Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 277 The Kanagawa Agreement

Yokohama Village, this is a small sandbar that can't be found on this time-space map, and there are only [-] fishermen on the sandbar right now.One of them is the Xiba family, who have lived here for five generations.

In the early morning of mid-September, the weather has become a bit cold.Before dawn, Xiba's wife got up and was about to make breakfast when someone knocked on the door of the house.

"Get up! Your lord has ordered you to gather at the entrance of the village!"

Officials like wolves and tigers knocked on the doors of each house to wake everyone up.Xiba was shaken awake by his wife in a daze, and when he heard that the official from the government office had arrived, he thought it wasn't time to collect taxes yet.

He drank a bowl of cold well water to rinse his mouth, and took half of the taro left over from last night and gnawed at random.The wife has already woken up the child, and the old parents also got up quickly.

When he brought his family to the empty field at the entrance of the village, he saw that all the villagers had gathered here under the reflection of dozens of torches.Xiba's family hurriedly found an open space and knelt down.

"My lord, everything is here."

"Well, let's read the order." The official immediately held his handkerchief to his nose, and looked at the ragged fishermen in front of him with some disgust.If it wasn't for the Pegasus Chuanshu from Edo, no matter what, he wouldn't have gotten up so early and ran to this sandbar.

"According to the order of the governor, this place has been requisitioned by the government. I will give you half a day, and everyone will immediately pack up their belongings and move to live on the other side of the river! Without an order, no one is allowed to cross the river!"

"Ah!" Xi Ba was taken aback.This, this is about to move!What about the old house that has lived for generations?
The village chief leaned down tremblingly, not even daring to lift his head, and said in a trembling voice, "Master, what should we do with our house?"

"The county will compensate you, [-] Wen per family!"

Come on, it would be nice to get some money!Although this little money will be taken away by the acting officials when taxes are collected, it is better to have money than to have nothing.Fortunately, the arable land of each family in the village is on the other side of the river. If they even occupy the arable land, everyone will have to drink the northwest wind next year.

"The head of the house, you have to take it away?" Back home, Xiba's wife asked, looking at the belongings in the house with tears in her eyes.

"Take them all, I don't know if I can come back." Xiba urged his wife while removing the door panel.The parents in the house also looked miserable, and they dug out the broken bowls and pots from the corners, and put them into the baggage.

At noon, the impatient deputy officials sent out officials from the office to urge them, and then hundreds of villagers reluctantly left the houses where they had lived for several generations, and waded across the icy river to the other side.

At this time, two officials came over and said to a group of villagers who didn't know what to do: "You! You! And you! Each family contributes a labor to build a fence by the river!"

"My lord, are you in charge of the food?"

"One rice ball per person."

As soon as these words came out, the men from all the families at the scene all got up and followed the official with their tools.By noon, a long wooden wall had been erected, except for a small gate, guarded by two officers.

Xiba and his old father happily returned to the tree where the family was resting, and took out a half-fist-sized brown rice ball from their arms, broke them apart and distributed them to the woman and son.After swallowing the rice balls in one gulp, the Xiba family started looking for wood and branches to build a hut for sleeping at night.

At noon, under the guidance of Uraga, who boarded the ship, the Raytheon moored in the sea far from Yokohama Village.

"Your Highness, please wait here for two days. We will build a guest house in Yokohama Village for you to go ashore and rest." Uraga, who was stationed in Edo and was lucky to escape the catastrophe, was named Hirotoku Murakami. It is a branch of Genji Murakami.

"No need. We don't have so much time to waste. You'd better get on the boat and talk. I've prepared the negotiation venue here." After that, Zhao Xin asked his subordinates to take Murakami Hirotoku to visit the meeting room.

Ding Guofeng and others walked away, and then said to Zhao Xin: "Are you really planning to learn from the Americans and negotiate with devils?"

"Then it depends on you?"

"Bombard Edo Castle and blow up Kudanzaka!"

"Brother, there is no shadow of the shrine at the moment. It was built after the Meiji era. We are here to reap the benefits, not to fight the war of annihilation. With only 3000 of us, when we enter Edo Castle, we will follow It’s like sprinkling pepper noodles, and it’s gone in a blink of an eye.”

Ding Guofeng said angrily: "You plan to let them go like this?"

Zhao Xin showed the expression of preparing to deceive people again, and said to Ding Guofeng with a smile: "How can we. We still have to support the Sendai clan, and the Tokugawa family can't fall. As for the puppet in Kyoto, who will dare to show up and shout in the future? What kind of honoring the king and fighting barbarians, hum! If the Tokugawa family doesn’t clean up, the people we have deployed in the island country will clean up secretly.”

Ding Guofeng looked at Zhao Xin and asked suspiciously, "How do you plan to deal with that puppet in Kyoto?"

"Don't worry. There are a lot of blood-related descendants of his family, but they all live in Kyoto, which is convenient. Don't worry, let's take our time, let Pingtai and the others sort out the blood relationship first, and then clean up one by one. , wait till the end, slap him to death! What kind of shit god's spokesperson!"

Hearing Zhao Xin confided his plan for the first time, Ding Guofeng's eyes lit up.

After a while, Hirotoku Murakami, who followed Jiuzang into the ship building to visit the conference room and lounge facilities, came back.He gave a deep salute to Zhao Xin, and then complimented: "It's really my luck to see the scenery of the kingdom of heaven today."

Zhao Xin smiled slightly and said, "What do you think, Your Excellency?"

"Unprecedented, extremely gorgeous!" Murakami Hirotoku first praised, and then changed the subject: "However, the passage in the building is too narrow, and the stairs are steep. Kiihou is old, and his legs and feet are inconvenient. I'm afraid it will be difficult."

When he entered the ship building just now, he found that whether it was the stairs or the walls, everything in the ship was made of steel. The modern furnishings made him dumbfounded.And the large glass windows in the conference room and lounge blinded him even more. He never expected that Beihai Town would be so extravagant.

Zhao Xin said: "Then it's on the deck." He pointed to the open space between the two D30 doors, and said to Murakami Hirotoku: "Set up a big tent here."

As soon as Hirotoku Murakami got on the boat, he saw the cannon with its gun coat removed, and thought to himself, is this a plan to coerce by force?He looked puzzled: "I need to ask the boss for instructions."

Zhao Xin sneered and said: "Your Excellency, go back and tell Ji Yihou that the red tape is unnecessary. I only give you two days. If Ji Yihou does not arrive, our troops will land in Shinagawa, and Nishiurahe's troops will also Attack north."

Murakami Hirotoku's complexion changed drastically, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he said in his heart that he should stop hitting him.

Seeing Zhao Xin chatting with the shogunate official for a long time, and the other party started to break out in cold sweat, Ding Guofeng couldn't help thinking: "Will the islanders build a memorial park for Zhao Xin in the future? This fact is worth looking forward to!"

On September 1786th, the sixth year of Tianming, the island country, that is, November 11, 3 in the Western calendar, Kiihou Tokugawa Harasada, the negotiator of the Tokugawa shogunate, arrived by boat with his staff.

When they heard that Beihai Town would send troops to Shinagawa to land in two days, everyone in the shogunate panicked.

Right now, the Great Imperial Palace is still awaiting burial, daimyos and emissaries from the imperial court are all in Edo, and the bombardment of Beihai town has made the Tokugawa shogunate lose face.Whether it's Tokugawa Jiaqi or Tokugawa Jiji, what they want is to send these plague gods away as soon as possible.

As for whether to fight hard or bow down to be a grandson in the future, we have to send Tokugawa Ieji's coffin to Ueno Kan'ei Temple for burial before we can say.

Considering the limited space on the deck, Zhao Xin took away two D30s the night before.When it was dawn, after a lot of work by the crowd, a large sky blue tent with an area of ​​[-] square meters appeared on the Thunder God.

There was a row of long tables in the tent, covered with snow-white tablecloths.On two separate tables, there were presents that Beihai Town was going to give to Tokugawa Jiaqi and Yiying bigwigs.

When Ding Guofeng saw the gifts on the table, he couldn't laugh or cry.He picked up a Transformer on the table, and said to Zhao Xin: "Why did you prepare this thing?"

"Tokugawa Jiaqi is only 13 years old, a child, slap and rub three times, coax him."

Ding Guofeng took the toy and checked it up, down, left, and right, and noticed that all the marks had been smeared off, so he was relieved.

Yes, Zhao Xin prepared a lot of toys for the new General Zhengyi.In addition to Transformers, there are remote control cars, a set of bulky toy trains, a set of simulation models of tanks and armored vehicles, a point-and-shoot camera and so on.The production marks on these toys have all been removed, and even the batteries used inside have been torn off the outer packaging.

As for the gifts prepared for Kiihou and other bigwigs in the shogunate, they are mainly briar pipes, pocket watches, retro spotting telescopes, reading glasses, calculators, windproof lighters and other things.

In addition, Zhao Xin also specially prepared silk, perfume, mirrors and several sets of women's skin care products for the young daughter-in-law of the Tokugawa family who had never been married and his biological mother Yu Fuzhifang.

So when Tokugawa Harasada was carried up the gangway by his subordinates and walked slowly into the tent, he was instantly dazzled by the dazzling array of gifts.

The old man was very curious and pointed at each one to ask how to use them, while Zhao Xin explained them one by one with a smile, and Ding Guofeng had no choice but to demonstrate them one by one.The accompanying young warriors watched Ding Guofeng's every movement intently, and kept recording them in the booklet.

Waiting for the introduction of the gifts from Beihai Town, the shogunate took out their own gifts - one hundred taels of rice (60 kg a tael), fifty urns of sake, ten sets of samurai swords made by famous craftsmen from the island country, including swords and samurai swords. Difference.

Originally, the shogunate prepared twenty sumo wrestlers who were tall and powerful to carry the rice, in order to deter Zhao Xin, don't think that there is no one in the island country.But when these guys wearing only loincloths walked up the gangway carrying rice bags, their hands and feet were all weak, and they lost all momentum.

"Oh, horned warriors." Zhao Xin smiled lightly, and said to Tokugawa Jizhen: "It is said in "Historical Records" that Chiyou's head has horns, and the head of the Yellow Emperor uses horns to reach people. Today Jizhou is Chiyou Opera. Unexpectedly, Han The customs of the Tang Dynasty have been inherited by your country."

"Clothing Tang system, rites and music Han monarchs and ministers. It made you laugh. If His Highness is not too urgent, you can also taste 'Silver Urn (sounds the same as bamboo) new wine, golden saber carp brocade scales.'" Tokugawa Ji Zhen looked at Zhao Xin, and said lightly: "However, His Royal Highness Zhao's clothes are very similar to Yang Yi's clothes."

The old man's words contained a gun and a stick, which means that we are the ones who follow the orthodoxy of Chinese rituals and music, and you, the so-called "King Zhao" of the pre-Ming Dynasty, are already barbarians.If you have a chance in another day, you must have a taste of our "Golden Knife".

Zhao Xin smiled slightly after hearing this.He and Ding Guofeng still wore the same white captain's uniform today, looking very tall and handsome.If you really want to give him the robes of the vassals of the Ming Dynasty, even if he knows how to wear them, he doesn't know how to behave, which might make him even more embarrassing.

As for the sailors on the Thor, they all wear white sailor uniforms, and the soldiers wear dark green combat camouflage suits with steel helmets on their heads.In order to express "welcome" to the official shogunate, the soldiers of Beihai Town on the deck all wear short guns today, while on the compass deck on both wings of the cockpit, a security team composed of eight soldiers, holding long guns, closely monitors the deck and closes the ship. Every move of the islanders.

After the two parties were seated, Zhao Xin spoke first.

"Let me first declare that Beihai Town fully supports the Tokugawa shogunate's rule over the island country. If any foreign forces invade the island country, if the shogunate makes a request, Beihai Town will send troops to fight against it."

Tokugawa Harasada stared at Zhao Xin expressionlessly, and said to himself, stop talking nonsense!Get down to business now.

Then, Zhao Xin took out the content of the agreement in Beihai Town.The main thing is to open up trade, set up commercial halls in Kanagawa and Ishinomaki ports for trade, the shogunate gave up its appeal to Ezo, and allowed currency exchange between Beihai Town and the island country.

In addition, Beihai Town will not export Chechidan religion to the island country; when the shogunate encounters foreign aggression, Beihai Town will appropriately send troops to coordinate defense; in a disaster year, Beihai Town will sell grain to the shogunate at a preferential price.

"Can you also sell the iron cannons and big cylinders in Beihai Town?"

"Yes. We can provide coastal long-range artillery."

"Can you hit twenty miles?"

"Well, twenty miles is probably enough, ten miles is still guaranteed."

Tokugawa Zhishin said it was true.However, being able to shoot ten miles is already farther than the existing large barrels, so let's take it step by step.

Zhao Xin asked Jiu Cang and Ding Guofeng to entangle with the officials in charge of specific negotiations, while he chatted with Tokugawa Harasada in a non-conforming manner.

"Is Kiihou not in good health?"

"As I get older, this old bone is getting worse day by day."

"Does Ji Yihou usually feel sore all over, has no strength, and sometimes his heart hurts?"

"His Royal Highness still understands medical skills?"

"I understand a little bit." Zhao Xin continued with a slight smile, "I guess Ji Yihou is never tired of eclipses."

"It's just rough tea and light rice."

Zhao Xinxin said that the tofu, small fish, and pickled radish miso soup are quite rough every day, but eating polished rice for three meals a day, a typical lack of vitamin B1!

"I have medicine here, which can cure Kiihou's condition."

Tokugawa Harasada's eyes lit up, staring at Zhao Xin's eyes and saying, "Really?"

By the way, who doesn't want to live a few more years!But right now, there are many public officials and scholar-bureaucrats in island countries who suffer from beriberi. If they eat too much polished rice, they will become weak and weak for a long time, and the ball will eventually die. There is no cure for it.

As soon as Zhao Xin thought about it, there was an extra bottle of vitamin B1 in his hand.

"One tablet each in the morning and evening, to ensure that the medicine will cure the disease."

"What kind of medicine is this?" Tokugawa Harasada asked, looking at the white bottle in Zhao Xin's hand.

"This is the secret medicine made by Mr. Hong, the person in charge of my Beihai Medical Center. It is extremely effective." After Zhao Xin finished speaking, he opened the bottle cap and casually poured out a few pills, seeing the other party's doubtful expression.

Tokugawa Harasada saw that the white pills in the other party's hands were of normal size, and was about to ask again, only to hear Zhao Xin say, "Ji Yihou just point to a pill."

Tokugawa Harasada didn't know what he meant, he hesitated and pointed, and then saw Zhao Xin pinch the pill and put it in his mouth, then picked up the water glass and took a sip.

"This!" Tokugawa Harasada was stunned for a moment.

Zhao Xin smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's non-toxic and harmless. I've heard that Ji Yihou is a kind-hearted man, known as 'Jizhou Qilin', and I admire him very much. Therefore, he gave me the secret medicine of Beihai Town."

After hearing this, Tokugawa Harasada couldn't help but be greatly moved. He didn't expect Zhao Xin to try the medicine himself.Island medicine originated from traditional Chinese medicine, and the "Zhou Li" clearly puts forward the saying of "gathering chronic poisons for medical purposes", which is the principle that medicine is divided into three parts.

"I have written down your Highness's wishes, I am very grateful!" Tokugawa Harasada took the medicine bottle from Zhao Xin and put it in his arms.

It's private, but it's still a matter of every penny at the negotiating table.

After two days of quarreling, under the deterrence of Beihai Town's powerful force, Tokugawa Harasada and several other officials had to sign the revised agreement on behalf of the shogunate.

In the full name of the "Island Country Beihai Town Peace Treaty", the shogunate agreed to give up its appeal to Ezo; it agreed that Beihai Town opened a store and warehouse in Ishinomaki Port of Sendai Fan and Kanagawa, and traded with designated merchants; but for currency The issue of the exchange has not yet been clarified and will be resolved at a later date.

In order to avoid contact between the nationals of the country and foreigners, the area of ​​the Ishinomaki port trading house was designated in Togahama, Miyado Island, while the trading house area of ​​Kanagawa was designated in Yokohama Village, which is the original home of the villagers of Kihachi. residence.The area of ​​the two shops is Tocho-machi.

According to the "Shogun Law" promulgated by the Tokugawa shogunate, at this time one town is equal to one hundred mu, and the area is 993 square meters, which is nearly one square kilometer.

In the agreement, Beihai Town also promised to fully support the rule of the shogunate and abide by the local laws of the island country.As a country governed by the Han people, Beihai Township will guarantee not to spread Chietchidan thought to the island nation.

Regarding the responsibility of the Hagi clan in the "Susa Tang Ship Incident" 60 years ago, the shogunate compensated Beihai Town with 5 taels of gold.As for Beihai Town's bombardment of Shinagawa, which caused riots in Edo, Beihai Town will provide the shogunate with 20 taels of rice as compensation.

As an additional clause outside the agreement, Tokugawa Harasada agreed on behalf of the shogunate that he would not hold the Sendai clan accountable and would not deal with Sendai Houyida Shigemura.

In addition, what is signed this time is only a draft agreement, and the official text will be exchanged on May [-], the seventh year of Tianming, next year.During this period, the shogunate will send people to tidy up the commercial hall area, level the land, and set up customs, waiting for the arrival of Beihai Town personnel after the spring of the next year.

A group of shogunate officials were puzzled as to why Zhao Xin had to choose May [-] to sign the formal agreement. Zhao Xin then prevaricated by saying that day was a good day.

But when Ding Guofeng asked about it in private, Zhao Xin said calmly: "Because that day is July 7th in the Gregorian calendar."

　Note: In the universe of this work, the export price of rice in the United States is only 20 cents a catty, and the total of 400 taels of rice is more than 165 million; and the compensation paid by the shogunate is a 52-gram piece of Genroku Dakanjin. [-]%.Just for this item alone, Zhao Xin earned nearly ten times.

　　
　
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