In the early morning of the next day, on Hulu Island, there were soldiers everywhere guarding and patrolling, everyone was armed with bird guns, and some of the commanding heights were even cold and shining machine guns, some of these people were the Black Flag Gang after Yang Lin was recruited, renamed Thunder. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The remnants of the Black Flag Gang were all disrupted and incorporated into the soldiers brought by Yang Lin, among the various squads, and accepted the training methods of this team.

Of course, the people who changed the most were those brought by Yang Lin, because they had never seen the big rivers and seas, had not trained in the rolling waves, and had not fought against the enemy on huge warships, so they were very lacking in naval warfare.

Under Zhuge Mou's teaching, subtle and careful training, and with excellent military qualities, these people quickly became familiar with the tactics of the sea and mastered some skills in manipulating cannons on warships.

Inside the cave of the Tibetan soldiers, in the meeting hall.

Just now, Qu Kun came in a hurry and left in a hurry, there were too many things waiting for him to do in Guangzhou Mansion. At this time, Qu Kun was not only Lei Ting's intelligence officer in Guangzhou Mansion, mainly responsible for the connection between Yang Lin and Lei Ting, but also the young master of the Deaf and Dumb Hall, the future deputy hall master, there were too many things in the hall that he needed to be familiar with.

The content of Qu Kun's transcription was on the table next to him, lying quietly, Qi Zhiyuan and Zhuge Mou had already seen it, and they had also heard Qu Kun's description of the whole thing, as well as the ins and outs.

"Head Qi, what do you mean by saying that the young master asked Ah Kun to send this? Do you want us to attack Macao, plunder the merchants of Luzon, so as to obtain nitrate, sell it, and make a windfall? ”

As Yang Lin's cronies, Qi Zhiyuan only agreed with Zhuge Mou's analysis that the marshal should let them loot more than 2,000 loads of nitrate.

Coming out of the followers, Qi Zhiyuan clearly knew that at this time, what the marshal lacked most was iron, copper and nitrate, raw materials for making weapons and ammunition, and it was impossible to sell the looted saltpeter.

"Mr. Zhuge , what the young master means should be like this, as for whether to sell nitrate or not, let's wait for the young master's order to come down, after all, we can't handle military supplies without authorization."

"Head Qi, it's too early to discuss the saltpeter that hasn't arrived yet, let's talk about whether we have the ability to attack Macau."

"Well, yes, Mr. Zhuge should be so, I don't know if you have any high opinions that are conducive to our operation this time?"

Zhuge Mou didn't answer immediately, but pondered a little, and after organizing the language, he showed a worried look on his face and said in a deep voice: "Commander Qi, you know, now our soldiers are just familiar with the methods of naval warfare, and most of them have never experienced naval warfare. ”

"Moreover, we only have more than 1,000 people in Thunder, there are not only Manchurian Tatar soldiers on Macau, but also Portuguese red-haired soldiers, and there are Portuguese fleets on the surrounding sea, a little farther away, there are Qianshan battalions in the former cottage, nearly 2,000 people, and there are garrisons in Xiangshan County, and there are many forts along the coast."

"Captain Qi, do you think that with our current strength, we can attack Macao? What's more, that batch of nitrate is still hidden in the Barbarian Pavilion, where foreigners are heavily guarded. ”

Qi Zhiyuan was silent, hesitated, paced back and forth, picked up the transcription paper again, and looked at it.

Seeing Qi Zhiyuan's hesitant expression, without the resoluteness and determination just now, and the intention of attacking Macao, Zhuge Mou couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and he was afraid from the bottom of his heart that Qi Zhiyuan's brain was hot and he acted impulsively.

These days of contact, these days of training, Zhuge Mou deeply liked the army brought by Yang Lin, the discipline is strict, every order can be carried out unhindered, and to complete it perfectly.

Zhuge Mou really didn't want the personnel of this army to have any unnecessary losses, because they carried too many hopes and too many ideals for Zhuge Mou.

Just when Zhuge Mou looked at a soldier on the side, looking at their attentive and vigilant expressions, and appreciating it, he was "Bang!" The sound of a bang on the table woke him up, and he turned his head sharply to look.

I saw that Qi Zhiyuan's hand on the table had just left, arguing over the paper, his face was excited, and he said excitedly: "Mr. Zhuge , I understand the real intention of the marshal, not to let us attack Macao. ”

Seeing Zhuge Mou's incomprehensible face and looking at him suspiciously, Qi Zhiyuan stepped over, stood in front of Zhuge Mou, pointed to the content of the paper, and said again and again: "Mr. Zhuge Mou, you see, it is written here that the place and time of the transaction of the merchants of Luzon are not in Macao. ”

Zhuge Mou nodded and said in response: "En, that's good." Nitrate sand is a prohibited item in the Qing court, and foreign merchants and Qing Dynasty personnel are prohibited from selling it privately, otherwise it is a felony, and of course it is impossible to trade on Macao. Moreover, the merchants of Luzon were not buying and selling with the Portuguese, but should be from some other force, most likely some pirate gang. ”

"There are so many nitrates, if they are traded in Macau, it is really eye-catching!"

Qi Zhiyuan looked at him with recognition, and said heartily: "Since it is on a desert island, then our opportunity has come." As long as the time comes, let's take it by surprise and attack suddenly, it will not be easy to capture. ”

Zhuge Mou had already understood Qi Zhiyuan's plan, although this trick was very taboo among pirates, Zhuge Mou had agreed and felt that it was feasible, so he echoed it.

"As long as we do it neatly and leave no traces, this operation will not only be able to loot more than 2,000 loads of nitrate and complete the tasks assigned by the young master, but also take this opportunity to hone the troops and check the results of the training during this time, which is simply killing two birds with one stone!"

After the two hit it off, they began to formulate a detailed plan of action, and they were all excited, and they couldn't wait, eager to act immediately, immediately loot the nitrate, and test this army known as Thunder.

At the same time, far away in the dental shop in Guangzhou Prefecture, Master Liu was concentrating on doing things, dealing with the applications of some merchants.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, which made Master Liu frown slightly, with an impatient look on his face, and shouted without raising his head: "Come in, what's the matter?" Come on, I don't have that much time to listen to you~"

"Master Liu, you're very busy, you're quite serious, and you live up to my trust~"

The familiar voice and familiar voice made Master Liu raise his head suddenly, quickly put down the official business in his hand, quickly stood up, and said respectfully: "My lord, why are you here?" If there's something to do, just send someone to call me, why bother to come in person? ”

It was Yang Lin, with a faint smile on his face, who came straight to Master Liu, took out an envelope from his sleeve, handed it over, and instructed: "Master Liu, send someone to hand this over to Feng Zhuogan, let him do what the letter says, and don't worry about the rest." ”

Master Liu took the envelope suspiciously, looked at it slightly, and when he looked up again, Yang Lin still walked away, and was about to disappear in front of the door of the house.

"Okay, Master Liu, you go on errands, I'll go first."

For a while, Master Liu was a little confused, very puzzled, and wondered why Yang Lin actually came in person for a letter, and directly ordered the officials to go, isn't it okay? Why do you have to go through your own hands?

Just hesitated for a moment, Master Liu didn't dare to delay, and immediately hurriedly left the office building, explained to the officials, and delivered the envelope to Feng Zhuogan. (To be continued.) )