"Seven hundred and ninety-five Japanese pirate heads were found? You guys are just bragging! Even if the city has many soldiers and generals, they can't achieve such a great result in one battle. How can a small county like yours get so many gains?!"
After hearing what the tea drinker said, a soldier under Zuo Zhen couldn't help but stand up and sneered and questioned him.
Although what the tea guest said made sense, he didn't believe it. He didn't believe that the small country of Jingnan could have achieved so much!
"Hey, do you know my brother?" The tea drinker didn't explain, nor did he get angry. Instead, he smiled and pulled over a skinny tea drinker next to him, pointed at this tea drinker, and asked the soldier who was questioning him.
"Who the hell is he? How could I possibly know him?!"
The soldier looked puzzled and didn't know what the tea drinker meant. You just picked someone at random and asked me if I knew him. You said I knew him, but your brother is not my brother, so how could I know him? Are you sick
“Hehe, let me tell you, my brother is a celebrity in our Qiwanzhai Teahouse. Hehe, if you ask me how he became famous…” the tea drinker said with a chuckle.
When the tea drinker said this, there was a burst of laughter in the teahouse, and people around him all had strange expressions on their faces. Well, how to describe this expression? Yes, obscene, that's right, that's the feeling.
Seeing a group of men showing such expressions because of one man, the soldier couldn't help but tighten his hips. Could you be...
But your taste is too unique, isn't it?! How can you do this?! This man is skinny, short, dark, and has pockmarks on his face. He is not a handsome man at all.
"My brother once told us that he was a 30-year-old man in one night, but of course we didn't believe it. Then we made a bet. The guys in the teahouse pooled some money and invited my brother to the best entertainment place in Jingnan to have a drink and verify it. In the end, we lost everything..."
The tea drinker patted the skinny guy's shoulder and said to the soldier with a chuckle.
"Why are you telling me all this nonsense?!"
The soldier had long since given up listening, and upon hearing this, he could not help but interrupt the tea drinker.
Are you sick?!
Did you get kicked in the head by a donkey?! Why are you telling me all this?! I don't give a damn about your brother, I don't give a damn about how many times your brother has sex in one night, I don't care about your shitty things at all.
I was questioning you about the abnormal number of Japanese pirates' heads captured in Jingnan. What bullshit are you talking about? ! If the Lord Fuzun hadn't been sitting next to him, the soldier would have been impatient and yelled at him.
"Hey, young man, I tell you this story because I want to tell you not to judge people by appearances or be self-righteous. Don't assume that others can't do the same just because you can't do it yourself."
The tea drinker had been talking for such a long time, just waiting for the soldier to say this, and suddenly he laughed meaningfully.
"Hey, just because you can't do it, don't think others can't do it either."
"Just because your Taizhou Prefecture can't do it doesn't mean our Jingnan County can't do it. Don't think we can't do it just because you can't do it."
As soon as the tea drinker finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter in the teahouse, and the tea drinkers around him burst into laughter.
"Damn it! This is too much!"
How could the soldier bear being mocked like this? However, at the moment when his temper was about to explode, Zuo Zhen grabbed him.
"sit down."
At the same time, Taizhou prefect Tan Lun said something softly, and the soldiers immediately sat down obediently.
"Haha, we came to Jingnan from Taizhou Prefecture to do business. I'm sorry for the rude behavior of my servants."
Taizhou prefect Tan Lun chuckled and bowed to the tea drinkers around him.
"No, no..." The tea drinkers around all replied in unison, "The shopkeeper is obviously a big merchant from Taizhou Prefecture. He is very strict with rules. With just one word, the irritable little brother sat down obediently."
"Your county has achieved such a great victory in the battle against the Japanese pirates. It is actually the first military achievement of Taizhou Prefecture in more than a decade. There is no doubt that in the next few years, this will be a hot topic in our Taizhou Prefecture and even in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. We are also curious. After all, your county and I belong to the same Taizhou Prefecture, and we have to travel far and wide to do business. If our colleagues in the prefecture ask us about this, we can answer them. This business, isn't it, that can be done through chatting? The more we know about this topic, the more likely it will be that the business will be done in the future." Taizhou prefect Tan Lun said to the tea drinkers around him with a smile in the tone of a businessman.
"Well, what the shopkeeper said makes sense."
The tea drinkers around agreed with Tan Lun's words and nodded repeatedly.
"Waiter, come here, I'll treat you. Please put a plate of fried peanuts on each table. Haha, we're a small business with limited financial resources. This is just a small token of our respect. Please don't despise it. When my business gets bigger in the future, I'll treat you all to a big meal." Taizhou prefect Tan Lun called the waiter over and asked him to put a plate of fried peanuts on the table of the tea drinkers, then clasped his fists and said to the tea drinkers around him.
"Haha, you are so generous, boss. You deserve to be rich. Don't forget to treat us to a big meal when the time comes."
"Thank you, shopkeeper."
"Boss, if you want to know anything, just ask us and we will tell you everything we know."
Upon seeing this, the tea drinkers all clasped their fists to thank Taizhou prefect Tan Lun and had a better impression of him.
As the saying goes, one who takes from someone else should be grateful, and one who eats from someone else should be grateful. With Tan Lun's plate of peanuts, the diners, under Tan Lun's guidance, told Tan Lun and others all the details of the Jingnan War.
Tan Lun and others learned more.
For example, in the battle formation, Zhu Ping'an organized the people in a simple yet effective battle formation during the Jingnan Defense War. Ten to twenty people formed a battle formation, holding different weapons, and they were able to fight against the battle-hardened Japanese pirates.
For example, the heads of the Japanese pirates were almost all cut off in public by the young and strong civilians defending the city. Many tea drinkers in the teahouse witnessed it with their own eyes.
For example, at the Jingnan Anti-Japanese Heroes Cemetery, Zhu Ping'an requisitioned a beautiful bamboo forest surrounded by mountains and rivers as the "Jingnan Anti-Japanese Heroes Cemetery" and directed people to bury the yamen runners, soldiers and young and strong civilians who died on the city wall in the cemetery. He erected monuments to record their deaths so that people could admire them and enjoy the incense and sacrifices of the people of Jingnan County for generations.
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When learning about the "Jingnan Anti-Japanese Heroes Cemetery", Tan Lun also learned about it indirectly.
According to the tea drinker, all the victims buried in the cemetery were buried in public with the participation of their relatives, and no victim was beheaded by Zhu Ping'an to pretend to be a Japanese pirate. People went to the cemetery to pay tribute every day, and it was impossible for the graves to be dug up and the heads cut off to claim credit afterwards.