Not to mention Ito Hirobumi's confusion and excitement when he opened the side door and was buried in a pile of drawings. Huang Xuan and Dian Wei rode their ponies to Kyoto.
Kyoto is northeast of Osaka. From the map, the business circles of the two cities are almost connected. Even in 1868, the workshops here were developing rapidly. Blacksmith shops that produced knives and armor used by samurai, and Shops selling muskets, as well as various commercial houses serving the royal family and the shogunate, were well-organized and prosperous.
Kyoto Imperial Palace is the current Imperial Palace of Japan. From the Nara Period to the Meiji Restoration, it was the residence of successive emperors.
From a Chinese perspective, this is a simple building complex, with a simple moat, a simple inner city wall, and also a simple palace gate.
Huang Xuan walked half a circle around the outer city of the palace and encountered a slightly difficult problem. Placing biological bombs in the outer city is not enough to guarantee the power. The opening time of the palace gate has passed, so he cannot use the camouflage cover to sneak into the city. He also cannot find a hotel in the city - that also requires a guarantor and household registration. of.
After sleeping in the woods outside the city for a night, Huang Xuanfang asked Lorraine to help him and took advantage of the food delivery vehicle to enter the palace city.
However, he was extremely disappointed with the simplicity of the Kyoto Imperial Palace. In his opinion, this was simply a run-down small villa area. After being mistreated by successive shoguns, the emperor's resentment was probably deep, and the imperial city was covered in gray.
Yesterday evening, Huang Xuan walked around the imperial city. He felt that it was very fast, but he didn't think much about it at the time. Now it took a few minutes to reach the other side, and I couldn't help but ask: "Lorraine, how big is this place?"
"It is 700 meters wide from east to west and 100 meters long from north to south. The periphery is 900,000 square meters and the Imperial Palace is 110,000 square meters."
Huang Xuan almost fell to the ground and said: "The relationship is as big as the Huang family's old house?"
"Maybe it needs to be bigger. There are 9 famous families here, 10 main halls, and 19 halls."
"It's just a medium-sized pedestrian street. It can't be compared to a shopping plaza with more than four floors." Huang Xuan shook his head, threw the 50g biological bomb on the ground, rubbed it with his feet, and said, "Is this the main hall?"
He was referring to the long-eaves wooden building with an area of no more than 100 square meters.
"That's right."
Huang Xuan could only shake his head again, feeling that using a 50g bomb was a waste.
In order to ensure that the explosion would cover the entire Imperial Palace, even Huang Xuan of the Garden did not let it go. Although according to his idea, the bomb should be detonated at midnight, but who knows whether Mr. Meiji was in the woods with a lone shadow and a small child at that time. A tryst with the maids. Biological bombs are more than enough, and the effect must always be guaranteed.
A 50g biological bomb for every 500 square meters requires a total of 11 kilograms of explosives for 110,000 square meters. In addition to the additional explosives dropped in places with complex terrain and near buildings, the total use is less than 0 kilograms, leaving the remaining 80 kilograms, which is more than twice as powerful as the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Qingliang Hall is the emperor's dormitory. Huang Xuan specially prepared a 00g biological bomb. He pinched it squarely with his hands and carefully buried it in the center of the hall. It is said that when it explodes, an instant within a range of 00 meters. The temperature can reach 6,000 degrees, which is equivalent to the surface of the sun, and will burn out all the oxygen within a hundred meters in just two seconds. Theoretically, a meter-thick lead plate or steel plate will not work here.
Dian Wei quite likes the structure of Qiongdao here, which was built to imitate ancient Chinese legends. The lake represents the sea, and the white gravel paved on the ground in the palace looks like a beach. Dian Daxia jumped in the rubble for a while, crushing countless stones. He just hoped that the guards would not think that the elephant was crossing the border.
After finishing dealing with the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Huang Xuan went around Kyoto and the nearby Nijo Castle. Most of the so-called public families lived here. Although their influence was gradually weaker than that of the Wu family, they were always an important political force.
The success of Japan's Meiji Restoration is inseparable from Emperor Meiji. Although the shogunate was unpopular, only the emperor was the orthodoxy of Japan. Therefore, before January 1868, due to Tokugawa's return of power to the emperor, the overthrown shogunate army lost its legal basis and once ruled across the river with the shogunate army. If the shogun hadn't been unwilling to be left alone, it would have been hard to tell what would happen next.
In addition, Japan's daimyo system was a very important separation factor during the Edo period. We can know from the failure of Tokugawa Keki that after the victory of the overthrow of the Tokugawa army, several daimyo rebelled and even became independent kings. Once the whole of Japan was lost The most popular ruler - Emperor Meiji and his heirs, or the shogun and his heirs - the history of Japan in the second half of the 19th century needs to be revised.
On the fifth day of P19, Huang Xuan returned to Osaka.
Accompanying dozens of famous Osaka businessmen were not only Mitsui Takasui and Ito Hirobumi, but also a celebrity who had just returned from the front: Okubo Toshimichi. After the success of the Meiji Restoration, he served successively as Minister of Finance, Councilor, and Secretary of the Interior. He was one of the three heroes of the Restoration. The most important thing is that he was also one of Japan's top three diplomats during this period.
Huang Xuan was naturally unfamiliar with him, but if Lorraine mentioned this name, it would mean a huge gain. Xiao Huang glanced at Okubo Toshimichi with strange eyes and looked at the bearded man next to him.
This is an Englishman.
"Mr. Paul hopes to build a steel plant in Japan, and we have agreed. He will guide our construction work." Mitsui Takasui couldn't help but explain when he saw Huang Xuan's doubtful eyes.
"Paul Weimars." The Englishman introduced himself.
"ele to japan." Huang Xuan said in English like a master.
Ito Hirobumi looked at Huang Xuan in surprise. He had studied in London for many years and could naturally hear Huang Xuan's accurate London accent. As for him, his spoken language was not that standard.
Paul smiled slightly, shook hands with Huang Xuan, and said, "Thank you."
"Are you a diplomat?" Huang Xuan asked in a very affirmative tone. He did not believe in any nonsense to guide the construction work. The British themselves may not be able to understand the drawings he gave the Japanese. The open-hearth furnace design is still there. It is held in the hands of Germany's Siemens and is unwilling to show it to others easily. What's more, Lorraine has always monitored the port of Osaka, and there have been no British ships coming and going recently.
Paul looked embarrassed. He didn't expect Huang Xuan to be so direct. Mitsui Takasui quickly smoothed things over and said, "Master Huang, we still have some questions..."
"Is the money ready? There are still 4 days, I don't have time to delay." Huang Xuan said quite confidently. In fact, he could indeed be confident. The reason why Mitsui Takasui and Okubo Toshimichi created such a large battle was to get the drawings from Huang Xuan's hands as soon as possible, because the British had agreed to pay half of the price as long as there was no problem with the contents.
Four British engineers were already waiting at the port terminal, waiting to appraise the drawings.
Although Huang Xuan didn't know this, he was very familiar with the Japanese business habits of later generations. After all, Japan is China's third largest trading partner. Huang's fund and Japanese chaebols are also inextricably linked. What can be explained clearly is that both Zhang Xinyi and Huang Jindi have a lot to say when talking about Japan.
As the saying goes, only by knowing oneself and the enemy can one be victorious in every battle. Ito Hirobumi thought that Huang Xuan was a Qing official, so he used the same tactics he used against Qing officials without knowing it, which was counterproductive.
Ito Hirobumi muttered, stood up from behind Mitsui Takasui, and said: "Master Huang, you have also seen that our country has just gone through a war, and its military expenditures are huge and difficult to support..." Just like Japan's foreign policy during the Meiji period, Senior officials usually leave room for maneuver, so when discussing diplomatic issues, they try to treat them as vaguely as possible, leaving the middle and lower-level officials to give detailed descriptions. Once problems arise, senior officials will pretend to be innocent and let others take the responsibility. To facilitate continued negotiations…
This kind of diplomatic method generally started with Okubo Toshimichi. Although Huang Xuan was not familiar with this celebrity, he was very familiar with Japan's negotiation method. He remembered that when the Sifang Group first did business with Japan, it did so twice When the negotiations broke down, low-level officials took the blame, bowed and apologized, and finally signed a very favorable contract with the Sifang Group.
If the British had not appeared, Huang Xuan might have considered lowering the asking price, but Paul's status as a diplomat showed that the drawings he produced must be of great value.
Huang Xuan insisted: "800,000 taels of silver, of which at least 400,000 taels of silver are required for abalone, and the rest can be replaced by various fish and livestock."
"Master Huang..." Ito Hirobumi quickly shouted.
"If you don't agree, then just pretend that this matter never happened." In the last sentence, Huang Xuan used a very Japanese expression.
Ito Hirobumi stopped talking. Okubo Toshimichi looked at Mitsui Takasui and said: "Master Huang, it takes time to raise so many supplies..."
"5 days." Huang Xuan raised his finger and said: "After 5 days, the transaction will automatically end. And..." He paused and continued: "I want to see half of the things now. Of course, you can also take them. to half the drawing.”
Mitsui Takasui stood silently in the crowd, as if he didn't exist. The one who stood out this time was Iwasaki Yataro, with his mouth pursed and his mustache gently rising and falling. He said in a thick voice, almost pleading: "Huang grown ups… "
"No need to say anymore." Huang Xuan shook his hand. He was still unwilling to take out all the drawings. He was still a little worried that Little Japan would become animalistic and plan to snatch it away. Although he was not afraid of robbery, once the two sides broke up, they would always It will reduce the income. Speaking of which, even if you give him a thousand or eight hundred people, it will be difficult to snatch away millions of taels of silver, let alone meet his needs. Therefore, proper communication is necessary, but ensure Interests are also necessary.
Perhaps the British satisfied the Japanese's vanity, or perhaps Paul's promise strengthened Mitsui Takasui's confidence. He finally coughed and said: "Master Huang, then it will be 800,000 taels of silver. There are quite a few at the dock now." Let’s go over there and talk about the supplies.”
"This is so happy." Huang Xuan snickered in his heart and waved to Dian Wei. He was pulling seven or eight horses, all bought nearby. Each horse was dragging heavy drawings, as if Tang Sanzang was coming home. Same.
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A few words: The future update time will be postponed by two hours: around 1 noon and around 7 pm. The details are to be determined. The main reason is that the dolphins’ schedule has changed. Although I am sorry to ask readers to follow my schedule, it is also very difficult. Things that are helpless will not affect social harmony even if you think about it... Everyone forgives me.
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