The place to treat guests is in the outer city, but it is not long from the Fuhai Gate in the inner city, and it can be regarded as the edge of the garrison and defense area of this Cao Beijiang, and he rushed over as soon as he said hello.

Although the city of Guangzhou seems to be depressed and dilapidated, there are still people in some streets and alleys who are willing to serve these large numbers of rebels and continue to operate and survive in some streets and alleys under the needs of daily livelihood

One of them is a small wine shop called Dongmingju, with only a two-story old façade, greasy and blackened signboards and yellowed wine flags, and a large moss-colored wine vat half-buried under the eaves, all of which show that this place has been around for a long time.

The missing hall was left to the guards who had brought it, and served large vats of soup cakes and wheat rice, which were used as a place for hospitality and guards; The relatively narrow cubicles on the second floor were also demolished, and a few countertops were specially cleared out for people to sit on the ground;

Although the matching case tables and mats are not class, they are all smeared with oil; I also used a straw cushion to cushion it, and it was very comfortable to fall under my feet, whether it was cross-legged or leaning on its side, or kneeling up, it would not feel stiff.

It's just that Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but be stunned for a while, and then remembered that this was still the ancient times of the late Tang Dynasty, and people with a little bit of conditions and style all played the custom of sharing meals according to the case, and only the poor people at the bottom did not have these poor and exquisite, and because of the ugliness, they made do with a meal;

It's just that before, he was used to squatting and eating in the Angry Wind Camp, and today is the first time to experience this ancient style of sitting leisurely on the ground. He thought about it, anyway, he couldn't learn or do this kind of "styled" style, so he simply leaned on the column behind him in a broken and broken way, and posed a relatively relaxed "Ge You Lying".

However, where he didn't notice, Captain Chai and General Cao Beijiang had their own thoughts or thoughts, and glanced at each other.

"Brother Monk is really a bold person."

Cao Shixiong said with a smile and sat down casually.

"Monks should not be detained by the worldly rites."

"We can't help but be hypocritical and unseemly."

"Come on, serve the food quickly, don't slack off the gluttony in our stomachs."

Then in his call, the steaming ones were carried up by large pots and pots, and then they were distributed into plates and bowls by the cook's own hands, and then brought to their respective tables by the cousins.

The large plate is presented with freshly roasted lamb's neck cut into bone joints, large pieces of rotten beef hooves in sauce and half-cut black bean sauce roasted fish, the umami comes from steamed mixed shellfish and boiled oysters, and the only vegetables are cocoon white and reed; There are also shredded tofu skins, moss and stingers as side dishes to accompany the flavor...

The main dish that was served at the end was a combination of northern and southern flavors, chestnut rice soup and couscous with filling.

Because of the lackluster seasoning and accessories, the same is true in terms of taste, but the specific oil, water and calories are still enough, and the heat is much more in place than the vat of rice that is difficult to avoid in the angry wind camp...

At least the taste of chestnut rice soup is much better than expected, it seems that it is boiled with soups such as kelp, seaweed and shell vegetables, and it has the flavor of those multigrain soups that are sold for health in later generations...

Because Zhou Huai'an said in advance that he was not good at drinking, Cao Bei and Cao Shixiong were also quite intimate. In addition, the store served a large jar of sloppy (unprecipitated and separated wine) as his exclusive drink. And put a few bottles of sake in front of him as a companion.

Although there is still some pantothenic acid in the mouth, it is boiled and a few raw chickens are put into it, and the taste becomes much better after stirring into egg drops.

And on the details of these openings, Zhou Huaian couldn't help but sigh; After all, it is one of the main troops of the rebel army stationed in the inner city, and the resources and conditions that Cao Shixiong can grasp and enjoy as a special general are far from the tight life he had before, and the angry wind battalion that has only solved the daily problem of keeping warm is comparable to the new recruit.

Fortunately, all of the people present here are rough people who came out of the rebel army, and they don't have as many elaborate rituals as ordinary people drinking and feasting, so they directly use the things that happened in the arsenal today as an excuse to talk about some of the causes and consequences that they will talk about quickly, and gradually dilute the sense of life and distance, and become a little warm

Although Cao Shixiong was born black and lean, he was like a good drinker like the eyes of the sea, and he had a heroic demeanor of a wine country that could speak good things but not annoy people.

In the end, he simply took the initiative to replace the wine vessel in front of him with a large porcelain bowl on the grounds that he was not neat and hearty enough, and the bowl after bowl was poured in his throat, and the wine that flowed on his beard and neck made Zhou Huai'an can't help but twitch the corners of his eyes and faintly hurt his liver.

But I couldn't help but recall that at a reception at a consulate in Africa, I met those hairy bear engineers who claimed to have directly put up a whole barrel of 52-degree Red Star Erpot as water to drink, and stole 75-degree medical alcohol to satisfy their cravings when they had nothing to do, but they were put one by one by an inconspicuous military attache stationed abroad.

Although this Cao Shixiong drank obviously a grain wine with a low degree, it was not a joke to say that the amount of wine poured into it was not a joke, but he only got up to go to the toilet twice, and he was only sweating profusely, but he still stood tall, and even his stomach was not much deformed; This couldn't help but make Zhou Huai'an sigh, could it be that the ancients also had this kind of degradation of wine components and a particularly fast metabolism physique or talent.

In contrast, Captain Chai is much more stable and determined, although there seems to be a little bit of persuasion to drink and drink, but whether it is the body or the arms, they are all stable without the slightest swaying and turbulence; Speaking is also coherent and substantial, faintly guiding the topic and maintaining the atmosphere; and Cao Shixiong, who drank some of the corpses and let go, formed two stark contrasts.

On the contrary, after drinking a few glasses, Zhou Huai'an already felt a little lightheadedness and red ears and hot ears, and it seemed that he was the one who was the most incapable of drinking; However, on the three-dimensional view of the human body in the inner body, Zhou Huai'an can sense the alcohol content that is being digested.

However, he also discovered a rather unexpected thing, the unknown auxiliary system in his body can also replenish energy by drinking; It's just that when you drink a little bit, it's too little and it's not obvious; Then, after tasting a filter, there was a noticeable change, and even the energy limit was increased slightly.

This is really surprising, and according to the prompts of his auxiliary functions, he has to collect/ingest as many special samples as possible to trigger and improve the recovery of the chromatophonic system; Could it be that in the future, I will have to learn from a certain predecessor in history, who is read as a "poet fairy" and written as a "big drunken cat", and then embark on the road of no return (mistake) to taste the world's fine wine and food?

However, then this unexpected discovery, which can never be drunk, through these two slowly open their minds to speak, and some of the middle level of the righteous army who know everything and say everything; Zhou Huai'an finally completed the impression and general outline of most of the rebel army structure in the collection of information in a few words.

For example, although Huangchao's army started from the starving people in Henan, because of the lessons learned from repeated battles in the process of going south, and because the military system absorbed a considerable degree of defeated officials and old subordinates, it presented a relatively standardized and neat structure.

Nowadays, although the scale of the peasant rebel armies of various departments is different, once they are put under the command of Huang Chao, they are all organized and used according to the old system of "battalions, regiments, brigades, teams, and fires" of the Tang Dynasty's official army; No matter how many or too many battalions are formed into a military order, and a number of military orders are classified into one wing, and the strongest one is selected as the army master and wing rate.

Therefore, when the rebel army was at its most victorious, it was once known as the seven-winged to eleven-winged people, and everywhere were the responders who rose up, and they were called "the commander of the rebel army in the sea" and "the commander of millions of volunteers"; However, after the losses of the war from the north to the south, defection, and division, it can be said that the power decay and replacement are not great.

Especially in the battle of Da Yuling, which suffered heavy losses, dozens of generals of the righteous army saw that the situation was not good, and led their troops to surrender to the Zhenhai Festival envoy Gao Yu; In fact, in the end, those who were able to follow Huang Chao south to seize Guangzhou were only the left, center, and rear wings, and the banners of more than a dozen large and small military orders.

The more elite part is specially set up as "XX capital" according to the old practice of the feudal town, in which the quota is unequal but between the battalions and regiments, and there are no additional rewards for Ziliang armor and equipment; In peacetime, it is uniformly assigned to the so-called Cupola General's Mansion and sent under the name, and in wartime, it is necessary to direct the direct distribution of the commanders and wing leaders of each army.

It is precisely because of this set of military systems that has gradually taken shape in the battle that Huang Chao can be under the encirclement and suppression/release of water by various officials and armies in the Central Plains, and the important reason why it has been defeated and defeated again and again; Of course, another important reason is that the general attitude of the feudal towns in various places to sit back and protect themselves and raise thieves and self-respect is similar to that of the warlords along the route of the Red Army's Long March.

In addition, Zhou Huai'an also learned that the current Cupola General's Mansion is actually modeled after the old wisdom of the former dynasty Kaifu Yi and the three divisions, and has a relatively rough official system.

However, it is only under the name of "Cupola General" and "Commander of a Million Righteous Army", according to the gourd painting scoop to imitate the various feudal towns and set up some other titles, such as Changshi, Sima, Beijia, Zhangshi, Envoy, Judge, Pusher, Inspector and other titles, but the duties and jurisdiction are quite confusing and ambiguous;

There are both temporary local ministries and specialized areas, and in fact there are many overlaps and ambiguities in the terms of reference, and even under the same title, there are different jurisdictions, or simply a false name and rank; It's just that no one cares about it in a situation of rushing and fighting.

Although hundreds of officials and subordinates have been appointed, the most useful of them are probably the dozens of people who gathered around Huang Chao as staff members; The highest level is the old relationship between Huang Ye, the brother of the family who planned for Huang Chao as the secretary in charge, and Zhang Junru, the left chief of the marching army;

At the same time, they were also one of the targets and targets of the turmoil in the city, and they were once assassinated; Therefore, it was regarded as some kind of incidental secret and inside information, and it was mentioned to Zhou Huai'an.

"We've said enough."

"But I don't know the monk brother."

Cao Shixiong, who looked a little drunk, suddenly patted his chest with his open shirt and said.

"Would you like to bow down to me?"

"What..."

Zhou Huai'an, who was pretending to be drunk under the influence of alcohol, couldn't help but be taken aback, what is this, is this a means to get closer to the relationship.