In fact, Xia Xiaoshi had always felt that Zhou Changfeng's body was stained with the residual smell of blood. Although it was very light, it was very abrupt and could be felt at the first smell, which made her a little uncomfortable.
After he finished taking a shower, she couldn't help but subconsciously said: "Finally he's clean again."
"What?" Zhou Changfeng raised his hand, looked around, and asked in confusion: "Were you dirty before?"
"It's nothing." Xia Xiaoshi quickly walked into the bathroom holding a change of clothes, and then closed the door carefully.
Hey, as expected, he couldn't feel the faint smell of blood.
Yes, he should be used to this on the battlefield where flesh and blood are everywhere.
Just like some people are indifferent to the smell of fish, but some people are quite sensitive.
After taking off her clothes, Xia Xiaoshi raised the water temperature slightly, then enjoyed the warm shower, and her thoughts began to wander.
She was still inevitably a little shy when she thought that she was naked now, separated only by a wall.
At least half an hour later, when she turned off the water and planned to get a bath towel, she unexpectedly found that she had not brought a bath towel.
Oh my god oh my god! Got carried away! hateful! How stupid I am!
But...no matter what, you can't change into clean clothes when they are wet, right?
After secretly complaining about herself, Xia Xiaoshi, who was embarrassed and annoyed, finally made up her mind and shouted at the crack of the door: "Mr.
Zhou Changfeng, who was leaning on the big bamboo chair and reading the Shanghai Evening News, raised his eyes and looked over, wondering: "What's wrong?"
"I...forgot to take the bath towel..."
Zhou Changfeng, who was dumbfounded, closed the newspaper, stood up, walked over and took the bath towel from the closet, and then walked to the bathroom door.
He wanted to tease his big-hearted fiancée, so he pretended to be embarrassed and said: "But how can I give it to you? If you put it on the ground, it will be dirty."
There is a sliding door and a curtain in the bathroom. The door is separated by the curtain, but at this moment, the two of them are separated like a natural chasm.
Xia Xiaoshi inside blushed with embarrassment and hesitated: "Create a crack and just stuff it in."
"OK."
The door was opened a crack, Zhou Changfeng stretched out his hand to open the curtain, and then stuffed the bath towel inside.
This was truly a treasure for Xia Xiaoshi. She quickly closed the door while saying "Mr. Trouble".
Zhou Changfeng outside the door shook his head helplessly, smiled and sat back on his chair.
After a while, Xia Xiaoshi, who had changed into a round-neck robe for home use, walked out, her long black and shiny hair now looking like wet strands.
She picked up another dry towel and wrapped her hair skillfully. When she turned around, she saw Zhou Changfeng staring directly at her.
This plain satin round-neck robe is about knee-length, with not much exposed body parts.
Looking at it, I saw the bright wrists and teeth, and the goose neck showing off.
Looking down, you can see that the calves are well-proportioned and straight, the ankles are distinct and delicate, and the lotus feet are delicate and exquisite.
Although only a few parts are exposed, you can't help but see that every inch of the skin is so white, delicate, smooth and delicate, so it is still enough to captivate the soul and make people unable to stop thinking about it.
The girl's eyes are like a mountain stream in early spring, clear and pure. The setting sun slanted into the room through the window, reflecting the glow of the sunset on her eyes and dyeing her skin into the golden wheat color of early autumn.
Zhou Changfeng felt that his heart was tightly grasped and beating uncontrollably fast.
"Sir, why are you staring at me?"
"Those who appreciate my little poem... uh... how should I put it... yes, her face is like a hibiscus. It's so beautiful." Zhou Changfeng replied seriously.
"That's natural." Xia Xiaoshi, who still had a hint of blush on her cheeks, curled her lips, "Sir, you are so good at smooth words!"
"Ahem, I can only speak roughly."
"snort!"
Xia Xiaoshi, who was in this situation for the first time, was actually at a loss - where should I sit on the big bamboo chair over there now? Or just lie down on the soft and spacious bed?
Running around for most of the day made her body exhausted, so after a little hesitation, she came to the edge of the bed and lay down on the bed.
After working hard for such a long distance, after taking a hot bath and then immersing myself in such a bed, the feeling of pleasure is indescribable, and the body seems to relax all of a sudden.
Xia Xiaoshi, who was intoxicated with the soft big bed, took a while to realize that she seemed a bit embarrassed to be 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 from his tea cup and joked: "Xiao Shi, have you ever seen some American movies about cowboy stories? During the expansion of the West a hundred years ago, cowboys often drew their guns and killed people. Just roll a haystack with your confidante, why? Maybe after being highly stressed, you can really relax your spirit by doing something in line with your nature."
Although the current atmosphere was ambiguous enough, it did not prevent the uninvited Xia Xiaoshi from subconsciously crossing her hands in front of her body.
Sure enough, he still hinted at that kind of thing... I'm so confused whether I should agree to it or not.
She was very shy and said softly: "I...does it have to be now? Sir, do you want...do you want to wait any longer..."
Now she finally understood why before she left the house, both her parents had a smile that they had never seen before.
Although Xia Bing and Gao Linglu can be said to be a little big-hearted, from the perspective of the woman’s parents, in the most straightforward and realistic terms, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the engagement also has legal effect. This decision Someone didn't dare to pick up his pants and leave after having sex for nothing.
Even though the saying "the law only applies to the powerless" does make sense, this is an existence that no one in the Ming Dynasty was willing to provoke in the Six Sections - even if you were a relative of the emperor. He will be disgraced by the science and technology officials.
Zhou Changfeng slowly walked to the bed, leaned forward, and leaned into her ear, smiling and saying, "It's up to you."
"I...I..." Xia Xiaoshi, whose chest was like a deer bumping around, looked away and hesitated: "Can you wait a little longer...I...want to stay until the wedding day..."
"Oh? Really?"
"Um……"
Considering that a woman's verbal rejection is not suitable for directly judging her true inner thoughts, Zhou Changfeng cautiously fumbled around a few times.
After judging that Xia Xiaoshi was indeed somewhat conflicted, he stopped.
"That's it, okay. Come on down, we should go have dinner."
"Um?"
This inn has four floors. In addition to the counter, the first floor is a restaurant. Guests staying here can dine without leaving the hotel. At the same time, they can also receive passing diners like an ordinary restaurant.
Compared with Huaiyang cuisine, local cuisine from Shanghai is more delicious and tends to be seasoned with sugar. It is light but fragrant and tends to be sweet.
Zhou Changfeng, who is used to Chu cuisine and Huaiyang cuisine, is naturally not used to it, and the same is true for Xia Xiaoshi, so this dinner is destined to be tasteless.
"You may not be used to regular meals for a short period of time, but snacks should be fine. The dim sum snacks in Shanghai are still very delicious."
"Then we'll eat tomorrow."
After returning to the room, Xia Xiaoshi, who had been struggling for a long time, hesitated and asked softly: "Sir, are you unhappy..."
"Ah? Why are you not happy?"
"That's the one……"
Zhou Changfeng, who looked suddenly enlightened, couldn't help but laugh, and replied nonchalantly: "Then what do you mind? It's a matter of time, are you in a hurry for these two months?"
He teased: "Is it possible that you can still escape?"
Xia Xiaoshi was embarrassed.
When I go to bed at night, having a beautiful woman by my side is very different from sleeping alone.
Fragrant, soft, and glutinous, to be fair, it really takes a lot of concentration to suppress the natural impulse that arises.
Now he has really become a cadre who has been tested, Zhou Changfeng said with emotion in his heart.
The next day.
Perhaps due to professional instinct and mild PTSD, Zhou Changfeng was awakened by gunshots four times overnight.
In fact, many of the gunshots were very faint, probably thousands of meters apart, but they still interrupted his sleep.
During the war, I could sleep soundly while being surrounded by artillery fire, but now I wake up so easily?
Completely opposite to him, Xia Xiaoshi, who was beside him, slept particularly soundly, sleeping soundly until three o'clock in the morning before waking up leisurely.
"Finally woke up?" Zhou Changfeng, 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, with only one head exposed, humming in a daze, "Is it so late?"
"Get up, pack up and get ready to leave."
"Okay, wait."
Shanghai was praised by the Ming Dynasty as "the first city in the world, extremely prosperous and affluent, with row upon row of high-rise buildings."
Because the urban area is very large, its administrative division is also a rare multi-county co-governance in the Ming Dynasty, with 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 surrounding it.
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 Wusong River Qianhu Station was renamed Baoshan Shouyu Qianhu Station. Later, as the land of Susong became more prosperous, the imperial court divided the northeastern part of Jiading County and the northern part of Shanghai County, and named the county "Baoshan".
To the southeast is Nanhui County, whose history can even be traced back to the early Ming Dynasty - 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 Guards Qianhu Station, which was under the jurisdiction of Jinshan Guards.
Directly to the south is Jinshan County. In the 19th year of Hongwu's reign, Anqing Hou Qiu Cheng called on local soldiers and civilians to pile up earth and build a fortress to build the Jinshan Acropolis.
To the southwest is Songjiang Prefecture, which was downgraded from 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.
"Bullshit! Why don't you use your brain to attack? Isn't this just nonsense?"
In the suburban fringe of Baoshan County, outside the Hengguang Factory, also known as the Hengguang Gun Company, a middle-aged man wearing glasses was scolding the young man next to him.
The latter mistakenly classified the order and remembered the wrong phone number, which inevitably led to a reprimand from the manager.
At this time, someone came running from the gate, "Manager, there is a young couple coming outside, saying they want to talk to you about investing in the business."
The words "young" and "investment" appeared side by side. When the manager heard it, he felt that it was not reliable. "Is it serious?"
"The way he dresses and behaves and talks is not like ordinary people."
Although the manager knew that the guard was unlikely to be mistaken, he was still suspicious, thinking that the visitor might be a young man from a wealthy family who was messing around.
But he still decided to meet. After all, if it really happened, the company would be able to get an extra windfall at this critical moment, which would have both advantages and disadvantages.
When he saw this so-called "pair of young people", the manager suddenly felt that there was indeed an oversight in his habitual thinking.
Some people's aura cannot be concealed, and this was the case with the two people in front of them. Just at first glance, just looking at his walking and standing posture, he couldn't associate the word "dandy" with this young man.
As for that woman, judging from her clothing and proper body movements, she must have come from a very well-educated family.
The visitor is definitely not an ordinary person, nor does he show any ill intentions. Nine times out of ten, something good is coming.
No wonder my left eyelid was twitching this morning.
He hurriedly raised his hands and said: "I, Zhang Chengji, am responsible for the business of the main factory of Hengguang Company. Two distinguished guests came unexpectedly and received a poor reception. Please don't mind."
"It's okay." Zhou Changfeng habitually scanned the surrounding environment and said straight to the point: "Changfeng next week, this is my wife. The main reason for coming here this time is to inspect the situation of your factory, and consider investing in it if appropriate."
"Okay, sir and madam, please wait for a moment, and we will discuss it in detail. Come on, let me serve you some tea!"
The group of people arrived at the workshop, which is a corner of the park. This is the office of Hengguang Company. It is a double-story small building hanging 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 guns among the people has increased sharply, and there are a lot more orders; the bad thing is that public security has deteriorated, people are panicked, and the production efficiency of the entire factory has dropped significantly.
"...Dividends are secondary. My original intention is to have a place where I can turn my thoughts and ideas into physical objects, so I mainly care about the comprehensive technical level of your factory." Zhou Changfeng calmly explained his purpose.
This statement is too straightforward, and Zhang Chengji has never encountered him many times in his more than 20 years of business experience.
After a brief daze, he said confidently: "Our factory has more than ten managers, 11 skilled craftsmen and engineers with professional backgrounds, 520 other employees, and more than 120 machine tools of various types. , electric welding machines, gas welding machines, and steam hammers are all available.”
"What kind of guns have you made in the past?"
"We have ordinary pistols and shotguns. We also took orders from the government police and made a batch of automatic guns and shotguns. There are probably more than a dozen models in total."
"Can you take a look at some finished products?"
"certainly."
Zhang Chengji was also a little worried, wondering whether he could win the favor of the young man in front of him.
In recent years, due to the relative stability of the Ming Dynasty and the decrease in market demand year by year, Hengguang Company had to adjust its sales strategy and try to take a high-end route and create precious firearms with exquisite workmanship for the entertainment of powerful people.
While the production quantity has been reduced, the quality and craftsmanship have been tempered and improved accordingly.
Changes in today's world situation and court policies naturally cannot escape the noses of sensitive businessmen, so Hengguang Company 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 big orders.
(End of chapter)
