Chapter 460: Chengnan Tea Stall

In March, the warbler flies and the grass grows.

The spring breeze with a hint of warmth blows the entire land of Henan, bringing up a piece of greenery. The warm spring breeze and the warm sun made the pedestrians and merchants on the official road near Luoyang City feel warm on their bodies, and their whole bones seemed to be crispy.

Five carriages and a team of nearly ten knights formed a convoy and slowly headed towards Luoyang. This team is Zhang Yunwen and his family members who came to Luoyang to take office.

After recruiting Wang Fangyi, Zhang Khan Zhi and Wei Zhenzai, Zhang Yunwen still wanted to look for it in Chang'an City, but this February is about to pass, and March is coming soon. So, Li Shimin ordered Zhang Yunwen to set off quickly, and at the same time promised that the officials who were sent to Luoyang City first were definitely capable officials.

Therefore, Zhang Yunwen had no choice but to go to Luoyang to take up his post.

From Luoyang, Chang'an Road, you can not only take the Cao Canal into the Yellow River, turn to Luoshui, you can go directly to Luoyang, and you can take the official road, cross the Tongguan Pass and go to Luoyang. Considering that the wind is strong in Jiangshang, Xiang Li Yu, his body is already weak, and it is better to take a carriage.

From 26 February to the 5th day of the first month of March, we finally arrived at Dugi Province and arrived at the outskirts of Luoyang.

Zhang Yunwen and all the relatives and soldiers, all wearing leather armor and fully armed, along the way, those pedestrians and merchants saw this team, they consciously stayed away and did not dare to approach.

"Alright, let's rest here first!" Sitting on the horse, he saw a pavilion not far ahead, Zhang Yunwen pointed to the pavilion and said.

Ma Wangshan and Yang Shi beside Zhang Yunwen glanced at each other, and then took the first step to check the situation there near the pavilion.

After seeing the two of them riding horses and wandering around the pavilion, Zhang Yunwen said, "Okay, let's go!" ”

The pavilion is small and is supported by six untreated columns. You can even clearly see the wooden marks and annual rings on this pillar. Standing in the pavilion, there is a different kind of rustic feeling.

Next to the pavilion, there was a thatched pergola, which contained no more than two or three large square tables and a few benches. A pair of plainly dressed young men and women were standing in the thatched hut, looking at Zhang Yunwen and the others who were slowly coming over with fear. It seems that the young couple is the owner of this tea stall. The man's face was covered with a beard, and he looked quite strong, but his eyes were evasive. And the woman has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and she is quite beautiful. Especially the high protrusion on her chest, so that those who stopped in the pavilion couldn't help but salute her.

This is the south of Luoyang City. When Li Shimin led his troops to surround Luoyang, he also came out of the south of Luoyang City at night, infiltrated the Tang army camp, and surrendered to Li Shimin. Thinking about it now, Zhang Yunwen suddenly felt a kind of fear, at that time he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, he was still young, and the use of that body was also very unskilled, and he was really lucky to be able to sneak into the Tang Army camp without being discovered. The Tang army kept attacking the city during the day and was tired at night, and this vigilance was also relaxed.

got off the horse first, and helped Li Yu and others out of the carriage next to each other. This move was a loss of etiquette, and at the beginning, Wang Fangyi and the others were surprised, but after seeing more, they were not surprised.

When Li Yu and the other three daughters got out of the carriage and sat in the pavilion to rest, Zhang Che suddenly pointed to the thatched shed and said, "Daddy, then, is that a house?" ”

Zhang Yunwen smiled lightly and rubbed Zhang Che's head: "Yes, this is the house, but this house is for people to rest and drink tea!" ”

Zhang Che nodded as if he didn't understand, and said, "That'...... Daddy, I want to drink water! ”

Zhang Yunwen took Zhang Che's hand and walked to the grass shed and sat down, and said to the young man and woman: "Boss, come to a pot of tea!" ”

The woman pushed the young man and motioned for him to go to tea. The young man hurriedly lifted the copper kettle from the stove, slowly poured the boiling water into a clay teapot, and carefully mentioned it in front of Zhang Yunwen, and said with a sneer on his face: "This, uh, adult, villain here, only coarse tea and inferior water, and I hope that my lord Haihan!" ”

Zhang Yunwen turned over the pottery bowl in front of him, poured a bowl of tea, pushed it in front of Zhang Che, and then poured another bowl himself. Put down the teapot and said to the young man and woman: "Hehe, the location here is good, just south of Luoyang City, there is a long pavilion on the side, business travel, presumably your business is also good!" ”

The woman sighed: "My lord, although the location here is good, but this tea stall is not a small profit, and it is not bad to earn some rice money in a day!" Also, the thoughtfulness of the Zhou family in the south of Luoyang City, this person is so hateful, it is not to say that a tea stall cannot be opened here, and he wants to drive our husband and wife out of here! Saying this, the woman knelt on the ground, and pulled the man next to her to kneel down together, "Look at the extraordinary weapons of the adults, it must be very human, and please help the adults, don't let that Zhou take away the tea stall of our husband and wife!" ”

Zhang Yunwen didn't want to ask casually, this woman was so shrewd that she seized the opportunity to beg herself, but after thinking about it, as the pastor of the Eastern Capital, she was also in charge of the people's livelihood, and it was within her duty to deal with this matter.

At the moment, he asked: "You and your wife have set up this tea stall here, do you have a city order document, and you can report it in the yamen?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the young man and woman's faces darkened, and they all shook their heads: "We are all ordinary people, and we have no relatives in the Yamen on errands, so how can we report in the Yamen?" ”

Zhang Yunwen listened, and his face turned solemn: "Since you haven't reported in the yamen, how can you let me help you?" At that time, the person surnamed Zhou took out a city order document and came out, what should I do? ”

When the young man and woman heard this, they were deflated and sat down on the ground.

Zhang Yunwen looked around at this tea stall, and saw that this tea stall had nothing to grow except for the grass shed above his head, a few columns, and a few tables and stools. When he turned around, he saw Zhang Che slowly drinking tea, and said, "It's so delicious, it's much better than the tea at home!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yunwen picked up the pottery bowl and took a sip gently, only to feel a fragrance burst out from the tip of his tongue, instantly permeating the entire mouth, and then penetrating into his heart.

After tasting for a while, Zhang Yunwen greeted the people in the pavilion: "You all come down and taste this tea, it's really extraordinary!" ”

When everyone in the pavilion came to the tea stall, Zhang Yunwen turned his head and said to the young couple: "Since you have such skills and can make such good tea, why don't you open a teahouse in Luoyang City, but you have to stay here?" ”

The woman smiled bitterly and said, "My husband and wife are just so poor, how can they get the money to open a teahouse?" ”

Zhang Yunwen smiled, and suddenly said: "Otherwise, I invite you and your wife to come to my house and make tea for my house, with a monthly salary of two times, what do you think?" ”

As soon as they heard the wages of the two times, the two of them looked at each other, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Thank you, sir!" ”

You must know that in recent years, the wind and rain have been smooth, and the grain has been harvested, and the price of this rice is only five or six wen a bucket, and these two pieces of money can be used by a family of three for half a year.

Since you have hired these two people, of course, you have to ask their names. After asking, Zhang Yunwen learned that this young man's name was Xu Wei, and the woman was his wife, and the others were changed to the Xu family's wife or Xu Liang's family. The couple also has a daughter, who is just over a year old, who is sleeping peacefully behind a tea stall.

And when Zhang Yunwen reported his name, the couple couldn't help but open their mouths and looked at Zhang Yunwen in disbelief.

Zhang Yunwen smiled faintly, lowered his head, and drank tea. Seeing this, Rui'er next to her introduced everyone to the couple one by one.

After resting for a moment at the tea stall, Zhang Yunwen and the others were preparing to leave. And the lady of the Xu family also picked up her daughter, a very cute little girl who was sleeping soundly, and was ready to leave with Zhang Yunwen. Xu Wei had already cleaned up the tea stall, picked up the tea leaves and tea sets, and stood next to the lady of the Xu family.

At this moment, I saw several knights galloping from the north. As soon as she saw the figures of those knights, the lady of the Xu family couldn't help but cover her mouth and exclaimed: "Ah, then Zhou Quan is here!" ”

Zhang Yunwen looked at those knights, only to see that those knights did not slow down at all, and rushed straight towards the long pavilion.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help frowning, and glanced at Ma Wangshan beside him. Ma Wangshan understood, and together with Yang Shi and Song Waterfall and other six people, they rode out to meet those knights.

When he was still ten zhang away from the other party, Ma Wangshan pulled out the horizontal knife at his waist and shouted: "Who is coming, Lord Guogong is here, and he still doesn't stop dismounting!" ”

The rest of the people also drew their horizontal knives, and the tips of their knives pointed directly at the seven or eight knights who were galloping over.

The seven or eight cavalrymen saw six heavily armed cavalry rushing up, drew their horizontal swords and pointed at themselves, and when they were in shock, they heard the roar of Ma Wangshan, stopped their horses, turned over and dismounted, and looked at Ma Wangshan and others.

Seeing that the other party had been stopped, Zhang Yunwen waved his hand to the groom, and the groom immediately knew what he meant, and drove the carriage slowly north.

Those knights were driven to the side of the road by Ma Wangshan and others, watching Zhang Yunwen's convoy slowly approach.

When passing by these knights, the knight at the head saw the Xu family couple following the carriage at a glance. As soon as he saw the lady of the Xu family, the knight's blood suddenly surged, and he shouted: "Stop!" ”

As soon as he exited, the knight suddenly felt that something was wrong, and quickly covered his mouth and took a step back.