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The vast Pacific Ocean wants to be still but still.
Just as the New Year arrived in 1872, the Japanese mission aboard the American merchant ship "America" finally arrived in San Francisco and began their journey to the United States.
On the day that a group of people headed by Right Minister Iwakura Tomoe arrived in the United States, the impact they felt was not the power of the United States, nor the wealth of the United States, but the Ming Dynasty!
When they arrived in the United States, the impact of the "Los Angeles Incident" still affected the west, and even they, this group of Japanese, received preferential treatment after arriving in the United States.
After the gunfire, the discrimination against yellow people disappeared!
At least it disappeared on the surface. Sometimes, people are like this, they all have the word "Bei" next to them. Only after being beaten can they remember!
After learning that the Ming Dynasty actually bombarded the United States just like the Americans bombarded Japan, Iwakura Tomoshi and others couldn't help but marvel and envy.
"Oh, Ming is really the light of my demi-humans!"
"To be able to bombard the barbarians, the Ming Dynasty truly deserves to be the celestial kingdom!"
Americans are realistic, and the Japanese are even more realistic. When they envy the Ming Dynasty for its strength and brilliance, the awe of the Ming Dynasty in their words comes from the bottom of their hearts.
It’s not certain whether the Japanese are admirers of foreign dogs, but any Japanese is a “dog admirer of strength.” Ming Dynasty’s strength is enough to make every one of them envious.
A few days later, after the mission arrived in Washington, the originally confident mission received a warning. Although the President of the United States warmly welcomed their arrival, after the mission proposed negotiating to amend the treaty, the other party
Refusal to negotiate on the grounds that there are no credentials and letters of appointment.
The Iwakura mission had two purposes for its inspection. First, it was to extend a "gift of employment" to the contracting states and amend the unequal treaties; second, it was to visit and inspect the advanced cultures and systems of European and American countries to provide reference for Japan's modernization.
After several discussions, the reason why the United States was chosen as the first stop was to restore national rights and interests through the amendment of the treaty. However, the refusal of the United States made everyone in the mission extremely frustrated.
"In the final analysis, we all believe that the Western countries are civilized countries. Since the "Treaty of Commerce" is about to expire, it is natural to amend the treaty. But we never thought that the Western countries keep talking about "public international law", but it is just power.
It’s just a fig leaf!”
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As soon as Councilor Kido Takayoshi finished speaking, Imperial Minister Okubo Toshimichi said.
"What is international public law? The so-called international public law is comparable to a few cannons. The Americans can bombard Japan, but Japan can't do anything. The Ming Dynasty bombarded the United States, and the Americans can only let it bombard them. In the final analysis, it is not because the Ming Dynasty is strong, but because the Ming Dynasty is powerful.
The United States is weak!"
Ming dynasty……
Really awesome!
Ushido was actually able to fire at the Americans, but what about the Americans? They could only watch helplessly and get beaten, just like Japan was beaten back then.
"So if you want to renew the treaty, you must make your country rich and your army strong!"
Yin Teng Hirofen, Daifu of the Ministry of Industry, said.
"In today's world of tigers and wolves, what is the use of international law? Gentlemen, go to the Ming Dynasty!"
Once again, Yin Teng Bowen looked at them and said.
"Go to Ming Dynasty and see how Ming Dynasty became what it is today in just ten years!"
Facing Yin Teng Bowen's suggestion, everyone fell into deep thought. When they were in Japan, they had heard that the Ming Dynasty had become a powerful country and became a member of the great powers, and could be on an equal footing with the Western countries. But after arriving in the United States, they knew , the Ming Dynasty was actually so strong that it cannoned Mifa, punched Prussia, and burned Versailles.
Such a powerful country is definitely an example for Japan to follow!
"Since there is no hope of revising the unequal treaties, then we will... go to the Ming Dynasty! After all, it is also the purpose of our trip to visit and inspect the advanced cultures and systems of European and American countries in order to provide reference for Japan to realize modernization. Since the Ming Dynasty is the present generation It’s a powerful country and we should go there!”
Finally going to Daming!
Hearing this, Yin Teng Bowen seemed a little excited. After all, he had hoped to make Ming Dynasty the first stop of his trip before he decided to send the mission. After all, in his opinion, compared with those Western countries, perhaps The Ming Dynasty is the most worthy country for them to learn from.
What does this resurrected Ming Dynasty look like?
"Where are we going to Daming? From New York to Yingtian, or to other places?"
"Although Yingtian is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the essence of the Ming Dynasty is between Linhai and Nanhua. Let's enter the Ming Dynasty from Linhai!"
…
This is the Ming Dynasty!
Finally, when they set foot on the land of Linhai, the impact suffered by Oboku Toshimichi, Yin Teng Hirobumi and others was unprecedented. Even though Linhai was only a city with a population of 180,000, the Japanese mission headed by Iwakura Tomato The delegates always seemed to be in high spirits.
It seemed that everything in Linhai City was so exciting in their eyes. When they stood in front of the fifteen-story "Pacific Insurance Company" building, they stared at the tall building with dumbfounded eyes and looked at the elevator handle. When people were sent to the tall building, some people even knelt down directly.
Even Yin Teng Bowen exclaimed, "This is art that should be appreciated on one's knees!" and "It can be called the best building in the world!"
Such praises were definitely from the bottom of their hearts. They once thought that having been to the United States, they would not be surprised by the Ming Dynasty, but just a visit to Nanhua subverted all their understanding.
The Japanese's preference for exaggeration caters to the taste of the Chinese people. Who doesn't like to hear good words? People praise themselves, even if foreigners praise them. So, this group of "carrot heads" from Japan seem to have found "wealth" "Password" has become a model of being knowledgeable and reasonable in the eyes of many people.
The local officials responsible for entertaining the delegation, after hearing so many good words, were of course happy to show them the city's prosperity and industrial development.
"Fuhua Cotton Mill is the largest yarn mill on the entire Pacific West Coast, with 360,000 spindles..."
When he accompanied the delegation into the Fuhua Cotton Factory, Zhao Teng used standard Nanjing Mandarin to introduce the conditions of the cotton factory to Iwakura Tomoshi and others. Although he is a naturalized Japanese citizen, even in front of his compatriots, He still chooses to speak Mandarin.
Without him, Zhao Teng has always been proud of being naturalized in the Ming Dynasty. Since he is a native of the Ming Dynasty, it is natural for him to speak Mandarin. Moreover, he knows that these guys are all from noble families, so they will definitely speak Mandarin.
"360,000 spindles! This is truly the number one yarn mill in the world!"
The reason why Yin Teng Bowen is so surprised is that in his plan, the textile industry with low technical requirements will be the first industry in Japan to break through. In his plan, it is a "ten thousand-spread" scale, and in history It was not until ten years later that Japan established the so-called "Ten Base Spins", which were ten spinning mills that laid the foundation of Japan's textile industry. However, the scale of these ten factories was small and pitiful with only two thousand spindles. factory.
Although Yin Teng has high hopes, Japan has limited financial resources and can only build small factories. How can it be possible not to be shocked when seeing such a large factory now?
Although shocked, Iwakura and others were full of expectations for the next visit.
Textile!
Japan will definitely develop this industry in the future. After all, what is sold in Japan are "Nanhua yarn" and "Nanhua cloth".
Maybe it was produced in this factory!
Yes, they guessed it right. In fact, as early as 1862, Nanhua took advantage of the "cotton crisis" caused by the Civil War to purchase a number of textile companies from the United Kingdom at low prices that had gone bankrupt because they had no cotton to spin, thus laying the foundation for
The textile industry foundation of Nanhua.
During the Civil War, smuggling ships from South China transported weapons and supplies to the south. Most of the cotton shipped from the south was spun into fabrics and then exported to overseas countries. In just a few years,
It entered the markets of European and Asian countries.
Although the textile industry was by no means the leading industry in the Ming Dynasty, it was also one of the industries that absorbed the largest number of workers.
In particular, it attracted a large number of female workers. For Daming, this was the most important thing.