The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 648 Edo Treaty
At this time, the shogunate is facing a very embarrassing situation, which cannot be defeated or escaped.In the eyes of the shogunate, the entire fleet of Austria was like a black iron fortress, and it was impossible to start.

But what really made them desperate was a typhoon that blew up the day before. A rare typhoon swept over Edo Bay, and the townspeople of the entire Edo Castle were complaining about the terrible weather.

But in the palace in the city, Masahiro Abe danced like crazy.

"God help me too! Kamikaze is coming! Kamikaze is coming! Zhi Nadu Bigu! Bless your people!"

(Zina is older than the ancients, and the name of the wind god is taboo.)
At first, the warriors in the city thought that the chief old man was crazy, but soon they understood the situation and joined the crazy team.

It was night, and the lights in Edo Castle were kept on all night, singing and dancing continued all night, and people celebrated this hard-won victory with cups and cups.

The next day, early morning.

When the typhoon passed through, Edo City was in a mess, but the top officials of the shogunate were not in the mood to organize disaster relief. They couldn't wait to enter the cage and wanted to go to the beach to find out.

(The so-called driving cage is a Japanese sedan chair, but the space in the driving cage is extremely small, and only one person can sit cross-legged. Compared with a means of transportation, it is more like a torture tool.)
Kamikaze has an extremely sacred position in the hearts of the Japanese. The Mongol Empire once swept across the Eurasian continent, but it suffered a disastrous defeat when it conquered Japan. ).

It's not that the Japanese are better at fighting than the Mongols at this time, or that they are more tenacious than the Mamluks, but that a sudden typhoon directly killed the entire Mongolian fleet, and nearly a thousand warships were wiped out in the blink of an eye.

However, in the eyes of the Mongols at that time, the word failure did not exist. After completely annihilating the resistance forces of the Central Plains Dynasty, they sent a large army to attack Japan again.

With the help of the Song Dynasty Navy this time, the Mongolian Navy is stronger than ever, but it encountered another typhoon the day before it was about to land in Honshu.
The appearance of "Kamikaze" twice made Japan have a deep affection for this word.

It's just that this time their Fengshen couldn't shake the Black Iron City in front of them, and the Austrian Imperial Navy fleet still stood in Edo Bay.

For Friedrich and the Austrian Imperial Navy, the storm in Japan is indeed not small, but compared with the murderous waves at the Cape of Good Hope, it can only be regarded as a breeze.

"Master Fengshen! Lord Fengshen! Lord Fengshen! I am not reconciled! How could this happen."

At this time, a group of shogunate officials roared almost in despair, and some even prepared to use Wakizashi to cut seppuku.

At this time Masahiro Abe suddenly shouted.

"It must be God's will! Japan is destined to open trade to Austria!"

The people around were a little confused at first, but when they thought of the undefeated legend of "Kamikaze", they immediately understood everything.

That's right, Japan didn't lose, they were just following Fengshen-sama's instructions.

If the founding of the country made Japan prosperous, it would be the credit of those who followed the oracle, and if foreign forces invaded Japan and caused the country to decline, then it would be the fault of the evil gods!

After clarifying the responsibilities, the elders of the shogunate unanimously decided to open trade to Austria.

At the negotiating table, the traitorous speed of these shogunate officials was jaw-dropping.This time, the diplomats brought by Friedrich have all been in Southeast Asia for a long time.

Therefore, they all consciously know Asians very well, and each of them is asking for the price, waiting for the other party to pay back the money.

As a result, the shogunate officials readily agreed to all of them, making the Austrian diplomats feel that there must be some kind of conspiracy.

Friedrich really wanted to fight Japan, after all, he fought very well in the war against Vietnam before.

After hundreds of years of stable development, Edo City in Japan has many more wooden buildings than Hue City.

It's just that he didn't wait for the challenge from the Japanese navy, but the fully open Edo Bay and a concession under construction.

"It's so boring, can't they resist a little bit?"

Friedrich is obviously more interested in war, but now Austria is also very embarrassed, the strong can't fight, and the weak dare not fight Austria.

"Grand Duke Friedrich, you should be grateful that the shogunate made the right choice. Because they successfully protected those important 'commodities' of the Austrian Empire."

Kagura's answer made Friedrich feel bored, so he stopped talking.

At this time, Princess Sneka felt a little puzzled, so she asked.

"The 'slaves' needed by the Austrian Empire can be purchased from the Oman Empire. In terms of the friendship between the two countries, my father will definitely give a very favorable price."

Princess Sneka inadvertently exposed her small thoughts. She wanted to fight for more benefits for the Oman Empire. After all, the black slaves in East Africa were one of the top products of their country.

It's just that Franz doesn't want black slaves, and the Austrian Empire doesn't allow such things as buying and selling black slaves.

Taking a step back, Austria at this time occupied a large area of ​​Tanzania in later generations.Even if the Oman Empire wanted slave hunting, it needed the consent of the Austrians, and the latter could capture black slaves on their own land if they wanted them.

The Treaty of Edo was formally signed, as follows:
1. Japan is completely open to the Austrian Empire, and Austrians enjoy the freedom to do business, travel freely, study freely, and preach freely in Japan.

2. Open thirteen exclusive treaty ports, including Edo, Nagasaki, Osaka, Satsuma, Changzhou, Aizu, Tosa, Hokkaido, etc.
3. Negotiate tariffs. The shogunate and the vassals have no right to unilaterally set tariffs and must negotiate with the Austrian Empire, which has a veto power.

There are ten items in total.

In addition, in the additional terms, the Austrian Empire will unilaterally conduct tribute trade with the shogunate every year.The shogunate was allowed to use labor as currency in the tribute trade.

At the same time, if any European and American powers or companies under their names want to use force to open the door of Japan, the Austrian Empire should declare war on them within one year to protect Japan's independence.

Afterwards, Friedrich's fleet arrived in Satsuma. The lord Shimadzu Qixing hated foreigners extremely, but he had to go out of the city to greet them in person because of the power of the Austrian navy fleet.

This time Friedrich wanted to go ashore for fun, so he found the sedan chair looted in Hue from the warehouse.

The sedan chair is made of gold and jade, which can be described as extremely luxurious, after all, it used to be the sedan chair of the king of Vietnam.

The bearers were the native Hawaiians who had just surrendered. These natives had never known that war had the option of surrender until they encountered the Austrians.

In fact, in previous wars between tribes, the loser would be honorably eaten instead of being treated as a slave, or let the tiger go back to the mountain.

The natives were grateful that Friedrich didn't order them to be eaten, and they were actually very afraid of this weak-looking "little man".

For those warriors more fearsome than they are awed by it, and even subdue those terrible black beasts.

Native Hawaiians at the time believed that boats were some kind of living thing.

In this way, Friedrich walked out of the City of Steel while sitting and being carried by eight men who looked as strong as "The Rock" Johnson. Shimadzu Qixing, who was still talking harshly before he came, was worse than his son. Frightened to shit and pee.

("The Rock" Johnson is actually descended from Polynesians.)
"Master Slick! Don't eat me! Mr. Slick! Don't eat me! Mr. Slick! Don't eat me!"

Seeing the virtuous behavior of the king, the heads of the other attendants lowered.They completely connected Friedrich and his party with the Night Walk of the Ghosts.

In contrast, Shimadzu Qixing's son Shimadzu Qibin is much better than him. After seeing the Austrian fleet in Edo, he immediately returned home to think about countermeasures.

Shimadzu Qibin, as a master of orchidism in Japan at that time, was the one who was most impacted by the Austrian fleet.Because before he thought that the most advanced country in the world was the Netherlands, he has been seeking to imitate the Netherlands to establish a new army and school.

However, the emergence of the Austrian Imperial Navy made Shimadzu Qibin realize that he was just a fool. Even if the entire Japanese Dutch was transformed, it would be impossible to defeat this powerful enemy in front of him.

After thinking hard to no avail, he picked up a brush that had not been used for a long time, and wrote the name of the Great Austrian Empire over and over on the rice paper.

Soon Shimadzu Qibin discovered something strange, big, Austrian, land, and benefit?

So he hurriedly found a Dutch scholar who was close to him, and asked what the ruler of the Austrian Empire liked to do?
The Dutch scholar adjusted his glasses, took out a notebook and flipped through it pretendingly.

"Oh, here. That's what the Habsburgs say.

'Bella geran talii, tu felix Austria nube, Nam quae Mars aliis, dattibi regna Venus. '

If translating into your language means letting someone else go to war, you, lucky Austria, go get married!What the god of war can give you, the god of love can also give you.

In other words, what you can understand means that they like to marry, and then"

Shimadzu Qibin didn't wait for the Dutch scholar to finish speaking, he clapped his hands and said, "Great! I have a solution!"

Looking at the back of Shimadzu Qibin leaving in a hurry, the Dutch scholar muttered.

"I'm not finished yet."

Friedrich wandered around the city aimlessly, looking a bit bored.

After all, at this time, he seemed to be a real "ghost" entering the "village". The townspeople in the city hid at home, and then blocked all kinds of gods and Buddhas at the door to silently chant scriptures and kowtow, in order not to be caught by "ghosts" Go eat it."

At this time, a Japanese standing with a sword suddenly appeared, and Friedrich immediately became interested and wanted to find out.

Several retainers loyal to Shimadzu Qibin hoped to take the young master away so that he could avoid the fate of being eaten by "evil ghosts".

However, Shimadzu Qibin didn't appreciate it, pushed away the retainers who blocked him, and walked towards Friedrich's team.

Qibin Shimadzu said a lot to Friedrich in Dutch with a very strong Kagoshima dialect under a very nervous situation, but no one could understand it.

Friedrich looked at Kagura behind him, who could only get out of the carriage and walk in front of Qibin Shimadzu.

"My lord, you might as well use Japanese, your Dutch is not very good, and they speak German."

Shimadzu Qibin was not too scared when he saw those strong men who were as strong as evil ghosts, but he was shocked when he saw Kagura, the priestess.

In fact, Shimadzu Qibin thought of a good way to marry his adopted daughter to the Austrian state, but what he didn't know was that the Austrian Empire was monogamous.

Of course, Shimadzu Qibin became even more excited after knowing this. He tried his best to facilitate the marriage, so that the status of the Satsuma domain in Japan would be further consolidated, and he would not even have to look at the face of the shogunate to live.

The accompanying Austrian officials thought it was outrageous, but Friedrich thought it was a good proposal. After all, he could marry an Arab for the sake of his family, and Franz might also marry an Asian.

As long as there is a royal status and it is beneficial to the empire, so be it!In fact, Friedrich wanted to see how Franz would react.

Kagura made another suggestion, because at this time the Austrian royal family did not have a prince (grand duke) of the right age, so they could first enter the Austrian Imperial Women's Academy to study.

Shimadzu Qibin took it for granted that this so-called Royal Women's Academy was a "big o'o", so he naturally agreed.

(Dao Oku was the residence of the Tokugawa shogun's biological mother, children, main room (Royal Office), side rooms and female officials (called "Oku Girls' High School") in the Edo period of Japan.

Another meaning of Ooku refers to the "harem" of the Tokugawa shogunate, that is, the place where the maids and concubines live.

In Da'ao, all men are not allowed to enter except generals.All the maids from the first wife to the bottom are all beautiful women. )
The person chosen by Shimadzu Qibin is the famous Atsuhime (also known as Princess Yoichi) in history, who was considered one of the few female politicians in the late Bakumura period.

Japanese historians highly praised her as one of the greatest women in Japan's modern history, and have always described her as an outstanding woman who is beautiful, intelligent, far-sighted, resourceful and decisive.

Although the photos in her old age are ugly, according to legend, she was known for her beauty and wisdom when she was a girl.

(This book is described according to the legend.)
Atsuhime's appearance is ignored, but her courage alone is admirable. Those Japanese warriors who usually show off their might will flee when they see Friedrich and his party.

Du Ji just followed the team naturally, she neither cried nor made a fuss, even if she was going to leave her hometown thousands of miles away, she would not waver.

This is the first time Kagura admires Japanese women other than herself, but she will not pity such people, because everything is for "justice".

Friedrich's last stop was Changzhou. I have to say that Maori's level of respect for relatives is better than that of Shimadzu Qixing (Shimadzu Qibin's father) who is next door.

Instead of showing the ugly appearance of feces and urine, Friedrich appreciated the integrity of the armored men.

Maori Jingqin invited Friedrich to watch the traditional Japanese wrestling performance in the formation, but Friedrich said he couldn't understand.

(The Japanese traditional wrestling performance is not grand sumo wrestling, but a kind of performance wrestling that will cause embarrassment and cancer)

The latter took out the Hungarian specialty wine "Bull's Blood" and asked the former to taste it. The Japanese daimyo was shocked, but he still held back and drank it.

The bull's blood at that time was not a gimmick, but was really mixed with bull's blood. One can imagine the momentum of this wine.

But Maori Jingqin still gritted his teeth and drank it. After all, he had never heard of anyone in Japan who dared to be rude in front of the Austrian Imperial Army.

After that, Maori Jingqin brought his grand sumo wrestlers to compete with Austrian naval soldiers, and Friedrich let his soldiers fight and dance with those Changzhou samurai.

When the two sides were getting drunk, a [-]-year-old boy stood up and said that he wanted to see the power of the Austrian navy. After getting the permission of Maori Jingqin, Friedrich ordered his fleet to go to the largest castle in Changzhou. Haiphong shooting.

Under the continuous bombardment of naval guns and rockets, it took only a quarter of an hour to razed the castle built by the Changzhou Domain over hundreds of years to the ground.

Maori Jingqin became more respectful to Archduke Friedrich after seeing this scene.

The kid who suggested that Friedrich bombard his own castle was also promoted to a sergeant by Maori Jingqin and participated in the vassal administration.

Yoshida Shoin was 15 years old this year.

(End of this chapter)