Wentang

Chapter 740 Gunboat
Xinma Sea Area, Xinma Island.

After filling his stomach, the yellow croaker grabbed the military uniform and put it on casually, and was ready to go to work.

"Wait." A woman about 30 years old called him to stop, and said while helping him tidy up his clothes, "You are also a dignified captain. If you go out with such disheveled clothes, you are not afraid of being laughed at, but I am afraid of losing face."

The yellow croaker is tall and mighty, his old face is black and rough from the sea wind, and his staring eyes are even more piercing.The woman is delicate and gentle, and even a commoner wooden hairpin can hardly hide her appearance.

The two completely incompatible people seem so harmonious at this time.

Huang Yu had a happy smile on his face, but he said indifferently: "Tch, you girls have a lot of things to do, who dares to laugh at me and cut him off." He also patted the knife hanging on his waist.

"Don't move around." The woman patted the back of his hand lightly, straightened his crooked belt, and said, "The knives are hanging crookedly, so I'm ashamed to say that I cut people. You dare to stand in front of me." Arrogant, you can't even say a word when you go out."

"Who said that?" Huang Yu shouted, "I still speak loudly in front of the governor."

"Yes, yes, you are the best. When Sheng'er was in school, he asked the governor to intercede, and he didn't know who could not speak a word for a long time, and asked me, a woman, to speak."

Huang Yu was so annoyed by what he said, he raised his palm with the size of a cattail leaf fan high and hit her, but when he was about to fall, he paused suddenly and withdrew most of his force, and landed on her hips with no seriousness.

"Hey, what are you doing, you're not afraid that the child will see you." The woman's face blushed immediately, she glanced at the back room like a thief, and then punched him with a mixture of joy and anger.

"Hey, what are old couples afraid of?" Huang Yuxi said with a smile on his face.

"Also. You're not going to work, are you? Be careful the supervisor beats you up." The woman gave him a blank look and said.

"Oh, it's not good. There are new warships entering the ranks today. It's important to say what kind of gunship it is. The governor asked us to arrive early." Huang Yu slapped his head and ran out quickly.

"Be careful on the road, don't hit anyone." The woman reminded from behind.

"I see." Huang Yutou didn't wave back and shouted, but stopped suddenly when he ran to the door, waved to her and said, "Come here and I'll tell you something."

"What's the matter, don't tell me in advance." The woman came over and asked.

"Come closer so that no one can hear you." Yellow Fish said furtively.

"What's the matter?" The woman thought something was wrong, so she hurried to him and said in a low voice.

"That's it... mua... that's the thing, haha..." Huang Yu suddenly sucked her face hard, then turned around and ran away laughing.

"Huangyu, you bastard, come back and see how I deal with you." The woman jumped behind and cursed.

That being said, the woman kept watching the yellow croaker's back until it disappeared before returning home.

After returning to the house, the woman took out a palm-sized glass mirror and looked at it, and found that there was a faint red mark on her face where she had been kissed.A happy smile appeared in her eyes, and she said to herself, "Damn ghost."

Then he rubbed his hands to make sure he couldn't see it, then put down the mirror, then packed up his clothes and went to the door of another room, knocked on the door and said: "It's time to wake up."

"Squeak!" The door was opened, and a boy in his teens came out, saying, "I woke up a long time ago, I just did some math problems, and today my husband will take a test. Where is Dad, are you leaving?"

"I just left. I said I was going to meet some gunboat. The governor told me to go to work early." The woman said, "How about it, can you pass the examination?"

"It's all done... Hey, I really don't know what Xia Guogong thinks. He pours water into the pool and releases water at the same time. Isn't it just looking for trouble?" Huang Sheng complained.

"Look at you child, what are you talking nonsense, it will be troublesome for people to listen to." The woman trembled all over and said nervously.

"Mom, what are you doing so nervous? It's okay to be overheard. The students in the academy often say that. Mister once studied under Xia Guogong, and he always regarded himself as Xia Guogong's disciple. He just smiled and didn't say anything when he heard it." Huang Sheng casually the way.

"Oh? Oh! No...it's nothing, don't gossip about those big people, especially people like Xia Guogong and the gods, let alone gossip." The woman persuaded.

"Hey, you're just too timid." Huang Sheng felt that the generation gap between the two of them was too deep, and the topic couldn't go on any longer. He turned his eyes and said, "By the way, I heard that Dad is Xia Guogong's savior. I don't know if it's true or not?"

"Who did you listen to?" the woman asked quickly.

"Wang Pingwo said, he also said that the uncle, the second uncle, the fourth uncle and the younger uncle are all there." Huang said.

"Oh..." The woman breathed a sigh of relief, but then she frowned again, and said displeasedly: "What is Wang Pingwo, called Fifth Brother."

"No, last time we made a bet whoever passed the most exams would be the elder brother. I won and now I am the elder brother. He wants to call me fifth brother, and he is sixth brother." Huang Sheng said unwillingly.

"All right, all right, you're good, I can't beat you." The woman said with a headache.

The two were born on the same day in the same year, the same month, Wang Pingwo was the elder brother earlier, and Huang Sheng was the younger brother.The two peers often quarreled because of this, and often competed to be the elder brother.She is used to it.

"By the way, mother, since Dad saved Xia Guogong, if you ask Dad to write a recommendation letter, can I go to Chang'an to worship him as a teacher." Huang Sheng asked suddenly.

"No." The woman's complexion changed abruptly, and her voice became sharp.

Huang Sheng was taken aback, and said in panic, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

"No...it's nothing." The woman knew that she had lost her composure, and quickly squeezed out a smile and said, "I'm sorry, I scared you, but mother just doesn't want you to leave."

"Besides, your father, your younger siblings, your uncle, your second uncle, your fourth uncle, and your uncle are all here. How can you be willing to let them go to Chang'an alone?"

Huang Sheng scratched his head and said, "I'm not willing to part with it. I'm just saying that. Don't take it seriously. Don't say it. I have to eat and go to the academy quickly. I can review for a while. I can't lose to Wang Pingwo in this exam."

After finishing speaking, the boy ran to the main room to eat, leaving behind the woman with a complex expression.

After sending Huang Sheng away, the woman came to the bedroom only after the servants cleaned up the house. Two small children were lying on the bed and sleeping soundly.

This is her and Huang Yu's children, one is two years old and the other is three and a half years old.

Looking at the two children, her face was full of kindness, and she couldn't help touching the place on her face where the yellow croaker kissed, as if the aftertaste was still there.

But thinking of the words of her eldest son, Huang Sheng, her heart became terrified.

For her, Chang'an was a place like a nightmare.

She used to live there, and the man was Wei Damao, a senior official of Yushitai, although it was just an outside room, it was already very satisfying for her.

Later, after giving birth to her son, she fantasized about being welcomed into the Wei family.

The storm came so suddenly that the Weijia Building collapsed overnight and all the doors were chopped off.God knows what kind of life she lived during that time, for fear of being found out by the government and killed.

She was still young and didn't want to die, let alone her son's death.

She wants to escape, but where can she escape?He could only hide in the small courtyard and shiver until he was sent to the desolate Xinma Island.

She once thought that she was sold, or that she would be thrown into the sea halfway.Fortunately, she thought too much, and finally arrived at the island that was just occupied by Datang safely.

At that time, Xinma Island was still desolate, and the houses were built temporarily, and the money could not be spent.She was a weak woman with a child, barely able to survive.

When she was in despair, she met Huang Yu. He was not a captain at the time, and when he learned that she had no family and her son was lonely, he proposed to marry her.

She knew that Huang Yu was greedy for her beauty, and she couldn't look down on such a big boss from the bottom of her heart, but she still had to commit herself to him in order to survive.

She thought that marrying such an old man would be very difficult, and she was ready to endure hardship and even be scolded and beaten. Who knows that the situation after marriage is completely different from what she imagined.

Huang Yu only has a rough appearance and is a very delicate person in his heart. After marriage, he treated her very well and treated her son as his own.

Although he doesn't have the handsomeness of Wei Damao, and he doesn't know how to compose poems, but he loves and respects her, which Wei Damao will never give.

Feelings are like this, and they will naturally appear after a long time.Slowly she accepted Huang Yu and the marriage.

But she didn't tell Huang Yu her origin, she only said that her husband's family committed a crime and she fled here with the help of her old family friend.

It's not that she wants to hide it from Huang Yu, but that some things are better left unsaid.

And she had already told Huang Yu very clearly that the water in this matter was very deep, and it would be better for everyone not to mention it.In the future, she will be regarded as an ordinary person who migrated here with the imperial court's immigrants.

Especially after she heard that Huang Yu had saved Yue Shan, she was even more grateful for her decision, and she must not tell Huang Yu what happened to her before.

Not for anything else, just to save this marriage.

In the blink of an eye, nearly ten years have passed, and she has gotten used to the life in Xinma Island, and gradually forgot that period of history.

What her son Huang Sheng said today reminded her of those unbearable days again.

Want to go to Chang'an?Want to pay homage to Master Yueshan?No, it's impossible.As long as she is still alive, she will never let her son return to Chang'an, let alone let him worship Yueshan as his teacher.

She won't be the same as before, she can only hide in the corner and tremble when encountering things.She wants to protect her husband and children, as well as her family.

……

Let's talk about Huang Yu, after leaving home, he came all the way to Dudu's Mansion, and he was the last one to arrive without accident.

"Yo, Huang San is here, I thought you fell into Ruanrou and couldn't bear to come out."

"What are you talking about? When did our third brother Huang come out of Wenrou Township?"

"Ha ha……"

Everyone made fun of him.

Huang Yu was not angry either, and said cheekily: "Bah, you bunch of bastards just envy me, if you have the ability, you should marry such a good-looking woman."

Everyone was chatting and laughing, and the governor of Xinma Island, Cai Yang, and the captain, Wang Hu, came over together.

"See the governor." Everyone saluted quickly.

"Well, is everyone here?" Cai Yang nodded, and when he spoke, he glanced at Huang Yu meaningfully.

Yellow croaker shrank his head with a smirk.

"It's all here." A soldier counted the number of people and said.

Cai Yang said solemnly: "The Japanese have been training and building warships in the past few years, and they are even more eager to move recently. There may be another war at any time. The governor knows that the situation in Xinma Island is dangerous, so he dispatched two brand new gunboats to us."

"Gunboats are different from previous warships, and their use methods and tactical requirements are also different. The whole army must pay close attention to drills and adapt to the gunboat combat methods as soon as possible."

"Here." Everyone accepted the order solemnly.

"Wang Hu, Hu Yang, each of you has two gunboats, give me a lot of training. After a month, I want to see a fleet that can skillfully operate gunboats." Cai Yang said.

"The last general takes orders." The two captains, Wang Hu and Hu Yang, came out and said.

Wang Hu asked one more question: "Captain, gunboats need to consume gunpowder, and the amount of gunpowder required for high-intensity military training is huge. I don't know if it can be supplied."

Cai Yang nodded and said: "Good question, you don't need to worry about the gunpowder issue. The governor said that the gunpowder is enough, so don't complain about being lazy when the time comes."

Wang Hu said: "Then I'm fine."

"Go, come with me to meet the gunboat." Cai Yang waved his hand and walked to the pier first, and a group of people followed behind.

Huang Yu quietly found Wang Hu, and whispered: "Brother, is this gunboat really so powerful?"

Wang Hu glared at him and said: "You kid is stuck every day, be careful that one day you miss a big deal and lose your head."

"Yes, yes, I understand. I will definitely change it next time. I will definitely change it next time. Let's talk about Gunboat, let's talk about Gunboat. Hehe..." Huang Yu laughed.

Wang Hu shook his head helplessly, does marriage really change a person so much?A person who was very smart and wise before, how come he seems to be a different person since he got married.

However, he was quite at ease with Huang Yu. Although he became slippery, he was never ambiguous in major matters, so he didn't plan to say anything more, saying:
"The gunboat is more powerful than you think. If you fire the cannon accurately, you can sink the enemy ship ten miles away. From now on, boarding battles will become history."

"This time, you should learn how to operate the gunboat. When I have a chance in the future, I can get you to be the captain of the gunboat."

Huang Yu seemed to have encountered some problem, and after a long silence, he said, "I'll be transferred to the logistics department."

Wang Hu paused for a moment, and it seemed that it was not surprising that he would say something like this: "Have you thought about it? It will be difficult to have a chance to make contributions when you are transferred to the back office."

Huang Yu said: "I am self-aware. I can be a colonel because of Xia Guogong's affection and your elder brother's help. It is already very difficult for me to lead a battalion of soldiers. Even if I have more soldiers, I dare not ask for them." .”

"I'm not afraid of your jokes if I say it. Usually my battalion is managed by Zhu Dalin, so I'll make a name for it. Instead of messing around like this, I might as well be transferred to the logistics department."

Wang Hu didn't try to persuade him any more, and said, "You can just think it over. I know what you're thinking. When you were sworn brothers, you said ideals. Everyone else has made great achievements, but your son, wife and children are hot on the bed."

"Now that I have finally fulfilled my wish, I still have the identity of a school captain, so I lose the will to fight and want to go home to accompany my wife and children."

Huang Yu said with emotion: "Yes, when we were fighting our lives at sea back then, who would have thought that we would have today, and we have realized our ambitions back then, so there is nothing to regret."

"And Sheng'er is very talented in reading. Mr. Zhou is going to recommend him to study in Dizhou Academy, and I'm going to take them there together."

Wang Hu frowned slightly and said, "Do you want to go to Dizhou?"

Huang Yu said: "Yes, go back to Dizhou. Our brother's hometown is there, and there must be someone to go back and guard it. Also, Pingwa is also a good material for studying. I will go to Dizhou sooner or later. I will go back to manage it first. Create a good condition for the children."

Wang Hu said: "That's not what I mean, have you discussed it with your siblings?"

Huang Yu shook his head and said, "I haven't said anything yet, but the conditions here are so harsh, she must be willing to go to Dizhou."

Wang Hu said: "You are stupid, why don't you know why your brother and sister came to Xinma Island? Go back and discuss with her before making a decision."

While the two brothers were chatting, they heard exclamations one after another from the front: "Wow... Is this a gunboat? It looks scary."

(End of this chapter)