Chapter 37: A Year Later

In 191, the 300,000 Yellow Turban Army of Qingzhou attacked the Bohai Sea, which was broken by Gongsun Zhan's 20,000 cavalry. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the same year, Han Fu ceded Jizhou to Yuan Shao, Cao Cao broke the Black Mountain Army in Puyang, and Yuan Shao expressed himself as the Taishou of Dongjun and changed the governance of Dongwuyang.

In November, ignoring all kinds of news from the outside world, Dong'a Cheng seized this precious break period, hid in the corner, and silently licked his wounds.

Obviously there is still more than a month before winter, but the weather has become very fast, as soon as the howling cold wind blows, several beggars shrank their necks suddenly, give up the idea of preparing to ask passers-by for food, and curl up in the corner of the wall, wrapped in a torn quilt distributed by the county, hoping to withstand the biting cold wind.

On the second floor of the street across the street from Qi'er, Yang Yun's gaze stayed on them for a moment, but finally moved away, and then he found Cheng Yu walking up and hurriedly greeted him: "Mr. Zhongde, why are you here?" ”

"If you have nothing to do, come and have a look." Cheng Yu looked at Yang Yun, who was still wearing a long coat, and shook his head enviously, "Compared with you, I'm really old, and I've changed into winter clothes so early." ”

"I don't go out in the teahouse every day, it's like you have to patrol the streets every day." Yang Yun poured Cheng Yu a bowl of hot tea, "Mr. Zhongde, warm your hands." ”

"Thank you." Cheng Yu held the hot tea in his hand, and before he could speak, there was a sound of storytelling, tilting his head to listen, and asked, "Are you talking about the story of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period?" ”

"Jing Ke assassinated King Qin." Yang Yun smiled and nodded,

Today's teahouse, after Yang Yun's transformation, in addition to serving tea and some simple food on the first floor, will also arrange several storytelling or drama performances every day, or the former tea room.

The second floor is for those who prefer to be quiet, with windows facing the street and a clear view of the performances downstairs. The third floor is a private room for those who need a lot of privacy.

As for Yang Yun, they have already moved out of the teahouse and lived in a newly bought house near the south gate, and now the people who take care of the teahouse have also been replaced by recruited workers.

Cheng Yu listened to a few more words, and his face was a little hesitant: "In today's world, it's not appropriate to say this, right?" ”

Yang Yun tilted his head and thought for a while, then nodded: "If the county lord can't say it, then I'll let them change it to the story of Gou Jian tomorrow." ”

"Not really." Cheng Yu waved his hand and took a sip of tea, "When will you tell the story of Sage Kong's travels around the world?" Remember to have people come to me, I love to hear that. ”

"Okay."

Yang Yun poured him a full cup of tea, and asked with a smile: "It's just that it's almost winter now, can Mr. Zhongde still be free?" ”

"I've done everything I could." Cheng Yu also saw the beggar outside the window, and was a little helpless, "Next, let it be fate, I just hope that there will be less snow and fewer deaths this year." ”

At this time, almost a year has passed since the chaos that occurred in Dong'e City at that time.

"Isn't there enough food?" Yang Yun frowned, "I see that you have been organizing farmers to open up wasteland all year round. ”

"Well, there is no way, last year, in order to cope with the influx of displaced people, I took out all the surplus food in the city. This year, we have only planted two crops, which is barely enough for us to eat. Cheng Yu sighed slightly when he talked about food.

"This is also thanks to the newly appointed county lieutenant He Guan, if he hadn't led the county soldiers to drive away several waves of bandits, our harvest would have been reduced by a few percent."

"The boy?" Yang Yun picked up the tea bowl and hid the smile on his face, "Do you still have this ability?" ”

"He has a set of training." Cheng Yu nodded with rare affirmation, "Now the sound of their drills can be heard every day in the county office, and I heard that at night, what kind of ideological lessons will the county lieutenant He give them." ”

"Really? That's not as much as your contribution to Dong'a City. Yang Yun smiled and diverted the topic, "By the way, I heard that Liu Zhoumu wants to recruit you as a Zhonglang?" ”

"Yes, I refused." Cheng Yu took a sip of tea, "That Wang Du mentioned me in front of Liu Gongshan, but Liu Gongshan is ......."

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

In the middle of the sentence, there was a sudden noise outside the window, and the two looked out, only to see that on the other side of the street, a troika was rushing towards this side, and the vendors with flat shoulders hurriedly avoided it, but there were still a few nests that flew out and were hidden in the arms of nearby beggars.

Seeing the eyes of those beggars who were like treasures, the vendor shook his head, didn't go to grab it back, turned his head and helped a few passers-by who also fell to stand up, looking at the flying "Xue Fu" flag, daring to be angry but not daring to speak.

"It's the Xue family."

Cheng Yu also saw the flag and shook his head: "I didn't expect that after the disaster that year, the Xue family not only did not fall, but climbed into the relationship of Pengjiazhai and sold weapons and war horses. ”

"Not only is the business all over Yanzhou, but I also heard that there are businessmen from Liangzhou who have come all the way to buy weapons produced in Pengjiazhai."

"Recently, I heard rumors that Xue Hu wants to consolidate their relationship with Pengjiazhai and marry their daughter to their adult."

"Ahem......" Yang Yun was choked in his throat by a mouthful of hot tea, and it took him a long time to come to his senses, "Xue Yi? ”

"It's not Xue Yi, she is Xue Hu's second daughter, and this time she is going to marry the eldest daughter, Xue Yu."

Seeing Yang Yun's strange expression, thinking that he was not familiar with the Xue family, Cheng Yu explained with a smile: "Although Xue Hu started from Dong'e, Dong'e is still too young to compare to Puyang and Changyi. ”

"The Xue family's business was originally in Changyi, except for Xue Yi, Xue Yu and Xue Ren were all there...... Xue Ren is his son. ”

Yang Yun handed over all the business of the Xue family to Yan An, but he didn't hear him talk about Xue Hu's going to marry his daughter to him, and he didn't know what to say at the moment, so he simply changed the topic: "That's also the Xue family's family matter." I heard that Cao Mengde defeated Bai Huan and is confronting Yu Yu of Dunqiu? ”

"Hmm." Cheng Yu nodded and laughed, "After Qiming mentioned it, I just started to pay attention to that Cao Mengde, I heard that he rejected Yuan Benchu to set Liu Yu as the emperor, but he can be regarded as a Ming lord......

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something, and his expression became a little serious: "Qiming didn't say it, I almost forgot that recently, 300,000 Qingzhou Yellow Turbans have invaded Taishan County. ”

"Qingzhou Yellow Turban again?"

"Well, but Taishan County is guarded by Ying Zhongyu, so it should be fine. But now the north and east of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban have been frustrated one after another, and once the road into Taishan County is also blocked, they gather all the way, like a flood, and they have to find an opening to pour down. ”

"What does Mr. Zhongde mean is that he is worried about them going to Dong?"

"It's not necessarily Dong'a, but there are no eggs under the nest......" Cheng Yu looked at the streets that were gradually recovering and let out a long breath, "...... Hope I'm wrong. ”