Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 32: Slang
Although it is the dry season now, the speed of the boat going upstream is still very slow, which gives Chen Gu and Liu Er enough time to prepare.

What Chen Gu didn't expect was that Addis didn't leave for the whole morning and might stay in the county town for a day. This would give Chen Gu more time to prepare.

In order to increase the sealing of the explosives tank during the explosion, Chen Gu did not buy a large-mouthed salt tank this time, but a small-mouthed wine tank, also holding one pound each.

Considering that the opponent this time was a well-equipped soldier, Chen Gu also bought some iron nails and added them into the wine jars to increase the lethality.

Before the snack, Chen Gu had already made the explosives. Now he just had to wait for the egg whites used for granulation to dry before putting them into the wine jar.

Zhang San also ran back from the dock. Addis's ship had not left yet, and it would definitely not leave today. After all, the ship went upstream very slowly, and it would not be able to go far if it left now.

Chen Gu cooked a pot of sweet potato porridge and put a few salted eggs in it. The meal was cooked in no time. The two were eating when there was a knock on the door.

At first, Chen Gu thought that he had not been to school for two days, so the sour scholar came to him. However, to be cautious, Chen Gu still asked who the other party was first.

"Lao Yao asked the brothers to pick up Shao Shantou to do big business!"

Chen Gu was confused. Zhang San, who came out with a bowl of porridge, explained, "Laoyao means the boss. He is the one who steers the boat, so he is called Laoyao. Shantou also means the boss. Shaoshantou should refer to you, the boss.

This should be the person sent back by the Second Master!"

Zhang San hesitated for a moment and said, "I can give it a try, but I can't guarantee that I can find out the other party's background!"

So Chen Gu stepped forward and opened the gate.

After taking a sip of porridge, Zhang San asked, "What's your name, brother? Which chair do you sit on the mountain?"

"Then let's try it first!" Chen Gu didn't have any better idea.

"His surname is Tang, and he's Patrolman Six, who's in charge of gathering intelligence!" Zhang San translated to Chen Gu.

Chen Gu was somewhat speechless for a moment and was too lazy to play any more puzzles with the other party. Anyway, if the matter was exposed, there would be no point in delaying time any further. If the matter was not exposed, then it must be someone sent back by Liu Er.

"It's sticky because they stick together. Isn't sugar very sticky?" Zhang San said with a smile, his tone somewhat proud, as if he was more capable than Chen Gu just because he knew these cuts.

"Then how can I be sure whether he is real or fake?" Chen Gu asked with a frown.

Standing in front of Chen Gu was a strong man about thirty years old.

"You can just call me Lao Nian if you want to be the young leader. I'm sitting in the first seat in the sixth row!" the other party replied.

Chen Gu frowned and asked, "Didn't we call him old man?"

He was about 1.7 meters tall, which was considered very tall among ordinary people of that era. Under a straw hat was a face full of beard, but his expression did not look ferocious.

"Come in and talk first!"

Lao Nian was somewhat surprised when he saw Chen Gu for the first time, mainly because Chen Gu looked too young. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he hadn't even fully grown all his hair.

After following Chen Gu into the yard, Lao Nian saw Zhang San, then looked at Chen Gu. He couldn't tell which one was Liu Er's successor.

Zhang San took the initiative to greet him with a fist, "Zhang San, meet the Sixth Master!" "I'm sorry to be too polite, Brother Zhang. Just call me Lao Nian!" Lao Nian saluted Zhang San with a fist, then saluted Chen Gu and said, "Sixth row Lao Nian greets the young master!"

"You're welcome. Come in and have dinner first. We can chat while we eat!" Chen Gu said as he entered the kitchen first.

There were usually not many people at Liu Er's house, so they put a small table in the kitchen for eating.

Zhang San scooped a bowl of porridge with a little sweet potato and rice grains for Lao Nian.

Chen Gu handed him a salted egg and asked, "Why did you come to the city?"

"To return to Shaoshantou, Lao Yao went into the mountain today and said there was a big deal, so he asked everyone to set out for the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in batches. Because I have to monitor the big ship at the dock, I have to wait until the last step to set off."

So, what Lao Yao meant was that when the warship started, I would come to see Shao Shantou, and then set off with Shao Shantou. If the warship didn't leave, I would come to see Shao Shantou during snack time!" Lao Nian explained.

"Walk with me?" Chen Gu frowned and asked, "How many of you are there? Do you all have horses?"

"No!" Lao Nian shook his head and said, "It's only a hundred miles to the border of Hejiang. Even if there is no horse, it will take a day to walk there.

If we go back to the village now and start from there tomorrow, it will be easier.”

Walking more than a hundred miles a day is not too difficult, but after walking more than a hundred miles, you still have to engage in battle. That is not something that ordinary people can do, and even ordinary regular troops may not be able to do it.

Especially in a cold weapon fight, after walking more than a hundred miles, even if you can still lift the sword, how much combat effectiveness will be left?

And it was impossible for Chen Gu to walk over slowly.

"How many people are there among you in total?" Chen Gu asked.

"There are ten people in the sixth row. Three are in the county town, three followed Lao Yao at the beginning, and four stayed in the mountain village. According to Lao Yao, everyone has to go upstream to meet up!" Lao Nian answered while peeling a salt egg.

"Including the two of us, there will be nine people in total!" Chen Gu nodded and continued, "Tomorrow we will go to the mule and horse market to buy horses, two horses per person, and then go to the mountain to pick up people. We must meet up with Lao Yao and the others at noon!"

The reason why Liu Er mobilized everyone was probably because he took into consideration the situation of living together in this kind of mountain stronghold. These people could not guarantee absolute loyalty, so he brought everyone along to avoid traitors in the team.

"By the way, do you have a place to live?" Chen Gu asked.

"No, I originally planned to go back to the mountain village!" Lao Nian shook his head.

"Then go spend the night with Zhang San!"

Zhang San rented a single room. In order to save money, there was not even a bed in the room. This guy got a lot of straw from somewhere and filled the room with it, making it convenient for a lot of people to squeeze together.

After dinner, Lao Nian and Zhang San left together, while Chen Gu went to Suan Xiucai's house and told him that he would not be able to come to study for the next few days.

The main reason was that no one knew the final outcome of this incident. If he was unlucky, it would be unknown whether Chen Gu could even come back, so Chen Gu had to come over and tell Suan Xiucai.

After all, Suan Xiucai was very good to Chen Gu. It was impossible for Chen Gu to just disappear without even saying hello, right?
(End of this chapter)