Brother Mu’er, when the blacksmiths arrive, you take them to the storehouse to check which broken armour is available and see if they can be melted down and made into pieces of iron for tying up the armour, and if that’s possible, ask them to make it. The price is negotiable, because the workload is relatively large, it can be appropriately increased by one or two percent over the market price.”
Zhu Pingan called Liu Mu and made some arrangements, making him responsible for receiving the upcoming blacksmiths.
Subsequently, Zhu Pingan called the battalion commanders and informed them that he was going to Yingtian to wait for the Chinamen, and after making arrangements for drills and other matters, he rode to Yingtian on horseback with a personal guard of ten men.
Arrived in Yingtian, time is still early, Zhu Pingan did not directly go to the Ministry of War Yamen, but first went to a visit to the Tidings and Press Attorney Division Yamen, paid a visit to Zhang Tidai Daren and the two deputy ambassadors, and went to the same colleague to rub a few cups of tea.
“Oh, Zi Hou, congratulations. You are a courageous and capable person, this time in Yingtian Japan, you led the Zhejiang army to drive the Japanese outside the city, and then rushed at night to wipe out the Japanese, the credit belongs to the first, I think that this time the angel came, ZiHou will certainly get the commendation.”
After Zhu Pingan paid his respects, Zhang Tiandai warmly invited Zhu Pingan to take a seat and said with a smile.
Zhu Pingan naturally modestly, what the provincial governor overpraised, the extermination of Japanese invaders is the whole should be the result of the concerted efforts of the government and the people of heaven and earth, he is just the right time to meet and so on.
“Talent big not gas thick, not proud of his achievements, huh, Zihou although young, but this gas raised good.”Zhang Tiantai stroked his beard, smilingly another compliment.
Zhu Pingan ……
Next, Zhang Tiantai told Zhu Pingan, he and Hu deputy ambassador, white deputy ambassador also received the Ministry of War notification, also want to welcome the angel, the angel is estimated to arrive tomorrow, Zhu Pingan can first go to the Ministry of War to take a look, and then back to the Yamen rest waiting, then a piece of go to welcome the angel.
This arrangement is proper, Zhu Pingan naturally nodded repeatedly.
Afterwards, he went to meet the two deputy ambassadors, and after rubbing a few cups of tea with his colleagues, Zhu Pingan went to the Ministry of War.
After signing in at the Ministry of War, he learnt that the imperial envoy had travelled south down the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and had arrived in Yangzhou in the morning.
The Ministry of War has already sent someone to go ahead to meet the Qian Qian, but no news has been sent back yet, I don’t know if the Qian Qian is in Yangzhou to take a break to go to the tiredness, or directly to Yingtian.
“Because I don’t know when the imperial envoy will arrive, Lord Zhu can take a rest in the guest room of the Ministry of War, or you can take a rest in the Environment Department, and we will immediately inform you of the latest news.”
The person from the Ministry of War said as such.
“Many thanks, I’d better go to the Tendai Division, please inform us if there is any latest news, when the time comes, I’ll come along with Lord Tendai and the others to welcome the imperial envoy.”Zhu Pingan arched his hand and said.
“Your Excellency is polite.”The person from the Ministry of War arched his hand and returned the salute.
Zhu Pingan had wanted to pay his respects to Zhang Jing, to brush up his goodwill and presence again, others did not know, but Zhu Pingan was forewarned, Zhang Jing would soon become the number one big shot in Jiangnan, and would soon be appointed as the Governor of Jiangnan, overseeing the military affairs of the six provinces, and specialising in suppressing the Japanese.
He led the Zhejiang army, just by Zhang Jing control jurisdiction, now in advance to make a good relationship, easy to act in the future.
Unfortunately, the Ministry of War told Zhang Jing is busy today, no see guests. Zhu Pingan had to extinguish the idea of brushing the presence of the idea, said goodbye to leave the Ministry of War, and turned back to the government offices of the provincial government.
While leaving the Ministry of War, Zhu Pingan encountered several local officials reporting to the Ministry of War.
Because they did not know each other, but they were all wearing official uniforms and were colleagues in the same dynasty, they bowed their hands to each other and nodded their heads to say goodbye.
I can see that their faces are a little worried, probably about the arrival of the angel, some fear.
The angel came here to announce a decree to reward or punish the officials involved in the Shangyu Japanese invasion.
The Shangyu Japanese invaders have travelled thousands of miles, killing, looting and attacking all the way to the city, and the performance of local officials is generally not good, or else it would not be so bad that the Japanese invaders in Shangyu have besieged Yingtian.
It is reasonable for them to be worried ……
Because we don’t know whether the imperial envoy is resting in Yangzhou for a day, or directly rushing to Yingtian, Zhu Pingan didn’t dare to walk around, so as not to miss the big event of welcoming the imperial envoy, and fall into the charge of neglecting and disrespecting His Holiness, so he went out of the Ministry of the Army’s office, and then went directly back to the Tidings and Pressure Enforcement Department’s office.
Zhu Pingan only returned to the Yamen, Chu Xiong smilingly carrying a box of tea came to the door.
“Oh, ZiHou, this is MingQian Xihu LongJing, a relative of mine has a tea plantation by the West Lake, when I was visiting my relatives the other day, my relative insisted on stuffing me with a few pounds. In the spirit of solo joy is not as good as the spirit of all joy, I divided ten cans, our Yamen everyone has a share, at that time you were not there, I put it in my place, today you came, just to make up for you.”
Chu Xiong smilingly put the tea on Zhu Pingan’s table, and pushed it down in front of Zhu Pingan without saying a word.
“This ……”Zhu Pingan smiled and opened his mouth.
“This what this, everyone has a share, colleagues see courtesy only, refusal would be meaningless.”
Chu Xiong glared.
“This is a little less right.”Chu Ping An smilingly continued.
Er……
This turn is a bit sharp ah, Chu Xiong froze for a moment, then couldn’t help but point at Zhu Pingan and laughed, crying and laughing, “Zi Hou ah Zi Hou, you’re really worthy of the word ‘thick’……Last time let us haemorrhage to fund the military equipment, this time again lion’s mouth, this is the very best pre-ming dynasty West Lake Longjing, you then big carrot ah. Splitting a jar of you each is enough to make my heart ache.”
“Hey, you in the bustling city of Yingtian, poetry and wine while the years, want to drink what tea to drink what tea; I was in the deep forest inside the practice, the conditions that called a hard, not to mention the Dragon Well, even the brick tea is rare, weekdays can’t wait to take the leaves of the tree to make tea …….You have a jar of Longjing only enough to drink a few days ah, besides, from frugality to luxury easy, from luxury to frugality difficult, after drinking your jar of Longjing, those leaves also how to go down to the mouth ah. You can be responsible for me ……”Zhu Pingan hemmed and hawed and cried poor.
“Get get get, count me wrong, turn around and I’ll give you another jar okay.”Chu Xiong begged for mercy as he cried and laughed.
“Then I’ll thank brother Chu, this is something you took the initiative to give, I didn’t force you haha.”Chu Pingan laughed.
After laughing, Chu Xiong couldn’t help but congratulate Zhu Pingan, “Zi Hou, this time when the Japanese siege the city, you have made a great achievement, this time when the angel came to proclaim the decree, Zi Hou will surely be promoted to a higher rank.”
“When you were in charge of military preparation, we were more or less gloating, especially Zhang Chufeng, he didn’t say much, but now, not to mention them, I am envious of you.”
“Of course, envy to envy, this is you have the ability, we do not have this ability, in our place, can not do ZiHou like this, for military affairs, we are laymen. We are novices in military affairs, not to mention fighting Japanese invaders and getting credit for it, it’s not bad to be able to pull the team together and not break up.”
Chu Xiong, while envious, was sober and clear that he and the others had no talent in military matters.
“Brother Chu is overpraising, I am also in the right place at the right time.”Chu Pingan said modestly.
Chu Xiong patted Chu Pingan’s shoulder and shook his head, “Don’t be modest. The city’s generals are around 100,000, and the city’s officials, including us, were also present, so how did it not coincide with the occasion.”
“Alright, I won’t bother you anymore, it’s really hard enough for you to practice, it’s not easy to get some leisure, take a good rest.”After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Chu Xiong got up to take his leave.
After Zhu Pingan retained him for a while, he was sent to the door.
