Gakujiro was the son of his neighbor's uncle, Shoichi Nakamura, and the younger brother of Naohide's wife, Eiko. He was three years younger than Naohide. In December 1846, with the help of Oguri Tadjun, then Nagasaki's head assistant, Naohide, his wife, Toranosuke, and Gakujiro four

They secretly went to sea together. However, Naohide and others returned to the country in 1849, but Gakujiro was left alone in the United States to take care of business.

We haven’t seen each other for three years. Gakujiro has a beard, a black silk dress, a tall top hat, a gold-encrusted cane, and shiny leather shoes. No matter how you look at it, he looks like a suave gentleman. The 24-year-old Gakujiro is already a gentleman.

A mature man.

But a younger brother is always a younger brother. Eiko had already pushed Naohide aside and took Gakujiro's hand to greet him. She could not see Gakujiro's embarrassed face at all.

Every time a rice ship enters the harbor, it is a great joy for Lord Bai.

Although the shogunate calls the shogunate his father, this father is just like a fake. It takes a lot of effort to ask for support - I'm afraid he is a stepfather. Compared with the shogunate, Mifune is much more heroic and basically gives him whatever he wants.

He is very kind to Mi people, and the pier is as lively as a holiday.

Naohide was also very happy. Gakujiro would be able to take on the heavy responsibility of industrial production after his return, and the two steam river battleships could greatly strengthen the White Lord's navy. Although it was only a small ship of a few dozen tons, it was fully iron-clad.

The structure, coupled with the two-stage expansion steam engine and propeller, is undoubtedly the pinnacle of the work at this time. Although the firepower is a little inferior, it only has a 3-inch rifled gun, which can shoot far, and it is definitely not to be underestimated in the straits and rivers.

The more Naohide looked at the battleship, the happier he became. He pulled Gakujiro along and was about to start a chat, but Eiko said, "We'll talk about it tonight if we have anything to do. The journey has been hard. Gakujiro, you and the captain and the sailors should go and rest first."

In the evening, Master Bai held a banquet to entertain guests from far away. During the dinner, Naohide made an excuse and ran away, leaving others to entertain the guests. He and Eiko talked secretly with Gakujiro.

"Are you married, Gakujiro? Is there a girl you like if you are not married? You are back this time, but what will she do?"

"How is the business in the United States? How strong is the support of Vanderbilt, the wealthy American man who is his big backer? Are Toranosuke and the others still adapting to the United States?"

Naohideko and her parents-in-law kept asking questions, and Gakujiro had no choice but to scratch his face and answer them one by one.

At that time, everyone returned to Fuso, and only Gakujiro and John Manjiro were left to support the overall situation. Later Manjiro also left, and Gakujiro had a very hard time alone in the United States.

Naohide had a problem but Gakujiro didn't, but relying on the guidance left by Naohide, he did a decent job.

The shipbuilding and shipping industry of Vanderbilt, the wealthy American backer, has grown bigger and bigger, and he has become a nationally recognized "captain". He not only opened a route from the east coast to California, and made a fortune through the California gold rush, but also

In recent years, he has become interested in the railway business and has actively purchased railway companies near New York.

His son William inherited his father's business acumen and intended to develop his career outside of the transportation industry.

In accordance with Naohide's instructions, Gakujiro handed over the sanitary napkins, bras, tea bags, pedal sewing machines, jeans and other businesses to the Vanderbilt family. With these products as the leader, William has initially established a manufacturing, distribution and

An integrated sales business empire.

Of course, Zhixiu and the others did not suffer. Not only did they obtain a large amount of cash for blood transfusions to the White Master, but with the support of the Vanderbilt family, they continued to develop invention laboratories, steam engine manufacturing, iron ship manufacturing, iron smelting plants and military industries. Although

It is small in scale, but it also makes a lot of money through technology licensing-the Vanderbilts are interested in industries that cannot be monopolized.

Not very interesting, only holds a small share in it.

Moreover, the Vanderbilt family finally established their own bank - Vanderbilt Bank, and have deeply experienced the magic of finance. The father and son were very grateful for Naohide's original suggestion, and invited Naohide to New York through Gakujiro.

Naoxiu had no time to go to New York in the United States, so he could only decline the Vanderbilts' kindness and write a letter asking the fleet to take it back when they returned.

In addition, Gakujiro told Naohide that the American foreign company he established in Xiangjiang has become more and more prosperous recently, and has established a reputation among businessmen in Southeast Asia and East Asia. Not only does it continue to traffic in goods from the United States for sale, but Shiro's seal skins have also become extremely popular.

Welcome goods.

Xiangjiang's trading house is an important part of Bai Zhu's development. In addition to normal business, it also has the important task of collecting information about the Far East. The current manager is John Bryan, the American captain who used to frequent Bai Zhu. He is smart and capable. Now

He is already one of their important partners.

According to the intelligence collected by Brian, since the Kingdom of England abolished its navigation regulations in 1849, private merchants have actively participated in Asian routes, which has led to a significant increase in Great Britain's attention to the Far East. Recently, there has been a lot of friction between the British and the Konbaung Dynasty. It is estimated that there may be a conflict between the two.

A big fight is needed.

"Where is the friction? It's obviously a formal war," Naohide secretly complained. The Earl of Dalhousie launched a war on April 5 this year and defeated the Konbaung Dynasty by the end of the year. Lower Burma has since become a colony of the British.

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A few years later, France captured Indochina, the English defeated the uprising in Tianzhu, and then the two families worked together to defeat China. This was the great expansion of the European powers after the completion of industrialization and a great historical wave.

Fortunately, the countries in the Far East have not heard the saying "If you can't resist, close your eyes and enjoy it." Everyone has resisted to a certain extent. This is also the reason why Fuso can survive in Naohide's original world - most of the brothers in front of me knelt down.

Finally, when they arrived at it, the robbers who fled looked down upon the leftovers and thought it was enough, causing Fusang to narrowly escape.

Speaking of the world situation, a lot has happened in the past two years.

In 1850, the Australian Gold Rush—this gold rush was considered a shot in the arm for the European countries.

Around 1850, the economies of European countries were in sluggish condition and various trends arose one after another. During the same period, the Kingdom of Sardinia sought independence, the independent powers sought unity, the internal turmoil in England, the civil war in France, and the upsurge of Pan-Slavism led to the Lucians' opposition to

The Danube River Basin is eyeing it, and at the same time, this northern power has always wanted to take back Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.

The Australian gold rush that occurred at this time was regarded by later generations as a successful Pacific Rim economic activity, and also redirected the attention of European countries to the outside world.

This year also marked the beginning of the War for the Holy Land.

Marquis Lavaletti of France went to Constantinople to demand the protection of the Holy Land Church. This was a major provocation to Lucia, which claimed to be the heir to the Eastern Roman Empire. This incident, together with the rise of Pan-Slavism, was

Considered to be the trigger for the Crimean War in 1853.

By 1851, there were two world events worth mentioning: the first World Expo was successfully held in London, and the French Louis Napoleon Bonaparte successfully launched a coup.

On May 1, 1851, the first World Expo was held in the United Kingdom. It is not that there were no similar expositions before, but judging from the number of participating countries, scale and influence, this exposition is generally considered to be the "world's expo" in the true sense.

Expo".

The most famous building of the exhibition is the Crystal Palace, which is about 563 meters long, 138 meters wide, and 30.5 meters high. It uses 4,500 tons of steel and an area of ​​100,000 square meters of glass. The entire building is beautiful, and the construction period only took

9 months.

The exhibits come from more than a dozen countries and major British colonies, including a large number of industrial products, such as new steam engines, textile machines, ships, tractors, cranes, harvesters and various industrial products, and even a 24-ton piece of coal.

piece!

The expo has a total of more than 13,000 exhibits, attracting more than 6 million visitors, including millions of tourists.

The Times at the time commented that "for the first time since the creation of the world, all ethnic groups around the world have been mobilized for the same purpose", but in fact this was the glorious era of Queen Victoria when Great Britain showed the world, "an industrial, military,

An empire with highly developed economy".

Speaking of which, this expo also had traces of Zhixiu. The Phoenix pedal sewing machine he invented was highly praised and considered a must-have for factories and home sewing - because the name of the inventor, Merlin, was actually still used.

The English consider it their own invention.

Compared with the first World's Fair, the coup launched by Louis Bonaparte in France was full of bloodshed. This elected member and president in 1848 successfully launched a coup in 1851 and used the amendment of the constitution to extend his presidential term.

Tenure - Naohide also knew that in December of 1852, Bonaparte would establish the Second French Empire and then call himself emperor.

In the ever-changing tide of the world, a drop in Jintian Village, China, in 1852 is still a small splash that no one notices.

After talking about world events, Naohide finally asked Gakujiro how the group of people who went to the United States were doing. It wasn't that he didn't care, but Gakujiro told Naohide from the beginning that these people were doing well, so everyone talked about business first.

Last year, Lord White sent a large number of people to the United States, including Toranosuke, Nagatoshi Murata, Ninomiya Ina, Yataro Iwasaki, the great monk Shunen, Ryoma and his sister Otome.

Toranosuke returned to his hometown and adapted best. He, Gakujiro, and Eiko were all registered as Japanese citizens at that time, and were the three major shareholders of the company. With Gakujiro's hard work and help, the business went smoothly.

Ninomiya Ina has always wanted to go to Ran Country on the Europa Continent, but it was not possible before Gakujiro set off.

Nagatoshi, Yataro, Ryoma and Otome have all started going to school and usually help Toranosuke manage the business.

The great monk Xiunian was the most happy. He also went to the seminary, the church, and the fireworks place. He completely let himself go.

But for these people, according to Naohide's instructions, Gakujiro did not reveal the inside story. He just said that these businesses were helped by the Vanderbilt family. From the beginning, Naohide designed the relationships between various companies to be intricate and complicated.

The core shareholders and outsiders have no idea what’s going on inside.

It's not that Naoxiu doesn't worry about these people, but "If you don't keep it secret, your ministers will lose it; if your ministers don't keep it secret, you will lose your virginity; if you don't keep it secret, it will cause harm". Since there is no other benefit if everyone knows it, it is of course better to keep it secret. What's more,

In the future, Lord Bai will send more people to study abroad, and retainers of the shogunate and princes may also be involved, so information must be segregated now to avoid inadvertently revealing the truth.

Yingzi waited impatiently. Although she was also one of the major shareholders, she was more concerned about her brother's lifelong events than official matters.
Chapter completed!