Chapter 14: The Wine Banquet
In fact, when Zhang Hao went around the system, he came out without doing anything.
On the one hand, after the completion of the quest "I am the strongest", there is nothing but the skill point reward, and there are not even new quests.
On the other hand, this quest only rewards 2 skill points, but it is only enough to buy a random type of skill. The skill that Zhang Hao urgently needs most now is naturally a training skill, and if you buy a skill to check the opponent's attributes, it is also acceptable. However, even if you buy a random type of skill now, the probability of buying the skill you need is only 50%, not to mention that buying a generic skill may not necessarily check the opponent's attributes. Anyway, in a few days, we will start playing the "Wild Ball Game", and there will definitely be new tasks at that time, and it will not be too late to buy training skills if there are skill point rewards. After all, in just a few days, Zhang Hao can still afford to wait.
After two days of idleness, Zhang Hao's attribute value did not increase in just two days, but the proficiency of the skill of "volley shooting" rose to 96 points, and he would definitely be able to rise to the elementary level before the "Wild Ball Game".
On the afternoon of the third day, Zhang Hao and the four of them first came to the Zhuojun Keju Field to watch the battle for the second place that had nothing to do with them - no, it should be said that it had nothing to do with themselves.
Although it was a competition for second place, these three matches were not as fierce as the previous third round of tryouts. One is that because the top five have already been decided, this second place is not of much use. The second reason is that these people also understand that even if the "help" of the imperial court is given to the top two teams, it will definitely be biased more towards Zhang Hao's team, and even their second-place team may be treated the same as the other three teams. Therefore, these four teams simply played this game as a training match, and naturally there were many fewer highlights.
After waiting for nearly two hours, the three games of the four teams were finally completed, and Zhang Hao, who had been bored for a long time, also woke up from the audience. With the end of another speech by Liu Yan, the Taishou of Youzhou, a group of people followed Liu Yan's personal guards to the Taishou Mansion for tonight's practice banquet.
Everyone had already come to the Taishou Mansion once before when they signed up, but that time they only entered the office court. In fact, behind the public court, where Liu Yan and his family lived, also belonged to the scope of the Taishou Mansion.
Entering the Taishou Mansion from the side door, the group came directly to the lobby to receive the guests, probably because Liu Yan had already given instructions, and the lobby had already set up a banquet.
Unlike the later generations, where several people ate and drank around a large table, the banquets of the Three Kingdoms era were all for one person and one small table, with the host sitting on the main seat and the guests on both sides according to their status.
The same is true of this practice banquet held by Liu Yan. There are two cases on the main seat, one large and one small, the big one naturally belongs to Liu Yan, and the small one belongs to Liu Yan's side and back, which belongs to Zou Jing, the captain who came together. Below the main seat, there are twenty desks, about the same size as Zou Jing's, divided into five groups and arranged on both sides.
Liu Yan's first group of four cases naturally belonged to Zhang Hao. It's just that the placement of the desk is very interesting, two in the front and two in the back. Originally, Zhang Hao and the four of them had already been married, and according to the order of eldest and youngest, Liu Bei and Guan Yu should sit in the front, and Zhang Fei and Zhang Hao should sit in the back. However, Zhang Fei and Zhang Hao made a big show in this selection competition, one repeatedly scored goals, and the other discerning person could see that he was the biggest contributor to Zhang Fei's ammunition.
So, Zou Jing, who led everyone to take a seat, didn't think much about it at all, and directly let Zhang Fei and Zhang Hao sit in front.
Guan Yu didn't care, he only cared about the interests of their team, and when he saw them sitting at the top of the guests, he didn't care who sat in front and who sat behind. But Liu Bei, the eldest brother of the four, was originally elated because he went to the banquet, and his face was instantly gloomy.
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The richness of the banquet naturally cannot be compared with that of later generations, but each person also has a whole pigeon and a few exquisite side dishes, plus enough wine pipes, it is still a little stronger than the small wine banquet of Zhang Hao and the four of them in the manor. Even, Liu Yan also asked several dancers raised in the house to come to sing and dance to help the fun.
Because Youzhou is perennially harassed by ethnic minorities in the north, it was originally one of the poorest states in the Han Dynasty, so it is naturally impossible to produce any beauties, so Zhang Hao has little interest just by looking at it, and these dancers can't even reach the level of class flowers in middle school.
Liu Bei had seen a lot of the world in his early years, Guan Yu was notoriously not close to women, and Zhang Fei, a big old man, didn't care about this, and the three of them didn't show much interest in these.
It's just that the rest of the civilians, where have they seen such scenes, even if they usually sneak around the Qinglou, all they can see are those broken flowers and willows. So while staring at these dancers, he unconsciously poured wine into his mouth, and after a while, he was drunk.
It is said that the wine table is the best place to talk about business, and the same is true in ancient times. Liu Yan saw that these people were almost drunk, so he began to talk to Zhang Hao and them.
Speaking of which, when Zou Jing arranged the seats, he only arranged them according to the size of the contribution to the selection competition, so Zhang Fei sat in the position closest to Liu Yan, and Zhang Hao was next to him.
It's just that Liu Yan understands very clearly that during the entire selection period, this team has always been Zhang Hao in the decision, so Zhang Fei is just the fierce general who rushes to the front, and Zhang Hao is the coach who is strategizing in the rear. As for Liu Bei and Guan Yu, they were directly ignored by Liu Yan.
So, Liu Yan skipped Zhang Fei, who was closest to him, and asked Zhang Hao directly.
"Zhang Hao, I don't know what your plans are in the future?"
Hearing Liu Yan's words, Zhang Hao instinctively thought that there should be a deeper meaning, so he asked tentatively: "I don't know how long after Taishou said?" ”
"After the 'Wild Ball Game'."
"I don't have any plans yet."
Liu Yan's eyes lit up slightly, and he continued: "I wonder if you are willing to be a county-level juju team?" ”
After listening to Liu Yan's suggestion, Zhang Hao was silent.
Judging from the events of the Ten Standing Servants Rebellion, the Yellow Turban Uprising, Liu Yan's recruitment of troops and the Taoyuan Rebellion, the current historical process is the same as that of the Three Kingdoms that I am familiar with. If this development continues, Liu Bei will follow the trajectory of Anxi County Lieutenant, Pingyuan County Order, and Xuzhou Mu. And if you go to be the county-level juju team in Youzhou, the official position will be a county lieutenant.
Although agreeing to come down is equivalent to standing on Liu Yan's boat, the other party will definitely take more care of himself in the future. But Zhang Hao knew that once the Yellow Turban was exterminated, Liu Yan would be promoted to Yizhou Mu, and Yizhou and Youzhou were completely opposite corners of the Han Dynasty's territory. At that time, if he and the others stayed in Youzhou, there would be only one Liu Bei's senior brother left here, Gongsun Zhan, the assassin of Youzhou, but Gongsun Chan was quickly killed by Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao, who controlled the entire Hebei at that time, would definitely not let himself and others have a good time.
If you follow Liu Yan to Yizhou, not to mention the long distance, Liu Yan himself even died earlier than Gongsun Zhan. At that time, the position of Yizhou Mu will fall to Liu Yan's waste wood son Liu Zhang, and it will be abolished in the future.
Taking another 10,000 steps back, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are now following him, and he is a person with a system, how can he do something like hugging other people's thighs without any compulsion. What's more, Liu Yan's thighs are really not thick enough.
So after thinking about it like this, Zhang Hao immediately rejected Liu Yan's proposal: "Liu Taishou, to be honest, don't care, this place in Youzhou is really not suitable for us to show our strengths." ”
Liu Yan really didn't care, after all, even if the strength of this Zhang Hao and the four of them was good, they were just ordinary people now, so he waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay." Every man has his own ambition, drink! Drink! ”
After that, he raised the wine cup and gestured to Zhang Hao, and drank it all.
Just when Zhang Hao was about to finish the glass of wine in front of him, Liu Bei behind him suddenly stood up and said to Liu Yan: "Liu Taishou, I can't prepare for alcohol, and my body is slightly unwell, can I retire first?" ”
Liu Yan naturally had no reason to refuse, and waved his hand to let Liu Bei retreat. Zhang Hao looked at the back of Liu Bei leaving, and secretly thought to himself: Liu Bei, Liu Bei, don't let me down!