Chapter 69 A sky-high meal in the Ming Dynasty
Li Dingguo was one of the most outstanding national heroes in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, as the leader of the peasant rebels, he resolutely gave up his past suspicions and cooperated with the Southern Ming Dynasty when the nation was in danger, and was unswerving; He once "struck the king twice, and the world shook", so that the Qing court was once ready to give up the seven southwestern provinces, if it were not for the traitor leaking secrets, it would have caused Wu Sangui's entire army to be annihilated.
It can be said that Li Dingguo was a national hero who resisted oppression in the late Ming Dynasty, and an outstanding commander in the early Qing Dynasty who resisted the military conquest and tyrannical rule of the Manchurian aristocracy.
Li Dingguo uses soldiers like a god and is known as Xiao Zhuge . And the discipline is strict, there is no crime in the autumn, and the people of the time record that "the rags and clothes of the mortal soldiers are all sent to the back camp, and the sewing is used for lining armor and fast shoes, and there is no abandonment of the remnants." Or it is rumored that the national soldiers should arrive at night, and the dawn is already over. Therefore, it is meritorious."
In history, in the third year of Chongzhen, that is, this year, Li Dingguo participated in Zhang Xianzhong's peasant rebel army at the age of ten, and won Zhang Xianzhong's love and adopted him as a righteous son.
When he grew up, Li Dingguo was brave and good at fighting, full of strategy, tolerant and generous, and dignified, and was the most outstanding general in Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army, and there was no one. The dirty little beggar in front of him turned out to be Li Dingguo? This is too much of a coincidence.
"What do you say your name is?" Mo Li is still a little incredulous, if Ma Jinzhong is not famous in history, this Li Dingguo was a well-known role in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and Zheng Chenggong one in the southwest, the other in the southeast insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty, and together they were known as the twin optimus primes of the Southern Ming Dynasty.
The little beggar glanced at Mo Li timidly, quickly swallowed the food in his mouth, and said, "Back to this big brother, my name is Li Dingguo." ”
"Li Dingguo? Are you really Li Dingguo? Hahaha, that's great! Haha......" Mo Li was a little excited and carried away.
Liang Peijun, Wei Hong and the others looked at him strangely, wondering why this Lord Mo was so excited when he heard the name Li Dingguo.
Li Dingguo also looked at this big brother blankly, he even forgot to eat, I don't know why he had such a reaction to his name, looked at Mo Li, and then looked at Liang Peijun, looking a little cramped and uneasy.
Mo Li suddenly felt that he was a little out of shape, and it seemed a little unreasonable to treat a little beggar like this, so he smiled awkwardly: "Well, I just think his name is very good, Li Dingguo, Dingguo Dingguo, Anbang Dingguo, a male husband should have such ambitions, the Qi family rules the country and the world, so that it will not be in vain to come to the world." ”
Everyone nodded yes. Li Dingguo also nodded as if he didn't understand.
Mo Li said again: "Dingguo, do you have any relatives at home now?" ”
Li Dingguo shook his head and said: "My father and mother were no longer there when I was eight years old, and I have been begging for food everywhere for the past two years, relying on the charity of well-wishers. ”
"That's right...... In this case, you can go with us after eating, I won't be hungry for you in the future, I think you are also quite clever, so you will be a scholar for me in the future, how about it? Moli said.
"Really?" Li Dingguo was overjoyed, and hurriedly left the table and knelt down to bow, "Thank you for taking it in!" ”
Mo Li hurriedly said: "Hurry up, hurry up, you can call me big brother!" ”
"This ......" Li Dingguo looked at Moli, then at Liang Peijun, and said, "Dingguo doesn't dare." ”
Liang Peijun said: "It's okay to settle the country, this Mo Da ...... Big brother he is like this, he likes people to call him brother. Saying that, he glanced at Mo Li with a deep meaning.
"Thank you, big brother." Li Dingguo hurriedly shouted.
Li Dingguo is my little brother! Ha ha! Mo was very proud and said, "Well, eat!" Eat quickly. ”
Everyone quickly finished eating and checking out the bills and left. I don't know where the shopkeeper took the abacus and beeped for a while and said, "Guest officer, a total of one hundred and eighty taels of silver." ”
"What!" Mo Li was furious and shouted, "What kind of black shop are you opening? How to eat a meal costs 180 taels of silver! ”
One tael of silver is about equal to one hundred yuan in later generations, which is converted, and this meal will cost 18,000 yuan? Mud horse, your Laozi's name is Li Gang?
Wei Hong and the others also glared angrily.
"Guest officer, you don't need so much silver for this meal, but you brought this little flower child in for dinner, and scared most of my guests away, do you have to pay for this loss?" The shopkeeper said unhurriedly.
"! How unreasonable! "Ma Dan, the shopkeeper of this restaurant not only looks down on people, but also seems to open a black shop.
"Wei Hong, give him ten taels of silver, it's up to the sky!" Mo Li was too lazy to entangle with such a snob, although this meal was not worth ten taels of silver, now he just wanted to go back to the cottage as soon as possible, and he didn't care about spending more money.
However, Mo Li's misestimation was wrong, and the shopkeeper obviously had no intention of bargaining with him, and still said coldly: "One hundred and eighty taels, not a penny less!" ”
"the mud horse!" Mo Li was finally completely angry, and as soon as he stretched out his hand to grab the collar of the shopkeeper, who knew that the guy seemed to be on guard, he shrank his neck and dodged away, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Someone! There are people here who eat white food! Hit someone! Come on, people......"
Mo Li was stunned for a moment, only to see dozens of big men suddenly pouring out of the store, all of them fierce and vicious, and they were still holding wooden sticks and other guys, obviously preparing to attack them.
Mo Li shouted, "Brothers, retreat! ”
As he spoke, holding Li Dingguo with one hand and Liang Peijun with the other, the three of them rushed out of the door.
Wei Hong and his ten brothers had already started with those fighters at this time, and when they came, they were afraid of revealing their identities, so they basically didn't bring any weapons, only a few short knives and daggers to hide on their bodies, and Mo Li brought a short gun to hide on their bodies.
At this time, Wei Hong and the others drew out short knives and daggers and fought hard with the thugs, because these brothers were carefully selected by Guan Feng, all of them were good at it, and after a while, they rushed out of the restaurant with Mo Li and them, although the thugs were numerous, they couldn't stop them, and they were slashed and stabbed a lot.
Mo Li grabbed Liang Peijun and Li Dingguo and rushed out of the door, found their mounts, turned over on their horses, beat their horses and ran.
The shopkeeper's name is Liu Dongqiang, who is the right-hand man of Gao Ling, the brother-in-law of Lingchuan Zhixian County, and when he saw this, he hurriedly said to a thug next to him: "Quick! Go report to Lord Han and ask him to send troops to catch the thief! Just go! ”
Lord Han is the magistrate of Lingchuan, surnamed Han Mingchong, he is cunning and greedy, and the people of Lingchuan call him "Cold Wind Knife" behind his back, and he has blown it, and the trees have lost their skin, which shows that this person is notorious.
Wei Hong and the others beat a group of thugs to cry and cry for their mothers, and then rode on horseback and followed Mo Li and the three of them.
Mo Li asked Li Dingguo to sit in front of him and urged the horse to run in the direction of Heiyun Village. Liang Peijun also followed closely behind.
When they rushed to the city gate, they saw that the soldiers guarding the city were closing the gate, and it was about to be closed.
Mo Li was in a hurry and shouted, "Brothers, hurry up!" ”