Let's say that yesterday, Xu Guangqi was the east, invited Xu Dahua to a banquet, and told Zheng Haizhu to come to worship the mountain together, and the two sides were linked, so that Xu Guangqi could no longer appear in the follow-up firearms workshop visits.

Zheng Haizhu knows that this means that don't send money in the post house, but send it in the school.

So she only carefully selected the new fans, handkerchiefs, and cloud shoulders produced by the Han family embroidery, and presented them to Xu Dahua as a local gift to the female scroll of the Xu Mansion before the banquet.

Xu Dahua's face was calm and gentle at first, and with the sense of alienation that an official should have, he said, "Miss Zheng doesn't have to be too formal, let's sit together", but he mainly asked Xu Guangqi for some insights and anecdotes such as Western learning and Nanzhili customs, and did not pay much attention to Zheng Haizhu.

Halfway through eating, Xu Guangqi was served by the small servant to Dengdong, Xu Dahua opened the gift box on the brocade stool, took out a piece of cloth that imitated the parrot in the Xuanhe painting of the Song Dynasty, looked at Xu Xuan for a moment, and praised Zheng Haizhu: "Songjiang Mansion is really a masterpiece of the earth's spirits, embroidery and painting, and the painting in the embroidery is lofty. ”

At first glance, Zheng Haizhu was quite pleased that this gentle middle-aged civil official was a bosom friend of Songjiang Painting and Embroidery, and he hurriedly smiled and said: "Master Siqing has excellent taste. Our old lady of the Gu family, as well as Miss Han, have all said that if they use the stitch method flexibly, it is just embroidery, not Gu embroidery or Han Yuan embroidery. The really best embroidery, look at the charm of the bones, before the needle drop must be the artistic conception in the painting to ponder well......"

Zheng Haizhu was about to open the conversation and talk in detail, but Xu Dahua suddenly leaned over slightly, raised his hand, and took the parrot embroidered handkerchief to wipe her cheeks, while saying softly: "I said in a hurry, I sweated so much." ”

In an instant, Zheng Haizhu was stunned.

Her mind suddenly went blank, she staggered speech, and her body stiffened.

Only the visual and tactile senses were still normal, so that she could feel that Xu Dahua's fingertips seemed to run over her cheeks as if nothing was as if she were wiping her skin, and at the same time, Xu Dahua's domestic servant named Xu Bao stood behind his master and watched quietly.

After a few breaths, Zheng Haizhu's consciousness seemed to return to its place, and her anger was ignited almost at the same time.

When he was about to have a seizure, Xu Dahua had already withdrawn his hand, put the handkerchief in the ball, and put Shi Shiran in the sleeve.

He poured himself a small cup of Yuezhou flowers, took a sip, and said with emotion: "After many years in Beijing, nostalgia is still there, people are the beauty of the south, and wine is also the fragrance of the south." ”

Zheng Haizhu stared at Xu Dahua with a look of disbelief.

Xu Dahua raised his eyebrows and caught the woman's glare disapprovingly, as if he was willing to be shocked by it.

Then, sitting at the top, his eyes suddenly crossed Zheng Haizhu, and smiled at Xu Guangqi who walked in the door: "Xu Hanlin, the wine is cold, bother the store to burn it, after the beginning of autumn, cold things hurt your body." ”

Xu Guangqi nodded: "People are old and autumn, and the age has gone up, so it's not okay if you don't accept it." ”

Xu Dahua's words led to the color of Rong: "Brother Zixian, it doesn't hurt for us to be old, the future generations are terrible, and the younger generations are rising, which is the great fortune of my emperor, my country, and my people." Just now, the official asked Miss Zheng a few words, and the girl really didn't let her eyebrows go. The official only thought that the southern beauties were as weak as willows......"

Xu Guangqi continued: "There are talented people in the country, and General Qin is also a southern woman, and the women's army under her command has won many battles." As for Miss Zheng, although she is young and not from a martial arts family, she gathers skilled craftsmen to build firearms and guns, and if she can make a weapon, it will definitely be a great achievement. Brother, you are a well-informed person, Liu Shimin and Governor Zhuang asked for the opening of the Songjiang Sea, have you heard? Now the Franky people and the Hongyi people have artillery, and if Songjiang is switched, Haiphong cannot be without artillery. ”

When the old man said this, he paused, showed an unnatural flattering look, and personally prepared the dishes for Xu Dahua.

Only then did he arch his hand and said: "The foolish brother will play the imperial court, just like the cannon factory set up by the Frankies in Guangfu, and Songjiang will also build a firearms workshop." The mouth of the money, a little bit from the virtuous brother's Changying treasury, is it good? ”

Xu Dahua glanced at Zheng Haizhu and said with a smile: "It's a good thing that your mansion opens the sea." Chang Yingku has not been so poor in recent years. Miss Zheng, since Xu Hanlin is full of praise for your firearms workshop, you should take this official to see and learn. ”

Zheng Haizhu suddenly lost control of her urge to drop the cup and leave a moment ago, but she herself was forced to suppress it.

Tasting Xu Guangqi's wording, relying on women's intuition about the word "protection", Zheng Haizhu felt that the old man emphasized the "things" he did, rather than his own "person", so Xu Dahua's harassment behavior, Xu Guangqi should not have known in advance.

At the same time, subtle, but with Zheng Haizhu's own eyes, the details show that even an old minister like Xu Guangqi is sacrificing his dignity for this Taifu Temple's money bag.

Zheng Haizhu's anger turned to bitterness.

In any case, she couldn't turn her face in front of Xu Guangqi.

She gritted her teeth and decided to give herself another attempt to face Xu Dahua.

If this person, like many bureaucrats in later generations, is still vulgar and obscene within the scope of being blocked back, and he can approve the strips just by sending money, then, with the idea of "eating steamed buns until the meat is filled", Zheng Haizhu is willing to treat Fang Cai as being scratched by a dog's claw at that moment.

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Zheng Haizhu, who had the mentality of fighting side by side with Xu Guangqi, finally agreed respectfully with Xu Dahua's servant Xu Bao that he would personally take the most distinctive Xiaoxianzhou in Songjiang to pick up Xu Shaoqing to the firearms workshop.

Perhaps because he was reciprocated by Zheng Haizhu's respectful gaze at the banquet yesterday, without shyness, but clearly mixed with rejection, Xu Dahua did not exceed the rules in broad daylight today, only walked with his sleeves back, and asked Zheng Haizhu some things about the school in a businesslike tone.

Out of consideration for protecting herself, Zheng Haizhu deliberately brought out Liu Shimin, Ma Xianglin, and Yan Siqi, who can be said publicly.

Xu Dahua nodded while listening, and then teased: "The little girl is very powerful, and the friends are either nobles and famous generals, or Jianghai heroes." ”

Zheng Haizhu endured the nausea and took out a book of poems: "Siqing, the grass people haven't read for a few days, so they respect the readers the most." This is the only book that the grass people found in the bookstore, please Shaoqing for guidance. ”

Xu Dahua looked at a corner of the poetry collection, revealing an inch of yellow paper printed with rich pictures, obviously a silver ticket, so he turned to Xu Bao and said: "Rare classics, hard to come by, carefully collect." ”

Squinting his eyes again, he said to Zheng Haizhu: "The wind and snow should not be valued by our officials, go to the firearms workshop first and see the right thing." ”

Today, in order to receive Xu Qianzi, Zheng Haizhu gave the school a day off, and the students all went home, and Yao did not come because he was Huang Zunsu's female scroll.

After receiving Xu Dahua's dirty face, Zheng Haizhu's first thought was Zhang Dai's fairy-like confidante who couldn't show up.

Fortunately, Wang Yuesheng went to Sheshan to buy antlers, which were used to make the "lacquer" of the baiqin and lived in the Gujia Mulberry Garden.

Zheng Haizhu led Xu Dahua to the gate of the Fuyuan, but only saw Zheng Zhilong waiting.

"Where's Mr. Lu?" Zheng Haizhu frowned and asked.

Before Zheng Zhilong could answer, Wang Yuesheng walked up from behind him.

Zheng Haizhu was taken aback and said, "Aren't you in Sheshan!" ”

As soon as Wang Yuesheng said, "Come back and see the situation in the shade room", he also changed color.

She saw Xu Dahua's face clearly.

And Xu Dahua also stared directly at this woman who still couldn't hide her stunning appearance in plain cloth.

"Hey, you're Miss Wang from Mianyue Tower?"

Wang Yuesheng held the grooved piano board and lowered his head, as if he didn't know how to answer.

Xu Dahua's face appeared with a smile that he thought was personable, and he turned his head sideways to Zheng Haizhu and said, "Oh, I didn't expect to meet the old man here at Miss Zheng." Qinhuai River Mianyue Tower, the mother's surname is Wang, and the female envoys have the word moon in their names. Wang Yueying, Wang Yuezhao, Wang Yueliu, and this Wang Yuesheng girl are all good names in the poems. ”

Zheng Haizhu instantly understood.

Her heart ran through 10,000 famous animals of South America.

I'm really afraid of something.

Sesame seeds fell into the eye of the needle, Xu Dahua, a Ming official who took entering the Qinglou as a good thing, was not unusual, but Wang Yuesheng was a red man he could recognize.

Wang Yuesheng returned to school today, and heard Lu Xiangsheng happily say that there would be officials in the imperial court to come to see the firearms workshop, and she was also quite happy, thinking that Miss Zheng could get silver from the imperial court, but unexpectedly she met with the scum of Sven who she didn't want to see the most.

It's come to this, and it's too late to hide.

Wang Yuesheng was afraid that if he was cold, he would ruin Miss Zheng's affairs and force himself to calm down.

She had no choice but to step forward, salute Xu Dahua, and said calmly: "I have seen the master, Yuesheng has now redeemed the deed, fortunately I am taken care of by Miss Zheng, and I am here to teach the children of Songjiang to play the qin." ”

Xu Dahua let out an "oh" and said with a smile: "Why, even my official surname is Xu, I forgot it." ”

Wang Yuesheng hurriedly said: "Xu Siqing forgives his sins." ”

Xu Dahua was quite amused.

He suddenly realized that the pleasure brought to him by this scene did not come from teasing Yingyan in the past, but because of slapping Zheng Haizhu in the face.

The girl surnamed Zheng, you were at the banquet yesterday, and today you are on the boat of the Moon River, you are tall and fartty.

A virgin posture who doesn't know what the official is raising is actually not raising a bitch in her own yard.

Xu Dahua was in a good mood, and just wanted to ask Wang Yuesheng, who helped you redeem your body, is it Zhang Dai from Shanyin, Shaoxing, when he suddenly heard a man behind him shouting: "The junior Lu Xiangsheng is late for his rudeness, please ask Xu Siqing for forgiveness!" ”

Zheng Haizhu glanced back at the paint marks on Lu Xiangsheng's palm, and understood that he should take advantage of today's good weather to help Wang Yuesheng make the "shade room" where the Baiqin was placed.

"Xiangsheng, Siqing has the time to come, you quickly take Siqing to see the combination of guns and cannon barrels."

Zheng Haizhu decisively pierced this bad atmosphere and ordered Lu Xiang to ascend.

When Xu Dahua came over, he could see from the gesture of the domestic servant Xu Bao that Zheng Haizhu was sending five hundred taels.

This number, Han Qi is a little cold, but it can still make him deign to listen to this Lu Gongzi in front of him and nag him.

Xu Shaoqing, who was majestic and suave, squeezed out a little interest, and with Lu Xiangsheng, he listened to him explain a few combined machine guns with different lengths and calibers, and weighed the weight of the guns, and pretended to say to the servant Xu Bao: "It's quite light, you can take it on the horse." ”

Today, Zheng Haizhu also asked the commander of the Qi family's army, who trained his family, to hide his identity and only test the gun in the name of retired soldiers.

However, Xu Dahua waved his hand, glanced at Wang Yuesheng, who was standing at the door and didn't dare to leave, and said: "Don't try, it's too loud, Mo Tang abruptly beauties." ”

Lu Xiangsheng's sword frowned, half surprised and half disdainful, and respectfully and meticulously, he told Xu Dahua about the difficulty of casting the cannon barrel.

Xu Dahua knocked on the barrel that was well forged and closed, but it was only a short section, and said in a tone of voice: "Yo, this really wants to be built, can it afford a big blast furnace?" No wonder Xu Hanlin said that the imperial court had to allocate money, and no matter how big the deal between Miss Zheng and the south was, it would be difficult to support it alone. ”

Zheng Haizhu lowered his eyelids slightly, and said calmly: "Lu Gongzi has calculated, a combination of guns, not counting fire pills and primers, the cost is six taels of silver." Xu Hanlin said that the Ming armor that the imperial court allocated for the soldiers of the border army is a set of eight taels of silver, and if we do it, the combination gun can be cheaper than a set of Ming armor. At that time, the firearms team outside the killer team of the Qi family army (referring to the cold weapon team) had been equipped with one person and three guns. Now that the trouble of building slaves is better than that of northern Mongolia, the border armaments should be strengthened. And this smoothbore cannon, although much more expensive than the ordinary Frankie cannon, about 3,000 taels of silver a piece, is not only what we need for the defense of Songjiang Pass, but from Fushun to Shenyang, to Liaoyang, to Shanhaiguan, and finally to Shuntianfu, it is a heavy weapon that can resist the enemy under the city. ”

Zheng Haizhu's words are conclusive, and after talking about the technical level, he will talk about the righteousness level.

She still hopes to try hard to awaken this four-poinsettia-robed civil official's sense of crisis to the current situation, as well as her duty as a minister of food.

However, Xu Dahua interrupted Zheng Haizhu with an "oops", approached her and said, "Miss Zheng, what are you talking about?" How did you say that Jiannu entered Shanhaiguan? ”

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't hold back any longer, stepped forward and took a deep look, and said: "Five hundred years ago, the Jin soldiers went south, and the shame of Jingkang remained in history. The students thought that if they neglected to take precautions and ignored it, it would not be said that it was Shanhaiguan, and that Jiannu would attack Shuntianfu, and it would not be alarmist. ”

Xu Dahua turned his head and glanced at Lu Xiangsheng's turban.

This is a man with a meritorious reputation, not a woman like Zheng Haizhu and Wang Yuesheng who can be bullied by him.

Xu Dahua smiled generously: "Well, you are in this offspring, it makes sense to say so." ”

He exhaled, waved his hand, and said, "The official has seen and listened to what he should have seen, but he hasn't heard it yet." With such a pleasant autumn climate, can I ask Miss Zheng for a cup of tea and listen to Miss Wang play a piano song? I think your water pavilion in the Qing Garden is good. Lu Gongzi and a few masters, oh and this little Zheng Gongzi, continue to work. ”