Drinking is a favorite thing for civil and military officials in Shouxian County. Since Meng Crow, Huang Banxian, Xiang Xiaoyu and the others came to Shouxian County, there have been more than a dozen wine shops in Shouxian County.

When it comes to drinking, Li Xiaofei is not as good as them in terms of drinking capacity or understanding of wine, but he is still good at persuading people to drink. Murong Ling drank with these people countless times and never got drunk once. He never refused and accepted the wine when others poured it.

If you pour him a bowl, he will drink it. If you hand him a jar, he will drink it all. Meng Crow crows the most fiercely on the table, either to punish this person or to respect that person, but every time it is the most

He lay down first. Huang Banxian drank very slowly, smacking his lips after taking a small sip, and then talked about anecdotes and strange facts for half a day, but he couldn't avoid taking a second sip. Xiang Xiaoyu was forthright and witty, he could persuade people to drink and had the capacity to drink.

Chat with Huang Banxian about some old things.

Shen De had been here for a few days, and the group naturally had to drink and eat meat. Before leaving, everyone discussed in the government office who would follow Shen De to escort the grain and grass, who would stay to defend the city, and who would follow Li Xiaofei to Lishui.

Li Xiaofei wanted to take Xiang Xiaoyu and Murong Ling back, but there were no suitable candidates to defend the city. Shen De also wanted to take Xiang Xiaoyu back. Meng Wuwu volunteered to go to Lishui, and everyone didn't want a veteran like him to come back.

Go to war.

Everyone argued with each other, and Xiang Xiaoyu saw that he couldn't make a decision after arguing for a long time, so he stood up: "I think that with just these few pieces of information in Shouxian County, it is impossible for everything to be assigned to the right person, and it is impossible for everyone to do it."

Everything was done perfectly. There are priorities in this matter, and people are old and new. I would like to ask General Shen and Mr. Li to weigh it again."

Li Xiaofei and Shen De both looked at him, and Shen De patted his head: "You are really an extraordinary commander of the city patrol. When you said this, I suddenly understood something. Only capable people should be assigned to important tasks, and ordinary people should be assigned to ordinary tasks.

of people, right?”

Li Xiaofei also nodded: "I was the one who got into trouble and always wanted to do all three things properly. Now that I said this to the eldest brother, I also figured it out. In fact, I have Brother Meng Huang Banxian to assist me in defending the city.

Madam, that’s fine. As for the food, as long as Master follows the method that Brother Xiang said before, it will be fine, then Brother Xiang, Murong and I can go to Lishui."

Xiang Xiaoyu nodded: "Yes, just follow the current rules to defend the city. The autumn harvest has been completed. It will be good to dig more wells in the city to prevent fire and drought. If we go to Lishui, we have to bring more straw. This straw has arrived

It’s very useful on windy and snowy days.”

Shen De was very happy: "It seems that with Commander Xiang, you don't have to worry anymore. Okay, let's have a drink and set off tomorrow morning!"

Meng Wuwu started to yell again: "Why, you are looking down on me if you don't take me to the war. You are all gone, and you are leaving an old man who can't finish a bowl of wine in a long time. How can I drink this wine?"

Li Xiaofei rolled his eyes: "Then why don't you let Brother Murong stay and drink with you?"

Meng Wuwu waved his hands repeatedly: "Forget it, I'm afraid this guy is a buffalo. He can keep drinking. Drinking with him is boring and I can't drink him, so don't hurt me."

Several people chatted and put the food on the table again. Before the dishes were ready, Huang Banxian started telling stories again: "This Commander-in-Chief reminds me of a person who was in Luoyang, the capital city forty years ago.

In the city, the Prime Minister Wang Jingzhi at that time was always able to arrange the affairs of the world in an orderly manner. At that time, all the foreign countries in Liang Dynasty came to court, the country was peaceful and the people were peaceful, the house was not closed at night and the streets were not picked up. Every family had meat and wine, and carriages were used when going out. During the Lantern Festival

The lanterns of the Ghost Festival illuminated the inside and outside of Luoyang City. The bonfires built by people in small places were countless bright lanterns from a distance. At that time, the princes and grandsons used carriages to drag carts of wine, flowers and jewelry.

Chasing singers and dancers in big cities like Luoyang, Chang'an and Jinling. It was really a prosperous era."

Everyone was fascinated by what he said, and Shen De burst out laughing: "No wonder His Royal Highness King Han and Mr. Chen are shouting every day to regain the two capitals and create a prosperous age. I like this prosperous age. Come and come, so that we can return to this place as soon as possible."

Have a drink in the prosperous times”

Everyone then drank a bowl first, and Xiang Xiaoyu was also very interested: "How did such a prosperous age end up like this? Senior Huang, you are a person who has lived from a prosperous age to a troubled one. You must be better than us in many things.

These people have seen it all clearly, and I am still very puzzled by the decline of this prosperous age."

Uncharacteristically, Huang Banxian took a big sip of wine, tilted his neck and put down the bowl, and sighed: "Things must be reversed. In those days, the best silk and Sichuan brocade were wrapped around the trees, and strange-shaped stones were transported from the south to make rockeries. The aristocratic family

The wealthy families competed with each other, taking whatever was rare and wasting whatever was valuable. At that time, in the prime minister's house, sandalwood was used for cooking, ginseng was fed to horses, shark oil was used to make lamp oil, honey was fed to pigs, coral was used as rockery, and soapstone was used as floor tiles.

Cui wanted to compete with Wang, feeding pigs with human milk, feeding chickens with ginseng, feeding dogs with abalone, paving roads with Hetian jade, giving mink hats to servants, and the list goes on and on. At that time, cockfighting and bird fighting were popular in the court, and the upper beam was not aligned with the lower beam.

Wai, the whole country is in the trend of extravagance, and ordinary people have followed suit. Many fields have been laid waste, and people have gone into the mountains to catch pheasants and birds. After ten years of tossing, they finally waited for drought and floods and the cavalry of the Fire Dragon Tribe.

.How happy it is in the front, how miserable it is in the back.”

He offered Huang Banxian a sip of wine to Xiaoyu: "It seems that everything in this world is the same. The fruit is the most fragrant and sweet just before it is about to rot. The same goes for drinking. It is the best when you are tipsy.

Well, if you overdose, you will fall down and become a mess. In fact, this prosperous age is just a drunken dream. The lives of our people now are not much worse than those in that prosperous age. It is just that wars are inevitable and everyone has to perform military service."

Shen De also offered a bowl of wine to Xiaoyu: "Hey, what's wrong with fighting? It was a long time of peace, and the horses and guns were stored in Nanshan. When the Fire Dragon Clan cavalry came over, our cavalry wouldn't be able to get up.

Horses, most of the archers couldn't even draw their bows, and they didn't have the courage. An army of 5,000 people was driven into the river by a dozen others and drowned. They were useless, even Master Chen gritted his teeth when he mentioned these."

Li Xiaofei invited everyone to drink together: "I have benefited a lot today. I didn't expect that this prosperous age would end so tragically. It seems that martial arts must be matched with martial arts. Otherwise, no matter how many treasures you have, you won't be able to keep it."

Meng Crow took over: "Don't mention it. Isn't it still said in Jinling City that a good man is the one who writes beautiful articles outside the Suzaku Gate? When soldiers fight, they are always inferior to others. Aren't we in Daliang all civil servants who restrain our generals?

?”

Shen De also sighed: "The imperial court only regards us people as Qiu Ba. If Mr. Chen had not come from a famous family, I am afraid that the Chen family army would have been gone long ago. Many of us followed the Qin State with our troops and horses, just because of the Qin State

It was a military general who established himself as king, but he could not have imagined that he would still be suppressed by aristocratic families for more than thirty years, and eventually cause trouble."

Li Xiaofei was thoughtful and raised his wine bowl to Xiaoyu to signal for everyone to drink: "The imperial system is not something we can discuss now. It's better to get drunk now if we have wine."
Chapter completed!