Zuomura brought the meal to Nao Na and sat aside.
Nao Na was a little afraid to look at Zuocun, just had a quiet meal.
Zuocun held it on his cheek, feeling sleepy.
"Don't Mr. Zuocun eat?" Nao Nao asked carefully when he saw Zuocun was not holding chopsticks.
"The stomach hurts a little, so you can eat it yourself." Zuocun smiled tiredly.
What else Kana wanted to say, but she felt something suddenly hit the door of her cottage.
Zuocun, who was originally drowsy, woke up in an instant.
"I'll go and see, don't move here." Zuocun picked up the feathers and crane roe and walked towards the door.
"Mr. Zuomura..." Kana was a little worried.
Before Zuocun could reach the door, he saw a man in a black Wu suit breaking in.
"Zuocun, something big happened!"
This sound...
"Sakamoto?"
The man who appeared in front of Zuomura was Ryuma Sakamoto.
"What happened? Come and talk about it." Zuocun didn't say much.
If Ryuma can make him busy from Satsuma to Kyoto, something big must have happened.
Longma took a sip of tea and was out of breath.
"The fleet of the Changzhou clan... in Xiaguan, bombard the fleet of foreigners with cannons."
Zuocun's brows locked in an instant.
"Cheungshu Phan? Are you sure that it is the fleet of the Changshu Phan?"
"I do." Longma spread out the map and pointed to the sea not far from Xiaguan. "It is at this location that the Changzhou clan implemented firepower coverage of artillery shells on the four-nation joint merchant ships including Britain, France, the United States, and the Netherlands, and foreigners... suffered heavy casualties."
"...I'm in trouble." Zuocun felt his heart beating a little faster.
"The Changzhou clan people are famous for expelling the barbarians and radicalizing the country, but... this time it's too reckless." Ryuma covered his head.
"If this time is not handled well... Maybe it will eventually evolve into a siege of the four countries against Japan... the Changshu clan..." Zuomura gritted his teeth.
"Once war begins in full swing, it will be difficult for Japan's power to resist one country, let alone these four countries joining together." Ryuma shook his head and sighed.
Zuocun pondered for a moment and stood up.
"What are you going to do?"
"I'll go find that little crown prince... No matter what, as the crown prince, he still has a certain say in front of His Majesty the Emperor." Zuomura's eyes were anxious, "It really doesn't work... I'll go to see that Tokugawa Ishishi."
"Calm down, Zuocun." Ryuma grabbed Zuocun's sleeve, "The crown prince is only the crown prince, and Muruto is now in a state of centrifugality with the emperor, which is useless."
"Then I will go directly to find Tokugawa Ishimatsu." A drop of cold sweat came from Zuocun's temples.
Sakamoto did not stop it immediately, but said to Zuomura: "It is impossible for Tokugawa Ishiki not to know about this matter, they must be discussing countermeasures."
"Now we don't have to worry about them, we have to think about our position..."
Longma looked into Zuocun's eyes.
"That's the purpose of me to come to you."
Zuocun scratched his head with some distress and put two knives aside.
"You are not so anxious." Ryuma breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zuocun finally calm down.
If Zuocun really breaks into Kyoto to find Tokugawa Ishimatsu, you will probably see the reward order that Zuocun wants nationwide tomorrow.
Zuocun lowered his head as if nothing had happened and did not answer.
"This kind of thing happened before the sea aid team was truly established..." Longma did not care too much and changed the topic.
"What attitude does Satsuma have towards this matter?" Zuocun asked.
"Because the group of British warships that bombarded Kagoshima a while ago showed no sign of retreating, Satsuma's navy is still confronting the British at sea..."
"Didn't you say you've withdrawn?" Zuocun was a little surprised. "Those British people don't talk about their credit?"
Ryuma shook his head: "No, there are some radical guys in the Satsuma Navy, so..."
"I understand." Zuocun covered his forehead and closed his eyes, "How come such a thing happens at such a critical moment."
"What do you think?" Longma looked at Zuocun with his head down.
Zuocun blinked and stroked his chin.
"There is a panic in Kyoto now. If there are some big moves on the top, the British drove the warships to Edo, which had a great impact on the group of people. In order to avoid such a thing happening again, they must attack the barbarians. This is the situation in Kyoto, and it is one of them."
"The attitudes of the court and the shogunate will definitely radiate to the various powerful vassals, and the Tosa's anti-barrier factions are basically concentrated around Kyoto. The Tosa, who has few internal anti-barrier factions, will definitely be affected. The guy from Yamagodo will probably attack Mr. Takeichi and others. This is the situation of Tosa, and it is also the second."
Ryuma took Zuocun's words and continued to analyze: "The two powerful vassals, Satsuma and Changzhou, which had a very radical anti-barrier sentiment, especially the Changzhou vassal, have even had a chance of directly changing to the enemy of the North after this shelling incident."
"What we have to do now is to hide our tails." Zuo Village Chief sighed.
"Although I'm very unwilling to give up, this is our best approach right now."
"In other words... keep a low profile, right?" Longma hugged his chest and thought quietly.
"We also need to consider various matters in the future." Zuocun stretched out a finger and "divided into several situations."
"The first type is that the four countries and Japan are in full swing."
"The second type, the four countries and follow the British practices, ask for compensation from the court and the shogunate."
"The third type is that the four countries carry out targeted retaliation against Changzhou."
"Maybe more than these three situations, it is possible that these three situations will happen together." Zuocun pinched his eyebrows, "It's okay here. I can hide anywhere with Kana, mainly you."
"If Satsuma fights with the British, you may also be unlucky."
"Please be at ease Zuocun. Although Longma is a chubby, Miss Along will protect Longma well!" Miss Along poked her head out of the door and said to Zuocun confidently.
"Don't worry about Zuocun. Since I decided to tighten my actions, I won't have much action in the past two years." Ryuma smiled, "I met someone on Satsuma's side, who is quite powerful."
"Sigo Moritotsu?" Zuocun said a name.
"No, Mr. Saigo, have you seen him? I'm talking about another person."
"He is not from Satsuma, but from the Choshu family. If I have the chance, I want you to meet you."
"I think you can be attracted to you, I am also a very powerful person." Zuocun smiled, "What's his name?"
"Takasugi Shin-sama."
Longma said to Zuocun in a straight sitting position.
Chapter completed!