"Reward." Wang Ling was stunned for a moment, he never thought about this kind of ending at the moment, and he didn't even dare to think about it from beginning to end, as his blank gaze moved away from Ding Li's face, when he slowly swept over the dog, Xiao Lizi and Wang De and Wang Huan, Wang Ling's eyes lit up, turned his head to look at Ding Li and said: "General, the general's request is very simple, the general's credit is not all the general's merits, and the other brothers' guilt is still asked the general not to worry about it!" After all, our Southern Navy is a whole! Share honor and disgrace, and share the merits and demerits! ”

Before the words fell, everyone's eyes, including Ding Li, were fixed on Wang Ling's face, which was full of seriousness and sincerity. Since ancient times, there have been many people who have repaid their kindness, but there are also not a few people who repay virtue with grievances, but there are very few people who repay grievances with virtue, and Wang Ling in front of him can be called repaying grievances with virtue.

"No! It's not that simple, you can't just let them go so easily! After Ding Li reacted, he shook his head again and again and refused to agree, frowned and glared at the dogs fiercely, but Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Wang Ling about to speak, Ding Li raised his hand to stop the other party, frowned fiercely again, pondered for a moment, and snorted coldly: "Since you are so insistent, this incident can no longer be investigated!" ”

Hearing this, Wang Ling's face was overjoyed, and even the four dogs on the side were stunned, the four of them didn't expect Wang Ling to intercede for themselves at all, and they didn't make the slightest pretentiousness, and even used the credit they had already received to offset several of their mistakes.

However, Ding Li, who saw the performance of several people, suddenly changed his words and added in a cold voice: "But! If you don't give them a long memory, and don't say that the brothers in the army may be snub about military law in the future, I'm afraid that a few of them will not take military law seriously! ”

"This..." Hearing this, Wang Ling was stunned for a moment, and then stepped forward to hug his fist and wanted to interject, but Ding Li waved his raised hand to the other party, and did not explain to the other party, he directly turned his head and glared at the dog and shouted in a deep voice: "From today onwards, the four of you don't have to be the leading captain anymore, go to each of you to lead a team and do it first, if you perform well in the future, you will have a chance to resume the position of captain!" If I let me know that you are still dead, I will personally behead him in the school yard in the future! ”

Seeing this, Xu Hong, who had a certain expectation of the situation in front of him, stepped forward slowly, and swept over the four dogs who got up from the ground with a slight smile, and a special light suddenly flashed in his smiling eyes that were almost slit.

After the dogs left, the atmosphere in the military tent did ease a lot, Ding Li naturally praised Wang Ling again, and was even more curious about Wang Ling's big changes, but when asking the other party, Wang Ling turned red and was full of embarrassment, and finally scratched his head and replied to Ding Li, saying that these were all done according to the ancients, and he didn't know whether it was correct or not.

Wang Ling's answer made Ding Li a little crying and laughing, although what Wang Ling is doing now seems to be a little rigid, but Ding Li understands that this is a normal consequence of instilling excessive information into a person's mind in a short period of time, so he didn't bother with it, just reminded Wang Ling to pay attention to his body on weekdays and not to work too hard.

Later, Ding Li decided on a major event without consulting with everyone, because the military positions of the four dogs were almost to the end, the four regiments of the Southern Navy were temporarily in a situation of no one leading, and Ding Li ordered the four regiments to be divided into two regiments, which were directly led by Wang Ling and Qin Mo.

And Wang Ling and Qin Mo are both vice admirals of the Southern Navy, and now they have the same position, and even their subordinates are in command of the same number of Southern Navy, this decision immediately made the status of the two in the Southern Navy soar several times, especially Qin Mo, who had just come to the Southern Navy.

Regarding the matter of the bed crossbow, after Ding Li arranged the transfer and distribution of personnel, Xu Hong put the bed crossbow on the table again, and after sparing the stubble for a long time, Ding Li finally understood from the words of Xu Hong, who seemed to be a little clever, that Xu Hong had been thinking about Ding Li's promise to get a bed crossbow for Xu Hong and those military craftsmen to come back as a sample for research.

Ding Li complained about Xu Hong's careful eyes in his heart, and praised the other party's carefulness, especially Xu Hong's dedication to the development of the Southern Navy, which made Ding Li really feel very gratified.

After these things were over, Wang Ling left the military tent and transferred according to Ding Li's military orders, while Xu Hong and Heizi suggested that Ding Li familiarize himself with the entire military camp at the moment, and even the two of them took out the map recently drawn by Heizi, and introduced Ding Li one by one to the several camping locations selected for the future expansion of the Southern Navy.

Although he has only been away from the Southern Navy for a few days, Ding Li feels that the entire barracks seems to have undergone earth-shaking changes, the most obvious is that there are only two open channels leading to the outside of the barracks now, and all the rest have been changed to culverts, although the drainage effect may not be as good as the nullah, but if you look at it from a visual point of view, the appearance of the Southern Navy barracks is now more like a town completely armed by military forces, and the only difference from the town is that there is no commercial business. However, there is a hoarding of grain and grass for nearly half a year from all the people in the Southern Navy, and some of this is to prepare for the winter of the Southern Navy, even if the winter in Guangzhou can be completely ignored, but this is a necessary process.

In addition to grain and grass, two armories have been built in the barracks in just a few days, according to Xu Hong, who is in charge of all this, their original intention is to build this barracks into a watertight iron bucket, and the equipment for defense has become the top priority, especially crossbow arrows and feather arrows, and even sandalwood rolling stones, fire oil and iron thorns.

What surprised Ding Li even more was that after Xu Hong introduced to Ding Li what equipment was stored in the two armories, Xu Hong pointed to the building that was being built not far away and told Ding Li that the same armory, in the current situation of the navy in the south, needed at least four.

Ding Li's heart was dripping with blood when he heard this, because Xu Hong mentioned in the introduction just now that the two armories that had been completed and the equipment that had just accounted for more than half of them used almost seventy percent of the savings of the South China Sea Gang, looking at the two armories that were slowly taking shape not far away, Ding Li seemed to see the scene of the dissolution of the South China Sea Gang in front of him.

However, Xu Hong's reason for giving Ding Li is very sufficient, after all, the Nanhai Gang is only a local gang organization, even if it has a good reputation in the mouths of the people, it will not be able to really appear on the stage of performance. Even if the Nanhai Gang is labeled as a vigilante group, it is just a thankless thing to contribute their own money and efforts.

The Southern Navy is different, this is an official appointment of the imperial court, and the former cannot be compared with it in terms of name and status alone. Moreover, in all aspects, the South China Navy will not only receive the support and support of the local Jiedu government, but also spend the money of the South China Sea Gang.

When Ding Li asked Xu Hong how to spend the money in the right place, Xu Hong's prepared theory surprised Ding Li even more, the other party actually proposed to divide the South China Sea Gang and the South China Navy into two completely unrelated parts, and now the South China Sea Gang and the South China Navy are doing business, the South China Sea Gang invested in helping the South China Sea Navy expand its armaments, and the South China Sea Navy returned to the South China Sea Gang with interest according to a certain amount of interest after having a certain economic repayment strength.

Of course, when Xu Hong said it, it was not so complicated, as an ancient scholar who was not willing, especially after following Ding Li to discover that his life began to transfer, Xu Hong shifted the focus of his life, as long as he could bring benefits to Ding Li and the Southern Navy, Xu Hong would spare no effort to excavate as much as possible.

Xu Hong's idea is actually not forward, but it is definitely not backward, but when this idea came out of his mouth, Ding Li felt deeply incredible, and then realized that Xu Hong had also undergone such earth-shaking changes in a short period of time since the establishment of the Southern Navy.

Xu Hong is by no means the first to invest in local armed forces or directly invest property in local armies, but there are countless similar precedents across the country. At present, there are dozens of Tang Fang Town, and there are dozens of envoys who lead the army, and the number of vigilante organizations that are spontaneously organized or appointed by the imperial court in some places has reached an unimaginable level.

In this special situation, all the local tyrants and squires and businessmen have to think about how to better preserve and even carry forward their ancestral industry and wealth, and the best way is undoubtedly to find a strong enough tree. After all, as the saying goes, it's good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, and the military and armed forces in various places have naturally become fragrant and sweet in the eyes of almost everyone, even in Lingnan Dongdao, where the war has not yet been completely ignited.

If you want to say how Xu Hong thought of this, thanks to Ding Li's personal soldier Zhang Han, Zhang Han is a descendant of the family, and he can be regarded as a 'famous family' in Giethoorn Town, although Zhang Han has now come to Ding Li's side, and it seems that the future is still very bright. But the elders of Zhang Han's clan were not willing to do this, but they would find trouble to come to the barracks of the Southern Navy if they had nothing to do, and even a few days after Zhang Han came to Ding Li's side, the elders of the clan began to become frequent visitors to the Southern Navy.

Moreover, this elder is still very wise, he did not bother Ding Li every day without interest, and even Wang Ling and Xu Hong would not deliberately bother, but mingled with the ordinary officers and soldiers of the Southern Navy, and took the subordinates of the family to send some mountain springs and fruits, or after 'accidentally' bumped into one of these generals Wang Ling, he generously sent the home-brewed fruit wine that he 'coincidentally' brought to more than a dozen jars to taste.

This situation did not last long, and Xu Hong, who knew all about this, quickly understood the mystery. The better and more enthusiastic the people of Giethoorn are to the Southern Navy, the greater the scope of activities of the Southern Navy in Giethoorn Town, which has invisibly driven the economy around Giethoorn Town, and in fact, has inadvertently helped the people of Giethoorn.

After the Southern Navy was stationed here, dozens of idlers in Giethoorn found jobs, some began to pour all kinds of groceries needed for the Southern Navy, and some started to do miscellaneous work in the Southern Navy. And all this makes the Southern Navy invisibly have to provide a certain degree of protection to Giethoorn Town, after all, everyone understands the truth of cold lips and teeth, and if this development continues, the connection between the two will become closer and closer, and the dependence on each other will naturally become more and more serious, and even inseparable.