Chapter 123: The Teahouse
In the teahouse in front of the Daojun Temple, the local people, the local people and the Spanish knights from Mexico City were sitting or standing in front of the door, surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, rubbing their shoulders and pointing their necks and looking inward.
"At first, the golden vulture had elite soldiers called Tiefutu, the men and horses were all wearing heavy armor, the war horses were connected by ox belts, three people in a team, and the number was a kidnapping horse. When the battlefield met, the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty could not fight together, and all the attacks were broken. β
"Yes, the 15,000 kidnappers and horses of the Golden Vulture and the 100,000 infantry army went south to penetrate Yuncheng, the momentum was violent, and the men and horses connected to block the wall and marched, vowing to recapture Yuncheng!"
General Fu's voice fell, and the two entourages translated it in Spanish and Turkish respectively, and when they couldn't translate it, they simply repeated it in Chinese pronunciation.
Among the people of the Western Knights, they are still more reserved, but the people of Changsheng County are different, and they either use Chinese or dialects to suppress their voices and whisper.
Fu Yuan was not in a hurry, turned his head and raised his eyebrows to look at Shi Qi who was sitting idly on the side, which meant "Look, we can also tell stories." β
The name of the teahouse is Heming Tower, which is the No. 22 shop outside the Daojun Temple in Changsheng County, and the daily business is better than the restaurant. But when it comes to pricing, there is one shop outside the Daojun Temple, and all of them should have a bleak business, because the price is too high.
But on the contrary, the restaurant with two taels of silver per table can sell seven or eight tables every day, and the teahouse is even more amazing, priced at a pot of green tea of six dollars of silver, and there is an endless stream of visitors.
However, the teahouse business is mostly because the Beiyang Banner Army banned alcohol, and they can only drink in the camp when Chen Mufa is rewarded with wine, so the military attachΓ©s who usually take turns to drill into the teahouse, and the teahouse is basically closed to the public, for no other reason, it is too expensive.
The local people can have the luxury of two taels of silver to get together a table to eat, but they are far from spending more than half a month's salary to go here to drink a cup of tea.
Therefore, the people sitting in the teahouse were basically officers on leave, and they received a lot of rewards after the war, and they could afford to spend this place where there was no money.
Many people come here on vacation not to drink tea, and the camp is full of daily tea, and they come here to be lively and cool.
The name of the teahouse is Qingliangju, the price is not so high, in Changsheng County, a place that is hot all year round, Qingliangju has an ice wall, and it is not easy to make ice here.
The Ming army dug a deep ice cellar in the south of the city, and dug wells in the cellar to extract groundwater with a very low temperature, but even then it was necessary to use many times to cool down to make ice, which was very labor-intensive and troublesome.
Most of the tea money is a pleasure fee.
On weekdays, well-informed officers, such as Shi Qi, who had spoken in his early years, would make a cameo appearance in his old profession when he was idle.
In fact, just like an officer, don't care if you understand or not, join in the fun, and when the wind blows, you can still get a little cool air out of the store, which is comfortable.
The price of tea is set by Chen Papi, and the shopkeeper has no right to change it, but the white water from the well is provided free of charge, and there are two rows of tables and pergolas outside the store for the guests to sit on.
There are two requirements, one is that the store is a place for elegant guests to drink tea, and you can't enter without drinking tea; Secondly, the listener is also a gentleman, and it is not allowed to make noise outside.
After the two interpreters said the same, Fu Yuan's fingers moved lightly, and there was an attendant beside him who lifted the glazed celadon pot, and poured a cup of green tea in front of Fu Yuan.
"As the saying goes, you have the Golden Vulture Technique, and I have Grandpa Yue."
"The Yuejia army entered the battle with a hemp sword, and the soldiers did not look up to the men and horses, cut the enemy soldiers up, cut the horse's feet down, one horse servant and two horses were difficult to walk, so they broke the Wushu army, so that the Jin Wushu said in a sad voice after the war: I raised troops from the sea, and they all relied on them to win, and it was finished from today."
"That was four hundred and thirty-eight years ago." Fu Yuan turned around with a smug smile, and did not forget to leave a sentence to the visitors: "When Fu is on vacation again, let's talk about my founding general Zhongwu Kaiping King next time, and don't forget to run and tell each other when you see it." β
General Fu looked very satisfied with the effect of his storytelling.
Shi Qi, who was sitting on the side drinking iced herbal tea, scoffed: "It's very good, even better than when I was thirteen years old!" β
Fu Yuan didn't answer at all, got up and sat opposite Shiqi and asked, "I heard the second master say Panama here I don't know how many times, you came back from there, what is Panama like?" β
"Nothing special, not as desolate as Changsheng, it looks very rich, just like when we first arrived in Luzon, a magical place."
Shi Qi said as he poured some water from the porcelain cup on the table, and held his arm 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 docks, he will first convey the news of the war in Mingxi to the port, and after waiting for a stick of incense, he will order an attack, we will attack, they will run, and chase all the way into Panama City." β
"It seems that all the merchants in Europa are there there, and we followed the harbor rout into the city and arrested a lot of merchants, and fought a few small battles in the city, and the rout merchants continued to run, and we continued to pursue in the rain."
While speaking, Shi Qi had already drawn a rough map of Panama with water on the table, pointed to the middle, and said: "There is a big lake here, and there are mountains on the east side, Panama City is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and on the mountains that run through the isthmus, the Spaniards have paved a post road along the ridge with pebbles, all the way to the other side, do you know how far it is?" β
Shi Qi sold a pass, raised his hand and shook it in front of him, and said: "I heard that the last king of Spain repaired the canal in Panama, but he didn't know where to build it, so he paved a road on the mountain, which was built more than fifty years ago. β
"I chased for three days and three nights, and there were a lot of mosquitoes, thanks to the black men in the forest. They were all sold into slavery from the West, and after defecting, they lived in the forest in unclothed clothes, attacking the women who were washing clothes by the river, and sometimes robbing the caravans that were carrying goods in the past, and I recruited them to lead the way. β
"The road was one hundred and sixteen miles long, built by four thousand men, and was no more than three feet wide, and led to a small port called Portovello on the east coast."
Hearing Shi Qi say this name, Fu Yuan was puzzled: "Good port? β
"Yes, that's the meaning of good harbor, I heard that it was the name they gave when they called Columbus's pirates to escape the storm decades ago, and this name is not as good as Ma Shuai."
Fu Yuan said with a smile: "Ma Shuai was affected by the second master, and he did his best without calling Ma Lai." β
"Don't really say it, that place is worthy of the name, after the occupation, I sent people to explore, there is a large coast where warships can be docked, and there is a natural barrier, but the Westerners didn't build anything there."
Shi Qi said and suddenly changed his words, and said, "Do you remember that English pirate, who beat all the harbors along the West Coast?" β
Fu Yuan reminded: "Drake? β
"Yes, that's him, the Westerners used to lead that road to a seaport on the other side called Di, and he burned it."
Fu Yuan thought of Shi Qi coming back to meet Chen Mu this time, and asked in a low voice, "Then you came back this time?" β
"We've caught some people, and it's interesting to be identified."
Shi Qi sold Guan Zi again, no matter how Fu Yuan asked him, he didn't say, but said: "You'll know in a few days!" β