It was not until Qingdeng published the letter of invitation written by him that the rumor was finally disproven.

The "nepotistic" Aoto actually assigned the first victory in the offensive and defensive battle of Iga to Serizawa Kamo, who was not from the Imperial Guard Hall... This not only surprised many soldiers within the Shinsengumi, but also surprised Serizawa.

Duck himself couldn't help but be startled.

On the other hand, Qingdeng's arrangement is undoubtedly reasonable.

Even those who hate Serizawa Kamo have to admit: Serizawa Kamo did achieve an unquestionably impressive record in this battle.

He led the soldiers of the 4th and 6th divisions to stay firmly on the battlefield to the east. Not only did he block the bandits' crazy attack, but he also successfully attracted the bandits' large forces to prepare for Qingdeng's surprise attack on the enemy camp.

The formation created the conditions.

Based on this achievement, Serizawa Kamo is well-deserved for his first achievement!

In order to write this letter of invitation, Qingdeng mobilized all members of Shannan Jingshu and the General Affairs Office, and ordered them to do their best to carefully check the military exploits of each soldier to ensure that no hero was missed.

In addition to Serizawa Kamo's first achievement, there is another person whose achievements are very eye-catching.

This man's name is Hansaburo.

There is not even the word Miao...at first glance, he looks like a commoner.

Although he is a commoner, he has a powerful body and has also practiced swordsmanship in a rural sword hall for several years.

In this battle, he beheaded 18 heads by himself!

Seito did not hesitate to list Hansaburo as a key recipient of commendation in the letter of commendation.

When this letter of invitation was sent to Edo, the shogunate immediately approved: Hansaburo was promoted to an imperial family member! 100 Shi family salary was awarded!

Relying on military exploits, he went from a commoner to a royal family member with 100 shi family wealth... In the Edo period, this was something that even people didn't dare to dream about!

Even if you use ancestral graves to emit green smoke... No! Even if you use ancestral graves to emit fire to describe this matter, it seems too light!

Hansaburo's great success greatly boosted the morale of the Shinsengumi soldiers.

As long as you can make military exploits, you can indeed change your destiny! "You can get fame immediately" is not an empty talk! Becoming a wife and a shadow is no longer a dream!

For a time, two voices emerged within the Shinsengumi.

The first sound is regret.

Many soldiers felt regretful about their lackluster performance in the offensive and defensive battle of Iga.

"Fuck, why don't I try harder?"

"Damn it! Why didn't I kill a few more bandits back then?"

As for the second voice...it's excitement——

"Hurry up and fight! I want to fight!"

"I can't wait! It doesn't matter whether it's Choshu or Satsuma, anyone can do it! Come and fight with us quickly!"

"When the next war starts, I will definitely make a great contribution! Become a noble samurai like Hansaburo!"

Such sounds can often be heard in various venues of the Shinsengumi Village recently.

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Interestingly, after this battle, Ayoto's reputation not only improved greatly within the Aizu Domain, but also improved significantly within the Owari Domain.

During the pursuit of Shibazaki Renjuro, Aoto and others accidentally entered the territory of the Owari Domain and met the Owari Domain's leader Hosokawa Zaemon and his entourage.

In the process of communicating and getting along with them, Qingdeng not only did not put on any airs, but also invited them to drink turbid wine together.

The series of people-friendly actions shown by Ayoto won the favor of Hosotani Zaemon and others.

In this extremely class-based society, being close to the people is an absolute good deed.

If you talk about "everyone is equal" to others, they will think there is something wrong with you.

Tachibana Aoden is the high-ranking governor of Gyeonggi Province, and I am an unknown feudal official. How can he and I be equal?

After Hosotani Zaemon and others returned to the feudal clan, they spread the word about Aomori's amiability to others.

In this way, after going back and forth, the saying that "Kyoki Aoden, the governor of Gyeonggi Town, is a good official who is approachable to the people" quietly spread in Owari Domain.

It wasn't until more than a month later that Aoshito realized that he had inadvertently become a good official praised by the people of Owari.

For this series of unexpected consequences caused by his own whims, Qingdeng really couldn't react to anything other than laughing.

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By the way, regarding the thousands of prisoners captured in this battle, Qingdeng also held the simple concept of "making the best use of everything and making the best use of people" and dealt with them properly.

Ise, which was devastated and in urgent need of reconstruction, was short of manpower.

Clearing rubble, carrying out wood-cutting activities, building new houses, plowing fields... all are "labor-intensive" tasks.

No, aren't these captives just useful free labor?

There is no need to pay them wages, and you can order them to do all kinds of dirty and tiring work with peace of mind.

With another stroke of his pen, Seito sent these prisoners to "aid the construction" of Ise.

Of course, Qingdeng is not a demon, so he will not use them as disposable consumables.

Qingdeng will still provide the prisoners with the most basic daily diet and living environment.

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Yataro Iwasaki is indeed a business wizard who was able to build the Mitsubishi Empire.

The day after Seito led his troops to Iga, he came up with a new idea to make money.

At that time, Yataro Iwasaki was walking on the outskirts of Kyoto when he suddenly encountered a wide river.

Looking at the river in front of him, he first sighed to himself: This river is so wide!

Then, he suddenly thought: "When the flood rises, if there is no wide river surface, serious consequences will occur."

Then a sudden thought occurred: "If we can build embankments on the river banks and block the rivers to create farmland, wouldn't that be a good thing that kills two birds with one stone?"

After a flash of inspiration, he rushed back to the Chamber of Commerce as quickly as possible and drew up an extremely detailed plan in his own hand - first buy the land around the river, and then build a dam on the river bank.

As soon as Qingdeng returned to Beijing, he hurriedly presented this book.

To be honest, Qingdeng knows nothing about how to build an economy.

He may be able to rely on a moment of inspiration to invent products that can sell well across the country.

But how to make the newly elected Chamber of Commerce run stably, he really has a dark eye.

However, after so many years of struggling in the officialdom of the shogunate, Qingnobo understood a truth: It is better to not understand than to pretend to understand! It is better to do nothing than to act indiscriminately!

Since you don’t know how to make money, let those who know how to make money do it!

Therefore, Ainoto had one attitude towards the economic plan of damming rivers and creating farmland conceived by Yataro Iwasaki:

"Do it boldly! Do it with confidence! If anything happens, I will be fully responsible! Even if we lose money, it doesn't matter. We will try to earn as much as we can in the future!"

In this way, with Aoto's endorsement, Yataro Iwasaki rolled up his sleeves and started his land-building business with great fanfare.

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Donating the spoils of war, writing a letter of invitation, and settling the prisoners... After completing this tedious work, Qingdeng couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and turned his fatigue into a voice.

He finally made time.

He can finally start an important project that he has been thinking about - conscription! Army expansion!

Even according to the most conservative estimates, the strength of the Satsuma Army and Choshu Army currently stationed in Kyoto is over a thousand.

The hundreds of people in the Shinsengumi are really not enough to watch.

Throughout the ages, using more to defeat fewer has always been the only way to win on the battlefield.

In the so-called "victory with less" battles in history, except for a very small number of exceptions, most of them were through flexible deployment of troops to form an overwhelming military advantage in local areas, and then nibble away and defeat them bit by bit.

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The most typical example is the Battle of Saarhu in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties in China.

Therefore, the essence of "conquering more with less" is still to defeat less with more.

Some people always use the argument that "soldiers are more valuable than more soldiers", and they always bring up battles such as the Battle of Julu and the Battle of Feishui to demonstrate the uselessness of large numbers of soldiers and generals.

This is typical diode thinking.

It seems that in their perception, the army can only be in two states: "small but elite" and "big but mediocre".

Isn't it possible to build the army into a large and sophisticated one?

All in all, without causing logistical difficulties and a decrease in organization, the more troops the army has, the better.
To be continued...