The rise of the prince

Chapter 305 Changes in the Southeast
"This place is really extraordinary." Yang Hongzhao stood on the boulder in the mountain, overlooking the lush mountains that can't be seen at a glance. This is the back mountain of Luchun County.

The Feng Shui master behind him hurriedly said: "This is the east of Suzhou, the east belongs to wood, and it is dominated by green dragons. The place where you live is peaceful and clean, and everything grows, so this place is also destined for outstanding people."

Yang Hongzhao just nodded. The knowledge of Feng Shui has not been around for a long time. It is useful for marching and fighting, but it only comes down to its usefulness. It is useful for carrying it with you, wading through water and opening roads, passing through mountains and crossing mountains during the march.

As for Mr. Feng Shui's mysterious and mysterious statements, Yang Hongzhao often ignores them and doesn't take them seriously.

He doesn't go into the details of other people's jobs, and it has nothing to do with him. He just wants to do what he does.

The eleven counties in the eastern part of Ansu Prefecture are completely under the control of the Imperial Army.

It must be a great achievement to conquer eleven counties in three days, but he was not happy at all, because there was no loss of a single soldier in the eleven counties, and the only ones who were injured were either because the mountain road was slippery and they fell by themselves. Or from north to south, cold and warm, unwell, and sick.

But no one was injured by the war, and no one died because of the war.

Without wasting effort, the eleven counties in the east are all down, because there are few defenders in these counties, hundreds of them at most, and dozens of them at least. Seeing the army, he surrendered directly.

After questioning, I found out that Ding Yi, the commander of the rebel army, suffered a big defeat in the north and lost tens of thousands of troops. As a last resort, he dispatched reinforcements from various places in the southeast.

After hearing this, Yang Hongzhao was even more shocked, and then felt more and more incredible.

The rebel army suffered a defeat in the north. Where is the north? The north of Suzhou is naturally Luzhou!

What he guessed before seemed to be verified step by step. He felt more and more absurd, and began to comfort himself.That's impossible, there are only a thousand people, how can it be done?Even if King Pingnan did advise him to move westward slowly before he set off
But that must have been a coincidence.
There is no such thing as a god in the world, not everyone is a champion, such a character is rare in a thousand years.

Thinking of this in his heart, he couldn't help but turn around and ask Mr. Feng Shui: "The capital is where the dragon's veins are, and where the spirit of the earth is, so there must be outstanding people?"

Mr. Feng Shui said with a smile: "The general is worrying too much. A mother has nine sons and ten mothers. Although there is a theory of earth spirits, it is fate to be outstanding."

Yang Hongzhao nodded, but he couldn't help but want to go north quickly to see what happened in the north, but after careful consideration, he decided to proceed steadily and cautiously.

Be careful sailing for ten thousand years, there are still many important towns on the way north, maybe the rebels still have backers.

The eastern part is said to be eleven counties, but in fact, it was nothing more than the rebellion of the rebels, who established themselves as the Xu country, and in order to make their own Xu country like a country, some places that were no bigger than towns were designated as counties.

"Report, General, the imperial court has an order." A guard behind him hastily pushed aside the leaves and sent a letter to Yang Hongzhao.

Yang Hongzhao took it, opened it for a while, and then frowned.

"The imperial court wanted to take down the waterway, so I divided up the troops to go south. How can I take it? Where did the court get the boat?" Frowning, he still couldn't help but look to the south. He also wanted to take down the southern waterway, and he knew that there were not many defenders there. .

But water warfare is different from land warfare. They have no boats, and the navy is like carp entering the water in the big river. They can come and go freely, and they can't compete with it at all.

Naturally, no one could answer Yang Hongzhao's question, where did the imperial court get the ship and where did the people come from.

But these things were quickly forgotten by him. At the moment, what he cares most about is the affairs of the north, what happened in the north, and what happened in the north.

At the end of April, the wind direction changed, and two huge sailboats on the big river were going down the river.

This ship is ridiculously large, with a length of about twenty feet from front to back, and a width of more than two feet on the upper deck, which makes the ship look very slender, but even so, it is very stable and fast, fully faster than ordinary large ships. Even Ji Chunsheng and the other sailors were amazed.

In fact, if we only talk about carrying people, such a large ship can carry about 500 people, but because of the heavy artillery, plus a large number of projectiles, gunpowder, and firearms, it cannot carry more people at all.

These days, Ji Chunsheng trains everyone on the boat to use firearms and cannons every day. Among the more than 500 people, some are from Wu Desi, but some are the remaining guards of the palace. They train on the boat every day, and some people feel dizzy Dizziness, seasickness, vomiting, and no adaptation at all.

But there is not much time left. Tomorrow, the fleet will pass through the Anxiakou and enter the waters of Suzhou. There is a high probability that they will encounter the Suzhou navy.

Although their boat is big, it is also fast, ridiculously fast. Not to mention the big boat sails, there are some huge gears and bearings below him that he can't understand. The pedals can be easily turned by the boatman. The water wheel, the water wheel turns fast, and the boat also runs fast.

He asked Miss Qiu'er, and she only said that using the formula for doing work, increasing the distance can reduce the applied force to do the same work, and so on.

Ji Chunsheng was naturally confused.

And the gunpowder they brought this time is also different from before. The gunpowder was processed by Miss Qiu'er with egg whites, and then dried in the sun.

At that time, he and everyone in the mansion were stunned, gunpowder that can still be lit on a rainy day?
Immediately thinking that Qiu'er did it, she felt relieved, as if nothing strange happened to her.After all, she is always smart, and she is the most beloved person in the world.

After a while, the man dressed up as Qiu'er and the girl also came up from the lower deck.

Ji Chunsheng strongly opposed her going south, it was inconvenient at first.Although the new ship is divided into compartments, Ms. Qiuer said that it is to increase the stability and damage resistance of the hull, because there are many internal supports and the hull is strong. If it is partially damaged, as long as the corresponding compartments are sealed, the ship will not sink.

This also incidentally solves the problem of her inconvenient food and lodging on the ship, just give her a separate cabin.

But the problem is that this trip is dangerous, and Ji Chunsheng is not fully sure, if she makes a mistake, not only will the son be blamed, but also the loss of the whole palace!
Although the eldest son was away, everyone was headed by the mistress, Wang Lianshan, and followed the orders of the strict supervisor, but if there were any problems, most of them asked to teach Miss Qiu'er, and she seemed to know everything, most of the things were easy to understand. It can be solved easily, and the prestige in the mansion is not inferior to that of the mistress.

But Qiu'er stuck him dead with one sentence, "If the boat breaks down, do you know how to fix it?"

Ji Chunsheng was speechless for a moment, if it was an ordinary ship, he would always be able to find a solution if he brought three or five carpenters, but the new ship of the Wangfu was different from those, just the densely packed gears and bearings were dazzling, how could anyone know how to repair it?
If the boat really broke down on the way, how could he save the son, Ji Chunsheng had no choice but to let her go with him.

I just hope that nothing will go wrong when I cross the waters of Suzhou tomorrow. He prayed silently in his heart.

(End of this chapter)