Just as Lingyun entered Yokohama Port, an American warship Wyoming with the American Stars and Stripes also slowly sailed into Yokohama Port.

Well, Americans are still using steam paddle boats, a little behind.

Naomasa Nabeshima took the cannons and machine tools that Shin presented to Chuemon, and ran all the way to Edo. On the Wyoming, it was Robert H. Pruyn, the second envoy to Japan sent by the United States of America to the Tokugawa shogunate.

A native of Albany, New York, he served as a member of the state House of Representatives and served one term as Speaker. He was also appointed as a brigadier general in the state militia. He was a son of a very famous and long-standing Dutch family in New York.

As for why he came to Japan as a minister?

There are two reasons. One is that he was a good friend and supporter of the former New York Governor and current US Secretary of State Seward (William Henry Seward, May 16, 1801 - October 10, 1872). one.

In line with the political principle of citing each other and reciprocating after the United States came to power. Since Seward became the Secretary of State and began to be in charge of the foreign affairs of the United States, it is natural that those envoys stationed abroad must be closely arranged with their cronies and supporters.

The second is that Prune is poor, literally poor. He was a lawyer and a politician, but not a good businessman and manager. The little property left to him in the family was quickly consumed after engaging in political activities.

When he learned that the ambassador to Japan had various benefits, Prune was also more positive personally, so he was appointed as the minister to Japan by President Lincoln.

This time, there are two main tasks. Needless to say, the first one is to order all suitable weapons and equipment that can be ordered from Japan to arm the Northern Army.

Everyone knows that the Confederate Army is brave and good at fighting, especially there are many veterans of the American-Mexican War. The Union Army had few skilled soldiers and had to start all over again. Before the war, President Davis of the Confederate Army transferred a large amount of federal funds and armaments to the South.

So in the early days of the war, it was the Confederate Army that held the initiative. In fact, the Northern Army, which had superior human resources and production capacity, was limited everywhere because of its lack of preparation.

In order to arm hundreds of thousands of troops as soon as possible, on the one hand, President Lincoln asked northern enterprises to step up production, and on the other hand, he also sent envoys to purchase suitable weapons and equipment from countries around the world. Therefore, Prune must do everything possible to purchase weapons and equipment for the Union Army in Japan, and immediately send them to the United States to supply the Union Army.

The second task is that everyone knows that the Americans on the Hawaiian side report the situation between the Shogunate and Hawaii to the federal government. The Tokugawa shogunate suddenly gave military aid to the Kingdom of Hawaii, and assisted the Hawaiians in building a navy, building hospitals and disease research institutes, and even buying land and establishing a whaling port.

It's just that this is a trivial matter, and Secretary Suward told Prune before he left. The small island of Hawaii is irrelevant. First stabilize the shogunate, and bring back a lot of weapons and tons of red copper to the North Army.

Without the guns and the red copper forging the cannons, the Union army was defeated, and there was nothing left.

Naturally, there were personnel dispatched from the United Kingdom in the Yokohama port. When the U.S. warship was approaching the port, they immediately sent someone to ask. As soon as I asked, I learned that it was the US minister, and immediately notified the US embassy and Yokohama Joyo of the shogunate on behalf of Prune. Of course, his own British minister, Ali Guo, also needs to be informed. Great powers themselves have competition, but when it comes to oppressing small and weak countries, they work in unison. Now that the U.S. envoy is here, he must first get in touch and form an alliance.

Prune is not in a hurry to take office, as we said before. At this time, Britain and France appointed envoys abroad, mostly those political elites. Unlike the Americans, he appointed those powerful businessmen, or travelers and businessmen who were familiar with the local area, to serve as foreign ministers.

Naturally, Prune was accompanied by several businessmen and employees of several American arms companies. In addition to bringing large quantities of textiles, they also carried tobacco, dyes and matches.

That's right, it's a match.

A businessman who was with Prune brought a lot of matches to Japan, and he was sure that the matches would soon be sold out.

In short, the entire Wyoming was full of entrained cargo, and everyone knew from top to bottom that this was an opportunity to make a fortune. Even ordinary sailors bring some novel glass products and woolen fabrics to Japan to sell.

As usual, the minister's ship will definitely not be inspected by Binhai Customs, so naturally there is no tariff. The same is true for other envoys who come to take office, everyone knows it well.

There was even a customs employee who immediately told Prune that there was a big businessman in Yokohama who was powerful in the shogunate, and he could directly buy the goods on his ship, which was very convenient.

Prune, who knew that he could indeed send a sum, was relieved. He came to Japan to take office and took out a debt. Otherwise, why are several businessmen and staff following him, and they are not account managers to prevent your kid from going bankrupt.

In a good mood, Prune was greeted by the employees of the embassy and came to the US embassy.

Hori Rimeng didn't dare to slack off~lightnovelpub.net~ immediately sent the news to Xiapu. Just as Chuemon's hunt was over, in addition to showing off the military might of the shogunate and deterring the princes. I also observed the armaments of the various vassals and the mental outlook of the soldiers, and I basically knew what I knew.

The draw that should be drawn, the suppression that should be suppressed.

It seems that the autumn hunt is still held every year. Only in this way can we take a look at the actual situation of the soldiers of the various vassals every year, and let the shogunate prepare more.

On the way back, Chuemon received a letter from Rimen Hori, and the American envoy finally arrived.

Hope comes from someone who understands and knows that now the United States is begging the world, not the world is begging the United States. Be able to correct your position and discuss it with the shogunate, instead of giving orders to the shogunate.

I passed the letter to Matsudaira Qixuan and others to watch it, but they didn't express any special opinions. Anyway, they already knew about Chuemon's intention to revise the "Japan-US Friendship and Commerce Treaty" at this juncture of the American Civil War.

The specific operation should be decided after meeting with Prune.