Li Bufan has been poor since childhood, three years ago he got the position of gatekeeper, the family situation is slightly better, when his father was alive, he originally told him a family matter, who expected that before Najib, his father died of a serious illness, and the family affairs were over.

Li Bufan has not had guests at home for a long time, and for this dinner, he specially cooked a pot of white rice, pickled some kimchi at home, and cut a piece of bacon saved last winter, barely making a table.

Li Bufan said, "Today's acquaintance with the two of you is fate. It's a pity that there is no alcohol at home, so I can't get drunk with the two. ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "They all say that your red water wine is strong and not expensive, so I'll buy some." ”

Li Bufan said, "Now I'm afraid that if you are rich, it will be difficult to buy authentic Chishui wine." ”

The middle-aged Confucian frowned slightly, "Why is this?"

Li Bufan explained, "Since the beginning of this year, Hengduan Mountain has dispatched troops, and there has been a lot of movement, less grain can be brought in, food prices have soared, and the government has ordered a ban on private brewing water. Now the only wine that can be bought in Hidden Yang City is Li Ji Aging. This shop was opened by the prefect's brother-in-law, nearly 100 wen a catty, the price is ridiculously expensive, and it tastes like horse urine mixed with honey, so don't drink it. ”

The middle-aged Confucian said, "How much is the price of grain?"

"At the beginning of the month, there were eight taels of rice, and it won't be long before I am afraid it will break ten taels. ”

Xiao Jinyan calculated in his heart that if it was at this price, a pound of rice would be nearly 800 yuan. The batch of grain of Li Chengcheng and Zhao Lanjiang was nearly 10,000 taels of silver inside and out.

"Why is it so expensive?" said the middle-aged Confucian Sheng, "The 60,000 people in Yinyang City only need 50,000 stone of grain in January, the imperial court transports nearly 30,000 stone of grain here every month, and some grain merchants also have nearly 20,000 yuan per month, and the price of this rice is almost three times that of the capital!"

Li Bufan sighed and said with some dissatisfaction, "Of the 50,000 stone grain, I'm afraid at least 30,000 stone has entered the City Lord's Mansion." I heard that the 100,000 granaries in the City Lord's Mansion are almost full, and if they don't release the grain, even if the people have money, where can they buy it?"

"What about the grain merchants?"

"Since the beginning of the year, bandits have been rampant on the Yinyang trade road, and the grain transported to Yinyang has been robbed seven or eight times out of ten, and the grain merchants dare not transport grain here. One bucket of rice and two taels of silver. ”

Hearing these words, the middle-aged Confucian scholar's brows furrowed even deeper.

Xiao Jinyan said: "Brother, then we can't eat and drink with you." ”

Li Bufan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have half a stone of rice in a month, and you can't eat me, not to mention, I have other ways to eat." ”

The middle-aged Confucian asked, "Do you also follow their example of taking a head tax?"

When grain merchants and goods merchants enter the city, they have to pay a certain amount of income tax in the government, but there is a lot of knowledge in paying taxes, and Nadona is little, and basically the captain of the city gate has the final say, so although the city gate guards are not high, the oil and water are quite rich.

When Li Bufan heard this, he said angrily, "You guys also underestimate me Li Bufan." I, Li Bufan, have hands and feet, and I don't make these black money. He pointed to a bow and arrow hanging on the wall, "When I am not on duty, I will go hunting outside the city, and when I come down in a month, I can earn a few taels of silver, and the bacon you eat is also a roe deer that I hunted in the mountains last year." ”

The middle-aged Confucian apologized with a smile: "I misunderstood the little brother." ”

There is no banquet without wine, Xiao Jinyan was halfway through eating, and said to the two of them to wait for a while, and after a while, he came back with a wooden barrel, opened the wine seal, and smelled the aroma, which was full of red wine.

Li Bufan said, "This is Persian wine, where did you get it?"

Xiao Jinyan laughed, "Li Ji Aged Liquor is not difficult to find, but I tasted the Chishui wine they sell, and it was really unpleasant like horse urine, so I brought a barrel of wine over." ”

"Shouldn't it be cheap, right?"

Xiao Jinyan smiled embarrassedly, this barrel of wine was brought by him, where did he know what the price was, so he scratched his head and said, "Wine, it's for friends and confidants, it's too vulgar to talk about money!"

In a few moments, the three of them drank half a barrel.

Li Bufan was overwhelmed by alcohol, he only drank a few bowls, he was already drunk, and he began to talk more, saying that he wanted to become a swordsman admired by everyone, and he wanted to be like the golden knife Li Qiuyi, and make a name for himself in the rivers and lakes.

Xiao Jinyan thought he was a little cute.

The middle-aged Confucian drank wine one by one, and the strength of the wine was bottomless. Xiao Jinyan is also a good drinker, seeing him drinking like this, he knew that he had met an opponent, and secretly competed with him, and after drinking a barrel of wine, the two of them did not win.

Li Bufan was already drunk, lying on the ground and snoring like thunder.

Xiao Jinyan said, "Senior, this wine is not very enjoyable, why don't you change places and fight again?"

The middle-aged Confucian didn't refuse when he heard this, and smiled slightly, "That's exactly what I mean!"

It was late at night, and the two of them came to the city one after the other.

Xiao Jinyan performed light skills, and wanted to get rid of the middle-aged Confucian student, but who expected that the middle-aged Confucian student would not be slow or slow, and always kept a distance of two zhang from him.

When he came to Li Ji Aging, Xiao Jinyan was pretentious and said, "I'll take the first step." With that, he leaned over, lightly touched the wall, and came to the inner courtyard, and just landed, he found that the middle-aged Confucian was already standing in front of him.

Xiao Jinyan's heart sank, and said: "The predecessors are really hidden. ”

The middle-aged Confucian looked at the courtyard, "but I don't know where the wine cellar is." ”

Xiao Jinyan laughed in a low voice, "I'm not as good as you in other places, but my nose is better than yours." With that, he took the middle-aged Confucian to a corner, where two guards were drinking.

"Third brother, since the shopkeeper got these wines, it is like an evil spirit, and he has to plate it several times a day, is there any reason?"

"Sixth, these wines are used to entertain a big man from the capital, and they were personally ordered by the prefect, and they cost nearly 100,000 taels of silver, do you think you can not be nervous?"

Another smacked his tongue and said, "Good boy, what kind of wine, so expensive?"

"Moutai, Wuliangye, Jiannanchun, Luzhou Laojiao, Xifeng Liquor, Fenjiu, Gujing Gongjiu, Dong Liquor, Yanghe Daqu, Langjiu, the world's top ten famous wines, all in this cellar, what do you say?"

When Xiao Jinyan heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

The two of them heard a movement here and said, "Who is it?"

Xiao Jinyan took a step forward, knocked down the two of them, and said to the middle-aged Confucian student, "Senior, we have a good mouth today!"

The door of the wine cellar was pushed open, and twenty jars of fine wine were lined up on the wine shelf, Xiao Jinyan's eyes were straight, he didn't drink good wine, but the top ten famous wines in the world were all placed in front of him, and before they were opened, they were already full of aroma, even if he used 100,000 taels of silver, he wouldn't change it!

Xiao Jinyan said, "Tonight, I'm in for a treat!"

The middle-aged Confucian said with a smile, "I have lived most of my life and the first time I have seen it, haha!"

Xiao Jinyan disagreed, "We moved the wine outside the cellar, that's called."

How can you call stealing wine and drinking it in your stomach here? You can't be afraid that you won't be able to drink me, right?"

The middle-aged Confucian reached out and grabbed a jar of Moutai, "It's better to give it a try!"

An hour had passed, and half of the twenty jars of wine had gone.

Xiao Jinyan was originally massive, but when he met a middle-aged Confucian student, he was still slightly inferior, and he was already drunk after more than a dozen catties of wine, He put his hand on the shoulder of the middle-aged Confucian student, patted him and said, "Senior, I have been drinking wine for more than 20 years and have never lost to anyone, today, I am convinced!"

The middle-aged Confucian was also slightly drunk, and said with a smile, "It's okay, you didn't cheat and use internal force to force wine." ”

In the rivers and lakes, martial arts are cultivated to a certain level, and the wine can be forced out of the body by internal force, giving people the illusion that a thousand cups are not drunk, but in the eyes of people who are really good at drinking, this kind of exercise does not enter the stream.

Wine is characterful.

Xiao Jinyan is a lover of wine, and he disdains to do such things.

From White Horse Town to Yinyang, this middle-aged Confucian didn't talk much, but after a meal, the relationship between the two became lively. Xiao Jinyan asked, "Seniors come to Hidden Yang City this time, I don't know what their plans are?"

The middle-aged Confucian said, "Come and pay off a love debt." ”

"Love debt?"

The middle-aged Confucian said, "More than 20 years ago, I fell in love with a girl, but at that time I was bent on making a contribution, and I failed her.

Xiao Jinyan saw that he was now depressed, and he must have not had a good life in the past twenty years, but after a drink, he also felt that this Confucian student was a person who could be friends, so he said, "It's okay, I'll help you." ”

"Now that she has become another wife, how can she help?"

Xiao Jinyan said, "So what, the key is to look at her thoughts, if she is willing, grab it, if she is unwilling, even if she gives her the position of queen, it will be in vain." ”

The middle-aged Confucian didn't expect him to say such a thing, and his heart was very happy, "You are much more real than those false Taoist gentlemen." ”

"What, be a friend?"

"Don't do it!"

Xiao Jinyan patted his chest and said, "No matter what, just rush tonight's wine, I'll help you with this." Tomorrow, I'll accompany you to find that girl to find out. But ......"

Xiao Jinyan paused, "I'm afraid your outfit is a little shabby." Girls, they always like men who are clean and tidy. ”

The middle-aged Confucian said, "This set of caftans was made for me by herself twenty years ago. ”

Xiao Jinyan said, "Then that's another matter." ”

While talking, the two drank two more jars of wine, and at this time, the middle-aged Confucian suddenly asked, "Little brother, do you have a favorite girl?"

Xiao Jinyan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and was silent for a moment before he said slowly, "There is one, but there is also some trouble between the two of us." ”

"What's the trouble?"

"Her father and my master are mortal enemies, and sooner or later there will be a big war, and I'm afraid that there will be no result between the two of us, so, hey, ......"

The middle-aged Confucian said, "You want to live with her in the future, not with her Laozi, what about your rivals?

Xiao Jinyan snorted, and a mouthful of wine squirted out.

The words of the predecessors are really enlightening. ”

The middle-aged Confucian said, "There are some things that you can do if you decide to do them, don't be afraid, and end up in a situation like mine." ”

After drinking the last jar of wine, Xiao Jinyan only felt that the world was spinning, and he fell to the ground.