Naohide didn't know what was happening on the distant Kamchatka Peninsula. At this time, the White Lord was still worried about the attack of Lucia's gunboats. The two sides were fighting in the air, and they didn't know which step was right. Anyway, they could do it.

Just do a little more and it will always be good to accumulate.

It was already the beginning of August, because all the large ships that could move at the execution office had been transferred for transportation. The situation at the temporary base and Moka made the execution station look dark.

Naohide's march northward led to a large backlog of affairs at the execution office. Currently, the most important things at hand are four:

First of all, there is still the problem of transporting the people evacuated from Miaotun. They need to be resettled quickly, otherwise it will snow in the Northland in November. If there are not enough wooden houses to live in or lack of food, drink and clothing, it will be great.

Secondly, Chojiro Kondo’s Caraku House is in desperate need of support. I finally got some land from the Matsumae family in May, but I don’t know how it is doing. It’s probably in a mess—with a lack of money and few people, what can be done?

Third, the internal construction of Baizhu.

Suddenly there are more than a thousand immigrants. Are the houses enough? It is definitely not enough. In addition, food, clothing and other materials are also challenges. Moreover, the original construction plan also needs to be adjusted, such as farmland development and coal mining, and these progress are not complete.

As expected.

Finally, in addition to delivering supplies to the North, rice ships also shoulder the important task of hunting. The finance of the execution office depends entirely on hunting. Now that it is early August, we need to make an early decision as to what the regulations are.

But no matter what you do, you must first consider the threat of the Lucian gunboats. Will you come or not? Your procrastination in doing things is really delaying things!

Moreover, according to the previous plan, Okubo could not return until the beginning of October. Now that he is missing this general, everything cannot be done. When some people are around, you don’t think they are very important. When you lose them, you realize how important they are.

That's awesome.

Faced with so many problems, the practice office held an emergency evaluation meeting to cut through the mess quickly and quickly come up with a resolution based on the current situation.

Nakamura Gakujiro temporarily replaced Okubo's work, temporarily acting as the town executive, and first arrested the internal affairs.

After that, when all the rice ships headed west, people were the most important thing, and priority was given to bringing them back.

There are risks, but Zhixiu thinks it is not a big problem. Based on time, the most likely thing he encounters now is the armed transport ship supplying Miaotun. As for the gunboat, although it may arrive even if the round trip time is calculated, the opponent should not be able to figure it out.

Whoever attacked the outpost is not easy to encounter in the vast sea. On the contrary, the fixed target of Lord Bai is more dangerous.

Just come and fight - the boat belongs to them, and you can help them plan their actions. If you hear the rabbit calling you, you won't plant soybeans yet.

As for the management of Knorr House and Tosa Katsura Hamaya in Ezo, we have to leave it to fate. Since they didn't come back for help, you have to trust others. Maybe Kondo Chojiro suddenly added skill points, or some talent broke out.

——Don't talk about others, even Naohide himself doesn't believe these words, but things have priorities. The North Ezo land is a mess, so the things in the Ezo land can only be slowed down first.

When Naohide arrived at Moka, he found that the navy under the leadership of Nakahama Manjiro had done a really good job. They had actually transported most of the people back to Moka and had already begun to transport supplies.

With six more rice ships, the transportation speed is greatly accelerated.

The Benzai ship and the warship are too slow, so we should just go to Moka and Shirozu. The other ships brought back all the remaining people and supplies at once - all the unnecessary supplies were discarded when they were in the temple.

So what was left were mainly the two groups who stayed at the temporary camp and more than fifty captured war horses.

Fuso horses are too short, and the cost of shipping horses on long distances is too high, so everyone in the team regards these horses as treasures and are reluctant to throw them away.

After everyone retreated to Moka, Naohide finally felt relieved. Now he was no longer afraid of Lucia's gunboats. After all, if he couldn't defeat them, he could still run inland.

In the plan of the enforcement office, Mooka will be a military stronghold from now on. In terms of civil affairs, most people usually focus on fishing, so most people have to evacuate this time. Shimadanemon is a town that has only been established for a few months.

, this time the White Master was also withdrawn. Fortunately, Naohide told Danemon that he had another important role, so he didn't make any protests or anything like that.

The distance from Moka to Shirozu was much closer. The entire retreat was basically completed on August 13, and the two-month northbound operation ended successfully.

During this period, the execution office dispatched 150 regular soldiers, and two of them were killed in the battle. The friendly Hezhe tribe and Miaotun residents lost more than 20 people. The results of the battle were quite brilliant. The opponent Lucia lost half an infantry company and one cavalry.

Company, only

Three Cossack cavalrymen and ten sailors escaped alive. More importantly, the outpost and winter camp were uprooted, which greatly delayed the Lucian people's plan to invade the Wulong River Estuary.

However, when later generations deduced this period of history, they generally did not think highly of the Battle of Miaotun in 1852. They believed that it was a wasteful war with high risks and small benefits, which was completely unnecessary.

, followed by the invasion." Governor Muravyov and the Rusian Empire only slowed down the pace of their invasion in the Far East. Fundamentally speaking, they were affected by the Alaska Gold Rush.

This evaluation was not overturned until the private diaries of Naohide Hori and Muravyov were made public.

Governor Muravyov wrote in his diary, “The loss of the Nikolayevsk outpost and the Pyrov winter camp proves that further development of the Far East is not without risks, especially the loss of personnel, to other nobles

Provided an excuse to attack the Governor's Mansion in Eastern Siberia. Without this, even if the Alaska Gold Rush happens as scheduled, I am still confident that I can retain part of my strength to further develop the Far East. But everything is God's will, and this thing seems to be

It was a small thing, but it was an important factor in changing the situation at that time."

Hori Naohide's diary also spoke highly of the Battle of Miaotun:

"Advantages are accumulated continuously. It seems that the White Lord had more important things to do at that time. Coal mines, ironworks, factories and immigration were all top priorities at the time, but I insisted on the battle of Miaotun

The reason is simple, no matter how difficult the enterprise is, it still needs the first step. Although attacking the outpost will bring revenge from the Lucians, it will undoubtedly disrupt the opponent's rhythm."

"Every war is won by coincidence and surprise. We are not prepared, but at the same time, the enemy is not prepared either. Because of the spread of Slavicism and Russia's consistent greed, the Crimean War will definitely break out, so here we are.

The previous attack on the enemy's tentacles undoubtedly resulted in a small investment but high returns - Governor Muravyov's decision will be questioned because of this failure. When fully preparing for the war in Europa, this doubt will be infinitely amplified. Also consider

With the strength of the East Siberia Governor's Palace and the Okhotsk District Fleet at that time, revenge would only be limited to the Northland, so it was completely possible to give it a try.

"But this is a weak counterattack by the weak. The fundamental secret of victory is not here, but in one's own strong strength, careful strategy and flexible diplomacy. Those who play with risks will eventually be played by risks, so be careful."

After the White Lord's battle to the north was over, other agenda items were also put on the table.

At this time, the anxious Kondo Chojiro finally returned to Bai Zhu for help.

In May of this year, Carnival bought a fishing ground on the four islands of the clouds from the Matsumae family at a high price, a seaside hut and four inland huts in Higashi Ezo.

Eight places in Yi Di.

But in addition to a few helpers who had been supported by the execution office in advance, a group of watermen and two thousand small gold coins, Chojiro even used the boat to sail against Tosa Katsura Hamaya. Fortunately, Tomitaro had received the instruction from Lord Yoshida Kanbei before, and attacked Chojiro.

Jiro responded to every request, and he managed to cope with it.

Chojiro recruited people aggressively in Matsumae Town. He hired nearly 200 people from the original money house's clerks and guards, and then sent them to five places in Higashi Ezo in batches to transport them to the houses. Those who should be fishing would fish, and those who should hunt would hunt.

, but trade still cannot be done - because he has no ships or goods.

When Hanbei, the former governor of the northern part of the money house, returned to Kanazawa, he just hid the fishing boat, but left the fishing gear and other tools untouched. He dug out the buried fishing boat, and added the original money house clerk and the guards to fight against each other.

Being familiar with the business, Chojiro managed to get these five places up and running within three months.

He entrusted the management of the fishing grounds of the four Kumo Islands to Tosa Katsura Hamaya. As for the eight places in the northern Ezo land that were transported to the house, he could not take care of them at all, so he could only benefit the local Ainu tribe.

Because Chojiro knew that if the rice ship came to Shirozu in August, the port would definitely be closed, so when he returned to Shirozu, although he borrowed Katsurahamaya's boat, the sailors were all from the shrine - this also aroused Tomitaro's concern at the time.

They thought he was crazy because of poverty and wanted to sneak attack on other people's houses, which made Chojiro very embarrassed.

After Naohide came back, Gakujiro told Naohide all kinds of complaints about Chojiro. Naohide laughed loudly. Isn't this something that can't be helped? Now the enshrinement office can solve the matter - hurry up and send troops to Zongya. From now on, all rice ships will be gone.

After hiding in Zonggu, Lord Bai was clean from now on and no longer afraid of being investigated.

Chojiro was very confused when he heard about this. He and Katsura Hamaya wanted to contract Shiroya from Soya across the river, but the Matsumae family were very wary and didn't even give them a chance to participate.

Naoxiu smiled sweetly, knowing that you couldn't get it, so I asked someone else to get it.

It turns out that last year, Naohide sent someone to send a message to Kinokuniya Rihachi for help. The house is going to collapse, so you have to help me get Soya down no matter what. Later, Rihachi found someone to help him, and this time he offered a high price to get Soya.

Now that I have it, I'm just waiting for Naohide to take over.

"This won't implicate Kinokuniya, right?" Chojiro felt that the administrative office and the Matsumae family were at odds with each other, and there would be a lot of risk in the event of a fight.

"Don't worry, Rihachi is very smart." Naohide clearly told Rihachi about the secrets here before, and he believed that the clever Rihachi would be able to remove Kinokuniya completely.

In addition to Zongya, the execution office is also preparing to develop the plain area northwest of Shirozhu. As the execution office grows, many private matters become increasingly difficult to hide. In fact, it cannot be hidden, but there are no video recorders now, although there are cameras.

, but no one in the North has this new thing, so as long as there is no real evidence, there will be verbal lawsuits.

Most of the personnel have shrunk back to the White Master, and the White Master has two steam river warships. Although they are not as sharp as those in the river, they are also very sharp in the straits relying on shore guns. Therefore, Naohide is now looking forward to the arrival of the Lucian gunboats.

Okay - I'll fight early and quickly, I still have business to do.

Most of the newly arrived Ainu people began to move to "Toyohara" - the name given to the northwest plains by the monks one after another, and two whalers also began to hunt near the Shiretoko Peninsula. This could not afford to delay.

, the whales return to the north in August and then return to the south in October.

As for Chojiro, he went through the procedure again and became a retainer of the Hori family again. Naohide and Kanbei had already discussed it. After the house was deceived by the Matsumae family, Chojiro would return to the Hori family to avoid anything bad happening.

Tosa was implicated.

Carraku House is actually the property of Naohide and others, firstly to deceive the Matsumae family, and secondly to prevent everyone from losing everything when Naohide's acting official position is removed, so Chojiro is only a nominal store owner. This time Chojiro officially returns

Later, the execution office replenished him with two Benzai ships and a large number of manpower, money and materials, and asked him to return to Higashi-Ezo Land to run the business well.

In the remaining August, the White Lord kept calling for it, but Lucia's gunboat still did not appear.

Since the enemy is not coming, there is no time to wait, other plans must be implemented.

At the end of August, former Maoka Town Chief Shima Danemon took the manpower of the former Maoka Shipyard to Soya. Basically, it can be regarded as a year-round ice-free port that will be turned into a navy base for the governor.

And Nakahama Manjiro's navy rushed to Seal Island with Yifune to continue this year's big hunt.

By the end of September, the practice had harvested more than 20,000 furs and a large amount of dried meat. Because more than 1,000 Hezhe people were newly admitted and there were enough manpower, all the meat was preserved this time.

When the rice ship left at the end of September, everyone was happy - how could they not be happy? More than 20,000 furs equaled more than 60,000 small deposits, equivalent to about 240,000 US dollars.

At the same time, the profits of the two whaling ships were also amazing.

In 1847, the average cost of building a whaling ship was US$25,000, but the average annual income was as high as US$16,000. Barring any unlucky ones, a whaling ship with abundant harvests could make back its investment in one year!

And this time the two whalers who arrived in the Northland made even greater gains:

First of all, the Shiretoko Peninsula is a famous whale gathering place, and there were no whalers here before. Without competitors, the two ships worked frantically.

Secondly, other whaling ships still need to process the harvest, but these two whaling ships only need to hand over the prey to other ships to transport back to the white master for processing, so they can concentrate on hunting.

Moreover, this time the whaling ships are equipped with whaling cannons. The whaling guns with built-in explosives not only shoot farther but also do more damage. The hooks that pop out can firmly catch the prey, and the objects of hunting are no longer limited to

Objects that swim slowly can be called a whaling artifact.

The final harvest was estimated by the accountants on board. Although the income of the two whaling ships was not as good as the fur income, it still reached an astonishing amount - more than 90,000 US dollars.

Four rice ships fully loaded left Baizhu. It was already the end of September.

With their hands free, the White Navy navy began to visit the 8 houses they had obtained from Matsumae's family. Don't expect fishing gear and the like. They had probably been taken away by the Ainu. However, considering the future, they still had to fight with these.

Establishing contact with the Ainu tribe - the people who are lacking in the pursuit of excellence will not be rejected.

In early October, the officers and group leaders of the execution office believed that the chance of the Lucian gunboat appearing was greatly reduced. In November, the northern part of the Whale Sea and the North Sea began to freeze. Considering the time required for the voyage, it looked like this.
Chapter completed!