Chapter 37: The Strongest Iron Plate
As the owner of the tavern under the banyan tree, after operating in this tavern for three days, Li Chenan let go and became the shopkeeper.
Although there are few people in this tavern, they all work closely together.
Li Xiaohua and his mother urged Sanniang to adapt to the huge daily income of the tavern, and as soon as the tavern opened, she sat at the counter and began to sell the brand-
Ten catties of wine a day, one hundred brands.
If a guest entering the tavern wants to drink, he must first spend 200 yuan to buy a brand, and he can only buy one brand.
Until a hundred brands are sold out, it means that today's wine is sold out.
The tavern no longer accepts new guests, and it closes when the drinkers inside have finished the tavern.
Cuihua has mastered the brewing technology, every morning the tavern is not open, it is the time to make wine, urge Sanniang to burn the fire, Li Xiaohua to cut the material, Cuihua is responsible for the command and judgment of each step.
In the afternoon, when the tavern is open, Cuihua will be responsible for the wine delivery in the shop, and Li Xiaohua will sit at the back door of the tavern to prevent anyone from picking quarrels and provoking trouble.
This is now the official employee of the tavern.
Although there are few people, they are orderly.
Li Chen'an, the shopkeeper, is so idle.
He still maintains the daily morning jogging exercise, the effect is more obvious, he feels that his strength has increased a little, his muscles are tighter, and his ligaments are gradually stretched, at least when he plays the whip leg again, the height of his feet can be reached.
Early this morning, he had just finished washing up after his run, when a man came to the tavern.
Liu Chu!
It has been five days since the bistro opened, and this is the first time Liu has come to the door, and it is in the morning.
So he didn't come to drink, but Li Chenan still made a bowl of wine and put it in front of him.
"The teacher left the day before yesterday," Liu Xi took the bowl of wine and sniffed it deeply, although he was surprised that the wine was indeed as mellow as the rumors, but his face did not show it at all, "The teacher went to see off his brother before leaving, and said goodbye to the Flower Pavilion in the three miles outside the East City." ”
He couldn't help but take a sip of the wine and savor it for a full ten breaths.
"The teacher instructed the brother to say that the importance of Guangling lies in the fact that it is the western gateway of Kyoto. ”
"Kyoto Yujing City and Guangling City are connected by the Jade Vast Canal, and Guangling Prefecture is connected to the Yangtze River in the south and north of the Yangtze River, so from ancient times to the present, Guangling Prefecture has an extremely important position both economically and militarily. ”
He took another sip of wine, but Li Chen'an was a little inexplicable in his heart.
These things are very shallow in his memory, but he doesn't care about them now, because his tavern is too small now, and he originally just wanted to live comfortably in this tavern for a lifetime, but he became the embroiderer of the Lijing Division, and for his own safety, he wanted to get the 800 people of the Lijing Division branch in Guangling Prefecture to live, so he had the idea of expanding the output of the painting screen spring.
Now it's just an idea.
His plan is to save up his first money this year and then set up a brewery on the outskirts of the city.
So he originally wanted to take a walk around this world, but it was at least two years later, and there was nothing else mixed with it, just to leave some footprints of his own in this world.
So he didn't know what Liu Chu said had anything to do with him, so he just listened to it.
"During the Jinghua period of Ningguo...... That is, before Dade, Ning suffered a war that almost destroyed the country. ”
"It's not the desolate people of the Northern Desert who go south, but the Qiang people of the Western Regions. There used to be thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, but now they have been unified into one country, which is called the Western Night Kingdom. ”
"The Western Night is warlike, and it is much better than the Great Wilderness Country of the Northern Desert. ”
"During the Jinghua period, the 36 countries of the Western Regions raised an army of 300,000 to invade Ning, drove all the way to the Linshui Pass in Guangling Prefecture. There are few rivers in the Western Regions, and most of its soldiers are foot soldiers, and they are not good at water warfare. ”
"Ning Guo raised the troops of the whole country and fought to the death with the Western Regions Alliance Army on the front line of the Yangtze River in Linshui Pass...... In the end, the remnants of the Western Regions Coalition Army withdrew from the Ning Kingdom, and then the Western Night Kingdom was established. ”
"Ning Guo was greatly injured by this war, but fortunately, Shang Buqi Shang Cheng was born accordingly, and Emperor Dade worked hard, and it took a full thirty years to smooth out the wound, and Ning Guo gradually became stronger again. ”
"Although in the thirteenth year of Jingtai, there was another battle of Tubo invasion in the southwest, but there was a battle between General Zhongli Po and Mrs. Fan, and Ningguo was not affected by the war. ”
"Counting the Ning Kingdom has been peaceful for a hundred years, but now it ......"
Liu drank all the wine in the bowl in one gulp, rolled up his sleeves and wiped his mouth, revealing a smiling face, "Tell you this, it was the teacher who asked Brother Wei to tell you this." ”
"I think the teacher values you very much, or the teacher smells something different, and hopes that you can take advantage of it and avoid the disadvantages. ”
Liu Chu didn't finish these words, but the aftermath of the three words 'now' still lingered in Li Chen'an's ears.
Of course, the meaning of these words is already very clear, and the current Ning Guo is probably facing some dangers that he does not know yet.
However, these are still not a big deal in Li Chen'an's eyes now, even if Ning Guo is destroyed?
Although he opened a tavern in this Erjinggou alley, deep down in his heart, he was still an outsider.
At least now he didn't feel a sense of belonging to Ning Guo.
Besides, he didn't have the ambition to turn the tide like the prime minister of business.
"Brother Hua's meaning, the younger brother understands. ”
"In this case, it is at least no harm to come to Brother Liu to strengthen the military defense of Guangling Prefecture. ”
Liu Chu laughed at himself, "I want to do something for my brother, but ...... It's more than enough to be a brother!"
Li Chenan was a little puzzled, thinking that as the prefect of the highest governor of a state, he was also a member of the party in his previous life, how could he still be restrained?
Looking at Li Chen'an's puzzlement, Liu Chu stood up, took two steps, and stood in the courtyard.
"Guangling Prefecture is mainly stationed in Jiangcheng's naval army, but over the years, the military department has not allocated much money to maintain those warships, let alone build new warships. ”
"Even the most basic food rations for the soldiers are not sustainable. ”
"You say, what can you do for your brother?"
Li Chenan was stunned, "The treasury is so poor?"
"Originally, it was not poor, but since ten years ago, the emperor ordered the construction of Changle Palace in the east of Yujing City...... Not to mention the treasury, even the internal treasury is not able to make ends meet. ”
Li Chenan was dumbfounded.
How big is the Changle Palace?
It's no wonder that the Lijing Division has not been paid for three years.
It's no wonder that Hua Manting is worried.
If there is another war at this time, Ning Guo is only afraid of being vulnerable!
"So ridiculous?"
These words must not be heard by the people of the Ichthyosaurus Society, otherwise they will definitely bring disaster to the virtuous brother!"
"What is the Ichthyosaurus?"
"When the prime minister Ji Tai founded a department similar to the Lijing Division, he is a fish, the emperor is a dragon, and what he does is to exclude dissidents!"
“...... Isn't this Ji Tai covering the sky with one hand in the court?"
"Of course, otherwise, why would the second prince dare to be unscrupulous!"