Peach and plum spring breeze and a glass of wine

Luting County is becoming more and more prosperous.

On the one hand, the imperial court exempted Luting County from most taxes and abolished the Luting County government office. Luting County's location advantage close to the capital began to expand, and merchants from all over the world came to visit.

On the one hand, in order to build relationships with Yang Ge, the Zhongshen Lord who has become more and more secure in his throne as the best in the world, various sects in the Jianghu secretly sent disciples to Luting County to open martial arts schools to support Yang Ge. .

On the other hand, there is a popular rumor among the people that Yang Erlang, the March of Revealed Saints, is personally in charge of Luting County. The people in Luting County are simple, people do not pick up things on the road, and there are no officials or family members to pay for food... which has attracted countless wealthy people to come to Luting County to buy property. settle down.

With the joint efforts of many parties, the economic development in Luting County can be said to be changing with each passing day.

Every day outside the city gate, wealthy households who favored Yang Ge were giving porridge, and every day there were new shops opening and lion dance teams parading in the streets.

Countless crumbling old buildings were demolished, and majestic buildings rose from the ground. For the first time, words like every inch of land were valuable appeared in the streets and alleys of Luting...

In early August, sixteen major merchants jointly submitted an application for city expansion to Xiuyiwei Shangyousuo Yamen, who was in charge of the political security of the Luting Army. They said that they could fully bear the cost of city expansion, and they only asked the government to allocate a piece of land for them to buy real estate.

Fang Ke came to ask Yang Ge for his opinion. After thinking carefully for a long time, Yang Ge agreed to the merchants' application for city expansion, but at the same time he also put forward two conditions:

First, manpower for the city expansion project must be recruited first from among the people in Luting.

Second, after these wealthy merchants settle in Luting, how many jobs will they provide to the people of Luting.

After Fang Ke conveyed the conditions proposed by Yang Ge to the sixteen big merchants, the sixteen big merchants were... ecstatic!

Are these two conditions harsh?

In a sense...harsh!

But compared with those officials in other areas who are eager to pick up their knives and put them into pieces on their own dinner plates...

They have never seen such a kind, kind... local government that can even be said to be weak!

Ever since, the city expansion project was launched quietly.

There were no exciting speeches, no spectacular cuts, and not even a decent groundbreaking ceremony.

It was an ordinary morning when people entering and leaving the East City Gate discovered that there were countless workers on the city wall, knocking on it.

It was on an ordinary afternoon that the people in Luting suddenly discovered that there were countless recruitment notices appearing in the streets and alleys. The conditions above were so favorable that they looked like a scam!

By the Mid-Autumn Festival, Fang Ke finally cleared all the checkpoints and lifted the curfew that Yang Ge had been talking about for a long time...

Luting took off directly on the spot!

Various night markets appeared on the streets and alleys, and the night market gathering point marked on the upper right was as lively as a temple fair every night.

Various colorful activities and delicious food have attracted countless tourists to linger here...

Security?

All the famous gangsters know how to go around Luting County.

And what kind of petty theft is Xiuyiwei's opponent?

In today's Luting County.

No matter what time or place, as long as someone shouts for help, someone will arrive within thirty breaths!

If it was the Luting police headed by Hu Qiang who went there, it would be the fate of the stupid thieves who committed the crime. It is hard to say how they would be punished, but they would not lose their lives.

If the person who goes there is a strong man in embroidered clothes with an oxtail knife hanging from his waist, the stupid thief who committed the crime will be very unlucky. At the very least, he will be exiled to Lingnan.

By the beginning of September, the wind from Luting was blowing in the opposite direction into the capital.

In the past, only the wealthy people from Luting went to the capital to play during the holidays.

After that, he became a wealthy man in the capital and came to Luting to play during holidays.

…

Early September, Cold Dew Festival.

After the inn closed, Yang Ge took Zhao Yu, the little tail who was shamelessly on the road, to visit the Nancheng Night Market.

Before entering the night market, a scent of compound food hit my face...

Zhao Yu said Wow, left Yang Ge and ran into the night market, looking here and there and smelling here and there.

After a while, her hands were filled with all kinds of snacks, biting from left to right, her cheeks bulging like a squirrel eating hazelnuts.

This is delicious, second brother, please try it.

This is delicious too. Second brother, you should try it too.

She kept stuffing all kinds of snacks into Yang Ge's hands. This Yuping was always as stingy as her tough dad, but she was always generous when it came to sharing delicious food.

Yang Ge followed her, holding various snacks she stuffed in his hand, scanning the strings of bright and colorful lanterns, as if he had walked into a gorgeous neon light again.

Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks, sniffing and sniffing the familiar smell in the air.

Gudong.

He swallowed, turned around, and followed the direction of the familiar smell.

Zhao Yun, who was holding a pack of spring rolls and nibbling at them, saw this and quickly followed his footsteps: Second brother, where are you going?

Yang Ge waved his hand without looking back: Don't make trouble...

He glanced quickly from stall to stall, and finally stopped in front of a stall selling rice noodles, staring intently at the small bowl of black and red coarse grains on the condiment table.

The stall owners are a middle-aged couple. The husband cooks rice noodles, and the wife welcomes guests and clears the tables and chairs. Seeing Yang Ge stop in front of their stall, the proprietress enthusiastically said in Mandarin with a strong southwest accent: Brother, come here. Does it cost a bowl of rice? Authentic Yunnan rice noodles, a small bowl of plain rice noodles costs two cents for a large bowl and three cents for a large bowl, and a small bowl of meat and fish rice noodles costs four cents and a large bowl five cents.

Yang Ge came to the stall, swallowed hard, and said, Here are two bowls of rice noodles, one big bowl and one small bowl!

Okay!

The proprietress enthusiastically invited them to sit in the stall and shouted to the rice noodle cook: Two bowls of meaty rice noodles, one big bowl and one small bowl.

Zhao Yun followed Yang Ge and sat down: Second brother, didn't you have enough to eat tonight?

Yang Ge stared at the noodle cook on the other side and said perfunctorily without looking back: Didn't you eat so many snacks just now?

Zhao Yuan: Can this be the same?

Yang Ge: What's the difference?

Zhao Yuan angrily grabbed his snack and continued to stuff it into his mouth in small sips.

Soon, the boss will pick out two bowls of rice noodles and bring them to Yang Ge.

Yang Ge quickly said: Store, add some chili peppers for me...the black and red ones.

He didn't realize it himself, but he had switched to Sichuan Sound.

The boss and his wife looked back at him in surprise, and then the boss smiled and picked up the small spoon in the chili bowl: How much to add?

Yang Ge: Feel free to add more, I can eat spicy food!

The boss immediately generously scooped three spoons into the big bowl and added one spoon into the small bowl... To be precise, it should be called spicy shell chili noodles. It is not the kind that is dried and ground with a stone, but sun-dried. After drying, put it directly in the fire pond to dry, and then use a stone mortar to grind it into large particles of chili powder.

The landlady came over with two bowls of rice noodles and put them in front of Yang Ge and Zhao Yun. She smiled and greeted them in Southwest Mandarin: Where are you, little brother?

Yang Ge stirred the rice noodles with chopsticks and replied with a smile: Bashu people.

The landlady suddenly raised her eyebrows, and finally nodded and said: We are all fellow villagers. We and I have just come to Luting. If you want to do this in the future, just come over...

When she was talking, Yang Ge couldn't wait to pick up a mouthful of rice noodles and put it into his mouth.

When the familiar spicy taste stung his mouth, which had not eaten spicy food for a long time, an uncontrollable sour taste spread on his cheeks, so sour that he shed tears.

Is it so delicious?

Zhao Yuan looked at him with confusion. He doubtfully picked up a mouthful of rice noodles and put it into his mouth. He chewed it. His face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye. Then he stuck out his tongue with a sound of ah and tried to breathe: Shassha... so spicy, so spicy, so spicy!

When the boss and his wife saw this, they laughed kindly. The wife of the boss even brought her a cup of tea very considerately: Can you eat it? If not, add some soup, it won't be so spicy.

Zhao Yu glanced at Yang Ge, who was eating faster and faster, picking up the bowl, and waved his hands in disbelief: No, he can eat it, and so can I!

After saying that, she mustered up the courage to pick up a chopstick of rice noodles and put it into her mouth.

Siha, Siha...

So spicy, so spicy...

It's delicious, it's delicious...

The more Zhao Yuan ate, the more he ate. His nose and tears were all mushy and he couldn't bear to put down his chopsticks.

Clang.

Yang Ge put down the large porcelain bowl, took a long breath, and relaxed.

It's like a wanderer who has been away from his hometown for a long time. When he returns to his hometown and eats a bowl of hometown delicacies that he has longed for for a long time, he feels settled down.

He counted nine copper coins from his money bag and put it on the table, and asked: Boss, do you still have peppers in stock? Can you sell me some? No matter how much you want! There are also seeds. Can you get me some? ? No matter how much it is!

The boss who was idle in that compartment heard his words and replied with some hesitation: Is the Qinjiao the little brother is talking about? I still have a little here, but not much. This thing is only found in the mountains of Yunnan. I have heard that some people grow this thing, but I have never seen it. I also bought the dry goods from the Miao people, and I have never seen the seeds.

In the mountains of Yunnan?

Yang Gemo stroked his chin, nodded and said: Okay, then I'll go back and figure out a solution on my own... Can you sell me some of the inventory in your hand? No matter how much it is!

The boss and his mother-in-law looked at each other. After hesitating for a moment, they waved their hands grandly and said: We are all fellow villagers. It is not easy for anyone to go out. It doesn't matter whether they can sell or not. I don't have much left in my hands. Xianjun You have some, and I will ask the brothers from the caravan to go back to my hometown to see if there are any more, and if so, I will bring you some more.

Yang Ge breathed a sigh of relief and returned the greeting with a cupped hand: Thank you, brother, you have been of great help... My name is Yang Ge. I run an inn here in Luting. The Yuelai Inn over in Dongcheng belongs to our family. I'm here I have been here for a long time and the place is familiar. If you and your sister-in-law encounter any difficulties in Luting in the future, just go to the inn to find me.

The couple looked at the young man in front of them with some surprise, not very well-dressed. They seemed to not believe that this young and handsome boy could own an inn in Luting County, where land is so valuable!

However, the enthusiastic and generous boss still took out a dried lotus leaf from under the counter, gave Yang Geyun a pack of chili noodles, sent them both out of the stall with a smile, and asked them to come back when they were free.

After the two left, the boss and his wife didn't say much, and continued busy with their business. No one took this matter too seriously.

As a result, not long after, the couple saw the steward of the night market, nodding and bowing, leading a powerful military official with a muscular figure and an oxtail knife hanging from his waist to their stall.

The couple's hearts thumped and they quickly greeted him with smiles.

The boss, who was experienced in the world, also secretly hid two pieces of silver in his sleeve, ready to be delivered to the two uncles as soon as they found fault.

Brother Zhang, come here quickly. This is our Hu Catcher in Luting County. All the big and small things on the streets of Luting are at the hands of our Hu Catcher!

As soon as the night market steward entered the stall, he pointed at the official family and introduced the couple.

The couple hurriedly stepped forward and clasped their hands: Old man, pay homage to Mr. Hu...

The official family had quick eyesight and quick hands. He supported one person with one hand and stopped them from bowing down: Don't be nervous. We don't have so many dirty rules in the road pavilion. I'll come over and let my brother recognize you. From now on, we will stay in this three-acre road pavilion. If you have any trouble in the allotment, please come to me. By the way, the stall fee for our stall will be waived from now on... Do you have time? Cook me a bowl of rice noodles when you have time, and put some more aside. That kind of condiment.”

The officials pointed to the bowl of black and reddish coarse grains on the condiment table and said with a smile.

The confused couple was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came back to their senses: That little brother Yang just now...

The officials waved their hands: You don't need to worry about who he is. Anyway, once you get to know him, even if you two are involved, you can do your business in Luting with peace of mind. As long as you two don't deceive others, there will be no consequences. People can bully you!

this……

The couple was surprised and happy, and felt a sense of trepidation as if they were going out to meet a noble person. They whispered in their hearts: 'Are you kissy or not? We are from my hometown! ’

Brother Zhang, why are you still standing there? Go and cook the rice noodles quickly? Give me a bowl too!

The manager of the night market came up with something and gave the boss a gentle push.

The boss woke up from a dream and wiped his hands on his apron: Please take a seat inside, Hun, hurry up and pour tea for Mr. Hu and Brother Liu...

Why!

The proprietress happily responded, and with a smile on her face, she invited the two of them to sit in the stall.

The couple poured the tea and boiled the powder quickly, and the initial feeling of weakness in their hearts suddenly disappeared, and they suddenly no longer felt so confused about the days to come.

If you can live comfortably in your hometown, who would want to leave your hometown?

Everyone who wanders in a foreign land has a reason why he cannot return to his hometown.

the difference is.

Some people don't want to go back.

And some people can't go back.