Chapter 783 The Shinsengumi has guns! M1861 rifle and Parrott rifled cannon! 5000
Those who have money provide money, those who have grain provide grain, and those who have animal power provide animal power.
These are just the merchants who openly expressed their support for Qingdeng.
There are also many businesses that secretly provide obscure assistance to Qingdeng.
These famous businessmen all donated generously to the same person... Such a scene was rare and amazing!
Of course, whether they are the giant businessmen in Osaka or other merchants in other places, they are not directly subordinate to Calabash House after all, and there is no relationship between "command" and "commanded" between them.
The two parties are just partners with "deep friendship".
Calabash House is indeed kind to them, but if they abuse this kindness, it will only be counterproductive.
No matter how much face Kinoshita Rin has, she can't force them to destroy their families to help out the trouble, and support Qingteng by selling everything they have.
Therefore, they can only help Qingdeng as much as possible under the premise of "not affecting their own business conditions".
After all, such assistance will not last long and last.
If all these businesses are like Gourdiya and support Aotobu without any limit... then Aotobu will probably become the most powerful and powerful daimyo in Japan!
With this terrifying material advantage, not only the whole of Japan, but also the entire Gyeonggi Province can be conquered!
All in all, the main supporter of Qinjin Fan is still Huluwu itself.
In addition to "investment", Huluwu also operates food, wine and other businesses.
According to the boss of Kiryu, the early Calabash House made a living by selling grain.
Japan under the Edo shogunate implemented the rice standard.
Rice standard - that is, a currency system with rice as the standard currency. The currency value of each unit is equivalent to a certain weight of rice.
In other words, selling rice in the Edo period is equivalent to selling gold in modern times!
One can imagine the transcendence of his status.
It may not be the most profitable profession, but it is definitely the most stable, with the most status and energy!
Calabash House itself has accumulated considerable wealth by relying solely on the business of "selling grain".
Following Kinoshita Rin's order, the entire gourd house was like a precision machine suddenly started, running quickly and orderly!
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Osaka——
The headquarters of Huluya is located in southern Osaka near the harbor.
The air is filled with the salty smell of sea water.
The calls of seabirds fade in and out.
The bland architectural style and unpretentious decoration style are very consistent with the low-key style of Calabash House.
Black roof tiles, diamond-patterned walls... At first glance, it looks like an ordinary landlord's compound.
Today, Kinoshita Rin held a high-level meeting.
In the tea room at the deepest part of the mansion, the core cadres of Calabash House gathered together.
Kinoshita Rin, who was sitting on the main seat, was still wearing the same black dress with gold trim and elegant fur sleeves.
Mai Kinoshita, dressed in red, sat beside her.
As for Qingdeng, he sat side by side with her.
Just by looking at the seating arrangement, one can see how much Kinoshita Rin values her granddaughter and grandson-in-law.
Boss Kiryu, Shichirobe Asai, Katsuroku Shimada, Yoshiki Mogami...the core cadres of Calabash House sat below them in order according to their status.
"As an old woman, I don't want to talk too much."
Kinoshita Rin went straight to the point.
The powerful and steady voice dominated the entire tea room, reaching the ears of everyone present clearly.
"'In order to completely annihilate the Fa Zun Party, we will provide unlimited support to Qinjin Fan' - this is not a vague joke, but a strategy that is about to be implemented!"
"It's going to be very busy next time, I'd like to thank you all."
"First of all, we need to open the granary and provide Qinjin Fan with sufficient food and grass! To ensure the stability of their country!"
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Osaka, a warehouse area near the port——
"Open all the granaries! Quick! Move quickly! Don't wait too long!"
The transportation team, composed of strong men and pack horses, rushed towards the checkerboard-like warehouse group.
The heavy iron chains and strong door locks were removed.
Accompanied by the crisp sound of "ka ka ka", the heavy doors were slowly pushed open, revealing the scene inside the warehouse - mountains of rice warriors.
The so-called "rice barrel" is a unique Japanese container for transporting and storing rice. It is actually a wooden barrel covered with a layer of straw straw.
Japan's maritime monsoon climate brings difficulties to rice storage. Rice is prone to moisture and mildew. Covering the barrel with straw enhances the airtightness. At the same time, the straw absorbs water well, ensuring the dryness of the rice in the barrel and prolonging storage.
time.
Therefore, the convenient and easy-to-use rice container has become the most popular rice storage container in Japan.
"Don't be stunned! Load all this food into the car quickly!"
The strong men rushed forward and launched an attack on the mountainous "Mishan" in front of them.
These rice warriors were loaded onto the carriage one by one.
As soon as the carriage was filled, they set off immediately, heading north directly to Qinjin Fan.
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"Qinjin Fan urgently needs massive funds to promote various projects. Therefore, after opening the rice warehouse, we have to open the treasury!"
Calabash House Headquarters, Accounting Room——
Ta,ta,ta,ta,ta,ta,ta,ta,ta...
Wow, Wow, Wow, Wow, Wow, Wow...
The sounds of tapping the abacus and flipping the account books... they formed an overwhelming sound barrier, adding a tense and urgent atmosphere to the accounting room.
Looking around, every accountant on the scene is immersed in front of the case and working meticulously and seriously.
"I've already done the statistics here!"
"You made a mistake here! Calculate again!"
"The balance of vault B is 89,342 taels of gold! It can't be wrong. I have confirmed it many times!"
"Okay! Empty vault B! Not even a single copper coin will be left!"
The huge task pressure leaves these accountants with no time to breathe.
Many people have injured their fingers and tendon sheaths by fiddling with abacus for a long time. They can only wear plasters and continue to work hard.
At the same time, countless people were coming in and out of various vaults.
They carried heavy lacquer boxes in their arms and hurried back and forth.
While transporting these lacquer boxes, someone walked too fast and stepped on the hem of the hakama and fell. The wooden box in his arms drew a standard parabola in mid-air and flew a long distance.
There was a crash. The contents of the lacquer box poured out.
In an instant, the golden luster illuminated the surrounding environment, and the smell of metal wafted in the air.
It’s a big award!
The things poured out from the box are golden gold!
[Note: Large gold award: 1 small gold award = 1 tael of gold. 1 large award gold = 10 taels of gold. ]
Rough calculation, there are at least 100 pieces!
"Hey! Be careful!"
"Yes, sorry!"
"You all pay my attention! Don't think about what you shouldn't have! If I find out that you have stolen money, what awaits you will be unparalleled regret! You will deeply understand what it means to regret.
'!"
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"Whether it is cultivating fields or building bastions, a large amount of animal power is required for support. Therefore, in addition to money and food, we must provide animal power as much as possible!"
Koshu, a certain racecourse——
The horses neighed one after another.
“Bah! Bah! Bah!”
"Be good! Be obedient!"
"Dodo doo doo doo doo...Okay, it's calmed down. When the horse gets mad, you can't act recklessly, otherwise it will be counterproductive. You have to hold the reins tightly and whisper 'do doo doo' repeatedly,
In this way, it will be restored to its original state very quickly.”
"Yes! I know!"
There are no native donkeys in Japan, so naturally there are no mules that are hybrids of horses and donkeys.
Therefore, in addition to cattle, the most mainstream animal power in ancient Japan was the native pony.
Although Japan's native horses are all short, no matter how short they are, they are still horses, possessing strength and speed that humans cannot match.
Looking around, countless horses were led out of the stables and galloped in the wilderness... This scene was so spectacular.
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"An Yi intends to establish a firearms force. This is a very correct idea! In today's world, swords and swords have become outdated! Jiaqing, you are responsible for contacting Mr. Smith in the United States and tell him: I intend to deepen our relationship with him.
Correspondence. Now deliver the inventory in the arsenal to Qinjin Fan!"
Another warehouse was opened.
Compared with the granary, the security level of the arsenal is undoubtedly much higher.
"Be careful! These are gunpowder!"
"Well...it's so heavy! Hey! Come with a few more people! We can't move such a heavy thing!"
"What is this? Why is it so heavy? Could it be a cannon?"
"Shh! Don't ask any more questions!"
The strong men carefully moved the large wooden boxes out of the warehouse.
At this time, suddenly, someone accidentally stepped on the air with his left foot and fell down.
The moment of imbalance prevented the others from reacting. The large wooden box they were carrying fell to the ground, the wooden lid flew out, and the contents inside rolled out.
The first thing that catches the eye is the dry straw.
But if you look closely, you can find shiny, brand-new rifles among these straw piles!
These guns are all advanced rifles that are currently making a splash in the American Civil War - the Springfield M1861 rifle!
The gun is a muzzle-loading rifled striker.
It is characterized by the use of minie bullets and flash caps.
Previously, all mainstream rifles in European countries were smoothbore guns, which had poor shooting accuracy and caused bullets to fly randomly from dozens of meters away.
The M1861 rifle can adopt a rifled structure after using Minie bullets. The accuracy of the bullets after firing is higher, especially the range is greatly improved.
The diameter of the cone-shaped bullet of the minie bullet is slightly smaller than the diameter of the gun bore, which makes loading of the muzzle-loading gun very convenient.
When using this kind of bullet, you need to bite open the paper package of the minie bullet and load the gunpowder and warhead respectively.
Loading a muzzle-loading gun is relatively troublesome, but it is much faster than the old-fashioned muzzle-loading gun.
In addition, the M1861 rifle uses a flash cap to fire, which is an upgrade compared to the flintlock rifle.
The failure rate of flintlock guns is relatively high, and even the best guns have a failure rate of one in ten.
For the M1861 rifle, the scale range is 500 meters, the relatively accurate range is directly increased to 200 meters, and it can fire 3 rounds per minute.
The old musket has a maximum range of about 200 meters, but soldiers can rarely accurately hit any target beyond 80 meters.
"Idiot! What do you do for food? Why can't you even move a box?!"
"No, I'm very sorry!"
They hurriedly cleaned up, stuffed the fallen rifles back into the boxes, and then hurriedly carried them away.
Europe and the United States in the 19th century were in a state of "full of vitality and all things competing", and the monster called "capitalism" was growing wildly.
To put it simply, their market is in a wild state of "order within chaos, chaos within order; both chaotic and organized".
As long as you have that kind of money, you can buy almost anything you want in the market.
Therefore, if there is such a way, it is not difficult to buy guns.
Not only can you buy it, but if your purchase volume is large enough, the store opposite may offer express delivery and free shipping.
In order to fight against the law-killing party, Huluwu will naturally not let go of firearms, a major killer weapon.
Under Kinoshita Lin's instructions, Calabash House's purchasing ideas are very clear. They do not engage in "IWC brands".
Whether it's muskets or cannons, they all focus on one product.
For muskets, I only buy M1861 rifles.
As for artillery, we only purchased the very advanced field artillery nowadays: the 10-pounder Parrott rifled gun.
This gun also showed great power in the current Civil War. Both the North and the South equipped this gun on a large scale, with the number exceeding 700.
This artillery has a caliber of 76 mm and a shell weight of 4.5 kg. It is no longer a round shell.
The biggest feature of the Parrott rifled gun is that it uses a rifled bore instead of a smooth bore.
After the cannonball is fired, the warhead expands under the action of gunpowder gas and embeds into the rifling to rotate the cannonball, greatly improving the accuracy and extending the range.
The theoretical maximum range of the Parrott rifled gun is over 4,000 meters, and the actual combat range is also about 2,000 meters.
The inventory of Calabash House is not very large.
They can currently provide only 200 M1861 rifles to Qinjin Fan immediately.
As for Parrott rifled guns, there were only 5 of them.
Although the number was small, it finally allowed Qingdeng to get rid of the dilemma of "having no firearms"!
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Kinoshita Rin methodically gave precise instructions.
Boss Kiryu and others listened carefully.
Those given a specific assignment - such as the Supreme Being who was asked to contact Mr. Smith in the United States - would stand up and say "yes."
After finishing speaking, she slowly turned her head and looked at Qingdeng beside her.
"An Yi."
The sudden roll call made Qingdeng straighten his back subconsciously and follow the call.
"I am an old woman who is extremely benevolent and has done everything I can. From now on... it all depends on your performance."
"I will not tell you what to do, let alone interfere in Qinjin Fan's internal affairs."
"Even with my full support, if you still fail to make some immediate achievements, I will be angry."
"In short, let's give Qinjin Fan a new look as soon as possible."
Speaking of this, Kinoshita Lin paused.
Suddenly, she curved the corners of her mouth and put on a semi-joking tone:
"I'm looking forward to it... looking forward to Qinjin Fan becoming a powerful country that is not afraid of any force!"
After hearing this, Qingdeng smiled slightly, and then said impassionedly:
"Grandma, please look forward to it. What I am best at is exceeding other people's expectations!"
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On the outskirts of Kyoto, Iwakura Village, the retreat of Iwakura Tomomi——
Iwakura Tomoshi: "..."
Katsura Kogoro: "..."
The two sat facing each other.
Big eyes stared at small eyes, their eyes met, and no one spoke.
Iwakura sat with his body crooked, holding a pipe in his mouth, puffing away smoke.
For a moment, he suddenly grinned, as if he was talking to Katsura Kogoro in front of him, or talking to himself, and he said quietly:
"I seem to be too arrogant..."
"Although I hate to admit it, I really underestimate Tachibana Aoden..."
"This guy... is such a monster!"
When he said this, he suddenly pulled down his face, and his expression became extremely solemn and terrifying.
"How on earth did he do it...?!"
"Why can he persuade the big businessmen in Osaka to fund him...?!"
"Damn it...! My chessboard has been disrupted again...!"
Katsura Kogoro didn't say a word, just remained silent, allowing Iwakura Tomomi to curse and vent.
After about 5 minutes, Iwakura Tomomi gradually stopped talking and his mood gradually calmed down.
After a while, he slowly raised his gaze and stared directly at Katsura Kogoro.
The violent look on his face has faded.
Instead, there was a cheerful and bright expression.
"Mr. Gui, I am now somewhat interested in your proposal of 'secret cooperation between the imperial court and Changzhou'."
"..."
Katsura Kogoro still didn't speak.
However, the slightly upturned corners of his lips had revealed his true inner emotions.
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Satsuma Domain Residence——
Saigo Kinnosuke stood upright on the verandah, with his hands behind his hands, facing the bright sunshine and looking up at the courtyard scenery with great interest.
Suddenly, Komatsu appeared behind him with a knife.
"Saigo-kun, the Tosa samurai who calls himself 'Sakamoto Ryoma' is here again."
"He strongly claimed that 'Only by realizing the Satsuma Alliance and working together to overthrow the Edo shogunate can Japan have a glorious future."
Saigo Kinosuke raised his eyebrows:
"'Japan'? Ha, what a strange guy..."
As he spoke, he looked up at the boundless sky.
"...Komatsu-kun, drive him away. I have no need to see him right now."
Xiaosong narrowed his eyes with the knife and laughed dumbly:
"'Temporarily'...Okay, I understand."
After saying that, he bowed and then retreated into the far corner of the corridor in three steps and two steps at a time.
Saigo Kinosuke withdrew his gaze from the other party and looked into the distance.
After a while, he whispered softly at a volume that only he could hear clearly:
"'Sa Zhang Alliance'... It's not the best time to join forces yet..."
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