Zhang Zhou was surprised and said: "If I don't go, will the people inside starve to death?"

"Haha, that's not the case." Chen Rui smiled bitterly.

I'm thinking in my mind, why does this guy's out-of-the-box thinking look similar to Zhu Zhijie's? His tone of voice is also so unbeatable. Does he usually dare to talk to His Majesty like this? Or is he deliberately trying to bully me?

Zhang Zhou said: "I should explain something clearly to Uncle Ping Jiang. Eunuch Xiao asked me to accept your gift earlier so that you could lead troops in Liaodong with peace of mind. Now that the war in Liaodong is over, it is time to return the house to you."

You will not be rewarded for your efforts."

"How come there is no merit? Thanks to Mr. Zhang's advice, I regained the position of Yansui military officer. This is what I should do."

Chen Rui could only think that Zhang Zhou thought the gift was too light, or Zhang Zhou did not regard him as one of his own.

Think about it too.

Zhang Zhou had Wang Weining and Zhu Zhijie as his military coordinators, so why did he use Chen Rui?

Are you, Chen Liangjiu, better at fighting than Wang Weining, or are you saying that Zhu Zhijie has a deeper friendship with Zhang Zhou? Their friendship is just a meal of wine, or is it that you, Chen Liangjiu, deliberately want to get Zhang Zhou drunk with wine? What is going on in Liaodong now?

At the end, Zhang Zhou didn't care about his so-called gift, so he naturally wanted to distance himself from the relationship.

Chen Rui said: "Sir, please forgive me. I did something wrong before and did not follow the etiquette. Although the dancer from the Western Regions is good, she is... Haha, I will definitely find something better for you when I go to Yansui this time."

Yes, as for the little girl...she is also blessed, you don't have to give her any status, just ask her to..."

Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Speaking of this, I need to have a good talk with Uncle Ping Jiang. You said that you are also a powerful person in the court, and your daughter is also a famous lady. Why do you want to be a concubine? Even if you have been married before,

But after all, isn’t there no barrier now? There are quite a few military generals who want to marry you, so why force others to do so?”

"this……"

Chen Rui frowned.

Is my daughter so disliked by others?

First, Zhu Feng didn’t want it, and now even Zhang Zhou didn’t want it? Does that mean...only Zhang Yanling wants it? The second son of the Zhang family wants it, but I won’t give it to him!

Even if I give my daughter as a gift, I still have to choose someone. Even if it is given to the second child of the Zhu family, who has a unique aesthetic, I cannot give it to Zhang Yanling. That would be really pushing my daughter into the fire pit.

"I heard that you still want to marry your daughter to Zhu Zhijie?" Zhang Zhou asked with a smile.

"Ah? This..."

Chen Rui wanted to say, you know all this? Could it be that Zhang Yanling or Zhu Feng said it with a big mouth and made it known? This is bad.

He immediately calmed down: "That's absolutely not the case! How can you take back what you gave away? No matter how rude I am, I will never do such a thing!"

Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Don't worry, I don't mean to blame you. I actually want to say that if you really mean it, I can help you."

"ah?"

Chen Rui was even more shocked.

What routine?

Help me? Help me marry my daughter to Zhu Zhijie? I obviously gave my daughter to you, and you just keep it. What are you doing?

its not right.

Don't you, Zhang Bingkuan, know who Zhu Zhijie is? Giving my daughter to him... isn't that the same as giving it to a woman? What's your intention?

Zhang Zhou suddenly thought of something and asked, "When will Anbian Hou come back?"

Sun Shangqi, who was standing next to him, shook his head, meaning he didn't know.

When Zhang Zhou looked at Chen Rui, Chen Rui also smiled bitterly and said, "I am not traveling with him."

I don't know what the implication is.

Zhang Zhou said: "Don't worry, Uncle Ping Jiang. I'll tell him later. As for your dancer, I will decide whether to take it or not after consulting His Majesty. Your house..."

"Mr. Zhang, don't be polite, just take it all."

Chen Rui originally thought it would be a shame to give his daughter to Zhang Zhou, and regretted it when he sobered up. But now he feels that it would be a pity if Zhang Zhou didn't accept her.

It kind of means "good steel is used on the blade".

As for this daughter who can still be married, even if she has been married before, if she wants to give it away now, it must be given to the person who is most beneficial to the Chen family.

Zhang Zhou smiled and shook his head: "Uncle Ping Jiang, do you have anything to ask about the march? Your Majesty has never told me about this."

"Indeed, there is." Chen Rui was afraid that Zhang Zhou would think that he was asking for a meeting hastily and would attract criticism from others, so he quickly took out an official document and said, "That's not here... In the Ministry of War's document, in addition to asking me to bring six divine powers,

Yuan Pao went to Yansui, and also asked him to bring another batch of artillery shells when he arrived in the capital, and by the way, he asked the doctor of the Qing Li Division of the Arsenal of the Ministry of Industry...that is, Mr. Zhang, about the use of artillery."

Zhang Zhou took the official document and read it.

That's roughly what it means.

But it makes sense to think about it. If Chen Rui and Zhang Yanling were allowed to use artillery in Yansui, but they didn't know the function and effectiveness of the artillery, how could the artillery act as a deterrent?

Zhang Zhou said: "Oh, that's okay. I'll find some paper and pen to write something for you. You should have seen it on the top of Ningyuan City... The specific firing of artillery is decided by professional gunners. As the chief military officer, you only need to assess the situation.

Just know when to use the cannon!"

"Yes, yes, please rely on Mr. Zhang more."

…

…

Chen Rui met Zhang Zhou and came out of the courtyard that was supposed to belong to Li Guang. The muscles on his face could finally relax and he no longer had to fake a smile.

The servant next to Chen Rui said: "Master, why do you need to give this upstart a smile?"

Even his own servants felt that Chen Rui was a bit too humble.

After all, Chen Rui had told them before that Zhang Zhou and Wang Yue wore the same pair of pants, and that they would never make friends in this life.

Now Chen Rui seems not to remember these words at all.

Chen Rui scolded: "I don't want to open my eyes, and I don't want to think about what the situation is now! Isn't it because of me that I have regained my prestige in the army? Isn't it because of him? Isn't it repayment? And... in the future, the Yanwu Hall will be opened, and the military will

Everyone from top to bottom has become his disciple, are we, the Chen family, allowed to go against the entire Ming Dynasty’s honorable ministers, so that we, the Chen family, can only have a share in the Ming Dynasty?”

Chen Rui also knows how to assess the situation.

He really looked down on Zhang Zhou before, thinking that Zhang Zhou was just a man who deceived the emperor by pretending to be a god.

But now...after he himself received the favor, he realized that it was really a great skill, and no one in the court could compare with Zhang Zhou.

So what about the old minister, can they replace Zhang Zhouzhi?

At this time, even if he knew that he was not welcome by Zhang Zhou, he could only bite the bullet and fawn over him. At this time, Chen Rui could only trample on his face.

…

…

After Zhu Feng returned to Beijing, he originally wanted to go directly to see Zhang Zhou.

As a result, people from Chengguo's palace came to pick him up in advance, and explained that it was Zhu Hu, the wife of Chengguo, who asked him to go back to talk first. She also made it clear that it would not delay him from reporting on his work and meeting Zhang Zhou, so Zhu Fengcai first

Run home.

"Brother, what do you want grandma to say to me? After the general returns to Beijing, he should go to the Governor's Mansion first."

Zhu Feng is a good boy who obeys the rules.

So he thought it would be a little bad to go home first.

Zhu Lin turned his head to one side: "Grandma wants to talk to you, but you still resist her? Dudu's Mansion? Your father is the left governor of the Dudu's Mansion. He is not in Beijing. His Majesty and the Ministry of War do not ask. Is there anyone who cares about your etiquette?

?Go quickly!”

"oh."

Zhu Lin is actually telling Zhu Feng that you are different from others.

Zhu Feng then went to see Zhu Hu.

When Mrs. Zhu Hu saw her second grandson coming back, she was extremely excited. She waved from afar and said, "Grandson, please show me. You have suffered a lot recently, right? You look a lot thinner..."

Zhu Feng was quite happy to meet Zhu Hu before.

But at that time he was just a flower in the greenhouse.

They are real flowers.

But now he felt that... his grandmother's enthusiasm was a bit artificial, and he didn't want to face such an old lady who looked kind but actually didn't know what she was thinking.

Politics, having to think about people's hearts, made him very anxious.

"Grandma, my grandson wishes you well." Zhu Feng seemed very filial.

"It's okay, it's okay. Come here and tell grandma about your battle in Pianguan and Ningyuan. Our Zhu family finally has another hero. It's the blessing of our ancestors. Go to the ancestral hall and let our ancestors know."

As Zhu Hu said this, he wanted to take his second grandson to pay homage to his ancestors.

Zhu Feng reminded: "Brother Zhang gave me the good advice."

Blessed by ancestors?

Even Zhu Feng knew that this was nonsense. It would be better to say "Zhang Zhou bless you". Could it be that Zhang Zhou is my ancestor?
Chapter completed!