Chapter 18 Longmen Wine Shop
Longmen wine shop, the place where the three religions and nine streams of Qutuo City gather.
In Qutuo City, everyone knows and everyone knows.
The "Hui" shaped building, a courtyard in the middle, with blue bricks paved on the ground.
On the outside of the compound, the houses on the southeast, northwest and north sides are connected, and fifty tables of eight immortals are placed on each side.
There are always only six kinds of dishes.
Three vegetables: salt-soaked vitex leaves, boiled green root vines, fried Yanmu fruit.
Vitex, shrub, purple wattle, black leaves, thick, fragrant. After soaking in salt water, remove the astringency.
Three meat dishes: boiled mutton, scorched ground trolls, tooth sprouts and leaves stewed square eggs.
The ground troll, a kind of fat insect under the outside of the city, is more than ten centimeters long. Like to gather, dig into the worm nest, most of them have dozens. After cleaning, it is placed on a hot green mountain board and grilled, sizzling with oil, and the meat is delicate.
These six dishes are always on the table.
There are many people, and there are many portions, and there are few people, and there are few portions.
If you have one person, you can make a platter, and you don't have to order food.
There is only one kind of wine, which is supplied by the only winery in Qutuo City, and it is also the only official winery, called Dayue wine.
It's not strong or alcoholic, it's not enjoyable if you drink less, and you can't wake up if you drink too much.
As soon as it was dark, Wu Fanyang arrived with Youshan, Chen Junwen, and two brothers.
The red-painted door was open, and there were more than a dozen men leading the way in front of the door.
"Guest, have you booked a table?" A guy led in.
"I don't know if He Ergou He Junye has arrived?" Wu Fanyang hurriedly asked.
"Shortly after I arrived, a few of them came with me." The guy had a very good memory, and walked with a few people to the south house.
A few people walked along a two-meter-wide floor in the middle of the table.
On both sides of the floor, there are three rows of Eight Immortal Tables.
On the table of the eight immortals in the room on all sides, most of the guests have been seated, and at a glance, it is very lively.
"Master He, I didn't expect that there was such a big wine shop in Qutuo City, and there were thousands of people full?" Wu Fanyang praised sincerely.
"Thousand-eight." He Ergou looked around proudly.
"That's far beyond Badan City." Youshan exclaimed.
"This is my brother-in-law?" He Ergou asked.
During the day, I was secretly amazed at Youshan's beauty, and it was inconvenient to ask, so now hurry up and find out.
"I've seen Brother He." Youshan hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.
"Brother Wu, you are so blessed, Qutuo City is hard to find." He Ergou boasted.
"Hahaha, Brother He, you are polite, Youshan is also from Qutuo, but she grew up in Badan since she was a child." Wu Fanyang smiled slightly.
"What do I say, how can there be such a beautiful woman as my brother and daughter-in-law in a small city of Badan." He Ergou laughed happily.
Six pots of vegetables and two jars of wine were served on the table.
He Ergou pointed to the dishes and wine again.
"Well, it's fragrant." Youshan chewed a vitex leaf and praised it again and again.
After eighteen years, she returned to Qutuo City and tasted the taste of her parents and grandparents.
"Brother He, please." Wu Fanyang raised his wine glass and saluted.
He had become accustomed to the faint smell of alcohol.
"Brother Wu, the Longmen Liquor Store is the most well-informed place, and the noble disciples and wealthy merchants in the city often come here to gather. I've heard about your refined salt, and it's amazing. ”
He Ergou swallowed a piece of mutton and raised his thumb.
"I am not satisfied with Brother He, we only sold half of a large box of refined salt, all of which are one or two gold boxes. Keep fifty small boxes, and prepare to ask Brother He for guidance and send some to the wealthy family's home. Wu Fanyang said in a low voice.
"Well, that's a good idea, tomorrow just happens to be not worth it, I'll take you for a walk." He Ergou responded.
Chen Junwen looked up and saw that the courtyard was surrounded by thick and high iron fences, which were ten meters high.
At the top of the fence, thick red ropes are pulled up and criss-crossed, forming a large grid of bowls.
The whole courtyard is like a hollow iron box.
"Master He, why can't I understand, what are these iron fences for?" He asked.
"Hey, hey." He Ergou smiled mysteriously.
"This little brother wanted to surprise you when the time came. Longmen Liquor Store looks like a drinking place, but it is actually Qutuo City Douyuan, which is the largest casino in Qutuo City. ”
"Douyuan?" Everyone was puzzled.
"Do you see any difference between the green bricks in the yard?" He Ergou asked, pointing to the courtyard inside the iron fence.
The wine table was next to the courtyard, and when he Ergou said this, several people hurriedly looked over.
"A lot of the floor tiles are damaged." Youshan said.
"The color of the floor tiles doesn't seem to be right, it's reddish." Wu Fanyang glanced at it, turned around and said to a few people.
"Brother Wu and brother-in-law said that the damage to the floor tiles was caused by knives and axes, and the color was reddish because there was blood infiltrating every night." He Ergou deliberately lowered his voice and introduced.
"Why is that?"
"Longmen Wine Shop, drinking in the first half of the night, watching life and death in the second half of the night, gambling." He Ergou revealed the mystery and smiled proudly.
"Life and death?" Chen Junwen was stunned for a moment, "Could it be that there are gladiators fighting each other in the courtyard?" ”
"Gladiator?" He Ergou blinked a few times, "This name is good, Qu Tuocheng calls those slaves." ”
"Life and death?" Wu Fanyang was obviously surprised, and several other cities did not.
"What do you think about life and death?" He Ergou sneered, "Most of them are slaves captured by neighboring cities, domesticated for a month, and everyone is happy." ”
There are three cities around Qutuo Castle, all of which are marked on the map.
I didn't expect that they would go to war with each other, and the captives were still kept as slaves.
"Who else but the captives?"
"Death row prisoners, and those who make blood money." Speaking of this, He Ergou was no longer so proud.
"Earn blood money?"
"If you don't want to be poor, or if your family suffers, choose a team and win, if you win, you can get a lot of money."
Damn, this money is not easy to make, so you have to spend your life on it.
Several people shook their heads secretly.
"There is also an appointment between the enemies, and there is no life and death here."
"Can it still be like this?"
"Hehe, Qutuo people don't see blood for a day, and they will be listless in the future."
While a few people were talking, a sturdy man walked over with a wine jar.
Behind him, there were several big men.
"Which lady is this, how come I've never seen it?" The sturdy man stared at Youshan and said.
"Yo, it's Gongzi Hong." He Ergou looked panicked, and hurriedly stood up, "Brother Wu, this is the eldest prince of Hongfu in Qutuo City." ”
Hongfu?
Wu Fanyang didn't know.
"The owner of the Hong Mansion is General Hong of Qutuo City, with 10,000 heavy soldiers. Except for the city lord's family, he is powerful. He Ergou leaned his mouth close to Wu Fanyang's ear and said in a low voice.
"Yo, it turned out to be the son of General Hong." Wu Fanyang hugged his fist towards Hong Gongzi with a smile on his face.
"What do you think of your eyes?" Hong Gongzi snorted.
"In the chin Danwu Dayang, the first time I went to Qutuo, I brought some salt, and I came here to see the market." Wu Fanyang said hurriedly.
"You made the fine and white salt that the wine shop said today?" Hong Gongzi rolled his eyes and said.
On the side, Chen Junwen saw Wu Fanyang's eyes, and hurriedly took out two boxes from his backpack.
"Young Master Hong, I am preparing to visit the house, you can taste these two boxes of refined salt first." Wu Fanyang respectfully held it in both hands and handed it to Hong Gongzi.
"Don't, my son is not interested in salt, hehe, this lady wants to take it home and taste it." As he spoke, Hong Gongzi sat down next to Youshan.
Hong Gongzi stared at Youshan with squinting eyes, picked up the wine glass in front of her, and drank it all.
Wu Fanyang was furious and grabbed Hong Gongzi's right hand.
Look for death!
Wu Fanyang sneered, his eyes revealing a thick killing intent.