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Chapter 1042 Zhang Cheng is unhappy
For Zhang Cheng, Zu Dabi was both envious and jealous, and a little bit unconvinced.

However, he is also from a hereditary military family, and he has spent half his life fighting in Liaodong, so he is very familiar with military affairs. The combat effectiveness of an army can be known at a glance.

Just like "an expert will know if there is one as soon as he stretches out his hand"!
The fighting power of the brave army is in front of us, just like the heads of the Tartars who were beheaded when they aided Liao last year, and the heads of the slave and puppet king Duoduo, they are all true and cannot be true.

Zu Dabi, like his elder brother, also puts the interests of the family first. Now that he has a good relationship with Zhang Cheng, it will be of great benefit to their Zu clan.

Therefore, he also quickly changed his mentality, and decided to follow the instructions of his nephew Wu Sangui, and build a good relationship with Yongningbo Zhang Cheng, so as to help each other and prevent them from becoming a threat to the eternal prosperity of the Zu clan.

At the same time, he looked at Xuanda Governor Jiang Yuxu with some gleeful eyes.

Zhang Cheng is now the majestic Earl of Yongning, and there is such a powerful army leader under his rule. Although he has made a lot of credit for Jiang Yuxu, but now his rank has climbed to his head.

From this point of view, Jiang Yuxu, the governor of Xuanda, may not have a good life in the future, at least he will not be able to command and dispatch the brave army.

Just like now, Uncle Yongning waited for him to sit down completely before coming out, and like everyone else, he could only get up obediently to greet him.

Although Jiang Yuxu was a little bit reluctant, but the court etiquette was such that even a feudal official like him would have to bow down when he saw a super-ranked count.

After worshiping, everyone was seated again, and Zhang Cheng said: "Today, Zhang Bingxian and others are able to come to Xuanzhen. It is really the luck of Governor Jiang, and it is also the luck of Uncle Ben."

Although Zhang Cheng was pretending just now, he waited for Jiang Yuxu, the Xuanda governor, to sit down before he officially appeared on the stage, so that he could bow down to him in public, so as to show his status and respect and establish his prestige.

But he didn't want to completely offend Jiang Yuxu, so he showed great respect for him in his words at this time, thinking that he would redeem the face he lost by kneeling just now.

I only heard him go on to say: "Benbo has ordered someone to prepare a little thin wine to entertain the guests from Jiliao and Liao towns. I also hope that the governor of the river will give me a face and stay in Zhenshuo's mansion to have dinner with the distinguished guests from afar. That's good."

Jiang Yuxu originally had a good impression of Zhang Cheng, but as Zhang Cheng became more powerful, he also felt that he could not see through Zhang Cheng's inner thoughts, and always felt a very strong sense of oppression, which often made him breathless Come.

If he is still in the position of governor of the Xuanfu, he is afraid that he will have a tit-for-tat fight with Yongning Bo. Even if he can't completely subdue him, he must let him know that not all people in the world are so easy to deceive.

But now that I have been promoted to the Governor of Xuanda, my words and deeds have a more profound impact. If it is true what my predecessor Zhang Fuzhen said, it will arouse the bravery and courage of the soldiers. sin?

Therefore, he also changed his original intention, and planned to use the word "loyalty" to hold Yongningbo tightly, and through influence to make him a pillar of the court, rather than a rebellious army bandit.

He said with a happy face: "Zongbing Zu, Zongbing Liu and General Xiao Cao are all the country's dry cities. They have made great contributions to the country in defeating the invaders and fighting the slaves. I am very happy to be seated with you today. "

He turned his head and said to Xie Sixin: "Mr. Xie assisted Governor Hong in guarding Liaodong, and advised Governor Hong. This Governor has also admired his name for a long time. Today, I would like to ask for advice. I hope Mr. Xie will not hesitate to give me advice."

Xie Sixin was very happy to receive such praise from him, but his expression remained the same, and his mouth was full of humble words.

Jiang Yuxu is worthy of being an old-timer in the officialdom, his words were impeccable, making everyone in the hall happy, he and Xie Sixin were courteous for a while, and then chatted with Zhang Dou, the former soldier of Ning, about military affairs.

Zhang Dou is also a person who works with sincerity. This time, he learned that Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, sent Xie Sixin to visit Xuanfu to observe Yongningbo Zhang Cheng's way of raising and training soldiers.

Because he had a lot of contact with Zhang Cheng's courageous army during the Liao war, he was also very interested in it, so he invited him to come together to find out how Zhang Cheng managed the Xuanfu, and he was able to raise more than ten thousand elite soldiers.

All the people are divided into two classes, civil and military, and they have a good chat with each other.

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At the time of You, the sun sinks to the west mountain, and when the sky seems to be dark, the banquet has just ended.

Governor Jiang Yuxu, Food Governor Zhu Mintai, Li Xing Du Chunwen and others went back to their respective residences, while Deputy Commander Lin Dengyou and General Liu Guangwu accompanied Zu Dabi and the others to have another conversation and leave.

Yongning Bo Zhang Cheng ordered Zhang Chengfang of the army to accompany Xie Sixin, Zhang Dou and other entourages to the military academy, and first went to the mansion inside the south gate to rest, while the three general soldiers stayed with Xie and Zhang.

There was another person who stayed behind, he was Wu Guogui, a general of the Chinese army under Wu Sangui's command.

Although Wu Sangui sent Zu Dabi to represent him to Xuanfu to discuss business cooperation and purchase of military equipment with Zhang Cheng, even though Zu Dabi was Wu Sangui's uncle, he still felt uneasy, so he sent Wu Guogui in the middle army He came with his close friend Xia Longshan.

Besides Yongning Bo and Zhang Cheng, there were also Wu Zhizhong, Wei Zhice, Wang Yuanjing, and Liu Minshen present at the Xuan Mansion, while He Biao and Chen Zheng went back early to arrange tomorrow's affairs because they were in charge of cleaning the town.

Seeing that there were no outsiders in the hall, Xie Sixin said: "Uncle Yongning should have known about it. I am waiting thousands of miles away to announce today. I really need to ask the Lord."

Hearing the words, Zhang Cheng also went straight to the point: "But you want to buy the guns used by the soldiers in our battalion?"

"That's what it means."

As Xie Sixin spoke, he reached into his bosom, took out a book, and said to Zhang Cheng: "When Governor Hong was leaving, he specially handed over a handwritten letter to the student, and asked me to hand it over to the Sir for review."

Liu Chengzu stepped forward to take the book and sent it to Zhang Cheng's desk. Yong Ningbo read it carefully and said, "Duke Hong is really too polite."

He turned his head and continued to Xie Sixin and the others: "Hong Du and I have the friendship of Liaodong war slaves, now that Hong Du wants something, I should do my best to achieve it.

Although the firearms such as the Yunzhou blunderbuss in our army are not easy to make and the quantity is not large, we can still get some out first and sell them to Ji Liao's brothers for use. "

Zhang Cheng looked at the people, and after a while, he asked again: "It's just, I don't know how big the needs of Governor Hong and the general soldiers are?"

Zu Dabi saw Zhang Cheng opened his mouth, and hurriedly shouted: "Liaozhen wants to buy [-] long blunderbusses, [-] Flang machine small cannons, and [-] flowering cannons."

As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to think of something again, and hurriedly added: "There is also how to prepare this medicine, I wonder if I can teach it to others, or I can prepare it myself, so that Yongning Bo will not be able to spare manpower, and it will be mistaken." The time frame for making the cannon."

Seeing that he opened his mouth to ask for [-] long blunderbusses, Liu Zhaoji was afraid that he would not be able to buy them if it was too late, so he hurriedly said: "Uncle Yongning, I also want [-] long blunderbusses in Ji Town, and the small Flang machine and the flowering cannon are [-] each." Door."

When he said this, his face turned red, and he lowered his voice and continued: "It's just... it's just this money... I wonder if we can give it a little more time..."

Zhang Cheng nodded gently, and said to Cao Bianjiao, "What about little General Cao..."

After thinking for a while, Cao Bianjiao replied: "Back to Uncle Yongning, I and Ningyuan Wang Zongbing each want to buy two thousand long guns used by the Yongyi Army, and each needs [-] rounds of sub-drugs."

After Zhang Cheng nodded his head and thought about it in his heart, he asked Wu Zhizhong: "General Wu, you have been in charge of the affairs of the old battalion. At present, do I have any surplus and inventory for the guns of the Bravery Army?"

Wu Zhizhong replied without hesitation: "Returning to the general, the guns in our army were damaged a lot in the battle with the slaves in Liaodong. Although most of them can be repaired, after the expansion of the sixth battalion of our brave army, it also needs to be repaired." Supplement a large number of firearms.

Judging from the existing inventory, I am afraid that there is not much surplus, and it is really difficult to meet the amount you want to buy. "

Zhang Cheng sighed softly, and asked again: "I'll ask you again, how many Yunzhou guns can be made every month if the craftsman camp speeds up the work."

Wu Zhizhong replied seriously: "General, the barrel of this Yunzhou blunderbuss is extremely finely crafted, so don't be careless. If our craftsman camp speeds up the work, at most [-] shots of Yunzhou blunderbuss can be produced every month. More."

Zhang Cheng's face was full of helplessness, he looked at Zu Dabi and other general soldiers of Ji Liao, and then asked Wu Zhizhong: "What is the number of Yunzhou blunderbuss in our army's inventory?"

"Back to General, there are more than three thousand and three hundred Yunzhou guns in stock in the army."

"It's really sad!"

Zhang Cheng continued to say to Xie Sixin, Zu Dabi and the others with a helpless face: "Duke Hong and several commanders want to buy firearms in our army, and their intention is to kill and wound slaves and bandits a lot, and I will do my best to accomplish it.

However, it is really difficult to make these Yunzhou guns. Our army does not have many stocks, and the number of pre-orders is so huge that it is really difficult to get these guns. "

He then sighed softly, and said: "Everyone is tired from the journey today, please rest early, let's discuss the matter of the guns tomorrow. In any case, I can't make you come from such a long distance, come back empty-handed! "

Seeing this, Xie Sixin also knew that Zhang Cheng was indeed in trouble, and it was destined to be difficult to finalize the matter tonight, so he got up and left, leading Zu Dabi, Cao Bianjiao and others to leave.

Before leaving, Zhang Dou, the former soldier of Ning, hinted to Zhang Cheng that he wanted to go to the North Road under the rule of Yongningbo to see the difference from the outside world.

Naturally, Zhang Cheng would not object to this, but he just asked Zhang Dou to stay calm and rest in the town for a few days. Although he would not be able to accompany him there, he would arrange for competent people to accompany him to the North Road .

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"This Zhang Cheng is really unhappy. Could it be that he wants to sit on the ground and raise the price?" Zu Dabute was on the horse, staggering and talking to Liu Zhaoji and Cao Bianjiao beside him.

Liu Zhaoji glanced forward when he heard the words, and then said: "Shu Shuai speaks carefully."

He pointed to the front with the horsewhip in his hand, and whispered: "Be careful not to be overheard by Yongningbo's people."

Zu Dabi continued, blowing his beard and staring at his eyes: "I'm afraid he's a bastard, we came thousands of miles to buy his guns, not to snatch him, so what can we do?"

That being said, his voice was indeed much quieter this time.

Although Zu Dashou of the older generation has died of illness, and the newcomer Wu Sangui is now in charge of Liaodong, the Zu clan of Liaodong still exists as the number one general of the Ming Dynasty.

And his ancestor Dabi, as the number one general of his ancestral family, had an incomparable status in Liaodong, and even Wu Sangui did not dare to offend him in the slightest.

However, no matter how fearless he is, this place is no better than Liaodong. Naturally, Yongning Bo is the number one in the land of Xuan Mansion, and Governor Xuan Da is not polite to him.

Rao is such a lunatic as Zu Er, although he refuses to give in on the lips, he admires Zhang Cheng and the brave army in his heart, and does not dare to despise him in the slightest.

Xie Sixin, as Hong Chengchou's confidant and aide, is always by the Governor Ji Liao's side, such an idle person is simply out of his sight!

However, against Yongningbo Zhang Cheng, it seemed a little different.

This time, he came to Xuanfu as the special envoy of Hong Chengchou, governor of Jiliao, not only to investigate how Zhang Cheng governed the region, but also to purchase guns for Hong Chengchou's superintendent battalion.

If it is necessary to discuss with Zhang Cheng, he dare not offend Yongning Bo!
Now riding the horse slowly, although he tried his best to get some words out of Wei Zhice's mouth, he easily dodged them. He didn't get any effective information, so he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. .

"I can only hope that after the slave thief was injured last time, he won't come back so soon!"

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After seeing off Xie Sixin and others, Yongning Bo was not in a hurry to rest, he still left Wu Zhizhong, Wang Yuanjing, Liu Minshen and others to continue the discussion.

In fact, all the battalions of the Bravery Army are equipped with similar guns and firearms. The firearms produced in the future will not only keep the necessary stock, but also replace the equipment for the defenders of the castles.

However, Bo Yongning would only replace the equipment for the defenders of the forts he actually controlled, so the required amount was not very large. In his opinion, selling some to the generals of Jiliao was all right.

Although the court will share nearly half of the money and food expenses of the brave army, the remaining amount is not difficult for Zhang Cheng.

Even if the number of soldiers after the expansion of the Yongyi Army has exceeded the number stipulated by the imperial court, if the imperial court does not use more money to raise troops, they will not ask too much about it.

After all, the Ming court had financial difficulties. Although Li Daiwen, the former Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, has been losing communication, cutting off work and food, and making up for the poor since he came to power, the pressure of the Ministry of Household Affairs has not been relieved due to continuous military disasters. .

Now it is even more stretched, it has reached the point where it is unsustainable.

Now the imperial court only hoped that Yongningbo could lead the army to aid Henan as soon as possible, but he had no intention of asking about the number of soldiers and horses under his command. Anyway, the imperial court would only pay half of the approved staff.

Now, the general soldiers of Ji Liao are willing to pay money to buy guns, which for Zhang Cheng has opened up another way of making money.

Previously, in order to win over Datong General Soldier Wang Pu and Shanxi General Soldier Li Fuming, he had promised them to sell them a batch of firearms at the original price to strengthen their army's combat power.

However, the Ji Liao generals would naturally not give them this treatment.

(End of this chapter)