Chapter 244 Rescued

The pirates stopped and looked at what was coming in front of them. They lost the ability to think. When they encountered this new thing, their most correct choice was to run away quickly instead of being in a daze here. However, maybe the pirate leader wanted to take this thing for himself? What is that? If you grab that thing, you may be able to sell it at a good price!

Their hesitation made them lose the chance to escape.

"S sir, there are pirates hijacking the cargo ship in front of you." On this new ship, a sailor said to Bian Yuanheng.

"Hurry up, dare to come to our field and give them a lesson that they will never forget!" Bian Yuanheng said.

This ship was modified by the craftsmen of the base half a month ago. It used to be just an ordinary cargo ship. Now, a new steam engine has been placed in the middle of the ship, saying that it is new. This is because under the transformation of Li Youcai and Zhao Jiamin, this steam engine has three pistons, and the first piston comes out. The temperature of the exhaust gas is still relatively high, and there is still a lot of energy. Li Youcai has a whimsical idea to add a steam engine. Isn't it possible to improve efficiency by using the exhaust gas from it? The two steam engines are linked to maximize the power. After experiments, three pistons and three sets of steam engines were finally connected in parallel, and the final exhaust gas was not directly put into the air, but returned to the boiler and then used. Structurally speaking, this steam engine is very close to the modern steam engine.

So this steam engine will not emit white water vapor, but only black smoke, which is the smoke after the firewood burns.

The steam engine drives two large water wheels on both sides, similar to the two large disks of the waterwheel, which is also conceived by Li Youcai. By rowing on both sides, like an oar, you can move forward. However, these two disks can't compare with ten oars. Li Youcai can really be called Li Youcai.

From a distance, the ship looks very much like Fulton's fool.

Although the propeller is more efficient, the production process of the propeller is very complicated. The propellers are all immersed in water, and the anti-corrosion work is also very complicated. Therefore, Zhang Yang did not propose to use the propeller to drive, but has been encouraging Li Youcai and Zhao Jiamin to design.

Jiaoyu's cannon casting is also very advanced. On both sides of the ship, two experimental guns are installed. The gun barrel of these guns has been artificially and simply engraved with some rifling. The back rifle opens. When firing, the sharp warhead and medicine bag are stuffed, lock the rear gun door, and stuff it into the gun twist, or use ignition. The way of launch.

The base is full of reeds, and the experiment has no effect. Therefore, after asking Zhang Yang, the ship, or warship, can be called a warship. At this moment, it appears in Gaoyou Lake. The surface of Gaoyou Lake is open and the lake is deep, which is very suitable for experimental warships. Originally, there were only some technicians led by Li Youcai on the warship, but after Bian Yuanheng knew it, he couldn't wait to take some soldiers on the ship. His reasons were also very good: in the future, these warships will be equipped with his troops. He took some people to familiarize himself with the warships and train some professional people. Therefore, when the warship sailed to Gaoyou Lake, in addition to ten workers, there were also forty soldiers.

Now, the ship is experimenting with the maximum speed. The steam engine on the ship is working at the maximum speed, and the water wheels on both sides are draining quickly, and the speed of the ship is like a shuttle. Bian Yuanheng looked at the warship under his feet very happily. With this guy, he can run rampant in the whole southern waterway. He can accelerate, slow down and turn at any time without adjusting the wind direction. He is definitely a treasure!

The clinker, while being happy, found that on the lake in front of him, several small fishing boats were surrounded by a large boat, and several ships in front of him were surrounded by another ship. The ship was quickly getting rid of it, and it was robbed at a glance.

That's great! Bian Yuanheng's army is now responsible for the defense of the whole Gaoyou Lake. There are pirates in its own defense zone! Bian Yuanheng felt as disgusting as seeing a fly and killed these bastards!

"Fire hand, get ready!" Bian Yuanheng said.

Because several ships are glued together, if they are fired rashly, they are likely to accidentally injure innocent people due to accuracy problems. Therefore, Bian Yuanheng is still ready to use Tianque to solve the problem.

Aiming at the target on the swaying ship is a very difficult job for others. However, for Bian Yuanheng's men, it is simply easy. They often patrol the lake on the boat. They have long practiced their skills. Their bodies shake with the hull, but the tube has been aiming at the target.

"You two ships, lean up and get ready to jump." The pirate leader here began to order his outlaws. In his eyes, this strange ship seems to be more valuable.

Several pirates jumped back on the boat, quickly rowed to the boat coming in front of them.

"Surrender, call out all your silver, and you can spare your life." The pirate leader looked at He Zhaoyi and Xuan Lao, who were standing on the boat gang and were about to fall into the water, and said.

"Don't come here, come here again, be careful I'll set you on fire!" Xuan Lao pretended to be calm and said, but his calf stomach kept shaking.

"Burn, you burn it." The pirate leader said to the two men next to him, "You two, go up and cut off the guy who set the fire."

The two unlucky men were not happy, but they did not dare to disobey the order, so they had to come forward shivering.

Wow, I'm going to wear it soon. What should I do? If I had known, I would have been on fire these two days. Now that the medicinal stones have been used up, how can I set them on fire?

Xuan Lao secretly regretted himself in his heart, but his hand pretended to stretch out and took a deep breath, as if he was working: "Heavenly Spirit, Earth Spirit, Lei Gonghuo Mother is about to show..."

"Ban, bang," Suddenly, there was an explosion in the distance.

"Ah, ah!" With the sound of fire, the pirates in the two boats in front of them were hit one after another and fell into the water.

Fire? The pirate leader reacted that this kind of thing is said to be equipped by the elite army of the imperial court. Is it the people of the imperial court who came?

"Withdraw, withdraw quickly!" The pirate leader said that he obviously couldn't deal with that kind of thing. His own men didn't even have an archer. Under the firepower, it was simply a massacre.

He stared at He Zhaoyi for the last time and was ready to retreat to his ship. This task was not completed.

"Ah, ah!" Suddenly, the pirates beside him also fell to the ground screaming like killing pigs, and blood flowed out.

The ship came so fast! After killing the pirates of two fishing boats, they came here so soon? The pirate leader was shocked. The other party was so fast that even if he jumped back to the fishing boat, he would never escape. He was in danger of being rich and noble. Let's fight for it!

He Zhaoyi turned his head and looked at the approaching warship. The other party was an enemy or a friend, which was not clear. Although he helped him run away from the pirates, he may also plot his own money?

The He family can become the largest salt merchant in Yangzhou. Naturally, they are also rich. This time, in the capital to the north, Mr. He took nearly half of his family property, otherwise he would not have been attacked by bandits and died tragically. When he came back this time, in addition to burying the bodies of his father and eldest brother, another thing was to sell grain to Dadu. In addition to saving part of the silver in Dadu's bank, He Zhaoyi also brought a lot of silver. Although she was careful all the way, she still attracted the attention of the evildoers.

She looked carefully at the incoming warship. Who was it? Is it another pirate?

"Ah!" Suddenly, He Zhaoyi's arms felt as if they were clamped by iron pliers. It was hot and painful, and a vicious voice came from his ear: "Be honest, or I'll kill you first!"

The pirate leader did not retreat and advanced. While He Zhaoyi and Xuan Lao's attention was focused on the strange ship in front of him, he suddenly stepped forward and subdued He Zhaoyi.

"Hey, my friend in the front, which way are you from? Our well water doesn't violate the river water. Why can't we fight with me? The pirate leader blocked He Zhaoyi in front of him and said to the approaching ship.

"You let go of me!" He Zhaoyi struggled, and his hat fell off, revealing his head full of green silk. It turned out to be a woman!

The pirate leader smiled and said, "Haha, I'm really lucky. It's so good to go back to the island with me and be my wife, haha!"

With the shooting of the fireman, the pirate who jumped on the ship was broken to pieces. Unexpectedly, the pirate subdued the hostages on the ship, which was troublesome.

As he approached, the ship had slowed down. Bian Yuanheng looked at the hostage who was used as a shield by the pirates. The more he looked at it, the more familiar he became. Finally, he suddenly remembered, isn't this person Miss He from Yangzhou? Why is she here?

"Stop shooting!" Bian Yuanheng shouted that although he was very reassured about the skills of his subordinates, Miss He was a person who had a lot to do with the eldest brother. He was afraid that in case of a mistake and hurt Miss He, he would not be able to explain to the eldest brother.

The sound of fire stopped. The pirate leader looked around. Only seven or eight pirates hid in the place. The rest were either lying on the boat or had fallen into the water. This time, their vitality was greatly damaged!

"Hey, above, we have no grudge in the past, and there is no grudge in the past. Why can't we fight with me?" He shouted.

"The whole Gaoyou Lake is my defense zone. Do you dare to be wild on Gaoyou Lake and take my eldest brother seriously?" Bian Yuanheng responded.

"Who is your eldest brother?"

"Zhang Shicheng!"

The pirate leader suddenly turned white. I'm afraid no one in the whole province knows who Zhang Shicheng is. Now he is the local emperor of Gaoyou and Taizhou. Although the governor of Gaoyou Prefecture is Li Pu, it is estimated that no one will think that Li Pu can get Zhang Shicheng, and even the province will respect him three points, which has caused a lot of trouble this time.

"Brother, the little one doesn't know Mount Tai. As long as my brother is willing to let me go, we will immediately withdraw from Gaoyou Lake and never come again!"

"If you put down your weapons and surrender, I can still spare you from death. If you go back like this, will anyone pay attention to my eldest brother in the future?"

"To tell you the truth, brother, there are at least ten gold ingots on this ship, up to one million taels. As long as my brother is willing to let me go, the property on this ship will be brothers's." The pirate leader threw out the killer.

(In the Yuan Dynasty, banknotes were more popular, and the longest circulating time was to Yuan banknotes.) At least ten gold ingots, up to one million taels of yuan? Hearing this, He Zhaoyi's face changed: "How do you know?"

"This is what the employer told me." The pirate leader said.

Second brother, it turned out to be you! He Zhaoyi's heart is full of incomparable disappointment and anger. Is silver more important than family affection? For the sake of money, can you not even want your father and eldest brother, these relatives whose blood is thicker than water?

How many family property have you brought to the north this time? It has always been a secret. The only people who know it are my father, eldest brother, second brother and myself. As early as the attack in Baoding Mansion, she already had an ominous foreboding. However, she did not want to doubt that although the second brother was arrogant and the second brother squeezed the eldest brother everywhere, the second brother would not do such a thing as good as beasts, would he?

Now, it was attacked again in Gaoyou Lake. The pirate leader made these numbers clear. Naturally, it was the news revealed by the second brother. Unexpectedly, the second brother did not even let go of himself for the money.

Hearing so much money, everyone was shocked. This woman who had shown embarry was so rich? This guy is too good at running for his life, isn't he?

Only Bian Yuanheng knows that others dare not say it, but the He family still has this little money.

"How many benefits did He Zhaojie give you?" He Zhaoyi asked, and she tried her best to hide her inner anger.

"The commission is 30%, which is the rule." The pirate leader said.

"Miss, let's go!" Suddenly, a man rushed out of the cabin, holding a bamboo pole, and stabbed the pirate leader who was holding He Zhaoyi!

"Little love!" He Zhaoyi turned her head and saw that it was Xiao Ai who came out of the cabin. Like herself, she was a daughter's family and knew that she was loyal to protect the Lord. Since the death of her father and eldest brother, although she and Xiaoai are masters and servants, they are more like sisters.

Unfortunately, in the eyes of the pirate leader, Xiao Ai was not lethal at all. He let go of He Zhaoyi and rushed to Xiao Ai. He grabbed the bamboo pole and poked it hard. Xiao Ai couldn't hold it and fell on the deck.

Then he turned around and wanted to control He Zhaoyi again.

Unfortunately, it was too late. At this moment, a "s Bang" sound of fire came.

Right in the middle of the eyebrow! The pirate leader didn't even say a word and fell straight back.

"Ban, bang, bang." The sound of fire sounded, and the pirates next to him fell down one after another. The remaining few quickly threw down their weapons and surrendered. No matter how late it was, I'm afraid they would have to be reimbursed here.

He Zhaoyi suddenly felt dark in front of her and slowly fainted on the ground.

"Miss He, Miss He!" Countless voices came to my ears.

Not all the pirates were killed. The pirates who went to besiege Minmin were lucky. When they saw that the situation here was not good, they immediately left.

There was only one warship. Bian Yuanheng looked at the two pirates who had escaped and did not order to chase. Miss He fell down just now. He was very worried that if a shot hit her, he would have an indescribable responsibility.

"The boatman, go back and let's see how the ship is." Minmin said to the boatman.

Looking at the pirates who had been beaten away, and then at the ship that had been rescued, although the boatman was still afraid, he did not object. The ship turned a 180-degree turn and drove back.

From afar, I saw the man lying on the ground in the bow of the boat. I couldn't see his face clearly, but the clothes were still very familiar. It was He Zhaoyi.

What's wrong with her? Min Min was shocked. Could it be... In a blink of an eye, Min Min saw Xuan Lao next to her: "Xuan Lao, what's wrong with Miss He?"

"Young master, Miss He just fainted. It should be fine." When Xuan Lao saw the princess, he immediately said in a hurry that it was not that he was not well protected, but that Miss He fainted, which had nothing to do with him.

"If it's late today, in order to prevent accidents, can you please go to the camp for one night? It's not too late to go on the road after dawn tomorrow." Bian Yuanheng shouted on the boat next to him.

Hearing that He Zhaoyi just fainted, Bian Yuanheng took a breath. However, he was still worried about He Zhaoyi's body. Just now, the pirate leader said that there were many silver taels on the other party's ship. I'm afraid that if it was taken advantage of by the bad people, and if something happened in Gaoyou Lake, he could not absolve himself.

"Thank you very much, my lord." Minmin agreed. Because she was far away just now, she didn't hear it clearly. The other party was Zhang Shicheng's subordinates. She just thought it was the soldiers and horses of the court, an army somewhere.

In the blue sky, there are white clouds. Under the white clouds, there is an endless grassland. Two strong horses are galloping quickly in the grass. One horse is sitting in front of He Zhaoyi with a smile, and the other horse is He Zhaoren, the eldest brother who has been taking care of her.

In the grass in front of him, there was a yellow sheep. He Zhaoren took out his bow and arrow and skillfully pulled the bow and arrow. With a "ssing", the arrow flew forward and was about to hit the yellow sheep. He Zhaoyi began to stretch out his hand and was ready to applaud: "Big brother is great!"

Suddenly, Huang Yang's body slowly became bigger, stood up, and turned into a familiar figure: the second brother He Zhaojie. He pulled off the flying arrow and smiled, "No one dares to fight with me. I'm going to kill you!" The big hand stained with blood suddenly stretched over, and his arm became so long, so long... "Ah!" He Zhaoyi screamed and sat up.

He was covered with a soft quilt, but his whole body was sweating profusely. In a small copper basin, the charcoal fire was burning vigorously. It turned out to be a dream!

"Miss, are you awake?" Xiao Ai limped in with a basin of water.

"Xiao Ai, what's wrong with you?" He Zhaoyi looked at Xiao Ai's walking posture and said.

"It doesn't matter. I met a pirate the day before yesterday. I was in the cabin and wanted to run out to protect the young lady, but I was pushed by the pirate. I was really useless. I didn't stand still and sprained my foot." Xiao Ai said.

"Xiao Ai, it's really thanks to you this time," He Zhaoyi said. The day before yesterday? Unexpectedly, I fell asleep for more than a day?" What about those two coffins?

"It's still on the boat. The boat is parked on the dock next to it. This is the water army camp in Gaoyoufu." Xiao Ai put down the basin, twisted the towel, and prepared to wipe He Zhaoyi's face.

The water army camp? When will there be a navy camp in Gaoyou Mansion?

"About an hour ago, the princess came to see the young lady. When she saw that the young lady hadn't woken up, she went back and said that she would come back in two hours." Xiao Ai said while wiping He Zhaoyi's face.

"Is the princess also here?" He Zhaoyi asked.

"The princess's boat also followed, and I heard that Zhang Shicheng is also coming."

Brother Shicheng? Is he coming too?

(to be continued)