After the war last year, small groups of Japanese pirates were frequently attacked by various parts of the southeast coast. The Japanese pirates rested for a while between the end of December and the fifth day of the first lunar month. Although they were on the sea, they were still going to celebrate the New Year.

However, after the New Year, the Japanese pirates started working again. In February, the Japanese pirates became more and more severe. Although the officials and soldiers everywhere frequently reported victory, Shaoxing Prefecture suffered severe damage until early March, Qian Yuan and Qi Jimei defeated the Japanese pirates outside Shanyin City.

The tense atmosphere surrounded Ningshaotai area. Qi Jiguang, Liu Xian, Lu Bin, and Tan Lun were all told by Hu Zongxian and Qian Yuan that Ningshaotai is likely to become Xu Hai's target next.

To suppress the Japanese, train troops, build armies, repair warships, and also to pull out a large number of young and strong people to build the city walls... Qian Yuan saw this scene when he returned to Linhai County. He was busy. Among the three palaces of Ningshaotai, only Taizhou people dared to kill the Japanese, were willing to kill the Japanese, and even liked to kill the Japanese.

But when Qian Yuan returned home... he hadn't been home for another month. When he heard that his son led the army to fight again, Tan talked about the words "A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall" and said seventeen or eighteen times.

Qian Yuan was patient and smiled and responded repeatedly, but soon, the smile on his face froze... Just like in his previous life, he urged him to get married before getting married, and when he got married, he urged him to have children. Tan kept saying, "It is better to have three no descendants if they are not filial."

"Where is your second sister-in-law?" Qian Yuan forced a change of topic and pointed at his younger sister and asked, "Go and call me."

You can't be told by yourself, at least you can take a cushion.

"Second sister-in-law went to the clinic." The younger sister is now familiar with Xiaoqi and replied with cleverness, "Second brother is so kind. What's the point of scolding her second brother? The second sister-in-law was scolded..."

Qian Yuan glared at him, and Tan said angrily: "My dear in-laws used to be your classmates... It's April now, at most, until the end of the year, if you don't have enough health, you'll let Keqing and Xiangling take over the house."

"Mother, why are you anxious..."

"Of course, I'm so old..."

"Second brother." Mrs. Huang, the eldest sister-in-law holding the child, said with a smile: "Mother-in-law is in a hurry to hold her grandson."

Qian Yuan slapped his lips and stood up and said, "Mother is in a hurry to hold her grandson... Isn't it eight tael?"

The atmosphere inside the room immediately became tense. Tan opened his mouth but couldn't speak. Huang lowered his head and said nothing, and the little girl's eyes were rolling around.

"By the way, did you name Baliang?" Qian Yuan asked casually: "Last time my sister-in-law went to the Taoist temple to burn incense, didn't she ask the old Taoist of Bull Nose to give her a name?"

Huang was even more nervous and looked at Tan with restlessness. The latter was not a lie, so he was speechless.

Fortunately, a servant came outside to report that Taizhou magistrate Tan Lun came to visit.

Qian Yuan went out to greet him with a refreshed spirit. Now his ears were clear. When he encountered such a topic, he would take out his eldest nephew to take care of the matter... Well, I won’t talk to my mother and others about my father and brother for the time being.

It doesn't matter if you have a baby. Xiao Qi was originally a doctor and dare not say that it was 100% safe, but at least it was much safer than pregnant women of the same age. The reason why I didn't consider it for the time being is mainly because Xiao Qi was old. He only turned 15 in March this year. In his previous life, he was still a little girl in the third year of junior high school and the first year of high school.

Women in this era often find it difficult to live long after giving birth early. Several people familiar to Qian Yuan, such as Xu Wei, Xu Jie, Tao Dalin, and Zhang Juzheng, all lost their wives in middle age. Yan Song's wife Ouyang lived long after she was a child, but she gave birth to her only son Yan Shifan in her thirties.

"I'm finally back." Tan Lun sighed: "Mr. Wanxi was troubled by you this time. A few days ago, I wrote a letter to ask if the soldiers killed the Japanese in Shaoxing Prefecture and could the Taizhou Prefecture pay the reward silver?"

Qian Yuan asked with a smile: "How can my uncle answer?"

"What else can you do? Pretend to be deaf and dumb." Tan Lun snorted, "The Jingguan outside Shanyin City has spread all over the southeast, and the nickname of 'money beheading' has spread all over the southeast."

"It's not that there are Japanese pirates in Shaoxing, and I don't know where Ninghai... It is said that Lu Bin and Hou Jigao have also fought several times and have won a lot of results." Qian Yuan smiled and bowed, "Lu Bin wrote a letter saying that his uncle paid the reward silver with the Japanese pirates' heads."

"I heard from Lu Bin that it was your idea to use war instead of training?" Tan Lun said: "Now, the three prefectures of Ningshaotai are strong, Taizhou prefectures are strong. If Xu Hai invaded Taizhou..."

"The number of soldiers is not the key." Qian Yuan shook his head, "Taizhou is now three-pointer. Lu Bin, Hou Jigao guards Ninghai, and his uncle is in charge of Linhai. The two generals under him are guarding Huangyan, Taiping, and Qi Jimei stationed in Tiantai County. The troops cannot be used in a concentrated manner. If Xu Hai attacks, he will be afraid that his efforts will be in vain."

Looking at Tan Lun's expression, Qian Yuan advised: "This is helpless. Taizhou's coastline is too long and can only be divided into troops to garrison. Moreover, Lu Bin and Qi Jimei's tactics are very different from Zhang Yuanxun, so joining troops may not be a good thing."

Zhang Yuanxun has only seen Qian Yuan twice, and was recommended by Ge Hao. This person is highly valued by Tan Lun and is the leading figure of the Taizhou Army. Now he leads two thousand soldiers to station in Huangyan County.

Zhang Yuanxun's reputation was not obvious, but in fact he was also a famous general in history to fight against Japanese devils. In the 31st year of Jiajing, his father Zhang Kai spent all his family money to recruit troops to fight against Japanese devils and was killed by Japanese pirates in Huangyan County. Later, Zhang Yuanxun attacked Baihu, Haimenwei Baihun, and led troops to kill Japanese devils several times, was praised by Tan Lun, the prefect of Taizhou who had just arrived.

In fact, Zhang Yuanxun and Ge Hao are both the six tiger generals in Taizhou to fight against Japanese devils. Both of them are good at naval battles and have repeatedly defeated Japanese devils at sea in history.

Next, Qian Yuan asked about everything in Taizhou in detail. Qi Jimei and Lu Bin didn't ask about it for the time being, but only asked about the training of soldiers, military equipment, and food supply in Huangyan and Taiping counties under the charge of Tan Lun.

Since the 32nd year of Jiajing, Tan Lun has been in Taizhou and has recruited troops to form an army. To this day, he has commanded about 4,000 soldiers, of which 2,000 were stationed in Huangyan led by Zhang Yuanxun, and 1,000 soldiers stationed in Taiping. The remaining are distributed in Taozhu, Xinhe, Haimenwei and other places.

"Is there a little less force here in Linhai?" Qian Yuan hesitated: "Even if the county government and government officials count the constables, there are only more than 300 people."

"If the Japanese pirates can attack Linhai City, then Huangyan, Ninghai, Taiping, Tiantai..." Tan Lun snorted, "Besides, Huangyan and Tiantai have waterways that lead to Linhai. If you don't help, you can get more than a thousand people in the temporary recruitment of rural brave men. Don't worry."

Qian Yuan touched his chin and thought for a while before nodding. With his father there, it is not very likely that Xu Hai would attack Taizhou, and Tan Lun was in charge of Linhai.

"By the way, after the New Year, you have never been to Taiping County, Nanjing, and Hangzhou, and really have transferred a lot of warships to come. There are three lucky ships alone. Ge Hao led his troops to train every day." Tan Lun smiled and said, "It is said that there was the intervention of the Duke of Wei State in between?"

"That's the Duke of Wei who is devoted to state affairs..." Qian Yuan talked casually, and thought about it in his heart, and asked in a low voice: "So, Ge Hao's command thirty warships...maybe they go out to sea?"

"Of course," Tan Lun blurted out and suddenly said, "Don't fight head-on with the Japanese pirates... There should be about a hundred ships under Xu Hai."

"Xu Hai has not many warships, most of them are cargo ships, and there is only one lucky ship. It was stolen from Wang Zhi's naval battle the previous year." Qian Yuan lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then said, "Let Ge Hao lead the navy to the north to Xiangshan... and patrol eastward."

"It's a bit far... Once you encounter a large number of Japanese pirates..." Tan Lun was rushing away, looking up and seeing Qian Yuan's unstable face, he suddenly woke up and said, "But Tan Wei..."

Tan Lun knew that the war last year was a secret letter to Xiangshan and near Ninghai, and then transferred to the Governor's Office temporarily stationed in Shangyu County, for which five people were killed in the Qian family's guards.

"Try it." Qian Yuan licked his lips, "I drew hands from the guards and followed..."

Qian Yuan needs to determine two things in the end. First, whether Xu Hai will act as a fighter. If he has such an idea, no one else will say it. At least as the father of the master and Wang Cuiqiao, who is his wife, should be able to see something.

Second, Qian Yuan needs to determine whether his father, brother, and second uncle Tan Wei will invade Xu Hai.

To put it bluntly, Qian Yuan couldn't accept his father, brother and second uncle's invasion, and was finally captured and killed in battle with the official army.

To put it bluntly, these people are the core figures of Qian Yuan’s future plans and must not die at this time.
Chapter completed!