Late Tang

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Qiu Shengong was sitting in the best Fenghuangshan Restaurant on Salmonella Island, watching the delicious food served by the waiters one after another, with all the colors and flavors. Although he had tried his best to return to the position of a general, it was the first time he ate such a meal. .

"Eat, eat quickly." Li Jing held up a golden goose leg with his chopsticks and placed it in front of him, and Lao Hei took it.The goose legs are fatty, especially because they are roasted by the secret recipe of Fenghuangshan Restaurant. Even the wood of the roast goose is specially selected lychee wood used in the south, and the goose legs are coated with many layers of sauce and honey when roasted.This goose leg is golden in color, oily but not greasy in the mouth, crisp and honey, as if it melts in the mouth.

A goose leg, Lao Hei almost shed tears.

Thinking about the life he had spent most of his life before, and looking at the goose in his hand, he was deeply moved.Looking up, I saw other old brothers and family members in the restaurant, at this moment, like hungry ghosts released from a starvation prison, they all buried their heads in their food, like a wind blowing away.

"Why, this dish is not to your liking, Lao Hei, why don't you eat it?"

"General, it's delicious. I, Old Hei, have never eaten such a delicious dish before. I'm afraid that I will never forget the taste of this roast goose, so I just don't eat it, eat less, and remember it later." Maybe it won't be that deep."

"Hahaha!" Li Jing and the others couldn't help laughing, the old black's words were too funny. "Just eat, follow me and work hard. From now on, let's eat delicious food and drink spicy food. We will eat goose legs every day until we get tired of eating them. From now on, we will eat two servings of goose legs at a time, and keep one portion after eating."

Zhang Chengzong also smiled and said: "Follow our general, you don't have to think about these trivial things in the future, you have to open your eyes. Our general is willing to provide big meat, slices and rice all day long to the refugees. You are an officer anyway, and it is difficult to follow the general. If it doesn’t work, I’m afraid I won’t be able to eat a goose leg.”

For this meal, Qiu Shengong ate ten big goose legs by himself.The goose legs are indeed one of the signature dishes of the Phoenix Mountain Restaurant, each priced at [-] Wen.When paying the bill, Lao Hei found that he had eaten a thousand coins for one meal, and his eyes widened in shock.One thousand Wen can buy five buckets of high-quality white rice, and if you exchange it for old corn, you can get half a stone.The other dishes were not cheap either. For this meal, dozens of people ate fifteen pennies directly.

After the meal, Lao Hei insisted on letting the other brothers take people to unload the goods on the ship to the dock warehouse, but Li Jing refused to let him, but he was very persistent.In the end, Li Jing had no choice but to let him go, and there were not too many things anyway.He took Qiu Shengong, packed a table of good rice noodles from the restaurant, and went to their temporary residence to visit the two wounded soldiers.

Not far from the pier, next to the foot of Phoenix Mountain, there is a row of low seagrass shacks.In the cold wind, the wind blew past, as if it could sweep away the shack at any moment.Old Hei pointed to the huts: "That's it. After I had a fight with Feng Liang and his gang that day, I took my brothers and I left the Salmon Fortress and ran to the pier to pick up work, so I temporarily built some huts here."

At this moment, coughing suddenly came from a shack in the middle, and a voice said, "Old Qiu, are you back?"

"Old Qian, Lao Tian, ​​I'm the one who's back, let's see what delicious food I brought back for you. Let me tell you, it's all the best noodles at Phoenix Mountain Restaurant that you've never seen in your life, let alone eaten. .Guess what other distinguished guests did I bring back?"

The straw curtains on the shack were lifted, and a thin man with gauze wrapped around his head came out.When Li Jing entered the room, he found a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine pervading the room, and there was no furniture. In the small shack, there were a few boards laid on a few stones, probably the beds for a family of several people.The bed was covered with dry straw and a thin quilt.Other than that, there is only a simple pot and stove built with a few stones by the door.It was so late, and the pots and stoves were still cold, and they were still waiting for the people who had gone out to get back some food.

On the way here, Li Jing had already heard from Lao Hei that the two injured men were also garrison soldiers.One is Qian Laosan, his deputy team leader, and the other is Tian Laoqi, the corps leader. They are both rough guys with no names and no one.One of the two had a head injury and the other a leg injury, and they had been cared for for a long time. The one who lacked medical care and medicine hadn't recovered yet.

Qian Laosan and Tian Laoqi didn't care about who came before, they had been hungry at home for a whole day, and when they saw the good rice noodles on the table they brought back, they had already started to eat, while listening to Lao Hei telling them what happened before matter.Halfway through the meal, when they heard that it was the new town general and the leaders of his four servants, both of them were shocked.There was still a lot of food in his mouth, and he had already got up quickly to salute Li Jing.

Li Jing hurriedly pulled them along: "You are injured, this is not in the military camp, so you don't have to be so polite. Both of you are good men, not afraid of bullying, I really admire you. I, Li Jing, admire you the most. This kind of man is also very honored to be your boss. If you don't dislike him, we will be brothers Paoze from now on!"

There is no airs in what he said, and he completely treats the two of them as brothers. Qian and Laosan are just the lowest-level garrison soldiers. How have they ever experienced such a situation? Now, their affection for Li Jing has skyrocketed, and they have completely agreed in their hearts. This is the new boss.

Qian Laosan laughed and said: "When it comes to martial arts, I can only fight three or five at most, but Lao Hei is very good, and one can fight at least seven or eight. I heard that when I was in southern Xinjiang, one The Mo Dao split five Nanmanzi and three horses in a row, all split in two! Damn, if Lao Hei and the others were not there that day, his mother’s surname would be [-] more Not our opponent."

Lao Hei moved a few small wooden stilts from outside for Li Jing and the others to sit on, shook his head and smiled, "Old Qian and the others know how to fight and kill, they never thought that if we had no one to back us up, even if we beat Feng Liang, they would fight again." how?"

"Now we have a general to be our backer, let's go back to the fortress now, and we have to clean up the donkey day stuff this time." Tian Laoqi held a wooden board between one leg, half leaning on the bed, Said bitterly.

Li Jing smiled and said nothing while listening to the angry words of a few rough men.He got up and went to Tian Laoqi's side, and carefully looked at his leg. It is said that the leg was directly discounted at that time, and Lao Hei invited a doctor to see the dressing and fix it with a pair of splints.After reading it several times, the doctor's technique is good. The leg bone has almost grown back without deformation. After careful maintenance for about half a year, and physical rehabilitation, it can still return to its original appearance.

"Your legs are fine, but they need some nutrition. In addition, you need to prevent the invasion of external evils. After a while, we will go to the pier and invite a better doctor to come over and change your medicine. After a while, he will be a hero again."

Qian Laosan's head injury is almost healed, but the head has been severely injured and needs some time to recuperate.

Several people laughed when they heard it, and they were in a good mood.Qian Laosan and Tian Laoqi even clamored for Lao Hei to buy some wine to celebrate!After ordering the two to rest at home, Li Jing and Lao Hei went out of the shack again, planning to go to the pier to ask a doctor to come over and help them prescribe and change their medicines.

The sun is setting in the western mountains, and it is almost dusk.

After leaving the shack and walking not far along the foot of the mountain, the front suddenly opened up, and suddenly there was a lively scene, like a city in a mirage.Just now the pier was already busy, with many warehouses, shops, and restaurants, but compared with this side, it was still far behind.

At dusk, the jade street in front of you winds along the foot of the mountain and the coast, and it is a ten-mile long street.The streets are ten feet wide and are all paved with bluestone slabs.On both sides of the street, there are row upon row of shops and merchants, and the rows of banyan trees in front of the shop are lit up with little lanterns hanging on them.

Li Jing stood at a high place at this end of the long street, looking from a distance, it was as if a Milky Way was reflected in front of him.

How can this be?I have never seen such a prosperous scene in Dengzhou City.

Seeing Li Jing's expression, Lao Hei smiled knowingly. Anyone who saw this street for the first time would have such an expression, especially this street at night, which is even more charming.

"General, this is the busiest and busiest place on Salmon Island." Lao Hei pointed to Changjie Street, "This street is called Tianjie. And it became the first port of Salmonella Island. There are 99 shops and stores on Paradise Street, and there are all kinds of businesses here, all-encompassing and omnipresent. However, brothels, inns, taverns, teahouses, restaurants, and gambling stalls are the most numerous. , pawn shop, and then gold, silver and jade wares, antique calligraphy and paintings, tailors, grain shops, rice shops, cloth shops, butcher shops, meat shops, wine shops, etc.”

"The street under Phoenix Mountain is called Tianjie, and Shamen Island is also called Sea Fairy Mountain. Does the general know how big Daxie Island is where Daxie Walled City is located? Ten times that of our Salmon Island. But the South Island of Daxie Village is very prosperous, and there are only more than [-] people. But does the general know the annual population of Salmon Island?"

"How much?" Li Jing's appetite was whetted.

"At least [-], like most of the caravans currently parked in Tangwan, the number of people on the island has increased a lot. If there are frequent sea storms in June, July, and August, more merchant ships will come here to shelter from the wind. Up to [-]. This is not only a paradise for sailors and crews, but also a summer resort for many businessmen and officials."

Li Jing was thoughtful, "But that's all, I'm afraid the small Salmonella Island can't be so prosperous, right? Whether it's the Daxiezhai North and South Long Islands or the Heishanbao and Heishan Islands, any one can replace it. Presumably, the Salmonella Island can There are some other reasons for today's prosperity, right?"

Qiu Shengong looked at Li Jing in surprise, his eyes full of admiration.He nodded and said, "The general is right, because Salmonella Island is also a center for smuggling transactions in the north that was jointly developed by various forces!"

ps: Today, it has dropped from No. 14 to No. [-]. There are [-] positions on the classification recommendation list, and No. [-] has no name on the list.Urgently ask for a recommendation ticket, let us explode back together!