The German officers were amazed at Wang Bo's fluent German, and at the same time pondered for what he had said.

Li Hongzhang listened to the interpreter's explanation, looked at Wang Bo's eyes more and more satisfied, and said slowly: "Except for what a few teachers from Germany said, do you have anything else to say?" ”

After a while, a general came out and said, "My lord, although the winner of this competition has been decided, this is too heavy, right?" General Liu now knows whether he is alive or dead, and the soldiers on the field are also suffering heavy casualties, which is ...... Does it affect the harmony of soldiers in the army? ”

Wang Bo squinted at this person and thought: "Needless to say, this person must be from the inscription battalion, what life and death are unknown, and the casualties are heavy, all exaggerated, you might as well say that I killed them all." ”

He said aloud: "What this general said, I dare not agree with it. As the so-called lion fights the rabbit with all his strength, not to mention that this is a major event in the army. When the two armies fight, even if it is a competition between their own families, they have to use all their strength, which shows respect for each other. ”

"Today, they were wounded at the hands of their own people, and with this lesson, they will definitely train strictly in the future, so that everyone can firmly remember the truth that only by sweating more in peacetime can we shed less blood in wartime. It's better than his life in the hands of his enemies. ”

As he spoke, he clasped his fists and saluted Li Hongzhang and said, "Lord Zhongtang, the soldiers I lead are all acting according to orders, and everything has nothing to do with them. Although this competition is an ordinary drill in the army, and I am not a person in the army, but after all, this is a mistake to injure all the brothers, the military law is strict, the rewards and punishments are clear, how to punish, all by me, I am willing to accept the punishment! ”

"Your Excellency!" Tang Ren walked out incorruptibly, "Brother Wang is reasonable, how can there be a test in the army that is not injured, even if it is a bump and bump during training, it is inevitable, I am not capable enough, but I blame others for being too heavy when I am injured, how can there be such a reason!" ”

"If you have to be punished, the soldiers who participated in the competition are all from the Renzi Battalion, and the competition is just a competition, and they dare to injure people, it means that I, the commander, are not strict in managing the soldiers, and I should be punished! I would like to be punished with Brother Wang! ”

Tang Renlian was holding a gun and a stick in his words, the general was so angry that his face was red and his neck was thick, and the other generals were uncomfortable because Li Hongzhang was sitting on it and wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh. It's funny, no matter what, the generals also secretly admire Wang Bo's methods, although he is still young, but he is already a general.

Li Hongzhang glanced at the three people below and asked, "Tell me, what do you think about this?" ”

The generals observed the words and saw that Li Hongzhang did not mean to punish Wang Bo, and even if he wanted to punish him, it would be an insignificant light punishment, and immediately said in unison: "Listen to the orders of the adults, and we will never object." ”

Li Hongzhang pondered for a moment and said, "Wang Bo is neither an official nor a soldier, but a guest I invited, so if this is a punishment, it can't be talked about...... In this way, he will compensate for the cost of the decoction and medicine for the wounded soldiers. Wang Bo, do you have any objection to this punishment? ”

Wang Bo said: "No, I will do whatever Lord Zhongtang says." ”

Li Hongzhang nodded and said, "Okay, this military drill is over." Wang Bo, you have been in the army for a month, go back with me. ”

Wang Bo bowed, agreed, and left the barracks with Li Hongzhang. By the time I entered the Li Mansion again, it was almost noon.

Li Hongzhang left him for lunch, and then asked him to take him back to the Guangdong Hall in a carriage to rest. During this period, the two just chatted about customs and other things, and did not mention anything else.

Wang Bo muttered in his heart: "What does Li Hongzhang mean by this?" In the barracks, I specifically mentioned the words 'clear rewards and punishments', and you punished me, but I won the competition, where did this 'reward' go? ”

He thought about it, and knew that this matter was in a hurry, he could count the number of times he had met Li Hongzhang with a slap, how could it be so easy to gain the trust of others, this matter had to be done slowly.

As early as a month ago, Wang Bo told Huang Qiying that at the invitation of Lord Zhongtang, he would leave for a while. Returning at this time, after not seeing him for a month, Huang Qiying was quite happy, this outstanding closed disciple had been invited by Lord Zhongtang many times, which made his prestige in the guild hall even more enhanced.

Moreover, through other people, he had an apprentice who was valued by Lord Zhongtang, and the Bao Zhilin Pharmaceutical Factory was developing vigorously in the capital, and more and more businessmen came to him to discuss business, and the business was booming.

As soon as Wang Bo came back, he immediately went to take a hot bath, and he had been training with those hundred big-headed soldiers all day for a month, where had he taken such a comfortable hot bath, first soothe and soothe his body and mind.

The hundred big-headed soldiers don't need him to say anything to Tang Renlian personally, Tang Renlian will definitely treat these people as baby bumps, this is a strong soldier who defeated the three hundred elite soldiers of the inscription battalion with one hundred, and it must be certain that he will be promoted to a petty officer.

Besides, in the past month of training, these people have seen and heard, and they have more or less learned some skills. They take out those innovative training methods to teach others, as long as they persist in hard work and have enough time to train, they can train a strong army at that time.

Of course, if you want to be at the peak of their competition, you can't do it for the time being!

Because in the past month, Wang Bo has replenished nutrition for these people every day, with rice, all kinds of fruits, vegetables, meat, and various material rewards, mobilizing the enthusiasm of these hundred people.

Only then did he realize that the amount of money needed to raise an army could be said to be an astronomical amount, and if there was no money, where could he afford to raise an army, he had to find a way to make money.

After taking a bath, the whole person's spirit is much more refreshed. Entering the inner hall, Huang Qiying walked out,

"Abo, half a month ago, Uncle Hu Liu brought Lin Dashan and a few villagers from Hujia Village to look for you, by the way, they left a lot of local products."

Wang Bo guessed that Uncle Hu Liu must have made a special trip to send local products, and last time they went into the city to give them several carriage gifts, this is a return gift.

I went to see it, all of them are some eggs, duck eggs, domestic chickens and ducks, bacon and other agricultural products, simple farmers are like this, what they have at home, they give whatever they have, the gift is not heavy, but it is full of heart.

After thinking about it, I went to the market to buy some gifts and went to Hujia Village. Seeing Wang Bo's arrival, Uncle Hu was overjoyed, and asked someone to cook early in the morning, so he had to leave Wang Bo for dinner. After seeing that it was getting dark, he asked Lin Dashan to send him back with a few strong guys.

Back in the capital, Wang Bo naturally couldn't let Lin Dashan and them go back overnight, found an inn for them to stay, and the next day, bought a lot of gifts for them to take back.

In the following days, Wang Bo waited for news from Li Hongzhang while learning about the business situation from the merchants living in the guild hall.

He felt that after returning from the barracks, Li Hongzhang seemed to have forgotten himself, and he didn't send anyone to look for him, there was no news, did he want to dry himself?

Come to think of it, maybe that's the case. In that case, let's go and make money first! (To be continued.) )