Zhoushan, Zhejiang, in the hall of the Zhejiang Army.

"Ahh Zhang Huangyan read the newspaper sent by the Heaven and Earth Society, shouted, and immediately spurted out a mouthful of blood, crying and fainting on the ground.

"Master Zhang!" Hong Xiguan and the others hurriedly stepped forward and pinched the person again, and shook the fan, and after a while, Zhang Huangyan slowly opened his eyes and sat up slowly.

"Master Zhang, are you alright?" Cai Jiuyi helped Zhang Huangyan to the chair and sat down.

"Slap" Zhang Huangyan suddenly slapped his palm on the table, stood up with a pale face and roared: "Hate this Zhu Baidi, slaughter one hundred and eighty-six of my Jiangnan scholars, and remove more than 13,000 meritorious people!" Hateful! It's hateful! ”

"Lord Zhang, please stop being angry! There will always be retribution in this white land! The crowd persuaded each other.

Zhang Huangyan said angrily: "What will your heaven and earth do? This vermilion is a scourge to the people of Jiangnan, why can't you get rid of him as soon as possible? Jin Shengxian and others were wrongfully imprisoned, why can't you rob the prison to save people? In the past two years, Wang Junmen has spent more than two million taels of silver on you, and he has also built excellent weapons for you, why can't you act as soon as possible? ”

Cai Jiuyi said: "This Zhu Guozhi is a dog of the imperial court!" Of course, this man knows how many people hate him, and how easy is it for us to kill him? ”

Zhu Guozhi is the Zhu Baidi mentioned by Zhang Huangyan, this person is a righteous and awe-inspiring loyal minister in a certain TV series, in fact, this person is insatiable, and he looted excessively during his tenure, known as "Zhu Baidi", in the name of resisting grain, he created the Jiangnan sales case. He also found charges in the Weeping Temple case and killed 65 people including Jin Shengsi. In addition, the Tonghai case is also related to Zhu Guozhi, because of the Tonghai case, Zhu Guozhi killed 121 people, and the entire Jintan County scholars were almost slaughtered.

Hong Xiguan stepped forward and arched his hand: "Please rest assured, Lord Zhang!" The lowly duty will definitely eradicate this vicious dog! It's a pity that the wind is not in the right direction now, otherwise we will immediately enter the mouth of the Yangtze River and seize Chongming Island. ”

Zhang Yukun said: "As long as the clipper we built in Singapore can be completed. In the future, there is no need to wait for the wind direction to enter the Yangtze River estuary, and this kind of ship can sail against the wind and water, and the speed against the wind is even greater than that of the tailwind. ”

At this time, Zhang Huangyan already had three British fifth-class ships, twelve British sixth-class ships, thirty-six centipede clippers, twelve Haicang ships and more than 300 small boats, plus six Dafu ships from Qiongzhou some time ago, Zhang Huangyan already had a strong naval strength in his hands. However, this fleet can only wait for the wind to enter the mouth of the Yangtze River. Hearing Zhang Yukun say that there is a flying clipper boat that sails faster against the wind than downwind, Zhang Huangyan was very surprised: "There is still such a boat?" ”

"Exactly! Because this kind of ship is a swooker, and it is a large row of shouldsails, the wind blows from the front, and the sails only need to form a certain angle with the wind direction. You can sail like flying. At present, the Singapore shipyard has purchased a batch of dried wood from the Tessi people, all of which are fine oak and iron pear wood, and is currently laying the keel and building this kind of clipper. Zhang Yukun arched his hand.

Zhang Huangyan was overjoyed: "When will this kind of ship be built?" ”

"It's not that fast, because it's fast, so the bow has to be very strong, and the bow is made of iron. The construction period of such a ship will take about a year. Zhang Yukun replied.

"A year?" Zhang Huangyan shook his head in disappointment, "Why a year?" Just wait another four months, and we will be able to enter the Yangtze River estuary! Wait for you to build these ships in a year. I'm afraid we've all taken down Jiangning, right? ”

"Take down Jiangning? How can it be? With our strength, can we win Jiangning? Hong Xiguan felt that it was impossible at all.

Zhang Huang said with a straight face: "Our army has hundreds of warships, and there are nearly 1,000 artillery pieces of various sizes!" With such strength, why not be afraid that you can't capture Jiangning? Captured Jiangning. The first thing the old man had to do was to kill the vermilion white land! ”

Zhang Yukun said: "But Lord Zhang, we are strong on the sea, and our strength on the shore is still insufficient!" Our army is all sailors, and you made the sailors abandon their ships and go ashore to attack the city. I'm afraid this is my short attack on the enemy's strength, this is not appropriate! ”

"Then what do you mean, wait until the wind has changed. How should we behave? Zhang Huangyan asked.

"Attacking the city and seizing land is secondary, and opening up the Yangtze River route is the most important! Our Wang Junmen has arrived in Yunnan and will go all the way north to open up the connection between Yunnan and Sichuan. And we sent troops from Zhejiang, entered the mouth of the Yangtze River, and killed all the way to Sichuan! In this way, we can connect the Thirteen Families of Kuidong with us, and we have formed an encirclement of the Tartars in the south, cutting off the connection between the north and the south of the Tartars. As long as the Yangtze River is in our hands, the Tartars have to consider whether their transportation mission can be completed, so that we can attract the Tartars to the river and use our navy to destroy them! Zhang Yukun replied.

Hong Xiguan also said: "Yes, you don't need to attack the city to cut off the Tartars' transportation. In addition, there is another thing, the lowly has been practicing the marksmanship of the rifled gun during this time, and there are two rifled guns in the hands of the lowly position, and now the marksmanship has been practiced, and the head can be taken from the neck of a person three hundred steps away! ”

"Great!" Zhang Huangyan understood what Hong Xiguan meant, "Please also ask Hong Zhuangshi to take down the head of Zhu Guozhi!" ”

"Yes, we couldn't assassinate this thief before, because this thief was heavily guarded and we couldn't get close. Now that I have been practicing marksmanship for two months, I am sure that I will kill with one hit! But there is also a need to wait for opportunities. Hong Xiguan arched his hand.

"Now the wind is not in the right direction, our main fleet can't reinforce your special team, you went deep into Jiangning, assassinated Zhu Guozhi, and no one answered when you came back, it's too risky!" Zhang Yukun felt that Hong Xiguan's approach was too risky.

"Hahaha!" Hong Xiguan laughed a few times, "General Zhang thought I would take a rash adventure?" This Zhu Guozhi has just killed Jin Shengxi and others, and he has frantically removed the fame of more than 13,000 scholars, and now he has been eradicated, which is a good opportunity to win the hearts of Jiangnan scholars! But this is also the time when he is most worried about revenge! It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and I won't risk my life. Wang Junmen said that only by preserving oneself can we better destroy the enemy! When I went to Jiangnan this time, I first organized some anti-Qing righteous people, and I also had to do an important thing. ”

Zhang Huangyan knew that what Hong Xiguan said was to find Wang Shiyuan, which was a core secret matter, and after Hong Xiguan went, he would organize people to rob Wang Shiyuan directly to Qiongzhou. Because to tell the truth, whether it is Wang Xinyu or Zhang Huangyan, they have no bottom in their hearts, and no one dares to guarantee that in the battle of the Ming army attacking Yawa City, Mang Bai will not kill Yongli, it is always better to have Wang Shiyuan as a backup, and there is also an object of allegiance.

But to be honest, even if there is something unexpected in Yongli, Zhang Huangyan wants to support King Lu. However, Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan had a big disagreement on the issue of King Lu.

Hong Xiguan left Zhoushan Island with several agents of the Heaven and Earth Society and headed for Shanyin.

Taking advantage of the cover of night, the ship reached the shore. There were already people from the local Heaven and Earth Association to greet them, and Hong Xiguan and others took the carriage prepared by the local Heaven and Earth Society to Shanyin.

Shanyin, today's Shaoxing. Outside the county seat, a luxurious manor house sits in the river network and rice paddies of the Jiangnan water town, surrounded by a village where local villagers live. This luxurious manor is the local celebrity Qi Mansion. The two famous men in the Qi Mansion, Qi Lisun and Qi Bansun are the sons of Qi Biaojia, a Confucian general in the south of the Yangtze River. Qi Biaojia was born in a family of eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, and was young and smart in the books, able to recite poetry at the age of six and make pairs at the age of seven. Qi Bansun's mother was the famous poetess Shang Jinglan, who was the daughter of the military department Shangshu during the Wanli period.

In 1645, when the Qing army broke through Nanjing, Qi Biaojia sank himself in the pool and died in the country, leaving behind his wife and two sons.

With the hatred of the country and the family, Qi Lisun and Qi Bansun did not forget for a moment to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. The connection between the anti-Qing righteous people in Jiangnan and Zhang Huangyan is inseparable from the bridge between these two people.

As soon as the sky was dawning, five figures came from outside the Qi Mansion.

The family at the door saw that it was Hong Xiguan, and hurriedly introduced the five people into the mansion.

At this time, in the Qi Mansion, it can be said that there are many celebrities and gentlemen, including Qu Dajun, Wei Geng, Pan Tingcong, Zhu Yizun and other famous people in the south of the Yangtze River.

Seeing Hong Xiguan walking in, Qi Lisun hurriedly introduced to a Jiangnan celebrity: "This Lord Hong was sent by Lord Zhang of Zhoushan!" It's our own people, too! ”

"Lord Hong!" Qu Dajun and the others stood up and arched their hands to Hong Xiguan.

After Hong Xiguan sat down, Qi Lisun spoke: "Lord Hong must also know about the three major Jiangnan cases committed by the Tartars, right?" This Zhu Guozhi mutilated my Jiangnan celebrities! Killed one hundred and eighty-six people! More than 13,000 people have been stripped of their reputations! This incident shook Jiangnan, and it can be said that people are panicking! ”

Wei Geng was furious and took the case: "I am kind to scholars, but Tartars treat Jiangnan scholars like this!" It's not worth a penny! This is simply the outrage of people and gods! ”

"yes!" Several other people also discussed, "I heard from my ancestors, even if the Mengyuan Tartars of the year did not treat scholars like this!" This Manchu Tartar is really hateful! ”

Hong Xiguan arched to these Jiangnan celebrities and said, "Everyone, this Tonghai case is not over yet!" According to the internal information obtained by our Heaven and Earth Society, it will not be long before the Tartars will find out about your heads! ”

"Slap" Pan Tingcong slapped the table angrily: "Tartar is going to kill all our scholars so that they are satisfied?" ”

Hong Xiguan replied: "The Tartars are trying to destroy our Chinese culture!" From the beginning of shaving their hair and making it easy to wear, they are going to turn Huaxia into a barbarian! And you Jiangnan scholars, because you have a pen in your hand, you will write articles that are not good for them, so they want to exterminate all the disobedient readers, and replace them with a group of readers who praise their merits! This is the sinister intentions of the Tartars! They believe that only by destroying the culture of our Han people and turning the Han people into barbarians can they ensure that they will be able to survive for generations! It was precisely because Meng Yuan did not shave his hair and change his clothes, and did not slaughter scholars, so Meng Yuan only lasted for a short few decades. The Manchu Tartars learned the lesson of Mengyuan back then, so they did their best! This Manchu Tartar is even more hateful than the Mengyuan Tartar of the year! (To be continued.) )