Edo Traveler - Vol 13 Chapter 20

The latest website: The autumn harvest is in full swing, and Chuyouemon also pays attention to the Kanto counties in person, and releases the annual tribute rice to the Edo Mizo. Be sure to dry and store in the warehouse.

Because of the fact that a certain degree of tax-inclusive system was implemented, with the general county in Kanto as the head, then the county and the county, again in the township, and finally the village head of Zhuangwu. Passed layer by layer, using the mature Ilizuka and Denma yakuza in Kanto, they were transported to the foot of Edo Castle.

The Niangong rice in the Tianling District of Wuzhou Prefecture was the first to be transported in place. Because of the convenient water transportation such as the Tone River and Arakawa, ships full of rice **** entered Edo day and night. The village houses in the villages actually acted as grain chiefs, taking grains into Tibet and receiving receipts from the shogunate.

“I heard that the sweet potatoes shipped from Kawagoe this year are all excellent.” Matsudaira Qi Xuanli was in charge of peace and fully presided over the autumn harvest of Kanto Tianling. Naturally, all the news was gathered in his hands.

“Really.” Chuemon nodded, counting the number of ships passing by in his heart.

“This year is finally a normal year…” Matsudaira Qixuan saw that Zhongemon seemed to be counting his fingers, so he didn’t say more.

“Not bad, not bad.” Chuemon has just estimated that a lot of rice has entered Edo this year, which is definitely enough for market consumption.

You have food in your hands, don’t panic.

“Kami, there is a letter from the Ichibashi Residence, saying that the Marquis of Hawaii asked to see him.” Kurokawa Ketoku walked to Chuemon’s side, and seeing that Chuegemon’s expression was relaxed, he leaned over and whispered to report.

“Hawaii Hou?” Isn’t Lot studying at the Naval Academy? Why do you want to meet all of a sudden?

“Order him to come tomorrow.” Although he was a little surprised, Chuemon didn’t think so.

“I think it’s because I’m ready to return to the country.” Songping Qixuan thought about it, and roughly thought of something.

“really.”

As a special envoy of the Kingdom of Hawaii, Lot went to Edo to conduct diplomacy with the shogunate, and arranged for trainees of the Hawaiian Navy to learn the operation and driving of modern large warships at the Naval Academy. After Lot married the daughter of the Tokugawa clan, Hawaii also sent twenty students to study at Edo University.

It has been almost two years now, and the students have naturally learned to use the two steam paddle-wheel battleships that the Shogunate gave to the Kingdom of Hawaii. It is normal to want to return to China after being away from home for a long time.

Anyway, Lot is already the clan of the Tokugawa shogunate. With this identity, it is enough. Chuemon will not imprison such a person in Japan. Wouldn’t it be nice to put him back in Hawaii and have a central figure in the pro-Japanese faction in Hawaii.

The next day, after the Imperial Council was over, Chuemon received Lot. Sure enough, Lot was here to say goodbye. Their naval cadets have completed their studies and are already able to pilot warships independently. So he was going to say goodbye to Chuemon, taking his Tokugawa wife and returning home to assist his younger brother Kamehameha IV.

There are very good reasons, and Chuemon is also very supportive, and even said that he could grant another one million dollar loan to the Kingdom of Hawaii to develop Hawaii’s own shipbuilding industry or other industries.

Of course, the condition is to allow Hawaii to further open up to Japanese immigrants, and to give Japanese immigrants all political powers except the right to vote.

Lot thought for a while, but he agreed immediately, and he didn’t know what his plans were.

In addition to the $1 million loan, Lot also hoped that the shogunate would give him five hundred Dreiser striker guns, as well as a sufficient number of bullets and supporting equipment to arm the guards at the Hawaiian Palace.

I must use the instructor of the shogunate!

Chuemon, who was still a little hesitant at first, saw that Lot was so acquainted, he naturally waved his hand and sent him off directly. Isn’t it just 500 rifles, if you can use this to master the imperial ban in Hawaii, it will be very cost-effective.

The two also chatted back and forth for more than 40 minutes, and it was considered that among the people who Chungemon met, they chatted for a long time. It just happened to be noon again. As the clan of the Tokugawa clan and the son-in-law of Tokugawa Keibao, it is normal for Chuemon to entertain Lot, as a family.

After lunch, Lot said that he would be leaving in the next few days, and hoped that the shogunate would dispatch non-commissioned officers as soon as possible and deploy rifles so that they could be shipped back to the country.

Well said and well said.

After sending the people away, Chuemon was going to go to Mizo in the afternoon to take a look, and an urgent report from Hawaii was delivered. John Manjiro, the consul of the Tokugawa shogunate in Hawaii, urgently reported to the shogunate that King Kamehameha IV of Hawaii was ill, and the domestic political situation was becoming unstable!

kindness? Chuemon immediately received the urgent report, with ten lines at a glance. Kamehameha IV, who did not know what disease he was suffering from, has reduced his official activities since the summer. After the autumn, the number of meetings with his ministers began to decrease. Even John Manjiro needed to apply in advance to meet Kamehameha IV.

If it’s just that, that’s fine. According to John Manjiro’s knowledge, Kamehameha IV’s British imperial physician was visiting the court more and more frequently. Even not so long ago, Kamehameha IV attended certain ceremonies as usual, but it seems to have been faked.

King Xia has no sons, only brothers!

No wonder Lot was in a hurry to leave and requested military assistance from the shogunate. Co-authoring is a fire in his own house, and he needs to go back to put out the fire immediately.

“I heard that there is good news in the Hawaiian Hou family.” Kurokawa Ketoku, who sent the urgent report, said such a sentence.

good news? What good news can there be? It’s not that the adopted daughter of Tokugawa Keio is pregnant. Although she is an adopted daughter, she is also the daughter of the Matsudaira family. She is still the eldest daughter of the Tokugawa clan. She has the blood of the Tokugawa clan on her body.

Intervention!

Chuemon’s mind immediately popped up such a word, UU reading www.uukanshu. com But there are so many messy things in the country, it is really troublesome, and it is difficult to clarify for a while.

Now that you are involved in the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Hawaii, isn’t it a bit frustrating?

But after thinking about it, at the level of Hawaii, as long as a few hundred men and horses, you can have the strength of Dingding. It is entirely possible to send a warship to Hawaii in the name of escorting Lot back home. If something really happened to Hawaii, it would naturally directly support Lot to succeed him and establish a pro-Japanese regime.

If Kamehameha IV was only ill for a while, he could leave one or two hundred soldiers in Hawaii in the name of the consulate guards. When the time comes to cooperate with Lot’s palace guards, there will be no big mistakes.

“Order the Otsuki to **** the Hawaiian back to the country!” Chuemon turned around and ordered.

Kurokawa Keitoku didn’t say much, only that the shogunate’s battle was big enough, and they actually sent the Bitetsu ship as a frigate to **** the two warships in Hawaii. This Bite ship has arrived in Hawaii, so isn’t that slaughtering?

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