"I have designed a different kind of artillery arrangement," Dash Bo said to be enthusiastic about the transformation of the "Wan Nian Qing", he bent down and traced it on the line drawing with a pencil, "The main gun will be changed to two, and the front main gun is here." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info "He drew a circle in front of the flybridge," the rear main gun is here. "He drew a circle in the middle of the second and third masts behind the chimney.

"This is the position of the two 120mm guns," Dashbo then drew six circles in succession on both sides, "This is the position of the 75mm secondary guns, in order to prevent interference when the main and secondary guns are fired, the deck of the two main guns will be lowered one level, which has the advantage of not only not interfering with the six 75mm secondary guns when firing, but also further lowering the center of gravity, reducing the ship's draft, and facilitating navigation on inland waterways." ”

"It's really good design, and it was decided." After listening to Dashbo's explanation, Lin Yizhe was very satisfied with the plan for the artillery arrangement, so he made a decision.

"In this way, the 'Wannian Qing' will become a real warship." Dustbo said with a smile, "If it weren't for the indiscriminate instructions and requests of His Excellency the Governor, I would not have wasted so much time and money. ”

Hearing that Da Shibo actually complained about Zuo Zongtang, Lin Yizhe couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart.

After Zeng Guofan accused Zuo Zongtang of not knowing how to pretend to understand the policy of building a dual-purpose ship for military and commercial purposes, resulting in the low combat effectiveness of the "Wannian Qing", the angry Zuo Zongtang could not find a way to justify, and even put the blame on the two foreign superintendents of the shipping administration. After Ri Yige learned the news, he was speechless, and once wanted to resign, but was retained by Shen Baozhen's kind words. As the chief designer of the "Wannian Qing", the scholarly Dashibo resolutely refused to be blackened by this cauldron, and he showed direct evidence -- a set of drawings of the "Wannian Qing" full battleship plan, saying that this was his original design of the "Wan Nian Qing", but was personally vetoed by Zuo Zongtang, who himself insisted on adding a cargo hold to the battleship, so that the "Wan Nian Qing" was twice as large as the parent type. Ri Yige also confirmed to Shen Baozhen that this was indeed the case, and said that the former deputy superintendent of the shipyard who is now serving in the army of Zuo Zongtang in the northwest also knew about it. Shen Baozhen played the imperial court accordingly. Zuo Zongtang made a fuss again, and in order to prevent the war of words from escalating, the court suppressed the matter, and specially instructed Zuo Zongtang to "don't play anymore", which means that you don't want to make trouble anymore. Zuo Zongtang had nowhere to come out of this tone, and in a fit of anger, he dismissed Dirk Bei and kicked him back to France.

After experiencing this turmoil, Ri Yige, who had a good relationship with Zuo Zongtang, also completely fell to Shen Baozhen's side, and it was Lin Yizhe who suggested to Shen Baozhen that he was able to serve as the deputy superintendent of the shipmaster, and since then he has been even more loyal to the shipmaster. Since then, he has devoted himself to China's shipbuilding industry. At the beginning of the construction of the No. 2 ship, Lin Yizhe put forward suggestions for improvement, and Dashibo made careful revisions one by one in accordance with his intentions, so that the design performance of the "Mae Yun" ship was also greatly improved compared with the historical one.

"Now we can finally be free from his mistakes." Lin Yizhe nodded, he understood Dashbo's mood at this moment, "It's just that he may not jump out at any time." ”

"You have the support of His Majesty the Great Emperor and His Majesty the Queen Mother of your country, so you don't need to be afraid of him." Dashbo said, "You are now supervising the transformation of the 'Wannian Qing' for His Majesty the Emperor. I believe that when His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty the Queen Mother see that the 'Wannian Qing' has become a real warship, they will give you even greater support." ”

"Hopefully it will be so." Lin Yizhe said, "We can't think too far yet, let's do our current work well!" ”

The two were talking, and suddenly there was a commotion outside.

"What's going on?" Dustball came to the window and looked out, "It seems to be in the direction of the gate." ”

Since he couldn't see the door from here, Lin Yizhe listened attentively for a while, then turned his head to Dashibo and said calmly: "You stay here, Mr. Dusbo, don't go out yet, I'll take a look, and I'll be back in a while." ”

"Okay." Dash Bo didn't realize what was happening, but continued his work, while Lin Yizhe walked out of the office quickly and rushed into the corridor.

At this time, at the door of the Harbour Administration, a large group of villagers gathered in the dark. More than a dozen guards wearing tasseled hats and uniforms looked nervously with rifles in their hands, forming a line of sweaty people who wanted to rush into the government office.

The crowd was emotional, not frenetically restless, but sad and angry, heart-rending grief. Men and women, young and old, had humiliation clearly written on their faces, and some had even burst into tears.

"We want to see Lord Shen! I want him to give the folks an explanation! ”

"Lord Shen! If you do this, how can you be worthy of Lin Wenzhong's spirit in the sky? ”

"Even if I starve to death, I don't want to sell cigarettes for money!"

"This big smoke disaster has brought disaster to the country and the people, Lin Wenzhong sold cigarettes in Humen back then, just to save the people of Li from the suffering of the big smoke, Lord Shen, have you forgotten all this?" A Xiucai with a white cloth wrapped around his head and a patched robe cried. "At that time, my family had a lot of money, because my father smoked a lot of cigarettes, the family assets were lost, and my infant sister was also sold to become my father's big cigarette money, and my mother died of anger.

"Lord Shen, you can't-"

"Lord Shen can't even die—"

"Whoever takes the money from selling big cigarettes will not die well!"

This sentence was like throwing a torch on dry wood, and the level of emotion in the crowd began to escalate further.

"Please come out, Lord Shen—"

"Lord Shen come out!"

The people of the Qing Dynasty are far from having the courage of the mobs of later generations, even if they gather crowds to appeal, at least the level of identity will not be forgotten, and the position etiquette is still taught.

Shen Baozhen sat in the room, listening to the bursts of noise coming from the door, and tears slowly flowed down. He knew in his heart that since he tacitly adopted the opium tax to raise the ship, this scene would appear sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

"Fellow villagers, fathers! Be quiet! Listen to what this official has to say. Wu Zhongxiang and several other shipping officials ran out, and when they saw the angry crowd, Wu Zhongxiang's heart couldn't help but sink, and his voice couldn't help but tremble a little.

"Folks! We can't help it! Seeing that the New Year is approaching, the rest of the taxes must be solved in accordance with the law, and everyone is waiting for the New Year. ……”

Wu Zhongxiang had just said a word, and he was drowned out by the roar below.

"We don't want to smoke a lot!"

"I'd rather starve to death than smoke money!"

With bursts of roars, I don't know who threw a stone, Wu Zhongxiang was caught off guard, and a stone was firmly hit on his head, and blood flowed immediately. As soon as they saw that the official had been injured, everyone couldn't help but be afraid, and the noise receded slightly. But taking advantage of the stall where the soldiers guarded Wu Zhongxiang and others retreated to the courtyard of the government office, "The villagers went in to discuss the law!" The villagers took advantage of the situation to rush to the gate, and the guards' blocking line collapsed instantly, and more than 100 people rushed into the gate of the Harbour Administration at once, and the people outside the door also gathered more and more, and the situation suddenly got out of control.

When the villagers rushed into the courtyard, they found that Shen Baozhen's figure appeared in the courtyard.

Seeing Shen Baozhen appear, the people in front unconsciously stopped, and the people behind couldn't help but collide with the people in front of them, and many people fell to the ground for a while, and the yard became a mess.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the courtyard, the guards hurriedly rushed into the courtyard and blocked in front of Shen Baozhen. At the same time, more gun-wielding soldiers rushed out of the government office and surrounded the people who rushed into the government office compound, their guns loaded and their knives unsheathed, as if they were facing a great enemy.

Shen Baozhen comforted the injured Wu Zhongxiang a few words, and after ordering his entourage to move him to the back hall for treatment, he silently separated the guards and walked in front of the crowd.

Probably because of the usual majesty of this shipping minister, when Shen Baozhen came to them, many people involuntarily retreated.

Shen Baozhen's gaze slowly moved from the crowd, and he saw that many of these villagers were craftsmen hired by the shipmaster, and he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart.

The Xiucai with a white cloth wrapped around his head stepped forward, knelt down in front of Shen Baozhen with a pop, and knocked his head three times in a row, with such a great force that the scalp of his head had been broken after three blows, and blood oozed out, soaking the white cloth wrapped around his head red.

"Lord Shen, listen to us, you must not use the big tobacco money to raise the boat--Lin Wenzhong Gong is looking at you in the spirit of the sky, you must not do anything that makes him uneasy-" As he spoke, he cried bitterly--many people on the side also knelt down to Shen Baozhen, claiming that they would rather starve to death than take a penny of big cigarette money.

Facing the crowd, Shen Baozhen, whose heart was like a knife, slowly knelt down, and when his knees hit the ground, there was a heavy crashing sound on the floor.

"Your Excellency, you—" The shipmaster officers and soldiers present looked stunned.

"Fathers and fellow villagers...... I Shen Baozhen is incompetent, the imperial court in order to go west, cut off the source of the ship's salary, seeing that the shipmaster can not live, in desperation, Lord Wu Zhongxiang and others proposed to draw foreign medicine tax, although I have a heart of ten million not allowed, but I can't watch the shipmaster in my hands waste...... I, Shen Baozhen, am ashamed of Lin Wenzhonggong, and I have no shame to see his old man after I die! But...... For Harbourmaster! I don't want this old face! Shen Baozhen looked at everyone and hissed: "It's not a pity that I, Shen Baozhen, died!" If you want to relieve your hatred, what does it matter if you let me take my life? I just ask the folks not to ruin the shipyard! ”

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