There are a lot of things that are forbidden by Master Bai. Originally, Naohide took into account the friendship between teachers and students and wanted Egawa Hidetoshi to stay out of it - at least there would be fewer points of contact. But Hidetoshi himself didn't think so. As a member of a famous family, he has always been bold and bold.

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What's more, although Mr. Tan'an has always wanted his son to be mature and steady, he himself has not set a good example:

You must know that after the Siebold incident in 1828, the shogunate suppressed orchid scholars, but the Jiangchuan family's rope martial arts school did not blatantly promote orchid studies; the Barbarian Rebellion in 1839 was also caused by Mr. Tanan's extensive use of orchid scholars.

In 1842, Takashima Shirotao was imprisoned by the shogunate, and Egawa Tarozaemon also worked hard for him; and later, he established the Nirayama Iron Works, built the Shinagawa Daiba, and participated in the Kurofune negotiations, one after another.

Which one is not about facing up to the difficulties.

Mr. Tan'an acted like he was old and strong, and he still expected his son to be mature and stable. Isn't this just allowing the state officials to set fires and not allow the people to light lamps?

In addition, Mr. Tan'an underestimated Naohide's boldness, so Yingmin went to Bai Zhu to follow it and what else is there?

Is it completely self-defeating and counterproductive?

Sure enough, Yingmin told Naoxiu, "I know you are doing secret trade with Westerners, and I want to see it too." Naoxiu had no choice but to agree - it would be impossible not to agree. You can only guard against thieves for a thousand days.

In order to adhere to the union, Ying Minzhen caused trouble. Naoxiu couldn't do anything to the teacher's son, so why should he be toasted and not eat as a penalty?

Therefore, when the ship of Hamhyung & Co., Ltd. entered the port for "Bachelor" on August 3, 1854, Yingmin also appeared at the scene along with Naoxiu.

Both parties have been doing this secretive secret trade for four years, and they are familiar with everything. The people on both sides are also very familiar with each other. They call each other friends as soon as they meet, but Yingmin is the only one who is dumbfounded.

Now Xianheng Foreign Company mainly imports bison skins, foreign cloth and silver to Bai Zhu. In addition to seal skins, Bai Zhu also begins to export tea, raw silk, clothing, leather shoes and other leather goods. After extensive hunting, Seal Island and surrounding areas

The number of seals in the habitat began to decline, so Bai Zhu had to start developing light industry, but due to limited manpower, the quantity and quality of products were far from enough.

As for tea and raw silk, they were traded from Satsuma and Tosa.

But in addition to normal trade, there are also many special people on the ship. This is something Naohide has been looking forward to for a long time, and it is even more important in his heart than this trade:

Sure enough, Egawa Hidetoshi screamed "Hey!" because in addition to the blond Mi Yi, there were actually a few black-haired and black-eyed people coming off the Western ship. Some even hugged Naoxiu and cried bitterly as soon as they got off the ship. It was really in vain.

What a ghost!

Naoxiu also has tears in her eyes, she has been waiting for you for three years and finally has you back!

In October 1851, under extremely difficult conditions at that time, Naohide gritted his teeth and sent seven people to the United States - three official overseas students, one accompanying family member, and one person who was looking for relatives who had traveled thousands of miles to visit the world of flowers.

There is a "high monk" and a businessman.

The specific list is as follows:

The three formal international students are Murata Nagatoshi, Iwasaki Yataro and Sakamoto Naoin (Ryoma). The accompanying family member is Ryoma's strange sister Otome. The one who has traveled thousands of miles to find her relatives is Ninomiya Ina, the daughter of Siebold who left behind in Fuso. The "eminent monk" is Xian.

The great monk Shunen who was unable to stay was doing business with Takemae Toranosuke - he went to replace Nakamura Gakujiro who was returning to his country.

After nearly three years of not seeing each other, everyone was very excited to see each other. Among them, Ryoma, who was still stupid at 19 years old, actually hugged himself and cried. He is really a child who has never grown up.

Otome waited for a while and then walked up

He came and pulled his brother away so that other companions could say hello to Naohide.

Naoxiu greeted everyone with a smile - these are all seeds. It's good that the towering trees of the future didn't die outside.

In the end, it was the great monk Xiunian who came over to say hello first. Naoxiu was happy to see him. His hair had grown longer and he had a beard. He looked like a man in a suit and leather suit. This was just an extra, so get out of here.

Next was Murata Nagatoshi, who came over and nodded to Naohide.

Nature is easy to change but hard to change. This old man eats his own money and spends his own money. At that time of crisis, he still had to chase his confidante Ergong Dao overseas. When he came back, he didn't say a kind word. He just said "hmm".

But it’s a good thing that you didn’t get kidnapped, so just nod.

However, after Yongmin nodded, he didn't move. Naoxiu didn't know what the future military advisor of the world was going to do, but when he saw the man walking up to him again, he understood completely - this bastard actually kidnapped Ninomiya Ina again.

Fuso, I can’t see that this old boy like you is really good at it!

Nao-soo let Yong-min go until his face turned red.

However, he waited for a long time and did not see Yataro Iwasaki. He immediately became nervous. These days of long voyages, disease and public security in the United States are not safe. Isn't the future richest man in Fuso dead?

This would be really annoying!

"If Toranosuke can't do it, Yataro will stay." Murata Nagatoshi saw Naohide looking around and knew what he was worried about, so he directly opened his mouth to comfort him.

After heaving a sigh of relief, Naohide wanted to curse. He knew that Toranosuke was staying in the United States. After all, there was a lot of things going on over there without someone to back him up. But in last year's letter, didn't Yataro say he wanted to come back? Hear what Nagatoshi meant.

, Yataro stayed as an assistant, is there something wrong with the business?

"It's okay," he said, and Nagatoshi stuffed him with another letter. Naohide quickly opened it and was relieved when he saw the code on the envelope. It looked like "Toranosuke was too busy and temporarily detained Yataro."

Naohide was about to take a quick look at what was written in the letter when he was suddenly hugged by a strong man and kissed on the face.

"Merlin, konnichiha."

"John!" Naohide was also overjoyed. He held this strong Western man in his arms - although he had made an appointment before, it was great that this man actually showed up as promised!

After seeing this, Egawa Hidetoshi shivered at the side. Could it be that this person was Naohide's idea in the West? It's so exciting!

Kissing face to face is not what Yingmin thought, it is Celtic etiquette.

This time, there was a special person who came with the Western ship to the Northern Ezo Territory, and that was John Bryan Jr., who was the eldest son of John Bryan, the manager of Hamhyung Bank. However, he was not from Hamhyung Bank, but from another foreign firm.

The manager of "Sanjiang Yangxing".

In 1849, Naohide returned to Fuso from overseas. After that, Gakujiro, who stayed in the United States, commissioned John Sr. to establish Xianheng Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong, specializing in selling products produced by Naohide's influence in the United States and Shiro.

The major shareholder of Xianheng Foreign Company was a trading company founded in the United States by Naohsiu and others, while Sanjiang Foreign Company was another attempt. It was established by Naoshiu and others with the support of John Bryan Jr., in which they only held a small share of the shares.

Oguri Tadjun once reported to the shogunate Omefushi Horiken, saying that Hamoyo was a Celtic organization and hoped to restore the country. In fact, he was half right. Old John, the manager of Hamoyo, was indeed a Celtic, but he really wanted to return to the country.

But there was another person who restored the country, and that was Little John.

The Potato Famine of 1845-1850 changed Irel forever

And, the stupidity and prejudice of the British government caused the death of more than one million people in Green Island, and nearly one million people immigrated during this period. Even after the Great Famine, more than 800,000 people continued to leave their homes, while the United States

The largest migration destination.

The power of Naohide and others in the United States actively helped these impoverished Celtic immigrants who had just arrived in the United States. As their strength grew, they helped more and more, so they also gained the trust of the Celtic groups.

and support.

Old John immigrated to the United States early. Although he strongly supported his immigrated compatriots, in reality he had no idea of ​​returning to the United States. However, his young and energetic son, Little John, was deeply moved by the tragic experiences of his compatriots and his hometown.

Determined to restore the country, he won the support of Naohide and Gakujiro.

With their funding, John Jr. founded Sanjiang Matheson Company in Xiangjiang in 1851, specializing in trade with China, and the source of goods mainly came from Xianheng Matheson Company.

Old John was an ocean-going captain, and he was loyal and trustworthy. He became the manager of Xianheng Foreign Company only because of his long-term relationship with Naoxiu and others. In fact, he was not very proficient in trade management. In fact, he preferred voyages to management, but

When I get older, I have no choice but to change careers.

Naohide and others were willing to support his son and benefit Sanjiang Matheson. Old John was very grateful both publicly and privately, so the relationship between the two parties became even closer.

As for Naoxiu, the reason why they are not afraid of collusion between Brian and his son is very simple. The source of Xianheng Matheson's products is controlled by Naoxiu's forces. With Naoxiu, the children in the orphanage founded by Yingzi in the United States have gradually grown up.

In 2000, they also joined Zhixiu's business in the United States, and many of them joined Xianheng Matheson Company, so there was generally no problem - the fence was tight, and there were good neighbors on both sides.

After Little John set up his own business, he indeed burst out with greater enthusiasm and talent, and managed Sanjiang Matheson Co., Ltd. successfully. Moreover, he had become an Englishman and had also attracted some English officials in the Far East as shareholders - this was a direct show to him.

With the strategy adopted, England was at its peak, and there was little hope of a head-on restoration. Only by attacking inside could it play a greater role. Little John was convinced of this.

This time, Little John went to Northern Ezo with an important mission - the British Far East Fleet entrusted him to participate in the Far East Battle of the Crimean War, and was responsible for assisting the Pacific War Fleet in attacking Petropavlov on the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Fusk.

Although he is just a businessman, Sanjiang Yangxing, as a famous fur and ordnance trading company in Hong Kong, has an influence that cannot be underestimated. Moreover, through Sanjiang Yangxing's shareholder Henry Bachali, he has gained widespread trust from British Far East officials - in

Under the guidance of Naoxiu, Little John made friends with Pashali in 1851. At that time, Pashali was still a poor translator in the governor's office. However, Pashali's official career prospered later and he became the deputy governor of Yangcheng in 1853. This year, he became a certain

The governor of Hong Kong can be called a rising star in the political circles of the British Far East.

However, although Little John nominally came to participate in the war, he actually came with nothing, not even a ship - the two steam-sail hybrid merchant ships and two whalers that came were both owned by Xianheng.

In fact, Sanjiang Yang Company also has cargo ships, but they all go to China's coastal waters. It is better to directly hire ocean-going ships from Xianheng Yang Company. Besides, the ships are all Celtic sailors, and with my father's relationship, there is no inconvenience.

However, before going to the Kamchatka Peninsula, in addition to unloading the cargo, John Bryan Jr. also had to carefully discuss with Nao Hide whether Petropavlovsk, which participated in the attack on the Kamchatka Peninsula, was reliable, and no other benefits were gained.
Chapter completed!