Chapter 260 Found the manufacturing workshop of Huanfudian! 4500
"Mr. Makimura, welcome back!"
After a brief moment of surprise, Kinoshita Mai's pretty face was instantly filled with excitement.
She has a very good relationship with Makimura Yahachi.
Makimura treats her as his own child.
And she also liked this amiable old man very much.
Among the many elders, the one who loved her the most was Makimura.
Her grandmother, Kinoshita Rin, was a stern person. Although she occasionally showed a gentle side in front of Kinoshita Mai, she usually showed a stern image.
As for Boss Kiryu... he is a kind and benevolent person. But in addition, he has another identity, that is, Kinoshita Rin's tutor assigned to Kinoshita Mai.
In other words, Boss Kiryu shoulders the heavy responsibility of teaching Kinoshita Mai.
Therefore, he could not do anything according to Mai Kinoshita's temper.
When necessary, he would still show a solemn face in front of Mai Kinoshita.
Only Makimura was free from the pressure of "educating Kinoshita Mai" and because of his personality, he could indulge Kinoshita Mai without any scruples.
After all, Kinoshita Mai is just a girl who is not even 16 years old.
The child's mentality of "I will be kind to whoever treats me well" still remains in his consciousness.
Kinoshita kicked off the red button clogs on her feet, and her cute little feet in neat white socks stepped on the wooden corridor with a "clack-clack", and she ran to Makimura in three steps and two steps at a time.
"Mr. Makimura, have you finished your business in Yokohama?"
Makimura is nearly 1.9 meters tall, nearly 40cm taller than Kinoshita Mai.
Affected by this, whenever she stood next to Makimura and spoke, she would subconsciously stand on her tiptoes.
"Um."
Makimura smiled slightly.
"I'm lucky. It only took much less time than expected to handle all the things that needed to be done. I just returned to Edo, and I just finished saying hello to Kiryu.
You're back."
Makimura just said "it's been a long time"...this is actually not quite accurate.
After all, the last time he met Kinoshita Mai was only half a month ago.
Just at the beginning of this year, Makimura came to Edo all the way from Osaka.
On January 6, he met Qingdeng and the two had a discussion.
After staying briefly in Edo for some time, he set off for Yokohama, saying that he was going to handle an errand assigned to him by Kinoshita Rin.
As for what the errand was... As soon as Kinoshita Mai asked, Kiryu and Makimura kept it secret.
Upon seeing this, Kinoshita Mai knew it and didn't ask any more questions - as the strictly protected young master of Calabash House, she had long been accustomed to this kind of "people around her seem to have secrets" and "people around her know everything."
You won’t tell me” feeling.
Yokohama is a port city adjacent to Edo, located in the southern part of the Kanto region and facing Tokyo Bay to the east. It was previously just a small fishing village with less than 100 households.
The year after the "Black Ship Incident" broke out, that is, the first year of Ansei (1854), U.S. Navy Commodore Matthew Perry led a fleet to forcibly anchor at Oshiba Village of the Rokuura Domain. The shogunate sent envoys to negotiate, and the two sides held peace talks in Yokohama Village.
Afterwards, the two sides signed the Treaty of Kanagawa.
Four years later, the "Japan-US Amendment and Trade Treaty" was signed, which included the opening of Kanagawa Port. This became the prelude to the development of Yokohama.
In the 6th year of Ansei (1859), Yokohama Port was officially opened to the public and quickly became a raw silk trading port, commercial port, passenger port and industrial port.
Relying on its superior location advantage, Yokohama quickly found its own differentiated track, realized value transformation, found its vertical areas of expertise through unique levers, and became a gateway to the outside world.
The embassies of Western countries are basically concentrated in Yokohama, and Yokohama has therefore become a city where Westerners live together.
To the south of the customs clearance is the area where foreigners live, and to the north of the customs clearance is the area where Japanese people live.
Although it has only been a few years since it was officially developed, Yokohama has now become a thriving and vibrant coastal new city.
Makimura returned to Edo... This certainly made Kinoshita Mai feel more excited.
However, she still has quite urgent matters at the moment and needs to report to Boss Kiryu immediately.
So, after she came back to her senses, she quickly turned her head to the side and said urgently to the old man with glasses beside her:
"Mr. Kiryu, something serious has happened! Aoden, he..."
Before Kinoshita Mai could say anything, Kiryu said with a calm expression:
"I already know everything about what happened last night."
Kinoshita Mai was startled for a moment.
"Mr. Kiryu, do you already know?"
Kiryu nodded slightly.
"Young Master, my mother needs to worry. Jun Ju is safe at the moment. Even if he is as powerful as the Qingshui clan, it will not be easy to find his current hiding place."
When Kinoshita Wu heard this, she bit her lower lip unconsciously.
Qing Deng showed up last night...he is still alive, and very much alive.
For Kinoshita Mai, this was really a great thing that almost made her cry with joy.
In the more than half a month since the sudden fire in Kodenma Town and Aoden's mysterious disappearance, she has been cooperating with Kondo Isamu, Chiba Jutaro, Katsu Rintaro and others to travel all over Edo, looking for Aoto.
As the powerful "Phantom Thief Cat Monk" in Edo, Mai Kinoshita not only possesses outstanding agility and agility, but also has a thorough understanding of Edo's complex market conditions.
Even if it is a hidden trail that the locals have no idea about, she knows it very well.
The manpower of the Trial Guard Hall and the "Beichen Sect" Sword Hall, the connections of Katsurin Taro and Anthony Angouleme, Mai Kinoshita's ability to find people and things... the power of the "Tachibana Alliance" cannot be underestimated.
However... despite the lack of information, they were still unable to find a living person in the huge Edo.
After all, Edo is a metropolis with a population of one million.
Finding someone in a city of this level... is not as difficult as climbing into the sky, but it can also be called finding a needle in a haystack.
Although Kinoshita Mai and others have burned the ointment to continue the work, they have not even collected half of the relevant clues, let alone finding Qingdeng.
The "Tangerine Support Alliance" is already short of manpower, but who would have thought that just a few days ago, Okita Souji and Chiba Sunako also disappeared.
However, compared to Qing Deng who disappeared without a trace, the "disappearance" of the two girls is not too frightening.
Before they left, they left a farewell letter in their respective bedrooms, saying that they were leaving home temporarily for a while. As for where they were going and what they were doing, they didn't mention a word.
The two of them "ran away from home" at the same time... Somehow, when she first heard the news, Kinoshita Mai suddenly had such a conjecture in her mind -
Okita-kun and Chiba Zuo found Aoto, but because Aoto was running for a very urgent matter, he ordered him to "not reveal his whereabouts." Okita-kun and Chiba Zuo
They all wanted to help Qingdeng, so they both "left home and became a monk" and followed Qingdeng to deal with the "important matter".
Regarding why Qingto has been missing to this day, Kinoshita Mai has already thought carefully and speculated in detail.
Based on her understanding of Qingdeng, she was 100% certain that if Qingdeng was still alive, he would definitely return to the Trial Guard Hall as soon as possible to report to his relatives and friends that he was safe.
Qingdeng was a man who valued affection and justice, and he would never do such a thing as "let his relatives and friends worry" without any reason.
The reason why there has been no news from him, Kinoshita Mai thought about it, only two reasons came to mind.
Or he has lost his personal freedom, such as being locked up somewhere.
Or... he was involved in some troublesome incident! In order not to implicate innocent people, he consciously cut off contact with others!
Although this conjecture was born out of nowhere and there is no ready-made evidence to support it, but it is weird, Kinoshita Mai always feels that the facts are very likely to develop as she guessed...
It's funny to say that the "Orange Support Alliance" spent a lot of effort looking for Qingdeng, but in the end, he showed up by himself last night.
However, the way he returned... was really shocking.
Although Kinoshita Mai had long known that Aoto was a very restless "trouble maker", she learned that he actually kicked out the Shimizu clan 13 times in just one night, offending the largest Yakuza group in Kanto to death.
When she heard this, she was still stunned and wondered if she had heard wrongly.
As far as Kinoshita Mai knows, there should be no conflict between Aoto and the Shimizu clan.
If I had to say... I'm afraid Qingdeng's late father owed him hundreds of taels of gambling debt.
Let’s not mention for the moment that the Qingshui clan had written off this gambling debt in order to win over Qingdeng.
Based on Qingdeng's current status and financial resources, he could easily pay off the debt of a few hundred taels of gold without blinking an eyelid. How could such a degree of extravagance lead to a fierce conflict between the two parties?
All in all, no matter what, it is an indisputable fact that Qingden and the Qingshui clan have formed an undying feud.
Just because of the Qingshui clan's vengeful nature... they will never let Qingdeng off easily!
The Qingshui clan is no better than the Yi group.
The latter are just a group of rabble with only fighting spirit and no ability.
Looking at all the members of the Yi group, only their leader Kamino is still a figure.
Therefore, after Qingden killed Jinye, the anti-barbarian group, which lacked an outstanding leader and a mature organizational system, fell apart in an instant.
On the other hand, the Qingshui clan, which has been cultivating in Kanto for many years, does not have these problems.
At first glance, Qingdeng's battle last night was a very good one.
The normally arrogant Yakuza of the Qingshui clan were defeated like chickens and dogs.
But such a result can only frighten the common people who have bright eyes.
Anyone who has a little knowledge of the Qingshui clan knows that a large part of the reason why Qingden was able to win so happily in last night's battle was because he had a "surprising" advantage.
The unshakable dominance has long made the Yakuza of the Qingshui clan accustomed to living a peaceful life where no one dares to make trouble, and they have neglected to take precautions.
Therefore, when Qingdeng attacked, they were immediately in a panic.
Although Rakshasa, Shimizu Eiichi and others later made remedial measures and urgently sent reinforcements to various important locations, the timing was still a little too late.
Kinoshita Mai, who wears the vest of "Cat Monk" and takes it as her mission to rob the rich and help the poor, has long wanted to attack the Qingshui clan and steal all the ill-gotten wealth they have accumulated over the years.
However...however, every stronghold of the Qingshui clan, especially their headquarters, all have extremely strict security measures.
If you want to enter the Qingshui clan's stronghold, unless you enter from the front like Qingteng did, there is no way to do it.
Therefore, Kinoshita Mai has a much clearer and more intuitive understanding of the energy of the Qingshui clan than the average person.
Due to the rigidity of the system, the rise of the commodity economy, and the gradual collapse of the small-scale peasant economy, many years ago, a large number of middle- and lower-level samurai fell into the embarrassing situation of being on the verge of bankruptcy or already bankrupt.
There are countless bankrupt samurai who turned to the Yakuza just to earn a living.
Among them there are many outstanding talents with superb skills and even literary and military skills.
No one can tell how many top warriors the Qingshui clan has recruited over the years.
By the time the Qingshui clan completes their mobilization, Qingdeng will definitely not be able to attack his stronghold as he did last night.
God knows what kind of cruel revenge the Qingshui clan will take on Qingdeng next.
As Aoto's lover, Kinoshita Mai has 100% trust in Aoto's skills and abilities.
But... no matter how powerful Qingdeng is, he only has one pair of feet, one opponent, and one head...
One party has perfect organizational capabilities and thousands of manpower and material resources.
The other side has very few helpers and may still be working alone.
The gap in strength between the two sides is clear at a glance.
Thinking of this, Kinoshita Mai couldn't help biting her lip harder.
Between the slightly pale cheeks, joy and worry...the two emotions are beautifully mixed together.
At this time, Kiryu's call brought her consciousness back to reality.
"Young Master, please go down and rest first. I have something to say to Makimura now. Regarding Mr. Tachibana, we will discuss it in detail later."
Kinoshita Mai was startled, and immediately raised her eyes, casting a surprised look at Kiryu.
For Kinoshita Mai, she naturally hopes that Kiryu can put down all the work at hand as soon as possible and discuss with her "how to find Aoden who finally showed up" and many other matters.
However, Kiryu said, "We will talk about it in detail later"... This naturally made her feel puzzled.
However, she quickly sorted out her emotions.
In the eyes of Mai Kinoshita, Kiryu is an omnipotent superman.
No matter what happens, as long as you listen to Kiryu's instructions, everything will go smoothly. If you don't listen to him, something will go wrong.
Over time, Kinoshita Mai had absolute trust in Kiryu's words and deeds.
Moreover, in terms of the depth of his feelings for Aoto, Kiryu is not inferior to her.
Aomori was Kiryu's direct disciple who had spent decades finally finding him.
Kiryu must also want to find his beloved disciple as soon as possible.
He didn't do that...probably because he was going to have an extremely important secret conversation with Makimura next!
With this thought, Kinoshita Mai no longer felt awkward.
She quickly gathered her mind, suppressed the unhappiness in her heart, lowered her head and said "Yes, I understand", then walked quickly past Kiryu and Makimura and went straight to the back room.
After Kinoshita Mai's footsteps gradually faded away, Kiryu turned his attention back to Makimura.
"Makimura-kun, sit down."
Kiryu made a "please" gesture towards the empty seat next to him.
Makimura was not polite and sat down directly.
As soon as he sat down, he let out a long sigh.
"Alas...Mamiya, I really didn't expect that Edo would be in such a big mess just because I had been away for so long..."
Since there was no one else around, Makimura changed back to Kiryu's previous name, which was also his most commonly used vest name: Mamiya Kuro.
On the way back to Edo, Makimura had heard about the cause of "Aoto's disappearance" from others.
He also heard a little bit about the shocking incident that happened last night.
Kiryu smiled bitterly, and after saying "We'll talk about this later," he said seriously:
"Makimura-kun, did you gain anything from your trip to Yokohama?"
Seeing that Kiryu got straight to the point, Makimura didn't hesitate much and responded straight to the point:
"Mamiya, I found the manufacturing workshop of Genfusyo."
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There is a typhoon in Guangzhou... The wind is so strong today...
