Lu Ming

Chapter 341 Opening of Port (VII)
As night fell, it was pitch black on the deserted beach.

Wu Meng and his group gathered in the hut were sitting around the oil lamp and plotting.

At this moment, Third Master Wu has a serious expression on his face, which is no longer the reckless expression he had during the day: "Er Qi, go to the county town tomorrow to find your uncle, and find out the details of that Xiong."

"Here!"

"Bingcai, call all the brothers back and get ready guys, this time it seems that there is going to be a big fight."

"Here!"

"Hong Fu, go and say hello to those trash in Daxing, don't let that Xiong hire a soldier."

"Here!"

"Gouzi, go to Taihu Lake and make it clear to Boss Hu that I need someone here at any time, so let him prepare."

"Here!"

The third master arranged here, rubbed his hands, and then looked around with a sullen expression: "We men have never been afraid of anyone in this barren grass beach. If the surname Xiong wants to come to court for death, let him come. It's time to kill and serve wine to the brothers!"

"I'll do it with them!" Now that the elder brother had made the arrangements, a group of younger brothers were naturally excited and agreed.

When the big plan was brewing in the thatched hut, the private port in the distance was not idle.

The fast boat that was parked by the trestle during the day started to move as soon as it got dark: a boatman dexterously got under the trestle, and then took the walnut-sized objects handed by others, and tied them one by one. on the pillar.

After all these tasks were completed, two more people walked onto the trestle bridge.One of them was holding a few big gourds in his hand. After he got on the trestle bridge, he unplugged the gourds one after another and spilled all the liquid inside on the bridge surface.

The other walked straight to the "post".

The sentry post is a thatched shed at the head of the bridge with the light of an oil lamp, and there is only one ram who is drinking bad wine.This is how the private wharf usually looks like: the shady goods have already been moved into the nest deep in the grass, and there are only a few small broken boats near the trestle, so there is usually no one on duty.

When he came to the door of the grass shed, the man in the bamboo hat fired two shots inside without hesitation, then he bent down and picked up the hot bullet casings and threw them into his pocket, then turned and returned to the boat.The pistol equipped with a silencer was not loud in the sound of the tide at night, so until the clipper sailed out of the port, no one noticed anything unusual here.

The next moment, the man in black named "Gu Le" stood at the bow of the boat, stretched his arms and drew his bow, exhaled and made a sound, and shot a rocket, which landed on the trestle 50 meters away.

With a "boom", the trestle bridge sprinkled with gasoline burned into a fire dragon in an instant, bursting into the sky with flames.

"Third Master, it's not good, the pier is on fire!"

The fire immediately alarmed the third master who was gathered in the shack. When he heard the sound and rushed out to have a look, he immediately shouted: "Hurry up and put out the fire!"

Then the third master rushed out in the first place.

When a group of people rushed to the trestle bridge, they found that the fire was already quite large, and the bridge deck was burning violently. On the distant river, a fast boat was hiding its last figure into the night.

At this time, we couldn't care less about investigating the cause of the fire. After everyone hurriedly searched for barrels and dragged out a few wooden barrels and tubs from the grass nest where the goods were hidden, people rushed forward with their belongings full of water. Trestle.

After a few splashes of water, the flames at the bridgehead were somewhat extinguished.The inspired people then rushed into the deeper bridge deck.

Then the explosives on the pillars were detonated one after another by the flames, and the wooden piles with the thickness of bowls were blown off one after another, and the trestle was destroyed. The board was smashed to death on the water.

At the same time, in the grass in the distance, a figure in gray also slowly put down the night vision goggles in his hand.

When Comrade Liu Qingyun saw the trestle collapsed in the flames, he turned around and walked to the place where the carriage was hidden. At the same time, he took out his walkie-talkie: "The task has been completed, and everyone returns to the team."

"Gu Tianle understands."

The straight-line distance between Jiading County and Zhangsu Beach is more than 80 miles, and there is a Huangpu River in between, so Liu Qingyun did not return to Luoyuan until the afternoon of the second day.

Liu Qingyun's real name is Liu Wang. He used to be a waiter in a teahouse, but now he is a local intelligence officer arranged by the Hangzhou Station.

Although Liu Wang is not very old, he has participated in many operations and is considered an old intelligence officer.Due to his strong professional ability, he was also arranged to go to the senior staff for "advanced training" some time ago.After returning from this trip, Liu Wang's mental outlook has improved a lot, and his revolutionary will has become more determined, so he was sent to Jiading by Lu Cheng, the station chief of Hangzhou Station, to assist Xiong Dao in completing the task of opening the port.

After entering the lobby, Liu Wang glanced at the people who were packing up, knowing that they would be moving today, so he hurried to the study and begged to see Xiong Dao.

Xiong Dao quickly received him, and then listened to the report on last night's actions.

"Well, the next thing we need to do is to see the reaction of this third master Wu. Should he continue to be tough with us, or admit he is cowardly? Hehe, we will wait and see."

Seeing Xiong Dao's expectant look on his face, Liu Wang couldn't help asking him the doubts he had been thinking all the way: "Deputy Station Master, last night with the strength of Gu Le and I, we were fully capable of killing Wu Meng and his gang. As long as people are willing to use bullets to wipe out everything, why did you order that only the trestle bridge be burned?"

"Hehe, that's a good question." Xiong Dao stood up and stretched out a finger to the young man in front of him: "This is actually for testing."

"We came to Shanghai this time, but it is different from doing things secretly in the past. This time the opening of the port cannot be concealed, so we can only be open and aboveboard. This is undoubtedly a new mode of struggle. Officially revealed its name in the heartland of the city, publicly expropriated land, and violated the interests of the gentry and people from all walks of life."

"Then under the new situation, how does our team adapt to dealing with officials, gentry, bandits, and civilians in broad daylight? This is something that everyone, including you and me, must learn and adapt to."

Liu Wang couldn't help but nodded when he heard this: "This is military training."

"Yes, it's military training." Xiong Dao patted Liu Wang on the shoulder: "A nest of clay sticks, if you really use a gun, it will be wiped out."

"But this Wu San is actually a very typical bully, colluding with the government, occupying official land, and smuggling salt. I actually want to compete with this group of people and see what methods these traditional bullies have, so as to make a better future for them." refer to."

Liu Wang: "This subordinate understands."

"Well, you have to know that this time we are not only facing bullies, but also many landlords and civilians who are living a normal life. When these people are against us, they can't be solved with pistols, right?"

"So, all kinds of means must be used comprehensively. We are here to train soldiers this time. We need to combine resources such as pistols, poisons, government officials, and silver. When the port opens in the future, all these experiences will be collected at the headquarters. of."

After Xiong Dao thought about it, he confessed to Liu Wang earnestly: "You are a trained intelligence agent with a gun and an elite of the Intelligence Bureau, so you should know that sooner or later the empire will occupy the city of Ming Dynasty. We governed ourselves. At that time, the experience we have gained in Shanghai today can be promoted, which is a very important reference material.”

After Xiong Dao and Liu Wang finished talking, everyone packed up their belongings in Luo Yuan.So after Master Xiong went to the next door to say goodbye to Luo Shizhi, the team drove off to the new house.

A new house is a must.

Xiong Dao's visit to Shanghai this time was originally an advance team, and many action members will join in later, including some time travelers.Therefore, the Xiongdao team with many secret equipment and many secret operations must have their own private house, and it is impossible to live there for a long time.

Fortunately, here is Jiading, one of the wealthiest areas in the Ming Dynasty, so there is no shortage of houses, even gardens.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Jiading was a place in the south of the Yangtze River with a developed economy and a strong culture.A large number of gentry, literati, and courtiers came here to discuss art and build gardens. There have been many private gardens of considerable scale.There are no less than a hundred famous gardens whose names have been found in local chronicles in later generations.

This is also the reason why Xiong Dao was able to buy a garden soon after he came to Jiading: In the Ming Dynasty, gardens were not a rare thing, and the stock of real estate in the Suzhou-Hangzhou-Jiading area was quite large.

The garden I bought was called Crane Tower, and it was the real estate of a local noble family.The father of the family died of illness last year, leaving the two sons fighting over the property, and it was procrastinated until this year that the property was listed for sale: as long as the cash is available, the two brothers can easily split the accounts.

So the Crane Tower happened to be bought by Xiong Dao with money.

The location of the Crane Tower is relatively remote, already 5 miles away from the county seat.However, Xiong Dao and his group don't care if it's a bit remote to do things.

It sounds like a small building, but Crane Tower is actually a general term for a garden.A small river surrounds the Crane Tower with a total area of ​​[-] mu by the wall. There are small bridges, flowing water, rockery ponds, pavilions and pavilions in the garden, which are exquisite and pleasant.

However, Master Xiong moved in with his front feet, and then began to burn the piano and cook the cranes: all the vegetation within a certain distance on both sides of the river bank outside the wall was pulled out, which is called clearing the shooting area.

The inside of the wall is similar, all the rare flowers, rare plants and precious trees in the garden have been cut down for firewood, and the remaining land will soon be planned by architects with big officials to "conform to the architectural model expected by the society".

To put it simply, it is a fortress capable of stationing thousands of troops—after all, the garden has as much as 15 acres.

Not to mention how Mr. Xiong tossed about in the new house, but also said that the next morning when the trestle bridge collapsed, standing by the river beach, looking at the broken and broken wooden piles and the bridge deck floating on the water, Mr. Wu was really Want to cry but have no tears.

After the trestle exploded last night, he knew that there was no way to save him, so he quickly ordered people to pick up both the dead and the living who fell into the water and sent them to the hospital. By the way, he saw the sentinel who was shot open by the bullet in the straw shed.

The third master understood everything at that moment.

(End of this chapter)