"Thirty!"

"Thirty-one!"

……

As the soldiers counted close to forty, the nerves of Huang Shihai, Zhou Xiuying, Yang Banhou, Smith and others became unprecedentedly tense. The more I went to the back, the more worried I became, and I was afraid that Li Zhen would not be able to survive like an ordinary soldier, so that he would faint to death. Li Zhen is the pillar of the army, the backbone of everyone, and directly affects everyone's hearts.

Zhou Xiuying's eyes showed a look of worry, and she pursed her lips, and her lower lip was bitten by her teeth, so that there was a trace of blood.

"Hold on, you have to hold on!"

Zhou Xiuying roared in her heart, hoping that Li Zhen would get through.

"Thirty-nine!"

"Forty!"

After the soldiers who reported the number shouted to forty, the soldiers and the people were relieved, and the generals in the army such as Huang Shihai, Yang Banhou, and Qi Zhenhai were also relieved. The two executing soldiers stopped suddenly, but their buttocks were limp on the ground, their bloodstained clubs resting beside them, their heads bowed and gasping for air.

It's not that you're tired of wielding a stick, it's mentally depressed. During the execution, every time the soldier hit Li Zhen's buttocks, he felt that he had increased his burden, and he collapsed directly to the ground after the beating.

"Dashuai, are you alright?"

Zhou Xiuying was the most nervous, and rushed to Li Zhen's side with an arrow step, with a concerned look on her face, and reached out to support Li Zhen.

"It's okay, I'm fine."

With the help of Zhou Xiuying's support, Li Zhen slowly stood up, and after standing firmly, he broke free from Zhou Xiuying's support. However, Li Zhen stood alone, his buttocks hurt, his thighs trembled and he couldn't stand steadily, his body shook, and he immediately fell forward.

"Ahh

Zhou Xiuying exclaimed in fright, and quickly hugged Li Zhen to prevent Li Zhen from falling to the ground. Huang Shihai, Yang Banhou and other generals were frightened and hurriedly gathered around Li Zhen.

"Dashuai, you have injuries on your body, and you can't delay. Hurry back to the house to find a doctor to treat the wound, so as not to leave the root of the disease. ”

Huang Shihai glanced at Li Zhen's bloody ass and said worriedly.

Li Zhen withstood forty military sticks, and the flowers on his ass were far more serious than Huang Shihai and Yang Banhou. Huang Shihai and Yang Banhou can still move normally, but Li Zhen touched the wound as soon as he walked, and the blood flowed to his calves and wet his trouser legs. Li Zhen endured the pain in his buttocks, smiled miserably, and said, "It's okay, I can still hold on."

However, Li Zhen's smile revealed a pale tiredness.

Li Zhen looked at the soldiers in the army, but a thought suddenly flashed in his heart, and said: "Shihai, I have an idea, our army should have a name." ”

Zhou Xiuying said dissatisfiedly: "Dashuai, you don't care about the rest of the chores, go back for treatment first." ”

Li Zhen shook his head and said, "Don't worry, it's important to get down to business." ”

Immediately, Li Zhen said in a deep voice: "Zeng Guofan held a regimental training in Hunan to resist bandits, and the army called it Xiangyong, also known as the Hunan army. Only when the army has a fixed title can it have a soul and condense the soul of the army. Our army took root in Shanghai, and I decided to name it 'Shanghai Army'. 'Hu', which refers to Shanghai, represents the army of our place. Moreover, the homonym of 'Shanghai' is the 'protection' of protection, and our military soul is to protect the people and protect our dignified China at all costs. ”

Huang Shihai's eyes lit up, and he looked at Li Zhen with a look of admiration.

The Shanghai Army was later the name of Li Zhen's line of soldiers.

Huang Shihai turned to the soldiers in the army and shouted: "Soldiers, from today onwards, the army we are in also has a name. The marshal said that our army will be called the Shanghai Army in the future. 'Hu', which refers to Shanghai, represents our army. Moreover, the homonym of 'Shanghai' is the 'protection' of protection, and our military soul is to protect the people and protect our dignified China at all costs. ”

Huang Shihai copied Li Zhen's words and let all the soldiers standing in the front row hear it.

"The Shanghai army is mighty!"

Qi Zhenhai's mind was flexible, and he immediately yelled.

"The Shanghai army is mighty!"

Immediately, Yang Banhou, Smith, Lu Shaochuan and others all shouted.

The shouts were heard, and the soldiers standing behind heard it, spreading from front to back, and rang out in waves. After a while, an earth-shattering cry sounded, and the people also participated.

Li Zhen looked at the excited soldiers with a bright smile on his face.

This time, it has finally stabilized the morale of the army.

Li Zhen instructed: "Shihai, let the people and soldiers disperse." ”

"Yes!"

Huang Shihai responded and immediately went to carry out the order.

Li Zhen looked at Ye Chengxin, his mind became active, and asked, "Xiao Ye, your owner was killed, and the groceries can't be sustained anymore, what are your plans now?" ”

Ye Cheng thought for a while and said, "I saved some money when I was working in the owner's grocery store, so I could do some small business. ”

Li Zhen asked again: "I lack an errand runner by my side, are you willing?" ”

"Yes! Willing! ”

Ye Cheng didn't think about it, and immediately nodded.

He's just a guy at the grocery store, and it's just a small deal to do small business. is different from Li Zhen, even if he is an errand runner, he can have the opportunity to glorify his ancestors. At this time, Ye Chengxin was only a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, even if he had a flexible brain, he didn't have any big ambitions, and the idea of honoring his ancestors could move him even more.

Li Zhen looked at Yang Banhou and instructed: "Banhou, you accompany Xiao Ye to the county government to find Lan Weiwen, do a good job of the deceased's bereavement, and comfort the deceased's family, understand?" ”

"Understood!" Yang Banhou replied loudly.

Ye Chengxin smiled at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes showed gratitude.

Li Zhen stretched out his hand and wanted to pat Ye Chengxin's shoulder, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, he immediately pulled the wound on his buttocks, which made Li Zhen grin and break out in a cold sweat.

Seeing this, Zhou Xiuying said, "Dashuai, hurry back home." ”

……

After the people left the barracks, the news quickly spread.

These people like to listen to gossip, but they also like to talk and chat. The people witnessed Li Zhen punish the main general in the army, shoot the murderer, and punish himself with 40 military sticks, all of them felt that Shanghai had produced a good official. The people spread the word of mouth, one to ten, ten to hundred, and soon it was known all over the city.

The French Consulate, Rawell has not yet returned to the province.

Of the 10 million taels of silver, only 800,000 taels remained, but most of the merchants left, and the few remaining merchants also paid for it, and no one gave any more money. It's just that Rawell is still thinking about raising the last 800,000 taels of silver. 800,000 taels of silver were distributed among Raywell, Adams, Bullon, and Bao Ling, and one person only had 200,000 taels, which could be said to be a drizzle.

But Rawell wants the merchant to pay for it, and tries to find the merchant who has not yet donated money.

At this time, the news of Li Zhen's self-punishment reached the concession and reached the ears of the consulate officer. The consulate staff got the news and told it to Raywell.

Hearing the news, Spicel was stunned.

At this moment, there are only three words in Lawell's heart, too ruthless!

If it were him, he would never have beaten himself with forty sticks. In order to appease the people and unite the morale of the army, Li Zhen directly beat himself with forty military sticks, which made Rawell fearful.

"Crazy, this guy is a madman."

Rawell was really afraid, no longer thinking about finding a merchant to fund the remaining 800,000 taels of silver, dealt with the affairs of the consulate, and left the consulate and went to Daotaifu.

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