Edo Traveler - Vol 13 Chapter 7

Brazilian emperor?

What is the emperor of Brazil looking for me for?

On the side, Matsudaira Qixuan licked his lips slightly and began to wonder where this Brazil is. After all, all the countries in the northern hemisphere are frequented these days, and there is really nothing to say in the southern hemisphere.

In other words, those who have contacts are mainly British and French colonies and the like, importing some commodities such as minerals and agricultural products. Diplomacy or something, never happened.

But since they are here, Zhongyouemon definitely needs to meet. Before dispatching Oguri Tadashi to the Americas for diplomacy, it was also a front stop, right? In the future, phosphorus, copper, cocoa, rubber, mahogany, etc. are all good things. If the line can be set up in advance, it is definitely not a bad thing.

To be honest, everyone, even if they don’t eat much sugar, there is always a time to eat chocolate or ice cream. In the twenty-first century, these things seem commonplace.

But in fact, the world’s cocoa and vanilla are almost completely monopolized by a few European and American companies. Other countries that want to make delicious chocolate, or use natural vanilla, all need the nod of these companies.

Otherwise, you can replace the cocoa butter, but the cocoa butter replacement has been scolded. We will not discuss whether there is a pusher later. It is actually very helpless to say that this raw material is monopolized.

It is said that by that time, more than 70% of the candy market share of a large country will be occupied by foreigners, at least by companies controlled by foreigners’ capital.

The vanilla farmers in Madagascar are suffering from hunger and cold, and you can start off with a branded vanilla ice cream for ten or eight dollars.

How much profit is there in the middle? Since Chuemon started to use the land reclaimed by Kata and Ezo to plant sugar beets and seize the market share of the sugar industry in the entire East Asia, the production of candy is also an industry that should be developed downstream.

When there is a war in the future, and there is no food on the battlefield, the soldiers are given small but high-calorie chocolates and candies. Although it can’t be eaten every day, it can provide a lot of energy to soldiers in a short period of time. Good stuff, absolutely good stuff. Taking advantage of the fact that those big companies have not yet fully deployed, Chuemon should arrange it.

kindness!

correct!

Madagascar seems to have raised troops to resist the French aggression in the past two years, and also hanged the pro-French king. And the Madagascars are also very smart, knowing that they can’t beat the French alone, so they signed a treaty with the British.

It is about the fact that both Britain and France have interests in Madagascar, and then there is a dispute, and then they will not give in to each other, and finally compromise, so that Madagascar will eventually maintain a certain degree of independence in the case of losing some sovereignty.

Looking forward to the day!

It is a pity that Madagascar has been uprising for the past two years, and the Tokugawa shogunate definitely did not send troops to participate. This place itself is also an important trade node in the Indian Ocean where Britain and France compete. With the shogunate’s thin arms and thin legs, there is absolutely no ability to get a piece of the pie.

Still think about it, how to get some money and go to the bottom of the Suez Canal stock. Even if the canal will be forcibly nationalized by Egypt in the future, there will still be a hundred years in the middle, and there will be some profit.

There is a lot of gossip. Since Brazil has an envoy, let’s meet. It doesn’t matter if it’s for anything, or just to establish diplomatic relations, that’s fine. The land in Brazil is very fat. It will raise 100 million cattle in the future, which is a huge family business.

Songping Qi Xuan finished talking about the matter here, turned around and went out to greet Liu Liu. Then I sent two people to Yokohama to pick up the Brazilian envoy, and informed the envoys in Yokohama that the King of Japan is going to hold a welcome banquet.

The Brazilian Empire is a division of the Kingdom of Portugal. He belongs to the large circle of the European royal family, and you can’t say that he is a European country now, and it is not completely wrong.

The ministers and consuls didn’t care, and after listening to Xin’er, they came to Edo lightly. And all the gates have been cleared. Isn’t it the grand banquet hall of Luming Hall. I come here often, and I even sit diagonally with His Majesty the King of Japan.

On the other hand, Jose Rivera, the Brazilian special envoy who was entertained by Yokohama Jodaihori Rimon, was visiting Yokohama Castle. He knew that this was a city built by the British, much the same as a European town. But when he got on the train to Edo, he realized something was wrong.

Although the distance from Yokohama to Edo is only 30 kilometers away, the comprador capitalists of the Kingdom of Japan have established various factories and buildings row upon row. The tall chimneys emit black smoke, and the entire railway line is busy.

The British leased Yokohama, but not Edo!

Guys, is it possible that the Kingdom of Japan is more industrialized than Brazil? Jose was born in a standard Brazilian manor family. His ancestors were Portuguese nobles, and he was a playmate of Pedro II’s entourage since he was a child. Although they do not belong to the most core group of people, they are also “contributing to the dragon”.

In this trip, in addition to coming to Japan to try to recruit Japanese immigrants, there is also the task of recruiting Chinese immigrants to Qing. In short, the modernization and industrialization of Brazil is unfolding, and there is a lack of manpower everywhere. If you work hard, I will give you land when you come.

It was just that I thought that only Europe in the world had already had an industrial civilization, but I didn’t expect to be shocked when I arrived in Japan. Co-authoring us Brazil is a backward agricultural country on the Japanese side.

shouldn’t be…

Shaking his head and clearing the messy thoughts in his mind, Jose arrived at Edo Nihonbashi Railway Station. When I got here~www.mtlnovel.com~Suke Liu, an old Chinese and foreign practitioner, came to pick him up on behalf of Chuemon.

On the way to put people in the Luming Pavilion, Jose’s thoughts that were easily dismissed reappeared. Why is Edo so modernized? The buildings on the roadside are neat and orderly, and the busy townspeople are rubbing shoulders. At this time, because it was not yet summer, it was getting dark early, and the towns and towns were assigning people to light the whale oil lamps in the street lamp poles on the street.

I am in Paris!

“Excuse me?” Jose was very uncertain.

“What?” Both of them can speak English, so it’s not difficult for Zu Liu and Jose to communicate.

“Was Edo modeled after Paris?”

“Hahaha, Edo is a French designer who designed and built it specially for Kamiya.” Suke Liuyi listened and laughed loudly.

The wide streets, shady trees, and western-style buildings were all designed by Eiffel for the Tokugawa shogunate, and even the Japanese bridge has been replaced by an iron bridge.

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