Edo Traveler

Eiffel didn't report too much, after all, it was only half a million pounds. The Crystal Palace built in London for the Universal Exposition a few years ago is said to cost more than 1.5 billion pounds if it is to be rebuilt in future generations, and the initial cost alone is as high as more than 400 million.

Looking at hundreds of thousands of pounds is a lot of money, it's not really easy to get things done.

Not to mention that A Liguo didn't intend to lose money in the first place, he just said that Eiffel's estimate of 500,000 pounds, he couldn't pay it out at all. The reason why Alcock dared to borrow millions of dollars from the shogunate was because he had the support of Viscount Canning in India and knew that Viscount Canning would pay for him.

What is he Aliguo? A man without a title. In the eyes of those with titles, Ali Guo has not reached the level of "human" for the time being.

By the way, now Viscount Canning has not only been promoted to Earl, but has also been further promoted to Deputy King of India. Maybe some people say that the Governor of India and the Deputy King of India are not doing the same job? An errand is an errand, and the status difference is huge.

It should be noted that in the future, the deputy king of India will be an important position that the crown prince of the United Kingdom will hold concurrently. If I had to compare it, it was the governor of Kaifeng that Zhao Er served as when he was hiding in the mansion. It is also the matter of the Kaifeng Mansion. Quan knows the Kaifeng Mansion and the Governor of the Kaifeng Mansion, so it can be the same.

How could Earl Canning, the high-ranking deputy king of India, ignore Aliguo and come to help Aliguo in the aftermath. Anyway, the Indian uprising has been suppressed, what can you do to me? Alcock said before that the money would be given slowly, but as a result, there is still no trace of it.

This is also one of the reasons why A Liguo was domineering before, he has no money to compensate.

To be honest, there is no way to negotiate with the shogunate, so it is better to just suppress it directly. If you can press it down, this will be turned over. Normally speaking, it is like playing against a small country with Dai Ying, but now there are two taels of flesh on the shogunate's arm, and the luck of Dai Ying borrowed by A Liguo alone cannot be suppressed.

So A Liguo and the French began to quarrel...

Far away in Europe, with Britain and France, they have also received news of the defeat of Dagu at this time, and they know that if they want to expand their interests in aggression in the Qing Dynasty, they must use troops again. And at this time, the cabinet of the Earl of Derby fell again, and the hawkish Lord Palmerston, who held a stance of aggression and expansion, once again served as the prime minister to form a cabinet.

As one of his cronies, Earl Elgin, without any exceptions, served as the special envoy to lead the British Empire in the Far East, in charge of all matters in the Far East, and led more than 10,000 British troops on a voyage to Asia.

"Since Your Majesty has the heart to reorganize the army, why have you only trained an army of 20,000 people so far?" Count Roche laughed. He felt that he was good at diplomacy at the upper levels, and he hooked up with the Chuemon and his wife. .

He sensed that the shogunate was dissatisfied with Daiying today, so he was ready to make persistent efforts to take it to the next level, to take the training power of the shogunate army, and to further expand the influence of the French in the shogunate army.

The previous 2nd Osaka Division has been prepared. Although more than 6,000 people have not experienced any war, at least the normal military drills have been completed, and the corresponding cavalry, artillery, engineer and logistics baggage units have been equipped.

If we can continue to train a new division for the shogunate, then the French army will have the upper hand in the shogunate army.

In the Edo training team, in addition to the Edo Bay garrison artillery with a staff of 5,000 people, there are also 8,000 people from the 1st Edo Division. As well as the 500-man brigade stationed in the Langley Concession, and the 500-man brigade stationed in the Ezo Hakokan.

Although the 1st Edo Division had 8,000 staff, about 1,000 of them served as the guards for the main castle of Edo Castle and the Ichihashi Residence where the shogunate center is now. There are about 1,000 people, who are constantly rotated, serving as the guards of the shogunate. In addition, the troops often have hundreds of people on vacation all the time.

Gu Yu

Therefore, there were only 5,000 infantry mobile troops stationed in the Edo camp.

Five thousand people are you using to defend Edo? Coping with all kinds of emergencies is too confident. Why don't we French help the shogunate again, and help the shogunate to train a force close to Edo. In this way, whether it is a civil war or a foreign war, Edo can mobilize more troops.

The suggestion is good, and the idea hits Chuemon's mind, but the shogunate doesn't have that much money for the time being.

"When Kobe opened the port, the customs import and export duties of Shenguan, which originally paid for the Osaka Division, seemed to have a surplus." Shenguan is in charge of the French, and Count Roche knows best whether there is any money in customs.

"Is there already a surplus?" Chuemon pondered.

It seems that Binhai Customs has a surplus every year after that except the first year, and the surplus continues to expand. If there is no such thing as a mutiny this year, the Guan Yu allocated to the shogunate will exceed one million. To maintain this trend, it will soon become two million three million, and the shogunate should have some expenses to support soldiers.

"Our government can provide a small loan." Count Roche suddenly showed a devilish smile.

"The collateral for the loan is..." Chuemon couldn't see what Count Roche was thinking.

"Except for the customs duty mortgage of God Customs..." Count Roche's eyes lit up.

"Just say it."

"Besshi! Your country's place name is very unique." As soon as Count Roche reported the place name, Chuemon knew what he was referring to.

Even if you can name the place name Bezi, Count Roche must have known about the existence of Bezi Copper Mountain. It's just that although this copper mountain is theoretically owned by the shogunate, it is now contracted to a famous commercial house.

Izumiya Sumitomo's house!

That is, the famous Sumitomo chaebol in later generations!

This generation of Sumitomo Yoshizaemon, although UU Reading www.uukanshu.com did not take the initiative to sell to Chuemon, but still has some connections in the shogunate. In addition to the distribution of sugar, tobacco, and medicinal materials, it also operates two substitute businesses and liquor businesses in Osaka. As for the Bingzi Copper Mountain, it is naturally one of the important industries under his command.

In the Edo period, the technique of "Nanban blowing" was used to refine Besshi copper and separate silver from it, thus accumulating great wealth. But now Besshi Copper Mountain is gradually becoming "exhausted" due to more than 150 years of development.

Or to put it more bluntly, the mining technology of the feudal era is no longer suitable for the times. Like Ashio Copper Mountain, the surface was depleted before, with an annual output of 100 tons. After adopting new exploration technology and various modern mining and smelting technologies, the annual output has reached 7,000 tons.

Perhaps Besshi Copper Mountain, like Ashio Copper Mountain, will be able to radiate the second spring.