Chapter 34
On Zhengdan (Spring Festival), it is customary not to be on duty on this day, and the entire Gong'an County is in a joyous atmosphere.

The locals in Gong’an County go to the wine shop today to drink pepper and cypress wine to worship their ancestors nearby. Unexpectedly, a full 5 people came from outsiders a year ago. Even today, there are still peasants building houses in the west of Gong’an County.

These surges in population led to long queues at the only two wineries in the county. Every time Ma Di passed by the wineries these days, he could see the owner grinning there.

Just like Zhang Fei, the general who conquered the captives, Ma Di thought to himself.

Yesterday, the fourth brother Ma Liang had already asked for leave early to return to Yicheng, but Ma Di, who had just come to the police from Yicheng for a month, chose to stay and see this new city.

At the street corner, there are already people who know how to make a living selling peach soup and jiaoya 饧 (pronunciation peers). Ma Di remembered that the fourth brother said that the military division had two children in his family.

"How do you sell gum teeth?"

"Five qian for half a catty, nine qian for a catty, how much does your lord want?"

The peddler graciously opened the lid and showed Ma Su the yellow-brown plastic teeth inside:
"It was just cooked last night."

"Not bad." Ma Su thought about it in his heart: "Two catties... two and a half catties."

After receiving the plastic toothpaste packaged by the hawker, Ma Su also counted 23 five baht pieces and handed them over.

When the business was billed, the hawker became more enthusiastic and continued to solicit:

"Do you want anything else, sir? We still have peach soup and pre-packaged Wuxin plate!"

Seeing Ma Su shaking his head, the peddler was not disappointed, and concluded the transaction with auspicious words:

"It's better for you to be superior."

Ma Su nodded and replied, "Every day will benefit a lot."

The military adviser's house was empty, as if the concierge had already gone out to play, Ma Di thought for a while and walked to the county government with his rubber teeth in his hands.

As expected, Zhang Fei's characteristic loud voice was heard before entering the door:
"No matter how the military division eats wine, it's so unpleasant!"

The main hall was shrouded in clouds and mist, a copper tripod was filled with firewood, and the pure white lamb could be seen in the floating soup.

The two sides of the main hall were full of people.

"You Chang is here!" Liu Bei was very happy, his cheeks were a little red: "Come, come, take a seat, you are welcome!"

Ma Di first bowed himself to salute: "My lord will be safe forever, and I will love myself for the country!"

Liu Bei laughed and pulled Ma Di to stand up, then stuffed the wine glass and winning money into his hands:
"You are welcome, drink this cup to the full!"

After drinking a glass of wine, Ma Su felt that he had also been integrated into the hall for a short time. In Yicheng, his eldest brother also took him to the prefect's Zhengdan banquet. The indifferent and rigid banquet was completely different from the one in front of him.

Ma Su moved to Kong Ming's side and put the bought gift next to him to explain the situation.

"Young Chang has a heart." Kong Ming smiled while holding a lacquer-eared wine glass with "Jun Xing Shi" written on it, without saying too much.

As soon as Ma Di turned his eyes, he saw Mrs. Huang who was also sitting next to her, holding an identical wine glass with lacquered ears, and wrote "Jun Xing Wine".

It seemed that he was disturbing the military adviser and his wife, Ma Su thought secretly, so he resigned.

Looking at the whole room full of wives and wives, Ma Di felt that he seemed a little redundant. Fortunately, there was another lonely figure at the end of the ceremony.

face?Ma Di moved over curiously.

"My name is Ma Di, and I have a young character. Now I am working as a military adviser. What do you call my brother?"

"Jiang Wan, named Gongyan." The scribe on the opposite side who looked a bit sleepy also greeted him kindly: "General Zuo's secretary."

Shuzuo?Ma Di was very surprised, how could he be able to feast here because of his humble status?I couldn't help but attach three points to Jiang Wan.

In fact, Jiang Wan was also very dazed. He was doing well in the position of Shu Zuo, but suddenly he was notified to come to a small banquet today.

As a result, when he arrived, he was toasted by the lord and the military adviser in turn, making him feel like falling into the clouds.

I always feel that the days of fishing seem to be drifting away from me...

Having Jiang Wan as his companion finally made Ma Su less embarrassed.

And after talking with Ma Di, he was also shocked, it doesn't matter that Jiang Wan is handsome, but he is also so talented!If I hadn't been familiar with military books, I'm afraid I would show my clumsiness in my speech!

Jiang Wan stared at Ma Di's chin, which had just begun to grow a beard, and admired him a lot:

"Just after being crowned, do you have such insight in the art of war? It is worthy of being a military advisor!"

For a while, the conversation between the two became even more heated. Seeing this, Liu Bei and Kong Ming couldn't help smiling at each other.

After continuing to drink a glass of wine, Liu Bei stared at the peach soup on the table in a daze, and Mrs. Gan, who was by the side, noticed it in a blink of an eye, and said in a low voice:
"Husband...Jing Lian Jianghai, how about we bring pepper and cypress wine to the riverside to pay respects to Mi Zhu's sister at night?"

Holding Mrs. Gan's hand tightly, Liu Bei nodded heavily: "Okay!"

Zhang Fei, who was at the bottom, just opened his mouth to speak when Mrs. Xiahou pinched him around his waist. His words were cut off in an instant, and his face became grinning.

"What's wrong with Yide?" Liu Bei asked curiously looking at Zhang Fei who looked even uglier.

Feeling the slender hand still resting on his waist, Zhang Fei said loudly: "I just want to wish my elder brother eternal peace!"

The sound was as powerful as a Hong Zhong, and the others also raised their wine glasses when they saw this, with different voices but unanimously saying the same thing:
"May you eat together with Yi (pronounced the same meal), and live forever forever, and love yourself for the country!"

Liu Bei also calmed down, laughed and toasted:
"Doubing Huiyin, another year has passed, and in the new year, all the lords will join hands to help the great cause!"

The banquet didn't last long, and it was over before lunch, Ma Su felt it was a pity, and in the end he didn't have the nerve to ask the lord for the mutton in the tripod.

Before leaving, Ma Di looked back at the side hall that had become Zhuge Liang's office. There was a big lock on the door of this hall.

After coming to the public security for a while, Ma Su had already heard about it, and being able to be in this side hall seems to be a sign of entering the core of Liu Bei's command.

The lord, Liu Guan, Zhang Zhao, and Zhuge will discuss here on a regular basis, and this is the core of the core.

Last month, Mr. Jian and Mr. Mi were able to enter into the discussion after they came back. These two gentlemen are also people who work hard for the lord.

Don't know when it will be your turn?Touching the short stubble on his chin, Ma Di had his own troubles.

Although it is customary to rest during the Spring Festival today, the Jianghuai people who have just crossed Tianzhu Mountain obviously don't care about this, they just want to have a stable livelihood as soon as possible.

After leaving the county mansion, crossing the public street, and arriving under a big willow tree in the west of the city, Ma Di waited for a while and after noon, three to fifty people had already gathered in front of him.

"Are you all craftsmen?" Ma Di asked loudly.

"Lang Jun, my family has been blacksmiths for generations!"

"Xiao Langjun, I heard you sent someone to recruit workers the day before yesterday, and I'm just waiting for today! I'm really a paper craftsman!"

"Don't dare to deceive Mr. Xiaolang, my family has been carpenters for generations!"

A man is just a man, what's the matter!Ma Di thought furiously, and an idea popped up in his heart almost immediately.

"That's good! Come with me now! Go to the riverside in the north first!"

A group of people were messy and undisciplined, but they couldn't ask for anything more. Ma Su endured the noise and led them to the river bank, pointing at the river and smiling:

"Okay, jump in for me!"

 Thanks [book friend 20191224130804040] for the reward of hundreds of gold and five baht!
  The Spring Festival used to be called Zhengdan, but I am still not used to it, so I used this name at the beginning and title, as long as everyone knows what it means.

  
 
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