The long-term suitcase contains travel supplies, daily necessities, curtains, money, spare clothes, urinals, straw sandals, horse gear and horse food, etc.

Further behind the rear army is the last part of Shangluo's team: He Tuo.

Unfortunately, due to the distance and poor viewing angle, Qingdeng was not able to see the members of Hetuo.

Generally speaking, fully armed soldiers - the vanguard bow group, the vanguard iron artillery group, or other units - are placed at this position, and they defend the "butt" of the queue.

To sum up, a huge team of 3,000 people, while showing off a grand display, must also ensure the marching speed... Under such circumstances, spending millions of taels of gold in travel expenses is indeed not an exaggeration and can be regarded as a very reasonable one.

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Qingdeng narrowed his eyes and frowned.

Soon, as if he couldn't bear it anymore, he muttered:

"What a grand 'performance'... I spent 1 million taels of gold and put on a sensational 'performance'..."

He didn't deliberately lower his voice.

Therefore, Tianzhang Academy in front of him naturally heard his emotion clearly.

She did not refute, but showed a helpless expression full of bitterness, and then echoed:

"'Performance'... That's true..."

Qingdeng continued:

"It's just a trip to Kyoto. The journey is neither long nor difficult. Besides, there are 53 overnight stops along the way. There is no shortage of supplies at all. Is it necessary to carry so much luggage?"

"In my opinion, there is no need to carry any of these messy things like tea lunch boxes, straw shoes, umbrellas..."

"Are you here on vacation?"

"Why did you bring the tea lunch box?"

"And for this purpose, there are many handymen who are responsible for keeping the tea lunch boxes."

"The more I look at it, the more frightened I feel..."

"Your Highness, please forgive me for spending money on this kind of place...doing this will hurt the hearts of our soldiers who are fighting on the front line..."

In fact, this is indeed the case, and Qingdeng is not sensational.

Regarding the shogunate's "sky-high price" trip to Luoyang, Aomori was not sure what the other troops were doing, but in recent days, there had indeed been widespread complaints within the Shinsengumi.

The front is tight, the rear is tight... everyone feels unwilling and aggrieved.

Qingdeng’s words continued:

"Also, why don't you let the warriors of the small group take off their handle bags? Do you want to make the same mistake as Mr. Jing Yi did?"

Speaking of this, Qingdeng couldn't help but emphasize his tone.

When shoguns and daimyo travel, the samurai accompanying them must put pouches on their swords - this is one of the rituals of the Edo period.

In Qingdeng's eyes, the act of attaching a pouch to a saber is simply the epitome of "fancy"!

Qingdeng never used handle bags, nor did he allow his soldiers to use handle bags.

Because once the handle bag is installed, the knife cannot be quickly withdrawn.

The pouch will tie the handle and scabbard together, making it impossible to pull out the knife unless you have Xiang Yu's extraordinary strength.

A knife is a tool for killing people. If a knife cannot be pulled out at any time, doesn't it become just a decoration?

If it were a guard of honor, Qingdeng wouldn't have said anything.

But even the guards are here... isn't this nonsense?

The "Sakurada Gate Incident" three years ago caused a big disaster because of this small handle bag.

At that time, the elder Ii Naobi had more than seventy guards around him.

Although there are many of them, the sabers of the guards are all equipped with gorgeous pouches.

Therefore, when the assassins attacked, the guards simply could not draw their swords in time to fight, so many people directly pulled the swords from their waists with the swords in the scabbard, using the swords as sticks, or directly faced the enemy with bare hands.

If they had not put pouches on their sabers and could have pulled them out quickly, perhaps the outcome of this incident would not have been so tragic.

After the death of Naoki Ii, the guards who died on the spot retained their samurai status; those who were seriously injured had their salaries reduced and were exiled to the domain of Shimono Kunisano; those who were slightly injured were all committed seppuku; those who were not injured and the bearers were all beheaded and their samurai status was removed

, the punishment affects not only the individual but also relatives.

How many people died in vain just because of a handle bag?

It is reported that on the morning of the "Sakuda Gate Incident", an anonymous person sent a letter to Ii's residence, reminding Naoki Ii to be careful because assassins from the Satsuma and Mito clans were already eyeing his life.

However, Naoki Ii knew that he was in danger, but still asked his subordinates to put pouches on their sabers as always.

There are different opinions as to why.

The most powerful and convincing argument now is that Naomi Ii's pride is at play.

First of all, this is the etiquette of the shogunate, and Ii Naobi does not want to break the law.

Secondly, if you ask the guards to remove the handle cover, it will be like giving in to the assassins.

This is something that Naomi Ii, who is arrogant and extremely self-respecting, cannot bear.

In this way, this avoidable accident happened accidentally due to various funny reasons.

"besides!"

Qingdeng continued the conversation.

"Why should a group with a small surname be used as guards?"

"What use can this waste be used for?"

"Instead of doing this, it's better to divert the fire and pay the thieves to help out."

"At least the members of the Huo Fu Thief Kai team still know how to hold and draw a sword."

"I'm afraid the losers from the Xiao surname group don't even know how to draw a sword."

The Xiao surname group is the general's imperial guard. They accompany the general and take protecting the king as the top priority. Only children of banner families with prominent family backgrounds are eligible to become members of the Xiao surname group.

In other words - the warriors who can enter the small surname group are all "children of the bannermen of the Three Banners".

Do you expect these pampered men to go into battle and kill the enemy?

Instead of counting on this kind of thing, it would be better to hope that the General Secretary can learn addition, subtraction, multiplication and division within 1,000. The latter is still possible for the time being.

"Your Highness, it is truly a blessing that you were able to arrive at Dajin safely and rejoin us smoothly."

"You are safe now. With me and my soldiers here, the enemy has no chance to take advantage of us."

"If you were to be attacked by the Law Enforcement Party or some other force before joining us, your defense would be full of loopholes and extremely exaggerated..."

Qingdeng did not continue the conversation and stopped.

Every time he said a word, the head of Tianzhang Courtyard became shorter.

The atmosphere inside the sedan became unspeakable.

A heavy silence accumulated between the two.

About 5 seconds later, Tianzhangyuan sighed heavily and for a long time, with a sad look on his pretty face.

"Sheng Qing, why don't I understand what you are saying?"

"Both Ia Mao and I are deeply disgusted by this kind of flashy behavior that is a complete waste of money."

"But there's no way...those old guys don't want to nod."

"No matter what we say or do, they will always keep repeating 'This is a ritual passed down from generation to generation', 'We want to show the majesty of the general who conquered the barbarians' and so on..."

Tianzhangyuan's tone gradually became lower.

Qingden pursed his lips and then sighed softly.

"Your Highness, please forgive me."

"I don't mean to blame you."

"I can understand your difficulties."

"I'm just expressing my views as a friend."

"The matter has reached this point, and we can only do our best to remedy it."

"At least take off the damn handle bag on the way back."

"Tokugawa Iemo, the 14th generation general of the Edo shogunate who conquered the barbarians, and Atsuhime Tenjoin of the Odaisho were both assassinated... I don't want to hear this kind of news..."

Qingdeng was talking seriously one second ago, and the next second...

"Qingden! Qingden!"

The sound of Kinoshita Mai suddenly sounded outside the sedan!

Qingdeng was stunned for a moment.

The moment he came back to his senses, he sat up straight as a reflex and reached out to close the curtain next to him.
To be continued...