study abroad

”Satsuma does not abandon intention of the alliance with Choshu.”
Choshu believed  that word，decided to send two people to Nagasaki who returned from the United Kingdom.　
It's for the purchase of arms in the name of Satsuma.　
At that time direct negotiation of Choshu was prohibited.
Intermediary was to be performed by Sakamoto’s company of Nagasaki.
Sakamoto was also the originator of this plan.

Another person with Ito，named "Inoue Monta"
They sneaked into Nagasaki.

Near to Oura Church，British merchant named ”Thomas Blake Glover” lived.

Of course，that ambient would have been covered by Tokugawa's spy monitoring.
There was also a good pretext as  ”escort” of Oura Church.

But they were able to receive assistance of Satsuma samurai in Nagasaki.
They negotiated with Glover，were successful in the purchase of a large number of weapons.

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One incident happened here.
Tosa Ronin of Sakamoto’s company named ”Kondo Chojiro”.
He mainly mediated this negotiations.
(Sakamoto was absent for concluded activity of alliance.)　

He went to Choshu along with the purchased steam ship.
And he had an audience to Choshu lord.
　
"You do not have to worry.
Before this Tokugawa was taken in by the Choshu.
However，This time Tokugawa would thoroughly destroy Choshu.
And this mayhem will over."
　

He also might had been thought so.
Reward of this achievement of the company.
Using it，he decided to study abroad in the UK.
He was the man who had aspired to study originally.
Opportunity of study abroad in the UK had come to him.　
　
However，this was a secret to all company comrade.
(Sakamoto also included.)
This plan proceeded to secretly.
Finally Kondo got on the ship heading to the UK at Nagasaki.
But storm came.
Departure was canceled and Kondo went back to the town of Nagasaki.

He did found to comrade on there and he did harakiri.