At this time, the shogunate was facing a very embarrassing situation, unable to defeat and unable to escape. In the eyes of the shogunate, the entire Austrian fleet was a black iron walled city, and there was no way to start it.

But what really made them desperate was a typhoon that blew the day before, and a rare typhoon scenery swept over Edo Bay, and the townspeople of Edo Castle complained about the terrible weather.

And in the palace in the city, Masahiro Abe was dancing like crazy.

"God help me! The kamikaze is coming! The kamikaze is coming! China Biko! Bless your people! ”

(China Du Bigu, the name of the god of wind.) ）

At first, the samurai in the castle thought that the chief elder was crazy, but soon they learned about the situation and joined the mad ranks.

At night, the lights in Edo Castle were lit up all night long, singing and dancing were endless, and people were changing glasses to celebrate this hard-won victory.

The next day, early in the morning.

Edo Castle was in shambles as the typhoon passed, but the shogunate's top brass were in no mood to organize a disaster relief, and they all rushed to the cage to find out.

(The so-called chasui is a Japanese sedan chair, but the space inside the chalk is very small, and only one person can sit cross-legged, which is more like a torture instrument than a means of transportation.) ）

The kamikaze held a sacred place in the hearts of the Japanese, and the Mongol Empire once swept across Eurasia, but suffered a crushing defeat in its eastward expedition to Japan, with losses no less than the Battle of Ain Jalu (the defeat of the Mongol expedition to the west).

This is not that the Japanese at this time are more capable of fighting than the Mongols, nor that they are more tenacious than the Mamluks, but that a sudden typhoon directly wiped out the entire Mongolian fleet, leaving nearly a thousand warships wiped out in the blink of an eye.

However, in the eyes of the Mongols at that time, there was no word for defeat, and after completely destroying the resistance of the Central Plains Dynasty, they again sent a large army to attack Japan.

This time, with the help of the Great Song Navy, the Mongolian Navy was unprecedentedly strong, but the day before it was about to land in Honshu, it encountered typhoon weather again

The two appearances of "kamikaze" made Japan have a deep affection for the word.

Only this time their wind god could not shake the Black Iron City in front of them, and the fleet of the Austrian Imperial Navy was still standing in Edo Bay.

For Friedrich and the Austrian Imperial Navy, the storm in Japan was indeed not small, but compared to the murderous wave of the Cape of Good Hope, it could only be regarded as a breeze.

"Aeolusama! Aeolusama! Aeolusama! I'm not reconciled! How so."

At this time, a group of shogunate officials let out a roar of almost despair, and some people were even ready to use the couscha to cut their stomachs.

At this time, Masahiro Abe suddenly shouted.

"It must be the will of God! Japan is destined to open up trade with Austria! ”

The people around them were a little confused at first, but when they thought of the undefeated legend of the "kamikaze", they immediately understood everything.

That's right, Japan didn't lose, they were just doing what the wind god had instructed them to do.

If the founding of the country made Japan prosperous, it was the work of those who followed the oracle, and it was the fault of the evil gods that foreign forces invaded Japan and brought the country to decline!

After clarifying their responsibilities, the shogunate elders unanimously decided to open trade to Austria.

At the negotiating table, the speed at which these shogunate officials betrayed the country was jaw-dropping. This time, the diplomats brought by Friedrich were all long-term in Southeast Asia.

So they all consciously know Asians very well, and they are all asking for prices all over the sky, waiting for each other to sit on the ground and pay back.

As a result, the shogunate officials readily agreed to all of them, which made the Austrian diplomats think that there must be some conspiracy.

Friedrich really wanted to fight Japan, after all, he had fought well in the war against Vietnam.

After hundreds of years of steady development, Edo Castle in Japan has many more wooden buildings than Hue Castle.

However, he did not wait for the challenge of the Japanese navy, but the completely open Edo Bay and a concession under construction.

"It's boring, can't they resist a little?"

Friedrich was obviously more interested in the war, but now Austria was also embarrassed, the strong could not fight, and the weak did not dare to fight Austria.

"Grand Duke Friedrich, you should be glad that the shogunate made the right choice. Because they succeeded in protecting the 'goods' that were important to the Austrian Empire. ”

Kagura's answer bored Friedrich and he simply stopped talking.

At this time, Princess Sneka felt a little puzzled, so she asked.

"The Austrian Empire needs 'slaves' and can buy them from the Omani Empire, and my father will definitely give a very good price for the friendship between the two countries."

Princess Sneka inadvertently reveals her own thoughts, she wants to fight for more benefits for the Omani Empire, after all, the black slaves in East Africa are one of the country's fist products.

It's just that Franz didn't want black slaves, and the Austrian Empire didn't allow such a thing as buying and selling black slaves.

Taking 10,000 steps back, Austria at this time occupied a large area of land in what would become Tanzania. Even the Omani Empire needed the consent of the Austrians to hunt slaves, and the latter could capture slaves on their own land.

The Edo Treaty was officially signed, which was as follows:

1. Japan was completely open to the Austrian Empire, and the Austrians enjoyed the right to do business, travel, study, and proselytize freely within Japan.

2. Opening of 13 exclusive treaty ports, including Edo, Nagasaki, Osaka, Satsuma, Choshu, Aizu, Tosa, Hokkaido, etc.

3. Tariffs were negotiated, and the shogunate and the feudal domains had no right to unilaterally set tariffs and had to negotiate with the Austrian Empire, which had the right of veto.

There are ten in total.

In addition, the Austrian Empire was to unilaterally engage in tributary trade with the shogunate every year. In tributary trade, the shogunate was allowed to use labor as currency.

At the same time, if any European and American powers, as well as their companies, wished to knock on the door of Japan by force, the Austrian Empire should declare war on them within a year to guarantee Japan's independence.

Later, Friedrich's fleet arrived in Satsuma again, and the lord of the country, Shimazu Saiko, was extremely disgusted with foreigners, but he was afraid of the strong power of the Austrian naval fleet and could only go out of the city to meet him in person.

This time, Friedrich wanted to go ashore to have fun, so he found the sedan chair that had been looted in Hue from the warehouse.

The palanquin is made of gold and jade, which can be described as extremely luxurious, after all, this was once the palanquin of the king of Vietnam.

The palanquins were played by newly surrendered native Hawaiians, who had no idea that there was an option to surrender until they encountered the Austrians.

In fact, in previous wars between tribes, the losing side would be eaten by honor, not as a slave, or let the tiger go home.

The natives were grateful that Friedrich had not ordered them to be eaten, and they were actually afraid of the weak-looking "little man".

Because the warriors who are more terrible than them are in awe of them, and can even subdue those terrible black beasts.

Native Hawaiians at the time believed that boats were some kind of creature.

In this way, Friedrich was carried out of the city of steel by eight men who looked as strong as "The Rock" Johnson.

(Dwayne Johnson "The Rock" Johnson is actually a descendant of Polynesians.) ）

"Slippery Ghost! Don't eat me! Slippery Ghost-sama! Don't eat me! Slippery Ghost-sama! Don't eat me! ”

Seeing that the lord of the country was so virtuous, the heads of the other attendants were lowered. They completely linked Friedrich and his party to the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk.

In contrast, Shimazu Saiko's son, Shimazu Saibin, was much better than him, and immediately returned home to think about what to do after seeing the Austrian fleet in Edo.

Shimazu Saibin, as a master of orchidology in Japan at that time, was the person who was most affected by the Austrian fleet. Because he had thought that the most advanced country in the world was the Netherlands, he had always sought to build a new army and schools in imitation of the Netherlands.

However, the advent of the Austrian Imperial Navy made Shimazu realize that he was a fool, and that even the Dutchization of Japan could not defeat this formidable enemy in front of him.

After thinking to no avail, he picked up a brush that he had not used for a long time and wrote the name of the Great Austrian Empire over and over again on rice paper.

Soon Shimazu Kibin discovered something strange, big, Ao, earth, and Li?

So he hurriedly found a Dutch scholar who was a good friend of him, and asked the rulers of the Austrian Empire what they liked to do.

The Dutch scholar lifted his glasses, took out a notebook and flipped through them pretendedly.

"Oh, here. This is what the Habsburg family motto says.

‘Bella geran talii，tu felix Austria nube，Nam quae Mars aliis，dattibi regna Venus。 ’

If translated into your country's language is to let someone else go to war, you, lucky Austria, go and get married! What the God of War can give you, the God of Love can give you.

Instead, you can understand that they like to marry, and"

Before Shimazu could finish speaking, Shimazu clapped his hands and said, "Great! I've got a way! ”

Looking at the back of Shimazu Qibin hurriedly leaving, the Dutch scholar muttered.

"I'm not done yet."

Friedrich wandered around the city aimlessly, looking a little bored.

After all, at this time, he was like a real "ghost" entering the "village", and the townspeople in the city hid at home, and then blocked all kinds of gods and Buddhas at the door and silently chanted and kowtowed, so as not to be captured and eaten by "ghosts." ”

At this time, a Japanese man standing with a sword suddenly appeared, and Friedrich was immediately interested and wanted to find out.

There are several retainers loyal to Shimazu Saibin who want to take the young master away and save him from being eaten by the "evil spirits".

However, Shimazu did not appreciate it, pushed away the retainers who blocked him, and walked towards Friedrich's team.

Shimazu spoke a lot to Friedrich in Dutch, with a very strong Kagoshima dialect, in a very nervous situation, but no one could understand it.

Friedrich looked at Kagura behind him, who could only get out of the carriage and walk in front of Shimazu Saibin.

"Your Excellency, you might as well use Japanese, your Dutch is really not very good, and they speak German."

Shimazu Saibin was not too scared when he saw those strong men who were like demons, but he was shocked when he saw Kagura, a shrine maiden.

In fact, Shimazu Kibin thought of a good way to marry his adopted daughter to Austria, but what he didn't know was that the Austrian Empire was monogamous.

Of course, after learning this, Shimazu Saibin was even more excited, and he tried his best to facilitate the marriage, so that the position of the Satsuma clan in Japan would be further consolidated, and he would no longer have to look at the face of the shogunate to live.

The Austrian officials who accompanied him thought it was outrageous, but Friedrich thought it was a good idea, after all, for the sake of the family, he could marry an Arab as a wife, and Franz might be able to marry an Asian as a wife.

As long as he has a royal status, it is beneficial to the empire, so whatever! In fact, Friedrich wanted to see how Franz would react.

Kagura, on the other hand, made another suggestion, because the Austrian royal family did not have a prince (grand duke) of the appropriate age at this time, so he could enter the Royal Austrian Women's Academy first.

Shimazu Qibin took this so-called Royal Women's College as a "big oku" as a matter of course, so he naturally agreed.

(During the Edo period in Japan, the Ooku was the residence of the Tokugawa shogun's biological mother, children, main room (Godaisho), side room, and female officials (called "Oku-nunaka").

Another meaning of Daiku refers to the "harem" of the Tokugawa shogunate, that is, the place where the court maids and concubines lived.

In the Oku, all men except the shogun are not allowed to enter. All the ladies who went up to the main room and the maids who went down to the bottom were all beautiful women. ）

The man Shimazu chose was one of the most famous princesses in history, Atsuhime, who was one of the few female politicians in the late Edo period.

Japanese historians have praised her as one of the greatest women in modern Japanese history, and have always described her as an outstanding woman with a high level of vision, and a resourceful and decisive woman.

Although the photos of her old age are ugly, legend has it that she was known for her beauty and intelligence when she was a girl.

(This book is described as a legend.) )

Atsuhime's appearance is not on the table first, but her courage alone is very admirable, and those Japanese samurai who usually show off their martial arts will run away when they see Friedrich and his party.

Atsuhime just naturally followed the group, neither crying nor making trouble, even if she was about to leave her hometown thousands of miles away.

This is the first time Kagura has admired a Japanese woman other than herself, but she will not pity such people because everything is for the sake of "justice".

Friedrich's last stop was Choshu, and I have to say that the level of respect for Maori is not known to be much stronger than that of Shimazu Saiko (Shimazu Saibin's father) next door.

Instead of the ugly appearance of and urine, Friedrich's appreciation was the integrity of the wearer who did not worship.

Mori invited Friedrich to watch a traditional Japanese wrestling performance in the curtain, but Friedrich said he couldn't understand it.

(Traditional Japanese wrestling is not sumo wrestling, but a kind of performance wrestling that will be committed if you see embarrassment)

The latter brought out the Hungarian wine "Bull's Blood" and invited the former to taste it, and the Japanese daimyo was shocked, but he still drank it.

At that time, the blood of the bull was not a gimmick, but it was really mixed with the blood of the bull, and the momentum of this wine can be imagined.

But Mori gritted his teeth and drank it, after all, he had not heard of anyone in Japan who dared to be rude in front of the Austrian Imperial Army.

Later, Mori brought in his sumo wrestlers to compete with Austrian naval soldiers, and Friedrich had his soldiers fight with the samurai of the Choshu Domain.

When the two sides were drunk, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy came forward to see the might of the Austrian navy, and Friedrich, with the permission of Maori's relatives, ordered his fleet to shoot at the largest coastal defense city in the Choshu Domain.

Under the continuous bombardment of naval guns and rockets, it took only a quarter of an hour to raze the castle that the Choshu domain had spent hundreds of years building to the ground.

After seeing this scene, Maori became more and more deferential to Archduke Friedrich.

The boy who proposed to have Friedrich bombard his castle was also promoted to sergeant by Maori and participated in the government.

This year, Yoshida Shoin was fifteen years old.

(End of chapter)