The original road construction army was handled by the officials of the court and central government, and there was no need for Emperor Chongzhen or Zhong Jinwei to worry about it. It could be sent back to its original place, or transferred to other places where cement roads were being built, it all depended on their own opinions.
On this day, Zhong Jinwei was handling official business in the capital camp, and the four children suddenly entered his office together. When he saw them, he knew that something must be wrong with them.
Because the fourth child was arranged by him to be the general manager in the new army camp, everyone had to take the new soldiers for training. Unless something happened, they would not come together to see him.
He put down his pen, looked at the fourth child, and asked kindly: "Do you have anything to do with me?"
The four children looked at each other, and then the eldest Sun Kewang said: "Uncle, the nephews' adoptive father has come to Beijing, and the nephews want to see him."
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he asked with great interest: "Zhang Xianzhong came to Beijing? Is he here to visit relatives or friends or to settle down?"
He knew that Zhang Xianzhong's hand was hit by Jianlu's Mitsubishi arrow and was disabled, so he withdrew from the army.
"It's to settle down and do some business on the way." The youngest Ai Nengqi answered first.
Zhong Jinwei thought for a moment, stood up and said to Si Xiao: "We are old acquaintances, let's go and see them together."
Li Laosi heard on the side and secretly despised his master. He must have wanted to go out for a walk because he didn't want to work anymore. No matter who he was, he would not think that Zhang Xianzhong was an old acquaintance worth visiting by Marquis Zhongxing.
He didn't know that Zhong Jinwei had this idea because of Zhang Xianzhong's achievements in history. Now because of Zhong Jinwei himself, Zhang Xianzhong's life trajectory has completely changed. Zhong Jinwei really wanted to see where the Dashun Emperor in history is now.
What is the situation?
When Zhong Jinwei said he wanted to see Zhang Xianzhong, the four children naturally did not stop him and instead felt honored for Zhang Xianzhong.
As soon as a group of people walked out of the yamen gate, Zhong Jinwei suddenly realized that his group of people were wearing official uniforms and crowding around to find Zhang Xianzhong, which seemed too ostentatious.
So, they went back and changed into casual clothes before setting off again.
Zhang Xianzhong's shop is located on a not-so-busy street, which is to be expected.
Because stores in the capital are rare resources and cannot be bought without a lot of money. Especially stores in bustling neighborhoods are even more expensive.
Zhong Jinwei's original plan was to keep a low profile, so he changed his clothes. However, a group of people riding horses, with so many horses, must not be ordinary people. Therefore, it backfired, and they suddenly attracted the attention of passers-by.
It's impossible to keep a low profile.
Zhong Jinwei dismounted, protected by Gu Baichuan and others, and walked into the store, while the four boys rushed into the store first.
As soon as Ai Nengqi entered the door, he shouted loudly: "Father, foster father, we are here to see you."
Zhang Xianzhong happened to be at the counter. When he heard the shouting, he raised his head with joy and walked over. Sure enough, it was his four adopted sons who all came to see him.
When the three customers in the store heard the sound, they looked over and found four handsome young men.
Before Zhang Xianzhong could speak, Li Dingguo immediately reminded him: "Father and uncle are here too."
Zhang Xianzhong was stunned for a moment, then immediately left the three customers behind, walked out of the counter, and hurried to the door to greet them.
At this time, Li Laosi and others had already entered the store first and occupied the four corners of the store. When Zhang Xianzhong saw Zhong Jinwei just stepping into the store door, he immediately knelt on one knee and said: "I see you, Lord Marquis!"
When Zhong Jinwei saw it, he quickly helped him up and said, "You have withdrawn from the army, so there is no need to be polite."
There were two other clerks in the store, and they realized at this time that they also wanted to come over and see them.
Zhong Jinwei saw that they, like Zhang Xianzhong, were missing an arm or that their arms were hanging down and could not be used, so he knew that they must also be injured and disabled soldiers of the Denglai Ming army.
So, he stopped them. He didn't like these red tapes anyway.
When Zhang Xianzhong looked at his companion, he happened to see the stunned expressions of the three guests, and quickly led Zhong Jinwei to the backyard.
The originally crowded store suddenly became empty again. After the three customers were stunned for a long time, they hesitantly asked the waiter who stayed in the store: "Just now, was that Zhongxing Hou just now?"
When a waiter heard this, he said proudly: "Isn't he the Marquis of Zhongxing? You don't know..."
The waiter didn't care about business and started chatting.
After Zhong Jinwei sat down, he asked Zhang Xianzhong to sit down as well, and then asked: "Why do you think of coming to the capital to do business?"
When Marquis Zhongxing asked, Zhang Xianzhong naturally told him everything.
It turned out that after Zhang Xianzhong retired from the army due to an injury, he was bored and thinking about the Fourth Primary School, so he planned to come to the capital. But he was not willing to be left to eat and die at such a young age, so he gathered a group of disabled sergeants.
I pooled my money and opened this store.
"Master Hou, the North Koreans are extremely close to me, the Ming Dynasty. When they see our Ming army, they are a hundred times closer than when they see the people in the North Korean government. My subordinates purchase goods in North Korea at very cheap prices. After they are shipped to the capital, the income
There is also a lot of profit." Zhang Xianzhong finally said with a little pride.
When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he became interested and said, "So, your family deals in Korean goods?"
Zhang Xianzhong nodded, then hesitated and said: "Not entirely, some fish floss from Denglai was also included."
"How is business?" Zhong Jinwei asked smoothly.
Zhang Xianzhong can also be regarded as a comrade of the Zhong Jin Guards, so they are also more concerned about the quality of Zhang Xianzhong's store, and they all look at Zhang Xianzhong, waiting for his answer.
If ordinary people asked this question, they would generally not get a true answer. But when the Marquis of Zhongxing asked, Zhang Xianzhong naturally answered truthfully: "The profit is more than twice that, but there are fewer customers, and the popularity of this area is not very popular."
Before Zhong Jinwei could say anything, a servant suddenly came in and reported: "Master Hou, the waiter outside is talking about Master Hou. A lot of people have gathered outside the store for this reason."
The purpose of this guard was to tell Marquis Zhongxing whether he should deal with the talkative waiter.
Unexpectedly, Zhong Jinwei slapped his thigh and said happily: "Yes."
When Li Laosi heard this, he couldn't help but ask: "Master Hou, what's the matter?"
Zhong Jinwei did not answer directly, but just told him: "When you go out later, you can go back and buy some things in a big way."
Then he turned to Gu Baichuan and said: "You go back and notify the people from Ming Pao and ask them to come over for an interview. Write a report. The subject is the heroic soldiers in the Denglai Army of the Ming Dynasty who retired from the army due to injuries but fend for themselves.
, self-reliance and hard work.”
Zhang Xianzhong had already understood that Zhongxing Hou was trying to increase the popularity of their store and attract people to come here. He couldn't help but feel very grateful and wanted to kneel down to express his thanks.
Zhong Jinwei stopped him and changed the subject: "How is the Denglai Army doing now?"
"Going back to the Marquis, Master Zhongcheng has selected 10,000 elites and is training in assassination techniques day and night. The imperial court's flintlock guns have only been partially delivered, so many soldiers are lining up to use their guns." Zhang Xianzhong replied respectfully.
Zhong Jinwei nodded with satisfaction, and after chatting for a while, he bought something in a big way and left.