The sailors immediately retracted the gangplank, then weighed anchor and set sail.
Captain Li Anshi asked them all to go into the cabin and stay out of the way on the deck.
He personally held the steering wheel and shouted into the microphone to open the starting valve and start the transmission system. Inside the engine room, the chief engineer immediately pulled down the handle. Driven by high-pressure steam, the steam engine drove the propeller and began to rotate.
The ship shook violently, then followed the sound of the steam engine, spraying white steam, and headed towards the center of the Hun River.
After the ship enters the center of the river, it can go down the river, drive directly south, turn into the Liaohe River in Panjin, and then enter the Bohai Bay.
As long as they get on the boat, they are safe.
Jiannu had no navy and no forts equipped with long-range artillery on the shore.
This ship is a special operations ship. It looks like a hull made of thin wooden boards from the outside, but the inner layer is made of steel plates. It is like a sandwich biscuit, with two layers of thin wooden boards sandwiching a layer of steel plates.
The keel and ribs are made of steel. There is also a steel ramming angle under the water on the bow, which can ram and sink enemy ships.
With a low aspect ratio and shallow draft, it can enter inland waterways with a water depth of 1.5 meters. And it is very fast, making it invincible in inland rivers.
The deck is the same as that of a shallow-water heavy gunship, with a sliding steel roof. The inside and outside of the steel plate are camouflaged with wooden boards. It looks like an ordinary merchant ship.
However, this ship has three millimeters of carburized steel armor. It is completely immune to musket and bow and arrow fire.
This boat looks like a silkworm baby, with a round head and round tail, a short and fat boat, and a very wide internal space. The bottom compartment is ten meters wide and twenty-five meters long.
At this time, inside the cabin, people at Shenyang Station were also awake. Some people's heads were even covered with badger oil. They didn't know why they were burned, and they didn't dare to ask.
At this time, there were more than 60 people from Shenyang Station, 30 servants, and 40 or 50 people from Zhuzi and Honger in the cabin. It was already quite crowded. However, everyone relaxed. Once on the ship, it was completely safe.
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The risk of this operation is still very high. Shenyang is the capital of Jiannu and the place with the largest number of troops.
There are cavalry camps everywhere here. This operation is like pulling teeth out of the tiger's mouth. If you are not careful, you will be bitten by a large number of cavalry.
"Everyone must be hungry. The boat is simple. I steamed beef buns and egg and seaweed soup for everyone. Everyone should appease their stomachs first." The head chef came out and said.
One of his two cooking soldiers was carrying a large stack of steamers, and the other was carrying two tin buckets filled with soup.
The head chef carried two buckets of tableware and handed out stainless steel bowls and chopsticks to everyone.
Everyone was happy when they heard that there was still food. After a night of hard work, everyone was tired and hungry. Suddenly, they all happily started eating and drinking. These fist-sized steamed buns stuffed with beef and green onions are really good. Take a bite of them and you will get a lot of juice.
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Beef is not something that can be eaten by just anyone. Eating beef in the Ming Dynasty will lead to lawsuits. However, the master is considerate here. Everyone is very happy.
Zhuzi and Hong'er lived in a single room at the stern of the boat. The chef specially gave them rice and two stir-fried vegetables in addition to steamed buns and soup. In addition to the bottom warehouse, the boat had several rooms at the bow and stern.
Because the ships of this era were all high at both ends and low in the middle. For the purpose of simulation, there were several independent rooms at the bow and stern, where senior officers and VIPs usually lived.
This small room at the stern only has bunk beds on one side and a wooden bench that is usually hung on the wall and hung with a steel chain that can be lowered. There is also a small window, and under the window is a small table that can be stowed away.
plate.
There is no way, the space on the ship is small, this is already a very good treatment.
Hong'er asked Zhu Zhu to sit down, and first wiped his face and hands with a hot towel. Then she also wiped them herself.
She first served rice and dishes to Zhu Zhu, and then poured a small cup of white wine for Zhu Zhu.
Zhu Zhu looked at Hong'er, who had a red face and was serving him like his little wife. He suddenly felt that there was the warmth of home in this small room.
Zhuzi glanced out the window. Half of the sky in Hu's shack village had turned red.
At this time, several big explosions occurred one after another. It seemed that there was a gunpowder magazine in the Han army flag, which was ignited. There was a suicide bombing.
Zhu Zhu smiled and said to Hong'er: "We have finished the work, but some people won't be able to sleep tonight."
Tonight, the study room in Li's Mansion.
Li Yongfang came to the study in a dusty state and asked Li Shun, "Madam, have you gone to bed?"
Li Shun, the commander-in-chief, replied: "My wife is a little tired today. She drank some kumiss for dinner, and she feels a little sleepy. She has already gone to bed."
Of course he knew which lady the master was talking about. After all, there were too many things going on in this mansion that the princess and his wife should not know.
Li Yongfang nodded and said to him: "Ask the eldest son to come over. I have something to ask him."
After meeting Hong'er and Zhuzi, Li Yangeng suddenly lost contact with Fan Zhen. The other five also sought refuge with his insiders and lost contact.
Under normal circumstances, he would pay close attention to Hong'er and Zhuzi's movements after they returned. This was explained in advance, but no one has contacted his contact person. This made him a little uneasy.
However, on second thought, there might be something special that delayed them. After all, Zhu Zhu and the others must have arranged some things before they went back. Maybe those people couldn't leave.
It's normal for me not to contact you all day and night.
However, his eyelids kept twitching. His personal maid put a sticker on it, but it didn't seem to be any better. While he was worried, his father's attendant came and called him over. He said that the master was back.
Arriving at the study, Li Yongfang was sitting upright on the imperial chair.
No one else was in the room except for the father and son.
"How was your discussion with Uncle Dingyuan's people? I just came back tonight and I have been thinking about this matter." Li Yongfang said.
Li Yongfang has been guiding Li Yangeng behind the scenes to do this. Li Yongfang has been secretly contacting Dong Lin to prepare an escape route for himself.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Donglin paid a huge price for this transaction. Li Yongfang couldn't help but feel uneasy.
Seeing Li Yangeng's hesitation, he felt a little unhappy. He was dissatisfied with his eldest son. Although he had trained him a lot, he was always not to his liking and could not meet his expectations for him.
"Retell the conversation verbatim." Li Yongfang took a sip of tea from the tureen and said calmly.
Li Yangeng carefully recounted the entire process from the beginning to the meeting. He recounted it over and over while looking at Li Yongfang's face with the corner of his eye.
Li Yongfang's face was expressionless at first, but after he finished speaking, Li Yongfang's expression turned gloomy.
"Father, there is something missing about the child."
Li Yongfang shook his head and said: "You are still young, you are too impatient. Some of the signs are too obvious. But the other party is also a young man, so you may not be able to see any flaws. However, there is a strange problem. They were not persistent in the end.
So, you seemed a little too indifferent in finding Liu Xingzuo's family members for them. Your explanation before leaving was more like a formality."
Li Yangeng smiled and said: "Such a big thing is not so easy to accomplish. Besides, my Li family is willing to cooperate, but they can't make the decision on such a big thing. I think their top priority is to go back and return to Yang Fan."
Li Yongfang shook his head and said: "No, I have a feeling. It seems that they don't expect you to help them complete their mission. Finding Liu Xingzuo's family is their only purpose of coming to Shenyang this time. How could they meet by chance?
You, then after listening to your words, gave up the mission and went back. This cannot be explained."
Li Yangeng felt a little funny. The older his father got, the less courageous he became.
It was a great thing for them that the Li family had contact with the Ming Dynasty, so they didn't hurry back to recover. This is no more important than Liu Xingzuo's family.
"What did they do and say during the day and night they went back?" Li Yongfang asked with a frown.
"Well, we haven't contacted our hidden stake yet, and we don't know the news yet."
Li Yongfang's face changed drastically and she exclaimed: "Oh no, something happened."
At this moment, a deep horn sounded. Then, the sound of drums and the clanging of big bells rang out from the drum tower and bell tower in the city.
Li Yongfang stood up with a surprised look on his face. It was the sound of the police. He lost his voice and said: "What happened? The whole city is under martial law."
At this time, Li Shun knocked on the door outside and shouted: "What's wrong with you, sir? The beacon fires and smoke piers in the south of the city have been lit. The fires in the Hu family's shack are so blazing that half of the sky is red. The gunpowder magazine has exploded."
The city is in chaos, and they say Mao Wenlong and the Dongjiang Navy are coming to kill us."
