.Tsunami, drought, escape, fire, bankruptcy, debt rush, abolishing the vassal, stroke paralysis"

After the well-informed Master Shinichi of Maori explained all the hardships that the Kuroshima clan had encountered in the past two years, especially the news that the old vassal lord had suffered a stroke and was paralyzed to everyone. The poor Lord Tadou of Kuroshima was already crying in sorrow that Fengtu fainted several times in succession.

After receiving such bad news, the ronin samurai who followed him to fight against the nations for many years were also very mourning. These guys have been wandering in foreign countries for so many years, basically have accumulated enough wealth and are tired of fighting on the battlefield. Now, their biggest wish after returning home is, in addition to using the influence of the Naseril Empire to avoid the shogunate's pursuit of illegal smuggling in the past, they hope to successfully become an official in the Kuroshima vassal according to the promise of the leader Tadao Kuroshima. Even if they do not receive a salary, they will at least have to be a regular samurai.

In this way, they can hang their swords with their waists upright and will never be easily bullied, and they will not be easily troubled by clerks to purchase houses and real estate." However, even this meager expectation is not too much. Now it seems that there is a danger of turning into a bubble.

In an instant, a sad and grieving atmosphere quietly spread among the gay guys.

Looking at the grief Tadao Kuroshima, Feiri could only try to pick some nice words to comfort him, and promised that after arriving in Edo Castle, he would use his status and help Kuroshima to mediate as much as possible. In fact, he was not sure what attitude he would treat him, so this was like a blank check. Then he ordered the Xiangrui to anchor again and move towards Edo along the coastline.

So far, Feili has not felt anything unusual. At most, after hearing the war process, he felt a little shocked about the powerful strength of the Changzhou Rebellion Army being able to mobilize more than 20 warships, but he didn't take it seriously. As long as the Xiangrui can be repaired in time, he will definitely be confident that he will sweep away these small sailboats.

However, when Feili walked into the cab and planned to steer himself, a sailor in charge of rescue work hurried over, first whispered a few words to him, and then presented a piece of evidence that had just been salvaged in the war zone, "So, after initially confirming the authenticity of this thing, Feili's heart was covered with an indelible haze.

This is an officer's ID that was penetrated by blood and soaked in seawater. Although the handwriting and anti-counterfeiting patterns on it have become a little blurred, and the attached small photo has fallen off, just through the part of the incomplete text that can still be identified, Feili can notice some very subtle and weirdness.

"Naserier Imperial Guards Independent Gendarmerie, Third-Class Army Judge Lieutenant Krigseyfa?"

On this land in the Far East, Admiral Perry can almost be said to be a cover-up. Whether it is civil servants, military officials, naval and army, or priests and mages, they basically have to obey his orders. As a vassal unit supported by Admiral Perry, it is not surprising that several naval instructors of the Naserel Empire appear in the shogunate fleet, or several Naserel Army advisers are attached to the new shogunate army.

However, as far as Fili knows, in the formal organization of the Naserel Emperor team, Admiral Perry's Far East Fleet was actually of the same level as his own Giant Bear Legion, both of which belong to the "outsiders".

The Ministry of National Defense will not pay them military pay in normal times. They will only pay a commission during wartime and are often drifted away. As for how much arms supply can be obtained, it all depends on the commander's own ability.

Therefore, in the shogunate fleet, it is absolutely impossible for a member of the Imperial Guards to appear, but a regular army among the regular army. His eyes have always been on the top of his head, so how could he be willing to give up and hang out with the third-rate miscellaneous troops in overseas colonies?

Moreover, the domestic political situation is now in chaos, and all forces are busy taking sides, and a full-scale civil war is almost at a loss. Faced with such a mess of Yin Jun, no one can have the intention to act on any expedition to expand territory for the empire on the verge of collapse. So, how could the elite garrison troops of the imperial capital easily abandon their heavy responsibility of stationing the capital and run to this remote Far East island country to stroll?

Holding this broken document, Feili seemed to vaguely smell the scent of conspiracy

Two more days later, the Xiangrui encountered the patrol boat of the Far East Fleet of the Naserel Empire outside the Edo Bay. After confirming their identities, the Xiangrui arrived at the political core of this Far East island country under its guidance, the "God-General Shogunate" stationed in Edo Castle.

Before the establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Edo Castle was just a remote and desolate military fortress. However, after hundreds of years of peace, it has been established as a population of 1.5 million in one lifetime. It is said to have 808 metropolis, and the first metropolis is just a metropolis. In fact, in terms of the city scale alone, any historical city on the Feren continent cannot be compared with it. Even the capital of the Naseril Empire has only about 500,000 people. As for the elves, Duluhipa, there are only 200,000 residents.

The only city in the world that slightly crosses Edo Castle, namely the Sholong Empire, which is across the sea, is actually just a little different from it.

Edo Castle is not only the resident of the Tokugawa Shogunate, but also the political center of the Far East island country, but also one of the most famous trading ports in the East. The city is located on the edge of a fertile plain and has the natural geographical advantage of being surrounded by mountains and seas. The entire city is centered on the "Hand of the Mountain" highland where the Supreme Castle is located, and it stretches along the crescent-shaped coastline. From outside the city, it looks full of low wooden houses with a few towering guardhouses or pagodas mixed in between, washing like reefs towering in the sea.

In this vast crescent-shaped bay, at least hundreds of small docks are arranged in sequence. Every day, hundreds of ships are docking cobalt and mooring here, waiting in line to load and unload cargo.

Every moment there are countless coolies dressed in simple clothes, busy carrying large bags on the pier. For a metropolis with a population of millions, the various materials needed to consume every day are the same as today's documents. Most of these materials come from shipping, and they need to be transported first by the coolies' shoulders and hands, and then flow into thousands of households through various channels.

Close to the surrounding areas of these forks, large and spacious warehouses are mainly built to pile up various goods. In addition, there are several open-air giant port markets where merchants conduct bulk transactions. On the paved slab-paved avenues, although the workers in charge of transport sweated heavily, carrying heavy loads of small trucks kept coming in and out. However, the piles of piles of hill-like backlogs on the dock seem to never decrease, even if a piece of vacancies is occasionally empty, they will be filled with new goods. Noisy and shouting always arise with the rise of the sun, but rarely dissipate with the setting of the sun.

In addition to the coolies in charge of transport, there are many other people in various ways filled the port. Not only are there merchants and travelers from faraway places, but there are also many foreign sailors with different appearances from locals. On the streets near the pier, various noisy sounds are heard one after another. There are taverns, brothels and hostels everywhere, for travelers to rest and enjoy.

You can often see many dirty and stinky sailors drunk in the cheapest hotels and brothels, and from time to time, people will be dragged out in the mud or covered in blood. Some of the lucky guys will randomly throw them to a corner of the street after stripping them naked. Others who are not very lucky will be thrown directly into the stinking gutter. Therefore, in the seaside blocks of this city, horror legends about headless corpses often appear.

Since the market is prosperous, it is bound to be "prostitution" which is a common practice that almost any city today follows, and Edo Castle is no exception. At almost any alley, there are many street enemies standing in the intersection of the street, some of whom are dressed in charmingly, some of whom are wearing traditional clothes of the country, but more of them are put on extremely exposed vests and short skirts, twisting their slender waists, and looking at any passing sailor who looks a few. They force themselves to smile and wave to business.

Because they live in the "80,000 Flag Group" of Tokugawa Shogunate and hostages and ministers of many vassal states, in a sense, Edo Castle is an unforgettable city of samurai. In any street and alley, you can see many samurai soldiers hanging on their waists and clogs walking leisurely. Even the beggars on the streets of Edo Castle are begging for knives. They are all "laid-off samurai" who are abandoned by their masters. Although their iron rice bowls have been lost, they still cannot change their minds for a while. They would rather "beg with a knife" than work and farming. They are eager to find a new lord to become an official again. However, in terms of the current financial situation where the shogunate and various vassal states are generally on the verge of bankruptcy, the probability of such a wish being achieved is almost the same as winning the first prize if you only buy a lottery ticket.

Such a "unstable" factor that may cause chaos at any time. There are at least tens of thousands of people in Edo City. Therefore, the public security situation in Edo and surrounding areas has always been in chaos. Basically, there are thieves every day, robbers every day, and riots come and go several times, which has caused great headaches for the shogunate rulers in all generations.

The reason why these ronin people are unwilling to change jobs and rather wander around is because the treatment of genuine samurai is really Yuyachi. Because the samurai in this country is hereditary system, the samurai samurai in the shogunate will have a salary when he is not required to work. If he is willing to serve as a job for the shogunate, he will have another allowance. In this way, except for a few hard-working people who have positions in the shogunate, most samurai samurai are usually idle. Simply put, the shogunate uses its financial income commanded by the great Han, and has raised a group of people who have free time to eat freely for generations, making a living, and being able to train chess and rainbows. Simply put, the shogunate uses its financial income commanded by Dahan to raise a group of people who have free time to eat freely for generations, and can make a living.

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Of course, theoretically speaking, these "borers" are actually the skeletons of the shogunate armed forces. They can be directly transformed into military commanders at all levels during wartime. After filling in the "foot-light" militias that were temporarily expeditioned, they were a huge army of hundreds of thousands of people. In the early days of the shogunate, perhaps this was true. It was only after hundreds of years of peace and prosperity. Now these flag-born warriors who should have devoted themselves to martial arts have become proficient in food, drink, gamble, and only know nothing about marching and fighting.

Therefore, during this war to fight against the Choshu vassal, the shogunate never thought of summoning his subordinates, "80,000 Flag Books". If these useless waste snacks were really brought to battle, they would probably only make a laugh in front of many vassal states and Western observers. Of course, in fact, most foreign vassals were probably only at a level of half a dozen compared with the shogunate flag book.

Despite the above unsatisfactory aspects, countless business trips that are constantly coming every day, as well as a large number of top wealthy people in the country who live in the city, have brought infinite vitality to the city. In the eyes of most exotic business trips who have arrived for the first time, this is still a dazzling and dreamy city as dazzling as gold.

However, due to the long-term implementation of the lockdown order and the exclusion of navigation technology, the shipbuilding technology of this island country is still quite poor so far. Even medium-sized sailboats with more than 100 tons are difficult to build on their own. In this vast bay, there are sloops and even stupas everywhere. Occasionally, there are several large sailboats, and most of them are imported goods, and most of them are from Naserel.”

Therefore, when the Xiangrui slowly appeared on the sea level, its majestic and huge body as a small hill immediately attracted the attention of countless people. A large number of Edo citizens rushed out of their homes and rushed to the beach, happily pointing at the giant ship to watch. Some enthusiasts simply rowed the boat and rushed to the side of the Xiangrui to observe closely. Even some little heads who were eager to try on the Jenke's wallet on the dock could not help but give a gaze to this stunning giant ship. Of course, they would never forget to put their hands into other people's bags.

Although I fully felt the "warm welcome" of the Edo citizens, Feili did not intend to go ashore directly by the port. Since I had never considered to accommodate giant sea ships like the Xiangrui during construction, the water depth of the Edo port area was generally not enough, and it is likely that there would be a risk of stranding when entering the port rashly; secondly, this place is the Far East Fleet of the Naserel Empire, which is precisely the sphere of influence of Admiral Perry. Before taking any action, it seems necessary to say hello to the local tyrant in advance.

Therefore, after temporarily stopping the ship in the waters outside the port area and dropping a few small-chizophrenia, and arranging the returnee Tadao Kuroshima and Shinichi Mori who were eager to return to the city, the Xiangrui turned around again in the regretful eyes of the idle people watching the fun, and nimblely made an arc in the bay where ships were shuttled, entering the Yokohama Concession not far southwest.

Compared with the prosperous Oedo with a population of millions, Yokohama Port, which has only more than 20,000 Western Bridge residents, and roughly the same number of local residents, Yokohama Port can only be regarded as a quiet remote town. Moreover, as the most important colonial point of the empire in the Far East, Yokohama Port implements a military management system. In addition to a very limited number of merchants and civil servants, at least 60% of the residents in the city are soldiers and family members. In fact, it is a silly city centered on a series of solid fortresses guarding the military port, mixed with several military workshops and living facilities.

Therefore, the ports in the Yokohama Concession seem quite deserted, and basically except warships or military transport ships. However, the defense measures here are much tighter than Edo Castle, which does not even have a city wall. A few corners near the coast of the port area have been built, and there are mine formations and floating turrets at the entrance of the harbor. On the land border of the city, there is a thick wall of more than ten miles long, as well as a new stylized castle. A wide trench was dug outside along the base of the wall, and underground warehouses and military caves like ants were dug inside. The entire city defense system has a very large project volume, and many places have not been completed yet.

What is even more eye-catching is that it is floating in the air hundreds of feet away from the city, about half a mile away from the radius. It is also filled with various building materials, as well as dense scaffolding and winches. This is a landmark product of the magic civilization of the Naserel Empire, a floating banquet city that has not yet been completed!

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Another small question I would like to ask for advice. If someone gets the instruction technique, suggestion technique or curse, and then accidentally walks into the dead magic zone, will the above magic effect automatically disappear?
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