The one who came to report the news was Bai Min, one of the four guards. The first group of officers trained with Ma Ming. Today, he was able to force this calm guard to lose his composure, which shows that the camp at the foot of the mountain was completely in chaos.

The three of them dared not neglect and turned their heads down the mountain. Three thousand new imperial troops were stationed next to the Mawei Shipyard, all of whom were strong mountain citizens selected from Wuyi Mountain. If there was a conflict, the governor's subordinates would definitely not be opponents.

"Ancestor! Never take action, never fight... This matter is not related to Shen Baozhen's business!" Ma Ming ran while begging God and Buddha for blessings in his heart.

When I ran to the camp very shortly, I found that the entire camp gate had been surrounded by three or four hundred people. It turned out that not only was the governor's officer surrounded, but in fact, there was Shen Baozhen himself in plain clothes among the team of officers.

Who is Shen Baozhen? That is the head of the Westernization Movement recommended by Zuo Zongtang, the son-in-law of the famous Lin Zexu!

Zuo Zongtang was transferred to the northwest to pacify the rebellion. The largest official position in Fujian's three-point land was the largest. The responsibility of Zuo's Westernization business and His Majesty the Emperor's new army was all pressed on his shoulders.

But I didn’t expect that the soldiers who joined the army today would actually surround Shen Baozhen!

When Ma Ming and others ran into the crowd, they realized that fortunately Governor Shen Baozhen revealed his identity in advance, which shocked the soldiers to not take action, otherwise the fight would have started today.

"Stop, stop! Are you going to rebel? You are so delicious and delicious, and you are still learning to rebel now? Get out of here!"

The New Imperial Army was formed completely according to the Western-style army, abandoning the military system of the Qing Dynasty and choosing the system of military advisors and brigade battalions.

There are three divisions in total, with almost 30,000 troops. The three guards of Ma Ming, Bai Min and Duncheng are the commanders of the three divisions, and they are already the highest-level here.

When the soldiers saw that the highest commander had appeared, they quickly retreated to an alley one by one. Shen Baozhen was relieved when he saw Ma Ming and the others coming.

"Old Ma, you're here. If I'm a little later, I'm afraid your soldiers will be torn apart..."

Of course, the governor was surrounded and had to be emotional, and his complaint aroused the dissatisfaction of the soldiers!

"Sir, don't blame us soldiers for killing them. The military pay of one silver dollar a month was appointed by the Emperor... But we haven't seen half a silver spoiler yet for three months..."

"We are in the army and eat food, not just one person is full and the whole family is not hungry. We also have to have a family to raise!"

The soldiers saluted Ma Ming and others, "Teacher Commander, we have violated discipline, whipped twenty years in accordance with military rules, and were confined to three days!"

"Brothers have nothing to say, and they will get the punishment in a while! But let's say it! What's the matter if we don't pay the money for three months? We have parents to support us!"

"My mother's eyes are already blind, and the whole family relies on my father to pick tea and stir-fry tea. Now I am not in good health and can't stir-fry at all... My military salary is the food from my parents!"

This sentence suddenly hit the soldiers' love, and many people even secretly wiped their tears!

The Sanbao carefully observed the surroundings and found that there were only more than 400 people who jumped out of the camp with more than 3,000 people, and most of them were strictly disciplined.

This is because starting from the day the Royal Guard New Army was established, there were some specialties in selecting soldiers. This was the answer obtained by Xiao Letian and the Four Heavenly Kings of the Chinese clan.

In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops, soldiers were selected from the mountain people deep in the mountains. These mountain people with strong bodies and simple personalities were extremely patient and did not get involved in the bad habits of the city people.

If such soldiers are cultivated well, they will be the trees of the future!

However, the electorate cannot only look at the physical fitness and personality, but also choose the soldiers' families. The principle of choosing the new Royal Army is basically to not have the only son, and those who have married and have children.

Because these soldiers are tied up, there is a family behind them who are too worried! But there are not so many qualified soldiers for you to choose casually. The little emperor cannot vote for soldiers nationwide without taking charge of the government.

You can only choose the existing conditions in the mountainous areas around Fuzhou, so sometimes the conditions have to be relaxed!

The 30,000 new imperial army, Ma Ming and the others can only guarantee that they are all bachelors without wives and children, but there are indeed a group of only children or mountain children with extremely difficult families, and they enter the military camp to serve in the army.

If there is only one son in the family, or if there is no one in the family who can make money, then military pay will become the life of their family!

These more than 400 people are just one person who can support everyone. Others can tolerate paying a little later. After all, the military camp is in charge of food, but these people can't stand it because there is still a family behind them that has to wait for the sacrificial price!

Listening to the soldiers' complaints, Shen Baozhen's expression became serious. He was no longer angry, but he had an intuitive understanding of the poverty deep in Wuyi Mountain.

It's too poor, it's too poor. It's only sixty or seventy miles away from Fuzhou City, and there's still a family that can't eat a meal of white rice for a year.

There are mountains here and there is not much land. Many families are "proletarians" without land and can only rely on short-term workers as tenants. It was fine when they were young, but once they were old or injured, they would have the only ending of starvation to death!

The soldiers became more and more excited. In the end, some soldiers even wiped their tears and said, "When they were recruiting, they said so well, the Imperial Guard, they were directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor... I wondered, will the emperor's soldiers still not be able to pay the money?"

This sentence is so heartbroken. It is simply to say that you are all corrupt officials and all the money makes you greedy!

The officers present all looked dark, and many of them were about to have an attack on the spot, and the Sanbao stretched out his hand and pulled Ma Ming's sleeve, "San Master, don't be angry, there are foreigners here to watch the fun!"

At the Mawei Shipyard, dozens of foreign engineers didn't know what was going on in the barracks, and they were all looking around with their necks stretched out.

When Shen Baozhen saw this group of emotions excitedly, and the foreigners were watching the fun in the shipyard, he quickly stood up to comfort him, "Brothers... Brothers, I know it's not easy for you, I know how hard you live!"

"But please understand the difficulties of the court. Raising an army is not just about spending military salaries... 30,000 officers and soldiers get more than 50,000 silver dollars a month, which is not considered eating, drinking, defecation and urination..."

"Everyone's military uniforms, daily meat and vegetable meals, and ammunition during training... Which one does not cost money to change equipment?"

"I'll tell you the truth. It's not that the imperial court first allocated funds. Our Fuzhou City has raised one million silver dollars in the past few years!"

"One million! For our poor place in Fujian, it is already a big number..."

"I promise my brothers that as long as the tariffs are deported next month, I will give you one first, so that half of the deficit can be made up!"

Ma Ming suppressed his anger and stood up to persuade the soldiers, "Soldiers, how did you swear when you were training? For His Majesty's head to cut off blood and shed his life, you can give up your life. Why are you going to make trouble for such a small matter now?"

"Who said that you won't give you military salary? Long live the emperor is rushing back from Europe, and it will take time for money to turn over? You can't wait for just a few months?"

"I know you are thinking about your parents and brothers at home... but you don't have to force the palace like this! I would like to make a suggestion, let's save food and eat less meat and vegetables during this period..."

"Save a batch of food, I'll give you a day off. Can you send it to your parents?"

"Just treat Long Live Owe you the military rank, and you will pay interest first, okay..."

The money was not received, but I asked for some food and vegetables for my family, which was a reward for the entire military camp's hostility and it was resolved a little bit.

But at this moment, a small flying scissor ship suddenly rushed out like an arrow at the entrance of Minjiang, heading straight to the shipyard dock.

"Urgent report...Urgent report...Urgent report in South China Sea!"
Chapter completed!