"Master is looking for me?"

Zhang Heng couldn't think of anything that Master Xu could do with him, so he could only nod his head and said: "Okay, I understand. Prepare some more food for tonight, and I will bring it to my master."

"Yes, sir."

Grandma Sun withdrew respectfully.

After Grandma Sun left, Zhang Heng came to the map hanging on the wall, looked at it and fell into thought.

“Rongcheng!!”

Zhang Heng frowned slightly.

Yangjiang, Echeng, Kangcheng, Rongcheng.

These are the four counties along the southwest coast of Handong Province, but unlike the other three counties, Rongcheng, a coastal county, is occupied by warlords.

This man claimed to be the Marshal of Rongcheng and was the nephew of Prince Wuyi. After arriving in Rongcheng, he formed an alliance with local maritime merchants to protect the maritime business in the coastal areas.

Although his military strength is not large, only three to four thousand men, he has a type of military unit under his command that Zhang Heng does not have, the navy.

Of course, the navy is actually just a few second-hand gunboats, which control the shipping business of several counties and the exchange of goods with South Vietnam, Siam, the Philippines, and Malay countries.

The most difficult thing for Zhang Heng now is how to deal with him.

Solved by force.

At present, his three regiments have not yet formed combat effectiveness, and it is not suitable to use troops in a short time.

Furthermore, it is easy to defeat the Commander-in-Chief of Rongcheng, but what is difficult is not to be put in the shoes of Prince Wuyi and not to be disliked by the Maritime Merchants Alliance.

No one is rich without business.

Zhang Heng is a modern man and knows the importance of business very well.

Let alone being far away, once a fight breaks out, it is easy for the wealthy businessmen in Chengdu to run away, but it is difficult to get them back. What he wants is a complete, prosperous and wealthy Chengdu, not a mess.

Solving it by force is the last resort.

The best policy is to return to peace without losing blood.

But this is even more difficult. There is no one around Zhang Heng who can talk to Rongcheng, and his current strength is not enough to make the Rongcheng commander surrender and follow him as the second commander.

"Developing yourself is the last word. Let those in Chengdu give it a break first."

"When next spring comes, I will have three reinforced regiments with six to seven thousand troops. Then it will be time to consider Chengdu. Now, I am too anxious to eat hot tofu."

Zhang Heng took a deep breath and looked away from the map.

...

night...

Zhang Heng carried the food box and came to the Taoist temple.

"Master, look what I brought here, your favorite Dongpo elbow."

When Zhang Heng came in, Zhenren Xu was instructing Zhang DaDa to refuel the Changming lamp.

Seeing that Zhang Heng was here, Xu Zhenren had a smile on his face and said directly: "A Heng, are you done with your work over there?"

"I'm done with my work. It's all trivial matters. I won't disturb Master if I tell you about it."

"But don't worry, Master. I'm only busy for a while. I just need to sort out the things at hand and leave the rest to the people below. I only need to steer the boat and don't need to row the boat."

As Zhang Heng spoke, he put the food box on the table and warned: "Master, you eat it while it's hot. This Dongpo elbow must be hot. It won't taste right when it's cold."

"good."

Xu Zhenren sat on the chair, opened the food box, and boldly gave Zhang instructions without looking back: "Eat first, and then cook after eating."

"Yes, Master."

Zhang DaDa agreed happily.

Sitting next to Xu Zhenren, holding chopsticks, he looked anxiously at Xu Zhenren's food box: "Senior brother, have you made my favorite braised lion's head?"

"Has your senior brother ever been careless in his work?"

Xu Zhenren opened the food box.

As you can see, the food box is divided into five layers. The first layer is Dongpo pork elbow, the second layer is stir-fried mutton with green onions, the third layer is braised lion head, the fourth layer is a platter of four kinds of cold dishes, and the fifth layer is a

Small bowl of rice.

"It's such a waste to do so much every time."

Xu Zhenren said this, but he couldn't stop smiling, just like those parents whose children went home and bought gifts, full of joy, but complained about the expense.

When Zhang Heng saw this, he did not expose it. He took out the Huadiao wine he brought and said, "Master, I will drink two cups with you."

"Wait a minute."

Xu Zhenren reached out to stop Zhang Heng: "Do you have anything else to do tonight?"

Zhang Heng shook his head: "No."

"Then don't drink and keep your spirits up."

Xu Zhenren explained: "After dinner, later in the night, I will take you to meet some friends."

"meet friends?"

Zhang DaDa looked puzzled: "Master, what kind of friends are you meeting so late at night?"

Xu Zhenren smiled and said nothing.

Zhang Heng, on the other hand, had some guesses. Looking at Zhenren Xu and Zhang Dadan, they had been apprentices for a while, but they had never faced those things directly.

I went to see my friends late at night. These friends were probably not serious friends.

"Senior brother, do you know?"

Seeing the thoughtful look on Zhang Heng's face, Zhang DaDa couldn't help but ask.

"To know is to know, and to know is to know."

Zhang Heng didn't criticize it and just said: "Eat quickly and eat more, they are all your favorite dishes."

Zhang DaDa was a little confused, but then he stopped thinking about it and kept his head down while taking a big gulp of rice.

It takes two sticks of incense.

After eating and drinking, Xu Zhenren stood up and said, "Go and say good night to the founder."

"Yes, Master."

Zhang Heng and Zhang boldly walked to the statue, knelt down, pinched the magic spell with their hands, and bowed three times: "Good night, Grandmaster."

"time to go."

When they turned back, Xu Zhenren had already set up the donkey cart.

The two of them followed Xu Zhenren and got into the donkey cart. They walked for an hour.

"Senior brother, why are you here at the mass grave?"

Looking around, Zhang DaDa looked confused.

"You forgot, Master wants to bring a friend."

Zhang Heng places a heavy emphasis on the word friend.

"ah!"

Zhang boldly touched his belly.

I ate too much at night, and when I went out and the cold wind blew, my stomach started to feel uncomfortable for some reason.

"I've already seen it during the day. There are good friends hiding here and there. You start digging."

Xu Zhenren took two shovels from the car and handed them to the two of them without any explanation.

"Master, I can't do it anymore. I'm going to go take some time first."

Zhang boldly covered his stomach and ran away quickly.

"A lazy ass rubs his body and pees a lot!"

Xu Zhenren looked at it and shook his head.

"Master, let me go first."

Zhang Heng took the shovel and started digging at the spot Xu Zhenren said.

Since this was a mass grave and the burial was not deep, he soon dug out a thin coffin from inside.

"It's a coffin, you're lucky."

Seeing Zhang Heng dig up the coffin, Xu Zhenren showed a look of pity.

Zhang Heng didn't understand the logic behind this and couldn't help but ask: "Master, why is the coffin blessed?"

"Coffin, coffin, promotion and fortune."
To be continued...