1850 American Gold Tycoon.

Chapter 289
"I heard that Colonel Liang used to be from the Qing Dynasty. Since he is from the Qing Dynasty, Colonel Liang must also know the reason why rabbits will bite people when they are cornered."

Masahiro Abe continued to speak forcefully.

"If the American army comes in full force and wants to destroy our imperial country, the people of the imperial country will be smashed to pieces to protect the territory of the imperial country. At that time, how many American soldiers will be buried in the imperial country is unknown."

As the saying goes, if you know yourself and your enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.

There is no doubt that Masahiro Abe is very familiar with the affairs in Japan and even the major events in East Asia.

Although the Tokugawa shogunate was decayed, there were still many people of insight in the shogunate, and Masahiro Abe was one of them.

But Masahiro Abe still lacks understanding of America.

There is only one channel for Japan to obtain information about the United States, and that is through the Dutch.But the United States is alone in the Americas, far away from Europe.

In addition, New York and other places are colonies that the Dutch once lost, and the Dutch still have a grudge. It is a bit difficult for the Dutch to let the Dutch, who understand America, provide Japan with more objective and accurate information.

Therefore, the information about America obtained by the Japanese from the Dutch is second-hand information processed by the Dutch.The America that the Japanese know is exactly the America in the eyes of the Dutch.

Although the Japanese shogunate authorities were not as ignorant as the Qing Dynasty during the Opium War ten years ago, they were limited by the channels for obtaining information, and their understanding of the outside world was limited after all.

Compared with Masahiro Abe, Liang Yao has a more thorough understanding of Japan.I am afraid that it is difficult to find a second person in this world who understands Japan better than him.Whether it is the channels for obtaining information or the degree of understanding between the two, it is extremely asymmetrical.

"Yu Sui? Is it Yu Sui, a Japanese citizen of the shogunate, or did the feudal clans follow Yu Sui?" Liang Yao sneered.

Masahiro Abe was shocked, he tried his best to keep calm, gritted his teeth and said, "Of course it's the tens of millions of people in the imperial kingdom!"

"I'm afraid this is just your wishful thinking." Liang Yao said lightly.

"The one respected by the Japanese people is the emperor, not the shogun. Tokugawa Keqing is nothing more than the co-lord of the feudal lords, nothing more. The co-lord of the feudal lords, he Tokugawa Ikei did, and the lords of the Southwest Xiongfan, Why can't you do it?"

"What do you mean by that?" Abe Masahiro heard the implication in Liang Yao's words.

"If the Tokugawa shogunate is not willing to sign the "U.S.-Japan Goodwill Treaty", with our strong national strength, we can support any of the Southwest Xiongfan, replace the Tokugawa shogunate, and sign with us instead of the Tokugawa shogunate. "Liang Yao said unhurriedly.

"If the Tokugawa shogunate is willing to sign, America's strong ships, sharp guns and fast guns will be opened to you as long as you give enough money. With American guns, General Tokugawa, why worry about the unstable position of the Japanese co-lord .

I trouble Abe to tell General Tokugawa to be friends with the United States or to be enemies with the United States. The survival of the Tokugawa shogunate is on his mind. "

Although Japan before the Meiji Restoration was a unified country, it was only superficially unified.

At this time, the Tokugawa shogunate's ability to integrate and organize Japan was not even comparable to that of the Qing Dynasty.

Japan became a centralized country, and it had to wait until the abolition of feudal clans and the establishment of prefectures.

Masahiro Abe's statement that the people of the imperial country must be smashed to pieces to protect the territory of the imperial country is simply nonsense. Japan in the Edo period was not Japan in the Japanese imperial period.

Before the awakening of modern national consciousness, these so-called citizens of the imperial country, whether they recognized the imperial country or not was a matter of debate.

As the de facto supreme ruler of Japan now, Tokugawa Jiaqing is at best the co-lord of the Japanese princes.

Liang Yao's words obviously hit Masahiro Abe's weakness, and it could also be said that it was Tokugawa Iakei's weakness. What a ruler fears most is never a powerful foreign enemy, but the overthrow of his own rule.

This applies to the Qing Dynasty as well as to the Tokugawa shogunate.

"Our general has always been very sincere in negotiating with the United States. However, Japan is a small country with limited financial resources. We really cannot afford to pay for the eleven million taels of silver. With the vast territory of the Qing Dynasty and the greatness of its people, With so much wealth, it is difficult to raise the [-] million silver dollars in the Jiangning Tiao, let alone us."

Abe Masahiro said very earnestly.

Liang Yao knew that what Masahiro Abe said was not false, eleven million taels of silver was indeed beyond the capacity of the shogunate authorities.

However, on the issue of compensation, Liang Yao did not intend to back down, but asked for more compensation.

"Eleven million taels of silver was a month ago, and now it is [-] million taels of silver." Liang Yao corrected.

With that said, Liang Yao threw the revised "US-Japan Goodwill Treaty" in front of Masahiro Abe.

He had told Abe Masahiro himself a month ago that if he refused to sign the treaty agreed upon on board the Roland, the Tokugawa shogunate authorities would not sign this treaty when they arrived in Edo.

Liang Yao was a man of his word, and he always kept his word. Masahiro Abe had no way of discounting the contract.

"Fifteen million taels of silver?" Abe Masahiro had an almost desperate expression on his face, "We still can't afford to pay [-] million taels of silver, let alone [-] million taels of silver? It is very important for us to negotiate. Sincerely, but Colonel, you must also consider the actual situation in Japan."

"We can understand your country's difficulties. In view of this, we allow your country to repay the compensation in the form of goods in exchange for silver, or even in the form of people in exchange for silver." Liang Yao said with a very kind smile.

"Person for thing?"

Masahiro Abe understands what it means to use things for money. This is a method, but Masahiro Abe doesn't understand what it means to use people for money.

"Women in the imperial kingdom are also the property of the imperial kingdom." Liang Yaotu saw it poorly.

"I understand. I will convey this to our general." Masahiro Abe stood up with a sad look on his face.

"I also ask General Perry and Colonel Liang to stop bombarding Edo, and we will reply to you as quickly as possible."

After speaking, Masahiro Abe staggered and left the Mississippi tremblingly.

"This is human trafficking, which is against the spirit of the United States!"

After Masahiro Abe left, Perry was very dissatisfied with Liang Yao's blatant remarks on human trafficking.

Perry was born in Rhode Island in the northeast, which is a serious free state. He himself is also a staunch anti-slavery, and Perry cannot accept Liang Yao's behavior.

"May I ask General Perry, what spirit of the United States have I violated?" Liang Yao asked rhetorically.

"Colonel Liang, I have to remind you that California is a free state. Anyone who wants to turn California into a slave state will become the public enemy of the entire American people." Perry warned.

"General Perry, I have to remind you that the United States is not only the north." Liang Yao said seriously, "Why did I ever say that I would turn California into a slave state? California's population structure is unbalanced, and the ratio of men to women is very different. Going on, California will inevitably become more and more chaotic. I am thinking about the future of California and the west of the United States. California needs women, and the western development of the United States also needs women."

Liang Yao took a sip of the tea on the table and said slowly: "These Japanese women who entered California and the United States will find their destination as free immigrants, leaving the autocratic Japan and entering the free America. From hell to heaven, I am doing good."

If you want to say what problem in California is causing Liang Yao the most headache, it is undoubtedly the problem of population structure.

It is obviously impossible to change California's unreasonable population structure in a short period of time by natural and conventional means. Liang Yao can only adopt some special means.

Liang Yao himself does not engage in human trafficking, but Stanford engages in some human trafficking in Central America under his instruction.

It's just like when the Europeans first started catching black slaves in Africa, the effect of catching black slaves in person was not good.

History has proven that letting local people do the dirty work can often achieve unexpected results at the lowest cost.

(End of this chapter)