After a while, all the wine and food were delivered to the table of Li Shimin and his party, and when the one-armed guy was about to walk away, Li Shimin called him out loud and said skillfully: "Big brother, please stay, it's like this, we are not very familiar with everything in Shuofang." I am also very curious about your store, can you answer a question or two? ”

The guy smiled: "The master must have seen it, we are all disabled." ”

Li Shimin was silent!

"We are all retired disabled soldiers." When the word soldier was spoken, a strong momentum arose from the guy.

Li Shimin and Qin Qiong looked at each other in shock, this guy was so angry.

"I am a Mo sword hand under the command of the Du Du, and I am fortunate to participate in the great battle of Shuo Fang's victory, although it is to defeat the Turkic army, but the 30,000 Mo sword army that the Du Du has painstakingly trained is almost finished, and there are only 576 people left in the 10,000 Mo knife hands, and there are 349 people like me who are disabled."

Li Shimin stood up movingly, poured two large bowls of wine, and said: "You are the heroes of Datang, it is because of your efforts that there is peace in Datang, I respect you!" ”

"Thank you, sir, I accept your kindness on behalf of my sacrificial brother." The guy hesitated, took the wine bowl on the table, touched it with Li Shimin, and drank it all! He continued: "Although I survived, I could no longer serve my country. To tell you the truth, if we were to do it all over again, we would choose to join the army, even if we knew that this was the result, I would not regret it, because it was the most glorious thing in my life. ”

Li Shimin was deeply shocked by the loyalty of the lowest-level Tang soldiers, after he joined the army, he has been working in the middle and high-level work, and has never heard the voices of ordinary soldiers.

"We're retired. However, we are all afraid of death, although the pension is generous, but it will always run out one day, and we will live the days to come! Who would have thought that our Governor had thought about it for us...... He paid his own money to create a 'soldier's home', five in Shuofang, five in Yeonju, five in Suiju, and five in Gyeongju, and then let us do things here, we get a good salary, and we no longer have to worry about food and clothing in the future. "Speaking of Rotong, this fellow is very grateful!

Cheng Biting Jin pouted and said, "In the end, didn't you help him make money?" ”

The man's face changed greatly, and it took a long time to resist the urge to beat people, and said angrily: "You man doesn't know anything, how can we all be like you as a philistine!" Yes, our military family made money, but it was not in the pockets of the governor, but it was distributed to the families of the sacrificed brothers, and to the brothers who lost their hands and feet! If you don't understand, don't wronged good people. ”

Li Shimin hurriedly said: "My entourage can't speak, don't be angry, big brother!" Zhijie, I don't apologize yet. ”

"I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing!" Cheng Yanjin stood up and saluted the guy, but the pair of tiger eyes showed a hint of cunning.

The guy didn't pay attention to Cheng Biting Jin and got angry.

made the dignified General Wuwei, Lu Guogong was embarrassed. However, he naturally didn't care, he did it on purpose, if Li Shimin mistakenly thought that Luo Tong was collecting money, it would not be good.

Li Shimin almost laughed out loud when he saw that Cheng Biting Jin, who was like hob meat, had trained a small soldier to be only good.

The man said, "Master, this is the first time to come to Shuofang, right?" ”

Li Shimin replied: "It's not, I came once in the early years, it was still in the previous dynasty, but now I find that I can't know the way." ”

The guy said, "Don't say you, master." Even we almost don't recognize this Shuofang City, where we have lived for more than 20 years. ”

Li Shimin saw that he was very interested in talking, so he asked curiously: "How do you say this?" ”

The guy said: "I grew up in Shuofang since I was a child, and I have experienced all the changes in Shuofang. Under the governance of Emperor Wen of Sui, Shuofang was not wealthy, but it was quiet. ”

Li Shimin continued to listen and did not speak.

The man continued: "Emperor Wen is also a capable person, he let the Turks divide, let the Turks submit to them and also ensured the stability of Shuofang, which was still very peaceful at that time. Later, Yang Jian's son Yang Guang ascended the throne and became emperor. The world abused Yang Guang endlessly, but the old man thought he was not bad. A comparison with his father. During his reign, Shuofang saw a rare prosperity. ”

Qin Qiong frowned and said: "Yang Guang is extremely evil, confusing the world, causing the people of the world to be miserable, how can the eldest brother say that he is 'not bad'?" ”

The guy was not annoyed, "hehe" smiled: "I have lived for forty-three years, and the farthest place I have walked to is Gyeongju, to be honest, I really don't know what the situation is in the Central Plains." I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so naturally it's not good to judge. At least in Shuofang, it's still quite prosperous. ”

"Big brother is so knowledgeable!" Li Shimin approved, took the man's words and said: "This is your ignorance, in fact, this big brother is right." The disaster of Yang Guang lies in the Central Plains Canal, and in the three expeditions of Goryeo in the northeast of Hebei. The Central Plains Canal forced the people of the Central Plains to cut off their hands and feet to escape from forced labor, and the three expeditions of Goryeo were even more well-known to work and lose money. From the Weiwentong Uprising in the sixth year of the Great Cause to the thirteenth year of the Great Cause, more than 60 peasant uprisings broke out in the core area of the Central Plains, Hebei, and Jiangnan in just seven years. These uprisings had nothing to do with Shuofang, Yang Guang liked face, liked to be big, and Shuofang, as a place to contact with the Turkic territory, received special care from him. At the beginning, he toured Shuofang in the north, and the Turkic khan personally uprooted the weeds on the roadside for Yang Guang in Shuofang and welcomed Yang Guang's parade. No matter what the world thinks of Yang Guang, Yang Guang is still very good in the eyes of the people of Shuofang, at least he has maintained the stability and prosperity of Shuofang. ”

Qin Qiong and Cheng Biting Jin suddenly became apparent.

"That's a good point, sir. But ......" said the man, sadness appeared in his eyes, and he sighed: "After Liang Shidu occupied Shuofang, everything changed, he became a dog of the Turks, and made Shuofang a mess, and the people were not able to make a living, so that the people could not escape, and I also fled to Gyeongju with my family, and then became a soldier." ”

Hearing the sadness in the guy's words, Li Shimin said: "In troubled times, it is a blessing to survive. ”

"When the governor was still the governor of Gyeongju, I became a strange swordsman!" The man said proudly: "When the governor recovered Shuofang, I was fortunate to follow General Luo Yuan as the internal response, and the city gate was opened by us." ”

Li Shimin pointed to praise and said: "Amazing." ”

The guy smiled: "The governor became the governor of Xiazhou, this one thing is to resume production, under the governance of the governor, Shuofang is the same every day...... Now you can see merchants everywhere, and you can see passers-by laughing. This scene has never been seen in the previous dynasties! Not to mention the dark days of Liang Shidu, you see ......" His tone became more and more brisk, and his mood was getting better and better, pointing to the front and saying: "Then there is a market right in front of it, but it is brilliant." Merchants from the north and south gathered in this bazaar, and they wanted whatever they wanted. Rouge porcelain tea from the south, cow and horse leather from the north, wine from the west, and fish from the east are all available here. I've never seen such a bustling market in my life, I don't know what it's like to be in Chang'an's East and West Market, in my opinion, it's nothing more than that......" He laughed as he spoke, his voice full of pride, the pride of being a Shuofang person.

Li Shimin whispered: "In this way, that kid's ability to govern the place is not bad!" ”

"Who?" The man's ear is good, and he can hear clearly.

"Champion Hou, that is, the governor of Xiazhou!" Li Shimin said with a smile.

The guy couldn't help but nod in agreement: "It's not bad, if Shuo Fang didn't have him, how could he be today." See you ......" He suddenly pointed to a horse dealer who was leading more than a dozen horses dressed as Turks, and said, "You see, this Turk is as honest as a cat." In other words, they would have come to rob it a long time ago. Where can you be so honest? In Turkic Luodudu is known as the murderous god of the spirit, no matter how fierce the Turks meet him, they will become like kittens, and now the Turks are fleeing faster than rabbits, listening to the brothers in the army, the Dudu is now scolding people every day. ”

Li Shimin said strangely: "Scolding? Scolding the soldiers? ”

"It's not! The governor will not scold the soldiers. "If Luo Tong listens, he will definitely be embarrassed.

Qin Qiong asked, "Then who did he scold?" ”

The guy smiled: "Jieli and Tuli, those two soft eggs!" ”

"Why are you scolding them?"

"Their people have fled, and the governor can't find Turks to cut down his brothers, so naturally he will be scolded."

Li Shimin laughed and said: "When I encounter this kind of battle maniac, I will run away without a shadow." As he spoke, he suddenly patted his head and said, "Ah, I've been delaying my brother for a long time." The guy smiled and said: "The lord doesn't need to be polite, it is the duty of every Shuofang person to let the guests understand Shuofang, and it is the purpose of the military home to serve the people wholeheartedly." ”

"Lao Wang, Lao Wang!" At this time, a loud voice came: "Give Cheng Ye five catties of cooked meat, pack it and take it away, and starve your father to death...... Oh, you Jia Baoyu, hit me again"

The guy smiled apologetically and ran briskly.

Li Shimin looked out the window, but saw Cheng Chuliang holding his head in his hands, while Qin Huaiyu was beating his head like a dog, knocking his head hard, and Fang Yiai was giggling on the side.

After a while, the one-armed partner took a plate of cooked meat and sent it over, Cheng Chuliang grabbed it with one hand and sent it to his mouth, and took out the copper coin account from his pocket with the other, and then, the three brothers said a few words to the buddy, and then left, Cheng Chuliang was caught off guard, and the cooked meat in his hand was snatched by Fang Yiai, and Cheng Chuliang scolded and chased after him......

Li Shimin laughed and said: "It's the two boys in your family who love Fang Yi, fortunately they didn't come in, otherwise they would have been exposed." ”