"It's unbelievable that there is such a force of soldiers and horses in Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

"It's really terrifying, it has only been discovered today, and the Huzhou Mansion Criminal Department, Xiaofeng County Torture Room, and the local military preparation road are all to blame!"

"Jindi's act of murdering the investigators of the foreign factory is also heinous, and it must be severely punished!"

At the regular meeting of the Wenhua Hall on the morning of the second day of November, all the ministers were deeply dissatisfied with this.

Xie Qinduan, a scholar of the Imperial Hall and a minister of civil affairs, is a low-key person, and he usually doesn't speak much, so he smiled bitterly: "Chengping has been slackening my guard for a long time, and I am also at fault, and I should be guilty of negligence." ”

The "civil affairs" of the Ming Dynasty are not only social affairs such as marriage, welfare, and relief, but also equivalent to "internal affairs", so it also includes public security and stability, immigration management, administrative management, etc., so the affairs of the criminal department and the household department are presided over by the ministers of civil affairs.

Zou Zhuoyun, who was the most calm, said leisurely: "I'm afraid this can only be said to be a leopard in the tube, and I'm ready to deal with troubles in various places recently." ”

When a cockroach is found in a room, there are probably hundreds of cockroaches in the room, which is the tip of the iceberg.

The old fritters present were aware of this truth, and although they were mentally prepared, they were still worried when they thought of the thousands of trained and armed militants in various parts of the Ming Dynasty.

In recent years, similar situations have been exposed in the United Kingdom, the United States, and France, and many Ming people are still gloating and condescending to see jokes.

For example, in France, due to the economic crisis that has swept the world, the people have greatly affected even the most basic clothing, food, housing, and transportation, and the class contradictions have intensified.

Among millions of people, countless veterans after the end of the European war have become typical activists, disappointed and skeptical about the government's ability to do so.

The "Fire Cross" faction recruited a large number of veterans and formed an incomparably large paramilitary organization that recruited and absorbed radicals from all classes in France, and in just a few years it swelled from more than 30,000 to 400,000.

The Fire Cross Regiment is armed not only with a variety of light weapons including pistols, rifles, and machine guns, but also with a considerable number of heavy weapons such as artillery, and even aircraft.

Massive and powerful, the rapidly rising Fire Cross soon became a political force to be reckoned with.

From time to time, they organized mass demonstrations and even planned military coups to overthrow the French republican government, while the left-wing forces resolutely opposed it, fought back hard, and organized the people to confront and attack them.

In addition, the far-right French Action Party also has its own armed forces.

Such a situation was seen as a joke by the Ming people, but I didn't expect that now my family is also making jokes.

For the ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty, the recent series of events and the actions of the government have made them feel the turmoil they have not felt for a long time.

The thirty-seventh year of Zhichang is destined to be a year that impresses the Ming people, and the relatively stable days that have been enjoyed for many years are coming to an end.

Many young people who are accustomed to comfort understand why their ancestors were so thrifty and liked to hoard food like squirrels - there is often a corner of the house where coal, sugar, grain, cooking oil and other daily necessities are piled up.

Savvy businessmen were tempted by the news, and guns shops took advantage of the opportunity to reduce their prices and promote sales, and long queues formed outside the registration counters of local police agencies.

"Alas, to be honest, it won't be long before those who do our job will be able to see through the world, and it's boring."

"Why are you still feeling sentimental all of a sudden?"

At noon, in an inconspicuous ordinary restaurant in Nancheng District, Shen Yu and Zhou Changfeng were chatting while eating and drinking.

The former has been busy for nearly half a month, and finally got two days of rest, but after lying at home for a day, he was called out by Zhou Changfeng today.

"It's nothing, it's just a sudden feeling." Shen Yu, whose eyes were distracted, flicked the cup with his index finger, "I think, many times countries are just comparing bad things, in the past, the ugly things of other countries were treated as jokes, but now the Ming Dynasty is the same, and people can't help but feel lost." ”

"You still care about Sheji, do you really love Daming?" Zhou Changfeng joked with a smile, then restrained his smile and muttered: "Your feeling is right, the country is a huge and complex collection, and it is impossible not to make mistakes." In many cases, the games and struggles between countries are more about who makes fewer mistakes than who does the right thing. ”

Shen Yu agreed, he sighed, and asked curiously: "Kexing, why didn't you see you have such a deep insight when you dragged me to the Military and Political Department last year?" Already well-versed in the world for more than half a year? ”

"I'm not in the same area as your maturity." Zhou Changfeng said quietly: "There are some 'world things' that you are used to......"

These words made the atmosphere of the scene a lot stranger all at once.

After a long silence, Shen Yu, whose expression was calm, raised his hand and drank all the wine in the cup, and asked, "You definitely won't just talk to me for a drink, let's talk about it, what else is there?" ”

"......" Zhou Changfeng was also unambiguous, and directly told him about the idea of investing in the gun factory.

"I'm afraid that the small factory can't meet your requirements, let's be a little bigger, if you want to be able to talk in the factory, tens of thousands of yuan are required."

"How do you find such a gun factory?"

In the era without the Internet, information is much more precious than that of later generations, and many things are not known at all if you don't inquire about them, and those who have access to information channels are extremely popular.

"I'll take the time to find a few for you, and I'll give you an answer in a few days, you might as well tell me how much money you're willing to pay first, starting at 50,000, don't say you don't have it."

Shen Yu was not surprised that someone Zhou had joined Princess Ning You's gang, because this was completely in line with Zhou's political position. And it is a very common operation to win people's hearts by stuffing money, so Shen Yu is 100% sure that this guy has at least a huge amount of money in his hands with his years of experience.

"Yes, I probably take 80,000 at most." The perimeter wind returned.

"Eighty thousand? You kid can do it. In this way, recently, first south Zhili, and then look at Shanghai. ”

If it were someone else, Shen Yu would definitely think that he had taken a total of at least 200,000 yuan to win over money, but Zhou was not, so he couldn't take out all the "windfall" in one go.

After lunch, the two of them settled the bill and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, Zhou Changfeng took out an invitation card and stuffed it to Shen Yu with a smile, "January 28 next year, wedding." ”

The sleeves of the casual clothes that the latter was wearing today were slightly wider, and he inserted them into his sleeves disapprovingly, and hiccuped, "Before the New Year?" I picked the time well, and I'm sure I'll be on time. ”

When he got home, he took off his coat casually, put the crimson invitation on the coffee table, and then half-lay down on the chair.

His wife, Xu Xiayue, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea, complaining: "I finally got two days off, and I was still thinking about running out!" Who did you fool around with? ”

Shen Yu took the teacup and drank it all, pointed to the invitation card on the coffee table with his left hand and said vaguely: "Just look at the invitation." ”

Xu Xiayue, who looked suspicious, opened the invitation card with the word "Xi Ti" written on the outside, which was beige, printed with a red frame and flower and bird decorations, and wrote in the middle:

"The marriage of two surnames will lead to a good relationship forever...... Zhou Kexing, Xia Zijie. Invites. The good period is January 28 of the 38th year of Chang, and the auspicious time is two quarters. The Imperial Advisory Council Auditorium was set up. Prepare a feast and look forward to coming."

Hiss! Is this a mistake?

"That's not right, is it?" Xu Xiayue raised her head and asked in surprise: "Location... Why the Advisory Yuan? ”

"Huh?" Shen Yu, who was about to get up, also looked confused, and reached out to take the invitation.

"Sir, didn't you read it before? But is it wrong? ”

"Uh... That's right, it's the two of them. ”

At this time, Xu Xiayue and Shen Yu were silent - outrageous, holding a wedding banquet in that place is unheard of.

After a while, the latter couldn't help laughing: "It's worthy of him, it's really a wonderful flower of the country." ”

Not only Shen Yu and his wife, but also other people who received the invitation sent by Zhou Changfeng also reacted in the same way.

It can be said that Zhu Lingjing's ingenious ideas directly filled the force of this mediocre wedding.

At this time, Zhou Changfeng, who had just returned to Jiang Xinzhou's station, suddenly received a strange international package.

"What the hell, sent from abroad? When was it delivered? ”

"An hour." Xiao Li replied without hesitation: "The post office has already experienced it, and it is a booklet. ”

So, after half a year, Zhou Changfeng actually received his notebook.

Thick texture, familiar Chinese handwriting and armor sketches...... All the things that happened in Guadalajara came to mind.

Although Enrique said at the time that he would "borrow it temporarily and send it back later", who would take it seriously?

So Zhou Changfeng acquiesced that this thing was lost forever, but he never expected it to be lost today. In these turbulent times, a mere notebook across the distant continent of Eurasia and back in his hands made him feel unreal.

In addition to the notebook, there was a letter in the package, the gilded envelope looked quite high-end, and the texture of the letter paper was also very good, written in French, which said:

"Week:

This must have been an unexpected letter. Although Latin is the most beautiful script in the world, not many people know about it, and I have heard that you have spent some time in France, so I will write this letter in French.

I fulfilled my promise and now you have received your notebook.

Your deeds have been reported. It's hard to imagine that you and I fought in Talavera shortly after an unpleasant meeting in Guadalajara, and it was a good fight. Zhou, your attainments in the art of war are very high, after the battle, I went to the 109 heights to investigate the scene, the layout of the defensive position must have come from your hands, it is so special that it can be described as elegant and perfect, like a work of art.

I refer to your work, but unfortunately it should not come in handy, for the Italian army in pursuit of glory, the offensive is always the highest priority......

Your friend

Enrique Bianchi"

After reading the letter, Zhou Changfeng had an expression of eating flies, and couldn't help but throw the letter to the ground with his backhand, but after thinking about it, he bent down and picked it up again.

Hey, keep it as a souvenir.

Xie Wancheng, who happened to come over to report, asked with a smile: "Who is this, can make the head of the regiment angry?" ”

"An arrogant fool." Zhou Changfeng replied with disgust, then opened the drawer and put the notebook in.

Enrique's arrogant rhetoric and obsessive self-confidence make him want to laugh - the pursuit of glory, the supremacy of offense?

When the German mountain infantry division crossed the Alps and rolled in from above, you tried to attack the Italian army?

Or do you plan to strike first, take the initiative, and boldly attack Munich?

The next day, the third day of the new year, in the morning.

The routine Siberian cold snap invaded the Daming territory on time, and soon crossed the Tianshan Mountains, and the temperature in Hami, Lanzhou, Xi'an and other places plummeted one after another; In the next few days, the Central Plains and Jiangnan will also cool down one after another.

A pilot of the No. 9 Air Force Detachment stationed in Jinan Prefecture violated the rules during routine flight training, flew an ultra-low altitude without authorization, and crossed the Yellow River under the Jinan Bridge, which was about to be completed.

「…… Be sure to take this as a warning, and punish those who act recklessly!"

The voice of the army's admonition came from the radio, and Zhou Changfeng muttered "Lost in the underworld", reached out to turn it off, and then brushed his clothes and walked out of his duty room.

After the test samples were produced and after several months of revision, the directional mine finally had a certain actual combat capability, and it was almost qualified.

Therefore, the Ordnance Bureau sent a team to the scene to inspect and assess whether it was accepted, and Wang Huanan called him to invite Zhou Changfeng to come over and have a visit.

The crisp autumn days are coming to an end, and the clothes worn by the employees of the Yingtian Arsenal are already much thicker.

In the corner of the vast test site, a single standing ballade was dug in the middle of a flat field, and a directional mine like a curved board was placed in front of it, and at a distance of 20 to 100 meters in front, five layers of human-shaped targets were arranged at intervals of 20 meters.

“…… It is much more reliable than before, but the failure rate of detonation in severe cold is still relatively high, and sometimes there can be nearly half a dumb fire. One of the engineers sighed.

"It's true that electric ignition things don't work well when they're cold." A middle-aged man from the Ordnance Bureau's evaluation team replied casually.

The crowd took cover in the trench one hundred and fifty meters away, and then prepared for the actual measurement.

The detonator is still in the shape of a standard square box, and the crank is shaken three times, then pressed down and rotated.

"Boom!" The deafening explosion spread throughout the huge test site in an instant.

The shock wave and gunpowder gas generated by the explosion of the 600-gram TNT and Hesorkin mixed explosives instantly pushed 180 short steel rods and 400 steel balls forward.

In the entire fan-shaped killing area, the erected humanoid target was riddled with prefabricated fragments like a rainstorm, which made people suddenly feel dense phobia, causing everyone to sigh when they went to observe closely.

"It's horrible, this power... Excellent. The middle-aged man of the assessment team stroked his beard and said, "But we still have to work on reliability." ”

Zhou Changfeng, who was satisfied, played with a sample repeatedly, and said with a smile: "Considering convenience and safety, let's print a sentence on the raised side." ”

(End of chapter)