The Red Mansions

Chapter 141
Thinking that the pirates might cause trouble tomorrow, Jia Yun couldn't stay still anymore.

After stamping the seal on the county examination list, he left the examination room with his personal guards.

When they came to the street, Jia Yun whispered something to Jia Wenlin, Jia Wenlin nodded, and left with a few people.

After a while, Jia Yun came to the patrol camp training ground, and the patrol camp soldiers who were on duty at the city gate also arrived.

The torch flickered, illuminating the surroundings of the platform.

At this time, Jia Wenlin commanded the soldiers to pick out 250 loads of gunpowder and fifty loads of iron filings from the warehouse one after another, and the baskets were densely packed and neatly arranged.

There are two hundred catties of gunpowder in each load, that is to say, there is a total of fifty thousand catties of gunpowder here.

Everyone didn't dare to be careless, they were all cautious, and even put the torches far away, for fear that sparks would fly over and fall on the gunpowder.

After all the gunpowder was put away, the soldiers went to another warehouse and took the porcelain jars and fuzes.

Each porcelain jar can hold five catties of gunpowder plus a small amount of iron filings, and 1 catties can be packed separately, just enough to hold [-] porcelain jars.

After the preparations were done, everyone looked at Jia Yun.

Jia Yun nodded and said, "Let's get started. The people from Jinyiwei taught you how to load the explosives before. You must pay attention to the process, fill it tightly and handle it with care. Each person loads a hundred, and be careful!"

These explosives were bought by him through Jinyiwei people years ago. Originally, he just wanted to let the people in the patrol battalion have more ways to kill the enemy, but he didn't expect it to be used.

After the porcelain bottle is filled with gunpowder and iron filings are added, the radius of damage is difficult to say, it may be three to five meters, and the maximum distance can reach ten meters, but its lethality is beyond doubt.

Two hours later, all 1 porcelain pot bombs were installed.

There is no need to test the explosion anymore. The soldiers of the patrol battalion followed the instructor of the Jinyiwei before. When they were learning to explode, they often played with this thing.

Then, Jia Yun led the team and transported the bombs to the city tower. Among them, [-] were left at the east gate, because it was the closest to the East Street of the county government office, and the pirates were most likely to attack here with all their strength.

Two hundred were left at the south gate, and only 150 were left at the north and west gates.

People from the Patrol Battalion and the Patrol Division stayed on duty.

In addition to them, there are two or three thousand strong people in each city gate who are responsible for logistics, helping to carry arrows, rolling stones, gold juice, oil and other things.

At this moment, everyone was wrapped in quilts, lined up, leaning against the wall to rest and wait for orders.

Jia Yun inspected around and found nothing wrong, then returned to the county government office with her personal guards.

Before the county examination, Jia Yun asked Meiren, Liren, Xue Pan, Ni Er, Jia Ming and others to move here temporarily.

In extraordinary times, it is safer inside the county government.

After bathing and changing clothes, Meiren saw Jia Yun was deep in thought and said in a low voice, "Master, is this battle going to be fought?"

"How do I know?" Jia Yun came back to her senses, smiled, and said, "Whether the war is fought or not depends on the pirates. We can only defend passively."

Charming sighed and said, "I hope this battle won't be fought, otherwise many people will die!"

Jia Yun shook her head, and was about to speak when she heard Jia Ming coming from outside the door to report: "Master, Mr. Liu is waiting in the outer yamen, saying that he has something to report."

Jia Yun got up and hugged the charming woman and pecked her, then walked out of the room and asked Jia Ming to bring Liu Xianglian to the courtyard.

Soon, the busy Liu Xianglian arrived.

After seeing the ceremony, he said, "According to my lord's instructions, after the Japanese pirates attacked Guanhaiwei that day, my subordinates followed them with a few brothers."

"I didn't expect these Japanese pirates to be very cautious, hiding around and never returning to their lair."

"Until this morning, the Japanese pirates went to a remote village to rest and never left again."

"After investigation, the subordinates quickly determined that the village was where the pirates settled in Cixi."

"This subordinate was supposed to come back in the morning, but just as he was about to leave, a group of ten or so people came."

"The group was led by a man dressed as a scholar. The subordinates couldn't tell his identity, so they waited quietly for a long time, but they didn't expect to be rewarded."

"In the evening, the scholar led the team out again. His subordinates did not hesitate. After leaving a few brothers to continue monitoring in the village, he led his people to follow the scholar."

"My lord, you may not even think about where the scholar went..."

Jia Yun asked, "Where?"

"The post station is just outside the east gate!" Liu Xianglian said excitedly, "After they entered, the subordinates inquired about it, only to find out that the group's superficial identities are servants of the newly arrived county magistrate!"

"Really? No mistake?" Jia Yun confirmed with a smile on her face.

Liu Xianglian nodded fiercely, and said, "My lord, my subordinates don't dare to be sloppy about this kind of thing!"

Jia Yun laughed loudly and said, "At first I was thinking of some way to deal with him, but this time I don't need to find any reason, why not use it if I have something ready?"

After pondering for a while, Jia Yun smiled and said: "Well, you and your brothers go down to wash and rest for a while, have a warm meal, and go out in the middle of the night."

"You guys keep an eye on the new county magistrate and the scholar. Once there is a change, try to catch them. If you can't catch them alive, you can die..."

"As for the group of Japanese pirates, you have someone to inform the monitoring personnel, so that they must not startle the snake, and just follow along."

"No matter where the Japanese pirates go, don't expose them. After the enemy situation on my side disappears, the Japanese pirates will always be left behind."

Maybe Jia Yun came from a later age, and he hated the Japanese pirates to the bone.

In his previous life, he lived in a peaceful age and had no chance to take revenge. Now that he is in ancient times, he would not let the opportunity go.

……

In the station, Xia Baichuan and Liu Yongan were also making final preparations.

Xia Baichuan asked: "How is everyone's arrangements?"

"Don't worry, I have transferred two-thirds of the people who went ashore this time from the Black Shark Gang. They are all scattered in the countryside and hiding, and they will come here one after another in the middle of the night." Liu Yongan said with a smile.

With manpower, he naturally has a lot more confidence in speaking.

This time, the Black Shark Gang almost came out in full force. Among the more than 4000 gang members, in addition to the 1000 people left behind, the remaining 3000 people were also divided into two.

Among them, a thousand elites rushed to Jinling to rescue Diao Wenjun, the leader.

Although there is no news at this moment, it must be day and night, moving in secret, so it is not convenient to reply.

But Liu Yongan believes that with the care of the Zhen family in Jinling, their safety is guaranteed.

The remaining [-] people have made a lot of noise in various parts of Zhejiang these days, such as going to no man's land, robbing a lot of money and killing many people.

In order to storm Cixi, Liu Yong'an has sent them all here these days.

Hearing this, Xia Baichuan breathed a sigh of relief. He said, "A gang of more than 2000 people, plus a few hundred real Japanese, should be enough to storm a small county like Cixi."

Liu Yong'an laughed and said: "With so many people, not to mention attacking Cixi by force, even if they go to attack Ningbo, it's a breeze. This time, I'm going to use my power to overwhelm them, so that the county magistrate won't have the courage to resist!"

Xia Baichuan nodded and said: "That's the way it is. Let me tell you again, Jia Yun must die, otherwise even if I become the county magistrate, he is the county magistrate after all, and he can have many ways to deal with me!"

Liu Yongan said disapprovingly, "Hmph, do you think no matter how good his martial arts are, he can survive under the siege of thousands of people?"

……

early morning.

Jia Yun had already fallen asleep, when Jia Ming suddenly came to report that there was new news from Liu Xianglian.

Jia Yun pressed the button and Meiren and Liren, who were about to get up, put on a coat and went out.

Liu Xianglian reported in a low voice: "The group of Japanese pirates have made moves, and they seem to be going to attack Guanhaiwei again!"

"Well, it seems that they plan to attack the city tomorrow morning." Jia Yun guessed.

Those people still thought that when the county test releases the list, there will be many scholars there, which can tie up part of the energy of the government.

At that time when the city was being attacked, everyone's attention was on the county government. If they had a large number of people, they could win the battle quickly.

It's just that they didn't expect that Jia Yun had already made sufficient preparations. With 1 porcelain can bombs, it was enough for thousands of people to drink a pot.

Besides, the patrol battalion still has muskets, and the patrol department and government officials are also equipped with bows and crossbows. If this wave continues, they should be able to kill a large number of people.

As for why the Japanese pirates went to attack Guanhaiwei knowing that they would get no benefit by storming it, it must be to restrain Guanhaiwei and prevent them from coming to support.

But Jia Yun never thought of asking people from Guanhaiwei to come and help.

After all, there are not many opportunities to make great achievements like this. No matter how difficult Jia Yun is, she will swallow it alone with tears.

Although it is a bit unethical to do so, but who makes Guanhaiwei's quality really bad?

They are barely able to fight a defensive battle, but if they want to confront pirates and Japanese pirates head-on, they will probably lose soon.

Jia Yun didn't want these people to affect the morale of her side after they came.

After the news was reported, Liu Xianglian cupped her hands and said, "My lord, then this subordinate will take people to guard outside the station outside the city."

"Well, let's go, it's still the same sentence, it's better to catch the living ones, if it's really not possible, it's okay to die." Jia Yun urged.

"Subordinates, never force it!" Liu Xianglian replied, then turned and left the yamen.

Back in the room, Jia Yun was no longer sleepy, and Meiren and Liren also woke up.

"Didn't I let you guys sleep? It's only midnight now!" Jia Yun stepped forward to grab the two of them and reprimanded them.

Meiren leaned gently into Jia Yun's arms, and said softly: "My master and Brother Liu, I and Liren both heard what I said, how can I sleep now?"

Jia Yun smiled, turned her head and stretched out her hand to the staring beauty.

The beauty's face was happy, and she also flew forward, leaning on Jia Yun's arms with Meiren on the left and right.

"Master, did your family receive the letter we wrote last year?" Beauty asked in a low voice.

Jia Yun thought for a while, nodded and said, "According to the schedule, I should be able to receive it during this time!"

Regarding the communication in this era, Jia Yun had no idea. He just estimated that Xue Baochai and the others should receive the letter soon based on the information provided by the post station.

However, if rain, snow, landslides block the road, etc., it is normal for the letter from home to arrive ten and a half months late.

(End of this chapter)