As the big ship Yang Zhen was on, the hull shook for a while, and the two parallel ships finally succeeded in pulling together with the combined efforts of the sailors on both sides.

Soon, Yang Zhan'ao led Pan Wenmao and Zhang Guogan toward the deck where Yang Zhen was.

Most of these people are landlubbers. Not only can they not swim, most of them have never been on a sea ship. In addition, there are winds and waves on the sea, so they are not used to it after getting on the ship.

Fortunately, Yang Zhen was used to seeing the sea in later generations and had ridden on various large ships and small boats. Although this was the first time for him to ride on such a large wooden boat that relied entirely on sails, there was nothing uncomfortable about it.

Moreover, he has good water skills and has no fear of ships sailing close to the coast.

On the contrary, he was sailing on the sea by boat and could not see the ancient Ningyuan City. It actually gave him the illusion that he was sailing on the sea in the future and taking a boat ride.

At this time, the sky on the sea had completely darkened. Yuan Jin had someone light a torch, and then personally directed his men to climb up to the simple watchtower on the main sail mast and hang a lantern high on it.

It didn't take long for all the ships, big and small, that were following nearby to hang lanterns to tell other ships their position.

In this era, it is very dangerous to sail in groups at night with the help of sails. For safety, the distance between large and small ships must be a little farther. However, the distance cannot be too far, because if it is too far, they will easily become separated.

Without an expert like Yuan Jin, Yang Zhen wouldn't have dared to let them sail at night simply with the help of wind power.

Let's say that Pan Wenmao and Zhang Guogan rushed over, saw Yang Zhen, and bowed quickly.

"Sir! I was almost late for my humble duty, and I almost delayed your important event! Please punish me!" Pan Wenmao said while saluting Yang Zhen when he saw him.

"Sir! I don't blame Lao Pan for this! It's mainly my fault! I didn't do what I should have done well! If you want to punish me, you should punish me!"

Zhang Guogan quickly took over the conversation and took over the responsibility.

In fact, as soon as Yang Zhen guessed, he knew that the problem lay with Zhang Guogan.

Before setting off, he was worried that the "three-headed iron" made by the blacksmith shop that Zhang Guogan supervised would not be easy to transport, so he suggested that they leave the city from the south gate of Ningyuan City, take the waterway, and meet at the mouth of the Ningyuan River.

Later, when he led his team out of the city, he did not see Pan Wenmao. Knowing that he might not have done things smoothly, he sent someone to send an order to ask him to pack up his belongings and then go to the pier outside the south gate to meet Zhang Guogan and take a boat together.

Enter the sea.

Yang Zhen asked the mature and prudent Pan Wenmao to go to the south gate to meet Zhang Guogan, with the intention of using him to ensure stability. After all, Zhang Guogan always seemed a bit uneasy to others.

Fortunately, Yang Zhen sent someone to order Pan Wenmao to meet Zhang Guogan at the south gate. If Pan Wenmao hadn't arrived in time with a few of his men, Zhang Guogan would have really messed up this matter.

At dusk that day, Zhang Guogan asked the workers from the "Wangji Iron Shop" to help him on the pretext that he didn't have enough manpower to help carry the iron.

After all the ironware was moved to the ship arranged by Zhang Guogan, Zhang Guogan made another excuse, saying that the quantity was wrong, and named the blacksmith and his son who were in charge of "Wangji Blacksmith Shop" to come on the ship to reconcile the accounts.

To say that this was Yang Zhen's fault, Zhang Guogan's dignity looked a bit ferocious, and the more forced a smile he had on his face, the more frightening he was.

The blacksmith father and son seemed to realize that Zhang Guogan had bad intentions, but they did not dare to offend such a person directly, so they found an excuse and sent a worker back to the shop inside the south gate to ask the shopkeeper to come and reconcile the accounts.

Zhang Guogan saw that time was running out, and it was difficult to trick these two people into getting on the boat, so he decided to use force.

While claiming that the amount of ironware being transported was wrong, he pretended to be furious and ordered a few of his men to pull the blacksmith and his son onto the ship. The blacksmith and his son resisted desperately with the help of their subordinates.

There were not many people on the pier outside the south gate, but there were quite a few soldiers under Zu Dashou's command who were on duty at the south gate. At first, these soldiers did not take the dispute seriously and did not care.

However, when Zhang Guogan used force and the blacksmith and his son began to call for help, some of the soldiers recognized the blacksmith and his son, and several people came out to inquire about the situation.

It was also at this time that Pan Wenmao rushed over with several people, carrying iron pots on their backs, bows, knives, and packages. He stopped the soldiers who came out to inquire, showed the warrant from Ningyuan Lieutenant General Yang Zhen, and then swarmed up and captured the pair.

The blacksmith father and son, as well as two young workers, were carried aboard the ship.

Then, the cable was cut, and the boat sailed down the river and left the dock.

By the time the shopkeeper of Wang Ji's blacksmith shop got the news and came over, the boat had already left.

This matter was repeatedly reported to the ears of Wu Sangui who was on duty, and Wu Sangui immediately sent a team of cavalry to chase him.

It wasn't that he was worried about the Wang family's property being damaged, or the Wang family going to talk to their in-laws and ancestors, Wu Sangui's situation wasn't that small yet.

The reason why he did this was because he felt that the trouble caused by Yang Zhen's men must be due to Yang Zhen's arrangements, and what Yang Zhen did in Ningyuan City in the past few days really made him feel sad.

alert.

If this Yang Zhen keeps going through so much trouble, and really ends up rescuing Songshan and narrowly escaping death, from now on, Yang Zhen's limelight in Liaodong will probably be overshadowed by his Wu Sangui's.

At that time, being promoted to the rank of Commander-in-Chief and taking charge of a good thing will probably fall on Yang Zhen first. Once it falls on Yang Zhen, will there still be room for him in Liaodong in the future?

Therefore, although Wu Sangui didn't know what Yang Zhen's kidnapping men were doing by kidnapping the two blacksmiths, he instinctively felt that this matter must be beneficial to Yang Zhen's northward rescue, and it was not trivial. In this case, he would mess with him first!

In this way, Wu Sangui reacted quickly. After hearing the news, he immediately sent a team of troops and ordered them to chase the person back!

Wu Sangui reacted very quickly, and the cavalry he dispatched flew at lightning speed without wasting any time. However, in the end, they set off half an hour late.

By the time the cavalry caught up, the boat had already reached the mouth of the river, and there was the sea in front of it.

Yang Zhen listened to the reports of Pan Wenmao and Zhang Guogan on the ship, and he was shocked in his heart. What he thought he had grasped was almost failed.

"Have you seen clearly? Whose subordinates are the cavalry chasing you on the shore?!"

No matter who it is, since this person is so keen, he must be thinking about himself in normal times. You should be careful about such people.

"Sir! The men and horses chasing us are on the shore. They were very close to us at one time. We can see that they are all Wu Sangui's cavalry! It's just that it's dusk, so we can't tell whether it's Guo Yunlong or Gao Dejie!"

Zhang Guogan is the kind of person who keeps asking questions in Ningyuan City. Although he and Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui, the main forces of the "Guan Ning Army", have been stationed in the same city for only a short time, it has only been two months that he can find out who are under these people.

Very clear.

When Yang Zhen heard this, he was really wary, envious, and jealous of Wu Sangui.

The reason why I was wary of him was because I hadn't provoked this kid yet, but now he had begun to plot against me behind my back and regarded me as my opponent.

The reason why I envy and envy him is that Wu Sangui is a few years younger than him, but his tough life seems to have been cheated, and now he has many fierce generals under his command.

Both Guo Yunlong and Gao Dejie were among the best cavalry generals in the Liaodong Army. Now they were all used by Wu Sangui. It was really a waste to blind these people.

Yang Zhen thought about it in his mind for a while, and then said to Pan Wenmao and Zhang Guogan: "Have you completed all the things assigned to you?"

Pan Wenmao raised his head and looked into Yang Zhen's eyes, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, sir! The things are out! The quantity may not be enough, but I brought the iron pot and leather glue with me! There is also saltpeter allocated on the ship! If you feel that it is not enough, sir

, you can continue with your humble job!"

After hearing this, Yang Zhen looked at Pan Wenmao, nodded to him, and stopped talking to him. Instead, he turned to look at Zhang Guogan and said: "Those two blacksmiths and their two workers, no matter what they want,

If you don’t want to help, don’t talk to them first, and wait for a few days before we talk!”

After saying this, Yang Zhen paused for a moment and then said: "Tomorrow you go to Zhang Chen and install the things you have finished! Modify as much as you can! Remember, there is nothing to do next! What's next?

You still have a lot of work to do, and the most urgent task is to ration the gunpowder!

"It used to be inconvenient in Ningyuan City, but now at sea, no one can control us! You can shoot as you like, and test as you like! As long as the issue of rationing ammunition is solved, our muskets will be available from now on.
Chapter completed!