On October 25th of the third year of Bunkyu (1863), Naohide personally went to see his friend Oguri Tadatsun at his house, but was turned away.

As for the reason, Naohide himself knew it very well, so he was not in a hurry at all and just stayed in front of the door without leaving, which made everyone in the Oguri family very embarrassed:

Who doesn't know that Naohide is the family master's best friend;

Especially this year, since the head of the Shirogatsumae family, Shigetoshi, defended Yokohama in July, the two families have been moving around more frequently. What happened to leaving Anfang Mamoru out in the open?

Sure enough, in less than half an hour, the old head of the family, Advice, appeared in a hurry. As soon as they met, he and Naoxiu smiled bitterly at each other. The two of them had a clear understanding of each other, "We should just put up with Zhongshun's bad temper."

After meeting, Oguri Tadashi still ignored Naohide and only talked with Ryoma who was accompanying him.

In the end, it was his father's advice that he couldn't stand anymore, and he took the initiative to ask Naoxiu what was important to discuss.

Naohide didn't hide anything, he directly told Satsuma about interceding for Choshu and asked the Oguri family to make a difference.

Zhongshun was furious when he heard this and yelled at Naoxiu:

"What are you talking about? Military and state affairs have their own regulations. You don't distinguish between public and private affairs, and you have exceeded your duty!"

After saying that, he stood up and walked away.

But before the advice could come out, Naohide suddenly burst out laughing. He didn't stop to wipe his tears until he was out of breath.

Zhongshun watched Zhixiu's performance coldly. It was OK to deceive others with this artificiality, but it was not OK to lie to him:

He had known Naohide as a boy for more than twenty years, and he had watched this man step by step from an imperial family member to a prince. Although the head of the Matsudaira family was Naohide's son Maomin, in his eyes, he was actually Naohide's feudal lord.

Weighing system.

During this process, there were times of daring and reckless actions, times of calloused hands and feet, and times of bullets and bullets, but there were also countless treacherous secrets. Wasn't it because of him that I was in the current situation?

After Naohide wiped away his tears, he didn't say anything. He just took out a box from his arms and gently placed it on the compress. Then Ryoma opened it and presented the items inside to Oguri Tadjun.

Advice next to him looked over and couldn't help but say:

"Timepiece in my arms!"

The old man really doesn’t understand. This thing has been common for more than ten years. Why did Naoxiu take out this thing?

I guess it's a gift. It looks gray. It's not a gold watch, and it's not inlaid with any pearls and agate. The workmanship doesn't seem to be exquisite, it doesn't look like it at all.

But why did his son's face change drastically when he saw it? You must know that Zhongshun is easily agitated when he quarrels with others, but he is usually known as a person who never changes color even if a mountain collapses in front of him!

Taking the pocket watch and looking at it again and again, Oguri Tadashi let out a long sigh, and then asked three questions:

"Steel? Produced in the Northland? Made entirely of Fuso?"

"It's a perfect hit! His eyes are like a torch, and he's spot on."

At this point, the old head of the family understood the advice. The pocket watch of feelings was produced in Beidi, but he still didn't understand what Naohide was going to do with it.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't understand, as long as Zhongshun understands.

It turned out that in the third year of Honghua (1846), Oguri sent Naohide to sea. Although the future was uncertain at that time, the two were still very excited. They high-fived and vowed to meet again in three years and work together to do something great.

The next year, Naohide began to ask people to bring back various books, maps and items, including a gold pocket watch.

Although this pocket watch is a gift for a friend, it also contains several meanings:

First, Zhixiu was doing well outside - he could even afford a gold watch, so it couldn't be any worse;

The second one is to remind Xiaoli that time has changed and the world has changed.

Every family must work hard;

Finally, it means that after Naohide returns from his studies, it will be no problem to make his own pocket watch or something like that.

But in the second year of Kaei (1849), Naohide came back, but there was no news about the self-made pocket watch. Until now, seventeen years later, Naohide finally fulfilled his promise.

In fact, it is not impossible for Fuso to produce its own clocks. For example, the "Wago Clock" clock appeared in the Edo period; and, according to folklore, there were skilled craftsmen who imitated Western pocket watches.

But as far as Naohide knew, Osaka Watch Manufacturing Co., Ltd., which appeared in 1889, was the first Fuso pocket watch manufacturer with official records. As for the predecessor of the famous Seiko Company, "Seikosha", it was only established in 1892.

In this world, because of the appearance of Naohide, Oguri no longer needs screws as a treasure, but until today, he had never heard that Fuso could produce pocket watches by himself.

In fact, the pocket watch that Naohide took out now could theoretically be produced by himself, but the resources in the North are limited, and the development of pocket watches has to be lower in the priority list, so it was delayed until this year.

Oguri Tadashi looked at the pocket watch with a gloomy expression on his face. Naohide knew that the knot in his heart would not be easily untied.

What happened between Naohide and Oguri?

In fact, there has been a gap between the two since 1858:

Affected by Naohide's intrusion, countless people changed their lives against fate, but unfortunately, Mr. Egawa Tanan was still exhausted.

Naohideo had a strong opinion on this.

Originally, Jiang Chuan died of overwork in 1855 at the age of fifty-five, but now he died in 1858. Logically speaking, it was delayed by three years, which is okay.

But Naohide doesn't see it that way. Shogun Iatesada, former chief veteran Abe Masahiro survived, Ido Hiromichi, Iwase Tadatsuki and many other people are also alive, so why should Mr. Tanan still be dead!

To put it bluntly, it’s not because good people don’t live long and die early if they can do more.

Naohide was not the kind of person to blame the treacherous ministers in the court. He expressed his disdain for the shogunate's twilight spirit at that time. If not for careful consideration and the outstanding performance of Takeda Toisaburo, Naohide almost shook his belief in supporting the shogunate - Takeda

He was a master of shogunate industry who appeared after Egawa. If Naohide had not appeared, this person would have succeeded in imitating Napoleon.

Before that, Naohide promoted the renewal of shogunate industry by supporting Mr. Tanan, but after that, he could only rely on Oguri Tadjun.

However, although Oguri is an administrator like Mr. Tanan, his understanding of industry is far less than that - he was able to do agricultural promotion and other things, but in industry and so on, due to lack of experience accumulation, he was really reluctant at the time.

In fact, compared to other ministers, Oguri Tadatsun was considered a capable minister, but there was a factor in this that Naohide acted too hastily.

But no matter what, after 1858, Naohide's support for Oguri was somewhat incomparable to that when Jiang Chuan was here.

Therefore, it was not until 1860, when Oguri successfully transformed the Nagasaki Iron Works with the help of Saburo Nakajima, that Naohide resumed his efforts to support him. In 1861, he even spared no expense to recommend Takeda Feisaburo and others to Oguri.

, initiated the innovation of Yokohama Iron Works.

But Xiaoli is nothing. Although the two of them have continued to exchange letters, how can he not detect the warmth and coldness of the relationship? Xiaoli's emotional intelligence is not high, but it does not mean that he has no ability to distinguish.

To be honest, even if Naoxiu didn't apologize to his friend first, at least he wouldn't have been able to escape if he didn't try his best at that time.

From this point of view, Oguri is much stronger than Naohide.

Although he didn't have many friends, he was quite good to the few friends he had, so he never cared about it with Naoxiu and still protected Naoxiu in every possible way.

But the problem is that

Go Naohide did two more things, which made Oguri a little angry:

In 1862, Oguri went to Europe as an envoy. Naohide stirred up troubles through Saburo Kusanahara, Otome and Huitong. Although the original intention was to help Oguri, there were many twists and turns, so it was quite manipulative.

suspicion.

Moreover, is the "Suggestions on Fusang Propagation and Industrial Development" provided by the British easy to obtain?

If Oguri really wants to promote industry, he must find a way to reform the shogunate. This is obvious. And this road will be a bloody road if it is not followed well.

Looking at it more maliciously, Naohide not only manipulated his friends, but was also suspected of putting Oguri on the fire.

But Oguri was stubborn, he really didn't take this matter to heart. After all, Naohide only provided some insights, and it was Oguri's own choice to decide whether to do it or not.

The first incident was actually over, but in December of the second year of Bunkyu (1862), Oguri's mission was completed. When he returned to Fuso and heard about the second incident, he suddenly became furious!

What did Naohideo do?

In February of the second year of Bunkyu (1862), the Matsudaira family was founded.

Yes, it’s not a good Hatamoto who doesn’t want to be a daimyo, but Naohide didn’t let Oguri know anything about it beforehand. This is not the way to make friends!

Moreover, this matter actually had the help of Zhongshun and his father Zhonggao, who co-wrote it. His father and his friends deceived him together. Isn't this even more nonsense?

In fact, this is completely a misunderstanding.

In order to maintain his relationship in Edo, Naohide asked Oguri's father Tadaka, Hori Toshi's father Hori Ken and others for help. However, he did not dare to really expect the White Lord to establish a country. However, several coincidences happened and this happened.

It’s done.

As for Zhong Gao, he actually didn't know about the establishment of the country by Bai Zhu at all. In fact, it was not at all that he hid it from his son. However, Zhong Gao's unpredictable nature has been deeply ingrained in Zhong Shun's heart since he was a child. Therefore, there is no explanation at all.

Useless.

As for such a major event as the founding of the country, Oguri Tadayun and Naohide could not communicate through letters, so this bone has always been in his heart.

In fact, Naohide did have some thoughts on the subject of the establishment of the country, but he had always kept this matter in his heart, that is, "I can't say what I can do."

How did Lord Bai succeed in founding a country? In fact, Naohide is still shrouded in mystery until now. He only knows that it was mainly the decision made by the Grand Gosho family, and there were a few people who helped, but he still doesn't understand what happened.

Therefore, although it has been almost a year since Oguri returned to Edo, and Naohide's son Shigemin and others have been staying in Edo since July, this issue has not been officially clarified.

His family knew about his own affairs, and because of the accumulation of these things, Naohide already knew that today would be a difficult time - it would be hard to accept that if it were him, his friend and ally, he was hiding even the big things.

Naoxiu thinks so:

Counting from 1853, when Oguri came to Shiro to issue an order, due to a strange combination of circumstances, the two of them did not sit together for a full ten years, so it was inevitable that they had some problems with each other;

And in the final analysis, he is the number one rebel in the sky. He wants to overthrow not only the Fuso royal family, but also the shogunate. He tried his best to hide it, but no one is stupid. He can tell something is wrong by smelling it.

Now, Fusang, which is troubled internally and externally, has turned into a mess, and this is basically the time when Tuqiongdang can be seen.

Oguri wants to revive the shogunate, and he has already started making big moves, while Naohide's wings are beginning to be fully fledged, and his little hands are constantly starting to fish for it. It would be unreasonable for the two friends to be at odds with each other again.

But why is it that someone who is even more sleazy can endure it, but now he and his best friend are having a falling out?
Chapter completed!