Conquer the World
Chapter 24
When the sun climbed over fan Gu''s wall and sprinkled the sun into the small town, people who got up early and went out were shocked by the scene in front of them. Not long after the news spread, all the people in fangucheng, including the old, the weak, women and children, poured into the broadest main street and sighed at what appeared in front of them.
Hundreds of tables lined up on the street, filled with wine bowls.
No food, only wine.
In addition to Li Xiaozong, the toothed General of fan Gucheng''s border army, all the more than 700 border army soldiers in fan Gucheng are here. At this time of the day, there was no soldier patrolling back and forth on the wall of fangucheng. More than 3000 wine bowls were densely placed on the table, and each bowl was filled with wine.
Four restaurants, six inns, more than a dozen restaurants large and small in Fangu City, the boss, the waiter, the cook apprentice, and all the factotum guards in Jinyuan square worked all night, almost empty, and all the stored wine was transported to the street. The more than 700 border troops wanted to help, but the villagers refused to let them sit at the table and rest.
More than two thousand people gathered in the main street. Looking at the table arranged like a long dragon in front of them, they suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
The border soldiers who have guarded fan Gucheng for many years, only they are qualified to sit next to the table. Even the solutions that arranged all this today stood on one side and looked at the soldiers of the border army with shame on their faces.
"Fang Xie! Do you really want to go?!"
Someone couldn''t help asking.
Fang Xie waved his hand and didn''t answer.
He picked up a bowl of wine, knelt down slowly and sprinkled it on the ground: "this bowl of wine is for the robe Ze who died that night. I''m sorry for you!"
Apart from the border soldiers, not many people understand him.
What happened that night could not be concealed from the people in the city, nor from the elite soldiers of the Sui Dynasty. They knew who the wine was for, so their faces were sad. That night, at the west gate of the city, more than 20 border soldiers died. The one who killed them... Was Fang Xie.
It is reasonable to say that the border soldiers should not forgive Fang Xie, but I don''t know why. Suddenly, someone shouted in the silent crowd and walked all the way. More than 700 soldiers stood up neatly. Everyone took up the wine bowl in front of them and sprinkled it on the ground, and then shouted all the way.
Qu Feng, the oldest senior colonel in the border army, murmured and added, "don''t blame the formula."
More than 700 people made a toast. May the dead robe be well in heaven.
Fang Xie spilled the wine, and then knocked three heads solemnly in the direction of Ximen. The soldiers stood on both sides of the long table and did not know who shouted a salute. More than 700 soldiers put their right fist across their chest and solemnly saluted the Sui Dynasty.
Qu Feng walked slowly over and stretched out his hand to hold his forehead against the cold bluestone pavement: "No one blames you. Although we soldiers hate each other most, it doesn''t mean that we don''t distinguish right from wrong. Li Xiaozong didn''t come today. He said he was imprisoned in the general''s house, but we didn''t call him. Look for yourself. Even the brothers on duty in the general''s house came, and they didn''t regard you as an enemy!"
"Whether you are in the imperial martial arts academy or elsewhere, the border army in fangucheng will always be your brother!"
"To brother!"
Qu Feng picked up a bowl of wine again and shouted up to the sky.
More than 700 border troops also immediately took up their wine glasses and said to Fang Xie, "respect brother!"
Fang Xie wanted to cry, but she couldn''t help it.
He took the wine bowl handed to him by the big dog and drank it in one gulp.
"I know you hate Li Xiaozong. Even we hate him, not to mention you?"
Qu Feng put the wine bowl on the long table, took out a pile of silver notes from his arms and handed them to Fang Xie: "Li Xiaozong entrusted the guards of the general''s residence to bring this to you. The guards of the general''s residence said they had no face to see you. Let me give it to you. This is the bonus you paid Li Xiaozong in fangucheng in recent years, not all, about one-third... You hate him, but you earned the money. You need to take care of any Yamen in the imperial capital. It''s hard to talk if you are a man in official clothes. Don''t refuse, the money will be enough It''s money. If you feel unhappy about taking the money, each of our 700 brothers will drop a drop of blood on the silver note and wash your resentment! "
"I''ll take it!"
Fang Xie nodded hard and took the silver note solemnly.
"Fang Xie, are you back?"
A baby girl was held in her arms by her mother. Her pure eyes were reluctant to give up. Although it was not as rich as adults, it was more pure.
"Come back!"
Fang Xie nodded and said with a smile.
"I was going to invite you to drink a bowl of wine before you leave, and spend all the money in your bag before you leave. But all the shopkeepers in the city don''t charge me, so this bowl of wine is not so much what I invited you to drink as what you invited me to drink! I''m not an indomitable husband, but I''m also a man! This wine is parting wine, but not heartless wine! I think I deserve it As friends, you''ve done this together today! "
Everyone had wine in their hands, and even children were stuffed into a bowl.
The little girl who asked Fang Xie if she would come back looked at the wine bowl in her hand and said timidly, "Mom, the wine is spicy. I don''t want to drink it."
Her mother rubbed her sour nose and said, "honey, just take a sip. After drinking this bowl of wine, you should remember Fang Xie. He is a relative and family of all people in Fangu city."
The little girl didn''t understand, but she nodded.
Not far away, a rough man dipped his finger in some wine and sent it to the baby''s mouth in his wife''s arms. The baby subconsciously sucked it, but the wine was too hot. The baby immediately frowned, stretched out his little arm from his swaddling clothes, shook it hard and cried.
When the baby cries, I don''t know how many people cry with it.
"If you don''t say goodbye today, may you still be together!"
Fang Xie drank all the wine, but his tears still came out after all. The big dog sobbed on one side. Even a woman like Mu Xiaoyao has a sour nose.
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On this day, fangucheng ran out of wine.
Or don''t want to see such a scene, so the people who recruited tea last night have left the city. I don''t know how many people were drunk on the broadest street in the city. The girl in cardamom''s age, after drinking wine, her face is red like mountain peach blossoms in full bloom in the spring wind, but her eyes are red and swollen with tears.
For them, Fang Xie is not just a name. Maybe many years later, she will marry a wife. When she recalls the past, she will smile shyly and can''t forget the young man she never forgot when she was young. Maybe fan Gucheng is too small, so fangxie changed here. The emperor is so big, maybe it is himself that has changed.
After drinking wine, more than 700 border soldiers went back to perform their duties under the leadership of school captains. The one who went to the city and the one who went out for inspection also led the war horse out of the city. Qu Feng was the last to leave. He patted Fang Xie on the shoulder and said slightly drunk: "No matter whether you can get into the martial arts academy or not, you should come back and have a look. If you don''t get the best test, come back and drink and kill the thief together. Others don''t know, I know very well... You hide every time you kill the thief, but those horse thieves who pose the greatest threat are shot dead by your secret arrow. The most unconscionable thing li Xiaozong does is not to lose your military skills."
"You''re a qualified scout, hundreds of miles around. As long as you''re a horse thief on the side of langrushan, which one didn''t you find out? In three years, the people in fangucheng have been rich and peaceful... Fangucheng has never been so clean for decades."
"Brother Qu......"
Fang Xie opened his mouth, but he didn''t know what to say.
Qu Feng smiled and said: "However, I hope you can be admitted to the martial arts academy. You''re also a school captain. I know your ability. What are you afraid of when you can''t practice? There are not many generals in the army who purely practice physical fitness against martial arts experts. Don''t forget to guard Luo Yao in Southern Sui Dynasty. It''s said that pure external skills are comparable to nine grade experts and still dominate the world! You''d better be a general and come back to fan Gu Be a general! "
"Yes!"
Fang Xie nodded hard.
"Let''s go. Today I''m leading the troops to inspect the side of langrushan. I can''t see you off. Don''t be surprised... Have a nice trip!"
After saying this, Qu Feng turned and left.
After the soldiers of the border army left, the people gathered around again. They talked with Fang Xie in all kinds of words. Fang Xie couldn''t hear what he said in the confusion. Some people said that Fang Xie should treat fan Gu as his mother''s family. After being scolded, they realized that Fang Xie was not a woman.
I don''t know why, everyone has a kind of parents'' reluctance to marry a daughter.
"Big shopkeeper, don''t worry about jinyuanfang. I''ll take good care of it. If you don''t come back, I''ll send someone to send you the annual accounts for you to check."
Chu Huaili, the second shopkeeper of jinyuanfang, rubbed his eyes and said.
"Well, the money of grassland barbarians is easy to earn, and jinyuanfang can''t fall down. Although there is no tea house, keshengju and jinyuanfang are still the cash cows of fangucheng. As long as these two buildings are there, the villagers won''t live as hard as before."
Fang Xie confessed and said in a low voice: "If Li Xiaozong wants to get rid of the traces of greed on his body, he will burn all the previous accounts. You can keep one and hide it. In addition, he will set aside all the businesses in the city. This is an opportunity... Without him, the profitable businesses will become the villagers'' own. Without him, the bonus of tea will be much more than before."
"I remember the big shopkeeper!"
Chu Huaili nodded hard.
He was originally a poor scholar in fan Gu City, and changed his life because of Fang Xie. If it weren''t for Fang Xie, he would be looked down upon as a poor man, so he wouldn''t end up wandering the world.
"Save yourself some silver."
Fang Xie smiled: "you''re too honest. You haven''t saved enough money to get a beautiful daughter-in-law. But when I leave, I guess you''re the object of fan Gucheng girls'' admiration."
The honest and wooden Chu Huaili blushed and didn''t know how to answer.
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"Let''s go! Let''s go back. It''s not life and death. If I''m as rich as Wu Yidao one day, I''ll take you all to Chang''an, the imperial capital. Of course, don''t hope."
Fang Xie stood on the carriage, waved his hand and said loudly, "let''s keep the green mountains and the green water flowing... See you later!"
Aunt he stood on tiptoe in the crowd and shouted, "no matter how beautiful the girls in the imperial capital are, it''s the most reliable girl to find a daughter-in-law or fan gu!"
"Aunt he... I''ll ask Chu Huaili to allocate some money from the account for you to do a special pull skin strip... Er, no, it''s a marriage agency. I''ve decided on the name. It''s called century Lily!"
"Fang Xie! Remember me, I''m waiting for you to come back and marry me!"
"Give up! If I don''t come back for ten years, don''t you marry for ten years?! no one wants it when I''m old. Be more picky while I''m still young!"
"Fang Xie, the imperial capital is too big. Don''t lose yourself!"
"Don''t worry, I''ll report to the official if I lose myself!"
"Fang Xie, they say your little brother brother is violent. Before you leave, tell me how to do it!"
"Brother, you''re exposed!"
Shogun
Li Xiaozong poured out a glass of old wine and laughed at himself while listening to the lively shouts outside. "What a wonderful fate in life. I didn''t expect that I, a general, was far inferior to him as a philistine businessman. I don''t know how many people sent me and scolded me when I left fan Gu... Fang Xie... More than 700 border troops sent you. Do you want to tell me... You are better than me?"
Fan Gu East Gate
Under an oil paper umbrella, the woman in a long ferret dress smiled at the scene in the city, turned back and said, "let''s go.". I don''t know whether the oil paper umbrella depicting the peony sets her off as beautiful as heaven, or whether her face adds charm to the oil paper umbrella.
Three 16-year-old maidens followed her and walked outside the city. Not far from the city, the carriage convoy of red tea recruit stopped quietly by the side of the road.
"How?"
The voice of a promising aunt came from a carriage.
"Not so much. It''s just a small citizen."
The beautiful woman answered and got on the carriage.
"When did he lose this market gas... He will be successful."
"If he doesn''t have this market gas, he won''t be much better."