Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 144

Zhu Huiyu stared closely at Li Jing's eyes. Seeing Li Jing's clear eyes, he knew that Li Jing was not lying, so he really wanted to let him go down the mountain.

After thinking about it, Zhu Huiling suddenly smiled and said, "Do you think that Yingying and I are good friends and sisters, and you think that I will definitely not report to the police, so that's why you drove me down the mountain?"

Li Jing did not deny it, but nodded with a smile and said, "That's true!"

Then Li Jing sighed softly and said: "I know that you are like Yingying, you can't go anywhere except your own house, and you are very lonely when you think about it. It was a coincidence that you met Yingying. You hit it off right away and became friends. Friend! In my opinion, you are never willing to give up such a friend, otherwise, you would not have done so many things for Yingying."

Zhu Huiling nodded and said: "You are right, Yingying is my best friend and only friend, I will never betray her, but I help her not all because she is my good friend , I envy her life, and I also want to experience this kind of life, so even if you want to drive me away, I will not leave! I will definitely not leave!"

In the end, Zhu Huiyu's eyes became more and more determined!

"But you can't live on the mountain forever, can you? One day your father will let you marry!" Li Jingqi said.

Zhu Huiling shook his head, turned around and looked towards the southeast, tears gradually welled up in his eyes.

Looking at Zhu Huiyu's expression, and remembering that the guards returned to Kaifeng shortly after Zhu Huiyu went up the mountain, Li Jing faintly felt that something seemed to have happened between Zhu Huiyu and Zhou Wang's father and daughter.

What a beautiful woman can impress a man the most is not when she is happy, but when she is sad, because seeing a woman sad, a man will involuntarily have the desire to protect.

Of course, this kind of sadness must not be crying loudly, so that the man will not only not feel pity, but will be disgusted.In addition, a smart woman would never use this weapon very often, because if it is used frequently, a man will also get tired of it.

Li Jing is a man, seeing Zhu Huiyu's sad look, how can he drive him down the mountain again?
Sighing, Li Jing patted Zhu Huiyu's shoulder lightly and sighed: "Since you don't want to leave, then stay! But you can't go in here, it's very dangerous inside, as for other places, you can look anywhere you want."

Zhu Huiling shook his head, and suddenly smiled and said, "What is there to see in places where people can look casually? The more places that are not seen by others, the more I want to see!"

Li Jingwen was stunned when he heard this.

It seems that throughout the ages, all people have the same problem. People want to see things that are not allowed to be seen, and people want to do things that are not allowed to be done. But when you tell them that they can watch whatever they want, they can When doing it, they don't want to see it or do it.

After thinking about it, Li Jing smiled and said, "If you really want to see it, then I'll take you in and have a look, but after watching it, you can't leave the mountain without my consent!"

"If you don't leave the mountain, you don't leave the mountain. I just want to go in and see what you hide inside!" Zhu Huitian said.

Li Jing nodded with a smile, ordered Zhuzi and others to wait outside, and then waved to the guard, who hurriedly pushed the door open slowly.

In fact, there is nothing attractive about the military factory. Every room is filled with various parts. Hundreds of craftsmen are divided into several groups and distributed in various rooms to assemble various parts together.The finished products after assembly include muskets, artillery, crossbows and so on.

Seeing Li Jing approaching, all the craftsmen stood up to greet him. Li Jing waved to everyone, motioning them to continue.

For a man, looking at the military factory may be more interesting, but for a woman, it is a bit boring, and the sound inside is noisy, and all kinds of irons are clanging. After a while, Zhu Huiyi feels boring , clamoring to leave.

Li Jing shook his head and smiled, and took Zhu Huiyu away from the military factory.

After leaving the factory gate, Zhu Huiling breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said, "If I knew it was like this inside, I wouldn't come in even if I was killed."

Li Jing said with a smile: "I won't let you in, you clamored to go in, and now you regret it after you go in."

Zhu Huiyu smiled and said, "It's all your fault. If you had told me earlier what was inside, could I go in and have a look?"

Li Jing shook his head and said solemnly: "Although you are not interested in the things here, it is related to the life and death of everyone in the mountain. You know that I am a bandit and the leader of the bandit. Do you think I can let people in and out of such a place?"

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "Now you know why I said you can't leave the mountain after reading the contents, right? I'm not afraid of you betraying me, but I'm worried that you will accidentally reveal this secret."

"How could it be? How could I tell others about such a thing?" Zhu Huiyu asked anxiously.

Li Jing shook his head with a smile and said, "Then do you think Yingying will betray me?"

Zhu Huiling was surprised when she heard this and said, "How could Yingying betray you? You don't even believe Yingying, do you?"

Li Jing shook his head: "Yingying will definitely not betray me, but at some point, she may have revealed the secrets of the mountain in a casual sentence, otherwise, how do you know that I am a bandit? Your guards can't know, they never I haven't been awake since the moment I entered the mountain. I might as well tell you that your guards haven't even left the house after entering the mountain. As for the maids you brought with you all day, they don't know these things , then how do you know? There is only one answer, and that is what Yingying told you, and it was said unintentionally."

"Don't blame Yingying, she was so happy that day. I asked her how you two met, but she accidentally slipped her mouth, really! She really said it by accident!" Zhu Huiyu said hastily .

Li Jing waved his hand and said, "I didn't blame her, nor would I blame her. I know she said it unintentionally, and I know she will never betray me."

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "What I just said has no other meaning, I just want to tell you that sometimes you don't intend to reveal the secret, but it is very likely that a word you said unintentionally will reveal the secret Get out, so I can't let you leave the mountain, I hope you can understand me."

Zhu Huiling nodded, sighed and said, "I understand! In fact, neither you nor Yingying know that I have nowhere to go now. You won't let me leave the mountain. I happen to live in the mountain forever."

Li Jingwen listened silently, but he didn't ask any more questions. If Zhu Huiyu wanted to tell him, she would tell him without asking, but if she didn't want to tell him, it would be useless to ask, instead it would only annoy her.

On this day, Li Jing came to the military factory to inspect the production of weapons, and Zhao Shuangxi accompanied him throughout the process.

Seeing that Zhao Shuangxi was in a good state of mind, Li Jing smiled and said, "Shuangxi, is old father in good health? Are there any difficulties at home?"

Zhao Shuangxi said casually: "According to the concern of the head of the family, my father's health has recovered, and now he can work in the fields without any problems, and the family is doing well. The head of the family pays a high salary and allocated me [-] acres of land. This year's harvest is good, after paying [-]% of the food, the remaining food will not be eaten for three years, my father discussed with me the day before yesterday, and plans to hand over some food to the mountain to repay the kindness of the head!"

Li Jing smiled and waved his hands and said, "I've accepted your and uncle's wishes, so I don't need to hand them in. You all planted the food, so how can I take it for nothing? But if you can't finish it, you can sell it to someone else." On the mountain, I asked Zhang Ao to buy it at the market price."

Zhao Shuangxi laughed and said: "The head of the family, my father often told me that if it wasn't for the help of the head of the family, our family would not be where we are today. We must not forget our roots! My father said that there is no shortage of food in the mountains, but why did they collect a large amount of food? ?My father knows that the head of the family is planning for the future. Although our family can't help the head of the house, as long as the head of the house needs us, we have to help the head of the house even if we are head-to-toe. Now Life is getting better, what is it to send out some food! And to be honest, the land and food are all given by the head of the family."

Li Jing said with emotion: "Double Happiness, go back and tell Uncle, just say that I, Li Jing, thanked the old man, and I will visit him some other day. But there is no need to mention the food handed in. I, Li Jing, are not begging for favors." Those who repay you, let alone how much you have done for the mountain in the past two years? If you want to repay your kindness, you have already repaid it!"

When Zhao Shuangxi saw that Li Jing insisted on refusing, he sighed and said, "Zhao Shuangxi will always remember the kindness of the head of the family, and Shuangxi knows what to do, but if my father doesn't let him hand in some food, I'm afraid he will feel uncomfortable. How about this, our family pays [-]% more tax, this is voluntary, so don't argue with us any more!"

Li Jing shook his head, pointed at Zhao Shuangxi and said with a smile: "It seems that if I don't let your family pay [-]% more tax, I will complain?"

Suddenly Li Jing remembered something, waved his hand, stopped what Zhao Shuangxi was going to say, and asked seriously: "You said just now, how much tax did your family pay this year? [-]%? I set half for you and your craftsmen. Why did you pay [-]% of the tax?"

Zhao Shuangxi smiled and said: "What is half to ten percent? The harvest has been high in the past two years, let alone [-] percent, it doesn't matter if it is [-] percent!"

Li Jing waved his hand, and said seriously: "These are two different things. The tax is as much as it is set. Can this be changed at will? Tell me why your family pays [-]% of the tax? Who will collect it?"

Zhao Shuangxi hesitated for a moment, not knowing what to say or not to say.

Li Jing frowned and said, "Double Happiness! What's going on? I'm asking a serious matter. Are you trying to hide it from me?"

Zhao Shuangxi hurriedly said: "It's really hard for someone who dare not hide the truth from the big boss."

Li Jingwen said angrily: "What's wrong with opening your mouth, even if you don't tell me, why can't I find out? Those are the only people who are responsible for collecting taxes. Wait, is it my father-in-law? No, my father-in-law gave me his entire wealth." How could such a thing be done? Or Zhang Ao? No, Zhang Ao is loyal to me, and I have never made any mistakes in the things I told him. He will definitely not secretly raise the tax rate behind my back. yes"

Zhao Shuangxi smiled bitterly and said, "Master Shen's nephews Shen Jizu and Shen Jizong did it!"

After hearing this, Li Jing sighed and said, "It really is these two useless guys, Shuangxi, don't tell anyone about this, I will handle it myself!"

Zhao Shuangxi nodded with a wry smile.

(End of this chapter)