Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 225 Gift of the Pirate King
Both the courtiers and Chongzhen himself felt that this trip was really worthwhile.

With so many soldiers ready to fight, Chongzhen instantly felt overwhelmed with security.

On the contrary, the Inspector's Office and the Sixth Section Yanguan looked at each other, feeling insecure for a moment, and vowed never to give Chongzhen eye drops again.

It was getting late, Liu Hongjian said goodbye to Chongzhen after returning from the Xishan camp, and rushed directly to the Hou's mansion.

It didn't go in vain, and finally let Uncle Chongzhen regain some confidence. Daming's reliance is not on the spittle of officials and civil servants, but on the swords and spears in the hands of border officers and soldiers.

Back at the house, in the middle hall of the front yard, father Liu Delong and Niu Danian were playing chess around a briquette stove.

"Father, it's so cold, you should rest early!" Liu Hongjian went to the stove and stretched out his hand to warm the fire.

"Yeah, Dad, you need to rest early." Niu Zhuang stood behind Liu Hongjian and said to his father Niu Danian.

"My son is back? Are you tired? Go to the backyard and eat some food. I'll tell the kitchen to keep it for you!" Liu Delong said with a smile and narrowed his eyes, then stared at the chessboard in front of him.

Recently, Liu Delong has become obsessed with chess again. He is also a novice, and his level is comparable to that of the housekeeper Niu Danian.

"The master is back! Big stick, have you served the master well?" Niu Danian was also fighting with Liu Delong, he got up and saluted, and immediately put his eyes on Qipanshan.

This time, if he was in other houses, he would have been kicked out long ago.

But Liu Hongjian didn't take it seriously. Dad was getting old, and there were no other entertainments these days, so it was good to have some fun.

"Father, what's the point? Who dares to bully the master? I'll slap him to death!" Niu Dazhuhe said.

In this Anguo Hou Mansion, Niu Danian and Niu Dabanchui are not so much master and servant as Liu Delong and Liu Hongjian, but more like a pair of neighbors who talk about everything.

Although Niu Danian and Niu Da Bangchui are a bit carefree in the same strain, but the same kindness and contentment are also rare qualities, no one doubts this.

"My lord, there are people coming to visit outside, and they say they are from the south!" A servant came into the house to report.

"Okay, Lao Niu, let's go, let's go to my house!" Seeing a guest, Liu Delong hurriedly called Steward Niu to move his position.

Who would come to look for him at night, the relationship between him and the courtiers has always been bad, many people even hated him deeply, Liu Hongjian frowned.

south?Could it be that another idle official working in Nanjing came to him to open up a relationship?
Although he often wears small shoes for his courtiers, since he returned from his great service in Shanxi, there are still many people who come to make friends.

Naturally, those unsatisfactory officials who were pushed out to Nanjing are indispensable.

But Liu Hongjian usually didn't even see him. There were no other reasons. He was not short of money, and he was in charge of the Ming Dynasty's Beijing army. The most taboo thing was making friends with officials.

Moreover, Liu Hongjian looked down on these bird people who only know how to intrigue.

"No!" Liu Hongjian said after thinking for a while.

"Master, the man said that he is from the Zheng family in Fujian." The servant repeated.

"Damn, you kid, why don't you say a word, if you do this again in the future, the monthly silver will be halved!" Liu Hongjian was so angry that he gasped so much.

"Let him in!"

"Yes, master!" The servant was also terrified, and trotted out of the central hall.

The Zheng family, Fujian, who else?
It's just that Liu Hongjian didn't understand why this old Zheng came here suddenly.
In Jin Yiwei's report, this old Zheng seems to be a bastard. To him, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty are the same thing, nothing more than a change of master.

After a while, a middle-aged man came in from the outside. This middle-aged man wore a square-topped hard shell head, a purple-brown satin robe, and a sword-like eyebrow.

"Wait!" The middle-aged man had just arched his hands and smiled when he entered the central hall, ready to greet him, when he was rudely interrupted by the big stick.

"Search! Put your hands up!" Niu Dazhuai couldn't help but groped the middle-aged man.

Without Liu Hongjian's order, Niu Dabanchui certainly wouldn't dare to be so indulgent.

The Zheng family occupied Fujian and had operated the South China Sea for decades. Liu Hongjian had a bad impression of these pirates, but he kept his mind on them.

"What's this?" Not to mention, the bull's big club rolled up and down on the man's body, and he really found something strange.

"My lord! I came from the south of the Yangtze River. The mountains are high and the road is far away. This is a guy who defends himself. Please forgive me!"

The middle-aged man was not flustered at all, instead he straightened his clothes that were messed up by the bull's stick, and said flatly.

Niu Dabangchui handed the strange thing to Liu Hongjian, and Liu Hongjian knew what it was after just one glance.

Isn't this a short-handled firecracker? In layman's terms, it's a pistol!

Look at this flint device, it is still made of flint!

Damn, are Lao Zheng's muskets so advanced?Liu Hongjian was full of surprise.

"This is a murder weapon, what do you want to do when you come to my Marquis Mansion with this thing?

This short gun was confiscated, but because your master is also a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, I will not pursue this matter!
Oh, by the way, what's your name? "Liu Hongjian suddenly realized that after looking at each other for a while, they didn't even know the middle-aged man's name.

"My next Zhang Jin! I'm from the Zheng family in Quanzhou, and I'm a guest of Dudu Zheng's mansion. It's also entrusted by my lord to pay a visit to Lord Hou this time.

Lord Hou's trip to the north was invincible. My family has long admired Lord Hou's name, so I came here to pay my respects! "

The middle-aged man who called himself Zhang Jin didn't care much about Liu Hongjian's provocative words.

How could he fail to see that it was actually the young Marquis who had taken a fancy to his firecracker.

But he didn't explain, isn't it just a firecracker, just ask the master for a new one later.

If things are done well this time, what is a firecracker made in the Netherlands?
Zhang Jin took out a bank note from her waist, and respectfully put it on Liu Hongjian's desk.

Liu Hongjian looked at the bank notes on the table, good guy, 20 taels!
Is this old Zheng such a wealthy person in giving gifts?
But Liu Hongjian just glanced at it. He didn't lack money. If he needed money, the Ordnance Station could work hard to earn money for him.

He was even more surprised by the simplified version of the pistol!

"what do you mean?
Does this officer look like a corrupt official? "

"Where is it, a little meaning from my master is not a respect!"

Zhang Jin was also a little different. He kept staring into the eyes of the young Lord Hou in front of him.

20 taels of bank notes, who wouldn't be surprised when they see it?
But the young man in front of him just glanced at it!It doesn't seem to be serious.

"This kind of broken gun was forged in your own workshop of the Zheng family?" Liu Hongjian let the large banknote be thrown on the table, but instead asked a question that he didn't want to do.

"No, my lord, it is a felony to manufacture weapons privately, and my lord is also an official of the imperial court, how could he know the law and break the law?

This firecracker is the one my lord intercepted from the Dutch smuggling fleet and found a reward from the ship for self-defense..."

Zhang Jin explained calmly, but what he said was the truth.

The Zheng family was born as a pirate, and they are good at destruction rather than production. Except for a secret artillery workshop, most of the rest of the equipment is purchased from overseas, and even more simply looting!
There is no other reason why the firearms of the imperial court were not used. Daming's firearms became more and more biased in the later stage, and they could not be reused!
Liu Hongjian was noncommittal about Zhang Jin's answer, and this guy didn't look like that kind of honest person.

"Does your Zheng family have a young master named Zheng Chenggong?" Liu Hongjian finally decided on the biggest question in his mind. Zheng Zhilong must not be a good bird, otherwise his son would be nothing.

"My lord, my lord has six sons, but none named Zheng Chenggong." Zhang Jin looked at Lord Hou in doubt, and said honestly.

PS: I kindly recommend a book "Guide to Finding Objects in the Great Ming Dynasty" with a brainless and refreshing article. It's okay to travel through Saarhu, and you have to help others to find "high-tech" equipment scattered all over the place. Let's see if the hero is hard to come back Wanli Shengshi turned the tide
　Thanks to the book friend Shenzhen Fatty for the reward, and thanks to the book friend SHAJIA for the reward, thank you, both of you.

　　
　
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