I was greeting customers in the lobby while directing the other shopkeepers, and suddenly I heard someone on the second floor shouting loudly and looked up to look for a voice.

Seeing that it was the guests of the private seat begging for wine, I immediately looked at Zhang San, the guy who was in charge of greeting the private seat.

Zhang Sanzheng was drinking wine from a large wine vat into the wine jar, he was already busy dizzy, and after hearing the shouts from upstairs, he said to me helplessly:

"Brother Junwen, please go for me, I really can't do it here."

I didn't say much, but hurriedly rushed up to answer the call, picked up a jar of wine and took two steps, and ran upstairs.

Kick, kick, kick......

It didn't take much effort for me to come to Li Gongzi and the others, I saw that they were unfamiliar and didn't seem to be regular customers, so I talked to the two with apologies while adding wine to the wine jug:

"The two of you have been waiting for a long time, there are too many guests in our store today, please bear with me if we don't greet you well. The little one looks at the two sons very raw, presumably not locals, right? ”

Seeing that I was quite kind-faced, Li Gongzi didn't hold a stand at all, and replied with a casual smile: "The two of us are merchants in Northern Qi, and this time we made an appointment to come to Dawei to purchase commercial goods." ”

I am a little puzzled by Li Gongzi's words, the Great Wei and the Northern Qi frontier have been in constant conflict during this time, and it is rumored that the hussar general Han Li has raised 50,000 troops to garrison Julu, and the war may break out at any time, why are there still Northern Qi merchants coming to Anyi to purchase goods at this time?

But I didn't think much of it, and reminded out of kindness:

"It turns out that the two of them are from the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the small one has a lot of words, and the current situation on the border of the two countries is tense, and the two of them have just arrived in Great Wei, and they need to be cautious everywhere."

Li Gongzi waved his hand and said: "The shopkeeper said that the shopkeeper is joking, businessmen seek profits, and there are no borders, not to mention that the two of me are innocent, and they are just doing ordinary business, so there is no need to be so careful." ”

Although Li Gongzi's answer is obviously a pretext, I don't want to continue to ask, after all, I am just a lowly shopkeeper, and I only need to do my own job in this troubled world, as for the rest, it is better not to meddle in things.

So I casually said a perfunctory sentence and was about to turn away.

"Yes, yes, it's really a small one, the two guests drink slowly, and the little one will retire first."

I bowed down and was about to leave, but I was stopped by Li Gongzi again.

"Stay."

"What do you command?"

"I heard that there is going to be a military discussion in this Qingqi wine shop tonight, and we are here to admire it. I'm ashamed to say that I've never heard of this in my homeland before, and I still don't know much about it, and I'm bothered to introduce it to the store. ”

Li Gongzi's mouth of the "soldiers" is indeed one of the signboards of our wine shop, our Great Wei to establish the country by force, the people of the country are martial, so there are many lovers of the art of war in the people, the activity of the army can just meet the needs of this part of the people, so once this activity is launched, the business of the wine shop has gone up a level.

Seeing Li Gongzi ask now, I hurriedly put down the wine jar and explained to him:

"The guest master doesn't need to be so polite, speaking of which, this discussion of soldiers is also a folk entertainment that has only spread in Anyi City in recent years, and it is normal for the guest master not to know.

To put it simply, the soldiers and horses are turned into chess pieces, placed on the sand table, the two sides of the game attack and defend each other, draw up the battle strategy respectively, and finally the judge deduces the battle situation according to the strategy and divides the victory and defeat. Of course, during the game, both sides can also adjust their strategies at any time according to the actual situation, but the instructions issued will also be delivered to the front line according to the real delivery speed. ”

Su Xian, who was drinking on the side, raised his eyebrows and raised his voice:

"Isn't it just a sand table deduction? What's there to see? ”

I saw that this person was quite rude compared to Li Gongzi, for fear that one would accidentally cause trouble, so I had to answer patiently with a smiling face:

"It is indeed similar to the sand table deduction in the army, but it is also slightly different, there is a preset battle situation for the soldiers, similar to the script of the actors, the selected battle situation is a well-known battle situation throughout the ages, regardless of the terrain, the number of troops, the weight of the ration, and even the mentality of the generals, the morale of the soldiers is completely restored to the situation at that time. It is a famous game in ancient times, so the outcome has already been decided, if you can turn defeat into victory through all kinds of clever moves, but the ancestors regret it, it is also a big attraction. It's a pity that talking about soldiers on paper is just a child's play after all, so many people call this discussion of soldiers a military play. ”

Li Gongzi swiped the ground and closed the folding fan, and said with a smile: "I have heard that the Wei people are no less martial than the Northern Qi Dynasty, but I didn't expect that even the secular people are so obsessed with military strategy. ”

As soon as Li Gongzi's words fell, there was a sudden sound of gongs downstairs, and then the guests who were scattered on the second floor began to leave their seats one after another and walked downstairs.

I looked down and smiled at Li Gongzi: "Look, this is about to start." ”

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At this time, in the lobby of the restaurant, several shopkeepers had already moved the tables and chairs in the innermost part of the lobby outward, reserving an open space.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let go, be careful!"

A few small servants shouted and parted the crowd, and carefully lifted a large round platform from the backyard to the clearing.

This round platform is surrounded by a bamboo fence, and the fence is covered with a layer of heavy yellow sand, which is the sand table used by the soldiers for a while, and the yellow sand in it is what I have worked so hard to carry back today.

Then these little guys brought a few pieces of bluestone carved into the shape of a mountain range from there, and placed them on the sand table in turn according to the predetermined position.

The bluestone settled, and two people who looked like bookkeepers walked to the side of the sand table with a huge wooden box in their arms.

They took out all kinds of small objects from the wooden box and arranged the sand table in front of them according to the map in their hands.

This kind of work has long been handy, and in an instant, the battlefields such as mountains, forests, walled cities, plank roads, etc. jumped on the sand table, and a quite realistic battlefield topographic map was displayed in front of everyone.

Seeing that the sand table was almost arranged, the steward of the king of the lobby stood up, smiled and threw his fists at everyone in the wine shop, and said loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, please be uneasy."

As soon as he spoke, everyone around him stopped whispering and waited for his next words.

Seeing that everyone was quite face-saving, Steward Wang nodded with satisfaction, and said:

"You have been waiting for a long time, the surname Wang, is the manager of this Qingqi wine shop, and today's discussion will be presided over by the subordinates."

Before the words fell, some of the old customers who were cheering had already begun to cheer, and the atmosphere in the lobby was warm for a while.

"Thank you for your love, our store's military drills have been held nearly 100 so far, during which there are countless famous games, presumably today will not be an exception, so not much to say, first of all, please come out of our game on both sides, Sai Zhuge and Xiao Huaiyin!!"

After the king said this, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the side, and everyone's eyes immediately followed the direction of his finger, only to see two men coming slowly from not far away, one after the other.

The person at the head was holding a white-haired feather fan, his head was tied with a scarf, and the green shirt on his body was swinging an inch from the ground, looking dusty, and at a glance, he knew that he was a hardcore admirer of Zhuge Wuhou.

It is Sai Zhuge who has been undefeated in twelve consecutive games.

"Good! Good! Good! ”

As soon as Sai Zhuge appeared, it was accompanied by a burst of violent cheers from the crowd, and there were even many women's screams mixed with it.

This is not surprising, in terms of appearance, the Sai Zhuge in front of him can indeed be called a beautiful son, he has a slender figure, a white face and no beard, and a pair of Danfeng eyes are always shining, no wonder he will be favored by young girls.

However, Sai Zhuge didn't care about the cheers and screams around him, he just smiled and came to stand beside the king's steward, and bowed his hand slightly to everyone, which immediately attracted another round of applause.

If this Sai Zhuge is extraordinary, a dragon and a phoenix among people, then the little Huaiyin behind him can only be described by the word "vulgar".

I saw that he was wearing a gorgeous gown, which was embroidered with dozens of famous or unfamous flowers, and the flowers were so dense that he could no longer even see the background color of his gown. That's not all, there is a huge blooming moon in his hair, echoing the front and back of the long shirt on his body, and the whole person looks like a walking flower garden from a distance.

If someone who is afraid of dense things sees him, he is afraid that he will vomit on the spot.

What's even worse is that this person has such a fancy outfit, but his appearance is mediocre, and the comparison between the two is more and more flattering.

Sure enough, after Xiao Huaiyin stood still, there was already laughter and boos in the wine shop.

Su Xian, who was beside me, was already laughing at this time, and choked up while panting:

"This, what kind of dress is this? Hahaha~~~~"

Li Gongzi on the side also smiled and said:

"Sai Zhuge , Xiao Huaiyin, this is Kong Ming meeting Han Xin, presumably the confrontation between the two will be very exciting."

I didn't say anything about Li Gongzi's statement, I just secretly glanced at Su Xian's high bulging general's belly, and secretly rolled my eyes, saying in my heart that your appearance is no better than the one downstairs.

The laughter in the wine shop lasted for a long time, but Xiao Huaiyin didn't feel embarrassed at all, but seemed to enjoy everyone's laughing eyes, standing beside Steward Wang, and waving to everyone frequently.

Steward Wang, who was a man who had seen the world, quickly came back to his senses, cleared his throat vigorously and signaled everyone to be calm, and then said aloud:

"Now that both sides of the game are in place, it's up to me to announce the theme of this debate."

"The theme of this military discussion is, Zhuge Wuhou's first Northern Expedition! The attacker is the Marquis of Zhuge Wuhou of Shu Han, and the defender is Emperor Cao Wei Wei Ming, and finally whether the Shu Han army can conquer Chang'an and hold on for more than ten days, or capture the counties of Longyou as the winning criterion, now the two of them are invited to draw lots to decide the attack and defense. ”