Chapter 34: Zhengdan
On the day of the Spring Festival, there is no need to be on duty, and the entire public security county is in a festive atmosphere.
The locals of Gong'an County went to the wine shop today to play pepper and cypress wine to worship their ancestors nearby, and the unexpected thing was that there were also 50,000 people from outside the country today, and there are still people in the west of Gong'an County who are building houses even today, but today's Spring Festival, the money is naturally enough.
These exploding populations have led to long queues at the only two wineries in the county, and every time Ma Tan passes by the wineries these days, he can see the owner grinning there.
Like the captured general Zhang Fei, Ma Jian thought to himself.
Yesterday, the fourth brother Ma Liang had already asked for leave to return to Yicheng, but Ma Yan, who had just come to the public security from Yicheng for a month, chose to stay and see this new city.
At the corner of the street, there are already people who can make a living and carry peach soup and gum tooth dumplings for sale, and Ma Jian remembered that the fourth brother said that there were three children in the military division's family.
"How do you sell it?"
"Half a catty and five dollars, a catty and nine dollars, how much does Lang Jun want?"
The hawker diligently opened the lid of the cage and showed Ma Tan the yellow-brown gum tooth inside:
"They were all just cooked last night."
"Not bad." Ma Tan estimated in his heart: "Come on two catties...... Two and a half pounds. ”
After taking the glue tooth wrapped by the vendor, Ma Tan also counted twenty-three pieces of five baht and handed it over.
The business was opened, and the hawkers were much more enthusiastic and continued to solicit:
"Does Lang Jun want anything else? We also have peach soup and a packed five-spice plate here! ”
Seeing Ma Jian shaking his head, the hawker was not disappointed, and ended the sale with auspicious words:
"Jun Yi is on the throne."
Ma Jian nodded and replied: "Rili Dawan." ”
The military advisor's house was empty, and it seemed that the porter had already gone out to play, and Ma Jian thought for a while and walked to the county hall with his gum teeth.
As expected, before entering the door, I heard Zhang Fei's characteristic loud voice:
"No matter how the military advisor eats and drinks, he is so unhappy!"
The main hall is shrouded in clouds and mist, and a copper tripod is full of firewood, and the white lamb can be seen between the ups and downs of the soup.
The main hall was staggered on both sides, and it was full of people.
"Youchang is here!" Liu Bei was very happy, and his cheeks were a little red: "Come on, come on, come in, you're welcome!" ”
Ma Tan bowed down first and saluted: "The lord will be in peace for ten thousand years, and he will love his body for the country!" ”
Liu Bei laughed and pulled Ma Jian to get up, and then stuffed the wine glass and the winning money into his hand:
"You're welcome, drink this cup full!"
After a glass of wine, Ma Jian felt that he seemed to have temporarily integrated into this hall, and the eldest brother also took him to the Zhengdan banquet of Taishou when he was in Yicheng, and the kind of indifferent and rigid banquet was completely different from the one in front of him.
Ma Jian moved to Kong Ming's side, put the gift he bought, and explained the situation.
"I always have a heart." Kong Ming smiled with a lacquer-eared wine glass with the book "Jun Xingshi" on it, and didn't say much.
Ma Tan turned his eyes and saw Mrs. Huang, who was also sitting upright next to her, also holding an identical lacquer-eared wine glass in her hand, with the book "Jun Xing Wine" written on it.
It seems that he is disturbing the military advisor and his wife, Ma Jian said secretly, so he retired.
Looking at the civil and military who was accompanied by his wife's room, Ma Jian felt a little redundant for a while, but fortunately, there was an equally lonely figure at the end of the banquet.
Fresh faces? Ma Tan moved over curiously.
"My name is Ma Yan, the word is young, and now I am engaged in the military division, how do you call Brother Tai?"
"Jiang Wan, the word Gongyan." The scribe on the other side, who looked a little sleepy-eyed, also saluted kindly: "General Zuo's subordinate is a scholar." ”
Shuzuo? Ma Tan was very strange in his heart, he was humble and could feast here? I couldn't help but pay attention to Jiang Wan in my heart.
In fact, Jiang Wan was also at a loss, he was originally fishing in the Shuzuo position, but suddenly he was notified to come over to participate in a small banquet today.
As a result, after arriving, he was toasted by the lord and the military advisor in turn, which made him fall into the clouds.
I always feel that the days of fishing seem to have drifted away from me...
With Jiang Wan as his companion, Ma Jian was finally not so embarrassed.
And after a conversation, Ma Jian was also shocked in his heart, even if this Jiang Wan is handsome, how can he learn so well! If you don't know the military books yourself, I'm afraid you won't be clumsy when you talk!
Jiang Wan stared at Ma Yan's chin that had just begun to grow his beard, and he was also very impressed:
"Just crowned, the way of the art of war has such insight? It is worthy of being a military advisor! ”
For a while, the conversation between the two was even more enthusiastic, and when Liu Bei and Kong Ming, who were at the top, saw this, they couldn't help but look at each other and smile.
After continuing to drink a glass of wine, Liu Bei looked at the peach soup on the table in a daze, and Mrs. Gan, who was accompanying her, noticed it in an instant, and said in a low voice:
"Husband...... Jinglian Jianghai, how about we take pepper and cypress wine to the river to worship Sister Mizhu at night? ”
Shaking Mrs. Gan's hand tightly, Liu Bei nodded heavily: "Okay!" ”
As soon as Zhang Fei, who was the next head, opened his mouth to speak, he was twisted around his waist by Mrs. Xiahou, and the words were instantly broken in his mouth, and his face became grinning.
"What is wrong with Yide?" Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei, who looked even uglier, and said curiously.
Feeling the slender jade hand that was still on his waist, Zhang Fei said loudly: "I just want to wish my eldest brother eternal peace!" ”
The sound of the bell was sonorous and powerful, and the others also raised their wine glasses when they saw this, and their voices were different but they all said in unison:
"May you eat with the same meal, be in peace for ten thousand years, and love your body for the country!"
Liu Bei also cleaned up his mood, laughed and toasted:
"Bucket handle Huiyin, another year old, in the new year, all the gentlemen will join hands to join hands in the great cause!"
The banquet did not last long, and it ended before lunch, and Ma Jian felt that it was a pity, and in the end he was not embarrassed to ask the lord for the mutton in Dingzhong.
Before leaving, Ma Tan looked back at the side hall that had become Zhuge Liang's office, and there was a big lock on the door of this hall.
After coming to the public security for a while, Ma Jian had already heard that being able to be in this side hall seemed to be a sign of entering the core of Liu Bei's command.
The lord and Liu Guan, Zhang and Zhao Zhuge will not know what to discuss here on a regular basis, and this is the core of the core.
Mr. Jian and Mr. Mi were also able to enter the negotiation after they came back last month, and these two gentlemen were also people who worked hard for the lord.
Don't know when it's your turn? Touching the short stubble on his chin, Ma Jian had his own troubles.
Although it is customary to rest during the Spring Festival today, the Jianghuai people who have just crossed Tianzhu Mountain obviously don't care about this, they just want to have a stable livelihood as soon as possible.
After leaving the county hall and crossing the public street to a big willow tree in the west of the city, Ma Tan waited for a while, and after noon, thirty or fifty people had gathered in front of him.
"Are you a craftsman?" Ma Tan asked loudly.
"Lang Jun, my family has been a blacksmith for generations!"
"Xiao Langjun, I heard you send someone to call for recruitment the day before yesterday, just wait for today! I'm a paper maker! ”
"Don't dare to deceive Xiao Langjun, my family has been a carpenter for generations!"
Lang Jun is Lang Jun, what is small! Ma Jian thought angrily, and a thought almost immediately popped up in his heart.
"That's good! Come with me now! Let's go to the riverside to the north first! ”
A group of people were messy and undisciplined, but they couldn't ask for anything more, Ma Jian endured the noise and brought people to the riverside, pointed to the river and smiled:
"Alright, jump in for me!"