"Zhou Gongzi, speaking of which, you have been in the capital for several days, Your Majesty originally planned to summon you on the second day of Gongzi's entry into Beijing, but when he heard that Gongzi brought two Francophone artillery, His Majesty was very interested, so he took people to watch outside the city, and as a result, he was very interested in the two artillery, and he ate and lived in the military camp outside the city for several days, so he failed to summon Gongzi in time." I saw Gu Dayong explain to Zhou Zhong after sitting down in the living room, and when he talked about the worst of the end, he also showed a little bitter smile on his face.

Originally, Zhou Zhong was also worried about this matter, after all, he had been in the capital for several days, but there was no news from Emperor Zhengde, which made him a little anxious, and even worried that Emperor Zhengde did not want to see him. Unexpectedly, Gu Dayong came today to tell himself that Emperor Zhengde actually ran out of the city in order to play with the artillery he sent, and he was not in the city at all in the past few days, so naturally there was no way to summon him.

At this point, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, he brought two Franc machine guns from Shuangyu Port, but when he entered the capital, it was absolutely impossible to bring in weapons like artillery, even if there were Wu Shan's brocade guards to lead the way, otherwise if they were discovered, they might be charged with a crime of conspiracy, so when they entered the capital, the two artillery pieces were sent by Wu Shan to the Shenji Battalion in the training ground outside the city for a while, but I didn't expect Zhengde to run over in person after hearing the news, And I played for a few days, and I even forgot about summoning myself.

In fact, it is strange to say. Later generations, whether it is the official history or the wild history. There are records of Zhengde's fun and martial arts. The firearm sent by Zhou Chong is not only a weapon of war, but also a special toy for adults, which undoubtedly has a fatal attraction for Zhu Houzhao.

"Father-in-law Gu, since His Majesty is not in the capital, I wonder when we will be summoned?" Zhou Zhong asked at this time, in addition to Ashikaga Kazuki's affairs, he himself also had a few important matters and was anxious to see Zhu Houzhao. For example, next year's battle for Malacca, so he is now anxious to see Emperor Zhengde.

Seeing Zhou Chong's anxious appearance, Gu Dayong smiled slightly and said: "Gongzi Zhou doesn't have to worry, in fact, His Majesty is secretly out of the palace this time, except for us close ministers, others don't know the way, I also stayed in the palace to cover up for His Majesty, but today I just received an order from His Majesty, asking me to take Gongzi to the military camp outside the city tomorrow afternoon, and His Majesty will meet Gongzi there." When the time comes, if the son has anything, he can talk directly to His Majesty! ”

Heard Gu Dayong say this. Zhou Chong breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, he was secretly slandering Emperor Zhengde in his heart, and the dignified son of tomorrow secretly ran out of the palace, where does this seem like an emperor does? But it's not surprising to think about it, Emperor Zhengde rarely goes to the court now, and the government affairs of the court are managed by Li Dongyang's cabinet ministers and the eunuchs led by Zhang Yong, so even if Emperor Zhengde doesn't show up for a few days, no one doubts it.

After talking about the business, Zhou Chong and Gu Dayong began to chat, Zhou Chong was very interested in the matter, so he asked Gu Dayong about it, and Gu Dayong also answered everything, as long as he knew the Tao, he told Zhou Chong everything.

In addition, Gu Dayong seems to be particularly concerned about Zhou Chong's affairs, and inquired about many private things about Zhou Chong through small talk, such as how many wives and concubines he has, whether he has children, and so on. When Zhou Chong told the other party that his wife was pregnant, Gu Dayong was very happy, and even said that he would introduce a few imperial doctors to Zhou Chong, and he would give a big gift to the child in the future.

Gu Dayong originally planned to take the opportunity of the first meeting to manage the relationship with Zhou Chong, so he would be so ruthless when he dealt with Zhang Rui before, and even did not hesitate to offend Zhang Yong, so when he talked, he was extremely friendly to Zhou Chong. And Zhou Chong has just offended Zhang Rui, and it is even possible that he will have a bad relationship with the powerful Zhang Yong because of this, so if he can make friends with Gu Dayong now, it will only be good for him, and there will be no harm to him.

When it was almost noon, Zhou Zhong asked people to prepare a wine banquet, and specially instructed Chef Sanniang to not only use sea intestine powder as a seasoning to make some specialty dishes, but also dried sea intestines brought from Weihaiwei, which were stir-fried with leeks after being raised with water, although not as delicious as fresh sea intestines, but also rare and delicious.

Speaking of which, Gu Dayong has eaten all kinds of delicacies in the palace, and he is also very picky about his diet, and ordinary dishes can't enter his mouth at all, but after he just tasted a bite of Sanniang's food, he immediately felt the difference, the umami brought by the sea intestine powder is so different, even if it is an ordinary dish, it feels delicious in the mouth.

At first, Gu Dayong thought it was just one dish, but when he tasted all the dishes on the table, he found that these dishes were more delicious than the other, especially the ordinary bean soup, which cut the tofu like a hair, not only did the knife work, but the taste was also delicious.

Zhou Chong was also quite happy to see that Gu Dayong was so satisfied with the food he had prepared, after all, if he could have a good relationship with the closest eunuch around Emperor Zhengde, it would be much more convenient to do whatever he did in the future.

After lunch, because there were still things to deal with in the palace, Gu Dayong also got up to say goodbye, but at this time, Zhou Chong took it from his subordinates and asked people to prepare a wooden box and said: "Today, Father-in-law Gu personally came to inform Zhou, which really made Zhou grateful, this little gift is not a tribute, and I hope that Father-in-law Gu will accept it!" ”

Seeing Zhou Chong giving him a gift, Gu Dayong hurriedly excused himself and said: "Zhou Gongzi is too polite, and the Sprinkle family is only acting on the orders of His Majesty, how can he accept such a heavy gift from Gongzi?" ”

Zhou Zhong smiled when he heard this: "My father-in-law misunderstood, in fact, this is not a heavy gift, but a special product called monosodium glutamate collected by the grass people on the seaside, just now my father-in-law should be able to feel that those meals are extraordinarily delicious, in fact, it is not just because of the superb cooking skills of the chef at home, but when she was cooking, she put a little box of MSG, which can immediately make the food delicious, just now I just saw that I just liked it, so I gave this thing as a gift to my father-in-law, I hope my father-in-law will not dislike it!" ”

Gu Dayong couldn't help but be very surprised when he heard that the gift given by Zhou Chong was so special, and he didn't shirk it at the moment, took the box and opened it to take a look, and found that there were two porcelain bottles in the box, and the porcelain bottles contained a powder that exuded a peculiar taste, presumably this is the MSG that can make the meal extra delicious.

Next, Zhou Chong told Gu Dayong about the use of these sea intestine noodles, Gu Dayong was also very happy after listening, and immediately accepted the gift and said goodbye again, Zhou Chong also personally sent the other party out of the house, and watched the other party get into the carriage and leave, then returned to the house with a smile, ready to meet Zhengde tomorrow afternoon.

However, when Gu Dayong got into the carriage, the warm smile on his face slowly disappeared, and he saw that he was holding the gift given by Zhou Zhong in his hand, and couldn't help pouting and said: "Although this Zhou Gongzi is shrewd, but he is still a little worse in terms of dealing with people, with the identity of the Sprinkle family, he only gave such a box of monosodium glutamate, although this thing is also rare, but where is it more exciting than real money?" ”

The Ming court has become a trend of bribery, and the eunuchs in the palace are even more so, they have no desire for men and women, and they love gold and silver more than ordinary people, so almost all the eunuchs in the palace are greedy for money, and Gu Dayong is naturally no exception, he thought that he would personally inform Zhou Chong, and deliberately made friends, although he did not mean to be greedy for Zhou Chong's property, but out of practice, Zhou Chong must prepare a generous gift for him, but he didn't expect to only give him a box of monosodium glutamate, which in Gu Dayong's opinion, Obviously not as attractive as real money.

Gu Dayong, who was sitting in the carriage, sighed Zhou Chong's stinginess, but he was also very interested in MSG, after all, for eunuchs, after there was no desire for men and women, there were also extremely strong desires for other desires, such as the desire for money just mentioned, and the desire for tongue and so on.

Thinking of the deliciousness of today's meals, Gu Dayong couldn't help but open the box in his hand, and then took out two bottles of MSG to play with, and at the same time considered whether to give one of the bottles to Zhang Yong to make up for the rift caused by the handling of Zhang Rui's affairs between the two?

However, when Gu Dayong just picked up the two porcelain bottles, he suddenly sighed in surprise, because he found that there was a layer of exquisite white silk under the two porcelain bottles, which was nothing, but there were two holes in this layer of white silk, and the two holes were pressed by the bottle before, so I didn't see it, but now when the porcelain bottle is picked up, it is immediately revealed, and through the two holes in the silk, it can be seen that there seem to be other things below.

Seeing this, Gu Dayong was surprised in his heart, and immediately put the two bottles aside, and then pulled the silk underneath it, only to find that there were two stacks of brand-new silver tickets under the silk. When Gu Dayong took out the silver tickets and counted them, he showed a shocked expression, these silver tickets are all five thousand taels each, each stack is ten, and two stacks are one hundred thousand taels of silver.

Seeing these silver tickets, Gu Dayong couldn't help but be shocked, to know that these silver tickets are not those worthless treasure notes issued by the Ming Dynasty, but the silver tickets issued by the private bank, which can be exchanged for silver, Zhou Chong took out 100,000 taels of silver as a gift, which is rare in the capital, and even Gu Dayong can't help but feel a little emotional, others say that the smuggling business is a million profits, originally he still didn't believe it, and today he finally saw the smuggling businessman's handwriting. (To be continued......)