open sea

Chapter 806 Teahouse
In the tea house in front of Daojun Temple, local people, tribesmen from all over the world, and Spanish knights from Mexico City sat or stood in front of the door, surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside, shoulder to shoulder stretched their necks and looked inward.

"In the beginning, there was an elite soldier called Tiefutu in Jin Wushu. The men and horses were all wearing heavy armor, and the horses were connected by cowhide belts. They were in a team of three and called kidnapper horses. When they met on the battlefield, the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty could not fight together. Not broken."

"It's a battle. Jin Wushu's [-] crooked horses and [-] infantry troops marched southward into Yancheng. They were so aggressive that they blocked the wall and marched forward, vowing to take back Yancheng!"

After General Fu's voice fell, the two attendants translated in Spanish and native language respectively, and simply repeated the pronunciation in Chinese when they couldn't translate it.

The knights of the Western Kingdom mingled among the crowd, and they were more reserved in terms of their identity, but the people in Changsheng County were different, and each of them urged in a low voice in Chinese or dialect.

Fu Yuan was not in a hurry, turned his head and raised his eyebrows to look at Shi Qi who was sitting idle, which meant, "Look, we can also tell stories." '

The tea house is shop No. 22 outside Daojun Temple in Changsheng County, and its daily business is better than that of restaurants.But when it comes to pricing, one of the shops outside Daojun Temple should be shut down because the price is too high.

However, a restaurant with a table of two taels of silver can sell seven or eight tables every day, and the teahouse is even more remarkable. The price of a pot of green tea is six coins, and there is an endless stream of visitors.

However, the business of the teahouse was largely due to the prohibition of alcohol by the Beiyang Banner Army. They could only drink in the camp when Chen Mu sent wine to reward them. Therefore, the military officers who usually took turns went to the teahouse. The teahouse was basically closed to the public. There was no other reason, but it was too expensive.

The local people can be so extravagant that two taels of silver can be used to put together a table to try something new, but it is far from spending more than half a month's wages to come here for a cup of tea.

So the teahouses are basically occupied by military officers on vacation. They got a lot of rewards after the war, and there is no place to spend in this place, so they are the only ones who can afford it.

A lot of people come here on vacation not just to drink tea, the big camp provides daily tea drinks, they come here just to have fun and cool off.

The teahouse is called Qingliangju, and the price is not so high for no reason. In Changsheng County, a place where summer is always hot, Qingliangju has ice walls. It is not easy to make ice here.

The Ming army dug a deep ice cellar in the south of the city, and dug wells in the cellar to obtain groundwater with a very low temperature. Even so, it took many times to cool down the temperature to make ice, which was labor-intensive and troublesome.

Most of the tea money collected is enjoyment fee.

On weekdays, a well-informed military officer, such as Shi Qi, who had read books in his early years, would make a cameo appearance in his old profession when he was idle and free, talking nonsense from all over the world, hitting by mistake-this has become a constant victory The earliest recreational activity in the county, many people gather at the door of the teahouse every day to wait to listen to books.

In fact, just like a military officer, don't care if you understand or not, just join in the fun, and when the wind blows, maybe the store will be a little cool and comfortable.

The price of the tea is set by Chen Papi, and the shopkeeper has no right to change it, but the white water from the well is provided for free, and there are two rows of tables and a pergola outside the shop for the customers to enjoy the cool and sit.

There are two requirements, one is that the store is a place for elegant guests to drink tea, and they cannot enter without drinking tea; second, the listeners are also elegant guests, and they are not allowed to make noise outside.

After the two interpreters had finished speaking, Fu Yuan moved his fingers lightly, and an attendant beside him lifted the glazed celadon pot, and poured a cup of green tea in front of Fu Yuan, and he slowly blew away the floating leaves of Qingming tea in the cup with his legs crossed. , took a small sip, and then waved Xingmu to clap the table.

"As the saying goes, you have the Golden Wushu, and I have Grandpa Yue."

"Yue's army entered the battle with Mazha swords. The soldiers didn't look up to the soldiers and horses. They chopped up the enemy soldiers and chopped down the horse's feet. One horse fell and two horses couldn't move. They smashed the Wushu army and made Jin Wushu cry after the battle. : I raised my troops from the sea, and I rely on them to win, and it will be over from today.”

"That was eight years ago in 430." Fu Yuan turned around with a smile, not forgetting to leave a sentence to the spectators: "Will Fu go on vacation again, let's talk about my founding general Zhongwu Kaiping next time, who will see it then? Don’t forget to run around and tell everyone.”

General Fu seemed very satisfied with the effect of his storytelling.

Shi Qi, who was sitting on the side drinking iced herbal tea, sneered: "The speech is excellent, even better than when I was 13 years old!"

Fu Yuan didn't answer the question at all, got up and sat opposite Shi Qi and asked: "I've heard the second master talk about Panama so many times here, what is Panama like when you come back from there?"

"It's nothing special. It's not as desolate as Changsheng. It looks rich, just like when we first arrived in Luzon. It's a magical place."

Shi Qi said, pouring some water from a porcelain cup on the table, and propped his arms to deal with Yuan Dao: "But the war is not worth mentioning, Panama City is not far from the coast, and General Deng's fleet will first inform the port as soon as it lands. The news of Mingxi's war, waited for a stick of incense and then ordered the attack, we attacked, they ran, chasing all the way into Panama City."

"It seems that all the merchant gangs in Europa have people there. We followed the defeated army into the city and captured many merchants. We fought a few small battles in the city. The defeated merchants then ran away, and we continued to pursue them in the rain."

While talking, Shi Qi had already drawn a rough map of Panama on the table with water, pointing to the middle and said: "There is a big lake, and there are mountains to the east. Panama City is surrounded by mountains and rivers. On the mountain that runs through the isthmus, the Spaniards used pebbles to A post road is paved along the ridge, leading to the other side, do you know how far it is?"

Shi Qi made a fool of himself, raised his hand and waved in front of him, and said, "I heard that a Spanish king built a canal in Panama, but he didn't know where to build it, so he paved a road on the mountain, more than fifty years ago. fixed."

"I chased them for three days and three nights, and there were a lot of mosquitoes, thanks to the black people in the forest. They were all trafficked from the West as slaves. After waiting for an opportunity to defect, they lived in the forest with no clothes on, and attacked the women doing laundry by the river. people, and sometimes robbed the caravans that transported goods in the past, I recruited them to lead the way."

"That road is 4000 miles long, and it took [-] people to build it. The width is less than three feet, and it goes all the way to a small port called Portobelo on the east coast."

Hearing Shi Qi say this name, Fu Yuan asked in doubt: "Lianggang?"

"Yes, it means good port. I heard that it was named after the pirates who called Columbus to escape the storm decades ago. The ability to name this name is not as good as Ma Shuai."

Fu Yuan smiled and said: "Ma Shuai was influenced by the second master, and he did his best without asking Ma to come."

"Don't tell me, that land is worthy of the name. After the occupation, I sent people to explore. There is a large coast where warships can dock, and there are natural barriers. It's just that the Westerners didn't build anything there."

Shi Qi suddenly changed the subject and said, "Do you remember that English pirate who raided all the harbors along the west coast?"

Fu Yuan reminded: "Drake?"

"Yes, that's him. The Westerners used to lead that road to a seaport called Dee on the other side, and he burned it."

Fu Yuan thought of Shi Qi's coming back to meet Chen Mu this time, and asked in a low voice, "Then you're coming back this time?"

"We caught some people, and the identities are interesting."

Shi Qi betrayed Guanzi again, no matter how Fu Yuan questioned him, he didn't say anything, just said: "You will know in a few days!"

(End of this chapter)