Because a heavy, four-edged arrow as thick as a thumb had already penetrated his breastplate. Fortunately, Jiannu's vest was a little far away, so the arrow only penetrated Shanwenjia's breastplate by less than half an inch.
Otherwise, this arrow could directly penetrate his chest.
"Master Chen, are you okay?" Yang Ponu quickly ran over carrying the wooden sign.
"Tuk-tuk-tuk!" There were three muffled sounds, and three more heavy arrows were shot at the wooden sign. One of the three-edged heavy arrows penetrated the wooden sign by a full two inches and almost pierced Yang Ponu.
Eye socket.
Yang Ponu was startled and quickly pushed the wooden sign forward more than a foot.
Chen Zilong turned his sword horizontally and cut off the arrow shaft inserted in the breastplate with a click.
"You bastard, where did these slaves come from? Have you seen how many there are?"
"I didn't see it clearly." Yang Ponu shook his head and said, "Sir, let's return to the stronghold quickly. If we don't go back, we will end up here today."
"You can't leave the greenhouse. Women and children can't run fast." Chen Zilong shook his head and said.
Yang Ponu also hesitated, because among the women and children inside there was also his woman.
"It's all my fault." Chen Zilong said with some annoyance, "If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have come out to repair the greenhouse at this time, and now we are trapped here."
"Master Chen, how about the villain rush out to report the news?"
Chen Zilong was also a little moved when he heard this, and now it seems that he can only take the risk.
However, at this moment, a faint sound of trumpets suddenly sounded in the wilderness behind.
"It seems like a trumpet?" Yang Ponu listened for a moment and suddenly shouted, "It's a trumpet, reinforcements! Our reinforcements have arrived, reinforcements have arrived!"
I looked south anxiously, and sure enough I saw groups of soldiers approaching in formation.
There are sword players in front, three rows of musketeers behind, and six rows of spearmen at the end.
When they got closer, the second row of musketeers fired a volley and drove away the Jiannu on the opposite side.
It was also at this time that Chen Zilong and Yang Po discovered that there were only a dozen slaves.
Reinforcements arrived a moment later, and the leader was Xuzhou Admiral Du Yinxi.
"Block the army gate." Chen Zilong and Yang Ponu hurried forward to salute.
"Is it okay if Chen gives me advice?" Du Yinxi asked with concern.
"Thank you for your concern, Junmen. I will be fine if I get a lower position, but my skin hurts my ears."
"Are there any casualties among the women and children who helped you build the breeding greenhouse?"
"Fortunately, the military gate arrived in time, and no women or children in the greenhouse were injured or killed."
Du Yinxi breathed a sigh of relief and immediately detached a team of soldiers to escort the women and children back to the nearby castle.
At this moment, a plume of wolf smoke suddenly rose on the northern horizon and soared into the sky.
Yang Ponu put his hand on the canopy and looked around for a moment, then reported to Du Yinxi: "Du Junmen is the Chen Family Fort!"
"Let's go to Chenjiabao!" Du Yinxi immediately led the town soldiers to support Chenjiabao. Chen Zilong also followed with Yang Ponu and dozens of town soldiers.
After a while, reinforcements arrived at Chenjiabao.
I saw a dozen Jiannu vests wandering in the wilderness outside the fort.
Seeing Du Yinxi leading a large group of soldiers to attack, these dozen Jiannu vests immediately ran away on horseback.
The scholars and town soldiers in Chenjiabao opened the gate of the village to welcome them out. After asking, they found out that two town soldiers in Chenjiabao were hunted down by Jiannu vests when they went out to repair canals...
"Blocking the military gate, I'm afraid it won't be easy." Chen Zilong instantly realized the danger.
"Well, I have also discovered it." Du Yinxi said with a solemn expression, "This is the nineteenth stronghold that has been attacked in the past three days, and nearly a hundred soldiers have died."
"Have nineteen forts been attacked? Nearly a hundred soldiers have been sacrificed?"
Chen Zilong, Yang Ponu and other town soldiers suddenly looked stern when they heard this. It seemed that the situation was quite serious.
Yang Ponu said worriedly: "Blocking the army gate, these might be the slaves who kept the army at night!"
"There is such a possibility." Du Yinxi nodded.
The leader then said to Chen Zilong, "Chen Jian, please send someone to Nanjing to report the situation here to Chen Sheng."
"I'll take my orders."
…
Two days later, Yanziji Pier.
A large sailing ship sailing from Guangzhou slowly docked.
The gangway was lowered, and immediately a group of aliens with hair and eye colors that were very different from the Chinese disembarked one after another. These aliens all had long curly hair, and their tops had starched chest linings and wheel-shaped crepe collars.
There are more than thirty of these foreigners, and the language they speak is very different from the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty.
The porters who were working on the pier and the vendors who were making a living outside the pier had never seen so many foreigners, and they all cast curious glances here.
These foreigners also curiously looked at everything inside and outside Yanziji Pier.
Among these foreigners, there is an old friend wearing a black priest's uniform, he is Bomig.
"Father Kamig, is this the Nanjing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, that you mentioned?" One of the young men with curly brown hair pointed at the Jinchuan Gate in front of him and said, "This is really a majestic city."
"Bryce, I didn't lie to you, did I?" Bomig said with a smile, "The Ming Dynasty is much richer and more prosperous than France."
"I admit that the city of Nanjing is indeed bigger and more majestic than Paris." The young man named Blaise nodded, and then changed the topic and said, "But I can't see where it is more prosperous than Paris."
"We have just landed ashore and haven't even entered the city yet." Bu Mig said with a smile.
At that moment, Bu Mige took more than thirty young people and entered Nanjing through Jinchuan Gate.
After entering the city gate, the bustling market suddenly hit us, and more than thirty young people stared straight in the eyes.
Most of these young people come from big cities such as Paris, Lisbon, Madrid and Rome. It can be said that they have seen the bustling scenes of big cities.
Paris, in particular, has a population of over 300,000.
But even Paris is far from comparable to the city in front of me.
Bryce pointed to the rows of shops and the endless flow of people on the street, and asked Bumie: "Father, is the whole of Nanjing so prosperous?"
Kamige laughed.
"Dear Blaise, where are we now?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Only when you go back to Gongyuan Street will you know what prosperity is."
"Oh God, Oh God." More than thirty young people kept making the sign of the cross on their chests.
After entering the city from Jinchuan Gate, you could originally just turn left from Gulou Street to reach the Imperial College directly. However, in order to deepen Bryce and others' good impression of Nanjing, Boymage deliberately took a long detour...
After all, whether these young students can stay in Ming Dynasty will directly affect his missionary plan.
Bu Mige led more than 30 young people and continued southward through the Drum Tower and entered Sanshanmen Street.
Sanshanmen Street is the most densely populated area in Nanjing. The pedestrians and cars on the street are not a constant flow, but a rush.
More than thirty young people had to hold hands to avoid being scattered.
"Oh God!" Bryce said in amazement, "This is Gongyuan Street, it's really prosperous."
Buerg laughed when he heard this: "No, no, no, this is just Sanshanmen Street, not Gongyuan Street."
"Oh, my God, isn't this Gongyuan Street?" Bryce exclaimed, "Is Gongyuan Street even more prosperous?"
Another young man also said sincerely: "I thought Amsterdam was already the most prosperous big city in the world, but after arriving in Paris, I realized that Amsterdam is just a small city. But after arriving in Nanjing today, I discovered that
It turns out that Paris is just a small city."
"Nanjing is a truly big city."
"Father, how many people live in Nanjing?"
This time, Bu Mige was also stumped, and he didn't know it either.
After pondering for a moment, Bu Mige said: "When I left last year, there seemed to be a million people in Nanjing, but the streets were not as crowded as they are now.
It’s so crowded, it’s estimated to be two million now.”
"God, two million?!" Blaise and other young people were immediately frightened. With so many people living in one city, would there really be any problems? How will the sewage be discharged? How will food be supplied? And how will law and order be maintained?
You know, even in Paris, the richest city in Europe, there are a lot of beggars on the streets.
Moreover, these beggars are also very bad. Not only do they work part-time as thieves, they will also openly rob weak women and children.
But it seems that they have not encountered a single security incident since entering the city? The security order in Nanjing is so good that it is unbelievable. This is simply a miracle.
"Bryce, are you hungry?"
"I'll take you to try steamed cakes and rice cakes from the Ming Dynasty."
Bu Mig pointed to a food shop on the street corner ahead and said, he himself was a little hungry.
After being away from Nanjing for so long, I really miss Nanjing's food. It seems that all the food in Ming Dynasty is concentrated in Nanjing, and he has never tasted anything more delicious.
"Okay, okay, let's try it."
Young people like Blaise are full of energy and want to try everything.
Immediately, Bu Mige led more than thirty young people into the restaurant and said in fluent Ming Dynasty Mandarin: "Man, give us thirty-seven baskets of steamed cakes and thirty-seven bowls of rice cake soup."
"Okay, thirty-seven baskets of steamed cakes and thirty-seven bowls of rice cake soup, in the lobby on the first floor."
The waiter shouted loudly and left. Blaise and other young people sat down at the five Eight Immortals tables, stretched out their hands and looked around, seeming to be curious about everything.
Bryce soon noticed that the three people at the next table were arguing.
Seeing the three people arguing with each other, Bryce was very curious and immediately asked Bummig quietly: "Father, what are they arguing about? Can you translate it for me?"
After listening for a while, Bu Mige said: "One person said that all things are composed of two elements: Li and Qi. Qi is the origin of all things, and Li is the law of operation. Li and Qi are interdependent and cannot be separated from each other."
Braxton stood in awe, this must be a profound scholar.
Bu Mige also said: "Another person said that the heart is the principle, all things are my heart, and my heart is all things."
"That's wrong." Blaise said softly, "All things are all things, and the heart is the heart, so how can they be simply equated? But this must be a professor with profound knowledge."
