At the beginning of October, the rice ship set sail, and Naohide breathed a sigh of relief - the pressure was too great, and the merchants in the temple were easy to get rid of, but the Matsumae family had often sent ships to visit the white masters with excuses since May, and Naohide was very worried about the Matsumae family.

bad thing.

In early May, Genzaburo Inoue, the head of the survey, took people to Matsumae to repair the ship, and also borrowed two hundred taels of gold from Matsumae's family. This money was not repaid in seal skins until early August.

Before that, the warriors of the Matsumae family were very arrogant when they came to Shirozu, and Shirozu had many private matters. Every time the Matsumae family came to visit, the practice was a scene of chaos - Naohide brought the dog with him when he came.

Yes, the chickens were brought by merchant ships from Kinokuniya and three other trading companies in mid-April.

The first time someone came to the Matsumae family, Okubo told everyone to put away their weapons and change their usual Western clothes into Wu clothes. Everyone should not go out and walk around much. Then Okubo made an excuse and immediately fell out with the Matsumae family.

Didn't Gensaburo and his group get beaten up last time when they went to Matsumae? Okubo Terukata grabbed some medicine, what are you looking at, how are you looking at you, and asked Gensaburo to lead people to beat up the people from the Matsumae family, and then he came forward and called him

Gao Zhenji ridiculed the Matsumae family samurai, so the Matsumae family samurai had no choice but to leave with hatred.

Afterwards, the Matsumae family refused to give up and visited the White Master several times, but each time conflicts broke out as soon as they arrived, and Okubo quickly drove them away on the grounds of safety.

The consequences were serious, and the Matsumae family samurai were reluctant to come, but the people at the Shirozu Shrine did not dare to go to Matsumae casually - they would have to be beaten even if they went to Matsumae.

Anyway, ever since Genzaburo Inoue came to Matsumae in early August to repay the debt with seal skins, the two families had been in a state of estrangement.

But after all, we are not afraid of thieves, but we are afraid that thieves will miss them. There will be another boat visiting the Matsumae family at some time, so Naohide is very worried that the rice boat will be discovered. Although he can deny it, after all, he is still weak now, and he will be caught.

It was still a headache, so Naohide became increasingly resentful of the shogunate's policy of seclusion.

The three rice ships have all gone - Naoxiu originally wanted to keep the whale ship, but after much thought he still didn't dare. Everyone at the White Lord's Office breathed a sigh of relief, although they knew that the fire could not be wrapped up in paper, and the secret would be exposed sooner or later, but tomorrow

The wind won't blow until tomorrow. Let's talk about what happens next.

Sometimes Naohide is quite funny. The feudal system or the family system that Naohide looked down upon actually helped Naohide a lot - the reason why his subordinates are united is that all the people in the shrine are now basically retainers of the Hide family.

According to the regulations of the shogunate, the administrative offices of the imperial commanders in various places have establishment limits. The Baidu administrative offices are based on the minimum standard. The designated office allows Baidu to have about 30 regular servants.

When he was in Edo at that time, Naohide argued hard, saying that with 30 people, the natives would be able to take care of themselves, let alone the barbarian invasion. However, the survey office ignored him at all. In the end, his teacher, Mr. Tanan, helped, especially in

It is stated in the document that Hori Naohide can recruit a certain number of people in the north for self-defense, but there is no specific number specified, but no matter how many, the salary of these people is not taken into account by the shogunate, that is, they cannot be included in the official establishment. In short, the attitude of the survey office is

: I will give you a total of one thousand taels of gold and thirty establishments, and you can do whatever you want with the rest.

Logically speaking, Naohide had a banner of 200 koku, so he could recruit some retainers, but in fact there was a limit to the number of retainers. Otherwise, if the banner could appoint retainers at will, the number of warriors would not be all over the sky.

The opening left in the document of the survey site is actually very strict. According to Naohsiu's family status, twenty retainers will be hired, plus the thirty places in the execution office, and some peasant soldiers will be recruited. If there are ten in the area, Naohsiu will be in the White House.

The Lord can almost pull up a team of 500 people, which is quite good, and can handle ordinary small conflicts - the survey office defaults that the White Lord can have 500 strong men in the sky within five years.

But what the survey did not expect was that the sky was high and Edo was far away. Not to mention Naohide, no one in the execution office understood this unspoken rule. The samurai saw the words "recruit a number of people for self-defense" in the document and thought that the shogunate had given special approval to Naohide.

, and the refugees don’t understand anything at all, and what they say is what they say.

This resulted in Naohide being the master of the White Lord, and he turned all adult men into his retainers. In fact, apart from the merchants, the only common people in the White Lord were the Otou Suketaro and his family, who were from the Ainu people.

Words are very important.

Naohide told everyone that the 30 samurai quotas in the execution office were all "holding seats" from the imperial family. This was true. In order to prevent Naohide from messing around, the shogunate allotted the samurai quotas to the execution station.

Sigurd”.

The samurai directly under the shogunate can be divided into two types according to broad categories, Hatamoto and imperial family. The noble Hatamoto master is the direct subordinate of the public, while the imperial family is the middle and lower-level samurai who serve the shogunate, and they are divided into imperial families.

Dai, the second half, Bao Xi, Yu family genealogy generation and Hatamoto's treatment are similar. The difference is in status. The second half is considered a contract worker, but he can inherit his father's business, which is considered guaranteed. Although Bao Xi is

A samurai is equivalent to a temporary worker. The family status of Ashugaru is to hold a mat. Although it is generally possible to pay a little money and have some connections to hold a mat, the son can inherit his father's business, but this is a tacit consent and has no legal protection.

Of course, the samurai who followed Naohide were not willing to work as temporary workers, especially those who came from their vassals. They thought that being a temporary worker in the shogunate was different from their original status. It was better to be a retainer and share the joys and sorrows with Naohide. Anyway, Naohide agreed.

Everyone, if you have the opportunity, I will recommend you to serve in the shogunate. Asxs. The minimum is two and a half years. If not, you can also find another way. As long as you can reach an annual salary of fifty dan or more, Naohide can be released - in fact, it is Naohide's job.

As a guarantee, he will give each person at least thirty taels of gold per year.

In this regard, Naoxiu thinks very clearly. People who really want to leave cannot be kept. Rather than falling out, it is better to get together and break up. Of course, the risk is very high. Naoxiu has a lot of private activities in Bai Zhugan, but Naoxiu

They have their own means to make these people willingly keep secrets.

The Choshu Mori family's Hagadai drill, the secret trade between Saga and Ranguo Merchant House, and the secret trade between Satsuma and Naha. These matters are well known within each clan, and no reports have been reported. It's not like that.

Due to strength - in fact, the Satsuma clan overturned, but it was not a tip-off from an insider. No one dared to stand up and admit this.

It was easier for the new immigrants. They used to be refugees, filthy and inhumane. Naohide didn't let them choose. They were directly assigned to the retainers of the Ui family and became samurai. It was too late to be happy. Who would want to do that?

many.

In addition, the current officials are not in charge, and individual immigrants do not dare to speak out even if they have ideas.

The most difficult thing here is the specially hired watermen - in April of this year, the happy event sent twelve watermen, and several of them were the backbone of the original Uraga navy who lived in seclusion.

When other watermen heard that they could become samurai, they happily became Naohide's retainers, but these former Uraga watermen became trouble.

At Okubo's suggestion, Naohide used both kindness and force, promising that these people would be considered technical investors and would gain certain benefits in the trade of the practice, and forced these people to write an oath, promising to keep Naohide's secrets.

At first, these people had some rebound, but firstly, they could not run away from what they saw. Secondly, after July, the hunting was very successful. Okubo promised that each person would have at least a hundred taels of gold every year. These people were selected to come to the Northland.

They are all retired Bao Xige - no matter how high their family status is, no one will come to the North to suffer. Money is attractive to people, so now these people are half-hearted, and many people also ask whether their youngest sons can come to the North.

He wanted to become a samurai, to which Naohide agreed.

If the hoe is used well, it can't be dug down.

The two hunting successes of the Baizhu practice have completely opened up the situation, and everyone is full of confidence in the future - Zhixiu promised to pay a cash subsidy at the end of October, the amount is quite large, so the morale is so high.

Naoxiu seized the opportunity and convened the heads of each team to hold an evaluation meeting. Seeing that it was snowing in November, many things had to be prepared in advance.

The number of people attending the meeting was very different this time - because quite a few people took the rice boats and left, the various service positions were greatly adjusted.

It has been two years since Naohide returned from overseas. Manjiro has also returned this time. Only Gakujiro is left in the United States. He is weak and weak, so he cannot do it without sending people. In addition, Naohide does not dare to study in Japan alone.

Ambition comes from indolence. Gakujiro has been alone for a long time. If one day he gets the idea and a big change occurs, Naohide will have no place to cry.

Moreover, Gakujiro has a deep understanding of the industry. If Shiro wants to go further, Gakujiro is an indispensable candidate. Also, Gakujiro has been away from home for five years. No matter what, he should come back to take a look, otherwise Eiko will go crazy.

Naohide can't bear it - there is no sofa, but luckily there is no keyboard either, God bless!

And if you want to replace Gakujiro, Toranosuke is the natural first choice. Although the war is imminent, Toranosuke is unwilling to leave, but Naohide made it clear that you have to do it, and Toranosuke agreed. Speaking of which, New York is much better than the White Lord.

Well, now there are more men than women among the white masters, and bullshit often happens.

Originally replaced Toranosuke

The best candidate for the job was Murata Nagatoshi, but Murata, who was usually "submissive and submissive," was determined to go to the United States, leaving Nao Xiu confused.

It was Eiko who knew the inside story and explained to Naohide that it turned out that Ninomiya Ina and Murata Nagatoshi were in love.

As Eiko's friend, Ninomiya was also the person who cared for Naohide and his wife when they went to sea. He had a high status in the Hide family. Hearing that the rice ship was leaving, Ninomiya proposed to go to sea to find his father. Naohide was really hard to refuse.

Can only agree.

Siebold left Fuso around 1829. At that time, Daozi was only three years old. She suffered a lot of difficulties during her childhood and had a very beautiful fantasy about her father. She has not had a romantic relationship until she is twenty-five years old.

My father had illusions. So this time when Ninomiya Inari went to the United States, Naohide and his wife could only wish her that all her wishes would come true.

But I didn't expect that this was a buy-one-get-one-free deal. When Murata heard that Dazai was leaving, he didn't even want to take the scheduled trip. He came to beg Naohide, saying that he would give Dazai a ride no matter what.

It's not surprising that you, a small-minded person, actually rebelled. If you do this, does Xiaofang, no, Qinzi in the village know?

Because Murata Nagatoshi got to know Naohide, he did not return to his hometown to inherit his father's medical clinic in 1850, and naturally he did not marry his childhood sweetheart Kotoko. Moreover, after Naohide and others went to sea, the Murata family was the owner of the village land and the rice master, and they relied on each other.

Unconsciously, the two of them fell in love with each other.

Murata doesn't care about Inaka's identity and appearance. Of course he doesn't care. Now Inaka is the daughter of a samurai of the Ninomiya family, and apart from her aesthetic habits, Inaka is very beautiful. Inaka also likes Murata to be calm and reliable. If Naoxiu

If he hadn't come back, the two of them might have started a family.

Naohide thought about it for a while and decided that he would rather demolish ten temples than ruin one marriage. Murata was a future general and it was not good to leave him with a knot in his heart. Besides, it would be better to go out and have a look, so Murata also boarded the rice boat.

Then who will be the chief? Naohide knows how much he has, and the result of being the chief himself may not be very good, so he transferred Naoyoshi Hayato Hori from the navy back to the land division. After all, Hijikata Toshizo

It has been verified by history and is considered a reliable candidate.

Manjiro officially became the captain of the Navy. As expected, he changed his name to Nakahama Manjiro and became a formal samurai before returning to Tosa to visit his relatives. The resume Naohide fabricated for Manjiro was that he was rescued in a shipwreck and was transported to the Northland. Naohide finally joined Naohide

My Majesty, as for other details, why haven't you written home for so many years? Let Manjiro have the headache himself.

The boss of the town is still Okubo - now that Shiro has just started to work, Naohide doesn't dare to let Okubo go out to sea. But Naohide sent Iwasaki Yataro out. This future richest man has first-class business qualities, and that's all Shiro has to do.

, the luxurious configurations of Okubo and Iwasaki are suspected of being a waste, so he might as well go to the United States to help Toranosuke, learn something casually, and broaden his horizons.

It was a waste for Genmei Kawakami, the side employee, to follow Naohide all day long. This time he was transferred to the Navy to help Manjiro suppress the stabbing. As for the side employee system, Naohide completely abolished it to avoid intrigues in the future.

Yurong should stop dealing with the kitchen every day. After all, he is his student, and he has to find a future for him. He should be transferred to Okubo's subordinates to work with him - Yurong is bold and honest, maybe because of his similar personality, he has a lot of experience in Ainu.

He enjoys high prestige among the people, so he is suitable to help manage the Ainu people.

The remaining positions remain unchanged. Genzaburo Inoue is still the head of appointment, Mr. Miyama has two jobs, and the head of the Hōgaku University is also the head of the medical clinic.

There are now more people in the White House, and there are some group leaders, such as kindergartens and so on. Naohide arranged these for Okubo and Inoue Genzaburo to negotiate, which can be regarded as a kind of internal balance.

In addition to Toranosuke, Murata, Inako, and Yataro, Naohide also asked Ryoma and his sister Otome to go to the United States together. Naohide had high hopes for Ryoma, so he hoped to train them as soon as possible.

In addition, because Naoyoshi Hayato Hori became the land boss, Naohide also had to send Katsugoro Hori Naoyoshi out to sea. After all, the two people had the same qualifications. In case Katsugoro had some ideas about Hayato, he intended to cause trouble or did it in a shady manner.

It would be bad if you violate it.

There was also the great monk Xiunian, who was a little tired of staying with Bai Zhu. Under Zhixiu's seduction, he also went with the ship to visit Mi - it would be nice to go and see what kind of sutras this foreign monk was reciting.

Although there were some changes in the heads of each group due to someone visiting Mi, the leaders were all old people who followed Zhixiu, so the evaluation meeting quickly reached a consensus, and everyone agreed to concentrate on a few things before the snow in November
Chapter completed!