"This medal is awarded to the next generation in front of you, and it is estimated that some people will definitely be dissatisfied." Zhang Han said loudly: "Why did you give him this medal? Is it because this offspring was captured and escaped? ”

Everyone laughed, and Lu Si's face immediately turned into a red cloth.

Zhang Han said again: "It's not because he was captured, but after he was captured, he was loyal and unyielding, and he didn't give in to the northern captives." At the slightest opportunity, he immediately chose to escape, and after escaping, he was also bent on reporting the news to the top. He was seriously injured, and when I went to visit him, my first reaction was still to tell me about the intelligence of the Northern Captives, is such a soldier worthy of a distinguished loyalty medal? ”

"Enough!" Lu Da was the first to straighten his neck and shouted.

Tao Chun, Zhang Chunniu and other soldiers also shouted together, and all the soldiers also shouted together. This time it was one of them who received the first-class medal, and it was a young man who had just recovered from a serious injury, which made all the soldiers feel very excited.

"Alright, you deserve it."

Zhang Han smiled and brought the medal to Lu Si's chest, Lu Si shivered and saluted, choked his throat and said, "My lord, my subordinates will definitely repay with their lives in the future." ”

"Live well." Zhang Han said solemnly: "Be a good example for everyone." ”

"Yes, sir!"

No matter what Lu Si thought in his heart, of course he would not refute Zhang Han at this time, he tried his best to calm down, saluted everyone present, and then walked down proudly.

……

In the evening, Zhang Han set up a banquet in his own signing room, and only Li Shenming and Sun Jingting plus Wang Changfu and Liang Xing, the two bigwigs in the army, sat together at a round table, and the guards ordered a pot, the bottom soup in the pot was boiled with big bones, and the snow-white soup was tumbling with mouth grinding and mutton, and there were also a few plates of cucumbers and fried peanuts and other side dishes, although it was not luxurious, but it was better for Zhang Han to entertain with Yulu spring wine from Ouchi, plus the fragrant pot, just to remove the wind chill that had just fallen on the body, Everyone was very satisfied.

"Well, it's snowing again."

Li Shenming lifted the curtain and looked out, it was pitch black outside, there were no stars and no moon, only all kinds of lanterns emitted a soft light, the number of people in Jining Fort had increased a lot, and there were lights almost everywhere, in addition, because today was a military parade and awards, celebrating the victory over Mongolia in the initial stage, the whole army was very happy, after noon, Zhang Han ordered to slaughter hundreds of sheep, and each squad issued a jar of wine, which was also a very rare exception for the merchant army...... It has always been that only on Chinese New Year's Eve will be allowed to drink alcohol in the army, and if there is any major event in peacetime, at most add more meat and vegetables, and wine is absolutely not given, and if soldiers want to drink, they can only drink when they are out of camp on vacation, and they cannot get drunk and make trouble, once they are found by the military judge and make a note, it will definitely affect the future.

All Li Shenming saw was that the lights were bright, and there was a commotion everywhere, except for the soldiers on duty, about everyone, including the garrisons outside the city and the residences of the merchants.

Li Shenming also showed a smile on his face, and at this time, Zhang Han and Sun Jingting both squeezed over to watch, but saw that the snow was fluttering under the lights, but it only fell on the ground with a thin layer.

"Although the snow is not heavy, I am afraid that it will freeze in the morning." Sun Jingting said with some worry: "Recently, a large number of people have to come to repair the fort and military platform, and they have to build their own houses for the winter. ”

Li Shenming said quite dissatisfiedly: "Wen Lan, listen to it, is this person no longer a good bone?" ”

Zhang Han laughed and didn't participate in the opinion, Sun Jingting counterattacked: "If you conjure up thousands of houses for me tomorrow morning, I can have elegant bones all over my body." ”

Li Shenming snorted and said, "I was in a very good mood tonight, and I wanted to rhyme with you and Wenlan to compose poems, but it seems that it's okay!" ”

Zhang Han sat back in his seat, smiled and waved his hand: "Brother Zunlu, you can't help but think too much of me, I just started writing to learn how to compose eight strands, which line of poetry." ”

"Wen Lan, in fact, if you can start writing, you can also compose poems." There was a sudden gust of wind in the house, and someone from outside came in without passing the news.

Zhang Han stared at it, the person who came was untying the cloak on his body, and a thin layer of snowflakes had accumulated on the cloak, and when the person turned his head, who was it not Kong Minxing?

"Aha!" Zhang Han jumped up and laughed: "This snow is good, it is wonderful, and it actually brought out the brother of the Zhizhi." ”

Kong Minxing smiled and waved his hands, Sun Jingting and Li Shenming naturally stepped forward to talk to Kong Minxing, Wang Changfu and Liang Xing also came to greet him, Liang Xing smiled and said: "Look at the happy appearance of the adults, we have not been treated like this when we lead the army." ”

"What do you know about a soldier?" Wang Changfu seized every opportunity to raise the bar with Liang Xing, and said with disdain: "Mr. Kong is here, I am afraid that he will be worth thousands of troops." ”

Liang Xingdao: "Why don't I understand? When Mr. Kong came, he was afraid that he was going to expand the soil and fields on the grassland. ”

Zhang Han's plan was only discussed with Sun Jingting and Li Shenming, and the talk was not very specific, Liang Xing said his plan at this time, Zhang Han marched, and then laughed.

Jiang Yi also stretched out his head at this time and smiled at Zhang Han: "My lord, I saw that Mr. Kong was coming, so I didn't stop him." ”

"Well, you're doing the right thing." Zhang Han smiled, asked someone to add a stool, and said: "Brother Zhi is afraid that he came all the way, and he shouldn't have had dinner, just together, enjoying the snow and drinking and eating pot shabu mutton." ”

"Okay, very." Kong Minxing originally looked like a weak scholar, and his diet was often restrained and unmoved, and he was always running around on the side of He Yusheng, no longer studying hard day and night in the study, and his body was much stronger than before, plus the wind of running circles and exercising in the system with Yusheng was very strong, after a long time, Kong Minxing also joined it, and it was difficult to think badly, and his body was good, his appetite was open, and he came all the way to the wind and snow, and he was indeed hungry.

"Wait, though." Kong Minxing didn't sit down, and said with a smile: "I also brought a guest, and I didn't allow him to come directly." ”

Zhang Han asked, "Which one?" ”

"It's Sun Chuyang." Kong Minxing said with a smile: "He took a three-month leave in the ministry, and came to help He Yusheng develop a stamping machine for casting silver coins, I discussed it with Wang Debang and Li Dongxue, they didn't accept Sun Chuyang because you weren't there, it was not good to make decisions on your own, and I didn't accept Sun Chuyang, I came to discuss things this time, and simply brought him over, otherwise he would be bored in Li Zhuang, and I don't know if it will cause something." ”

"Very good, very good." Zhang Han was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately stood up.

Zhang Han now wants a hydraulic casting press, after the north and south canals are excavated and opened to water, as much as possible to maintain the stability of the water flow rate, this era Europe also used a large number of hydraulic machines, the biggest trouble is the instability of the water flow, the Chinese are still not backward in the trunk canal technology, as long as there are sufficient manpower and material resources, it is enough to solve the problem of water flow rate, the rest is the manufacture of casting machines.

This machine is set up a special technical team, Wang Debang, Yang Hegao, Li Changnian and others all participated, and the top craftsmen of each bureau joined it, which is an important project that is not much worse than the importance of making firecrackers, and it is of course a great good news to have a master like Sun Yuanhua participate.

Coupled with Tang Ruowang and other people from the Yesu Society, Li Zhuang's technical strength has increased by leaps and bounds, and Rao is Zhang Han's current status and city government also showed a look of joy on his face.

"Wen Lan is really a person who is thirsty for wisdom." Seeing Zhang Han's face, Kong Minxing still didn't understand anything, so he sighed and said, "It's a pity that Sun Chuyang will return to Beijing after the New Year, well, he will take his family to Li Zhuang for the New Year, please Wenlan How about you arrange a carriage?" ”

"Ten is fine." Zhang Han asked Jiang Yi to bring paper and pen and ink, and immediately wrote a note, and said with a smile: "Now I will order the military and political secretary on Li Zhuang's side, Mr. Sun Chuyang and Mr. Sun will pay 100 taels a month, and Li Zhuang will be responsible for the supply of his family, and the cleaning of the mansion and furniture must be prepared by Li Zhuang, and another team of guards and a few big cars will be sent to ensure that the Sun family comes to Li Zhuang comfortably." ”

"I am willing to go to Li Zhuang to help, also because I know that Master Zhang is a person, and he is really bold and generous." Sun Yuanhua strode in, his thin face was also full of joy, no matter what, being valued and respected, and having a few hundred taels of silver to take was a good thing that made him very satisfied.

Sun Yuanhua is a secretary of the Ministry of War, of course, it is impossible to get any money, and there is no chance of corruption, he is a famous brother, a famous military scientist, and it is impossible to eat and take cards like ordinary secretaries, his family background is from Chuansha, Shanghai, and he is not a high-ranking family in the local area, and it is very important for him to have a subsidy of several hundred taels of silver before the year.

If it weren't for the existence of Li Zhuang and Zhang Han, Sun Yuanhua would only be poor, and if he couldn't do it, he would borrow Beijing debts and repay them in the future.

"Brother Chuyang, just call me Wenlan."

With such a good opportunity, Zhang Han of course wants to shorten the distance with Sun Yuanhua.

Sun Yuanhua snorted, arched his hand, and sat down calmly, ignoring Zhang Han.

At this time, everyone saw that this man was a man who was not good at communication and words, and although he was rude, he was better than being calm and straightforward, and everyone smiled and that's it.

"It's been a lively night." Zhang Han looked out the window, the snowflakes were fluttering outside, the room was warm and fragrant, the wine and meat were fragrant, which made people feel happy, he raised his glass and said with a smile: "Please drink this cup to your heart's content." ”

Everyone raised their glasses, some people drank it in one gulp, and some people took a sip shallowly, Sun Yuanhua didn't raise a glass at all, just moved the chopsticks into the pot and ate it happily.