After Bian Wushuang scraped bamboo green on Gushan for half a day, he went down the mountain. Li Zhi was still sitting on the threshold and kept weaving bamboo baskets. Compared with the previous method, the technique was much faster. At noon, he had already weaved more than ten baskets of different sizes and sizes at his feet.

The smoke from the thatched roof gradually faded away. Two veterans carried a large wooden bucket and walked out swayingly, put the wooden bucket on the open space, and then went into the house to carry a large iron pot, a large wooden basin and a pile of squat bowls. The two waved wooden spoons and hit the edge of the wooden bucket, making a bang sound.

"It's time to eat, it's time to eat!" A hoarse roar rang out on the lonely mountain.

As the shouts were heard, the old men who were loose in the fields carried hoes and walked back from the fields. The vegetables were squatting there carefully serving the rows of green vegetables and straightening their waists. The sound of bells came from the back mountain, and several old men drove a flock of sheep and came back with a smile. On the other side, several people were carrying bundles of bamboo, and the thorn strips appeared in front of everyone.

Each person picked up a large thick porcelain bowl, lined up the line for decades, and walked to the bucket in sequence. Of course, Li Zhi was ranked first.

A large bowl of wheat noodles and rice, poured with a spoonful of bacon with garlic sprouts and vegetables, the meat is the best round-tail tip on the pig. On the meat slices as big as a palm, half of them are fat and thin. They are bright red and fat and transparent. They are wrapped in a room with garlic sprouts and vegetables. They are not only fragrant, but also have a good color.

"Old Huangtou, aren't you going to celebrate the New Year this year?" Li Zhi asked the veteran in the palm with a strange look, "This is the treatment that only during the New Year in previous years!"

The chef, known as the old yellow head, smiled and said, "Old Shuai, you were not at home during the New Year last year, and my brothers were not willing to eat these meats. This year, it seems that the New Year is coming again, and this is still the rest last year. Have a safe meal, eat with confidence, and take care of it. You are afraid you are going out again. It's already the bottom of October. Now you go, I don't know if you can come back to celebrate the New Year. We will just be the New Year today."

He smiled and knocked on the bucket, "Hurry up, eat while it's hot, it's delicious."

Li Zhi silently held the bowl and sat back on the threshold, sliced ​​a bite of wheat noodles and rice, ate a bite of bacon, smacked his mouth, and looked at the old brothers, and smiled back on his face.

"Old coach, life is much better this year!" After the meal was distributed, Lao Huangtou also sat next to Li Zhi with a big bowl, and put a piece of meat from his bowl into Li Zhi's bowl. "A few days ago, I went down the mountain to buy rice and flour, and the price has dropped by 20% compared to previous years! I heard that the rice and flour we eat were shipped from the newly established Ming Empire. Now, in Yongdu, most of the rice and flour we eat are shipped from there. If those merchants have a little conscience, the price will actually be lower."

Li Zhi smiled and picked up the slices of meat in the bowl and gave them to Lao Huang: "You eat, I often sway outside and often give tooth sacrifices. I haven't come back for half a year and have been eating outside. Now my stomach is full of oil and water. When I say something, I smell oily!"

Old Huang laughed: "Yes, then I'm not polite." He stuffed the slices of meat into his mouth and chewed them all over his mouth: "This life will be moisturized. If this happens every year, our children in Daqin will be blessed!"

Holding the bowl, Li Zhi looked at Lao Huang, "Do you think our Daqin life this year is much better than in previous years?"

"Of course!" Lao Huang nodded seriously: "Not to mention that the price of rice and flour has dropped, in fact, the prices of many things on the market are falling. At this time in previous years, there have been more people who have escaped famine in Yongdu, and they will continue until the spring plowing. These people go home to work on spring plowing, but this year, there are much fewer ones. I went to Yongdu a few days ago and I could hardly see these people."

"Oh, then what are these people doing this year?" Li Zhi asked.

"Well, old man, you should know this? This year, our Daqin and the Ming Empire have a good relationship. In the Ming Dynasty, many people came to our Daqin to do business. They hired people at the right price. Many people followed them to do business. This time I also heard that there was a Ming caravan, and many of us Daqin people escorted us to the extreme west, saying that we wanted to see what business there was there." Old Huang smiled and said, "Who would be shameless to beg for food if you have money to make! Following these Ming people, they would control food and accommodation, and money, they naturally squeezed their heads into it."

Li Zhi nodded, "The relationship between the two countries is very good now. Ming Dynasty lives much better than us. There are many people doing business and are smart. It is also great to allow us Qin people to make some spare money."

"Yes, let's talk about it. Didn't our General Deng take over Kaiping County this year? I heard that many people died there because of war, so many Qin people took their families to the side!" Old Huang shook his head, "I heard that the land of Kaiping County is not as fat as ours. It's very fat. With a hoe, shed seeds and wait for next year to harvest. Hahaha, General Deng is also very capable! But Li Shuai, Kaiping County is the territory of the former Yue Kingdom. Do you think the Ming Empire is going to go back? What should we do if they want to go back?"

Li Zhi smiled and pointed to the meat in Lao Huang's mouth: "Will you still spit this piece of meat when you eat it in your mouth?"

"Of course not!" Old Huang smiled loudly.

"That's the reason!" Li Zhi said.

"Then Ming Kingdom won't turn against each other?"

"Old Huang, eat your meat. National affairs are as simple as you think." Li Zhi knocked Lao Huang's head with chopsticks.

"That's true!" The old yellow chicken nodded like a pecking rice, "We are just looking forward to eating this meal every day to be satisfied! As we get old, we can finally enjoy a few days of Fortune!"

He stood up and walked towards the big bucket: "Old handsome, I'll scoop a bowl of soup for you. The old sheep skeleton soup is so beautiful!"

Li Zhi stared at Lao Huang's back in a daze. This year's days are indeed better, but how long can such a day last? I'm afraid that the storm will soon fall on Daqin's head.

Qin Feng did promised himself that he would not use force to Qin, but he did not promise that he would not make trouble. If Qin's internal chaos starts and someone in his internal conflicts follow him, he is afraid that the war will be in a mess. He shuddered. This time, Bian took out a stupid move and gave Deng a great reason. How could he not make a big fuss when he caught this reason? In addition, Ming Dynasty's fuelling, the court would make Bian unable to take it anyway. As Bian Wushuang said, once the Bian family fell, the Deng family was dominant, and the three-legged tripod became two confrontational. Deng family controlled hundreds of thousands of border troops. How could it be that it would not be in chaos?

Everyone is thinking about living a good life!

He lowered his head, pulled a large bowl of wheat noodles into his mouth in a few seconds, and drank the old sheep soup brought by Lao Huang in one go, stood up, and walked into the house.

Looking at Li Zhi's back, Lao Huang showed a sad look on his face. He stood up, arranged the bamboo baskets under the eaves neatly, and then put together the bamboo swords and swords. After doing all this, he saw Li Zhi change his clothes and walk out of the house again.

"We're leaving again. When will we come back this time? Can we come back for the New Year?" he asked.

"It won't take many days to come back this time, a little bit of a matter of time." Li Zhi smiled and patted his shoulder, "Since life is getting better this year, I'll store more meat and food. During the Chinese New Year this year, we will have a lot of food and drinks. Then I'll get some good wine back."

"That's good. The wine sold on the market is as light as water." Old Huang smiled.

Li Zhi walked down the mountain and greeted the veterans who were still having dinner one by one. He always said he could leave as soon as he walked, and everyone got used to it. They all smiled and waved goodbye, shouting that they would definitely come back for the New Year this year.

Bian Liang must not fall into Deng's hands, nor can he be carried back to Yongdu by Deng's like this. Li Zhi did not enter Yongdu City, but he went straight towards Izuyun County.

This is not a problem that the army can solve, nor is it a problem that other people can solve. The only one who can untie this knot is himself.

Li Zhi's journey was very fast. When the sun was west, he was nearly a hundred miles away from Yongdu.

He stopped and looked ahead, in the wilderness, where was a man standing, and a knife was inserted into the ground. His pupils contracted, he stared at the man for a while, and slowly walked forward.

"Li Shuai!" The man respectfully bowed to him with his fists.

"Deng Pu!" Li Zhi sighed, "I thought you would appear here, but I really don't want to see you appear here."

Deng Pu, the new master, stood there with a smile, "Deng Pu was lucky enough to be promoted to the master, but Li Shuai has not yet celebrated with me. Today, Deng wanted to invite Li Shuai to my house for several days and drink a few glasses of wine, and also guide Deng Pu on the confusion of martial arts. I wonder if Li Shuai is willing to give me this face."

Li Zhi sighed again, and his sad face became even stronger, "Don't go."

"Today, Bian Wushuang went to Gushan and had a good chat with Li Shuai for half a day. How could Li Shuai be more favorable?" Deng Pu asked.

"Li has always been fair in doing things."

"Is it fair?" Deng Pu laughed: "Deng has been fighting hard for decades. At the end, a decree summoned Deng back to Yongdu. Deng came back without giving up any of his farts. Li Shuai, is this fair? My father, who has been in a military life, just won a fertile land for Qin. My Deng friend in the court was beheaded and fell off the horse. Li Shuai, is this fair? Now some people still have to hurt people in secret arrows. Li Shuai does not come out to preside over justice, but instead they have to hurry to wipe people's butts. Li Shuai, is this fair?"

"Deng Pu, right and wrong, and free in the hearts of the people. What I do this is for? You know, and we all know it. I will give you an explanation for this matter in the future." Li Zhi said lightly. "What Qin needs is stability, not chaos. So, I must go there once I go."

Deng Pu lowered his head and thought for a moment, "Okay, Li Shuai, after I became a new master, I have always wanted to ask Li Shuai for advice. It is better to hit the sun than picking up the sun, and it is today!"
Chapter completed!