Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

"Hehe, Sister Hua, you also know this!" Wei Xiaobao said with a smile.

"Oh my god, you bastard, you killed so many foreigners and yet you dare to run home. It's over, it's over, your entire clan will be killed!" Wei Chunhua said as she ran towards the building.

"Quan'er, Ke'er, Shuang'er, come upstairs and help me move the things." Wei Chunhua then shouted to the hall, "Old Turtle Head and Old Procuress, come out!"

After hearing Wei Chunhua's voice, Su Quan and others quickly handed the child to Wei Xiaobao, and then hurried upstairs. Wei Chunhua turned around and went into the room to pack her things.

Wei Chunhua's room was filled with all kinds of items, including clothes, shoes, jewelry, etc. Su Quan and others were surprised to see this scene. They knew that Wei Chunhua had always been a frugal person, but they didn't expect that she had so much property.

At the same time, the old brothels and madams of Lichunyuan also came out from every corner, all with panicked faces. They didn't know what had happened, but they felt that Wei Chunhua's tone was very serious, as if she had something important to announce.

After Wei Chunhua walked out of the room, she said to everyone, "You guys, take good care of Lichun Courtyard. I'm going to stay with my son for a while."

The old turtle head and the madams showed helpless expressions on their faces after hearing this. They knew that Wei Chunhua had always been an independent woman and loved her son Xiaobao very much.

So every time Wei Chunhua said she wanted to go to Beijing to look for Xiaobao, they didn't dare to stop her. The last time she went to Beijing to look for Xiaobao, she was gone for more than a year. They just hoped that Wei Chunhua could come back earlier this time so that the business of Lichunyuan would not be affected too much.

After Wei Chunhua finished explaining everything, she took her luggage, hurriedly took Wei Xiaobao, Hu Tou and several women and left Lichunyuan.

After boarding the Julong, Wei Xiaobao took Sister Hua to introduce her to Chen Yuanyuan, and the two in-laws were naturally very affectionate.

Just as the Dragon had just left, the Governor-General of Liangjiang, Fu Lata, arrived in Yangzhou with 500 elite Eight Banners cavalry.

When Fu Lata heard the news, he was shocked and a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead.

It turned out that he learned that Wei Xiaobao had come to Yangzhou on that powerful ironclad ship. He knew the tragic fate of the Fujian Eight Banners - the whole army was annihilated; he also knew that the 40,000 troops of the Fujian Han Camp were captured. These were all done by the Tiandi Army under Wei Jueye.

Fu Lata secretly thanked himself for coming at the right time and just missing the encounter with Wei Xiaobao. If they really met, he knew he could not defeat the powerful ironclad ship, but if he did not take action, he would be punished by the court. Therefore, he was thankful for his luck and was able to avoid this embarrassing situation.

As far as Furata knew, the ironclad ship would go to Wusongkou next. The messenger told him that the artillery forts at Wusongkou and Changxing Island had been destroyed beyond recognition by ships from many countries. Therefore, it was simply a pipe dream to expect the Chongming Navy's old warships left over from the Ming Dynasty to intercept the ironclad ship.

After all, this ironclad ship has today demonstrated its astonishing strength and destroyed many ships from many countries in one fell swoop. How can the Chongming Navy match such combat power?

The Ministry of War issued a document saying that as long as the ironclad ship does not cause trouble, do not provoke it. However, this guy killed so many foreigners in Yangzhou today, and the countries behind these foreigners will definitely come to seek explanation.

If he fought, he couldn't win. If he didn't fight, he was afraid that the court would use him as a scapegoat later. The Governor-General of Liangjiang, Fu Lata, was extremely conflicted and didn't know what to do.

Besides, after the Dragon set sail, it was drifting downstream, reaching an astonishing speed of ten knots! This is much faster than ordinary sailboats, after all, water flow also has a certain speed.

In less than half a day, by evening, the Dragon had arrived at Wusongkou.

At this time, Mu Tingye, the commander-in-chief of the Chongming Navy, was still holding on at the Wusongkou Pass.

In the afternoon, he had learned from the infantry and cavalry that the multinational fleet was destroyed in one fell swoop by the ironclad ship. He also learned that Wei Xiaobao, the commander-in-chief of the Tiandi Federation, was on that ironclad ship.

Now, it was learned that the ironclad ship was returning and would soon arrive at Wusongkou, but there was no news from the governor.

At this moment, Mu Tingye was like an ant on a hot pan, extremely anxious.

Like Governor Furata, he was caught in a dilemma: it was not a good idea to fight, nor was it a good idea not to fight.

"Woo..." A shrill whistle suddenly sounded from the river, followed by the roar of the steam engine's motor reaching everyone's ears.

I saw a huge steel ship slowly coming from upstream, it was the Dragon.

"General, what should we do?" Mu Tingxie's deputy general asked him anxiously.

Mu Tingye stood on the command platform, looking at the dock not far ahead. More than sixty warships and small boats of various sizes were docked there in an orderly manner.

These ships constituted the entire strength of the Chongming Navy, and were also the entire force he controlled as a general. If these warships were damaged in the battle, his position as a general of the second rank might end there, and he might even face the fate of being held accountable and beheaded.

At this time, a huge ironclad ship slowly sailed towards the pass. Mu Tingxie suddenly had an idea. He immediately ordered all the warships to fire blank shots in sequence to create an atmosphere of actual combat.

The captain of the Dragon held a telescope and observed the movement on the shore. He saw that the warships quickly formed a battle formation similar to that of battleships and began to fire from a distance. Although the sound of the cannon was deafening, careful people could still find something unusual.

Wei Xiaobao, who was standing by, heard the cannon fire and said to the captain with a smile: "Li Qiang, don't be nervous. The Chongming navy is firing empty cannons to see us off!" His words were light-hearted and humorous, and he didn't seem to take the situation to heart.

Wei Xiaobao also picked up the telescope and looked at the Chongming navy neatly lined up on the shore of the Wusongkou Wharf, firing blank shots in an orderly manner.

He smiled and said to Wang Liqiang: "They want to put on a show, so let's join in the fun. Let the front gun fire a shot in the middle of the river at the pass."

"Yes!" Wang Liqiang immediately gave the order to fire the first shot.

After a while, the 280mm Krupp cannon of the Dragon let out an earth-shaking roar.

A 150-kilogram shell whizzed into the middle of the river at the dock pass...

"Boom..." The violent explosion raised a hundred-meter-high water column, which caused the river to roll and the waves to surge...

The huge waves at the center of the explosion were more than ten meters high. When the waves reached the dock a thousand meters away, they were also five or six meters high. The warships swayed left and right at the dock and were difficult to control. Some small boats were even overturned by the huge waves. Fortunately, there were many people at the dock and the crew were quickly washed ashore without any casualties.