Edo Traveler

v8 Chapter 9: Promotion of John Manjiro

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Chungemon waved to Enomoto Takehiro, who was mopping the floor. Enomoto Takehiro, who was already sixteen years old, entered Edo University last year. He must be one of the official Fei students studying in the UK this time.

As the second child in the family, it is impossible to inherit the family business. His father Enomoto Wushu also supported him to study hard and earn a future. So studying abroad is an excellent way to go to the UK. Besides, they are also willing to learn this. If nothing else, they would probably be recommended to the Royal Naval Academy.

"Principal, what are you looking for?" Enomoto Takehiro ran over when he handed the rag to the classmate next to him.

"These two are new classmates from Tosa, you take them to the dormitory."

"The second son of Enomoto, Enomoto, Enomoto, and Takera Enomoto Keujiro." The young Takera Enomoto smiled. After all, this may be a classmate who will go to the UK in the future.

At the sight of the three, Chuemon left Yoshida Toyo, because there is one more thing that needs to be confirmed by Yoshida Toyo. Those who claim to be Tosa Hakumin have already arrived in Uraga in a boat under the custody of Satsuma clan members. The boat was naturally lost in Uraga, and the people were sent all the way to Edo.

As Chuemon, who was a member of the Imperial Foreign Ministry, was ordered to verify the identities of these people. Of course, the best way to verify them is to ask Tosa himself. Originally it was necessary to request the assistance of the Mountain Content Hall, but now there is a Tosa among the students, so there is no need to do it in vain.

The fact that Manjiro and his party returned to Japan had already been reported in Edo as news, and Yoshida Toyo also knew about it. Since Chuemon asked him to help, right, the old principal spoke up. If he didn't help, wouldn't it mean he wouldn't show his face to Chuemon.

"You don't have a class in the morning, right?" Didn't it have been divided into fast and slow classes before, in the morning without basics, in the afternoon with basics, Yoshida Toyo was in the afternoon.

"Yes, principal!"

"Okay, then go with me to the Minami Town Office."

Manjiro and others who came from Satsuma were temporarily detained at the Edo-Minami Town Office. Because they were not criminals, they did not receive any abuse. After the interrogation is clear, there is a high probability that they will be returned to Tosa. However, Chuemon felt that since they could drive such a large whaling ship back to Japan, it would be good to stay as a naval reserve.

The two rushed to the Minami Town Magistrate. They were not on duty this month, so there was nothing to gossip about. Just say hello, go inside and finish the trial.

"Kanbei, just ask." Chuemon sat on one side and let Yoshida Toyo go first.

Yoshida Toyo's mouth is Tosa's native dialect. The accent of Shikoku is still relatively difficult to understand. If it is not from Tosa, it may not be able to pass this level. Those floating people sitting below could easily hear a local accent, and they were all moved, crowding forward, asking in Tosa's dialect and Yoshida Toyo.

He told them that they had been drifting on the uninhabited island for the first half of the year, drinking rainwater and eating marine fish, and almost died. It was so easy to be rescued by an American whaling ship, and because of the shogunate’s lock-in order, he did not dare to return to the country. Now someone has died of illness in the faraway town of Honolulu, and can no longer return to Japan. It's miserable.

After listening to their cries carefully, Yoshida Toyo asked their hometown in detail, because Yoshida Toyo once served as Tosa county, actually manages civil affairs, and has a good understanding of Tosa’s homeland. If these people deceive him, he will be able to immediately. Hear the flaws.

After some conversation, Yoshida Toyo and Tademon said that the confession of these people is completely okay, and it should be the people of Tosa who undoubtedly can send them back to their hometowns.

Chuemon nodded, picked up the confession recorded by Yoshida Toyo, and scanned it quickly, but he couldn't see any flaws. So he asked the leader Manjiro what he did in the United States and realized the American dream. In just ten years, he bought a whaling ship and drove back to Japan.

Manjiro sorted out the language a bit. He was favored by the American whaling captain John Hoytfield and adopted as an adopted son. He went to the east coast of the United States and even attended a school in Massachusetts for three years. After proficient in English, mathematics, surveying, sailing and shipbuilding, he went to sea with his adoptive father Hoytfield again.

But his adoptive father Hoytfield died of illness in Manila, Philippines when he was out fishing. According to the rules, the whaling ship belonged to him. However, he courted the ship and returned to the United States with only the other relics of his adoptive father. With proficient English and excellent sailing skills, he worked as a whaling crew for another two years and saved a little money.

With his adoptive father’s inheritance and his own savings, this old man went to California and gained a considerable fortune in the frenzied gold mining fever. Only then did I have the money to buy a whaling boat of my own in Honolulu and return to Japan.

Good guys!

After listening to this long series of stories, Tademon suddenly realized that Manjiro in front of him was one of the great celebrities of the Bakumatsu who appeared repeatedly in Japan.

John Manjiro!

"Are you called John Meng in the United States?" Chuemon blurted out, but no one at the scene found anything wrong.

"Yes!" Only John Manjiro was slightly surprised.

"Well, you guys can rest here. After the official plays, there will be some differences."

This John Manjiro is a treasure. Many of the Western-style ships in early Japan ~lightnovelpub.net~ were built under his auspices. In addition, he also established an English private school to help others learn English. In the trend of modernization at the end of the shogunate, many pens and inks were left behind.

Now that the man has been sent to Chuemon, under his guidance, he can establish a new-style shipyard in Uraga, and even secretly build new-style ships for the students who have returned from overseas. Lay a foundation and train skilled boatmen and technicians.

You can also keep people at Edo University. There is a shortage of Japanese instructors for things like mathematics and measurement. If someone teaches directly in Japanese, this will do the trick with half the effort.

After the establishment of the Faculty of Letters and the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Science can also be gradually established. This university can be considered a lot of hard work. Of course, we hope that it will slowly develop and improve.

Just do it, and Chuyouemon played the Laozhong Meeting, indicating that this group of people are indeed Tosa's floating people, and their identities have been verified. One of them, Manjiro, is proficient in western studies, so he might assimilate him as an imperial family and grant him the identity of a samurai, so that he can work for the shogunate, and cultivate its own science and engineering and shipbuilding and sailing talents.

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