Chapter 104 I Like Biaoer and I am Trustworthy
When Chen Biao said he was just passing by, the guards guarding the city laughed.
"Yes, the young military advisor has been passing by for almost half a month."
"Mr. Chen, you pass by here quite often."
"Now that we've waited for my brother, will Mr. Chen come?"
"Alas, I won't be able to see the little military advisor every day from now on."
Listening to the guards' teasing, Zhu Wenzheng shook the Chen Biao he was holding and said with a smug smile, "I pass by here every day."
Chen Biao looked at him coldly and kicked Zhu Wenzhen in the chest.
Although he could no longer tap dance on Zhu Wenzhen's face, he could still kick Zhu Wenzhen's hard chest.
Zhu Wenzheng retracted his arm, hugged Chen Biao and laughed out loud: "Okay, okay, you pass by every day, hahahaha."
Chen Biao buried his face in Zhu Wenzhen's arms, and refused to raise his head even though Zhu Wenzhen was covered in sweat and stench.
Liao Yongan suppressed a smile and bowed to Zhu Wenzheng: "General Zhu, I have long admired you. I am Liao Yongan, Liao Yongzhong's elder brother."
Zhu Wenzheng said, " Marshal Liao, I'm not suffering from Alzheimer's disease like my adoptive father. We once fought side by side across the river to attack Yingtian. How could I forget you?"
Chen Biao heard Zhu Wenzheng's outrageous words and quickly raised his head to stop him, "Brother Zheng! Shut up! Do you want to be thrown into the water by the lord?"
Zhu Wenzheng snorted coldly: "Father threw me to feed the fish, so I knocked the fish unconscious and brought them back to make fish soup for you."
Zhu Wenzheng paused for a moment, then changed his words to a more precise one: "I'll bring it back for you to make fish soup."
Chen Biao was speechless. "Okay, you still want me to make you fish soup."
Liao Yongan didn't know whether to agree or not. He could only say that the lord's nephew must be very favored by the lord, because after being dismissed from office and beaten, he still dared to shout "Godfather has Alzheimer's disease" at the city gate.
Look at those guards, they are all dumbfounded.
Chen Biao noticed that more and more people were gathering, so he quickly pulled Zhu Wenzhen's hanging hair to ask him not to block the city gate.
Before leaving, Chen Biao waved to the guards and said that the city gate is now one of the teaching locations for labor classes at Yingtian Primary School, and he will come with the students in the future.
The guards couldn't help but waved at Chen Biao. The captains in charge of the guards pretended not to see.
Zhu Wenzheng was proud again: "As expected of my younger brother! He's the most popular wherever he goes!"
Chen Biao said, "That's because I'm a good person. Unlike you, Brother Zheng, your eyes almost grow to the top of your head when you ride a horse. Isn't it uncomfortable for you to keep your chin raised?"
Zhu Wenzheng thought for a moment and said, "It seems a bit uncomfortable. But for the sake of momentum, this discomfort can be tolerated."
Chen Biao said: "I didn't find you imposing, I just thought you were a little silly. Didn't anyone tell you?"
Zhu Wenzheng said dissatisfiedly: "Huh?! How can you be stupid?! I have such a strong aura!!"
Chen Biao said, "Come with me and walk around the city a few times to see if those people who walk with their chins raised are really stupid. They don't say anything about you because you are a general, a boss. They are embarrassed to expose you, but they might laugh at you behind your back."
Zhu Wenzheng angrily said: "Who dares!"
Chen Biao said disdainfully, "You control everything in the world, and you can even control others laughing at you in their hearts? Humph, you idiot Brother Zheng. Ah, put me down, you stink!"
Chen Biao covered his nose with his hands.
Zhu Wenzheng pressed Chen Biao's head hard into his arms: "You dislike me right after we met? What's wrong with me? I don't stink! Don't even think about running away! I'll stink you to death!"
While playing with Chen Biao, Zhu Wenzhen left his own cavalry and got on Chen Biao's carriage, leaving the rest of the people and things behind.
Zhu Wenzhen's personal soldiers were also used to it. They led the horses and walked slowly, watching Zhu Wenzhen leave in Chen Biao's carriage.
After Zhu Wenzheng got married, he had a large house in Yingtian. These personal soldiers would deliver things to Zhu Wenzheng's house and then send a few sets of clothes to the Chen family.
Although Song had returned home early to take care of the house they hadn't lived in for a while, Zhu Wenzheng was clearly going to stay at Chen's for a few days before returning to his own home. And even after returning to his own home, he'd still go to Chen's house every day and do nothing. This was what a vacation was like.
After Zhu Wenzhen met Liao Yongan, he put his old leader aside and continued to play with Chen Biao, which was very impolite.
However, Liao Yongan already knew what kind of person Zhu Wen was and was too lazy to argue with him.
Moreover, compared to Zhu Wenzhen's polite greetings with him, Liao Yongan was in a better mood when he saw Zhu Wenzhen and Chen Biao making a fuss.
Liao Yongan watched the two brothers struggling with a smile, until Chen Biao reached out to him and shouted "Uncle Liao, save me", then he blocked Zhu Wenzhen with one hand and snatched Chen Biao back.
Although Zhu Wenzheng seemed to be rude to Liao Yongan, he actually admired Liao Yongan in his heart. Liao Yongan's thin appearance certainly couldn't restrain him, so Zhu Wenzheng still let Liao Yongan take Chen Biao away.
Chen Biao fell into Liao Yongan's arms and immediately made a face at Zhu Wenzheng: "Brother Zheng, when I get back I will write a letter to the Lord to complain about you. You said he has Alzheimer's!"
Zhu Wenzheng snorted coldly: "Okay, little snitch, go ahead and sue me, I'm not afraid of you!"
Liao Yongan put Chen Biao on the car seat and said with a smile: "Wen Zheng, the lord is already a wise king and will be the emperor in the future. You should restrain your words."
Zhu Wenzheng said: "It might be better if I don't restrain myself, right, Biao'er?"
Chen Biao looked at his cousin, who seemed to be either wise but appearing foolish or foolish but appearing wise, and said, "You should also be careful about the limits."
Zhu Wenzheng waved his hand: "Okay, okay, when we get back, you can teach me how to be careful. I brought you a lot of furs this time, including a few tiger skins, enough for you to make several sets of clothes!"
Chen Biao said with a stern face, "Tiger Tiger is so cute, we should protect animals. Don't harm Tiger Tiger, or you will spend the rest of your life in jail."
Zhu Wenzheng was puzzled: "Biao'er, what are you talking about again?"
Chen Biao said, "I mean, thank you, cousin, but tigers are too dangerous. Don't go hunting them. And if you have time to hunt, how can you not have time to work? If the lord sees you hunt so many skins, he'll probably scold you for wasting your time."
Zhu Wenzhen sighed to the sky and rolled his eyes.
Apparently, this is what has already happened.
"I'll rest for a few days and then immediately volunteer to go to war! I'm willing to be a vanguard for Marshal Xu Da in front of the battlefield, and I don't want to be a tiring local official anymore." Zhu Wenzhen cursed.
Chen Biao was speechless: "You would rather die in battle than die of exhaustion? Besides, being exhausted won't kill you."
Zhu Wenzheng said: "Biao'er, you don't understand!"
Chen Biao rolled his eyes: "Come on, what do you know that I don't?"
Zhu Wenzheng thought for a moment, a sly smile on his face: "Of course there are, such as...ah? General Liao, what are you doing!?"
Liao Yongan unsheathed the dagger from his sleeve and stabbed it into the wall of the carriage next to Zhu Wenzheng: "Nothing, my hand slipped."
Liao Yongan retracted his dagger and glared at Zhu Wenzhen.
Zhu Wenzheng said awkwardly, "I know, I know. I won't talk nonsense."
Chen Biao rolled his eyes again.
Zhu Wen Zheng didn't finish his words. He knew what his cousin was going to say, which was just a few sexy topics.
Zhu Wenzheng was startled by Liao Yongan, but he didn't get angry. He changed the subject: "By the way, Biao'er, why do you call General Liao uncle? With Fourth Uncle's personality, would he let you call someone uncle?"
Chen Biao said, "Dad said that Uncle Liao is different and worthy of admiration."
Zhu Wenzheng said: "That's true."
Liao Yongan said, "I've always been curious too. Why am I the only uncle? If it weren't for my poor health, Tang and the others would have fought with me."
Zhu Wen Zheng said, "Because Fourth Uncle said that the other brothers are all younger brothers. Biao'er once tried to call someone uncle, and Fourth Uncle would go after them. Over time, Biao'er saw that they were willing to fight and the other willing to be beaten, so he followed Fourth Uncle's wishes and called everyone uncle."
Chen Biao shrugged in an air of superiority.
If he called someone "uncle" without permission, his own father, Uncle Xu, Uncle Tang, and Uncle Zhou would go and cause trouble for them. He was also helpless.
It was said that Dad's dozen or so old brothers considered themselves his "uncle," and anyone who tried to be called his uncle would be beaten, except Uncle Li. Although didn't dare to beat Uncle Li, they would go to Uncle Li's house to cause trouble. Uncle Li was so annoyed that he just let them do what they wanted.
So Chen Biao later called Song Lian, Liu Ji and others "Mr.", to prevent those uncles who were like his father and sometimes had abnormal thinking from causing trouble for Mr. Song and others.
Liao Yongan's mouth twitched slightly: "So that's how it is. Biao'er, you should just call me uncle."
I am the only uncle, how dare I?
Chen Biao sighed and said, "My dad said you are his uncle, and even if I call you uncle, he will still bully you. Oh, this is workplace bullying. My dad is really not a good person."
Zhu Wenzheng nodded vigorously: "That's right, Fourth Uncle is just like my adoptive father, neither of them is a good person!"
Liao Yongan held his forehead. Yes, yes, your fourth uncle and your adoptive father are the same person!
He is now having a terrible headache. Although his lord is good to him, if he had known that this "uncle" carries such a heavy weight, he would not have dared to accept him.
When the lord has time, he will have a good talk with him about this matter, hoping that the lord can make Biaoer change his mind.
Although Chen Biao knew that his father was looking for trouble, he found that the uncles around him were happy to accompany his father in his mischief, so he indulged him.
They all seemed happy anyway. This was probably the special way that my dad's group of childhood friends communicated with each other.
When Zhu Wenzhen returned home, Ma Xiuying was sitting under a big tree in the yard, reading a book and watching the children sliding on the slide.
Chen Biao has transformed the yard into a small amusement park, with slides, see-saws, swings, and wooden horses.
"Auntie!" Zhu Wenzheng shouted as soon as he got home, "I'm back!"
A hint of surprise flashed across Ma Xiuying's face. She placed the book on the bamboo couch and went to greet him, "Wenzheng, you're back? Go take a bath and change your clothes. Auntie will make you something delicious. By the way, has your scar healed? Can you take a bath?"
Zhu Wenzheng laughed and said, "That little injury is nothing. It healed long ago. Oh? Dogs and cats are running around everywhere now?"
Chen Gouer and Chen Maoer jumped down from the toys they were playing with and quickly ran to hide behind Chen Biao.
They grabbed Chen Biao's clothes on the back, poked their little heads out from the left and right, and waited for Zhu Wenzhen with very vigilant eyes.
Zhu Wenzheng was puzzled: "Even if you don't recognize my cousin, you won't be afraid of me, right? Do I look scary?"
Ma Xiuying said, "Dog, Cat, this is your cousin Zhu Wenzheng. Call me cousin."
Chen Gou'er said in a loud voice: "Is he the cousin that Daddy said would eat children?!"
Zhu Wenzheng: “?”
Ma Xiuying: “?”
Liao Yongan: “…”
Chen Biao: “!!”
Chen Biao angrily said, "What nonsense is Dad telling you again?! I've only let him babysit three times since he came home. What kind of trouble can he cause after just three times?!"
Zhu Wenzheng was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter and said, "Yes, yes, I'm the super scary cousin your father mentioned who would catch children and eat them! Wow! I'm here to catch you!"
As he spoke, Zhu Wenzhen raised his hands again and made a beast-like gesture, shaking his head and rushing towards Chen Biao and his two silly brothers behind him.
Chen Gouer and Chen Maoer screamed and stood in front of Chen Biao.
Chen Gou'er lowered his head and gave Zhu Wenzhen a bull charge; Chen Mao'er looked for stones on the ground to throw at him.
Chen Biao was helpless: "Okay, okay, stop it. Your cousin doesn't eat people. Dad is just teasing you. It's not the first time Dad has lied to you. Will you be fooled again? Look, I came back with my cousin. Did I get eaten?"
Chen Gou'er, whose head was grabbed by Zhu Wenzheng's hand, was bewildered: "Dad lied to me again?"
Chen Mao'er also grabbed the small stone in his hand and said with a pout, "Dad lied to me and my brother again? Dad said he wasn't lying."
Chen Biao sighed: "He is a liar. Stop it."
Zhu Wenzheng let go of Chen Gou'er's head and said with a smile, "Why did you expose it? I still want to play with them for a while longer."
Chen Biao said with a stern face, "You're the one playing with them, not playing with them. Go take a shower and change your clothes! Are you ready for dinner tonight? The Chen family's fleet returned to Yingtian a while ago, bringing back many spices from overseas. I'll make you some Western food today."
Zhu Wenzheng was curious: "Western food? Foreign food? What's delicious in foreign countries? Don't they just chew on tree bark and eat raw meat?"
Chen Biao was stunned. "Brother, how ignorant do you have to be to say such a thing? Foreign countries also have kings, nobles, and delicious food. But the Western food I make is something we've improved upon so that the Chen family can sell it to Western nobles."
After the big ship is built, the Chen family will not only go to Western Europe and Northern Europe to do business, but also buy land and open shops locally, leaving a place to settle down.
Food is the most important thing for people. By then, our own Chinese-style Western cuisine will surely become the authentic cuisine of Western aristocrats. Then we can sell it back to China, and both sides will make a lot of money.
Zhu Wenzheng said, "Ah, okay. Anyway, everything you make, Biao'er, is bound to be delicious."
He grabbed the dirty Chen Gou'er and said, "Come, take a bath with your cousin. I'll wash you clean and eat you."
Chen Gou'er struggled: "Brother! He really does eat children!"
Chen Biao said, "I really can't. Forget it, I'll go with you."
He lowered his head and sniffed his clothes, saying with disgust, "You're all covered in the stench of Zheng Ge's sweat. Cat, let's go take a shower."
Chen Maoer dropped the stone in his hand and grabbed Chen Biao's hand: "Okay."
Chen Biao turned around and asked, "Uncle Liao, would you like to come with us?"
Liao Yongan said, "I can't. I'll go tell Guorui that Wenzheng is back."
As soon as Zhu Wenzheng arrived at the city gate, someone would have immediately informed Zhu Yuanzhang. Liao Yongan simply wanted to find Zhu Yuanzhang and ask him to take back his words that Chen Biao should call him "uncle".
Liao Yongan regretted very much why he didn't ask earlier.
He could already imagine the pain of his lord's fellow countrymen coming back and looking for him one by one to drink with him.
Chen Biao said, "Then I'll trouble Uncle Liao. Will Uncle Liao come to my house for dinner tonight? I can cook lots of delicious food!"
Ma Xiuying smiled and said, "Make more. Your uncles and aunts all know Wen Zheng is back. You will make a lot of new and unique food for him. I'm sure many people will come to eat for free."
Chen Biao was helpless: "Oh, the locusts are coming again. It's painful, I know. Cat, don't hang on me, I can't hold you."
Chen Maoer, who was already hanging on Chen Biao's neck, slid down from Chen Biao resignedly and continued to hold Chen Biao's hand.
Chen Gou'er struggled frantically: "Let me go! I want to hold Big Brother by my arm! You stink! I don't want you!"
Zhu Wenzheng skillfully held Chen Gou'er in his arms: "Why are you the same as your elder brother? Do you think I stink? Come on, let's stink together!"
As Chen Biao led Chen Mao'er towards the hot spring pool, he scolded, "Brother Zheng! You're almost a high-ranking official, why are you still so childish? Don't bully the dog, let it go and walk on its own."
Zhu Wenzheng continued to bully Chen Gou'er: "I won't? You hit me?"
Chen Biao's mouth twitched. "You're just taking advantage of the fact that I can't summon Brother Ying and Brother Zhong to pin you down and beat you up, so you're just acting like a demon, right?"
Zhu Wenzheng was pleased: "Yes!"
Chen Biao snorted coldly: "Just wait! When Dad comes back, I'll let him beat you up!"
Zhu Wenzheng exaggeratedly said, "Wow, I'm so scared. Let him come! Fourth Uncle is old and weak. If I don't let him, can he beat me?"
Watching the brothers leave while making a fuss, Ma Xiuying smiled and shook her head, and ordered the servants to go to the school to pick up Chen Chong and Chen Chong and take them home, and not stay at school today.
Chen Biao had already taught most of the dishes to the kitchen and Ma Xiuying. Only a few dishes required a lot of spices. The chef could not try a lot, so he had to wait for Chen Biao to season them.
Ma Xiuying went into the kitchen first and asked the chefs to prepare.
Biao'er's words were a bit impolite, but they were correct. Guorui's ministers came together to eat, wasn't that just a locust swarm? A lot of meat would have to be prepared to feed them.
When Liao Yongan went to find Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang was holding his chin with his hand and looking dazed.
There was a pile of documents in front of him. All his trusted civil officials, including Hua Yun, Yan Qian, and Kang Maocai who were forced to take up the post, were looking through the documents and discussing the matter. The argument became increasingly heated, and some of the civil officials had already rolled up their sleeves.
Hua Yun was patting his chest and roaring, "You want to fight? You want to fight, right? Look at my arm! If I punch you, you might die!"
Liao Yongan walked in, was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "What's wrong? Why are they fighting again?"
Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses: "Liao Yongan? Why are you here? Is Biao'er in trouble?"
The confidants present immediately stopped arguing and looked at Liao Yongan.
Kang Maocai, the only one who had not yet been included in Zhu Yuanzhang's group of confidants, was very confused, but in order to fit in, he also turned his attention to Liao Yongan.
Liao Yongan said: "Wen Zheng is back."
Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his thigh and cursed, "That bastard still dared to come back? Didn't he have a lot of fun provoking Wen Zhong and Wen Ying?! Wen Zhong and Wen Ying were so provoked by him that they wanted to resign from their posts! Okay, stop arguing. Biao'er will definitely cook a big meal today. Let's go eat something nice first, and then we can argue later."
Li Shanchang said, "Why not move the document to Chen's house and let Biaoer take a look at it."
Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated and asked, "Isn't it a bad idea to squeeze Biao'er like this?"
Song Lian said gently, "If we don't show it to Biao'er now, won't the Lord still let Biao'er discuss it with us later? Biao'er must know these things."
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "Ah, that's right, take them all away . You... um..."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Kang Maocai, the only person at the scene who did not know Biao'er's identity.
Others also remembered that there was a person whose identity was unknown to Biaoer, Kang Maocai, who had sneaked into the crowd.
Kang Maocai looked at everyone blankly, not understanding why everyone was looking at him.
He intuitively felt that he should take the initiative to do something, but he couldn't think of it for a while.
It can't be that everyone here can go to Chen's house for meals, but I'm the only one who can't go, right?
No way, no way? We're all colleagues, you can't be so cruel, right?
Zhu Yuanzhang went over in his mind Kang Maocai's experiences and military achievements after he surrendered to him, and was somewhat reluctant to let Kang Maocai go to his house for dinner.
However, everyone present had to go, and Kang Maocai was the only one not to go. Kang Maocai would definitely have some thoughts. He didn't want to force Kang Maocai to rebel because of a meal.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very depressed. He had just forgotten that Kang Maocai was still here, otherwise he would have sent Kang Maocai away before talking about dinner.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "Kang Maocai, you have met Biao'er. What is your impression of him?"
Kang Maocai said, "Although Biao'er is young, he has great talent for governing the country. If General Chen had not taken pity on Biao'er's youth and refused to let him go out to make achievements, Biao'er would probably have made more contributions than veterans like us."
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed heartily. "Not really. It's not that I'm afraid. He has already made more contributions than you, but he doesn't know it. Well, as long as you like Biao'er, I'll take you to dinner. Yan Qian, Hua Yun, you two talk to Kang Maocai about what he should pay attention to when he arrives at the Chen family."
Yan Qian and Hua Yun clasped their fists and said, "Yes, my lord."
The two of them took Kang Maocai to the next door to explain the things to pay attention to when eating at Chen's house, while the others began to pack up the documents.
Li Shanchang walked up to Zhu Yuanzhang and asked in a low voice, "Can Kang Maocai be trusted?"
Zhu Yuanzhang helped to put away the paperwork while saying, "We can't just leave him alone. Kang Maocai has been very loyal over the years, and he likes Biao'er. I'll give him a chance."
Li Shanchang was helpless: "My lord, just because he boasted about something, you believe him?
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Yes. He really praises Biao'er. After knowing Biao'er's identity, he will help Biao'er conceal it."
Li Shanchang didn't know what expression to make. Anyone who truly liked Biao'er couldn't be a bad person and was trustworthy. My Lord, is there something wrong with the way you select talent?
