Start: Datang Wanli a lonely city

Chapter 666 Not One Less ([-])
Time: Ten years after Hu Biao and others left, in the evening.

Location: In Xiangyang City, in Brothers Restaurant.

Talk!In recent years, all the old and young men in Xiangyang City, as long as they talk about this brother restaurant, they rarely fail to give their thumbs up.

Not only because the food in the store tastes good and the price is reasonable; the store owner is very kind, and every year he also does good deeds to build bridges and pave roads.

More importantly, the store was originally just a small noodle stall selling tofu noodles on the side of the road.

Relying on the concerted efforts of the husband and wife, in just over ten years, a small noodle stall has been turned into a famous restaurant in the entire Xiangyang City.

Such a way of rationally accumulating wealth through hard work undoubtedly satisfies the moral aesthetics of ordinary people.

It's just that the door is always open early every day, and there are a total of three floors in Brother Restaurant, which is always full of guests when it comes to meal time. Although the door is not closed today.

But a small second stood at the door whenever a guest came.

Always pointing to the signboard at the door that says 'the proprietor has something to do, closed for a day', with a smile on his face, talking about his own fault, and pushing the guests out again.

From Xiao Er's perspective, such an approach at home is a taboo in doing business.

But there is no way, who told the owner to insist on doing so, no matter how much he persuaded him, he would not listen.

But what the little girl didn't know was that today was the meeting time for the four brothers including Dong Fugui and Long Aotian for ten years.

Compared with being able to have a drink with these life-and-death friends, everything else seems unimportant.

For this reason, Dong Fugui bought a lot of good ingredients and wine from the north and the south, and today he cooks in person, planning to let Long Aotian and other four people taste their own cooking skills.

Dong Fugui started cooking in the late afternoon.

Until now, it was almost dark.

On the table in the best private room on the third floor, the table is already full of good wine and food, and Long Aotian and other four brothers have not yet seen each other.

"Could it be that Brother Long and the others forgot today's gathering, or because they were busy with military affairs, they couldn't come here in time?"

Facing the nearest city gate, he craned his neck to look over, and couldn't help muttering in Dong Fugui's mouth.

man!Just can't bear to talk about it.

The words from Dong Fugui's mouth did not completely fall, and the voice of the waiter downstairs was full of surprise: "Master, master, a few generals came to the door, it should be the guests you were waiting for."

After hearing the words, he hurriedly ran towards the first floor.

Dragging an injured broken leg, his speed is faster than that of the young lad.

Soon after, there were a few straight men standing at the door, dressed in uniforms of high-ranking generals, with straight waists, all of them were at the golden age of men approaching 30 years old.

Although ten years later, the former teenagers have grown into upright good men, and there is still half of that youthful appearance.

But these familiar faces, besides Long Aotian and other good brothers, who else can they be...

In a strong sense of surprise, Dong Fugui stepped forward to hug them one by one.

After that, he beat Long Aotian's chest with his fist again, and when he sensed something was wrong, he asked:
"Hey, why don't you see the second brother Zhao Bashi?"

After hearing such a sentence, the faces of Long Aotian and the other three immediately became painful, and finally Li Shashen said with a dejected expression:

"Five years ago, the second brother died in battle in Suiye City in the Western Regions, where Li Taibai was born.

In that battle, they were only more than [-] people, but they defeated the Western Regions coalition forces of more than [-] people head-on; contribution.

For this reason, Her Majesty the Empress issued a decree to reward her, and posthumously named him a loyal general of the fourth rank; it is definitely worthwhile for a man to be like this. "

After finishing speaking, Xu was worried that Dong Fugui would be too sad, so Long Aotian immediately said:
"Brother Dong, in order to eat your meal, we didn't even take a bite of the breakfast in the morning. Now we are starving, and we don't know what to prepare for us."

After hearing such a sentence, Dong Fugui also knew that now was not the time to be sad; he quickly cheered up and led everyone up to the third floor.

In the following time, the group of four sat down and chatted, and began to eat and drink.

The contents of his mouth are nothing more than some interesting stories in the army these years; and the future of the children in the family, whether they will go to school or practice martial arts.

After all, Daxuan now pays more attention to military merits, and Qiu Ba's status in the past is not low at all.

During the whole process, they deliberately did not mention the name of the second child, Zhao Bashi.

However, they did not remove the bowls and chopsticks that were originally reserved for Zhao Bashi; in the process of chatting, everyone poured some wine from time to time and put a chopsticks of food on them.

It was as if the second child, Zhao Bashi, was still talking and laughing with them there.

In a short time, that empty bowl was filled with good dishes.

After the four of them had almost eaten, Dong Fugui suddenly saw that the appearance did not change much, but the temperament of the three of them was already turned upside down.

With curiosity, the last sentence came out of his mouth:
"The brothers have been fighting for so many years, I don't know what level you are in our Daxuan now, are you considered high-ranking officials in the court?
Let me listen to all of them one by one, let my old Dong know that his brother is so promising, and tell the neighbors in the future, it can be regarded as a good way to show the limelight. "

That's right!The official family of the imperial court is no longer from the old Zhao family.

Nine years ago, Guo Xiang led the Xuange Battalion, which had been trained for a year, with a total of more than [-] people, known as [-] soldiers, and started the Northern Expedition.

Don't look at such a small number of soldiers and horses, and the Mongols claim to have hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn.

But it is just such a so-called 3 people, after two years of fighting back and forth.

The huge northern land, including the black mountains and white waters outside the pass, these old places of the Han family have all been recovered, not to mention.

The soldiers also divided into four groups and killed the Mongolian men on the grassland, and taught the Mongolian people a lesson; even according to the gossip, they followed the rules on the grassland and killed all the Mongolian men who exceeded the wheels of the wheel. a clean.

After a part of the army returned, because the Southern Song Dynasty court made a joint effort to unite the Mongols and fight against the Xuange Battalion, such a nasty thing that hurt relatives and made enemies happy, went straight to Lin'an Building.

The cities along the way were all waiting for the wind to fall, but within three months, the entire land of the Southern Song Dynasty was completely laid down.

Guo Xiang, the current commander of the Xuange camp at that time, ascended the throne and became the empress, with the country name Daxuan and the reign name Hongwu.

The above are tantamount to things that people in the world are basically familiar with.

Upon hearing this, Guan Jiuyu, the younger brother of the Guan family, said triumphantly without waiting for anyone else to open his mouth: "Brother is now the Protectorate of the Western Regions, a majestic General Xuanwei of the fourth rank.

I heard that the imperial court intends to let the eldest brother lead an army, and will soon use troops to the land of Persia; as long as this battle is over, he will be a proper third-rank official.

In the case of the third brother, he is currently the captain of the third squadron of the Daxuannan Marine Division.

Although they are currently focusing on training, but judging from the investment of the imperial court over the years, the development of the navy will even be more important than the army of the land division in the future.

In the near future, they will also use troops against the Japanese, and the development is also excellent.

As for me, I can be regarded as the worst one among the brothers, let alone. "

The voice fell, and Long Aotian laughed and cursed: "Brother Dong, you can hear this kid talking nonsense, although the land occupied by my Daxuan can be said to be unprecedentedly large.

Even the Immortal Baicao, the fine seed cultivated by Bai Situ, has made my Daxuan's harvest more and more abundant every year, and everyone can have a full stomach.

But according to the staff officer, there are still so many unclaimed lands overseas; if we don't occupy them in advance, future generations will point to the graves and scold them.

Therefore, this kid's Marine Corps will be a key force for overseas development in the future. Maybe the most promising of our brothers is this kid. "

After listening to the above statement, Dong Fugui picked up the wine in his hand.

He said solemnly: "Very good, then my old Dong hopes that in the future mansion newspapers, we can see the news of the success of several brothers.

This is a toast to Her Majesty the Queen, wishing him a long life and hope that this prosperity will continue forever. "

Under such a proposal, the other four raised their wine glasses; Guo Xiang is only in her twenties, but she is extremely wise and is truly respected by the people all over the world.

After finishing drinking, Dong Fugui raised his glass again and said:

"This is a toast to Hero Hu, and to all the heroes of Xuan Ge Camp."

Talk!Although Hu Biao and others have been away for ten years, no matter whether it is the world or the world, they have never forgotten the founders of these Xuan Ge camps.

Before Long Aotian and others were late for a while, they just went to visit the tombs of the imperial concubine, singer, Huang Yizhi, A Li and others.

And every year during the Qingming Festival, not only Xiangyang people will go to worship, but their tombs are always lit with incense all year round.

So after hearing such a proposal, I thought that if Li San, a hero, hadn't accepted him, they would still be messing around in the rivers and lakes, dreaming of all unrealistic dreams.

Long Aotian and the others raised their wine glasses again.

After two consecutive glasses, Dong Fugui obviously felt a little drunk, but he still picked up the glass again, and continued to say solemnly:
"Brothers, Old Dong wishes you great success in the future.

But the most important thing is that I hope that in the next ten years and more ten years later, when we gather here again, there will be no one missing. "

"Yes! Not one less."

After Long Aotian, Li Shashen, and Guan Jiuyu raised their cups one after another, they made solemn promises...

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Time: Another ten years have passed, and it's time for another party.

Location: In the brother restaurant which is bigger in scale and famous, bought and built a new building next door.

"Wang Fu, you don't have to wait at the door today, there is a silver dollar here; close the door and go somewhere for a day of fun, it's also a day of rest."

After serving the last dish he made by himself on the table, Dong Fugui, who was already a little hunched over, said in his mouth.

After listening to it, looking at the table full of wine and food, but only his own owner, Wang Fu, the second child who has been with Dong Fugui for more than ten years, originally wanted to say something.

But in the end, he didn't say anything, took the silver coin on the head that was said to be a noble concubine and hero, and left.

well!Because the silver is inconvenient to carry, and the value will be different due to the fineness and color when used, the Finance Department of the Daxuan Household Department launched this kind of silver round as early as three years ago.

Each silver dollar is equivalent to one tael of silver, and it has long been used in the world. It is said that even the white people in the far west use it as hard currency.

As for the profile picture, why is it a concubine again?When you were this girl in Wudaoxia, did you do the work of the financial and logistics supervisor for nothing?
Now all the ministers, ministers, and Yuanwailang in the household department are her disciples and grandchildren.

Therefore, it is reasonable and reasonable to print the head of the first female God of Wealth of Xuan Ge Camp on the silver coins and the more valuable gold coins.

As for today's food and drink, only Dong Fugui enjoyed it alone, and it was not an accident that happened to Long Aotian and the others.

But as early as a month ago, he had received some letters that were delivered to him after crossing the ocean.

The letters were sent by Long Aotian and the other three, except to describe some of the situation in recent years.

It all shows that these are senior officials such as the governor of a locality or the commander of the fleet. Because of their busy work, they really can't find time to come back.

As for Dong Fugui, as long as these brothers are okay and know that they are doing well.

Although there is some regret in my heart, I am still quite grateful for them.

In this way, even though he knew that the three of them would not be able to come, he still bought a table of good wine and food with his own hands, put five sets of bowls and chopsticks and began to eat and drink.

To be more precise, he was mainly drinking and didn't eat a bite of food.

Because for him, the best appetizer is what Long Aotian and others wrote in their letter.

For example: Long Aotian is already the governor of the Daxuan Persian Military State. Don’t look at this guy complaining in the letter. After leaving the city, there is sand everywhere around him. Women are also used to covering their heads with cloth, and they don’t know how to grow up. How it looks like.

In fact, he is already a big shot with tens of thousands of miles of land under his command and tens of millions of people under his command.

And Li Shashen said in the letter that his letter was still dangling, and it was written on a boat that could shake people's jaundice out.

Because their next port of call is Nanyin Prefecture, which is tens of thousands of miles away from Daxuan.

The Yin people here also have black hair and yellow husbands. According to the doctors of the Imperial Academy, everyone has almost the same blood; because these Yin people were quite friendly to the arrival and rule of Daxuan.

What Guan Jiuyu said, the letter mentioned a troublesome matter.

It was him who was the governor of the South African military state. Because he couldn't control his crotch, he had a one-night affair with a Kunlun slave woman and gave birth to a dark boy.

So much so that until now, I don't know how to explain to my mother at home.

If the old mother of the family found out, even if he was already a second-rank member of the imperial court, he would not be able to avoid the incident of kneeling in front of the ancestral tablet and being beaten with a stick.

So under his worry, he already wrote to the imperial court: It is recommended that all Daxuan women should not have intercourse with Kunlun slaves, so as not to mess up the blood of Zhonghua.

If there is any violation, the girl of Daxuan will be punished for three thousand miles, and the Kunlun slave will be eunuch~
Even this letter, Dong Fugui has read it several times; after seeing this, he still laughed out loud, and drank a big glass full.

Even when his son got married, he was not so happy...

Time flies like an arrow, the sun and the moon fly by, and another ten years have passed in a blink of an eye. It is already 30 years after Hu Biao and others left the mission world.

Dong Fugui, the man who wielded a pole and fought with the Mongols at the head of Xiangyang City, is now in his 60s.

Not only is he gray-haired, but he even walks with a cane.

As for Long Aotian and others, they are basically 57 or [-] years old, and they belonged to a time when they were in high positions before retirement, and their affairs were extremely busy.

That's why, at this year's gathering, the two of them didn't come.

That's right!It's two people.

Because six years ago, Li Shashen, who was already the commander of the Atlantic Fleet at the time, encountered a big storm during a trip to sea.

Li Shashen sank into the sea water together with the flagship.

After seeing such a sad news in the mansion newspaper, Dong Fugui lay on the bed for three days, and when he got out of bed, he looked seven or eight years old.

Due to physical reasons, Dong Fugui, who was alone today, did not drink too much alcohol or was drunk.

Before he passed out drunk, he murmured: "God, I, Dong Fugui, have never begged you for these years, but I only wished that I could live another ten years.

Die again at a party with brothers like Long Aotian and Guan Jiuyu..."

I don't know if it was Dong Fugui's prayer or if it played a certain role.

After another ten years, the three old men with white hair finally sat together.

Even eight years ago, Dong Fugui's wife, Cuiniang, had already left; the brother's restaurant where the husband and wife had worked hard all their lives has now become someone else's Yueyue Restaurant.

That was his incompetent son who was addicted to gambling and lost to others.

Today's Dong Fugui returned from that luxurious mansion to that small ancestral house.

But even so, he never wrote a letter to tell Long Aotian, who was already a first-rank official in the imperial court, and Guan Jiuyu;

For Dong Fugui, who is already seventy years old, it is very good that his ineffective son can get a job at the train station and support his family.

After drinking the first glass of wine, the three old men laughed loudly.

In the following time, the three of them sipped wine while talking about the latest interesting story: Her Majesty Empress Guo Xiang, who had reigned for more than [-] years, finally abdicated.

Empress Guo Xiang never married, and her nephew, Guo Polu's eldest son, took over the throne.

According to rumors in the market, this person seems to be a fatuous person.

But it doesn't matter, because on the day Her Majesty the Queen abdicated, there was such a sentence in the world, which is said to be the old arrangement of Hu Daxia of Xuan Ge Camp:

Martial arts supreme, slaying dragons with swords; relying on the sky, who will fight for the front.

What the three old men didn't know was that the dragon-slaying sword and the Yitian sword were really arranged by Hu Biao and others. According to their instructions, Guo Jing forged his black iron epee into a single sword.

(End of this chapter)