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Chapter 140 [The promise of hooking fingers, the beauty will be a bodyguard again]

"Is it that the chain crossbow has been improved again? Let me see. Provide the latest hand-hit in this chapter"

Anna understood what he meant, and forcefully picked up an iron chain of crossbows and handed it to him. Seeing that she was holding it so hard, Ao Bai knew that the weight of the chain crossbow had increased again, and hurriedly took it from her hand.

Sun Hedou said: "Childe doesn't have to worry about shooting arrows, it will be very difficult for us to use them after improvement." ”

Ao Bai aimed at the target on the wall and pulled the trigger. I immediately understood why Sun Hedou said that it was laborious, this trigger was very heavy, and he practiced his finger strength hard when he practiced Crane Shape Boxing, and it was difficult to finish the arrow in one go. This crossbow has been reduced in terms of shooting compared to using wooden arrows, but its power has increased by a little.

The bolt shot straight through the target, hitting the wall with a crackling sound. Ao Bai shot a dozen times, stopped and looked at the wall, and several small iron arrows were nailed to the wall.

So fierce? Can this break the golden bell jar of madness? Ao Bai Daxi: "What is the range now?" Isn't it about the same as a musket? ”

Sun Hedou smiled: "The yard is too small to test, the effective range must be more than thirty meters, it was Miss Anna who made a spiral-shaped machine spring, and we couldn't connect it after installing it, so we could only wait for Gongzi to come back and try." I knew your strength could be used. ”

Iron arrows are powerful and require the strength of the user. Ao Bai has now practiced the golden bell jar, and his hands are hard, if he is a person who has not practiced hard skills, he will definitely not be able to use it continuously. He knew that this could not be popularized, but he could use it for self-defense. With this weapon, you can directly kill a master of Liang Bin's level in seconds.

"Thank you, Anna, if it weren't for you, I don't know when I would have been able to research the crossbow of the iron arrow." Ao Bai looked at Anna and said.

After Vieri translated, Anna raised her head proudly and smiled in English: "How do you want to thank me?" ”

Ao Bai also said in English: "What do you want?" ”

Anna looked at Ao Bai with expectant eyes and said softly: "I hope you will help my country, I believe you will become a king and a hero." ”

Since seeing the chain crossbow, Anna has become more confident in Aobai. This weapon is indeed more practical than a musket, and the oriental martial arts that Ao Bai practices every day, she also feels very magical. Almost all the Portuguese wanted to break away from Spain and regain their position as European hegemon. She believes that as long as the people of Daming are willing to help, it can be done.

Ao Bai also intended to get involved in Europe, and said with a smile: "I promise you." ”

After saying that, he also stretched out his little thumb like a child. He remembers that when promising something, he could use the method of "pulling the hook", which came from the West.

Anna blushed and didn't dare to go to see Aobai. She was both scared and excited, and after a short pause, she slowly stretched out her right hand, hooked it with Aobai, and then suddenly raised her toes and kissed him lightly on the face.

The Sun brothers and Vieri's mouths were all open in an O-shape, and Comrade Ao Bai was calm, thinking that this must also be Western etiquette, so he also kissed Annali lightly on the face. Turning his head to the people around him and smiling, "What are you fussing about, isn't this Western etiquette?" ”

Vieri pulled Ao Bai aside and said, "Huang Gongzi, how can you casually hook your fingers with Miss Anna?" Do you know what that means? ”

Ao Bai said: "Isn't that what a promise means? ”

Vieri covered his face and sighed: "It's a promise, but do you know what a promise is?" ”

He told Ao Bai a story about the West, where there was a beautiful princess, and there were many people who proposed to the princess for the first time, and in the end there were five princes left. In order to choose someone who is in love with her, the princess asks a question, and the princess hides her right hand behind her back and holds out a small female finger. Then ask the princes to guess which finger they are sticking out. Finally, one of the princes stretched out his little fingers, and the princess and the prince hooked them together. So hooking the little finger became a promise for the two to get married.

The princess and prince lived happily ever after. Later, a war broke out, and the prince was going to go to war to fight. When the prince left, he gave the princess a thumb again. Promise her a safe return. Ten years have passed, and the prince still has not returned, and his life and death are uncertain.

Although the princess is no longer young, she is still beautiful. So there are still many princes and nobles who propose to her.

The princess is confident that her beloved prince will return, and she cannot refuse a suitor. So she secretly swore that if someone gave her a thumbs-up, she would marry this person. Suddenly, one day, a filthy beggar came to the princess's palace. The soldiers guarding the gate were going to drive him away. The princess said that everyone has the right to propose. The beggar was invited to the palace, and the princess held out her little finger, and the beggar also extended her little finger and hooked it on the princess's little finger. It turned out that the beggar was the prince.

The next day, when the rooster crowed, the prince left the princess, but the prince had already died on the way back from the battle, and the soul of the deceased would not go to Hades until forty-nine days. It was the forty-ninth day of the Prince's death, and the Prince had come back to the princess in the form of a beggar to fulfill his promise. The princess followed the prince's soul and found the prince's body. Then he lay down beside him, drank the poison, and hooked the prince's little thumb. She was to be with him forever. This is where the hook finger signifies commitment.

What's this? Isn't hooking your fingers what parents like to do when they coax their children? How can there be such a story? Ao Bai asked in a low voice, "Vieri, does she think she ...... now?"

Vieri nodded, "It must be." In our place, men and women are not allowed to hook their fingers casually, do you want me to explain it to her? Miss Anna must be angry. ”

"No...... She has already agreed, so it is not a misunderstanding. Ao Bai looked at Anna and snickered shamelessly. He is very sensitive to the relationship between men and women, and he also told Chongzhen before that Anna likes him, in fact, he also has a bit of a feeling of love at first sight for this Portuguese girl. It may be that I watched too many foreign movies in my previous life and had an inexplicable desire for foreign love.

With this accident, the relationship between the two became closer. Anna is not a Catholic and does not need to follow monogamy.

Under Vieri's translation, Ao Bai told Anna that he was going to be out for a few months, and Anna immediately offered to go with her, and Ao Bai was more sure that the girl had feelings for her.

I don't even bring my own wife, how can I bring you? Ao Bai thought about it and decided to send her, Sun Hedou and others to Lu's house in Xinzhou and let them wait for him there. Anna must also want to know his "hole cards", it's time for her to know some strength. There are also Sun brothers, it will be more convenient to go to Shanxi to improve weapons. It is also possible to do a lot of experiments. The Sun brothers also obeyed his arrangement, and Anna and Vieri were willing to go there to see it.

The next day, Ao Bai went to the Jinyiwei base camp to gather his subordinates, explained the matter of the salt merchants, and prepared for them to fight the Jianghuai salt merchants. This time it was not the same as when he attacked the Jin merchants, because of the Shang Fang Sword. With this kind of artifact in hand, there is no need to talk about evidence, and it is also a prelude to talk about it.

The new "Green Dragon" Wang Bao and "White Tiger" Wu Jun have just taken office, and they are very excited to see that Ao Bai is willing to entrust them with important tasks.

Ao Bai said: "Qinglong, White Tiger, the matter of this investigation will be handed over to you." For the sake of the Ming economy, it is necessary to raise the salt tax even if it is said. Now that the court is in chaos, I hope that after you are in a high position, you must not be in the same stream, and you must be a clean official, no matter how the Jianghuai salt merchants try to please you, don't be soft, and don't live up to my expectations of you. ”

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, we will complete the mission."

Both of them were promoted because of Aobai, of course, they have the same heart as him. Ao Bai handed over the upper sword given by the emperor to Wang Bao.

"Qinglong, the sword above the emperor's imperial gift, you must keep it, when you and Wu Jun complete this task, you will definitely be able to sit firmly in the position of Jinyiwei, when I first became Jinyiwei, I went to Shanxi to fight the Jin merchants, and added a lot of silver to the treasury, so I won the emperor's trust, this is an opportunity, don't be afraid, do it boldly."

The two nodded yes.

The arrangements for the worship were ready, and he asked someone to bring the letter to the Shaolin Temple in advance, ready to start the first private visit to the micro-service in his life. To put it bluntly, he just wants to send charcoal to those who can't survive, and then recruit the other party to sit on his younger brother as a thug. The location Chongzhen had already told him. At the end of this lap, his prestige may reach its peak.

Ao Bai will not go to Jianghuai, he goes, and the officials there may be prepared. So do it secretly. And going to Jianghuai to fight the salt merchants is very offensive, he went to lead the head, the Donglin Party didn't know what charge he would make, and handed it over to his subordinates to take the sword of Shang Fang to get it, it can be seen that it was instructed by the emperor, if you want to hate, go and hate Chongzhen.

After waiting for a few days, Ao worshiped an early dynasty, and Chongzhen officially announced at the court that he would go to appease the military salaries in the border towns. As for cracking down on salt merchants, it is kept secret.

Ao Bai had already discussed with Chongzhen to act in a play, so he deliberately pretended to be very reluctant, and said: "Your Majesty, some of the arrears in the border town have been a year, and those people are angry now, I am afraid it will be useless if I go so empty-handed." ”

"I have lost my mind, Huang Qing is in a high position, and I haven't been in court for a long time, and now it's time to worry about me. I don't care what method you use, in short, you must stabilize them, you can't mess up, and you can't criticize the court. ”

Ao Bai said with a sad face: "The minister obeys the order." ”

At this time, Chongzhen observed the expressions of the ministers, and whoever gloated, he knew it in his heart. These people will be removed at the first opportunity.

But there are young ministers who gloat, in their opinion, this work is laborious and thankless, and the people there are already poor jingles, and there will be no oil and water to be fished. As soon as he came to the court, several people who usually looked unpleasant came up to speak, with a villain's proud face.

It's the same schadenfreude, how come these guys are so much more disgusting than crazy? You won't be happy for a few years, just wait for me to kill you. Ao Bai was also laughing in his heart. The question is who can laugh at the end.

The only thing that made Ao Bai depressed was that the cultivation of the Golden Bell Jar had to be put down, and he had just reached the fifth layer now, and he was still consolidating. If you want to get something, you have to make trade-offs.

He was going to go to Shaolin first and take a few monks to the border town. He didn't plan to spend too much money on relief, but wanted to help the soldiers in the border towns come up with a way to make them live a good life. This has to wait there to see the specific situation and then make a plan, Ao Bai is an unscrupulous person, such a person can always come up with a way, it really can't work, with this group of people to cover their faces and rush into the corrupt official's house to rob, he also did it.

He traveled lightly this time, and the things he brought with him were very simple, a wooden arrow chain crossbow, two buckets of arrows, water and food. Jin Yiwei didn't bring one of his men, not because he was afraid that there would be too many people who would be disgusted, but because of what he wanted to say and do to the soldiers in the border town, it was best not to let the emperor know, so it was the best choice to go on his own.

I'm used to living the life of a big man, and everyone is a little lazy, so let's take it as a practice this time. Ao Bai went out early in the morning. When he went to the city gate, he ran into an acquaintance. Su Meng'er was riding a horse, still dressed in red, but she changed into a heroic and sassy suit, no longer the style of wide straddles, and it looked like she was going to go out.

Ao Bai smiled and said, "Miss Su, are you here to see me?" You ignored me for a few days, and I thought I had offended you. ”

Su Meng'er gritted her teeth and said, "So you want to go out and don't say a word to me?" You're a big man with such a belly? ”

You kicked me out of the door with your own temper, and now you still say that I have a small belly, so I don't take the initiative to touch the nail. Ao Bai smiled: "I have already explained everything that should be explained, and I have already revealed it to you when I went out this time." If you come to see me off, the people of the capital will definitely say that we are a couple again, and of course I don't dare to say goodbye to you. ”

Su Meng'er snorted and said, "There's no need to say goodbye." I'll go with you. ”

"Huh?"

Su Meng'er said coldly: "Surprised by what? What is your current status, and how can you go out on adventures without taking one of your subordinates? I don't know what you think. If you're killed, don't all those plans go up in the dust. I'll go with you and keep you safe. ”

I will first make peace with a few monks of Shaolin Temple, those people's skills are stronger than Jinyiwei, how can there be danger? Ao Bai knew that it was not good to refuse her, otherwise Su Meng'er might be angry. Haha smiled and said, "Okay." With you, the journey won't be boring. It's not convenient for you to hide hidden weapons in this dress, right? ”

Su Meng'er pointed to the bag on the horse's back and said, "I took the crossbow you gave me, with this thing, what other secret weapon do I hide?" ”

The chain crossbow can be called a "bright weapon", which is indeed better than a hidden weapon.

The two hit the road together. Ao Bai soon thought that he was rushing with Su Meng'er, not because he was not bored, but because he was too stuffy. After walking for a long time, she didn't say anything.

At lunchtime, Ao Bai couldn't help but ask, "You don't want to say something to me?" ”

"Say what? Didn't I already know about your plans? ”

"Are we just going to talk about business? We are not in a subordinate relationship now, can't you relax a little? Even if I become an emperor in the future, you don't have to be so strict with me, and I never care about any courtesy. ”

"Oh."

Worship madness. Did she really use herself as a bodyguard to come with her? I don't know how long I'm going to go this time, and if I'm always so cold, I'm going to be able to tell jokes when I go back.

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