Zhou Jin looked at the fortune teller stick he met yesterday and said, "You magic stick, don't you partner with him to get me." ”

"This bead is indeed worth a hundred taels, I have only been in Jiujiang for three days, how can I know this peddler." The fortune teller said.

"Yes, I'm a native of Jiujiang, I've been setting up a stall here for many years, if you think I'm lying to you, you can come to me."

Because the movement here was too big, gathering many people to watch the excitement, Zhou Jin didn't dare to do other over-the-top moves. Immediately asked the servant to put the vendor down, and said, "Believe you, give him a hundred taels." Let's go. ”

The peddler was so frightened that he didn't dare to entangle, so he obediently took the silver ticket and put it tightly in his arms.

The fortune teller followed Zhou Jin, and said in his mouth: "Childe, you do have a bloody disaster, just these two days, please listen to me give you an analysis and analysis." ”

Zhou Jinyi believed in fortune-telling when he was engaged in physics, and said perfunctorily: "You didn't say that there was no worry about life, and it was destined, so what if I endured it." ”

When the fortune teller heard this, his heart also thought. Yes, why do you want to avoid some disasters, and you may be able to gain something after experiencing it. When he came back to his senses, Zhou Jin had already walked away, so he had to continue to look at the stall stupidly.

Along the way, passers-by saw the two people following behind Zhou Jin, and they avoided it one after another, not daring to provoke. Seeing this, Zhou Jin couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder power fascinates so many people." ”

Meng Changjiang thought for a while and continued: "Men make meritorious achievements, of course, they need to hold on to power. ”

Zhou Jin didn't look back and asked, "You have been a soldier for so many years, have you established a career?" ”

Meng Changjiang smiled: "There is meritorious service, but there is no career." ”

Zhou Jin glanced at him and didn't speak. At this time, the little servant said to Zhou Jin: "Young master, let's go to the store and drink saliva." ”

Zhou Jin followed his gaze and found a grocery store with a signboard surnamed Zhou. Thinking that this was mostly the Zhou family's industry, he took the lead in entering the store. The shopkeeper in the store had already greeted him: "Fourth young master, why do you have to come here today." ”

"I happened to be passing by, come in and get some water to drink." Zhou Jin said as he looked around. When I came to the counter, I found a small bag of peanuts on the table, about 20 catties. I grabbed a handful, looked at it, it was raw, and asked, "This is from the store?" When will this be sold? ”

The shopkeeper took a cup of tea and handed it to Zhou Jin, and said, "Two days ago, the eldest young master brought back from Ruichang, and most of them were brought back to the house, and this small bag was left in the store. ”

Of course, Zhou Jin knew the shopkeeper's thoughts, but he was afraid that he would take it away. Zhou Jin really wanted to take it, but he didn't keep it for himself, but wanted to send it to the Daotai Yamen. It's not over yet, and if you go back to pick it up, it probably won't be delivered today. If you dare to do things early, you must deliver it before Huang Chenghao buys it, so Zhou Jin can't care so much.

Zhou Jin waved his hand and said, "I have an urgent need for this thing, so you don't care about it." Back walking! ”

The three of them went out of the store, walked back from the road they came from, turned north after arriving at the Guandi Temple, and crossed the square to the patrol road yamen.

The men in the yamen recognized Zhou Jin, and enthusiastically let him into the second hall of flowers, served fragrant tea, and then entered to report.

After a while, Menzi and an old mother came to the flower hall and told Zhou Jin that his master was not here today, but his wife wanted to see Zhou Jin and asked him to follow the old mother into the inner house.

Zhou Jin had no choice but to leave Meng Changjiang and the little maid, and he carried the bag and the old mother out of the flower hall and went to the inner courtyard.

Zhou Jin was very puzzled by Shen Yunlan's summoning of him in the inner courtyard, under normal circumstances, for people with Zhou Jin's relationship, it was enough to send someone to entertain him and send him away, and he didn't have to meet him in person, let alone see him in the back house.

When I came to the warm pavilion of the landlord of the inner house, I saw Shen Yunlan sitting on the couch, Huang Shuanghui sitting next to her, and four or five women standing on both sides. But when Zhou Jin put down the bag and was about to salute, Shen Yunlan scolded in Jiaxing dialect: "The old ghost who doesn't have long eyes!" You can't see such a big thing on the back of a guest? ”

The woman who led the way immediately knelt down and pleaded, "The slave is blind, please forgive the lady." ”

Shen Yunlan didn't want to deal with her now, so she said, "Take her out!" ”

As soon as she finished speaking, a fat woman standing in the room came over and pulled her out. At this time, Shen Yunlan smiled and said to Zhou Jin: "Zhou Gongzi smiled. Come in and sit down. ”

Zhou Jin looked at the room full of women, muttered in his heart, and sat down on the chair below. At this time, Huang Shuanghui smiled at her, her face was still pale, her complexion was still so sluggish, and her smile was so distressing.

Shen Yunlan saw Zhou Jin sitting still, looked at him, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, and asked with a smile: "Nephew, what is in your bag." I also carried it myself. ”

Zhou Jin can't keep up with the rhythm anymore, the first sentence is still Zhou Gongzi, why did he suddenly become a nephew? So I had to hold back Mrs. Huang's title: "Auntie, that's a peanut, bring it to Miss Huang to dispense medicine." ”

Shen Yunlan's smile became even brighter: "It's rare that you still think about Huihui." In the past two days, we have searched all the way and we haven't bought it, and your Uncle Huang is trying to send someone to Guangzhou to buy it. I didn't expect the virtuous nephew to send so many today, where did the virtuous nephew buy it? ”

Zhou Jin said: "These are all things at home, and my brother just brought them back from Ruichang a few days ago. When I went to the store today, I saw it, and I thought that my uncle might not have bought it, so I sent it over. These can be eaten for more than ten days, and by then my medicine will be developed, so my uncle and aunt will not have to worry about Miss Huang's illness. ”

After hearing this, Shen Yunlan said: "Don't call Miss Huang in the future, just call Huihui." ”

As soon as Zhou Jin heard her say this, he finally understood Shen Yunlan's thoughts, and guessed what agreement Zhou Pan might have with Huang Chenghao. In this era, it is not Zhou Jin's turn to express his opinion on the matter of marriage, and at present, he can only deceive himself and pretend that he does not know, otherwise he really doesn't know how to face them.

Zhou Jin smiled noncommittally in response.

Shen Yunlan was still very satisfied with its performance, nodded, then paid attention to the peanut, reached out and took out one, peeled it off, and saw the peanut wrapped in red seed coat inside, thinking that Huihui's pain could finally be relieved. Immediately asked people to take the small bag of peanuts and peel them, and dispensed medicine for Huang Shuanghui.

After the order, his attention returned to Zhou Jin and began to ask about his studies. This Shen Yunlan is a talented woman, Zhou Jinna dared to talk to her about her studies, and said perfunctorily that he was reading the current celebrities. Then he excused himself that it was too late, and he had just returned from Ruichang and had not yet returned home to see his parents, so he didn't dare to delay here and needed to go home immediately.

Shen Yunlan thought to herself, this kid, when he came back from going out, he didn't go home first, but came to see Hui Hui first, he was a kind and righteous person, and Hui Hui was right to follow him. It's just that he has a fiancée who can't be revealed, and I don't know if the master has a way to solve this matter.

Since Zhou Jin didn't want to stay longer, Shen Yunlan had no choice but to say, "Then I won't leave you for dinner." ”

So Zhou Jinqi said goodbye: "I will prepare the medicine as soon as possible." Auntie, I'm gone. ”

There was nothing to say all the way, and as soon as Zhou Jin entered the gate of the Zhou Mansion, Zhou Hong appeared and told Zhou Jin that the matter had been completed, and everyone was arranged in a courtyard in the west of the Zhou Mansion. Liu Quan's work has also been done, and he is waiting for him to check.

Hearing that it was all over, Zhou Jin decided to go and see it first. was about to leave, but was stopped by Zhou Yong, who walked out of the main hall, Zhou Yong asked, "Fourth, did you go to the store today?" ”

When Zhou Jin saw him asking, he had to tell him about going to the Daotai Yamen.

This brother can't read, but his head is flexible, and he immediately realized the door inside: "You do this, what should Yu'er do?" ”

Zhou Jin was also helpless about this, but now he couldn't find a way to solve the matter: "This is my father's intention, and I can't think of a solution now." However, the two have not yet explained, and there should be room for maneuver in this matter. ”

Zhou Yong said: "Then why are you still fueling the troubles? This kind of thing will not be delayed, and with your help, they don't know when it will be suddenly decided. ”

Of course, Zhou Jin knew that his actions would be promoted, but he was not a cold-blooded person, and he could see death without help. At this time, Zhou Jin could only sigh and said, "Maybe my father has a proper arrangement." ”

Zhou Yong thought that there was indeed no way, no one could change what his father decided, and sighed: "This time, you go to Ji'an, treat Yu'er well, and don't bully her." After speaking, he patted Zhou Jin on the shoulder and walked away.

Zhou Jin took a deep breath, put aside these troubles, and came to the courtyard arranged by Zhou Hong.

This time, Zhou Hong found a total of twenty people, ten of whom were originally from the house, and they were all transporting goods in the Zhou family's store, which was exactly what Zhou Jin wanted. The other ten were found from among the outcasts. Now there are not many displaced people in the city, and the government and private individuals can still receive help so that they will not starve, so these people Zhou Hong is looking for are in good health, and they will become strong after eating a few more full meals.

Zhou Hong pointed to these people selected from the homeless people and said: "I have investigated all these people, they are innocent, they are honest, and their relatives have died due to war and famine. They are from different state capitals in Shaanxi, Henan, and Anhui, and there are no fellow villagers. ”

Zhou Jin heard him say this, and thought to himself that Zhou Hong had thought really well this time. Nodding with satisfaction, he asked, "Have you checked your body?" ”

Zhou Hong learned Meng Changjiang's title and replied: "Fourth master, I asked the doctor to show them, and they are all in good health and have no diseases." ”

At this time, Meng Changjiang asked, "Fourth Master, do you want them to be guards?" ”

"yes, what's the problem?"

"But you told me that we would have to leave in seven or eight days. Can these untrained people be useful? ”

Zhou Jin clasped his hands and said, "That's no way." In the next seven or eight days, you should train them as soon as possible, mainly to train them to be able to enforce the ban. The rest will come later. ”

Meng Changjiang said: "If it is just to train them to listen to orders, I think I only need to train them in a queue." ”

Zhou Jin nodded: "Well, then you will train them in the queue first, and you will have to train non-stop from morning to night." I'll see what happened in a few days. ”

Meng Changjiang received the order.

Zhou Jin returned to the house, and in the East Flower Hall of the Second Hall, he saw Li Quan's crossbow. This crossbow is not much different from ordinary crossbows except for the low effort of pulling the strings. Zhou Jin tried it out, the weight was about two or three catties, and he could pull the string full with two turns. The disadvantage is that the gear rotation is not smooth, and the other is that it is large, with an arm length of sixty or seventy centimeters and a crossbow machine. But that's not a problem.

"Tell me how far this crossbow is?"

Li Quan said with a smile: "Young master, this crossbow can shoot through two inches of elm planks two hundred steps away. After I made it according to your method, the crossbow power was comparable to that of a one-stone bow. It only takes two fights to pull the string apart. ”

Zhou Jin calculated in his heart that the tensile force of bamboo would be about 30 megapascals, and the three bundles would be able to withstand 120 megapascals. Calculated that the effective killing distance is almost more than 100 meters.

"Good. You only need to make some improvements now to start doing it in batches. First of all, you need to put small beads between the gear shaft and the gear, not too tight, and smear some lubricating oil on the beads. Beads you can make out of stones.

Secondly, instead of using the long arrows of this bow, use nails, those round nails. To launch this nail, you need to use a catheter, which you can use a bamboo tube instead, and you need to make two or three spiral carvings on the inner wall, which are two or three minutes wide, and the angle of the lines is slightly inclined to the direction of the catheter. ”

"You have to figure out the specific details, if you don't understand, you can ask me."

Li Quan thought for a while after hearing this, and replied, "I roughly understand, does this launch guide need to be fixed on the crossbow machine?" ”

"Yes, fixed on it, near the rear end of the crossbow, there should be gaps on both sides of the tube to allow the string to rebound. At the back end of the tube, you make a bracket, push open the bracket, and you can put in the arrow. The arrow should be able to jam when inserted, and be able to release it when the trigger is pulled. ”

After hearing this, Li Quan pondered for a moment and replied, "The little one understands." ”

"And the arm length is shorter, thinner, and lighter, and I only need fifty steps to effectively kill."