Chapter 328 The sky ship comes to visit, and the demon surrenders to the barbarians (please order, please vote)
Outside the port of Nagasaki, Japan.
This port city is the only port in Japan open to the outside world at the moment. It is not completely open. It only allows merchants from the Netherlands, a sea coach driver, and merchants from the closed-door Qing Dynasty to enter the port for trade.
Although the Qing Dynasty was closed to the country and claimed that sails were not allowed to enter the sea, in fact the merchant ships of the Qing Dynasty could still go out to sea to do business in many places. The Nagasaki Port in Japan was the place where maritime merchants from Zhejiang and Fujian in China often went.
However, it is not easy to go to Nagasaki for trade. You have to accept the dual supervision of the Qing Dynasty government and the Japanese Nagasaki Office! The Qing Dynasty requires customs certificates issued by Guangdong Customs, Fujian Customs, Zhejiang Customs, and Jiang Customs.
After going to sea, you can only enter Nagasaki Port by holding a letter plate issued by the Nagasaki Customs Service in Japan.
One is indispensable, and among them, the customs certificate is relatively easy to obtain. It is nothing more than spending some money on bribes, but the letter plate from the Nagasaki Office of Japan is very difficult to obtain. This is because Japan has long been a deficit party in Sino-Japanese trade. Domestic
The gold, silver and copper finally dug out flowed to China through Sino-Japanese trade.
Therefore, Japan has long been closed to the country and restricted Sino-Japanese trade. They began to close the country after the fall of the Tang Dynasty in China, and they continued to lock the country until the founding of Japan in 1854. Of course, during this nearly one thousand years, Japan also
It is not always locked, because Japan also experienced two or three turbulent times during this period. It was so dark and dark that no one cared about locking the country.
Today, although Japan has been shut down by black ships, the national lockdown order has not been lifted yet.
However, Japan's national lockdown order could not stop the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's special missionary envoy Hong Daquan. Luo Xueyan could open and close the country by himself. Now Jiang Customs and Zhejiang Customs are under the direct jurisdiction of his Nanyang Minister's Office.
As for the letter plate of the Nagasaki Office of Japan, how difficult can it be to get one of the Nanyang Ministers? The Nagasaki Office of Japan has always "recognized the plate but not the person". As long as you have the letter plate, you can
Enter port.
So on December 6, 1853 in the Western calendar, the steam paddle-wheel armed merchant ship "Holy Angel" from Shanghai Bund "bursted" with black smoke and appeared in the sight of Zheng Qianfu, the general secretary of the Nagasaki Enforcement Station.
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This Nagasaki businessman, who is in his forties, short in stature, and always has a gentle smile on his fair face, has a very prominent Chinese ancestor named Zheng Zhilong, who is the father of Zheng Chenggong, the prince of Yanping County.
The richest man in East Asia (maybe the richest man in the world) at the turn of the Ming and Qing Dynasties!
It is a pity that Zheng, the richest man, had all his billions of belongings destroyed by his own skills, and not much was left in the hands of the ancestor of Zheng Qianfu's branch, Zheng Zhilong's second son, Tagawa Shichizaemon Zheng Zongming.
But a skinny camel is bigger than a horse after all! Although the wealth of the richest man Zheng was not passed down, the descendants of Tagawa Nanaemon Zheng Muneaki
But he got a hereditary position as "Tang General Secretary" and was employed by the Nagasaki Office for generations to deal with businessmen from the Qing Dynasty. This was a fat job!
"Commissioner Zheng" from the Nagasaki Judicial Office in Japan must also get it!
If "Commissioner Zheng" doesn't take it, how will the successive Nagasaki ministers take it? If they don't take it, how will the general's side servants and the senior middlemen of the shogunate take it? If everyone doesn't take it, how can "Commissioner Zheng" be preserved from generation to generation?
fat difference?
However, the number of Qing businessmen who came to Nagasaki to do business this year was obviously less than in previous years! I heard that it was because something big happened in the Qing Dynasty. The Christians there rebelled and established some sort of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which invaded all the way from Guangxi to Nanjing!
A few months ago, they actually captured the city of Nanjing, which the emperor had not conquered back then, and then swept across the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Yangtze River non-stop...\n.\n..\n. Seeing that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was about to clear up the river.
, No, it was controlled by crossing the Huaihe River.
Due to the chaos in Jiangnan, the silk, porcelain, tea, and ironware exported to Japan were naturally less than in previous years, and "Commissioner Zheng" took less.
And above "Commissioner Zheng", Nagasaki follows Mizuno Tadatsuki and refuses to take less...:..So Zheng Qianfu and his wife's uncle Wu Yongzang and his younger brother Zheng Jiangfu took the abacus beads and calculated this year's Tang Dynasty two days ago.
It seems that Tongshi is at a loss!
And next year... it's even less optimistic.
Because this summer, the "black ships" of the American barbarians broke into Edo Bay and asked the Tokugawa shogunate to open the port for trade!
If the port is opened, Japan will be able to trade everywhere, and the number of merchants coming to the Qing Dynasty will definitely decrease. Where will Nagasaki Tangtong earn money?
In addition, the shogunate was very hostile to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom - because the shogunate had always been hostile to Catholics, an important reason for the Tokugawa shogunate's seclusion was to prevent foreigners from spreading Catholicism.
And I heard that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also worshiped God, or did God airborne his son to found the country. If it conquers China, will it not be allowed to preach in Japan?
So there are still rumors here in Nagasaki that the shogunate wants to ban merchants from the Taiping Rebellion from entering Hong Kong to trade.
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In short, things like Nagasaki Tangtong are getting more and more difficult!
When Zheng Qianfu was having a flood of thoughts, a tall, round-waisted man next to him dressed as a warrior suddenly said "".
Zheng Qianfu looked back at the man: "Wu Sang, what did you find?"
This "Wu Sang" is the same as Zheng Qianfu and "Zheng Sang". They are both Japanese Chinese and their ancestral home is southern Fujian. Their ancestors were doing business in Nagasaki in the late Ming Dynasty. They did it for two to three hundred years and became the "Trading Immortal".
.However, he always felt that the Japanese world was not very stable, so he became a godfather to a samurai from the Hizen clan in the past two years and obtained the status of a samurai.
Wu Yongzang and Wu Sang pointed to the "Holy Angel" and said: "Zheng Sang, look, the Tang ship entering the port today is a steam paddle steamer... It is very rare!"
Zheng Qianfu looked up and frowned: "Wu Sang, although the Qing Dynasty has been in chaos in recent years, their progress has also been obvious!
I heard that General Luo Xueyan in Shanghai established a new army, implemented a new policy, and was vigorous and vigorous. It has transformed Shanghai and several surrounding counties into a completely new look! This steam Tang Dynasty ship may have been sent by Lord Luo Xueyan!"
"円西!" Wu Yongzang nodded lightly and said with expectation, "I wonder if Japan will be like the Qing Dynasty...\n.:... No!"
"What's wrong again?"
"Zheng Sang, look at what's embroidered on the yellow flag raised on that Tang ship?"
When Zheng Qianfu Dingqing saw it, he was shocked: "The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom...\n.\nBaga, this is the Tang ship of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!"
Just when "Zheng Sang" and "Wu Sang" were shocked, the sailors on the "Holy Angel" quickly dropped the anchor and lowered the gangplank. Hong Daquan and James Gough had already changed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
official uniform.
One of them is the special envoy of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the other is the captain of the Wu Palace of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. They are both well-established officials of the Heavenly Kingdom!
Immediately, they walked off the boat one after another, followed by a group of Taiping soldiers carrying foreign guns!
Zheng Qianfu and Wu Yongzang were both dumbfounded on the shore.
These clothes are not from the Qing Dynasty at first glance! And there is a foreigner...\n. Why are there still foreigners in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?
However, the two of them hurriedly approached Hong Daquan, bowed to Gao Fu, and began to speak fluent Chinese.
"Yours is not a Qing merchant. What kind of work do you do?"
"You need a sign from the administrative office to enter Nagasaki Port. Do you have one?"
Hong Daquan vigorously raised his fists at the two Japanese Chinese: "I am the Minister of Rites of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Prince Wu's Mansion, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. I am also Hong Daquan. By the imperial edict of the King of Heaven, King Zhen of Wu has ordered me to inform Japan of any important matters.
I know...\n.\n..You should quickly report it to the Nagasaki magistrate!"
"Yours, yours is an official of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom? Ours has no diplomatic relations with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
..\n..\n.\n.\n" Zheng Qianfu did not dare to receive officials from China casually - whether they were from the Qing Dynasty or the Taiping Rebellion, Japan would not accept them.
Because Japan has not yet been founded!
"Qin, I have already said that if there is something important to do, let the General of Japan know about it!" Hong Daquan said seriously, "This matter is related to the survival of Japan and the fate of the Tokugawa family. If it is delayed, you, a small official, will not be able to bear it.
rise!"
What? The survival of Japan? The fate of the Tokugawa family?
Zheng Qianfu and Wu Yongzang were both shocked.
This might lead to seppuku...\n.\n.\n.\n.\nIt hurts!
But if they went to report Mizuno Tadatsuki like this, they might end up committing seppuku...\n.\n..\n. The officials at the Nagasaki Administrative Office accidentally cut their belly open when dealing with foreign affairs issues.
There are quite a few!
"Sir," Wu Yongzang asked with a grimace, "can you tell me what happened?"
"Of course!" Hong Daquan said, "Qingyao has formed a four-nation alliance with Britain, the United States, and France, and is preparing to send troops together to suppress the Tokugawa shogunate's founding and betrayal of the country...\n.\n.\n.\n. Is this true?
Chapter completed!