afterglow

Chapter 237 Fragrant and soft; Hengguang Company

In fact, Xia Xiaoshi always felt that Zhou Changfeng's body was stained with the bloody smell from before. Although it was very faint, it was very abrupt, and she could feel it as soon as she smelled it, which made her a little uncomfortable.

After he finished taking a shower, she couldn't help but subconsciously say, "It's finally clean again."

"What?" Zhou Changfeng raised his hand to look left and right, and asked puzzledly, "Did it get dirty before?"

"It's nothing." Xia Xiaoshi quickly walked into the bathroom with a change of clothes in her hands, and then closed the door very carefully.

Hey, as expected, he himself couldn't feel the faint smell of blood.

That's right, he should be used to this on the bloody battlefield.

Just like some people don't care about the smell of fish, but some people are quite sensitive.

After taking off her clothes, Xia Xiaoshi slightly increased the water temperature, and then enjoyed the warm shower, her thoughts soared.

Thinking that she was naked now, separated only by a partition wall, she was still inevitably a little shy.

After talking for at least half an hour, when she was going to get a bath towel after turning off the water, she unexpectedly found that she came in without a bath towel.

Oh my god my god!Carried away!hateful!I'm so stupid!

But... no matter what, you can't change into wet clothes, right?
After secretly complaining to herself, Xia Xiaoshi, who was ashamed and annoyed, finally made up her mind and shouted through the crack of the door: "Mr—Sir—"

Zhou Changfeng, who was leaning on the big bamboo chair and reading the Shanghai Evening News asked, raised his eyes and looked over, wondering, "What's wrong?"

"I...forgot to take the bath towel..."

Zhou Changfeng, who couldn't help but laugh, closed the newspaper, got up and walked over to get the bath towel from the closet, and then walked to the door of the bathroom.

He deliberately wanted to tease his big-hearted fiancée, so he pretended to be embarrassed and said: "But how will I give it to you? It will be dirty if it is placed on the ground."

There is a sliding door and a curtain in the bathroom, separated by a door and a curtain, but at this moment, it seems like a natural moat separates the two.

Xia Xiaoshi inside blushed, and said falteringly: "Open a slit, you can just stuff it in."

"Row."

The door was pulled open a crack, Zhou Changfeng reached out to push aside the curtain, and then stuffed the bath towel through it.

For Xia Xiaoshi, this was really a treasure, and she quickly closed the door while saying "Mr. Trouble".

Zhou Changfeng outside the door shook his head helplessly, smiled and sat back on the chair.

After a while, Xia Xiaoshi, who had changed into a round-neck gown for home use, came out, her long black and beautiful hair turned into strands of wet strands at this moment.

She picked up another dry towel and wrapped it skillfully around her hair. When she turned around, she saw Zhou Changfeng staring at her.

This plain satin round-neck gown was about knee length, with not many body parts exposed.

Looking at it, you can see bright wrists with set teeth, and goose necks with beautiful necks.

Looking down, you can see that the calves are well-proportioned and straight, the ankles are distinct and delicate, and the pair of lotus feet are delicate and exquisite.

Obviously only a few parts are exposed, but every inch of the skin is so white, delicate, smooth and delicate, so it is still enough to captivate the soul, making people unable to help but think about it.

The girl's eyes are like the mountain streams in early spring, clear and pure.The setting sun slanted into the room through the window, reflecting the glow of the evening glow on her eyes, and dyed her skin the golden wheat color of early autumn.

Zhou Changfeng felt that his heart was being held tightly, and it beat unstoppably fast.

"Sir, what are you staring at me for?"

"Those who appreciate my family's poems... er... How should I put it... Yes, the appearance like a lotus is so beautiful." Zhou Changfeng replied solemnly.

"That's natural." Xia Xiaoshi, who still had a blush on her cheeks, curled her lips, "Sir, you are too good at talking!"

"Ahem, I can only say that I know a thing or two."

"Humph!"

Xia Xiaoshi, who was in this situation for the first time, was actually at a loss—should she sit on the big bamboo chair over there now?Or lie directly on the soft and spacious big bed?
After running around for most of the day, her body was exhausted, so after a little hesitation, she still came to the edge of the bed and lay down on the bed all at once.

After a long journey and exhaustion, after taking a hot bath and then throwing myself into such a bed, the feeling of comfort is beyond words, as if the body stretched out all of a sudden.

It took a while for Xia Xiaoshi, who was intoxicated by the soft big bed, to realize that she seemed a little ashamed like this?Because now I am not alone, someone Zhou is watching from the side.

At this time, Zhou Changfeng, who was sitting on the chair, took a sip of his teacup and joked, "Xiaoshi, have you seen some American movies about cowboys? In the Xituo period a hundred years ago, cowboys often drew their guns and killed people. Just rolling haystacks with your confidante, why? Maybe after a high level of tension, you can really soothe your spirit by doing something that is in line with your nature."

Although the current atmosphere is already ambiguous enough, it does not prevent Xia Xiaoshi, who has never been seen before, from subconsciously crossing her arms in front of her body.

Sure enough, it still hinted at that kind of thing... Should I agree to it? It's so tangled.

She was very shy and said softly: "I...do I have to do it now? Sir, do you want...do you want to wait..."

Now she finally understood why before she left the house, there was a smile on the faces of both her parents that she had never seen before.

Although Xia Bing and Gao Linglu can be said to be a bit big-hearted, from the perspective of the woman's parents, speaking from the most straightforward and realistic point of view, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, engagement also has legal effects. After seeing Zhou who dared not go whoring for nothing, he lifted his pants and left.

Even though the saying "the law only applies to the powerless and powerless" is indeed reasonable, but in Daming, this is an existence that no one wants to provoke in the affairs of the six subjects - even if you are a relative of the emperor, you are still He will be disgraced by the officials of the science department.

Zhou Changfeng walked slowly to the side of the bed, leaned over, leaned into her ear, and said with a smile, "It's up to you."

"I...I..." Xia Xiaoshi, whose chest was bumping like a deer, dodged her gaze, and said falteringly, "Wait a little longer...I... want to stay until the day of the wedding..."

"Oh? Really?"

"Um……"

Considering that women's verbal rejection is not suitable for directly judging the true inner thoughts, Zhou Changfeng cautiously fumbled here and there a few times.

After judging that Xia Xiaoshi did have some resistance, he stopped.

"That's it, all right. Come down, we're going to dinner."

"Ok?"

This inn has four floors. Apart from the counter on the first floor, there is a restaurant. Passengers staying in the hotel can eat without leaving the store, and they also receive passing diners like ordinary restaurants.

Compared with Huaiyang cuisine, local dishes in Shanghai are more delicious and tend to be seasoned with sugar, which is light but still fragrant, and often sweet.

Zhou Changfeng, who is used to Chu cuisine and Huaiyang cuisine, is naturally not used to it, and Xia Xiaoshi is the same, so this dinner is destined to be tasteless.

"It may not be suitable for a short period of time for dinner, but snacks should be fine. The dim sum and snacks in Shanghai are still delicious."

"Then let's eat tomorrow."

After returning to the room, Xia Xiaoshi, who had been entangled for a long time, hesitated and asked softly: "Sir, are you unhappy..."

"Ah? Why are you unhappy?"

"That's the one……"

Zhou Changfeng, who was suddenly enlightened, couldn't help laughing, and replied indifferently: "What do you mind about it, sooner or later, are you in a hurry for two months?"

He joked, "Could it be possible that you can still escape?"

Xia Xiaoshi was embarrassed.

When going to bed at night, there is a beautiful woman by your side, which is very different from sleeping alone.

Fragrant, soft, waxy, in all fairness, it really takes a lot of concentration to suppress the natural impulse that sprouts.

Now he has really become a cadre who has been tested, Zhou Changfeng said with emotion in his heart.

The next day.

Perhaps because of professional instinct and mild PTSD, Zhou Changfeng was awakened by gunshots four times overnight.

Many of the gunshots were actually very quiet, probably thousands of meters away, but they still interrupted his sleep.

During the war, the surrounding artillery fire could sleep soundly all day long, but now it is so easy to wake up?
Contrary to him, Xia Xiaoshi next to her was sleeping extremely soundly, and only woke up when the sun was high.

"Finally woke up?" Zhou Changfeng, who was standing on the balcony, raised his hand and glanced at his watch, "It's almost time."

"Ah?" Xia Xiaoshi was still curled up in the quilt, only her head was exposed, humming in a daze, "Is it so late?"

"Get up, pack up and get ready to go."

"Okay, wait a minute."

Shanghai Mansion was hailed by the Ming people as "the number one metropolis in the four seas and nine states, extremely prosperous and rich, with row upon row of tall buildings and mansions".

Because the area of ​​the urban area is very large, its administrative division is also a rare multi-county co-governance in the whole of Ming Dynasty, with a total of three Fuguo counties.

With the Huangpu River as the boundary, the upper half of Jiangxi is Huangpu County, the lower half is Minhang County, and the east of Jiangxi is Yangjing County.

In addition, there are several other counties in the surrounding area.

To the northwest is Jiading County, which was separated from Suzhou Prefecture.

To the north is Baoshan County, whose name can be traced back to the Wanli period. In the fifth year of Wanli, the Qianhu Office of the Wusong River was renamed as the Baoshan Guarding Qianhu Office.Later, as the land of Susong became more and more prosperous, the imperial court divided the northeastern part of Jiading County and the northern part of Shanghai County, using "Baoshan" as the county name.

To the southeast is Nanhui County, whose history can even be traced back to the early Ming Dynasty—in the 19th year of Hongwu, the emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty ordered to build a city in the Santuan area, and set up Nanhuizui to guard the Thousand Households, which was under the jurisdiction of Jinshanwei.

Just to the south is Jinshan County, also in the 19th year of Hongwu, Anqing Hou Qiucheng called the local army and civilians to pile up soil and build Jinshan Guard City.

To the southwest is Songjiang Prefecture, which came for the relegation of Songjiang Prefecture.

In addition, there is Qingpu County in the west, which was established in the 21st year of Jiajing.

In this way, a total of eight counties and one state constitute today's Shanghai Prefecture.

"Blindness! Use your brain to kill? Isn't this nonsense?"

In the outskirts of Baoshan County, outside the Hengguang factory, also known as the factory of Hengguang Gun Industry Company, a middle-aged man wearing glasses was scolding the young man beside him.

The latter mistook the classification of the order and remembered the wrong phone number, which inevitably led to reprimand from the manager.

At this time, someone trotted over from the gate, "Boss, a couple of young people came with them outside and said they wanted to talk to you about investing in a partnership."

The words "young" and "investment" appeared side by side, and the manager felt unreliable when he heard it, "Is it serious?"

"Dress, behave and talk like ordinary people."

Although the manager knew that the doorman was unlikely to be mistaken, he was still skeptical, thinking that the person who came might be the young man of a wealthy family messing around.

But he still decided to meet him. After all, if it really happens, the company can still get an extra windfall at this critical juncture, which is beneficial and harmless.

When he saw this so-called "a pair of young people", the manager suddenly felt that there was indeed an omission in his inertial thinking.

Some people's aura cannot be concealed, and this is the case with the two in front of them.Just at the first glance, just looking at the walking and standing postures, he couldn't associate the word "dandy" with this young man.

As for that woman, judging by her attire and proper body movements, she must also be from a well-educated family.

The person who came was definitely not very human, and he did not show any malicious intentions. In all likelihood, something good is coming.

No wonder my left eyelid twitched this morning.

He hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "My humble Zhang Chengji is in charge of the business of Hengguang Company's main factory. Two distinguished guests came here unexpectedly, and the reception is not good. Please don't mind."

"It's okay." Zhou Changfeng scanned the surrounding environment habitually, and said straight to the point: "Next week, Zhou Changfeng, this is my wife. This time I came here mainly to inspect the situation of your factory. If it is suitable, I will consider investing in shares."

"Okay, Mr. and Mrs. wait for a while, let's discuss in detail. Come here, serve tea!"

A group of people arrived at the workshop, which is a corner of the park. This is the office of Hengguang Company. It is a two-storey small building on the top of the mountain.

Zhang Chengji introduced the company's situation very enthusiastically, and complained about the impact of the recent turmoil.

It's both good and bad—the good thing is that the demand for firearms among the people has increased sharply, and the orders have suddenly increased a lot; the bad thing is that the security has deteriorated, people are panicked, and the production efficiency of the whole factory has dropped significantly.

"... Dividends are secondary. My original intention is to have a place to turn my own ideas and ideas into real objects, so I mainly care about the comprehensive technical level of your factory." Zhou Changfeng calmly explained his purpose of coming.

This is too straightforward, and Zhang Chengji has not encountered many times in his more than [-] years of business experience.

After a brief daze, he said to himself: "Our factory has more than ten managers, 11 skilled old craftsmen and engineers with professional background, 520 other employees, more than 120 various machine tools, electric welding machines, gas welding machines, etc. , steam hammers.”

"What guns have you made in the past?"

"There are ordinary pistols and shotguns, and they have received orders from the government police to build a batch of automatic guns and shotguns. There are more than a dozen models in total."

"Can you get some finished products to see?"

"of course."

Zhang Chengji was also a little apprehensive, wondering if he could get the favor of the young man in front of him.

Over the years, due to the relative stability of Ming Dynasty and the decrease in market demand year by year, Hengguang Company had to adjust its sales strategy, try to take the high-end route, and carefully craft expensive guns for the entertainment of the rich and powerful.

While the production quantity is reduced, the quality and craftsmanship level have been tempered and improved accordingly.

Today's changes in the world situation and the imperial government's policies naturally cannot escape the noses of sensitive businessmen, so Hengguang has been discussing how to expand its scale since last year.

Otherwise, if a war breaks out later, small businesses will not be able to get large orders.

(End of this chapter)