When Li Ningyu and his party came to the square, they happened to see the commotion in the barracks. It took a while for it to calm down. Soon, people gathered on the playground one after another. It took a while to complete, and they looked around.
The noisy crowd included old men in their sixties and children in their teens.
But at this time, Ding Ruchang was so angry that he turned around with a dark face and asked Yang Yonglin beside him: "Head Yang, is this your middle camp?".
Yang Yonglin's face turned red. He felt so embarrassed that he hesitated for a long time and was speechless: "This, this, this!".
Li Ningyu on the side shook his head inwardly, thinking to himself, this is not a navy at all. This is simply a nursing home and a nursery. Forget it, no matter what, I am just passing by today. Guests should do as they please, not the guests.
But Ding Ruchang was angry and turned to Li Ningyu beside him: "Li Dutong, I'm sorry! Did I make you laugh?".
"Master Ding, you are joking, you are joking! It's almost the Chinese New Year, it doesn't hurt to let the soldiers relax for a while!" Seeing Ding Ruchang's dark face, Li Ningyu had no choice but to say politely.
"Haha, it's all my lax discipline, please be quiet!" No matter what, Ding Ruchang was still ready to say what he wanted to say. Looking at the soldiers who had just stood there, Ding Ruchang's face continued to darken.
: "Now let me introduce to you, this young Dutong, the little overlord sent by the imperial court to expedition to Korea, Li Ningyu, Li Dutong, and at the same time defeated Japan in Korea."
Then there was a commotion from below, "Wow, that's him!", "He's not very old, he seems to be only eleven or twelve!" "Awesome!" "I heard he killed seventy or eighty thousand Japanese soldiers!", "Yes! He also took it back.
We killed several gunboats!"
Ding Ruchang let the ground boil for a while, and finally said: "Everyone, be quiet. Let Li Shenling say a few words to you first!".
Then Li Ningyu walked out, took a glance, and said loudly: "Brothers from Beiyang, hello everyone! My name is Li Ningyu, nice to meet you all!" Looking at the sailor in front of him, Li Ningyu knew that from the 2.6 million tael navy giant
The money incident fully exposed the corruption of the Qing government and the darkness of officialdom. To be precise, this huge sum of 2.6 million taels was misappropriated from the navy's military expenditures.
After politely greeting the sailors, Li Ningyu began to give a speech: "Our Qing Dynasty has a vast territory and rich resources. It has thousands of years of civilized history. It has been glorious and powerful. In terms of politics, economy, culture and other aspects, it far surpasses all Western countries. It once
The gate of the Qing Dynasty was tightly closed. Although the British and French allied forces opened the gate with guns and cannons many years ago, the imperial court used money and land to drive them back.
"The reason why the Western powers are powerful is that they use their warships and guns to invade our Qing Dynasty, so of course we must persist in resisting. The mountains and rivers of our motherland cannot be compromised, but we must learn some advanced foreign technologies, so we carry out Westernization and build guns and
Cannons, build a navy and build warships, because only when we have real strength and real military capabilities can foreigners respect us and drive them back!".
"Okay!" As soon as Li Ningyu finished speaking, the sailors on the ground immediately felt their eyes light up, and then shouted "Okay!"
Then Li Ningyu finished his visit to the Beiyang Military Camp, and then went to the current shipyard of the Navy. Along the way, Li Ningyu looked at Ding Ruchang on the side, thinking about this historical celebrity. Ding Ruchang, a native of Lujiang County, Anhui Province, participated in the early years
The Taiping Army, when the situation was over, was forced to defect to the Huai Army. Later, it was accepted as a disciple of Li Hongzhang and transferred to the Beiyang Navy. He once went to England with high spirits, picked up the two warships Chaoyong and Yangwei, and then responded to the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War.
Naval battle, death in the vast Yellow Sea.
"Master Ding, do you know when the five gunboats ordered by North Korea last year will be delivered?" Li Ningyu asked.
"Li Dutong, don't worry. Li Zhongtang has specifically explained this matter, and it will be delivered to you as soon as next spring. However, there are two things I am unclear about and I would like to ask Li Dutong to clarify!" Ding Ruchang seemed to have something puzzled in his heart.
asked.
"Master Ding, you're so polite! What's wrong?" Li Ningyu asked politely.
"Why did Li Dutong buy those old gunboats? In fact, it doesn't cost much to customize a new armored ship!" Ding Ruchang expressed his confusion. It turned out that ever since Li Ningyu sent troops to North Korea, he had written
He sent a letter to Li Hongzhang. Li Ningyu's meaning was simple. He would develop in North Korea in the future and hoped that Li Hongzhang would not hold him back.
As a condition of the transaction, Li Ningyu was willing to purchase the 400-ton gunboat that Li Hongzhang had previously purchased at the original price, and then Li Hongzhang agreed. When Li Ningyu became the military and naval control envoy of Gangwon Province, he arranged for Fu
Bo contacted the Beiyang Navy and the Nanyang Navy in Fujian.
After Li Hongzhang was able to obtain a large amount of money, and at the same time solved the problem of a large number of gunboats that he was tricked into buying, Li Hongzhang started to help Li Ningyu in court as promised, but Li Ningyu had another idea.
, although the gunboat is not suitable for going to sea, mainly because the huge artillery does not match the endurance of the hull, and Li Ningyu was originally planning to buy a torpedo boat, so it is the same to modify it with a 400-ton gunboat. At the same time, it saves time and obtains
With Li Hongzhang’s support, why not?
Then Li Ningyu left Weihaiwei in a carriage and began to head for Beijing. In the new year, 1886 AD, the Lunar New Year at Prince Gong’s Mansion in Beijing was one of the traditional Chinese festivals. Li Mo, the steward of Prince Gong’s Mansion, waited for the prince and all
The dignitaries all sat down and announced the start of the fireworks display.
I only saw a scream piercing the night sky, and a burst of cannons on the small island in the middle of the lake, drawing everyone's attention to the center of the lake. I only heard bursts of exclamations, and fireworks shot into the sky. In the blink of an eye, all kinds of flowers
Blooming like a child. For a time, half of the sky was colorful and beautiful.
Two quarters of an hour later, the fireworks dissipated, and people looked at the traceless night sky. People were reluctant to lower their heads for a long time, as if they were recalling the gorgeous spring dream just now. This is also the shortcoming of fireworks. The more shocking the moment of splendor, the more disappointing it is.
It is extremely regrettable, but in this era, the cost of setting off fireworks is extremely high. The palace, which is not short of money, can only set off the fireworks for two quarters of an hour. In such a short time, thousands of taels of silver flowed out...
Looking at the expressions of the people around him, Li Ningyu really couldn't muster any interest in staying any longer. Then he went to the backyard of the palace alone. In the backyard, he looked at the more and more beautiful and outrageous Li Tong Gege. Li Ningyu kept telling himself
The mind must be calm, form is emptiness, and emptiness is form.
In the next year, there was a young man in the study room in the east corner of a house with four entrances at the entrance of Xishan Hutong in Beijing. He looked at the letters sent from various places. Ocean Shipping Lines purchased 12 new 150,000-ton ocean freighters.
Yumanji has established 6 large-scale warehouses in Wuhan, Nanjing, Shanghai and other places.
Warsaw Mining has found and purchased rare earth, iron ore and other resources in North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Siam (Thailand), Java (Indonesia), Philippines, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Malacca (Malaysia), and is in the process of purchasing and shipping them.
Machinery, factory construction and recruitment of workers.
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