There was a pot of wine on the table, and a large casserole was placed, which was steaming dog meat, Qian Yuan still disliked it a little fishy, but Qian Hong ate it happily.

The brothers talked while eating, and Qian Hong vaguely but carefully explained the situation inside Xu Hai one by one.

"In fact, there is no way to be coerced by the young man, there was a scene on Chinese New Year's Eve, Xu Hai personally led the troops and cut off more than a hundred heads in one go."

"If Xu Hai is defeated and retreats, those young men may escape, and there are about 3,000 old widows under Xu Hai's command, with good wine and meat, and five or six hundred real widows will be recruited from the Japanese country after the year."

"Ye Ma, Chen Dong?"

"It's dead, it's silent, it's said that he fell into the sea and drowned, it's a joke."

"Although Xu Hai suffered a loss in the hands of his younger brother last time, he has gained a lot in general, his father has never touched the military power, and now he is very trusted by Xu Hai."

"Wang Cuiqiao is even more trusted by Xu Hai, and Xu Hai has engraved a general's seal, which is kept by Wang Cuiqiao on weekdays."

"Xu Hai and his daughters live on the mountain of the big island, his father is halfway up the mountain, and Xu Hai's inner courtyard is not far from the top of the mountain, of course there are guards, but there are not many of them."

"The weapons were bought from Fujian and Guangdong, and they were all maritime merchants and Japanese soldiers, and of course, the sharpest ones were the long knives of the real Japanese."

Qian Yuan listened quietly, and suddenly asked, "If Xu Hai leads an army to invade the coast and is defeated and dies, will my father be able to control the remaining Japanese robbers on the island?" ”

"No way." Qian Hong shook his head, "It's possible for the second uncle, because Xu Hai sent troops, and the old widows with qualifications would go to war, and the second uncle's qualifications were not shallow." ”

"How many warships does Xu Hai have now?"

"More than 100 ships, in fact, Xu Hai is not good at naval warfare." Qian Hong scratched his head, "The accurate number of the second uncle may know that he is repairing the ship every day now." ”

Qian Yuan pondered for a moment, can Tan Wei be able to bear this burden?

Perhaps it would be more appropriate for his father, who had contact with Wang Zhi......

"First, let my father try where Xu Hai will choose as the main target next without provoking Xu Hai's suspicion, and try to let Xu Hai attack Ningshaotai and three places."

"Second, contact the second uncle, let him be patient and hibernating, and when Xu Hai fights, he will have a chance to fight back."

"Third, big brother, you pay attention to me, among those foreign devils or in the Japanese country, there should be craftsmen who can make bird guns and artillery, if there is a recruitment for me, if it is really not possible, I will be tied up."

"Fourth, if it is successfully put into Wang Zhi's command, the second uncle and father will find a way to get a fleet, and the younger brother will be able to use it in the future."

Qian Yuan explained clearly one by one, looked at the sky, and said categorically: "Go now, go back a moment earlier, and be safe a moment ago." ”

Qian Hong didn't speak, but picked up a spoon and scooped up the remaining dog meat in the pot, gobbled it all down, picked up the wine jug and poured a few sips before he smiled: "This is a good look...... Yesterday scared your sister-in-law. ”

"When my little brother was in Jiaxing Mansion, his appearance was not much better." Qian Yuan smiled, "This time I will go back and greet my father on behalf of my younger brother." ”

Qian Hong left Huangyan County under the arrangement of the guards, left the sea near Jiaohu Lake, took a boat to the northeast, and returned to the Xuhai base camp two days later.

The plan of the year lies in the spring, as early as after the winter, Qian Rui began to prepare to serve this field, cultivate seeds, and wait until the right time to plough the soil and plant, after a spring rain, there are already small seedlings out of the soil, green quite gratifying.

Squatted down to take a closer look, plucked out a few weeds next to him, and carefully scooped a spoonful of water and poured it on, a satisfied look appeared on Qian Rui's face.

It was just a whim of Qian Rui to make this garden, although he went to Ligang because of strange flowers and fruits, and he suffered an accident so that he became a widow, but he never blamed Qian Yuan.

When he thought of his young son, Qian Rui only felt satisfied, two lists of Jinshi, selected Shu Jishi, defeated the world several times, and abandoned Hanlin and went south, praised by Shilin, this is a perfect son.

It's just that his wife didn't choose well, Qian Rui frowned slightly, the Qian family and the Xu family had a gap as early as when Qian Fu was still alive, and later Qian Zheng fell out with Xu Jie, but he didn't expect Yuan'er to marry Xu Jie's granddaughter in the end.

Straightened up and beat his waist, turned his head and saw his eldest son coming, Qian Ruicai walked out of the yard, and said casually: "Have you seen Yuan'er?" ”

Qian Hong was shocked and stammered, "How did my father know?" ”

"Your husband and wife agreed last year to reunite on August 2 birthdays." Qian Rui said with a smile: "For more than half a year, how could Yuan'er not be able to find out, where could the Huang family hide from him?" ”

Qian Hong sneered and helped his father into the house, the father and son sat down, and Qian Hong began to describe in detail what Qian Yuan brought.

After a while, Qian Rui sighed: "There is no void under the fame, Yuan'er's eyes are precise, and it is the right time to join hands with Wang Zhi." ”

Glancing at the ignorant eldest son, Qian Rui explained: "Actually, you also know that Wang Wufeng is unwilling to be a coward, there are many similar situations at sea, even those who invaded the coast with Xu Hai may not want to rob it again and again." ”

"What they want is to coerce the imperial court to open the sea ban and allow trade."

"Even if there is no Wang Zhi, other maritime merchants and even the Japanese will join forces to strangle Xu Hai."

"Xu Hai invaded the coast three times in three years, each time there was such a big movement, last year Zhejiang's deputy general army Lu Bo was defeated, if it wasn't for Yuan'er to turn the tide, I am afraid that the southeast will be worried."

"Therefore, if Xu Hai does not die, it is absolutely impossible to open the sea ban."

Qian Hong suddenly nodded and said: "No wonder the junior brother instigated Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang, to contact Wang Wufeng, I am afraid that this time the owner of Wufeng will really tear up the contract and send troops to cut off Xu Hai's back road...... By the way, the younger brother said that his father should not interfere in this matter. ”

"Hu Zongxian and Wang Zhi are fellow villagers." Qian Rui nodded slowly, "Recruit Wufeng...... Is it the opening of the sea and the ban on trade as bait? ”

"Little brother didn't mention it." Qian Hong was a little anxious, "Where will Xu Hai attack?" When will the troops be sent? The news should be sent as soon as possible, the last time Jiaxing Mansion was in battle, it almost missed a big event, and the younger brother was ...... The day before yesterday, I sweated when I heard him mention it. ”

"What's the hurry!" Qian Rui reprimanded, and turned to ask about everything at home.

"My mother is in good health, but I'm worried about my father, so this time I also brought a lot of spring bamboo shoots, all of which were brought from Huating, saying that my father likes to eat Huating spring bamboo shoots the most." Qian Hong replied respectfully: "The little sister is fourteen years old, and she is about to be married, and her mother is not very satisfied with the choice of several people. ”

Qian Rui thought for a while, "It's best to choose Huating people." ”

Qian Hong hesitated and whispered: "The junior brother mentioned it, Lu Shude's kid ......."

"Nonsense, the generation is not right!" Qian Rui glared, Lu Shude was young, but he was a generation taller than Qian Rui.

Tsk, Lu Shude, who is still in the capital now, ran to Suiyuan almost as soon as he was free, trying his best to please the Lu family, he knew that the Qian family's little sister chose a son-in-law, and the Lu family had the right to speak...... The Lu family also couldn't laugh or cry at this uncle.

"The younger brother also mentioned one person, Qi Jimei, the younger brother of Qi Jiguang, the deputy chief soldier of Zhejiang, and now he is the general in the army."

"Nonsense!" Qian Rui was even more angry, "In case of death, do you want your sister to keep the festival?" ”

Qian Hong shrank his head and said nothing, but Qian Rui asked about Xiao Qi again.

"Now my mother and my younger siblings have a good relationship." Qian Hong said with a smile: "My brother and sister opened a clinic in Linhai, specializing in treating wounded soldiers and village bravery, and sixty or seventy percent of the wounded soldiers sent can survive. ”

Qian Rui came and asked carefully, and said with a smile: "Yuan'er is a blessing, and it can be regarded as atonement for you and me......

At this time, a guard from outside came to report, "Master, Xu Hai sent someone to summon him." ”

This escort Zheng Er is the son of a tenant of the Qian family, and he was the first to join the guard, although he was not too outstanding, but the family was in Taizhou, and he was specially selected and sent by Qian Yuan.

Qian Rui nodded, pondered in his heart for a while, and whispered to his son, "Tan Wei, you pay attention to it, don't show your feet." ”

"Yes, Father will try to ask later?"

Qian Rui ignored his son, took out a scroll from the drawer, and then walked out of the house.

As early as more than a month ago, Qian Rui received a secret letter from Qian Yuan who wanted to investigate Xu Hai's next target, but he did not have any espionage operation.

Xu Hai is cunning and suspicious, Qian Rui does not dare to spy rashly, but now it is late February, and Qian Yuan sent news this time that Ningbo, Shaoxing, and Taizhou are all recruiting new recruits for training, and they must find a way to delay the time.

Now that Xu Hai has five or six thousand Japanese under his command, it is not so simple to send troops, and the preparations in advance are quite cumbersome, and it will take half a month just to gather the ships.

After finding out from Xu Hai and paying attention to the movements of the Japanese on the island, Qian Rui was sure to determine the time for Xu Hai's troops half a month in advance.