(Read 10,000 volumes.) During the Qing Dynasty, there lived a blacksmith surnamed Long in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River.

On this day, after the dragon blacksmith turned off the fire, he was ready to buy some wine and meat to treat himself. As soon as he entered the street, a frenzied buffalo rushed towards him, and he was about to bump into a few richly dressed passers-by, and at this moment, the dragon blacksmith stepped forward, stretched out his hands, grabbed the buffalo horns tightly, and then twisted left and right, overturning the behemoth to the ground.

There was a cheer all around, and at this moment, the dragon blacksmith was still thinking about wine and meat, and he didn't take his actions to save people seriously. He ran all the way to the wine shop and meat stall, and when he went home after buying things, he realized that he was followed by several people, who were the same people he had just rescued.

Those few people blocked the way of the dragon blacksmith and looked him up and down, the dragon blacksmith felt strange, his eyes widened, and shouted: "What are you doing with me?" A thin man next to him shouted at the dragon blacksmith: "Bold, don't be rude!"

The dragon blacksmith was about to get angry, only to hear one of them raise his hand and say "That's it", after that, he asked the dragon blacksmith with a kind face: "I don't know where the strong man is?

The man shook the paper fan lightly, hehe, and stopped talking, but a few people next to him urged in a low voice: "Don't kneel down and thank you!" After someone bit the dragon blacksmith's ear and said a few words, he opened his mouth wide in shock and quickly knelt on his knees.

The person who asked the question just now was the Qianlong Emperor who served the south of the Yangtze River. The dragon blacksmith never dreamed that he would become the emperor's savior.

After knowing the identities of these people, the dragon blacksmith didn't dare to speak, although he looked like a reckless man, but his heart was bright. I only heard Emperor Qianlong ask: "Don't you know the surname of the strong man?" The dragon blacksmith thought for a while and replied in a low voice: "The surname of the grass people...... Snake, the snake of the water serpent. ”

Qianlong frowned, and asked left and right: "Is there still this surname among the hundred family names?" The people around him shook their heads and didn't know, and the dragon blacksmith said in a hesitant voice: "The grass people's original surname is ...... Dragon, but in front of the emperor, he didn't dare to be presumptuous, he only dared to be surnamed snake. ”

It turned out that this was the case, Qianlong laughed heartily and said: "I didn't expect that a grass man also knows the number of etiquette, but this surname is inherited from ancient times to the present, and it is also the number of etiquette of the ancestors, and the strong man is still surnamed Long, haha......"

Qianlong asked the dragon blacksmith what his ambitions were, and the dragon blacksmith said without hesitation: "I want to be a general." Qianlong happily fulfilled his wish: "Let's make you a vanguard general, under the account of 'General Pingyuan', I hope you can make a difference." ”

Soon after the dragon blacksmith put on the armor, the foreign tribes invaded the Central Plains, and the imperial court sent the "General Pingyuan" to lead the troops to retreat from the enemy, and the dragon blacksmith also followed on the battlefield. The first time he went into battle with a clear sword and a gun, the dragon blacksmith was both excited and scared, he rushed and killed, and his courage gradually grew, and the more he fought, the more courageous he became, and after repelling the enemy's attack, he ignored Mingjin's order to withdraw his troops, picked up the broadsword, and beat the enemy soldiers who fell behind to the back of their horses, and then gave up.

"General Pingyuan" was so angry that the flames were soaring, and he did not listen to the order, which was to be dealt with by military law, but the dragon blacksmith relied on himself to save the emperor, and fought with the general in the military tent, and the general had to swallow his anger, and after pacifying the war, he reported the matter to Emperor Qianlong.

The dragon blacksmith was escorted to the Jinluan Palace, looking at the angry general and the emperor with a frown, the dragon blacksmith was so frightened that he didn't dare to come out. In front of hundreds of civil and military officials, Qianlong was silent for a while, and he passed down an edict: "Long Qianfeng ignores military discipline, and the general can be punished according to military discipline. ”

When the general was secretly proud, Qianlong opened the golden mouth again: "The soldiers go out to fight, and they will be rewarded for their meritorious deeds, this time the dragon pioneer has broken the enemy, I gave a golden knife, and the dragon pioneer was named the 'golden knife general', hoping to build another miracle for the imperial court." ”

Now, it's the general's turn to be dumbfounded, this dragon blacksmith only fought a battle, and he was named the "Golden Sword General", it seems that the emperor is very kind to this person, and he can't afford to offend!

After the dragon blacksmith got the golden knife given by Qianlong, he was so unhappy that he almost didn't leave the knife, and he even had to hold it when he slept.

A few months later, the war broke out again, and the dragon blacksmith went to the battlefield with the golden knife on his back, but he almost lost his life this time. It turned out that the golden knife given by the emperor was just a gorgeous ornament, which was useless, and he was rolled up after a few cuts, but fortunately, he was as brave as a tiger and captured an enemy weapon. The dragon blacksmith picked up a life, and now he made up his mind that he would not be the general who played with his head at all.

With a lot of scars, the dragon blacksmith met with Emperor Qianlong and asked: "The emperor's great kindness and virtue, the grass people are unforgettable, and now I just want to go back to my hometown to live a stable life, and hope that the emperor will be fulfilled." Qianlong sighed, shook his head and said: "It's okay, but this military camp is not to come and leave if you want, you can return to your hometown if you are injured, I will give you a hundred taels of gold and a gold medal." With this gold medal, you can enter and exit the Forbidden City, and if you need anything, you can bring the gold medal to meet me. ”

Having said that, the dragon blacksmith muttered in his heart, Jiangnan is far away from the capital, how can he say that he will come? Thinking of this, he stubbornly said: "The grass people still have one thing to ask the emperor for. Qianlong nodded, and the dragon blacksmith hurriedly said his thoughts: "The grass people have a wish, I want to open a restaurant, please ...... Give a signboard to the grass people, and the grass people have already learned from the people that with the signboard given by the emperor, the grass people are not worried about the restaurant having no business. ”

Qianlong couldn't help but purse his lips and smile, this person is really shrewd enough, fortunately, it is not difficult to meet this request, so he wrote down the three big characters of "good restaurant", ordered someone to engrave it on a piece of golden silk nan wood, and gilt it all over, and gave it to the dragon blacksmith.

The dragon blacksmith was like a treasure, and happily returned to the town in the south of the Yangtze River, and opened a restaurant with the gold rewarded by Emperor Qianlong. On the day of the opening, the dragon blacksmith couldn't wait, and hung the golden signboard in the middle of the lobby of the restaurant, and said proudly when he met people: "Look, the gold-lettered signboard given by the Holy God today is loud enough!"

The "Good Restaurant" restaurant opened in this way, but the dragon blacksmith is not the material for the restaurant business, he is reluctant to spend a lot of money to hire a good chef, and he likes to cook on weekdays, so he has created a few dishes that he thinks are unique, and he is often proud of it, and takes this as the signature dish of the restaurant.

At first, the restaurant was full of guests, but slowly it became crowded, which made the dragon blacksmith wonder. One day, a few customers came and ordered a table of wine and food, but they only took one or two bites of each and then stopped the chopsticks, and someone tasted it and spit it out directly.

This move made the dragon blacksmith very unhappy, he was patient, laughed, and asked, "A few guest officers, I don't know if the food in this store is appetizing?" Someone shook his head unceremoniously: "We are not here to drink and eat, but to appreciate this signboard." With that, the man pointed to the gold-lettered sign in the middle of the lobby.

Hearing this, the food in the restaurant is not very good, and the dragon blacksmith is not annoyed, and said: "The emperor has said that I am a 'good restaurant' here, is your taste more exquisite than the emperor?"

The guests laughed, and someone said: "I said blacksmith, the emperor said 'good restaurant', but he didn't say that the dishes were well done, and the dishes here are not ordinary and difficult to swallow." I heard that your restaurant has just opened with this gold-lettered signboard, do you dare to say that the emperor has eaten the dishes you cooked?

Saying this, the dragon blacksmith didn't dare to make a sound, and if he thought about it carefully, if it weren't for these people to tell him honestly, he would still be kept in the dark. It seems that he is indeed not the material for this business, and if he continues like this, it is strange that he will not lose his pants, so the dragon blacksmith had to reluctantly close Zhang.

As the saying goes, sit and eat empty, and finally one day, the dragon blacksmith's pocket began to have a famine, at this time, he suddenly thought that he still had a way back, the gold medal given by the emperor back then, was still hidden at home. So, the dragon blacksmith took out the gold medal and came all the way to the capital, and after several twists and turns, he finally met the emperor.

After listening to the dragon blacksmith's story, Emperor Qianlong thought for a long time, and finally remembered this life-saving benefactor back then, he paced for a long time before he spit out a sentence: "In this way, if you have any requirements, just mention it, but it's not more than three, this is the last chance, you have to think about it." ”

Now the dragon blacksmith is in trouble, and he can't ask for gold and silver as soon as he opens his mouth. However, the dragon blacksmith also had a little Jiujiu in his heart, and he pushed this problem to Qianlong again: "Your Majesty, the grass people are short-sighted and have no foresight, please ask the emperor to give the grass people an idea, not to seek glory and wealth, but only to have three meals and clothing." ”

Qianlong frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "Back then, I named you the Golden Sword General, but unfortunately you missed a great opportunity to make meritorious contributions; In this way, I will give you another good thing, and ensure that you will have no worries about food and clothing in the future, and you will have a long stream......"

The dragon blacksmith took the objects given by the emperor and went home. On the way, he untied the yellow silk and looked at it, his mouth was wide open, it turned out that what the emperor gave him was a rice bowl! The dragon blacksmith held the rice bowl and opened his mouth to bite it, almost knocking out his teeth. Holding this iron rice bowl, the dragon blacksmith was disappointed and disheartened. When he returned home, he had no food or clothing, so he had to light the fire again, "clanging and clanging", and beat the iron.

After a long time, the dragon blacksmith regained his former comfortable days, striking iron and drinking hard.

On this day, he had nothing to do and took out the iron rice bowl given by the emperor to play. Although this rice bowl is made of iron, it is finely workmanship and as smooth as jade. After rubbing for a while, the dragon blacksmith suddenly brightened, he finally understood why the emperor wanted to give him an iron rice bowl, the emperor wanted him to work hard back in his profession, keep his craft, and not have no worries about food and clothing in his life?