A.D. 179, October of the first year of light and harmony

Liu Tai, who received the edict of Emperor Ling, set off to Luoyang without saying anything, this trip to Luoyang is a major event related to whether he can guard Youzhou for a long time, Liu Tai did not dare to be sloppy, and secretly instructed Xi Zhicai to send a large amount of gold and silver to the ten permanent servants through the officials of the eunuch lineage, and he also did enough work in the scholars.

"Lord, ahead is Zhuo County." A junior colonel pointed to a city not far ahead. This time he went south to Luoyang, Liu Tai took three thousand brocade guards as a guard, and almost all of the generals under his command arrived except for Huang Zhong, who could not be separated by Lu Longsai in Liaoxi, and the five generals of Guan Yu, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

Liu Tai bowed slightly, glanced at Zhuo County, where the city wall was slightly dilapidated, and said to the generals around him: "Tai, the teacher Longshan old man said, there is a young general named Zhang Fei in this Zhuo County, although he is small, but he is born with divine power, his voice is like a Hong Zhong, and he has the qualifications of a peerless general. ”

Hearing Liu Tai comment on Zhang Fei like this, all of them were pale, among which Xu Chu, who was more than nine years old, was the most, only to see Xu Chu shouting dissatisfiedly: "What kind of divine power does he have when he is only twelve years old, look at a certain Xu Chu to capture it." ”

Without waiting for Liu Tai to answer, Xu Chu hurriedly hit the horse and rushed to Zhuo County, Liu Tai and others behind him were all laughing, although Xu Chu was small, but he was strong in martial arts, although he couldn't beat many older generals present, but every time he said that he would challenge the generals, there were no injuries, small injuries continued, and the generals were also very helpless about it.

"Three thousand brocade guards camped outside the city, and you and others followed me into Zhuo County. Liu Tai laughed loudly, beat his horse and rushed to the county seat of Zhuoxian, because Liu Tai was under the banner of Liaoxi Taishou, the officials along the way had been notified that there was no need to be guided, and Liu Tai entered Zhuoxian directly without the slightest obstruction.

"Lord, there is a restaurant ahead, why don't you rest first, and wait for the soldiers to find out where Zhang Fei is, and then make a decision?" After entering the county seat of Zhuoxian, Yan Liang on the side stepped forward and said to Liu Tai.

"Well, let's take a break." Liu Tai smiled slightly, glanced at the bustling crowd everywhere, and led the horse to the inn not far ahead.

"Shopkeeper, take two pots of fine wine and twenty catties of beef." After a while, everyone handed over the horses to the shopkeeper, walked into the inn together, and saw that most of the seats in the inn were sitting heroic people, Liu Tai shouted to the innkeeper who was settling accounts at the counter with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Okay, please sit down, the wine and meat will be here soon." The shopkeeper walked out of the counter with a smile on his face and welcomed Liu Tai to the two tables by the window.

After Liu Tai and the others sat down, the shopkeeper bowed down with a smile on his face and asked, "I don't know if the guest officer wants the general liquor of Youbeiping, or the ordinary Jixian grain and wine?" ”

"Huh? General liquor? Liu Tai and the generals looked at the store with puzzled faces, not knowing what this general's liquor was.

The shopkeeper saw the puzzled look of Liu Tai and others, so he laughed and said: "All the guest officers don't know, this general liquor is a new liquor brewed by Liu Tai Liu himself, the Taishou of Beiping and Liaoxi, the original name is Lao Baigan, after the advent of this wine almost replaced all the old liquor in the major markets and restaurants in Youzhou, but this wine is difficult to brew, and the right Beiping Kyushu Commercial Bank only supplies less than 100 altars to major counties and counties every month. ”

After the explanation of the shopkeeper, Liu Tai and the others suddenly realized that the so-called general liquor was Liu Tai's own brewed Lao Baigan, and the Kyushu Commercial Bank was a commercial house established by Liu Tai, not only selling all kinds of liquor, soap, toothbrushes and other novelty items, but these were all disguises, mainly responsible for collecting intelligence for Liu Tai, and the nominal person in charge of the Kyushu Commercial Bank was Xiao Guo Jia.

"I don't know how many jars of this general's liquor are sold in your store?" The corners of Liu Tai's mouth hung and asked with a smile.

"Hey, this guest officer, how can such a famous wine be sold one jar at a time, the entire Zhuoxian County is hundreds of miles, dozens of inns, each is only two or three jars, we are all a small pot and a small pot of sale, each jar of wine in the right Beiping purchase price is one or two gold, a jar has twenty small pots, each pot of six taels of silver, the profit is meager, I hope the guest officer is not to blame." After a while, the store actually said the purchase price, but now Lao Baigan has been supplied in all counties and counties in Youzhou, and the price is also very public, almost all of them are made by seven or eight hundred Wen, who doesn't want to do it?

"Okay, then go to the Great General's White Bar." Liu Tai laughed, waved his hand and said.

"Okay, this guest waits, the wine will be there soon." The shopkeeper heard that Liu Tai took a jar of surname at a time, and immediately laughed, although Lao Baigan is thousands of times better than ordinary old wine, but the problem is that the price is high, not many people can afford to drink, and it is good to sell a small pot in a day.

After a while, the store put Liu Tai's order of a jar of Lao Baigan and 20 catties of braised beef on the two tables, as soon as the Lao Baigan was opened, the aroma of wine suddenly filled the entire inn, only to see the heroes in the inn, one by one, their throats moved, and they swallowed saliva and looked at the old Baigan who started the mouth in Liu Tai's hand.

"It's really rich, I can actually drink a jar of general liquor, which is a tael of gold."

"That's it, that's it, at a glance, you can see that it's those children of wealthy families, who don't treat gold as money."

"Hmph, a bunch of losers"

Whispers sounded everywhere in the inn, dissatisfaction, jealousy, gnashing of teeth, and all kinds of life were all the same.

"Brother Shun, Sister Wen, it smells so fragrant, Liao also wants to drink it." I saw a little boy who looked like he was more than ten years old, looking at Liu Tai who was sitting by the window with a longing look and said.

"Brother Liao, when Brother Shun arrives at the account of General Liu in Youbeiping, I will buy you more wine, okay?" The man known as Brother Shun, with an old-fashioned and majestic face, stroked the child's head, with a hint of pampering on his face.

"Oh... Liao'er got it. The boy looked down in disappointment and poured the food from his chopsticks into his mouth.

"Liao'er is good, Brother Fuyi has made contributions to General Liu's account, and he will definitely fulfill Liao'er's wishes." I saw a gentle and lovely woman who looked to be about twenty years old, with a doting smile on the corner of her mouth, looking at the boy and saying, but her eyes meowed to Brother Shun beside her from time to time, revealing a trace of girlish affection.

"Fuyi? Liao'er?? Liu Tai's ears were very sensitive, and he heard the whispers of the three people from two or three tables, and his brows were slightly furrowed, as if he was thinking about something.

"Countless heroes and heroes have traveled thousands of miles to the north to serve the Lord and serve the Lord, which shows that the prestige of the Lord is resounding all over the world." Guan Yu, who was on the side, took a sip of the glass of Chinese wine, squinted his eyes, and said softly with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Oh? A little vanity is not enough to worry about. Liu Tai shook his head, said with a slight smile, and then glanced at the three people on the table not far away, only to see the man known as Brother Shuang, with long hair and tired behind his head, with a big knife pinned to his waist, his body was majestic, about eight feet long, and a divine light flashed in his eyes from time to time.