Wenjin County, Hanfu. The seats are always full, and the wine in the glass is not empty.

Han Mansion set up more than 20 tables of wine to entertain guests from all over the world, and the old man Han personally toasted at each table, and after the cold noise with the familiar guests, he returned to the lobby. There are also two tables in the lobby, and the people sitting are the heads and brains of Wenjin County, and Shi Chenliang, the county commander of Wenjin County, is here.

"This Jiang Thorn Shi is really a golden hand, this problem of Huazhou melons and fruits is not easy to preserve for more than a thousand years, he was stunned to solve it, high, really high. My old Qin admired him so much. ”

"My family has been making honey fruits day and night these days, there are already more than 2,000 cans, piled up in three rooms, I am ready to pull it to Lingzhou to sell after the Mid-Autumn Festival, you big brothers, Lingzhou is a small place to let a little brother." A white-faced scribe smiled and raised his glass to his tablemate.

This scribe's name is Chen Wenze, the younger brother of Chen Wenhui, who is too often in Zhengwupin, and there is also a cousin Chen Wensi who joined the army as a secretary in Lingzhou. Lingzhou is far richer than Huazhou, densely populated, and honey fruits are definitely hot there. Han Yuan sneered in his heart, Chen Wenze had a good idea and a good appetite.

Immediately, someone ridiculed: "Second Chen, you don't bully, I want to go to Lingzhou to do honey fruit business in the past two days, or your brother will let me for the time being." ”

The one who spoke was a rough man, with a full beard, holding a leg of mutton in his hand, and staring at Chen Wenze indifferently. Tang Dahe, Zuo Jin Wuwei Zhonglang will Tang Changfu's nephew, and Chen Wenze have never dealt with each other, and the two will fight when they get the opportunity.

Seeing that the two of them were puffing out their eyes like fighting cocks, Han Yuanshi hurriedly smiled and stepped forward to play a round game, and said: "Two brothers, make money in harmony, don't hurt your harmony because of small money, for the sake of the old man, come and come, drink a cup together." ”

In front of Han Yuanshi, neither of them dared to take it big, so they stood up and raised their glasses in response, and a battle turned invisible.

Waiting for Han Yuanshi to sit back in the main seat, a fifty-year-old man next to him filled a glass of wine for him, and asked with a smile: "Han Gong, Jiang Thorn Shi threw out this honey fruit, which benefited the people of Huazhou, and actually let us get a big head, how do you say that this Jiang Thorn Shi gave a big gift for no reason, and the courtesy must be asked for by others, I don't know which end of this Jiang Thorn Shi is?" ”

The green-shirted scribe beside Han Yuanshi smiled and said: "Cheng Ye is confused, knowing that Jiang Tingshi is doing this to let everyone not make trouble in the border city of the Western Regions, why let Han Gong say it." ”

Cheng Ye said embarrassedly: "Haha, Xiao Wei is straight when he speaks, my old Cheng doesn't have a bottom in his heart, I want to hear what Han Gong means." Xiao Wei, let's do one. ”

Wei Qing, a green-shirted scribe, was a lifter, and he failed to pass the test when he entered Beijing six times, so he simply accepted Han Yuanshi's invitation and worked as a staff member in the Han Mansion to give him some ideas.

Tang Dahe came over with a cup to toast, and after Han Yuanshi took a sip, he cheekily smiled at Han Yuanshi and said, "Old man Han, my family has only made less than a thousand cans of honey fruits, damn, the honey is gone." Honey was originally a sought-after commodity, there are not many on the market in Huazhou City, as soon as the recipe for this honey fruit comes out, the price of fucking honey is three a day, the original 100 wen a pound of honey is now 200 wen a catty, according to the recipe, each jar of honey fruit has to be given two taels of honey, my family's more than 200 catties of honey have been used up, I have asked people to go to the surrounding states to buy, but the fruit bought is piled up at home and can't wait. I heard that your family has recently bought a lot of honey, can you give me a few hundred catties of honey first, I will buy it at the price of 200 wen a catty, or wait for me to buy it back and then return it. ”

Han Yuanshi smiled: "Xiao Tang, others think you are a rough man, but in fact, you kid has a belly full of fancy intestines, and the abacus hangs on his chest." Who told me to be a sworn brother with your uncle, wait for you to find Han Shi and ask him to give you 200 catties, I bought it from Qingzhou yesterday, and you kid will smell it. ”

Chen Wenzepi said with a smile: "The melons and fruits in our Huazhou are already sweet enough, and we add honey to them, the sweet ones are greasy, and it is a waste of money according to the recipe of Jiang Thorn History." I'm not going to be such a fool, save some honey money and honey fruits can be sold cheaper, so that people don't have to fight with me. ”

His words actually got nearly half of the people to respond, Chen Wenze laughed proudly, and looked at Tang Dahe Road provocatively: "Alas, it seems that there are many smart people, unlike some people who are greedy and cheap with their thick skin." ”

Tang Dahe snorted angrily, did not make a sound, and was also calculating in his head that if he didn't give honey, each jar of honey fruit could save forty yuan, and the cost would only be about fifty yuan. With silver stars in his eyes, Tang Dahe didn't bother to bother with Chen Wenze, and returned to his seat with a smile to continue eating and drinking.

Shi Chenliang stood up and said: "Everyone, don't forget to pay business taxes when you get rich, Lord Jiang has an order, this honey fruit is taxed according to the monopoly, fifty wen per can, and the taxes in the county can all depend on you. ”

Everyone was talking about honey fruits, and various ideas to reduce costs emerged one after another, Han Yuanshi seemed a little restless tonight, and after drinking a few glasses of wine, he got up and said: "The old man is a little tired today, so I won't drink more with you." Zhiming, Zhiyu, a few of you will pay tribute to your uncles for your grandfather. ”

Everyone got up to send off, Han Yuanshi went down the corridor to the back house, the more he went back, the quieter he became, there were guards around the corner, and he saluted silently when he saw Han Yuanshi.

Han Wonsil walked to a quiet courtyard to the east, and the sound of barking dogs came from the courtyard from a long distance, and someone came out to greet him. More than a dozen fine houses are hidden in the flowers and trees, the fragrance of osmanthus is refreshing, Han Yuanshi is in good spirits, strode towards the main house, and under the corridor, a white-bearded old man looked at him with a smile.

"Brother", Han Yuanshi stepped forward quickly and hugged the old man tightly.

After a long time, the two separated, Han Yuanshi burst into tears, and said in a choked voice: "Brother, I haven't seen you for another fourteen years, and you don't come to see me, your hair was still black when you came last time, why is it all white now." ”

Zhou Shaofeng said with tears: "Brother, you don't want to think about it, brother, I am seventy-two this year, and I am already a person who doesn't know tomorrow today, how can my hair not be white, but you have been pampered all these years, and you still look like a person in your fifties." ”

The two entered the house hand in hand, and someone served tea, covered the door, and guarded the door, so that the two of them could talk secretly.

Han Yuanshi sighed: "Back then, brother, you took me to flee everywhere, and fifty-three years have passed in a blink of an eye, and you and my brother are all white-headed people." ”

Zhou Shaofeng looked at his younger brother with some guilt, and sighed: "When the family was ruined and the country fell, you were only eleven years old, and you followed me around at a young age. Later, I gave you to the Han family, because I was afraid that you would be in danger of following me and your life would be difficult to protect. ”

Han Yuanshi's original name was Zhou Shaocheng, the son of Zhou Limin, the secretary of the Yuantian Sect of the Great Qi National Army, after the Zheng army broke through the Huaixing City, Zhou Shaofeng took Zhou Shaocheng, who was only eleven years old, to the rivers and lakes, and drifted to Huazhou. In the face of Long Wei's tracking, in order not to involve his younger brother, Zhou Shaofeng fostered his younger brother in the Han family and left alone.

The Han family had no children and adopted Zhou Shaocheng, and Zhou Shaocheng changed his name to Han Yuanshi. As an adult, Han Yuanshi relied on his family kung fu to go to the Western Regions to do business and earn his family business. After marrying a wife and having children, Han Yuanshi didn't want his children and grandchildren to experience a life of exile, and moved his family several times, wanting to cut off his connection with Yuantianjiao.

Fourteen years ago, the eldest brother Zhou Shaofeng suddenly appeared at home with a few people and told him that the Yuan Tianjiao had a foundation overseas, and now he was gathering the old ministry to prepare for an opportunity to start an incident, so that he could secretly help him. Han Yuanshi already has three sons, two daughters, and six grandchildren, and he doesn't want to work for the ethereal Great Qi Empire anymore.

Zhou Shaofeng was furious and accused him of being greedy for comfort and forgetting his father's blood feud and wanted to cut off relations with him. When Han Yuanshi hesitated, the Western Regions coalition army suddenly invaded, broke through more than 100 miles at night, and surrounded Wenjin County. At that time, Wenjin County ordered the city to be defended, and the Western Regions Army lost nearly 1,000 people under the city. The Western Regions army was furious and vowed to slaughter the city.

It was precisely because of the help of Zhou Shaofeng and other masters that Wenjin County was preserved, but Han Yuanshi's eldest son and third son died in the city.

Later, Han Yuanshi was rewarded by the court, and the second son Han Liangqing became the Sima of the Anxi Protectorate. Zhou Shaofeng felt sorry for his younger brother, and no longer came to Han Yuanshi for fourteen years, Yuan Tianjiao fled to Huazhou after the failure of the merger uprising, Liu Ziwei originally wanted to avoid the Han Mansion, Zhou Shaofeng categorically refused, not wanting to cause trouble for his brother.

On the contrary, Han Yuanshi was worried that his brother would be arrested, so he secretly sent someone to find Zhou Shaofeng and find a safe place for the defeated Yuantianjiao. Unexpectedly, Liu Ziwei, Wei Dachang and others were unwilling to be lonely, and first killed Ren Jingchen, the assassin of Huazhou, and then attacked Jiang Anyi, which made Jiang Anyi suspicious of the Han family, and Long Wei also set his sights on the Han Mansion.

Liu Ziwei knew that the situation was not good, so he didn't dare to stay in Huazhou for a long time, and fled to the green state in the Kurqi desert, which was discovered by Han Yuanshi when he was young when he broke into the Western Regions, and the location was hidden, no one knew, and no one knew that it was the Han family's industry.

Looking at his younger brother, Zhou Shaofeng was full of guilt, and said apologetically: "Shaocheng, my brother shouldn't have come to you fourteen years ago, alas, it's too late to say anything now." The court eagle dog is arresting us everywhere, we have fled to the Western Regions, and this time I will pick up your father in the mansion. Don't worry, I made it clear to Brother Liu, from now on, I will break off with Yuan Tianjiao and you again, you can rest assured that you will not be implicated. ”

The father in the horse shed courtyard is a believer of the Yuantian Sect who was sent to Huazhou, and five years ago, Zhou Shaofeng asked someone to send a letter to him to help him buy it and raise it in the mansion. It seems that the identities of these people are not ordinary, otherwise my brother would not have come to pick them up in person.

Looking at his white-haired brother, Han Yuanshi felt sad for a while, saying goodbye this time, I'm afraid it will never be the time to see each other again. My brother and others fled to the Western Regions, and they made a break with Yuantianjiao, so Liangqing and his grandchildren would not be implicated, and it was difficult to achieve both worlds, and this ending was not bad.

"Bring the wine," Han Won-sil commanded loudly.

The Mid-Autumn Festival reunion in August was full of drunken joy for the two brothers.