Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Dingxianglou is the most luxurious restaurant under the Xuanfu Division. It is located in the downtown area and is extremely luxuriously decorated.There is a colorful building in front of the gate, and groups of prostitutes sit downstairs, criticizing the people on the street in a low voice.In front of the Cailou stood a few boys, all in the same green clothes and caps, black shoes and white socks, the white socks were as white as snow.

Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, street vendors are carrying baskets, selling all kinds of rice dumplings and colorful eggs.All the yamen and factories are on holiday, the streets are full of pedestrians, and there are crowds of people everywhere.

Lin Shengyuan sat in the carriage, looked at the crowd outside through the window, and sighed: "Xuan Xiang is really a very special person. In just one year, Luoyang City is so lively."

After a while, Lin Shengyuan got off the carriage outside the Dingxiang Building.

A servant came running quickly and saluted Lin Shengyuan: "Member Lin, I won't come for a while."

Lin Shengyuan took out a silver leaf from his pocket and handed it to the boy.He said in his mouth, "I seldom go out to eat recently, and I see less."

The young man happily put Yin Yezi into his arms, led the way, and led Lin Shengyuan to a small pavilion in the back yard.Said: "Today is Li Yuanwai's treat, and it is in this pavilion. Lin Yuanwai, please sit down, and I will serve you tea later."

Lin Shengyuan sat on the chair at the dining table, and the servant quickly went to make tea.After a while, the tea was served, and Lin Shengyuan drank it slowly.

These young servants are specially selected, they are smart, and they specialize in receiving wealthy guests.After receiving the reward, count their income, and will not share the bill with the restaurant.So although the wages are not high, their competition is fierce.

Silver leaves are made by Xuanfu Division and sold in gold and silver shops.Twenty silver leaves, one or two. Rich and noble families like to buy this kind of silver leaves as rewards.When encountering such a situation at the entrance of a restaurant, it is much more dignified to give out a silver leaf than a pile of copper plates.

With Lin Shengyuan's current status, he would not feel heartache if he handed out fifty or sixty coins.

After drinking tea for a while, Li Benyu didn't show up yet, Lin Shengyuan was a little unhappy.

Today is Li Benyu's treat, he should have come earlier.In the end, Lin Shengyuan was asked to sit and wait here. How could there be such a reason?Lin Shengyuan decided to drink two more cups of tea. If Li Benyu doesn't come, forget it today.

Fortunately, just after drinking a cup of tea, Li Benyu brought Zhang Yuan into the pavilion.Seeing Lin Shengyuan sitting there, he hurriedly apologized.

Lin Shengyuan said: "Mr. Li, I have a lot of things to do every day. I am very busy! I have been waiting here for you for more than an hour, how many things can I do? I think you are a foreigner who came to Luoyang, and everything is not easy, so I wait here You. If you change someone else, I will leave early!"

Li Benyu said: "Calm down your anger! We are two foreigners. We don't know the rules in Luoyang. We are waiting at home. I thought that when the time came, the restaurant would send someone to call us at home. I missed the time. Don't get angry. Forgive me indivual!"

Lin Shengyuan complained a few words, but Li Benyu and Zhang Yuan just tried to persuade each other, and let the matter go.

Li Benyu called the servant over and ordered to show the menu.

Lin Shengyuan watched coldly, feeling dissatisfied in his heart.I said it was a treat, and I notified myself a few days in advance, but I haven't ordered food yet?Is there such a treat?In a place like Dingxianglou, many ingredients need to be soaked, and some dishes even need to be stewed for a day and a night.
The boy brought a big wooden board book and showed it to Li Benyu page by page.Each page is hung with a wooden sign, with the name of the dish written, and the price written by size.

Li Benyu said: "Why don't you read the first two pages?"

The boy said: "These dishes need to be prepared in advance, and usually need to be ordered three days in advance. Guest officers order now, so they can't order these expensive dishes."

After hearing this, Li Benyu said angrily: "What dishes have to be prepared three days in advance! You must be talking nonsense! Are you afraid that I won't be able to pay?"

Just finished speaking, when he looked up, he saw Lin Shengyuan who was sitting across from him looking at him with pity.I suddenly realized that although it is also Xijing, this is Luoyang, Henan Province, not Datong Prefecture.How can the prosperous place in the Central Plains be comparable to the Datong Mansion in the bitter cold place?

Without further ado, let Zhang Yuan come over and serve some expensive dishes on the table.

Wine is naturally expensive, and in Luoyang it is Peony Spring.In the Dingxiang Building, the wine costs [-] bottles a bottle, and those who hear it click their tongues.But in shops outside, or in ordinary restaurants, this wine is not sold at all, it is completely a luxury.

After ordering the dishes, Li Benyu said to Lin Shengyuan: "The time is short, so this is the only way to go. Don't blame the staff."

With a dark face, Lin Shengyuan said: "You invited me three days in advance, and you didn't even think of ordering? It's incredible!"

Li Benyu said: "We are people from the north, so we don't know that there are so many rules in Luoyang. It's really negligent, and the members will forgive me!"

Lin Shengyuan took a cup of tea, stretched out his hand to Li Benyu and said, "Where are you from? Why did you come to Luoyang to do business? Have you ever written a guarantor? If there is no guarantor in Luoyang, it will be more troublesome."

Li Benyu took out a box from his body and gave it to Lin Shengyuan with both hands.He kept saying: "Yes, yes!"

Lin Shengyuan was holding the box in his hand, and almost couldn't hold it.He said casually: "Your box is heavy, why does it have such a weight?"

As he spoke, he opened the box.As soon as the box was opened, I couldn't help being there.

I saw a small scroll inside, placed on a pure gold seat.That seat is golden and shining, maybe it has two 30 double weights?
Open the scroll, and on it were written the birthplaces of Li Benyu and Zhang Yuan, the names of the three generations, occupations, etc., but the guarantor was left blank.

Holding the certificate in his hand, Lin Shengyuan looked up at Li Benyu with a puzzled look on his face.

Li Benyu said: "To be honest, the two of us came to Luoyang from Jinzhou thousands of miles away to make a living, and we really don't have any acquaintances. Today I had a very happy conversation with the staff. How about taking the liberty to ask the staff to be my guarantor? Please don't worry, the staff, I The two of them are in the cloth business, they trade fairly, and they will never cause trouble to the staff."

Lin Shengyuan weighed the box secretly, thinking in his heart.Under normal circumstances, acting as a guarantor for such a stranger is nothing more than greed for his money.However, sending ten taels of gold as soon as you make a move is not a light gift.Furthermore, even though Li Benyu didn't know the rules for today's banquet, the price was not cheap.

After thinking for a long time, Lin Shengyuan smiled lightly: "I think Li Yuanwai is an honest person, so I'll just serve as your guarantor. However, the first thing to say is that you can only do business honestly, and don't do anything illegal. things hurt me."

Li Benyu said: "How? We are all honest businessmen, what can we do?"

At this time, the food and drink were served, and Li Benyu warmly invited Lin Shengyuan to drink and eat meat, and the matter of guaranteeing the certificate was settled like this.The two were satisfied, but also enjoyed themselves happily.

Xuanfu Si Yamen, Wang Xiaolie asked Li Xing to sit down.Said: "Now the following states and counties have basically established their own inspection teams, and your division should also go to the front line. Since we established the team, you have not participated in the war. How is it, do you have some worries in your heart? "

Li Xingdao: "Although we haven't been to the front line, we haven't been absent from the drills these years. Goldsmiths, what are you afraid of!"

Wang Xiaolie said to Wang Ruohai: "I still have a lot of confidence. This is the best, and we don't need to persuade you."

Wang Ruohai said: "What Xuanfu said is true. After all, Li Xing's division is a rearguard force. Go to Longde Mansion earlier to understand the situation earlier."

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "After the Dragon Boat Festival, you are on your way. Go directly to Longde Mansion after passing Tianjingguan, and meet with Xie Linong. On the way, you should bring more supplies to lighten the burden on the troops transporting supplies."

Li Xing crossed his hands and said yes.

Wang Xiaolie said again: "After arriving at Longde Mansion, we will practice together with Xie Linong's office for a month. Around mid-July, we will attack northward with Xie Linong. We will occupy the Weisheng Army and Yushe County along the way. This time in Taiyuan The battle begins with you."

Li Xingdao: "These two places are the key places on the outskirts of Taiyuan. Will the Jin people stick to it?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Taiyuan's Jin army is less than 2 people. If you guard these two places, won't it be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?"

There are two ways for Longde Mansion to attack Taiyuan.Along the way, the Weisheng army entered Taigu County, actually entered the Taigu River Valley from the Neishui River Valley, and went north to attack Taiyuan.All the way is from Yushe County to Taigu County, actually from Wuxiang Shuihe Valley to Jiangshui River Valley, turning north to attack.

Taking advantage of the shortage of the Jin army in Taiyuan, first occupy these two leading positions to prepare for the follow-up war.

Li Xing crossed his hands and sang loudly.

Wang Ruohai said: "After occupying Weisheng Army and Yushe County, as long as you cross the mountain, you will be in the Taiyuan Valley. These two places are actually very important to the Jin Army. If you attack late, once the Jin Army has soldiers, it will definitely They will defend to the death. Therefore, it is best to send troops in mid-July, and the Jin army will not be able to save them anyway."

Li Xing nodded and wrote down one by one.

It will also take time for the soldiers of the Jin Army's Datong Mansion to move to Taiyuan Mansion.More importantly, Jin Bing had to wait for the horses to become fat after autumn before they went south in a big way.Wang Xiaolie chose to start in mid-July, just after the summer, and the Jin army had no time to mobilize.

The current Jin army should have artillery in their hands.As long as the artillery is used properly, it is very troublesome to attack the city.The best way is to make a time difference.However, the overall purpose of the Taiyuan Campaign is to attract the Jin army to go south to wipe them all out, and other areas do not need to be launched earlier.

Wang Ruohai said: "After you occupy Weisheng Army and Yushe County, you should unite your troops and not disperse them. Together, you have more than [-] troops, and the Jin Army should not be able to eat you all at once. If Dividing up the troops is hard to say."

Li Xingdao: "Eat more than 4 of us at once, does the Jin Army have the strength?"

Wang Ruohai said: "This is a big battle with a total strength of nearly 40 troops on both sides. Anything can happen. A division with more than 2 people is not too much on such a battlefield. It may be wiped out in one day. If it is If the enemy catches it and there are no reinforcements nearby, it is very dangerous."

Wang Xiaolie said: "Crossing the mountains is easier said than done. If you divide your actions into two routes, it is not surprising that there is a difference of a few days. A few days is very dangerous on such a battlefield. So you should Close all the way to avoid accidents."

Li Xing nodded, and took another high look at the Taiyuan battlefield in his heart.