In the Sunken Fish Pavilion of Xianyang City, Gongsun Yan was invited by Bai Shun to drink with Zhang Yi and the other two.
Gongsun Yan wanted to refuse, but because he had killed 80,000 soldiers of the Wei army, he had made a great contribution to the public, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, so he wanted to drink to drown his sorrows. Since the Sunken Fish Pavilion started working with Yi Wei, they had also brought in many specialties from the various countries in Shandong. The most important thing was the wine from various countries. Although those wines were either as sour as vinegar, as light as water, or as turbid as porridge compared to the wine in Sunken Fish Pavilion, for those who traveled outside, the wine from their hometown was the most memorable.
It was for this reason that Gongsun Yan accepted Li Xiang's invitation and came to taste Wei Wine.
"General is from Wei, Zhang Yi is also from Wei. How about we serve a table of Wei wine, Wei food, and ask the Wei woman to sing a Wei song?”Li Xiang could be considered the owner of the Sunken Fish Pavilion. After leading the two to their seats, he suggested.
"As the guest wishes." Zhang Yi rubbed his palms as if he did not care about food and drink.
"That would be great. Thank you, Grand Tutor.”Gongsun Yan stood up and thanked Bai Shun, then sat down again.
Li Xiang clapped his hands when he heard this. A waiter came forward and told Li Xiang his request. The waiter nodded and left.
After a while, a song of the Kingdom of Wei's Spring Joy slowly played in the Sunken Fish Pavilion. The level of the musician was not too high, but the song was still moving. It was touching. The waitress Wei, who brought the dishes and wine, had tears on her face.
Gongsun Yan sighed when he saw this. This Wei woman came to Xianyang City for a living. He was also an official. What was the difference between them?
Gongsun Yan immediately drank a cup of wine and felt much better."I once heard Grand Preceptor talk about the beauties of the seven kingdoms and said that the Wei woman was passionate. It seems that it is true. Just now, she shed tears after listening to a song.”
"Of course not."
Li Xiang didn't expect Gongsun Yan to be worried about a maid. He smiled and shook his head.
"General, you worry too much. Sir is virtuous, how could he make things difficult for a maid who is moved by the scene?”Zhang Yi said with a smile.
"It seems that I have judged a gentleman's stomach with my petty heart.”Gongsun Yan raised his cup and downed it.
Pa!
Just as the three of them were discussing and drinking, the sound of a table being slammed came from the private room next door.
"What is the meaning of the Wei Kingdom's defeat and yet they are happy?”A young man's dissatisfied voice sounded.
"What song does Young Master want to listen to?" An attendant's voice sounded.
"Bring me the drum!"
"Battle armor ready, Jin drum urging people! Wei River soup soup, strengthen my army spirit!"
The young master beat the drum and began to sing loudly.
The lyrics were not bad. It sounded like a military song from the former Three Jin Dynasties, but this young master's croaky voice made Li Xiang and the others feel uncomfortable.
Just as Bai Shun was about to call for his men to drag the young man down, the people who were drinking under the Sunken Fish Pavilion heard the unpleasant singing. After a series of chaotic noises, a dozen people rushed up.
"Don't move! How dare he play the military song of Wei Country in Qin Country!”The leader of the group, who was dressed luxuriously, pointed at the young master and snorted coldly.
"The Qin country does not have any rules about what song to sing when drinking!”The young master said drunkenly as he held the drumstick.
"The defeated country actually has such an arrogant person. The Qin army is fighting desperately at the front line, and there are still so many people in the Wei country making profits in Xianyang City.”The luxurious man said angrily.
"Get out of the State of Qin! Get out of the State of Qin!" The soldier behind the luxurious man shouted.
"Get out of Wei Country! Get out of Hexi!" The young master was not willing to be outdone and shouted back.
"Destroy all the shops that the Wei bandits are gathering!”The noble-looking young master coldly snorted and ordered.
With this order, Li Xiang, who was originally drinking at the side and preparing to watch the show, narrowed his eyes. He had suffered an undeserved disaster.
Moreover, the man in luxurious clothes had guards at a young age. It was obvious that he was from a wealthy family. He actually did not know who the Sunken Fish Pavilion belonged to. Or it could be said that he knew who Sunken Fish Pavilion belonged to, but because Li Xiang had left the State of Qin, he didn't know that he had already returned. That was why he dared to be so impudent.
"Who is causing trouble here?"
With a crisp sound, a green robe swept past, and the soldiers who were about to smash the shop were all kicked to the ground.
"Sir, you're back."
A man dressed in black walked to Li Xiang's side and said in a low voice.
As soon as Li Yu appeared, the surroundings immediately fell silent, and then an uproar broke out.
"Wow, I didn't expect the reclusive Head Shopkeeper to appear.”
"I heard that the head shopkeeper is the direct disciple of our ruler's teacher.”
"It seems that Ying Xin is in trouble.”
"Which side are you on? Qin or Wei?"
"To help the head shopkeeper."
The surrounding customers were drinking and chatting.
When Li Xiang heard the gossip of the customers, he only smiled in relief. However, one of the sentences was right. Which side would he help? Of course, it was to help Sunken Fish Pavilion!
"The Grand Tutor has returned to Qin? When did this happen?"
The man named Ying Xin frowned as he looked at the white-robed man sitting in a private room not far away. His heart skipped a beat.
Although the three positions of Grand Preceptor, Grand Tutor, and Grand Protector did not have any actual power, they were all held by people with respected status.
Since Ying Si had become the ruler of Qin, Li Xiang should have been promoted from Grand Tutor to Grand Preceptor and become the leader of the three dukes. However, he had just returned, so everyone still called him Grand Tutor. Because of the screen in the private room, Ying Xin did not notice that the person sitting across from Li Xiang was Gongsun Yan, the commander of the army.
"Grand Tutor, Wei Si, the hostage of the Wei Kingdom, is preaching the military song of the Wei Kingdom. He is clearly challenging the dignity of the Qin Kingdom and should be punished. Grand Tutor, please ask this girl to leave.”Ying Xin walked forward and said to Li Xiang.
"Oh? Didn't I just hear that someone wanted to smash the shop?”Li Xiang didn't even turn his head as he swirled his wine glass and asked.
"That was my reckless words. However, I still want to remind the Grand Tutor that Xianyang is the capital of the Qin country, and the Grand Tutor is the Grand Tutor of the Qin country. It is best not to have anything from other countries in the Sunken Fish Pavilion to taint people's hearing.”Ying Xin laughed coldly.
Li Xiang raised his wine glass and stood up. Li Yu stepped aside and Li Xiang slowly walked to Ying Xin.
"Are you teaching me how to do things?" Li Xiang chuckled.
"I wouldn't dare." Ying Xin shook his head.
"General Gongsun Yan, please have people detain the people from both sides.”Li Xiang nodded and turned to Gongsun Yan who was sitting behind the screen.
"Thank you, Grand Tutor."
Gongsun Yan cupped his hands and thanked him. He knew that as a citizen of Wei, he would be criticized no matter which side he helped, and his conscience would be disturbed. But, Bai Shun wouldn't have such a problem.
"Gongsun Yan? What right does he have to send troops to capture us?”When Ying Xin saw the commander-in-chief who should have sent out his troops to battle appear in Xianyang City, he was shocked, but he still forced himself to remain calm.
"Rhinoceros Head has just been appointed by the Qin Emperor as a great man and is in charge of military and political power. Do you think he has the right to detain you?”Zhang Yi also went forward to join in the fun and said.
"Daliangzao?"
Hearing this, everyone was shocked. Ying Xin was shocked that Gongsun Yan had actually taken this position. That meant he really had the right to take them away.
The surrounding Wei soldiers were shocked that Gongsun Yan had been made a great hero, which meant that he had made a great contribution. The Wei army would definitely suffer a crushing defeat.
"If Da Liangzao wants to arrest us, he can, but Ying Xin and the Qin people are not convinced! Grand Tutor is unfair!"
Ying Xin looked straight at Li Xiang. The meaning behind his words was that Li Xiang did not stand up for the Qin people and pretended to be a victim.
"I'm bored after drinking, so I'll tell you about it.”Li Xiang smiled indifferently and threw the wine glass downstairs.
"First of all, just like what the Wei Country's Young Master said, there is no law in the Qin Country that forbids those kinds of music, so they have not violated the Qin law. Naturally, you have no right to lead troops to attack and cause chaos.”
"Well said!" When Wei Si saw that Li Xiang seemed to be speaking up for him, he immediately clapped his hands and cheered.
Ying Xin's face was ashen.”
The surrounding Qin people also began to whisper. Li Xiang's words were indeed flawless, but it seemed to have hurt the "feelings" of the Qin people.
But he hadn't finished speaking yet.
"Secondly, in terms of love, whether it's Wei Qu, Chu Ci, Yan Zhao, or Han Qi, they will all become the territory of Great Qin in the future. When they are embraced by Great Qin, they will all be written in the same language. These songs will only have one name, Qin Feng!”
Li Xiang waved his hand at the wine cup downstairs, and the wine cup automatically flew back into his hand. He poured a cup of wine into it, then looked at Ying Xin and the other Qin people and asked,""Are you going to reject even Qin Feng?”
"This…this…"
Ying Xin was speechless, unable to refute.
The expressions of the surrounding Qin soldiers, including the soldiers led by Ying Xin, also changed from confusion and doubt to reverence and admiration.
"If a person enters my Qin, he is a Qin citizen. If a song enters my Qin, he is Qin Feng. What a good way to swallow the world!”Zhang Yi raised his cup and laughed.
Hearing this, the surrounding Wei soldiers didn't dare to make a sound. The hostage Wei Si was furious but didn't dare to speak. He could only throw the drumstick to the ground.
"In that case, we'll detain you temporarily. After we investigate the situation, we'll naturally release you!”Gongsun Yan said to the soldiers.
"Yes, sir! General!"
The soldiers began to move. Ying Xin had never expected that the soldiers he brought with him would become the ones who wanted to capture him.
The soldiers temporarily detained the people from Qin and Wei who had participated in the trouble at Sunken Fish Pavilion, waiting for the judgment to be carried out at dawn tomorrow.
"It's already late today, so I'll take my leave first.”
After Gongsun Yan finished his work, he bowed to Li Xiang and left. Li Xiang also returned to Sunken Fish Pavilion.
Late at night, after the Sunken Fish Pavilion closed, Li Xiang brought Li Yu into the backyard of the Sunken Fish Pavilion.
After entering the room and sitting down, Li Xiang told the two of them about the plan to open a wine shop in the capital of the six countries in Shandong and leave a secret hand. First, he would choose suitable candidates from the six dynasties, and it would be best if they were women.
After that, he would be trained in both civil and military aspects. He didn't need to be too high. At the very least, he needed to have the ability to defend himself and guard against covetous people. In the end, Li Yuren would leave a curse mark on them, sealing their memories.
They would only think that Bai Shun gave them the chance to return to their hometown and even gave them a restaurant as a place to settle down.
However, the existence of the curse mark would make them feel uneasy about just being the manager of a restaurant. They would use the martial arts and knowledge that Li Xiang and Li Yu "rewarded" them to secretly expand. Unless it was Li Xiang or Li Yu who made a move, the curse would only be removed before they died. At the same time, they would obtain the missing memories and pass this memory and the curse to the new heir.
After a few generations, those restaurants would soon have no relation to Li Xiang or the State of Qin on the surface, and no information would flow from the restaurants to the State of Qin.
However, as long as Li Xiang wanted to, he could detonate a magnificent firework buried in the Six Nations at any time, causing them to panic like wild beasts. Li Xiang was naturally unwilling to engage in such shady business, but if he didn't do it, someone else would.
Especially when the situation in the world became extremely weak, the six Shandong countries would be desperate and would no longer care about face and reason.
At that time, the original country would become a mess. In terms of national strength, even if the six countries combined, they would not be able to compete with the Qin country. They would have no scruples and use third-rate methods to hinder the unification of the Qin country.
Assassins, secret organizations, and mysterious figures, Li Xiang did not want to play a game of cat and mouse with them at all.
If they really fell to that level, Bai Shun would tell the six states that they were still a bunch of useless trash in terms of national strength.
And this was the intention of Bai Shun's Seven Nations Restaurant. Perhaps he would never use the hand seal to remove the curse, or perhaps he would use it soon.
In the Seven Nations Restaurant, Chi Mei, Cheng Xuan, Huang Gui, Lu Zhu, Qing Lian, Lan Jin, and Zi Lan all had their own interests and didn't have anything to do with each other.
Although it was to guard against the six countries, similar forces would appear within the Qin Empire, so Chi Mei of Xianyang City was very necessary.
However, for now and most of the time in the future, Crimson Rose was just a special clothing store that sold all kinds of strange clothes.
As for why Chi Mei was selling clothes, it was related to the next step that Li Xiang was about to discuss with Ying Si…
This was called riding and archery in Hu attire!
Zhao Country relied on Zhao Wuling King to greatly increase their military strength in the future, becoming the last existence that could contend with Qin Country.
The only obstacle to wearing Hu clothes, riding and shooting was the restriction of etiquette and morality, as well as the criticism of the conservative party towards the king.
These were not a problem in the Qin country. Even the reform was successful. The change in Hu clothing, riding, and archery was just a small matter.
……
"Sir, there's actually something I don't understand.”Li Yu suddenly said after hearing Li Xiang's plan.
"Oh? What?" Li Xiang raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Teacher clearly has the opportunity to wield power and carry out drastic reforms to make the Qin country stronger. Why must you look for Shang Yang and Zhang Yi? Sir is obviously a martial general and a civil minister. Why does he have to be a position of the three dukes without actual power? Qin State had gone to war many times, but why had Teacher never followed them out to war?”
Li Yu instantly asked three questions. These three questions were not only his doubts, but even some people in the Qin country and the various countries were also very puzzled.
Li Xiang smiled mysteriously when he heard this question. He thought that Ying Si would ask him this question first, but he didn't expect it to be Li Yu.
"The Qin law is that meritorious deeds must be rewarded. With my ability, if I'm willing, before the Qin unifies the six countries, the entire Qin country will be my fief. At that time, there will be no land to be conferred or meritorious deeds to be rewarded. Even if I personally taught all the kings, and all the kings trusted me 200% of their lives, how could they face such a situation?”
Li Xiang chuckled." Fame and fortune are like the past. Wei Yang was granted the land of Shang. After his 'death,' Shangyu still belongs to Qin. He can be granted another fief…"
"I understand!" Li Yu said softly before Li Xiang could finish.
"You're worth teaching." Li Xiang nodded in satisfaction.
"Actually, Sir, you're just lazy."
“……”。
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