In the 340th year of the Han calendar, in the autumn of the year of the Gengzi Rat, a hundred years have passed since the unification of the Three Kingdoms.

Huaxing County, which belongs to Quzhou, is deeply cold, the north wind is fierce, thousands of miles of fertile rice and wheat bow their heads, and the geese fly south in the clear and clear sky.

(Note: For ease of reading, the year of the Common Year is used in this article, and the year is cancelled.) ）

Huaxing County has a total of eight counties. Lingyuan County, the county guard, is the largest county in Huaxing County, the boundary of Lingyuan, north to the old Yan Great Wall, to the north through the seven counties of nine counties in Bozhou, the jurisdiction of more than 120 miles of people 50,000 or 60,000, of which the Ling River flows, the forest is luxuriant, fertile for thousands of miles.

It is rumored that with the power of Lingyuan County, the survival of the Han Army can be raised.

A leaf can know the autumn, Huaxing County is a large grain-producing county in Quzhou, a rich and important place in the north, and an important town in the northeast and central part of the Han Dynasty.

The Lingyuan Mountains, which divide the two states of Qu and Bo, are closely nestled with Lingyuan City and have an extremely important geographical location. The north of the mountain range is Bozhou, the south of the mountain range is Quzhou, Bozhou is the homeland of the Xiongnu, Quzhou is the northern border of the ancient Central Plains, if the grassland people seize Bozhou, to the south through the Lingyuan Mountains, into the Central Plains is a thoroughfare.

Forty-five years ago, in order to resist the full-scale invasion of Daqin, the overlord of the northern grassland, Liu Chen, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, drove his own expedition, and when he returned from the northern expedition, he wrote "Lingyuan Short Song" to spit out his mind: Miaoshuitun ten thousand horses, Lingyuan stationed in five battalions. Saibei Luwu Festival, sword and sword.

Because of this, a few miles north of Lingyuan County, under the Lingyuan Mountains and next to the great water of the Linghe River, Deng Yan, the general of Huaxing Armed Forces, commanded 30,000 troops, stationed here all the year round, tuntian, water control, and military training.

Lingyuan County, the county seat of the county guard, is the largest city in Huaxing County, six miles square, 100,000 people, among them, Daomai Street runs through the north and south, Shenshui Street vertically and horizontally east and west, and Lingyuan is cut into a piece of jade with the momentum of the four palaces.

The big man is still hot, and the dress is black and red; The Han people are respected and humbled by the 'four elephants', so the south is preferred.

Therefore, at the beginning of the construction of the city, the two parts of the southern city were either rich or expensive, the county guard and the county magistrate worked together in the same city, the family gate lords gathered, the officials and businessmen gathered, and the land price had the saying of 'one hundred plants and one inch', which was unattainable. The two parts of Beicheng are complex, one is a bazaar, a gang, and a shop, and the other is a common person.

The newly revised "Han Law and City Defense Chapter" stipulates: Where the Han county is opened, the hour is opened, and the unitary time is closed, with the half moon as a large set, and the day is open and closed, and those who violate it will be issued and charged to the army.

Today is the first day of the ninth month of the Han calendar, which coincides with the big gathering.

Lingyuan Beichengbei City is crowded, the grains are fragrant, the whispering of autumn insects, the hawkers' shouting, the shouting of Xiaoer, and the girl's coquettish laughter are intertwined and overlapped, so lively!

Passers-by are all kinds of people, official families, and young ladies are rushing in, or looking forward to a good relationship, or thinking of encountering some strange goods, or wanting to shake off their majesty; Merchants and hawkers, scholars and craftsmen, ordinary children, housekeepers and servants wander around the market to ask prices, accumulate New Year's goods, pay for grain, buy winter clothes, a good picture of the prosperity of the peace!

The north city is looking at the north building, and the dance pavilion is in this building.

Every time there is a big gathering, the largest wine store in Lingyuan County looks at the North Building, and it must be full of money.

Wangbei Building has three floors, hollow outer ring, one hundred and eight guest seats on the first floor, sixty-six lamps and six lamps are delicate and small, a platform is set up in the middle, which can be used for students to debate, chivalrous and scholarly exchanges, eight doors to perform, the stream surrounds the middle platform, the water flow is scattered to the corner with the center of the middle platform, the daisies are all over along the water, there is a sense of beauty. The best thing is that winter day, the fire wall is hot, the water is warm, and the candlestick is warm, which makes people want to drink for thirty years when they enter;

Eighty guest seats on the second floor, placed along the inner ring of the second floor, separated by the fire Qi screen, the screen pattern steps on the flying bird galloping horse, the table puts the blue glaze human lantern, the corner of the table is set up with "quicksilver hole", when the guests and drinkers enjoy the fun, the money and silver enter along the hole, go straight to the middle platform on the first floor, and the tinkling falls on the stage, which is suddenly interesting;

The third floor guest seat thirty, according to the outer ring and stand, there is a single person to serve the single room, non-rich and virtuous can not enter, the celadon golden lion water injection in the room, the bronze three-legged cover furnace is extremely exquisite, the table is delicate and discerning to the book ode to the poetry figurines, the green jade white tiger lamp is delicate and discerning, what is more gratifying is that the third floor is slightly higher than the city wall of Lingyuan County, when this house is a drinker, you can look far away, enjoy the drizzle in summer, see the frost and snow in winter, express your feelings, and attract people to think about infinite feelings.

The building is full of light yarn dancing, the wine color is permeated, the flower boy hawker shuttles among them, the building is full of joy, and the north building is really the best choice for chanting poetry and drinking.

Today's Wangbei Building is particularly bustling, in order to attract people, every fifteenth day of the new year, Wangbei Building will always make some fresh things. Today's invited is the reciter who is famous throughout the whole rivers and lakes, Dongfang Chunsheng and Dongfang Yu's grandson.

I saw that this Dongfang Chunsheng was dressed in a brown and gray linen cloth, a plain cloth belt around his waist, linen shoes on his feet, three copper coins hanging from his waist, a black hair bun on his head, wrinkles all over his forehead, and a sky-high nose with deep socket eyes, giving people a sense of vicissitudes of life and stubbornness.

Granddaughter Dongfang Yu, Ruifeng eyes, cherry lips, delicate skin, crooked bun, wearing tiger head shoes, wearing floral cloth clothes, looking east and west, living off a small and half adult. The grandfather and grandson sat opposite each other in the special guest seat, waiting for the shopkeeper to greet them.

At noon, the guests were full and drank until they rose, and Xia Qing, the shopkeeper of the North Building, saw the opportunity, slowly ascended to the middle stage, shook his huge head, clapped his hands three times, and the hustle and bustle of the drinkers gradually weakened.

But look at this Xia Qing clasped her fists with both hands, arched her hands and smiled: "In Xia Qing, thank you for appreciating your face and coming to the cold house to eat and drink. Drink well! Play well!"

It can be seen from the luxurious decoration of the Wangbei Tower that the consumption of this place is quite high.

And to be able to drink in Wangbeilou, naturally not ordinary people, rich children do not worry about food and clothing, naturally about this play eagle dog thing is quite concerned, hearing that it is the Oriental grandson, the audience immediately applauded!

Due to the gaze, Dongfang grandparents and grandchildren got up, only to see Dongfang Chunsheng holding his granddaughter in his left hand, holding a flower drum in his right hand, his eyes slightly narrowed, and his upper body slightly bowed, revealing a lively and witty and honest attitude. Dongfang Yu held the sheng in his left hand, and followed Dongfang Chunsheng closely with broken steps, smiling and blushing, with a calm face.

Standing still, the thin and slender Dongfang Chunsheng beat the drum, Dongfang Yu heard the sheng and puffed up, and the good show opened slowly in the two grandparents blowing the sheng drum spring.

"It is said that five hundred years ago, when the Han Dynasty was first established, Gaozu established the alliance of white horses, saying: If you are not the king of the Liu family, the world will attack it. More than 100 years ago, eunuchs were in power, relatives were dictatorial, warlords were divided, officials could not exercise benevolent government, they would not be able to defend the territory, the artifact of the Son of Heaven was lost, and the people were struggling to make a living. Cao Mengde coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and Cao Zihuan abolished the emperor to stand on his own. The Sun family in Jiangdong is in a corner of peace, and when the world changes greatly, Sun Zhongmou finally ascended the throne. ”

"Only I am Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty, with orthodox thoughts, outstanding majestic posture, thick accumulation, in order to swallow the ambition of the world, fire and thief Cao Yuyu, force to save the country and mountains in the dangerous wall, continue the Han room in Bashu, wait for the opportunity and the Northern Expedition, how to drive the banquet of the White Emperor in the middle of the road, Shu Han will wither the stars, and the world will end up in three points......"

Speaking of the rise, Mr. Dongfang's hands trembled and he lamented again and again!

The copper coins kept flowing down the small 'quicksilver hole', and the sound of the money falling to the ground and the cheers of the visitors were endless.

After two teas, everyone was slightly drunk and wanted to sleep, some people held the table and hummed, some people made fists to help the wine, and some people fell asleep.

The shopkeeper Xia Qing is good at looking at color, seeing that Dongfang Grandsun has just spoken to the middle stage, but there are very few drinkers who are attentive to listening to the book, and he is familiar with the various situations of life, and he knows that it is not that Dongfang Grandsun is not speaking badly, but that everyone is drunk.

So, Xia Qing rolled her eyes, took a few steps on the stage, touched Dongfang Yu's little head, and signaled to Dongfang Chunsheng. Seeing this, Dongfang Chunsheng stopped drumming and Dongfang Yu fell sheng.

Subsequently, Xia Qing looked around, smiled and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the time has not arrived, today this wine has passed thirty years, you have already enjoyed yourself, the old man of the East is old and weak, you need to take a little rest and then perform for all the guest officers, at noon the next day, please call friends and friends, come here again, in the next guarantee, the next day's wine money, ten baht to take nine!" How? ”

"Hey, hey? I said shopkeeper Xia, you lice can see the male and female essence, what's the matter? The old man in the East didn't speak, how do you know that he is tired? If Shopkeeper Xia wants to ask us to add wine and return to the lamp and make another profit, then we need to be more kind! Isn't it, guys! ”

The speaker was a big man with a short knife at his waist and a bare left arm, and at first glance he was a reckless man running the rivers and lakes, and at this moment he was about to stand up, but he couldn't withstand the strength of three bowls of rice wine, and he just got up and fell back to his seat, drunk and unconscious. There was a burst of laughter around him, and his entourage kept mocking him for his incompetence!

"Hahaha! The guest officers smiled, they are already a small business, and they know that they are enough to make a living! But since the old brother spoke, Xia Qing made a scene and made the old brother a friend, and the next day, eight out of ten baht! Xia Qing casually picked up a bowl of warm wine, approached the drunken man, lightly touched the glass, and drank it all.

"Shopkeeper Xia, instead of doing good deeds, it is better to send the Buddha to the west, how about taking seven out of ten baht? The next day, everyone will bring their wives and children, recruit friends, and drink him! The person who spoke was a scholar dressed as a man on the second floor, and the four people at the same table with him were already drunk and unconscious.

"It's ....... Ok, good, good! In a word, ten baht will take seven and take seven, and the next day, waiting for your good news! Xia Qing was embarrassed, thought for a moment, and then said boldly.

There was a burst of applause from the whole building, and the wine in the cup was drunk one after another. Seeing this, a few junior servants who were waiting on the side whispered, and the older junior bared their teeth, and said with a low smile: The shopkeeper was going to take seven out of ten baht, and this hand is really unpleasant to retreat.

Half an hour later, the guests dispersed, the sun was setting, the chefs also finished work and went home one after another, every time there was a big gathering, looking at the North Building, there was no dinner, the chefs could go home to accompany their wives and daughters, or the bazaar to spend time.

This is the benefit of the wealthy Wangbei Building, to the guys.

Sending off the last guy, Xia Qing sighed lightly: This year after next year, see a new look every year, and wait until the new face becomes an old face, for decades!

Closing the door and returning to the case, Xia Qing sat down in the middle of the platform, pulled her neck and yelled violently, "Liu Yi, hurry up and come out to work!" ”