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Chapter 338 No one is happy every day, no flower is red every day

In the front hall of the back hall of Dushikou Castle, Jin Xinpeng had just accepted Zhang Cheng's appointment with pleasure and became his wedding ambassador, fully responsible for the preparations for the wedding on the North Road.

The two then talked about Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, the two big rogues. After rebelling, they joined forces in one place. Before that, they set up an ambush in Fangxian County, captured and killed the general soldier Luo Dai, and defeated the general soldier Zuo Liangyu's army. Now in Huguang, no one can control it.

When mentioning the rogues, Zhang Cheng thought of the bird gun, and hurriedly asked: "By the way, has the little eunuch named Chen come back?"

"Come back, if it wasn't for this little eunuch Chen, I would have come back long ago."

Only then did Jin Xinpeng remember the second major event of his trip to Beijing, and he went on to say: "My lord, those Jingying Jianqi who followed Li Guofu to the North Road ran everywhere with letters, from East Road, Zhencheng, West Road, etc. There were 27 craftsmen who were transferred from the road and the south road to drill and grind the barrels.

Eunuch Chen Xiao took the letter from Eunuch Li Guofu and sent over [-] craftsmen from the Beijing Normal University and Tianjin Wei to drill and grind gun barrels. Not from ear to ear. "

Zhang Cheng silently calculated in his heart that there were originally 91 craftsmen who drilled and grinded the barrels, and 21 people were transferred from Xiabei Road, plus 27 people from other places in Xuan Town, and 240 people from the capital. Eight people, now there are [-] and seven craftsmen who can drill and grind gun barrels.

In this way, it is the basic number to guarantee the production of 240 qualified gun barrels per month. If the workmanship is more serious and fine, nearly [-] gun barrels can be produced every month.

Calculated in this way, by the end of this year, more than 1000 Yunzhou blunderbusses can be made into more than [-] rods, which can be equipped with almost three firemen. A newly forged and well-made Yunzhou blunderbuss.

Even the soldiers in the chariot camp can almost all be equipped with quick guns, bird guns and other variegated firearms. At that time, they can attack from a distance and defend from a distance. They all have the power to fight.

"Can that little eunuch named Chen go back to Dushi with you?" Zhang Cheng asked.

Jin Xinpeng had an unconcealable smile on his face, and said: "Young Mr. Chen, don't underestimate his smallness. He is even bigger than this monitoring Mr. Li Guofu. Along the way, thousands of households and guards in various places , and the magistrate of Yanqing who was ordered around by him.

Now enjoying it at Yunzhou Fort, Wei Zhice arranged for two hundred households to lead more than 200 military households, and took this little father-in-law Chen around hunting game. By the way, this little father-in-law also has a special hobby! "

"Oh, what hobby is it that can be called special by Mr. Jin?"

"Hahaha……"

Jin Xinpeng laughed before saying anything, and after a long time, he moved his body closer to Zhang Cheng and said softly, "Woman!"

"Don't look at this little father-in-law Chen, but he loves women very much. This journey has never stopped. Everywhere he goes, he will definitely call the woman from the Jiaofang Division to the place where he is staying, and go to the morning." Jin Xinpeng whispered with a wicked smile on his face.

Zhang Cheng had a strange look on his face, and asked suddenly: "You didn't listen to the wall, what kind of tricks does this little eunuch Chen do?"

"Hahahahaha..."

After Zhang Cheng finished speaking, he and Jin Xinpeng laughed wildly.

"Don't say the admiral is curious, even my old bones are very curious! Hahaha..." Jin Xinpeng also smiled teasingly.

Zhang Cheng stopped, drank a few sips of tea, and said: "Brother, you go back to the house to rest first, and I will send someone to invite me later, and I will also call Lao Yan. Let us have a drink, that's fine." Let me take the wind and wash away the dust for you, brother, and express my thanks!"

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That night, in the antechamber of the back hall of the Admiralty's Office, seven people including Jin Xinpeng, Yan Qingrong, Wang Yuanjing, Chen Zheng, Zhang Guangda, He Biao, and Chen Zhong gathered together.

On the Eight Immortals table in the middle of the hall is a copper hot pot with a pattern of "Eight Immortals crossing the sea" engraved with tin plating. They are happy or angry, with different expressions.

The entire copper hot pot is in the form of a tower, about a foot high. Although its shape is simple and vigorous, dignified and elegant, its shiny and bright shape and magnificent colors look like a resplendent fairy pavilion at a glance.

On the Eight Immortals table, there are freshly cut mutton slices, as well as the special pine mushrooms and white mushrooms here, in addition to tofu, lamb tripe, fennel, etc., together with a plate of cucumber sticks, a plate of spinach and cabbage on the table side.

A group of women came in and out and kept busy. The old servant approached the table of the Eight Immortals with a charcoal box, picked up the bright red charcoal lightly, put them into the fire tube one by one, and then put the copper hot pot together gently. Return to the tray.

Zhang Chengzheng was sitting with Jin Xinpeng and Yan Qingrong, listening to them talking about the particularity of this single stone hot pot on the North Road. The copper hot pot on the table in front of him was stolen from the house of Xue Liangqing, the former commander of Kaipingwei.

"Hey, this guy used to always talk about this pot. The one in my house is really not as exquisite as this one." Jin Xinpeng said.

"It is said that this pot of 'Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea' was also hidden by an uncle's ancestor in his family when he copied other people's homes." Yan Qingrong exposed the inside story.

This time Zhang Cheng searched the houses of Xue Liangqing, Wu Youlu and others, and harvested a lot of money, food and grain. Although there were less elegant things like antiques, calligraphy and paintings, this was just in line with Zhang Cheng's wishes.

What he lacks is money and food. Of course, there are only a few thousand taels on the books, which were put into the treasury on Shangbei Road, but everyone knows it very well. This is just what Zhang Cheng wants to show everyone.

But no one among them knew how many things were stolen from the house, and no one dared to inquire about it.

This time, Zhang Cheng stole a total of more than 5000 taels of silver, more than [-] shi of grain and grain, as well as clothing, armaments, real estate and fields, etc., which almost made Zhang Cheng addicted to copying the house. It's even fiercer than suppressing bandits!
"It's been like this since ancient times. It's true that 'a man is not happy for a thousand days, and a flower is not red for a hundred days'!" Jin Xinpeng sighed.

Zhang Cheng was waiting to speak, but Lin Fangping came over and reported: "General, this pot is ready, and several adults can take their seats."

"Okay, Mr. Jin and Mr. Yan, please sit down, let's chat while we're at it!"

Zhang Cheng stood up and greeted Jin Xinpeng and Yan Qingrong, the protagonists of the day, to sit together. On the other side, Chen Zheng, Zhang Guangda and others also got up and walked over. Everyone was already very familiar with them.

Naturally, Zhang Cheng took the first place, Jin Xinpeng took the second place as today's protagonist, and Yan Qingrong was the deputy envoy to welcome the relatives again, followed by He Biao, Zhang Guangda, Chen Zheng, Chen Zhong, Wang Yuanjing and others.

(End of this chapter)