Chapter 123 Farming in Xuanfu starts from solving the problem of payment
As soon as the sky was dawn, the gate of Xuanfu opened.
Lao Liu, who opened a morning tea shop at the city gate, was very happy.
It has been so many days since the gate of Xuanfu was closed every day, and there were still thieves attacking him. Last month, it was the Oirats, and King Yang could not hold on. Later, I heard that the Oirats sent all the emperors to call the door.
Last month it was a rebel army, and I heard that General Yang Xin had led his troops to quell the rebellion.
It has been two months since the city gate has not been opened, and Lao Liu's morning tea shop business is getting worse and worse. No one can pass by the city gate. It is not worth it to come to Lao Liu's shop for a bite of morning tea.
If Lao Liu hadn't saved some capital over the years, he would have really been unable to stand it.
OK, the city gate has opened, and finally the hardships are over.
Looking at the wide open city gate, the black and red cotton armor guards on duty at the door, Lao Liu felt very kind.
Once the city gate is opened, the shop can be opened, and the family and the family have food and clothing.
very nice!
Just as he was thinking about this, a cavalry drove from the official road and arrived at the gate of the city. The young man in charge, who looked like an officer, handed the guardian to the gatekeeper.
The gatekeeper checked the barriers, bowed and let go of the road.
While the horse was moving forward, among the horses surrounded by people, a young man riding a horse pointed to Lao Liu's morning tea shop and said a few words.
The horse team stopped immediately, and the two soldiers raised their legs and dismounted, and came straight towards Lao Liu.
"Uncle, is this shop yours?"
Old Liu nodded repeatedly:
"Yes, yes, Jun Ye wants to have morning tea? There are pancakes, egg soup, wontons, hot soup in the shop. What do Jun Ye want to eat?"
A soldier was happy when he heard this and threw a handful of copper coins to Lao Liu:
"Go, prepare some pancakes, egg soup, and wontons, and our general is going to have breakfast here."
Old Liu held the copper coins and smiled happily. He came into the shop in a flash and called his wife to come out and make pancakes.
Because I didn't expect that the door would be opened today, Lao Liu didn't prepare anything. Apart from the two doughs that served their own meals, the shop was also empty.
But this was not difficult for Lao Liu. Lao Liu directly kneaded the noodles with hot water and quickly put the pancakes into the oil pan. The woman over there had already boiled the water, poured the eggs into the pan, dripped a few drops of sesame oil, and sprinkled with chopped green onion.
A bowl of fragrant egg soup is out of the pot.
"Take it to the young military master in the middle first."
Lao Liu instructed his own girl that he and his wife were chefs, so his daughter could only be a runner-up.
Xiao Liu brought the egg soup to the young general and said:
"June, please try it if it's delicious first, and the ones that come later will come soon."
The young general was Su Cheng. He glanced at the little girl who was running, and said to Luo Zhao to Yang Yu next to him:
"Let you two ask if you have any food to eat faster. This is the one to eat faster. This boss didn't prepare to sell food this morning. These are all prepared now, you two fools."
Yang Yu and Luo Zhao blushed.
Xiao Liu was afraid that he could not keep the guests, so he hurriedly argued:
"My father is so amazing. As he talks here, he can make food there, but it's not that fast. Jun Ye, don't worry, I can bring you five pancakes when I go in."
The stone next to it makes Xiao Liu tease:
"If we can't deliver it, we won't pay for this meal."
Xiao Liu was anxious:
"That won't work. I have to pay for food. I won't let you eat if I don't give it to you."
Amid such laughter, Lao Liu's wontons, pancakes and egg soup were served. Although it was hot, it didn't take long.
Su Cheng was drinking wontons and asked Lao Liu next to him who was holding his left hand with his right hand:
"Old Liu, how is the transaction of your morning tea shop?"
Old Liu smiled bitterly on his wrinkled face when he heard this:
"If you want to talk about previous years, it's still OK. At least you can take care of your food and clothing. This year's start will not be able to do it. Either you are fighting or locking down the city. It seems that it will be too bad, and the city gate has finally opened."
Su Cheng nodded:
"Don't worry, Lao Liu, the city gate will be opened every day in the future."
Lao Liu talked to Su Cheng for a while, and when he saw that several military masters were very easy to talk, he couldn't help but become bolder:
"That may not be."
"Old Master Yang Hong, the general of the Xuanfu, dare not guarantee that you are a general, you don't dare to make such a guarantee, and you are not afraid of the wind blowing your tongue."
Zhang Yong next to him reminded the old man:
"This is our Duke, the new general of the Xuanfu garrison."
Old Liu laughed when he heard this:
"Young Jungong is lying. My old man is short-sighted, but there is no example of a Duke guarding the border town in the play?"
"There are so many soldiers. They drink egg soup, not wine, so why do you say drunken words?"
Ren Yao next to him took out the Huang Ling imperial edict from his arms and shook it towards Old Liu:
"Do you know what this is?"
"Your Majesty's order to order my grandfather to serve as the general officer of the Xuanfu to go out to the Xuanfu to guard against the Oirat."
Ren Yao looked proud.
Old Liu looked at Su Cheng in surprise, and after a long time, he knelt on the ground with a plop.
Su Cheng signaled Zhang Yong to pull the old man up and comforted him and said:
"Uncle, what's the point of being afraid of when I eat your breakfast? When you look back, you can tell your neighbors and relatives that this table was eaten by the generals of Xuanfu. Let's see who doesn't want to come and enjoy the joy."
Shi Tou also shouted:
"Old man, you're rich."
After Su Cheng finished breakfast, the dull sound of horse hooves sounded outside the morning tea shop, and then Yang Xin’s generous voice.
"Mr. Marquis, where are you?"
Before the people arrived, the sound had already sounded around the city gate:
"I said, Shitou, you have something to do with breakfast. Someone reported that a group of soldiers wearing patchwork armor came, but I didn't expect it was you boy."
Walking into the morning tea shop with great strides, Yang Xin respectfully saluted Su Cheng:
"Yang Xin, the assistant general of the government, paid a visit to the marquis, no, it is to pay a visit to the monarch, and to pay a visit to the monarch."
After Su Cheng finished eating, he got up and came out. The guards and governors of the personal guards dropped their chopsticks and followed them out quickly.
Walking with Yang Xin, when he arrived at the General Office of Xuanfu, Yang Hong had already resumed on the steps at the door.
Yang Hong is a veteran, with white hair and beard. He stood on the steps in front of the General's Mansion. He saw Su Cheng turning over and dismounting, walked a few steps and arrived in front of Su Cheng:
"Yang Hong, the general of the garrison of the Xuanfu, please see the Duke."
Su Cheng hurriedly helped Yang Hong up and joked, how could this hard-working and contributing general in the frontier salute to him?
"General Yang laughed and let's go and hand in the deal. After the matter is over, Mr. Yang will be able to return to Beijing and stay away from this bitter and cold place completely."
Under the witness of the Admiral of Xuanfu, Geng Jiuchou, the Right Censor, and the Governor, and the civil servants, the two completed the transfer of the rights of the general officers of the Xuanfu.
Sucheng officially took office and was the general of the Xuanfu garrison.
In the next few years, this General Mansion will be Su Cheng’s station in Xuanfu.
There were piles of military booklets on the case of the Shuai, which made Su Cheng, who had not yet sat down, a little headache. The military affairs of the Xuanfu were probably even busier than those of the Fourth Wu Camp.
Su Cheng casually asked Yang Xin next to him:
"General Yang, how many military affairs are there in Xuanfu that are difficult to deal with?"
Yang Xin next to him said calmly:
"That's too much. Our Xuanfu is located on the border, and there are many military affairs that must be reported to the Ministry of War, and even the generals cannot handle it."
"I'll give you a few examples: I'm short of money, and the salary that the Ministry of War should pay has been urged for countless days, but this salary is gone."
Chapter completed!