There is a popular saying among Fuso folk: "One whale is caught and seven villages are rescued", which means that if a whale is caught, the seven fishing villages will become lively.

Fuso has a long history of whaling. In the Edo period, under the name "Whale Group", merchants from various places established fishery organizations specializing in whaling. They were independent of each other and mainly used the traditional "net-taking method" to catch black right whales and whales. Sperm whales etc.

Whaling is common in various places, but due to the conditions at this time, the scale is not large, and there are no whale groups in Ezo and Northern Ezo. This may be because the fishery resources here are rich and there is no need to take risks to catch whales. whale.

Mr. Miyama is very familiar with whales and whaling - when he was studying at Mingryu School run by Siebold, the title of his "doctoral thesis" was "Whales and Whaling".

Whale meat is edible, whale bones and baleen are raw materials for handicrafts, whale blood can be used as medicine, and the oil boiled from whale blubber can be used as lamp oil. In some places, whale oil is also used to remove insects in fields.

It's even possible to find priceless ambergris inside sperm whales.

At present, there are too few people in the Baizhu Sanctuary, so Naohide can only consider some high-risk and high-yield businesses. Naohide and Mr. Sanshan started from how to classify whales and how to capture them, and then talked about how to store the meat, how to refine the oil, and what to do afterwards. Selling, even talking about whether ambergris should be sold in whole pieces or divided into pieces.

The soup had been finished long ago, but Naohide's conversational spirit was in full swing. Among the people in the White House, except Toranosuke, only Mr. Miyama was well-informed and could keep up with Naohide's unbridled ideas.

But the rest of the conversation was a bit unbearable.

When talking about whaling, we have to talk about geography, and when talking about the geography of the Northern Ezo Territory, we cannot avoid one person - Mamiya Linzo.

Mamiya Linzo was the first person in Fuso to completely survey the Northern Ezo Territory. The two books "Journey to the Eastern Tartars" and "Remaining Stories about the Boundary of the Northern Ezo" written by Yu and Ren described the geography, customs and customs of this area in detail.

And Mamiya Linzang was the trigger of the Siebold incident. Before Siebold returned to Poland, he asked Takahashi Kage to give Mamiya Linzang a package, which contained a gift and a letter. Miyabayashi turned the package over to the shogunate, which aroused the shogunate's vigilance, and then triggered the Siebold incident.

Unlike many orchid scholars, Mamiya Linzou personally experienced the 1806 Sana Club incident on Etorofu Island, when he was seriously injured by the invading Lucians. Therefore, he remained wary of Westerners throughout his life.

However, Takano Nagai had never suffered any loss from a foreign country in his life and advocated the founding of the country. Therefore, he viewed Mamiya as a "whistleblower" and his words were full of resentment.

It was not convenient for Naohsiu to comment on the grievances of the previous generation, because after all, he still had Siebold's daughter Rice hidden in his house.

"Sir, please attend Naohsiu's lecture in the afternoon. The topic is "How Western Countries Treat Fuso".

Takano was not allowed to participate in the previous evaluation meetings and afternoon lectures and discussions. Being able to participate in the lecture this time was also a big improvement and Takano's spirit was lifted.

It's winter now. Apart from planning the work of each group for next year in the morning and participating in lectures and discussions organized by Zhixiu in the afternoon, everyone has nothing to do. Because the lectures and discussions are crowded and lively, everyone's interest is high.

The lectures and discussions in the afternoon were run similarly to those of a private school. Except for the occasional lecture by Naohsiu, everyone usually organized it themselves, mainly discussing work and studying Western books together. Occasionally, some people wanted to try giving lectures, and Naohsiung supported them.

After receiving the notice of Naohide's lecture at lunch, everyone arrived early at two o'clock in the afternoon - having a pocket watch is convenient. In the past, making appointments was based on the time unit of upper and lower afternoons. Now that we have pocket watches, the time is much more accurate.

There will no longer be the unfortunate situation of one entering the market after another.

If you learn too much Confucianism, it is easy to form a view of the world and see everyone as a barbarian. The Edo period was even more stupid. Fuso itself was not a truly unified dynasty, but it was greatly influenced by the so-called Chinese culture and called Westerners barbarians.

, that is to say, the Lan people who were doing business received some preferential treatment, while the others were all barbarians.

All in all, the shogunate had only established diplomatic relations with two and a half countries, Goryeo, Ran Kingdom and Ryukyu. I don’t know where the ambition came from. Hirata Atsuhin (1776-1843) emphasized in the "Fuso Shoki" that Fuso is a god.

In the country, Fuso is the most superior, and the royal family has an unparalleled lineage for all generations. Sato Nobubuchi (1769-1850) mentioned "overseas heroes" in "Uuchi Hundo Secret Strategy" and attempted to annex the world. What do you think? Is it just a big deal?

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Under the control of Oguri Tadjun, the 1849 60-volume version of "Haiguo Tuzhi" avoided the censorship of the Nagasaki Advocate for Renovation of Books and Materials, because "the publisher has not published it, and the speaker has not said it." In Fuso

It spread quickly.

The "Kun Yu Tu Shi Shi" and "Kun Yu Tu Shi Shi Supplement" written by Ji Zuo Shogo and Ji Zuo Ruan Fu in 1845 and 1847, for unknown reasons, were also secretly collected by the shogunate and spread to the people.

Through these books, many warriors and scholars have gained a preliminary understanding of overseas countries, and various ideas inevitably arise under the impact of their thinking.

Naohide made a set from Oguri and put them together with the books Gakujiro brought this time for everyone to study. Naohide taught French, English and French publicly in his private school in Tosa. Later, Nagatoshi Murata

It is passed down from generation to generation in Zaoya. Except for Mr. Okubo and Mr. Miyama, everyone can read Western books mainly in English.

, but after all, it is difficult to read, and it is not as easy to understand as "Hai Guo Tu Zhi" and other books.

The lecture started on time in the afternoon. Naohide first asked everyone to express their views on the various countries.

The White Lord is located in the Northern Ezo Territory and will have to deal with the Lucians sooner or later. Therefore, Naohide usually imparts knowledge about Western countries to everyone, but after all, it is still young and everyone's opinions are also strange.

A group headed by Okubo, including Genmei Kawakami and six young men from the Zaoya group, believed that "those who are not of my race must have different minds." It is okay to have dealings with each other, and you should also learn Western skills, but you must be careful. These people have not thought that

Even though the country was founded so far away, it only supported trade, but was very defensive.

The other group is Naohide's crazy fans, headed by Toranosuke, Inoue Gensaburo and several of Naohide's disciples, saying that the head of the family means what they say - Inoue Gensaburo is the appraiser and handed over the property to Yonebune, so he is the natural candidate to take the blame.

It also means accepting one's fate.

Only Yataro Iwasaki has his own faction. He believes that all laws of nature are the same, people's hearts must be similar, and there is nothing wrong with everyone sharing their knowledge. However, he believes that the shogunate now prohibits contact with foreign countries, and it is better to be cautious. The implication is that

, Yataro supports trade and even has the idea of ​​doing business overseas.

Mr. Miyama was an auditor and had no right to speak, but when Yataro spoke, he nodded from time to time, making his stance very clear.

Naohide took over the topic and first talked about the Silk Road in ancient China and overseas trade during the Song Dynasty, and even the Northeast Silk Road that continued to this time. He also briefly described the Age of Discovery in the European continent and the overseas trade before and after the shogunate closed the country.

trading.

Everyone was very excited after hearing this, especially when they heard that Fuso merchants were all over Southeast Asia. They were even more surprised. They had never heard of it. Is there such a thing?

Then, Naohide told the famous cowhide story. The Franks used a cowhide to trick the oyster mirror away, the Lan people used a cowhide to establish a foothold in Yizhou, and the Europeans used a cowhide to start colonizing the Mizhou. Some people heard this.

Laughing, more people are thoughtful.

Then the topic became heavy. Naohsiu talked about the slave trade, the British dumping of medicine for longevity, the tragic results caused by the Indians' hospitality, especially the Road of Bones in the Tianzhu Plain, the story of Ami Kant in Bengal being fooled, and the massacre in the west of the United States.

The atrocities committed by France and France in Algeria aroused widespread sighs.

Naohide also talked about the expansion of England and France in Asia in recent years, which destroyed countless countries in Tianzhu and Southeast Asia, and all the remaining countries trembled and crawled.

"Without exception?" Mr. Sanshan couldn't bear it anymore.

"Without exception."

After receiving a huge shock, Mr. Sanshan was a little lost.

"Comparable to

Kazuto and the Ainu people." Naohide was a little bit intolerant, but people are like swordsmen and I am fish and meat. It's so miserable. If you don't believe it, look at the Ainu people in Ezo, they are not willing to give up because of us.

Since everyone knew that they were going to Shirozu, they had secretly gathered information about the native people, the Ainu people. Although everyone said nonsense about Ren Yizhe, when they arrived in Matsumae, they listened to the conversations among the merchants and then went to Shirozu.

, look at the appearance of the native servants, you will know that these are all lies.

If Naohide said it before, everyone was still half-convinced, but by comparing Kazuto and the Ainu, even Mr. Miyama was convinced.

"Why is there such a big difference between ancient and modern times?" Okubo couldn't understand. He vaguely had an answer in his mind, but he couldn't believe it.

"There is a saying in the United States that if the fence is well built, you will be surrounded by good neighbors."

Everyone takes it for granted that the world is dominated by the weak and the strong.

"Lan Guo Commercial House has always been friendly and friendly, which shows that it may not always be so cruel." Mr. Sanshan still did not give up.

Good question! Naohide was really afraid that fear would lead to a group of thugs who wanted to do their best. He started talking about the Renaissance, the Reformation, scientific progress, international public law, the Enlightenment, and abolitionism. I recommend everyone to read "On

"The Spirit of Law", "Principles of International Law", "The Prince", "On Religious Toleration" and "Government", "Philosophical Correspondence", "Social Contract", Confessions, these books were all published in the past few years

I bought it from the Languo Merchant Store and had it translated into Japanese a long time ago, but I didn't dare to make it public and only circulated it in private.

Naohide said that since Emperor Napoleon abdicated, people-to-people exchanges among European countries have increased, and public opinion has become less easy to manipulate. Therefore, the war has subsided. It can be seen that when interacting with foreign countries, one must be strong enough to protect themselves, and the other is to strengthen the people-to-people exchanges.

Communicate and avoid being stigmatized. Thirdly, we must pay attention to international law and do not be attacked by others with excuses.

Talking too much will cause cognitive impairment. This is how the human brain works. Whether you ask whether you will die day or night is all lyrical art. If you hear too many new things, you will feel sleepy. This is how the human brain works.

Mechanism that no one can avoid.

Everyone was a little sleepy after listening, so Naohide had to end hastily, but at the end, he still briefly mentioned the current situation of Dr. Siebold - Siebold came to Fuso early, was knowledgeable and trained a large number of students, and Westbold The Boulder incident was controversial, so it was a symbol of Fuso's Westernization.

Naohide said that Dr. Siebold had published his trilogy "Fuso", "Fuso Fauna" and "Fuso Flora" - in fact, the masterpiece "Fuso" was compiled in 1832, but the other two books were It was published one after another in the form of papers, and it was still continuing in 1850 this year.

In addition, Nao Xiu talked about how the museum established by Dr. Siebold was very popular in Europe, and Siebold refuted the audience who thought Fuso was barbaric.

"Then what kind of person likes to read this book?" Mr. Sanshan regained his composure and became more energetic after hearing this.

Naohide glanced at him sympathetically and told him that the people were just curious, and among the people who were really interested, apart from naturalists, they were diplomats, soldiers and businessmen. In recent years, many ships from Western countries came to the port. Due to the influence of Siebold's books, and because the shogunate closed the country, various countries have begun to prepare to use strong ships and cannons to pry open the door of Fuso - especially the Lucians, who may be on their way.

In the past, Mr. Miyama was naive because he did not know the situation, but after Naohide's introduction to the Western countries, he deeply doubted whether Fuso's founding of the country could achieve a good result, and he was devastated after hearing this.

Naohide comforted him that the shogunate was already prepared for this, and that he had done his best in serving the White Lord. As for Dr. Siebold, it no longer mattered whether the things he did were good or bad. Without him, it might still be possible. There's East Boulder, there's South Boulder. In short, being weak is the original sin, so take it easy.
Chapter completed!