Chapter 197 Gentlemen do not suffer immediate losses
At a small port on the outskirts of Lianguan County, a small steam wooden ship was moored at the dock, and many dock workers were loading boxes one by one onto the ship.
A man in casual clothes on the shore, about fifty years old, smiled after hearing the report from his subordinates: "I have told you a long time ago that Lin Ziran and his gang are not kind-hearted people. They are greedy and ruthless.
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At this time, a subordinate on the side said: "Your Majesty, you are so good at predicting things. The preparations were made the day before yesterday. Yesterday, the other party left quietly before entering the city."
"Otherwise, I'm afraid I will fall into the hands of these gangsters just like the man named Huang!"
The man in front of me is Li County Cheng of Lianguan County!
Just listen to Li County Cheng say: "No, although I have met Lin Ziran, we have had a lot of dealings since last year. That man robbed Sanyang Town, and later put Lao Cao under house arrest.
,How can such a lawless person be a kind person!"
"If I hadn't found the boat two days ago, I would have left long ago, and I wouldn't have delayed it until now!"
The subordinate said: "It's not too late now. As long as we get on the boat, who can find us? And they probably don't know yet. Before we left, we had already taken away all the gold and silver in the county treasury, leaving only
The next pile of rocks is over there!"
"When the time comes, they will probably be furious!"
Hearing this, Li Xiancheng couldn't help laughing!
However, the laughter did not last long. His expression quickly changed, and he quickly walked forward from the shore and jumped directly onto the steam liner, shouting at the same time: "Hurry, set sail, set sail immediately!"
The captain on the ship looked puzzled: "Master Li, what's going on?"
However, Li County Cheng looked panicked: "Set the ship immediately, quickly!"
The captain said: "But the steam pressure hasn't come up yet, so we can't go, and all these things haven't been loaded on the ship yet!"
Li Xiancheng, however, didn't care: "Don't worry about it, leave now, they are coming!"
Are they chasing?
The captain looked toward the shore and saw hundreds of cavalry rushing from a distance, all cavalry in military uniforms!
Although the steam engine on the ship was extremely noisy, he still heard the rumble of the galloping horses.
After seeing this, the captain looked helpless, but turned around and entered the cockpit, closing the door at the same time.
At first, Li Xiancheng thought he would sail the boat immediately, but when he thought about it, the sound of the steam engine stopped and the vibration disappeared.
The captain actually turned off the steam engine!
Li Xian Cheng was immediately shocked and angry: "You are so brave. Quick, turn on the machine and sail the ship immediately, otherwise I will not spare you."
The captain seemed not to hear, hiding in the cockpit and not moving.
But he secretly thought in his heart: Didn’t you see that the officers and soldiers have come to kill you? If you, a corrupt official, can go away and never come back, I will continue to run boats on the Lian River to make money to support my family. Besides, my family still has
In the county town, I won't go crazy with a corrupt official like you.
Besides, once he sails the boat, the Lianhe River is only less than 100 meters wide. What if the officers and soldiers shoot directly?
Even if the muskets can't be fired, where can the steam liner go at a speed of five or six knots?
It is estimated that before they had traveled a few kilometers, they pulled out the artillery. This ship was not a steel ship, it was just a wooden ship equipped with a steam engine. Everyone would be destroyed when this artillery bombarded them.
The first way to save your life in troubled times is to never get into trouble with a soldier!
Because people won't reason with you, and if you piss them off, they'll just shoot you.
On the shore, Zhou Yuanjie, who was leading his troops to gallop, saw from a distance that the chimney of the small steam liner on the small pier was no longer thick with smoke.
This ship boss is a smart man and knows how to escape!
Otherwise, Zhou Yuanjie planned to reach the shore and directly command the troops to fire a volley.
With the effective firing range of the Mini rifle, let alone within a hundred meters, it could even punch holes in this small steam engine ship within two to three hundred meters.
The ship will probably be fine by then, but the people will definitely be dead.
Zhou Yuanjie arrived at the pier quickly with hundreds of cavalrymen. Before his cavalrymen stepped forward, they shouted in unison: "Execute urgent military affairs." The people on the pier listened and squatted down with their heads in their hands. Anyone who did not comply would be killed.
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With this chorus of shouting and the hundreds of cavalry rushing towards them, each of the cavalrymen had already raised their muskets.
This fight frightened the other people on the dock half to death. No matter whether they were dock workers or other passengers, they all squatted down obediently and held their heads in their hands.
Even a few gentry in gorgeous clothes, although they were dissatisfied, they still squatted down with their heads in their hands.
If they were just ordinary patrol officers, they wouldn't even bother to look at them, and would even reprimand the intruder, saying, "What's the name? Didn't you see that the gentleman is here? Call your boss over."
But what came in front of me was not an ordinary patrol policeman, but an army!
In troubled times, the risk of trying to reason with a soldier is greater than trying to reason with a gangster, because the gangster may still try to reason with you, but the soldiers will not listen to what you say.
Shot directly.
There is an ancient saying: Gentlemen do not suffer immediate losses.
Therefore, you still have to be cowardly when it's time to be cowardly, and then find a way to regain your position after the incident is over.
Hundreds of dragoons roared in. When they arrived, most of the cavalry did not dismount. Instead, they directly raised their muskets on horseback and aimed at the people on the dock in front.
Zhou Yuanjie did not come forward, but stopped more than ten meters away, then raised his left hand: "Be careful!"
"Left and right, come forward and search!"
"If there is resistance, kill them on the spot!"
Immediately, more than a dozen knights dismounted and put their long muskets on their backs. However, they each took out their smoothbore revolvers and went forward to search. At the same time, they each shouted: "Don't move, stay still!"
"Otherwise bullets don't have eyes!"
"Be honest!"
The biggest feature of the smoothbore revolver, a weapon that was only invented in the past thirty years, is that it can be loaded with six bullets at a time and can be fired continuously manually.
Although it has a short range and poor accuracy, it is still the most desired weapon for countless soldiers, so much so that it has become popular all over the world in just twenty or thirty years.
It's just that this thing is expensive, each one costs dozens of dollars, and if the quality is good, it can even cost hundreds. Each feudal town usually only assigns it to officers and cavalry, so don't expect it for ordinary soldiers.
Zhou Yuanjie rode his horse forward slowly, not paying attention to the others, but looking at the small ship in front. At this time, his cavalryman was already dragging Li Xian, whose legs were weak and could not even walk.
The Prime Minister came out.
After being brought there, Zhou Yuanjie smiled and said, "How courageous are you? You actually dared to steal the tax money from the official warehouse and run away!"