On February 5, 1895, Ronglu led more than 600 soldiers, cavalry and other entourages, set out from the capital and went to Tianjin to inspect Ye Zhikui's new army and investigate Ye Zhikui's destruction of military discipline. At that time, Yang was very valued by him, and he walked with him. Coincidentally, Yang and Ye Zhikui's military supervisory training department had a close personal relationship. Before Ronglu set off from the capital, Yan Dunyuan wrote a letter to Yang to talk about Ye Zhikui's glory.

On the other hand, Ye Zhikui has also made various preparations to welcome Ronglu. Ye Zhikui knows that some people in this world are not enough to buy money. Ronglu is such a person. You not only have to let him see your silver, but also let him see your abilities, so that he can prevent him from betraying you while counting your silver.

In February, it was cold and the river surface was frozen. When Ronglu passed through the Tianjin Haihe River, Ye Zhikui had already been waiting here for a long time. As soon as he saw Ronglu's convoy, Ye Zhikui quickly came forward.

Ronglu was in his fifties and had two beards. Perhaps because he had been a general, Xi'an general, and infantry commander, he lacked the sour feeling of a civil servant in the Qing Dynasty, and had a direct temperament unique to the army.

After going forward to perform the ceremony, Ye Zhikui sighed and apologized and said, "Sir Shangshu, this weather has made you come here from the capital for the sake of your subordinates. Congyun is really frightened and feels deeply guilty and blamed himself." Ye Zhikui talks about people and ghosts, so as to lower his posture as much as possible to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Ronglu did not react much and replied coldly, "General Ye, please do not give up on the gift. I should hurry through Haihe and go to Lutai to do business."

Ye Zhikui nodded in agreement: "Shangshu is so quick-talking, straightforward, and is a model for our soldiers. However, the six hundred men of the adults were difficult to pass through the small bridge on the river surface for a while, and the engineering team of the Xiaguan army had just developed a new way to cross the river. If you are interested, why not try it?"

When Ronglu heard this, he became interested. Just as he was about to see the skills of the new army, he smiled and said, "In this way, it will be a blessing to come."

Ye Zhikui said he didn't dare, so he waved his hand. The engineering team leader Wang Shizhen, not far behind him, walked up and walked up. Ye Zhikui introduced to Ronglu: "This person is Wang Shizhen, the engineering team leader of my Wuyi Army."

Wang Shizhen gave a military salute, Ronglu nodded slightly, and looked curiously at the ability of this pale-faced and thin-skinned strait to let Ye Zhikui introduce it to him first.

Ye Zhikui ordered Wang Shizhen: "People, let's start!"

Wang Shizhen turned around and took the order without expression. Soon, Ronglu saw that the soldiers of Wuyi Army were busy quickly and used a special canvas to make a bridge on the ice of the Haihe River. The whole movement was like flowing water. The soldiers were in order, without any shackles. Wang Shizhen quickly came back to report and made a call and said, "Mr. Rong, General Ye, the floating bridge has been set up, please move!"

When Ronglu saw Ye Zhikui walking towards the river without hesitation, although he was a little suspicious and thought it was too simple, he still took a step forward and walked ahead of Ye Zhikui. He believed that Ye Zhikui would not be so stupid as to joke about his life.

When Ronglu walked to the canvas on the river, he felt as if he was walking on flat ground and walking on smooth road. He stomped the ice surface hard, and there was no abnormality of collapse. So he let go and ordered his subordinates to step through the floating bridge.

The soldiers under Ronglu were all in a panic and cautious, for fear that they would fall into the river and turn into popsicles. However, Ronglu was destined to walk forward with a death-like expression. When the soldiers walked to the middle of the river, they realized that they were really fussing. No abnormal conditions on the road surface had happened, so they all changed from being surprised and suspicious to being brave and stepped across the bank of the sea with pride.

After Ye Zhikui watched Ronglu’s men pass through, he invited him and said, “Mr. Rong, please!”

Rong Lu smiled slightly and said, "The Wuyi Army's engineering team is quite interesting."

After Ronglu and Ye Zhikui led their entourage to the other side, Wang Shizhen ordered the soldiers to put away the canvas bridge. Ronglu saw that under Wang Shizhen's command, the huge canvas bridge was dismantled and folded in an instant, making it very easy to collect and carry with the army. He sighed and asked Wang Shizhen, who was still the face of the coffin, but he could answer any questions about Ronglu without hesitation. There were often answers in the answer that made Ronglu's eyes lit up, and he praised Ye Zhikui: "This person is not the best in governing the country."

Ye Zhikui smiled slightly and replied, "Entering your talents is well known to everyone in our army."

Wang Shizhen was praised by the two Shangguans at the same time. Even if he was not good at praising horses, he had to squeeze out a few smiles on his stiff face and replied modestly: "Mr. Rong and General Ye are really too much, so I am ashamed of it!"

After crossing the river, Ronglu's image of Ye Zhikui changed, and his words were no longer cold and stiff words. Soon Ye Zhikui sighed to Ronglu: "Talents who are familiar with the Chinese and Western military systems like Pinqing are unfortunately like rare beasts in the army, and they are rare! People from the court who came from martial arts in the court did not understand the Western military system very well. If the court could find another way and use Chinese and foreign soldiers to create talents, why worry about the fact that I, the Qing Dynasty, had no one available."

After Ye Zhikui said this, Ronglu was itchy. Ronglu had already had this intention and even posted a memorial to talk about it not long ago. Unfortunately, the memorial was temporarily like a rock sinking into the sea and did not receive any response from Guangxu. Unexpectedly, he met someone here who had the same opinion as him.

This is like later generations when you posted a post on a forum that you did not receive the attention of the moderator and were about to sink to the bottom of the page. Suddenly, someone ran out and praised your posts and vigorously called it a divine post. Those who posted will immediately think that it is not my post that is bad, but that you don’t know the goods. Look, the people who know the goods have finally appeared.

Ye Zhikui secretly looked at Ronglu and saw a sense of pride on his face, but it quickly covered it up. If Ye Zhikui hadn't been paying attention to him, he wouldn't have been able to observe it.

Rong Lu smiled faintly at Ye Zhikui and said, "I didn't expect Congyun to have such a prescient idea. In fact, I have already submitted a memorial to Your Majesty and asked to set up a special military department. According to the statistics of 200 martial arts children in each county each year, each province will postpone the local coach who is proficient in Western arts and is skilled in training. Then the provincial governors and governors will take the exam, and the top candidates will be selected as military juren to supplement the generals and officers of various military camps and above to change the military camp habits. The official also considered that the old system was difficult to change suddenly, and the original military test was still underway, but the number of people was reduced by half." When encountering people who knew the goods, of course, they had to quickly sell their own theory.

After saying that, Ronglu proudly touched his beard with his hand, and his expression was simply saying, Xiaoyang, I have thought of what you thought of, and I have a comprehensive solution, how about it? Praise me quickly.

Ye Zhikui certainly would not disappoint him. He looked at Ronglu in surprise and said in admiration: "Mr. Rong is worthy of being the strong minister of the Old Buddha, the pillar of the Qing Dynasty and the pillar of the sky. He considers the problem so deeply. He doesn't dare to think about it. He has the talent of the world. He is simply playing a big axe in front of Lu Ban's door, making a laugh. Shame! Shame, Lord. Rong, how dare you speak in front of you in the future?"

Rong Lu smiled modestly, looked at Ye Zhikui, and praised: "It is already very difficult to think that it is very difficult to refer to the Chinese and foreign soldiers to create talents. If you can think of how many people can be found in the Qing Dynasty at this level, why should you underestimate yourself?" Cao Rong Lu was simply complimenting himself in a corner.

Wang Shizhen was originally following Ye Zhikui, but when he heard the two people in front kept praising each other like this, and they became more and more disgusting, he couldn't stand it anymore. He had no choice but to secretly fall behind a little, not listening, and not being upset.

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Chapter completed!