Perry, along with Buchanan, Williams, and Rosen, as well as several majors, captains, and other officers, were escorted by five hundred U.S. Navy soldiers and lived in the mansion arranged for them by the General's Palace. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This is a large post house located not far from the mouth of the river and miles from Edo Castle. Around the mansion, there is a piece of folk houses.

After lunch, the elder Matsudaira Tadayu, who was in charge of the whole reception, proposed that in order to express his welcome to the American distinguished guests on the warship, the general Tokugawa Iedai specially prepared some gifts and food supplies, and asked people to send them to the warship in the afternoon.

Buchanan was afraid that he would make trouble, but he was afraid that refusing would embarrass the other party, so he offered to send it to the beach.

In the afternoon, Matsudaira Tadayu called 300 "fat men", of which 200 people each carried a large bag of corn, weighing nearly 300 catties, and carried it on their shoulders; Another 100 people each carried barrels of more than 200 catties of sake and roast pig to the seaside pier.

Lawson, who knew more about him, explained to everyone that these "fat men" specialized in a sport called sumo wrestling, which was similar to wrestling. The shogunate sent 300 "fat men" over, apparently to show that they had many brave warriors and to show their strength.

Sure enough, three hundred "fat men" were naked and sent these gifts of tens of thousands of catties to the beach. Then, Matsudaira Tadayu proposed: "Ladies and gentlemen, our fat sumo wrestlers are very famous, why don't you let them put on a show and cheer up the guests?" ”

Perry thought to himself, sure enough, what this Qing Guo man said is right, this person is like showing their strength and strength, is it really ridiculous? Is there still strength to fight in this world today?

I nodded my head to see the novelty.

I saw three hundred fat men, two of them in a group, two by two grabbed each other's arms, and began to wrestle. A pile of fat meat, trembling and shivering, Perry was so sick that he almost vomited what he had eaten at noon.

He shouted, "Stop! Enough, it's really a fat man, and he has a lot of strength, but no matter how big it is, can it block muskets and cannons? ”

Perry didn't give face at all, but fortunately, no one knew English, and when Rosen translated it, he saved a little face.

However, he said that he showed strength, which made Buchanan feel at ease. Originally, he was worried that he had some conspiracy, but now it seems that he wants to show their "strength" through fat people and strive for the advantage of repairing the contract.

That night, in the mansion, the Tokugawa Shogunate sent the new head of the university, Hayashi Fusai, as a negotiator, and more than a dozen other people assisted to negotiate with Perry and others about the opening of the country.

In the living room of the mansion, the two sides discussed while tasting Japanese sake with a long aftertaste. Perry and Buchanan really thought they were here to be guests, not to force them to trade and open the country.

However, this is so unconscionable! The more the other party was like this, the more Buchanan muttered in his heart, and began to doubt again.

"Mr. Lin, you know our intentions. Now that I've drunk this delicious wine, it's time to get down to business! Perry drank a glass of wine in his hand and said straight to the point: "Franklin? On the orders of President Pierce, I personally led the U.S. East India Fleet to visit your country and ask you to establish a country and engage in friendly trade and missionary exchanges with our United States. ”

Lin Fuzhai saw that the elder Matsudaira Tadayu who was supervising him next to him, frowned and said: "Your Excellency Perry, in the current situation of the world, it is very difficult to maintain the system of closing the country. The shogun was ready to open the country, but because the previous general of the expedition, Tokugawa Iekeisen, died not long ago, the immediate opening of the country did not correspond to the national conditions of our country, and it would attract opposition from the people, so it had to be postponed for a while. ”

When Perry heard this, he was immediately furious, and wanted to fool in the name of a dead man, really think I was here to negotiate with you?

"This is not a matter of concern to your country. I don't know where there is opposition from the people? It just so happened that General Ben had brought some brave soldiers, and wanted to practice his tactics, so he was busy with your country to teach those Diao people a lesson. Perry pressed for it.

"This, this, Mr. Perry, then my general's palace will take a step back, whenever your country's fleet arrives in this place, it can provide firewood, fresh water, food and other necessities at the pointed location, but this is said to be abundant, and there is no need for trade." Lin Fuzhai saw the method of delay, and the foreigners did not buy it, so they could only take a step back, but they still insisted on not agreeing to trade.

"Don't talk nonsense, General Ben is here this time, and you say that you must agree to trade, not only with my American merchants, but also with American missionaries to preach freely. If your Tokugawa Shogunate does not agree, I will lead my soldiers directly to your emperor and ask for trade in person! After Perry finished speaking, he beckoned behind him, and hundreds of American soldiers raised the foreign guns in their hands and aimed at Lin Fuzhai and the others who were sitting in the center of the living room.

The guards of Lin Fuzhai and the others next to him also exclaimed, and hurriedly stepped forward to block it, seeing that the situation was about to become chaotic. At this time, Rosen, who was acting as an interpreter on the side, stepped forward and said, "All the gentlemen are angry! Why don't we talk about it another day? ”

After his interruption, Perry also realized that he was too aggressive, so he enriched the soldiers and collected foreign guns.

Lin Fuzhai also hurriedly apologized, "Calm your anger, General Perry, please calm your anger." "His face is pale, and anyone who is pointed at by hundreds of foreign guns will be afraid, let alone a very unreasonable foreigner.

"In that case, we'll talk about it tomorrow. Buchanan! Perry exclaimed with an unhappy face, "You have them give them the letter of conclusion and the draft treaty of commerce that we have prepared, and let them bring it back for discussion, and tomorrow, the results will be given." With that, Perry left the parlor and went straight to the bedroom to sleep.

Buchanan, who was left behind, took out three documents of the treaty and handed them to Lin Fuzhai: "Mr. Lin, this is the draft of the "US-Japan Trade Treaty" that we have prepared, including three versions in English, Chinese, and Dutch, you can go back and let General Tokugawa take a closer look." You can also see General Payne's temper, and try not to modify the content of the treaty. In addition, this is the "Wangxia Treaty" signed between the United States and the Qing State ten years ago, and you can also refer to it, and the minimum cannot be lower than this treaty. ”

Seeing Buchanan take out the "Treaty of Wangha" as a blueprint, Rosen on the side had a strange look on his face, but then returned to normal.

Lin Fuzhai took the letter of signing the treaty and the model of the "Wangxia Treaty" with an ugly face, and led the people out of the mansion without saying a word.

Seeing Lin Fuzhai leave the mansion, Rosen suddenly mysteriously pulled Williams and said to Buchanan: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, the folk custom of Edo is very famous, and Mr. William and I are going to investigate tonight, do you want to go with you?" ”

"Mr. Luo, I have a mission and can't leave here, so I won't accompany you, you can go by yourself." Buchanan shook his head, "That's right. When you go out at night, you should be careful and send some soldiers to protect you, right? ”

"Haha, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, thank you for your kindness, no need to send someone! With soldiers following, you can't 'stay at night'! Rosen hurriedly refused.

When the two of them left the mansion, Williams stopped and said, "Rosen, when am I going to go to 'Night Here' with you?" What the hell are you doing? Besides, what is 'night this'? ”

Rosen shook his head: "Don't ask so much, just follow me, we're old friends, when did I hurt you?" As for this 'night this', it is a strange custom in this book, also called night crawling, which is the custom of men crawling to the women's bedroom in the middle of the night to steal incense and stealing jade, and leaving before dawn. ”

Although Williams was a missionary, when he heard about this custom, he was also itching, and hurriedly urged him to find a target and try it.

And on the way to Edo Castle, outside the mansion, Lin Fuzhai took out the treaty document in his arms, and his face was hideous: "I can't imagine that the Qing Dynasty, which is the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, would sign such a humiliating treaty." Thankfully, I wouldn't have made the same mistake again! After saying that, except for the Chinese version of the covenant, the rest of the English and Dutch treaties were torn to shreds.