Chapter 61 Shaanzhou Friendship

Zhang Zhimu said that his eyebrows flew and danced, and Zhizhou listened to it as if he was drunk. After listening, Zhizhou clapped his hands and applauded. said: "I have been rewarded by the Huwei Dart Bureau, I am the hero who destroyed the thief warship, and this time I have made a new contribution to the two family dart bureaus, I want to report to the court and ask for credit for you." Zhang Zhimu said: "My lord, don't do it." Please be considerate of us. We are doing business abroad, and we really don't want others to know about our too flamboyant things. Why didn't you report it, it was the official army that defeated the thieves, and this victory originally happened in your jurisdiction, no matter who fought it, it was your credit. ”

"This, isn't that right?"

"There's nothing wrong with that, just fulfill us!" Zhang Zhimu said. In fact, Zhizhou knew that this was a great achievement, and he wished to count it as his own, even if Zhang Zhimu didn't say so, he wouldn't leave himself behind when he reported it. Zhizhou happened to end up with a favor and said, "It's up to you." I'll immediately inform the officers and troops nearby. Let them go and find out about the thieves again. ”

Out of the Zhizhou Mansion, Yang Yulin said: "Uncle Chen, you have seen it this time, he was like this last time in Tongguan, he didn't blush when he told lies." Chen Yufeng and Li Jing laughed when they heard this. Chen Yufeng said: "I'll tell you the truth, silly girl! I wanted to laugh in the government, but I couldn't help it. It seems that Zhimu is also a good hand at storytelling. Zhang Zhimu said very complacently: "That's right." ”

Zhang Zhimu said to Yang Yulin: "Hurry up and contact your father's friend in the dart game." ”

"Go now." Yang Yulin said. After asking passers-by, the Zhenhai Dart Bureau was there, and the four of them rode over. After announcing the door number, Li Zhenshan, the head of the Zhenhai Dart Bureau, came out to check the code. Li Zhenshan arched his hand and said: "It's the virtuous niece who has arrived, I heard about your father, but it's a pity that he is a hero!" Let the four of them into the house, Yang Yulin introduced everyone, and simply told the story along the way, which shocked this weathered old Jianghu and was also surprised. Yang Yulin said: "This time, when I came to Shaanzhou, I wanted to visit the head of the bureau and show respect to the younger generations, and second, I still have one more thing to ask for, I don't know if it's okay?" Li Zhenshan said: "You're welcome, please speak." Zhang Zhimu explained the conversation and said: "Our road is difficult, and when we get here, the front will be even more difficult." We want to buy a little more**, I don't know if the bureau owner has a way, help think of a way. When Li Zhenshan heard this, he hesitated a little and said: "This ** is explicitly forbidden by the imperial court to buy and sell privately." But since you have come to my door, I can't ignore the affairs of my niece and nephew. If I don't use it much, I can think of a way. Well, how much do you use? Zhang Zhimu said: "A thousand catties, it's really not good, it's okay to have less." Li Zhenshan said: "This is not a small amount, you can listen to my letter." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "No way, we have to take a boat after Sanmenxia, Li Zicheng is now in Sanwei Kaifeng, the Yellow River is likely to have been sealed, if we don't get it, we will rush over, no **, no." "When Li Zhenshan heard it, you are a caravan, it is clearly a desperate team, and those thieves even hide far away when the officers and soldiers see it. Li Zhenshan said: "Then your future is indeed very dangerous, this time King Li Chuang mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops, surrounded Kaifeng to the point of impassability, and vowed to avenge the first two times." On the Yellow River, they naturally will not let go. But now King Li Chuang is no longer the thief and coward, he is determined to the world, and in order to win the trust of the world, he has begun to restrain the troops and no longer kill innocents. King Li Chuang's edict said to the world: 'Whoever kills one person is like killing my father, and whoever insults a woman is like insulting my mother.' But with so many horses, it's hard to say that you don't want to break into the army. ”

In fact, Zhang Zhimu is still relatively familiar with this history, this time Li Zicheng began to besiege the city, and in September, the Yellow River burst and flooded Kaifeng, leaving only 30,000 people of Kaifeng with 300,000 people. Zhang Zhimu came out this time because he had an idea, although his strength is still very weak, but if he can make a weight to destroy the balance when the power of the two sides is balanced, he can decide the overall situation of victory or defeat, because now Zhang Zhimu does not want the Ming Dynasty to fall too quickly, with them, the north can fight against the Qing army and the Mongolian army, and the south can contain Li Zicheng, what he needs most is time, as long as he can win two or three years, he is not afraid, now it is best to use his strength to fight, who is strong to fight whom, who is weak to support whom. Zhang Zhimu knew that most of Li Zicheng's team were from poor people, and they had a natural hatred for the rich people of these caravans. No matter how Li Zicheng gave the order, it was impossible for the officers and soldiers under him to let go of their caravan. Besides, his own destiny cannot be handed over to others, and he pins his trust on the compassion of others.

Back at the inn that Lu Chengxiang had set, Lu Chengxiang had already arranged all the rooms, and it was clear which one would live for a few people, and Zhang Zhimu was very happy and said: "Mr. Lu, this big housekeeper is a good one." It's a lot of peace for me to have you. These few words moved Lu Chengxiang very much, and Mr. Zhang saw what he was doing. These words also established his position in Mr. Zhang's heart, in this new collective, that person is not desperately trying to show himself, he knows how to behave during this time, and it is likely to determine his position in the kiln gang in the future. Besides, what kind of person Zhang is always and who has done what, he already knows in his heart, so he should do his best to do things well. Zhang Zhimu is well aware that "praise is the best investment", which he has learned long ago in his previous life.

Lu Chengxiang came over with the account book and said, "Mr. Zhang, if you have time, I will tell you the accounts briefly." Zhang Zhimu said: "Mr. Lu, you're welcome, you can say it." ”

"Last time at Hangu Pass, we sold the seized goods and got a total of 34,568 taels of silver. The cost of this period of time does not count your gift, it cost five hundred and sixty-one taels. Now we have horses, one thousand and eighty. Lu Chengxiang looked at the ledger and said.

Zhang Zhimu asked: "What is the total number of personnel now?" ”

Lu Chengxiang calculated and said: "When we got on the boat from Lingshui Wharf, there were seventy-six people in total, when we set off from Tongguan, when we arrived at Hangu Pass, even the women were counted one hundred and six, and now it is one hundred and thirty-six. After listening to this, Zhang Zhimu said to himself: "There are still few people." ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "Now there are enough people, and these people eat a lot of money every day." Zhang Zhimu said: "I think there is still a war ahead, and there are more useful people, so it's better." "Why, do you have to fight?" Lu Chengxiang asked.

Zhang Zhimu said: "What, Mr. Lu is scared? We don't want to fight, we can't fight anymore. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "We will rest here for a few days and retrain all the personnel. Those who have never shot a gun are trained to shoot a gun, and those who have not thrown ** must learn to throw mines. The crossbowmen used their crossbows and distributed their muskets to each other. The new cavalry was changed to archers, so that the total number of archers was sixty. Pooling can be of great use. Zhang Zhimu said: "What I want to get is to tie every arrow to **, so that although it is closer, the power of the explosion is very lethal." Chen Yufeng said: "When you leave, buy a few jars of fierce fire oil, wrap cloth around the arrows, stick fierce fire oil, and release rockets." That thing is on fire. Of course, Zhang Zhimu knows that the so-called fierce fire oil is oil, because it contains asphalt, so it has strong adhesion, but it is a good thing to set fire.

Li Jing, who received the caravan, came back and said that the caravan would arrive soon. Zhang Zhimu and others came out to greet them, but they were startled when they came out, maybe everyone in Shaanzhou came out to see the excitement. Because Shaanzhou is a pass, it is a profession passed down by many people for generations when receiving merchants, and once the trade route is broken, their livelihood will be lost. This time, I heard that a large caravan is coming, some merchants want to pick up some merchants, and most of them come out to see the excitement, and there has been no caravan for a long time.

After arranging the personnel and horse goods, Zhang Zhimu said: "Today is a day off. Everyone gave out some copper coins and took turns to go out on the street. Liu Yun said: "I'll arrange it, and follow the method of Tongguan." ”

Originally, Zhang Zhimu wanted to lie down and rest, but Liu Wenbin and Zhao Xilai, the two bureau masters, led a few businessmen over, saying that tonight, a banquet would be arranged in Hongbin Building, the largest restaurant in Shaanxi, and Zhang Zhimu and others would be invited to the banquet. Zhang Zhimu said: "It's okay for everyone to get together, but we have to pay for the meal." "How can this family agree, but Zhang Zhimu has no choice but to agree, but he can't go out of the city for the banquet in the evening. Liu Yun said: "You can go to the banquet with confidence, we are here, it's no problem to watch the door." Zhang Zhimu thought about it, the big threat was gone, and it was even better to have Liu Yun and them, so he was relieved. At this time, Zhang Zhimu wanted to go to the banquet to make a few friends and be happy and happy, and he didn't know how much impact this banquet would have on his future business development.

Chen Yufeng, Yan Boju, Lu Chengxiang, Li Mao, Yang Yulin, and Zhang Zhimu also brought Lin Xinmin with Zhang Zhimu to the banquet this time.

This time, several hospitable hosts made the banquet very grand, a total of three large tables were set, Zhang Zhimu and they were separated, Yang Yulin had to be at the same table with Zhang Zhimu, and Lin Xinmin was also at the same table with Zhang Zhimu.

It seems that Li Fucheng, the big shopkeeper of the Ruichengxiang firm in Texas, is the initiator of this banquet, and he is almost on the dishes. He stood up, raised his glass and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we can meet here today to raise a glass and help each other desperately. We prepared a little wine and talked about our hearts, and I proposed that we raise a glass together to express our gratitude to the brothers in the kiln, and we did. "Everyone drank it all. Li Fucheng asked everyone to sift through the wine again, and then raised it and said: "I propose this second cup, we should pay tribute to Zhang Dongjia, who can bring these heroes together." Without him, there would be no Megatron Kiln Gang Caravan now, and we people would still be trapped in Hangu Pass now. Cheers! "Everyone drank it all again. The dish hasn't moved yet, Li Fucheng raised the third glass of wine again, and said that this third glass of wine, let's drink a brotherhood wine, everyone can rush together in this life and death field, this is the fate that we cultivated in our previous life, in order to live up to this fate, we should all be friends and brothers in life and death from now on. Come and toast to brotherhood. Everyone drank it all again. Li Fucheng said: "Let's drink and eat food, we must have fun today, and we will not return home if we are not drunk." ”

Then everyone began to eat and drink. Guarding the edge of the Yellow River, the aquatic products in the Yellow River are naturally indispensable. This restaurant also uses its own skills, all of which are delicacies of the sea, and the treasures of the north and south are all going up one by one. The restaurant is like this, they are looking forward to having such a banquet, so that they can give full play to the skills of the chefs, what skills do you have, as long as you can make it, people are not afraid of spending money. This is often the case, some restaurants usually feel that customers are not willing to spend money, many expensive dishes can not be cooked, and they feel that their skills cannot be displayed, but when they are really allowed to play to their heart's content, he can't come up with a few decent dishes.

After three rounds of wine, Liu Wenbin stood up and said, "I propose that we toast Zhang Dongjia another glass." Everyone knows that it is Zhang Dongjia who has been leading people to cover everyone behind. In fact, there is one more thing that everyone still doesn't know. That was when the entire caravan passed, Zhao Xilai and I felt that we couldn't help it, and we couldn't let the Zhang Dongjia cover all the time. I was going to go over and block it for a while, but at this life-and-death juncture, Zhang Dongjia still let us go first, and when we left, I and Zhao Bureau Master had tears in our eyes. The thieves had gone crazy by then, and to be honest, if we had stayed behind, we wouldn't have had a chance to drink here today. Everyone, respect Zhang Dongjia, I'll do it first. And they all drank it all.

As soon as Liu Wenbin sat down, Lin Xinmin, who was beside Zhang Zhimu, stood up and said, "Everyone listen to me. He told him about the big experience, and then bowed deeply to Zhang Zhimu in front of everyone. Everyone shouted hello. It is said that Zhang Dongjia is not only wise and brave, but also has a bodhisattva heart, and everyone got up and toasted together.