Water Margin Survival

During the chat, they didn't wait for Tang Bin's team to come, but instead there was the sound of rumbling horseshoes behind them. Shi Jin and Chen Da looked at each other, fearing that there was something urgent, they hurriedly turned around.These two stood tall and looked far away, but they didn't bother the sentinels below. They looked up and saw the big flag embroidered with the word "rock" fluttering in the wind. Chen Da turned his head in surprise and asked : "Why did Instructor Lin come here?"

"Let's go down!" Shi Jin said as he walked, "It's probably the intention of the new military adviser. His surname is cautious. He should be afraid that the river workers will be unstable and cause trouble. Otherwise, they should have been sent to the city last night!"

Chen Da suddenly realized, and said: "I said, why did I ask Tang Bin to rest outside for a night? It turned out that he was waiting for Coach Lin and Envoy Yang Zhi to return to the city!"

Shi Jin nodded, and quickly rushed down the tower with Chen Da, and headed towards the Panshi Camp to greet them. When the hatchback met, Shi Jin greeted Lin Chong very casually, but greeted Suo Chao with fists in a serious manner. Hastily returned the salute, grinned suddenly and said: "Brother is the disciple of Instructor Wang, if you treat me as casually as you treat Instructor Lin, I like it more!"

Shi Jin smiled when he heard the words, and saw Lin Chong pointing at Suo Chao and said, "Brother Suo Chao is a straight man, he doesn't like to beat around the bush, that's what my brother likes about him!"

Shi Jin chuckled, nodded in agreement, and everyone chatted for a while, only to hear Chen Da laughingly said: "Coach Lin, when did you return to the city last night? Maybe you captured a lot this time?"

Lin Chong nodded and smiled, and said: "It was almost midnight when I came back, so I didn't bother you brothers. This trip was okay, I brought back more than 100 horses in total, and I took a look at the ones that could go into battle, and they were close to [-] horses. Horse, it’s not bad!”

"Where is envoy Yang Zhi?" Shi Jin and Chen Da were tasked with guarding the south gate, and they never left.Therefore, these news that do not need to be reported to the whole army are somewhat blocked.

"Yang Zhi's guy is lucky, he met a fight!" Seeing the question, Suo Chao immediately became interested, and said: "He met Niu Wenzhong from some bird village on the road, and led four leaders to think about it." Picking up the leak. Who do you think Yang Zhi is, seeing other people come here with him? Go up and beat them fiercely, killing this group of people so that their parents can't even recognize them. Among them, the two bandit leaders Xiong Wei is invincible to Yulin, and Biaowei is invincible to Chu Hengdu died under his arrow, and came back to meet him with his head raised. Niu Wenzhong fled with the other two invincibles!"

At the end, Suo Chao was a little annoyed: "At first, I thought there would be a battle in Mingzhou, but I didn't know that if I got closer, I would encounter a good fight!"

Seeing Suo Chao's eagerness to fight, Lin Chong smiled and said to the crowd, "It's just what happened to each of us! Envoy Yang Zhi still regretted it all the time when he came back, because the thieves scattered the horses when they escaped. In the end, there were still more than 100 war horses left. Get it back, and make him blame himself!"

"The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, how can you blame him!" Shi Jin shook his head and said, "Then how many horses did he bring back in the end?"

"There are about [-] horses, and there are about [-] horses that can go into battle! But this time he brought back [-] to [-] guan, most of which was Niu Wenzhong's money for buying horses, which is a surprise." The harvest is better than the other two battalions we went with!" Lin Chong laughed.

"Haha, these fellows wanted to cut through the loopholes, but instead lost their own coffin money!" Chen Da laughed loudly.However, the matter of the horses has little to do with the infantry, so Chen Da didn't think too much about it, and was about to invite Lin Chong and others to have dinner first, when Suo Chao saw an acquaintance, and shouted at the open-air kitchen: "Old Wang , I don’t want you to be here too, come here, give me a five-flavored apricot cheese sheep!”

When the chef saw that it was Suo Chao, he smiled and said, "That's great!" Then he turned around and ordered, "Give it to Suo Xianfeng!"

"Eating this early in the morning, isn't it boring?" Chen Da looked at Suo Chao and said.

"You don't know, the children in our Daming Mansion all sing: 'Wang's gourd soup, Chen's steamed buns, Yanjing No. [-]' we won't be able to eat any more after we leave!" Chen Da went to taste it. Seeing that the brothers at the big table under the city wall were almost finished eating, Chen Da said to Shi Jin: "Brother, I will use it first!"

"Why do you have to submit a report after spending a meal?" Suo Chao was taken aback when he saw it.

"My elder brother said that before soldiers drink, they should not drink first. Before soldiers eat, they should not eat first!" Chen Da imitated Shi Jin's accent.

When Suo Chao heard this, he was in awe, and said, "How particular about Shi Dalang!?"

"Of course...how about the saying that a famous teacher produces a good apprentice?" Chen Da looked at Shi Jin and said with a smile.

Shi Jin spread out his hands and made a gesture to Chen Da to let him go. Chen Da laughed and hooked his shoulders with Suo Chao. Along the way, Suo Chao looked at the densely packed tables by the city and sighed: "I didn't expect my brother to do that!" Such a big scene!" Chen Da stared wide-eyed, and said: "Brother, you don't know, what is this? There is a banquet in our village, tens of thousands of people from all over the mountain celebrate together, it is no bigger than this scene! "

Seeing this, Shi Jin shook his head helplessly, and seeing Lin Chong also shook his head and smiled, Shi Jin inquired about the news and said: "This time our cottage brought back more than 6000 horses that can go directly to battle from the racecourse, and Huaishupo seized another [-] horses, and about [-] good horses equipped by the defenders and the public were captured during the siege. This is a big profit! I heard from my brother last time that it seems to be equipped with our infantry on a small scale Horse, I wonder if there is any part for us this time?"

Lin Chong looked at Shi Jin with a smile, and said, "That's the case! My brother discussed it with me. After these few battles, many problems have been exposed. The cottage is indeed planning to equip each infantry battalion with one or two hundred horses. There will be news from the cottage!"

Shi Jin was overjoyed. Now that Lin Chong had said so, he was afraid that it was a certainty and there was no need to run away. He said happily at once: "In this way, we can have scouts and messengers at the same time! The surplus can also be equipped with soldiers, at least it can guarantee Each of our battalions has a cavalry, which will definitely be of great use in wartime!"

Lin Chong nodded. Originally, it was time to equip the infantry with some necessary horses. Unfortunately, the Shanzhai has been short of horses, so it has been put on hold. With so many captured this time, it can be considered that these problems left over from before can be solved calmly.

The two were chatting, when they suddenly heard the guards on the tower shout: "Brother Tang Bin is back!" Seeing the shout, Shi Jin asked loudly, "Can you see clearly?"

"It is indeed him, and the brothers we sent to investigate!" The tower confirmed.Shi Jin nodded, and ordered his subordinates to open the south gate. At this time, Lin Chong stepped out together with him. Not long after, Lin Chong greeted Tang Bin with a smile: "This time Brother Tang and Yang Zhishi have returned with full rewards. There are unexpected gains, it is really a blessing in the cottage!"

Tang Bin said with a smile: "We're all happy together. By the way, I haven't congratulated Coach Lin for getting a strong general to help me. I'm really envious!" All three of them laughed. The big table was spread out, and he said with a smile: "What a big battle!"

Shi Jin smiled and said: "After receiving your news, Yuan Wai contacted all the major restaurants in the city overnight. There were about a hundred restaurants, and almost 3000 sets of tables and chairs were moved from each of them. There are more than [-] tables in total. It is not easy to be crowded. Move, after all, they still have to do business!"

Tang Bin laughed, and said: "Our Liangshan army is a division of benevolence and righteousness, as it should be!" After that, Lin Chong and Shi Jin retreated to the side, and ordered the high commander to lead the people into the city, and go to eat first.

Commander Gao took the order, turned around and greeted: "Brothers of the River Workers, have you seen the tables and chairs beside the city wall? Everyone go to eat first, and sit in the order of the marching army. When we are full, let's talk about the next thing!"

Hegong, who was walking in front, was a little hesitant when he heard the words. He couldn't believe that the kings of Liangshan would bow down to him in such a big way. Dare to eat this meal? Come here, everyone, don’t act like children! Have a meal, it’s not like going up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire!”

The aroma of delicious food from the open-air kitchen has long been inhaled by the hungry river workers. For people who can’t eat enough on weekdays, where have they tasted such delicious food?

Seeing that the very kind king had spoken, a few young men couldn't bear it anymore and took the lead to walk to the crowded empty tables. With their motivating, the team finally started to move.

Seeing that someone was seated, the waiters began to busily pick up food and deliver it to the table.At this time, each hotel not only has a chef, but also waiter waiters are indispensable. Each hotel has already divided the area, and they only need to be in charge of the wine tables brought by their own families.

Hegong, who came in halfway, saw that the brothers in the front team were all sitting at the table and had eaten. He was pleasantly surprised but not as uneasy as the first group of people. There are almost enough seats for eight.

Xiaosi and his second uncle walked at the back of the line, seeing that the venue was full at this time, only the seats of some kings and military masters were relatively loose, but no one dared to squeeze there, Xiaosi waited. He froze on the spot, a little embarrassed and unable to advance or retreat.

Seeing this, the high commander at the scene stepped forward and smiled at the brothers Shi and Lin who were eating: "Everyone try to squeeze as much as possible, this is the last hundred people!"

Seeing this, Suo Chao raised his head and shouted, "Come on, brother, there are only two people at my table, it's very loose!"

Commander Gao didn't know Suo Chao, but seeing that he was very imposing, he was not like an idle person, so he hurriedly bowed his hands and thanked him. Chen Da smiled and introduced: "Old Gao, this is the new leader who came up to the mountain, the deputy of the Panshi camp forest instructor , General Suo Chaosuo, the vanguard!"

The high commander suddenly realized, and saluted again, Suo Chao laughed, got up to return the salute, and only asked him to greet everyone to this table.

Xiaosi and his second uncle happened to bear the brunt of it. According to their true thoughts, they really didn't dare to sit crowded with these kings, and felt uncomfortable for no reason.What's more, this person is the leader of the cottage, and he was even more panicked, but the high commander had already come over and arranged for them to look over there, and they didn't dare to refuse, so they had no choice but to drive the ducks to the shelves and sit over.

"Xiao Er, go and ask Lao Wang to serve another portion of five-flavored apricot and cheese sheep, other three-color tripe soup, two-color water dragon powder, wild game duck and rabbit paste, Naixiang new chicken, litchi kidneys, boiled roe deer Roast meat, fried eel with whitebait, steamed goose with bamboo shoots, steamed lamb with a cauldron, just serve the lamb four soft! Just follow what Suo Chao said!" Suo Chao pulled Xiaoer over and instructed.

Xiaoer quickly nodded in response, and went back to urge the dishes.When Chen Da saw that his eyes were as big as copper bells, he said, "Hey, what kind of food are these? I haven't heard of them before? Why didn't you call them just now?"

Suo Chao laughed and said, "It's just the two of us, how can we eat so much?"

"That's right! Let's get some credit from these brothers!" Chen Da looked at all the people present and said with a smile. All the river workers were sitting at this table, they didn't dare to show their breath, they all lowered their heads, and there was no one to respond.Chen Dazheng was a little embarrassed, just at this time, all kinds of dishes, except for Suo Chao, whose names everyone had never heard of, were brought up at the price of water. , I didn't want Chef Wang to come over in person, and explained to the confused Suo Chao:

"Yesterday, brother Yi from Lu Yuan's family told us that today's dishes should be served in large quantities and not fancy, so we only prepared chicken, duck, goose, fish, beef, sheep, pork, etc. If there is no food prepared, if the general wants it, the villain will ask someone to go back and get it, and the villain will make it for the general now!"

Suo Chao suddenly came to his senses, and said, "Come on, these are pretty good, don't have to work hard, old Wang!"

Chef Wang knew that Suo Chao was talkative, so he left with a smile. Suo Chao said to Chen Da: "Yan Xiaoyi is a careful person!"

"Who says it's not! But there are quite a few of these dishes. Although they are some common hard dishes, but the person who cooks them is not ordinary, this dish is definitely not ordinary! The five-flavored lamb dish just now is good!" Chen Da ordered. He nodded, and saw that everyone at the same table was timid, shrinking their heads, with a lot of fear, and invited: "Move your chopsticks, come here, what are you doing sitting?"

Seeing that Xiaosi raised his head and glanced at the tough man who was speaking, seeing his gaze on him, he hurriedly lowered his head, Chen Da gave a rough smile, and said, "You boy, are you a man? Why don't you dare?" Eat, are you afraid that I will eat you?" After finishing speaking, he lowered a bowl of wine and said, "Drink! Let me tell you, if you don't want to drink, I won't!"

How could Xiaosi have experienced such a situation before, and he looked at his second uncle as if asking for help. Seeing this, the second uncle hurriedly got up and said, "My lord, this is my nephew. He is young and not sensible. I... the villain will talk to him on his behalf." Your Majesty will drink a bowl, will it work?"

"Brother, wait, I'll do it with you later! This kid has to drink this wine, a man, how can he shrink back, how can he do big things in the future? Have you ever wanted to be bullied all your life?" Chen Dachao, a middle-aged man Waving his hand, he just stared at Xiaosi.

Chen Da's last words touched the sore spot in Xiaosi's heart. After all, he was a young man, and he was a little angry. He stood up abruptly, took the wine bowl in Chen Da's hand, and drank it in one gulp. The uncle with complex complexion and Chen Da who was full of smiles said in a daze: "This...whether the wine in this city is like water?"

"Silly boy, this is water! But my water is stronger than wine!" Chen Da laughed, and handed another bowl of wine to Xiaosi's second uncle, saying: "Come on, brother, let's go one!"

The nephew drank it all, and the uncle had no reason not to drink it. The second uncle took the wine, took a sip, blinked his mouth, poured it all into his mouth, and suddenly let out a long, refreshing sound from his throat , Shouted: "Good wine!"

Seeing his posture as an old drinker, Chen Da smiled and said, "Brother is also a good drinker?"

"I just like this one! It's a pity that I can't drink it!" The second uncle looked at Chen Da and said with emotion. Seeing Suo Chao said, he lifted a wine jar, got up and put it in the middle of the table, and said, "As long as you don't get drunk, everyone will open the wine jar." drink!"

People who love to drink are a bit proud. Seeing this, the second uncle put down the wine bowl in his hand, and raised the wine jar to pour wine for Chen Da and Suo Chao, and the two readily accepted it.

At this time, everyone at the table looked at me and I looked at him, and felt that although these two great kings were bold, they were not intimidating, and their anxiety turned into a strong sense of intimacy. After drinking, I saw that some people had already started to pick up those hard dishes that were delicious and unheard of near me.

Xiaosi also picked up a piece of the famous dish called Wuwei Xingyu Yang, and slowly put it in his mouth, chewing with the upper and lower rows of teeth, suddenly a delicious taste that he had never tasted stimulated his eighteen-year-old heart. The taste buds made him want to chew off his tongue at the same time.

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Many years later, Xiao Si still remembered the taste of this dish today, but when he relished it again, he couldn't find this feeling no matter what.Because what he tasted at this time was not only the exquisite taste of this famous dish, but also the unspeakable bitterness of the first half of his life. (To be continued.)