Niu Ge Zhuang is called Zhuang, in fact, there are two or three towns big, which is not bad compared to some slightly smaller counties.

There is a township brave patrol on the low city wall of a few feet high, the city gate is in order, the people who sell vegetables and sell all kinds of things are lined up along the main street to form a first-class line, there are restaurants and shops on both sides, although the cold wind is biting in winter, but it is also quite lively.

According to Lao Gu, the permanent population here is about 3,000, plus the business travel, at most it can reach 5,000 or 6,000, because of the good security, many people who can't live in the city are directly outside the city, and there is the protection of the village brave group, so there is no need to worry about the nuisance of bandits.

Hearing is false, seeing is believing, after Feng Zhiping saw Niu Gezhuang with his own eyes, he knew that what Lao Gu said was true.

Whether a town is prosperous or not depends on the shops and the beggars.

There are many shops and categories, indicating that the residents are rich, and the number of beggars also reflects the local wealth and poverty, and also reflects the local political situation. There are few beggars in Niugezhuang and they are very orderly, and most of them are active in the porridge shops and good halls opened everywhere, which shows that the managers here are not only kind-hearted, but also very skillful.

When Feng Zhiping and his entourage entered the city, it was already dark, but there were few outsiders in winter, and there were empty rooms in each inn.

At the suggestion of Uncle Gu, they picked the most pleasant name of the "Hongfu Inn" to settle down, and the owner of You Dajin asked for five upper rooms in one go, and the shopkeeper was so happy that he couldn't see it with a smile at the root of his ears, and he told the guys to prepare hot water quickly, and the back kitchen quickly burned the fire to prepare the meal.

"We don't need to eat, we go out to eat. Feng Zhiping called the shopkeeper, he couldn't help it, and pointed to the door, "The name of your store is wrong, it should be 'Hongfu Inn' or 'Hongfu Inn', right, a song of Honghong, or the flood of flood." ”

The shopkeeper waved his hand: "That's right, that's right, it's the red Hong." Childe didn't know that this shop originated from my owner's grandfather, and his old man's name was the word 'Hongfu'. ”

Feng Zhiping was clear, it turned out that he was using his own name as the name of the store.

The shopkeeper saw that You Shuang'er was generous, Feng Zhiping had an extraordinary temperament, thought about it and said: "If you want to go out to eat, the contemptible people suggest that you try the 'Widow Taste House' on the other side of the street or the 'Fortune Building' on the next street, these two are the best restaurants in my Niu Ge Village, and the vegetarian banquet of 'Widow Taste House' is a must, using all the wild vegetables picked from the nearby mountains, which are dried and pickled out of season, and have a unique flavor to eat in winter." Hongyun Lou is the most famous of all kinds of meat, you are in the car of the elder brother, I think I must have listened to him nagged us here marinated pork and braised beef, these two kinds of meat are the best is Hongyun Lou, every time the county master comes to the cow outside is there to set up a banquet, the county master is endless, but also personally mentioned the word, go there is not wrong. ”

Feng Zhiping's heart moved, and he asked casually: "When I entered the city just now, I was surprised, Niu Gezhuang is so big, but it seems that there is no yamen?"

The shopkeeper nodded with a smile: "Childe is wise, it is true, although Niu Gezhuang has been expanded several times, it is still a Zhuangzi on the roster, and it is a reward from the court when Niu Yuan's maternal ancestor was an official." The entire Niu Ge Zhuang and the surrounding eight villages are the private property of the Niu family, and it is only because of the Niu family's good governance that it has gradually developed into the current situation, although the county government has the right to govern, but it is not allowed to agree and set up a government office here. ”

Feng Zhi was calm, and asked in a low voice when he approached: "But now that this place is so rich, isn't the county government red-eyed?"

The shopkeeper smiled: "The son doesn't know, although Niu Gezhuang is the private property of the Niu family, but the Niu family has never regarded this place as their own ban, in addition to not setting up a government office, the other taxes that should be paid are a lot, and they also pay money to help farmers tide over the difficulties in disaster years, and contribute people, which is much better than the county government that can only open a warehouse and release grain." The villager's heart is to the Niu family, and the county government is also happy to save trouble, and the tax here is surplus, and how much to collect and keep and hand over to the court is up to them, if it were you, what do you say you would do?"

"Of course, it's like a flow. Feng Zhiping said with a smile, sighing in his heart that the Niu family was shrewd.

Niu Gezhuang is so prosperous, there must be a lot of taxes paid every year, and this money is naturally good in your pocket, but it may not last long. Seeing that the Niu family has always been an outsider since that ancestor and not an official of the imperial court, he knows that there is no successor to his family, and there is no material for reading.

Thinking about it further, Lao Gu said that there were three big Zhuangzi in this vicinity, and the imperial court cracked down on two of them, leaving Niugezhuang's family alone, obviously not only because Niugezhuang was clean, but also because there were people who sheltered it, and it was not clean and made it clean.

"There are masters in the people!" Feng Zhiping sighed secretly.

Although his own family is a Hou Mansion, and there are countless capable soldiers and strong generals under him, it is really better to be at ease than the Niu family who guards one acre and three points of land.

Away from the court, as long as you please the superior officials, the Niu family can be at ease as their own soil emperor, although their own prosperity, but eat the food of the heavenly family, to be precise, the emperor's meal, one day the emperor hangs, the new emperor succeeds to the throne, in case the prince is not willing to get up again a moth or something, in the storm it is difficult for their own family to protect Tai.

Chunchen, it's not so easy to be, the only one who can implement it all the time is Zhan Wangfu, and his marriage to Zhan Wangfu...

Feng Zhi has a big flat head.

These things are intertwined, the more you know, the more you think about it, the more you have no confidence, it is very difficult to dissolve the marriage contract, and the original plan has to be carefully calculated, so as not to embarrass both parties too much, which affects the foundation of the Hou Mansion.

You Shuang'er put away her luggage and jumped downstairs, and was immediately dissatisfied when she saw Feng Zhiping still carrying a bag and a display case.

"Why are you still standing here, go and put your luggage, don't blame us for not waiting for you when it's late!"

Feng Zhiping was pondering, and when he heard this, he turned his head and saw Bo Yan's pretty face, his depressed mood suddenly became uplifted, and he subconsciously reached out and rubbed her head. Yiyun Chinese

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it. ”

You Shuang'er blushed, opened his hand and took two steps back to look around, and said angrily: "What are you doing?

Feng Zhiping came back to his senses, smiled dumbly, picked up his burden and signaled: "Say it, I'll get it down and find you soon, you are not allowed to go first!"

Without waiting for a reply, he walked quickly upstairs and didn't enter the corner.

"I hate it, I talk without a beginning or an end, and I rub my head!"

You Shuang'er touched his forehead happily, his face tried his best to be dissatisfied, and he caught a glimpse of the shopkeeper's ambiguous smile, and glanced sideways.

The shopkeeper will be mistaken, and his smile will be even bigger: "The talented woman is a good couple, you two are really a good match, I haven't seen you two so well matched for a long time." ”

You Shuang'er's face was as red as a drop of blood, she had the heart to explain but couldn't say it, and finally answered vaguely, it was difficult to distinguish whether she agreed or snorted coldly, and her shy appearance made the shopkeeper's eyes light up, and she sighed in her heart.

Put away the luggage, the group walked on the street, Lao Dong and Yu Dada's unusually strong physique attracted a lot of side eyes, and the two praised the people here triumphantly for having a vision and knowing how to appreciate their own charm, which caused Zhao Kang to sneer.

They are all people who practice martial arts, and they have no interest in vegetarian banquets, and the name of the store is not very auspicious, which is easily reminiscent of meat jokes such as "Night Raid on the Widow's Village".

The name of Hongyunlou is loud, and the shop is very luxurious, which cannot be compared with the city of Quanzhou, but it is definitely not bad compared to the big restaurants in the general county.

Although it is the off-season, Hongyun Building is still full of guests, you can smell the smell of meat when you don't get to the door, and when you enter the door, you can take a look, oh, every table in the hall on the first floor is placed at least one braised pork knuckle.

"How many pigs are this!" Lao Dong was very emotional, silently calculating the number of four into one.

The little two who led the way were very excited, and he said: "My family probably uses twelve or thirteen pigs a day, and at most more than thirty pigs a day, because today is the end of the month, so there are more guests, and there are not so many on weekdays, and the goods are saved little by little, and they can basically be eaten at any time." ”

"Also, your meat is marinated, so it's easy to save it. Lao Dong nodded, and looked at the table below while going up the stairs, "Isn't there still beef in your house, why do you only see pork knuckles, but not beef?"

"Because beef is expensive!" Xiao Er said with a smile.

For a very straightforward reason, Lao Dong was speechless for an instant, Zhao Kang habitually smiled sarcastically, and deliberately turned his head to let him see, which made Lao Dong even more depressed.

After sitting down in the private room and finishing ordering, Zhao Kang stopped Xiao Er and asked casually, "I heard that you have a Shenlong Village here?"

Xiao Er's eyes lit up, his smile narrowed slightly, and he asked vigilantly, "What is this asking the guest officer for?"

"Curious, ask. Zhao Kang took a sip of tea, "When I came, I heard that Shenlong Village is evil, often robbing passing passengers, we are all people who practice martial arts, chivalry-based, such thieves naturally can't sit idly by, I thought that I would meet them on the road and teach them a good lesson, who knows that the wolf has not seen a safe all the way, I don't know where the Shenlong Village is, I want to explore it after I am full of wine and food, and I should eat it." ”

Seeing Zhao Kang's appearance and saying this, Xiao Er relaxed and gritted his teeth and said: "You are chivalrous, but the little one should persuade you to dispel your thoughts." The terrain of Shenlongzhai is dangerous to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, although there are not many people, but all of them are strong, especially their big leader 'Hanging Eyes and Winged Tigers' Yao Guang, a big ring knife makes the gods unpredictable, there are few living people under the knife, you haven't touched it that is lucky, but don't look for the door to touch the mold. ”

Feng Zhiping almost squirted out a sip of tea, and the others were similar, this nickname was too long and stupid.

Zhao Kang was unmoved, raised his eyebrows and asked, "It sounds amazing, but how do you know that we are not opponents?"

Xiao Er realized that he had inadvertently offended someone, so he hurriedly smiled and persuaded bitterly: "A few masters, it's not that you look down on you, it's just that the Shenlong Village is really powerful." Let me tell you this, since the appearance of Shenlong Village, in the past ten years, Niu Yuanwai has organized ten anti-bandit operations to eradicate this gang of gangsters, but all of them have returned in vain. Not even a Xiangyong regiment, no matter how good your skills are, the total enemy is no more than 300 Xiangyong, right? It's not that there are no heroes like you before, there are people who go by themselves, but none of them can come back, you must be cautious!"

"I see, thank you, little brother. Zhao Kang gave up his hand, Xiao Er didn't dare to say anything, and turned to leave.

When the door closed, Zhao Kang unfolded the folding fan and looked at Feng Zhiping.

"What do you think?"