Zaichun reached out and touched an embroidered eavesque on the soldier's left arm. The three words "Minjiangkou" were embroidered on it. There were only three bright yellow embroidered characters, but not every soldier had them.

"What's your name? What's the matter with your armband?"

The soldiers were so excited that they were stunned. They were obviously one head taller than Zaichun, but their knees were shaking. It seemed that they were about to kneel down in the next second!

The commander of the Second Division, Bai Min, stared at his soldiers with his knife-like eyes. Under the strong pressure of the division commander and under the iron-like military discipline regulations of the new army, the soldier finally did not kneel down.

"Report... report... long live the master... my name is... Xie Ting... this armband..."

"Don't be nervous, you are the new army of the emperor, my tiger... you are the imperial guard!"

With the encouragement of Emperor Tongzhi, the soldiers finally spoke much more quickly. Fortunately, the new army also taught some official languages ​​in the soldiers, which were the Beijing dialect of the Qing Dynasty at that time, so the little emperor did not understand them.

"Your Majesty! This armband was issued in total, which was issued in memory of the battle at the Minjiangkou... I resisted a box of shells and ran for twenty miles of mountain road..."

"No one in the army can run faster than me, so I was the first to ship armbands... Listen..."

Zaichun saw Xie Ting keep looking at Bai Min behind him. He knew that this was Bai Min's soldier. The emperor said sternly without looking back, "What's there to see? I said you are the emperor's personal army. What are your concerns about me here?"

"Yes! Your Majesty... Our sir said, this is the credit book. This is the first battle of the Imperial Guards. If more than 3,000 people are retired in the future, each person can be divided into one acre of paddy fields or three acres of dry land because of this credit!"

"If you have more military achievements in the future, there will be rewards!"

Bai Min, Ma Ming and others quickly saluted the emperor and said, "Please ask Your Majesty to atone for your sins. In order to inspire the morale of the soldiers, we have formulated the rules of reward without His Majesty's permission..."

"Hahaha... what sins are there? If you don't reward merits and punishments, you're guilty! What are soldiers asking for in war? Isn't the rewards and punishments clear?"

"Good! Take your armband and do it well... But in the future, I won't give you such a simple armband. I will use gold, silver and other metals to create valuable medals for future military achievements. Your rewards will be as high as you would never have imagined!"

Then Bai Min and others put their hearts in their stomachs, "Long live the Lord... Please live long live atone for our sins. We use bright yellow armbands without imperial edict..."

"Not you blame me. I said when I sent you here to show the troops, you are the new army of the imperial guards, and you are allowed to be the royal banner... It is not a sin to use a little bright yellow decoration. You have not secretly made dragon robes, it's okay!"

"Don't be so cautious in the future! I'm back, I'm your biggest guard of ceremonies!"

Hearing the emperor's personal promise, the entire army was immediately excited, especially the soldiers who participated in the artillery battle in Minjiangkou. They finally knew that their contributions had not been erased, and what the superior said was counted!

Other soldiers who joined the army later were also excited and their blood was boiling, and the morale of the entire army suddenly increased!

"Let me see your combat effectiveness with my own eyes... Practical exercises will show your might!"

There is a field command center built by troops on the hillside, where Emperor Tongzhi can use a telescope to see the exercise scenes of the New Guards.

Ma Ming and others are not bad. They are struggling in the Ryukyu military camp. Although they don’t have much practical experience, the minimum training of recruits is still very good.

The 30,000 army selected 3,000 people to cooperate with infantry and cannons, shoot mobile targets, alternate cover attacks, cover heavy machine guns and shoot... and even build individual field pits.

The Mawei Shipyard has become a military restricted area. No one is allowed to approach except for the officials and gentry who issued the pass and representatives of foreign engineers.

The four villages closest to the exercise site were even issued confinement orders, and all villagers were not allowed to go out at will. Even if they went to the street to fetch water, soldiers would have to follow them in person.

Night gradually fell, but Emperor Tongzhi's interest in military parade did not decrease at all. The entire exercise venue was shocking and guns and cannons rumbled.

In the dusk morning light, the British delegation couldn't help but exclaimed, "It's true that there is a prototype of the three-point iron army. If you go through two or three actual battles... you can achieve a strong army!"

"Congratulations to your Majesty, you have obtained a very good army, whose tactical movements are even more standard than those of European soldiers!"

The British army level was not world-class, and their praise was actually not valuable, but for the Qing Dynasty, it was worth celebrating to be praised by any foreigner.

"The good soldiers you bring! Good soldiers! I will pass on my will. The new army will record the collective merits once... Each person will give a pound of wine at the dinner, and I will invite my soldiers to a big meal!"

Emperor Tongzhi was excited, but he didn't see Shen Baozhen's face full of bitterness, and he didn't know what to say.

While no one noticed it, Shen Baozhen secretly stuffed a silver note into Da Sixi's arms, and then whispered for a long time.

It was already past five o'clock when the acting started, and even if it was compressed and compressed, it was already 7:30 when the dinner party started.

It was not realistic for a 30,000 army to return to the barracks, so I could just go camping in the wild to train. The quarantine officer began to allocate food. There were bonfires everywhere in the mountains and fields, and the aroma of cooking was everywhere.

After the military generals finished acting, this was when civil servants and gentry met the emperor. Local gentry in Fujian, who had long been hungry, lined up into the big tent and shouted long live the little emperor, and their faces were shining with excitement.

Shen Baozhen stood beside the emperor and introduced these gentry one by one, memorizing the resumes of their ancestors as officials!

These gentry also made fun of it and presented gifts to the emperor, including local specialties, cultural, calligraphy and paintings, and some simply gave silver and rice and flour to the army!

However, Fujian was not as prosperous as the rise of maritime transportation in later generations. There were many mountains and few fields here and there were long-term bans on trade, so the biggest gift did not exceed 100,000 taels.

Zaichun has seen the great Western world and doesn't care about these small money at all, but he can't lose the hearts of the gentry, and he has to patiently collect the useless antique calligraphy and paintings.

On the contrary, he gave it to the army, such as rice, grain and silver, and then redeemed it!

It was 8:30 this trouble, and it was too late. Zai Chun was so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back. Shen Baozhen and others persuaded him for a long time before they forced Mr. Long live for a meal.

The dinner was originally scheduled to be arranged in Fuzhou City, but Emperor Tongzhi learned a strange problem from Xiao Letian. He had to be more friendly and had to eat in the wild tent, which forced Shen Baozhen to use a fast horse to deliver the ingredients to the Mawei Shipyard early, and asked the chef to prepare a banquet temporarily.

Even the dishes prepared temporarily must be in line with the emperor's identity. Eighty-eight dishes must be prepared without 108 dishes!

When the hot and cold dishes like running water were placed on the table, when the big foursomes were about to give Zaichun Bu cuisine, this restless little emperor had something to do again!

"I want to go first to see if the soldiers eat or not... If there is a soldier who has not eaten, I will never eat!"
Chapter completed!