Wei Tonghammer looked at the big ingot silver and foreign wine in the tray in front of him, rubbed his eyes vigorously, looked at it for a while, stretched out his hand and touched the silver ingot, and pinched his palm, which made sure that this was not a dream. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Such a reward and punishment, can you be convinced?" Ding Ruchang looked at Wei Tonghammer, who was lying on the deck in a daze, smiled, and asked.

"Serve! Wear! A small hundred hearts! Wei Tonghammer woke up like a dream, he turned his head, looked at Ding Ruchang, and replied in a loud voice.

At that moment, the two sailors took Wei Tonghammer aside, and the military doctor on the ship came to treat his wounds, and Wei Tonghammer's companions suddenly became energetic from the depression just now.

They almost all understood that if they had passed the twenty lashes, they would have 500 taels of silver!

Sure enough, two sailors stepped forward, dragged another Shui Yong, tied him to the mast, and whipped him like a bronze hammer on Wei.

This Shui Yong's physique is obviously inferior to Wei Tonghammer, he has been beaten with twenty whips, fainted to death a few times, and his screams are particularly terrible, but as soon as the twenty whips passed, Ding Ruchang really gave him 500 taels of silver and two bottles of foreign wine. This Shui Yong was also overjoyed, and this person was obviously an alcoholic, so he couldn't wait to open a bottle of rum and fill half a bottle into his stomach when he was treating.

Seeing this, the remaining few Shui Yong were all greedy, and even wished that they were the ones who hit him first just now, so they could receive the reward earlier.

Seeing this dramatic scene, Zhang Zongchuan finally let out a long breath in his heart.

After several sailors whipped and rewarded, Zhang Zongchuan looked at Ding Ruchang and said in a sincere tone: "Thanks to Ding Junmen this time, if Ding Junmen hadn't brought the ship here, what would have happened in the future, it is almost impossible to think." caused this incident, the crime deserves death, and Ding Junmen is also asked to punish him. ”

"Lord Zhang doesn't have to be like this, he is all working for the imperial court. Mr. Zhang is an official of the imperial court, and he is at the same level as my brother, and my brother has not disposed of it, so he should report to the court for instructions. Ding Ruchang waved his hand and said gently, "This mutiny, there is a reason, Lord Zhang can restrain the subordinates, without causing a big chaos, it is not easy, but the burning of the division ship should not be after all, I think, I am afraid that it is inevitable to lose the official." ”

Ding Ruchang's words revealed deep concern, which moved Zhang Zongchuan greatly, he sighed, turned his eyes to the shore, and said: "Always let the brothers no longer give their lives in vain, I, the leader, it is nothing to lose." ”

At this time, on the shore, the Shandong Green Battalion soldiers who came to suppress it had already collected the bodies of the killed battalion soldiers under the leadership of Admiral Li Chenglin and left in embarrassment.

Looking at the evacuation of the Green Battalion soldiers, a mocking sneer appeared on Deng Shichang's face.

Soon, Ding Ruchang, Deng Shichang and Zhang Zongchuan got off the "Princess Heshuo" and entered the Dengzhou Navy Battalion to appease the officers and soldiers of the Navy Battalion.

When Ding Ruchang pacified the officers and soldiers of the Navy Battalion, Deng Shichang pretended to be an inspector and came to the barracks of the Navy Battalion.

Deng Shichang looked at these local water warriors with suspicious expressions, and quietly took out a few pieces of paper with fine characters with mimeographed patterns and numbers and seals from his arms, and handed them to them.

"These are silver tickets, three hundred taels each." Deng Shichang looked at a few Shui Yong and said coldly, "They are all Shanxi Qiaojia's 'Wei Changhou' ticket numbers, and they can be exchanged for cash at any time." ”

Several Shui Yong were overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly stuffed the silver tickets into their arms.

"You have done a good job this time, these pieces of silver are your hard-earned money." Deng Shichang said in a small voice, "However, if anyone leaks the news......" He didn't say any more, but swept them with a stern gaze.

Accompanied by Deng Shichang's gaze, the "sun" dog, which had been standing honestly beside Deng Shichang, also straightened up, his eyes were burning and shining, and he let out a whining roar, revealing Bai Sensen's teeth.

Several Shui Yong hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, "Don't worry, my lord!" The little ones don't dare! Don't dare! ”

Deng Shichang nodded, got up and walked out of the barracks door with the "sun". After several Shui Yong watched Deng Shichang's figure disappear, they got up, took out the silver ticket from their arms, looked at it carefully for a while, and each looked at each other and smiled.

When Ding Baozhen learned about what happened in the Rongden Sailor Camp, it was already six days later.

"What? Did the Beiyang Navy go to quell the mutiny? Ding Baozhen looked at Li Chenglin, who looked gray-faced, and couldn't help but be furious, "They are overstepping their authority!" Unauthorized! ”

"Lord Futai, mark here and let the gang of murderers of the sailor kill more than forty people, but they Beiyang turned a blind eye and didn't even ......say hello" Hearing Ding Baozhen's first reaction was not to blame himself for his incompetence, Li Chenglin hurriedly said, "They are obviously mutiny against those gangs!" Besides, they came too coincidentally, right? ”

After listening to Li Chenglin's "reminder", Ding Baozhen frowned, and his face changed a little.

"My lord, the Beiyang Naval Division will not come sooner or later, just in the few days when the accident is about to happen, they will concentrate on the Weihai Bay exercise, and the previous training place for them is not Weihai Bay...... Li Chenglin said again, "This time, as soon as the Rongden Sailor Battalion mutinied, Ding Ruchang came immediately, and the news spread too quickly, right?" ”

"That's true...... Ding Baozhen's face became more and more ugly, "He, Li Shaoquan, is only afraid that he won't be able to get out of it!" It must be the mastermind behind him, Ding Ruchang dares to be so bold! ……”

Hearing that Ding Baozhen had already transferred his anger to Li Hongzhang and Ding Ruchang, Li Chenglin was relieved, but Ding Baozhen's words made his heart hang again.

"You're incompetent, too! Bringing so many people with them, not only did they not quell the mutiny, but they killed so many people! Ding Baozhen looked at Li Chenglin and shouted angrily, "Didn't you think they would be like this?" Why don't you bring a few cannons with you? ”

Hearing Ding Baozhen's question, Li Chenglin was startled, but he had expected Ding Baozhen to ask this question when he came, and he had already thought of the words for this part in advance, and quickly replied with a sad face: "My lord, this green battalion is now short of clothes and salaries, you don't know it, there are less than ten mountain splitting cannons available in the battalion, and there are not many mules and horses available, if you take the cannons away, it will definitely delay the trip, besides, you still owe three months of salary and silver......

Hearing Li Chenglin talk about the arrears, a trace of embarrassment appeared on Ding Baozhen's face.

"This time, more than 40 people died, if this salary is not paid again, I am afraid that this green camp will be the same as the sailor battalion......" Li Chenglin mourned.

"In this way, let's wait a while and send this pension money down first, this arrears, wait a little longer......" Ding Baozhen got up a little annoyed, paced, "One or two for everyone...... No, two taels of silver! After a while, you can take my warrant and go to the treasury to withdraw the cash!" ”

Hearing Ding Baozhen say the amount of the pension, Li Chenglin sighed in his heart, but on the surface, he had to pretend to be grateful: "Thank you for the compassion of the Tai adults!" ……”

Two taels of silver for one life, the life of this Shandong green battalion soldier is really cheap!

And with a mere eighty taels of silver, he even asked the dignified commander of the green camp to go to the treasury to receive it, and it really made people laugh out of their big teeth when they said it!

Li Chenglin forcibly endured his stomach full of complaints, and bowed and retired. He has already decided, go to the treasury to get the silver now, otherwise if he is not careful, he is afraid that he will not be able to get his hands on these eighty taels!

After Li Chenglin retreated, Ding Baozhen thought that this time not only failed to quell the mutiny of the Sailor Battalion, but also spent a sum of money in vain, although the amount was not much, but it still made him feel painful.

The reason why Shandong's local finances are so embarrassed is not the fault of Ding Baozhen alone, but it is also related to his own style.

When he was the governor of Shandong, Ding Baozhen built water conservancy, punished bandits, rectified the rule of officials, set up foreign affairs, and sympathized with the people's hardship. The people of the time respected Ding Baozhen's breeze and brightness, and praised his ethics as "pure". In the pen of some people, Ding Baozhen is a "strict and powerful" and "awe-inspiring" person, which can be said to be a conceptual character of a clean and honest official.

As a defender of the old system, Ding Baozhen has always advocated the principles of "clear and clear" and "good and evil". His understanding of officialdom is: "Today's officials are all complicated: those who are convenient are talented, those who are dependent on Ah are practiced, those who indulge are broad, and those who whitewash are shrewd." As a result, it has created a dismal social reality of "the clay kettle thunders, and the yellow bell is destroyed". Despite this, Ding Baozhen believes that those who are officials should not be discouraged, but should clean themselves and make a difference. The world is chaotic, and the Qing scholars see it", "by virtue of this official power, to be virtuous to the people". For the purpose of being an official, Ding Baozhen advocates Confucius's "learning and excellence" and Mencius's "learning at a young age, and wanting to do it when strong", hoping that he can "learn what he has learned, and rise and fall in order to save the country", because "the virtuous people advance, the people's livelihood will be successful", he believes that as long as there are good officials and clean officials, the people of Li can live a good life, "to be an official should be to love the people and raise the people as the first priority, that is, the so-called people who serve the country are nothing more than this, cover the people as the country's foundation, and cultivate the people's morale is to cultivate the national line." Win the hearts of the people, the people's morale is not chaotic, and the country is in peace, which is to serve the country. …… It is important to be aware of this at all times and act on it with determination. Do not do anything to the people, and do not think to the people. Whoever is harmful to the people, he will do his best to get rid of it. Those who are good for the people will seek it with all their hearts. I have killed myself, and the people love me and will not forget ......" He often admonished himself to "work hard to be a good official and do good deeds."