1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 274 Strategies against the Sun
"What happens after you catch it?"

Liang Yao was very speechless to Miller's words, and once wondered how Miller got into the position of Captain of the Navy.

"Our purpose of coming to Japan this time is called an expedition, but in fact our purpose is not to government Japan, but to open up the Japanese market and conduct fair free trade with us."

Although Liang Yao didn't like Japan as a country, he still remained sober.

It is certainly possible to attack Edo, the capital of Kyoto, and capture the general of the emperor alive.

But this is not the best choice. His purpose of coming to Japan now is for economic benefits, not to conquer Japan.

The size of Japan is not small, the size of the United States and California is not large, and the strength is not very strong.It is impossible to conquer Japan like Britain conquered India.

Furthermore, even if Japan wants to fight, it must be resolved quickly. A prolonged delay will not benefit Fillmore's re-election.

"Miller! Shut up!"

Perrier felt that Miller's remarks were ridiculous and told Miller to shut up.

Perry stared at the torn apart map of Japan. He was one of the few senior executives in the United States who understood the Far East, but Perry knew that his understanding of the Far East was not as good as that of Liang Yao.

Although the two had some disagreements in some aspects, such as the issue of Formosa, Perry still lowered his posture in the face of major issues related to national interests, and humbly greeted the man in front of him who was inferior to him in terms of age, seniority, and military rank. The colonel asked for advice.

"Colonel Liang, I want to hear your opinion." Perry poured a glass of rum for Liang Yao and asked Liang Yao for his opinion.

"Using the Japanese to control the Japanese!" Liang Yao took the rum from Perry, "The feudal lords in the Southwest and the Edo Shogunate are at odds, which is beneficial to us and can be used. These places are also places where the Japanese economy is more developed. The atmosphere is also more open, especially Nagasaki in Kyushu!"

This is Liang Yao's test against Japan. If Japan is founded, after the United States, other European powers will follow.

Just like when the "Nanjing Treaty" was signed, France and the United States also followed the British to drink soup, and couldn't wait to force the Qing government to sign the "Treaty of Wangxia" and "Treaty of Huangpu".

If you want to continuously obtain economic benefits in Japan and gain an advantage among the major powers, it is far from enough to sign a "Japan-US Treaty of Goodwill" as in history. You must deepen your control over Japan and control costs. It must be within the acceptable range of Liang Yao and the American government.

Perry's brain is obviously much better than Miller's. After all, Jiang is still old and hot. Perry quickly understood Liang Yao's meaning.

"Colonel Liang means to win over the feudal lords in the southwestern region of Japan and cooperate with these feudal lords?"

"It's not to win over, it's to support." Liang Yao corrected.

This is not the relationship between friends, but the relationship between father and son. The seniority should not be messed up.

"There are so many vassals in Japan. If they want to support them, the cost may be very high." Perry scratched his beard.

Liang Yao's idea is of course very good, but support will cost money, and it will cost a lot of money, and once it is involved, it will cost money, especially big money.The resistance on the other side of Congress will not be small.

The United States is not financially rich. This expedition was only possible with the strong support of President Fillmore, who tightened his belt and squeezed out money.

Liang Yao turned his head and asked Liang Sen: "Our declaration of war has already been handed over to the Tokugawa shogunate. What is the attitude of the Tokugawa shogunate and the feudal lords?"

"There is no disturbance. The Tokugawa shogunate and the feudal lords did not take our declaration of war in the United States seriously." Liang Sen said truthfully.

The Tokugawa shogunate has locked the country for two hundred years, and among the Western countries, the only one that has maintained exchanges is the Netherlands.

On the contrary, the Tokugawa shogunate knew nothing about the Western powers closest to them, the United States, and did not believe that the distant country of the United States could pose a threat to the Japanese archipelago.

I am afraid that in the entire Tokugawa shogunate, no one may know what kind of country America is, and the reaction of the Tokugawa shogunate was within Liang Yao's expectations.

If the Tokugawa shogunate received the declaration of war, it would be a ghost.

Liang Yao picked up a pencil and drew a route on the map. This route started from Xiangshan, went north through the Formosa Strait, Ryukyu, arrived in Nagasaki, then entered the Seto Inland Sea, and headed to Edo along the coastline , to show off force to the vassal lords of Japan along the way, in order to achieve the purpose of deterring the vassal lords by force.

Let the Japanese feudal lords see what the fuck is called a modernized army.

"General Perry, follow this route. Since the Tokugawa shogunate and the Japanese feudal lords have not responded, we will give them a response and let them see what the power of civilization is." Liang Yao put down his pen and said to Perry.

"We're going to enter the inland sea of ​​Japan on this route." Perry still had a little bit of concern.

"We have declared war on Japan, and the United States and Japan are already at war. Could it be that the American Navy is still afraid of those small Japanese sampans?" Liang Yao said with a hint of disdain.

"Then let them see the world-renowned power!"

In front of the army, Perry naturally did not want to appear timid.

The warships of the American East India Fleet exhaled billowing smoke and accompanied by a piercing siren, sailed out of Xiangshan and headed north along the coastline.

The black warships of the American East India Fleet first appeared in Nagasaki.

At this time, Nagasaki was a special existence in Japan. It was Japan's only window to the outside world. There were two foreigner settlements, Tangguan and Languan.

The so-called Tang Guan is easy to understand, it is the residential area of ​​Chinese merchants, and the Lan Guan is the residential area of ​​Dutch merchants.

In addition to China and the Netherlands, there were merchants from Korea and Ryukyu in Nagasaki, but the merchants from Korea and Ryukyu did not form the same settlements as Tangguan and Languan.

In Nagasaki, there are temples set up in the same important places as Kyoto, Osaka, Fushimi, Sunfu, Nara, Yamada, Nikko, Sado, Uraga, Kanagawa, Hakodate, Niigata, Shimoda, and Hyogo, which are the highest in Nagasaki. Administration.

To put it bluntly, it is the leader of the shogunate, but Nagasaki's administrative office is different from other administrative offices. Instead, it focuses on transactions, and the rest are like branches and leaves.

In Nagasaki, in addition to guarding against foreign invasion and the spread of Christianity, he was also a commercial officer in charge of trade affairs, negotiating with foreigners who came to Nagasaki, and having business and diplomatic functions.

It's just that in other offices, the focus is on preventing foreign invasions and being responsible for local security, while in Nagasaki, it is more focused on managing foreign trade and making money for the Tokugawa shogunate.

Of course, given the complexity of the situation in Nagasaki, it was difficult for the Nagasaki Magistrate to shoulder the heavy responsibility of guarding Nagasaki. In fact, the defense of Nagasaki was in charge of the neighboring Hizen Saga and Fukuoka domains.

When the American East India Fleet arrived in Nagasaki, the security work of Nagasaki was in charge of the Hizen Saga Domain.

Not surprisingly, the American East India Fleet was blocked by Japanese ships while passing through the destination outside Nagasaki.

Hundreds of cannons on the outer fort had already pointed their muzzles at them.

Through the binoculars, Perry looked at the iron cannons and bronze cannons on the outer fort, but he didn't expect to be blocked at the first stop in Japan.

"The Japanese artillery looks better than those on the Xiangshan Fort." Perry put down the binoculars and said.

Perry's evaluation of the Nagasaki Outer Eye Fort was higher than that of the Guangdong Xiangshan Fort, which made Kang Enze somewhat uncomfortable.In the eyes of this foreigner, the forts of the Qing Dynasty were not as good as the forts of the Japanese pirates.

"The Nagasaki Outer Fort is indeed better than the Xiangshan Fort, but it's only better than the Xiangshan Fort." Liang Yao said.

"The outer cannon was just cast nine months ago. After the Feito incident in August 5, the Hizen Saga Domain regarded it as a great disgrace, and paid more and more attention to Nagasaki's coastal defense.

Naomasa Naomasa, the current feudal lord of the Hizen Saga Clan, is proficient in orchidology, and has set up a department directly under the feudal lord, the Huoshufang. In the Huoshufang, experts in artillery, orchidology, sword smithing, casting, and calculations have been assembled. Experts, to develop cannons, these cannons are the products of fire art.Naomasa Nabeshima himself is also an expert in Orchidology. "

Liang Sen said to Liang Yao.

"But colonel, don't worry, we are still outside the range of the outer eye fort, and those cannons can't hit us."

The so-called Feidong incident was a British warship, which pretended to be a Dutch ship, arrested two Dutch merchants and took them hostage, demanding that Nagasaki Mahogany exchange fuel, water, and food.The British threatened that if Nagasaki refused, they would burn all the Japanese ships in the port.

The Hizen Saga Domain was not strong enough and its troops were insufficient. In the end, the Hizen Saga Domain and the Nagasaki Magistrate had to obey the British request, and the British warships walked away triumphantly after achieving their goals.

In order to take responsibility, the Nagasaki Magistrate and the six elders of the Saga Domain all performed seppuku.Nabeshima Naomasa's father, Nabeshima Saizhi, was also sentenced to 100 days of confinement for poor security.Bells were not allowed to ring in the city, the gates of the public halls were closed, and the vassals were not even allowed to shave their beards.

This incident has always been a scar on the Hizen Saga Clan, and it has always been regarded as a great shame.

As for the study of Lanzhou, it is the study of the Netherlands. After the promulgation of the Japanese Seclusion Order, only the Netherlands was allowed to be the only Western country that was allowed to do business with Japan.

Therefore, before the founding of Japan, Lanxue also referred to Western learning in Japan.

It's just that studying the Netherlands in the middle of the 19th century is no different from joining the national army in 49. The Hizen Saga Domain studied the wrong object.

"But they are already within the range of our cannons." Liang Yao stared coldly at the cannons on his outer eyes.

Liang Yao is not very clear about the range of Perry's warship artillery, but the naval guns on the Roland, Chaoyong, and Yangwei can all hit the outer eye turrets, and they can also fire grenades.

Facing the threat of the Outer Eye Fort, Liang Yao didn't feel much pressure.

"No foreign ship is allowed to enter Nagasaki without permission! Leave Nagasaki as soon as you can!"

The retainers of the Hizen Saga Clan and the envoys of the Nagasaki Magistrate sent word to Liang Yao and Perry to leave the Nagasaki waters as soon as possible.

The retainers of the Hizen Saga Clan and the envoy of the Nagasaki Magistrate's Office spoke in a tough tone, presumably their confidence came from the artillery on the Outer Eye Fort.

(End of this chapter)