Bai Yan and Wei Zhengzi turned pale. "You, are you entrusted by the government?" Bai Yan looked at him in disbelief. This was the famous leader of Dagushan Village, one of the three major water bandits of Poyang with more than 4,000 troops!
"Have you accepted the recruitment?" Wei Zhengzi also asked.
"That's not true." Bai Lang said so that the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead.
"Then why...?" Bai Yan was still puzzled.
"I talked with Master Tongzhi for an hour and made it clear that I wanted to lead my troops to reclaim swamp wasteland in the west of the lake. Master Tongzhi has agreed to make a request for me to the Xuanfu Envoy of Jiangnan West Road. If Jiangxi refuses, he will directly give me the request. The emperor submits..."
"Wait a minute, how can he, a colleague, have the right to go directly to heaven?" Wei Zhengzi stopped him and asked.
"Don't you know? Zhao Tongzhi is a yellow belt, and he and today's emperor are uncles and brothers!"
"So that's it!" The two were shocked: "But, how did you find a way to find him?"
"I was also surprised." Bai Lang smiled and said, "Later, Mr. Tongzhi told me that it was the southern patrol inspector Li Sanlang who tried his best to encourage him to come to talk to me.
Li Sanlang believed that Bai was only collecting protection fees and had never harmed the traveler. Although Xiao Jucao was in trouble, if he could redeem himself, there would be excusable circumstances. "
"Oh! So how do you, Lord Tongzhi, want you to atone for your sins?" Wei Zhengzi asked curiously.
"The situation faced by the government this time is different from before." After Bai Lang finished speaking, he contacted Jiangshan Army and Liaohuazi and others, and told them about Yang Xing's plan to attack Raozhou.
"Yang Xing is a guest army," Bai Lang said angrily: "This Liaohuazi only cares about his own interests and has no idea how much damage Jiangshan's army will bring to Raozhou if it enters Raozhou.
If they were allowed to succeed, not only would the officers and soldiers be bleeding everywhere, how could the people of Raozhou be saved? Bailang grew up in Raozhou, and he never wanted his father to suffer such a cruel attack! "
"So that's it!" Wei Zhengzi nodded and looked at Bai Yan. He knew that Bai Yan's parents were originally from Raozhou, but later the family moved to Huxi, and Bai Yan grew up in Huxi.
"We have also heard about the actions of the Jiangshan Army. I heard that they were making a big fuss in Fuzhou Prefecture. Almost all the wealthy households suffered. Every household only had rations and the rest were confiscated." Bai Yan sighed:
"To be honest, we have been hesitating about whether to get on this boat, but the problem now is that if we don't get on the boat, Chen Yuanhai has too many people and the boat is big, and our arms can't twist his thighs.
But just following them to do things that harm the people, I won't do anything, and I won't be willing to be used by them. Daozhang Wei and I were talking about this before you came. Alas, there is nothing we can do! "
"So I'm not here at the right time?" Bai Lang said with a smile.
"Master Bai only went to the island. His courage is admirable. It's just..."
"Don't worry." Bai Lang smiled and waved his hand: "You just pretend that nothing happens tomorrow and send out troops as you please. Someone will help you with the rest."
"Ah?" The two of them were stunned: "You still want us to send troops? But didn't you say there was an ambush by the army?"
"The officers and soldiers are ambushing there to target the Chen family and their buddies. What are you afraid of?" Bai Lang told them: "Just think of it as accompanying him, no, seeing him off. You want him to leave happily and comfortably. I'm willing. Someone will help you with other things, so don't worry."
"But... what if you can't kill him... and he comes back and bites you...?" Wei Zhengzi frowned and twirled his beard, hesitantly saying. He was afraid that Chen Yuanhai would escape with his life and come back to settle the score with him.
"Don't worry!" Bai Lang sneered and gritted his teeth and said, "I came here under the pretense of drinking wedding wine this time. Although there are only a hundred people around me, there are actually thousands of people scattered and sneaking around Shinao Village.
When you start fighting over there, I will wipe out his village here, which can be regarded as eliminating a scourge for the people around Jinxian! "
"I understand." Wei Zhengzi slapped his thigh: "Are you borrowing the heads of the Chen family and his son to submit a certificate to the government?" The three of them looked at each other and burst into laughter.
Bai Yan felt relieved after seeing Bai Lang away. He stood in the room and suddenly sneered, and then said to Wei Zhengzi:
"It's wonderful,
The Chen family's father and son are complacent, but they don't know that the mantis is in front of them and the oriole is behind them. When they are uprooted by others, I wonder what they can do! "
"Oh, now I feel much more comfortable. Finally, a stone has been laid down! Bailang arrived just in time. If he had arrived half a day or a day later, we might have to be buried with the Chen family. Wouldn't that be an injustice?"
Wei Zhengzi was smiling all over his face, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to have relaxed a lot.
At this moment, Bai Yan turned around and saw Bai Chuan walking towards the door again.
"Hey, why are you here again?" He originally arranged for his three sons to take turns guarding the camp at night after he set off. Baichuan is the eldest, and his position should be in the lobby of Juyi Hall tonight.
Seeing him reappearing in the courtyard dedicated to receiving guests, Bai Yan was a little surprised: "Isn't there another guest?"
"Father, I'm sure you have a visitor." Bai Chuan replied with his hands crossed in surprise.
"Are there really guests?" Bai Yan looked back at the Taoist priest: "What day is it today?"
"Never mind it, the big deal has been decided anyway, it's okay for you to see me."
Bai Yan turned around and asked, "Who is it this time?"
"It's Mr. Ren from Botang Village." Kanshu La
"Um?"
The Taoist priest reacted first: "Brother, we need to meet this person!"
"Please!"
Ren Er strode into the house: "Ren Er has met Master Bai. Oh, the Taoist priest is here too? That's great, let's talk about it together, so that I don't have to run around."
Both of them were stunned when they heard what he said. Bai Yan asked him to sit down first and asked: "Running from house to house? It's so late. How many houses does Second Master Ren plan to run to?"
"We don't have much time, so I'll go straight ahead. You two, we have a total of 13 leaders in Huxi's troop dispatch this time. I would like to ask Master Wei, how many of them do you think will follow the Chen family wholeheartedly?" Ren Er asked this at the beginning of the article, Pretty straightforward.
Wei Zhengzi looked at Bai Yan and said with a little thought: "Starting from our Qingyuan Temple in the west and reaching Rhinoceros Bay in the east, we have a total of seven families. Including the Fan family in Guizhai and Qinglan Lake, there are ten families.
I think the only ones who really follow the Chen family are Shangtang Village, then Hutou Village of Qinglan Zhou Datou, and Liao Huazi’s niece-in-law, Lu Jiutang of Yangfang Lake. Uh, I wonder what Mr. Ren means by asking this? "
"Both of you are smart people. I just want to ask a question. Please answer truthfully: If one of Chen Yuanhai's men dies in an ambush, will it be beneficial or harmful to you?" After Ren Er finished speaking, he wiped the short mustache on his thick lips. Look at these two.
"Second Master, let me ask you first," Wei Zhengzi leaned over and said in a low voice, "Will the government send someone to your side tonight?"
"Hey, how do you know?" Ren Er opened his small round eyes in surprise, and suddenly understood: "Could it be that someone has already... Oh, I understand! Hey, I also want to say that Tong Bai will make the first contribution to the family, but no I thought it was too late!"
Listening to his rueful words, both Bai Yan and Daoist Wei laughed out loud.
"But... I can't guarantee whether all these ten families have the same thoughts as us." Bai Yan stopped laughing and told them: "I'm only half sure about Gutang and Rhinoceros Bay."
"Whatever!" Ren Eryi waved his hand: "When the time comes, just follow them and leave, that's all. If not, our family can kill them. The Chen family can't beat them, so there's no problem with such trivial things!"
"Wait, let me ask you, how do you know that the army will definitely win this time?" Wei Zhengzi was surprised to see the excitement on his face, and deliberately raised questions to see what he would say.
Ren Er waved to the two of them to gather closer, whispered what Xie San'er said when he went to his camp, and finally said viciously:
"I think Chen Yuanhai will definitely not survive! As long as we lure him to Santang Town and leave the rest of the matter to the regiment training, we in Huxi will be less harmed from now on! It can be regarded as avenging my third brother!"
"That's good, but there are hundreds or thousands more widows!" Bai Yan sighed.
"Master Bai, please stop being merciful at this time." Ren Er shouted:
"Do you know Mr. Chen's idea? He wants to allocate your territory to Qinglan Lake, let all the families who are not very obedient go to Qinglan, and then allocate Zhou Datou to Junshan Lake, and he will occupy you himself
of Jinxi Lake.
In addition to here, the sites Liaohuazi promised him include Rhinoceros Bay, Yangfang Lake, Ruihong, Meixi, Shenbu and Datang. How about it? Now do you still want him to come back and become the leader of the entire Huxi?
Hearing what Ren Er said, Bai Yan suddenly understood why Bai Lang wanted to rush three hundred miles to pull out Shi Nao Village! If the Chen family is not eliminated, it will soon become the fourth force in the Great Lakes.
Chen Yuanhai will not only compete with him Bailang, but may even join forces with Polygonum Huazi to cut off both him and the finless porpoise. No wonder he went to all the trouble and really thought it was to eliminate harm for the people of Jinxian!
In Yugan County, a messenger in Tsing Yi wearing a hat jumped out of the gate of the Metropolitan Inspection Department and ran south along the street.
He was following the order of Chief of Staff Zhao Jingzi to go to Chen Gang's shop to look for Li Dan.
The two tooth flags (the edges are tooth-shaped) carried behind him were wetted by the rain as soon as they went out, but because the owner ran so fast, they unfolded "fluttering" in the wind, revealing the circular white moonlight above. "Urgent" and "Pass" are two big black characters.
The residents of Yugan have become accustomed to and understand the system and practices of group training, and know that there are two kinds of flags: green and black.
The green flag is a speedy transmission, which belongs to ordinary affairs. The order can be conveyed by walking quickly.
Whenever anyone sees a black flag, pedestrians on the street will immediately take the initiative to avoid it, knowing that the urgent message is an urgent matter and cannot be delayed. If anyone who is not afraid of death dares to deliberately block it, the messenger can kill him with his sword without saying a word!
So every time a black flag appears, some good helpers will run and jump behind them and shout: "Pass the black flag quickly, helpers avoid!" The messenger goes all the way through the alley, just like the fire truck in later generations.
While the messenger was running down the street, Li Dan was talking to brothers Chen Dayong, Chen Shuangji, and Chen Sanwen around a table of wooden models.
"This bearing is really easy to use. After using it, the noise of the vehicle is much smaller, and the rotation of the shaft and gears is smoother. But... it is very troublesome to make. One bearing requires two masters and three apprentices to do four or five steps. God, how can this work!
Although blacksmiths from various towns are now gathered here, and we have gathered dozens of masters, we still cannot supply enough! There are four pairs of wheels on a ship, each wheel has three paddles, and dozens of bearings are used at once.
When all the equipment is ready, the battle will be over long ago! "Chen Shuangji is a metalworker and speaks loudly and grandly. "What's more, we need it on the carriage, so we have to take care of one thing first.
Also, these ironworkers cannot specialize in making bearings. To make swords, guns, shovels and picks, people are needed everywhere! "
"Yes. What the second brother said makes sense!" Li Dan nodded affirmatively:
"Brother Ziru (Chen Sanwen), during the war, we don't have time to adjust production capacity. It's really good to use all new technologies and new components, but the reality is here, we can't pursue perfection too much.
In my opinion, it is better to follow the brothers' wishes and only use bearings in the most critical parts, omitting the rest for now, leaving it until we finish the war and figure out how to increase production, and then use it on a large scale. what do you say? "
"Well, it seems that's all we have to do!" Chen Salmon smacked his lips reluctantly.
"It doesn't matter. Third brother, if you want to be more open-minded, as long as we can win the battle, we will have plenty of time to think about it later!" Chen Dayong patted his brother on the shoulder and encouraged him:
"Use it on the steering base of the trebuchet first. Even so, what you create is enough for a thief to drink!
As for the waterwheel, we don't have time to install the bearings. Let the brothers grit their teeth and get through it first. Anyway, they usually have the same hard work treading water in the fields, and no one will blame you for this. "
"It's not that I'm afraid of being blamed. I'm thinking that saving everyone some effort might be beneficial to the battle," Chen Sanwen muttered.
"Okay, then this matter is settled, thank you two brothers!" Li Dan clasped his fists. Chen Dayong and Chen Shuangji were very happy because they solved the problem. They returned the favor with a relaxed smile and left with a few polite words.
It turned out that because of the ideal design of this bearing, which was widely used in cars and ships, a fierce quarrel broke out between the three brothers of the Chen family due to different opinions. In the end, Li Dan had to be invited to come over and make an on-site ruling.
After listening carefully to Chen Shuangji's opinions, Li Dan felt that they
It makes sense, but I didn't actually consider the production capacity issues of this era, so I easily agreed to Chen Sanwen's design.
"This is my fault. I thought it would be simple, but I didn't expect that it would take so much time and manpower to make this little thing."
Li Dan regretted it a little. He thought it was good at the time and didn't think much about it. He didn't expect that Bai Mi Yi Shu would spend seven or eight days on it in vain. When the enemy is approaching, these few days may be fatal even though they are not long!
Now we have to sacrifice sturdiness for manufacturing speed and try to make up for the lack of durability and reliability with quantity. Therefore, Li Dan took the initiative to take responsibility for Chen Sanwen, and he indeed felt that he was responsible for this matter.
"How can you, Li Sanlang, be held responsible? I completed this design, and the main fault lies with me." Chen Sanwen hurriedly said, "Well, I should have discussed it with my two brothers in advance, and maybe this wouldn't have happened. Already."
"This is a lesson for us!" Li Dan nodded: "We are the ones who design and make decisions, and we should communicate with the implementers. In the past, when the carriage came out, the eldest brother was at the scene, so there was no time to specifically consult with him. .
But this does not mean that everything we propose will be feasible and reasonable. After all, we are still too young and inexperienced. In the future, we must summarize these situations to prevent them from happening again.
After the war is over, factories and specialized design departments are established. At that time, you have to take out these experiences and examples and tell the newcomers what happened, so that they can avoid detours. Chen Salmon nodded heavily after hearing this.
