Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 167 Liu Wenzhong treats guests, the restaurant accepts Qi Qingtian

When everyone came to the Fuxian Tower, the Fuxian Tower was already overcrowded.

In today's Longmen Fort, these people are relatively wealthy, so they are relaxed about food and clothing.

When a few people came in, the people inside looked at everyone, and they were silent for a few breaths, and then they started talking loudly again.

In Longmen Fort, Liu Wenzhong and others can often meet each other, so it is not surprising.

"It turned out to be Mr. Liu and several generals." The shopkeeper was standing behind the counter, accidentally caught a glimpse of the people coming in, and hurriedly welcomed them in.

"My lords, please go to the private room on the second floor!" The shopkeeper bent over and sent everyone up to the second floor with a respectful expression.

"Go and tell the kitchen, let the kitchen give me all my strength, I am a big shot in Longmen Fort to come to dinner tonight, hurry up." The shopkeeper stood in the stairwell on the second floor, and said to a waiter with a calm face. .

"Shopkeeper, I got it!" the waiter said, and hurried down from the second floor.

A man in his early thirties, wearing a blue gown, was sitting on a table at the top of the stairs on the first floor.

He held a teacup in his hand and put it to his mouth, looking like he wanted to drink but didn't.

When Liu Wenzhong and others walked into the Fuxian Building, he kept his eyes on them and watched them all the way to the second floor.

"Guest officer, you've been here for two hours. Are you a top student or a hotel?"

A shop waiter looked at the man who only drank tea and did not order food, and asked in a low voice.

"Hey, is the person who went up just now holding a goose feather fan and looking like a scholar is Mr. Liu Wenzhong?"

The man put down the teacup in his hand, and did not answer the waiter's question, but pointed to the second floor and asked in a low voice.

The waiter looked at the second floor, and then said: "You don't even know this? He is Mr. Liu in our Longmen Fort, and he is the master of the garrison. Let me tell you, this Longmen Fort can have the scene it is now. , Mr. Liu's contribution is not small. The guard also relies on Mr. Liu very much."

Hearing this, the man nodded, and then took out a silver ingot weighing about five taels from his arms, "Give me some of your family's best signature dishes, and then bring me a jug of good wine. The money you put down will be yours."

The waiter in the shop laughed like a flower when he heard this.

"Come on, guest officer, take care of me!" The waiter stuffed the silver into his arms with a smile on his face, and then walked towards the back kitchen.

A quarter of an hour later, the private room on the second floor was already filled with food and wine.

Liu Wenzhong picked up his wine glass, with a happy expression on his face, "Come on, everyone, please drink up this glass."

"Drink, drink, drink!"

Zhao Daniu and the others had no demeanor, directly picked up the wine glass, touched Liu Wenzhong lightly, and drank it down in one gulp.

"Do you know why I invited you here today?"

Liu Wenzhong put down his wine glass, looked at the closed door, and then spoke to Zhao Daniu and the others with a low voice.

"I knew that Mr. Liu would definitely not invite us to drink for no reason." Song Hu put down his glass and looked at Liu Wenzhong with a smile on his face.

"I don't know, Mr. Liu, we are all big bastards, so don't play tricks on us." Zhao Daniu looked at Liu Wenzhong impatiently.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Liu, we are all just big bastards, how can there be more fancy intestines in our stomachs than yours?"

Liu Wu stretched his neck and looked at Liu Wenzhong curiously.

Liu Wenzhong didn't think it was cold, so he picked up the goose feather fan on the table and started to fan it slowly.

"I called you here today precisely for today's event." Liu Wenzhong said with a mysterious face.

Zhao Daniu didn't react for a while, his mind was a little dazed, "What's the matter?"

Song Hu is indeed the one with the best brains among these people. When Liu Wenzhong finished speaking, Song Hu already understood what Liu Wenzhong was talking about.

"If my guess is correct, Mr. Liu is talking about the comparison between you and Emperor Taizu Gao today?" Song Hu said slowly to Liu Wenzhong with a smile on his face.

Liu Wenzhong chuckled twice, and said slowly: "You're right, that's exactly what happened. From your point of view, what do you think your lord's attitude is."

"Mr. Liu, what attitude do you think?" Zhao Daniu looked at Liu Wenzhong and asked in a low voice.

Everyone says Zhao Daniu is stupid, but is Zhao Daniu really stupid?Don't look at him usually careless, looking like a fool.In fact, he is shrewd, otherwise, how could he become Zhao Wen's personal guard commander?

Zhao Daniu couldn't understand the meaning of Liu Wenzhong's words. To be honest, when Liu Wenzhong compared Zhao Wen to Emperor Gao, and Zhao Wen didn't stop him, Zhao Daniu noticed something unusual.

"I think our lord has dragon spirit!" Liu Wenzhong lowered his voice and pointed upwards, the meaning is self-evident.

"Mr. Liu, tell me the truth, are you deliberately tempting your lord with what you said today?" Zhao Daniu looked at Liu Wenzhong and asked in a low voice.

Liu Wenzhong coughed twice and said slowly: "You're right, today I'm trying to test you."

"Heh, I said, Mr. Liu, you are quite courageous. It's not like we brothers haven't tried before, but every time we just opened our mouths, we would be reprimanded by adults. I really didn't expect today that you can Let me test it out, my lord." Song Hu picked up the jug and poured a glass of wine for Liu Wenzhong and everyone else.

"Actually, I have tried many times, but I have never received a reply from your lord. Today, after hearing what your lord said, I tried it on a whim. Unexpectedly, I was really tested.

That's right, if you really don't have that kind of thought, why should you go to Phi Island to manage the estuary?If your lord really didn't have that kind of thought, why did you send the three Zhou family brothers to Pingyang mansion?If your lord really didn't have that kind of thought, why did you spread so many spies in the capital?

Can you think about it, if the adult really didn't have that kind of thought, would he still do these things?What's more, you all know the weapons of the adults. I dare say that there is no one in the whole world who is the opponent of the adults.I dare say that as long as the adults arm 3000 people in full armor, they can run rampant in the world. "

There was a red light on Liu Wenzhong's face. If Zhao Wen really became the founding emperor in the future, his status would also rise with him.

At that time, let alone the chief assistant of the cabinet, even a knighthood will be just waiting.

"My lord armed with 3000 troops can indeed run amok throughout the world, but I don't quite understand. Since your lord's strength can run amok throughout the world, why is he still serving as a guard in Longmen Castle?" Liu Wu listened to Liu Wenzhong's analysis. , interjected with a puzzled look.

Before Liu Wenzhong could open his mouth, Zhao Daniu said: "I don't know if you are really stupid or just pretending. If there is an incident at this time, and righteousness is not on our side, even if it succeeds, there will be wars everywhere. I guess my lord is waiting An opportune time."

"General Zhao's words are right. Now is not the time. When the country was first founded, Emperor Gao endured it for a long time, and waited for an excellent opportunity to start an incident.

Can you think about it, if adults start a riot at this time, what name should they use?What's more, the whole world is now in chaos only in the north, while the south is still very stable.The state has been supporting scholars for nearly 300 years, and its orthodox status has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but it is not so easy to change the world.

Now the territory controlled by the adults is too small, the population is too small, if you start a hasty riot, even if you want to conquer the whole world with weapons, it is impossible to become the leader of tens of millions.Otherwise, the adults would not be so eager to get the land of Gyeonggi. "

Although everyone didn't quite understand the meaning of Liu Wenzhong's words, they still heard some useful information from it.

That is, the base is small and the population is small. Even if the whole world is conquered, there is no one to govern it.

"Okay, let's not talk about this. Come, come, let's drink." Liu Wenzhong looked at the contemplative crowd, raised the wine glass in his hand, and said with a smile on his face.

"Haha, drink this cup to the brim!" Everyone raised their glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

"Guest officer, you can't enter inside, you can't enter." At this moment, the waiter's voice suddenly came from outside the door.

When the food and wine were served, Liu Wenzhong asked the shop waiter to stand ten steps away from the door, and no one was allowed to approach.

"What's going on?" Liu Wenzhong looked at the door and said in a deep voice.

Zhao Daniu stood up, "I'll go and have a look."

As soon as he opened the door, he saw a 30-year-old man in a blue gown entangled with two waiters.

"General, this man insists on going in." The waiter pointed at the man and said anxiously.

"Why can't I go in? I want to toast Liu Wenzhong and Mr. Liu. Is that wrong? Why do you stop me?" The man held a jug and a wine glass in his hand, and looked at him resentfully. Stopped his shop waiter.

Liu Wenzhong suddenly heard his name, got up and walked out.

"What's the matter?" Liu Wenzhong looked at the waiter and the man who were chattering, and asked in a deep voice.

"You are Mr. Liu Wenzhong, right? The student wants to toast you with a glass of wine."

The man threw off the waiter's arm, glared at them by the way, and then looked at Liu Wenzhong with a smile on his face.

The corners of Liu Wenzhong's mouth rose slightly, and he looked at the man playfully, "Student? Are you a scholar? Why are you toasting me?"

"The student is Qi Qingtian, a man from Guangping Mansion (now Handan area), and I have heard the name of Mr. for a long time, so I came to visit." Qi Qingtian put the jug and wine glass in his hand on the ground, and respectfully looked at Liu Wenzhong. The disciple ceremony was performed.

Liu Wenzhong and Qi Qingtian are both Juren, and logically speaking, they belong to the same generation, so it is really inappropriate to perform discipleship ceremony.

"You and I are both Juren, we are of the same generation. What are you doing to me as a disciple?" Liu Wenzhong put his hands behind his back and squinted at Qi Qingtian.

A scholar who suddenly appeared said that he had admired his great name for a long time, and at the same time he was still practicing discipleship.

Qi Qingtian didn't think there was anything wrong at all, he crossed his hands and said to Liu Wenzhong: "Mr. Liu, can you go in and talk?"

"Okay, come in." Liu Wenzhong said lightly.

After a while, Liu Wenzhong sat in the private room, looked at Qi Qingtian standing there, and asked in a deep voice, "What do you want me to do?"

"Mr. Liu, I want to join you."

Qi Qingtian looked at Liu Wenzhong, was silent for a moment, and said slowly.

Liu Wenzhong was taken aback, then laughed, "Go to me? Haha, why do you go to me? I'm just a little master, what's the use of you going to me?"

"Mr. Liu, you are being modest. In this Dragon Gate Fort, who doesn't know your name? It can be said that the Longmen Fort can be as it is today, thanks to you."

Liu Wenzhong looked at Qi Qingtian, and said slowly: "Why did you defect to me? Or why did you defect to Longmen Fort? This is just a small Longmen Fort, not comparable to those important towns. You are a human being. , even if you go to Xuanzhen General Military Mansion, you will probably be a guest of honor, why did you choose Longmen Fort?"

"Mr. Liu, the reason why I came to Longmen Fort is because I saw something different from Daming in this Longmen Fort. Almost everyone in this place has smiles on their faces. This kind of scene is not seen in other places. Not at all."

Qi Qingtian had been in Longmen Fort for at least a month, and for more than a month, he always felt unreal.This place is like the Peach Blossom Spring described by Tao Yuanming, everything is different from the outside world.

The people here are not as poor, numb, and lifeless as the outside world.People here are full of hope and love for life.

Qi Qingtian was originally a very capable Juren, and when he was a boudoir, relying on his ability, even if he couldn't get into the top three, but he was born as a second-class Jinshi.Originally, he thought that after he became a Juren, he would definitely change the whole world.

But things backfired, and Qi Qingtian lost his name to Sun Shan in the end.This is not an insignificant blow to an ambitious Juren.

In the end, he had to rely on a lot of connections to find out that the nephew of Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the current cabinet, also had the same subject as him.After some black-box operations, the signature on his test paper became the name of Wen Tiren's nephew.

When he figured this out, he was very shocked.Who is Wen Tiren?It is the chief assistant of the current cabinet, where is Qi Qingtian?Just a small Juren, the gap between the two is not small.

Qi Qingtian, who was hit so hard, gradually became depressed, so he wandered around Hebei Chief Secretary, and walked to Longmen Fort after walking around.

When he entered Longmen Fort, his whole world view was subverted.Although Longmen Fort is well-known in this important place of the Xuanfu, but before Qi Qingtian only read the books of sages, but he never knew it.

When facing the Longmen Fort, which was like a peach blossom garden, Qi Qingtian stayed behind driven by curiosity, and began to inquire about the mysteries inside.

During the more than a month in Longmen Fort, the two names he heard the most were Zhao Wen and Liu Wenzhong.And Longmenbao's current situation is inseparable from these two people.

And this Liu Wenzhong is still a juren, a scholar like him.

After knowing all this, his mind became alive.

"So, I want to join Mr. Liu." Qi Qingtian looked at Liu Wenzhong and said loudly.

It's not that Qi Qingtian never thought of going directly to Zhao Wen, but if he went directly, it would inevitably be a bit abrupt.Moreover, this Zhao Wen always sees the beginning but does not see the end. Qi Qingtian has been in Longmen Castle for such a long time, and he has never seen him.

"Haha, you want to defect to me? I'm just a down-and-out scholar, what's there to defect to?" Liu Wenzhong laughed loudly upon hearing this.

"No, Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu has contributed a lot to the Longmen Fort's current appearance. I am serious today, and I hope that Mr. can accept me." Qi Qingtian's eyes flashed with a hot light, facing Liu Wenzhong performed a disciple ceremony.

Liu Wenzhong shook the goose feather fan, and after a long time, he said loudly, "Okay, I'll accept you."

(End of this chapter)