going on a pleasure jaunt

"You should provide us with a war chest."
The new government asked the merchants of Osaka.

Of course the merchants were quite reluctant for it.
(The new government was too uncertainty yet.
There was no territory to them.)
　
Eventually the new government somehow had funding.
The troops was departure to throughout Japan.

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Troop that headed to Edo.
Executives (Tedai) of Shimada and Mitsui of large merchant.　
They had accompany it.
And they worked in the financing.
　
Customs checkpoints of Edo
It had been strictly guarded by Tokugawa.
Prior to the troop，They did infiltrated Edo.
They went to the store of Edo of Mitsui.
And raised funds for the new government.
　
They also did buy many army provisions.
It hid in a warehouse of Mitsui.
　

Ono of large merchant.
After this they also joined it.
Funds they had raised at Edo.
They hid it in the bottom of the houseboat.
　
While going on a pleasure jaunt, they did carrying it.