"The world is in chaos? Hahahaha~~" On the Thunderbolt, Zhao Xin couldn't help but laugh loudly when he heard Shibata Kakuzo's emotion when he mentioned the Ishikawa village script. After laughing, he said to Shibata Kakuzo: "I see Ishikawa Igu
The world in Shou's eyes is just this tiny little place."
Seeing the puzzled look on Shibata Kakuzo's face, Zhao Xin opened the curtain on the wall, revealing the huge hand-drawn map hanging behind it.
"This is the world!"
This is a map of the world without the North and South Pole. It roughly depicts the land boundaries of various countries in this era, the distribution of colonial forces, and latitude and longitude lines. The scale is 1:50 million.
In the Asian part, the regions of Beihai Town, Qing Dynasty, Li Dynasty, island countries, Tsarist Russia, Annan and other countries are clearly drawn.
In the European part, the outlines of Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Russia were drawn. In the American part, North America drew the thirteen states, the French territory in the south, and the Mexican region known as "New Spain"
, the South American continent was a blank; Australia at this time was still called New Netherlands; and the African continent was just a single piece.
Colors are used to distinguish the distribution of power in various countries. The United Kingdom uses blue, France is green, Spain is khaki, the Netherlands is brown, and Beihai Town is red.
This map was completed by a time traveler at a power plant who took a month to complete. It is based on a seventeenth-century world map published in 1911 in another time and space. The reason why the North and South Poles were not drawn was purely because the guy was lazy.
Shibata Kakuzo looked at the colorful map on the wall in astonishment. He walked closer and looked at it for a moment, then fell into silence.
He has seen the world map. In the early Edo period, the Chinese version of "Kunyu Ten Thousand Kingdoms Complete Map", which was completed by Matteo Ricci and Li Zhizao, was introduced to the island country; later, Zhuzi scholar Arai Shiraishi borrowed and cited this map, successively in
In 1713 and 1715, he completed "Caiyan Yiyan" and "Xiyang Jiwen", which had a great impact on the "Three Kingdoms World View" (China, Tianzhu, Japan) of the islanders since ancient times.
In fact, the hundred years from the end of the 18th century to the end of the 19th century were the disintegration process of the "modern empires" in the East Asian civilization circle and the emergence of nationalism. At this time, the intellectuals of the island countries had already evolved from the Chinese tradition.
The "view of the world" began to change, and the concept of "Huayi Order Circle" was re-established by accepting world geographical knowledge.
Zhao Xin pointed at the tiny island country with his index finger and sneered at Kakuzo Shibata: "Even if there is chaos here, how much do you think it has anything to do with the world?"
Shibata Kakuzo's eyes were wandering, and he noticed at this moment that Beihai Town's area of influence was already larger than that of the island country.
Two days later, the Thunderbolt was anchored outside Ishinomaki Port, and a large number of soldiers began to disembark and disembark. According to the plan, the Thunderbolt will return to the north of Kuye Island after disembarking from the Northern Navy, and then return here after refueling, and then bring
Following the troops of the Northern Navy and the Sendai Domain, they continued southward.
Liu Zheng had already rushed to Ishinomaki Port from Juqiubahama. After receiving the telegram from Beihai Town, he hurriedly took people back to Sendai Domain on the grounds that there was an urgent matter in Juqiubahama that needed to be dealt with. As soon as he saw Zhao Xin
, complained: "Brother Zhao, why do you just attack wherever I go? It's too difficult for me to be a trade representative!"
Zhao Xin chuckled, patted Liu Zheng on the shoulder and said: "Accident, purely accidental."
With an unhappy look on his face, Liu Zheng took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Zhao Xin.
Zhao Xin opened it and saw that it was the official text of the "Kanagawa Agreement". He turned to the last page and saw the solar calendar date on it, with a satisfied smile on his face.
"How's it going over there in Yokohama?"
"Oh, the situation was originally very good, but if you make such a fuss, it will be difficult to deal with it in the future!"
"Don't worry, have you forgotten? This is a group of people who only care about fighting but not eating. The more ferocious we behave, the more cowardly the shogunate will be."
Liu Zheng sighed and said: "I hope so!"
It is said that after Liu Zheng arrived in Yokohama in early June, in addition to signing and exchanging the official text of the "Kanagawa Agreement" with the shogunate on July 7th in the Gregorian calendar, this guy was either supervising the construction of the commercial building or distributing food to the island workers employed every day.
, handing out clothes; causing the shogunate officials to have big heads.
This is clearly trying to win people's hearts! If things go on like this, these mud-legged people will only have Beihai Town in their eyes and not the shogunate! Now that Liu Zheng is gone, they can be considered relieved.
In the early morning three days later, under the leadership of the personnel sent by Qingye City, Zhao Xin led the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the Northern Navy and the Qingye Battalion and set off towards Qingye City in a swaggering manner.
Zhao Xin originally wanted to try the island people's rides or carriages, which were often seen in film and television works before. The so-called "rides" are beautifully decorated carriages. But when he saw the real thing
Only then did I realize that this was so frustrating, and there was no comparison with the sedan chair next door!
Forget it, let's ride a horse.
At present, Zhao Xin cannot ride the island country's horse at all. For nothing else, he is afraid of crushing the donkey-like southern horse. Fortunately, he brought a dozen strong Mongolian horses with him when he set off this time, otherwise Zhao Xin could only
I took Route 11 to Aoba Castle.
Quan Shan walked in the ranks of the first battalion. Although he kept walking quickly, his parents and A Bin always appeared in his mind. It has been more than a year since he left home. I don’t know how his family is doing.
?I don’t know if the woman I long for is still alive...
Misawa Ihei, who has been naturalized and changed his surname, followed Zhao Xin with great dignity. This guy is now called Yinhei. Considering that Yinhei was a samurai, he was very familiar with the customs and culture of the Edo period; so before setting off on the expedition
He was transferred to Chen Jishan's staff and was responsible for personal security. He also helped Chen Jishan to check for missing items and fill in the gaps.
It was more than 150 miles from Ishinomaki Port to Aoba Castle, and the large group of troops did not enter the castle town until noon on the third day. Since entering Sendai Castle, Chen Jishan and other guards began to increase their vigilance and observe the surrounding situation at any time. They
His right hand was placed on the holster at his waist so that he could react at any time.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When the guard platoon signaled that the bridge was safe and could pass, Zhao Xin rode his horse onto the wooden bridge over the Hirose River. Opposite was the wooden bridge that stood on the top of the mountain.
Aoba Castle, at a glance, certainly deserves its reputation.
It was said that the one-eyed dragon Masamune used millions of civilians to build this city, which is said to be the strongest in the entire island country. Zhao Xin estimated that if the Tokugawa family wanted to conquer this place, in addition to a large number of long-range artillery, they would also have to fill it with tens of thousands of people.
A life.
Zhao Xin lost his mind for a while, then let go of the reins and walked across the wooden bridge. He saw no pedestrians on both sides of the road, and all the shops in the business district were closed. The Sendai clan also sent a lot of samurai ashigaru to stand.
Guards on both sides of the street.
When he rode through the main road in the castle town, the samurai on the roadside all knelt down on one knee, looking at Prince Zhao who was said to be the "descendant of the Emperor of Heaven" with strange expressions, and all kinds of thoughts in their hearts.
.
"This is the debt your Highness helped us pay!"
"Aiya~ Zhao Wangdian is really different from ordinary people, look at this figure and this horse!"
However, when the large group of people behind Zhao Xin also passed through the Hirose River, the expressions of the warriors on both sides of the road suddenly became extremely surprised.
"Look, look, look, isn't that Saburo from the Shibata family? This kid is shaking now."
"Oh, isn't this my Jiro? I haven't seen you for more than a year, how come this kid has grown so strong?"
"Oh~ I should have gone last year if I had known it was so beautiful!"
Unlike the Northern Navy, the Aoba battalion wearing the uniform of the Northern Navy was not equipped with rifles. Each of them carried two "Type 84" revolvers on their waists. But even so, these samurai looked murderous.
Pingtai, who was riding on the horse, was very excited at this time. He never thought that one day he would be able to hold his head high and his chest high, sitting high on the horse and looking down at these warrior gentlemen. In the past, when he saw these people, he had to stand by the roadside and bow and salute, even his head.
They don't dare to lift it up, and they will be beheaded for the slightest disrespect.
At this moment, he finally understood what Zhao Xin meant when he once said, "Princes, generals, and ministers would rather have their own kind." And his fears and worries now seemed really ridiculous!
Surrounded by a platoon of guards, Zhao Xin rode his horse to the famous "Big Hand Gate". Only one photo of this majestic city gate remained in another time and space. It was bombed by the US army during World War II.
Already.
In fact, it was not just Otemon. Because the terrain of Aoba Castle was too dangerous, the entire Sendai Castle was demolished after Meiji. Only Sannomaru was left and was converted into a barracks.
In order to show that he had no ambitions for the Sendai Clan, Zhao Xin dismounted in front of the Otemon Gate and walked straight in with his men. At this time, the retainers of the Sendai Clan, led by Ishikawa Murafumi and other clan members, were all waiting inside the Otemon Gate to welcome them.
The arrival of Zhao Xin.
Except for the guard platoon, the Third Battalion and the Aoba Battalion all went to Sannomaru to rest after entering the gate, while Zhao Xin was led to Ninomaru.
By the way, why not go to Honmaru? Nothing else, it’s too high! When Date Masamune built Honmaru, it was intended to be a military fortress. There is a big cliff on the south side of Aoba Castle. You have to climb the mountain from the west and take a small path to get around it.
Except for some important occasions such as meeting with envoys from the shogunate and the imperial court, and meeting with retainers for New Year greetings, basically no one goes to Honmaru. Even Date Shigemura used to stay in Ninomaru when he returned.
After everyone sat in the Ninomaru meeting hall with east and west facing each other, the two sides began to introduce each other.
Different from the Sendai clan's large group of sixteen families and twenty families, Zhao Xin only had Pingtai and Liu Zheng on his left and right, plus Chen Jishan, Yin Bingwei and several other guards.
That's all.
After introducing each other, Ishikawa Murafumi leaned over and saluted again: "On behalf of the family head, we thank Zhao Wangdian for his righteous deed of military service!"
Zhao Xin smiled and said: "No need to say more polite words, our friendship is not a day or two anymore. Tell me, what's going on with the shogunate?"
Ishikawa Murafumi said with a smile: "Your Highness has only arrived three days ago, and people in Edo City are already panicking. I heard that the Satsuma Lord has just left Edo and is on his way back to the Satsuma Domain."
As soon as he finished speaking, another person said: "Currently, all parts of this domain have begun to be on guard. Soldiers and horses are gathering at Shiroishi Castle. There is no movement in Fukushima and other domains in the south. I believe there will be some in Edo in the next two days."
Send back the message."
The speaker is the ninth generation head of the Mizusawa Date family, Date Murasaki, who has just turned fifteen this year. This person is also a short-lived ghost in history, and will not survive until the end of this year; but now the Date family is in a tight situation.
If you hug Beihai Town, it will be hard to say what will happen next.
The Shiroishi Castle he mentioned was the home of the famous "Katakura Kojuro Keetsuna" family. The Katakura family were die-hard loyalists of the Date family, and their status was second only to the first family, ranking first in the family.
As for the Fukushima Domain, hehe, it is the place where the nuclear leak occurred in another time and space; it is currently the fiefdom of the Itakura clan.
Ishikawa Murafumi nodded and said to Zhao Xinda: "In addition, our family's arms and food are somewhat insufficient. I beg Zhao Wangdian to help us."
Zhao Xindao: "This is not a problem. I left 2,000 tons of grain and 500 tons of sugar in the warehouse of Juqiuhama Commercial Building to support the Sendai clan. You can send people back immediately. If it is not enough, I will also
We will send ships to transport food.”
Many Sendai Domain retainers here did not understand the word "ton", but Ishikawa Murafumi and Shibata Kakuzo understood it, and both of them suddenly looked happy.
Regarding the issues of weights and measures in the Edo period, they were actually similar to those in East Asian countries of this era, which really gave Zhao Xin a headache.
In the so-called "Shigao system", this "stone" is actually a volume unit, one stone is 180.39 liters. Whether these 180 liters are filled with rice or beans, the corresponding kilograms are completely different. If you have to use the weight of polished rice
A dead number is specified, so what about unpeeled brown rice? Even wheat, corn, beans...
As for some people who say that you can use "念" to calculate, that is even more nonsense, because there are four straw bags and eight bucket bags for rice. Which one do you count?
From this day on, the Sendai Domain began to introduce various weighing scales manufactured by Hokkai Town in order to move closer to Hokkai Town in the use of weights and measures. After two years, the Sendai Domain had already measured tons, kilograms, and kilograms from top to bottom.
The use of pounds and even grams is very familiar.
After hearing Shibata Kakuzo's explanation of "ton", everyone in the conference hall immediately beamed with joy. Now they were no longer afraid of the shogunate's blockade.
Zhao Xin added: "I will stay in the Qingye Camp in Sendai City. But remember, once we fall out with the shogunate, you can't interfere with how this army is used and how it is fought."
As soon as he finished speaking, the faces of everyone in the Sendai clan became extremely ugly. Without you, we can't even give command? After all, these people are still samurai of this clan!
Besides, it’s just a continuous-shot short gun. Last year, Ishikawa Murafumi asked for twenty guns from Zhao Xin and distributed them to a dozen or so households. After a demonstration, no one else got to eat the pork.
Whenever you see a pig, run away.
Seeing that something was wrong, Shibata Kakuzo quickly explained: "Everyone, the weapons and tactics of the Northern Navy are very different from those of our country. If you don't understand it, you will not be able to use it like the iron gunners before, and you will not be able to take advantage of it!"
Zhao Xin continued expressionlessly: "Since I have left the Aoba Camp, each of your families must gather a thousand troops and follow me to Kyushu to conquer the Satsuma Clan. Since you want to take revenge and carve up the Shimazu family, then all of you will
Get on!"
With the Aoba Battalion of five hundred armed with two guns, Ishikawa Murafumi's confidence was immediately sufficient. According to what Kakuzo Shibata told him, with the strength of the Aoba Battalion, he could rush into Edo Castle in one fell swoop. He quickly said
: "Please rest assured, Prince Zhao. The eight hundred troops and horses mentioned before have been prepared. There will be no problem in sending an additional two hundred men. We can set off in three days."
According to the agreement between the two parties, Sendai Clan will provide people and Beihai Town will provide food and salary. As for changing weapons, don’t dream about it for now!
After staying in Sendai Castle for a day, Zhao Xin led the three battalions back to Juqiubahama the next day. After another five days, the "punitive team" composed of 500 Sendai clan samurai and 500 ashigaru finally
Arriving at Ishinomaki Port slowly.
At this time, Deng Fei piloted the Thunderbolt and had returned from Kuye Island. Zhao Xin issued an order for all troops to board the ship and set off immediately!