As soon as the two of them looked up, they saw that it was the county order coming, so they hurriedly got up and saluted, Li Yanqing waved his hand and smiled: "Are you still comfortable here?" ”

Thanks to Li Yanqing's power as a county order, the Hao brothers have regained their new identities in Jiayu, and they are currently two ordinary farmers in Jiayu County, who have changed their surnames to Chen and are called Chen Da and Chen Er.

Hao Da bowed and said: "Thank you for your concern, we have adapted to a new identity and a new life!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, and patted the shell of the sky-shaking thunder that looked like a pumpkin, "I feel that this shell is thicker than before." ”

Hao Er said with a smile: "The county gentleman doesn't know, the saltpeter I bought this time is better than before, I used to use nitrate powder, but this time it is a small particle, almost half of the sesame seeds, this is the best raw nitrate for gunpowder, it burns more quickly and violently, and the explosive power is also greater, so the iron shell is made a little thicker, and it can be exploded, and the explosion is more violent." ”

"Have you ever experimented?"

Hao Da nodded, "We did an experiment in Yule Mountain yesterday, and it was completely successful. ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "It should be noon yesterday!" Yang Xiancheng also said that the sky was thundering and it was going to rain. ”

"It was yesterday at noon, and we tried three times in a row, and we succeeded."

"How many can you make now?"

"Now we have prepared three hundred catties of gunpowder, which can make thirty, but the key is that the iron shell can't keep up, and the king blacksmith can pour ten iron shells to succeed in one, which is more difficult, and we only have three iron shells in our hands at present."

"Ten of you succeed in one, it should be a problem with the mold, I remember you also have experience, why don't you help the blacksmith?"

"The county gentleman is right, we do plan to go and see it in the afternoon, hoping to help him."

At this moment, there was a burst of cheers outside, Li Yanqing walked out of the big tent, only to see a long line of boats lined up on the river, slowly entering the naval camp in turn, and the first warship to come in was the thousand-stone car ship that Li Yanqing had boarded and watched.

The sailors all rushed to the shore to cheer and wave their arms, and at this time, Zhang Hu saw Li Yanqing and hurriedly ran up.

"See the county gentleman!" Zhang Hu knelt down on one knee and gave a military salute.

"The sailors are well trained, and it seems to be more effective than the previous village soldiers."

"Hui Xianjun, more than half of these 500 people have participated in the army and have a training foundation, so they are more effective."

"Participated in the army? How could that be at home. ”

"I also asked them, mainly a few years ago, the officers and soldiers encircled and suppressed Fang La several times, and tens of thousands of troops were scattered, so they returned to their hometowns, and there were also soldiers who participated in Fang La's army, and Fang La fled back to his hometown after the defeat, probably these two reasons."

"I see, have you found the right person? I've told you before. ”

"The lowly did find two people."

Zhang Hu turned around and shouted, "Call Mai Shi and Xie Bo over!" ”

Not long after, two burly men came, both about thirty years old, and when he saw Li Yanqing, he hurriedly knelt down on one knee, "See the county gentleman!" ”

Li Yanqing saw that they were skillful and quite imposing, and he could see that they should have also led soldiers.

Zhang Hu introduced to Li Yanqing, "Mai Shi is a native of Jiangxia, once served as a deputy commander in the Hangzhou Xiang Army, there are more than 1,000 people, after Hangzhou was broken by Fang La, the army was scattered, he returned to his hometown Jiangxia, another Xie Bo is a native of our Jiayu County, once served as the commander of the Fang La army, there are 3,000 people, at the end of last year, Fang La's 200,000 army was defeated by the official army, he also fled back to his hometown, hoping to participate in the suppression of bandits and meritorious atonement, both of them are very good in water, both have experience in leading troops, and I currently appoint the two of them as the deputy head. ”

Li Yanqing nodded, and said to the two: "Zhang Hu is my most trusted subordinate, since he recommended the two of you, then I also believe that you can lead the army well, from now on, I will appoint the two of you as the left and right governors of the navy, each with two hundred and fifty people." ”

The two hugged their fists and said: "The humble position will never disappoint the expectations of the county monarch!" ”

Li Yanqing said to Zhang Hu again: "How to divide the army and how to distribute the ships, after you and the two heads of the capital, write a report to me, and I can implement it after approval." ”

"Obey the order!"

Zhang Hu also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't know the nature of the water, at most he could only train soldiers on the shore, and finally handed over the army before the ship training.

At this time, a catcher rushed in the distance, ran to Li Yanqing and panted and said: "County Jun, there is an urgent matter to report!" ”

"What's the matter?"

Catch quickly stepped forward and whispered a few words to Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing frowned, "When did you find out?" ”

"Just now!"

Li Yanqing immediately instructed Zhang Hu a few words, then turned over and galloped towards the county seat, and after a while, he returned to the county government with a few entourage, only to see Zhang Bao running down the steps.

"Where is the faith?"

"Just a note!"

Zhang Bao handed a note to Li Yanqing, the note had a hole pierced in it, this was a note shot with an arrow, he opened the note, and there was only one sentence on it, "The Black-Hearted Dragon King will attack the fleet in the near future, be careful!" ’

Li Yanqing was surprised in his heart, who shot this note?

He groaned and asked, "Where is the arrow that pierces this note?" ”

Zhang Bao handed an arrow to Li Yanqing, this is an abnormal crossbow arrow, only half a foot long, Li Yanqing suddenly laughed, he had seen this short crossbow arrow, he knew who was calling the police.

At this time, Yang Ju, the county magistrate, and Zhou Ping, the county lieutenant, also came out of the county government quickly, and Yang Ju was very dissatisfied: "Even if you report the news, you can't shoot the plaque of the county government, this is the biggest disrespect to the county government!" ”

"Shot a plaque?"

Li Yanqing turned his head to look at the county government plaque above the steps, and there were four big characters written on the silver-edged black-background plaque, 'Jiayu County Ya', he was slightly stunned, and asked: "Since it was shot from the front, why didn't the official at the door see it?" ”

Zhang Bao bowed down and reported: "At that time, an ox cart passed through the gate of the county ya, and the arrow was shot from the ox cart, and the two officials happened to have no knives on their bodies, so they did not dare to chase them, they ran into the yamen and told the lowly office, and the ox cart was gone when the lowly post came out. ”

Zhou Ping next to him groaned and asked, "Could this be that Zhang Shun sent someone to remind us?" ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "It's not Zhang Shun, I've seen this arrow in the capital, and it's the second time he's helped me, so he should be his own." ”

"But how did he know that the Blackheart Dragon King was going to attack the fleet?" Yang Ju asked puzzled.

Li Yanqing said slowly: "There is only one possibility!" ”

Yang Ju and Zhou Ping glanced at each other, and they immediately understood what Li Yanqing might mean.

........

Li Yanqing returned to his house and went back to the study directly, the little maid Xu Wu Xiaoniang brought him a cup of tea, this time Cao Yun recruited a total of seven little maids, among which Xu Wu Xiaoniang specially served Li Yanqing, combed his hair and changed clothes, served tea and water, and so on.

Li Yanqing smiled and said to her: "Go and find Miss Hu, just say that I have something important!" ”

"Yes!" Xu Wu Xiaoniang saluted and hurriedly went.

After a while, hurried footsteps sounded, and I saw Hu Qing'er wearing a samurai uniform appear at the door, "Big brother, are you looking for me?" ”

Since Hu Qing'er assisted Li Yanqing and Zhang Shun in the martial arts competition, she has been practicing martial arts hard during this time, especially practicing flying stones and flying knives, she has realized that she is about to participate in the battle against bandits, and the war hidden in her heart has been ignited again, and the embroidery that she has just studied for a few days has been left behind by her.

Hu Qing'er walked into the study, and saw the short crossbow arrow on the table at a glance, she was immediately surprised, "This is Yan Qing's short crossbow arrow, is he here too?" ”

"All I can say is that he's already nearby, and he's sending me a message today that the Blackheart Dragon King is about to sneak up on our fleet."

"How could he know about the Blackheart Dragon King's decision?"

"Yes! How would he know? Can't you think of a reason? ”

"Could it be ......." Hu Qing'er covered her mouth in surprise, could it be that Yan Qing had already blended into the water thieves of the Black-Hearted Dragon King?

"What is Yan Qing's water nature?" Li Yanqing asked again.

"He is the scout leader of Liang Shanbo, following Ruan Xiaowu, his water nature is no less than me, and he is good at disguise, if he blends into the team of the Black-Hearted Dragon King, we will definitely not recognize him."

"But his accent ......"

"There is no problem with his accent, he can speak fluent Yunzhou dialect and Beijing dialect, if he says that he is the scattered Liangshan army, the black-hearted dragon king will definitely use him."

"Is there a connection between the Black-Hearted Dragon King and the Liangshan Army?"

Hu Qing'er said gloomily: "My father told me that Song Jiang once wanted to establish contact with the water thieves on the Yangtze River, and it is estimated that he was with the black-hearted Dragon King, but I don't know if there is a specific connection, this kind of thing is usually done secretly by Dai Zong." ”

Li Yanqing was silent for a moment and said, "This time the bandits may be too dangerous, you'd better not go." ”

Hu Qing'er said calmly: "If the eldest brother doesn't want to rely on Zhang Shun completely, then I must be allowed to participate, otherwise it will be difficult for the eldest brother to escape the attack of the water ghost on the warship." ”

Li Yanqing was really a little hesitant, he hoped that Hu Qing'er would join the war and play her huge role, but he was worried that Hu Qing'er would be in danger.

"Think about it again!"

"Then how is the big brother going to deal with the Blackheart Dragon King's sneak attack fleet?"

Li Yanqing smiled faintly, "Since I already know, of course I will set up a feast to entertain our guests from afar." ”