Chapter 37: The Celebration Banquet
In the evening, a soldier came to inform Li Ce that the dinner was about to begin, and Li Ce stopped what he was doing and prepared to attend the celebration banquet.
After Li Ce came back from Chen Yaozuo's place, he had nothing to do and remembered his words, he is now in the Great Song Dynasty, in such an environment, there are some things that must be learned, whether you want to or not, in order to survive or live better, you must learn to adapt to this environment.
This guy actually went to borrow a copy of "Mencius" to study in his room, thinking that reading it would be extremely difficult and difficult to understand, but he did not expect to read it carefully, but he could understand a lot, so he did not realize that it was already dusk, until the guards came to announce.
The scale of this dinner was large, so it was not in the back hall of Chen Yaozuo's mansion, but in a different place, and the hall where the Chinese military used to discuss was cleaned up and changed to a temporary dinner place.
Li Ce came to the hall under the guidance of the guards, this time the venue was really open enough, there were already many people sitting inside, and the guards in charge of reception in the hall led Li Ce to take a seat, and sure enough, it was the last position, at the lower left of the main seat.
Li Ce was just about to sit down, but at this moment, Guan Zhen saw Li Ce, he was stunned at first, and then ran over from left to right, and pulled Li Ce with a nervous face and whispered, "Why are you here?" The people who came to the banquet today are all generals in the army, so you don't have to pick this time if you want to steal some meat to eat, right? If you are found later, it is not a joke, according to the temper of those people, you must be beaten to death. Guan Zhen said with an anxious face.
Li Ce was stunned at first, but quickly reacted, it turned out that this kid thought he was here to eat and drink, he just thought it was very interesting, so he teased: "Then why are you here too?" Could it be that you are also a general? ”
"Are you still comparing yourself to me? I grew up in this army, and no general in the army knows me, who doesn't know that I am the righteous son of an old officer, how can they care about me, and besides, they are used to me eating and drinking, but you are different. Guan Zhen said proudly.
"Oh? How could I be different? Li Ce deliberately wanted to tease Guan Zhen, so he didn't break it, didn't sit down, just stood and talked to him.
"Hey, you're still more energetic, how big is the face of the master, you are stunned, and you are still compared with me, you don't believe in pulling down, you will be kicked out later, don't say you know me." Guan Zhen looked with contempt and disdain.
"Haha...... So, oh, I see, okay, I'm sure I'm not going to bother you later, okay? Li Ce continued to tease Guan Zhen, and then he sat down with a golden knife while looking at Guan Zhen's annoyed and anxious face.
"Oh, you damn thing, you really sat down, and you sat in such a position, you, you get up!" Guan Zhen looked left and right and whispered as he anxiously tried to pull him up.
Li Ce was a little amused by him, but after thinking about it, Guan Zhen was also thinking about himself, and he was a little embarrassed to fool him like this. So he stopped him and explained, "It's okay, it's okay, I'm also invited to the banquet tonight, you don't have to worry about me." ”
"You're still hard-mouthed, it's really for your stuttering, and you don't even want your life. Okay, okay, at most I'll promise you that I'll steal some and give it back to you later, okay? Hurry up. Guan Zhen pulled him and urged in a low voice.
Li Ce is now a little crying and laughing by Guan Zhen, is his joke too big, Guan Zhen now thinks that he is here to eat and drink, and he can't explain it clearly.
At this moment, the noisy hall suddenly came down all of a sudden, and Li Ce and Guan Zhen looked up to find that Chen Yaozuo, He Jianjun and Sun Gonggong, who had announced the decree today, had come in, and everyone naturally stopped the hustle and bustle when they saw them coming in.
Chen Yaozuo walked in the front, He Jianjun and Sun Gonggong followed, Chen Yaozuo kept smiling and greeting everyone, and then he slowly walked to the position of the main seat. He Jianjun and Sun Gonggong sat down to the right of Chen Yaozuo's head.
After Gonggong Sun sat down, he saw Li Ce opposite, so he smiled and nodded to him, and Li Ce also smiled and nodded in return.
All this was seen by Guan Zhen, Guan Zhen was a little dumbfounded, Chen Jingluo came suddenly just now, and he didn't have time to pull Li Ce away, so he had to stay here first, thinking that he would sneak away while others were not paying attention. Who would have thought that Li Celeng was filling his head here, and he even greeted the person opposite in style, and those who could sit under Lord Chen were all big people, this guy was too bold, it's over, it's bad luck to follow him today, oh my God, Guan Zhen thought that this was a headache.
After everyone saw Chen Yaozuo sitting down, they all looked this way, Chen Yaozuo looked around at everyone with a smile and said: Today, Gonggong Sun brought the will of the saint, we have made meritorious contributions to resist Liao, and the emperor specially ordered me to sacrifice the army for three days, in addition, the rewards of gold, silver and cloth will come soon, the soldiers are three taels each, and the generals range from twenty taels to fifty taels according to their ranks.
All the generals cheered when they heard this, they had won battles before, and the court also had rewards, but obviously this time the rewards were relatively large, and they couldn't help but have monetary rewards, and they were rewarded for three days, which was really happy.
Chen Yaozuo looked at everyone happily, his face was also full of smiles, and after everyone cheered, he continued: "In addition, that day the Liao thieves invaded, Li Ce made great contributions in the battle of defending the city, and everyone must have seen it, so the imperial court promoted Li Ce to the commander, and added the title of Captain of the Seven Grades to the fruit, everyone will be comrades in the future, and you will take more care of him in the future." ”
After Chen Yaozuo finished speaking, he looked at Li Ce with a smile on his face, and nodded to him slightly, Li Ce understood, hurriedly stood up, learned the etiquette of the army, hugged his fists and said: "The kid has just arrived, and all the people sitting here today are the elders in the army, each of whom has more qualifications and knowledge than the kid, so I hope you can take care of it more in the future. After saying that, he clenched his fists and bowed deeply.
Li Ce also mixed up in state-owned units in later generations, and when he said these scenes, it was not easy to say, and he wanted as much as he wanted.
Sure enough, after Li Ce finished speaking, some of the elders in the army stroked their beards and nodded, and said to each other: "This kid is on the road, knows the rules, knows how to advance and retreat, and is a piece of material." "In fact, these people are all old oilers, they can naturally see that Chen Yaozuo has great appreciation for Li Ce, Li Ce's promotion to the official position of this seven-grade lieutenant should be Chen Yaozuo's recommendation, the celebrity around this boss, no matter what, he has to give some face and praise.
Chen Yaozuo listened to Li Ce's statement, and was more satisfied, Li Ce is a self-familiar person, some "Tao" does not need you to teach at all, and he can grasp and deal with it very well, sometimes this experience is so old that Chen wants to do it is a little sighing to himself, thinking about himself like his age, he may not be able to say such a scene in a hurry.
On the other side, Guan Zhenke was completely stunned, the amount of information was too large for a while, and he couldn't digest it, why did Li Ce suddenly become a commander? His dream is to be a commander at the age of eighteen, and he thinks it is already very remarkable, but Li Ce is not much older than himself, obviously he has just come to the army, and he looks weak and weak, how can he be so burly and strong, but this kid actually sat in the position of commander all of a sudden, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes and heard it with his own ears today, I wouldn't believe it. This kid is really shit lucky.
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