Chapter 41: The Banquet

Xiyang City, a small courtyard in the side courtyard of the Xiyang County Mansion is very lively, and Zhang Dingfa, the head of the mansion guards, is burning bags and setting up a case to celebrate his wife Liu Caiyun for giving birth to a boy for him.

Zhang Dingfa was originally a horse bandit boss, once to Chang'an when he met the Lefang Lingren Mingcui (Liu Caiyun), after several twists and turns, the two became husband and wife and threw themselves into the hands of Gongyu Wenwen of Xiyang County, because of Liu Caiyun's past experience, he thought that he could not have children, and he never wanted to find a secret recipe in Anlu to recuperate, so that Zhang Dingfa got his wish.

There are not many people in the house who know about the past of the two of them, but Zhang Dingfa is in charge of the guards in the house, and Liu Caiyun is Yu Wenwen's right-hand man, and later he is the backyard manager, so the 'popularity' is very high, and the main people who are invited to the banquet this time are the guards and the neighbors in the side yard.

Zheng Tong, Wang Yue's two families and Yang Ji, who was alone, all lived in the side courtyard, so the three of them were invited to the banquet this time.

Happy to get the noble son of Zhang \ Ding red face full of glass after glass of wine, Liu Caiyun for his old Zhang family to give birth to incense, can be said to be happy from the sky, this time is a smile from ear to ear, last year after learning that his wife was pregnant, he went to the temple outside Anlu City to burn I don't know how much incense, now I want to go back to the wish, but the temple outside Xiyang City has long been dilapidated, no abbot has to put wine 'Zhongle Le'.

Yuwen Wen opened a wine shop in the city, a convenient shopkeeper Wang Yue to talk about things, when he invited guests, but also to promote a variety of dishes, now in Xiyang City, fame is gradually rising, all kinds of delicacies in the house, especially Dongpo meat and sauce elbows are sold in the wine shop, Zhang Dingfa originally wanted to invite guests in the wine shop, but considering safety factors, or in the side yard to put wine.

This time, the wine was approved by the lord and the mother, so the dishes were all produced in the kitchen of the mansion, so the guards were able to taste the 'top' delicacy in the mansion, Dongpo meat, sauce and elbow are also served on weekdays, but it is rare to see, not to mention the newly launched roast duck, so everyone is feasting.

"I said, Boss Zhang, what do you do by talking and drinking!!" Yuwen fifteen yelled drunkly. He grabbed a wine jar and came up directly to ask for a 'cheers'. Zhang \ Dingfa didn't say a word, directly picked up a wine jar, touched it, raised his head and drank.

Seeing the two of them working so desperately, Wang Yue and Yang Ji, who were present, were all smiling and silent, but the guards were dumbfounded. They originally wanted to take turns toasting and have a wheel battle, but Lin Youdi stabbed Fu Youcai and motioned to strike while the iron was hot, but Fu Youcai looked at the jar of wine in front of him and showed a bitter face.

Excluding Yang Ji and Wang Yue, the best amount of alcohol in the mansion is Lord Lang Yuwenwen, followed by Zhang Dingfa and Yuwen Fifteen, the others were originally bitter, haha, they didn't have to eat much meat before entering the mansion, let alone wine, Fu Youcai, as the deputy leader of the guard, also slowly boiled out some alcohol, but it was not enough in front of those two.

Fu Youcai was hesitating, but he didn't expect to give Yuwen Fifteen a glimpse, so he shouted: "Youcai, the four of you go together!" ”

Today, Yuwen Wen wanted to come in person, but thought that if he came, then everyone would not be able to let go, so he prepared a generous gift for Yuwen Fifteen to bring, and at the same time gave him a task to 'liven up' the atmosphere of the scene, so Yuwen Fifteen was afraid that the world would not be chaotic.

Fu Youcai, Lin Youdi, Hu Sanzi and Zhang Yiman got up when they heard this, stepped forward and touched a few glasses with Zhang Dingfa, among the four people, Fu Youcai had the best amount of wine, and Lin Youdi was better, after all, he had been with Lord Lang in Chang'an for a while. Hu Sanzi and Zhang Yiman were busy in the glass workshop on weekdays, and they never touched the wine, and these glasses of wine began to float after the stomach.

The four of them are poor boys in Chang'an City, they are full of food on weekdays, and they have a new life after coming to the Xiyang County Mansion, and they have been honed for more than two years as the backbone of the business, although they are young, but they are much more capable of doing things.

"Want to go? Zhang Yu's guy slipped away to Bahe City, and you also got his share! Yuwen Fifteen grabbed Fu Youcai, "It's not like that, where is it enough to drink these wines!" ”

"If it's a man, come to an altar!"

"Can't drink? There's land for you to come over to the top! I can't stand it, and there are Yiman and the third son!! ”

"I remember, Wu Ming's few are happy in the field, and a few of you have also taken their share!"

Yuwen 15 successfully invigorated the atmosphere of the scene, and the sound of pushing the cup and the cup became more and more noisy, all the way to the house behind the small courtyard, and now Liu Caiyun, who is a mother, is lying on the couch and looking at her infant son with a happy smile.

Because of the turmoil of the Duchess of Xiyang County last year, she was afraid of childbirth, and even took her husband Zhang Dingfa to start worrying, but the smooth delivery finally made people breathe a sigh of relief, and now her husband is in front of the wine, and she also has neighbors here to visit.

"This little guy looks like him!"

Zheng Tong and Wang Yue's wives were both in front of the bed, watching the nurse pick up the little guy and coax her, she and her two families were neighbors of Liu Caiyun and his wife, so today the man went to the front to drink, and they came to visit the mother and son.

Liu Caiyun and his wife are not relatives of Xiyang County, but they are the backbone of the house, so the treatment is also very good, because the house has a lot of experience in maternal production, so all the affairs have been prepared in advance, and even the stable mother, the nurse and so on have been arranged in advance.

After the successful delivery, Mrs. Wei Chi also sent maids to serve her, and the required ingredients and medicinal materials were paid by the government. As for Liu Caiyun's backyard stewardship, the responsibilities were shared by Cuiyun, the lady's personal maid, and Liu Ye, the maid of the Yang family, a few months ago.

"Mrs. Liu, this month has to be done. Don't be reckless, go out to blow the wind, if you fall into trouble, it's not good. Zheng Tong's wife said as a person who came over, she is already the mother of two boys, so the experience is quite convincing.

Liu Caiyun nodded, she didn't want to do anything now, she just wanted to raise her hard-won son, she thought that there would be no offspring in this life, and now she should cherish this gift from God.

"I thought that I would live alone in this life......

Bahe City, today's fish catch is quite abundant, and the net has a few big fish, so according to the old rules of the fish, because every household has a share, so the city is very lively, people line up to lead the fish, the deputy city lord Tian Zhengyue is at the scene to direct people to maintain order and register the distribution of the situation.

In an open space, a long running water table is set up by many food tables, and each family makes efforts to prepare vegetables to celebrate the 'big harvest'.

The residents in Bahe City, which was originally the residence of Haoqiang Lu's family, are now all newly moved in, they are the soldiers of the Hulin Army who have land in Bahe City, the soldiers of the Xiangyang Navy who moved in, and the old Bazhou Navy and their respective families. Tian Zhengyue, the lord of the Hulin Military Building, was appointed by Yuwenwen as the full-time deputy city lord to guard the soldiers' 'home'.

As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to draft the water. Bahe City is at the junction of the Yangtze River and Ba Shui, and there is a large lake in the northeast, so it is very convenient for fishing. The water that was originally occupied by the Lu clan has now been recovered by the state government, and the biggest beneficiary is the new residents of Bahe City, most of them are from the water army, so the ability on the water is not bad, and with a stable fishing ground, the harvest is naturally not low.

"Little fish, bring this big fish back to the mansion and dedicate it to Yuwen Envoy!" A man in the crowd in charge of distributing the fish shouted, his surname was Liu, he was the master of the navy army and an old acquaintance of Zhang Yu, and he and the others were all soldiers of the Xiangyang navy, and now they had brought their families to settle in Bahe City in Bazhou.

"Brother Liu, the envoy said that you can dispose of these fish yourself." Zhang Dingfa said, "But remember to keep the swim bladder." ”

"No problem, how many swim bladders you want!!"

"Little fish. These lotus roots are good, you must bring them back and give them to Yuwen Envoy to taste."

"And water chestnuts, you bring a few more baskets back"

In July last year, Team Leader Liu and others followed Gongyu Wenwen of Xiyang County to the south to rescue Liang Guo, and when Jiangjin was burned, Zhang Yu sneaked into Jiangjin from the waterway with Team Master Liu and other companions to set fire to the boat.

At that time, they had the idea of defecting to Yuwen Wen, and Xiangzhou Assassin Shi Dayu Wen made Jun Yu Wenming also expressed his support, and now Bazhou has been made obedient by Xiao Yuwen Envoy Jun and has also won a treasure Bahe City, so everyone is right.

The big lake in the northeast is fished casually, and the fish catch is deducted and handed over, and the fixed amount can be disposed of at will, of course, in the end, it is all sold to the logistics of the Hulin Army at a 'friendly price', because the daily consumption of the thousands of fighting men is huge, and the fish bladder is boiled into a fish bladder glue for the use of the ordnance supervisor to make bows and arrows.

There are not only fish in the lake, lotus root and water chestnut are as abundant, as well as the algae used to feed pigs are also everywhere, and the newly built Bazhou water army is actually busy casting nets to catch all kinds of aquatic products for more than half of the time. Yuwen envoy Jun also said that the strength of the naval army is still weak, so in the past two years, he has not been demanding to fight hard with the Chen army, as long as the Hulin army can be safely transported to the other side of the river.

Although Bazhou is on the Yangtze River and there are many lakes, there are already people who have been active and began to raise fish in the pond, because Yuwen Envoy Jun has promised to collect as many fish as there are at least two years, and two years is enough time to return to the capital, and even if people don't eat it, but the same fish bladder is adopted, so it is absolutely cost-effective to raise fish.

Especially crucian carp. It is said that the barracks are a large number of crucian carp roe, no matter how much you charge, the price is good, the only requirement is to connect the crucian carp together, so as not to make a mistake and not fresh, for the people living by the river, the crucian carp reproduces quickly, if you use the pond to raise crucian carp, it is really a way to make a fortune.

But what makes people a little puzzling is that it is said that people will become stupid if they eat too much crucian carp roe, and they don't know why Yuwen Envoy Jun wants to give this kind of thing to the soldiers.

"Xiao Yu'er, if you recruit someone in the house, you have to help talk." Team Leader Liu took advantage of the lack of people next to him and said that Zhang Yu's sister-in-law entered the Xiyang County Mansion two years ago to do things, and now she has become the object of envy of everyone, not only is her son white and fat, but he is also more energetic.

At that time, the Xiangyang Navy deducted military salaries, the situation was serious, the soldiers were not well fed and clothed, not to mention the family members, Zhang Yu's sister-in-law was also yellow and thin, and even the one-year-old child was also malnourished, two days ago Zhang Yu took her and her mother to visit the old neighbors in Bahe City, but everyone was amazed by the changes in the mother and son, in view of this, the families of the Navy Army are looking forward to the Xiyang County Mansion can recruit more people on their side.

"Brother Liu, I can't interject in recruiting people in the house, but if there is news, I will tell you that the first thing to recruit is to be honest and be able to endure hardships."

"Honestly! Honestly, of course! Your sister-in-law Liu must be fine, right? And the mother-in-law of our Xiangyang Water Army, which one is not honest and can endure hardships? You put a hundred hearts!! Team Leader Liu slapped his chest with a bang.

Zhang Yu nodded, he grew up eating 100 meals in the Xiangyang Water Military Barracks, so he knows the old neighborhood well, Lang Lord Yu Wenwen attaches great importance to the character of the servant because of Huang Aqi's affairs, it doesn't matter if he is illiterate or clever, the most important thing is to be honest and able to endure hardships.

"Brother Liu, I won't go back to Bahe City tonight, is there a place at home?"

"Yes! You stayed to talk to everyone, didn't you have something to convey? ”

"yes, by the way, let's talk to everyone." (To be continued.) )