At noon the next day, Huang Shihai returned to the county seat and returned to Li Zhenfu.

In the study, Li Zhen, Huang Shihai, Yang Banhou and Zhou Xiuying sat down. Lan Weiwen didn't participate, it's not that Li Zhen didn't believe in Lan Weiwen, but he didn't dare to take risks, so there were only Huang Shihai, Yang Banhou and Zhou Xiuying.

Li Zhen instructed: "Shihai, tell me about the situation." ”

Huang Shihai nodded and said: "There are two pirates entrenched in the sea, and the leader of one of them is named Lu Shaochuan, who has three big ships under his command, and there are more than 600 pirates in total. Lu Shaochuan is righteous, quite courageous, and has a good reputation. It's just that this person is not only against the government, but also against foreigners. ”

Zhou Xiuying asked, "What about the other one?" ”

Huang Shihai said in a deep voice: "The leader of another pirate is named Wang Long, this person has collusion with foreigners, and often robs ordinary merchants, which is a great disaster, but no one can take care of it. ”

After Li Zhen heard this, he was also secretly relieved.

Yang Banhou asked, "Brother Shihai, has Lu Shaochuan's location been found out?" ”

Huang Shihai nodded and said: "The place where Lu Shaochuan rested has been explored clearly, and I also met Lu Shaochuan in person and talked to him." Lu Shaochuan knew that the adults were going to attack the merchant ships of the foreigners, and he also admired the courage of the adults, but said that if the adults wanted to cooperate with him, they had to go in person. The last general wanted to persuade Lu Shaochuan to return to Lord Shun and come to Shanghai to see the lord, but unfortunately he refused. ”

Li Zhen smiled and said: "How could he venture to come to Shanghai when we met for the first time? I said at the beginning that I would go to see him in person after finding the location, so I naturally wanted to go there. ”

Zhou Xiuying said worriedly: "General, you are in danger, it is too risky. ”

"It's not an adventure, it's about winning over allies," Li said. Lu Shaochuan was rampant on the sea, with three big ships under his command and six hundred people who knew how to water. If Lu Shaochuan is taken for his own use, he will immediately have the ability to fight at sea. Moreover, according to Shihai's words, Lu Shaochuan is a righteous person and a patriotic person, so he will definitely be able to speak. We only have three days, and after this evening, there is only a little more than a day left, which must be completed within today. ”

Yang Banhou said: "My lord, I will accompany you. ”

Zhou Xiuying thought for a while and said, "My lord, I will also accompany you." ”

Li Zhen shook his head and said: "Shihai and Lu Shaochuan have contact, and this time Shihai will accompany me." When I went to see Lu Shaochuan, I brought four artillery pieces and two hundred shells, as long as the cannons were loaded on Lu Shaochuan's three big ships, I would be more sure. ”

When Huang Shihai heard this, he was extremely excited.

Li Zhen continued: "After I leave Shanghai, I won't come back for a short time, Ban Hou and Xiuying stay to preside over the overall situation. However, one hundred and twenty sharp knife special forces were temporarily transferred, and the two thousand soldiers under the command of Shi Hai were commanded by Banhou. Once there is a change in Shanghai, despite the repression, you must not compromise with the foreigners, understand? ”

Yang Banhou nodded and said, "The last general understands!" ”

Zhou Xiuying said: "General, your operation is a secret operation and is unknown. After leaving Shanghai, it is very likely that someone will come to see the general, and I think it is necessary for someone to stop it, and not let people know about the general. In this way, it is possible to ensure that no one knows the whereabouts of the general, so that they will not be associated with the affairs of the sea and the general. ”

Li Zhen said: "Xiuying said well, the news cannot be leaked. Li Zhenyou discussed with the three of them for a long time and determined the next arrangements before letting Yang Banhou and Zhou Xiuying leave.

After nightfall, the gates were closed, and the city was already silent.

The east gate suddenly opened.

A team of people quietly walked out of the city gate, and the people who left were Li Zhen and his party. Li Zhen and Huang Shihai took 120 special forces of the Sharp Knife Special Forces, escorted four artillery pieces and 200 shells, got on the boat by the river after leaving the city, quickly disappeared into the night, sailed out of the river, and entered the sea.

At night, a small boat drifted into the distance.

At about eleven o'clock, Li Zhen's big boat came to a small island in the sea. Because it was dark, Li Zhen could not see the specific distribution of the island. But from the analysis of the place where the fire shines, the place where the pirates defend is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, which is conducive to defense.

Li Zhen arrived with the soldiers, and the soldiers defending the water village immediately became vigilant.

Huang Shihai went out to negotiate, and the soldiers on the night patrol immediately went to report the news. In about a quarter of an hour, countless fires were lit on the island, and torches spread from the island to the outside. When the red torch penetrated through the gate of the water village, Li Zhen also saw a burly man who came out of the island.

This person is burly and tall, with a rough face, a lion nose and a wide mouth, and eyes like electricity, giving people a strong and fierce feeling. The man strode in front, followed by a group of minions, judging from the style, it was undoubtedly Lu Shaochuan.

Huang Shihai introduced Li Zhen to Lu Shaochuan.

Not long after, Lu Shaochuan came to the gate of the water village.

Li Zhen got off the boat, walked ashore, hugged his fists and said, "Big leader, fortunately!" ：

Lu Shaochuan saw that Li Zhenyi was talented, and he was quite kind, and he also said with a smile: "I thought the general would not dare to come, but I didn't expect the general to come in person, which was unexpected." After a pause, Lu Shaochuan said in a deep voice: "General Li, you are an official, I am a bandit, doesn't the general plan to suppress the bandits?" ”

Li Zhen laughed and said, "Big leader, you're wrong. ”

"Oh, how could I be wrong?" Lu Shaochuan asked.

Li Zhen replied: "There are good officials, and there are also dog officials who loot the people's fat and oppress the people, for example, Yang Nengge, who was killed by me, is a dog official." There are also righteous bandits, such as the big chief, who do not rob the people, but protect the fishermen. But there were also bandits, such as the pirates led by Wang Lung. Wang Lung colluded with foreigners to bring disaster to the people, and such people were to be exterminated. ”

"Well, that's a good point."

Lu Shaochuan stroked the beard on his chin and grinned, feeling that his whole body was extremely Tongtai.

The general in front of him, the temper of him.

Lu Shaochuan was happy in his heart, waved his hand and said: "The general is worthy of being a young man, and his vision and thoughts are different from those of the Manchu dog officials. Let's go to the village to talk in detail and finalize how to deal with foreigners? ”

Li Zhen said: "Big boss, wait a minute. ”

Lu Shaochuan asked, "General Li, do you have anything else?" ”

Li Zhen nodded and said: "This time, with the help of the big boss to deal with the merchant ships escorted by foreigners to deliver opium, naturally the big boss can't let the big boss suffer. Yesterday I bought four rear-loading rifled guns from foreigners, so that the guns are loaded from behind, and the shells can be fired by igniting the fuse. The cannonballs fired are powerful and have a long range, and they are more powerful than the cannons in red. In addition to the four cannons, I brought two hundred shells for the use of the big boss. ”

"Four cannons, two hundred shells?"

Lu Shaochuan was like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, completely stunned.

His grandmother's, who worked desperately at sea to make money, also bought two dilapidated guns, and the power was so small that sometimes it didn't even hit. Now there are suddenly four more foreign cannons, and there are two hundred shells, which is simply pie in the sky. For a while, Lu Shaochuan was so excited that he almost danced.

Calm down! Calm down!

Lu Shaochuan kept telling himself that he couldn't lose the momentum of the pirate leader.

ps: The third update, continue to ask for flowers. Kawakawa, your pirate supporting role is here.