Guo Dan was still looking forward to a war between evil and young people, he didn't even mind, and used his office to make a colosseum for the two of them, anyway, this place would have to be rectified immediately.

It's a pity that he didn't expect that Zhu Yihua would be instigated so quickly, causing Xu Jirong to go crazy and fail, which is really regrettable.

Since the provocation is unsuccessful, it is better to talk about the business, Guo Dan successfully borrowed some people from Zhu Yihua, of course, he also has to pay a price of one thousand taels.

Although Zhu Yihua spends money, he also pays great attention to accumulating money, maybe the Zhu family already has this gene.

But this thousand taels, Guo Dan felt that it was worth the money, after all, the espionage system of the Ming Dynasty, it was very terrifying, and now he has touched the interests of the bureaucracy, maybe his every move is under the surveillance of others, but no one would have thought that he would borrow someone from King Lu, which means that he has a card in his hand that no one knows.

Now that the card is in hand, the question is how to play it?

So after sending the two fools away, Guo Dan returned to the office, sat on the chair, and pondered.

He has to think of a foolproof way, this matter can't go wrong at all, he is not Zheng Chengxian, if the border army is killed and injured due to the cotton armor problem, then he will be finished.

But if it succeeds, the benefits are also huge, you must know that in addition to drugs, it is this arms that is the most profitable.

A squeak interrupted Guo Dan's thoughts, and he turned his head to look, only to see Kou Liansha walking in through the back door.

"Husband, are they gone?"

Kou Zhuisa asked.

"Hmm."

Guo Dan nodded, suddenly stretched out his hand, grabbed Kou Liansha's hand, and pulled it into his arms.

"Ahh

Kou Liansha didn't expect that Hua Hua fell into Guo Dan's arms with a disgraced face.

"What are you doing? Let go of me, this is the office. ”

Kou Zhuan made a gesture to get up.

Guo Dan hugged her tightly, looking lonely: "Madam, I'm injured." ”

"Where are you hurt?"

Kou Liansha's face tightened, and her eyes quickly looked at Guo Dan.

"It's not physical, it's mental."

"Psychological?"

"Hmm."

Guo Dan nodded and said, "The prince and the little uncle sarcastically mocked me, saying that I am such a big person, and I have never even tasted the taste of jealousy. ”

"Jealous?" Kou Zhuansha was confused.

"Hmm."

Guo Dan nodded, and told Kou Zhuansha the truth of the matter.

"So they're here for this."

Kou Zhuan Sha breathed a sigh of relief.

This Zhu Yihua suddenly came to Yaxing and was anxious to find Guo Dan, which made her feel very uneasy, after all, Zhu Yihua is famous, and it must be no good thing to have a relationship with him.

Kou Liansha glanced at Guo Dan again, and said with a smile: "You can also go find a few concubines!" ”

"Really... Really? ”

Guo Dan looked at Kou Zhuan Sha in surprise.

Kou Zhuansha nodded and said, "Of course it's true." ”

"You're not against it?" Guo Danhu said suspiciously.

"Why should I object, if you find a concubine, you won't bother me every day." Kou Shusha suddenly broke free, stood up, took a few steps back, and glared at him fiercely.

Guo Dan sighed: "If I really want to find a concubine, it will be for one purpose, that is, I hope to make you nervous about me, eat a little jealousy, and take the initiative to sleep with me, I didn't expect you to be so generous, so what is the need to find it, count the bird, count the bird." ”

Kou Zhuansha rolled her eyes slightly, obviously not believing Guo Dan's nonsense.

.....．

On this night, the Shen Mansion welcomed a distinguished guest, who was Li Chengliang, the general soldier of Liaodong.

This Li Chengliang is Zhang Juzheng's faction, at the beginning of Wanli, he and Qi Jiguang, as well as Zhang Juzheng, were the most bullish iron triangle of the Ming Dynasty, and it was precisely because of the existence of the three of them that all the internal and external troubles of the Ming Dynasty were temporarily suppressed.

Although Zhang Juzheng is dead, Shen Shixing can be regarded as Zhang Juzheng's faction, but Shen Shixing is cautious, has always kept a certain distance from Zhang Juzheng, and is very loyal to the emperor, so Wanli was able to make him the first assistant of the cabinet, and he was a favor.

Li Chengliang is the commander-in-chief of Liaodong and the most prominent commander in the Ming Dynasty, this kind of person is the easiest to attract suspicion, he must have someone in the court, so he joined Shen Shixing's camp, which is naturally a logical thing, they were originally a faction.

"When did Uncle Ning come back?"

Shen Shixing asked with a smile.

"I'm back today."

Li Chengliang said and asked a little worriedly: "Shen Shoufu, the key cotton armor case ......." ”

Shen Shixing asked, "Does it have anything to do with you?" ”

Li Chengliang said: "This is done by Dr. Zheng and one of my generals, but I also know, now that the imperial concubine is favored, how dare I offend Dr. Zheng, but I didn't expect that he would be so greedy, and my subordinates hid it from me, until the military department came to the book, I learned the truth of the matter, and knew that it would definitely be bad, so I applied to go back to Beijing." ”

Shen Shixing nodded: "It is true that someone used this matter to impeach you, but fortunately, there were not many, and everyone was paying attention to Dr. Zheng at that time." ”

Li Chengliang's face softened a little, and then asked, "Your Majesty will summon me tomorrow, what should I say?" ”

Shen Shixing pondered for a moment and said, "You took the initiative to ask Your Majesty for the blame and took all the blame on yourself, just say that you were negligent in management that caused this kind of thing to happen." ”

Li Chengliang was slightly startled, and looked at Shen Shixing suspiciously.

I came to Beijing to shirk my responsibility, and you even asked me to admit it.

Shen Shixing said: "Your Majesty's attitude towards this case is very clear, and you will not let Dr. Zheng have any mistakes, which shows that the status of the imperial concubine in His Majesty's heart, you must not lead the fault to Dr. Zheng in front of Your Majesty, otherwise, I am afraid that it will set off new waves, and many people in the court will definitely borrow you to sue Dr. Zheng again, which is the last thing Your Majesty wants to see, if you take the initiative to admit your guilt, Your Majesty will not only not blame you, but will trust you more, and at the same time, those people in the court will have nothing to say." ”

Li Chengliang nodded thoughtfully.

Shen Shixing said again: "But this kind of thing, it's better not to happen again, although the imperial concubine is now favored, but the vast majority of people in the court are against it, after all, His Majesty has not yet set up a prince, which involves the issue of the country, if you have too close contact with them, I am afraid that those people will take advantage of the problem to play, and now there are still many people looking for an opportunity to liquidate Zhang Ge Lao's people, you and I are among them." ”

Li Chengliang sighed and said, "I don't know this, but I don't dare to offend them!" ”

Shen Shixing said with a smile: "This time you are a blessing in disguise, you should have heard that the imperial court has contracted the next batch of cotton armor to a tooth merchant." ”

Li Chengliang nodded and said, "I already know about this matter, I don't know who this tooth merchant is?" ”

Shen Shixing said: "He's not a soul winner, he's just a tooth merchant." ”

Li Chengliang looked at Shen Shixing in confusion.

If you don't have a backer, how can you win this deal.

Shen Shixing said: "The reason, I will tell you slowly, this tooth merchant to contract the armaments and materials of your Liaodong border army, for you, but it is a good thing, you can use this tooth merchant to avoid this vortex, you are a border general, if you are involved in the problem of Lichu, it is definitely not a good thing for you, this is the commander's taboo." ”

This old man is usually muddy, inactive, and looks very mediocre, but in fact, he can see it very clearly, if he can't even understand the situation, then he can't be exquisite.

And Li Chengliang is a very important figure in their faction, and he cannot afford to lose, so he and Li Chengliang are confessed.

However, Li Chengliang's return to Beijing made Zheng Chengxian feel panicked, because Li Chengliang must know the inside story, and he died as his soldier, can he not know.

Knowing that the emperor had summoned Li Chengliang today, Zheng Chengxian was anxiously pacing around the courtyard, and from time to time, he glanced out of the door and said, "Why haven't you come yet?" ”

After a while, I saw that the gate suddenly opened, and an old slave who bowed down led Zhang Whale into the gate.

Zheng Chengxian immediately greeted him, waved his hand first, called the old slave to retire, and then asked Zhang Whale: "Governor, how is the situation?" ”

Zhang Jing said with a smile: "Doctor Zheng, please rest assured, I have long said that Li Chengliang is not a reckless martial artist, how can he not know the stakes involved, so in front of His Majesty, he just pleaded guilty, took the fault on himself, and did not mention a word to Doctor Zheng." ”

When Zheng Chengxian heard this, he let out a sigh of relief, and asked again: "Then how did Your Majesty say it?" ”

Zhang Whale smiled: "Of course Your Majesty won't blame him, but fortunately, Sheng comforted him and asked him to stay in the capital for a few more days." ”

Wan Li knew this case better than anyone else, of course he knew that Li Chengliang took the fault on himself and thought about him, so how could he blame Li Chengliang.

As soon as this panic disappeared, the greed immediately came to his head, and Zheng Chengxian said again: "By the way, I heard that Guo Dan's kid is still negotiating with the imperial court, and he hasn't even signed the contract yet, he doesn't seem to be in a hurry at all." ”

Zhang Whale smiled: "This kid is very cunning, he doesn't seem to be in a hurry, but in fact, he has already sent someone to Tianjin Wei to buy textile workshops and recruit craftsmen." ”

"Tianjin Wei?"

Zheng Chengxian was curious: "Why did he choose to go to Tianjin Wei to open a workshop?" ”

Zhang Whale said: "I don't know much about this, maybe I want to avoid the surveillance of the ministers of the DPRK and China." ”

Zheng Chengxian smiled: "Then he is too naïve, no matter where he goes, he can't hide from the eyes and ears of Dongchang." ”

Zhang Jing just smiled.

......

And Guo Dan over there is really not in a hurry, he has been in the Ministry of Industry for the past two days, studying the technology of cotton nail production, not to mention the officials who accompanied the negotiations, even the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry have some impatience, in the final analysis, it is just cotton armor, there is no need to stitch and thread, it must be standardized.

But Guo Dan didn't consider their feelings at all, and in every detail, he had to ask if there was anything particular, and the question was clear.

Suddenly, I heard a burst of hearty laughter, and saw two old men entering the house, it was Fang Fengshi and Li Chengliang.

Guo Dan immediately stepped forward with those officials and saluted.

Fang Fengshi pointed at Guo Dan and said, "He is the tooth merchant who contracted the cotton nail this time, Guo Dan." ”

"So young."

Li Chengliang was slightly surprised, Shen Shixing would not specifically mention Guo Dan's age.

"Uncle Ning Yuan, don't be confused by this kid's age, he is very cunning." Fang Fengshi whispered to Li Chengliang, and then said to Guo Dan: "Guo Dan, this is the Liaodong General Army, Li General Bing, and the mainstay of my Ming Dynasty." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Li Chengliang waved his hand and said, "Fang Shangshu has an overreputation, Li can't afford it!" ”

If you talk about age, Li Chengliang is older than Fang Shixing and Shen Shixing, and his official position is not low, Wanli has named him Ning Yuanbo, but the problem is that Li Chengliang led the troops at the age of forty, which can be said to be a late bloomer, so in terms of qualifications, he is far inferior to Shen Shixing and Fang Fengshi, and the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty are higher than the military attachés, so in the capital, he is very low-key, and he is judged to be two people in Liaodong.

Guo Dan hurriedly saluted, and asked again: "Regarding the cotton armor this time, it is for the soldiers under the adult?" ”

Li Chengliang was stunned for a moment, and then nodded his head, feeling a little weird in his heart.

"That's great."

Guo Dan said to Li Chengliang with a look of joy on his face: "The grass people hope to be able to talk to adults. ”

Li Chengliang was a little confused, what level are you, what level is the old man, why are you talking to the old man?

He crawled out of the bones, he was not angry and arrogant, ordinary people would be shocked by him when they saw him, but Guo Dan not only did not show a trace of timidity, but also communicated with him naturally.

It's not strange that Fang is used to seeing it.

Li Chengliang still didn't believe in this evil, and asked with heavy eyebrows: "What do you want to talk to the old man?" ”

Guo Dan was neither humble nor arrogant: "If you go back to the adult, of course you will talk about cotton nails." According to the grass people's understanding in the past few days, it was found that the imperial court was producing these armaments and materials, which was too general and not professional enough, and now it was contracted by the grass people, and the grass people hoped to do better. ”

Li Chengliang was completely stupid.

You're ruthless kid.

The old man still wants to show off his official authority and scare you, you kid is good, standing in the Ministry of Industry, he actually said that the production of the imperial court was unprofessional, and the old man obeyed.

Those officials of the Ministry of Industry suddenly had fire in their eyes, and you may not be able to get out of this door today.

Fang Fengshi said solemnly: "Really? So what are you talking about unprofessional? ”

Guo Dan said more seriously than him: "Hui Shangshu's words, the grass people have read the production records of the Ministry of Industry, whether it is Liaodong, Shandong and other places, the cotton armor produced is much the same, there is not much difference, but as far as the grass people know, the environment of Liaodong is very different from that of Shandong, and the enemies they face are also different, and even the living habits of the soldiers on both sides are also different.

Caomin believes that this is due to the lack of communication between the production staff and the front-line soldiers, but Caomin is a businessman, and any criticism and dissatisfaction with Caomin's goods will affect Caomin's business.

Therefore, the grass people hope to be able to communicate with Li Zongbing, understand the environment of the Liaodong soldiers, the enemies they face, their living habits, and what they are dissatisfied with the previous cotton armor, only after understanding these, the grass people can tailor the cotton armor for the Liaodong soldiers, if the conditions permit, the grass people also hope to know the height and body shape of the soldiers. ”