I’m The King

The person who operated the Liangpi stall was a woman. What made Mingtai noticed was that it was a wounded Qin army soldier who was still helping out. He was also wearing Qin army uniform. Although he was covered with an apron, a discerning person could do it at a glance. I recognize it, and the characteristics of this person are too obvious, with one hand still on his neck. But the people who came and went seemed to turn a blind eye, and there were also soldiers in Han army uniforms passing by.

The woman was mixing cold skin quickly on the stall, while the man used one hand to clean up the dishes and chopsticks that the guests had eaten on the table and put them in a basin on the side. A seven or eight-year-old girl was sitting on a small bench. On top, they were washing the dishes with a rag, and after washing they put them in a bowl of clear water next to them, and then put them in piles next to the woman.

The man's face was a little pale, but the woman and the little girl were all smiling and looked extremely happy.

"Madame, each person has a bowl of Liangpi!" The group of seven or eight people sat down and immediately filled up a few small tables on the side of the street.

"The guest officer will sit down for a while and come right away." The lady boss agreed happily, looking happier because today's business is particularly good.

In a blink of an eye, the man with one hand dangling carried a bowl of Liangpi and walked to the table of Mingtai and Cao Tianci. Both of them occupies a table, while the others squeezed a table with four people. Can see the difference.

"Guardian, your Liangpier!" The man put Liangpi on the table, raised his eyes, and touched Mingtai. The whole person suddenly became stupid. Looking at Mingtai, his eyes widened and his mouth opened. It became an O shape, where the person was completely frozen. After a long while, he whispered and shouted: "Commander Ming!"

Mingtai looked at the man in front of him. It was also astonished to the extreme: "Do you know me?"

The man smiled bitterly: "The villain used to be a guard of Chengfan County, Shannan County, a small guard, when you came here. The villain had the honor to meet you, why are you here?" He looked around. He smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Are you also arrested?"

When Cao Tianci saw this scene, he was a little surprised, but it really is where he never met in his life: "It turns out that you know each other. The commander is not our captive, he is our friend."

"Commander Ming is a big man, and there will remember a small role like me." The man smiled, "I know Commander Ming."

Mingtai looked at each other, "You. Why did you do this?"

The man said: "A few months ago, the Han army attacked the Shannan county city. After the city was broken, we made the last resistance at the county guard house. A cannonball flew up and the roof collapsed. I was stunned and woken up. Later, I became a prisoner of the Han army, and my arm was broken and I was kept for two months. I was released again. I was originally from this Shannan County town. I have a family and children here."

"So it is. Fan Jun guards them?"

"It's all dead," the man said.

Mingtai nodded, did not speak any more, picked up Liangpi, and ate it with big mouthfuls. When the man saw this, he stopped talking, and was busy sending Liangpi to the other tables. After the delivery, he returned to this table and stood on the side waiting.

Put down the tableware. Mingtai glanced at the man, and suddenly said: "Meeting is destined. I borrowed from Han to go to another place. Would you like to follow me? If you follow me, you don't have to be on the street like this again in the future. Set up a stall, you are already an officer, and you should use it more."

The man was stunned and had not spoken yet. The woman who has been paying attention to this side after finishing her work obviously heard this sentence and rushed over from behind the stall, "My lord, he is not going, he is not going anywhere, we just It’s good to sell cold skins here."

Mingtai glanced at the woman unexpectedly, then at the man, "If you follow me, your man can be an officer again, and he must be older than the previous officer. I will give him a good future."

The woman shook her head again and again, "My lord, we don't want to go anymore. It's fine here. Now there is no war here. He is injured and is unwilling to go to the battlefield. My daughter and I will be fine as long as he is alive. I don't want to be rich."

"What do you mean?" Mingtai looked at the man.

The man hesitated for a moment, his eyes turned to the woman, and then to the child. The woman looked at him with tears in her eyes. The little girl seemed to have noticed something. She walked over, held the woman's thigh, and looked at them timidly.

The man sighed: "Thank you for your kindness, I will stay here with my family."

The woman breathed a sigh of relief, and stretched out her hand to grab the man's clothes, as if she was afraid that when she let go, the man would leave.

"You are a Qin official, and you have fought with the Han people. You must have blood on your hands too. You are not afraid that they will retaliate against you!" Mingtai asked.

The man shook his head: "I stayed in the prison camp for two months, and my arm was treated by them. Although they can't say good to us, they can't talk about bad. If I want revenge, I can't get out of the prison camp. Life is good now. I have a house facing the street here. Now the front yard is rented out. I earn 20 yuan a month. My daughter-in-law Liangpier is doing a good job. With a net income of two yuan, I can get five or six hundred yuan a year into the industry, and the life is quite moist."

The woman suddenly interrupted and said: "Yesterday another customer praised my Liangpier after eating my Liangpi. He said that he wanted to partner with us and rent a store to do this. He also said that Liangpi is not available in Dahan. If it’s good, we can open a branch. He pays the cost, we run it, and then we will pay dividends. The person in charge of me thought that they were a lie, but the person found the house last night. He brought the cash and said about the facade. The children have been found, and the man said, if it’s done, even if it’s a storefront, it’s nothing to make a hundred dollars a month. The adults’ kindness is appreciated, but we mother and son really don’t want to worry about men going out anymore. Maybe he won’t come back. The man’s official is very good. My man used to be a Qin official, but no one came to trouble him. Han soldiers often come to eat the Liangpi I made and never owe him. Account, they are the best soldiers and the best officers I have ever seen."

Mingtai was silent for a while and nodded, "Everyone has ambitions. It’s a good choice if you don’t want to go to the battlefield anymore. Okay, so be it." He stood up, took out a banknote from his arms and placed it in On the table, turned around and left.

Cao Tianci nodded at the couple, stood up, and took out a paper currency and put it on the table, "I want to thank you for your evaluation of our Han officials and soldiers. Let's do it well. I believe your Liangpi They can be sold in every city in Dahan."

The couple stared blankly at the two paper bills on the table, both of which were large bills of one hundred denominations. Two hundred yuan, almost equal to their annual income.

Mingtai was in a bad mood. In just a few months, the hearts of the people in Shannan County fell towards Han, and among them, there was a former Qin official. Even officials are reluctant to do it, and just want to stay in Han and be a flat-headed citizen. This can only show how the Qin State’s previous policies have failed. Only by comparing can we find differences, and only when we find differences can we yearn for better. life.

"Commander Ming, this is actually not a case. In Shannan County, there are many people like this." Cao Tianci smiled.

"Don't you pursue these former Qin* people?" Mingtai asked.

"As you said, they are soldiers. Since they are soldiers, it is only natural to fight on the battlefield. We used to be enemies, but when the war is over, they lay down their weapons and they are not enemies. Now they are our big men. You see, they are self-reliant, they can make money every day, and pay taxes to us every day. Why should we look at them with another pair of eyes? Naturally, they are treated equally. Speaking of which, the cold skin made by this woman tastes really good. , I don’t know that everyone actually discovered such a business opportunity. Ming Commander, maybe you come back a few years later, in the city of Dahan, you will find this couple of Liangpi chain stores, oh?" Cao Tianci Laugh out loud.

Mingtai gave a wry smile.

"Commander Ming, since you have finally come out, you are not in a hurry to go to Xinqin, anyway, as the days are long, you might as well walk around our big guys, take a look, see the changes of our big guys, and see our big guys. The difference with your Qin country, um, or if you arrive in Xinqin, look at the difference between us and them. The King of New Qin, Wang Jian, values ​​you very much. In order for you to go to Xinqin, he did not pay for us. It's a small price. After you go, you will definitely be in a high position. Knowing more about us big guys, will it be beneficial to the exchanges between our two countries in the future?"

Mingtai looked at Cao Tianci: "Minister Cao, are you really afraid that I will become your enemy in the future?"

"Fear, why not? To be honest, Commander Ming, you are the most powerful guy I have ever seen, better than your previous Zhong Lizhong boss~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It can be said that the fall of Qin State , It was you who led it alone. Without you, Lu Chao would not be able to succeed. But I am afraid that it will not solve the problem. If one day we become enemies, I can only say regret, but I can still tell very straightforwardly. You, we will still win."

"You are so confident?"

"Commander Ming, because the contest between us is not a purely personal contest. If it is purely a consideration of personal wisdom, I am far inferior to you, but between us is a comparison of the overall strength of the two countries. This is also true. I suggest you take a walk with us, take a look, and have an intuitive understanding of the reason, so as not to make some misjudgments because you don’t understand when you arrive in Xinqin and stay in a high position."

Mingtai looked at Cao Tianci fixedly for a few moments, and then suddenly laughed: "Well, just like you said, I will go around in the Han country more. I also want to get a better understanding of why the Han Empire is short. In just over ten years, the dream that the Great Qin Empire had not fulfilled for hundreds of years was fulfilled."

"That's great." Cao Tianci nodded in satisfaction.

(Recommend my friend Lei Guang’s masterpiece "Iron Blood Qin Ge". Although he is a newcomer, his writing is excellent and the story is also exciting. Although the number of words is still small, you can raise it first, and then slaughter it when you get fat!) (To be continued! .)