Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 531
Yang Menglong was humming a messy song, and a kitchen knife was flying up and down, quickly cutting a piece of wax gourd.On the biogas stove, a pot of thick soup is bubbling and bubbling, just waiting for the winter melon.He wanted to cook a delicious soup for Xiao Yufang to nourish her body. Pregnant women need nutrition the most.

Xiao Yufang, Cheng Qi, and Liu Ziyan folded their arms and watched him frantically busy with smiles, and occasionally pointed out a few words, but they didn't intend to help... If you want to show off, let you show off.Yang Menglong's cooking skills are really not very good. Although the soup is full of fragrance, the fire was made by Liu Ziyan, the soup ingredients were made by Xiao Yufang, and Cheng Qi taught how much oil and salt to add. This made Yang Menglong very nervous. fell shame.Fortunately, this is a biogas stove, and there is no need to burn firewood, otherwise he would lose face even more—he has not forgotten the bad news that he couldn't light a fire at Xiao Yufang's house for a long time.

"Winter melon is cut into larger pieces, and if it is too small, it will rot."

"Radishes aren't cut that way! They're too big, they should be diced!"

"Hurry up, the soup is almost stewing dry!"

Liu Ziyan and Cheng Qi chattered non-stop, pointing out Yang Menglong's fault, making Yang Menglong very embarrassed.He rolled his eyes: "Miss, why don't you come here?"

The two men shook their heads in unison: "No! You said you wanted to make soup for us!"

Yang Menglong's face bulged, and he wanted to get angry but couldn't, so he picked up two small, cleanly peeled radishes and handed them to these two, saying pitifully: "You must be thirsty after talking about it for so long, right? It's the green radish I brought back from Tianjin. It's sweet and crisp, and it breaks into pieces when you slap it. You can eat some to moisten your throat..." The subtext is to calm my ears.

Liu Ziyan grinned, took it, and was about to bite it, when a female voice was full of air but still crisp and clear: "Little kid, are you home?"

Yang Menglong trembled and almost cut his own finger: "It's terrible, why is that female bandit here?"

Xiao Yufang asked curiously, "Who is it?"

Yang Menglong gritted his teeth and said, "A female bandit is not a good person!"

Outside, the red lady put her hands on her hips and called, "Little kid, I know you're at home! Come out for me, or I'll break in!"

Someone actually ran to the general's mansion to act wildly, and the guards were very annoyed, but seeing that Zhaji Chongweng and Shi Tianbao hadn't moved, they didn't dare to move either... , I'm afraid it has a lot to do with the general, it's better for them not to get angry!
Zhaji said to Weng: "Red lady, our general is making soup for his wife..."

Before he finished speaking, Yang Menglong rushed out and cursed: "Zaji, you bastard, how dare you betray me!"

The red lady wrapped her arms around his neck, pinned his head under her armpit, and pressed her fist against his scalp: "Why didn't you answer after calling for so long? Show me the majesty of a champion, right? Huh?"

Yang Menglong shivered and said, "No, I didn't hear it just now, I really didn't hear it!"

The red lady said, "It's weird that I believe you!" She was about to twist it when she suddenly saw a woman in white walking out with a gentle maternal smile on her face. She realized that this woman might be Yang Menglong's first wife, so she Let him go quickly.You can tease this kid as much as you like in other places, but you still have to save some face for him in front of his wife.She stepped forward and bowed her hands to Xiao Yufang and said, "This must be Mrs. Yang, right? My name is Hong Niangzi. This is polite."

Xiao Yufang returned the salute with a smile: "My sister is the red lady? Husband has told us a lot about you, your heroic demeanor of galloping across the battlefield and capturing the flag really breaks my sister's heart."

The red lady said: "Ma'am, you are too polite. In fact, you are the most admirable if you can subdue this restless monkey."

Yang Menglong said angrily: "Why are you so polite when I don't see you!"

The red lady glanced at him: "What do you have that I should be polite to you?"

Yang Menglong let out an "uh" and was so choked that he couldn't speak, and finally said angrily: "You guys have finished talking, I will continue to make soup!" After finishing speaking, he turned around and left.

The red lady grabbed him and said, "Don't run away, I have something to do with you!"

Yang Menglong said angrily: "What can you do with me? Don't say it's okay, even if you have something, don't look for me, don't look for me until the sky falls!"

The red lady showed a fierce look: "Are you serious? Huh?" Then she rolled up her sleeves and showed her clenched fists.

Yang Menglong's scalp went numb, and he said with a mournful face: "When I'm afraid of you, come in!" He brought the red lady into the living room.He was really afraid of being screwed by her in public, and he would lose all face.

Cheng Qi and Liu Ziyan could see clearly in the dark and found it funny.Cheng Qi touched Liu Ziyan: "Hey, sister, have you noticed that this big monkey seems to be afraid of the red lady?"

Liu Ziyan laughed out loud: "He is afraid of a woman, it's no secret."

Cheng Qi propped her chin and said: "But he seems to be very afraid of this red lady... No, I have to ask the red lady for advice later, and learn some tricks to beat him!"

Liu Ziyan clapped her hands and laughed, "I want it too!"

Xiao Yufang asked the red lady to sit down, asked the servants to bring tea and snacks, and then went to work in the kitchen.Yang Menglong, a big-headed shrimp, must have forgotten the soup. She has to go and see, but don't really boil it dry.

There are not so many expensive furniture made of mahogany and rosewood in Yang Menglong's living room, but there are several sofas made by Yang Menglong ingeniously. This kind of sofa is made of wood frame and filled with a kind of light fragrance. The leaves of Chinese herbal medicine are covered with skin and are very soft and elastic, making them very comfortable to sit on.The red lady threw herself into the sofa, crossed her long legs comfortably, took a sip of fragrant tea, and said with a smile: "Little brat, you really know how to enjoy it."

Yang Menglong threw half a walnut into his mouth and bit it with a crackling sound, and said angrily, "Tell me, what can you do with me?"

The red lady smiled sweetly: "It's nothing serious, I just want to see your wife and buy something from you by the way."

Yang Menglong came to his senses immediately: "Shopping?"

The red lady nodded in affirmation: "Yes, shopping."

Yang Menglong spat out the walnuts, leaned forward, and was full of energy: "You are really looking for the right person when you buy things from me. I can help you get the best products and the lowest prices... Tell me, what do you want to buy?" ?”

The red lady was a little skeptical: "Can you really help me get the best product and the lowest price?"

Yang Menglong slapped his chest fiercely: "Absolutely no problem!"

The red lady looked him up and down, her suspicious gaze made Yang Menglong very unhappy.Finally, she reluctantly said: "Okay, let's just trust you... First, I want to buy five thousand shi of grain!"

Five thousand shi of grain is not a small amount, but Yang Menglong didn't even blink. Now he doesn't have much else but plenty of food: "Five thousand shi of grain? No problem! One shi..."

Just as she was about to make an offer, the red lady raised her hand to stop her: "Wait a minute, I still want to buy [-] long guns and [-] seedling knives!"

Yang Menglong was taken aback: "Why did you buy so many weapons? Rebellion?"

The red lady gave him a look of "you idiot": "I was originally a traitor, and I just killed two county magistrates last year, don't you know?"

Yang Menglong swallowed hard, and said, "No, you...you have to let me know what you plan to do with buying so many weapons, right?" Go to the mountains and raise troops to rebel. In this way, all his efforts to win Li Yan over will be in vain.

Hong Niangzi's tone was very strict: "Don't ask if you shouldn't ask! If you give me a simple sentence, will you sell it or not?"

Yang Menglong gritted his teeth: "Sell, sell!"

The red lady said: "Great! Give me another [-] formation-breaking crossbows, the kind equipped by your Heluo New Army!"

Yang Menglong almost jumped up: "I said, grandma, if you want to buy knives, guns and food, I can sell them to you with a blind eye, but you... why do you say you buy so many crossbows! These are not even muskets. The overwhelming killer weapon, except for the Heluo New Army and the Denglai New Army, no other army has been equipped with it, and you want [-] of them at once..."

The red lady stared at him with a murderous look: "Didn't I tell you? Don't ask if you shouldn't!"

Yang Menglong shouted aggrievedly: "Can I not ask? This is a weapon for the military and the country. Can I not ask?"

The red lady slapped the table, startling Yang Menglong: "Sit down!"

Yang Menglong sat down obediently.

The red lady stretched her arms and said, "Since you want to know, let me tell you the truth. I bought so many weapons to rebel. Are you satisfied?"

Yang Menglong cried in a crying voice: "Sister, can't you tell the truth?"

The red lady said: "No! Stop talking nonsense, 50 formation-breaking crossbows, [-] crossbow arrows, are you going to sell them or not?"

Look at her fierce appearance, if she doesn't sell it, she will eat people.Yang Menglong shrank back, and said helplessly, "Sell it, can't I sell it!"

The red lady smiled sweetly: "I knew you wouldn't sell me out!"

Yang Menglong made her laugh for a while, quickly regained her composure, and said, "You don't have to speak nicely to me, it's useless! Although our friendship is not bad, but friendship is friendship, business is business, and I will give you all the money you want." I will not ask for less points, I..."

The red lady put one hand on the table, resting her chin, leaned closer, and said lazily, "Who told me just now that you can help me get the lowest price?"

The momentum that was finally built up was like a balloon that was poked with an awl, and it was all released with a squeak: "I..."

The red lady looked at him with a smile and said, "I think it's not a problem for me to get the goods at a [-]% discount for you, the champion, right?"

"[-]% discount?" Yang Menglong jumped three feet high like a gorilla who had been robbed of bananas, and shouted: "[-]% off!? You might as well grab it! If it's [-]% off, I'll even pay for it." I can't take it back!!!"

The red lady rolled her eyes: "You didn't open those factories, so you have to consider the cost for them."

Yang Menglong simply shouted: "I drove it! Ask me, when did I ever do such a loss-making business!"

The red lady cheered: "You opened it! That's really great, I think, with our friendship, even this discount can be waived, right, little-di-di!"

Yang Menglong roared angrily: "Bandits, they are simply bandits!"

The red lady laughed so much that she bent her waist: "I was originally a bandit!" She clapped her hands and stood up, looking down at Yang Menglong——she was half a head taller than Yang Menglong——the smile was as sweet as it could be. How sweet: "Okay, let's make a deal like this, five thousand stones of grain, six thousand spears, three thousand horizontal knives, two thousand and five hundred crossbows, and 50 crossbow bolts, within a month Send it to Jigong Mountain, don't go back on your word!"

Yang Menglong was dumbfounded: "Wait a minute, when did I promise you... Hey, I didn't promise you!" He shouted loudly, but it was useless, the red lady had already left.

Yang Menglong collapsed on the sofa, pulled his hair hard, and said to himself with a mournful face: "Five thousand stones of grain, six thousand long spears, three thousand horizontal knives, twenty-five hundred crossbows... don't need money. How can I explain to the shareholders when I send so much equipment away! The worst part is that not only I don’t get a penny, but I also have to post it! This female bandit, I’ve been unlucky for ten lifetimes knowing her! "

Zhaji Chongweng and Shi Tianbao who stood aside laughed so hard that their faces were cramp.They really sympathized with Yang Menglong. Ever since they met Hong Niangzi, they had always been bullied and never had the upper hand. This Hong Niangzi was simply his nemesis!Zhaji Chongweng tried to relieve the general's worries: "General, why don't we ignore her? You didn't promise her anyway."

Yang Menglong said despondently: "Do you think it's over if you ignore her? That female bandit is in the dark. If you dare to send her what she wants, she really dares to come and grab it!" Shaking his head, he said to Shi Tianbao: "Tianbao, you go to Qin Mai and tell him that the delivery of the equipment this time will have to be postponed for half a month."

Shi Tianbao said: "How can this be done? General Qin Mai urgently needs this batch of equipment, especially the hundreds of thousands of crossbow arrows... If it is delayed, it will be postponed. How can I explain it to him?"

Yang Menglong said angrily: "Let's just say that my factory has been ordered by people, and it can't be made!"

Shi Tianbao had no choice but to accept the order and leave... Now he began to sympathize with Qin Mai. How could he be so angry with such an unreliable boss?

(End of this chapter)