Village Chief Li squatted aside and asked, holding a toothpick in his mouth.
"Do you still know the name?"
The middle-aged man who was eating happily and smacking his fingers was very surprised. He looked up at Li Jie and said, "You are not like ordinary people in the wild."
"That's natural, I'm 'ordained by heaven'!"
Village Chief Li raised a finger and pointed toward the sky domineeringly.
Boom!
There was a sudden thunder, which made Village Chief Li tremble and said quickly, "I'm scared to death, that's all I said."
The middle-aged man's eyes were bulging, as if something was stuck in his throat.
When Village Chief Li saw it, he slapped him and took out a piece of beef bone.
Just as he was about to comfort him, he saw the middle-aged man pick up the beef bones from the ground with lightning speed, rinse them in a bowl of leftover soup, and stuff them into his mouth to chew.
Crunchy...
Very crispy and fragrant!
"It's really delicious."
"Nonsense, this is a stock made from twenty fish and one fat sheep. The bone marrow from the beef leg bones is melted into it. As for the secret sea vegetables, you have never seen them before. This delicious taste, your Majesty will drink it.
It’s all agreed. Unless you give me a knighthood, I will never hand over the secret recipe!”
Gulu...
The middle-aged man didn't understand a word, but he heard all the key words, and after connecting them together, he roughly understood the meaning.
"What you are eating is Mr. Chou's beef."
"I don't care if the young master is ugly or beautiful, what's wrong with eating a cow? I'm a savage, isn't it normal to eat a cow?"
Why do you eat cow?
Because I am a "savage".
Perfect!
"..."
The middle-aged man who couldn't calm down for a long time burped. He took a toothpick from Li Jie and slowly picked his teeth. While picking his teeth, he smacked the taste just now. It was so good.
"Life is like this, what else can I ask for?"
"Tsk."
Village Chief Li immediately looked at him with disdain, as if he were looking at garbage. No, this middle-aged man is worse than garbage, because garbage on construction sites can be sold for money.
"What do you mean?"
"Go away when you're full. This village doesn't support idlers."
"I thought you were trying to recruit me!"
The middle-aged man sat up suddenly, "Isn't Baisha just in need of talents?"
"That's right, lacking. But...hehe."
Li Jie sat on the horse with his legs crossed, "You also ate the beef. If you have the guts, why don't you go back and talk to the young master? Let's see if he can beat you to death."
"..."
After a long while, the middle-aged man's face trembled: "I am not an idler, but a clan member of the Six Kingdoms."
"Lu Guo? Where are you?"
"West of Shu State..."
"Okay, you don't need to say anything. The land and sea countries must be a small country. They probably can't defeat my Baisha Village. My ancestors must have been trashed by the 18th princes..."
After being around for a long time, Village Chief Li still has a good idea of some "international situations". He can sum it up in one sentence: A big country is awesome, but a small country is awesome.
You want to say who you are, the Qi State, the Lu State, the Cai State, the Chen State, but you still think highly of it, the Lu State? The devil knows where, such a small country has 100% been besieged. And then kneel down and lick it today
This big country will kneel down and lick another big country tomorrow.
If you really start to work hard, let them go on an expedition to Baisha Village. They will probably go bankrupt halfway.
"you!"
"Six countries serve two dynasties..."
"Oh! It's a remnant of the previous generation! They must be the weakest among the weak and small countries. You must be working very hard, paying tribute everywhere. No wonder the young master of a country behaves like a beggar. What kind of young master is so beautiful that he can give you an old cow?
The car is simply a good conscience.”
"It's Mr. Chou——"
"As for you, you haven't said your name yet."
"Hmph! I am the queen of Ji!"
"What's it called?"
"You can call me Master Ba."
"The surname is Ji, Gongzi Ba?"
After blinking, Village Chief Li suddenly showed a look of pity, "It's really not easy for you in the Lu Kingdom."
However, Li Jie also murmured in his heart, this grandson said that his family served two dynasties, so how could their family be named Ji? Isn't this the family name of the contemporary emperor?
For example, Gou Chen, the great king of Wu State, also had the surname Ji. That was because the founding monarch was a direct brother of the Emperor's family.
The young master from a small country in front of me, who served in two dynasties, is actually named Ji. There may be some confusing story.
Originally, Li Jie, a black-hearted foreman, just wanted to lower the price a little and swindle the basic salary by half. Now it seems that what kind of salary should be given to such a weak country man?!
Why should I pay you a salary?!
Isn’t it enough to just take care of the food?!
The Kingdom of Wu is a big country. If the prince of a big country gives you a cow, and you turn around and eat beef soup, even if you are chopped to death, you will be considered good-tempered.
"Jiba, what about me..."
"Calling him by his first name is really rude."
Hey... I'm still a little temperamental and proud.
Village Chief Li suddenly felt unhappy. Just as he was about to pick up a stick and teach him a lesson, he saw Young Master Ba hurriedly said: "I travel around the country and always use a false name. I have one name for each place, that's all."
"Okay, what are you going to call me in Baisha Village?"
I still didn’t quite understand what Li Jie was talking about, but after thinking about it, Master Ba still said, “I was tied under the big willow by you guys before, otherwise I would call him ‘Xia Liu’.”
"..."
After hesitating for a long time, Li Jie looked at Master Ba with complicated eyes, and then clapped his hands quickly and praised, "Good! Good! You are worthy of being a young master of a country. You can tell he is well-educated and educated. From now on, you will be 'Xia Liu'."
"
Young Master Ba was also very happy. Anyway, he was traveling just to make ends meet. His hometown in the Six Kingdoms was poor, and he was often blackmailed by big powers, so the clan's life was not easy.
They are all princes of one country. When the princes of Wu go out hunting, they can have thousands or hundreds of "Wu Jia". But what about the six countries? Following the big countries to form a coalition to fight the autumn wind, they can only use a regular army of about five hundred.
It is a joke to expect such a prince of a country to show any aristocratic behavior.
For Gongzi Ba, if the etiquette cannot be broken, it means farting, and whoever stutters is the father!
The reason why Village Chief Li wants to use Gongziba is not without reason.
He could only understand the Wu Kingdom from the perspective of the bottom, not even the bottom, because the people in the "Shaye" were not even qualified to farm.
The problem now is that Village Chief Li wants to legalize "Baisha Village" and make it a village under the Wu State system.
If you want to farm land legally and rationally, you have to convince people in the Wu State's system.
It is far from enough to rely on the Yunting "Wugeng" family to guard the tombs. Township leaders can only rely on their own ability and reputation to influence upwards. This influence is indirect and delayed.
But a poor young man who rode around in an ox cart to collect news and recorded what he saw from time to time was qualified enough to make an appearance in the upper echelons of Wu Kingdom.
Of course, the monarchs and ministers of the Wu Kingdom would definitely not take him seriously, and they probably just looked at him like a monkey, but compared with the people in "Shaye", he was obviously very different.
"'Xia Liu', now that you have eaten my beef, you have to do things for me. This is reasonable, right?"
"That's the cow that Mr. Chou gave to me...yes, yes, that's what Shou Li said!"
A stone ax was placed on Master Ba's neck, and the Master of the Six Kingdoms immediately realized his mistake and corrected it in an instant.