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Chapter 131 What is Xiong Da Xiong Er afraid of when a bald man knows swordsmanship?

After Yagyu left Kyoto, demons were indeed raging in Kyoto. The Satsuma clan teamed up with Iwakura Tomoshi and began to make proposals to the emperor to return the shogunate's power. Iwakura Tomoshi even proposed to restore the imperial government.

Sakamoto Ryoma also came to Kyoto, met with Goto Shojiro, and proposed the Eight Strategies in the Ship. The Tosa Domain also proposed to return the great government, but did not support the collapse.

As for Tokugawa Keiki, he tried to win over Matsudaira Yoshiho and wanted the cabinet to side with the shogunate. However, many people in the cabinet were not happy. Matsudaira Yoshiho could only keep the cabinet neutral and continue the restoration.

As for Emperor Meiji, since Yagyu was away, Nijou Zejin, Prince Asahiko, Iwakura Tomoshi and others took turns to induce Meiji. However, Meiji was not very biased towards the shogunate. He also agreed in his heart that the great government should be returned, so he acquiesced to Iwakura Tomoshi. the behavior of.

However, because the safety of the imperial palace was firmly controlled by the First Guards Division, Emperor Meiji could also mobilize the imperial guards in the palace, so he had much greater authority than in history.

Although Meiji tacitly allowed Iwakura Tomo to take action against the shogunate, he knew Yagyu's attitude towards the shogunate, so he said: "My father-in-law always said that although the shogunate was decayed, the Tokugawa family made contributions to the court and Japan.

We cannot erase the contribution of the Tokugawa family. The Tokugawa generals are also men of insight and can make a difference in the new era. "

When Nijo Saikei and others heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief. At least Emperor Meiji still supported Yagyu Kite and supported Yagyu Kite, so his Guanbai and Prince Asahiko's political career would be guaranteed.

And Iwakura Tomomi is a little confused. If he can't bring down Yagyu Heiyan, then he won't be able to control more power.

The best way to deal with Yagyu Hiden is to get the emperor married, so that he can personally govern. As long as the emperor personally governs, there will be a chance to drive a wedge between the emperor and Yagyu.

Iwakura Tomomi suppressed the thought in his heart. There is no need to rush this matter. You can first choose the emperor's marriage partner and then mention it later. Anyway, Yagyu Higen will not be coming back in a short time.

But Iwakura Tomoshi certainly didn't expect that Yagyu had already mentioned Meiji's marriage. Although it was said to be a discussion, Yagyu preferred to marry a foreign princess for marriage. Even if Iwakura Tomoshi proposed the idea of ​​selecting a queen for the emperor, he would be rejected by the Meiji Emperor. reject.

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In Alaska, in the Sansheng Bay colonial stronghold on Kodiak Island, Yagyu met Sergey and Seryukov after a hangover. Both of them knew that someone provoked Yagyu and was taught a lesson yesterday.

Sergey said unceremoniously: "These bastards need to be taught a lesson, Yagyu, you don't have to hold back, hahaha!"

Seryukov immediately said: "Mr. Yagyu, I will definitely discipline them."

Yagyu didn't get too entangled in this matter and said directly: "I can understand their mood. These are all trivial matters. Let's get down to business."

Sergey said indifferently: "What are you talking about? Anyway, Alaska will be left to you. You can deal with it how you want."

Yagyu looked at Seryukov and said: "According to theory, this is indeed the case. However, Mr. Seryukov, since you treat me as a friend, then naturally I can't let you suffer.

We will not interfere in the fur business until you evacuate, but I also need your help. I need to find out how many people are on this land. "

Seryukov immediately smiled and patted his chest and said: "Mr. Yagyu, my friend, don't worry, I will definitely help you with all my strength!"

The reason why Yagyu did this was to reduce the trouble. After all, it was the early stage of development, and troubles that could be solved quickly had to be resolved immediately. A small fur business was not as good as the development of a great cause.

We must know that there are gold mines near Seward, the first target Yagyu chose. Can making fur sounds make money from gold mines?

Kodiak Island, where the Trinity Bay Colony is located, is just southwest of Seward.

Seward is a city in the southeastern part of the Kenai Peninsula in southern Alaska, with an ice-free port.

Sea transportation is very convenient, there is logging industry and fishery, and there are oil, gold, silver and other mines nearby.

As for Anchorage, that area developed into the largest city in Alaska because of the discovery of oil. However, there is a port near Anchorage, which is much larger than the port in Seward and is the most important port in Alaska.

However, this is not a critical matter for Yagyu at this stage. Seward's ice-free port is more suitable for Yagyu's early development.

Anyway, their ships are not very big and do not need a large port. Seward's ice-free port just meets his requirements.

However, before starting to develop, Yagyu and the pioneering team must stabilize the colony in Sansheng Bay.

This colony will serve as a bridgehead for subsequent teams.

After the formal handover between Yagyu and Sergei, Sergei left the Sansheng Bay Colony with the first batch of evacuees and returned to Tsarist Russia.

He was left alone with Seryukov.

Seryukov asked: "Mr. Yagyu, the local Eskimos and Aleuts have recently come to trade furs with us. Can I introduce you to them then?"

This proposal was indeed a very important thing to him, and he immediately replied: "If possible, I need a translator who is familiar with the local language to teach me some spoken English."

The Eskimos that Seryukov now refers to are Inuit. The term Eskimo comes from the language of their enemy, the Indian Algonquin tribe, which means "people who eat raw meat", and "Inuit" is their Self-proclaimed, meaning "human being".

Seryukov was too lazy to distinguish between these, so he used the pejorative name Eskimos, but if Yagyu wanted to govern this place, he had to call them Inuit.

In addition, the Inuit speak an Inuit-Aleut language.

This language family is divided into two dialects: Inupiaq, distributed in Greenland, Canada and northern Alaska in the United States; Yupik, distributed in southern Alaska in the United States and the Bering Strait region of Siberia, Russia.

Because of colonization, the written scripts of this language family are divided into Latin scripts and Cyrillic scripts according to different geographical locations.

Now the people Seryukov wants to introduce to Yagyu are the Inuit and Aleut people who speak Yupik.

They do not have specific words, many are conventions, and the language is mainly communicated through spoken language.

As for grammar, don't worry too much about it. As long as you can understand the meaning, grammar is not very important.

Yagyu did not stay long in the Sansheng Bay Colony. He returned to the station near the port. The soldiers and craftsmen had already started a new day of work, and a large amount of supplies had been moved into the temporary warehouse.

After all the supplies are moved, the fleet will return and bring a second batch of supplies. This second batch of supplies will be used to build the Seward base.

However, the Seward base is just the name in Yagyu's mind. According to official documents, Seward's name is Kamura City, which means the seaside area blessed by the gods (good names can be collected).When Yagyu returned to the temporary station, he saw that everyone was busy, but he was the most leisurely. Thinking of what he said yesterday, he was embarrassed to just wander around, so he picked up a cross-cut saw and an ax, and said: "Iron We will help you too."

Ichimura Tetsunosuke quickly picked up an ax and said, "Director, I'll do it."

Yagyu smiled and said: "Boy, I am no worse than others when it comes to wielding an axe."

He took the tools and came to the woods not far away. It had already become a construction site, and there were specialized Hida workers instructing everyone on how to cut down the trees.

Hida workers are professionals. They have a history of logging for thousands of years. Since the Heian period, Hida workers have built buildings for the royal family, as well as various temples and shrines.

The reason why Hida Gong has such a superb memory is because Hida Country, where Hida Gong was born, is an environment with many mountains and not much arable land.

The people of Hida Province could only rely on logging to exchange for food. Over time, their skills became exquisite and they gradually became world-famous Hida workers.

However, Hida Engineer Ryotaro Miki, who was conducting the command, saw Yagyu's figure and ran over to greet him: "Prime Minister, why are you here? There is some danger here. Please stay away, Prime Minister."

Yagyu smiled gently and said, "Oh, Ryotaro, don't be too nervous. I'm here to help."

Miki Ryotaro was very surprised. He quickly declined and said: "Prime Minister, you have so many things to do, why waste your time doing these things?"

"Ryotaro, you are wrong. Everything we are doing now is for pioneering. Yesterday I encouraged everyone to dedicate themselves. If I don't set an example, how can others really believe it?"

Yagyu's tone was very sincere. He did not blame Miki Ryotaro, but just explained his own difficulties.

Miki Ryotaro saw that Yagyu was speaking so sincerely, so he explained: "Prime Minister, I admire you very much for your behavior, but logging is unusual and accidents are prone to occur. Large-scale logging like this, Falling trees may injure people.

When people like us die, there are still people who can replace us, but you are the leader of Japan. Everyone hopes that the Prime Minister will lead us to build Japan and make it a strong country.

Today's Japan can do without me, and it can do without them, but it cannot do without the Prime Minister. "

"I understand your difficulties." Yagyu didn't blame Miki Ryotaro. After all, he is a professional and must know the risks involved, but Yagyu still insisted: "Then arrange a more remote place for me, so that there will be less danger. .

Ryotaro, you can find two professional loggers to join me, that way it will be safe. "

Seeing Yagyu's persistence, Miki Ryotaro nodded and said, "Okay, since the Prime Minister is so insistent, I will definitely arrange this matter next time."

Ryotaro Miki brought the drawings. On the paper was a map of the forest that had been surveyed and mapped yesterday. On it was Ryotaro Miki's simple division of the forest work area.

He found a forest area that was relatively remote but bordered several areas and said, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, I will take you there."

Miki Ryotaro called Yagyu, and then called two skilled lumberjacks to a forest area. On the east side of this forest area was the area where other people were working. The sound of falling trees was heard continuously in those areas. The sound of trumpets and the sound of axes striking tree trunks.

Ryotaro Miki said to the two skilled workers: "You are teaching the Prime Minister how to cut trees. You must pay attention to the safety of the Prime Minister."

When the two skilled workers heard this, they were very nervous.

Yagyu clapped his hands and said, "Don't be so nervous. I'm a master of swordsmanship. I can immediately detect the slightest movement of the opponent and react quickly, so when the tree falls, it won't hurt me."

The two skilled workers were dubious and still a little nervous, so Yagyu had no choice but to ask Ryotaro Miki to teach him.

Ryotaro Miki directly picked up the ax and said: "Prime Minister, the most important thing in logging is the angle of logging. If the ax cuts directly across the tree like this, it will easily get stuck in the trunk, so we usually chop at this angle."

The angle he was talking about was 45 degrees. He couldn't tell what this angle was, but he could make this action. After cutting into the tree trunk, he didn't rush to pull it out. He continued to explain: "This angle is when you hold something horizontally. It intersects with the tree trunk to form such a right angle, and the angle of the ax is in the middle, which is like splitting a right angle into two equal parts."

Yagyu immediately understood the meaning and cut at a 45-degree direction.

Miki Ryotaro watched Yagyu nod and continued: "Now we need to make a cut on the other side of the tree trunk slightly lower than just like before.

In this way, both sides are cut repeatedly, and eventually the tree will fall in the direction with a shorter gap. Generally, after cutting a large gap, the tree can be felled with a cross-cut saw. "

He immediately called two other skilled workers to cooperate, and within a few minutes a cedar tree was cut down.

Yagyu praised: "As expected of a professional, he is really good. Ryotaro, let me try it."

Miki Ryotaro immediately handed the ax to Yagyu. Yagyu held the ax in both hands, spread his legs and bent them slightly. Then he slashed at a 45-degree angle. He controlled the strength and slashed in with just one blow, and then used the second and third blows. It takes the same amount of strength to cut down trees. You must have steady strength and a sense of rhythm.

Following Ryotaro Miki's instructions, Yagyu opened a gap on both sides. When he continued to open the gap, he would chop near the gap to expand the gap and avoid the ax getting stuck.

Only five minutes later, the cedar tree that Yagyu fell down had already tilted, and he could already hear the slight abnormal sound.

He immediately shouted: "Be careful!"

Yagyu slightly increased his strength and slashed twice at one side of the low gap. The cedar tree immediately fell down, throwing up a sheet of snow.

Miki Ryotaro was a little surprised and said: "Prime Minister, you are really powerful. I didn't expect that you showed no signs of tiredness after cutting for several minutes."

Yagyu held his ax in his hand and said with a smile: "I am a master of swordsmanship. I still understand how to exert force."

Ryotaro Miki smiled sheepishly and said: "I am just stupid. The Prime Minister is indeed a new generation of swordsman. Your speed is no less than that of a skilled woodcutter."

"Ryotaro, you don't have to worry about me cutting down trees now, do you?" Yagyu said with a narrow eyebrow and a smile.

Now Yagyu's expression is no longer so stiff. After all, he hasn't killed anyone for a long time. He killed too many people during that time, and his brain and heart are a little numb. When looking at people, he will unconsciously analyze which one can kill the fastest.

Ryotaro Miki smiled and said: "Of course not, Prime Minister is welcome to join us."

Yagyu picked up the ax to signal, then came to another tree and continued cutting wood.

(End of this chapter)