Wu Tianxiao spread it out and said: "By virtue of the death of the capital eunuch, there are no outsiders in Zhoushan now. If you become the prefect of Ningbo, then the imperial court will inevitably send another prefect of Zhoushan to replace you. If you can buy it then, you will be fine. But if you can't buy it, there will be an accident. Don't say that you can't escape the life of being beheaded even if you become the prefect, and I will also flee to Dongfan Island, and then this Shuangyu Port will be destroyed in the war. So Master Tang, I advise you. You still honestly do this Zhoushan county. If you want silver, I will give you silver, and if you want food, I will give you food. You Tang Xianyao tremble every day, isn't it just to make more money? Aren't you making money just to enjoy your happy days? Case. Why do you have to work so hard and climb up with trepidation? It's better to take advantage of the strength to be a happy lord, marry a few more concubines, and drink and talk happily every day, why not. ”

Tang Xianyao also woke up when he heard this. Busy said: "It's still Wu Ye who can see it thoroughly, but the lower officials are confused for a while." ”

Wu Tianxiao nodded in appreciation, but Tang Xianyao also had his own worries, so he also said bluntly: "Don't dare to deceive Wu Ye." There is still a pimple in Xia Guan's heart, if he can get a word from Wu Ye, Xia Guan will definitely be willing to make cattle and horses for Wu Ye in the future. ”

Wu Tianxiao said: "You say." ”

Tang Xianyao said: "I know that Wu Ye is a heroic man who stresses righteousness and credit, and he will do what he says, and the lower officials will speak out." It is also a great risk for the lower officials to hide from the court for Wu Ye. The lower officials are only afraid that if the matter is broken in the future, the lower officials of the court will die. So. Xiaguan implored Wu Ye to give him a promise, if things break down in the future, Wu Ye has to protect Xiaguan's family. ”

Wu Tianxiao smiled when he heard this: "Hahaha...... Soup-sama. You're really shrewd. Good. I will give you a promise today, if the matter of Zhoushan is punctured in the future, I, Wu Tianxiao, will take you and your family and go to Tamsui City on Dongfan Island. It's outside the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, and the court can't catch you if it wants to. Just one thing you have to keep in mind. You Tang Xianyao must not do evil, deceive the good and do evil. Otherwise, if this matter is not exposed, the court will not kill you, and I will kill you. ”

Tang Xianyao puffed up his chest and said: "This is nature. Although the lower officials are greedy for the officials, they are also reading the books of the sages, and the people who are knowledgeable and reasonable, and the lower officials have never done anything that lacks morality. is to marry a concubine, which was also bought for a lot of money. But if people are unwilling, the lower officials will not coerce others. ”

Wu Tianxiao smiled: "Okay." If you say so, then you can rest assured. If you want, you can prepare now, and when there is a boat back to Tamsui, your family can go with you. ”

Tang Xianyao was overjoyed when he heard this: "Thank you so much for Wu Ye's care, in the future, the lower officials will definitely look forward to Wu Ye's horse." ”

After sending Tang Xianyao away, Wu Tianxiao asked Jia Youshi, Jiang Zhuang and others to take some people to go to Hangzhou City pretending to be businessmen, and they wanted to send people to investigate the situation in Hangzhou Mansion first, and find out some routes by the way. More importantly, it is necessary to ambush some people near the city gate of Hangzhou City to make a response. He also explained that the city gate closest to the Qiantang River was the main ambush place, because the proximity to the Qiantang River was the fastest, best and safest retreat direction. Wu Tianxiao was going to take a boat this time and rush directly into the mouth of the Qiantang River, and it was safest to be closest to the boat. Wu Tianxiao, on the other hand, led people to temporarily modify two artillery pieces in Shuangyu Port.

At this time, the guns equipped by Wu Jiajun were all of the same style, that is, a gun barrel was mounted on a gun carriage, and there was a scale gear on the gun carriage, which could make the muzzle move up and down 45 degrees. Under the gun carriage was mounted a rotating chassis, which allowed the gun carriage to rotate ninety degrees to the left and right. The chassis of the gun carriage was mounted on a sheave wheel on the inner deck of the ship, and the wall of the ship could be opened to shoot outwards when the gun windows were opened. Therefore, the current artillery is fixed on the gun carriage, and after the gun is fired, the gun and the gun carriage will be drawn back along the groove wheel to remove the recoil, and the gun can move back and forth, but it cannot be moved. It is highly likely that artillery will be needed to help this robbery. Therefore, Wu Tianxiao personally led the craftsmen to modify the gun carriages of the two guns, dismantled the chassis of the gun carriages, and installed the wheels of the carriage, so that the guns could be dragged and moved by horses.

Three days later, the two guns were refitted, and Jia Youshi and Jiang Zhuang also returned to Shuangyu Port. The two informed Wu Tianxiao that they had let the two or three hundred brothers ambush near the east gate of Hangzhou. The east gate goes out to the Qiantang wharf, and one or two miles from the wharf goes ashore to the east of Hangzhou under the city gate. And bring back a map of the inner and outer city streets of Hangzhou. Soon, Chen Qianhe also came to see Wu Tianxiao with first-hand information.

After Wu Tianxiao carefully looked at the information sent from both sides for a while, he asked Jia Yuan to take another two thousand taels of silver and hand it to Chen Qianhe, and asked Chen Qianhe to say to him: "Brother Chen will go back first." It's best not to alarm the guard post this time, if you alarm the guard post, in case the commander sends you to support, then ask Brother Chen to take care of it a little more, and delay it if you can. Otherwise, when the time comes, both sides will be killed, and the swords and guns will have no eyes, and it will not be good for you and me to be injured. You've also seen that most of my men are firecrackers, and those firecrackers can kill people three or five hundred paces away, and it won't be good if you hurt them. ”

Wu Tianxiao was even persuaded and frightened, and asked Chen Qianhe to agree: "That's nature, that's nature." Why can't I meet my brothers and soldiers, I'll take care of it then. If nothing else, I'll go first. "Send Chen Qianhe away. Wu Tianxiao summoned the generals to discuss the matter of robbing the prison.

Wu Tianxiao pointed to the topographic map of Hangzhou provided by Chen Qianhe: "The east gate of Hangzhou City is here. Jia Youshi, where are your brothers in ambush basically located? ”

Jia Youshi looked at the map and thought for a while, then pointed to the map and said: "Some of our brothers live in the restaurants on the left and right sides of Dongmen Street, and we also temporarily rented a house in the private house on the right, and there are dozens of brothers living in disguise as vendors. ”

Jiang Zhuang added: "There is a ruined temple on the left side of the east gate, where some of our brothers who pretend to be foot-walking traders are staying. ”

Wu Tianxiao asked, "How are the guards of Hangzhou City?" ”

Jia Youshi replied: "The guards are very lax, I have paid attention to it in the past two days, from the gate of the city to the gatehouse, there are dozens of guards up and down, at best there are less than a hundred people." Except for extorting money from the merchants and merchants, the guards at the city gate did not have any fighting spirit, and they just gambled and drank together all day long. ”

Wu Tianxiao looked at the information given by Chen Qianhe and listened to Jia Youshi's words. Thinking about it: "The garrison of the guard post established in the jurisdiction of Hangzhou Prefecture is as high as 20,000, but the number of people in this establishment is from the Hongwu period, and it is impossible to have such a number now." ”

Then Wu Dayou said at this time: "Dashuai." I can't believe this compilation. Perhaps the number of people in the Hongwu period will not be too short. But until now. The guard house has rotted to the end from top to bottom. If there are 6,000 people in the establishment of 20,000, then the commander will burn high incense. In front, when we pretended that the Japanese invaded Zhoushan, Chen Qianhe was a thousand households, and it took three or five days to pull out half of the guards, and when he arrived at the Zhoushan wharf, he didn't dare to move forward half a step. It's not that his subordinates are arrogant, with the current strength of the commander, as long as he can deceive the gate of Hangzhou, it is possible to take down Hangzhou City. ”

Wu Tianxiao said with a smile: "Even now, there are only six thousand garrisons in Hangzhou City, which is not a small number. What's more, we don't need to attack the city of Daming, we are just plundering this time. ”

Then Wu Tianxiao said to Jia Youshi and Jiang Zhuang: "Since the guards on the east side are so lax, if you launch a surprise attack, can you be sure to capture the east gate and open the city gate?" ”

Jia Youshi said: "As long as the weapons can be transported in, plus fifty firearms, we will definitely be able to capture the east gate and open the city gate within an hour." ”