"Oh, isn't this the eldest son of the Shimazu family? When did he change his surname and he is still Tsushima? Hahaha... I don't need to bother you anymore. You are the high-ranking son of the Shimazu family..."
"Slowly... put the chair down, we'll do this little work, and you should go do your big thing... move your butt, be careful not to break your waist..."
"What the hell, a bastard who betrayed his comrades. Fortunately, he didn't go to the battlefield to fight the French. Otherwise, he would have sold us all. What on earth did Your Majesty think of still keeping him..."
"Hey...what can you think? I just feel that the Prime Minister is no longer here, and these old forces from the past are stirring up again. They are afraid of foreigners and Japanese. Bah."
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There was a flood of curses. On the pier of Naha Port, among countless new army students and soldiers, Shimazu Dairo, whose true identity was exposed, stood extremely lonely in the middle. His ears were full of ridicule, curses, and strange anger...
Shimazu Dairo's face was as pale as a geisha's face with three layers of white powder. Everything he held on to in his heart was shattered, and his heart was riddled with sharp wounds.
For more than a year, Shimazu Dairo started his own business in Ryukyu incognito as a wild samurai. This year, he lived an extremely fulfilling life.
To be honest, Shimazu Dairo came here with hatred for Xiao Letian at first, but when he experienced Ryukyu's new situation personally, he immediately threw all that hatred into the Pacific Ocean.
The Shimazu family's loss to Xiao Letian was not unjust. The layout of Ryukyu is really too big. Look at what is taught in the new army, the latest queue training, the most advanced rifle shooting, complete civil engineering training... ...There are all new tactics that he has never thought of.
There was also university education that excited Shimazu. When the European teacher moved the huge planet globe to the classroom, everyone present went crazy.
"The earth is round...the earth revolves around the sun...is this the solar system?" The swarm of students almost squeezed the American teacher to death.
Not to mention those weird physics and chemistry experiments, it was simply the door to a new world, and there were all kinds of strange things inside that Shimazu Dairo had never seen before.
He was like a dry sponge, desperately absorbing knowledge. The more he learned, the more he felt that Sakamoto Ryoma was right. Opening his eyes to the world is the only way for a weak country to become strong. Only by breaking everything he has clung to before can he reshape a new future. .
But today, Shimazu Dalang found that the door to the new world had gradually been closed to him. His betrayal not only angered everyone under the Prime Minister, but even made the Ryukyu natives very disdainful.
What's even worse is that at the end of the negotiation, Gong Cheng actually revealed a shocking secret. It turned out that the prime minister was still alive and nothing happened to him. Now even King Shang Tai and Jin Changsen abandoned him. King Shang Tai let him return to the team at the end, not keeping him as a personal guard at all.
Shimazu Dalang stood alone on the dock, watching his comrades around him clearing the ruins, building a colorful shed and making various preparations for the ceremony, but he was isolated. No one accepted him, and everyone looked at him like Looks like a plague.
"The Prime Minister is still alive...Can the Prime Minister forgive me for everything I have done? Haha, what am I thinking about? This is the most serious betrayal. I should have a caesarean section, but what can I do? Do I not care about the family?" benefits?"
Shimazu Dairo murmured to himself, his hands trembling as he wanted to touch the ribs around his waist. He actually had the idea of having a caesarean section. Shaking his faith would really be the end of the world for the Japanese.
"Oh, it looks like he committed suicide at such a young age. He looks like he's going to have a caesarean section..." Shimazu Dalang suddenly turned his head and found Gong Cheng, the little old man, smiling and waving his fan, staring at him.
"How dare you mock the dignity of a samurai." Gong Cheng refused to lose face even if he lost his dignity.
"Don't, don't, don't... don't look at me with murderous eyes. You saved my life and I have to give you something in return. So, just hang out with me. Don't you just want to help Shimazu?" Want to make your family richer and stronger? I have plenty of ways..."
"You." Shimazu Dalang didn't believe him at all.
"Haha, you're right to look down on me. You've never seen the way I turn my hands into clouds and rain. It's normal not to believe me. But have you ever thought about who else can you trust besides me now?" Gong Cheng Nodding at the surrounding soldiers, Shimazu Dalang realized that the surrounding comrades were further away from him.
On the pier, Shimazu Dalang and Gong Cheng were the center of the circle. There was no one around them at all. Everyone avoided them and looked at them with hateful eyes.
"My child, you did nothing wrong. You sacrificed your life for the family. This is a matter of course. Let's go. You will be my personal guard for the past two days... I know that you must still have someone hidden in your hands. Well, let’s call them all out, there’s no use hiding them now.”
"Now is a great time for your Shimazu family to show off your force..."
Shimazu Dairo looked north in the direction of Kagoshima. He clenched his fists so hard that his nails almost pierced his flesh. However, the struggle only lasted a few minutes. Then he stood behind Gong Cheng. He was really There is no choice.
"Okay, okay, you are very wise. You have made the most correct choice. In this world, only foreigners can give you the best interests of the Shimadzu family. Don't count on Asia. Feng shui has been broken here for a long time... "
Faced with the French cannon and Gong Cheng's sharp tongue, Shimazu Dalang made his choice, and the real head of the Shimadzu family now also encountered a difficult multiple-choice question. The owner of the house, Shimazu Tadayoshi, welcomed a group of unexpected guests.
"You are Xiang Shaolong, the nephew of Prime Minister Xiao Letian who is known as unparalleled in martial arts. You are here to ask for reinforcements." Shimazu Tadayoshi's eyes were bigger than eggs.
The group of young people kneeling on the tatami were Xiang Ying, Jin Sanshun, Lin Zhen and Cai Bixia. This group of young people who broke out from the French maritime blockade actually went all the way north to Japan's Kyushu Island.
During the naval battle at Kunigami Village, the French battleship Breaker was captured by college students and the Ryukyu Navy. This was the largest tonnage among the breakout battleships. The other breakout battleships included A-3, C-2 and C-3. Among the four ships, as for the few clippers that finally broke out of the siege, they were silent in the sea because they were too seriously damaged.
According to Xiang Ying's plan, the four battleships can only have a thousand soldiers. It is impossible to fight against the French with such strength, but it is still possible to become a lone wolf wandering on the sea, looking for opportunities to harass the French. Opportunity.
But after they got rid of the French pursuit and carefully counted the resources on hand, the group of college students and sailors were all dumbfounded. Only the Wavebreaker among the four battleships had stored a cabin of gunpowder, which was full of gunpowder. The Wanderer fired five or six salvos. If the other three training ships were given some gunpowder, they might not be able to sustain the battle for even an hour.
This is a big problem before everyone. It’s difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. After much deliberation, Jin Sanshun came up with an idea: "How about we go north... My Jin family and the Shimazu family are somewhat related, let’s see if we can Buy a piece of gunpowder from them..."
Going north from the main island of Ryukyu, you can reach the southernmost tip of Kyushu Island in Japan in one day. This is Kagoshima, the base camp of the Shimadzu family.
From the map, it is really convenient for the Shimadzu family to invade Ryukyu because it is a series of island chains. In the past, when navigation technology was not developed, it provided great convenience for navigation. There was no need to worry about fresh water and food along the way. supplies and can easily evacuate in the event of a typhoon.
Today, Xiang Ying and the others went all the way north along the route that the Shimadzu family used to go south. Along the way, countless Japanese merchant ships and fishing boats fled in panic. None of them knew what the warships with scars on their bodies were doing.
The wharf of Kagoshima is extremely busy. It has been an important commercial port in Kyushu since ancient times, and it is also a very important musket production base in Japanese history. The famous Tanegashima muskets were produced here. The muskets produced in Tanegashima during Japan's Warring States Period have always been High-end goods in the eyes of major celebrities.
Not to mention that this is located at the southernmost tip of Japan. Goods from China and Southeast Asia are the first to be turned over here. Merchant ships and goods from all over the world are flooding the streets and alleys. The Shimadzu family relies on this port to make a profit every year. The money is countless.
In addition, for more than a year, Naha Port has been promoting mercantilism under the governance of Xiao Letian. Lotte & Co. has provided all-round financial support to businessmen. Many businessmen from Kagoshima have also gone there. Through this, Business in Kagoshima, a shareholder, Kazeshima, has also entered a period of great prosperity.
Merchant ships from the United States, England, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain...all over the world can be seen here, and the rulers of the Shimadzu family will wake up laughing from their dreams at night.
But today, a scene on the sea caused chaos in the entire port. In the end, even the head of the Shimazu family in the castle tower was alarmed.
"There are battleships, Western battleships... rushing towards Kagoshima with many scars... sailing at full speed with murderous intent... run, find a place to hide..."
The first to escape from the port were three small fishing boats. The fishermen wearing loincloths were so frightened that their faces were deformed. Three years ago, the four Western countries bombarded Japan's Shimonoseki incident was still vivid in our minds. At this time, when people saw the foreign warships, they There is no one who is not afraid.
The whole port was in a state of explosion, the alarm bells were ringing, and the whole city was filled with running crowds. Ashigaru men wearing bamboo crotch armor carried long guns and gathered at the pier, and samurai men with swords gathered from the tavern. He rushed out, pulled out his sword, and looked like a monkey with his butt on fire.
The news soon reached the ears of the head of the Shimazu family. When Tadayoshi Shimazu rushed to the castle tower and looked down at the harbor, he happened to see the shadows of four battleships faintly appearing on the sea. When he picked up his telescope and looked carefully, The head of the house's eyes almost dropped.
"Nani, why do Western warships fly a flag with the word "Xiao"? What kind of force is this? Wait, Xiao Xiaoxiao...could it be Xiao Letian's warship?"
Shimazu Tadayoshi reacted extremely quickly. He shouted in a flash, "Restrain, let our soldiers restrain, don't cause conflicts. There is something strange about these warships. Send someone to negotiate immediately..."
Thanks to Shimazu Tadayoshi's quick reaction, the Japanese warship in the dock had already taken off the pedals and was about to set sail.
