"Father-in-law, let's not talk about these troubles, today is the Shangyuan Festival, come and taste the newly caught whale of the child, and it is also the whale meat that has just been cut, it is very fresh!" Seeing that the bearded guest was silent, I saw that Li Chengdao suddenly greeted with a smile again, the bearded guest is a guest from afar, especially since he hasn't eaten a mouthful of food yet. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Hearing Li Chengdao's greeting, the bearded guest came to his senses, and sat next to Li Chengdao with a smile, Zheng added a pair of chopsticks to him, and also took out the home-brewed wine for the bearded guest and Li Yuanji to pour, and then left.

"Good wine, I didn't expect Li Xiu to even teach you how to distill liquor!" The bearded guest took a sip of the wine, and then shouted happily, he didn't expect Li Chengdao to have distilled liquor here, he had only drunk it at Li Xiu's house at the beginning.

"Hehe, the things that Mr. taught me are broad and profound, many things I didn't feel anything after learning them at the time, but when I put them into practice, I will find their true value, and this distilled spirit is just one of them!" When Li Chengdao mentioned Li Xiu, he also showed a respectful expression on his face, and his eyes also showed a look of longing, since he left the Central Plains, Li Xiu is one of his relatives who he misses the most.

"That's the same, I still can't figure it out, where did Li Xiu learn these things? But your student is still like your teacher, he doesn't drink a drip, and you have learned a lot! The bearded guest first sighed with emotion, and then pointed at Li Chengdao and said with a smile, as Li Chengdao grew older, he was more and more similar to Li Xiu.

"My husband doesn't drink because he doesn't like the taste of wine, I don't drink because alcohol makes people dizzy, and drinking too much alcohol will even kill people's fighting spirit, I want to protect my mother, my uncle and my younger brothers, so I must keep a clear head at all times!" Li Chengdao also smiled when he heard this.

"Chengdao, don't put too much pressure on yourself, with the fourth uncle here, it's not your turn to carry this burden now!" However, as soon as Li Chengdao's words fell, Li Yuanji, who had not spoken next to him, interrupted him, and his face also showed a concerned expression, in recent years, he has seen Li Chengdao become more and more mature, and he has also helped him share a lot of affairs, sometimes he forgets that Li Chengdao is actually just a teenager.

"Don't say these sensible words to your uncle and nephew, today is the Shangyuan Festival, does King Qi dare to fight with the old man?" At this time, the bearded guest interrupted the conversation between Li Chengdao's uncle and nephew, and also picked up the wine jar next to him and signaled to Li Yuanji that it was the first time he had drunk such strong wine since he came to America last time.

"Why don't you dare, I have to let you lie down and go back today!" Li Yuanji is also a person who does not lose his temperament, and when he heard that the bearded guest was going to fight with him, he naturally responded on the spot, and the two took out two large bowls, one bowl could hold half a catty of wine, and after it was full, the two of them drank face to face.

Watching the two elders fight for wine, Li Chengdao did not stop him, after all, on this happy day, it is rare for everyone to relax, so he even helped to carry out the drinking order in the end, and after a while, Li Yuanji was a little unbearable, although his alcohol consumption was good, but after all, it was still not comparable to the bearded guest who ran on the sea all the year round and usually used wine as water to drink.

"Okay, don't drink the wine, I didn't expect that Zhang Chengzhu really brought glutinous rice noodles, how about you come and taste the taste of this silkworm?" At this moment, I saw Zheng once again carrying a small basin and walked forward, the bearded man had already controlled the city-state of Ohaktong, so in private, the Han people called him the city lord.

"Great, I haven't eaten glutinous rice for a long time, or your father-in-law, you are so good that you actually planted glutinous rice!" Li Chengdao heard his mother's words and immediately said excitedly, saying that he stood up and served it to the bearded guest and Li Yuanji first, and then served a bowl to himself, and tasted it impatiently, but he was burned and inhaled the cool air, but he was reluctant to spit it out.

"Eat slowly, I not only have glutinous rice there, but also wheat, rice, etc., all of which I brought back from the Central Plains last time, after several years of cultivation this has formed a little scale, and this year I am finally willing to eat a little!" Seeing Li Chengdao's embarrassed appearance, the bearded guest couldn't help laughing at the moment, more than a pound of liquor was in his stomach, he was only slightly red, but there was no drunkenness in his eyes, in contrast, Li Yuanji's face was already red, and he couldn't hold the spoon steadily when he ate a silkworm.

"Father-in-law, since you have already formed a scale there, can you give us some seeds?" When Li Chengdao heard this, he immediately pleaded cheekily, although there are high-yield crops such as corn and sweet potatoes in the Americas, but for the people of the Central Plains, they still prefer to eat noodles, and they really can't eat rice, as for corn and sweet potatoes, they have long been tired of eating them.

"Hey, want seeds?" When the bearded man heard this, he smiled sheepishly.

"Yes, please also ask the righteous father to do it!" Li Chengdao clasped his fists and saluted at this time, in fact, he knew a few years ago that the bearded guest had brought back a batch of seeds from the Central Plains, but the number of these seeds was not much, and it could be said that they were extremely precious in a place like the Americas, so he was embarrassed to ask for them.

"No problem, but if you want my seeds, you'll have to give something in exchange, right?" The bearded guest said with a philistine face at this time, although Li Chengdao is his righteous son, but after all, they are two families, and their brothers have to settle accounts, let alone them.

"Father-in-law, you can tell you what you want, but you also know that we really don't have anything to do here except food?" Li Chengdao first agreed very boldly, but then began to cry again.

"Stinky boy, don't be in a hurry to cry poor, you have iron ore here, I heard that even iron has been refined, didn't you just encourage me to expand the territory, you always need weapons to fight, so how about you exchange steel for my grain seeds?" The bearded guest is not moved at all, he knows better than anyone that Li Chengdao is simply a trumpet Li Xiu, with one ghost idea after another, and if you are not careful, you will suffer.

"You want steel!" Li Chengdao couldn't help but exclaim when he heard this, and then said with a wry smile, "Father-in-law doesn't know, we did find iron ore and smelted some steel, but we have too few people, and we don't dare to let the Mayans master the technology of ironmaking, so the iron produced now is very limited, and even the money for making iron is not enough, let alone exchange it with you." ”

"Then I don't care, you really don't have anything here that can make me look at anything except steel." The bearded man was once again unmoved.

"Not necessarily, I happen to have something here that you're definitely interested in!" Li Chengdao suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind at this time, and he was very excited at the moment.

"Oh? What is it? The bearded guest asked rhetorically in disbelief.

"Crossbow! And it's a large bed crossbow! Li Chengdao said with a smile, he didn't expect that the bed crossbow would be put to use as soon as it was made.

"What? This can't be, how can you get out of bed here in the Americas? The bearded guest also stared at Li Chengdao with a shocked face at this time, and his eyes were full of incredulity, after all, crossbows are different from bows, and private individuals cannot hold crossbows in the Central Plains, let alone large bed crossbows, which are simply the country's heavy weapons, and the manufacturing process is very complicated, except for specialized crossbowsmiths, it is impossible for ordinary people to make them.

"Hehe, father, don't be surprised, I really made it, the whale meat you ate was killed by the child with a crossbow arrow this afternoon, if you want, the child can sell you a few, but you also know the value of the bed crossbow, just to change the seeds, the child is too much of a loss, so you have to add some chips, such as sending a few craftsmen to teach us to repair the ship, so that even if our ship is broken, we don't have to drag it to your shipyard to repair it." Li Chengdao smiled again, when it comes to doing business, he has obtained Li Xiu's true biography.

Originally, what Li Chengdao needed most was the population, that is, the number of Han people, but with only a few bed crossbows, it was impossible to say that the bearded guest risked his life to go to the Central Plains to help him recruit the population, so he only proposed that he needed some craftsmen's skills, and as for the problem of population, he had other plans.

"Do you really have a bed crossbow?" After listening to Li Chengdao's words, the bearded guest pondered for a long time, and finally confirmed again that the Mayans didn't even have metal weapons, and if he could bring the bed crossbow to the battlefield, then he would simply have a crushing advantage, and he could achieve his goal with the least cost.

"How dare the child lie to you?" Li Chengdao couldn't help but smile bitterly at this time, he said it so clearly, but he didn't expect the bearded guest to still be a little suspicious, no wonder his husband used to say that smart people are good at everything, but they are too easy to be suspicious, and now it seems that this is the case.

"Okay, I've done this business, let's discuss the details of the deal tomorrow!" The bearded guest slapped the table and agreed, Li Chengdao finally put his mind at ease when he heard this, with the words of his father-in-law, this business is completed, but although the bed crossbow is powerful in the eyes of others, he doesn't care at all, because he has a more powerful weapon, but because of the conditions, and there is no need for it now, so he didn't make it.

The business was negotiated, and the bearded guest and Li Chengdao were also very happy, and after dinner, they climbed the wall together to look at the lantern festival in Dinghai City, only to see that the lights spread around like waves, if the wind blows, these lights are turned on and off, and they look more like ocean waves.

"I really miss the lights of Chang'an City!" Looking at the magnificent scenery in front of him, the bearded guest couldn't help but squint, and his face also showed a little nostalgia.

"Chang'an?" Li Chengdao couldn't help but turn his head to look at the western sky when he heard this, and his eyes also showed a look of longing, but he not only missed the lights of Chang'an, but also missed the people of Chang'an, and finally couldn't help muttering, "I wonder if she will have someone to accompany her to enjoy the lights today?" ”