In late November, Yang Qin and Xi Chang led 300 armed escorts to Jinling again in nine fast sailing boats and anchored at the wharf of Yandangji River Port.

Baskets of snow-white rice paper, large and small copperware, inkstones, and pens are almost all high value-added goods of Jianghuai, and thousands of bags of polished rice were carried on board the ship one after another on the afternoon of the fleet's arrival in Jinling.

Of course, in the world, the really high value-added goods that can be sold in bulk are silk and salt.

Silk is expensive in exquisiteness, and salt is expensive in official bans.

After nightfall, more than a dozen canopy oarboats left the city to sail to the river port wharf of Yandangji.

Most of the canopy oarboats are small, and it is already the top of the sky to be able to carry goods of two or three hundred stones, but these dozen or so canopy oarboats are loaded with 2,000 bags of salt and 8,000 horses of silk extracted from the Lanting Lane warehouse; After arriving at the wharf of Yandangji River Port, it was transported to two three-masted sailing ships overnight.

Before the wee hours of the morning, the nine scorpion cannons and eighteen bed crossbows that Zhuang Yuan had built one after another during this time had also been moved to three war pulp ships overnight, fixed with rivets on the deck of the ship's cabin roof, and then covered with tarpaulin.

Although the highly elastic steel that can be used to replace Takumi has not yet been figured out, and the nine scorpion cannons can only use Takumaki as a charging machine, it can throw a fire oil tank at about 200 steps, and when used in conjunction with the bed crossbow, it can also increase the long-range attack power of the three sailing ships.

At dawn the fog rose, and the white mist rolled on the surface of the river, and soon spread to the fields on both sides, rolling in clusters, and the sky gradually became clear, but the sky was foggy.

At this time, the two fast sailing ships took the lead in setting sail, and the families of Lin Haizheng, Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, Zhao Qi, Chen Jitang and others all followed these two ships first.

Han Qian stood in front of the river embankment and watched the two boats leave.

The elite scouts of Zuo Si, some elite spies, more than 500 Zuo Si disciples and more than 100 craftsmen are temporarily in the Yongchun Palace Manor, and they have also asked Tian Cheng to rush to the Yongchun Palace Manor with his warrant and bring these horses directly to the Yandang Ji Zhuang Courtyard.

At present, Han Qian can only deceive these people into boarding the ship and going to Xuzhou in the name of secret operations, and naturally he can't let them know that Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, Lin Haizheng and others, as well as almost all the soldiers and dependents of his Han family, have left Jinling with the ship this time.

Otherwise, how can these generals and children not be suspicious?

In order to cooperate with this "absconding", Emperor Tianyou rushed to Liyang Huanglongpo for winter hunting in the past two days, and the third prince Yang Yuanpu led Shen Yang, Zheng Hui, Xinchang Hou Li Pu and others also rushed to Liyang Huanglongpo to accompany him.

In this way, even if there are a few shrewd and capable middle- and lower-level military attachés or officials in the military government and the Yongchun Palace, who are aware of Zuo Si's abnormality, they will go up layer by layer, and when Yang Yuanpu, Shen Yang, and Zheng Hui learn of the abnormality in Liyang, they will send people over to inquire and confirm that the "absconding" incident has occurred, not to mention that it can be delayed for two days.

Two days and two nights were enough for the fleet to escape to Jiangzhou, and the dispatch of the Lou Ship Army and Navy Division from Jinling would definitely not be able to catch up. And even if the fast horse passed the book and notified the garrison of the water camp along the river to send troops to intercept it, at the speed of the current Shiyi Chuan, if he wanted to catch up with the fleet, Han Qian should have entered the territory of Yuezhou or entered Dongting Lake by then.

Gao Shao and Lin Haizheng were wearing scale armor, and when they walked over, the armor pieces touched and rattled, and they stood behind Han Qian, looking at the foggy river with worried faces, and they didn't know if Tian Cheng could smoothly bring more than 700 horses from Zuo Si to Yandangji to board the boat.

At present, Han Qian is in Xuzhou, even if the brave soldiers of the Feng family are counted, they can only barely scrape together 14,500 troops, and in the face of the strong confrontation of the local native surnames in a short period of time, it is difficult for them to gain a foothold, not to mention that they will complete the full integration of Xuzhou before the autumn of next year, and form a flanking attack on Tanzhou from the upper reaches of the Yuan River.

Zuo Si has more than 700 well-trained horses, which is extremely important at this time.

Even if there are more than 500 Zuo Si disciples, most of them are between fifteen and eighteen years old, and they have reached the age of being able to go to war in that world. What is even more rare is that in addition to their backgrounds, most of these more than 500 Zuo Si children have received hard training for more than a year.

You must know that Ding Zhuang, who is selected from among the villagers in the local state battalion, only needs to perform one month of conscription every year. There was still a lot of time to be driven to build walls, gallops, and official buildings, and there was very little time for actual training.

The generals of the forbidden camp army and the guards are more combative, mainly because they come from the cantonment military government.

Military households have to perform at least three months of military service every year, and their training is much more sufficient, and if they receive three or four selections, they can already be regarded as veterans.

And the elite scouts of the Zuo Division, with their combat effectiveness and rich experience, were tempered by iron and blood in the Jingxiang War.

Han Qian waited on the river embankment for a long time with a stick of incense, and then saw eight black-canopy oars come out of the thick fog. Zheng Tong followed Tian Cheng, jumped ashore, walked to Han Qian, and asked with a hesitant face: "What kind of task is it that requires more than 100 craftsmen to be recruited from the workshop?" ”

"I'm afraid that this matter can't be known to Zheng Zhang's case at this time." Han Qian said indifferently.

Zheng Tong was cautious and conservative by nature, assisted Han Qian in the bloody battle of Xichuan to build war weapons, made contributions, and served as the head of Jinyun Tower when he returned to Jinling, but he never got close to Han Qian, who was radical and ruthless, and was only conscientiously responsible for the affairs of the Qiuhu Mountain workshop.

Yongchun Palace Manor wants to repair the palace room, but also build a wind mill, an ordnance workshop and other buildings, the third prince a few days ago ordered him to select more than 100 craftsmen to be responsible.

Today, Han Qian sent Tian Cheng to the door and told him that he had a secret mission and asked him to lead the craftsmen in the Yongchun Palace to accompany him, how could he not have doubts in his heart?

However, Han Qian has always been arbitrary, self-serving, and at the same time resolute, and does not allow his subordinates to refute him.

Han Qian was reluctant to explain more at this time, and Zheng Tong didn't dare to contradict him in person, but just looked at Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, and Lin Haizheng, and assigned Zuo Si's seven or eight hundred men and horses to board the eight three-masted sailing boats moored in front of the river embankment.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner,

Zuo Si has always maintained a relatively independent status, even after returning to Jinling this time, Jiang Shu and Yuan Guowei mainly supervised Zuo Si, but did not interfere with Han Qian's control of Zuo Si.

At this moment, even though many people are like Zheng Tong, they have more or less some doubts in their hearts, but no one dares to stand up and question them directly.

Zhao Qi came over with a team of soldiers in good armor, joined Han Qian, and said, "The hearth has been destroyed, we can board the ship." ”

Chen Jitang has a profound family heritage since he was a child, and he is good at building camps, but Zhao Qi likes to dance with guns and sticks since he was a child, and he has been demoted to Yandang Rock Grange as an official slave over the years, and has been trying his best to secretly protect the Zhao family, the Chen clansmen and the orphans of the Dong family.

Moving to Xuzhou, Zhao Qi was the most willing in his heart, no matter what the Han family's father and son planned in their hearts, at least they didn't have to worry about being purged all day long as they did before.

Seeing that Zhao Ting'er, Xi Ying, Du Qi Niang, Du Jiu Niang and other female dependents also came over from the Zhuangyuan, carrying large and small packages with them, Zheng Tong's eyes were even more suspicious, he didn't know what secret mission he needed, and he needed Han Qian to take the Han family's family soldiers and slaves out of Jinling?

And what does it mean that the hearth has been destroyed?

"Okay, let's get on board!" Han Qian glanced at Zheng Tong, and then took Zhao Ting'er and Xi Ying to board a three-masted galleys.

At present, the Xuzhou Shipyard has built ten three-masted fast sailing ships, three of which are built according to the specifications of war sailing ships. In addition to the conventional three-masted sails, the sailing ship also has a two-tiered oars, with a total of 32 pairs of oars, which require 64 oarsmen to operate, and the flammable sails can be lowered during the battle, and the oars can be operated for more flexible sorties.

If the oars and sails drive the ship forward at the same time, it will be as fast as a galloping horse.

For these three sailing ships alone, 250 oarsmen and boatmen were needed.

This is still the most basic establishment, if it weren't for the fact that Han Qian was too short of manpower, and if he wanted to increase the speed of the ship to the extreme during the battle, he would need to make up another 200 oarsmen.

"Lord Zheng, board the ship, don't ask your lord to wait for us." Tian Cheng looked at Zheng Tong with a smile and urged.

To be honest, with such a little strength in their hands, even if they can control Xuzhou, it is very reluctant, let alone contain Tanzhou from the upper reaches of the Yuanshui, but the families of Tian Cheng and the others have already boarded the ship, and even if Han Qian has other plans, they will follow.

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The first person to notice the abnormality was Chun Shisanniang, who rushed to Ningxianglou today to report to Han Qian, and she found that it was all delayed until noon, not only did Han Qian not appear, but Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, Lin Haizheng and others, who were usually in charge of Zuosi's daily affairs, did not appear.

Chun Shisanniang rushed to Lanting Lane and found that the dependents of Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, Lin Haizheng and others, as well as the slaves and maids of the Han family in Lanting Lane, were also empty, so she realized that something was wrong.

At this time, Yao Xishui, Li Chong and others all accompanied Zhang Ping and Li Pu to Liyang with the third prince Yang Yuanpu to accompany them, and Chun Shisanniang had no way to enter the palace to see the concubine and the palace master who had been hidden by the concubine's side at this time.

sent someone to Yandang Rock to confirm that the Yandang Rock side was also empty, and Chun Thirteen Niang could only take a carriage to Liyang overnight to report the matter to Xinchang Hou Li Pu.

Chun Thirteen Niang rushed to Liyang, it was already noon the next day, and at this time, the "absconding" incident was like a boulder, which shocked the quiet and peaceful Huanglongpo camp.

It's not that Xinchang Hou Li Pu and they want to make this matter public, and the Yamen of Hepu County, to which Yandangji Zhuang Yuan belongs, also noticed the abnormality of the Yandangji people walking away from the empty courtyard, and went to the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion.

Jingzhao Mansion Yin was also accompanying in Liyang at the time, and when he learned about the incident, he naturally asked the third prince Yang Yuanpu for verification as soon as possible, and the "absconding" incident was exposed.