"What should I do?"

Yang Qin bent over and squatted in the reeds, there were six galleys hidden there in the depths of the grass swing on the opposite side, and roughly estimated that there were nearly three hundred people after the two river bandits cooperated, how could they not break through this section of the river, he turned back to ask Han Qian's opinion.

At this time, Han Qian held the monoclescope and observed it for a while, but handed the monocle to Yang Qin.

Yang Qin also came into contact with the monocular before he understood why he was so cautious, but the traces of the connection with Ji Kun still fell into Han Qian's eyes without notice.

Where did he think that there was such a strange thing in the world that could vaguely see the eyes of people seven or eight miles away?

The so-called skills are not as good as others, he is a thief, Yang Tan Water Village was attacked for the first time, Yang Qin really has no way to resent anyone, just like Han Qian said, is it really expected that the Han family's father and son will not be able to catch it?

He couldn't even hate Ji Kun's ruthless efforts to send state soldiers into Yangtan Water Village, he only hated himself for being too greedy, and didn't realize that he was just a small miscellaneous fish, and he was arrogant and thought that he was a dragon in the lake, and stepped into the struggle between Han Qian and Ji Kun.

Hate only hated Zhong Yanhu for being too brutal, and after breaking the Yangtan Water Village, he even slaughtered all the women and children in the village.

Han Qian didn't answer Yang Qin's words, nor did he guess what he was thinking at this time, but just quietly filtered the information he had collected in the past two days.

Along the Yangtze River between Huangzhou and Ezhou, the main waterway is only less than ten miles open.

Although there are intricate lakes and rivers on both sides that can be passed, the water conditions in these areas are more complicated, and if you are not careful, it is very easy to be blocked by river bandits in the river lanes, and there are swamps and grass beaches all around, and you can't even abandon the boat and escape.

At this time, there were two fishing boats parked in the middle of the river outside, and the four thieves were fishing in the river in the gentle wind and drizzle, and they were actually responsible for keeping an eye on the passing boats.

A sailboat equipped with a water-clad board can only achieve the fastest speed in crosswind, and can only achieve the appearance of half an hour and fifteen miles, while a light galleys, with all the oars and sails, can sail out of the limit distance of twenty-five or even thirty miles in half an hour.

In this case, they can't rush directly through this section of the river.

At this time, the news that his father united with Xinchang Marquis Li Pu to help the three princes to plot the Dragon Bird Army had spread, and even some people in private were rumored that the Anning Palace did not want his father to go to Xuzhou smoothly, and asked Ezhou and Huangzhou to send military ships to escort them.

If they really want to abandon the boat and take the land route, Han Qian and the others have already entered Poyang Lake to land from Hongzhou, and landed in Ezhou, dragging twenty or thirty families who are inconvenient to walk, and there are not enough cars and horses, so they don't know that they will have to drag it until the year of the donkey and the month of the horse before they can reach Xuzhou.

And Han Qian's subordinates were such a little elite, and there was no place to replenish them after the loss, and he didn't think about fighting a tough battle with the Shui Kou, and it was a little unrealistic to rush over from the Shui Kou's ambush point at night.

Han Qian and Yang Qin quietly walked out of the reeds, and on a small hill, they met Gao Shao, Tian Cheng, and Zhao Wuji, and then crossed the mountains and returned to the city of Huangzhou, which is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

"How will this section of the river be crossed?"

Zhao Kuo and Lin Zongjing and others took people to guard the two boats at the dock outside the city, Fan Xicheng accompanied Han Daoxun to live in the city post house, and also accompanied Han Daoxun to visit friends to delay time, at this time, he saw Han Qian personally going out of the city to inspect the terrain and enemy situation, and ran over with concern and asked,

"It's really not good, young master, you escort the adults first, and we will live in Huangzhou for a while."

When there was really no way, Han Qian took a few elite scouts to escort his father to Xuzhou by land, which was also a choice; After all, five or six people go by land, the target is small, and the action is fast.

However, this may also induce the secret scouts of the staff division to intercept the road directly, but it is only a little higher than directly taking the water route, and the success rate is higher.

And Han Qian was still thinking about another thing in his heart.

If they can't get the waterway from Jinling to Xuzhou through this time, how can they expect Xuzhou's timber, dansha, medicinal materials, tin, copper, iron and other products to be transported to Jinling through the waterway in the future?

Therefore, this road is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, Han Qian is also going to break through at this time, he is afraid at this time, in three or four years, even if he can find a better opportunity to go to this road, does he have so much time?

"What I asked you to buy, did you buy back?" Han Qian watched his father reading under the lamp, and thought to himself that his old man was really calm, and he was about to break his foot when they were outside.

"The wine kiln in Huangzhou City, we walked all day and broke our feet, and the wine of Jishui Spring in Huangzhou City was the strongest, and we bought a hundred jars. There are also 1,000 catties of lime, which are also ready, but we will inevitably be targeted by others with such a big move, and there is no way to get rid of it. Fan Xicheng said.

Buying thousands of catties of quicklime, and splashing the face of the thief in the face of the enemy, the damage is not weak, but Fan Xicheng doesn't know what Han Qian ordered them to buy hundreds of jars of spirits in Huangzhou City for, and sell them in Xuzhou?

When the ceramics are loaded on the ship, they need to be made with a special wooden frame and stuffed with straw to ensure that the wine jar will not be broken when it shakes all the way.

Now hundreds of jars of spirits are loaded on the ship, and half of them can be guaranteed to be unbroken in Xuzhou, thank God.

Besides, isn't it more important to think about how to get to Xuzhou safely, when will you have the leisure time to consider selling alcohol for profit?

Fan Xicheng accompanied Han Daoxun into Huangzhou today, and he was busy with people all day long, and he was also very depressed.

"I'm not afraid that Zhao Mingting's people won't stare at us! Take me to see it. Han Qian said.

Walking to the backyard, hundreds of jars of wine have been piled up in the corner, covered with a layer of tung oil cloth to prevent rain at night.

Han Qian took out a jar of wine, drank some wine and tasted it.

No matter how strong the spirits of the world are, they are extremely limited, and even if they are distilled and the alcohol content is doubled, it is impossible to ignite.

Han Qian asked Zhao Ting'er to help him get a sea bowl and take a bag of lime, he poured most of the bowl of wine, sprinkled quicklime little by little, until the quicklime was not integrated into the wine, let it stand for a while, and then take a new bowl, pour out the less turbid liquor on the upper layer, and light it with a fire fold, and saw Lan Wangwang's flame rise.

"What is this, that burns brighter than lamp oil?" Fan Xicheng didn't expect the young master to pour out a shallow half bowl of somewhat turbid wine, and it burned so hot, so he asked excitedly.

Han Qian smiled in his heart, and secretly thought, how could the world's lamp oil be mainly soybean oil and other vegetable oils, how could it burn more vigorously than high-purity alcohol, and it was not kerosene or gasoline?

"This is pure wine, you can also call it alcohol," Han Qian said, "According to the method I just made, you may be able to extract the small twenty jars of pure wine that can ignite the fire from these hundreds of jars of spirits, but remember that the lime must be sprinkled slowly, and the liquor must not be boiled. ”

"I can really extract twenty jars of pure wine." There are twenty jars of pure wine that are better than lamp oil, and the other party is not aware of it, Fan Xicheng can also know how to easily break the enemy in this battle.

"After you extract, pour a small half bowl into each jar to verify that when you divide it into small clay pots, remember to fill it half full, don't fill it full......" Han Qian couldn't explain to them that quicklime reacts with water, but not with alcohol, so he can use this method to purify alcohol, and asked Fan Xicheng, "How much did these hundreds of jars of wine cost?" ”

"The young master said that he wanted to buy the strongest wine in Huangzhou City, Jizhou Spring is really not cheap, this hundred jars of wine cost 160,000 yuan." Fan Xicheng said.

Han Qian frowned bitterly, if he hadn't burned down Yangtan Water Village, grabbed fifty or sixty cakes of gold and didn't return it to Yang Qin, so many people had eaten, drank, and lost mules and horses along the way, and they all wanted him to subsidize his private money to go in, and he would have gone bankrupt at this time.

Of course, Yang Qin didn't know what Han Qian was thinking, and he was quite excited and curious as he squatted there and continued to hold the pure wine, and the flames rose.

He knew that the space in the warship was narrow, and he was most afraid of fire, so whether it was the river bandits or the water camp of the government, he was also the most cautious in guarding against fire attacks, and he could not easily set the enemy ship on fire by randomly organizing twenty or thirty people and firing rockets.

In order to succeed in the fire attack, it is necessary to have a large number of ignitions that can be used to throw intensively, and this ignition must be able to burn quickly and cause a large fire in the shortest possible time, making it difficult for the opponent to extinguish, in order to create deadly chaos for the opponent in a very short time, and it is possible to win more with less.

Otherwise, even if the opponent's warship ignites a fire, but the fire is not big enough and spreads fast enough, it can still give the opponent enough time to engage in a chaotic battle, and they will gather all the men on their side, and there are only sixty or seventy people and two ships, how can they resist the siege of the opponent's nearly three hundred people and six fast galleys?

Yang Qin knew that the liquor was drunk, scratching his throat hotly, but he didn't know that the pure wine extracted from lime could really burn such a flame, and he was sweating in his heart, thinking that even if he wanted to attack Han Daoxun's ship at the beginning, if he was defenseless, the end would probably not be much better than the destruction of the village, right?

"The Jiang bandits have six ships, and we still have to lure them into the narrow waters before we can destroy them with fire." There are really twenty jars of pure wine that can lead flames, and the thieves have not much defense, this battle is easy to fight, and Tian Cheng, who is usually low-key by Han Qian's side, can't help but come up and offer advice.

"How to lure and ambush the Jiang bandits, you have come up with a plan, I am tired of running for a day, my legs and feet are sore, I have to let Ting'er help me pinch it twice and relax." Han Qian yawned, and the specific battle plan was handed over to Zhao Wuji, Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, and Fan Xicheng to discuss with Yang Qin, and he pulled Zhao Ting'er into the house to pinch his shoulders and legs to relax, thinking that this team should be able to take advantage of this trip to run in, and before Emperor Tianyou died, he might be able to live a stable life for a few days and enjoy the previous absurd and luxurious life.