1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 238 Killing Each Other ([-])

"Fourth Uncle." Qi Yuanshan said, "I have something to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Qi Tian raised his head and looked at Qi Yuanshan.The night outside was as dark as ink, and the faint candlelight reflected the shadows of the two of them on the wall, forming two huge shadows.

It has been a long time since entering the room, Qi Yuanshan has been pacing back and forth in the room, as if there is something embarrassing.

"It's about the third uncle." Qi Yuanshan pondered for a while, and finally said it out.

"Third uncle?" Qi Tian was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the third uncle, that is Cao Xiong's wife, his aunt, "She..., what's the matter?"

"She asked Papa Peng for medicine."

"Ask for medicine?...What's wrong with her?" Qi Tian was a little puzzled when he heard this. She was sick, so it should be Cao Xiong who went to see Old Ghost Peng, why herself?

"What she's looking for is... the medicine that can give birth to a boy." Qi Yuanshan looked at Qi Tian and said slowly: "Didn't she just give birth to a baby girl two months ago?"

"A medicine that can give birth to a man?" Qi Tian was a little startled. The birth of a boy and a girl is not determined by a man's chromosomes. How can it be determined by medicine. "I guess Old Ghost Peng couldn't find the medicine she wanted. .”

"... Father Peng gave her medicine." Qi Yuanshan said.

"Huh?" Qi Tian was stunned, and stood up abruptly, "Old Ghost Peng gave her medicine!?"

Qi Yuanshan nodded, looking at Qi Tian solemnly.

"What does Old Ghost Peng want to do?" Qi Tian thought for a while, then said with a smile: "Isn't he..., isn't he fooling others?"

"Fourth Uncle, no matter whether Third Uncle gives birth to a boy or not, I will always stand by your side." Qi Yuanshan said firmly.

Hearing this, Qi Tian stared fixedly at Qi Yuanshan, and after a while, he smiled, "What are you thinking?... I just think that Old Ghost Peng gave her medicine to lie to her!"
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"Husband, what would you do if I gave birth to a boy for you?" Gan Chunliu asked softly, holding Cao Xiong's arm.

"That's naturally the best!" Cao Xiong said with a smile: "If you give birth to a boy for me, my Cao family will have a descendant."

"If you give birth to a boy, what will you ask him to do when he grows up?" Gan Chunliu's eyes brightened.

"If he grows up, it will be more than 20 or [-] years. Then our Hanzhou must have grown stronger. As my son, if he has talent, he should make a career. If he is mediocre, he will also be rich and rich. Enjoy Endless!"

"When a man stands in the world, he must make a career.... Just like your husband, you created a foundation like Hanzhou."

"Huh?" Cao Xiong looked at his wife, fell silent for a while, and his expression gradually became serious.

"Husband..." Gan Chunliu was a little apprehensive, but still forced herself to look at Cao Xiong calmly, "Husband, the foundation you have created must more or less consider your own flesh and blood!"

"Who mentioned your idea to you?" Cao Xiong asked lightly.

"...I thought about it myself." Gan Chunliu said, "In our rural area in northern Guangdong, all the property in our family is..., inherited by our own children..."

"Hanzhou, it's not a little wealth of ordinary rural farmers!" Cao Xiong shook his head and said, "We, Hanzhou, want to build a country in the future!"

"That should... be inherited by my own children." Gan Chunliu said boldly.

"You, a woman's opinion!" Cao Xiong said solemnly: "After I die, I will hand over Hanzhou to Qi Tian. Not to mention that my child is not born yet, even if he is an adult in the future, his ability, Is his talent comparable to that of the sky? The founding of Hanzhou is not to die in one generation! It is to build a foundation that lasts for hundreds of years!"

"I am forty-five years old this year. If we want to wait for our child to be born and grow up, it will take 20 years. How many years will it be until he is familiar with the government affairs of Hanzhou and controls the military and civilian affairs? Do you think, I Can I survive until the end? If I force my child to inherit Hanzhou in the future, there will be a bloodbath, and even Hanzhou will fall apart in the end!"

"Qi Tian, ​​he is a good boy and a man of affection. After I die, he will treat you and my children kindly, and let you enjoy a lifetime of wealth! You, stop thinking about that in the future. For I, also for the safety of our Hanzhou, and even more so for the safety of you and your children in the future."

Gan Chunliu listened silently, although he felt unwilling, but also thought that what Cao Xiong said was very correct.Now, Qi Tian has grown up with extraordinary ability and ability to manage the civil affairs of Hanzhou in an orderly manner.If he waited for him to have a boy, and then waited for him to grow up, wouldn't Qi Tian have a deeper and more secure control over Hanzhou.When Cao Xiong died, he and his children had no choice but to rely on others, relying on Qi Tian to protect the safety of the family.

Forget it, since this is the case, why should I do some meaningless things and think about some meaningless thoughts.It's just that I still feel a little unwilling in my heart!
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"Get ready, let go!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." The soldiers of the Marine Corps raised their muskets and aimed at the place where there was a glimmer of light on the top of the city just now, and they fired a volley.

"Transfer!" Qi Dalu ordered in a low voice.

More than 100 Marine Corps soldiers quickly ran to one side in the dark.Not long after, the Portuguese at the head of the city also fired a volley in the direction where the marines fired just now, hitting the ground with a thud.

This hide-and-seek-like musket shooting in Dili City has lasted for more than half an hour. So far, the two sides have had almost no results except for wasting a lot of gunpowder and projectiles.In order to avoid specifying the target for shooting outside the city, most of the torches at the top of the city have been extinguished.The commanders on both sides can only capture the shooting target based on the opponent's movement and the flames emitted by the musket fire.

"Did those natives go to steal the city?" After the sound of musket guns stopped, the whole city of Dili regained a moment of silence.Qi Dalu's eyes widened, and he stared at the top of the city vigorously, as if he wanted to see other directions of the city wall through the dark night.Such a child's play battle tonight made him feel a little bored.He craves a head-to-head fight, slashing and chasing his enemies until he captures their cities and captures everything they have.

"Captain, why don't we go to the city and see if there is a chance to touch it?" A platoon leader suddenly suggested.

"The natives have taken away the wooden ladder, how can we touch it?"

"Let's take a ladder!"

"There are Portuguese on the city wall. It won't help to go up two or three at a time."

"They put out all the torches on the city wall, so they may not be able to find us touching it."

"Hush..." Qi Dalu faintly heard musket fire from Dili City, and he focused his attention on identifying the direction, "The natives should start touching the city... Shi Zuliang, you continue to direct the two platoons to shoot at the bottom. I will take Hold a row and try to touch it."

After speaking, with a wave of his hand, he led a platoon of marine soldiers and sneaked under the city of Dili.

Lieutenant Catalino Rivarola, the magistrate of Dili City, was very nervous at the moment. Before midnight, there was a sudden burst of musket fire from under the northern city wall.He quickly came to Beicheng with more than 20 musketeers, and launched a confrontation with the enemy who was about to attack.

However, the enemy below the city didn't seem to be in a hurry to attack the city, but just kept firing muskets against them. Although no soldier was injured for more than half an hour, he dared not withdraw the team from the city.Since the enemy is feigning an attack here, the other walls must be on guard.

Lieutenant Catalino Rivarola led a few people and had just inspected the southern city. It didn't take long before the sound of gunfire appeared in the eastern and western city. It must be that the enemy sneaked under the city under the cover of night and attacked the city wall. .

"Throw some torches outside the city!" Lieutenant Catalino Rivarola ordered loudly.

As a few torches were thrown out, a bright area suddenly appeared 30 meters below the city wall. A group of natives held swords and spears and were slowly approaching the city wall.The sudden bright light made them all startled, and their footsteps stopped suddenly.

"Shoot!" Lieutenant Catalino Rivarola shouted.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." With the light on, the Portuguese soldiers at the top of the city raised their muskets and fired a volley at the natives below the city.

"Ah! Ah!..." Six or seven natives fell down in response.

Just as the Portuguese soldiers on the city wall were about to shoot the second round, several torches under the city were quickly stamped out by the natives, and the surrounding area fell into darkness again.

The Portuguese soldiers looked at the darkness of the city with their muskets in their hands, feeling a little at a loss, and looked sideways at their commander.

"Pfft! Puff! Puff!..." More than a dozen wooden spears flew over from the dark place below the city, instantly knocking four or five Portuguese soldiers to the ground.

"Oh, God!" Several Portuguese soldiers saw that the thrown wooden spear pierced their comrades, their faces turned pale, and they immediately fell down on the city wall.

"Keep throwing torches outside the city!" Lieutenant Catalino Rivarola ordered the soldiers, hiding behind the battlements.

Hearing the order, a soldier next to him grabbed a torch and threw it out.

Lieutenant Catalino Rivarola peeked down into the city and saw a crowd of natives standing below, with wooden spears raised in the front rows, waiting for them to show their heads so they could throw them up.

"Guns ready! . . . Shotgun bombardment! Lowest angle of fire!" Lieutenant Rivarola shouted loudly.

"Whoo! Whoosh! Whoosh!..." Five or six wooden spears flew over the head of Lieutenant Rivarola, and then nailed to the wall behind him, which made him break out in a cold sweat.

"Boom!" The artillery at the top of the city let out a roar, and then heard a wail from below the city.

"Shoot!" Lieutenant Rivarola ordered.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." There was another row of muskets firing from the top of the city.

General Natatuka of the Wahali Kingdom heard the sound of artillery and musketry from several walls, and knew that the planned night attack had turned into a storm.He gritted his teeth and ordered all the soldiers loudly to launch a full-scale attack on Dili City.

(End of this chapter)