Xizhou is very desolate. The meaning of "desolate" is not only its geographical location, but also its deserted and lonely city. The caravans are unwilling to stop here. They often replenish fresh water and dry food and hurry on the road. The city is lifeless, and the officials and the people all look lazy and depressed. They ignore everything around and are not interested in anything. More than 10,000 people live in this city, but they seem to live in graves. The whole city is filled with a sense of death.

With such a dead city, it is hard for Li Su to imagine how Cao Yu led the soldiers of the Zhechong Mansion to defend it when the foreign enemy attacked the city. There must be some unknown secrets here.

What Li Su has to do now is to restore some vitality to this dead city. In the center of the desert, the city does not necessarily require birds singing and flowers, and is full of greenery, but at least it must make the people in the city smile more, have a little more humane atmosphere, and have a little more prosperous and bustling look.

Five caravans entered Xizhou City, full of bricks and stones needed to build houses, and camels and horses were crowded on the open space of the market to the west.

The five leaders of the caravan were naturally all businessmen, two of whom were Tang people, and three were Hu people. Hundreds of camels and horses neighed in the market, while the five businessmen stood quietly in front of Li Su with a pleasing smile on their faces.

It was not until we met that everyone knew that this handsome and handsome young man was the new Xizhou Biejia, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He heard that he was still a county magistrate. For these five businessmen who had to smile carefully when they met the officials, Li Su's identity was naturally a great existence.

Li Su looked at the open space full of camels and horses, and smiled more kindly on her face.

It is rare to see such a lively day in the empty and deserted market. If Xizhou City is so lively every day, Li Su's purpose will be almost achieved.

"According to Li Biejia's instructions, our caravan transported bricks, stone, mud and tiles from the distant Shazhou. More than 700 camels' bricks, stones, mud and tiles were all parked in the western city. Li Biejia was also asked to accept them." A Hu merchant took off his yarn crown and bowed slightly and smiled.

Li Su bowed to him and smiled and said, "Thank you all the hard work. I have set up a glass of wine in the cavalry outside the city to wash away the dust for all the guests who have come from afar. I also ask you to enjoy the glory."

The merchants were immediately flattered.

Although the people are simple and open these days, merchants are still merchants. Their status is still at the bottom. In this country where Confucianism and Taoism are the national religions, the universal values ​​of the people are deeply influenced by Confucianism. Confucius said that "a gentleman is a person who is righteous and a villain is a person who is profitable" has become a mountain that merchants cannot turn over in their lives. Therefore, they are blushing and contempt from others everywhere. Even if they are suing the truth, officials will not consciously turn to the other side, because in everyone's eyes, merchants are cunning, and the opposite is the type of people at the bottom of society.

At this moment, Li Su, a young official who had the title of county visceral and was also a fourth-rank official, took the initiative to put wine and dust them, and the merchants were immediately excited.

The five people looked at each other, and the same content was conveyed in their excited eyes. Let's go and have a meal.

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Li Su naturally had a purpose in choosing to hold a wine and feast in the Qiying camp.

Five merchants, plus the Kucha merchants surrounded Li Su. As soon as everyone walked into the gate, they heard a shocking shout of killing on the school ground not far away. The merchants were very brave to make money, but they were not brave enough to see the killing formation. A violent shout of killing sound was like a fight between gold and iron. Several merchants were so scared that their legs became soft and their faces were as dark as the faces. Their smart eyes were staring at Li Su, and their suspicious eyes kept flashing.

Li Su was a little embarrassed. He originally wanted to show them the might of the Tang Dynasty soldiers and leave a psychological shock to the next bargaining. Now everyone looks like a bandit who is kidnapped and blackmailed... It hurts his self-esteem. How can he be embarrassed to take action later?

The banquet was set up in the open space in front of the coach's tent. For this investment promotion, Li Su spent a lot of money. Not only did he order the camp to clean it inside and outside, but he also laid a carpet in front of the coach's tent. In this desolate and lonely city, he actually got a lot of chicken and mutton. What's even more rare is that Li Su actually cooked himself and used cooking techniques that had never been seen in his life to make each dish full of color, fragrance and taste, which was far superior to the current food and cooking level of the Tang Dynasty.

Just rushing to the table with stunning dishes, these merchants should hand over the money quickly, otherwise they deserve it.

Seeing the aroma of wine and food on the table, the merchants looked more and more trepidated. After Li Su invited him several times, they sat down tremblingly, carefully facing his heels, as if he was sitting on pins and needles and ready to run away at any time.

The guest and the host sat down. On the school ground not far away, the soldiers were still practicing. The yellow sand was rolling, and a murderous aura like a steel knife was shaking the face. There was a gentle breeze in front of the tent, and the guest and the host were happy... Well, the guests might not be so harmonious, but Li Su, as the host, was in a mess.

"You are traveling around the world and sleeping in the open air. The journey is hard. Come, I am here. I will give you my birthday. Please drink this cup."

After Li Su finished speaking, she covered her face with one sleeve and drank the full glass of wine with the other hand.

The merchants were very honored and drank all the gratitude.

As soon as the wine hit the throat, everyone's faces suddenly showed surprise, and they smacked their lips carefully, whispered and admired.

Li Su put down the wine glass and smiled and said, "You are all people with rich experience. Can this wine be touched by your mouth?"

Everyone nodded quickly. A businessman with a thirty-year-old Han man stood up, saluted Li Su first, and said respectfully: "Return to Li County, the villain is named Gong Hu, a native of Jingzhou in Guanzhong. Jingzhou is not far from Chang'an. Is this villain who has heard of this wine, but the five steps that are popular in Chang'an?"

Li Su smiled and said, "Brother Gong is very knowledgeable, it is this wine."

Gong Hu waved his hands in panic: "The county is a villain, just call the villain's name. I dare not call it a brother to reduce the life span of his life... The villain has heard of the name of the five-step pouring, saying that it is the strongest wine in Chang'an in recent years. When he enters his stomach, his belly is like a fire burning in his stomach, and his energy is particularly strong. If he can't take five steps, he will fall to the ground. He will be drunk for three days without waking up. Some people in Chang'an City even say that this wine is leaked by the secrets of heaven and contains infinite wonders. After drinking, it can help mortals ascend to the immortals, and it is actually a jade liquid for heaven... "

Li Su originally smiled and listened to Gong Hu Tianhuai's advertisement for him, but at the end he heard it, he gradually couldn't laugh.

Cheng Yaojin!

It must be the rumor made by this old hooligan! In order to sell a few more jars of wine, the old hooligan is also very hard-working. He dares to arrange the lies of helping others ascend to immortality. What should he do if others drink it but don’t ascend to immortality? He has the heart to burn the Cheng family’s house.

Gong Hu is worthy of being a businessman. His advertisements are vivid and he feels very immersive. After saying that, the other businessmen's eyes suddenly shine. They hurriedly picked up the painted ear cup in front of them, and took several sips greedily. Then their faces turned red and their eyes were straight, and they began to show signs of ascension in the daytime.

Li Su was anxious and hurriedly ordered people to remove the wine from the table and replace it with sour and sweet grapes.

Before the business started, he got the guest drunk. When it was reported, Li Su must have become the laughing stock of the Tang Dynasty, the kind that smiled for many years.

The merchants looked reluctant and watched the soldiers take down the wine jar and smacked their lips neatly.

Gong Hu sighed: "It is a blessing to be able to taste such fine wine in this deserted city in Xizhou, and it is quite surprising to the villain. It is rumored that these five steps were brewed by a young man in Chang'an during his leisure play. This young man was not a wine-making craftsman, but a serious Viscount of the Imperial County... "

As Gong Hu spoke, his face gradually changed. He looked up at Li Su, his eyes were filled with shock, and he shouted loudly: "Is it the one who brewed this wine? "

Li Su sighed contentedly. After hearing that he brag for most of the day, he finally talked about the show. At this moment, his heart was full of sourness and sorrow...

"Yes, it was exactly what I brewed..." Li Su looked around everyone, and a very strong signal was conveyed in her eyes. She was about to praise me!

Everyone looked at Li Su in shock, and remained silent for a long time, but indeed, Li Su hoped that all kinds of unconventional flatteries flocked to him.

"A genius!"

"Extremely talented!"

"The great man in the world!"

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A group of businessmen were very excited to play the idiom solitaire...

Li Su couldn't listen anymore, her face was so embarrassed that she spread her palms and clenched her fists in the air: "Stop!"

Everyone was silent.

"Okay, I have received all your sincerity..." Li Su said, slowly taking out a piece of paper from his arms and raising it at the merchants.

"This is a secret recipe for brewing with five steps. The wine is a consumable. Whether it is Tang people or Hu people, they will definitely not refuse wine, especially such strong wine. Therefore, if you specialize in selling five steps, you will benefit from it in the future. I believe everyone knows very well, it is not a decimal..."

The nature of a businessman was fully displayed at this moment. Everyone had a greedy look in their eyes, staring at the secret recipe in Li Su's hand, but he was not moved and only glanced at Li Su indifferently.

After spending time together for a long time, Li Su's virtues were almost touched by Na Yan. With Li Su's geese's hair plucking, the so-called secret recipe is probably just a bait used for fishing, and it depends on who is stupid and voluntarily biting the hook.

There seemed to be many people biting the hook, from Gong Hu, the greed in the eyes of the five businessmen was fully visible.

"Do you want a secret recipe?" Li Su looked around everyone with a smile.

The five-man nodded like a chicken pecking at the rice, very cute.

"I want it, but I can't give it to it..." Li Su slowly put the secret recipe in his arms, lowered his smile, and said slowly: "Five days later, a large winery workshop will be built in Xizhou City. Everyone is welcome to come to Xizhou to purchase goods."

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PS: I was in a bad state. I got up in the morning and sat in front of the computer until the evening. In addition to browsing a Weibo post to tell everyone that I was very handsome, I was basically dazed at the document and felt like my mind was filled with mud...
Chapter completed!