The Legend of Swing Sword and Execution of Demons

Chapter 497

But three or two cups of tea are enough.

Jiang Yichen finished asking the eight important questions he had arranged in his mind.

I got the corresponding result from Zhang Laoer's mouth, and I am very satisfied.

After all, Zhang Laoer is a clear-cut person, following Jiang Yichen's warning, and considering the hasty travel of the guests who passed by recently, he knew that the road might not be peaceful in the next two days, and he didn't care about Jiang Yichen's intentions.

When answering, try to be objective and comprehensive, and only mention a few more words if you have your own opinions, and suppress all doubts.

Everything went extremely smoothly.

At least from Chu Shangu's point of view.

It's as if Jiang Yichen had already drawn a detailed map of the situation for the thirty miles, and it was only Zhang Laoer who added a few lines, added some annotations, and filled in colors according to the actual situation. It was simple and logical.

The two did not avoid Chu Shan's solitary words, he could understand word by word what they said, but it was hard to find any connection between them.

It sounds like a hammer here and a stick here, and it's completely confusing.

However, my experience in the world is shallow, and I don't know what to say about the questions in my heart.

... What a shame!

Jiang Yichen drank the fourth cup of tea, and the aroma of tea overflowed his mouth and nose.

A piece of tea money is enough to settle most of the worries, and it is the time when the mood is the most comfortable.

Suddenly, he noticed that Chu Shan, who was sitting across from him, was not breathing evenly.

Then he said: "Brother Chu, if you have any questions, you can speak up."

With this "amnesty order", Chu Shangu was finally able to speak freely.

However, the questions in his mind were densely packed like cobwebs and silk, and he hadn't sorted them out yet, so how could he know where to start?

After hesitating for a while, he finally asked a question about a question that Jiang Yichen had mentioned in advance but avoided.

"Shopkeeper, I don't think you have skill in your hands and feet. It's not like you can't go to the village, you can't go to the store, and it's still a little far away from the town. It's fine when there are many people, and there will be scruples between each other. When there are few people, such as now , if the two of us are impoverished and have ill intentions towards your little tea house, firstly, you will be unable to escape, and secondly, no one will know even if you shout out your throat, don't you have any concerns about this?"

Before that, Zhang Er Er had moved a wooden chair to sit at the table for the two of them. Hearing Chu Shangu's words, although his face was not as suddenly sad as before, the cheerfulness of talking and laughing quickly faded away.

Zhang Laoer in the wooden chair seemed to be half shorter in an instant, squeezed out some sound from between his teeth, and said with a smile: "If it is not forced by life... who would like this?"

Seeing Zhang Laoer's posture like this, Chu Shangu didn't know that he asked the wrong question.

In a trance, Chu Shan was as lonely as the word he, Liang Meng's little brother, had commented on - he was enlightened and clarified the key points.

No wonder there seems to be a link missing in some of the questions asked by Brother Liang.

No wonder Brother Liang deliberately avoided this question.

No wonder Brother Liang froze completely after hearing his question.

It turned out that this was a sad matter for the shopkeeper, so I couldn't mention it.

Jiang Yichen sighed, he thought Chu Shan would have some unique insights, but he didn't think that although this person was much older than himself, he was really not much different from when he first entered the arena.

He took the teapot second-hand from Mr. Zhang and poured a cup of tea for him himself.

"It must be hard for the two of us to think about it. There is nothing left and right now. If Brother Zhang is willing to talk about it, we might not be able to be listeners. It's getting late. After talking, Brother Zhang also cleaned up, and then Shall we go back to town together?"

Chu Shan helplessly said: "Extremely extreme."

Elder Zhang smiled sadly, and said, "Brother Liang, in the past ten years, you are really the first one who is willing to listen to my brother's bitterness."

"Brother is very glad to meet you in this life, and I also know your intention to draw a clear line between you and brother."

"The past, you two just listen to it as a story, don't pay attention."

"If it helps you, it would be great."

"More than 20 years ago, my brother's family was still very beautiful in Baiju Town."

"Three brothers from one family. The elder brother is the sheriff, the third brother is the youngest mayor, and the elder brother is the least promising, so I became a tea merchant."

"However, it is the largest tea merchant in Baiju Town, and my wife has added two men and two women to the family. The whole family is happy and healthy."

"But a few years later, the Zhongzhou catastrophe smashed all the good things with one punch."

"It was Ying Kou who came to our town."

"As we all know, the Yingkou entered the country from Fujian, flew northward, and did not encounter resistance until Gusu."

"Unable to attack for a long time, Ying Kou has to find other methods, one of which is to attack from north to south."

"The south has already been taken, and the north is Yancheng, Dongting, and Pinghai counties. The coastal area of ​​Pinghai County is sparsely populated, and there are no officers and troops stationed there. There is no need for a single soldier to capture it. The point of attack is naturally Yancheng. County and Dongting County."

"At that time, the soldiers and civilians in the two counties had heard about the situation in the south. People in the west were fleeing eastward, and there was also Oara in the north. How can we retreat?"

"Only the whole people are soldiers!"

Speaking of this, Chu Shan stared blankly at the sluggish middle-aged man in front of him, and suddenly felt a sense of heroism, just like his mentor.

"What's more, our old Zhang's family can be regarded as a prominent figure in Yancheng County. The stronger the ability, the greater the responsibility."

"We didn't retreat. Except for the old and young, women and children, all the soldiers and civilians worked together to drive away the foreign thieves!"

"But that's war after all!"

"War always kills!"

"Nobody survived the elder brother and the third brother's family. My wife and four children were intercepted and killed by the Yingkou on the way to the north to seek refuge..."

"After clearing out the foreign thieves, only I was left in the Zhang family, and my wife, who was stabbed in the abdomen and wounded to the root, was getting worse and worse."

"In the next 20 years, relying on the help of our neighbors, we survived the most difficult days."

"But everyone's life is not easy. After my wife can get out of bed and walk around, we still choose to support ourselves."

"At first, I picked up the only store in the town that was not damaged as a tea shop, but the business was not satisfactory."

"In the beginning, we barely managed to make ends meet at home, but in recent years, my wife's health has become increasingly unbearable, and I need more money to take medicine to supplement my health."

"This woman has been suffering with me for half of her life. No matter how the rest of the days are, I have to make her live as comfortable as possible."

"I thought of the Qili kiln outside the town. On weekdays, more than a hundred people worked in the kiln, and they always had to drink water to relieve fatigue. I thought about the whole teahouse. The layout doesn't need to be too complicated, as long as the hands and feet are diligent, every day You can make a lot of money.”

"Not to mention, business was booming at that time, and there were some miscellaneous thoughts."

"But it's not like my brother didn't guard against this move."

"On the one hand, my brother comes out every day with only a few scraps of silver for change, on the other hand, Wang Butou in the county yamen was saved by my third brother, so he gave me information about his kindness and would come to take care of him from time to time. One, two, come and go, naturally there will be few people who don't open their eyes and come to make trouble."

"If you really run into some ruthless characters, it's just a waste of money to eliminate disasters. As you Jianghu people say, wealth and wealth come from danger."

"However, the rapid changes in this world really caught people off guard."

"You said that the official kiln that was open yesterday will be closed tomorrow. You said that the porcelain fired in Gandi in the south is better, and there is no need here."

"This toss can cut off the livelihood of hundreds of people."

"Some people who have learned kiln firing skills for many years, bite the bullet and go south to beg for food."

"Some of them used to cook and do odd jobs after running around, but now they work as waiters in some restaurants and restaurants, or find another hard job."

"More people don't know where to go. They either just go to waste, or they follow the bandits."

"And my brother has suffered from this fish in the pool. This year, I can only watch God reward me."

"The weather is too hot or too cold, the weather is too early or too late, the rain and snow are too light or too heavy, and no one will stop. Only when it coincides with the meeting can guests be welcomed."

"Hey, tell me, brother, is my fate too twisted?"

Zhang Laoer's forceful smile really couldn't bring up the atmosphere in the room.

He coughed twice, and hurriedly said, "Hey, it's just a story, that's all."

"Brother Liang, just as you said, I'll clean up and we'll go back to town."

"I know a restaurant in town that serves good pasta, and the beggar's chicken is also worth a try."

"Brother's treat, it's a brother, don't be polite to me!"

The words have come to this point, Jiang Yichen really can't refuse, so he has to follow Zhang Laoer's wish, and the right should be a good relationship.

While He Chushan was waiting boredly alone, he heard the sound of fighting from the Qili Kiln half a mile away.

And the chirping of metal and iron is slowly approaching the direction of the teahouse!

(End of this chapter)