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    Deng Shichang raised his hand in return and went straight to the corpses.  He raised his hand to uncover the white cloth covering the body, took a look, and then gently covered the white cloth again.  "These brotherswere all killed by them!" Zhang Zongchuan looked at the corpses and couldn't help but shed tears.  Deng Shichang turned his head and looked across the camp, where the Green Camp soldiers were looking with their heads stretched out.  "Commander Zhang, please follow me to the ship. I have met Master Ding." Deng Shichang said coldly.  After listening to Deng Shichang's words, Zhang Zongchuan knew that the real test was coming. Although he was a little panicked, he remained calm on the surface. He nodded and left with Deng Shichang.  "Sir, you can't leave!" A tall navy soldier strode forward bravely, stopped in front of Zhang Zongchuan, and glared at Deng Shichang.  Deng Shichang looked at him calmly and snorted: "Who are you?" "My name is Wei Tongchui! I am Shui Yong in the camp!" The visitor gave Deng Shichang a fist in the air as a courtesy and did not kneel down.  .  "Master Deng! We respect you as a hero who defeated the Japanese pirates, and that's why we let you in! If you want to arrest my master, there is no way!" He pointed at the officers and soldiers of the Green Camp opposite, and roared: "We are just  I want Ding Futai to stop giving us broken wooden boats and pay back the wages he owes us! What's wrong with them? They shot us when they came and killed so many of our brothers.  What are they doing? Why do they want to arrest us?" After hearing Wei Tongchui's words, the officers and soldiers of the naval camp started making noises again.  "Why should we arrest our lords!" "Who dares to arrest our lords!" Seeing more and more Shui Yong coming forward, which seemed to indicate a new conflict, Zhang Zongchuan hurriedly stopped everyone.  Li Chenglin held up the telescope and saw this scene in the camera, and couldn't help but have a smile of schadenfreude on his face.  "Okay! Move the bodies of the dead brothers back quickly. Let's retreat!" Li Chenglin ordered.  After listening to Li Chenglin's order, several Green Camp officers under his command couldn't help but look at each other.  "Sir, let's just withdraw like this. We can't explain it to Mr. Futai" A general expressed his worries.  "Humph! The Beiyang Navy has arrived. Are you still worried that Ding Futai has no explanation?" Li Chenglin looked at the black muzzle of the cruiser "Princess Heshuo" parked on the shore.  , sneered, "This is a troubled time, let them do it! Let's get out of the way!" Several Green Camp officers suddenly understood and quickly arranged for their men to take the opportunity to move the body.  Then retreat.  At this time, Deng Shichang did not notice the actions of the green battalion soldiers, but looked at the brave soldiers of the navy battalion headed by Wei Tongchui in front of him.  "Sure enough, Mr. Zhang loves his soldiers as much as his sons, and is deeply supported by his subordinates." Deng Shichang ignored Wei Tongchui and others, turned his eyes to Zhang Zongchuan, and said coldly.  Zhang Zongchuan's heart trembled. Of course he understood what Deng Shichang meant.  "Everyone, please stay calm for a moment. I will take Guan Deng to the ship and explain everything clearly to Commander Ding." Zhang Zongchuan comforted his subordinates with kind words.  Hearing what Zhang Zongchuan said, Wei Tongchui and others fell silent.  "Since you are worried about Lord Zhang's safety, you might as well follow Lord Zhang on board the ship to see Lord Ding." Deng Shichang looked at Wei Tongchui and the others and sneered.  said.  "Just go! What's the big deal?" Wei Tongchui was angered by Deng Shichang's sneer and said loudly.  "Let's go too!" Perhaps encouraged by Wei Tongchui, several other navy battalion soldiers also shouted.  "That's it." Deng Shichang just looked them over, turned around and walked towards the gate of the navy camp. Zhang Zongchuan hurriedly followed. Wei Tongchui and others were about to step forward, but were stopped by the Beiyang navy soldiers.  .  The Beiyang navy soldiers took off their long knives and daggers. When Wei Tongchui and others saw their actions, their faces were full of contempt, but they did not resist.  Instead, he allowed them to take away their weapons.  Seeing that the Beiyang Marines had handed over the weapons of Wei Tongchui and others, the officers and soldiers of the Navy Battalion were shocked and suspicious, but they did not take action against the Beiyang Marines like they did with the Green Camp soldiers.  They have already seen how powerful these Beiyang naval soldiers are.  No less than the ship's navy that defeated the Japanese pirates!  The Beiyang navy soldiers surrounded Wei Tongchui and the others and escorted them towards the seaside.  Soon, the Beiyang navy soldiers escorted Zhang Zongchuan and several of his loyal men onto the small boat and sailed towards the "Princess Heshuo".  Not long after, Zhang Zongchuan and others came to "Princess Heshuo"On the ship, when he stood on the deck, looking at the novel sights around him, he felt dizzy.  For him, boarding a new steam warship was the first time since he was born.  But he quickly calmed down and focused on the situation in front of him.  He saw Ding Ruchang.  Ding Ruchang, 39 years old, is wearing a sapphire blue naval official uniform (the military uniform of the Beiyang Navy also refers to the shipping navy, with a distinctive Lin style), with a saber hanging on his waist and an official hat on his head. He is sitting upright in the middle of the deck.  Beside him stood several naval officers.  Although they are both commanders of the navy, at this moment, for some reason, he feels ashamed of himself.  "Commander Zhang, do you know the crime?" Ding Ruchang said solemnly.  Before Zhang Zongchuan could answer, Wei Tongchui took a step forward and said loudly: "My Lord Zhang is not guilty! It was the brothers who did this! We were forced to have no choice! What crime is there? Our injustice has no place.  Ke Zhan, you can¡¯t just wait to die when someone else¡¯s knife comes at you, right?¡± Hearing Wei Tongchui¡¯s answer, Ding Ruchang and Deng Shichang were both surprised.  Regarding this prickly head, Deng Shichang originally thought that he was just a confused person, but he did not expect that this person was both coarse and fine, and was not confused. Faced with Ding Ruchang's questioning, he actually explained the cause of the mutiny clearly in one sentence.  .  "Oh?" Ding Ruchang did not feel dissatisfied with Wei Tongchui's verbal rebuttal, but raised his eyebrows and asked calmly, "Then tell me, what grievances do you have?" "We are making trouble this time, no matter what.  For other reasons. Just for this, I still owe wages!" When Wei Tongchui saw Ding Ruchang's question, he was not polite and pointed at the still smoking wreckage of the ship in the distance and said loudly.  "Yes! We just don't want this boat!" Another decorated navy officer, Bing Yong, also stepped forward and said, "This boat is originally a fishing boat. How can it be used as a warship? The last time we were on patrol  Encountered pirates, and after a battle, the pirates burned down four of them! But the pirates didn¡¯t kill many, and they all ran away!  The steamer is so majestic that once it reaches the sea, the pirates see the wind and flee. When we go out to sea on this sailing ship, the pirates can't even save our own lives, let alone protect the country and the people!  !" Another man named Shui Yong said.  "Using this broken wooden boat to go out to sea to fight is simply a way to die! The imperial court has clearly issued an edict, saying that we will be replaced by steamships. But Ding Futai gave us these broken wooden boats! We all have seniors and subordinates.  "Young man, I don't want to die in vain!" Wei Tongchui looked directly at Ding Ruchang, fisted his chest, and said loudly, "Master Ding, we are also upright men! Since joining the Navy, we have also wanted to protect our country.  . A good wife can't make a living without rice! This old wooden boat is a waste! We don't want to ride it to death, so we just burn it! Besides, Ding Futai still owes us half a year's salary!  I can¡¯t even get my head out of my head! That¡¯s the money our brothers paid for their lives! Why does he want to wait for us to go out to sea in these wooden boats without paying them back?  If the pirates were beaten to death, he wouldn't have to give him any money?" Hearing the resentful words of the sailors, Ding Ruchang felt enlightened and couldn't help but sigh secretly.  He really didn't expect it.  Ding Baozhen, who has always been known for his honest and fierce officialdom, was promoted to the navy under his rule. What a scene like this!  At this time, Ding Ruchang was full of sympathy for these lower-level officers and soldiers, and secretly admired the foresight of his immediate superior, Li Hongzhang.  Li Hongzhang had already expected that something like this would happen.  That's why a notification ship was dispatched from Tianjin to give him a solution!  "Commander Zhang, is what they said just now the truth?" Ding Ruchang asked in a deep voice, facing Zhang Zongchuan, whose face was a little red.  "Master Ding, this is indeed the case." Zhang Zongchuan sighed, and said out of habit, "I am incompetent" Maybe he realized that he had made a mistake and quickly stopped what he said.  In terms of official rank, he is also the commander of the Dengzhou Navy, and is on the same level as Ding Ruchang, the commander of the Beiyang Navy. However, he is on a new steam warship like the "Heshuo Princess", facing the neat and majestic Beiyang Navy.  The officers and soldiers of the division and the majestic Ding Ruchang still felt a little short in their hearts, which was why they said the words just now.  As the saying goes, soldiers are the power of generals, and generals are the courage of soldiers.  The reason why Zhang Zongchuan felt shorter than Ding Ruchang when he faced Ding Ruchang was not because they, the old navy, were so bad compared to the Beiyang navy!  "Commander Zhang, they are the ones who instigated this matter to you, right?" Ding Ruchang followed Li Hongzhang's explanation in advance, and said solemnly with a straight face.    "It's none of their business. This matter is my opinion. I just didn't expect that the brothers would be too angry to do such a thing." Zhang Zongchuan was shocked when he heard Ding Ruchang's unkind words and hurriedly defended him.  Wei Tongchui and others argued.  "Come here! Capture some of them for me!" Ding Ruchang ignored Zhang Zongchuan, pointed at Wei Tongchui and others, and shouted loudly.  "Who dares to come up!" Wei Tongchui was furious, raised his fist as big as a sand bowl, and shouted loudly.  Deng Shichang sneered, waved his hand, and two Beiyang navy soldiers rushed in front of Wei Tongchui.  Wei Tongchui shouted loudly and punched a sailor, but the sailor was extremely flexible and turned his head to avoid Wei Tongchui's blow. His hands stretched out like lightning and climbed onto his arm.  arm, and suddenly twisted his arm.  Wei Tongchui was shocked and was about to throw him away, but unexpectedly another sailor grabbed his other arm and kicked him in the crook of the leg.  Wei Tongchui felt a sharp pain in his leg. He immediately became unstable and his huge body fell heavily to the deck.  Before he could react, a rope had already tied him up.  Seeing Wei Tongchui being tied up, the other Dengzhou navy soldiers were shocked. Two of them were close friends with Wei Tongchui and subconsciously wanted to step forward to rescue them, but they were unexpectedly captured by two Beiyang navy soldiers.  Soon.  All the brave soldiers of the Dengzhou Navy on the deck were captured and tied up.  Seeing his subordinates being captured, Zhang Zongchuan was at a loss for a moment and broke out in cold sweat.  "Master Ding! Spare them! This happened because of me! It's none of their business! Just blame me alone!" Zhang Zongchuan fell to his knees in anxiety and begged Ding Ruchang.  "Commander Zhang, and these brothers of the Dengzhou Navy. It's not because Ding is merciless, but it's the laws of nature and the country that don't allow Ding to talk about personal affairs." Ding Ruchang stood up and stepped forward to help Zhang Zongchuan.  "Commander Zhang, you have a kind heart and are considerate of others. You are right to refuse to accept the shuttle boats, but you were not strict in controlling them, and you even burned the navy ships. This crime cannot be tolerated. Do you understand?" Ding Ruchang?  Staring at Zhang Zongchuan closely.  said loudly.  "Xia Guan is guilty!" Zhang Zongchuan said the word "Xia Guan" in a hurry.  "Come here! Dengzhou Navy Yongben gathered a crowd to mutiny. Those who are responsible for this will be whipped twenty times each!" Ding Ruchang shouted loudly.  "Ding! You bitch!" Before Wei Tongchui could finish his dirty words, his mouth was stuffed tightly with a white cloth, and then two Beiyang navy soldiers came forward and dragged Wei Tongchui up.  , and tied him tightly to the mast.  "Execution!" Deng Shichang glanced at Zhang Zongchuan, who looked pale.  He turned around and ordered to his subordinates.  A member of the military band on the ship beat the drum, and with the sound of drums, a Beiyang navy soldier walked towards Wei Tongchui holding a long whip with nine tips.  Seeing the whip in the sailor's hand, Zhang Zongchuan's eyes widened in surprise.  "This 'nine-tailed cat' punishment was made by the French and English navy. I think this is the first time you have seen it, Mr. Zhang, so please take a closer look." Deng Shichang said with a slight smile.  Hearing that the whip was actually called "Nine-tailed Cat", Zhang Zongchuan's eyes flashed with surprise.  The nine-tailed whip held by the Beiyang navy soldiers is also called the nine-tailed cat. It is a soft whip with many strands.  It was originally used as a torture device for severe corporal punishment in the Royal Navy and the British Army. It has also been used in law enforcement corporal punishment in the United Kingdom and some other countries.  The reason why it is called the "nine-tailed cat" is not only because it has nine whip tips, but also because the parallel scars it causes are like the scars caused by a cat's claws, so it is named after it.  This nine-tail whip consists of nine knotted cotton ropes.  Approximately 70 centimeters long, it is designed to be used to tear the skin, causing intense pain.  The reason why it usually has nine strands is due to the traditional method of braiding rope.  Three yarns are braided into a thin rope, and three thin ropes are braided into a thick rope.  At that time, people untied a thick rope into three thin ropes, and then untied it into three thinner ropes, which became the nine-tailed whip.  The nine-tailed whip used by the British Royal Navy can only be used by the captain, so it is also called the "captain's daughter".  All formal punishments, decided by the captain or by a court-martial, were solemnly administered on deck.  The entire crew was to gather to "watch the punishment."  Ritual rituals such as beating drums and resting, flashing whips, drinking water, etc. also enhance the drama of the entire punishment.  The naval soldier who was executing the execution marched to the beat of the drums and walked toward Wei Tongchui. When he reached the execution position, the drums stopped, and then the nine-tailed whip was raised high, making a sharp sound in the air.  The sound struck Wei Tongchui hard on the back.  With a crisp sound, Wei Tongchui's back clothes instantly shattered, blood flew everywhere, and Wei Tongchui? His body twitched violently, probably because he couldn't bear the pain at all. Wei Tongchui screamed loudly, and the cloth covering his mouth failed to stop him from screaming.  The power of this whip alone turned the faces of the soldiers of the Dengzhou Navy who were tied down and kneeling there to pale.  The whipman struck Wei Tongchui's back with whip after whip. After five whips, Wei Tongchui couldn't bear it anymore and fainted. At this time, the whip hand stopped whipping, and a sailor came forward.  , poured cold water on Wei Tongchui's head, and after he woke up, the whipman started whipping him again.  After twenty whippings, Wei Tongchui's back was already dripping with blood. Two sailors came forward to loosen his bonds. He could no longer stand and fell to the ground. One sailor took out the cloth from his mouth.  , he panted like a cow, put his hands on the ground, and tried to stand up, but he still couldn't stand up after trying several times.  He turned his head and looked at Ding Ruchang, his eyes full of resentment.  "This whip is to punish you for gathering a crowd to mutiny and burning the warships." Ding Ruchang noticed Wei Tongchui's eyes and knew that he was dissatisfied. He smiled slightly and said, "But you refused to drive the ships, exposed the conspiracy, and preserved the imperial court.  The overall situation is great, but he has merit and should be rewarded. " Wei Tongchui originally planned to scold Ding Ruchang after taking a breath, but after hearing Ding Ruchang's words, he felt something and stopped immediately, his eyes widened.  Da, looked at Ding Ruchang, waiting for his next words.  "Come here! Give him five hundred taels of tattooed silver! Two bottles of rum!" Ding Ruchang turned around and ordered, "Bring it to him now! Call the doctor over and treat his injuries!" After listening to Ding Ruchang's words, Wei Tong  Zhui couldn't help but his eyes darkened, his heart beat rapidly, and he almost fainted again.  He didn¡¯t know what the rum Ding Ruchang rewarded him with, but he heard ¡°five hundred taels of silver¡± very clearly!  Five hundred taels!  Five hundred taels!  You know, for a poor family like his, five taels of silver is enough for their family to live a prosperous life for a whole year!  When Wei Tongchui heard that there was a reward of five hundred taels of silver available, Wei Tongchui was so ecstatic that the wound on his back actually felt less painful.  After a while, a sailor brought a tray and placed it in front of him. On it were neatly placed ten large silver ingots of fifty taels and two bottles of red wine.
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