Shangping Town is a bustling town located 500 kilometers southwest of Shendu. It is located at the fork in the tributary of Hongjiang River. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has beautiful scenery. It is famous throughout the country for producing fresh rivers and soy sauce.

Shangping Town has developed waterway transportation. From here, you can go directly to Shendu in two days, which is very convenient.

Of course, if you use the runner, Zhao Qiankun's speed is faster than taking a boat, but the ceremony is still seven days, which is more than enough, so Old Zhao is not so anxious. It is rare to come to the Great Zhou Dynasty. He also wants to experience the local customs and culture.

Near the mouth of the river outside the town, there were fishermen selling fresh river fresh, looking very prosperous and lively. Zhao Qiankun walked all the way, smelling the slight fishy smell, and his index finger was also moving.

There are many simple shops built by shacks near the river, which are like breakfast stalls, with only two or three tables. Apart from some vegetables, wine, seasonings, there are basically no ingredients to stock up. If you order, they will go to the fishermen to buy the freshest ones. Of course, you can also buy them yourself, bring them to the store for cooking and some handicraft fees.

Zhao Qiankun chose a family that looked clean. The owner was a young couple. When he saw Zhao Qiankun coming, he came forward to greet him diligently.

Zhao Qiankun looked at the seasonal river food outside and ordered a few of them in combination with the recipe. The boss immediately went out to buy ingredients, while the boss lady served a stack of cold dishes and dipping sauce.

"This is our Shangping's fresh soy sauce!" The boss's wife looked twenty-six or seven years old, not very beautiful, and she had a simple and capable spirit: "I want to tell you that the best way to eat Shangping's river fresh is to steam it and cook it, and then dip it directly in our Shangping's soy sauce. According to the taste, you can also use minced garlic, aged vinegar, chili oil, etc. The taste is so fresh!"

"Yes!" Zhao Qiankun laughed and said, "Then I have to bring a bottle before leaving! How much does it cost?"

"This is not worth it, so you can give you a bottle!" The boss lady smiled and said, "But the small shop uses all third-grade soy sauce. If you want to bring some specialties, it is best to go to the town to make Xiangju, where the best first-grade soy sauce is 50 cents a bottle. Don't look at the expensive price, it's really delicious!"

"Is that?" Zhao Qiankun laughed: "Okay, I will definitely have to try it later!"

While talking, the boss came back with the ingredients and immediately put them in the pot to make. After a while, the table was filled with fresh fish. Zhao Qiankun didn't even need chopsticks. He just started to grab it, buckle the crab shells, peeled shrimp meat, dipped sashimi, dipped it in soy sauce, and small fish with tomato sauce with pickled beans. Although it was not very delicate, it was affordable.

"Look at this brother, I'm hungry when I see this good appetite!" The only diner in the shop, Zhao Qiankun was the only diner in the shop. The owner praised him as he looked at his food: "Young man, you have to eat like this, it's so delicious!"

Zhao Qiankun was eating delicious food and started talking to the shop owner: "I see that there are so many shacks and stalls selling river food on the Hongjiang River. Can you make money?"

"It used to be a hard time..." The owner smiled and said, "A few years ago, fishermen were just fishing. They could only go to the town to go to the market for fish. Not only did they have to pay a lot of commercial taxes, but they really couldn't match it... However, the new emperor ascended the throne, implemented the new policy, reduced taxes, and collected taxes based on transaction volume and profit size. Small businesses like us basically did not need any fees, and they were also flexible. They could trade directly on the riverside by setting up stalls. Over time, a market here was formed. Only when there was a tough product, would they go to the city to go to the market..."

"Wow, this new policy is quite affordable!" Zhao Qiankun took a bite of shrimp and said with a smile: "It seems that this emperor is quite sympathetic to the people?"

"That's it!" said the boss lady: "Since the new emperor ascended the throne, he has done a lot of reforms, and the lives of the people are getting better and better... I heard that God has been holding the emperor's wedding ceremony for a few days... Hey, if it weren't for the family's business, we, the couple, would have wanted to go and have a look, and everyone would be happy for him!"

Speaking of this topic, Zhao Qiankun smacked his lips unnaturally: "I'm afraid this isn't too happy..."

As we were chatting, a 28-year-old woman with a beautiful appearance and a sword came in from outside and greeted the shop owner: "Boss, come and make me a fish!"

Knowing that this was the customer who brought his own ingredients, the boss greeted him: "Okay, no matter how many pieces, the next pot costs ten cents. How many fish did you bring?"

The woman looked at the store, glanced at Zhao Qiankun, who was feasting, and snorted coldly: "One!"

"Oh, you can't match one..." The owner was very considerate and smiled: "Why would I go to the riverside to help you pick a few more good ones and make them in one pot?"

"No!" The woman waved her hand: "My one is enough to eat!" As he said that, he clapped his hands and hit the direction of the river. A strong man walked over with a fish tail on his shoulder.

It is said to be a fish tail because from the perspective of the owner, you can only see a fish tail. In fact, the man carried a big fish about three or four feet long on his shoulder!

"This... this is..." The owner was already widening his eyes in surprise, and there were many people watching the bustle outside the store. After all, such a big fish is rare.

"Longmen Carp?" The owner recognized this big fish, which is a giant fish unique to Hongjiang. Because it looks like a carp and is particularly large, it is said that it is a carp that jumps over the dragon gate but has not yet become a dragon, so it is called Longmen Carp. But in fact, it is two different fish from carp.

This kind of fish is also in the upper layer of the food chain in the vast Hongjiang River. It is not only huge in size, but also violent in nature and often overturns small boats. Therefore, it is worshipped by fishermen as river gods. In addition to Hongjiang crocodile and Tamsui Jiao, it is basically the most powerful creature in Hongjiang River!

"Customer, we can't do this..." The owner was embarrassed.

"Then why did he do that?" The woman pointed to Zhao Qiankun's table of rice food, and her tone was dissatisfied.

"He is ordinary river food..." The owner smiled and said with a pity: "You, we don't have that big pot either..."

The woman snorted coldly: "I think you clearly look down on people!" As she said that, she walked to Zhao Qiankun's table, raised her hand and raised the table, "If you don't make it for your aunt, no one can think of eating!"

Zhao Qiankun was stunned by the quarrel, thinking to himself whom I was provoking, why did he hit my plate for no reason? He stood up: "I said, "Sister, you're a little unreasonable!"

"I'll let you tell me what the reason is today!" As he said that, the woman suddenly pulled up the sword and stabbed Zhao Qiankun. The sword was fast and fierce, which means that Zhao Qiankun reacted quickly enough and dodged.

He now understood that this woman was looking for trouble, and she was coming to him! Seeing that she was quick and fierce in her sword, she was probably from the Wushen Sect!

It's really a bunch of cowhide plasters!

Zhao Qiankun snorted coldly and raised his hand to fight back, but at this time, the strong man suddenly swung a big fish and smashed him!

The Longmen carp is three or four meters long, which is about ten meters long. When they got up, they smashed the shop owner's shack. The couple was so scared that they screamed. The husband took an iron pot and put it on his wife's head, protecting her and running away.

Seeing the big carp hit, Zhao Qiankun snorted coldly: "Do you want to eat fish? I'll help you cook!" As he said that, he raised his hand and threw it out, hitting the fish and exploded. The flames raged, completely exploding the already ragged shop!

The huge dragon gate carp stopped under the impact of the explosion of the fireball, but the burnt fish body suddenly exploded, three people emerged from it, and rushed towards Zhao Qiankun with swords!

This caught Zhao Qiankun off guard. It was too late to notice. He could only avoid the attacks of the two people in the dodge. The long sword in the last man stabbed his thigh and passed through it! A piercing pain hit Zhao Qiankun's nerves.
Chapter completed!