Chapter Fifty-Nine: Gathering Soldiers

I drank a belly of tea in the afternoon, and it was estimated that it was theophylline, and before dinner, Zhang Xin's stomach began to rumble again. The pen fun pavilion looked up www.biquge.info looked up at Zhang Xi and Lu Jinshi, who had poured a belly of tea and their faces were already a little green, Zhang Xin suggested: "I said...... Shall we withdraw? In the evening, Lao Wang left a big dinner! ”

At this time, it was almost dusk, but there was still some time before the curfew, but Liu Xiu, who was a storyteller, had already gone down to rest, and there was an old man running the rivers and lakes on it, babbling and pulling an erhu. Zhang Xin felt bored after listening to it for a while, smacking his mouth, and felt that the level of this old man's erhu was generalized, of course, this generalization depends on who he compares with, if compared with ordinary people, this old man's erhu is still good, but compared with his own art troupe, it is ...... Zhang Xin's evaluation of him was that his techniques were jerky and emotionally sluggish.

On the contrary, Lu Jinshi and Zhang Xi listened to it with great relish, but when they heard Zhang Xin say that they were leaving, the two of them could only sprinkle some copper coins on the old man with a regretful face, dry a small half bowl of tea soup in the tea bowl, and follow Zhang Xin to turn around and leave the teahouse.

At this time, the weather is not as hot and dry as in the afternoon, and the characteristics of the northwest side plug are that there is less water vapor, not stuffy, cool in the morning and evening, and hot in the afternoon. Anyway, it was still early to eat, so the three of them discussed it, and simply Zhang Xi and Lu Jinshi led Zhang Xin to carefully transfer around the county seat. Speaking of which, Zhang Xin has been here for so long or the first time to take a closer look at this town, the overall feeling is not bad, it is the feeling of an ordinary county town in China, in fact, after a thousand years, the old town of most of China's counties is still like this, through people's spontaneous behavior into a commercial street, a residential street, a snack street, a yamen street and so on...... It's a pity that the same as the small county town in the future was not planned much when the city was built, and the streets were crooked, but there was a strange sense of warmth.

Zhang Xi took Zhang Xin to look at the Qinglou Chu Pavilion with great flowers, but unfortunately he had no money, so he could only watch from afar. Zhang Xin looked at it for a while and felt that this woman actually wanted to look at the dress, this girl who was showy and showed off her face was actually not as good-looking as the little green at home, but people just knew how to dress up, and the rouge was wiped at a high level, and the original posture of five or six points was made into seven or eight points, and Zhang Xi's eyes were straight, and Zhang Xin slapped him on the back of the head: "There is still a little green at home!" Lu Jinshi also said: "In fact, the people outside here have no talent and appearance, and the really good ones are the Qing officials who are listed out of the museum." Then he walked away with an unfathomable face, leaving Zhang Xin and Zhang Xi to look at each other. And, of course, the gambling house...... This gambling house is actually the most imposing building in the county, with four floors. There was also a small servant at the door of the gambling house enthusiastically beckoning the servants, "Come in and have a good time, it must be the first time to see the three of them?" Try your luck, you always have good luck the first time! Don't go...... How about you come to us and give us a bargaining chip? Sir? The guest officer ......, "It's a pity that Zhang Xin didn't want to thank him for gambling, so he completely ignored the little guy and walked away."

When the three of them returned to Lao Wang's inn, the main hall of the inn continued to stagger, and in the past few days, Zhang Xin had found that most of the people who came to Lao Wang's inn were from the surrounding villages to catch the market, and a small number of them were merchants from Shandong and Shanxi, picking up some salt, ironware, dates or something to exchange for some furs, horse harness, and even horses. In short, they are all small businesses and earn some hard-earned money. Everyone didn't have the money to go to the big inn in the county to enjoy, so they had to settle for Lao Wang's five cents a day. However, although the conditions of Lao Wang's accommodation here are average, the wine brewed is really not covered, basically every night everyone has less than a corner, and more than two or three jars always have to take a few sips to relieve fatigue.

Lao Wang saw the three of them come back, and took out a jar of wine from the counter, "Lao Zhao invited you, it's not enough." I specially got a goose for you, which is simmering in the back, and there is some white rice from Jiangnan, I guess you haven't eaten it, right? Those who have come all the way here, you have a taste. Today can be made hard, Lao Zhao has a treat, jump and be polite to him! ”

"Hey!" Zhang Xi took Lao Wang's wine with a smile, and couldn't wait to pat open the mud seal, and a rich and intoxicating aroma wafted in. Lao Wang looked at Zhang Xi's dizzy appearance, and scolded with a smile, "Breath!" Then he limped back to his room. Zhang Xi couldn't wait to bring over the three sea bowls for a long time.

Zhang Xin took a sip of the sea bowl, and found that this wine was neither the mellow and yellow sorghum wine, nor the clear and lovely fruit wine, but the color was whitish, slightly pale yellow, and the aroma of the wine was not as mellow as sorghum wine, but like a sharp arrow, it felt like swallowing fire, flowing from the esophagus to the stomach, smashing it and smashing it with a little wheat fragrance, hehe smiled, "I guess, this is made of wheat, right?" ”

Zhang Xi gave a thumbs up, "That's right, this is Lao Wang's fairy brew, the main ingredient is wheat, mixed with corn, soybeans and sorghum, this wine Lao Wang can easily not take it out, where are the Turks, a jar of fairy brew can be exchanged for a batch of good Turkic war horses!" ”

Zhang Xin took a sip of the rest of the wine in the bowl and dried up, this different wine has different ways to drink, like fruit wine is suitable for fighting slowly, this fairy brew is suitable for a mouthful, only to feel that there is a fire burning in the stomach after a mouthful, I feel a bit like the second pot head to drink in the future, burning the knife, but it is not so spicy, but there is a wheat aroma, so to speak, it is a bit like Lao Maozi's vodka.

Drinking liquor on this hot day is similar to eating hot pot on a hot day, sweating profusely but feeling energetic, the shopkeeper has been roasting goose, a plate of mutton, a plate of vegetables and a pot of rice. At this time, there are not such good transportation conditions in the future, all the northerners eat noodles, and the southerners eat rice, how can there be paddy fields that can grow rice in Liangzhou? This bit of rice was transported from the south of the Yangtze River for thousands of miles, and I don't know how much manpower and material resources were spent, Zhang Xin and Lu Jinshi were okay, Zhang Xin didn't say anything, and Lu Jinshi didn't eat less when he was in Luoyang. Zhang Xi grew so old but ate rice for the first time, and suddenly felt inexplicably excited, and the wine and food didn't move much, so he ate a small half bowl of rice first.

This meal is so sumptuous, most of the reason is that Zhao Fenghuo said that he wanted to come over to eat with the servants, but unfortunately the cups and plates have bottomed out, and the roast goose has become a bone rack and I don't see the shadow of Zhao Fenghuo, Zhang Xin broke a goose bone and picked his teeth, Zhang Xi wanted to find Lao Wang again to ask for a jar of fairy brew, but unfortunately Lao Wang didn't do it.

After the meal, Zhang Xin wanted to go out to eliminate food, but unfortunately the ****** curfew policy made him dispel this idea, so he had to suffocate in the house. At this time, Zhang Xin missed it very much, and it would be great if there was a deputy Three Kingdoms to kill...... I made up my mind to go back and step up my efforts, but unfortunately it was a fantasy now, so I had to take Zhang Xi to practice kung fu and go to bed early.

Before dawn, Zhang Xin heard movement in the house, and got up sleepily to see Zhang Xi and Lu Jinshi washing their faces with a wooden basin. Zhang Xin looked through the window paper to see that the sky was not yet bright, "It's so early...... Zhang Xi wiped his face with a rag, and said: "Brother Xin, we have to hurry today, go early to cool off." Zhang Xin thought about it, and when it was noon, it was even more uncomfortable to die or live. got up and put on the short shirt, wiped his face and tied his hair, and went out with Zhang Xi.

At this time, it was estimated that it was not yet five watches, and Lao Wang had already gotten up to prepare breakfast, and when he saw the three of them, he got up and greeted: "Go and put the car on first, and I'll get you some breakfast first." The three of them went to set up the car first, and when they came back, they had a bowl of porridge and a meat steamed bun, and they were about to leave after eating a little indiscriminately, when Aunt Wang chased to the front of the store and stuffed a pancake into the arms of the three of them, "Cook it yourself, be full, don't lose yourself on the road......"

Waved goodbye to Aunt Wang, and the husband had only played the fifth watch, at this time the sky was already bright, and Zhang Xi drove the carriage with the light, and the wheels "squeaked" on the bluestone road, and soon arrived at the city gate. Just as the three of them were about to leave the city, they suddenly heard a "knock" from the campus in the north of the city...... Boom...... Knock ......" three drums.

Zhang Xi stopped the carriage in amazement, looked at the north of the city in dismay, and after a while, there were three "knocks...... Boom...... ...... bang", Zhang Xi turned back to Zhang Xin and said, "Brother Xin...... It's a gathering drum! ”