Chapter 61: The Witch of Scholarship (Part II)
Austria, Royal Women's College of Vienna.
"How did this big salt fir sound get here?"
"I came by myself." Talia replied nonchalantly, and Adjani shook her head, seemingly unaware of the matter.
Franz didn't want to get involved with Talia, and he now wanted to find out all the Japanese who had traveled and kill them.
Seeing Franz's displeasure, Talia handed Franz a thick stack of papers.
"Her identity is written on it. Her name is Sugine, and Daishio is the name of the shrine where she was born and raised."
Oshio Shanyin, whose real name is Sugine, was born at Oshio Shrine. The god said that she was an orphan, but some people say that she was born to a witch and a benefactor, and some even say that she is a child of the god.
In Japanese society at that time, ordinary people did not have a surname, only a first name, and it was even more impossible for a person like Sugi to have a surname with an unclear origin.
The deity is the supreme person in charge of the shrine, analogous to the abbot of the temple.
For as long as she can remember, Sukine has been cleaning and pilgrimage every day, eating meat and wearing new clothes only during festivals.
It wasn't until she was ten years old that a wealthy Dutch benefactor came to the shrine and life at the shrine became better.
Dutch merchants often visited the shrine and even became friends with the shrine, and with the encouragement of the shrine, the shrine maidens throughout the shrine began to learn Dutch.
The Dutch merchant was also very knowledgeable, and often taught the shrine maidens some Western science.
If all goes according to normal, Sugi will officially join the ranks of shrine maidens after her fourteenth birthday.
In 1837, when the entire Osaka area was plunged into a famine, the town government ignored the suffering of the people and joined forces with the merchants to raise prices and make huge profits.
Later, the leader of the uprising, Heihachiro Oshio, came to the shrine and wanted the priest to revolt with him. In fact, the shrine has long been out of cooking, and the witch goddesses can only eat leaves and wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger.
In desperation, all the shrines joined the rebel army. With the addition of shrine maidens and priests, the confidence of the hungry people was increased.
The rebels fought all the way to the town commissioner's house, but when the warehouse was opened, everyone was dumbfounded. There was not a grain of grain in the storehouse, but it was full of big judgments, small judgments, and silver goods
Enraged, the hungry people killed the town and threw his wife and children into the cauldron.
However, before they could celebrate the victory, the shogunate's army arrived.
With only simple farming tools and sharpened sticks, the hungry people were powerless against the shogunate army.
In order to completely suppress this uprising, the shogunate even brought in iron artillery teams. Every shot fired by the Iron Artillery Corps caused a large number of casualties among the hungry people.
After three rounds of shooting, the samurai with swords rushed into the crowd. The leader of the rebel army, Heihachiro Oshio, and his disciples were soon captured, and the remaining rebel army retreated while fighting under the leadership of the god lord.
After that, the shogunate's army killed all the captured rebels and took brutal revenge on the local people. The villages and towns were covered with blood, and the corpses of peasants were piled on top of each other.
After the rebels surrendered, the shogunate did not spare them, and soon executed them, after which the heads were neatly stacked together to warn the shogunate's enemies.
As the number of shogunate troops increased, everyone knew that the rebels had no hope of victory.
So the Lord consulted with some of the elders, and they used the money they had stolen to buy off a Dutch merchant ship. The Dutch merchants promised to send the children of the rebels to Holland to raise them.
However, the Dutch did not keep their promises and were ready to sell these Japanese children to India.
Since Shanyin can understand Dutch, she knows about their evil plans in advance.
Sugion and the children on the boat make an escape plan, but in the end, she is the only one who escapes onto a large ship.
The ship was an armed merchant ship carrying the fighting brothers of the Austrian Church, and the fanatical believers did not embarrass Sugi, but tried to persuade her to join the Catholic Church. Luckily, German and Dutch are very similar and allow for simple communication.
If Franz hadn't changed history, the Austrian armed merchant ship would not have passed through here at all, and the Great Salt Shanyin would not have escaped, so he could only be sold to India as a plaything for the king like everyone else.
Sugine was first brought to Chenla, and then through contact with the priests of the Austrian Church, he became more and more aware of Japan's backwardness.
Even the medical skills she was proud of were no match for those missionaries.
After learning about the Royal Women's College in Vienna from the priests, she asked to go to Vienna to study.
Half a year later, Sugen changed her name to Oshio Sugine in honor of the shrine where she was born and her sisters.
Da Yan Shanyin's path to study was not all smooth sailing. Since she was neither an aristocrat nor an Austrian, the administrators refused her admission.
Da Shioshan did not give up, she would go to the gate of the academy every day to kneel. It wasn't until Talia became the principal of the Royal Women's College in Vienna
On this day, Da Yanshanyin, as usual, knelt down in front of the gate of the academy after registering at the registration office. (Straw mats.) )
Sitting in the carriage, Talia saw the sound of the great salt fir at a glance, and then heard her story.
She thought the big salt shanyin was funny, so she decided to play a trick on her.
"Miss Osashine, you understand German, don't you?" Talia asked.
Da Yanshanyin only glanced at Talia, and knew that the woman in front of her was extraordinary, dressed differently, and the men around her were full of awe of her.
"Gui'an, the little woman is the big salt shanyin. I've learned a little bit from Catholic clergy. Can you help me? ”
She is fluent in German, much to Talia's satisfaction.
"Hello, my name is Talia, and I don't have a surname due to being removed from my family. I am the administrator of this school, the principal. ”
"Hi (Hay), Headmaster." Oshio's answer was concise and forceful.
Although Talia couldn't understand the other party's words, she looked at the other party's expression with a solemn look, which made her very useful.
"Do you go to junior high school or elementary school?"
"Middle School, Principal." The big salt Shanyin replied.
"Did you bring the tuition then?"
"Hello, Headmaster." Oshio Shanne untied a pocket from her underwear and respectfully handed it to Talia's hand.
From the feeling of Talia, she could tell that this bag contained gold and silver. Sure enough, when I opened the bag, it was filled with gold sheets written in exotic characters.
Talia estimated that it weighed about 1.5 kilograms, which was a lot of wealth, almost two thousand florins.
Although Talia was not short of money, she put it away anyway.
"What about your accommodation and food?" Talia asked.
"Are you saying I can go to school? I can sweep floors, cook, and work in school to earn living expenses. ”
Talia said, shaking her head.
"There are more than a thousand servants in the school, how can you do it?"
After a few blows, Da Yan Shanyin's face was slightly red, and he said in an inaudible voice.
"I can find a benefactor."
As Sugi was embarrassed, it took Talia a long time to figure out what the word meant, and she immediately leaned back and laughed.
"That's okay, I'll lend you money, you owe it first, and I'll help you find a wrong."
(End of chapter)