Edo Traveler

　　 The kindness of Takashima Akho was also free and easy, and he didn't say that there must be any nonsense such as aftermath, and he didn't even care about Chuemon's huge sum of money to send him across the river.

　　 Everyone rushed all the way to Odawara, after passing Odawara, the Edo Castle was also in sight. The journey was boring, and Chuemon also deliberately took a look at the talents of this Takashima Akho, so he started talking.

　　As expected by Chuemon, Akho Takashima was summoned by Mizuno to come to Edo. But instead of participating in the construction of the fort along the coast of Edo Bay, it was practicing the live ammunition operation of Western-style infantry and artillery with Tokugawa Ieki, so that Tokugawa Ieki and the shogunate's big men can clearly understand the power of the modern western army. .

　　 As an important part of the natural protection reform hosted by Mizuno Tadakuni, the old-style army that uses swords and iron cannons is gradually trained into a new-style modern army to truly strengthen the military strength of the shogunate.

　　I don’t know if it will be possible, but after some conversation, Chuemon is also convinced that Akho Takashima is really capable. The knowledge of guns is easy to come by. As for the manufacture of gunpowder and shells, it is also quite knowledgeable. Seeing this look, let him directly preside over the casting of the cannon, which is a matter of one sentence.

　　 Heizo didn't speak much, but he heard clearly. Chuemon and Akho Takashima's various discussions about modern Western-style troops opened his eyes. It turns out that the European armies are all musketeers, and the spear and swordsmanship that the Japanese samurai regarded as the most precious have been simplified to the extreme in the West, leaving only a few simple bayonet use.

　　 Moreover, the Western-style army relies heavily on cannons, and even hundreds of cannons have appeared in large-scale battles in the same battle. This is even harder to imagine in Japan. Even when the Shogunate attacked a fortified city like Osaka Castle, it used only a few bronze Kabarin cannons bought from the Dutch.

　　 Now the shogunate plans to set up a fort in Edo Bay, and the number of artillery deployed is only more than 80 guns. According to Takashima Qiuho, there are more than 80 cannons on a single ship of a European-style warship. As long as one warship comes, you can defeat all the hard-built forts in the entire Edo Bay, and you can easily approach Edo Castle.

　　 This must be an exaggeration, but Chuemon is not broken!

　　 At this time, the orchid scholars, because they eagerly hope that the country will reform and reform, they often exaggerate the Western military science and technology. The most typical is the future Armstrong bronze cannon, praised to the sky by the Reformers. But in fact, it was not like this during the Saying battle.

The Satsuma clan’s artillery didn’t kill the British army much, but an Armstrong bronze gun on the British flagship, the Eurasian gun, suffered a serious blast. The breech bolts in the narrow airtight cabin almost swept everything nearby. Living flesh and blood. Because of this stuff, more people died than those killed by Satsuma artillery.

　　 But in the end, the Satsuma and Saga clan still tried every means to imitate and purchase the Armstrong bronze gun, and used it in many domestic wars.

　　 just talked all the way, and everyone arrived in Edo together. Because each has its own mission, I just leave the address and say goodbye. By the way, Akho Takashima was originally not a member of a certain feudal clan, but a direct minister who served as the Nagasaki-machi Nianyou from generation to generation. This time he was transferred back to Edo.

　　 He didn't come back alone. According to the plan, his apprentice, as well as his apprentice's apprentice, would relay Western-style guns, artillery and ammunition from Nagasaki to Edo.

　　 Just because of Tokugawa Ieyasu's regulations in the early years, when entering Kanto, even the ranks of daimyo princes were not allowed to carry more than a certain number of iron cannons. Don't even think about a small flag of Takashima Qiuho, who is not qualified to carry firearms into Kanto.

　　 So this matter entrusted his disciple Izu Niriyama Daikan Egawa Hideryu to transport from Nagasaki to Edo, using the official ship of the shogunate for the whole journey, and then disembarking requires Mizuno Tadakuni’s permission. The reason why he rushed to Edo in a hurry was that he was worried that the guns that had acted separately from him might have missed something on the road.

　　A group of servants were led to the official office of the Edo Town Magistrate, and Chuemon rewarded them with a little money, so he sent an eyewitness to take them to the Tahara Clan’s residence in Edo to settle accounts. On the other hand, he arranged for people to send all kinds of books, manuscripts and other things to Yuanshan Yuan and Yabe Sadaqian for viewing.

　　 When Watanabe Kasayama’s apprentices were packing, Chuemon simply classified and recorded them. Now the two adults want to see, they can open it. However, the two adults had everything to do with each other. They just copied the catalogue of Chuemon Gate by themselves, and after asking if there were any prohibited words, they waved their hands and said it was over.

　　 They have no time to read these manuscript books, UU read www.uukanshu. com does not want other twists and turns due to Watanabe Kayama's suicide. Mizuno's reforms are getting deeper and deeper, and it has violated the interests of too many people. A random branch may cause several waves of reforms.

　　Tadaemon of course knew it well, saying that he would store these manuscripts first, and accept inspections by the superiors at any time. Yuan Shanyuan nodded, and without saying anything, he sent the so-called investigation results to Mizuno Tadakuni.

　　The investigation will definitely not end. Yozo Torii will check it again and report the results to Tokugawa Ieki. However, this Torii Yozo should have already fallen to Mizuno Tadakuni, so the entire inspection is probably a mere formality. After a simple look, the case is cancelled.

　　 The manuscript was sorted out before Chuemon brought it to Edo. On the way back, Chuemon glanced again to confirm that there were no taboos. If you want to come to this inspection, you can pass it easily, no problem.

　　 After I was busy with the work, the original one-month shift was over. Basically, I didn't rest for a few days, and I was all running errands for the shogunate. Although the travel expenses were reimbursed, there was no overtime pay, and even Oigawa's money for crossing the river was not approved, which made Pingsan bad luck.

The first major event of value, the generals and the old middle-aged people, Jonen-sou, and the adults will hold practical exercises of western artillery and infantry at Musashi Kuni Tokumaruhara (Tokumaru-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo), below Edo-cho The total mobilization of manpower. Pull all out to maintain the street, and suppress the scene.

　　Tadaemon, who was a thief to change his party, naturally couldn't run away. First, he rushed to Tokumaruhara with forty eyes, set up a huge shogunate, and mobilized civilians to clear the ground. And to prepare the temporary toilets of Tokugawa Ikei on the way from Edo Castle to Tokumaruhara, so busy.