At Xia Nan's suggestion, an official document jointly signed by the Lingao County Yamen and the Qiongzhou Battalion to "request" the prefect's yamen to allow the opening of the official warehouse to "borrow grain" was released, and it was quickly sent to the prefect's yamen in Qiongshan County. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the prefect Qin Bingyan saw this letter of borrowing grain, which can be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented, he was extremely depressed.

A county government under his rule, a local military general, actually asked Shangguan to open the official warehouse to borrow grain, completely ignoring the laws of the court and the rules of officialdom, and not taking the possible political consequences into account, such a ridiculous thing was actually encountered by himself, Qin Bingyan lamented that he had done a lot of evil in his previous life, so he would be reduced to Qiongzhou Mansion as an official, and he became such a subordinate.

Several times he picked up the letter and tried to tear it up, but he put it down. In the face of the real threat of the Qiongzhou battalion, everything is a floating cloud. In the end, after hesitating, he still called the master, dictated by himself, asked the master to write, wrote a letter in his private name, copied three copies, and sent them to Changhua County, Danzhou, Wanzhou, and Lingshui counties, and instructed the magistrates of the four counties to let them act if the Qiongzhou battalion came to negotiate the "borrowing of grain". This is also the limit of what Qin Bingyan can do, not only did he not offend the Qiongzhou camp head-on, but he also somewhat cleared up his own responsibilities - he did not explicitly order the opening of the warehouse to release grain, and private letters could not replace the official documents of the yamen, at least there was no obvious handle in the procedures of the official face.

However, with the famous name of the Qiongzhou battalion and this vague private letter, no county dared to refuse the request to "borrow grain", and the result was no different from the official order of the prefect's yamen.

After being ready to take on the reception of refugees, the Qiongzhou camp was about to set off for Shandong. One day in mid-May, the sky was clear, and Bofu Harbor was bustling with activity, and the army soldiers boarded the ships one after another as companies, and the people carried loads full of grain to the ships, and the Guangzhou and Fu boats used to transport grain and prepare for the transfer of refugees were lined up until the mouth of the sea -- in order to cooperate with the actions of the Qiongzhou battalion, Governor Mu Tianyan personally ordered the requisition of all the civilian ships in the Guangzhou area to "assist the imperial court in quelling the rebellion." Except for the river boats that could not go to sea and the cargo ships that were too dilapidated, all the large and small boats on the Pearl River in Guangzhou were swept away.

Xia Nan and his party were about to board the "Guangdong", but they met an uninvited guest on the dock. A handsome boy with a face like a crown of jade, with a scholar with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, blocked the way of Xia Nan and others.

The prince coughed lightly and said: "After the introduction of Master Mu, the governor of Guangdong, I want to take General Xia's downwind boat to Shandong Province, I wonder if General Xia is willing to sell the face of Futai and make it convenient?" ”

Xia Nan heard this voice and was familiar with it, and then looked at it, where is this boy, it is obviously Xie Wenjun who is dressed as a man, and the scholar next to him is the same, it is estimated that he is dressed as a personal maid. What does this Miss Xie want to do?

He walked over and whispered, "Miss Xie, we are going to quell the rebellion, not to enjoy the mountains, so don't join in the fun, okay?" When Shandong is pacified, and there is no more rebellion in the territory, I will send someone to send you to Shandong to see your father, okay? ”

Xie Wenjun glanced at him, "Do you think I'm a woman who doesn't know the severity and acts recklessly?" As she spoke, she handed him a letter.

Xia Nanhu took it suspiciously, and the money on the envelope was Mu Tianyan, indicating that it was opened by him, so he had to open it and read the letter.

The letter unambiguously named him to take Xie Wenjun to Shandong, and in order to avoid inconvenience, "a man in disguise can board the ship." After arriving in Shandong, Xie Wenjun introduced his father Xie Sanbin to him.

Xia Nan thought about it, although it was a little inconvenient to bring Xie Wenjun with her, but she could indeed match up with Xie Sanbin, the imperial historian of Shandong. Xia Nan has a lot of plans to fall on this Xie Xunpress, and he must quickly establish a good relationship of trust and cooperation, and he doesn't have much time to slowly make friends. From this point of view, it is still useful to bring Xie Wenjun with you.

He quietly stuffed the letter back into the envelope, and said with a bow: "Since Futai has spoken, how dare I not agree?" Miss Xie, please come aboard. However, I should be reminded in advance that the sea is stormy and the hull is bumpy, and she may have to suffer a little, and Miss Xie is still too late to change her mind. ”

Xie Wenjun replied lightly: "Thank you for reminding me, but Wenjun is not Miss Jiao who can't suffer at all, these are not in the way." Wen Jun has only one request, to arrange a separate cabin for our master and servant. ”

"Naturally, I'll arrange it." Summer Minami promised to come down.

When everything was ready, the huge fleet set sail and left the port of Bofu for Shandong.

According to the information that Xie Wenjun received from the newspaper of the imperial court and his father's letter, the rebellion in Shandong was nearing its end, and the momentum of the rebels burning and looting everywhere in Shandong was curbed, and the counterinsurgency army was suppressed in Dengzhou, and the scope of activity was very small. In other words, most of the territory of Shandong is relatively safe at the moment, and the army of the Qiongzhou battalion can choose to land at any location other than Dengzhou. In the end, Xia Nan decided to land and go ashore in Laizhou, because Zhu Dadian led the counterinsurgency army to be stationed between Dengzhou and Laizhou, and Xie Sanbin was also in the army.

In order to take care of the speed of the Guangzhou and Fu ships, which served as transport ships, the battleships of the Qiongzhou battalion had to slow down, so as not to disconnect the front and rear of the fleet, causing the ships to fall behind. Hurrying and hurrying, we finally arrived at the coast of Shandong in June.

Before heading for Laizhou, the fleet first came to the predetermined berthing place, Changdao near Dengzhou.

Changdao is the only island county in the old time and space Shandong, with an area of 56 square kilometers. This time and space has not been developed, and there is no government office, and the island is basically an uninhabited island except for sporadic fishermen. The natural environment of the island is superb, with dense woods, several streams, abundant vegetation and fresh water resources, and it is not a problem to accommodate tens of thousands of people.

According to the plan drawn up in advance, the main fleet and transport fleet docked here and waited for the progress of the battle situation in Shandong. If the war goes well and the rebels flee to sea, the fleet can use this as a base to intercept; After the liberation of Dengzhou, the transport fleet will be able to transport refugees back to Lingao through the Dengzhou port. The army took a troop transport ship to Laizhou to join the imperial counterinsurgency army.

Before leaving, Xia Nan repeatedly told the fleet commander William: "If the rebels really go to sea and flee north, they must do their best to intercept the rebels' fleet, and it is best not to let a single ship slip through the net." It is possible that the rebels will take with them the well-made cannons of the castle, including the artisans who cast them, and I fear that they will fall into the hands of the leaders of the barbarians of the north, which will undoubtedly be a disaster for the country. ”

Although William didn't quite understand what kind of regime Houjin was in Liaodong and what serious consequences it would bring to the Ming army after getting the Hongyi cannon, he understood the military significance of intercepting the rebel soldiers.

"Got it, General, I'll do my best to sink the rebel ship in this sea."