Nagasaki was in full swing, and Yokohama also welcomed the first British ship. However, it was not a merchant ship, but Bashali, who had returned to the UK, informed the Governor of Yokohama's opening of the port.

So Man-Xian sent his subordinates to come and began to prepare to occupy the 3.4 square kilometers of residence and embassy area that the shogunate had promised to open to Britain. The hydrological situation in Yokohama Port was well measured by Bashali and Styforli, and there was no need to be busy anymore. When the British came, they went to the shogunate directly.

Can I start demarcating the boundaries?

When the report was handed over to the shogunate, Naohime Ii didn't want to see any foreigner who could not lend him a loan, so the matter was pushed to Tadaoemon. He asked Tadaoemon to negotiate with the British and promised not to let the British get more aggressive.

Yes, being a dog is a dog, but the British cannot ask for it. Tadaoemon still wants this little face. He rushed to Yokohama without stopping and met the representative of the British.

It is Dr. Baoling, who we mentioned before, is the British Consul in Guangzhou. Because he could not enter Guangzhou at all, he still sat on the bench in Hong Kong. He had no official duties anyway, so he simply came over and took the British Empire to see the newly opened Yokohama residence area.

I can't guarantee that he was appointed as the Minister to Japan because he was in East Asia for a long time. This kind of thing is hard to say. There are not so many talents in the UK who understand East Asia.

Baoling already knew that the shogunate had a great duke who had a very broad vision, a very "elite" and even taught himself English. When he saw Tadaoemon, he was convinced that the news was really good. After all, the officials he met in the Qing court were either arrogant or fearful, and had no way to negotiate well.

Well, I finally saw a shogunate official who was friendly to Dai Ying and was lucky enough to speak. Bao Ling didn't talk nonsense and immediately started working.

First of all, the ports were occupied. Except for the previous merchant ship schools, the Yokohama Shipyard and the ports built by Shiro Nara, the rest were occupied by the British. In the future, Yokohama will develop again, and the ports will have to be rented by the British.

The area on land is easy to measure, and it is roughly framed, and then a landmark and obvious signs are set up to be done. The Japanese in the residence area must be given money for demolition and resettlement. The shogunate does not allow Japanese to live in foreign residence areas for the time being. They have to leave at night when entering during the day.

Baoling agreed to the small amount of money for demolition and resettlement without saying a word. Compared to such a large residential area, what is the placement of a few Japanese people?

After the port is settled, it is naturally the establishment of the Yokohama Customs Building. According to the provisions of the Japan-UK Friendship Trade Treaty, the Customs and Taxation Department must jointly send taxes between the shogunate and the United Kingdom and the United States, and the amount of tariffs can be negotiated by the tripartite agreement, and the shogunate has no right to make a decision without authorization.

As a building that is more important than the embassy, ​​Baoling believes that it can be built directly next to the port. All Japanese and foreign merchant ships entering the port can see the tax customs building representing the authority of the British Empire at the first glance. The entire building is built into a landmark building in the residence area, reflecting the glory and prosperity of the British Empire.

This kind of thing must be up to the British themselves. The Kobe Residence and Yokohama Residence Area in history were planned and built by the British themselves, and it can even be said to have brought advanced urban planning concepts to Japan. It also gradually set up sewer sewage discharge systems, and then developed power, water supply, communications and telephone departments.

In theory, the concept of modern police was introduced to Japan. Anyway, the historical construction of residence areas has given considerable inspiration for the subsequent urban planning and construction of Japan.

In Edo Castle, which had experienced large-scale fires and plagues over the past years, with the ancient urban management methods, it was obvious that it could not normally live in a population of one million. However, after learning from the modern Western urban management experience, the population of Edo had exceeded two million in 20 years in Meiji.

It is still very beneficial to just talk about urban management, learning from the British.

After roughly setting up the location of the Customs and Taxation Department building, Bao Ling no longer cared about the setting of other buildings. This can be planned by a special designer, and he is much more professional than him.

It took a little more time to talk to Tadaoemon, the "elite" Japanese grand duke. Japan has just founded, and needless to say, the people must be full of hostility towards the British. It will take time to gain the general favor of the lower class, but it is still okay to win over the upper class aristocratic ruling class first.

Isn’t the introduction of Britain to India to win over the monarchs of various national states and upper-class people in the religious circles and then rule India. Originally, the leaders of Britain were planning to pursue freedom and equality in India, but the inferior Indians themselves were unwilling to rise up and oppose Britain’s equality system.

In the end, he actually brought Britain to a flattening position. He claimed to be free and democratic. Not only did he continue the four people hierarchy of India, but he did not even try to deal with the untouchables that could be killed at will. He continued to maintain this shit and let him exist barbaric.

Yes, Dai Ying has always been very flexible.

"Please try it, this is Japanese tea." Chuanyoumon entertained Baoling in a temple near Yokohama.

"Thank you." Baoling doesn't like green tea, but he didn't come to drink tea either.

Of course, if Chuanyoumon gave him matcha, he might have to curse in his heart. If you serve such bitter tea, you should have some dessert.

There are also desserts. The yogurt that has been slowly promoted in Edo is the fruit butter cake roll that Chuoemon took out to give to people every day. Now it is sliced ​​and placed in a small plate. Melon is added inside, and it is deliberately stained slightly, which is very sweet!

Anyway, Tadaoemon thought this thing was too sweet, but in the wealthy family in Edo, it was so popular. I don’t know what they thought about eating it so sweet.

"When I came, I was replenishing coal in Nagasaki. I heard that you ordered a steamboat from the Netherlands?" Baoling put down his teacup and asked casually.

"Yes, it's just in Edo, but it's just a 720-ton boat." The British must have known the details, so there is no need to hide anything.

"If you talk about shipbuilding, the British Empire is the best in the world. If you still have to order ships, you can order them from our country."

"I will convey this suggestion to General."

"Even a large warship with more than 2,000 tons is no problem..." Bao Ling smiled.

The topic he raised is really tempting. The large steam warship of two or three thousand tons is now the main naval warship of various countries. In Asia, it is even more of a top warship.
Chapter completed!