Huang Ande felt that he was very unaccustomed to the clothes on his body, and the re-pulled bun on his head was also heavy and uncomfortable, and the hair on his head was covered by the sun so that beads of sweat fell down the tips of his hair.

Where is there in the troops, it is refreshing to take care of the inch. Huang Ande couldn't help but miss the time when he was a soldier in the Fu Bō army, not only was his hair freshly cut in summer, but the clothes on his body were also made of cotton and linen, which was breathable and sweat-absorbent and easy to dry, which was much more comfortable than this thick homespun gown.

Huang Ande and Huang Xiong are both from the Shandong battalion, and the two of them are also related to each other, and they are cousins who have come out of the five suits. However, Huang Xiong later came and went to Qizhen and mixed up with a petty officer, while Huang Ande has been working as a gangster in Shandong until one day he co-founded with others to steal the official warehouse and escaped.

Because of the disgrace of stealing, Huang Ande kept silent about the matter until the General Administration of Political Security conducted an in-depth review of Huang Ande's promotion to an officer. At that time, it was also found out that he was in Dengzhou when he was a soldier.

Because of this relationship, Huang Ande was not only transferred to the northbound detachment, but also, like Huang Xiong, the first batch to enter the advance team. His current identity is Lu Wenyuan's personal entourage.

After Zhao and Lu opened up Sun Yuanhua's way, they used the Jesuits to actively participate in the activities of the Shandong Church, and soon became familiar with the local church. Considerable freedom and support for action were obtained. Take action now.

Because of his local affiliation, Huang Ande received special training with the permission of the Naval Intelligence Commissioner of the Foreign Intelligence Agency before his departure, and was assigned to operate in Dengzhou City as a temporary worker of the Foreign Intelligence Agency, mō to understand the local situation. In particular, it is necessary to try to find out the situation of the garrison on the ground. This is the most important intelligence that the engine operations command wants to know at the moment.

In the instructions sent to him, Xu Xu also clearly hoped that he would get the situation of the army garrison in Penglai Water City and the specific locations of the yamen, barracks, and forts inside the water city. Although the Great Library gave permission to obtain as many materials as possible, it was necessary to obtain first-hand materials about what the interior of the Water City in the Ming Dynasty was like.

Right now, he is wandering outside Penglai Water City. This water city is located on the east side of Danya Mountain in the northwest of Dengzhou City. Song set the swordfish inspection, the swordfish battle, prepare the Khitan, the famous swordfish village. Ming Hongwu began to build the water city in the ninth year, built the water gate in the north, set up the Zhenyang gate in the south, surrounded it by the earth city, led the sea water into the city, changed its name to prepare the city. In the twenty-fourth year of Wanli, the earth city was made of bricks and stones. During the Ming Qi period, Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai, once trained the sailors here and controlled the soldiers and horses of Dengzhou and Dongjiang towns. It has more than 50,000 land and water troops, equipped with advanced artillery and a large number of warships. Yuan Keli once described it in the song: "The slave chiefs are cold." Dongjiang Town's ability to persist in the flank of Houjin for a long time is inseparable from the strong backing support of Penglai Water City.

Due to the war in Liaodong, successive governors of Denglai have carefully managed this place. In addition, a large number of supplies to Liaodong needed to be distributed here, and the official and trade exchanges between Korea and the Ming Dynasty also passed through this place, so merchants gathered, forming a prosperous scene. At that time, the Koreans crossed the sea to this place, and recorded that "the peak of the peak is overlooked, and chimney piers are set up one by one." Tuntian agricultural curtain, looking at each other everywhere. The merchant ships and warships abandoning the shore, I don't know how many of them are prosperous."

In Penglai Water City, there are more than 8,000 people stationed in the water army alone. There are also people and craftsmen who repair the water city, shipwrights who build and repair ships, blacksmiths who are recruited from all over the world to cast cannons, and tens of thousands of people who can get some fixed income every month gather here, making the Zhenyang Gate of Penglai Water City form a considerable scale of the market, shops and vendors gather, and the business is prosperous. The cries are endless.

He sat on the tea stall on the side of the road, asked for a pot of tea, drank it slowly with Erlang Tuǐ, and looked at the Penglai Pavilion on the top of Danya Mountain from time to time. Make a look of high spirits. Huang Ande knew that he was a "spy" at the moment, but he was not too scared in his heart: after all, he was different from the patriarchs, he was easy to fall into as soon as he opened his mouth, he was a native of the local - the Huang family had been a military household here for generations, although there was no one in his family anymore, but there were still many local clansmen, most of whom were soldiers in the army. It's not a problem to find an acquaintance to infiltrate the water city.

However, there were many soldiers who came and went on the streets, but there were few of them he knew, and although some of them felt familiar, some of them could not be named, and they did not dare to rush up to greet them. He was "guilty and fled" back then, and he had to have a reliable person to inquire first, otherwise he would really tie a rope to the sailor's yamen, and when Master Zhao took Sun Yuanhua's film, he fished him out, and it was estimated that he would suffer a lot.

was stunned, Huang Ande suddenly felt that someone patted him lightly behind him, and when he looked back, he saw a young man looking at him.

Originally, this person was still a little hesitant, but when he saw his true face, he suddenly had a surprised expression.

"It's really you!"

"Are you...... Oh! Brother! After hesitating for a moment, Huang Ande also recognized him. This person's name is Sun Yuan, and he can be regarded as his cousin when it comes to Gua Man, and he is also in his robe, and he is also a local soldier.

I haven't seen him for a few years, Sun Yuan has been decent, although he is still well-dressed, but the quality of the clothes is good, and the atmosphere is very good.

Huang An took Sun Yuan's hand, just looked up and down, and asked for a while: "Cousin, after a few years, you are very different than before, and you are still on the fort?" ”

Sun Yuan said with a smile: "I am now the head of Sun Junmen." As I said above, when I have a guarantee, I will be promoted to be a foreign commissioner. ”

Huang Ande knows that being a soldier in the army, giving generals and civilian officials a good way out for ordinary battalion soldiers, not to mention what promotions and the like are for the time being, at least the military salary is paid on time, and the food is much better than that of ordinary soldiers. Especially for a governor like Sun Yuanhua, there are few opportunities to fight desperately, and it is not easy to die, and it is even more of an errand for Haode.

He smiled: "In the end, you can't write two Sun characters in one stroke, and your surname will take the lead!" ”

Sun Yuan was a little embarrassed: "Where, my family still got it from firing guns." You know, Sun Junmen invited a lot of Franc people from Guangli to come here to teach how to cast guns and perform cannons. Master Peter, who taught us, praised me a few times, and then accepted the head of the house for Sun Junmen. ”

"Not easy! But you're really careful about learning to fire! Although the cannon was not a rare thing in the Ming Dynasty, the quality of the cannon at that time was poor, and the use of it was not very standardized. On weekdays, I have to scrub the gun body, but the salary is not more. Ordinary soldiers train artillery purely to cope, and rarely have a good intention.

"Where!" Sun Yuan said a few words modestly and asked, "Brother De, you have been gone for several years, where are you settled now, and you don't have a letter?" ”

Huang Ande asked in a low voice, "Let me ask you, did you have that incident last time?" ”

Sun Yuan was stunned for a moment, only to understand that he was asking about the theft of the official warehouse back then, and said, "It's already over." Among the few people caught, Zhu San's kid took everything down and beheaded him. Several other battalions with arrows were beaten with dozens of military sticks. ”

Huang Ande couldn't help but sigh when he heard this: "Zhu San is really a man, righteous enough!" Enough friends! Saying that, he wanted to take out some silver from his pocket and ask him to bring it to Zhu San's house, but then he thought that he had said during the training that he didn't want money until he was clear.

Sun Yuan said: "Who said no! Rest assured, everyone has taken care of it! He looked at Huang Ande: "Brother De! Are you going to come back on an errand? I'm afraid it won't work if you want to join the army under your original name, just change your name! My fifth uncle is helping with the copywriting, you change your name and make it in first. ”

"It doesn't really matter." Huang Ande said, "I am now a relative to others, with food and clothing, and there is nothing unpleasant." At that moment, he told him the fake resume fabricated by the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, saying that after he fled to Guangdong, he sold himself to a gentleman in the local area as a housekeeper, won the trust of his master, and now he is a personal follower. This time, I went to the Penglai area with the master to do business. ”

"It's not possible to do business here without any skills, and your master is afraid that he is also a well-known figure!" Sun Yuan has been here for many years and has seen a lot. He is also happy for Huang Ande - to be a personal entourage of the gentry, although he is a minion, his income is not bad - this is the same thing as being a soldier is not as good as being a housekeeper, not to mention that he does not need to go into battle to fight and sell his life to be a personal entourage of the gentry, and it is better than a layer.

"Of course. Although my lord is just a showman, he is a rich man in Guangli, and he can talk to the old men in Beijing. Huang Ande boasted, "I also met with Master Sun a few days ago." He said, "Come, let's have a drink together!" Huang Ande finally found an acquaintance, of course, he had to quickly stabilize the relationship. Moreover, this Sun Yuan is indeed not an outsider, and he often fought together when he was a soldier in the past.

Sun Yuan was also very happy because he was not on duty or practicing today, and he was reunited with the old ones, so he immediately agreed. He also made it clear that he wanted to treat himself.

"I'd better have a treat." Huang Ande said, "I know you, although you are a householder, the salary is only two taels, and you may not be able to pay it all every month." You still have an old lady and brother at home. I am a single person, and if I eat the master's and drink the master's, I will not give less monthly money. It doesn't matter! ”

I found a tavern and asked for a single room. Ordered some food and drinks. The two talked about the past and talked about the old people. Huang Ande inquired about a lot of past friends, relatives, and old news. Gradually, I inquired about the news of the generals and officers. Sun Yuan was unsuspecting, and he didn't have any sense of secrecy, and immediately told everything he knew after a few glasses of wine: who was promoted, who died in battle, and who was transferred...... It didn't take long for Huang Ande to make the general situation of Penglai Water Village fifty or sixty percent.