In the back hall of the Zhou Mansion, Zhao Shujiao and Man Gui had already drunk a few cups of tea, and they were quite impatient to wait.

When Man Gui saw Zhou Zheng coming, he immediately said loudly: "I said brother, I know that you have something to do outside, but I don't know, I think you have made a great contribution, and I don't care about our two brothers......"

Zhao Shujiao listened and shook his head with a smile.

Zhou Zheng hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Wrong, wrong, admit punishment and accept punishment, Fu Bo, let the kitchen make some wine and food, and I will make amends to the two elder brothers." ”

Man Gui immediately said: "If it's good, if it's not good, I won't leave today!" ”

Fu Bo knew that this was Zhou Zheng's friend in Liaodong, so he hurriedly responded with a smile and turned around to go out.

The three of them sat down, and Zhou Zheng didn't care about the faces of the two, poured tea for the two, and said, "Come, drink tea and drink tea......"

Man Gui smashed his mouth and said, "I said brother, don't spend all the money to the court, what kind of old tea is this in your house, it has no taste......

Zhou Zheng held the teacup, took a sip with taste, and said with a sigh: "I went out for 200,000 taels of Tianjin Wei's pension, the foundation of Hejian Mansion and Yongping Mansion is about to be hollowed out by me, and I have to come by myself with all kinds of armor and weapons, just talking about the cannon, one is tens of thousands of taels, brother, I seem to be rich, but in fact, I spend money like running water, all year round, there are not a few children left......"

Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao all know that it costs money to lead troops, and Zhou Zheng is different from them, there is no salary, plus others, the number is indeed very considerable.

Zhao Shujiao stretched out his head and said in a low voice: "Brother, you give Mangui twenty cannons, you can't favor one over the other, right?" Bring me twenty doors too. ”

Man Gui's eyelids jumped when he heard this, and he stared at Zhao Shujiao and said: "I said Lao Zhao, you can only say 200,000 taels with one mouth, isn't this your style?" ”

Zhao Shujiao coughed embarrassedly, but still looked at Zhou Zheng eagerly.

This cannon is hugely powerful, and defending the city has a miraculous effect, he wants to defend Jinzhou City, if there is this, it is basically foolproof.

It's just that the cost of this thing is really expensive, and it does cost tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Zhou Zheng thought for a while, and said with a smile: "I do still have twenty items in stock, I will repair the book and go to Tianjin Wei later, when you go back to Liaodong, take Tianjin Wei and take it away." ”

Zhao Shujiao's eyes widened, he stood up with a teacup, and said loudly: "Replace wine with tea, thank you!" ”

Zhou Zheng had no choice but to pick up the teacup and touch it with Zhao Shujiao.

Man Gui looked very unpleasant, Zhao Shujiao got twenty doors as soon as he opened his mouth, and he finally pulled it out of Zhou Zheng's hands with great difficulty.

The food in Zhou's Mansion was actually being prepared for a long time, and it didn't take long for it to be on the table.

Zhou Zheng, Man Gui, and Zhao led the two of them to walk through a few cups, and said, "You still want to go back to Liaodong?" ”

Zhao Shujiao, Mangui are all martial artists, and the biggest official position of martial artists is Zuo Dudu, and the two of them have been for a long time, so no matter how great the credit is now, it is also a reward, plus various false titles, there is no way to be promoted.

Man Gui said: "The imperial court wanted the two of us to suppress the bandits, but the new governor of Jiliao, Lord Cao, disagreed, and let us continue to return to Liaodong to garrison." ”

The new Jiliao Governor is Cao Wenheng, the right attendant of the military department.

Zhou Zheng thought for a while, and said: "We all know the intentions of Lord Sun, if you want to build a city in the north and need manpower, you can ask me to borrow it, there are still a lot of strong men in Hejian Mansion." ”

Zhao Shu taught: "Ouyang Sheng succeeded as the governor of Liaodong, I'm afraid we can't intervene in this matter, he is a protégé of Master Sun." ”

Zhou Zheng also dealt with Ouyang Sheng for a short time, this is a civil official, not suitable for leading the army, it should be good to repair the city and govern the people's livelihood, if he can advance to the north in an orderly manner, it is a good thing.

Zhou Zheng nodded and said, "I have built a lot of armor over there in Tianjin, and I can't use it for the time being, so I'll give you 5,000 pieces each." ”

Man Gui pulled his beard and said, "Enough brother!" ”

Zhao Shujiao also hurriedly picked up the wine glass, and said with a laugh: "I will definitely not accept anything else, this, the more the merrier......"

The atmosphere at the wine table was very warm, and the three of them were smiling and talking about the affairs inside and outside Liaodong, as well as imagining the grand scene of the three of them leading the army to break through Shenyang and eliminate Jianyu.

The three of them drank and chatted until the middle of the night.

At noon on the second day of the hangover, Shangguan Qing wiped Zhou Zheng's face, frowned and said, "I found that you like to drink more and more." ”

Zhou Zheng rubbed his head and sat up, took the porridge she handed over, and said, "What about them?" ”

Shangguan Qingdao: "I left early in the morning, I heard that I went to Tianjin Wei." ”

Zhou Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "These two people really can't wait." ”

Shangguan Qing cleaned up the washbasin and saw Liu Liuzhen coming in.

Liu Liuzhen nodded at Shangguan Qing and smiled, then walked towards Zhou Zheng and said, "Second Young Master, someone from the military department came just now, saying that Zhang Shangshu wanted to see you." ”

Zhou Zheng rubbed his head and stood up, and said, "Zhang Shangshu? Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of War? ”

Liu Liuzhen said: "Well, it's from the military department." ”

Zhou Zheng sobered up a lot, sat down at the dinner table, and said, "What did you say?" ”

Liu Liuzhen said: "It's all a unified reply, the second young master is injured, and he can't go out to meet guests for the time being." ”

Zhou Zheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "I will say so in the future." Zhang Shangshu either wants to fight the autumn breeze, or he wants me to put out the fire, and I can delay it if I can. ”

Liu Liuzhen responded with a smile, looked at Shangguan Qing again, and said softly: "Second Young Master, Fu Bo is already preparing for the dowry, but I don't know what customs are at the Second Young Lady's house......

Shangguan Qing blinked and sat down towards Zhou Zheng, his beautiful eyes unblinking.

Zhou Zheng knew some of the dowry when his eldest brother Zhou Fang got married, but he didn't know what customs Jiangnan was, looking at Shangguan's clear eyes, he was extra careful, waved his hand, and said with a straight face: "How can Fu Bo be in charge of these things, I will go to see my father-in-law later, discuss it carefully, and it must be thoughtful." I finally got married, and I can't treat myself badly. ”

Shangguan Qing pursed his lips, but in the end he couldn't hold back his smile, glanced at Zhou Zheng, and went out with a washbasin.

As soon as she left, Zhou Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Liu Liuzhen and said angrily: "I don't have the ability to see." ”

Liu Liuzhen laughed with him, moved Zhou Zheng's porridge in front of him, and said, "Second Young Master, I heard that you are going to get married, and the whole Chamber of Commerce is very happy, and I am preparing to choose a congratulatory gift for you......

Zhou Zheng took a sip of porridge and said, "If you want them to save a little, just get your mind." By the way, is Lao Wei still at sea? ”

Liu Liuzhen thought about it seriously and said: "This is the third time that Wei Gongzi has gone to sea, it seems that he went out in October, saying that he brought enough people this time, and he wanted to make someone look good, but he didn't say anything specific." ”

Zhou Zheng built a small navy in Tianjinwei and handed it over to Wei Zhongxian, which is currently used to suppress bandits and inspect the sea areas from the Ming Dynasty to Korea and the Wa Kingdom, which can be regarded as early familiarity training.

Zhou Zhengyoutun was trapped for nearly three months, and he didn't know what Wei Xizhuang was doing, so he thought for a while and said, "He's back, let him come back to attend my wedding." Let the accompanying person write a good accompanying record, I want to read it. Arrange a few more big ships for the ship, and Tianjin Wei will train another 2,000 people, making up 3,000 people......"

Liu Liuzhen responded, waited for Zhou Zheng to finish speaking, and said: "Second young master, eldest young master, they are expected to return to Beijing before the end of the month, about the same time as the master." ”

Zhou Zheng snorted and said, "Let Fu Bo prepare at home, you worry less about snacks, go back a little more if you have nothing to do, and don't let Biqing hate me." ”

Liu Liuzhen said: "She lives in a big house, and there are people to serve, how dare she say that the second young master is not good, and she will pay you tribute every day, but she is diligent......"