Not far away, there are several personal guards brought by Cao Wuxian, Ah Da and others who were adjusted earlier have stayed in Beijing, and now more than ten teenagers are selected by Cao Wuxian in Dengzhou, without father and mother, alone, and some are just the worship of Cao Wuxian and the loyalty of Zhu Ping'an, the deputy commander-in-chief.

Suddenly someone spoke in the bushes. These teenagers were taken aback, and they instantly gathered around, faintly surrounding Cao Wuxian and Zhu Yujiao in the center, Cao Wuxian secretly waved his hand, signaling them not to act rashly.

The bushes shook for a moment, and a few people came out from behind, and in the center was a young man in a moon-white shirt, wearing a big hat, revealing a fair face, and the corners of his eyes were raised, looking polite, but there was a hint of fortitude in his eyebrows. Next to him is a middle-aged man who is not large, but extremely athletic. Behind the two of them is a dark and thin young man, looking at the color of the clothes is the entourage of the two, and the clothes are also luxurious, but on such a cold day, he is barefoot, which makes people look awkward. The rest of the four or five people were all dressed as subordinates, but at first glance they knew that they were not locals, but they looked like they were from Liangguang, Fujian and Guangdong, not tall, lean and strong.

Cao Wuxian quietly looked at a few people, and the killing aura on these people could not be covered by the clothes that seemed to be merchants.

The white-clothed young man in the head was obviously very different from the others, and his graceful temperament looked like a noble son of a certain princely family, although he suddenly appeared, Cao Wuxian in front of him and a group of young men carrying swords and blades were eyeing each other, but he didn't care. He snorted twice, looked at the iron plate that Cao Wuxian was hanging on the fire, and couldn't help but smile, "I didn't expect to see 'teppanyaki' here, it's really surprising!" ”

Cao Wuxian also laughed, and arched his hand at the young man, "Since the son knows what this is, he must be a fellow practitioner, why don't you taste the craftsmanship below?" ”

Penglai built a port, has become a place where businessmen from all over the world gather, not far away is the busiest and most prosperous wharf in Penglai, here to meet outsiders is not unexpected. The strange thing is that the temperament exuded by these people is really a little weird, and one of the thoughts that popped up in Cao Wu's heart was, "These people are not from the army, they must be bandits at sea!" Only the young man in white seemed to be out of place with everyone around him.

The middle-aged man beside the young man frowned, and said to the young man: "Jinguan, while it's not too late, let's go into the city to settle down early, it's better to ......!" The middle-aged man's official words sounded very strange, as if he had two walnuts in his mouth, and it sounded vague.

The white-clothed young man known as "Jinguan" smiled slightly, "Fourth Uncle doesn't need to be anxious, Penglai City is close at hand, and it is okay to enter the city later." Meeting is fate, since you meet a fellow practitioner here, it doesn't hurt to say a few words! ”

As he spoke, he came to the fire by himself, and without waiting for Cao to give in, he knelt down cross-legged and sat down. Cao Wuxian didn't mind, and spread some seafood and other things on the iron plate, and in a moment, the aroma of roasting came out again.

Zhu Yujiao looked at the young man in white angrily, disgusted by this kind of uninvited guest who disturbed her purity, but Cao Wuxian was beside her, and she couldn't say anything, so she could only eat the food on the plate angrily.

"What do you call Brother Tai?" Cao Wuxian asked seemingly casually while flipping the seafood on the iron plate.

The white-clothed young man stared at the food on the iron plate with his eyes firmly on it, and replied absentmindedly: "In Xia Tian, my family calls me Jinguan. ”

Before Cao Wuxian could continue to probe his details, this Tian Jinguan preemptively asked: "The craftsmanship of the Kan Brother Tai is very skilled, but the younger brother is a little ignorant. This teppanyaki was inadvertently created by the sailors of the Franc machine during the sea voyage, and now it is just circulated among the nobles of Kyushu and Korea, as if it has never been seen in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know how the brother Tai knew about it? ”

Cao Wuxian's mind moved, the young man in front of him seemed to be greedy, and he didn't expect that the casual question was indeed aggressive, and he seemed to be quite interested in his origin.

"Hehe, it's not a secret, this is created by the head of the family under the bottom, and I have learned a thing or two from the ears and eyes. It's just a little the same fur, the head of the family once said, this teppanyaki practice, varied, like the one in front of you, just a picture of a 'fresh' word, if you want to enjoy eating, it is best to choose Kobe beef from the Wa country, etc., plus North Korean beef tenderloin, with seafood and vegetables and other things, marinated for a period of time, so that the grilled food can be called delicious! ”

The young man in white rolled his eyes a few times, and suddenly laughed, "It's rare, your family master is indeed a master of this way!" It's just that I don't know if Jinguan is blessed to eat the food cooked by your family master? ”

Cao Wuxian nodded quietly, and while selecting some of the grilled food and sandwiching it in front of the white-clothed young man Tian Jinguan, he handed Zhu Yujiao's favorite squid skewers into her hands. But he said: "There is always a chance, Penglai is just a small place, look at the appearance of Brother Tai, it should be in the Dengzhou Trade Zone, as long as it is in this Dengzhou, there will always be a chance to meet the lord of the contemptible family!" ”

Tian Jinguan stroked his palms and laughed, "What Brother Tai said is very true, everything in the world is just a fateful word, since there is a fate to see it today, it is obvious that it is a fateful person, and there should be a chance to see you again in the future!" The stubborn black and thin young man behind him took his wine jug and handed it to Cao Wuxian, "This is the sake produced in the younger brother's hometown, please taste it, don't you know the name of Brother Tai?" ”

"Under the surname Cao!"

"Brother Cao!" Tian Jinguan's smile did not decrease, "Come on, come on, have a drink for you and me!" ”

Tian Jinguan is not a blind guy, he used some food, left two pots of so-called sake for Cao Wuxian, and got up to leave.

Looking at their backs, Cao Wuxian squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, and called a personal guard, "Follow them, see where they settle, and send a message to the Military Intelligence Department, the details of these people should be checked!" ”

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Walking on the official road, the prosperity in front of people makes people's eyes shine, the wide official road is full of people coming and going, enough to accommodate the carriages of the two horses to drive side by side, especially the iron blue road surface is very solid, look carefully, it is not a square brick, but like a layer of something particularly solid. The black thin boy stomped his feet with all his might, but grinned in pain.

The crowd of people passing by looked at the appearance of this group of people, and they all hid their faces and smiled. Tian Jinguan suddenly felt a little embarrassed, how could he be treated as a countryman who had never seen the world, this black and thin boy really didn't fight for himself.

"Shi Dalang, don't make a fool of yourself, put your boots on!" Tian Jinguan said coldly. "If it weren't for your familiarity with maritime affairs, Young Master Ben wouldn't have taken you out if he said anything!"

The thin black boy agreed aggrievedly, took out the boots in his backpack, and put them on his feet.

The guys from the tea shop on the side came up to solicit business, and Tian Jinguan and the middle-aged man asked for hot tea with a group of entourage, and rested in the tea shop.

"Are you all merchants from afar? It's better not to enter the city at this time! The guy at the tea shop said with a smile.

"Why?" Tian Jinguan and the middle-aged man were puzzled.

The man pointed to the sun in the sky, "At this time, it is the time when the trade area is closed in the middle of the day, the morning trading is over, and there must be merchants to return to Penglai City, this is the peak period to enter the city, do you see the sign on that side?" ”

The guy pointed to a huge wooden sign next to the official road not far away, which seemed to be a schematic map of the streets and alleys of the entire Penglai. "The red one above is the street that is now clogged, and if you want to enter the city, you must go through the west gate, but look, isn't the city gate red now?"

Tian Jinguan took a closer look, it was really like this. Next to the wooden plaque are two big men in cyan clothes, and there are two big characters behind them, with the word "chengguan" written on them. Men of the same color kept coming on horseback and told the two of them, and they changed the colors on the map. People who are easy to enter the city know which roads are not blocked and easy to travel.

Tian Jinguan looked at the old man for a long time, and his mouth was amazed, but the eyes of the black and thin young man were still staring closely at the layer of iron blue things on the official road next to him, and from time to time he stepped lightly on his toes.

"Shi Dalang!" Tian Jinguan saw the movements of the thin black boy at a glance, and couldn't help but feel angry again.

The guy smiled lightly: "Don't worry about the guest officer, this is also a scene we have to see every day." There are a lot of new things in Dengzhou, don't look at our deputy chief soldier is not yet twenty years old, but the new things are indeed endless, but our people can still get benefits! ”

The man pointed to the iron-blue thing on the ground. "This is called 'cement', but the official road from Dengzhou to Penglai and to the trade area produced by the Yamen of Dengzhou is now paved with this object. Not afraid of wind and rain, all year round, hard as ever. Not to mention the soles of your feet, even the horseshoe with shoes and the wheel rolling, it's okay! ”

When Tian Jinguan heard this, he fell silent. The guy was in a hurry, chattering incessantly, and the pride on his face was unmistakable. The middle-aged man saw that Tian Jinguan's face was a little unpleasant, so he hurriedly rewarded the guy with a piece of silver and sent him away.

Tian Jinguan approached the middle-aged man, "Fourth uncle, do you see it, this Zhu Ping'an is really not an idle person, he came to Dengzhou, but in just a few months, this Dengzhou City is like being reborn." Now, most of the merchant ships from the north have moved to Dengzhou, and even a lot of them from the south have come, and my father's worries are not unfounded! ”

The middle-aged man always snorted in his nose, "It's just some strange skills, Denglai Sailor is still one of those shipwrecked veterans, which annoys us, and once the army arrives, let him leave no chickens and dogs!" ”

Tian Jinguan shook his head, "No, we are also the officials and soldiers of the imperial court now, and we can't compare to the happiness and enmity of the past." The reason why I want to come to Dengzhou is that I persuaded my father to come and get to know our opponent with my own eyes! ”

Tian Jinguan suddenly laughed softly, "This Zhu Ping'an really didn't disappoint me, and I was impressed by a small role under his hand!" ”

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, and then understood, "Isn't what Jin Guan said about the somewhat feminine teenager I just met on the beach?" ”

"Exactly!"

"How did Jin Guan know that he was Zhu Ping'an's subordinate?"

Tian Jinguan said eloquently, "If it wasn't for Zhu Ping'an's subordinates, how could that young man be so knowledgeable." Although the teppanyaki is said to be a cooking thing, who knows if you have no experience at sea. And the Kobe beef and Korean beef tenderloin that the boy said, even if it is our ordinary sailor, who can understand this. ”

"There are also young people all around, all of them are vigorous, advancing and retreating, as if they are managed according to the military system, in this Dengzhou, in addition to Zhu Ping'an, who else will have such elite soldiers?" R1152