In the spring of the tenth year of Chongzhen (1637 AD), Li Zicheng's army was in northern Shaanxi, because the officials and troops in northern Shaanxi were successively transferred to the south, so Li Zicheng's army was in northern Shaanxi as if it was no one's land, they came to Mizhi until they set up camp.

Li Zicheng rested here for half a month. After Gao Yingxiang was killed, the remnants of his army defected to Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng was also promoted from a general to the new king.

He can now also be called a general, with seven generals under his command: Liu Zongmin, Gao Yigong, Li Guo, Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, and Liu Fangliang. There are also generals: Zhang Nai, Dang Shousu, Xin Sizong, Gu Kecheng, Wang Wenyao, Ren Jizhong, Li Michang, Wu Ruyi, Ma Shiyao, Liu Tichun, Liu Su, Liu Hu, Liu Xiyao, etc., cousins Li Zun, Li Xuan, Li Xian, Li Shi, Li Tong, Li Da, Li Yi, Li Di, Li You, Li Mou, and cousins Li Shiheng, Li Yunheng, and Li Qiheng all served in his army.

He was full of ambition and led the army to fight in Gansu and Sichuan.

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Gao Junshan was in Suizhou, and did not go east to Yingcheng with Zhang Xianzhong, but returned to Zaoyang, he seemed to have a fate for Zaoyang, and he was stationed here three times.

Although he came three times, the first two times were stationed outside the city, and this time, Gao Junshan arranged the old camp in Zaoyang County.

The reason why Gao Junshan wanted to part ways with Zhang Xianzhong was mainly because he couldn't get used to Zhang Xianzhong's banditry, killing people and goods, burning and looting, bullying men and women and doing all kinds of evil, he really didn't want to be with him, so he had to find an excuse to return to Zaoyang.

After settling down in Zaoyang, he received information from Feng Shuangli and Tian Fang:

Zhang Xianzhong was hit hard by the Ming army in Macheng and Huanggang, and the team was defeated into four, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Ma Shouying, and Liu Guoneng each led one, one went to Luotian, one went to Tuanfeng Town, one went to Qishui, and one went to Qiting.

Among them, Liu Guoneng Department is divided into two roads to Jiangbei, one from Tongcheng into Lujiang and Shucheng, and the other from Guang, Guzu Huoshan and Liuhe to the east.

When Tian Wenju heard the news, he sighed: "King Qin really has the talent to go through the heavens and latitudes, and he has no last resort. I still don't understand the division of troops in Suizhou, but now I understand, I understand! ”

"You understand a fart!" Liu Hongru sneered, "At that time, weren't you very envious of people going to Macheng? ”

Tian Wenju said: "Wenxuan, don't be rude. I was envious of people at the time, but now I don't understand! ”

Bailisha said: "King Qin looks at the problem and focuses on the world, unlike some people, seeing some small profits is like a fly seeing." ”

Tian Wenju hurriedly covered his nose: "I'm going to King Qin to sue you two for speaking uncivilized." ”

"Who's talking uncivilly?" Gao Junshan walked in square steps to the midst of them.

Tian Wenju was about to sue, but Bailisha preemptively said to Gao Junshan: "King Qin, I heard that Zaoyang's sour noodles are very good, and there is a restaurant at the east corner of the street, where you can eat sour noodles." ”

Gao Junshan came to be interested: "Okay, let's go together!" ”

Liu Hongru asked Tian Wenju with a pun: "Are you going?" ”

The reason why Bailisha and Liu Hongru said this about Tian Wenju was because when Tian Wenju was in Suizhou, he was unwilling to return to Zaoyang, he insisted on following Zhang Xianzhong to Macheng, and Gao Junshan insisted on returning to Zaoyang, so he reluctantly followed back to Zaoyang.

Tian Wenju looked embarrassed: "Go, of course I'll go!" ”

Gao Junshan and his entourage turned left out of the yamen, and they didn't walk a few steps to the restaurant that Bailisha said, and there was a plaque on the lintel of the restaurant, with four big characters of "Yangdong Restaurant" written on it.

The four of them went to the private seat on the second floor, chartered a private room, and didn't order anything else, just asked for four bowls of sour noodles.

After a cup of tea, the runner brought four bowls of sour noodles, put them in front of the guests one by one, and then asked, "Guest officer, do you want to listen to Xiaoqu?" ”

Gao Junshan didn't know where the mood came from, and he said happily: "Okay, okay! I'd love to hear your little song here. ”

The runner said, "Please wait." After saying that, he walked out of the private room.

The sour paste noodles are made by boiling the noodles and then rinsing and scalding, adding ingredients and sour paste soup, and the green, white and red colors in the soup noodles are matched, which looks very elegant.

Seeing such an attractive sour noodles, Gao Junshan couldn't wait to taste it, the noodles were smooth and refreshing, sour and spicy, with a dark fragrance, not greasy.

"It's delicious, it's delicious." Gao Junshan nodded in admiration, and said to the three strategists, "You also use chopsticks, don't eat alone." ”

So, the four of them ate noodles in a hurry.

Halfway through eating, I saw three singers come in, and one of them said, "Guest officer, what do you want to listen to?" ”

Gao Junshan saw that the three of them were all men, a young student, an old student, and a harlequin, so he asked them, "What can you sing?" ”

The old student said: "One hundred orders and eight generals, you can choose." ”

"You're talking about the heroes of Liangshan, right?" Gao Junshan asked.

The harlequin lengthened his voice and said in the language of opera: "Yes—yes—"

Gao Junshan said: "Then let's force Liangshan for a while!" ”

"Forced to Liangshan?" Xiao Sheng was a little hesitant.

Gao Junshan asked, "Won't it?" ”

The old student hurriedly explained: "This guest officer, it's not that we can't, but we lack a Hua Dan and can't sing." ”

Gao Junshan said: "Then come to Jingyanggang for a while." ”

"Great!" The harlequin said, "Let's talk about a section of Wu Song fighting the tiger." ”

The three of them knocked and spoke, and it turned out that they were singing a local minor tune close to Bangzi, Henan.

For Gao Junshan, Wu Song's fight against the tiger has long been a rotten plot, and he has watched it countless times through various media since he was a child, so he can't lift his spirits at all, and focuses on eating.

However, the three strategists listened with relish, and from time to time they shook their heads and hummed a few words.

After singing a paragraph, the old student asked if he still wanted to listen to it, and the three strategists turned their eyes to Gao Junshan, and Gao Junshan asked them: "Do you still want to hear it?" ”

"I want to hear it!" The three of them scrambled to answer.

Gao Junshan nodded and asked the old student: "May I ask this gentleman, are you willing to go to my house to sing?" ”

The old student said: "I can't ask for it! This guest officer. ”

Gao Junshan said: "Let me tell you, I am the King of Qin, I want to ask you to sing full-time in my army, and we will provide you with food and use, are you willing?" ”

"This, this—" The old student hesitated.

"Hmm!" Tian Wenju stood up with a glare.

The harlequin standing on the side hurriedly explained: "Uncles, please don't misunderstand, it's not that we don't want to, we have to ask our owner." ”

"Who's your owner?" Gao Junshan asked.

The old student replied: "It is the owner of Dongyang Restaurant." ”

"Little Er!" Gao Junshan shouted outside the door.

The runner ran in: "This guest officer, what do you command?" ”

"Bring your boss here!"

"Yes, yes." The runner retreated.

After a while, a fat guy came in: "Which guest officer wants to find me?" ”

Tian Wenju asked him, "Have you heard of King Qin?" ”

The fat guy said: "This guest officer, you are joking, in our Zaoyang, who doesn't know King Qin?" ”

Tian Wenju said: "The one standing in front of you is King Qin. ”

"Ahh The fat guy was very surprised, he hurriedly knelt down in front of Gao Junshan, "The little one doesn't know that the king of Qin has arrived, how offended is it, please spare my life!" ”

Gao Junshan helped the fat guy up: "You're the boss, right?" I did not come to ask for your life, but to ask you. ”

The fat guy hurriedly said, "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

Gao Junshan gave a thumbs up: "The sour noodles you made taste the best, I want you to make another thirty bowls and send them to the house, are you willing?" ”

"Very willingly, very willingly."

"Also," Gao Junshan pointed to the three who were singing, "I want to take the three of them with me too, do you have any opinion?" ”

The fat guy panicked: "Please be merciful to the king's subordinates!" If you take them away, my restaurant will be out of business, and I won't be able to pay off all my debts. ”

Tian Wenju said dissatisfiedly: "It seems that you still have bitter water in your stomach!" ”

Gao Junshan waved his hand to Tian Wenju, and asked the owner of the restaurant: "Who do you owe to whom?" How much is owed? ”

The fat guy replied: "I owe a debt to Chen Kaiji of Xizhuang." Last year, there was a great drought, there was a shortage of food, and the business of the restaurant was even more difficult, I had a large family to spend, and the yamen urged me to ask for 'three salaries', so I went to King Chen Yan to borrow 500 taels of usurious debt. ”

Bailisha said: "It seems that this Chen Kaiji is quite broad. ”

The fat guy said: "It's not just wide, it's a family with a lot of money, and it's rich enough to rival the country!" His fortune is all due to the exploitation of us who buy and sell, and it is only now that it is today. ”

Gao Junshan said to Bailisha: "Immediately raid his home, and use all his property as military funds!" ”

Bailisha said: "Obey!" ”

Gao Junshan asked inexplicably: "Why didn't Zhang Xianzhong go to his house to eat here?" ”

The fat guy said, "Chen Yan's family is not in the city. ”

Gao Junshan said to the fat guy: "Don't worry, you don't have to pay back the money you owe Chen Kaiji." ”

"Thank you, King! You're my new parent! ”

Gao Junshan said: "The sour noodles you make are delicious, why don't you come to my house and cook for me, I will ensure that you have no worries about three meals, and you don't have to worry all day long, what do you think?" ”

"Oops! The king takes such a fancy to my craft, I am really fortunate to have three lives, I am very willing! "Fat guy bye again.

Gao Junshan asked, "What's your name?" ”

The fat guy replied, "My name is Geng Yangdong." ”

Gao Junshan nodded and said, "Master Geng, from now on you will be the chef of my family, these three artists?" ”

The fat guy said, "As long as they want, I will listen to you, the king." ”

The old student was busy kneeling in front of Gao Junshan, Xiao Sheng and the harlequin were also busy kneeling, and the old student said, "King, we are willing to follow you!" ”

Gao Junshan smiled: "Okay, you all get up!" Don't call me King in the future, from today onwards, you will become a soldier of the righteous army, and you will call me King Qin! ”

The fat guy asked inquiringly, "King Qin, then I'll close the restaurant now?" ”

Gao Junshan agreed: "Go ahead, but you have to make thirty bowls of sour noodles first." ”

"Don't worry, King Qin!" The fat guy went out with a bang.

Gao Junshan asked the old student: "Can you sing anything else besides singing Water Margin?" ”

Lao Sheng said: "As long as we have a book, we can sing." ”

"Do you know how to write a book?" Gao Junshan asked again.

"I haven't written about it."

Gao Junshan said: "It doesn't matter if you haven't written it, I have a lot of talents in Chongwen Academy, and when I go back, I will ask them to write a few heroic stories about our Gao family's army killing the enemy, and a few of you will be responsible for singing it everywhere, okay?" ”

Lao Sheng said: "To serve King Qin, of course we are willing." ”

"Good!" Gao Junshan nodded, "I have one more thing for you to do." ”