"I guess someone will not accept this medal." Zhang Han said loudly: "Why give him this medal? Is it because this medal was captured and escaped again?"

Everyone laughed, and Lu Si's face immediately turned into a piece of red cloth.

Zhang Han said again: "It's not because he was captured, but because he was unyielding and unyielding after he was captured, and did not surrender to the Northern Barbarians. After he had a glimmer of chance, he immediately chose to escape. After escaping, he was also determined to inform the news. How could this heart be under you, the brave heroes who dared to kill the enemy? He was seriously injured and I went to explore him. My first reaction was to tell me about the Northern Barbarians' intelligence. Is such a soldier worthy of an outstanding loyalty medal?"

"Enough!" Lu Da shouted with the first one straight neck. ←wán←←ロba,∧.●≥.↗

Tao Chun, Zhang Chunniu and other people in the baggage soldiers also shouted together, and all the baggage soldiers also shouted together. This time, one of them was one of them, and he was a serious injury and recovered. All the baggage soldiers felt very excited.

"Okay, you deserve this medal."

Zhang Han smiled and put the medal to Lu Si's chest. Lu Si trembled and saluted, choked and said, "Sir, I will definitely repay my life in the future."

"Live well." Zhang Han said seriously: "Set a good example for everyone."

"Yes, sir!"

No matter what Lu Si thought, of course he would not refute Zhang Han at this time. He tried his best to calm down, saluted everyone present, and then walked down proudly.

...

In the evening, Zhang Han held a banquet in his signing room. Only Li Shenming, Sun Jingting, Wang Changfu and Liang Xing were the two big men in the army. The five of them sat on a round table. The guard ordered a pot. The base soup in the pot was made of large bones, and the snow-white soup was rolling with grinds and mutton. In addition, there were several plates of side dishes such as cucumbers and fried peanuts. Although it was not luxurious, it was better because Zhang Han treated the Yuluchun wine from Danei, and the fragrant pot just to remove the cold wind that had just arrived on his body, which made everyone feel very satisfied.

"Well, it's snowing again."

Li Shenming lifted the curtains and looked out. It was pitch black outside, with no stars or moon, and only various lanterns emitted soft light. The number of people in Jining Fort increased a lot, and there were lights almost everywhere. In addition, because today is a military parade to celebrate the initial stage of victory in Mongolia, the whole army was very happy. After noon, Zhang Han ordered the slaughter of hundreds of sheep, and each team gave a jar of wine, which was also a very rare exception for the merchant army... It has always been only allowed to drink on New Year's Eve. If there is any major event in normal times, at most, give more meat and vegetables. Wine is absolutely not given. If a soldier wants to drink, he can only drink it during the holiday and leave the camp. He cannot make trouble while drunk. Once a military judge finds out, it will definitely affect his future.

What Li Shenming saw was a bright light and a noisy sound everywhere. Except for the soldiers who were whistling, everyone, including the garrison outside the city and the residences of the merchants, was also the same.

Li Shenming also smiled on his face. At this time, Zhang Han and Sun Jingting both squeezed over to see it, but they saw snowflakes dancing under the lights, but there was only a thin layer on the ground.

"Although the snow is not heavy, I'm afraid of the cold in the morning." Sun Jingting said with some worries: "Recently, a large number of civilians will come to build forts and military platforms, and they will also build their own houses for winter. If it is frozen soil, it will be a bit troublesome."

Li Shenming said dissatisfiedly: "Wenlan, listen, is this man gone without a single elegant bone?"

Zhang Han laughed and refused to participate in the opinion. Sun Jingting counterattacked: "If you create thousands of houses for me tomorrow, I can be covered with elegant bones all over my body."

Li Shenming snorted and said, "I was in a very good mood tonight. I wanted to share the rhyme with you and Wen Lan to write poems. It seems that it's just fine!"

Zhang Han sat back on his seat, waved his hand with a smile and said, "Brother Zunlu, you can't help but look at me too much. I just started writing and learning to write eight-legged essays, so how can I write poetry?"

"Wen Lan, if you can write a poem, you can write a poem." A sudden gust of wind in the room, and someone outside came in without any information.

Zhang Han looked at the person who came to take off the cloak, and there was a thin layer of snowflakes on the cloak. When the man turned his head, who wouldn't be Kong Minxing?

"Ahh!" Zhang Han jumped up and laughed: "This snow is so good, it's so wonderful that it actually brought Brother Zhi out."

Kong Minxing bowed with a smile. Sun Jingting and Li Shenming naturally stepped forward to talk to Kong Minxing. Wang Changfu and Liang Xing also came to greet him. Liang Xing smiled and said, "Looking at the happy look of sir, we have not been treated like this."

"What do you know, a military man?" Wang Changfu seized every opportunity to argue with Liang Xing and said with contempt: "Mr. Kong is here, afraid that he will be worth thousands of troops."

Liang Xing said: "Why don't I understand? Mr. Kong came, I'm afraid he would build land on the grassland and farm."

Zhang Han's plan was just a talk with Sun Jingting and Li Shenming, and the talk was not very specific. Liang Xing said his plan at this time, and Zhang Han made a decision and then laughed.

Jiang Yi also reached into his head and smiled at Zhang Han, "Sir, I didn't stop him when I saw Mr. Kong came over."

"Well, you did the right thing." Zhang Han smiled and asked someone to add a stool, saying, "Brother Zhizhi was probably here all the way. He should have never used supper. It happened to be together to enjoy the snow and drink and eat pot of mutton hotpot."

"It's very good." Kong Minxing was originally a weak scholar, and his diet was often unable to be transformed. He always ran around in Heyusheng, no longer studying hard day and night in his study, and his body was much stronger than before. In addition, the wind and exercise in Heyusheng's system were very strong. Over time, Kong Minxing also joined it. It was difficult to think well. If the body was good, his appetite would be increased. In addition, he came all the way to the wind and snow, and he was indeed hungry.

"But, you have to wait." Kong Minxing did not sit down and said with a smile: "I also brought a guest, but I was not allowed to do so, so I didn't bring him here directly."

Zhang Han asked: "Who?"

"It's Sun Chuyang." Kong Minxing smiled and said, "He took three months off in the department and came to help He Yusheng develop a press for casting silver coins. Wang Debang and Li Dongxue discussed it. They did not accept Sun Chuyang because you were not here and did not accept Sun Chuyang. I came here to discuss things this time, so I simply brought him here, otherwise he would be bored in Lizhuang and I wonder if he would cause any trouble."

"Very good, very good." Zhang Han was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately stood up.

What Zhang Han wants now is a hydraulic casting press. After the north and south canals are excavated and watered, the water flow rate will be kept as stable as possible. In this era, Europe also adopted a large number of hydraulic machines. The biggest trouble is the instability of the water flow. The Chinese are still not backward in the technology of the main canal. As long as there is sufficient manpower and material resources, it is enough to solve the problem of water flow rate. The rest is the manufacturing of the casting press machine.

This machine has set up a special technical team, and Wang Debang, Yang Hegao, Li Changnian and others participated, and top craftsmen from various bureaus have joined in. This is an important project that is not much less important than the original manufacturing of muskets. It is of course a great benefit to have masters like Sun Yuanhua join in.

Coupled with the people from the Yessu Society, Li Zhuang's technical strength has increased like a leap. Even Zhang Han's current status and scheming show a look of heartbroken expression on his face.

"Wen Lan is really a thirsty person." Seeing Zhang Han's face, Kong Minxing sighed and said, "It's a pity that Sun Chuyang will be off for leave and return to Beijing after the New Year. Well, he will take his family to Lizhuang for the New Year. How about asking Wen Lan, you can arrange a carriage?"

"Ten vehicles are fine." Zhang Han asked Jiang Yi to come with paper and ink, and immediately wrote a note and said with a smile: "Now, I will order the Military and Political Department of Lizhuang that Mr. Sun Chuyang and Sun's monthly salary will be 100 taels, and his family's supply will be carried out by Lizhuang. The house cleaning and furniture must be prepared by Lizhuang. A team of guards and several large cars will be sent to Lizhuang to comfortably bring the Sun family."

"I wish to go to Lizhuang to help because I know that Lord Zhang is really generous and generous." Sun Yuanhua stepped in, and his thin face was full of joy. No matter what, he could be valued and respected and had hundreds of taels of silver to take. This was a good thing that made him very satisfied.

Of course, Sun Yuanhua, a military officer in the Ministry of War, could not get any salary, nor would he have the opportunity to embezzle. He was also a famous junior and a famous military scholar, and he could not have paid any taxes like ordinary military officers. His family background was from Chuansha, Shanghai, and he was not a high-ranking clan in the local area. It was very important for him to have a subsidy of hundreds of taels of silver before the New Year.

If it weren't for the existence of Li Zhuang and Zhang Han, Sun Yuanhua would have to endure poverty. If it really doesn't work, he would borrow the Beijing debt and wait for the exile to repay it again in the future. With the existence of Zhang Han and Li Zhuang, there would be no need to do so.

"Brother Chuyang, just call me Wen Lan."

With such a good opportunity, Zhang Han certainly needs to narrow the distance with Sun Yuanhua.

Sun Yuanhua snorted, bowed, sat down calmly, and ignored Zhang Han.

At this time, people all saw that this man was a person who was not good at socializing and speaking. Although he was rude, he was better than calmness and straightforwardness. Everyone smiled, it would be fine.

"Tonight is really lively." Zhang Han looked out the window, and the snowflakes were dancing outside. The room was as warm as the fragrance of wine and meat, which made people feel happy. He raised his glass and smiled and said, "Please drink this glass all over."

Everyone raised their glasses, some people drank them in one sip, and some people took a sip. Sun Yuanhua didn't raise his glass at all, so he just moved his chopsticks into the pot and feasted.
Chapter completed!