Under Naohide's persuasion, Egawa Hidetoshi carefully reviewed what his father, Mr. Tan'an, had done in the past two years, and found that there was nothing wrong with keeping a low profile. At least after this "Fuso America Peace Agreement", there was no turmoil in the shogunate.

How does it affect your own home:

After the agreement was signed, the American black ships withdrew from Edo Bay in batches. After the news was spread back to Edo, Qi Zhao and others saw that the situation had eased, so they began to criticize the shogunate for its "weak attitude and insult to the country." Suddenly, Abe

The old middlemen headed by the attendants were in a panic - in order to express their protest, the old lord of Mito, Qi Zhao, resigned from the post of coastal defense officer to show his break with the current old middlemen. Moreover, both the government and the public took this agreement seriously.

Cheng is an alliance under the city and demands that the negotiators be held accountable.

The old and middle-aged people have troubles that they cannot tell. The agreement is indeed an alliance under the city, but who can you blame?

"The policy of locking down the country formulated by our ancestors has resulted in today's inferior skills. You are really capable. When the Miyi Black Boat was there, everyone remained silent, and then jumped out to point fingers when the situation eased. You are really unworthy of a human being!"

But the agreement was indeed signed by the senior middlemen, and now that I was approached, I had no excuse, so I had to explain it and tolerate it for the time being, hoping that after a while, I would think of a way to "reduce the big issue to a trivial one."

Even the senior middlemen are like this, and the situation of the twelve ministers who participated in the negotiations can be imagined - when they were in office, some people ridiculed them in front of their faces, and when they returned to the mansion, their colleagues came to criticize them.

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However, Mr. Tanan is not included in this list. He resigned from the Ginmi Service and Coastal Defense Bureau last year - although it was not approved, and Shinagawa Odaiba was proposed and built by him. During the wax month, he also insisted on strengthening the Edo Bay in the first month.

Yu private family could have excused himself because of his illness, and Yu Gong took the initiative to prepare for war, so some people scolded him, but people familiar with the matter were unwilling to blame him - because when Jiang Chuan was held accountable, what if someone asked him, "

I can't. But what practical things have you done to resist Mi Yi?" Then wouldn't it be embarrassing?

Therefore, Mr. Tanan not only did not suffer any serious grievances, but was "promoted" and was transferred from the assigned Ginmi Service to the re-established Shimoda Nobuhiro. Although the black ships withdrew from Edo Bay, not all the black ships were gone. There are still a few ships now.

It was anchored in Shimoda Port, and the American Admiral Perry was still waiting to inspect Shimoda and sign the addendum, so someone had to go to Shimoda to control the situation.

Speaking of which, the Egawa family is still "grateful" to Perry. With Kurofune's arrival, Mr. Tanan's request for resignation will be ignored. Moreover, it was determined that the Ginmi Service is a 500-koku service, and the newly established Shimoda Service is

If you don't consider the actual power of Qian Shi, the Jiangchuan family is actually a blessing in disguise.

However, after Egawa Hidetoshi thought about his own family affairs, he thought of business. He was looking for Naohide to question the "unruly things" committed by Lord Shiro, but why did the topic come to Edo!

He hurriedly persuaded Naohide with sincerity, "The grades of clothes should not be mixed; the king and his ministers have their own distinctions." Mr. Bai, you can do whatever you like. I can pretend that I can't see it, but now the shogunate has sent people to monitor it. Please give the order quickly.

Have a good time fooling around.

Naohide was shocked when he heard that someone came to Edo again. Didn't Oguri Tadjun come here last year? When did this barbaric place become so lovable?

"It's not Miyi who is causing trouble. The two open ports are one in Shimoda, Izu, and the other is Hakodate in Ezo. If Shimoda implements the reset, Hakodate must also implement it, so Edo hasn't sent anyone to inspect it.

Ichiban. Fortunately, the Matsumae family sent someone to say hello in advance, otherwise, hum."

Ying-min was shocked to see Nao-soo. He liked it in his heart, but the relationship between the two families was deep, and he was the leader of the White House and wanted to merge, so he couldn't really see Nao-soo overturned. So he gave Nao-soo some suggestions:

"The first is the issue of clothing.

Town residents and ordinary people are just that. Those who serve the public must wear trousers.

There is no need to discuss this point. Isn’t it ridiculous for the shogunate samurai not to wear robes?

The second is a matter of etiquette.

The person who came to inspect was Omefuhori Toshiki. This person also served as the coastal defense officer. He had a high position and must be well entertained.

The third is a matter of privacy.

I know you made a lot of messy things in Baizhu. Clean them up quickly and don't let others make mistakes.

If there is anything else, I can't think of it at the moment, so please quickly gather your subordinates to do the total."

Naohide's face was full of grievances. Last year, when Oguri came, he raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes. This year, when Hori Toshi arrived, he must have been going through a lot of troubles again. This makes it difficult for others to do things!

However, form is stronger than people. Naohide pinched his nose and invited Okubo and others to come over. After some discussion, they started to arrange the arrangement.

Naohide was the White Lord who returned on July 8th in the Western calendar, but Omefushi Horihi came on the third day.

It’s really extraordinary for an important minister to travel!

From the moment we disembarked from the pier, we saw a dozen or so people acting like a big spectacle:

First, there were two people walking in front holding long sticks to prevent anyone from rushing into the team, and then came the retainers holding ceremonial spears - Naoxiu's eyes almost popped out, such a long thing would be difficult to place on the ship.

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Next came the main stage. Hori Toshihi had an extraordinary appearance, but his attitude was quite gentle. After Hori Naohide and Egawa Hidetoshi came forward to salute him, he comforted the two of them with a few words, to the effect of "I just came to see Shiro, don't be too harsh."

extravagant".

Next came two sedan bearers, carrying an exquisite carriage, and Lord Gomufu sat on it.

Someone from behind brought down a horse, and the middle and younger people also carried big bags and small things to get off the boat. There were many things, and it took a long time.

Naohide was dumbfounded when he saw it. The same imperial minister, Oguri Tadjun, was not so grand. At that time, there were only a few retainers accompanying him, not to mention driving a cage, and there were no horses!

Egawa Hidetoshi didn't take it seriously. When he came to Shirozhu, he was supposed to be a subordinate. To put it bluntly, he was to serve as Naohide's deputy. Of course, he couldn't show his prestige. This is how an important minister of the shogunate should travel. The head of the Kaga Million Stone Maeda family came to pay homage to him.

At that time, it was said that there were one or two thousand people accompanying him, but what he saw before him was very simple.

Lord Shiro's road was well built, with volcanic ash cement roads, and was quite flat, but some of Hori Toshi's followers were dissatisfied - it turned out that the samurai were wearing wooden clogs, and they made a crisp sound when stepping on them, which felt good; but those in the middle and the smaller ones were

Wearing straw sandals, the ground was too hard, which was a sin! It became more and more uncomfortable to walk against the things, so everyone murmured and complained.

Naoxiu and Yingmin never dreamed that such a thing would happen, but what could be done? They had to make up for it in the future.

From south to north, there are dock area, factory area, commercial area, public area, residential area and campsite. However, now they are all closed and there is no one on the road.

The more Yumefuhori Toshihi looked at the situation, the more something was wrong. He got out of the cage and asked Naohide what was going on.

What else could be going on?

According to the shogunate's decree, the townsfolk and ordinary people outside Edo must give in and kneel down when they encounter a Senshi-level Omefu. But people like Shirozu, who laugh and joke with Naohide on weekdays, have never knelt down. No one is born a cheap person. Listen.

When I have to kneel down and worship, I stay at home. I can't afford to hide, so I won't go out.

The town leader Okubo didn't want to be a flatterer, so he turned a blind eye. Unexpectedly, Hori Toshi was not a fool either. He saw no one on the streets and roads, as if they were haunted, so he went out of his way to

Ask questions.

"The people in the countryside do not dare to come forward for fear of offending the dignity of the Lord."

"I'm afraid Hori is a bad visitor." Hori Toshi said with a half-smile.

How do you answer this? What if you call them out if they don’t want you to? You’re really kneeling on the floor, and your straight face looks pretty.

It was Egawa Hidetoshi who came to the rescue. He said, "You can hide from the first year of junior high school, but you can't hide from the fifteenth year. You can always meet the people who lead you." Hori Toshi laughed loudly after hearing this.

Fortunately, no matter how long the journey is, it always comes to an end. After Horihixi stayed, Naohide and others breathed a sigh of relief. The summer in the North was extremely cool, but people like Lord Shiro were sweating profusely in their lives.

Don't say anything, and quickly prepare tea, snacks (fruits) and fruits. By the way, they also took out the leather shoes from the warehouse, two pairs for each person, and asked the servants who came with Hori Rixi to change their sandals.

Horihi and his entourage arrived in the afternoon. After resting, Master Bai prepared a banquet to entertain the imperial envoy.

As the saying goes, the third-level official in Edo, Hori Toshi, is the imperial minister, and he has the responsibility of supervising all directions. Lord Shiro really needs to serve him well, otherwise, if he goes back and talks wrongly, Naohide may be in bad luck.

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However, Master Bai is not luxurious from top to bottom, so how to entertain the imperial envoy will make things difficult for everyone:

Last time, Oguri Tadatsun was a good friend of the head of the family, and he was not picky about anything, so he didn't put much effort into it. But even though Horihi's Miao name is also Hori, he couldn't get along with Naohide, the "hori". He had no friendship at all before, so why?

It’s completely confusing to entertain everyone.

In the end, Fongzhi and Jiangchuan Yingmin came forward and said, "Don't worry about it, just listen to me!"

Shirozu is located in the Soya Strait, where cold currents and warm currents meet, and is rich in aquatic products.

The trend at this time led to most people becoming vegetarians, so they went straight to the seafood. At the same time, they also prepared more venison, bear paws, seal meat, and mountain delicacies, so they could eat whatever they liked.

As for where to live?

There was no way, Naohide's own house was not big, and Lord Bai didn't have a big house with a rockery and flowing water. He couldn't let the imperial envoy live in the camp. In the end, he had to ask Emin to free up the house - Egawa Hidetoshi arrived.

After his death, in order to entertain his mentor's son well, Naohide spent his own money to build him a large house with a garden. Unexpectedly, an unexpected combination of circumstances saved the day.

But when the banquet started, Mifuhori Toshi looked straight at it. The yard was so smoky, what were they doing?

It turned out that Master Bai had invested a lot of money, and the team personally went out to hunt, causing harm to the nearby mountains, forests and grasslands. Several wild deer were caught, and one unlucky bear also died. Foxes, hares, and wolves were all in trouble, especially

There were dozens of birds of all kinds, including a red-crowned crane.

There were five delicacies in the Edo period. The "three birds and two fish" were crane, skylark, grebe, sea bream and angler fish. The three delicacies of Ezo were salmon, silver carp and kombu. Of these eight kinds of food, Shiro had obtained five and a half -

- Skylarks, grebes and anglerfish were not available, but the local species of baguette tasted just as good as the anglerfish, but the liver was not good, so it was counted as half.

Egawa Hidetoshi sent someone to inquire with the accompanying servants in advance. He found out that this Ometsuo had no taboos. He could eat fish as well as meat. Hori Riki usually eats venison, so he prepared a very rich meal with everything he wanted.

Sure enough, Hori Xi smiled happily when he saw the fine wine and food. This white master is much more sensible than the Matsumae family:

The reception at the Matsumae family is not bad, but how can I put it? Yes, it is too restrained. The dishes are exquisite but the portions are small. You said that you are a barbarian from the north and want to imitate the elegance of other people's ministers. Can you imitate that?
Chapter completed!