The day after the two German ironclad ships arrived in Weihaiwei, Ding Ruchang dispatched 200 veterans of the Beiyang Naval Division to the Naval Academy.

Lin Daxin selected a sufficient number of cadets of the naval training team and other ordinary cadets to familiarize themselves with the operation of the two ironclad ships under the leadership of these veterans of the Beiyang Naval Division.

A few days later, the Chilean warship, which excited the entire Naval Academy and the Beiyang Naval Division, also arrived in Weihaiwei. Lin Daxin delivered the remaining 2.3 million pounds to the Chilean naval personnel, and the warships belonged to Lin Daxin!

These warships included 6 capital warships and 8 torpedo boats, of which the ironclad ship "Captain Pratt" with a displacement of 6,901 tons was renamed Weihai.

The armored cruiser "Esmeralda (II)" with a displacement of 7000 tons was renamed Xinghai.

With a displacement of 4568 tons, "Blanco. The armored cruiser "Enkarada" was renamed the Anhai.

The dome cruiser "Esmeralda" with a displacement of 2950 tons was renamed Likai.

The torpedo cruiser "Erasuris" with a displacement of 2047 tons was renamed Chaohai.

The torpedo cruiser "Pinto", with a displacement of 2047 tons, was renamed Yanghai.

The Beiyang Naval Division has eight main warships known as the eight "far", and now Lin Daxin's Sailor Academy also has eight main warships of the eight "seas", and the overall strength is even higher than the eight "far" warships of the Beiyang Naval Division.

The eight torpedo boats were simply named by Lin Daxin: Lei No. 1 and Lei No. 2...... Ray 8.

Lin Daxin's students from the Naval Academy and veterans of the Beiyang Naval Division began to enter these warships and familiarize themselves with their performance. Moreover, Lin Daxin also agreed with the top naval commander of the Chilean Navy to hire 200 experienced sailors, gunners and officers of the Chilean Navy to help train the cadets of the Sailor Academy, so that these purchased warships can form combat effectiveness to the fullest!

In the Zhili Governor's Mansion of Tianjin Wei, Li Hongzhang, who had reached the age of antiquity, sat in his study, holding a letter from Ding Ruchang, the commander of the Beiyang Naval Division, in which Ding Ruchang told Li Hongzhang in the original letter about Lin Daxin's life experience, learning experience, and Lin Daxin's use of money to build the Beiyang Weihai Wei Naval Academy, establish many Western factories, and purchase two German ironclad ships and many main warships of the Chilean Navy.

Li Hongzhang carefully read the letter three times before putting down the letter, did not expect that among the descendants of Beiyang, there is also a talent like Lin Daxin, although Li Hongzhang is also surprised where Lin Daxin's wealth comes from, but the current situation is not to trace the source of Lin Daxin's wealth, but how to win over this rising star rich man.

At this time, there were footsteps outside the study, and a person walked into the study, "Father-in-law, there is news from the palace that Ha Feng'a, the new supervisor of the Beiyang Naval Division, has made a twist and turn to impeach Lin Daxin, the deputy general office of the Weihai Weiwei Naval Academy, to privately purchase warships and privately form an army in the name of the Naval Academy, intending to rebel!" This person is Li Hongzhang's son-in-law, Zhang Peilun, a representative of the Qing Dynasty officialdom in the late Qing Dynasty.

It turned out that Lin Daxin was on the street that day, met Yiletu pestering Ding Xueshan, and after driving Yiletu away, Yiletu held a grudge, returned home, and cried to his father Hafenga, saying very exaggerated that he had met the daughter of Admiral Ding Ruchang, and then Yiletu invited her to have a meal together, but he didn't expect Lin Daxin to suddenly come out and stop him, Lin Daxin also insulted Yiletu, Lin Daxin's subordinates also used guns against Yiletu's head, and almost shot Yiletu to death.

Yiletu is the only son of Hafeng'a, who has been very doting on Yiletu since he was a child, and only then did he develop Yiletu's character. Ha Feng'a heard his son's crying, although he knew that his son's words might be mostly false, but Ha Feng'a, who had always doted on his son, still had a sharp hatred for Lin Daxin, and Lin Daxin bought a warship with his own money, Ha Feng'a hesitated, and went on a twist and turn to impeach Lin Daxin. But the strange thing is that Ha Feng'a also gave Emperor Guangxu a secret fold.

Li Hongzhang listened to his son-in-law's words, frowned, this Ha Feng'a was sent by the imperial court to the Beiyang Naval Division to mix sand, although Li Hongzhang was very dissatisfied with this, but Li Hongzhang, who was loyal to the imperial court, still accepted Cixi's arrangement, and arranged Hafeng'a to the Beiyang Naval Division, but there was no real power in the position of supervising the army, Li Hongzhang was confident that a Hafeng'a could not affect a Beiyang Naval Division, and the most powerful naval division of the Qing Dynasty would always be in his own hands.

Now Li Hongzhang was trying to find a way to win over Lin Daxin, a rich man, but Ha Feng'a jumped out and wanted Lin Daxin's life with a twist!

Li Hongzhang handed the letter on the table to Zhang Peilun, Zhang Peilun took the letter and read it carefully, raised his head and asked, "How is my father-in-law going to deal with this matter?"

Li Hongzhang asked rhetorically: "Virtuous son-in-law, what do you think should be done?"

Zhang Peilun thought for a while and said: "Father-in-law, according to what Ding Ruchang said in the letter, although this Lin Daxin has some ambitions and considerable financial resources, he is a Beiyang disciple after all, his father took Lin Yongsheng through the Yuanzhou ship, and his son-in-law also knows him, and he is loyal to his father-in-law, and I believe that Lin Daxin, a rising star in Beiyang, will become a big help to his father-in-law in the future!"

Li Hongzhang nodded, agreeing with his son-in-law Zhang Peilun's words.

Zhang Peilun continued: "As for Ha Feng'a's excerpt, the son-in-law thinks that the father-in-law should also give the court a fold and ask Lin Daxin for credit!"

Li Hongzhang smiled and said, "The idea of the virtuous son-in-law coincides with the old man!" The old man asked Lin Daxin for credit on the grounds that Lin Daxin used a huge amount of money to help Beiyang buy warships! Please promote Lin Daxin to the imperial court as the general office of the Beiyang Weihai Weishui Academy! And Lin Daxin is not rich! Let this kid have some blood and give Lafayette a sum of money to repair the Summer Palace, and when the time comes, even if Hafenga is a relative of Lafayette, he will not be able to stop Lin Daxin from becoming an official! Ha ha! ”

Zhang Peilun also smiled and said, "What my father-in-law said is true! Now the Empress Dowager Cixi regards the repair of the Summer Palace as a top priority, if Lin Daxin offers a sum of silver, Hafeng'a's performance will have no effect! ”

Two days later, Lin Daxin, who was training with the students of the Sailor Academy on the Weihai ship, received a handwritten letter from Master Li Hongzhang.

Lin Daxin opened the letter and read it carefully, then hurriedly returned to the Sailor School, found his cousin Wang Yan, and asked Wang Yan to personally transport 1 million taels of silver to Tianjin Wei. Among them, 500,000 taels of silver were asked by Lord Li Hongzhang to be donated to the Empress Dowager Cixi for the construction of the Summer Palace, and the other 500,000 taels of silver were handed over to Lord Li Hongzhang, which was regarded as Lin Daxin's filial piety to Lord Li Hongzhang!

In accordance with Lin Daxin's order, Wang Yan transported 1 million taels of silver to the Tianjin Weizhili Governor's Mansion and handed it to Li Hongzhang, and at the same time handed Lin Daxin a letter thanking Li Hongzhang and showing his loyalty to Li Hongzhang.

Li Hongzhang received 1 million taels of silver from Lin Daxin, and couldn't help but sigh, he was worthy of being a rich man who bought a new fleet with the scale of the Beiyang Naval Division as soon as he made a move! I must envelop this child of Beiyang!

Li Hongzhang immediately sent someone to escort 500,000 taels of silver into Beijing City and sent it to the inner treasury of the Empress Dowager Cixi.

In the Xinuan Pavilion where Cixi lived in the Forbidden City, the Empress Dowager Cixi, who was nearly sixty years old, sat on the soft couch, and there were two delicate palace maids on the side, one of the palace maids pinched Cixi's shoulders, and one of the palace maids pinched Cixi's legs, and Guangxu, the emperor of the Qing Empire, was standing respectfully opposite the Empress Dowager Cixi.

Guangxu said: "Dear father, the Beiyang Naval Division Supervisor Ha Feng'a made a twist and impeached Lin Daxin, the deputy general office of the Weihai Weiwei Naval Academy, privately purchased warships, and privately formed an army in the name of the Naval Academy, intending to rebel!" Dear Dad, how do you think this matter should be handled? Did you send someone to remove that Lin Daxin from his post and investigate it? ”

Cixi waved her hand, and the two palace maids stepped aside and said slowly: "Your Majesty, Hafeng's recital has already been seen in the palace, and Li Hongzhang has also given the palace a recital, asking Lin Daxin for credit on the grounds that Lin Daxin used a huge amount of money to help Beiyang buy warships!" Come and show it to the emperor! ”

Li Lianying, the big eunuch next to her, picked up a fold from the table, and respectfully handed it to Guangxu with both hands, Guangxu took the fold and opened it to look at it, a fine light flashed in his eyes, and he raised his head and said: "Dear father, now Li Hongzhang and Hafeng Ah each hold the word, how to deal with it?" ”

Cixi said: "Since Li Hongzhang is in charge of the Beiyang Naval Division, and he said that Lin Daxin has no merits, so let's do what Li Hongzhang said!" Promote that Lin Daxin to the general office of Weihai Weishui Master School, and the official residence is five products! Moreover, that Lin Daxin took his own silver and bought the warship that he bought is also the warship of our Qing Dynasty, which is also under the jurisdiction of the Beiyang Naval Division! Let's have more Western warships in the Qing Dynasty, and we can also make those foreigners less tossed! ”

Guangxu wanted to say something, but finally held back, "Okay! I'll do what my father says! ”

Cixi sat on the soft couch and nodded, and said, "Okay, the palace is tired, the emperor should go down!" ”

"Dear Dad, then you can rest! I'm back! After speaking, Guangxu withdrew from Xinuan Pavilion.

Guangxu returned to the Yangxin Palace, and a little eunuch stepped forward and knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, I have found out clearly, Li Hongzhang sent someone to send 500,000 taels of silver to the Queen Mother, saying that it was dedicated to the Queen Mother by Lin Daxin, the deputy general manager of the Water Master School, for the repair of the Summer Palace!" ”

When Guangxu heard this, he said angrily: "Okay, you Li Hongzhang!" Cry with me every day! I want silver! As a result, there was money for the Queen Mother to repair the garden! ”

In fact, although Ha Feng'a has some relatives with the Empress Dowager Cixi, Ha Feng'a has long taken refuge in Guangxu's command, Li Hongzhang has always been a staunch supporter of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and Guangxu sent Ha Feng'a to the Beiyang Naval Division in order to compete with Li Hongzhang for the control of the Beiyang Naval Division.

This time, Ha Feng'a also gave Guangxu a secret fold, saying that if Lin Daxin could be held accountable, he Ha Feng'a could take the opportunity to seize Lin Daxin's warships, factories and family property, which would not only enable Guangxu to have a fleet that was no less powerful than the Beiyang Naval Division, but also help Guangxu get a lot of wealth.

Guangxu was moved by Ha Feng'a's secret fold, and after getting Cixi's consent, he ordered the dismissal and investigation of Lin Daxin, but he didn't expect that Guangxu and Hafeng'a's calculations were stirred up by 500,000 taels of silver.