Edo Traveler

Someone immediately fetched the map and showed Roche the small fishing port where Kobe was located. Since Minato River merges into Osaka Bay here, the local water depth is very suitable for ships to anchor, and Kobe is only 30 kilometers away from Osaka. As long as the railway is constructed, it will take less than an hour.

　　 If Kobe develops in the future, the 30 kilometers of land in the middle will be used as the development land between Osaka and Osaka. It is much more convenient than finding an open space directly under Osaka Castle.

Can!

　　 Roche agreed, but he only agreed. He asked the shogunate to send someone to go to Kobe with the French. Confirm whether the local water depth is really suitable as a deep-water port, and whether it is close to Osaka and enough to radiate the Kinki and Western regions of Japan.

　　 Of course, the French can't be more miserable than the British. The Yokohama Residential Area is five square miles, and the Kobe Residential Area must be more than five square miles. The French must measure and determine it. All land used along the coast is also forbidden to be purchased or used by the Japanese, and only allocated to the French army and French merchants.

　　 You can follow Yokohama's management method for everything else, and discuss it if you have any problems. It is true that the site is delivered to the French first.

　　 Without further ado, Roche asked the shogunate to immediately select two banners, go to Osaka with orders, negotiate with the representative of Osaka Castle, and lead the French into Kobe Port for survey. The sooner the opening of the Kobe port is finalized, the more the French will feel at ease. There is no need to say more about the truth of being safe. It is the same in any country.

　　 Such a major event must be concealed, and it is useless to hide it from the shogunate. Roche happily requisitioned a French communication ship. The movement was not small, and anyone who was not blind could see it. If we have a deeper understanding, we will know that France and the shogunate may have reached some kind of preliminary agreement, and the French may have already taken the lead.

　　 Erjin is a bit anxious, don't let the fat man fail to eat a bite, but finally let the French monkey pick the peach!

　　 He turned around and went to the French envoy Grotto and asked what happened and why France entered into a private contract with the Shogunate. Gro smiled, he was very gentleman and asked Erjin to sit down, ready to speak his heart.

　　 We, France and the Shogunate, really haven't reached any agreement. I'm a dog if I lie to you. It's just that His Majesty the King of Japan and Roche have some personal relationships, please don't think too much about it. If any secret agreement is concluded, God will strike me to death with a thunder.

　　 Look at this answer, there is no secret agreement, at least some kind of tacit agreement has been reached, otherwise Rosh the kid ran so fast. It's getting dark, and I still set off by boat.

　　 won't it be the Nagasaki coal mine!

　　 The largest coastal high-quality coal mine in East Asia, steam ships in Shanghai, Hong Kong and other places now use coal produced in Nagasaki. Everyone agrees to use it. The British actually hope to seize this place that has both military significance and economic benefits.

　　 It's just that Nagasaki is now an open port, and all countries are there. If the British take Nagasaki coal mines, it is very likely to cause dissatisfaction from other countries that buy coal in Nagasaki. So this matter was temporarily suppressed and was not submitted to the shogunate.

　　I can't get the answer from the French. Erkin uses his contacts in the shogunate and the comprador to inquire everywhere. In the middle of the night, the news that the shogunate sent someone to follow Roche to Osaka finally reached his ears. After learning about this, Erkin realized that the French had already moved Osaka's idea.

　　 Can this be done?

　　 An urgent phone call was immediately taken to the shogunate’s foreign minister Chuemon. Although the tone was not harsh, and the questioning was not urgent, at this point in time, Erjin's thoughts could not be concealed.

　　 The next day’s negotiations with the British side also quietly started, and also did not directly invite Elkin, but asked the Yokohama Consul General MacDonald to come forward. I hope that the British side will give the shogunate a thorough understanding of the requirements and whether it will be lowered a bit, lest the final negotiation fails and everyone’s faces will not look good.

　　 It was not Tademon that had contact with MacDonald, and he was replaced by Katsu Kaishu who was in charge of the Yokohama Shipyard. The two are old acquaintances, and it's easy to talk and talk about things. The English training before Sheng Haizhou went abroad was still under the guidance of MacDonald.

　　 Each shoulders the position requirements of the country behind it. This meeting between teachers and students is not so easy and comfortable. MacDonald is considered to be the pro-Japanese sect among the British, and Sheng Haizhou is the pro-British sect among the Japanese. It stands to reason that these two should be easy to talk to each other. It's a pity that Britain now has a lot of demands, and the shogunate resists a lot. After the initial conversation, it was actually cold.

　　 Both sides left the field and immediately looked back to their superiors. In any case, one side must make concessions, or both sides must make concessions, otherwise the negotiation will definitely not go on. It is not impossible for France to enter into a contract with the Shogunate in the end.

　　 There is no other way in Japan. Erkin, who spent too much time, repeatedly weighed and considered Prince Albert's opinions before finally deciding to give in slightly.

　　 It is impossible for the French to monopolize the opening of the Osaka port~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The British have to keep up. The Eban Railway, also known as the East China Sea Railway, the United Kingdom hopes to follow the model of the Jiangbin Railway to ensure the interests of the British in this important transportation industry.

　　 In addition, since the French can assist in the construction of artillery factories and shipyards, the British can directly assist in the construction of power plants in Edo. At the same time, they can also assist in the establishment of Yokohama Steel Works, directly raising the scale to the largest steel plant in Asia. Of course, the early operations must be British, the consultants are also British, and the engineers are still British.

　　 At the same time, the Shogunate needs to ensure that in the next seven to fourteen years, the country will continue to open its doors. Finally, do not restrict foreigners' free travel, trade and study in Japan.

　　 Fortunately, MacDonald knew that one of the shogunate’s fateful gates was that the shogunate extremely rejected Christianity. After adding this one, the shogunate’s firepower was concentrated on this one. Ii Naobi even said that if foreigners dared to send missionaries, the negotiations would be over immediately, and there was nothing to talk about.

　　 sure enough!

　　 However, the religious forces, one of the vanguards of imperialism invading other countries, really need to be guarded against. Chungemon also supports strict bans. Excluding this one, the conditions that the British had originally been stricter seemed to be less stringent.

　　 Not long after, Rosh came back happily and told Gro that the port of Kobe was really good. Ships of several thousand tons stopped at random, and it was facing Osaka Bay. It was very convenient whether it was going out to sea or sheltering from wind. By then, only 30 kilometers of railway will be connected, and Osaka will basically be a city.

　　 won't suffer a loss by seizing this residence area!