The interests of the Nirasan Iron Works were too great, and as a result, they were targeted in this shogunate reform. The excuse was that the next "trial decree" was Article 4, "Reorganization of Arms."

This is even more serious. The change of the Western Institute only cut off the source of talents for Mr. Tanan in the future. "Reforming armaments" means directly seizing power and robbing people. In the name of rectifying armaments, the shogunate divided the Nirasan Iron Works currently under the jurisdiction of Jiang Chuan.

For three.

Nirasan Ironmaking has one small blast furnace and two reverberatory furnaces. Although it cannot produce at full capacity due to raw material problems, its annual iron output is more than 270,000 guan (10,000 tons).

Because before that, iron was produced in private workshops, so the shogunate never counted the production of pig iron. However, there is no doubt that hibiscus is short of iron. Knives are so valuable that they are treated as family heirlooms. Farmers use a large number of agricultural tools with iron plates.

All wooden tools.

Therefore, the shogunate gained great benefits after the great success of Nirashan Iron Smelting. But at the same time, the shogunate also paid a lot of energy and price for Nirashan Iron Smelting.

Fuso is short of iron, not only because of its backward technology, but also because of the lack of iron ore.

The iron sand obtained from Nirayama Iron Smelting relies on the supply of Sanyo Dohachikoku and Mutsu Kingdom. Although there is money to be made from selling iron sand to the shogunate, mining takes up a lot of manpower of each domain, and dangers also occur from time to time. Each domain makes money.

The shogunate had a big business and had a lot of money to spend, so they had to compensate with pig iron, but this was ruined. These feudal lords felt that the ore they had worked so hard to dig out was

, only a small amount of pig iron was exchanged, and it was obvious that the shogunate made a lot of money, so he felt unbalanced and was holding back his energy to build his own iron smelting plant.

Iron, like salt, is related to people's livelihood. The shogunate cannot openly block it, so it has to use various external tactics to appease it, such as serving, commending, and relaxing suppression. In short, it pays a heavy price.

Moreover, for the Nirayama Iron Works, the shogunate raised a large number of thousand-stone ships for transportation. One thousand-stone ship transported 130 tons of iron ore, and one pound of iron ore cannot produce one pound of pig iron - not counting impurities, plus a large amount of iron ore.

The shogunate really spent a lot of money this time on the transportation of raw materials such as coal, the initial investment, and the raising of a lot of manpower.

But after paying such a high price, it was the Ekawa family that benefited—not that the shogunate did not benefit. The pig iron from the ironmaking was uniformly distributed by the shogunate, but as the operator, Mr. Ekawa Tanan had a great say.

Take the raw materials as an example. Jiangchuan said no. The cargo didn’t even have to be disembarked, so it had to be pulled back. He wanted to dump it into the sea, but Jiushan’s policy wouldn’t allow it. Moreover, the distribution of pig iron was also a big problem, and the method was determined.

The share has been decided, but if several companies pick up the goods at the same time, it is not Jiangchuan’s decision to decide which one will be given first.

In addition, this pig iron is also good or bad. As for whether it is good or bad, it is not up to Jiangchuan himself to say.

Therefore, Mr. Tanan was very proud of relying on the ironworks, and everyone in the shogunate was jealous of him.

Mr. Tan'an also knew that "full recruitment will harm Qian's benefit", and it is inappropriate to have such a huge benefit in his own hands. Therefore, last year he proposed to the shogunate to build a new iron smelting plant in Yokohama Village or Kurihama Village. The surveyor also agreed at that time.

Plan to build Yokohama Iron Works.

In order to show his support and selflessness, Jiangchuan did not let his son Yingmin participate. Regardless of the objections of those around him, he instead recommended Shengyi Bang to take charge of the matter.

Tie is the general whom Mr. Tan'an relies on.

The fourth article of the "Trial Decree" is "Reorganization of Arms". Mr. Tan'an originally thought that this article was mainly for the production and storage of weapons. Those rotten swords, guns, rotten bows and arrows, iron cannons, barrels and armors should be replaced quickly, but he did not expect that besides

In addition to these, the shogunate will build a third ironworks, located in Kurihama Village - the shogunate will rename Kurihama Yokosuka this time.

Just build them if they are built, but the shogunate asked Chuanlu Shengmo to be responsible for preparing for the construction of these two new ironworks, and Jiangchuan still refused.

Unable to object, the mute was speechless after eating coptis - because Chuanlu had a good relationship with him, and at the same time, his subordinate Katsui Kuni was also appointed as the head of the new iron smelting plant, and the eldest son of the Jiangchuan family, Hidetoshi, became the head of the Nirasan Iron smelting plant.

The new head is taken.

Kawaji Seongmo was the newly promoted survey executive and coastal defense officer in this revolution, but Kawaji, who was familiar with orchid studies before, had a good relationship with Mr. Tanan. Moreover, although the Yokohama Iron Works had not yet started construction, Katsui Province was officially recognized this time.

Appointed as the head of the Yokohama Iron Smelting Works - Katsuyoshi Kuni was not only a subordinate of Mr. Tanan, but also a disciple of Mr. Tanan's disciple Sakuma Shozan, so he gave Egawa a lot of face.

At the same time, the shogunate gave Eikawa's son Hidetoshi the new "Toutori" service position obtained from the iron smelting in Niruyama.

Everyone here and outside cannot but say that the Jiangchuan family has taken advantage.

Poor Mr. Tanan, he lost face and lost his dignity. He was prepared to let the Yokohama Iron Works out as soon as it was built, but before he could give in, the shogunate took it away and planned to build a new iron work - Jiang Chuan

I have no problem with building a new iron-making plant, but there are not enough manpower. There are many people who understand orchid science, but not many who are proficient in iron-making. The Yokohama Iron-making Plant has taken many key personnel from Nirayama during the preparatory stage, and they will have to draw more when the construction starts.

A group of people left.

In addition, the new iron smelting plant behind will also need to recruit people, and it is expected that the Nirayama Iron Works will not be able to start work. Although the Yokosuka Iron Works has just begun preparations, it still needs elite soldiers and generals to participate, and the entire shogunate is the only iron smelting plant that has started work.

So, if we don’t draw people from Jiushan, where else can we draw them?

However, the supply of raw materials for the Nirayama Iron Works was barely adequate. In response to the start of the Yokohama Iron Works, each domain has been asked to increase mining efforts. If another iron work is built, there will be even less raw materials. Insufficient raw materials coupled with the loss of personnel

, the future of the Niushan Iron Works under the control of Mr. Tan'an is very bad.

Perhaps considering that Mr. Tan'an is quite busy, the following Article 5 of the "Trial Decree" will continue to reduce pressure on Jiangchuan.

Mr. Tan'an now holds three positions: acting as official of Niuyama, appointing Ginmi and Haiphong. He is too busy, and usually can only leave the governance of Niushan to his son Yingmin and his retainers; but he is not very big in appointing Ginmi.

As for the manager, he only really pays attention to the two ironworks, and they are entrusted to Shengyi State; as for the coastal defense officer, he is also a consultant, usually only giving some opinions and suggestions, and his real job is to keep an eye on the imperial government.

Construction of Odaiba.

The Odaiba was originally divided into two parts, the Shinagawa and Uraga waterways. The Shinagawa Odaiba has been basically completed, but the construction on both sides of the Uraga waterway has just begun. According to the latest adjustment, the number of platforms on both sides of the Uraga waterway is

The original six buildings were increased to 24, and roads and military stations were rebuilt.

The fifth article of the "Trial Decree" is to "recruit talents", which means to promote more capable people.

As expected, the old middlemen kept their word and promoted many people at once, especially Haibo Gua, eight people were promoted at once. The leader was the old lord of Mito, Sai Zhao, followed by Tsutsui, Kawaji, Mizuno, Hori, Nagai,

Iwase, Okubo.

Including Jiang Chuan, there are a total of nine coastal defense commanders. When Jiang Chuan was the coastal defense commander in the past, he had no real power. Now these seven new coastal defense commanders have nothing to do like Jiang Chuan, so they are all eyeing the construction of platforms on both sides of the Uraga waterway——

Odaiba is part of the coastal defense. Mr. Tan'an was not very satisfied with the new plan, so he simply handed it over to these eight people, and everyone was very happy with it.

The above are all five contents of the "Trial Decree", "Build coastal defense, innovate the military system", "Attach importance to the theory of ethics", "Rectify discipline and rebuild moral ethics", "Rectify armaments" and "Recruit talents", I don't know.

How did it happen, some inexplicable operations stripped most of the affairs in the hands of Egawa Tanan and Oguri Tadjun, so Oguri complained that "the predecessors plant trees, and the descendants enjoy the shade."

But Mr. Tan'an was furious when he heard this, and scolded Xiaoli eloquently, "Thunder, rain, and dew are all your kindness. How can you have such dissatisfaction?"

Okubo on the other side has no way to know the inside story.

, based on Oguri's complaint earlier, he felt that Oguri was right, so his expression showed a trace of disapproval, which happened to be noticed by Mr. Tan'an, so the old gentleman lent Okubo to explain Oguri's solution.

Mr. Tanan and Okubo said that you can't just take care of yourself in this matter. The shogunate has a profound meaning in doing this.

First of all, neither the Egawa family nor Oguri Tadjun deserve to be dealt with by the shogunate by holding a special assessment meeting.

A surveyor and coastal defense officer, an imperial officer, who is the head of the three imperial families, Lao Zhong, Omatsu and a lot of important ministers should work together to deal with it? It's impossible to think about it.

Therefore, I was accidentally injured this time.

You see, among these five laws, many of them are related to preparations for the visit of rice ships the following year, and they are all related to coastal defense and foreign affairs. Therefore, as a coastal defense officer, and Oguri as a former Nagasaki Metsuke, there is no way around it.

As for the ironworks, they are indeed part of the armaments. Besides, Yingmin and Shengyigong are both leaders. It is impossible for the leaders of the three ironworks to come from my family.

As for Uraga Odaiba, the new plan itself was proposed by Mito Gonchu Nagon-sama. What’s wrong with people caring about it?

As for the appointment of eight new coastal defense officers, the visit of rice ships, and other major events involving the safety of the shogunate, it would be wise to have more people involved in the country. The old Chinese are doing the right thing! The only thing that can be criticized is that you Oguri Tadjun should also be included

, let me tell you this, you have made great contributions to the Nagasaki mission and are familiar with overseas affairs. It would be a pity not to do coastal defense.

Moreover, this time it is not just about adding new coastal defense officers. Omatsuke has appointed Tsutsui Masakori, and three new officers have been replaced, namely, Kawaji Shomo, Matsudaira Jinnao and Mizuno Tadori. Omatsuke has added four more officers, Hori Toshihi, and so on.

Nagai Naoshi, Iwase Tadatsuki, Okubo Tadahiro, so this time the shogunate is united in preparing to deal with a powerful enemy, and it has little to do with you and me.

Moreover, these people have always been promising people. Take Kawaji, for example, he is smart, capable and well-read in orchids. He has served successively as the Kasei Ginmi Service, the Sado Governor, the Nara Governor and the Osaka Town Governor. In terms of qualifications, he is much better than you and me.

There are so many elite soldiers participating in coastal defense. I am not happy enough to complain.

As for President Lin taking over the Institute of Foreign Studies, this is also expected. It would be strange if the Confucian scholars around Gong Fang did not take the opportunity to jump out. Moreover, the senior middle school students were not confused. Didn't they appoint Okubo under the President of the University?

Is Zhongkuan the headmaster? Besides, the Imperial Bureau of Fanshu Reconciliation does not belong to the Jiangchuan family. I still have a rope martial arts school, and there are many Lan scholars!

As he spoke, Mr. Tanan turned to Oguri Tadatsun, and Okubo did not dare to say anything. Such secrets from the shogunate could only be heard by him, but there was smoke coming out of the ancestral graves.

Mr. Tan'an continued to persuade Oguri, "Now you have two important ministers in your family. The head of the family is Yuan Guo Shizong. You are young and you are an imperial minister. This is a special favor from the shogunate. The future of the Oguri family is limitless. I think you will

His achievements will not be inferior to those of his ancestors." - Oguri Tadatsun's father, Gao Gao, is an adopted son, and Gao Gao's biological father is Nakagawa Tadahide, who was appointed chief of staff.

Oguri blushed and felt ashamed when Jiang Chuan said it, and Mr. Tanan turned around and said something to Okubo:

"Yu has had three thousand disciples in his life, but he only has two proud disciples, and one of them is Naohsiu. As a sibling of Zhixiu, and a relative of the Jui family, you must convey your heartfelt words to Naohsiu today without saying a word."

Mr. Tanan let Okubo hear so many secrets just because he wanted him to say a few words to Naohide. As a teacher, his feelings for Naohide are much deeper than Naohide's feelings for him. Mr. Tanan felt that Oguri just said a few words when he was angry.

Complaining, or even contradicting the noble person in person, is just that. But Naohide is a guy who dares to go overseas secretly, so he must give a few more warnings - firstly, let Naohide not worry about his mentor and friend, and secondly, take the opportunity to let Naohide look away.
Chapter completed!