At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"As far as we know these years, the imperial court has also sent a lot of things to Liangzhou, and also moved a large number of people to let Liangzhou build roads, build cities, and develop production. If it still doesn't look like it now, the governor of Liangzhou deserves death gone."

"The Governor of Liangzhou is His Majesty's confidant, and he is also an old minister. He doesn't know how to do that kind of thing. Let's not think too much about it, but this small town of Liangzhou really has a different feeling compared to the city in the Central Plains... yo! There are also wine shops here! Why don't we just eat here?"

Xia Houshang laughed and teased Cao Tai, then probably because he was hungry, he saw a small wine shop in a small town, smelled the aroma of the food, and felt interested, so he made a suggestion.

A group of people also think that it is a good choice to have a meal now.

This restaurant is run by local people, selling some ordinary drinks and local food, it looks very simple.

When the owner saw such a large group of diners, the folds on his happy face turned into a chrysanthemum-like smile, and he hurried forward to meet the guests.

"Shopkeeper, bring up all the delicious food and drink from your place, as much as you have, we are all people who can eat, and you will definitely have the money."

With a loud voice, Cao Zhen asked the shopkeeper to open his belly to serve them meals. The shopkeeper nodded quickly seeing that the two No. 30 people were all good guys, and they probably ate a lot.

"Guests can enter the small shop to rest for a while. The small shop will prepare immediately. The small shop has mutton, horse meat, and cooking cakes, soup cakes, and hu cakes. There are also hot and stir-fried vegetables. Guests, please see if there are any taboos. Is there anything you don't like?"

Everyone looked at Guo Jin, which meant that he was the one who made the decision.

Guo Jin smiled.

"Shopkeeper, we guys are all rough people with a big appetite. You can serve whatever you have here. Are you afraid that our 30-odd people don't have mixed tastes? Hahahaha, go ahead, serve them all, it's yours." Are the ingredients enough? Our appetite is really big."

Guo Jin really didn't lie, in order to protect him, in addition to his little friends who came out with him, there were also [-] of the most elite Forbidden Army masters, the kind who could count as ten.

The daily training volume of the Imperial Army is very large. Except for those who have garrison missions and special tasks, all soldiers of the Imperial Army have to train a lot to maintain their elite combat effectiveness.

Protecting the emperor and important figures requires strong force and requires perfect safety.

There are so many training items, Xu Chu and Dian Wei, two muscular men, just train them to death.

Practice here, and serve delicious food and drink there. There is enough meat and enough food, so after training in the Imperial Army, they always eat in barrels.

Three or five people gathered around a big rice steaming bucket and tried their best. That guy, not to mention how ferocious he was, would eat again after he finished eating, and he would never stop.

When the training tasks were heavy, each person had a bucket of rice. The imperial cooks in the palace not only prepared meals for the royal family, but also prepared meals for the imperial guards, and the workload was quite heavy.

Therefore, some people in the forbidden army laughed and said that the forbidden army was a five thousand idiot.

Literally.

The money to support these 3 rice buckets can support a standing army of about [-] people, which is how strong the Forbidden Army is.

So now these thirty strong and strong men are really a bit asymmetrical in strength against the small wine shop in this borderland.

The shopkeeper felt that he had been questioned and that he had been insulted.

"Guests, let's open the door to do business, and pay attention to honesty. You pay the money. Although the shop is small, it will never let you leave if you are not full. Don't worry, we don't have enough ingredients here. I will let my family go to the store immediately." Go to other stores to buy, and you will be sure to make dozens of you eat happily!"

The shopkeeper's ambition is very high, and Guo Jin is very satisfied.

But I just don't know if this store can really hold on until all of them are full.

Many small shops along the way boasted so much, but in the end they emptied the store's reserves, and the men in the imperial army were not full yet.

So Guo Jin asked Cao Zhen and Cao Tai to bring four long strings of five baht coins, which made the shopkeeper's eyes straight.

"Did you see it? Shopkeeper, these estimates are not enough. If you can take us down, the money will be yours."

Guo Jin is really generous in spending money along the way, and he is also willing to spend money in these small shops to make some money for these local people.

"Okay! Wait a moment, the shop will fill you up!"

The shopkeeper rolled up his sleeves and worked hard. Guo Jin also invited everyone to sit down in the shop. More than 30 people filled the shop to the brim and waited for something to eat.

After a while, the stewed mutton and horse meat came up. It was colored inside, and it must have been put in soy sauce.

Then all kinds of pancakes to fill their stomachs followed, such as pancakes from the Western Regions, local pancakes, and a big pot of mutton soup. The group of people ate the cakes, ate the meat, and poured the soup, not to mention how happy they were. up.

Guo Jin is also a strong young man, and he is also hungry. It is rare for him to be on a business trip outside the palace.

The eating scenes of the group were quite exciting, and they ate quite a lot.

Seeing this group of people eating meat piece by piece, eating pancakes whole, and drinking soup in mouthfuls, the store owner was quite frightened.

Almost half an hour passed, and there was almost not enough food in the store, but the eating performance of the thirty big men was far from over.

chapter 1242 one thousand 150 two no one wants to go back to the past

Where has the store seen such a battle?

He was rich and able to eat, and he didn’t want to slap his mouth when he ate it, so he quickly called his two sons, one son helped him cook, and the other son hurried to other shops to buy some ingredients...

No, look at it like this, I want to buy ready cooked food and deliver it!

Then my son went to several shops around and bought a lot of cooked meat and cakes, which caused the surrounding shops to look at him—who can eat so much?

Guo Jin is not a professional after all.

After wolfing it down, he raised his head and found that everyone was still wolfing it down, only he and Lu Yi were almost finished, and Lu Yi was still wiping his mouth gracefully with a towel.

Looking at the plate of bones and the empty soup bowl in front of him, Guo Jin knew that Lu Yi had been with him for so many years, and the difference between him and everyone else was that he ate better.

There is nothing less to eat.

Turning her head, Guo Jin saw that the shopkeeper was sweating profusely, and the shopkeeper's son was busy carrying food in and out, looking like he was risking his life just to make money, which was very funny.

After a while, a few men came to the store, who seemed to be relatives or something, and came up to help serve the group of idiots. The store owner could be regarded as retreating from the front line, found a stool and sat down to breathe heavily. Not to mention how funny that look is.

Guo Jin thought it was funny, so she went up to chat with the store owner.

"Shopkeeper, how long has your store been open?"

The shopkeeper naturally answers every question the patron has.

"Our shop has been open for three years. Three years ago, we came from Qingzhou with the migrating team from our hometown and settled down. We got a large piece of land and planted it together with the whole family. Later, the government said that we could lend us money to do business. , Our family has more males, and more mouths to eat, this sum, I still think it is safer to open more than one store."

"Come from Qingzhou? Why did you leave your hometown to settle in Liangzhou?"

Guo Jin became interested.

"What else can there be? There is a lot of land given, and the house has been built for us, and the farm tools have been prepared for us. Let's tidy up, and we can come to Liangzhou to live directly, and we will be exempted from taxes for three years. The land is twice as big as ours in Qingzhou, so our family can be regarded as a small landlord.”

The shopkeeper smiled.

"The land in Qingzhou is fertile, but the land in Liangzhou is barren. You don't seem to be taking advantage of it?"

Guo Jin continued to ask.

"It's still cheap. The food you buy is a little more than in Qingzhou, not too much, but the land is large, you live comfortably, and you pay less tax. What's more important is that in Qingzhou, many folks in the village have opened shops to make food. For business, our family did not keep up with the first wave and could not make money.

Later, our family figured out that Liangzhou is a new place, and there must not be as many people doing business in Qingzhou. If we bring the skills we learned in Qingzhou to Liangzhou, we might be able to revitalize our lives.

Looking at it now, it is really like this. There are not many people who open shops here, and there are not many delicious food. Once we come, it is a good thing. All the merchants are willing to come to eat here. "

The store owner looked quite proud and seemed very happy for his decision.

"The imperial court has given you such a good promise, so you don't have to worry about the imperial court being a rogue, cheating you here and not fulfilling your promise? Then it's over for you to stay in Liangzhou, where you are not familiar?"

Guo Jin continued to ask questions.

The face of the shopkeeper changed slightly.

"Guest, you can't talk nonsense. The current emperor does what he says. We are from Qingzhou, and that is the earliest group of the current emperor to govern the people. The current emperor taught us to recognize even words. How could we Do you not trust the current emperor?"

"It's also the same reason."

Guo Jin feels happy because her father has gained the trust of ordinary people.

This is rare.

"If we want to say that the previous imperial court did this, we really have to weigh it up, maybe we will die on the road, but the current emperor says this, we have to believe it, how many years have passed, the current emperor will do what he says, and what will he say? give whatever.

And, to be honest, this year is good, there are many people coming and going, and they are all doing business everywhere. Businessmen travel all over the world, where have they never been?As soon as we inquired, we knew that the emperor built a road for us, the road is easy to walk, and there are post stations and hotels on the side of the road, where we can rest and eat.

Walking on the main road is safe, don’t worry about being caught by thieves, even if you carry a lot of belongings, you can rest assured, because everyone knows that if you walk along the main road, you will not encounter robbers, safe, our family walked all the way back then, The journey was smooth and smooth, and nothing happened. "

The shopkeeper recalled it as he spoke: "Oh, there are only a few years like this. Counting forward, the whole world is at war. When the current emperor was not the emperor, who would dare to run out? I'm afraid they will be caught by some military leaders." If you go, you can't come back.

It’s better to be the current emperor. We are not afraid of those soldiers bullying us, and we are not afraid of encountering bandits on the road. The government is also reasonable, and they don’t bully people casually.So, if you don't believe what other people say, how can you not believe what the current emperor says? "

Guo Jin was even happier.

My father's work was not in vain, the money was not in vain, the policies were not in vain, and the gray hair on the sideburns was not born in vain...

Even if there are still injustices in the world, in the end, it is enough for ordinary people to give them a peaceful life, so that they don't have to worry about running around and losing their lives.

That is, while chatting with the shopkeeper, Guo Jin realized what precious things her father had given for this country and its people.

They chatted a lot, and they talked about the source of the meat in the store.

There are very large horse farms and horse herds in the Longyou area, the number of which is almost over one million.

War horses must be strong and tall. When breeding horses, we must pay attention to selecting the best from the best. Choose an excellent tall horse and combine it with a tall horse, and then give birth to even better offspring.

During the period, excellent bloodlines of other breeds of warhorses will also be introduced to maintain the excellence of the existing bloodlines of warhorses and prevent them from regressing back to the state of short limbs.

In this way, some weak and short horses naturally have no way out.

This part is either handed over to the local government as a poor horse for plowing and reclaiming wasteland, or it is used to pull carts.

Or it can be handed over to the army to supplement the army with meat, and a part of it is directly released to the people, so that the private merchants can pay for the purchase of these horses and sell them in private wine shops.

Even if horse meat is not so delicious, it is still meat, and because the quantity is sufficient, the price of horse meat in this area is cheaper than mutton, and there are many people who are willing to eat it.

Forbidden soldiers are happy as long as they have meat to eat. It doesn't matter what kind of meat they have, anyway, it doesn't bother them to eat big bowls of meat and drink soup.

Guo Jin chatted happily with the store owner, while Lu Yi listened quietly, and the rest of the idiots continued to work hard, making the store's family members sweat profusely.

"Is the tax heavy?"

"It's much lighter than the previous dynasty, and of course no one would be unhappy if it's a little less."

"That's true... With so many males in the family, do you think the food you bought is not enough?"

"Enough is enough to eat, but I'm worried that if there are more people in the future, it will not be enough to eat, so isn't this the start of a small business?"

"Also, multiple businesses, multiple paths."

"Then it should be more stable. There can be no chaos, no military disasters. If there is a military disaster, everything will be over. Really, a military disaster will wipe out ten years of effort."

Guo Jin nodded.

"Don't worry, there will be no military disasters. Whoever wants military disasters is against all of us."

"Hey, that's true. In this day and age, no one wants to go back to the past."

The shopkeeper laughed loudly, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and the wrinkles on his face turned into a chrysanthemum again.

Chapter 1243 One thousand and one hundred and fifty three Zhuge Liang who took advantage of loopholes

Chatting with the shopkeeper, Guo Jin felt happy, and unknowingly chatted with the shopkeeper about a lot of things.

"Have you thought about expanding your business in the future and opening more wine shops in other places?"

"Of course I've thought about it. If this small shop can grow bigger, we'd be willing to open a few more and earn more money so that we can feed the juniors."

The store owner sighed: "If it grows bigger in the future, I will take my family to Dunhuang and open a store in Dunhuang, and I will definitely make a lot of money."

"Dunhuang County? Why is it Dunhuang County, not the other counties?"

Guo Jin became interested.

"Because Dunhuang County has the most merchants from the Western Regions. Many merchants from the Western Regions, and it is said that there are merchants from the Guishuang Kingdom further west. They come in large numbers. There are also many merchants from Guanzhong who are going from Dunhuang to the Western Regions. They all stop in Dunhuang. They are still here. Dunhuang does business, so there are a lot of merchants in Dunhuang."

"Then other counties should be fine too."

Guo Jin asked again.

"That's different."

The shopkeeper shook his head: "Businessmen always pass by when they go to other counties. Even if they pass by, they can't stop for a few days. But in Dunhuang, because there is a very big city there, many merchants from the Western Regions and related merchants are here. The city in Dunhuang County traded.

Some people can stay for a month at a time, and some settled in Dunhuang for this reason. Other counties have followed suit, but the effect is not as good as Dunhuang County, which was the first to do so. The market in Dunhuang County is really big, and It is not far from the prefect's mansion.

The prefect Zhuge built a high platform in the prefect's mansion. Standing on the high platform, you can see the market. The merchants doing business in the market are honest, and they are afraid that the prefect Zhuge will see them and ask them to blame. There are also many officers and soldiers stationed here, so no one dares to make trouble. "