Jian'an City!

This is the southern border pass of Tianhan.

Further south is the territory of many tribes of the Nanban.

Since Yumen Pass was broken by Loulan, the general of Zhennan, who was responsible for guarding the southern region of Tianhan, or He Tu, the king of Zhennan, took all the troops of Nanyu and 300,000 troops to Luoyang, and the southern barbarian states took the opportunity to launch an attack on Jian'an City.

Fortunately, the Li family, who has been guarding Jian'an City, is also strong and strong, and is not afraid of the Southern Barbarian States at all.

Although the war has not yet stabilized, and the Southern Barbarian countries have not faded, with the protection of the Li family, Jian'an City is still lively, and there is no fear of being attacked.

To say that the Li family has been in charge of Jian'an City, in fact, it has not been many years, and it will only be about 20 years.

Although there was also Jian'an City at the beginning, it was not large, and it was close to the Southern Barbarian States.

Unlike the Yumen Pass, you can reach the countries of the Western Regions through the desert, although it is not rich, but it has its own unique specialties, so there are always merchants who come and go through the Yumen Pass, and the Yumen Pass is also prosperous.

However, Jian'an City is different, many countries in Nanban do not have their own specialties at all, and even the people's wisdom is not very civilized.

He deals with wild animals all day long, and he never even raises his own cattle and crops in waves, and lives entirely on hunting on weekdays.

Moreover, the Nanban people were very barbaric, there were merchants of Tianhan who wanted to trade with them, but they robbed them of the silver money, and Xiaomian was just thrown on that wild land, and since then no merchants from Tianhan have gone to Nanban to trade.

The Li family is an insignificant small family that once built Ancheng, although it also has some skills, but it is far from reaching the current level.

However, the contemporary head of the Li family is very capable, and first took the line of the imperial court, so that Emperor Zhao gave the Li family the Jian'an City, which was not eye-catching in the Manchu Dynasty.

Of course, Tianhan does not have a fief, and the territory of the whole world belongs to the Liu family, so although it is a gift, it is actually a general soldier of Jian'an.

At that time, there were a lot of jokes, although Yumen Pass also had a general army, but how big a city was Yumen Pass? How many soldiers are there in the total army of Yumen Pass? How can Jian'an City be compared with Yumen Pass?

Jian'an City even counts the militia, and the full fight is less than 5,000.

So in the eyes of the people of the world, the general soldiers of Jian'an City are just a joke.

But it was such a joke that made everyone in the world laugh in the end.

At that time, Jian'an City was quite chaotic, and after the Li family took the throne, the first thing they did was to control the entire Xi'an City in their own hands, and then began to send troops to sweep the surrounding mountain bandits.

Due to the close proximity to the Nanban, the Nanban taboo to eat and not to fight, although the Tianhan fought countless times, but still occasionally came to attack Jian'an City, so the generation of Jian'an City was not peaceful, so there were many mountain bandits.

Hundreds of years ago, the imperial court also sent people to sweep it several times, but this place is chaotic, and naturally there are people who fall into the grass and do not solve the problem from the root.

In addition, the Tianhan Dynasty became stronger and stronger, and the Nanban came to harass him occasionally at most, and he didn't dare to make any too big moves, and over time, the court began to turn a blind eye.

Therefore, the generation of Jian'an City a few decades ago was very chaotic.

When the Li family sent troops to sweep away the mountain bandits, even the people of Jian'an City thought that the Li family was a great achievement.

But unexpectedly, the Li family really eliminated all the mountain bandits, but this method was somewhat different from what everyone thought, and in the eyes of the Chinese military officials, this mountain bandit had no effect except killing.

Most of the people who can fall into the grass and become mountain bandits are uneducated, and to put it bluntly, they are stubborn.

You reason with him, but he doesn't listen at all, you talk to him about discipline, he can't change it, and he uses it as a laborer, this group of people is brave and ruthless and not easy to discipline, so in the eyes of everyone, it is a waste of food to keep.

However, the Li family left all the mountain bandits behind, and even let them form an army.

This incident caused a stir at the time, whether it was the Manchu Dynasty civil and military or Emperor Zhao, they all felt itchy, these 5,000 people were a waste of food.

However, the Li family used the reason that the Southern Barbarians often harassed Jian'an City and needed troops, and finally Emperor Zhao agreed.

After all, in the eyes of the Manchu Dynasty at that time, this Nanban belonged to the stone in the pit, smelly and hard, although it would not hurt the muscles and bones to deal with, but it was disgusting.

If they sent elite soldiers to help Jian'an City, they would naturally not be happy. So the Li family formed this army.

Later, to everyone's surprise, the Li family did not train this group of mountain bandits according to the military system, but provided them with good food and drink, and still let them train in the training method during the mountain bandit period.

A year later, the Nanban attacked, and to everyone's surprise, this army, which was only cannon fodder and a rabble in everyone's eyes, actually expelled the army that the Nanban came to fight the autumn wind into the territory of the Nanban.

In his opinion, there is no need to provide elite soldiers, or even food, almost all the expenses are borne by Li Jia himself, and it is very cost-effective to get an army that can solve the Southern Barbarian riots.

In the following years, the Li family's army changed the style of the previous Tianhan, and every time it came to the season when Nanban was about to run out of food. Without waiting for the other party to come to Jian'an City to fight the autumn wind, first organize the army to go to the south to fight the autumn wind.

This wave of operations really showed off the entire Tianhan at that time.

But the effect was surprisingly obvious, as this army harassed Nanban at every turn, Nanban never came to harass Jian'an City again.

Although the Nanban problem, which had plagued Tianhan for nearly 1,000 years, was not solved at its root, it was also suppressed.

Jian'an Chang regained peace, and then it flourished, and the Li family became the heroes of the southern region of Tianhan.

It's just that because most of this army is composed of mountain bandits who once fell into the grass, and the Li family did not train them in the same way as the regular army, the quality of this group of people is so high that they are about to catch up with their strength.

Therefore, people all over the world laugh and call it the Li family's recklessness.

Storytelling Teahouse!

This name has only recently been changed, as for why it was changed, it is not because there is a famous storytelling house in Yangzhou, although the original name is the story museum, but most people only know the storytelling house.

The shopkeeper of this storytelling teahouse is a wonderful person, when he first opened the teahouse, he didn't know what to call a teahouse, so he called a teahouse with a stroke of the pen.

When it first opened, this strange name attracted many customers, and at first glance it didn't look good, but if you look closely, he just doesn't do it.

So this teahouse was lively, and within two days it began to become deserted.

The boss has some net worth, so he waved a teahouse to start reforming, first found a gentleman who can tell a story, although it is said that it is not as good as the name, but there is a Haotou, plus the entire Jian'an City, and he has a storyteller, so this teahouse is lively again.

It's still lively for two days and then there is no one, because this storyteller is really not good, plus it is turned over and over, there is a total of one story, and this story is told all day long, even the dog raised by the shopkeeper ran to the next door when the storyteller was telling the story, and the group stopped, how could anyone come?

The shopkeeper thought (thought), this storyteller also has it, and the long name is also of high grade, how can there be no one?

After taking a sip of the guy's newly brewed tea, I understood that the taste was coming, this tea was too broken and not delicious.

So with a stroke of the pen, he brought in a lot of silver, and let the man re-enter a batch of tea, but the price of this good tea naturally increased, and there were still a few people left in this increase, but now there is no one left.

For this reason, the shopkeeper's sad face.

One day, General Cheng, one of the reckless members of the Li family, occasionally came to the teahouse to drink a cup of tea, and felt that it was not bad, so he casually praised a few words.

(In fact, this Cao Mang surnamed Cheng didn't know how to taste tea at all, but he didn't want others to know that he didn't understand, so he deliberately pretended to understand and praised a few words.) ）

The guy thought it was interesting and told outsiders, and soon everyone knew that this Li Jia had stepped over the tea in this teahouse, and there were more people.

The shopkeeper's joy.

But after a few days, there were rumors that the teahouse of Lao Cheng's family was praised by the son of the Li family, so the guests ran to Lao Cheng's teahouse.

A few days later, there was news that the head of the Li family praised the old Wang's teahouse, and the group of tea guests ran to the old Wang's teahouse again.

Looking at the regulars running around, the shopkeeper of a teahouse realized that everyone is conformist, and instead of trying to make his teahouse better, it is better to create an illusion that his teahouse is good.

So he replaced the good tea and lowered the price of the tea in the teahouse.

After spending a huge amount of money to buy two taels of good tea, and then dragged it into the relationship and gave it to the master of the Li family.

This news was inadvertently revealed to the people of Jian'an City.

So the people of Jian'an City learned a news: even Master Li entrusted someone to take charge of a teahouse to make tea leaves.

So a teahouse was on fire again.

Watch your hard work finally pay off.

The owner of a teahouse was happy.

He felt that he had learned the truth of business.

In today's parlance: it's all over the place!

As for rubbing? Of course, what is the heat, what is he rubbing.

So recently, there was a boiling storytelling in Yingzhou, and he knew that there was also a book that was popular all over the world, and it was the Romance of the Gods.

Unlike other people who learned the news and went to someone who could say it to listen to the Romance of the Gods, his first thought was: This heat is not in vain.

So he ordered someone to tear down his own signboard, and with a stroke of a pen, he rewrote a signboard: Storytelling Teahouse!

Then he spent a lot of money to get the story of the broken version of the Romance of the Gods, and handed it to the gentleman in his teahouse who could only tell one story.

So the storytelling teahouse began to have storytellers talking about the romance of the gods.

In addition, the gentleman from the storytelling hall left Yingzhou after finishing speaking, and the storytelling teahouse exploded in an instant.

The shopkeeper didn't expect it, it just wanted to rub off on the Romance of the Gods, and the popularity of the storyteller, how could it be reduced to the point that everyone mistakenly thought that the gentleman who could tell a joke was the one who wrote the Romance of the Gods?

He was very guilty, he felt embarrassed to sing this heat, but he didn't rub it in vain, he spent money to collect the little gentleman, and handed over his usual storytelling behavior to his own gentleman.

Then it was forbidden if anyone asked her if she was the gentleman, not to deny it, and certainly not to agree, just laugh and not say anything.

When the little gentleman reappears one day, many of the teahouse guests may be angry that he has deceived them, but when they think about it, their teahouse says nothing.

The teahouse guys and the storyteller had to admire the trick of their shopkeeper.

That's high!

As for how tall? Just look at this full teahouse to see how tall it is.

You must know that when there are many people, there is an unspoken rule in their teahouse.

Prices.

But this broken tea has risen three times, and it can still sit so many people, which has to say how high the shopkeeper is.

Today, the storytelling teahouse is still full of people.

But compared to other times, today is less, because only eighty percent of it has been done.

Of course, there's a reason for that.

Because today there is another batch of new tea in the teahouse.

So naturally, the price went up again.

Some guests are reluctant to spend money, so they have to come and leave again.

Looking at the teahouse that was not full, the shopkeeper fell into deep thought, tripling at one time, is it a bit too long?

But if you don't double it, even if it is full, it won't be doubled, and you can do eight adults and earn more.

Why don't you double it tomorrow?

As long as there are more than forty percent of the people who do it, wouldn't it still be profitable?

If Xiang Xiaoer knew the shopkeeper's thoughts, he would definitely regard him as Ma Xiaosan's confidant.

Brother, you also taught yourself math, right?

The shopkeeper is not good at math, so he asked a gentleman to settle the accounts, and now he is lying on this table looking at his fat sheep... Guest.

Suddenly, he froze.

He noticed a man.

A strange person.

It was a handsome young man, but he was not young at all.

In order to care for the guests (and make more money), the storytelling teahouse also provides meal service.

I saw that the young man, who was not young at all, sat down immediately after seeing the table leave, and then the people did not finish eating.

The shopkeeper was shocked, can we have more shameless people than ourselves in this world?

This is not good, he wants to find the treasure buried by the former shameless king, and become the first shameless man in the world of the new generation.

So he greeted the man.

"Go over and look at the kid."

I didn't even drink saliva for a long time, and the guy with sweat on his forehead wiped his sweat, and then walked straight to the young man.

"How's the guest officer's food?"

The young man was very handsome, and he was holding a snow-white fox in his arms, although he was dressed a little simply, but at first glance he was a noble son of a rich family.

At this time, I was disturbed, and I was not annoyed at all and replied: "To be honest, I'm not very satisfied, there are many dishes that are not cooked." ”

The guy thought to himself, can he be cooked? So many people are waiting to eat, everyone urges, the shopkeeper, in order to save money, take care of a cupboard, if you don't do it quickly (raw), it is estimated that everyone will run away after doing it.

And myself, this teahouse is busy like this, the shopkeeper, in order to save money, he doesn't say that he will recruit one more guy, so he will let himself be busy alone, collect accounts, order food, and have to serve the masters.

Is it easy for him?

I miscalculated last time, and there was a table that didn't ask for money, and the shopkeeper also deducted a month's salary, and now he has been owing the shopkeeper several months' wages, and it is estimated that he will be able to get his salary again after half a year.

If it weren't for the food and shelter here, I'm afraid I would have starved to death, and this day would be too sad.

The man complained in his heart, and then he heard someone shout that he was not wasting his time and spoke:

"Are you done eating?"

The man glanced at the plate that was cleaner than his own face, and asked:

"Do you think I'm good enough to eat a plate?"

The guy was a little embarrassed and then flattered:

"Then settle the money for the meal!"

The young man was visibly stunned.

"Food?"

The guy had a bad premonition, this person didn't want to eat the overlord meal, right?

"That's right, even the money for the meal will be settled."

The man's eyes were full of incredulity:

"You don't see that I'm a foreigner, so you want to bully me, do you? Why should I pay for food? ”

The guy was also stunned:

"Isn't it necessary to pay for food?"

The man nodded:

"Nature is to be given."

The guy asked again, "Did you just eat it?" ”

"That's right."

The guy felt that he had made it through: "Then you're going to pay!" ”

"Poof!"

At this time, the guest at the next table smiled, and the man turned his face to look at each other.

The green-shirted guest turned his face very implicitly:

"I'm sorry, but I thought of a happy event."

The guy was very puzzled and asked, "What is the happy event?" ”

Then your guest looked at the guy and said, "My daughter-in-law got married today." ”

The guy didn't think much about it, and said, "Congratulations!" ”

The guest arched his hand: "You're welcome." ”

Then the young guest spoke again: "But I have eaten what people have paid for!" ”

Dude didn't get it:

"Guest officer, you're joking, our family has always paid after eating."

"Poof!"

The man turned his head to the other side, and this time it was a white guest who looked just as young.

"Guest officer, do you have a happy event at home?"

The man said very implicitly: "My daughter-in-law got married today!" ”

"Then congratulations, your daughter-in-law and the objective daughter-in-law just now got married on the same day."

The guy always thought there was something strange about this, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.

"Brother, I suggest you stop being a buddy, let's go to the infirmary and take a look at your brain first,"

At this time, the young guest holding the little white fox spoke again.

When the guy heard this, he felt that this person was quite kind, and he knew that he cared about himself: "You gave me money, and I went." ”

The man's face was full of helplessness: "Brother, it's not that I don't want to give it, it's that I really don't need to give money for this meal, someone has given this money." ”

The guy shook his head: "Impossible, my family has always finished eating and settling the bill." ”

"He eats what is left over from other people, of course he doesn't have to give money!"

The white-clothed guest next to him couldn't help but speak, he was afraid that if this continued, the two of them would laugh themselves to death.