the game ends after 30 days, and the player can terminate the game at any time and return to the real world)
As a friendly reminder, the game will officially start in five seconds, so please be prepared.
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This time was different from the past, Zhang Heng had already obtained some information from the Crimson Sword before entering the dungeon, so he could make some preparations in advance, and he spent a night (in fact, there were 24 hours more) to read about the history of Japan, so he was relatively familiar with this period of history at the end of the Bakumaku.
If memory serves, the Kurofune Incident occurred in 1854, and by 1865 Saigo Takamori and Okubo Ritsu of the Satsuma Domain had taken control of the domain, and in 1867, Emperor Takamei, who had suppressed the Shogunate faction, died, and was succeeded by Emperor Meiji, who was only 14 years old.
It was probably the most chaotic year in Kyoto, as most of the daimyo took a wait-and-see attitude until the following year's Battle of Toba Fushimi that the Shogunate faction took complete control of Gyeonggi and gained the support of the majority of the population.
The subsequent Meiji Restoration opened a wave of industrialization, making Japan the first country in Asia to embark on the road of industrialization, and compared with it, on the other hand, China, which had earlier contact with the West, was still ruled by the Qing government, and was reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country after the Opium War, and continued to stumble, although Lin Zexu, Wei Yuan and other people who opened their eyes to the world worked hard to promote reform, but it was difficult to do anything under the existing system, and it was ironic that Wei Yuan wrote "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom", hoping to let his compatriots see the general trend of the world. Unexpectedly, it did not sell well in my own country, and the readers of the Qing Dynasty were probably busy carrying eight shares, and the bookstores in charge of printing lost money one after another, but they sold it out of stock in Japan, across the sea, and reprinted dozens of times.
In addition, after the Meiji Restoration, the military, especially the navy, became increasingly powerful, allowing Japan to embark on the road of **** and begin to expand brutally abroad, and then it is a history that most people are familiar with.
Now that the dust has settled, the missed historical opportunity can be made up for with hard work, but the deep wounds left before cannot be healed by future generations no matter how hard they try.
Zhang Heng took advantage of the countdown time to briefly recall the relevant history, and then opened his eyes to find that he was standing in a fang market, even in Kyoto, it should be a quite prosperous area, the roadside is full of tea houses, bathhouses and shops, and there are many vendors along the street.
Thirteen years have passed since the Black Ship Incident, in addition to the "Japan-US Peace Treaty", the shogunate has signed a series of trade treaties with Britain, Russia, France and other powers, and there are only a small number of Dutch people in Japan (before the Black Ship Incident, the Netherlands was the only country that could do business in Japan), and now you can see a lot of Westerners.
In addition, there are a lot more imported products on the street, Zhang Heng first walked to a mirror shop and took a look at himself in the mirror, he is now dressed as a typical ronin.
Wearing a straw hat, wearing a shabby feather weaving that has not been washed for a long time, the knife at his waist shows his samurai status, speaking of the Edo period, the social hierarchy is strict, and the samurai are also considered to be members of the ruling class, and the major lords have raised a large number of samurai, and their own lords pay them salaries for them to eat and drink, of course, these people are also needed to work hard in wartime, and both sides have their own rights and obligations, but a wandering samurai like Zhang Heng now, there is nowhere to receive money, and he has no money in his pocket now.
No matter what era he is in, filling his stomach is the most important thing, not to mention that Zhang Heng has to stay here for a considerable period of time, so he naturally needs to give priority to the issue of food and accommodation.