Zhutian: Starting from the Space-Time Merchant

Chapter 76 Celebration Banquet

The sky is full of red clouds, magnificent and colorful.

Smoke was rising from inside and outside Yecheng.

In the many camps scattered outside the city, people gradually gathered and lined up in front of the stoves.

Most of the people in the beggar army had unforgettable memories of learning to queue.

Soldiers holding wooden sticks stood by and would beat anyone who dared to cut in line.

If you still don't listen to my advice, then don't eat.

Anyone who dares to fight back will be beaten up and thrown out of the beggar army, leaving them to dig for food in the wild.

Starving people are never afraid of sticks; they are only afraid of not having enough food to eat.

“It smells so good~~~”

In the crowd, people kept sniffing, "There's meat today?!"

"Master Lang has captured such a large city. This is a reward for us."

After the meal, those who like to argue started to argue, "Rewards are for those who have made contributions. What contributions have you made to deserve the reward?"

Everyone laughed and said, "Those who have done great deeds have gone into the city to eat."

The person being mocked was not convinced and said, "I went to shovel the ground too. I shoveled a big piece of the blood and meat all over the ground."

"I have done a lot for my husband, so what's wrong with having a good meal?"

Cleaning the battlefield is also a physical job.

Like those barbarians who were crushed by the hundred-ton King Mining Truck.

It was so deeply embedded in the earth that it could not be dug out, so the only thing left was to shovel it away along with the soil on the ground.

The cook knocked on the edge of the pot and said, "Hurry up!"

The meal was indeed very good, unexpectedly good.

The refined rice that only military households could eat in the past was cooked directly into thick porridge.

There were several cans of luncheon meat in each big pot, and the aroma was so fragrant.

Among the people who used to survive on two potatoes a day, the sound of swallowing saliva was endless.

“There’s really meat to eat~”

Those who received the food cried for joy.

Fine rice and fragrant meat, this is a delicacy that I could never have dreamed of before.

"That's not a good thing." Someone boasted, "My fellow villager, Gan Fu, cut off two barbarian heads and was immediately recognized for his military merit and transferred to military household. He brought his whole family into the city."

"From then on, I ate rice and flour every day until my stomach was full."

Someone immediately complained, "Don't tell me it's a fake head."

"Impersonation?" The man shook his head and sneered, "You clerks are just there to make a living. Every head must be carefully examined!"

"Anyone who dares to kill a good person and claim credit for it will be caught and beheaded on the spot."

"So, if you really want to live a good life, you have to rely on the brains of the Hu people."

"If you get the head of a barbarian, you can go into the city and have enough food and warm clothes."

"I just regret that there are too few Hu people, I can't find them!"

These words really expressed what everyone was thinking.

Everyone looked at the tall walls of Ye City not far away.

It was getting dark, but there were still flickering flames in many places in the city.

Those were the military households in the city having a dinner together.

The joyous meal they had here was just an ordinary meal for the military households and soldiers.

“I’m so envious~~~”

Inside the city.

People are floating around and laughter is heard everywhere.

Under the supervision of the clerks, the cooks and laborers transported cartloads of supplies to each team.

"Captain Zheng."

The clerk holding the document pointed to the things on the cart.

"Fifty cans of boxed meat, fifty cans of honey-glazed golden peaches, and fifty cans of yellow rice wine."

"50 pieces of brown sugar, 50 pieces of rabbit candy, and 50 pieces of vanilla."

"Cook five barrels of meat and five hundred steamed buns made of white flour."

The clerk handed over the document and said, "Captain Zheng, please inspect it."

The Qihuo Army followed the Jin system, with each team consisting of fifty people and a team leader.

During this great battle, a large number of people outside the city captured the heads of the various Hu people. They were selected as military households for their meritorious service and basically filled the staffing of each tribe.

Captain Zheng took the documents and carefully checked and compared the supplies on the truck.

Seeing the end, Captain Zheng frowned and said, "That's not right. Where is Vanilla?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the clerks and others turned pale and sweat broke out on their foreheads.

According to military regulations, those who lose military supplies must not only pay double compensation but also be beaten with a military stick.

If it happens a second time, deal with it directly!
Fortunately, Captain Zheng quickly found the box of vanilla between the meat barrels. "I found it. It fell here."

When he got off the cart, he saw the clerk and others collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath.

Captain Zheng hurriedly took out his seal, stamped it on the receipt, and handed it to the clerk.

At this point, the supplies bestowed by the Lord have been handed over, and what happens next has nothing to do with the person in charge of transportation.

The clerk and others drove the empty cart back to report.

The soldiers of our team gathered together and came forward, staring at Captain Zheng.

If he dared to embezzle the money, they would immediately tie him up and send him to the military court.

If you embezzle the reward from your master, you will die.

"Cough~~"

Captain Zheng coughed and led everyone to line up facing the Xianyang Palace.

"Thank you for the reward~~"

They bowed respectfully to the young master and thanked him, their voices getting louder and louder.

"Line up and share." Team leader Zheng said, "One for each person, no need to fight."

The military households also ate luncheon meat and canned yellow peaches, so they were not rare items.

As for rice wine, it is actually beer.

Because of its yellowish color, the military households called it yellow wine.

Wine and drinks are usually only distributed after a victory, and are deeply loved by military households.

Brown sugar is alcoholic chocolate, and rabbit candy is White Rabbit milk candy.

This was the first time Lin Dao distributed these things.

Sweet sugar is undoubtedly very popular in an era when sweets are scarce.

Many military households did not eat it directly, but carefully put it away and prepared to take it back for their families to enjoy.

Sugar is so hard to come by these days.

In addition to malt sugar, the other option is to dig out honeycombs to get honey, which comes at a huge risk.

Even malt sugar is made from grain. The master gave me sugar, which is really precious.

As for vanilla, it is smoke.

Lin Dao buys tobacco and cigarette paper from Modern World, which are then packaged by the female workers at Yonghe Time and Space.

It was used during battles before, and the feeling of floating in the air was highly sought after by military households.

This was followed by five large barrels of meat stew.

The so-called big meat stew is actually diced pork, diced potatoes, and cabbage sprinkled with salt and cooked together, similar to pig trotter soup.

Each person gets ten steamed buns, and ten people get a large bucket of cooked meat.

Everyone sat down around the big meat stew.

First, each person was served a large bowl of meat, then opened a beer and took a steamed bun.

It was a lively scene with people eating, drinking, talking and laughing.

Eat and drink enough and then add some vanilla.

As I puffed away at the cigarette, I felt a little dizzy, but also very happy.

"Before I followed my husband, I never thought I would have such a heavenly life."

"My dear Lord, you are our second parents."

"Parents? My parents can even make clay pot rice! They'll even go and exchange their children with other families to sit at the table."

"My dear husband, you are the heaven of my whole family. I am willing to die for you~~~"

Inside the Xianyang Hall.

"Welcome March" was playing on Lin Dao's mobile phone.

Amidst the cheerful music, almost all members of the Qihuo Army, except for the guards, who were above the rank of captain, were present.

When Lin Dao stepped into the hall, everyone stood up and saluted to welcome the young master.

Lin Dao waved his hand and signaled everyone to "sit down."

Only after he sat down did everyone else follow suit.

Everyone knows it very well.

The Qihuo Army can be in its current situation thanks to Lin Dao’s material support.

Otherwise, they would still be serving Shi Hu like dogs.

He treated Shi Hu like a dog, but not only did he not feed him, he also slaughtered him at any time.

Working as a dog for Lin Dao, you will have no worries about food and clothing, and you can also get rewards for winning battles.

Because of this, they had no psychological pressure in following Lin Dao as their leader, and they even felt secretly happy.

Not everyone can have such an opportunity.

"The Stone Bandits are brutal and cruel. We must punish them according to Heaven's will."

".The soldiers fought bravely, as if they were assisted by God~"

". Merits should be rewarded, mistakes should be punished~"

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Lin Dao carried the manuscript that Wang Meng had written in advance and completed the process.

He nodded to Jinlian and Sun Rong who were standing beside him.

The two men went to the back hall and soon brought out two teams of palace servants.

Everyone held a plate with a semicircular lid in their hands.

Jinlian and Sun Rong instructed the palace maids to place the plates of food on the table in front of everyone one by one.

The food in Yonghe Shikong is usually boiled, stewed and roasted.

There is also sashimi, which is eaten raw.

The idiom "popular among the people" means that everyone likes to eat it raw or roasted.

Today is a celebration banquet, so of course we have to have a good meal.

Having made a fortune selling jewelry, Lin Dao was generous and ordered a takeaway banquet from the high-end restaurant Fulinmen.

Honey-glazed barbecued pork, large abalone with buckwheat and asparagus, stir-fried pigeon breast with candied ham, beef tenderloin with ginger in braised sauce, winter melon soup, etc.

Of course, the restaurant’s signature dishes are the stuffed and baked fresh crab shell and the roasted suckling pig with big red cracked skin.

These Cantonese dishes are well made in terms of color, aroma, taste and shape.

"Lord~"

Wang Meng carefully turned the plate in front of him. "Are these delicacies from the immortal world?"

Everyone echoed and expressed their amazement.

Most of them couldn't even afford to eat not long ago.

"It's not that exaggerated."

Lin Dao picked up his phone and changed the song to "Spring River Moon Night".

"You're welcome. I won't go home until I'm drunk tonight."

When everyone started eating, because the dishes were so exquisitely presented, they did not pick up the food as they usually did, and they all picked up the chopsticks very carefully.

"Aye." Xie Daoyun turned his head and asked his father beside him, "Could this unheard-of food really come from the immortal world?"

"How would I know."

Xie Yi laughed, "Compared to these delicacies, I'm more curious about the treasure in the Grand Commander's hand that can produce fairy music."

Xie Daoyun looked over and saw Jinlian and Sun Rong kneeling on either side, serving Lin Dao food and drink.

She ignored it and kept her eyes on her phone.

Xie Daoyuan, who had received education since childhood, knew very well that the most unacceptable thing for a woman was jealousy.

How could a hero like General Lin, who is destined to be a hero, have a jealous woman by his side?

If you don't understand this, there is no chance of staying with him.

"Aye has no chance of knowing."

Xie Yi picked up a piece of meat and put it into his mouth. "You do have a chance."

Then he took another chopstick and complained slightly, "Although this dish is good, the portion is too small."

Lin Dao is also in a period of adaptation, adapting to the constant changes in his identity.

"Just think of it as the company's annual meeting. I'm the boss."

"You guys have helped me earn so much, so what's wrong with having a good meal?"

He looked at the two girls beside him who were serving him food and pouring him wine, thinking they were his secretaries.

He said, "You guys go sit down and eat too."

"I only want to serve my master~" Jinlian was half-dragged and half-pulled away by Sun Rong before she could finish her words.

Jinlian couldn't get angry in front of her husband.

After sitting down, he gritted his teeth and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I'm doing this for your own good. Don't be ignorant of good people's hearts."

Sun Rong glanced across at Xie Daoyun, who was sitting behind a table drinking. "The fact that you and I have a place in this hall is a gift from the Master."

"If you don't want it."

"From now on, you will always be just a servant!"

(End of this chapter)