In Order to Become a Heroic Spirit, I Had to Do Things in History

Longma also saw that Zuo Cun's mood was very wrong.

He sighed and stood up: "Be in a better mood, Zuo Cun."

Zuo Cun raised his head and smiled indifferently.

"What's your plan next?"

"I want to walk along the coastline to Shimoda." Zuo Cun has always planned his own way in detail, "I want to go and see what this port, open to foreigners, is like now... ."

"Do you want to be together?"

Ryoma looked at the bored Miss Aaron beside him, pondered for a moment, and smiled.

"Let's go then."

......

The two stayed in this small village overnight and set off on a journey the next day.

And someone who wanted to meet Zuo Village a long time ago...

Emperor Xiaoming sighed.

His mind was stable.

Since he succeeded to the throne, he has been like a mascot, without any real power at all, and his mentality is called a stable one.

But as the nominal Japanese supreme ruler, you have to say that he has no ambition in his heart... that is impossible.

And now, he sees that hope.

However, hope is hope, in this moment of external worries and internal turmoil, Xiaoming still has his own thinking.

That is, on the bright side, he wants to protect the shogunate and support the shogunate. After all, the shogunate is the best shield against foreign enemies in front of him.

To this end, he even publicly stated his position.

However, all of this did not prevent him from having a little thought of his own.

That is to recruit some of his henchmen and find a way to get something back from the shogunate.

For example...the shogunate used the shogunate to raise the power of the king and achieve a combination of public and military?

But the plan to secretly search for the strong has been unsuccessful. At least the best candidate in Xiaoming's heart... seems to have forgotten himself, and has never come to see him.

Zuo Village really forgot.

He is now practicing swimming at the beach.

Ryoma wants to start something like a sailor team first, although it is still an idea, but the water ability must be mastered.

Although Zuo Cun can jump, there is nothing on the sea that can help you jump up.

However... Zuo Village is a landlubber.

If Miss Aaron hadn't worked so hard to get it back for him, Zuo Cun might have been floating there.

On land, when he encountered a river or something, he would walk over the bridge if there were a lot of people, jump over if there were few people, and would not touch the water at all.

but now......

Zuo Cun spat out a mouthful of seawater, his mouth full of salty taste.

He was lying on the boulder by the sea, staring at the sky with unrequited love.

"Why can't I learn to swim." He wanted to die when he said this.

As a top samurai, his physical coordination is excellent.

But when the whole body was immersed in the sea water, it was inexplicably out of control.

In a word, afraid of water.

Ryoma felt a little funny, but he felt that laughing out loud might not be polite.

"Hahahahahaha!" Miss Aaron couldn't straighten her waist with a smile.

"Mingming... When I caught fish two days ago, I didn't feel anything." Zuo Cun touched his bulging belly and sighed.

too difficult.

But Zuo Cun will let himself learn to swim, and what he wants to learn must be learned.

...just don't know how much seawater to drink.

===Chapter 330 IX Tokugawa Iesada's Death===

Toshihiro Hijikata spent a little money and learned some details about the assassination of Masahiro Abe from the mouth of a servant.

When Abe Masahiro was found, there was a big hole in the ceiling of the room, and Abe Masahiro himself had a broken arm and a penetrating wound on his forehead, which seemed to be caused by a dagger.

Apart from these, the murderer left no more clues in place.

Hijikata Toshio pondered.

In this small group belonging to the Examination Hall, his mind turned faster, and many things were his ideas, and then Shimazaki decided.

There were some bad thoughts in his mind.

That is, Masahiro Abe... It is very likely that Zuo Village assassinated.

Zuo Cun has been staying in Kyoto before, and many people can testify. After all, Yu Gui Zhan is somewhat of a big man, and he is a big man with a difference.

As for the dagger... Zuo Cun happened to have a dagger hanging on his chest.

Coupled with the previous debate between Zuo Village and the two of them when they were in Mibu Village...

No, it shouldn't be so early to make a conclusion. Is it possible that a little samurai like me can investigate things that the government can't find out?

Hijikata Toshihiro, some escaping this idea.

"Hijikata, did you find out what happened?" Isamaki Shimazaki came over and asked.

Chief Okita's eyes were filled with hope.

Hijikata hesitated for two seconds, then shook his head: "There is no valid news, I can only know... Mr. Abe died tragically, and his hands were chopped off."

"Is that so..." Isamu Shimazaki hugged his chest, as if thinking about something.

Only Okita noticed that slight hesitation.

It is not only Zuo Cun that is conflicted.

......

Zuo Village and Ryoma just stopped and walked along the coastline.

It took more than a month for the three of them to finally walk from the courtyard to Shimoda.

As the only channel for Japan to communicate with foreign countries, both of them are very curious about this place.

It was the Americans who forced the shogunate to sign an unequal treaty, forcibly broke Japan's policy of closing the country, and finally forced the shogunate to wake up.

After the United States signed two treaties with the shogunate, countries such as Russia, Britain and the Netherlands also signed various treaties with Japan one after another.

Soon after, Japan's "big ship construction ban" was lifted by the shogunate, which was facilitated by Abe Masahiro's efforts.

Shimoda Castle is not prosperous. Unlike the large cities of Edo, Nagoya, and Kyoto, it appears more as a port in people's field of vision.

Zuo Cun and Ryoma approached Shimoda Castle, the first impression was: there are so many foreigners.

Although there are still many Japanese people in Shimoda Castle, there are also many tall, blond and blue-eyed foreigners who cannot be seen anywhere else.

"Longma, those people look so strange." Miss Aaron looked at the foreigners in the city and complained to Longma.

"Well, it is indeed very different from the Japanese..." Ryoma narrowed his eyes.

He had also seen foreigners before, but this was the first time he had seen such a large number of foreigners.

"I remember that the Americans placed diplomats here." Zuo Cun remembered something.

"Well... let's stay here for two days." Ryoma thought about it.

After all, it is just to gain knowledge, and staying for too long does not have much effect.

The three of them walked in Shimoda. Most of the foreigners were busy and passed by in a hurry, but some foreigners showed contempt for the Japanese, including Zuo Cun Ryoma.

That is not contempt for an individual, but contempt for a country.

It made Zuo Cun feel dull and gloomy.

"Ryoma, can I beat someone?" Miss Aaron was displeased and asked Ryoma's opinion.

"Don't, calm down, Miss Aaron." Ryoma was in a cold sweat and smiled bitterly.

In this situation, Zuo Cun and Long Ma were actually prepared.

A weak country will naturally be despised by others, which is inevitable.

How to avoid this kind of vision in the future is what the two are considering.

I am happy to be happy for a while, but it is not good for the country at all.

Ryoma led Miss Aaron, and several people found the hotel in Shimoda City, stayed in, and sighed in unison.

"I imagined the attitude of foreigners towards us, it should be very bad, but I didn't expect..." Ryoma felt a big stone pressed against his chest.

Zuo Village thought of the approachable foreigner—his own English teacher, Dr. Ruslan Jefferson, who lived in Kyoto.

Ruslan reminded him that the Americans' attitude toward Japan was surprisingly consistent, and he was just an exception.

Therefore, when dealing with Americans and other foreigners other than him, be sure not to act rashly.

"Ryoma, do you have any ideas?"

"...If I can really cleanse this country, then diplomacy is urgent." Ryoma squeezed his chin, his thoughts abounded, "But in the final analysis...diplomacy's confidence is still strong. Strength, the current shogunate is too weak, and the emperor also supports the weak shogunate on the surface. Lord Katsukaishu has begun to build a navy under the guidance of the deceased Masahiro Abe. I heard that he also hired a teacher from the Netherlands. How is the situation..."

"...Let's go to Tosa first. Now, when we are still gathering strength, our thoughts are not suitable to appear on the bright side." Zuo Cun expressed his opinion to Ryoma.

"I think so too." With a long sigh, Ryoma rubbed his temples.

......

At this time, Kyoto.