The Dawn Moon Villa Council Chamber.

The meeting hall of Xiaoyue Villa is, of course, the underground secret room, and at this moment, the twenty members of the mixed escort team who came to the Beijing Division with Zhang Zhang are all here.

Xiao Ran is not here, because Zhang Li has already made up his mind, and he will specially protect Ruo Chen and others in the future, and he will not be allowed to participate in his actions in Jingshi.

Zhang Li glanced at the guards and said in a deep voice: "In the future, when you act in the Beijing Division, the escort team of twenty people is too dazzling." From now on, your identities are palanquins, servants, and guards, do you understand? ”

The guards promised in unison: "Yes, my lord!" ”

Zhang Zhang had already thought about it, the identity of "Ye Tiancheng" must not be easily revealed, and no one except Xu Jingping must be known.

So Zhang Zhang spoke: "Your mission to come to Jingshi this time is mainly two. One is naturally the guard officer, and the other is Lord Ye of the Guard Department. Lord Ye is the same year as this official, and he is the biggest foreign aid in our Tuanshan Fort. Whether Tuanshan Fort can develop smoothly in the future depends on this Lord Ye. Uh, anyway, you just treat Lord Ye as your own official, understand? ”

The guards still responded in unison: "Understood! ”

Zhang Zhang nodded, still very satisfied. Through these days of training, every soldier of the Tuanshan Army unconditionally carries out the orders of his superiors, so he does not need to say much else.

After Zhang Zhang pondered for a moment, his eyes scanned the twenty people one by one, and finally spoke: "It is better for the guards to be about three people, and these three people want to protect this official and Lord Ye in close quarters." ”

When everyone heard Mr. Zhang's words, they all showed anticipation.

There were only three people with Master Zhang. The rest of the people are pretending to be sedan chair drivers, small servants or something, obviously not as good as pretending to be guards!

Tension eyes look at the wood. said lightly: "Wood, you count one." ”

"Huh? - Oh! Be. My lord! ”

Mu exclaimed, and quickly reacted, suppressing his excitement.

Zhang Zhang smiled and said, "You have two revolvers on you at any time, understand?" ”

Wood nodded: "Subordinates obey!" ”

Mu Tou understood, and Master Zhang asked himself to bring two revolvers, which can shoot twelve projectiles, which can be regarded as very strong firepower.

If you can't bring more, then you should bring more guns.

"Chaolu, you are also one!"

Chaolu was one of the five selected members of the cavalry. When he heard that it was himself who was chosen by Master Zhang, he was overjoyed: "Yes, my lord!" ”

The last person, Zhang Li glanced at the young man on the far right of the twenty people, and said lightly: "Feng Ling, you are the last one." ”

The young man named Feng Ling was about to be in his early twenties and fair-skinned, and he was the person in charge of connecting with Xu Jingping in the previous Tuanshan Army teaching team.

Xu Jingping once said to Zhang Li that the people in the Sun Moon Pavilion can be absolutely trusted. She could only think of a handful of people—the Wind Spirit being one of them.

Feng Ling's martial arts are extremely high, and he is a disciple of Zhengyi - and Zhengyi is the master of Xu Jingping's father Xuanyangzi.

Xuanyang Zidao Chief was not worried about Xu Jingping's safety, and it was difficult for him to say. recommended the wind spirit to Xu Jingping and joined the Sun Moon Pavilion.

So far, the trio composed of martial arts masters, musket masters, and cavalry kings. Even if it's established.

……

The leader of the Donglin Party, Lord Zhou, resigned, but Dongshenglou was still full of friends. It seems that nothing has been affected at all.

When Lord Zhou was in power, the prosperity here was taken for granted. However, Lord Zhou has already gone to the court. Dongsheng Building is still doing a hot business, which really makes Zhang Zhang a little unexpected.

At this moment, Zhang Li was sitting in the private room on the second floor of Dongsheng Building, drinking tea slowly.

The one who can enter the Dongsheng Building must be the Donglin Party, Zhang Li is not, but "Ye Tiancheng" is obviously - therefore, Zhang Zhang was welcomed to the private room by the shopkeeper.

Now the identity of "Ye Tiancheng" is in the Ministry of War, and it can be regarded as a hot position. Although Lord Wen may want to do it recently, since Zhang Li has returned, I am afraid that Lord Wen will have a hard time succeeding.

The area of this private room is not large, but the windows open on the street are very low, and through the windows, you can see every move outside Dongsheng Building.

Naturally, it also includes the "servants" of "Ye Tiancheng", and the seventeen guards are waiting for them on the street outside the building, "each performing its own duties".

The three guards in the private room are Wood, Chaolu, and Wind Spirit.

The wind spirit stands close behind Zhang Li;

The wood was on the other side of the room, and the hand on his waist was the best place to pull out the wheel, and he chose the best position to shoot and stand;

Chaolu was waiting at the door, not only did he have good riding skills, but Zhang Li valued him the most - it was his superb Mongolian wrestling skills......

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, and the trio visibly raised their vigilance.

With a squeak, the door was pushed open, and an old acquaintance appeared in front of Zhang Li's eyes.

"Lord Ye, please forgive me for not being far away - offended, offended!" Zhou Yanru's butler Zhou Ping walked into the private room and bowed to tension.

Zhang Li coughed dryly, and his voice was a little hoarse: "Steward Zhou is polite." The official had just recovered from a serious illness, and he wanted to visit Lord Zhou in person, but he was afraid that he would be discovered by the traitor...... Ahem! ”

The "traitor" in Zhang Li's mouth is naturally Zhou Yanru's nemesis Wen Tiren.

Zhou Ping immediately showed an expression of sudden realization, and said continuously: "Lord Ye is too polite. The old man has always been very concerned about Lord Ye's illness! It's good that Lord Ye is recovered, it's good that he's recovered! ”

Zhang Zhang glanced at Zhou Ping and said in a deep voice: "Steward Zhou, I don't know when Lord Zhou will be free?" This official wanted to come to Dongsheng Tower to have a meeting with Lord Zhou today, but Lord Zhou was not there......"

At the beginning, Wen Tiren's major crime of attacking Zhou Yanru was to form a party for personal gain, so now the Donglin party members are very careful, and they generally do not visit each other easily, and everything is discussed in the private room of Dongsheng Building.

After all, this is just a restaurant, and some people come to Dongsheng Building to drink and eat, and they are concerned about other people's and birds.

Zhou Ping nodded, and arched his hand: "Lord Ye, my lord has some affairs to deal with today, and he is not in Dongsheng Tower!" Zhou Ping thought for a while, and then said: "Go back next and report to the master, and go back to Lord Ye's house to send a message." ”

Zhang Zhang nodded, after all, he suddenly came to Dongsheng Building today, and he didn't give advance notice, so he got up and said, "In this case, there is a housekeeper of Lao Zhou." ”

"It should be, it should be-" Zhou Ping saw that "Ye Tiancheng" was leaving, and hurriedly took out a silver ticket from his sleeve and handed it to Zhang Li: "Lord Ye took it to drink tea, the master was framed by a traitor, and he is planning a comeback!" ”

Zhang Zhang swooped and put the silver ticket into his sleeve, and the smile on his face became even brighter: "The teacher has been wronged, and as a student, you naturally have to help each other!" This official understands, understands! ”

In the past, Zhou Yanru's status was high, and he was the first assistant of the dynasty, but now he is just an official of Zhishi, and "Ye Tiancheng" is a powerful figure.

As soon as Zhou Ping heard "Ye Tiancheng" say the word "teacher", his heart was settled: "There is Lord Lao Ye." ”

Zhang Zhang nodded and walked out of the private room with a grin.

……

Flower Hall of Dawn Moon Villa.

At this moment, Zhang Zhang took Xu Jingping's little hand and sat side by side in that familiar place.

Zhang Zhang had already asked Xu Jingping about the situation of her mother and child, and now that she had passed the dangerous period of the first three months of pregnancy, Zhang Zhang told Jingping to go out for a walk and exercise.

After chatting for a while, the topic of the two gradually turned to "Ye Tiancheng".

Xu Jingping gently leaned on Zhang Li's shoulder and said softly: "Zhang Li, do you mean to raise Ye Tiancheng's official position to the Ministry of War's subordinate in charge of Liaodong?" How is this possible? ”

The military department is in charge of the second officer of the ministry in Liaodong, and he is the squire of the military department.

Zhang Zhang smiled slightly, and said lightly: "How is it impossible?" I don't want to be a squire in the military department, but I'm not a good man! ”

Xu Jingping pursed her lips and stopped talking.

Others must be crazy if they want to say this, but if Zhang Li said it, it's really hard to say.

The military department staff is the fifth rank, and the military department squire is the third rank......

If you count from the third grade and from the fourth grade, there is a total of four levels of difference!

Xu Jingping suddenly thought of a "terrible" fact, and said in a trembling voice: "You mean, let me be the squire of the military department of the third grade?!" ”

Zhang Zhang smiled and said, "What's not to do?" But it's too early to talk about this, I'll help you get promoted first. ”

Xu Jingping said angrily: "You don't ask me if I want to do it?" ”

Zhang Zhang was stunned, and then said softly to Xu Jingping: "It's not you alone, after everything is on the right track over there in Ningyuan, I'm afraid I spend most of my time in Beijing in a year!" ”

Xu Jingping was a little puzzled: "Why?" ”

Zhang Zhang sighed, blaming himself for how barren this sub-base was......

It would be difficult for Tuanshan Fort to become self-sufficient - even if the corn and potato selection and breeding were successful, and the yield would be greatly increased, it would be at least a few years later.

During this time, Tuanshan Fort must have foreign aid, and this foreign aid is naturally the imperial court.

The Ming Dynasty has been riddled with holes, hopeless, in this building is about to fall, it is best to play the residual heat for Tuanshan Fort.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhang looked bitter: "Jingping, Liaodong is bitterly cold, and the food and salary are not self-sufficient. ”

Xu Jingping was originally a smart person in Bingxue, and as soon as Zhang Li said this, she immediately understood.

Xu Jingping thought for a moment, frowned, and said, "Isn't it okay to change places?" For example, Gangnam? ”

Zhang Zhang shook his head: "No." ”

The place where the gentry class dominates in Jiangnan is really not a good place to go, and the "reactionary forces" there are too powerful

The two of them began to be silent again, and after a long time, Zhang Zhang said: "I will prepare first, and after a while, I will write to the emperor about Liaodong." ”

Xu Jingping was obviously nervous: "You must be careful when you play and fold." ”

Zhang Zhang nodded: "I know it in my heart." (To be continued......)