More than 40 black-clothed men tied their hands and feet were kneeling on the deck by a large group of sailors with the tips of their knives, and more than a dozen corpses were displayed next to them, also all dressed in black.

Luo Mingshou was wearing pajamas with his chest open, and was about to scold his mother because of the disturbance of a good dream, when he inadvertently swept down the gunpowder, fierce fire oil and other things piled up on the side of the hill from the corner of his eye, and suddenly fell asleep, only to feel a chill behind him - just now these people were loading gunpowder under his boat, and at the same time, there were people setting fire to the upwind port, this is to catch themselves all!

And if someone hadn't happened to find these thieves tonight and warned them in time, he would have been buried in the fire at this time.

"I'm losing my mother!" Luo Mingshou's face was gloomy, and he pointed to the kneeling man in black, "Ask, who sent them." ”

Immediately, several shirtless strong men stepped forward to pick up the thieves who burned the ship and tortured them.

Luo Mingshou turned his head again and asked, "Do you know which way to warn us?" ”

Before anyone could reply, some of his subordinates communicated to him, saying that Staff Officer Zhang Jiayu and Zhang of the Dragon Guard Army had come to pay a visit.

Dragon Guard? Isn't that King Chen's team? Luo Mingshou suddenly remembered that King Chen had reminded him to prevent thieves from setting fire to the ship, and he suddenly understood eight or nine points in his heart, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Please!" ”

Zhang Jiayu boarded the wide warship, and saw that Luo Mingshou had led the crowd to stand at the hatch of the ship to greet him, and hurriedly bowed to him: "It seems that the thief has been captured." The thief is very vicious, so it's good that Luo is safe! ”

"Dare to ask Lord Zhang, these patrols on the shore are the headquarters of the Dragon Guard?"

Zhang Jiayu smiled, "Exactly." ”

Luo Mingshou immediately knelt on one knee and clasped his fists hard to salute, "Luo Ming received more than 3,000 brothers under his command to thank Lord Zhang for saving his life!" ”

Hundreds of sailors behind him also knelt down and shouted, "Thank you, Lord Zhang, for saving your life!" ”

Zhang Jiayu hurriedly helped him up, shook his head and said, "It's not Jiayu's work." This is the order of our Royal Highness King Chen, asking me to send troops to guard the river bank, so that no thieves will take advantage of the loophole to attack and burn the fleet. ”

In fact, Li Lang was also lucky, the Long Wei Army set up a secret post of nearly 200 people at the place where Luo Mingshou's fleet was stationed, but he happened to bypass it, and he touched the side of the ship. Fortunately, Zhang Jiayu arranged another hussar to inspect all the warships one by one at night, so he was caught.

"It's His Royal Highness King Chen...... Luo Ming was ashamed, "His Royal Highness reminded me half a month ago, saying that the thieves would come to burn the ship, and asked me not to anchor on the shore." I was confused and didn't listen to His Highness's warnings. If it weren't for His Highness's arrangement tonight, I, Luo Ming, would have been dead. ”

In fact, when he first received Zhu Linmiao's reminder, he cautiously spent the night in Jiangxin, but he didn't find anything unusual for a few days, so he felt that King Chen was just alarmist.

In addition, it was much more convenient to dock on the shore, so he quickly put the matter behind him, until this time he realized that King Chen was really like a god.

As soon as he finished speaking, a subordinate reported that the thief had confessed that he was a thief in Nanchang City, trying in vain to scuttle the ship at the downwind of me, and then set fire to the upwind outlet.

"Dog thief, I'm a thunder mother!" Luo Ming was furious, "Lao Tzu hasn't touched your Nanchang City yet, you actually want to take the lives of all my brothers!" From now on, Lao Tzu and you slaves are incompatible! ”

Luo Mingshou was originally a thief and a businessman, but because of the civil unrest in southern Guangdong, and he was worried that Zheng Zhilong's huge fleet would encircle and suppress him, so he accepted the appeasement in order to be stable, but he didn't want to fight with Jianyu.

But after this burning of the ship, he and the Qing army have formed a bond, and they will definitely die in the future, which is an unexpected harvest for Zhu Linmiao.

After sending Zhang Jiayu away, Luo Mingshou went to see the place where the thieves were digging the boat. But when he saw a half-foot-long hole on the side of the ship, and the subordinates next to him told him that the gunpowder had been filled into the hull of the ship and was about to ignite, he was even more shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat, and he was even more grateful to King Chen in his heart.

He was also an anxious man, and when the sky was slightly bright, he lit the five largest warships, loaded them with gifts, and headed for Longnan.

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Zhu Linmiao looked at the big pit on the ground with a diameter of more than two meters, and sighed in his heart, the power of this twenty-four-pounder cannon is indeed good. If it weren't for the shells bouncing twice on the river beach, the crater would have been even larger.

At the same time, the range of this cannon was also very terrifying, only seven catties of gunpowder were loaded, and it was shot two and a half miles away. Except for the weight of 4,7800 catties, which was too inconvenient, he was very satisfied with everything else.

With such heavy artillery, it is believed that the Nanchang city wall will soon be blasted open and the entire territory of Jiangxi will be completely recovered.

Zhu Linmiao returned to the cannon, and was about to continue to increase the test firing of the charge, when he heard Shi Linyu say: "Lord Commander, Luo Ming is asked to see, you see ......"

Before he finished speaking, Luo Mingshou's voice was heard in the distance, "Xiaguan Luo Mingshou, meet His Royal Highness King Chen!" ”

Zhu Linmiao didn't expect that this former water coward would chase directly to this river beach, but he could come here, thinking that his fleet should be safe and sound, so he waved his hand and ordered his soldiers to get out of the way and let Luo Ming accept it.

Luo Mingshou walked quickly to the front, without saying a word, and took a few relatives to bow down, "Thank Your Highness for saving your life!" Ming Shou and a group of brothers can have their lives today, and they all rely on His Highness to save them.

"In the future, His Highness only needs to give an order, and there is no such thing as a word!"

He signaled behind him again, and immediately a subordinate handed over a gift slip to Shi Lin.

Zhu Linwei asked him to get up, asked in detail about the situation, and sighed in his heart, this is exactly the same as the process of Jin Shenghuan burning Luo Mingshou's fleet outside Ganzhou City in history, and the inertia of history is really strong.

Fortunately, this time there was his own "prophet" early warning, and the Ming fleet was not burned. These warships not only helped greatly in conquering Nanchang City, but also helped Luo Mingshou's fleet to fight along the Yangtze River in the future.

For example, on the Zhejiang side at the moment, no matter how strong the Qing army's combat effectiveness is, as long as Fang Guoan's fleet patrols the Qiantang River, the Qing army, which lacks warships, will not be able to cross the river for half a step.

Luo Mingshou said a lot of words of thanks. Zhu Linmiao chatted with him for a while, and found that this was a man who was righteous, courageous, and knew right from wrong, and between his words, he seemed to be eager to seek revenge.

Zhu Linmiao nodded secretly, and said in her heart that this Luo Mingshou might be able to cultivate it well, as long as he got rid of the bandit on his body, he should be a good cadre.

Anthony walked over on the side, bowed to Zhu Linmiao and said, "Your Highness, the ten-pound charge test is ready, do you want to ignite it?" ”

After hearing the translation, Luo Mingshou noticed the heavy cannon not far away, he had been in and out of the cannon for so many years, and he had never seen such a large cannon, and his eyes were full of surprise.

Zhu Linwei saw that he was interested in this cannon, so he simply asked him to watch the test firing together, and turned around and ordered Anthony to fire.

I only heard a roar, and ten catties of gunpowder instantly burst out of the iron ball weighing more than 20 catties three miles away, and the earth-shattering momentum shook Luo Ming, who was accustomed to seeing guns, and his head rang.