Li Jing and the six girls held their stomachs, consumed food, and drank the sour plum soup cooked in the kitchen all afternoon, satisfied. At this time, there was a commotion from downstairs.

A few barbarians stepped forward to slam the door, and the Huang shopkeeper, who had just joined the new owner, quickly opened the door, and saw a lot of people standing outside the door, you are a local person outside, and it seems that the fragrance of the hot pot attracted it. Inside was a group of brute soldiers, with two chieftain-like men clustered in the middle.

"Old man, we adults are hungry, we want to eat in your restaurant, hurry up and arrange a place"

"These masters, I'm really sorry, the store has just changed the proprietor today, and it hasn't opened yet, you have moved to see other restaurants, this street is a famous local time-honored restaurant, and there are countless delicious restaurants. Today, we are just the new proprietor entertaining the next person to dinner. It would be very disrespectful to give these things to the nobles. ”

The old shopkeeper was old and sophisticated, and he saw that these people were not good at stubble, and in this southwest region, these barbarian soldiers were not easy to mess with.

"You old man, you are treacherous, this food smells so fragrant, how can it be for the next person." The seventeen or eighteen-year-old short and fat boy said, and took out a gold ingot from his bosom, which was ten taels in size. The thud was still on the table, "Grandpa, if you don't have any money, you have to eat what this person eats." ”

The guards and a few cyborg warriors who were eating downstairs suddenly turned to look at the door.

"A few masters, it's not that you don't know how to lift, it's really according to local customs, and receiving guests without officially opening is not only disrespectful to guests, but also unlucky. As he spoke, he handed a piece of gold back to the guard beside the short and fat boy with a smiley face.

The guard was furious and scolded: "Old thing, I don't know how to lift, you dare not listen to the words of the head of my family, if you are in the cottage, you should be hanged, we will eat here today" said and raised his arm and slapped him, and with a snap, knocked the old shopkeeper to the ground.

A group of people, hula and poured in. Twenty-five of the eating guards and cyborg warriors quickly stood up, and at the same time drew fifty short guns from the holsters that were covered by their cloaks and hung on their waists, and aimed them at the brutes. The barbarians were taken aback, they didn't expect that there were so many firearms in this Chongqing city, and dozens of barbarian barbarians quickly pulled out their long knives and quickly surrounded the two leaders in the middle.

At this time, Sister Li Weier frowned, she was happy to eat, but a few bed bugs came to ruin her happiness. Just as he was about to have a seizure, Li Jing said to the sixth girl, you stay, I'll go down and take a look.

The two sides were at a stalemate, the guy, the cook, and the shopkeeper were dumbfounded, today was the first day to see the proprietor, and I didn't know which way the proprietor was. At first glance, this posture is blinded. At this time, there was a sound of footsteps on the stairs, and Li Jing slowly walked down, came to the old shopkeeper, and helped him up. The old man was in his sixties, looking at Li Jing trembling and aggrieved, covering his mouth, unable to speak. Li Jing nodded and signaled that he understood.

Li Jing walked in front of the two leaders, the squinted left eye, slowly opened, looking the two people up and down, and when the two people opposite were stared at by Li Jing, there was a feeling of being stared at by a wolf. The middle-aged man is also a person who often fights, and he is panicked with his inexplicable advantages, and there is a feeling that danger is imminent, it seems that one is not good, and I am afraid that he will not be able to get out of this restaurant today.

At this time, the light curtain is lit up, and there are not many cases where the light curtain opens automatically, but there are generally major events. The customer service sister appeared, and Li Jing asked, "What, is there any special danger, you have activated the protection program." The customer service sister smiled: "There is no danger, but you better not provoke this person, you have so many muskets today, killing them is like slaughtering a chicken, but as long as you touch him, there will be endless trouble." ”

Li Jing smiled, "Who is he?"

"This middle-aged man, called Luxury Chongming, is the envoy of Yongning Xuanfu, from the fourth grade. That young man was his nephew, the son of Yaochen, the consolation envoy of Guizhou Shuixi (the area west of the Yachi River), Yaochen died, Zi Yao was young, and his mother was the Hui Dynasty Territory Division. Luxury Shehui, Yongning Xuanfu is the sister of luxury Chongming. Yongning and Shuixi have been in-laws for generations, so I don't need to say what will happen after that. ”

"Understand, Liaodong was defeated in March this year, and Yu Chongming saw the weakness of the imperial court, which stimulated his ambitions, and invited him to Liaodong to participate in the war in July, but he rebelled in Chongqing, and later rebelled with Shuixi, from the first year of the Apocalypse to the tenth year of Chongzhen, a total of 17 years of chaos."

"It's good if you know, if you kill him today, Yongning will immediately make trouble, you beat him, you are an official, and you have a grudge against him, and when the time comes, use you as an excuse, what should you do. This person doesn't know your identity, don't touch him. ”

Yu Chongming felt that the other party's gaze gradually softened, and even a smile appeared on his face, waving his hand, and the guards put away the short guns. Li Jing walked over, and the barbarians quickly pointed their knives at Li Jing, but Li Jing smiled and didn't care. He reached out and took the ingot of gold, and looked at it.

Turned back to the shopkeeper and said: "These are distinguished guests, have the private rooms in the backyard been cleaned up, it is better to choose a day than to hit the day, it will open today, and it will be open when you burn some firecrackers at the door."

"It's all packed up, just put up the tables, chairs and benches"

"Okay, open the door to do business, how can there be a reason to push the guests out, the back two courtyards are set up with tables and chairs, as long as you are willing to patronize today, you can come." Give the innermost courtyard to these guests alone. He made a gesture of please. Immediately, a barbarian soldier went to the inner courtyard to check it, and when he came back, he nodded at Luxury Chongming to indicate that there was no problem, and Luxury Chongming glanced at Li Jing deeply, and walked through the back door to the innermost courtyard to eat under the courtesy of the shopkeeper and the running hall.

Li Jing said to the local people outside the door: "Ladies and gentlemen, our store will open soon, and the building facing the street will be cleaned up immediately, welcome to patronize." ”

Li Jing called the shopkeeper alone and explained some things about the opening of the business, and at the same time left a biochemical person to be the account room responsible for accounting and cashiering. Leave Li Bao and ask him to stay in Chongqing with five guards. Leaving behind two cyborg shipbuilding engineers, recruit shipbuilders in Beicheng to build shallow-water cargo ships suitable for the Sichuan River and its tributaries. The necessary funds were withdrawn from the bookkeeper, and it was explained that from May onwards, a large number of ferries and sailors were employed. One of the good things about cyborgs is that they never ask why, just perform mechanically.

Leaving three cyborg officers, he bought ten cyborg soldiers on the light curtain at the same time, and asked them to buy Sichuan horses and recruit strong men in the name of recruiting pack teams, and recruit 500 people in advance. Train first. Military salaries and necessary materials should be declared and received from the account office.

Li Jing took the six daughters and the rest of the people back to the boat, and in Chongqing Mansion at night, the lanterns were on, and the business on the street was still open, and there were many people on the street. Walking to Chaotian Gate, the city gate was not closed, and seeing this lax and peaceful scene, I couldn't help but worry about the future.

Li Wei'er saw that Li Jing had been thinking about something, and couldn't help asking: "Little brother, where did those barbarians come from today, why don't you clean them up and give them a memory." ”

"That's a person who is about to tear up the flag and rebel, do you think we can afford to provoke it?"