Chapter 194: Fleet Dress-Up
Looking at the smoke billowing in the distance, Zhong Lin finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, if Li He didn't come back today, he dared to guarantee that he would definitely be picked off by Liu Jun, and Li He would not be much better.
Woowoo...... Woowoo...... The whistle is getting closer and closer, and the silhouettes of warships such as Qiaoli, Zhenyuan, and Dingyuan can be clearly seen, and they are slowly heading towards the military port wharf.
With a creak, the Hashidate was the first to moor to Pier 2
Bang bang, the sailors in white soldier uniforms on the warship put the big braids on their heads, and they were busy with three times and five by two, and set up the pedals.
Seeing Li He walking out of the cabin, Zhong Lin rushed up with an arrow step, didn't say anything, pulled Li He up and left.
"What are you doing...... Li He shook off Zhong Lin's hand, there are so many people here, just like pulling a little daughter-in-law, Li He can't stand it.
"Commander Li, if you don't come back, Lao Tzu will be stripped of his head. Come with me to the headquarters, I'll be waiting for you for a long time. Zhong Lin looked at Li He's expression suspiciously, and instead of paying attention to Li He's surprised expression, he took Li He's hand again.
"To be clear, I don't like men to hold my hand." Li He struggled to break free of Zhong Lin's iron pincer-like hands.
"The imperial court gave the marriage, and now the wedding team is on the way to Tianjin, and the marshal asked you to lead the Beiyang Navy Division to Tianjin to greet you." Zhong Lin briefly explained the situation.
The handsome man got married again...... Snap, Li He patted his head, he regretted why he used another word. Don't talk about marrying one, even if there are three palaces and six courts, there won't be much.
"Let's go." Zhong Lin took Li He's hand again and walked towards the horse that was being picked up by the guards not far away.
This time, Li He did not break free, but followed Zhong Lin stupidly, numbly pushed onto the horse by Zhong Lin, followed Zhong Lin, and ran to the headquarters.
The Lushun Headquarters has gradually entered the end of autumn, and the leaves of the trees planted on both sides of the headquarters have gradually withered and yellowed, and when the autumn wind blows, leaves fall from the trees from time to time, and then flutter with the wind and fly all over the sky.
In the conference hall of the Lushun Headquarters, Liu Jun closed the book in his hand. Liu Jun also used the book to pretend, he couldn't read traditional Chinese characters, and he didn't understand it, just to pretend that he was a cultural person and a high-quality talent in front of Zhong Lin.
glanced at Li He who was standing in front of him, and Liu Jun casually threw the book in his hand still on the table: "You probably know the matter." ”
Li He nodded. When he came, Zhong Lin had already made it very clear that this time, Liu Jun wanted to save face for the imperial court. Not only must the main force of the naval division be dispatched, but also the warship must be dressed up well, and the price cannot be dropped.
Liu Jun nodded with satisfaction, and looked at Li He and Zhong Lin: "This time, I went to meet the candidates for marriage from the imperial court, I thought about it for a while, just the two of you, don't embarrass Lao Tzu." After looking at Zhong Lin, Liu Jun pointed: "Especially you, what kind of civilization is you." Don't be paralyzed for a day. There is no quality at all. ”
Poof, Li He next to him looked at Zhong Lin's aggrieved face and laughed.
"Laughing fart, everyone's half a catty." Zhong Lin didn't dare to be angry with Liu Jun, but he was not afraid of Li He.
Liu Jun looked at these two living treasures, returned to his position, picked up the blue and white porcelain teacup on the table, saw two big eyes staring, and waved his hand impatiently
"Hurry up and get out of Lao Tzu, hurry up and dress up the warship, and disappear from Lushun to Lao Tzu early tomorrow morning."
With a flutter, the speed of the buttocks on fire, the two of them suddenly ran out of the headquarters in an instant like a mouse seeing a cat.
"Lao Li, why do you dress up your warships? In addition to washing the deck well. I really don't know what to do" In Lushun City, Zhong Lin looked at the silk on both sides of the street left and right, and didn't know how to dress up for a long time, so he could only turn his head and ask Li He, who was following him.
"Rely on" Li He burst out in foul language with dissatisfaction, where did he know what to do. He only drove the warship and commanded the fleet to Tianjin.
Crackling. A burst of firecrackers rang out, followed by a burst of suona sound. The two of them stretched out their heads, and it turned out that a pair of relatives were walking this way.
The two dismounted, pulled the horses aside, and after the team walked by, Li He looked at the big red sedan chair. Clapped his hands violently: "Yes." We can hang a red cloth around the warship and wrap a red cloth around each soldier's arm. ”
"High, so damn tall." Zhong Lin gave a thumbs up. A sincere compliment.
"Let's go, go back to my headquarters, Lao Tzu will immediately gather the captains of the ships and assign tasks." After Li He finished speaking, he punched Zhong Lin fiercely, happily got on the horse, and ran towards the naval headquarters.
In Lushun Buzhuang, a group of white-pressed sailors rushed in, and immediately frightened the boss and his buddies inside, if it weren't for the fact that they were wearing white navy uniforms, the boss would definitely think it was a robbery.
The boss fixed his eyes and saw the word Dingyuan written on the badges on the chests of those sailors.
"Boss, is there a red cloth?" A lieutenant patted the counter. happily looked at the emaciated boss and the dumbfounded guy with a demented face.
"Yes, how much do you want, sir?" The boss finally came back to his senses.
"It's all about it." After the lieutenant finished speaking, he snapped and threw a large chunk of silver on the counter. Then he beckoned a dozen soldiers who followed him and began to carry them.
Like a wolf and a tiger, in less than ten minutes, all the red things in the store were completely removed by these soldiers.
Looking at this group of sailors happily lifting the red cloth and walking towards the military port, the boss wiped his sweat, and before he returned to the counter, he saw a group of sailors rushing towards him.
"Boss, is there a red cloth?" The same questioning, only now it was replaced by the sailors on the Hashidate.
"Master Jun, no, I was bought out by the sailors on the Dingyuan just now." The boss said with an aggrieved face.
"What the hell is forced, the speed of Dingyuan is still fast, brothers, go to another house, don't let other warships rob it." The captain waved his hand. The sailors behind him disappeared without a trace in an instant, just like water.
"Dare to ask the military master, why does the navy need so many red cloths?" The boss asked the captain who hadn't walked out the door in confusion.
"The marshal married the imperial court Gege, and our sailor was ordered to go to Tianjin to greet him. Dress up the warship. With that, the captain turned and walked out of the cloth shop and ran to the next one.
The boss was shocked when he married Gege, and immediately reacted: "Man, hurry, hurry, let everyone work harder, hurry up and make some red cloth and send it to the marshal's mansion." The handsome man is married, and we also have to show our hearts. The boss suddenly pointed excitedly to the guy who was still staying by his side.
Ten to hundred, hundreds to thousands, less than a day of effort, the people of Lushun all know the news that Liu Jun is going to marry the imperial court, Lushun is boiling again, every household has begun to redress their homes, and consciously hang red cloth in front of the door to celebrate this Lushun has one festival after another.
Arthur Military Port. The breeze blew lightly, blowing the naval warships anchored in the military harbor with the waves.
In front of the dock, Zhong Lin's eyes widened, looking at the behemoths in front of him, and looked at Li He with a smile again.
This is the rhythm of death, looking at Li He's smile, Zhong Lin muttered in his heart.
It's not that it's not badly dressed, but it's too good, every warship going to Tianjin, not only the bridge, fence, and mast are wrapped with red cloth, but the barrels of the main guns and secondary guns are tied with a big red flower. Zhong Lin didn't know how much silver it was, anyway, he knew, if the head knew that Li He was a waste, there would definitely be no good fruit to eat.
"Lao Li, you're going to die," Zhong Lin took a deep breath. looked at Zhong Lin with some weakness.
Li He was taken aback all of a sudden, he didn't understand what Zhong Lin meant, and when he saw Zhong Lin pointing at the red cloth on the warship, he suddenly understood something.
"Don't worry, the marshal won't blame, those red cloths are not the money allocated by the Ministry of Finance, nor the money I ordered to be allocated, I only allocated two hundred taels of silver, and the rest are all paid out of the pockets of the officers and men of the naval divisions of each ship."
Paralyzed, scared Lao Tzu, Zhong Lin carefully wiped the sweat on his face, he was really worried that this was what Li He asked the Finance Department, if this is the case, Li He is not without good fruit to eat, but he can't die, at least the life in the dark room for three or four days can't run.
"That's good, that's good." Zhong Lin nodded happily.
Woowoo...... Woowoo...... Hashidate's horn sounded the whistle.
"Let's go, Dashuai let us go this morning, and we should also go," Li He heard the Hashitachi that had already lit soot. pointed to his own bridge number, and got on the bridge number with Zhong Lin.