The Thirteenth of the Fourth Wancheng Years: Red Lady (1)

Nanyang Mansion City.

When Long Thirteen returned to Fucheng, it was already late June.

At this time, the two "warships" in his heart had completed sea trials, and the construction of the other eight had begun.

His main concern was that the elliptical bow structure would upset the balance of ships that had always been in ancient China, but the end result proved that he underestimated the skill of the shipwright at this time.

Since ancient times, Chinese craftsmen, no matter what industry they are in, have been passed down from master to apprentice, and have never been passed down from generation to generation on paper.

Until the appearance of Song Yingxing.

However, even Song Yingxing can't write down all the skills and tricks of the craftsmen, and it is impossible for people to tell him everything.

In fact, at least at this time, China was still ahead of Europe in terms of smelting steel, nitrate powder, and sulfur, but because it could not be popularized on a large scale, and there was a gateway among craftsmen, it could not be improved quickly.

But there are some things that you only need to mention a little, and the old craftsmen will understand it after a little more pondering, and he can do it much more than Dragon Thirteen has taught them.

Balance, it's in their minds.

Therefore, with such a bow, the layout of every rib, plank, gang and various ancillary facilities on board will be within their consideration, and there will be no accidents at all.

As for Long Thirteen, he only knew a rough idea, starting from the construction of each keel, rib, and plank, he would ask the apprentices who had been taught by Li Xin and Long Xiaoshi sent here in the old camp to use the latest rulers, scales, containers and other weighing instruments to measure them carefully, and write them down, and finally form a structural diagram of a ship.

That's enough.

At present, the cultivation and workshop affairs of the entire Nanyang Mansion are also handled in an orderly manner under the jurisdiction of his chief civil officer, Li Xin.

Also, needless to say, the old camp is already tightly tied to Long Thirteen, and it is impossible to produce moths, and for local farmers, craftsmen, and merchants, only if they have land to plant, something to do, they can do business freely, and it is impossible to make trouble.

For ordinary people, the vast majority of them want to live a stable life, and no exception is at any time.

Therefore, even if there are still some gentry who are secretly dissatisfied, they can only secretly dare not get it on the table, and the miserable death of Zhou Jiali and others has not been long in coming.

As soon as he returned to Fucheng, he received good news.

"Big Boss"

Since Long Xiaoshi had been following him, the news was first passed on to him by Li Xin.

"Good News"

"Oh?" , Long Shisan looked at him with interest, this Li Xin is actually only two years older than him, and he is only twenty-two years old this year, but when he is away, he takes care of the affairs of the entire Nanyang Mansion in an orderly manner, and there are few people who look at the entire Ming Dynasty with this ability.

"Don't be busy"

Long Thirteen has always maintained the habit of being good at using his brain.

"Since it's good news, it must be that the officers and troops around it haven't arrived at my Nanyang Mansion so quickly."

"The eyes of the big bosses are like torches, and that's exactly what happened."

"Let me think about it", as soon as he heard this, Long Thirteen was also very happy, if he could have enough time to let his new army, new ships, new guns, and new guns be fully trained, it would be great.

"It's definitely not from the south, as we discussed before, the Zhu Xieyuan division in the south is not the main direction of attack, they will definitely decide their next move with the progress of Fu Zonglong and Lu Xiangsheng's two divisions."

"Yes"

"That's Fu Zonglong, the various departments under Lu Xiangsheng's jurisdiction are strong, and Luo Rucai, who stayed in Dabie Mountain, can't be an opponent, and it's impossible to defeat the department in a short time."

"The minds of the departments under the jurisdiction of Xuan Mo in the north are the same as those of Zhu Xieyuan in the south, they are all waiting to move."

"Fu Zonglong's troops are all defeated generals under our department, even if they recruit new soldiers, their combat power is estimated to be almost the same as that of the righteous army, and the two divisions of Zijin Liang may also rely on Dabie Mountain and Tongbai Mountain

Let's talk about it."

"The big boss's guess is completely correct, it is the non-mud department that we usually look down on the most, the ministry was originally swimming between Dabie Mountain and Tongbai Mountain, and has been wandering in the mountains, and recently, the department defeated Liu Liangzuo, the general of the Runing Mansion who made meritorious contributions, in the mountains."

"Liu Liangzuo's department was almost completely wiped out by our department in Shanxi, because the department was a man under the sixth deputy general of the Beijing camp, after the defeat, the imperial court did not blame him, but just demoted him by one level, and let him continue to guard Runing Mansion as a guerrilla general."

"After this guy returned to Runing Mansion, he still had hundreds of soldiers from the Beijing Battalion under his hands, and based on this, with the help of the gentry and merchants of Runing Mansion, he recruited troops and horses, and reluctantly pulled up another 3,000 men."

"Since Runing Mansion is his jurisdiction, although it is under the jurisdiction of Fu Zonglong, in order to atone for his sins, he has been following closely without mud and following him into the mountains."

"At this time, there are seven or eight more families that are not muddy, and there are thousands of horsemen in total, as well as tens of thousands of old battalions."

"If these centaurs alone are not muddy, they are still not Liu Liangzuo's opponents......

Speaking of this, Long 13 interjected, "Could it be that there are still local rebels at the junction of Dabie Mountain and Tongbai Mountain?"

"Exactly, it's strange to say, the leader of the rebel army here is still a female streamer, her real surname is Fan, an artist in the rivers and lakes, some martial arts, and she is quite famous in Xinyang Prefecture."

"The troupe she belongs to is called Fan Jiaban, and recently Fan Lihua assisted Xue Dingshan to conquer the west, and the drama has been circulated in Henan, this woman is called Fan Lihua because of her fame, but in their troupe, she is called the Red Lady."

"Red lady?" , Long Thirteen looked at Li Xin and seemed to be quite curious about this name.

Li Xin continued: "Last year, Fan Jiaban was bullied by a son of a former official in Xinyang Prefecture, and the scoundrel wanted to accept the red lady as a concubine, but the red lady refused, and the two sides couldn't push it, and the red lady killed the scoundrel by mistake."

"This is a big trouble, the head of the Fan family class had to go away to Tongbai Mountain under the scoundrel, and finally was accepted by a group of homeless people who were also forced to go up the mountain by the gentry, this Fan family class has more than a dozen people who are quite martial arts, and after coming and going, the class owner has become the leader of this group of homeless."

"Not long ago, the head of the class died of illness, and since he only had the daughter of the red lady, everyone elected her to become the new leader."

"When he first entered Tongbai Mountain, because he was not familiar with the terrain and roads, he suffered a loss under Liu Liangzuo's hand, and at this time the red lady appeared, and under his leadership, he turned defeat into victory without mud, and set up an ambush to defeat Liu Liangzuo."

"After Liu Liangzuo suffered this defeat, his strength was greatly reduced, and he saw the opportunity without mud, and selected the elite to raid Xinyang Prefecture City overnight, then Liu Liangzuo was panicked after returning to Xinyang Prefecture, and he borrowed wine overnight to drown his sorrows, and he forgot to strengthen the city defense, so the city was captured by the mud!"

"I was overjoyed to get Xinyang Prefecture City without mud, and the army turned back."

"How did you know all this?"

"The big boss, since the Zijin Liang and Bu Mu two divisions marched west along the foothills of Tongbai Mountain, they were attacked by the official army from time to time, and many of the rebels were scattered, and there were some who ran to Nanyang Mansion in a panic, and the same is true for the official army, and some of them also strayed into Nanyang Mansion, so they ......."

Dragon Thirteen nodded, "What about the end?"

"Hehe", Li Xin suddenly sneered, "After winning Xinyang Prefecture City without mud, he wanted to marry the Red Lady, and the Red Lady naturally refused, because there were already seven or eight ladies in the mud, and he was afraid of his revenge, so he brought his subordinates closer to our department."

"She is quite smart, and before she came, she sent someone to contact us."

"Oh?" , Long Thirteen was even more interested, and secretly thought: "I originally thought that Li Yan and the Red Lady were fake, but I didn't expect that there was not only Li Yan, but also the Red Lady, but I didn't expect that Li Yan didn't know the Red Lady at this time, could it be that God has his own arrangements?"

(Li Yan is the name that Li Xin changed after committing the crime)

"Where are they now?"

"According to that man, he was near Tongbai County before he came, and he should have arrived near Tang County now......

"Then you go and greet you."

"Me?" , Li Xin couldn't believe his ears, "Big boss, let Yuan Zongdi, who is stationed in Tang County, go and greet him in this matter, I still have ...... here."

As he was talking, Long Xiaoshi came in with a curtain.

He said, "I can't welcome it."

Dragon Thirteen asked, "Why is that?"

"I just received news from Yuan Zongdi that when the Red Lady's department had just walked out of Tongbai Mountain, it was attacked by Bai Wang, the official garrison stationed in Zaoyang County, and the department was defeated, and the Red Lady was also captured by Bai Wang."

"This ......"

Long 13 said, "Without further ado, Li Xin, you personally cavalry, 1,000 pikemen, 2,000 musketeers, and some artillery immediately go to Zaoyang County."

"Big boss!"

"The location of Zaoyang County is as important as Yuzhou in Nanyang Mansion, in the past, we didn't want to cast too much net due to insufficient troops, and now the rebels wanted to take refuge in us, but they were ambushed halfway, and we are also responsible."

"After you go, immediately launch an attack on Zaoyang County, I will let Zhuang Zigu go with you, these horses, even if the enemy still has a backhand, they are not afraid, I will let Yuan Zongdi assist you in secret."

"By the way, as soon as possible, the red lady is a woman, it's not good if it's late, after capturing Zaoyang County, let Zhuangzigu be stationed there......

"Big boss, I'm afraid this is not good, I know that the training of the recruits has been completed for two months, and you want to take the opportunity to experience it, but Zhuang Zi is ......

"Do you want to say that this person used to be an official and army general, and he didn't wait long to serve me? It doesn't matter, this person was originally an outlaw in Liaodong, and now he is desperate, what can he do if he doesn't attach himself to us?"

"Besides, it's not easy for my troops to be easily pulled away, don't worry, the cavalry I handed over to him are all old cavalry, and they won't get in the way."

Seeing that Li Xin gradually calmed down, he said, "In addition to taking Zaoyang City, we must rescue the red lady!"

On the same day, Li Xin set off with the army, and along the way, he kept thinking, "Why does the big boss miss the red lady? Do you want to take a concubine again?"