Zhang Peilun finished reading this short telegram, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"In this way, Beiyang has all the defenses in hand, and no one can shake the Sanyang Naval Division!"

Shandong, Jinan, Governor's Office.

"Over there in Guangdong, is there any news about the ship we ordered?" Shandong Governor Ding Zhihuang asked his master.

"Back to my lord, I've been urging me a few times, but I haven't seen a reply yet." The master sensed the dissatisfaction in Ding Zhihuang's tone, and quickly replied.

"I don't know what they're messing around with over there! Is it more laborious to build a few wooden boats than to build a steamer? Ding Zhihuang said with some annoyance, "Then send a letter to urge!" ”

"Yes, yes, sir." The master listened to Ding Zhihuang's order and agreed one after another.

"Isn't there a telegraph line now? If it doesn't work, send a telegram from Tianjin! Ding Zhihuang ordered again.

"Yes! Be! Master! The master agreed, he looked at Ding Zhihuang's face, and couldn't help but remind, "Master, the will of the imperial court, but I won't let the sailors build wooden boats anymore, and they will all be changed into steamships......"

"You know what! The will of the imperial court is not immutable! Ding Zhihuang became angry when he heard this, "The steamer is troublesome and expensive to build, and it is not easy to operate, and the existing wooden boat can be used by the sailor after repairing, what kind of steamer do you want?" Aren't most of the steamers built by the Harbour Master made of wood? I want this wooden boat to prove to the court that the wooden boat is still usable! Let the court know the wrong of the previous purpose and change its course! ”

Under the reprimand of Ding Zhihuang, the master didn't dare to say anything, but only said yes.

Those who are familiar with Ding Zhihuang know that Ding Zhihuang has his own set of "opinions" on the important affairs of coastal defense.

Up to now, Ding Zhihuang has served as governor of Shandong for nearly ten years, and he has actively built water conservancy, developed agriculture, paid attention to people's livelihood, and paid a lot of attention to foreign affairs and coastal defense construction (and only "concern"). After he took office, in view of the corrupt situation of the Shandong Naval Division, he carried out a "drastic" rectification, set up a commander of the Naval Division, unified command of the Naval Division, and set up the Rongcheng Naval Division Battalion and the Dengzhou Naval Division Battalion.

Although he also believed that he should learn from the West, because he insisted on the "great defense of Yixia", his understanding of foreign affairs always stayed only on the side of "tools".

With regard to strengthening coastal defense, different from Lin Yizhe and Ding Richang's viewpoint of advocating the establishment of an "overseas naval division," that is, a navy, Ding Zhihuang insisted that the construction of forts should be the first and the naval division second.

Although Li Shaoquan, the governor of Zhili, expressed his support for Ding Zhihuang's dedication to repairing the fort, he also reminded him many times that he should also pay attention to the construction of the water division. In order to strengthen the defense of the Beijing-Tianjin gateway area, Li Shaoquan once suggested to Ding Zhihuang that the powers of affairs be unified, and that the Shandong Naval Division and the Beiyang Naval Division be "united in one place" and set up a unified commander to conduct and command the exercises and command, so that they could "work together to resist the enemy" in the event of an invasion by foreign enemies, but Ding Zhihuang resolutely opposed it.

The reason why Ding Zhihuang opposed the merger of the Shandong Naval Division and the Beiyang Naval Division was very simple: he did not intend to lose control of the Rongdeng Naval Division and the corresponding right to allocate funds for coastal defense.

Since Shandong is a province that only has a governor and no governor, although Li Shaoquan, the governor of Zhili, is nominally one level higher than the governor of Shandong, in fact the governor of Shandong is at the same level as the governor of Zhili, and the two sides can only discuss the issue of coastal defense construction, because under the resolute opposition of Ding Zhihuang, Li Shaoquan can only give up the idea of merging the water divisions.

And Ding Zhihuang didn't want to let go of the small steamer of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau this time, and went all the way to Guangdong to order a boat, also to bypass Li Shaoquan.

Originally, he was most worried about preparing for the Minister of Naval Affairs, Lin Yizhe, but now that Lin Yizhe has passed away, Ding Zhihuang has nothing to fear.

Ding Zhihuang was thinking about whether to write a letter to Zhang Zhaodong, the governor of Guangdong, to urge him to catch up with the boat, but he saw a master leading a dirty general manager to walk in quickly.

"What's going on?" When Ding Zhihuang saw them, his eyes widened in surprise, and he immediately asked.

"Gift...... Report to...... Futai-sama! Oh no! Rongcheng Water Division Camp and ...... And...... Dengzhou Sailor Battalion ...... There was a mutiny! When the general saw Ding Zhihuang, he immediately knelt on the ground and said breathlessly.

"What? Ascend to the Sailor mutiny? Ding Zhihuang was taken aback when he heard the report, he cleared his throat calmly, and asked, "Do you know why the mutiny?" ”

"Lord Huifutai, I heard that it was because of the ...... of the boat," replied the general manager.

"Because of the boat?" Ding Zhihuang was stunned.

"Exactly, sir." The cold sweat on his forehead couldn't stop dripping, but he didn't bother to wipe it, but quickly replied, "The officers and soldiers of the Navy Division Battalion don't know who to listen to, the adults bought them a boat, they said that the boat is a waste, and the adults gave them a boat to send them to death in vain......

"These bastards!" Ding Zhihuang couldn't help but be furious when he heard the general manager's words, slammed the table, stood up, and startled the master.

"How can you send a boat to death? Didn't they use a boat to catch a rope? Isn't it good? Ding Zhihuang said angrily, "It's just nonsense!" They want to use the small steamer, just to make money! Therefore, it is really damning to make such a mutiny! ”

"My lord, isn't there any news from the officers and soldiers of the Navy Battalion?" The master reminded Ding Zhihuang on the side.

"What news did they get?" Ding Zhihuang turned his head to look at his master, he seemed to remember something, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Do you remember the excerpt on Peng Chuhan?" The master cautiously woke up Ding Zhihuang.

Hearing the name of Peng Chuhan, the admiral of the Xiamen Navy, Ding Zhihuang was shocked, and the anger just now disappeared in an instant.

"Go down first!" Ding Zhihuang waved his hand.

The two masters and the general salute retired, and Ding Zhihuang sat in front of the bookcase, his brows furrowed, and he pondered.

He has now been able to determine that someone must have revealed the content of Peng Chuhan's excerpts to the Rongcheng Water Division Battalion and the Dengzhou Water Division Battalion!

Otherwise, they would never have uttered the words "for nothing"!

Thinking of Peng Chuhan's excerpt of "words and tears", Ding Zhihuang couldn't help but fight a cold war.

In the battle of the Japanese Navy attacking Xiamen, Peng Chuhan led the Xiamen Navy Division to resist bravely, but because the wooden sailing ships were defeated by the steam warships, although they were equipped with new breech guns, they still inevitably suffered the fate of total annihilation. The officers and men of the Xiamen Naval Division suffered heavy casualties in this battle, and Peng Chuhan was also seriously wounded, but was rescued by his subordinates and survived by luck.

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