Samura brought the food to Souna and sat aside.
Souna didn't dare to look at Zuo Cun, so she just ate quietly.
Zuocun just held it on his cheek and fell asleep.
"Mr. Samura, don't you want to eat?" Souna asked cautiously when she saw that Samura didn't have chopsticks.
"My stomach hurts a little. Soina, you can eat it by yourself." Zuo Cun smiled tiredly.
Ezuna was about to say something when she felt something suddenly hit the door of her cabin.
Zuo Cun, who was originally drowsy, suddenly woke up.
"I'll go take a look. Don't move here." Zuo Cun picked up Zhi Yu and He He and walked towards the door.
"Mr. Samura..." Souna was a little worried.
Before Zuo Cun could reach the door, he saw a man wearing black Wu uniform burst in.
"Zuocun, something big happened!"
This voice...
"Sakamoto?"
The man who appeared in front of Zuomura's door was none other than Ryoma Sakamoto.
"What happened? Come in and tell me." Zuo Cun didn't say much.
To make Ryoma rush from Satsuma to Kyoto to inform Samura, something big must have happened.
Ryoma took a sip of tea and was out of breath.
"The fleet of the Choshu clan... bombarded the foreign fleet with cannon at Shimonoseki."
Zuo Cun's brows knitted together for a moment.
"Changzhou Domain? Are you sure that is the fleet of Choshu Domain?"
"I do." Ryoma spread out the map and pointed to the sea not far from Shimonoseki. "It was at this location that the Choshu clan launched artillery fire on the merchant ships of the four countries including the United Kingdom, France, the United States, and the Netherlands. Covered, foreigners... suffered heavy casualties.”
"...It's troublesome." Zuo Cun felt that his heart was beating a little fast.
"The people of the Choshu Domain are famous throughout the country for their aggressiveness in fighting foreigners, but... this time they were too reckless." Ryoma covered his head.
"If this time is not handled well... it may eventually turn into the four countries' encirclement and suppression of Japan... the Choshu Domain..." Zuomura gritted his teeth.
"Once a full-scale war breaks out, it will be difficult for Japan to resist even one country, let alone these four countries." Ryoma shook his head and sighed.
Zuocun thought for a moment and stood up.
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to find the little crown prince... Anyway, as the crown prince, he still has a certain say in front of His Majesty the Emperor." Zuomura's eyes were anxious, "It really can't be done... I Go meet that Tokugawa Iemo."
"Calm down, Samura." Ryoma grabbed Samura's sleeve, "The crown prince is only the crown prince, and Mutsuhito is currently estranged from the emperor, so it's useless."
"Then I will go directly to Tokugawa Iemo." A drop of cold sweat flowed from Samura's temples.
Sakamoto did not stop him immediately, but said to Samura: "It's impossible that Tokugawa Iemo doesn't know about this, and they must also be discussing countermeasures."
"Now we don't have to deal with them but figure out ... where we stand."
Ryoma looked into Samura's eyes.
"This is also the reason why I came to you."
Zuo Cun scratched his head in distress and put the two knives aside.
"You wouldn't be in such a hurry normally." Ryoma breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Zuo Cun finally calmed down.
If Zuo Cun really broke into Kyoto to find Tokugawa Iemo, then he would probably see a national wanted reward for Zuo Cun tomorrow.
Zuo Cun lowered his head as if nothing had happened and did not respond.
"This kind of thing happened before the sea rescue team was really established..." Ryoma didn't pay too much attention and changed the topic.
"What's Satsuma's attitude towards this matter?" Zuo Cun asked.
"Because the group of British warships that bombarded Kagoshima a while ago still show no signs of retreat, Satsuma's navy is still confronting the British at sea..."
"Didn't you say they were evacuated?" Zuo Cun was a little surprised, "Those British people are not trustworthy?"
Ryoma shook his head: "No, there are some radical guys in the Satsuma Navy, so..."
"I understand." Zuo Cun covered his forehead and closed his eyes, "How could something like this happen at such a critical moment?"
"What do you think?" Ryoma looked at Zuo Cun, who had his head lowered.
Zuo Cun blinked and stroked his chin.
"There is a turmoil in Kyoto right now, and there should be some big action from above. The British sent warships to Edo, which had a great impact on that group of people. In order to prevent this from happening again, they must take action against the anti-barbarian faction. This It’s the situation in Kyoto, and it’s one of them.”
"The attitude of the imperial court and the shogunate will definitely radiate to the various powerful vassals, and the anti-barbarian faction in Tosa is basically concentrated around Kyoto. Tosa, which has few internal anti-barbarian factions, will definitely be affected. The guy from Yamauchi Dou will probably be angry with Mr. Takeichi and the others. Let’s start, this is Tosa’s situation and the second one.”
Ryoma took over Zuocun's words and continued to analyze: "As for Satsuma and Choshu, the two strong vassals with quite aggressive anti-foreign sentiments, especially the Choshu vassal, there is even a possibility that after this shelling incident, they will directly change into a North Korean vassal." enemy."
"What you have to do now is to hide your tail." Zuocun sighed.
"Although we are very reluctant to do so, this is the best thing we can do at the moment."
"That is to say...keep a low profile and bide your time..." Ryoma crossed his chest and thought quietly.
"We also need to consider various matters in the future." Zuo Cun stretched out a finger and said, "It can be divided into several situations."
"The first is a full-scale war between the four countries and Japan."
"The second one is for Shikoku to follow the British example and ask for compensation from the imperial court and shogunate."
"The third type is for the four countries to launch targeted retaliatory actions against Changshu."
"Perhaps there are more than just these three situations, and it is also possible that these three situations occur together." Zuo Cun pinched his eyebrows, "I'm fine here, I can hide wherever I want with Souna, mainly you. "
"Not to mention Choshu, if Satsuma and the British fight, you may also be in trouble."
"Don't worry, Zuocun. Although Longma is a rookie, Miss Aaron will protect Longma well!" Miss Aaron poked her head out of the door and said to Zuocun confidently.
"Don't worry about Zuomura. Since I decided to tighten my actions, I won't do much in the past two years." Ryoma smiled, "I met a person in Satsuma, he is quite powerful. .”
"Xixiang Shenglong?" Zuo Cun said a name.
"No, haven't you met Mr. Saigo? I'm talking about another person."
"He is not from Satsuma, but from the Choshu clan. If you have the chance, I would like you to meet him."
"If you like him, he must be a very powerful person." Zuo Cun smiled, "What's his name?"
"Takasugi Shinsaku."
Ryoma sat upright and said to Zuomura.
