Why did the Tokugawa shogunate and the Japanese upper echelons move so quickly?

It's just a small flat house, with an area of less than one percent of Japan, so why do you want to mobilize the whole country and send an elite army of 150,000 to fight against it, isn't this too much of a fuss?

The Tokugawa shogunate didn't think it was a big deal at all.

Instead, it feels like the sky is falling!

Do?

What is Xujiazhuang going to do?

Quietly took over the household, and not to mention the firm foothold, he also wantonly recruited workers, set up a large port, and issued such and such laws to invite people to buy people's hearts, and publicized it widely, eager to let the whole of Japan know.

Have they been consulted on this?

After their nods and consent?

Who made the family come and occupy the Hirado clan without permission?

This is the land that belongs to the land of the rising sun, all outsiders get out of here, we welcome outsiders!

The deepest reason is that Xujiazhuang's various policies actually gave hope to the lowest-level mud-legged people who only ate two or three rice balls per meal, so that they could get the right to be human beings and enjoy such and such freedom, and what were they still doing to fight the underworld and eliminate evil, killing dozens of noble warriors.

How can this work?

This is simply rebellious and audacious!

The mud legs can't be fed too much, eating three rice balls at a time is the limit, Xujiazhuang gives them thirty, doesn't it increase the cost of raising these mud legs by ten times?

The salary is enough for twenty or thirty wen a day, and it is about enough to buy 1 catty of rice, which can feed their family, and Xujiazhuang lives in ninety wen, so how can the mud legs work well?

To give freedom to the mud legs, to give them equality and justice, what do they want the samurai to do when they have this? What do you want the lords of the daimyo domains to do? Without oppressing and exploiting the mud legs, how can they live a life above him?

Xujiazhuang is here to smash their field!

It is to destroy their fine traditions that have lasted for hundreds or thousands of years.

If he doesn't take decisive action and immediately defeat Xu Jiazhuang and drive him away, his roots will be dug up, his naïve will really collapse, and the days of Weifu will not be able to continue!

That's why they move so efficiently and quickly.

……

Hirata Yoshimanro, a native of Kamachi, an ordinary fisherman who makes a living from fishing, he has been fishing with the sea since he was eight years old, and has fought with the wind for most of his life, and has been accustomed to countless winds and waves, and has also dealt with people of all shapes.

It can be said that he has a wealth of life experience.

He knew a lot of things, like the sea of Machiwan, where there were reefs, where there were fish, and how the weather changed from day to day.

Therefore, he always catches fish and never returns empty-handed.

He can also dodge danger many times, avoiding evil forces such as mountain bandits, ronin samurai, and pirates, which can cause harm to himself and his family.

Just like his name, Jilang, he seems to be the kind of person who is lucky 10,000 times, much luckier than people.

Even so)

Hirata Yoshimanro is still very poor.

The only property on his body was a dilapidated wooden house, a fishing boat, and a few fishing nets.

Oh, and an old wife, three sons and daughters, raised by the ministry.

He goes to sea every day, often leaving early and returning late, just to keep his family fed.

But he feels very happy and very content, such a life is no longer very good, as long as he successfully teaches his fishing skills to his eldest son Hirata Fukuichiro, his mission in this life will be basically completed, and it will be no problem to close his eyes.

It's just that this peaceful life is very disrupted.

Especially after the occupation of the foreign force on Hirado Island, Hirata Yoshimaro felt that it was going to be finished, and the sky above his head was about to collapse.

Because the fish he caught at sea, except for a small part of which he eats himself, Oita is sold to the merchants and people of Hirado Port, which is his main source of income, and now that Hirado is occupied, what should he do with his family's livelihood?

It's also a lot like (this chapter is not finished!) )

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His fishermen are worried that although there are many fish and shrimp in the sea, and they have to rely on their ability to catch them, if they can't sell them and can't turn them into money, they can only watch them rot and have to throw them all away, let alone exchange them for coins and buy the daily necessities they need, such as rice, flour, oilcloth, etc.

That is, their economic chain is broken.

I am afraid that it will not be long before the thousands of fishermen who depend on the port of Hirado for their livelihood will all go bankrupt and die.

The fishermen in the vicinity were terrified of the outsiders who occupied Hirado, and all kinds of terrible rumors spread that these outsiders were murderous and loved to eat human flesh, and that once they fell into their hands, it was impossible for them to survive, and that life could return to normal unless the shogunate sent troops to expel and defeat him.

At that time, Hirata Yoshimaro was also afraid of the outsiders who occupied Hirado, hoping that they would be driven away as soon as possible.

It could only be many days later, the family began to run out of food, and the daughter began to cry hungry, and Hirata Yoshimanro, who really had no choice, had to take his eldest son out to sea with a small half boat of fish, and then went straight to Togato)

The eldest son, Fukuichiro, asked him what he was doing, and when he learned that he was going to Toko to sell fish, Fukuichiro thought that he was crazy and had been sent to death, but Hirata Yoshimanro gave three examples of the phenomena he observed, thinking that those outsiders would not kill people indiscriminately.

First, after some outsiders occupied Hirado, they did not burn, kill, loot, or plunder, and did not wreak havoc, and they did not behave like bandits.

Secondly, Hirata Yoshimanro witnessed with his own eyes that when an outsider warship covered with iron armor sailed into Hirado Port, he encountered a small boat blocking the channel ahead, and it was reasonable that the ironclad ship could be directly crushed over, but he turned the rudder and took the initiative to avoid the small fishing boat, which made Hirata Yoshimanro very surprised.

Two days later, on Hirado Island, there were countless cheers and the sound of fireworks, I don't know what they were celebrating, but if they were living in a prison, how could they celebrate like this?

To sum up, Hirata Yoshimanro believes that those outsiders may not be bad people, at least not completely unreasonable people.

The eldest son, Fukuichiro, still wanted not to go, but he disobeyed his father, and went to Hirado Port.

As a result, the catch on board was sold out.

It was also sold at a tenfold high price!

When I came back, there were bags of 50 catties of rice, two meat cans, 7 feet of cotton cloth, and 1,357 light coins.

Loaded on.

This time, when it came to the most harvest in this life, the eldest son Fu Yifu was full of admiration, saying that he would go over to sell fish tomorrow, and he couldn't let other fishermen know, otherwise he wouldn't be able to sell it at a high price.

This truth Hirata Yoshimanro should understand, where to need his son to teach him, but such dividends only ate for two or three days, and other fishermen also found out, and then all the fishermen continued to go to Hirado Port to sell fish, and the price naturally fell rapidly, but because the staff of Xujiazhuang, Yu Xian's fish, carried out unlimited purchases, the price of 2 yuan / look, is still much higher than the original 1 yuan / catty, or the price of 1 Wen a few catties, Hirata Yoshimanro's income is still good.

Life at home has also improved significantly.

Fukuichiro, who is almost 20 years old this year, is no longer a problem to ask for a partner, and many people's daughters agree to marry Fuichiro.

This caused the dissatisfaction of the second son Fukujiro and the youngest son Fukuzaburo, they are also older, they want to go to sea to learn fishing, and want to find a partner to start a family, but the resources are so little, the family's fishing boat is so big, there is no way to allow more people to get on the boat.

Conflicts within the family arise from time to time.

At this time, the news of the big recruitment for the construction of Hirado Port came, not to mention the rice, there were at least 80 Wen per day, so Fukujiro and Fukuzaburo had a fall, and they both went to Hirado Port to work, and after a year, they had the money to marry a daughter-in-law.

And that's not all.

With the increase in the number of recruited workers, and the need for a lot of cooks and maids in the Hirado Town Guard Mansion, Hirata Yoshimanro asked his thirteen-year-old daughter Hirata Miko to apply for a job, and successfully entered the Town Guard Mansion and became a trainee maid, not to mention food and housing, the monthly salary is 5 silver dollars, and the regular will rise to 10 silver dollars, a proper high-paying position!

By this time. (This chapter is not finished!) )

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Hirata Yoshimanro found that among the six members of his family, except for the old wife who had to take care of the housework, he, three sons and one daughter, a full five people, were all serving or working for Xujiazhuang, and the monthly income added up to 20 silver, which could be increased to 30 silver dollars in the future.

This income level is ten times more than before!

This is the change that Xujiazhuang brought to his ordinary fisherman family after the occupation of Hirado.

If we can continue to do so, the two- and three-story concrete brick houses that began to bubble up in Hirado Castle, the problem of finding a partner for the second and third sons, and the change to a bigger and better fishing boat are not impossible to imagine and worry about.

Finished.

Hirata Yoshimanro feels bad, it's too extravagant, he actually has such a luxurious expectation dream? No, no, how dare he think about those things? has been poor for hundreds of years, how can he change this fixed fate?

He tried his best to restrain himself from thinking about it, but those things were like seeds that took root and sprouted, and began to grow wildly in his heart, even if he thought it was an unrealistic fantasy, but he just couldn't control it.

……

August 10, morning.

Hirata Yoshimaro, who was fishing off the coast of Samachi, noticed a large number of cavalry, samurai, and ashigaru, at least 10,000 men and horses under the banner of the Satsuma Domain, marching along the coastline at the speed of a rapid march toward Hirado.

The fiery fantasy in Hirata Yoshimanro's heart was suddenly extinguished.

Really.

The shogunate and the landlord really didn't ignore it and took action so quickly.

It's over.

It seems that this is all coming to an end, and fantasies are just fantasies after all.

"Fukuichiro!"

But for some reason, he suddenly shouted loudly to his eldest son: "Throw away the fishing nets, go back to Hirado Port immediately, and tell the town guard that the army of the Satsuma Domain is coming, and you must be prepared to deal with it!" ”

"Father, it's useless, there are so many teams, I can't live it." The eldest son, Fukuichiro, is extremely pessimistic.

"Then hurry back, don't let your brother and sister go, they are all working for Xujiazhuang!"

"Yes!"

Fukuichiro Hirata had no choice but to discard the fishing nets, and the father and son shook the oars desperately and returned as fast as they could.

……

In the afternoon, they arrived outside the port of Hirado and found that Hirado Castle had entered a state of combat readiness, allowing ships to enter at will, but fortunately, by various means, they still succeeded in informing the town keeper of the news of the great attack of the Satsuma domain, and received the affirmation and encouragement of the town guard - twenty silver dollars.

It's just that at this time, Hirata Yoshimanro's mind is still on what silver dollars, and he only hopes that Xu Jiazhuang will come and send more troops over, otherwise under the joint attack of the shogunate and the feudal lords of various places, Hirado is afraid that he will not be able to hold on for more and will fall.

On the 11th, the army of the feudal lords who entered Matsuura County had exceeded 100,000.

On the 12th, there was an exchange of fire between the two sides, and the Xu Jiajun naval team fought and retreated, losing a lot of ground.

On the 13th, the reinforcements from Xujiazhuang had not yet arrived, and the construction of the port of Hirado had actually resumed work.

Fourteenth, on.

Kamachi Bay, the sea where Yoshimaro Hirata often fished)

Standing on the fishing boat, Hirata Yoshimanro saw today that the marines of the Xu Family Army, which numbered only about 1,000 people, had retreated to a flat beach under the attack and oppression of more than 100,000 feudal alliance troops, and dozens of steps back was the sea.

Even if the weapons used by these marines are very advanced, they can shoot a few rounds or more than a dozen rounds in a short time, and kill no more than 10,000 feudal coalition troops one after another, but after killing 10,000, there are still more than 100,000 behind, and they are all not afraid of death, and they have launched wave after wave of pig assault, even if the beach has become a blood-red beach, there are countless troops coming from the front.

"Woo woo woo~"

Finally, the horn of the general attack sounded.

The remaining 100,000 people of the feudal army no longer engaged in refueling tactics, but chose a stud, from the general to the ashigaru, everyone was charging at the fastest speed.

The scene suddenly became extremely enthusiastic.

The goal is to drown this thousand-strong Marine Corps and bring him (this chapter is not over!). )

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Chase them all to the sea and kill them all!

Listening to the sound of the bloody shouts that resounded through the mountains and seas, Hirata Yoshimanro's face changed greatly, it's over, this must not be stopped, he has to row the fishing boat closer, and wait for a few more people to get on the boat.

But sometime.

Four iron-clad behemoths appeared behind the fishing boats at some point, facing the beach with their side sides, and then opened the gun windows with a bang, revealing black gun barrels.

"Carry out fire support, launch!"

"Boom!"

Forty 75-caliber extinguishing guns opened fire at the same time.

And with a rate of fire of twelve to fifteen rounds per minute, they frantically poured shells behind the beach.

If the chamber of the cannon is overheated, the hull of the ship is turned around and the cannon on one side is used to bombard.

Boom Boom!

Boom Boom!

Even though the 100,000-strong army of the feudal alliances is very large, but in this devastating artillery fire, in less than half an hour, the feudal alliances that died heavily collapsed, how strong the charge just now, how embarrassed and collapsed the escape at this moment, after a while, they will flee cleanly, and those who can't run will surrender on their knees)

Yoshimanro Hirata, who witnessed the entire battle with his own eyes, was stunned and unbelievable.

"Won, Xujiazhuang won, we actually won?

"Hahaha, hahahaha!"

"Okay, great, we can live a good life!"

Hirata Yoshimanro let out a maniacal laugh, dancing with joy and desolation.

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