Jiujiang Prefecture Bureau, now Jiujiang Town Guard Yamen.

In Chang Zhenbang's office, officials above the regimental level have been invited here by Chang Zhenbang's Ma Ben, which suddenly makes this seemingly spacious office a little narrow, and the door of the office is guarded by the three layers of Ma Ben and the outer three floors, not to mention people, even a fly flies over.

Chang Zhenbang looked at those officers for a while, felt that the people were almost beaten, and muttered a few words to Zhang Xiaoliu beside him, Zhang Xiaoliu hurriedly retreated, and after a while, he took two horses and two large trays covered with red silk and walked carefully in front of Chang Zhenbang, and the eyes of the officers were immediately attracted by these two large trays, and their eyes burst out with greed and curiosity, and those who were closer even whispered, guessing what good things were on the tray.

Chang Zhenbang smiled slightly and said: "Since everyone is so interested, you might as well guess what is on this tray!" ”

When everyone else was talking about speculation, Zhao Laosi opened the crowd, stood in front of Chang Zhenbang, and said loudly: "My lord, I think that there may be some gold and silver in it, I don't know if Lao Tzu guessed right!" As Zhao Laosi's injury improved, Chang Zhenbang's official position became higher and higher, so his violent temper also converged in front of Chang Zhenbang, but it still broke out from time to time, Chang Zhenbang and others also knew what kind of character he was, so they wouldn't care too much.

Lin Bao glanced at Zhao Laosi contemptuously, and said with a smile: "If it is something like gold and silver, your lord doesn't have to call us so nervously!" "He has been promoted to the head of the regiment since he followed Chang Zhenbang, and he is also on an equal footing with Zhao Laosi, but the fourth person is too straightforward, and he will become stupid and rough in his eyes, otherwise everyone else has become a brigade commander, but he is still a regiment commander and is on an equal footing with his own general, which shows that this person is nothing more than this in the eyes of Chang Zhenbang.

Zhao Laosi glared, and said unconvinced: "You are a bullying sister-in-law!" What is not gold and silver in this? There's a kind of you name it! ”

Lin Bao glared at him viciously, if it wasn't for Chang Zhenbang's face, he would have taught this fool a good lesson, after all, beating people doesn't slap his face, his submission to Chang Zhenbang is actually nothing, but others are still panicked in their hearts when they say it in front of him, not to mention that Zhao Laosi also told him in public about playing with his sister-in-law, how can she recognize it? was so angry that he even turned red, rolled up his sleeves and was about to compare with Zhao Laosi, but how could he be Zhao Laosi's opponent, Zhao Laosi knocked him to the ground with a punch, and then kicked him over, directly pulling Lin Bao out of the ground, if it weren't for the fact that there were many officers around him, he caught Lin Bao in time, and it is estimated that Lin Bao would be hospitalized for a while.

Chang Zhenbang glared at Zhao Laosi and said, "Zhao Laosi is in a meeting now!" You give me a restraint! ”

Zhao Laosi saw Chang Zhenbang speak, and it was worth giving up. Lin Bao was beaten, but after all, he was the one who picked the head, and now that Chang Zhenbang has spoken, he can't trouble Zhao Laosi, so he can only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

Hua Zhongtian saw that the atmosphere was a little embarrassed and cold, so he hurriedly stood up and said with a smile: "My lord thinks that there should be a stack of women's photos inside!" ”

"Huada, what you said is interesting!" Chang Zhenbang smiled slightly: "You might as well talk about why you think that this official has a stack of women's photos here!" ”

Hua Zhongtian said with a smile: "Look at the weight of this tray, the weight of this tray is not light, and there are a lot of red silk protrusions, what can make adults so nervous is only the three aspects of money and power, and Zhao Laosi said this aspect of money, as for the right?" That's a matter of the central court, even adults can't do anything about it, and the remaining two of the three are only color. ”

As soon as his words came out, the officers around him all nodded and said yes, it is true that a person's pursuit of life is nothing more than wealth and power, and Chang Zhenbang can only share wealth with them.

Seeing that Chang Zhenbang did not say anything to refute, Huazhong Tian continued: "I think that with the status of the adults today, as long as the adults want to get the woman, there is nothing that they can't get in Jiujiang City!" But after all, this is not worth the adult's hard work, so I think the adult should have taken a stack of women's photos to match the brothers! ”

"If that's the case, you'll have to let me pick one first!"

"It's good to follow the size of the official position, and the low official position has to work harder!"

"Don't look at your official position higher than Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is more handsome than you, can this woman look up to you?"

……

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting more and more tasteful, Chang Zhenbang couldn't help but cough lightly a few times, and after getting the attention of the officers to himself, he said lightly: "This official is estimated to disappoint your brothers, the things in this tray are not women's photos or gold and silver treasures!" It's something else, you might as well guess again! ”

Hearing that it was not a woman, the officers suddenly wilted a lot, but they were also more curious about what Chang Zhenbang had taken that was worth letting these people gather here! ”

Seeing that the officers below began to talk again, Chang Zhenbang called Hua Zhongtian over and said, "Lao Hua, you had a good idea just now, it's time to solve personal problems for some brothers, I think this matter will be handed over to you!" But you're going to take responsibility for me! ”

Hua Zhongtian smiled bitterly: "Fate is destined, you are really embarrassed for me." Among us Wenxian officers, it is estimated that only adults are pregnant with a beauty. ”

Chang Zhenbang said with a smile: "Miss Lu is the wife of Zhenbang Ming Media, and when you say this, Lao Hua, it seems that I robbed the people's daughter." ”

Hua Zhongtian said with a smile: "The town guard outwitted Miss Lu, and it is almost a joke among the brothers, do you dare to say that there is no element of robbing the people's daughters?" ”

Chang Zhenbang shook his head and said, "There is a way that is a thousand miles of marriage, Zhenbang and Miss Lu are probably this kind of marriage!" But brother, why don't you take your sister-in-law over, there are good mountains and rivers in Jiujiang City to raise good people, maybe your sister-in-law will give birth to a big fat boy after she comes. ”

Hua Zhongtian smiled bitterly: "That woman was a family affair set by her father in the early years, and she didn't have much affection, but if she didn't have feelings, it wouldn't be at all, so let her stay in Wenxian!" ”

"Whether there is affection or not, it is better to have a daughter-in-law than not to have a daughter-in-law! Many of our brothers are singles! Chang Zhenbang sighed and said: "So Lao Hua, you have to worry more and help the brothers!" ”

Hua Zhongtian saw that he was really shirking, so he had to nod his head and accept it, saying that he would do his best. The surrounding officers were talking and guessing, in fact, they all pricked up their ears to eavesdrop on his and Chang Zhenbang's words, and when they saw him agree, they immediately cheered, and after the woman was settled, these officers became active and active, and they guessed everything. But in the end, Chang Zhenbang shook his head with a smile and denied it, and after everyone guessed that it was really not going on, Chang Zhenbang stretched out his hands and pulled up a red silk and tore it off, leaking the true face of Lushan inside.

"Ahh

"Isn't this a big one's artillery battle?"

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The officers looked at the large tray with a few huge artillery battles, and couldn't help but be stunned, what the hell is this? Did the warden call them so that they could see the cannons?

Of course, Chang Zhenbang didn't know what these people thought, and to be honest, he thought the same thing when he saw these things for the first time, so he smiled and said, "Do you brothers really think that this is just a huge artillery battle?" ”

"Isn't it?" Zhao Laosi walked over, grabbed a big cannon in his eyes, took it in front of him and looked at it carefully for a long time, and then said: "This is a cannon battle, and it is no different from the big second kicker, it is just that there is an iron shell, and the twist has grown a little longer!" Isn't this a two-kick? I really can't see it, boss! ”

Chang Zhenbang was noncommittal, but just asked Zhang Xiaoliu to hold the tray in front of the officers, let them take one in their hands, and play with it carefully.

These people didn't know what else it could be if it wasn't artillery, and suddenly an officer said in a joking tone: "If your lord says that this is not an artillery battle, then it can only be regarded as a grenade, but it's the first time I've seen such a rough thing!" ”

Chang Zhenbang saw that some of these people really recognized it, and couldn't help but glance at this officer a few more times, Liu Shifa hurriedly went over and muttered a few words in Chang Zhenbang's ear, and briefly explained the situation of this officer.

It turned out that this officer was called Zhang Tianzheng, graduated from Jiangxi Jiangwutang, and after the civil unrest, he was followed by the artillery battalion commander under his brother Liu Shijun, Li Liejun set off a rebellion to help Sun Monkey become the president, but he himself strongly disagreed with this kind of behavior that made the whole surprise fall into a war-torn place for the sake of private power, and repeatedly persuaded Liu Shijun to be put into the town guard prison after being ineffective, and after Chang Zhenbang's soldiers occupied Jiujiang City without blood, Zhang Tianzheng was also released, and followed the six battalions of men and horses to be loyal to the new town guard, and became Liu Shifa's subordinate after the adaptation, was promoted to the head of the artillery regiment by Liu Shifa.

Chang Zhenbang smiled and said: "Yes, Tianzheng, you guessed right, this is some grenades that others gave to the town guard, what do you think is the effect of using them in actual combat?" ”

Zhang Tianzheng didn't expect Chang Zhenbang to call out his name at once, his heart shook, and he immediately came to Chang Zhenbang, and after standing up and saluting, he said slowly: "It's better to talk than nothing!" ”

"What's better than nothing? I also hope that Brother Zhang will not be stingy and answer questions for the official. Chang Zhenbang said very sincerely.

Zhang Tianzheng hurriedly said: "Although the manufacture of grenades is simple, the key lies in the lead, if the lead is well controlled, it is a good thing, if the control is not good, the early explosion will hurt our army, and the explosion later will not play any role in killing the enemy!" Look at these grenades in the hands of adults, although the ammunition is sufficient, but the lead is a twist, it can't play a role in wet weather, even if it is in the right weather, you should also worry about whether the twist can still detonate the ammunition after throwing it out! There are a lot of problems, but it's much better than nothing. ”

The officers couldn't help but echo their words when they heard this, and Chang Zhenbang also nodded, and said: "Brother Zhang, you are a talent, you will stay and have something to get rid of later, as for the other brothers, you might as well take this rough grenade back, so you can think about it, if you can use it, you might as well try it, after all, one more weapon is also excellent." ”

After saluting Chang Zhenbang, the officers picked up the artillery grenades assigned to them and saluted, and then retired one after another. The office that I felt that the space was narrow just now suddenly became empty, and only Chang Zhenbang and Zhang Tianzheng were left, and Zhang Xiaoliu and those horses were also driven out by Chang Zhenbang.

This kind of opportunity to be summoned by a high-ranking official of the town guard alone was the first time Zhang Tianzheng encountered it, and he couldn't help but be a little nervous, so that the cold sweat on his head couldn't help but fall layer by layer.

Chang Zhenbang looked at it and smiled faintly, took out a handkerchief from the drawer and handed it over, and said, "Don't hide it, brother, my brother is a northerner, I didn't expect that our Jiangxi is this month, and it's still so hot!" ”

Zhang Tianzheng took the handkerchief with both hands and wiped his sweat, and said: "Yes, although the weather in our Jiangxi is as hot as the hellish Guangdong, sometimes we still have to wear single clothes in the tenth winter wax moon." It's reasonable for adults to be uncomfortable when they first arrive, and after staying for a long time, they will feel that Jiujiang is actually quite good! ”

Chang Zhenbang said with a smile: "Jiujiang is indeed a good place in my eyes, the mountains and rivers are beautiful and beautiful, if you can stay for a long time, it will be good, but unfortunately you also know the origin of the elder brother, not President Yuan's Beiyang lineage, and fell out with Bi Zehua in Central China, it can be said that he is helpless, if the political situation can be stable, it is okay, I am afraid of national turmoil, and I, the town guard, will become the target of the Beiyang factions around." ”

Zhang Tianzheng said: "There is a way to get more help and less help to lose the way, everything that the adults have done for Jiujiang, not only the people of Jiujiang see it in their eyes and keep it in their hearts, but the people of Jiangxi in the nearby state capital know that the adults are a good official, with such a large mass base, I believe that the cultural and martial arts of the adults are enough to survive in Jiujiang!" ”

Chang Zhenbang raised his head and glanced at him very meaningfully, frowned and said coldly: "The official is loyal to the monarch and patriotic, that is, the court has lost the official, and the official will not lose the court, so don't mention these words of your advocacy of secession in front of the official again, if you let the official hear it again, don't blame the official for being ruthless in military law!" ”

Zhang Tianzheng said: "The humble position just said what was in his heart, and did not advocate the separation of adults!" This heart world can be seen, and I hope that adults will see it! Chang Zhenbang glared, took out the matching sword with a snort, fixed it on Zhang Tianzheng's neck, and said sharply: "This official doesn't care if you are sincere or nonsense, don't say these words, besides, even if the official thinks that you are a talent, the sword of this court can't recognize you!" Zhang Tian did not change his face and said: "My lord has mistaken his humble position, if he is greedy for life and afraid of death, he will not be locked up in a military prison by Liu Shijun, if the adult can't tolerate the humble duty and say it sincerely, the humble duty implores the adult to drive the humble post out of the barracks, while polluting the adult's hearing and hearing!" ”

Chang Zhenbang put away the sword with a faint smile, and said, "Brother Zhang, you are not small, but this official likes bold people, do you know what this official is looking for you?" ”

Zhang Tianzheng thought for a while and said: "If the humble guess is good, the adults should be worried about those grenades!" ”

Chang Zhenbang nodded, and said: "Don't hide it from my brother, those grenades were made by a close friend of mine who saved the country through industry, and sent them to me here to see the effect, if it is good, it can not only equip our Jiujiang Army but also equip our entire Chinese army. It's a pity that this person's ambition is commendable, but things have caused a cannon battle, which is really a headache, and the reason why the elder brother left the elder brother is to see if the elder brother has a way to improve. Even if it's not as good as the Western manufacturing, it's good to be able to use it. ”

Zhang Tianzheng thought about it for a while, and suddenly lowered his voice and said, "This person is an adult?" ”

Chang Zhenbang glanced at him, and the two of them laughed out loud in an instant.

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