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Chapter 123 Teahouse

In front of the Taojun Temple, local people, local tribes and Spanish knights from Mexico City sat or stood in front of the door, surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, stretched their necks and looked inward.

"At first, Jin Wushu had elite soldiers and soldiers called Tiefutu. His men and horses were all wearing heavy armors, and the war horses were connected by cow belts. Three people and one team were called Gunzima. When they met on the battlefield, the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty could not fight together, and they were all defeated."

"In this battle, Jin Wushu, 15,000 crooked horses and 100,000 infantry troops went south and rushed straight to Yancheng. He was full of momentum, and his men and horses were connected to the wall and vowing to retake Yancheng!"

After General Fu finished speaking, the two followers translated them in Spanish and local languages. When they encountered one that they really couldn't translate, they simply repeated them in Chinese pronunciation.

The Western knights were mixed in the crowd, and they were still reserved, but the people in Changsheng County were different. They all urged in Chinese or in dialects in a low voice.

Fu Yuan was slow and was not in a hurry. He turned his head and raised his eyebrows to look at Shiqi sitting there, which meant, "Look, we can also tell a story."

The teahouse is called Heminglou. It is the No. 22 store outside the Daojun Temple in Changsheng County. The daily business is better than the restaurant. But when it comes to pricing, there are all shops outside the Daojun Temple that should have a poor business, because the price is too high.

But, the restaurant that costs two taels of silver can sell seven or eight tables every day, which is even more amazing. A pot of green tea priced at six cents of silver is endless.

However, the teahouse business is mostly because the Beiyang Banner Army prohibits alcohol. Only when Chen Mufa is rewarded with wine can they drink in the camp. Therefore, the military officers who usually take turns to go to the teahouse. The teahouse is basically not open to the public. There is no other reason, it is too expensive.

Local people were able to spend two taels of silver to try a table, but they were far from spending half a month's wages to go here to have a cup of tea.

So the teahouses are basically all officers on vacation. They received a lot of rewards after the war, and there was no place to spend money on this place, so they could afford it.

Many people came here on vacation and didn't come for tea. The camp supplies provided daily tea drinks. They came here just to make fun and cool.

The teahouse is called Qingliangju, and the price is not as high as ordinary. In Changsheng County, a place that is hot all year round, Qingliangju has an ice wall, so it is not easy to make ice here.

The Ming army dug a deep ice cellar in the south of the city. They dug wells in the cellar to obtain groundwater with very low temperatures. Even so, it still requires multiple cooling to make ice, which is very labor-intensive and very troublesome.

Most of the tea money is collected from enjoyment fees.

For example, Shi Qi, who had been talking about books in her early years, would play a guest appearance in her old business while she was free of trouble. She talked nonsense from all over the world and accidentally hit her - this became the earliest entertainment activity in Changsheng County. Every day, many people gathered to the entrance of the teahouse to wait to listen to books.

Actually, it’s like an officer. Don’t worry about whether you understand or not, join in the fun. When the wind blows, you can get a little cold air in the store, which is comfortable.

The price of tea is determined by Chen Papi, and the shopkeeper has no right to change it. However, the white water produced in the well is provided for free, and two rows of tables and pergolas are also set up outside the store for guests to enjoy the coolness.

There are two requirements: one is that the store is a place where elegant guests drink tea, and they cannot enter without drinking tea; secondly, the listener is also elegant guests and should not make noise outside.

After the two general translators were almost the same, Fu Yuan moved his fingers lightly, and a servant next to him lifted up the overglaze celadon pot, poured a cup of green tea in front of Fu Yuan. He crossed his legs and slowly blew off the clear tea floating leaves in the cup, took a sip, and then waved his hand and woke up the wood and slapped the table.

"As the saying goes, you have Jin Wushu, I have Grandpa Yue."

"The Yue family army entered the formation with a mazha sword. The soldiers did not look up at the troops, but cut the enemy soldiers from above and the horses below. One horse was not enough to move, so they defeated Wushu's army and ordered Jin Wushu to say sadly after the war: I have relied on them to win the battle, and it's over to the end of today."

"That was four hundred and thirty-eight years ago." Fu Yuan smiled complacently and turned around, not forgetting to leave a sentence to the spectator: "When Fu takes another vacation, let's talk about our founding general Zhongwu Kaiping, and whoever sees you, don't forget to tell me."

General Fu seemed to be very satisfied with his storytelling effect.

Shiqi, who was sitting on the side drinking iced herbal tea, sneered: "I'm very good at speaking, better than when I was thirteen!"

Fu Yuan didn't respond at all, stood up and sat opposite Shiqi and asked, "I have heard the second master talk about Panama here for countless times. If you come back from there, what is Panama like?"

"Nothing special, not as desolate as Changsheng, and looks very rich, just like when we first arrived in Luzon, a magical place."

Shiqi said as he poured some water out of the porcelain cup on the table, and supported his arms to deal with Yuan Dao: "But the war is not worth mentioning. Panama City is not far from the coast. As soon as General Deng's fleet landed on the dock, he first conveyed the news that the war in Mingxi began. After waiting for an incense stick, he ordered an attack. We attacked, and they ran away and chased Panama City all the way."

"It seems that all the merchants in Europe are there. We followed the harbor and defeated the army into the city and arrested many merchants. They fought a few small battles in the city. The merchants in the defeated army then ran away, and we continued to chase them in the rain."

While speaking, Shiqi had already drawn a general map of Panama with water on the table, pointing to the middle and said, "There is a big lake here, with mountains on the east side. Panama City is surrounded by mountains and water. On the mountain that runs through the isthmus, the Spanish used pebbles to pave a post road along the ridge, leading to the other side. How far do you know?"

Shiqi kept a secret, raised his hand and swayed in front of him, saying, "I heard that it was a king in Spain who was in Panamatho Canal, but he didn't know where to build it, so he paved a road on the mountain. It was built more than fifty years ago."

"I chased after three days and three nights, and there were so many mosquitoes. Thanks to the black people in the forest, they were all sold to slaves from the West. After they defected, they lived in the forest without any clothes, attacked the laundry by the river, and sometimes snatched caravans passing by to transport goods. I recruited them to lead the way."

"The road is one hundred and sixteen miles, built with four thousand people, and is only three feet wide, leading to the east coast of a small port called Potovelo."

When Fu Yuan heard Shiqi say this name, he wondered: "Lianggang?"

"Yes, it means Lianggang. I heard that it was named when they called Columbus's pirates decades ago when they avoided the storm. This is not as good as Ma Shuai's ability to name it."

Fu Yuan smiled and said, "Ma Shuai was influenced by the second master. He has tried his best without calling Ma Lai."

"It's true that that land deserves this name. After the occupation, I sent someone to explore it. There was a large coast that could dock with warships and a natural barrier, but the Westerners did not build anything there."

Shi Qi suddenly changed the subject and said, "Do you remember the English pirate who beat the harbour along the West Coast?"

Fu Yuan reminded: "Drake?"

"Yes, it's him. The Westerners went over and led the road to a harbor called Di on the other side, and he burned it."

Fu Yuanlei thought of Shi Qi coming back to meet Chen Mu this time, and asked in a low voice: "Then are you coming back this time?"

"We caught some people, and the identities are very interesting."
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