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Chapter 471 Concession
In the distant Edo Bay of the Eastern Kingdom, a small area was allocated to the Kyushu Army by the Tokugawa Shogunate, and it became the land managed by the Kyushu Army.Because it was the place where the Kyushu military rented it from the Tokugawa shogunate at the price of ten taels of silver per year, it was called the concession by the local people.As a result, the poor Yokohama villagers became residents of the concession and the envy of nearby villagers.Because with the caravans of the Kyushu Army coming here to trade and do business, the little-known fishing village became famous in Edo Bay. Every day, businessmen and samurai came and went between Yokohama Village and various places, and it was extremely prosperous.

Most of the original fishermen in Yokohama Village gave up fishing for a living, but worked as translators and intermediaries. They were favored by businessmen from mainland China, and their status increased accordingly. Rong.

However, Yokohama Village is not very peaceful recently, because the allied forces from the southwest have already hit Edo Castle and surrounded Edo Castle layer by layer.Moreover, the powerful allied forces began to wipe out the retainers and banners of the nearby Tokugawa family, and various nearby daimyos were in jeopardy.

Tian Cun is an ordinary fisherman in Yokohama Village. When the Kyushu Army landed in Yokohama Village last time, he accidentally obtained a small silver ingot from a small officer of the Kyushu Army's Beiyang Fleet. A middleman among Japanese merchants, this time he returned to the Yokohama Concession from Edo Castle.However, when he was about to enter the Yokohama Concession after returning home with a full load, he found that the entrance to the Yokohama Concession had been guarded by the heavily armed Kyushu Army.

There are about [-] Kyushu Army soldiers at this intersection. They hold rifles and set up sentries to check pedestrians.

"Do you have a Huaxia identity certificate?" When Tian Cun was about to pass the intersection with his bulging luggage on his back, he was stopped by soldiers from the Kyushu Army.

"Master, what happened in Yokohama Village, why did I come back to Yokohama to close the village this time?" Tamura asked the soldiers of the Kyushu Army who were checking passers-by in rough Chinese.

"There is no accident in Yokohama Village. There is chaos outside. Our generals are afraid that some traitors will sneak in and destroy the tranquility of our Yokohama Village." The soldiers of the Kyushu Army said, "For the time being, we will cancel free trade, and only those who have a Chinese identity certificate can Enter, and only come in and out until the ban is lifted."

"Only in and out? These shogunate members are really hateful. They have nothing to do but want to bring down the shogunate and restore the status of the emperor. It made me unable to do business in Edo Castle, so I hurried back." Tamura mentioned the coalition forces of the Southwest Daimyo , out of breath.

The Satsuma Domain, Choshu Domain, Tosa Domain, Higo Domain and other daimyos in the Southwest, which had grown stronger due to foreign trade, united tens of thousands of troops and successively captured Kyoto, Osaka, Kai Kingdom and other places, with a gesture of overthrowing the shogunate.

It's just that their offensive directly caused turmoil in Dongying Kingdom, and the flames of war directly spread to Yokohama Village.If it weren't for the sake of not being able to provoke the Kyushu Army, maybe the Fallen Allied Forces might have even beaten Yokohama Village.This war brought most of the trade between Chinese merchants and Japanese merchants to a standstill.When it is not determined which side can win the final victory, merchants' goods are easily robbed on the road, and they don't know who to go to for justice.

"This is my Huaxia identity certificate. Please let me go back to the village. I made a lot of money from the business trip. Even if I stay in the village without working, I won't starve to death." Tamura said indifferently.

He took out an identity certificate with the seal of the Civil Affairs Bureau of the Kyushu Army from his pocket, and proudly handed it to the soldiers of the Kyushu Army.

However, a group of Dongying people who also wanted to enter Yokohama Village were stopped by the Kyushu Army because they did not have a Chinese identity certificate, and they were not allowed to enter the Yokohama Concession.

They couldn't help but look at Tamura enviously.

"The servants of Yokohama Village are so lucky that they became the targets of the Kyushu Army's protection. Damn, if only we had the Chinese identity certificate, we could also escape into Yokohama Village. Yokohama Village is the last one with a radius of [-] miles. Pure land, I heard people say that as long as it is there, there will be no wandering warriors and bandits dare to go there to cause trouble, and there will be a steady stream of supplies from China, it is simply heaven!" The fleeing Dongying people pointed at Tamura Pointing to point, there is no lack of Dongying rich family.

"Should our brave warriors threaten them with swords to open the gate to Yokohama Village? If the Fallen Allied Forces kill us, we will die anyway, so why not go in together." Some samurai who were hated by the Fallen Allied Forces said dissatisfied.

"It's better to go back and fight the Kyushu Army than to fight with the Kyushu Army. Yokohama Village can become a paradise because of the Kyushu Army. Otherwise, why do you think the Kyushu Army dare not touch Yokohama Village? That's because they feel that they can't beat the Kyushu Army!" Another Said a Japanese refugee who looked like aristocrats.

"Hmph." Tamura swaggered into the boundary of the Yokohama Village Concession, and sneered at the rest of the refugees.

This privilege he enjoyed gave him an inexplicable sense of superiority.

"Master of the Nine Provinces Army, how can we get the Huaxia Identity Certificate? The rebels are coming soon, we don't want to die yet!" Some anxious fleeing civilians asked the soldiers of the Nine Provinces Army standing guard.

"What's the use of speaking Dongying dialect to them, and they can't understand it. You have to speak Chinese to them. Do you know Chinese? It's a language only the upper class can speak."

"Is there anyone among us who can speak Chinese? Quickly explain our current predicament to the Kyushu Army and let them accommodate."

There was a commotion among the fleeing people in Dongying, all looking for "upper class people" who could understand Chinese.

At this moment, a wandering samurai in ragged clothes mysteriously handed a note to a soldier of the Kyushu Army, and whispered in Chinese: "I am a member of the shogunate, please take me to see your fleet Commander Zheng Zhilong."

The Kyushu Army soldier on guard looked at the ragged wandering samurai in surprise, and it was difficult to connect him with the high-ranking shogunate.After all, in Dongying Kingdom, the shogunate is the aloof acting emperor, and no one is more powerful than them.

"Don't doubt me, all of this was done by the rebels. I had to disguise myself as a down-and-out wandering samurai to escape. It was our shogunate who leased Yokohama Village to you. I hope you can read it for the sake of love that day. , let me see your commander." The wandering warrior begged.

"Then wait a moment, if you have half a lie, we will punish you on the spot." Seeing that it was a member of the Tokugawa shogunate, the soldiers of the Kyushu Army were afraid of delaying the affairs of the higher-ups, so they reported the matter to their superiors .

(End of this chapter)