The young man, seeing the old man on the throne asking, immediately said respectfully: "Zhang Yun and they arrived at the boundary of Shandong, they separated from Lord Shen, it is estimated that they want to rest for a night, so they will go straight to our Dengzhou Mansion" No wonder the young man thought so. After all, in addition to going to Jinan in Shandong, Zhang Yun's other choice was to come to Dengzhou Mansion and visit his home.

The identity of the old man is about to come out, it is Qi Jiguang, Zhang Juzheng's golden partner, the famous anti-Japanese hero, the governor of Zuo, the young protector and the prince Taibao. Qi Jiguang was already in his fifties at this time, but his eyes were still bright, his face was full of Chinese characters, and his whole face revealed perseverance, and a few knife wounds made him even more powerful.

Qi Jiguang said with a smile: "Since they are here, we as hosts have to entertain them well, don't neglect them." Zhang Yun's uncle has a good relationship with our family, and you should also have more contact with him, so that it will be good for you, me and our family. ”

Qi Jiguang has great expectations for his eldest son Qi Zuoguo. Zhang Yun is now also a celebrity around Wanli, and although Zhang Juzheng is temporarily worried, he will return to the cabinet sooner or later.

Qi Zuoguo listened to Qi Jiguang's instructions, and immediately nodded, Qi Jiguang looked at his submissive appearance, and felt disappointed in his heart, and said secretly: "My son, in the end, is still a little bit worse." ”

So he waved his hand to let him go down, Qi Zuoguo immediately said goodbye if he was amnesty, Qi Jiguang looked at the back of him leaving, and muttered: "I hope he can seize the opportunity this time." ”

Early the next morning, after a night's rest, Zhang Yun and the others immediately took Han Cheng, Zhao Hu and others and went straight to Dengzhou Mansion. Zhang Yun looked at the Dengzhou Mansion in front of him, and saw a man in a red official robe at the city gate from a distance, and the leopard pattern on it showed his identity as a fourth-rank military attaché, and Zhang Yun also guessed his identity.

It is Qi Zuoguo, Qi Zuoguo's attack on "Dengzhou Wei Command Affair" is the official of the four products, when the Qi family first formed Qi Xiang in the late Yuan uprising, Qi Xiang first attached to Zhu Yuanzhang, selected as a small banner, 30 years of hard work, first awarded as a hundred households in the Tianwei, and later died in Yunnan. In recognition of Qi Xiang's contribution to the founding of the country, the Ming court awarded his son Qi Bin as the general of Mingwei, and the hereditary commander of the Dengzhou Guard. The Qi family has never produced any big names, and it was not until it was passed on to Qi Jiguang's generation that it could be regarded as a development.

Zhang Yun looked at the man in front of him and said with a smile: "You are the commander of Dengzhou Wei, Qi Zuoguo, Lord Qi, you are really a tiger father and a tiger son." I grew up hearing about Lord Qi's father's deeds since I was a child, and today I finally have the opportunity to meet Ling Zun. ”

Qi Zuoguo smiled on his face, and said lightly: "Master Zhang is too modest, Master Zhang is called young and promising, and he became the pacification envoy of Jinyiwei at a young age, which really makes me feel ashamed." ”

After the two exchanged business, Qi Zuoguo took Zhang Yun directly to Qi's mansion, and the rest of the Shenji Battalion soldiers and Jinyi Wei were taken to the military camp with other arrangements.

Zhang Yun took Han Cheng and Zhao Hu to Qifu. At this time, the Qi family's mansion had already set up a banquet, waiting for Zhang Yun and others to arrive.

As soon as Zhang Yun and the others walked into the courtyard gate, they heard a neutral voice from inside, "Hahaha, Zhang Yunxian's nephew, you are finally here." "Before the person arrives, the sound arrives first.

Zhang Yun looked over and saw that the man was wearing a red lion-patterned official robe and leather boots. There are turbulent waves in my heart.

Zhang Yun also guessed his identity, and immediately took Han Cheng and the others to arch his hand and said, "Boy Zhang Yun, I have seen Qi Shaobao." ”

Qi Jiguang waved his hand and pretended to be angry and said: "What are you talking about, my uncle and I have been friends for many years, and his nephew is my nephew, so you and I will be called uncle and nephew." Then, let Qi Zuoguo and Zhang Yun call each other brothers.

Zhang Yun listened to Qi Jiguang's persuasion, and immediately agreed: "Then the little nephew will disturb the uncle and the elder brother." ”

Qi Jiguang saw that Zhang Yun was interested, walked to Zhang Yun's side with a smile, took Zhang Yun's hand and went straight to the banquet.

At the banquet, Zhang Yun and the others got up, first toasted Qi Jiguang, and praised Qi Jiguang, Qi Jiguang responded with a smile: "Old man, now it has to be up to you young people." ”

Then he said to Qi Zuoguo: "You can learn from your younger brother." Look at other people, at a young age, he relied on himself and became a member of the four grades. Qi Zuoguo was also embarrassed after hearing this.

Zhang Yun hurriedly came out to play a round game, and said with a smile: "Uncle said that I am joking, I, the envoy of the Jinyi Guard, if I don't have my uncle's face, it is estimated that His Majesty will not appoint me easily." Zhang Yun is not wrong, Zhang Yun was able to get close to Wanli at the beginning, all because of Zhang Juzheng's relationship.

Qi Zuoguo saw that Zhang Yun relieved the embarrassing situation for him, and he also looked at Zhang Yun with a grateful face.

Qi Jiguang noticed this slight detail, and the corners of his mouth smiled slightly. Then, without changing his face, he pulled everyone to start drinking, and after a period of staggering, the atmosphere of the whole banquet reached a climax, Qi Jiguang talked about his heroic deeds when he was young, what to fight the Japanese invaders, recruit soldiers, and train soldiers.....

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost over, Zhang Yun began to talk about business, and solemnly asked Qi Jiguang: "Uncle, dare to ask, how bad is the disaster in Dengzhou Mansion?" ”

Qi Jiguang also expected that Zhang Yun would ask about the disaster, and Qi Jiguang said with a sad face: "Now among the people, some people have begun to change their children and eat. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Yun was shocked, he thought it was just a food shortage, but he didn't expect it to be so bad, Zhang Yun hurriedly asked: "If you can let the profiteers sell grain, can you survive it?" ”

After hearing this, Qi Jiguang shook his head and sighed: "Alas, it's difficult, I'm afraid it's impossible to let those profiteers sell grain at a reasonable price." ”

Zhang Yun had already paid attention in his heart and let them bleed.

Zhang Yun thought of Dengzhou again, but it was by the sea? Why don't you want to head to the sea to find some food? Penglai District, formerly known as Dengzhou, is located in the northeast of Shandong Province, the north of Yantai City, the northern end of the Jiaodong Peninsula, and is close to the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea.

Zhang Yun asked Qi Jiguang with a puzzled face: "Then why does Dengzhou Mansion not rely on the sea to eat the sea?" ”

Qi Jiguang and Qi Zuoguo both laughed when they heard this, and Zhang Yun suddenly felt confused.

In the end, Qi Zuoguo explained: "Little brother, don't you know, although Emperor Muzong opened the sea ban, but still forbade the people to trade with Japan. If anyone is found to have secretly traveled to Japan to trade, they will be dealt with as a crime of "forbiddenness". Even if the people of Dengzhou can go out to fish, they are only small fishing boats, and the big fishing boats are all in the hands of those rich merchants and the government. ”

Zhang Yun also understood, which means that now that the policy of opening the sea has just come down, most people dare not try it, for fear of being charged with being a convict.