Therefore, Zhang Butcher's attitude towards Li Meng is not enough to describe it as respectful, Zhang Butcher must come to Li Meng's house every month to say hello, and his monthly income is paid in 10%, although this money is not needed by the salt dings, he has to say that this is the dry stock of the salt pole in the casino.

Although he didn't see Li Meng many times, every time he saw it from afar, this butcher must have knelt down early, kowtowed, and called him grandfather.

This attitude made Li Mengdu feel that his teeth were a little sore, extremely awkward, and he felt uncomfortable all over his body, but although this attitude made modern people unacceptable, but in this era, it was also a very normal move, kneeling and kowtowing, calling him grandpa, many people in Jiaozhou City saw the officials in the yamen, and they all had this attitude.

Zhang Butcher's business has become bigger, and he wants to open a casino in the state city, so he first came to ask Li Meng, if Li Meng does not allow it, it is equivalent to no protection, how can he, a countryman, dare to open it in the state city.

Seeing that Zhang Butcher has been polite and polite for so long, and Ma Gang's incident at the beginning, in the final analysis, Ma Gang owed him money, and both sides had a place to lose, Li Meng naturally would not block the other party's way of wealth, but just said that he should go to the inspection house in Jiaozhou City to report.

With permission, the butcher was about to leave, but Li Meng remembered one thing, after the dismissed Tang Lao Er returned to the guard, he was looking for someone to beg to return to the Yanding team every day, and the family was also uneasy, several captains of the Yanding team and the person in charge of the salt field and Yantian were all instructed by Li Meng, and they couldn't accept their family's salt, they couldn't go back to be a salt ding, and they were defeated day by day.

The military family all knew what it was to escape from the battle and not listen to the order, and they didn't have the face to complain about others, this Tang Er also said to his family."

"Lord Li asked us to kill the officials, that's a rebellion."

Who wants to be counted down by his brother and parents in the family, saying that "that Jinyiwei gives you food or clothes to wear, and you can have a good life, it is not the benefit that Lord Li gives you." ungrateful, what a shame for the family! ”。

Tang Er holds a bamboo pole every day to train with the salt ding, and the boiled salt doesn't care if the salt collector wants money or not, and gives it away for free. This Tang Er is still from the Xue family of the Lingshan Guard, and he knows several Yanding captains, and he looks like this. It's not easy for everyone to chase him, they just feel pitiful.

However, no one intercedes with Li Meng, and now everyone thinks that they can communicate with Li Meng in private matters, Li Meng is still so righteous and approachable, but in official affairs, he is majestic and majestic, and everyone thinks that Li Meng is doing things according to the rules. has never been accommodating, and the majesty of the so-called superior should mean this kind of temperament.

The following things naturally have channels to react to Li Meng. The purpose of Liwei has been achieved, not to mention that a hesitation on that day is more tolerant than a deserter on the day of his appointment, but this Yanding team can't go back, but it's still okay to find some other livelihood. Li Meng sent someone to call back the butcher Zhang, who had just gone out, and the butcher was sincerely frightened. didn't wait for Li Meng to speak, he already knelt on the ground first, and this attitude made Li Meng a little crying and laughing. Or said:

"I have a salt ding who has been released to be arranged with you, and it is enough to be a guard, and you don't have to look at it differently, just be your subordinate. You can manage it as you want. Specific things, Rosie will arrange with you. ”

This can be regarded as Li Meng's opening to beg for help. Zhang Butcher is troublesome, this is obviously Lord Li's trust in him, and he agrees with his mouth.

As a guard in the gambling house, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, and here Li Meng also sent someone to inform the salt field to open the ban, and you can buy the salt goods of Tang Erjia's land, which can be regarded as a way to live.

Li Meng has rewards and punishments here, and Tang Er's family is naturally grateful, and this matter seems to be a happy situation in the end.

The seventh year of Chongzhen was leap August, and by the time it was September, it was already October of the previous year, Li Meng's side reviewed Yanding, Chen Liuzi and Wang Hai were severely reprimanded for not meeting the standards, and were punished with punitive training and fines.

This move made the invited veteran** still quite puzzled, and he didn't care about arguing with Li Meng, **, this veteran soldier who had been on the battlefield and was well-informed, was puzzled, thinking that Qi Jiguang trained elite soldiers in order to fight the Japanese invaders, but it was only a five-day check, and the officers and battalions below also followed the three-day practice, what is Li Meng's purpose to practice like this?

In the blacksmith shop near Fengmeng Town, the trial production of firearms failed three or four, in the eyes of Guo Dong and these Liao people, these firearms are now built, in the former Liao Town, can be called sharp weapons, if the general soldiers want to use it, they have to spend silver to buy it in the arsenal, but they look at such a good firearm, but in the eyes of Li Meng, it is always said to be unqualified, God knows what this Lord Li wants.

But every time it was denied, the silver kept being spent, and Guo Dong and these Liao people were not at ease in their hearts, so when they were about to enter October, they specially invited someone to go to Jiaozhou City to invite Li Meng to come over once, saying that there was something to ask Master Li to see.

From Jiaozhou Yan Zhizhou inquired about the news, it was said that Miss Yan was still trapped in the yard and was not allowed to go out for a step, although the usual silver sent by the Salt Administration Inspection Department was accepted as usual, but the porcelain was blocked several times, and the relationship between the new Tongzhi Wu Wensong and Li Mengdi was very warm, and even with Yan Zhizhou, it was not good to be too cold-faced, and the two sides were not embarrassed or embarrassed to be so deadlocked.

Hearing the news from Fengmeng Town, Li Meng had nothing to do in the state capital, and directly gathered his people and went out of the city together. Anyway, he always lives in Jiaozhou City for a period of time every month, and Fengmeng Town lives for a period of time, and it is normal to change the arrangement temporarily.

It took three hours to ride a horse from Jiaozhou City to Fengmeng Town, and after returning to the manor and settling down in the town a little, Li Meng led people to the nearby place where the blacksmith shop was placed.

Guo Dong and his companions were waiting there early, and when they saw Li Meng coming over, they hurriedly responded with a smile, Li Meng looked at the smiles on these people's faces, and thought that there was a breakthrough in the creation of the fire gun, so he opened his mouth and asked:

"It's a new firecracker, bring it to me!"

As soon as he finished saying this, Guo Dong and several craftsmen looked a little embarrassed, and then replied with a smile:

"The fire gun is still being built, and it is something else to invite the master over today.

Guo Dong waved his hand, and the three of them walked over lightly carrying a shelf, on which was a pair of full-body fine armor, shining in the sunlight, this armor was placed there as if it was a cyborg type of some modern science fiction movies, and there was a wonderful charm emanating out.

For Li Meng, this is the first armor he saw when he came to the Ming Dynasty, Li Meng wanted to see more clearly, couldn't help but stepped forward a few steps, seeing his reaction, Guo Dong on the side relaxed his mind and said:

"So that the lord knows, this armor is made of the remaining iron materials in the spare time of the little ones, and the lord leads the troops to fight, and with this body, there is always a little more protection."

The armor leaves of the armor are embedded with each other, forming a complete surface, looking at the lines and materials, you know that there must be no weak defense, and each joint that needs to be moved has a very complete treatment, which will not affect the movements of the limbs and body, and at the shoulder pads and chest, there are tiger stripes.

The whole armor can be used for combat and can be used as a dress, even people like Li Meng who don't know armor can see that the value of this armor will not be low.

Guo Dong and several craftsmen watched Li Meng's actions there, and Li Erlang, who was majestic and self-controlled, watched around the armor and groped with his hands as if a child had seen a favorite toy. Guo Dong glanced at the people around him proudly, and the idea really worked.

The refugee craftsmen in Liaodong who are striking iron here have not been able to create a fire gun that meets Li Meng's requirements, and they feel apprehensive, and they always feel that Li Meng is dissatisfied with those who can't do anything just by spending money, many craftsmen are taking the initiative to help the salt Ding repair weapons, go to the salt field to help work, in order to behave better in front of Li Meng, in Liaodong was chased and killed by the Jurchen Tartar scourge, and came to Shandong to catch up with Kong Youde to make trouble, plus the years have been bad, the Liao people have experienced a lot of life and death, They have seen too many tragedies in the world, and in their eyes, this place run by Li Meng is like a paradise on earth, and they really don't want to be driven away.

So Guo Dong came up with this attention, in his opinion, Li Meng's requirements for such excellence in the fire gun should be caused by the martial artist's love for weapons, since he has not been able to do it, it is better to make a diversion thing, this armor is not the best mountain armor, but it is also made by four or five blacksmiths and a dozen apprentices every night, even if it is placed in a big place like Liangzhili, this is also a boutique.

Seeing that Li Meng really liked it, Guo Dong was also a little relaxed, thinking that he finally didn't have to force it so tightly, and there was a horse neighing not far away, and Li Meng, who was playing with armor there, was stunned, and reacted, the thoughts of several blacksmiths were raised, and they were also a little looking forward to it, thinking that Li Meng might praise a few words.

His face sank like water, and as soon as he saw this expression, Guo Dong knew that it was not good, but he heard Li Meng say coldly with anger:

"This firearm can't always be made, maybe your efforts are all used to make this armor, give you silver, feed your family and relatives, but not let you do it!