The Sword Dynasty

Chapter 16: Eventful autumn

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Looking at Ding Ning who casually threw the rough porcelain bowl into the water basin, and the eldest grandson Qianxue who was putting the newly brewed wine into the small altars, she frowned and said displeasedly: "Even this kind of business affairs , does it bother you too?"

Ding Ning naturally knew that with the perception of his eldest grandson Qianxue, he must have heard the conversation with that person clearly, he also frowned, and said: "This is not an ordinary thing in the market, the two-story building is just The rental business occupies a small area in the south of our city, but I heard that most of the dark kilns and flower houses and gambling houses in Changling, they all account for a few percent, and they have been doing it for more than ten years, and the foundation is already very stable. Jinlin Tang, I didn't pay much attention to it before, it seems that on the surface it was just doing some caravan and moving business, and suddenly jumped out to grab the site of the two-story building, and I don't know what happened behind it."

"so what?"

Changsun Qianxue gave him a cold look, and said indifferently, "Whether it's a two-story building or Jinlin Tang, it's not the dogs raised by those big men in the temple, the left and right are just the unequal distribution of spoils by some powerful families in the court, let's redistribute the spoils." That's all."

"It may be so in other places, but the capitals of all dynasties are not so simple."

Ding Ning understood what she was thinking, he shook his head lightly, and patiently explained: "The size of the capitals of each dynasty is much different from that of other big cities. Take Changling as an example. It has reached millions, especially in the extermination of Han, Zhao, and Wei, and a large number of women and children were taken to Changling as slaves. There are travelers and caravans from various countries. This is only a matter of more than ten years... The power of the powerful families in the previous dynasty has not collapsed in just a few decades. It is to choose those powerful families to marry and use some strength. Changling is too complicated, with intertwined roots, and no one can penetrate too deep, even Yan Xiang and Li Xiang. Otherwise, according to the two People's abilities and ideas, how can there be so many Jianghu sects in Changling now, at most there are only a few sects left to work for them."

"The time is too short, there are too many things to manage in the ruling and opposition parties, and you have to cherish your own party members. There are countless dragons hidden in Changling's marketplace and rivers and lakes. If you want to fight against the other dynasty, these dragons can contribute, but I really want to make a big move. It’s possible that these dragons would bow down to them, but they might have broken a few of their own arms, and couldn’t even keep their position in the court.”

After a pause, Ding Ning continued: "In addition, the capitals of the dynasties are not much different. Although the dynasties have been established for a long time, the emperor has given birth to too many sons, and the entrusted nobles' lands are not taken back. The influence of the clans and princes can even shake the palace. The decision inside. Which prince can succeed and which woman can be the queen depends on whether the woman's natal family has the absolute upper hand during that time."

Changsun Qianxue understood Ding Ning's meaning, and these words reminded her of the past about herself, and a layer of frost slowly covered her face.

At this time, Ding Ning did not notice her expression. He thought of the rickety old man in the fish market with a black bamboo stick, and thought of many years ago, in order to make the powerful and powerful nobles make concessions, in order to make the Great Qin Dynasty and other dynasties The price he paid for being different made his heart a little heavy, and he lowered his head unconsciously.

"Just like what you said, if the street faction is just a dog raised by someone, the casualties will be smaller, but most of the street factions in Changling are mostly just giving benefits to some big figures and using each other. Big people have ambitions, and they secretly try to push forward and want to reorganize the situation in some places. This will be more bloody, and I don’t know how many people will die.”

"I'm not afraid of killing people, but I'm afraid of the extra trouble. It's too messy to sort out some clues, and it takes a lot of effort, and now we can't even reveal the identity of the practitioner, and I can't even reach the third level. If you go in, you don't know what the consequences will be." When Ding Ning said this with his head down, what he was worried about was whether the rickety old man in the fish market and the people behind him would also be involved in this In the storm.

The eldest grandson Qianxue's eyes were very cold, and she was finally not interested in what Ding Ning said, because to her, Ding Ning's plan was disrupted, his cultivation was too low, and it was up to her whether his plan could be realized or not. his business.

She only has one thing to do in Changling, which is to overtake all the practitioners who walked in front of her.

All she has to consider is her sword, her cultivation, she can even stay out of this wine shop every day, she is the easiest.

She was just as simple as before.

What the master in the yellow shirt, Xu Nian, said was right, although he didn't care much about making wine, the wine shop owned by Changsun Qianxue and Ding Ning was indeed the best business shop in the Wutongluo area.

Near noon, the tables in the wine shop were almost full, and most of them were diners who brought their own food and food to pair with wine.

Ding Ning dozed off weakly on the counter, but his ears sensitively caught every word in the air.

A light carriage drove into Wutongluo and stopped under the blue wine flag. The passengers on the carriage quickly jumped off and walked into the door of the wine shop.

This is a young man wearing an eggplant-colored python satin jacket, his cool and shiny black hair is coiled on the top of his head with two blue ties.

In Changling, only foreigners from other lands would do this.

The Qin people in Changling generally just let their hair loose, or tied it behind their heads. Even those noble people are only used to wearing jade rings or jade hairpins.

The stranger picked an empty table and sat down, waved his hand to Ding Ning, whose chin was resting on the counter, and shouted, "Little Er, have a drink."

All the drinkers in the shop glanced at him and smiled maliciously.

Ding Ning raised his head and drank lazily: "If you want wine, you can bring it yourself, it's the shop's rules."

The shelf is so big

The shelf is so big, the business is so good, the wine in this small wine shop is really so good

The young man in eggplant-colored python satin was stunned for a moment, and finally realized why the drinkers around him looked at him like a mallet.

He stood up sullenly, and walked in front of Ding Ning.

"Twenty copper coins per pot. Five copper coins per plate of salted peanuts." Before he could speak, Ding Ning ordered wine jugs and plates of peanuts on the counter, motioning him to pick them up.

The young man frowned slightly, he couldn't say anything, he threw out twenty copper coins, and just took a jug of wine.

Returning to his own table, the young man seemed to be drinking with pride, unlike ordinary drinkers who took a small cup to drink slowly, but directly opened the lid of the pot and took a sip into his mouth.

However, in the next instant, the young man's face became extremely ugly, as if someone had suddenly pinched his throat, and with a "poof", a sip of wine that had reached his throat was sprayed out of his mouth.

"It's so sour, it's like rice water mixed with rancidity. Can this be considered wine?"

He glanced at the cups of the drinkers around him, and then at his own jug, his fingers trembling with anger, and he couldn't help but yelled loudly, "The lees are not drained out, so It’s even worthy of wine! It’s such a big reputation?”

Seeing his grief and indignation, all the drinkers around looked at each other, knowing that this person must really love wine, but at the same time, there were mocking smiles on their faces.

Could it be that you came to this wine shop for wine tasting

Are you stupid

Amid the angry yells of the stranger, Ding Ning's expression remained calm. He nodded seriously and replied, "All the wines in this shop taste like this."

There was a crackling sound of "pop".

The angry young man smashed the wine jug to the ground. He was obviously very angry and shouted again: "Can this be considered wine!"

"What is it if it's not wine?"

"The wine of our Qin people is like this. You can drink what you can drink. If you can't drink it, it's your own problem."

"You are from Chu, do you still want to act wildly in Changling?"

People in Changling didn't have a good impression of foreigners, and this stranger was obviously Chu Yin, and he probably wasn't even from the Great Qin Dynasty. Following several heavy slaps on the table, most of the people in the wine shop stood up.

"What about Chu people?"

The young man looked at the figures around him, but a sneering and proud expression appeared on his angry face: "Is your Yangshan County allocated to me?"

As soon as these words came out, there was no sound in the wine shop, but the eyes of all the drinkers were burned red.

This is no longer a matter of contention and bickering.

In the third year of Yuanwu, the Great Qin Dynasty, which wiped out the Zhao, Han, and Wei dynasties, had a war with the Chu Dynasty. In that war, the Qin army was wiped out by 200,000, lost countless chariots, and suffered a big defeat. As for having to cede land for peace.

So far, the ceded Yangshan County has not been recovered.

The Great Chu Dynasty just sent an unpopular prince to stay in Changling as a hostage according to the covenant at that time.

One son changed six hundred miles of land, and the son who was not loved by the king of Chu traded six hundred miles of fertile land and hundreds of thousands of Qin people. This matter is a shame to all Qin people.

Seeing that the smell of wine was burned into a murderous look, and there would be blood spilled on the cool ground, at this moment, a cold voice suddenly came out from inside the wine shop, "March and fight, that's for soldiers and practitioners, If you don't drink well, if you want to argue with others about these things, then go out and don't make trouble here."

With this icy sound, the curtain leading to the backyard was lifted, and the frosty eldest grandson Qianxue looked like chasing guests away.

The anger and murderous look in the eyes of all the drinkers dissipated into dryness and heat again.

Those who stood up first were the first to sit down with a smile on their face.

The young man with a mocking face suddenly petrified.

He never thought that he would meet such a magnificent beauty in such a restaurant.

Looking at Changsun Qianxue's shockingly beautiful eyebrows and eyes, while his breathing was a little irregular, he finally understood why so many drinkers would come to this wine shop to drink from time to time.

Wine should warm the heart.

A wine that warms the heart is a good wine.

Although the wine in this wine shop is sour and difficult to drink, as long as you see her, it may not only warm your heart, these ordinary market men don't know how long they will be hot all over.

"This is the beauty of a person comparable to a county..."

For a moment, the young man from a foreign land was also a little obsessed with watching, his heart was burning, and he wanted to ask the woman's name.

"Hey, you have to pay for the broken hippopotamus."

However, at this moment, Ding Ning raised his head from the counter and lazily yelled at him: "Before you leave, please clean up the debris on the ground so as not to hurt people's feet."