The next day, Naohide and others waited outside Wufu Bridge early in the morning. After Edo opened the city, they quickly entered after checking the shape of their hands.

All in all, he treated Nishimaruta, was promoted to the flag, visited the city to worship during the New Year, and increased his family income. In addition, this time, it was already the fifth time Naohide entered Edo Castle, but it was the first time for the accompanying Murata Nagatoshi and Takemae Toranosuke.

In this place that attracted the attention of the world, Takezen Toranosuke kept shivering, which made Naohide keep explaining to the guards and patrols, "This is not an epidemic. It is inevitable that you will be trembling when you enter the city for the first time." However, Murata Nagatoshi was much better. He usually had no expression on his face.

He doesn't look calm now.

The crowds passing by on the road all smiled at Naohide and his party, and Naohide also bowed slightly. However, there were many people who greeted him with smiles from the Cherry Gate to the main gate. Considering that Naohide was still unknown, this was a bit wrong.

After looking back several times, Naohide finally discovered that Toranosuke had stopped shivering a long time ago, but at some point, Yongmin walked with him, and he didn't know who was imitating whom. This was a huge loss, and Naohide was so angry that he picked up a fan.

After knocking their heads several times, they finally turned around.

In fact, you can only officially enter Edo Castle after entering the Daishu Sanmon Gate. The previous ones were all inside the Gokuririn, which is the inside of the moat, which is considered the outer castle of Edo Castle.

After crossing the Shima Bridge in front of Daimori Sannomon, the security was obviously tighter. The number and demeanor of the guards were obviously different from those in the outer city. Nagatoshi and Toranosuke were also blocked from entering - in fact, the daimyo and important ministers were allowed to enter.

He led his entourage into the inner city, but the guards bullied Naohide, who was only an acting official with two hundred stones, and gave him a small disincentive.

The guard looked at Naoxiu and sent someone to guide him after checking the official documents. Naoxiu let out a sigh of relief. He really didn't know where the survey was, so this was a big help.

Edo Castle is divided into Honmaru, Ninomaru, and Sannomaru, each with its "Omote", "Nakaoku", and "Oku" - "Omote" is the office of the minister, Nakaoku is the official residence, and Oku

It is the private residence of the public. As for Nishinomaru, it belongs to the territory of the crown prince "Nishimaru" and the retired shogun "Osho". As for the famous mysterious place "Ooku", it is the honorific name of Honmaru "Oku".

Ninomaru is a sub-city, and Sannomaru is a sub-city of the sub-city. They are very small in area and are equivalent to auxiliary facilities. If the main Maru is too busy, people will be arranged to Ninomaru and Sannomaru. For example, last time

On New Year's Day, he came to the city to pay his respects, so Naohide and other unlucky people including Naohide were arranged to pay their respects in Sannomaru.

As an important institution, the surveying office, together with Laozhong and Wakainen's offices, are located in the outer area of ​​​​Honmaru. However, there are too many people in the surveying office, so there are offices in the inner city and the outer city. However, the four surveying chiefs and six surveying ginmi

I work in the inner city every day.

There were the first twelve people in the appraisal team under the subordinates of the appraiser, and there were also ninety people in the administration, and two hundred and fifty people in the appraiser. With so many people, Naohide didn't know who to look for. Fortunately, he didn't have to wait long in the small room before someone came to greet him.

The origin of Naohide, the acting official of the White Lord, was strange, so both the Kasei Shougong and Kasei Ginmibu were unwilling to get involved when they heard about it. Mr. Tanan wanted to avoid suspicion, so he arranged for an unlucky Kasei team leader to be responsible for the interview.

The team leader didn't sound evil at all. He gave Naohide a few expressionless words, saying that he should be careful when doing things after the "caution" was lifted. Then he handed Naohide a few official documents and walked away, suppressing all Naohide's words.

Fortunately, Mr. Tanan sent a surveyor to help explain, and Naohide finally figured out where to get money and equipment, and what to do when he arrived in Ezo.

Naohide came over in a hurry, expecting that some bosses would give him some encouragement, or at least some advice, such as keeping an eye on Matsumae's family and paying attention to the movements of the Lucians, but he was disappointed.

Bai Zhudaiguan took it to heart and blinded the old middlemen's plan.

Naohide walked out of the Daishu Sanmon Gate and crossed the Shima Bridge. He saw two unlucky guys, Nagatoshi and Toranosuke, still making clay wooden statues on the roadside. He waved them to go home. Everyone was silent along the way, and they were in high spirits when they came.

Completely different.

Naohide was also pushed down and rubbed repeatedly by society, but in his heart he had little respect for the shogunate. He had two shoulders to support one head. I worked hard to make a living, and I owed nothing to anyone.

He had thought about secretly returning to China many times, especially when he was in the United States, but looking at Eiko and thinking about his children in Edo, he slowly gave it up. After all, his relatives and friends in this life are all in Fuso, and

After so many years, he has become accustomed to Hori Naohide's identity.

Especially when he thinks about returning to China, he

I felt a huge danger inexplicably - no explanation at all.

Naohide was not interested in the Crystal Palace. His ideal in life was to be happy, eat enough and drink enough to do some research, but the end of the Tokugawa period was really terrible. It is said that after the opening of the port, half of the people in Edo contracted foreign diseases, and the people were in dire straits for decades.

As the samurai family of the shogunate, the fate of the Horie family is predictable.

At first, Naohide's plan was to please both sides and get through the Bakumatsu storm first, but the living conditions at that time were too poor, and he was afraid that the bloody situation of bullying men and dominating women would happen to him, so he made a move——

But he didn't expect that there was a cow behind the straw rope. There were more and more entanglements. After taking the first step, he couldn't stop. Teachers, students, relatives and friends all forced him to continue walking.

In addition, Naohide didn't want to lie to himself. After two lifetimes, the ambition in his heart could no longer be suppressed. In his spare time, all kinds of thoughts were always surging, like wildfire. But he also knew how to count, and no one knew what the future would be like.

It's hard to say, given the current medical condition, he would go to another world if he caught a cold. It would be useless to think too much about it.

He didn't hold out much hope for this trip to the survey station. After all, he was sent to Kita Ezo, so he didn't expect an oxcart. But he still had the emotions he should have. After being ignored, Naohide really wanted to sell his goods to the sky.

, "This shogunate takes jujube pills!"

Back at Hide's house, Naohide quickly assigned the tasks: the execution office gave him a thousand taels of gold stamps for three wells, and also approved several iron cannons, bows and knives, and also gave him a clipper boat. These required

Hurry up and get it out. In addition, you have to purchase supplies and hire people before departure, so you have to hurry up and get things done.

In addition, relatives and friends who should visit should also visit, and those who cannot visit should also send gifts to apologize - after all, they have not been in Edo for five years.

Fortunately, the Jue family now has eight retainers alone, and the Zaowu group is also eager to help. Although there are many things to do, it will not be a rush after they are divided.

Naohide first went to visit Mr. Ito Xuanpu. Mr. Xuanpu was fifty-one years old. He was considered to be a long-lived person at this time. Mr. Xuanpu burst into tears when he saw Naohide. He had three thousand disciples in the Xiangxian private school. There were many students who could inherit his legacy, but he was also a teacher.

This is the only one from Yiyou!

The scene was very awkward. In the end, Mr. Xuan Pu recovered his emotions first and asked about Nao Soo's past experience. Nao Soo was busy with something, so he had to keep the story short and briefly tell about his experiences in the past few years. Mr. Xuan Pu learned about it from Mr. Tan'an.

Some, this time just want to hear the details from Naoxiu himself and spend more time with each other.

In addition to visiting, Naohide also asked for help from others. At the end of the conversation, Naohide told the story of Lord Bai's acting as an official, and begged the teacher to send a disciple to accompany him - it was impossible to go on a long business trip without a doctor.

Mr. Xuan Pu pondered for a moment and proposed a candidate, which frightened Nao Soo.

Mr. Xuanpu recommended Takano Nagai, the main protagonist of the "Barbarian Prison". He was originally arrested by the shogunate, but he ran away again during the fire a few years ago. Last year, he sneaked back to Edo because of Takano and Xuanpu.

Both gentlemen are disciples of Dr. Siebold, a native of Lanzhou, so they have many contacts in private.

Naohide was afraid that someone would recognize Takano Nagai, but Mr. Xuanpu said that Takano had been disfigured and it shouldn't be a big problem. Takano acted in a high-profile manner. Mr. Xuanpu was very worried about this and insisted on letting Naohide take him away. Naohide had no choice but to agree. To be on the safe side,

, the two agreed that Takano would only show up when they boarded the ship. As for how Mr. Xuanpu persuaded Takano, Naohide didn't care - it couldn't be controlled. Before Takano was arrested, he acted in a high-profile manner. Naohide felt that Takano was either bookish or ignorant.

, I actually don’t like to see him very much.

Apart from Mr. Hyun Pu, Nao Soo really didn't have time to visit anyone else - time was tight and there were too many things to do.

After leaving Shoxen Gymnasium, Naohide hurried to Uraga Training Center to receive the ship, but the person who handed it over was his acquaintance Nakajima Saburosuke.

It turned out that the shogunate ordered the imitation of a clipper ship and sent the task to the Uraga Office. Because Nakajima was familiar with shipping, the office assigned the task to Nakajima. Nakajima lived up to expectations and succeeded in imitating it in one fell swoop.

The relationship between Nakajima and Naohide is actually very ordinary - although Naohide has treated Nakajima's asthma, it is Naohide who takes the initiative to visit him every time. It is basically Naohide's hard licking. Kuro Nakajima of the Zaoya group has a younger brother Kijiro

I opened a restaurant in Uraga, and I rely on Saburo Nakajima to take care of it on weekdays. I have very few other contacts.

But during this meeting, Nakajima Saburosuke was obviously a lot more enthusiastic. Naohide didn't know whether it was because they hadn't seen each other for a long time or because his status as a Hatamoto with two hundred stone played a role. Anyway,

Finally, the stone of Zhongdao was warmed up.

Saburosuke Nakajima marveled at the clipper ships. Naohide saw that he was indeed very interested in Western ships, and directed him to go to the Imperial Bureau of Book Reconciliation - a large number of Western books brought back by Naohide were sent here by the shogunate.

Nakajima Saburosuke was a descendant of the imperial family of 200 warriors and was still far away from the higher-ups. He didn’t know that Naohide had brought the ship back. He praised Naohide for the clipper ship’s exquisite design, impressive speed, and its sails were divided into two parts.

, the sail can be furled directly from the deck, greatly reducing the number of manpower.

But when it comes to manpower, Nakajima Saburosuke's face showed bitterness. It turned out that when he heard that he was going to the North Ezo Land, the watermen on the ship all complained and said that this was a way to die, so they all fell ill, so Naohide could only accept a man without watermen.

empty ship.

Because it was an order from the shogunate, the watermen did not dare to go too far. The final result of the negotiation between Naohide and Nakajima was that the watermen agreed to send Naohide to Nagasaki and disembark, and they could train new watermen for Naohide.

Why wouldn't they go? This group of sailors belonged to the navy army of the Uraga Administrative Office, and they were so complicated that Naohide didn't want to offend them, so he had to hold his nose and admit it.

Because the clipper ship was a Nanban ship and was not allowed to dock at Edo Port to avoid civil unrest, Naohide could only hire a ship to transport the prepared goods to Uraga for shipment.

Zhixiu really didn't like the few iron cannons and bows and knives given by Fengxing, but he couldn't take them without them. They were "fixed assets" for future generations, and it would be troublesome to lose them, so they were loaded on the plane together with cotton-padded clothes and other goods.

Cut the boat.

During this period, relatives and friends came to visit one after another and tried their best to provide some help.

Neighbors of the Zaowu Group saw how prosperous Naoxiu was, and they came to recommend candidates to be his subordinates. However, Naoxiu said that he would only accept children of the right age from the Zaowu Group, and promised to promote talented people after establishing the Baizhu Agency. In response to this, the neighbors

People rushed to tell each other, after all, the White Lord's acting office is a heavenly leader, and Naohsiu cannot serve as an acting officer forever. When the child comes back with Naohsiu, he will be the famous Yuli master. It is really gratifying to have a royal family genealogy.

He. After trying again and again, there were many naughty kids who were not afraid of death, so I sent six of them directly.

Sakuma Shozan and Katsuki Yoshikuni also came to visit. Katsuyoshi Kuni also expressed his intention to set off with Naohide, but considering that his private school had just opened this year and he had only been married for a few years, Naohide politely declined.

Xiunian of Kanyong Temple also expressed his intention to go with Naohide - it turned out that the old abbot of Kanyong Temple went to the West to worship Buddha. Xiunian was quite marginalized as the disciple of the old abbot, so Naohide had to agree to him. The journey this year was too dangerous.

If you still want to come, then come.

Kinokuniya Rihachi and Kaishi Shigeya Kanta were very attentive and took the initiative to help Naohide purchase goods. They also proposed that they would definitely send a ship to Shirozhu the next year. They had a strong will to open up new business, and Naohide welcomed this.

Kondo Shusuke, the old man of the Trial Guard Hall, also came to greet him and recommended his disciple Genzaburo Inoue to accompany him. This time, Naoshow agreed. After all, Genzaburo Inoue of the Shinsengumi is famous for his honesty, so he bought a blue character card.

Kijiro from Uraga Ryotei not only paid a visit, but also helped Uraga locals with various tasks. Naohide expressed his gratitude and gave him a share of Shiro's future fishery.

The bully Zaemon, the unruly Zenchichi, and Matsuemon also came to the door coquettishly - Naohide is now the banner of the two hundred koku, and it is a huge honor to send students to give them gifts, and a few people dare not not

Come. The three of them also prepared a heavy gift in return for thanks. Zhixiu confiscated it and left a sum of money to a few people, asking them to organize some filthy and inhumane people to prepare to immigrate to the Northland White Lord next year.

Before Naohide went to sea, he had asked them to take care of Takashima Shunchen Shigeton. The two had a friendship and were regarded as Naohide's close friends. Naohide also promised to give them three taels of gold for every strong man who immigrated. The accompanying family members would also be counted as money, regardless of gender, age, or child.

Half payment. Because Naoxiu promised to give the immigrants the status of "common people", the three of them felt that it was too dirty and inhuman to be tempted, so they promised to help.

This time Eiko had to stay in Edo to take care of her son, so Naohide had no choice but to leave Murata Nagatoshi, Ninomiya Ina, Sakamoto Naoyin and Otome to help.

At the end of Hazuki in the third year of Kayei (September 1850), Naohide officially set off from Uraga by boat, accompanied by Takemae Toranosuke, Hori Naoyoshi, Hori Naoyoshi, Hori Yuei, Iwasaki Yataro, Okada Nobuzumi, and Inoue Genzaburo.
Chapter completed!