In the early morning, Yang Fan opened his eyes. He drank too much last night.
My mind went blank.
My shoulders feel so sore and my arms are numb.
Immediately, he saw a lot of clothes thrown randomly on the ground in front of the bed. Many of them were women's private clothes, bellybands, curtains, etc. It was so irritating to the eyes.
Only then did he notice that Zhen's heads on both shoulders were sleeping soundly.
Yang Fan carefully took his arms out from the willow waist on both sides, carefully climbed out of the bed, and shook his arms.
They were all numb and a little bit inoperable.
Hearing the movement in the inner bedroom, the maids opened the sliding door and filed in to help Yang Fan get dressed.
"Don't disturb them, let them sleep well for a while." Yang Fan instructed.
Yang Fan got dressed and washed up.
Because I was hungover, I wasn't very comfortable, and I wasn't interested in breakfast, so I simply drank a bowl of lotus seed porridge in the middle hall. I quickly put down the bowl, walked to the outer living room, and put on my coat.
I opened the hatch and walked to the bow to get some air.
"Yang Jun" Several people dressed as warriors bowed respectfully.
They are Sakurai Momo's bodyguards, and they have been waiting outside last night.
The lady didn't come out, so she obviously spent the night at Yang Jun's place.
They can't leave either. After all, they are responsible for the safety of the wife.
"Fortunately" Yang Fan nodded.
Standing in the night wind all night is not something you enjoy.
"Go in, sit down, and have something to eat. Taozi hasn't gotten up yet," Yang Fan said.
After all, the living room inside is much better than outside, and there is also breakfast.
"Hi, thank you Yang Jun for your understanding." Several people bowed at ninety degrees.
Seeing the maid leading them into the living room for breakfast, Yang Fan took out a huazi, lit a fire, and smoked while looking at the scenery on both sides of the Haihe River.
"Master," Zhang Geda heard that Yang Fan was up and hurried over to wait on him.
"How long does it take to get to Zhangjiawan? This night of driving rotation will take a lot of physical exertion," Yang Fan asked.
"Sir, we'll be there in half an hour. Each of the soldiers has been rotated once, but the time is not long, only half an hour, and their physical strength is not a problem. After landing, we can attack directly.
It was just dawn now, the time when people were sleeping most soundly. Lijiabao must be unprepared. It was a good time for a sudden attack.
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"Are you all set up? Once we get ashore, we must make a quick decision without delay. I can only give you half a day because the news has been leaked. The people in the capital have heard the news. But they don't know that we can sail against the current.
, leaving so fast, two days ahead of schedule."
Yang Fan said with a solemn expression.
"Are you worried about the three thousand people from Yanqing in Xuanfu Town?" Zhang Geda is a battlefield veteran, and he reacted immediately. The master is worried that the emperor will mobilize the three thousand soldiers from Yanqing to go to Tongzhou to strengthen the defense of the canal.
If you do this, you might run into him head-on.
Because, once captured, the religious sect and the pirate group would carry their property down the river, pick up the brothers left behind in Tianjin, and go directly to the sea.
These things are too hot to be left in the Ming Dynasty. Yang Fan will put these properties in Jeju Island. In the future, the proceeds from pirates and robberies at sea will also be placed in Jeju Island.
If you want the pirate group and the religious group to retreat safely, you need someone to break up the rear. Since these two groups are temporary organizations, they may not have enough combat effectiveness.
Blocking is a technical job, and they may not be able to do it. Yang Fan decided to take a thousand servants to intercept the rear and cover their retreat.
Zhangjiawan Town is a very prosperous town. It is the northern end of the Daming Grand Canal.
Government supplies disembarked in Tongzhou, and private supplies disembarked in Zhangjiawan. Public and private administration were separated.
It was just dawn. At such an early hour, the residents of Zhangjiawan Town had not yet gotten up, and the shops on the street were not open. There was only an old watchman, yawning and patrolling the streets with red eyes after staying up all night.
See if there are any thieves who travel at night and return early.
It has to be said that in this small town of Zhangjiawan, the watchman's seriousness and responsibility far exceed those in the capital. Because he gets two taels of silver a month.
A watchman in the capital only costs five cents a month. Even for the sake of money, he has to work hard, otherwise he will lose his job, and there is no place to get such a good job.
Zhangjiawan Town is famous for its wealth, and wages here are generally 30% higher than those in the capital.
Although everyone is envious of working here, everyone knows what their recruitment standards are. Every time they recruit people, many people from all over the world apply for the job, and in the end the ones who are recruited are all foreigners.
"It's dry and dry, be careful with the candles," the old watchman kept shouting.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
In the distance, a group of people wearing strange clothes came from the end of the street. The leader was a short man with gray hair and a shaved head.
This man had a sinister face and looked very fierce.
"Hey, stop, tell me, what do you do, where are you coming from, where are you going. Are there any roads? Take out the household sticker and show it to me."
Zhangjiawan is not half the place where even the watchmen are so good.
If I say I will investigate you, I will investigate you. Don’t refuse to accept it. If you dare to look for trouble, I will soon let you know how to write the word regret. This old watchman was a gangster in the past. When he got old, he took refuge in Donglin and was arranged here.
Update.
Before the old watchman finished speaking, he stopped abruptly.
Inukai Hao drew out his knife like lightning and wiped his neck.
The old watchman had been a murderer and swindler all his life, and he had many lawsuits involving human lives. But when he came face to face with him, he pulled out the short knife from his clapper before it was too late, and his throat was cut. He pointed at Inukai Hiroshi with a look of horror, and said twitchingly.
Speechless.
"You all, hurry up and don't let the pirates get the first step."
"Hi!"
On another street, a large group of pirates ran quickly towards the east end of Zhangjiawan Town, the Wubao of the Li family.
The outer walls of Li's Mansion are as thick as the walls of the Imperial City, two meters thick and five meters high. They are all made of large city bricks and glutinous rice paste. They are very strong. There are watchtowers at the four corners.
Yang Fan took the servants along the middle road and went straight to the gate of Li Mansion.
The Li family's gate is magnificent, with five rooms on the front, three of which are gates, and a total of six doors. In front of the door is a pair of white marble stone lions, which are two meters high.
The twenty servants were all burly men, with their hands pressed on their wild goose feather knives, and they looked at the people on the street warily.
When Yang Fan and his group arrived, two other people also gathered in front of the gate.
"Mr. Yang, what is the origin of this Li Mansion? This gate is even more majestic than the Tokugawa General's residence." Momo Sakurai, wearing women's armor and a cloak, followed closely beside Yang Fan.
"Hmph! He Li San is nothing. He is not even a pavilion elder. He has exceeded the limit by repairing this gate. If the adoptive father is still on stage and asks him about the crime of transgression, hmph, his head will be gone." Lin Yueru said contemptuously.
said.
At this time, the servant at the door suddenly saw a black crowd of people coming in, all wearing strange-style armor, and was a little shocked.
Captain Chang Sheng of Jiading fought against Japanese pirates in North Korea when he was a boy. If you look carefully, the more you look at these people, the more they look like Japanese pirates. They have big cake faces, squinty eyes, short legs, and strange-shaped helmets.
"No, these are Japanese pirates. Why did they get here?"