Chapter 18: New City, the Capital of Commerce

The next day, after waking up, Long Er suddenly turned over, looked at Chen Tao, who was squinting and began to rest, and immediately apologized. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It's not your fault, it's me who insists on you drinking. After two hours of rest, we will set off, but as a punishment, how about you prepare breakfast? Chen Tao smiled, instigating minors to drink, thinking about it is indeed a bit too much.

"It's an honor for my subordinates!" Do you dare to say 'no'? It's just that he can't figure it out, he used to drink with the third uncle, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with a large vat of wine, why is he drunk now after drinking less than a third?

By the way, it's the wine that's too strong! What kind of wine is this, it's so strong, but it's really good wine! Looking at the wine bottle on the ground that was still two-thirds left, Long Er couldn't help but lick his lips.

In these years, tea is still a tea, which is the patent of elegant people, and the drink they can drink is actually wine. Don't say that minors don't drink, even in those roadside barbecue restaurants in later generations, they are the ones who drink beer the most.

"Don't look at it, since it's given to you, take it, and if you have time to have a drink in the future, it's really not good to drink too much." Chen Tao didn't know his careful thoughts, and immediately laughed and scolded.

"This subordinate has a deep understanding!" Long Er smiled bitterly, at the moment he still had a splitting headache because of a hangover.

I simply slept and got up and had breakfast. It's just that Chen Tao has some opinions about eating barbecue early in the morning, but it was caught by Long Er, so it's hard to say anything.

As for what kind of barbecue...... Don't ask about this, that slender tail Long Er doesn't know how to cut off. Well, it's better to eat squirrels, which are actually a famous dish...... TMD is even less appetizing!

The whole breakfast was almost perfunctory, but I didn't expect that Long Er's kid to eat it fragrantly. In these years, without a single force as a guarantee, eating has become a problem. Long Er came all the way, in fact, to put it bluntly, he didn't live by eating these things?

During the meal, Chen Tao told him about his discovery of the treasure of the imperial dragon. It's a pity that after checking the two exercises, Long Jie said that the level was not as good as their family's "Fish and Dragon Change" and "Tengjiao Marksmanship", and at most it was at the same level as "Haoran Decision".

To say that "Hao Ran Decision" is a little more advanced than "Basic Tuna Method", so it is really not a good thing.

After breakfast, the two of them set off, and there were still five or six miles away, but it was only about half an hour away. The outline of a city began to appear on the horizon, and then the outer fence.

What is rare is that this city is full of people coming and going, and truckloads of materials are constantly transported out and back, which is much more prosperous than other places.

There are refugees here, but the worst of them can be mixed up in a shack. Chen Tao even saw a lot of refugees, going out to help people unload and load goods, no matter what, they could eat a full mouthful, and they couldn't save a little.

For Chen Tao and their arrival, their eyes suddenly focused. Chen Tao and Long Er are actually not special, but the bicycle is very special. You must know that these convoys are all pulled by manpower, and there are not many that can use animal power. But how can this kind of two-wheeled car, which can move around without being dragged by livestock, not attract attention?

"Little brother, what kind of car are you, do you want to buy it?" After a while, a bold businessman came forward to ask for a price. When he came, more than a dozen businessmen suddenly came to ask for the price and surrounded Chen Tao and them.

"I'm sorry, but my car is not for sale, please let me do it!" Chen Tao suddenly burst out of his momentum, and those businessmen who were just ordinary people immediately retreated.

Knowing that he was a qi practitioner, he immediately understood that Chen Tao was not easy to mess with, so no one dared to come over and ask for a price again. However, this does not mean that they will give up, but now in their eyes, Chen Tao himself is the most valuable goods!

It's just that it's not good to ask the price directly, so I sent someone to follow Chen Tao to see where he stayed, and I would like to visit tonight.

Chen Tao didn't tremble this time, he was a third-level cultivator of Qi refining, and he was treated as a guest wherever he went. So he went directly to the city and said that he needed to meet the city lord. It was supposed to be a county order, but who is not the king of grass this year, it seems too cheap to call the county order.

"Okay, Immortal Master, please wait a moment." Knowing that Chen Tao was a qi practitioner, the city guards did not dare to slack off, so they immediately went to report.

After a while, two men in robes came to them on horseback, and then dismounted and saluted.

The two were dark-skinned and clearly not traditional literati. However, in these years, even literati could carry swords and horses, and they couldn't help but be weak, which only began to prevail around the early days of the Western Jin Dynasty.

"Zhongshan New City City Lord (Deputy City Lord) Zhang Shiping (Su Shuang), I have seen the Immortal Master!" The two bowed their hands and reported to their homes.

Chen Tao was taken aback, isn't this Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, the Zhongshan merchants who funded Liu Bei's five hundred war horses? Speaking of which, isn't where I am now in the territory of Zhongshan Kingdom?!

It's no wonder that the city where the merchants are in charge is so prosperous, and the commerce here is not ordinary!

"An Xi Chen Tao, I have seen two city lords!" is the so-called exchange of courtesy, Chen Tao naturally bowed his hand, which can be regarded as a return gift.

"I don't know if the immortal master has come to Xinshi this time, why do you need my equivalent service?" Su Shuang stood up and asked directly.

The tone may be a bit questioning, but Chen Tao can see that he is a white-faced singer. And Zhang Shiping, who stayed on the side, was naturally the one who sang red-faced.

Zhang Shiping stood up and said kindly: "The two brothers are straightforward, but they make the immortal master smile." Zhang has wine and food in the cold house, if the immortal master is interested, don't let it go for a drink, and talk about it slowly. ”

This doesn't bow first, it sounds much more comfortable, I just think Zhang Shiping is interesting enough to continue dating. These two profiteers have really figured out people's hearts to the extreme!

Speaking of which, when I watched the romance before, I had this idea, Liu Bei's three brothers went out to visit others, Zhang Fei had to make trouble first, and then Guan Yu stopped drinking, Liu Bei stepped forward to pretend to be a good person, what a good three people! Liu Bei is well versed in the true meaning of the word 'thick'!

Others appreciate their faces, but they can't save other people's faces, and it is rare to have good wine and good food to entertain them, but Chen Tao and them are naturally disrespectful.

There is wine, meat and vegetables in a meal, although the vegetables are wild vegetables, the meat is animal meat, the wine is ordinary rice wine, and the rice is just ordinary corn, plus the seasoning is slightly insufficient, but there is no way to eat well.

Chen Tao can't say anything, in An Xi can eat this level of food, I'm afraid that only Liu Bei and them are there. Besides, there were more than a dozen singers and dancers during the period, and each of them actually looked good. Looking at Zhang Shiping's meaning, I am afraid that as long as Chen Tao shows some meaning, they will even be able to appear in his bedroom tonight.

It seems that it is not a strange thing to be a guest in song and dance this year. Sun Li was a little extreme at most, and directly sent his daughter out. But then again, Diao Chan was also reduced to a dancing girl in Wang Yun's mansion, and in the end, she was not accepted as a righteous girl!

After a full meal and drink, the next time is naturally to talk about business.

"Chen has a big deal, I don't know if the two of you are interested?" Chen Tao didn't hide it, and asked directly with a smile.