Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to engage in infrastructure construction

Chapter 246 Song Yingxing

There were two leaders, waving iron knives in their hands, yelling loudly, urging everyone to charge forward.

In the small shop, some people also used firecrackers to shoot out of the windows.

The sound of ping-pong-pong continued.

"It's a thief!"

Princess Le'an's face was a little ugly.

The word "rogue" was heard almost every day when she was in the palace.

There are thieves everywhere in the world, and the emperor is very worried about it.

However, this is the first time to actually see the thief.

The thief is a little different from what she imagined.

These thieves that the emperor is afraid of mentioning are not vicious, but skinny, ragged, exposed to the wind and the sun, and not diligent in grooming, so they all look black. .

They were all yelling, but they were weak when they charged.

Except for the dozens of people who were supervising the battle behind them, everyone else was starving to death, and many of them even drifted when they walked.

"There are two sons over there, they are thin-skinned and tender! Catch them!"

The thief who took the lead saw Princess Le'an and the two of them, and suddenly pointed.

With a whimper, a group of thieves separated and rushed towards Princess Le An.

The two of them looked very thin, and they didn't carry firecrackers, so they were much easier to deal with than the people in the store.

"Princess, let's go!" Qiu Qing was anxious, and the princess yelled out.

Fortunately, the distance is far, and those thieves can't hear it.

It would be too bad for the princess to fall into the hands of thieves.

"Bold thief!"

Princess Le'an was not in a hurry to leave, she reached out to take off the bow and arrow, bent the bow and set the arrow, and shot it out.

In a hurry, her aim was much worse than usual.

Fortunately, there were a lot of rogues, and none of them had armor. A sharp arrow flew out and hit a person on the shoulder, and the rogue fell to the ground screaming.

The companions around were taken aback.

This sharp arrow is very scary, and it takes a lot of courage to charge forward against the sharp arrow.

Sometimes, this fear can be overcome not only by courage, but also by equipment.

Courage comes from being equipped.

For example, Jiannu wears double-layer cotton armor, or even triple-layer armor.

Ordinary bows and arrows shoot at them, and they can't even pierce their armor.

That's why they have the courage and courage to face the bows and arrows of the Ming army and the blunderbuss of the firecrackers.

These thieves obviously can't.

Princess Le An was already ready to run away, but when she saw that the thieves were deterred by a single arrow, she was pleasantly surprised and her courage doubled.

"Bold thief! Watch my bow and arrow!"

Amidst the shouts, Princess Le'an shot again.

call out!
call out!
She shot two more arrows in succession, and the two thieves fell to the ground.

However, in desperation, she used all her strength every time she drew the bow, and shot with great strength.

Then, after shooting several times in a row, he was about to shoot again with great interest, but found that his arms were weak, and he tried to draw the bow, but he couldn't.

"His strength is exhausted! This scholar's boy has no strength, and he can't pull his bow anymore. Let's get on shoulders together!"

An experienced old thief roared when he saw this, and rushed forward first.

Princess Le'an's pretty face was flushed with anxiety, she reluctantly drew the bow and shot the arrow.

However, the strength was obviously insufficient, and the sharp arrow was crooked, fluttering and erratic, and it missed directly.

"Hahaha!"

The old thief laughed and ran wildly with his legs, and he was in front of Princess Le'an.

Only then did Princess Le An think of running away, but as soon as the horse's head turned around, the old thief had already approached. He jumped up and slashed at Princess Le An.

Princess Le'an was so frightened that she forgot to dodge.Where does she have this combat experience?
"Princess!"

Qiu Qing yelled, how could she care about other things at this time?Directly galloped over.

Bang!
The horse under her seat was very handsome, and directly knocked the old thief away for two or three meters, vomiting blood.

Before Princess Le An could take a breath, they saw two old thieves rushing forward.

Among the thieves, these old thieves were all washed out of the waves and killed in the sea of ​​blood and corpses. They have very rich combat experience, and they are the best at seizing the opportunity.

When encountering bitter battles, those new vassals were driven to the front as cannon fodder.

And when reaping the results of the battle, these old thieves will definitely rush to the forefront.

Now is undoubtedly the time to reap the results.

Princess Le'an and Qiu Qing are both thin-skinned and tender-skinned. They ride tall horses and carry packages. They look like rich people.

If this package is snatched, it will be developed in one go.

Maybe you can leave directly, don't need to be a thief anymore, find a place to buy some fields, and go to be a rich man!
Behind these two old thieves, there are more thieves.

They all have ugly faces, dark skin, big yellow teeth, and a bad smell from their mouths.

Most of the people were barefoot and came forward to kill with a knife.

Seeing that the shiny knife is about to fall.

Princess Le'an closed her eyes, her heart went cold.

Is she going to die here?
Pity her for trying so hard to escape from the palace, all she wants is to take a strong look.

In the end, before reaching the strong ground, he was about to die in the hands of the thief?

It's just a pity that she didn't get to see Dashuai Zhao, and she didn't know what that miraculous Dashuai Zhao looked like.

boom!
With a gunshot, a blood hole exploded in the chest of the old thief at the front, blood spattered, and the huge force caused the old thief to fly backwards and fell heavily to the ground.

Bang bang bang!
There was intensive gunfire and shouts of killing.

The group of thieves fell down in pieces like reaping wheat.

With the sound of horseshoes, a group of cavalry rushed over. It was the patrolling group of soldiers that they met at Lao Liu's shop just now.

"Soldiers, change your sabers and charge!"

The leading horse captain shouted, and the cavalry soldiers put away their rifles and took off their sabers in unison.

This saber is cold and shiny.

"Soldiers, charge!"

The captain of the horse yelled, and ten cavalrymen lined up in a row, and the horses crowded together tightly, like a wall, and rushed over in unison.

Although there were only ten people, the sense of oppression at this moment was extremely strong.

"It's the soldiers of the conscript army on patrol! Hurry up! Go out! Meet the soldiers of the conscript army!"

The people in the store saw the situation outside and rushed out yelling.

They all held machetes and rushed out of the room, including men, women and children.

Among them were two children about ten years old, holding spears, and the connecting parts of the spearheads and the barrels of the spears were dotted with many red tassels.

Rogues are just rogues after all, how can they bear this kind of pressure?
Just now, 30 people were killed by random shooting, and they began to collapse when they watched their accomplices fall down.

Now, the ten cavalrymen and horses pressed over like a wall, and they quickly collapsed and began to flee.

"Don't run away! There are only ten of them!"

Two old thieves tried to save the battle, but after shouting twice, it didn't work at all, so they stopped struggling, turned around and ran, faster than everyone else.

The soldiers of the conquest army rushed into the group of thieves, regardless of the number of 21 [-], the cavalry sword was lightly passed by, under the impact speed of the horse, the saber without the full blade was also very deadly, and the thieves fell to the ground screaming .

"Surrender without killing!"

"Throw away your weapon and squat on the ground with your head in your arms, don't kill!"

"Throw away the weapon and squat on the ground with your head in your arms, or you will be killed!"

"..."

The conscript soldiers all roared.

The thieves threw away their weapons one after another, hugged their heads, and crouched on the ground.

Hundreds of thieves were shot randomly by the ten cavalry, and then the cavalry charged, and they were completely crushed.

Captain Ma led the men and chased them all, leaving corpses all over the ground, and a group of thieves squatting on the ground with their heads folded.

In the end, the thieves were trembling with fear.

The people in the store were also holding machetes, shouting and chasing after him.

Even two children held red-tasseled guns and chased them down. As long as they yelled to stay still, those thieves really didn't dare to move.

Princess Le An watched so closely that her eyes almost popped out.

Why did the thief who was so vicious just now become so useless all of a sudden?

"Hurry up! Qiu Qing! Follow the conscripts to hunt down the bandits!"

Only then did Princess Le An come to her senses, put away her bow, and drew out her dagger.

"You can't do it, Mr...Young Master! It's too dangerous! A gentleman can't stand under a dangerous wall. You are a princess, you can't take risks!" Qiu Qing stepped forward, trying to grab Princess Le'an's horse reins , to block Princess Le'an.

Of course, Princess Le'an would not be blocked so easily, so she slapped the horse's ass one step ahead and rushed out.

"These thieves have been scared out of their wits. You see, those two kids can hunt down the thieves. Why can't we? Hurry up! Don't embarrass me!"

Princess Le An shouted.

Qiu Qing could only follow quickly.

The battle lasted for a stick of incense, and then it was over.

Captain Ma returned with his men, joking and laughing.

They suffered no casualties, and their sabers were all stained with blood.

"Thank you, Captain Ma! If you hadn't come in time, we would have been in trouble if thieves rushed into the store!"

However, Princess Le An always felt that something was wrong, and then she suddenly realized.

The shopkeeper's family was indeed thankful, but they didn't kneel on the ground or kowtow to thank them.

In Princess Le'an's impression, ordinary people kowtow on the ground to thank officers and soldiers.

Officials are also called parent officials.

It is normal for the common people to kneel on the ground, return to the emperor, and kneel to their parents and officials.

However, this store seems to be chatting with Captain Ma.

The captain of the horse turned over and got off the horse, holding the horse with one hand, and walked side by side with the store owner, just like good brothers taking a walk.

"Stop praising me here. I know your fighting power. This group of thieves are not in the top ranks at all. It's probably not long since they were raised. Only those old thieves have two brushes.

However, depending on them alone, it may not be so easy to rush into your store.I also have to apologize to you, it was a mistake in our work that caused these thieves to disturb you. "

Captain Ma even apologized to the store owner.

"No, no, no! It has nothing to do with you. You came here very quickly. The golden passage is thousands of miles away! I don't know where this rogue came from." The shopkeeper said.

"I'll report it to the higher authorities. This must be investigated. If it is someone sent by some thieves, our conscript army will send troops to completely destroy them. The commander said that anyone who dares to offend our military government, Even if you are far away, you will be killed!"

Captain Ma said something casually, which made Princess Le'an's blood surge.

……

Strongly.

Xu Guangqi is back again.

He was a little embarrassed at first.

When he returned to the capital, he was full of confidence and wanted to use what he had learned in Zaiqiang to benefit the court and revive the program.

However, he didn't expect that when he returned to the capital, he would be unable to do anything. The emperor didn't trust him, and the ministers were conspiring with Taoism to hold him back.

Xu Guangqi returned to the strong ground, which can be regarded as a disheartened return.

Even if he was disheartened, he would rather come back with a cheeky face.

Because only here can he feel refreshed and able to do what he likes.

Xu Guangqi even took the risk of being ridiculed by Zhao Cheng, or at least complaining a few words.

However, I didn't expect that Zhao Cheng would not mention these things at all, and he didn't even ask how he was in the capital.

As soon as I saw Xu Guangqi coming back, I immediately took his hand and walked to a tall house...

Xu Guangqi knew that this was a place called a laboratory by Zhao Cheng, and there were many novelties in it, which were being tried to make.

"Brother Xu, come here! It's too late for you to come back. We forced a tough guy here, and I'll introduce you to him."

"A fierce man? Are you also a person who likes science and technology?" Xu Guangqi's heart was immediately pulled over, and he asked curiously.

He knew that the general liked all kinds of craftsman technology the most, and called it science and technology.

In the eyes of the imperial court, the strange and obscene skills, in the eyes of this general, are all important weapons that can change the world.

"Yes! Absolutely brilliant in science. In Daming, there are only two people I admire the most. One is Brother Xu, and the other is this old brother. His name is Song Yingxing, do you know him?" Zhao Cheng said with a smile on his face. The look of excitement was hard to contain.

Song Yingxing actually came to join him!

This was expected by Zhao Cheng, but also somewhat unexpected.

At this time, Song Yingxing should have been a county magistrate in Zhejiang.

Before Zhao Cheng asked the people from the Dongfang Company to hire some famous talents for him. These talents are mainly scientific research or medical talents.

Among them, the most important ones are Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing.

However, at the beginning, Dongfang Company did not seem to be going well.

Because Song Yingxing was young and was working as a county magistrate, even if he had some ideas, he couldn't leave the guard area without authorization.

In order to lure Song Yingxing over, Zhao Cheng sent many good things, including various books.

In the end, he even sent an old steam engine with instructions.

It was that steam engine that completely conquered Song Yingxing and let the county magistrate go away with only a boy on horseback to Qiangdi.

Of course, the escort of the armed caravan of the Eastern Company was indispensable along the way.

Since he came to Qiangdi, this talented person who will write "Heavenly Creation" in the future did nothing else, plunged into the laboratory and began to study steam engines.

(End of this chapter)