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Chapter 1077 Referendum and Photoshoot

The Edo Castle referendum gathered more than 10 people. Many townspeople still have feelings for the Tokugawa Shogunate. The Tokugawa Shogunate built Edo Castle by itself. The people who first lived in Edo Castle were more or less the same as the Tokugawa family. There are relationships.There is also a group of people who simply oppose the rule of outsiders in Japan, and these people voted against it.

But when they saw crowds of peasants with hoes pouring into Edo Castle to vote in the referendum, they despaired of the result.The new government's policy of reducing and exempting agricultural taxes made the farmers encouraged by the Huaxia Society overwhelmingly vote in favor, and even the voters didn't know what it would mean.

Among the bustling crowd, a few people were carefully protecting a wooden shelf and the strange things erected on it.This is a new profession in Beijing—cameraman.They were using spotlights and older style cameras.However, the bulky camera that looks like an antique at this time represents the most advanced imaging technology of this era. Black and white photos are like magic, and the price of each camera is very high.They came to take pictures of this historic moment as evidence of the annexation of Japan.

"Girl, can you take a photo? We want to record the grand occasion. Our thing is not a strange thing, but a kind of machine called a camera, which can be like a painter. Your appearance and Draw the place where you are." The cameraman saw a woman in Hanfu standing in a corner of the crowd observing the voting results, and was astonished, so he wanted to invite her to be the protagonist in the background.

Because not many people in this era have seen a camera, they need to explain to each other every time they invite someone to take a photo, for fear that the other party will think it is a soul-stirring machine.

"I know the camera, do you really want to take pictures for me?" The woman who was invited was Da Yuer.

"Hey, it's great now that you know what a camera is! You just need to stand there for a while, and don't be scared when you see the spotlight." The cameraman got into the black cloth, beside The assistant gestured to Da Yuer.

She actually wants to take pictures here... Da Yuer has seen other people take pictures before, this is the first time she has been invited to be on camera, and she doesn't know how to place her hands.

She remembered that Chu Yun had posed scissors hands when he took a photo, so she also made a V sign.

Residents of Edo City, who were queuing up to collect ballots, saw the camera for the first time. They didn't know what the strangely dressed cameramen were trying to do, and what the woman in Hanfu was doing with such gestures.

"Where did that wooden shelf come from? It's a strange group of people, they keep looking around."

"I don't know, maybe it's some magical treasure."

The surrounding townspeople have seen the opening of the Yokohama-Edo Castle train, and their psychological endurance is much stronger than ordinary people. They regard cameras as magical things similar to trains.

"Very good, with a smile on your face, three, two, one!" the cameraman reminded Da Yuer through hand gestures.

After the three beeps, the spotlight flashed blindingly and white smoke rose, shocking the surrounding people like a conditioned reflex.

"What happened?!" The townspeople and farmers around shouted in horror.

The white smoke from spotlights is too similar to the smoke from firearms!

Da Yuer was also caught in the eyes by the flash of the spotlight, and she recovered after a while, and said to the people around: "This is a camera, not a firearm, and it will not cause harm to everyone. Please don't worry."

"When we return to the capital and develop the photos, we can leave a copy for you. We are the only photo studio in the capital. It's just in the west of the city. You should be able to find us if you ask a little bit." The cameraman said gratefully.

The quality of a photo depends on many factors. It’s not that the more spectacular the scene, the better. Sometimes the big is seen in the small, or the appearance of a certain character in the photo can make the photo a masterpiece.

"Then I will thank you." Da Yu'er smiled slightly, and walked to the other side to inspect.

"The girl just now was really pretty. I wonder if she is an overseas Chinese living in Edo Castle?"

"I see how her clothes are similar to the women of our delegation who gave a speech before. Could it be that she is Da Yuer?"

"If this is the case, then this photo is of great value, and maybe it will become one of the representative photos in our photo studio."

After Da Yuer left, the cameraman and several assistants seemed to have discovered something serious.I didn't expect to catch a woman casually to take a picture, but she also has her own backing.

The photographers in the photo studio continued to shuttle and take pictures among the crowd. Their strange dress and equipment made them attract people's attention wherever they went.

Ballots are put into wooden boxes one by one, and special people are singing the ballots.Due to the large number of people participating in the Edo referendum, several teams had to be lined up at the same time.

The referendum took a long time, and several important figures in the forces organizing the referendum have left the scene.The daimyos of the Western Kingdom even booked a few tea rooms and talked about their future plans.

"How many people have voted now?" Mitsuhisa Shimadzu asked his subordinates who came to report from time to time.

"More than 8 people voted, more than 6 supporters, and 2 people opposed." Mitsuhisa Shimadzu's subordinates replied respectfully.

"Brother Shimadzu, this referendum was arranged by the Kyushu Army long ago. The Huaxia Society is trying their best to achieve their goals through this referendum. It is impossible for the opponents to exceed the supporters. Even if there is, the Kyushu Army will use it Various reasons have declared this referendum invalid. We are still concerned about everyone’s situation in the future.” Tadashi Yamauchi took a sip of tea and swallowed it together, “If the whole of Japan becomes a province, then the convenience of the province is to establish prefectures and counties. .Some of us may serve in the provincial yamen, and some in the local county. We give up some things, but we are still the ones who hold some power."

"Isn't this the reward we deserve for standing in the team? As long as the Kyushu Army is not ungrateful, we should enjoy the fruits of victory." Mao Lixiu said.

"Now the peasant uprising in Shikoku Island has not been contained, and more than [-] peasant troops have occupied Shikoku Island. Maybe you, Mr. Yamauchi, will be appointed as an official of Shikoku Island. At that time, your Yamauchi family will clean up the mess in Shikoku Island." All the daimyos said to Yamauchi Tadyoshi with a little teasing.

"No way... I don't want to go back to the original fief to deal with the peasant army." Yamauchi Tadyoshi inherited the Nagamune Gabu clan's territory on Shikoku Island, but at this time Shikoku Island was full of peasant rebels, and the Yamauchi family I'm afraid they won't be able to deal with so many peasant troops.

(End of this chapter)