Chapter 25 Song Gongming, Yan Poxi

The banquet hosted by the county magistrate, a "Marquis of a Hundred Miles", was related to Wu Song's future and his future business plans, so Cao Jie naturally made careful preparations.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, he inserted a flag of his Hongmen Cao family on the Baidao Road in Yuncheng County.

If we miss this window of opportunity, it will take less than a year to seize the birthday gift, and the massive entrepreneurial work will begin.

If you don't accumulate strength and work harder now, you will bleed in the future.

The county magistrate Shi was an elegant man. The book describes him like this: "He plays the zither and entertains guests in his spare time, and writes judges in his busy schedule." The TV series also features many scenes of him playing chess with Song Jiang.

Cao Jie is not an art student, so how could he play the piano or chess, but this does not prevent him from being a dilettante.

As the saying goes, great elegance and great vulgarity, and vulgarity to the extreme is great elegance.

Nine pills of medicine were placed in a small jade bottle and handed to Shi Wenbin. The Bailihou immediately smiled happily, took his hand, and said sincerely, "Little Doctor Cao, I'm really sorry for costing you a lot of money."

In the hands of wealthy merchants and landlords, a pill of Viagra has been sold for nearly 100 taels of silver. This is a gift worth nearly 1,000 taels of silver, and it cannot be bought even with money.

The gift is precious and the love is genuine.

"County Master, although this medicine is hard to come by, even if I don't sell it, I will prepare it for your daily use!"

There is no shame in bowing and fawning in order to advance yourself.

"Okay, today I have prepared delicious food and wine, and also invited many singers. Xiao Cao, you must not leave until you are drunk."

"I will definitely drink 18 bowls of wine. Oh, I have a brother named Wu Da. Although he is not very good, he is very good at cooking. Why not let him cook some delicious dishes for the county lord?"

Food is also another major hobby of County Magistrate Shi.

This is called catering to one's preferences.

Wu Da inherited Cao Jie's true skills and now has 70% to 80% of Cao Jie's abilities.

Compared with the chefs in the county, he is certainly better.

Soon, the Yuncheng faction led by Song Jiang arrived one after another.

During the month in Yuncheng, Cao Jie naturally met Black Sanlang Song Gongming many times, but they were not close friends.

When we met today, we were just polite to each other.

"Your Excellency, I recently helped a beautiful lady from Tokyo. She sings beautifully, so I brought her here to sing for you today."

"It's not Yan Poxi, is it?"

Cao Jie looked behind him, but did not see the beautiful woman singing the song.

Just like Cao Jie didn't bring Wu Song here, they were not among the guests and naturally would not sit at the table. They had to enter from the backstage.

Look at Song Jiang, Song Gongming. His eyes are like phoenixes, and his eyebrows are like sleeping silkworms. His ears are like pearls, and his eyes are bright and clear. His lips are square, his mouth is straight, his beard is light, his forehead is broad, his head is flat, and his skin and flesh are full. When he sits, he looks like a tiger, and when he walks, he looks like a wolf.

Although he is not tall, his calm demeanor is extraordinary.

"I don't know what kind of soul he is!" Cao Jie secretly speculated in his heart.

"Gongming, why are we still so polite? You all know each other, so I won't introduce you one by one... Come on!"

Shi Wenbin held Song Jiang in one hand and Cao Jie in the other, and was followed by the two captains Zhu Tong and Lei Heng.

After entering the banquet hall, Song Jiang was arranged to sit on the left and Cao Jie on the right. He sat in the main seat, and the captain sat at the last seat.

Everyone sat down. Shi Wenbin looked at the dishes on the Eight Immortals Table that were obviously different from the usual ones. He smelled the aroma, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Doctor Cao, the delicacies you mentioned are quite good!"

"It's just the random thinking of the country folk."

"Alas! Scholar Su improved the cooking method of pork, which benefited the people and was a great deed. Don't underestimate the way of cooking. What was the name of the chef?"

"Wu Zhi Wu Da Lang!"

In ancient times, it was not easy for ordinary people to eat meat.

There were still sheep to eat in the north, but there were few sheep in the south, and pork was fishy. It was not until Su Shi's hands that it was improved and became the main source of meat in later generations.

You say that people in the underworld usually shout, "Waiter, bring me two pounds of beef" when they eat.

In fact, in ancient times, it was not easy to eat beef.

Killing oxen for farming is illegal.

Most restaurants do not have strong backing and there is no beef dish on the menu.

"Your Excellency, please try it first. If it's not bad, my brother is going to open a snack shop in Yuncheng. I hope Your Excellency will condescend to do the job then."

"Okay, okay. Let's pick up our chopsticks." A sweet and sour braised Yellow River carp was so delicious that you could swallow it with your tongue. It was served with a plate of hair-like thin noodles. This was dragon beard baked noodles, which were specially made for dipping in sweet and sour sauce and fish bone soup.

This is the top Henan dish.

There was also a dish of lamb cheeks, with only the cheek meat removed, and as a side dish, only the scallion core, which was similar to leek, was picked.

Another bowl of ginseng chicken soup...

County Magistrate Shi took a sip and was extremely satisfied: "Everyone should eat and drink, and sing some songs. I can't drink much, so you martial artists should drink more and exchange feelings."

He had his own purpose in organizing this banquet.

In order to govern a county, a county magistrate cannot do without the help of local powerful people. People like Song Jiang, Zhu Tong, and Lei Heng are local powerful people.

Now a fierce enemy has come from the countryside, like a dragon crossing the river, and a fight is inevitable. He must prepare for the worst and eliminate this disaster.

The atmosphere quickly became lively as people toasted each other.

However, Cao Jie could sense a layer of estrangement, or even hostility.

When a local tyrant meets a powerful opponent from outside the province, conflicts will naturally arise as interests are redistributed.

Song Jiang showed no emotion, Zhu Tong also looked like a good guy, but Lei Heng had a sour face.

Cao Jie was neither anxious nor impatient. He was able to deal with any challenge with his generals and earth. He was like a fierce dragon crossing the river, so he was naturally able to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai.

I don't know when it started, but the singer brought by Song Jiang also started to sing along with the performance of erhu and pipa.

You know what, it's really sweet and soft, and that's probably what this music is all about.

Cao Jie turned his head with drunken eyes and saw that it was indeed a little beauty of about 80 points.

Her face was graceful and elegant, her body was elegant and graceful, her hair was like a dark cloud, her eyebrows were like a half-crescent moon.

The golden lotus is narrow, and the Xiang skirt slightly reveals her love; the jade bamboo shoots are slender, and the green sleeves half cover her infinite meaning.

The eyes are like dots of lacquer, and the breasts are like slices of fat. The rhythm is like the crabapple blossoms in the wind, and the style is like the plum tree in the snow. The beauty in the golden house leaves the imperial garden, and the fairy Ruizhu descends to the mortal world.

She is a beauty who is only three points less beautiful than Xiao Jinlian. If her singing voice and talent are taken into account, she has a lot more charm.

"This is Yan Poxi!"

"Didn't Song Jiang buy a house and set up a house to support her as a concubine?"

'Why are you here?'

Cao Jie looked at him for a moment, then looked at Song Jiang's head, and felt that he was a little green.

"Hey you, come over and drink with Doctor Cao."

County Magistrate Shi obviously misunderstood and thought that Cao Jie was staring at the singer and had a crush on her.

"The county lord has misunderstood. Let's drink...drink."

Although I'm a thief, but for a slutty and slutty girl like me who always loves to cuckold others, one Jinlian is enough for me. I really can't afford more!

At this time, Song Jiang put down his wine bowl, squinted his eyes and smiled, "Second Brother Cao, this girl is from Tokyo, her name is Yan Poxi, when she was eighteen, she came to Shandong with her parents to seek refuge with relatives but failed, so she ended up in Yuncheng.

At the beginning of this year, Yan Gong passed away due to illness. Her family was poor and had no money for the funeral. I am usually kind and charitable, and I couldn't bear to see her selling herself to bury her father, so I funded her and buried Yan Gong.

The county lord is hosting a banquet today, and I know she is good at singing, so I asked her to perform. Since Second Brother Cao likes her, why not take her into your room?"

"Brother Gongming, this girl belongs to you. How can I take her away from you?"

Cao Jie quickly refused.

Song Jiang laughed and said, "I usually just like to wield spears and clubs, not women."

No wonder he wants to cheat on you!
The county magistrate at the time encouraged him, "A beauty should be paired with a gentleman... Then Yan Poxi, come here. I want to ask you, are you willing to marry Cao's Erlang and become a maid?"

Yan Poxi shyly glanced at Cao Jie secretly. Seeing that he was handsome, tall and imposing, she nodded slightly but very forcefully.

The county magistrate clapped his hands and said, "Okay, then I will be the matchmaker today."

Cao Jie was shocked. Today's banquet is not a good one. It turns out that you guys are teaming up to play tricks on me.

You, Song Jiang, are trying to pull me into your camp by using a woman. Where in the world can such a good thing happen?

"Thank you, County Master. We can talk about women later. Why don't you meet my brothers Wu Song and Wu Erlang first..."

(End of this chapter)