Lao Liu's cooking is very characteristic of the middle school cafeteria, pork stewed cabbage, or all the same fatty meat, a piece of white flowers, I can't tell which piece is meat and which piece is cabbage. I heard that when Lao Liu was shopping for vegetables, he almost smoked a knife with someone in order to grab this half of the fat.

The restaurants and tea shops on the street are all closed, and even Zhu Wenzheng moved into the barracks this morning to eat and sleep with the soldiers, as for whether he secretly ate alone, no one knows.

After eating a bowl of rice with the vegetable leaves, Ma Du stopped eating it, and pushed the rice bowl into the yard to eat. After cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Zhang Wuliu looked at the large piece of fat left in Ma Du's bowl, pinched a piece and put it in his mouth and chewed it, sighed and said: "He is a good person after all, he shouldn't have said that about him just now." ”

Lao Liu also put a piece in his mouth, "What did you say?" ”

"He took things from other people, and I said he was a corrupt official...... Ouch, Lao Liu, you beat me, and the meat has fallen off ......"

Zhu Wenying is wiping the knife, using a piece of pigskin, the shape is slender and slightly curved, the blade is dark and shiny, it seems that it is usually well maintained, and a beautiful arc is bent at the handle of the knife, a bit like a goose knife, with some scimitar shadows.

Ma Du said casually, "This knife is good!" ”

Zhu Wenying nodded, "When I went to Zhenjiang, my father gave it to me, I can't give it to you!" I see you have a short knife for self-defense. ”

Ma Du rolled his eyes disdainfully, who uses a knife to defend himself, Lao Tzu has a gun. I thought that everyone was a robber of your old Zhu family, and when I saw good things, I moved to my house.

"No need, I won't go into battle to kill the enemy."

Zhu Wenying teased: "That's the same, you can't pick up a knife." He put his sword into the sheath and asked Madu with a solemn expression, "Do you think we will win?" ”

Ma Du said confidently: "Yes, definitely."

Zhu Wenying sneered, "Lie to the ghost, otherwise what are you doing digging the cellar?" ”

Unexpectedly discovered by this guy, Ma Du smiled awkwardly, "Just in case, you also saw the power of the grenade today, there is such a thing, don't you have confidence." ”

Zhu Wenying shook his head, "That's really a good thing, but I don't know how much it will take to deal with hundreds of thousands of people." I just went to the storeroom to see, but there wasn't that much saltpeter. I hope it can last a long time, so that I can give my father time to return to his teacher. “

This guy is not very old, but he has a lot of worries, no wonder he burps in his forties. Ma Du patted his arm, "Don't worry, we will definitely be able to survive until the Duke of Guodu comes to save Hongdu." “

"It's very likely that I won't be able to come back once I enter the barracks, and I'm glad to know you." He patted Ma Du on the shoulder and turned to leave, turning around and coming back before he went out, "If you really can't hold Hongdu, don't drill this cellar, find a way to survive, I don't want my mother to be sad." If you are caught by Chen Youliang, don't give him the gunpowder formula, or I will kill you too!" “

Looking at the back of Zhu Wenying leaving, Ma Du's face was inexplicably wonderful, what does it have to do with Ma Dajia if I can't escape, what do you mean you will kill me too? Is there anyone but you, who has no conscience, who cares about my head?

Ma Du felt that he was an insignificant little person, but some people already regarded him as a key person in their hearts for the survival of Hongdu. Zhu Wen was sitting in the tent, playing with the thunderbolt in his hand, which was the name he had just given to the improvised grenade.

He had already tried it half an hour ago, and three thunderbolts exploded at the same time around a dozen pigs and sheep, and the earth-shattering momentum and bloody scene made him suffocate in his heart.

Obviously, he also has gunpowder at home, but he can't think of such a simple and practical killing weapon. He and Deng Yu tried it again with the original gunpowder formula, but the effect was far from the same.

Ma Du's weight in his heart couldn't help but rise a few points, which made him look forward to the extended version of the fire gun designed by Ma Du a little more, and at the same time, he was a little more jealous of Ma Du in his heart.

Ma Du's previous beautiful words made Zhu Wenzheng feel good, and it really made him feel much better about Ma Du. However, he is a commander, and in his heart he is an excellent commander, and it is his fundamental interest to maintain the Red Turban Army headed by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Ma Du's vague background and ignorant background were still like a thorn in his heart, making him unable to trust him completely.

The personal soldier entered the account and handed over a waist card, Zhu Wenzheng glanced at it, and ordered: "Let him in." ”

The soldiers withdrew from the tent, and a man in civilian clothes walked in and bowed to Zhu Wenzheng, "I've seen the governor!" ", but did not report the name of the official position.

Zhu Wenzheng waved back left and right, "Get up and talk back!" The man got up and walked to a dark corner of the tent and stood still, he couldn't see his face clearly, and he didn't need Zhu Wenzheng to ask, so he took the initiative to answer: "The new capital is a little irregular today, and he accepted a jade pendant from Xu Daliang......

Zhu Wenzheng interjected and asked, "Who is Xu Daliang?" ”

"Xu Daliang is the gynecologist who almost had his head cut off by the Metropolitan Governor two days ago, and was later sent to the wounded soldier camp by you."

"Oh." Zhu Wenzheng picked the corners of his mouth, showed a smile, and said a little incredible: "It's really a greedy person, it's just a trivial matter." ”

"He also committed a capital offense, making wine without permission, oh, alcohol! It is said to be used to clean the wound and prevent the wound from becoming red, swollen and suppurated. ”

"Alcohol? How is it brewed? "I don't know when he started to take a little interest in the things that Madu was tinkering with.

"Originally, I also planned to use grain to make wine, but later I said that it was too troublesome to ferment, so I asked people to move the wine from the warehouse directly, saying that it would become alcohol after steaming it twice."

Zhu Wenzheng waved his hand, "It's really bad enough to practice food, but where can I manage so much at this life and death juncture, let him brew, Hongdu City has food, how much can he use." What does he do now? ”

Hongdu is leaning on Poyang Lake, which is the land of fish and rice, and the land of Zhu Yuanzhang's tuntian, whether it is the people or the government, there are a large amount of grain in stock, and Ma Du brewing some alcohol is really not a pain in the bones, there is no need to be more serious.

"The doctor and Lang Zhong ordered by the Governor of the Metropolitan have been sent to the camp for the sick and wounded, and he is teaching these people how to heal their wounds."

"Such a secret technique can be easily taught to people, I really underestimate him." Zhu Wenzheng paused and asked, "What about the others?" ”

"The generals under the command of the Metropolitan Governor and the Counsellor perform their duties, and their families are all at home, and there is no movement and no one leaves the city."

"Well, where is Deng Shenzheng?"

The man in civilian clothes was stunned, "Deng participates in politics?" Didn't the Metropolitan Governor say before that he was not allowed to supervise Deng to participate in politics? What's more, Deng has followed Guogong for many years, and has always been loyal, and Guogong has never sent anyone to supervise, Deng Shenzheng's personal soldiers are all elites, if they are discovered, report to Guogong, and they will not be able to afford to be guilty......"

Deng Yu is not very old, one year younger than Zhu Wenzheng, and his official position is not high, but when it comes to seniority, few people can compare.

When Lao Zhu was still fighting in Chuzhou, the teenage Deng Yu brought more than 10,000 people to serve, and most of these more than 10,000 people were veterans of a hundred battles who had followed Deng Yu's father and brother for many years.

At that time, there were less than 30,000 soldiers under Lao Zhu's command, and most of them were recruits, and his military strength was not much stronger than Deng Yue.

If Zhu's red scarf is regarded as a company, then Deng Yue can be regarded as the original shareholder. Xu Da, Chang Yuchun and others have long surpassed Deng Yu by virtue of their brilliant achievements and official positions, but no one can have a private army like Deng Yu, or a sharp firearms unit, although the number is not much, it is also a symbol of status, how can such a person be easy to provoke?

Zhu Wenzheng snorted coldly, "Of course the governor of Pontus knows Deng Shen's loyalty, and when it is an emergency, you should do extraordinary things, you just have to do it, and I will take care of it if something happens." ”

Seeing that the other party was still indifferent, Zhu Wenzheng gritted his teeth and said viciously: "When Zhu Zong Kangtai rebelled last year, Deng participated in politics but couldn't hold on and escaped, poor Governor Ye would rather die than surrender and become a ghost under the sword of the rebels." And your boss was also beheaded by the governor of Pontus himself for the crime of not investigating, how did he forget it so quickly. ”

The man in the shadows shuddered when he heard this, and fell to the ground again.

Zhu Wenzheng sneered, "Since my uncle asked you to help me defend the city, I should listen to my orders, and if I disobey again, I will not be spared." You have to pay close attention to the new capital, once the Hongdu is broken, find a way to take him to Yingtian, if there is disharmony, don't keep your hand, don't let him fall into the hands of Chen Youliang! ”

"Obey the orders of the Metropolitan Governor!"