"A hundred thousand taels of silver are used up in one night? Running to do business? Liu Ziguang was very puzzled, this Zhu Tianxia is very strange, science, gambling, and martial arts have two strokes, and now he is actually doing a small business, which is really mysterious.

"It's Brother Liu, the little brother has been waiting for you for a long time, this stall is not the little brother's, just play with it." Zhu Tianxia said while operating, and soon served two bowls of fragrant duck blood vermicelli soup, emerald green coriander, white duck intestines, yellow duck liver, brown duck blood, gray translucent mung bean vermicelli, and bright red chili oil. This kid's craft is really not covered.

"Fifty cents, thank you." Zhu Tianxia reached out seriously and asked for money. Liu Ziguang smiled dumbly: "My brother settles the accounts, yes, Xiaoding, give him fifty yuan." ”

Ding Libin took out five apocalyptic treasures and handed them to Zhu Tianxia. The latter smiled and explained: "I don't care about the money, but when you do business, you have to look like a business, and you can't give money to your family when you eat." Besides, this business is not mine, everyone should take care of this Wang Laohan, so let's go to the restaurant next time, I'll please. ”

"Very good, I can remember, Xiao Ding, call all the brothers over, two bowls each, and cheer for you." Liu Ziguang said while eating, the taste is really good, the materials are fresh and natural, I didn't expect Zhu Tianxia to be an all-rounder. "By the way, you said you had been waiting for me for a long time, what did you mean?" Liu Ziguang asked.

"Haha, didn't you talk about the military department last time? It just so happens that the stall where I often make cameo appearances is in Xiliuwan, next door to the military headquarters, so I'll wait for you by the way, see if there is anything that can help you, yesterday you shared my silver ticket is enough for 150,000 taels, plus you saved me once, it seems unreasonable not to give you a little help. Zhu Tianxia shook his head and said, as if he could catch it.

"Little Brother Zhu's tone is not small, brother, I thank you in advance, I went to the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of War to urge for a million taels in arrears, which is not a trivial matter." Liu Ziguang said, this Zhu Tianxia looks very mysterious, could it be the son of the Wang Jue family, surnamed Zhu... That's the same surname as the emperor.

While he was talking, a blue tweed sedan chair was carried over, and there were four pro-soldiers behind him, and there was a small commotion at the entrance of the military department, "Lord Zheng is here, hurry up and line up." "It turned out that the Wailang from the Ordnance Department was here.

Liu Ziguang hurriedly put down the bowl, pulled Zhu Tianxia and ran into the yamen, and was stopped by the forbidden army at the door, "What does this kid do?" The forbidden army refers to Zhu Tianxia, who is dressed in ordinary cloth clothes, and the small people in the market have nothing to do with running into the yamen of the military department, what kind of system has he become.

"Oh, I'm a guy from the nearby Tianxiang Building, and the military master inside just sent someone to ask me to come in and order food." Zhu Tianxia lied, his face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he had the talent to be a liar.

There were many people coming and going at the entrance of the yamen, and the forbidden army couldn't tell the truth from the fake, so they waved their hands and let them in.

Coming to the door of the Ordnance Division, Lord Zheng had already gone in to work, and the long queue at the door also began to move, it seemed that Lord Zheng was very efficient, and he hurried to work at noon, and he began to deal with official business without washing his face, or to accept benefits.

The Ordnance Department has great powers, and the procurement of weapons, military raw materials, and finished products from various localities, as well as the material allocation and rationing of troops in various localities, must go through the Ordnance Division. Armor, soldiers, knives, guns, bows and arrows, quilts, tents, city defense equipment, chariots and warships, and the ordnance used by millions of troops in the Ming Dynasty are all purchased here.

In front of the queue are the people of Jiangnan Da Silk Village, and the soldiers' uniforms are all made of silk, not to look good but to be able to wrap the arrows and reduce damage, so silk is also the object of bulk purchase. There are also people from Wuchang Shipyard and Changzhou Qishuyan Machinery Factory, the Yangtze River, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea are all steam paddle steamers from Wuchang Shipyard, and the plains of northern Jiangsu, Anhui, and Henan transport troops, multi-use trains, and military trains are all purchased from the locomotives and carriages of Qishuyan Machinery Factory. There are also a few people from the Liguo Iron Factory, the steam repeater produced by the iron factory is a sharp weapon for city defense, and other swords, guns, swords, halberds and armor also account for a lot of share. It is an important supplier of the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of War.

Fortunately, they came early, and there were only a few people waiting in front, and Lord Zheng was also quick to cut through the chaos when he handled official business, and the approval was very fast. The representatives of the merchants in front of them smiled one after another and took the slips of silver that had been allocated, and walked backwards with a thousand thanks. In less than two teas, it was Liu Ziguang's turn to enter.

The two sides sat down, the little guy looked at the tea, Liu Ziguang was not polite, and motioned to the deputy manager to take out the receipt issued by the Ministry of War and the previous contract, and showed it to Lord Zheng: "Lord Zheng, the current account between our Liguo Iron Works and the Ministry of War has already been 1064,500 taels of receivables, according to the contract should have been settled as early as three months ago, but now that a penny has not been paid, please be gracious and pay us silver for turnover production and serve the imperial court." We must remember the kindness of adults, and we will also take out a part of the silver to pay for the carriages and horses of adults. ”

Although the words are not tactful enough, the meaning is very clear, it is natural to repay the debt, not to mention the promise of carriage and horse expenses, it stands to reason that there is no reason to refuse to pay the bill.

Lord Zheng looked at the post in his hand and thought about something, "The prime minister of the account office of the Liguo Iron Works has been replaced, and it is at this level." The imperial court is financially tight, and there is no money to pay recently, so send off guests. ”

It was launched so neatly, Liu Ziguang was very surprised, it was too fast. No, you can't just leave" Lord Zheng, how can the first few people get the silver due to the tight finances of the imperial court? I'm very familiar with Wei Guogong, is it okay for adults to give face? ”

Master Zheng raised his face and said, "Presumptuous! Do you need your guidance to do things? The official acts impartially, and he only has nine thousand years old and the emperor in his heart, and he doesn't know Wei Guogong. Someone, send off! ”

Liu Ziguang shook his hand angrily, and Zhu Tianxia behind him stepped out and said: "Lord Zheng, as far as I know, the recent silver of the imperial court is quite abundant, the Northern War, for the purchase of ordnance, the emperor issued a decree that no arrears are allowed, and the supply is fully supplied, I don't know where Lord Zheng's so-called financial tension comes from, and arrears for no reason will not hurt the hearts of manufacturers in the world and destroy the reputation of the imperial court, what is your intention?" Where is the decree placed? Where is the emperor? ”

is a good Zhu Tianxia, every sentence is a heart-wrenching sentence, and the seven tricks of an ordnance division are angry: "You are a subordinate, you actually speak wildly, slandering the court officials, come to people, beat them out!" No more people from the National Iron Works are allowed to enter the military department! As long as this officer is still in charge of the Ordnance Department, you will not want a penny!" Don't think about future contracts! ”

After Master Zheng finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and went back to the back hall, and several errand officers from the Ordnance Department came over and coaxed Liu Ziguang and the others outside.

Although I really want to follow up on the back hall and beat Lord Zheng all over the place, this is not a painting boat gambling boat on the Qinhuai River, it is one of the six departments of the imperial court. The Ministry of National Defense, which is equivalent to the 21st century, must not be reckless, Liu Ziguang and a group of his subordinates were driven out of the Yamen of the Ministry of War.

"Little Brother Zhu, you see that you are helping, the more you help, the more you help. Hahaha" Liu Ziguang didn't mean to blame Zhu Tianxia, he said it very happily, and even if he didn't say those words, this Lord Zheng would not give them silver.

However, Zhu Tianxia was very unhappy, yesterday he also specially checked the chapter of the Ministry of War, which wrote the recent expenses, and the purchase cost of one million taels of ordnance of the Liguo Iron Plant was listed in it, so he came to join in the fun with so confidence today, I didn't expect this group of people from the Ministry of War to be so bold, this is ....The crime of bullying the king!

"Brother Liu, I didn't think it well and caused you trouble, but please rest assured, at this time tomorrow, I promise you to get the silver, otherwise I won't be surnamed Zhu!" Zhu Tianxia seemed to be angry with Zheng Da and let out cruel words.

"It doesn't matter, I have a plan. Let's go, let's drink, you just said that there is a Tianxiang Building nearby or something..."Liu Ziguang has already planned several bad ideas in his mind, what to knock on a stick, kidnap his wife and children, collect evidence of bribery, peach news or something. It's all used on this surnamed Zheng, don't give it, kill you, change a foreigner to see if you give it.

"It's okay, have a drink and relax, I'll please!" Zhu Tianxia took Liu Ziguang and his group to Tianxiang Building, wrapped five large tables and a private seat, all of them were served as a table of dishes, and the wine was served as an altar. Liu Ziguang's twenty subordinates were eating and drinking downstairs, and he and Zhu Tianxia were eating and drinking in the private seat upstairs by the window.

This Zhu Tianxia's identity is not simple, because Liu Ziguang always feels that there are some masters around him, and he always maintains a distance from Zhu Tianxia, not far or close.

"Little Brother Zhu, there seem to be some of your subordinates nearby, why don't you call over and open two more tables for them to eat?" Liu Ziguang said.

"It doesn't matter, they'll figure it out themselves." Zhu Tianxia saw that Liu Ziguang had found out, and he did not deny it. "Brother Liu, this foreigner surnamed Zheng is too hateful, tomorrow I will find a copy of the imperial history to him, and you can take a look."

Sure enough, he is the son of the official eunuch Wang Jue's family, and he must be the son of a high-ranking cadre, I don't know which one has more energy, Liu Ziguang thought to himself. Yin smiled and said: "He joined him because he was disrespectful to the emperor, ignored the holy decree, and actually ranked the name of nine thousand years old in front of the emperor!" But if you are so rude to you and my brother today, this account will be settled soon, otherwise I will not sleep well tonight. ”

"How?" Zhu Tianxia asked.

"I have already sent someone to wait at the gate of the Ministry of War, as soon as the surname Zheng came out, someone followed, and when I got to a place where there was no one, hum, I have arranged for someone to buy the sack. Don't beat him all over the ground to find teeth, I have his surname Zheng! ”

After eating for a while, someone came to report that Lord Zheng's blue sedan chair came out and went south with four personal soldiers.

"Very well, probe again!" Liu Ziguang drank calmly and gave orders.

The wine was drunk until someone came to report that Master Zheng had entered a certain river house by the Qinhuai River. Liu Ziguang stopped his cup and beckoned Zhu Tianxia: "Go, beat people." ”