Chapter 627: The plan to destroy Chen

In March of the world, the flowers are in full bloom.

The Mengjin Ferry was bustling. The 50,000 Hebei fleet troops were stationed here, which immediately made the ancient ferry on the other side of Luoyang very lively. Although it was separated by the Yellow River, the south bank was more than 100,000 elite soldiers who were hurriedly deployed in Mangdang Mountain. Not far from the north bank, there were also Wang Shichong's 100,000 soldiers stationed in Heyang City. However, the Mengjin Ferry did not have the tense atmosphere before the war. On the contrary, it was bustling here.

Around the Mongjin Hebei Army Water Block, there were many tents and thatched huts newly built, and many local people opened various small shops here. At the beginning, although Mongjin was the only way to transport between Luoyang and Heyang, it was not very lively. Because there were many government troops stationed in the Mongjin Ferry and Mongjin City. For ordinary people, no one would be willing to do business under the noses of the soldiers unless they had to.

When the Hebei army arrived on a tall warship, all the Luoyang soldiers stationed at the ferry and Mengjin City retreated. All the scary rumors were circulating everywhere. Many people in Mengjin City were frightened, fearing that these new soldiers would plunder and loot. But after being scared for a few days, they were surprised to find that these Hebei soldiers in shiny armor and well-equipped not only did not plunder the people, but also had a very friendly attitude when buying things, and even paid for them without asking for money. Moreover, many bosses also found that these tough soldiers were very generous in their actions and often didn't want to make any change.

Three or five days later, many shop owners who were very smart and brave all started to think about it. Although they didn't understand why this official army was different from the official army and bandits who had been coming and going here in the past, no one would refuse such a large number of tickets in front of them.

At first, the shops in Mengjin City all went out to attract customers. Later, the merchants and the people who could not grab customers simply ran to Mengjin Ferry. Although there were Hebei soldiers in Mengjin City, there were only a few thousand Hebei soldiers there. Although the officers and soldiers were generous in spending money, they could not buy things every day. But the Mengjin Ferry is different. The Hebei Junshui Village at this ferry has a total of 40,000 to 50,000 people. Any soldier can buy them some things, which is also a big deal.

With the first person to eat crabs, there will be a second person to follow the trend. Not long after the Hebei army soldiers arrived in Mengjin, a large number of tents and thatched huts were already set up next to the water village, all of which were vendors and shops set up by locals. They could eat, drink, and even many women who couldn't survive ran outside the military camp to start a flesh-and-skin business.

At the ferry at dusk, a bloody sunset hangs in the sky, and the setting sun spreads a layer of gold on the entire Yellow River.

The surging Yellow River water rushes down, bringing out the fishy smell of water vapor, which keeps floating around the ancient ferry. The fishy smell of water complements the noisy smell of wine and meat coming from the sound of drinking and rock-scissors under the wisps of smoke beside the water village on the shore. Such a lively scene may even make people forget the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses on both sides of the ferry at this time, and the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

It was getting dark, and Li Shimin also used the dinner sent by Chen Kefu with his father and brothers. When he returned to himself and the cabin, he could not calm down. Although he was used on the Lingbo, Chen Kefu came uninvited, with his third sister with a red face, a spring-eyed eyebrows and a joyful look in his eyes. He had been escaping in the mountains for a long time, but when he saw the delicacies again, his appetite was very high. But when he saw the smiling Chen Kefu, the Li family father and son were eating the same dinner. He always felt that Chen Kefu was doing something, which made them not eat well, so he kept paying attention. But until he used the dinner, Chen Kefu just chatted with them for some home-cooking and asked them what they were missing. He brought it to them when he went back.

The more this happens, the more Li Shimin felt that Chen Kefu was a weasel who wished the chicken a happy New Year and was not at ease.

“Is there any wine?”

After taking a sip of tea, Li Shimin, who was sitting on the couch, became more and more unable to calm down, so he simply asked Li Wu, the personal guard outside the door.

Li Wu, who was outside the door, walked in with some surprise. He was a servant of the Li family. He has been following Li Shimin since he was a child. Except for Li Shimin who had not followed him in the past two years, he followed him like a shadow in the rest of the years. He knew Li Shimin's living habits well. Unless he had to be forced to do so, his master would not drink. Everyone around him knew that the second young master had quit drinking and had quit drinking, and he had never seen him drink again. But now, he suddenly wanted to get up, which made him inexplicably.

"I just suddenly want to drink some wine. Whether there is any wine, no matter what wine it is, just bring it to it." Looking at the guard's strange eyes, Li Shimin said.

"Please wait, I'll go and have a look." Li Wu walked out of the cabin with surprise thoughts, and after a while, he came back with a pottery jar.

"This is what the little one wants from the sailors in the bottom cabin. They are drinking just now."

Li Shimin patted Kaifeng mud, poured himself a bowl of it, and tilted his neck to drink all the wine in the bowl. As soon as the wine fell into his throat, he spit it out again before he could finish his stomach.

"Is this wine or water? Try it yourself." Li Shimin glared at Li Wu with some dissatisfaction.

Li Wu was in panic and hurriedly took an empty bowl and poured him one. After taking a bite, he frowned. No wonder his son would spit out this wine. It really didn't taste any. Why did he feel like a poor quality wine that was competed with water?

"I'm damn, I was so happy to see those people just now, but I didn't expect it to be such a bad wine. Maybe I'll go to the master to get a pot. During dinner today, the younger one saw Chen Pojun bringing a few jars of good wine to the master."

"No need, I guess my father is getting annoyed, so don't bother him anymore." Li Shimin sighed and sat back on the couch.

Li Wu looked at Li Shimin's depressed look and had to clean up and leave. When he walked to the door, he suddenly said, "If you really want to drink a few drinks, the young man knows a place. Just north of Dukou Shui Village, there is a long row of thatched cottages, which are some newly opened shops and restaurants by locals. When the young man just went down to get the wine, he heard those people say that although the shops were simple, the restaurants among them were good. Not only were the wine in the store very delicious, but the dishes cooked by the chefs in the store were also very delicious. It is said that many shops were run in Luoyang before, and I heard that many shops came from Luoyang to the river. Otherwise, the young man would go there to have a few drinks."

Li Shimin was about to refuse, but when he spoke, he finally agreed, "It's okay, just go there and have a look. Wait, I'll change my clothes."

After a while, Li Shimin had already changed into a light casual dress, not even wearing a hat, and his hair was tied up casually with a strip of cloth, and then he walked off the boat with Li Wu. When he got off the boat, several soldiers who were cruising around the Lingbo saw it, but they did not come forward. They just summoned a few companions and followed them from afar, and sent one of them to report the news. Li Shimin knew that it must be the person sent by Chen Kefu to monitor him, but it didn't matter. He just pretended that he hadn't seen it, and took two more guards with Li Wu, all of whom went ashore in plain clothes, looking for the thatched wine shops.

After boarding the boat, Li Shimin really discovered that these so-called thatched wine shops were not what he thought. Although most of the outside were built with thatch and logs, in fact, there was a unique atmosphere inside these restaurants. He looked carefully along the way and found that there were hundreds of shops gathered together. Along the river bank, there were more than two miles of land.

Although it was dusk, the shops on the banks of the river had already set up lanterns and torches, illuminating a river bank like daytime. Especially those restaurants and tea shops were welcomed and sent to the doors. He just casually looked at him and saw many drinkers in front of many wine shops along the way. There were Hebei soldiers wearing Hebei military uniforms in the water village, and some cheap men who could not see their status on the surface.

He was also surprised to find that in addition to the soldiers wearing Hebei army uniforms, and those who were not wearing uniforms, who could see their military identity from their strong figure at a glance, he actually found many subordinates in Wang Shichong wearing Jianghuai army uniforms. Not only were these people patronized these small wine shops in groups, but there were also many people gathered together with the soldiers and soldiers of the Hebei army, drinking very warmly. In addition to them, he also found several familiar figures, and many civil and military officials from Li Tang, Hedong were also here. Moreover, he had just seen a lieutenant from the Pei family from Hedong, who was taking a few colleagues and a few strong men in Hebei army uniforms, playing with wine together, calling him brothers and brothers.

Originally, he just wanted to drink a few glasses of wine to relieve his unreliable sorrow, but he didn't expect that before the wine could enter his throat, his sorrow was even more.

"Let's go back." Li Shimin sighed and pointed at Li Wudao beside him.

Li Wu looked up at the wine shop in front of him and said strangely, "Young master, you have arrived. I heard that the owner of this shop has several signature dishes for serving wine and dishes, which are very delicious."

"Suddenly I was not in the mood to drink again. Forget it, let's go back." Li Shimin said expressionlessly.

Although Li Wu was a little confused, he had no choice but to turn around. As he turned around, he suddenly smelled a gust of fragrant wind blew past him, and a handsome servant had already passed by and walked directly to the young master.

"This young master, do you think our wine shop is shabby and think we are not worthy of our young master's identity?" The servant walked directly to Li Shimin and spoke.

Li Shimin frowned, "The guy misunderstood. I just remembered that there was something to do, so I was in a hurry to rush back, but I had no other intention."

"Young master, there is a signature dish in the restaurant. If you come and leave after you don't eat it, that's a great regret." The servant said loudly, but at the end, he suddenly lowered his head and said softly, "Li Erlang, there is a plan below that can help Li Erlang eliminate Chen Pojun with one arm and retake Hedong. I just don't know if Erlang is interested?"

ps: This one was originally coded last night, but when I woke up in the morning, I found that this one was not uploaded and released. I was so sweaty.

ps2: Muzi also apologizes for the previous interruption of the time. I stopped updating for some time due to physical reasons. At first, I also told my book friends, but later I didn’t say it specifically, but I just talked to my book friends in the group. Muzi has always not liked to tell all his things to my book friends. What everyone likes is the books written by Muzi, and what they like is the late Sui Dynasty. It is not Muzi himself, so some things Muzi doesn’t talk about in the book. Therefore, some friends misunderstood and say Muzi

I don’t care about the feelings of my book friends, but my personal thoughts are different from everyone else. Muzi doesn’t like to have things other than books in the article, such as asking for votes and rewards, such as taking leave, etc. I always feel that if I like or support me, I will thank you in my heart. If you don’t like it, everyone left, Muzi also expressed his gratitude to everyone for their support. Thank you for your support before, now, and in the future. Thank you, Muzi is finally back.

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