I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

Even a fairly strong man, he couldn't help shivering.

At this moment, he thought of his wife again, and thought of the daughter who eloped with the Chinese.

"Lianna..." he murmured in a low voice.

"Lianna?" Xia Zhixin felt that the name seemed familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.

However, in the recent period of time, I have dealt with a vast amount of cultural relics and compiled so many documents. I really can't remember the name of a foreign woman, so I don't care much.

Xia Zhixin asked Jin Yiwei to hold McCann firmly, and then began to shave his head.

The hairstyle with shaved head is naturally Yuedai head.

Zhu Fugui really wanted to get a group of white slaves with money rat tails, but if he gave it to Li Hongzhang, I'm afraid Mr. Li wouldn't dare to accept it!

So we can only settle for the next best thing, first get a batch of first-generation white slaves, and give them to Maori Jingqin.

In the Kamakura period and the Muromachi period, the Tsukishiro head was used by samurai on the battlefield, mainly for the convenience of wearing a helmet.

But by the end of the Edo period, Yuedaitou had long been rotten on the street. Not only the princes and samurai kept Yuedaitou, but commoners also kept Yuedaitou.

It was not until after the Meiji Restoration that the Meiji government issued the "Distribution of Swords Removal Order" that Tsukiyoto slowly withdrew from the stage of Japanese history.

Zhu Fugui ordered all the white slaves to be shaved into Yuedai heads, just to show favor to the Maori family. After all, regardless of the future's filth, at least in this era, Zhu Fugui still admires this stubborn old cynic.

shhhhh--

As pinches of golden hair fell to the ground, about an hour later, a total of more than 200 white slaves were shaved.

The relevant photos were also preserved as some publicity photos in the Ming Dynasty Mid-Autumn Festival.

One of the main ones is Professor Xia Zhixin, who is wearing a Hanfu, an elongated crown belt, and a Chinese shirt with wide sleeves. He grabs McCann, who is wearing sackcloth, by the bun on the back of his head, making his bitter face A clear photo of the camera.

Chapter 196 Northern Xinjiang and Xiaguan

During this trip of the transport fleet to the Far East, in addition to the "Democracy" entering the dock for rest, the "Equality" was also requisitioned for the construction of Xinlu.

Xinlu is a vast new world that needs a lot of building materials and living supplies.

Relying solely on the three offshore transport ships "Zhu Chenggong", "Zhang Huangyan", and "Li Dingguo" is still a bit incapable and requires the help of large ships.

The absence of two 2000-ton ships in the ocean-going transport fleet has inevitably led to a decline in transport capacity.

However, in the shipyard of Xinjin Port, three more sister ships of "Sincere Signal" and "Friendship" are under construction, and it is expected to be launched in two months. By then, the monthly population will probably reach 15000.

On July 7, the fourth day after the fleet left Xinjin Port, a huge island appeared on the vast ocean.

This is Daming's first overseas territory, Kodiak Island, 2000 kilometers away from Fengdu.

From a distance, there are only some wooden houses on the island, which look extremely small between the sea and the sky.

But on the flagpole in front of the house, the flag of the sun and the moon fluttered high, declaring to the sea and sky who is the real owner here.

Among them was a special house, not on the ground, but on the hill, which was the lookout's hut.

Under the guidance of the watchman's semaphore, the Ming fleet slowly entered the harbor.

On the "Fuqiang", Zheng Baoguo introduced to Ito and Xia Zhixin: "Professor Xia, Ito's special envoy, for the sake of Daming's arctic scientific research, our navy has stationed a company here for a long time, and it will rotate every three months. It's a rotation day, so I'm afraid it will delay the schedule a little bit."

Xia Zhixin stroked his beard, nodded and said: "Nature contains infinite treasures. The Holy Majesty said that the North Pole is an inseparable part of Ming Dynasty. It is really admirable for you to guard the northern border of the empire!"

After a pause, Xia Zhixin waved to Ito Hirobumi again, and said, "Ito-kun, since the navy is about to switch defenses, why don't you go around the island with our museum's scientific research team. There is the largest brown bear in the world, and many Roshan walruses, these are the native products of Daming, which need to be recorded well.”

"Hi!"

Ito quickly bowed and said, "It's a great honor to be invited by Professor Xia."

……

Ito is a Daming native who has not long been naturalized, and his loyalty has yet to be tested. Therefore, he still has to avoid sensitive events such as the change of defense of the troops stationed on the island.

Ito Ben is a very smart person, so he naturally understands this. He put on an explorer's suit and followed the museum's scientific expedition team to investigate the island's ecological resources.

This set of clothes was only worn when I followed Morishita on an expedition in Yunnan. I didn't expect to use it near the North Pole this time.

Fortunately, it is now July, and due to the influence of ocean currents, the temperature on Kodiak Island is very pleasant. If you come after October, you must freeze to death.

"Kodiak" is the indigenous language of the Aleuts, which means "island", and it has not been officially renamed by the Ming Dynasty yet.

In addition to more than 150 heavily armed Ming sailors, there are about 1000 Aleut natives on the island.

The Aleuts are a branch of the Inuit. In appearance, the Inuit are basically no different from the Mongols.

Originally there were tens of thousands of natives on the island, but the brutality of the Russians in the Far East is well known, so these native tribes have basically been destroyed.

When Zheng Baoguo got off the boat, an enthusiastic figure rushed towards him.

That's because of the current head of New York, a woman named Pearl.

She once followed the "Zhu Chenggong" to Fengdu Dynasty to meet the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and then led the way for the Daming Navy, which severely damaged the Russian fleet.

With Daming's support, Pearl gained an unparalleled right to speak in the tribe.

Now, all the natives on the island are mainly outsourced workers of the Daming Navy, working in the meat joint factory and maintenance factory.

Of course, these natives can't do any complicated work.

The meat factory is mainly to slaughter walruses, refine oil, make leather, and provide enough meat for the fleet.

As for the repair shop, in fact, the main purpose is for the natives to help clean up the barnacles on the ship.

Things like barnacles are the nightmare of ocean-going ships. A large amount of barnacles accumulate on the bottom and side of the ship, which will greatly affect the speed and load capacity.

For a fleet spanning more than 9000 kilometers across the ocean like the Daming Navy, regular cleaning of barnacles is very important.

In fact, Zhu Fugui did not want Kodiak to become Ming's Puerto Rico, but to integrate it into the empire.

Therefore, the Ministry of Household Affairs formulated a plan for the relocation of the Aleutians early in the morning.

It's just that it is too difficult to find someone who can replace them to enrich the northern border, so this plan has been temporarily shelved.

When the population is sufficient in the future, Daming will naturally introduce a series of policies to encourage natives of Ming to go to the North Pole to start businesses and realize their dreams.

The fleet rested for a day at Kodiak Island, and the 3rd Squadron of the Naval Mobile Detachment completed its defense change.

At the same time, some of the dehydrated vegetables and living supplies loaded by the fleet were replaced with fresh meat, elephant oil, bacon, and fur.

In other regions, meat is worth more than vegetables, but in the sea, on Kodiak, meat is the cheapest.

Fully loaded with cargo, the fleet continued to sail.

Ten days later, after a voyage of 10 kilometers, the Ming Fleet docked on the ocean more than ten kilometers west of the Maguan Strait.

In fact, it is more convenient to go from Kodiak Island to Changzhou Fan and take the Seto Inland Sea.

However, there are a lot of patriots in Japan recently, and it is better to avoid some of the Daming Navy under the flag of Citigroup.

It's not that I'm afraid of those guys, but with a fleet of [-] tons, it's not that Zhu Fugui has a big heart, and it may not be possible for the Japanese feudal clans to attack jointly.

After all, the new gunboats of the shogunate had already been cut off by Daming, and the strongest Japanese ships were probably the few western-style boats ordered by Satsuma from Shanghai.

The reason why the Ming Fleet avoided its edge and detoured to the Sea of ​​Japan was mainly to prevent those warriors of the Changzhou Fan who would turn against the oceans from not practicing martial arts.

If Ito's younger brother was hacked to death just after getting off the boat before he had time to reveal his identity, things would be a big deal.

After the fleet was moored, a small boat was lowered from the "Fuqiang".

Ito Bowen and several sailors sailed to Xiaguan together.

Half a day later, the boat returned, and only two ships of the Daming Navy, the "Fuqiang" and "Harmony" loaded with trade supplies, were allowed to enter the port.

Although Ito Hirobumi is valued by Maori's relatives, he is only a fledgling young man after all, so he naturally has no face.

But he boasted about going to Haikou, attracting a strong support for the Changzhou Fan from overseas, and even using his family name as a guarantee, so that the vassals of Xiaguan sent the letter and a revolver to the Fan Hall, that is, Maori Jingqin capital city.

The headquarters of the Changzhou Clan was originally in Hagi Castle, but after a battle with the great powers last year, Maori Keiki felt that Hagi Castle was too far away to command operations, so he moved the clan hall to Yamaguchi Castle, which is very close to Shimonoseki. .

That night, Maori Jingqin hurried to Xiaguan to meet Ito in the city of Xiaguan.

The reason why he acted so proactively was that Maori Jingqin had reached a critical moment of life and death.

In the coup on August [-] last year, the anti-barbarians of the Choshu Domain were expelled from Kyoto, and the members of the Choshu Domain were killed and arrested by the Shinsengumi under the Aizu Domain.

Not long ago, there was another forbidden door change. The shogunate ordered a crusade against the Changzhou domain and announced that Maori would be deprived of his official position of respecting relatives.

Now the army to conquer the Changzhou Domain has assembled near Osaka, and the entire Yamaguchi Castle is in a precarious state.

According to the original history, two months later, the Changzhou Domain will be defeated in this crusade, and the three elders of the family, Kokuji Shinano, Masudaemonsuke, and Fukuhara Echigo, will be forced to cut their stomachs, and Maori Jingqin will also be severely punished. .

At such a critical point, I heard that Ito Hirobumi, who was originally reported missing by Kaoru Inoue, actually came back with Western firearms. Naturally, Takahiro Mori wanted to intervene in person.

From the dispatch of Kaoru Inoue and Hirobumi Ito to study in the UK, it can be seen that although Maori Jingqin is extremely disgusted with foreign countries, he is not opposed to advanced Western technology, but hopes to introduce more.

In fact, as long as there is no Man Qing mentality of being wary of the Han people, everyone knows that foreign guns are a good thing, and there is no need for argumentation.

Maori Jingqin was surprised to find that although the young man Ito Hirobumi had only seen him for half a year, he had become a stranger.

He did not salute himself with courtier etiquette, but with diplomatic etiquette.

This made Maori Jingqin very unhappy.

After all, in Eastern culture, it is quite despised to seek glory against the Lord.

However, Ito Hirobumi took it calmly: "I respect the great emperor of East Asia as the master, so how can I speak against the master?"

Chapter 197 Liberation and Female Action

After all, it is the future "Far East Bismarck", Ito Hirobumi's negotiating skills are still good.

He first asked Mori Takashi to retreat to the left and right, leaving only the elder Youemon by his side, and then told the truth about Daming.

When they heard that in the Far East, the Ming Kingdom led the Yellow Race tribes to defeat the Europas three times, and conquered a territory larger than the entire Japan, Mori and Youemon opened their mouths in surprise!

The total area of ​​Xinzhili + Xinlu is 43 square kilometers. Although there are large areas of no-man's land, there is no doubt that Ming Dynasty can be regarded as controlling this area.

Even if the Grand Duchy of Seattle controlled by Jimi is deducted, the land area of ​​the Ming Dynasty has reached 35 square kilometers.

The total area of ​​Japan in later generations is less than 38 square kilometers. In addition, Hokkaido is not yet considered a Japanese territory. The total area of ​​Japan’s various feudal clans is only 29 square kilometers, which is much smaller than that of Ming Dynasty.

Of course, considering that Japan has a population of nearly 3000 million, and including the messy vassals of Ming Dynasty, there are only more than 8 people (it is expected to grow to more than 20 people by the end of the year), Japan is still a giant for Ming Dynasty.

It's just that Ito Hirobumi certainly wouldn't talk about population with Maori and others, but naturally talked about area.

When he heard that the territory of Ming Dynasty had surpassed that of Japan, which was equivalent to the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, Mao Li immediately swallowed his saliva, but after thinking about it, he didn't believe it.

Could it be that, as Kaoru Inoue said, Ito stumbled and fell into the sea, thus damaging his brain?

However, at this moment, Veteran Uemon quietly stabbed Mori, and pointed to the revolver on the desk table, which had been unloaded.

This imitation Colt revolver is a product of the Daming Royal Gun Factory.

The revolver has a simple structure, decent power, and is easy to maintain. The gun factory has produced a lot of it. It is one of the standard guns for Jinyiwei and the Ministry of Criminal Police.

Compared with the revolvers produced by Westerners, the Chinese inscriptions on the Daming revolvers are particularly conspicuous.

Mao Li, who was reminded by the elders, realized that Ito gave him this gun not as a gift, but to prove his strength.

"Your Excellency Maori, what you say is unfounded. If you agree, we can go to the port to inspect the goods. I have a lot of martial arts, but I always treat people with sincerity!"

"His Majesty, the Emperor of Ming, knows very well that Your Majesty Maori destroyed his family and saved the country because of his charitable acts against the barbarians. Now he is out of pocket. My Daming can provide low-interest loans, as long as you can use the customs duties of the Changzhou Domain as collateral..."

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Ito's plan failed in the end, and Mao Li Jingqin, who was not yet at the end of his life, did not agree to mortgage the customs to this Daming who jumped out of nowhere.

When he heard that Fusang women could be exchanged for guns, Mao Li readily agreed.

But he has to check first.

As a result, the port of Xiaguan, where ships came and went, was closed again without warning.

Of course, this time the Changzhou Domain did not block the Shimonoseki Strait to prevent Western cargo ships from passing through, but simply protected an area of ​​the port tightly.

Maori Jingqin came to the pier on a horse that was not much taller than a donkey. At this time, the "Fuqiang" that received the order had already started unloading.

Of course, it was impossible for Zhu Fugui to give Maori Jingqin anything good.

Daming himself lacked advanced guns.

When attacking Xinji before, Ming seized 22 12-pound Napoleon guns and more than 1 rifles.

Among the rifles, the best maintenance is given to second-line troops such as Jinyiwei.

The rest, together with a batch of Henry 1860s, were shipped to the Far East.