Chapter 1. Little Er, serving wine
"Waiter, have a drink!"
On Longshou Street, in Chaisang City, Runzhou, a young man stepped into a tavern called Donggui.
"I am the boss, not the waiter."
At the call of the visitor, the boss was eating melon seeds outside the restaurant immediately made a sound and looked at the rare guest.
The person who came had a pretty face and looked only about twenty years old, wearing a thick linen cloth, carrying a long sword behind him, and dressed as a low-level mass gangster. This is indeed the case.
The little boss's tone was a bit unkind. He thought he was a little overlord in Dongcheng and now the boss of the Donggui Restaurant. How could he be the kind of waiter who sells laughter and pleases guests and asks for rewards all day long?
No matter how you look at the little boss Baili Dongjun, he thinks that the other party is a poor man, just like the gunman in his shop.
However, the other party may also be invisible.
"This guest, the wine in the small shop is not cheap."
Baili Dongjun thought about it. Although his store has not had much business, it is better to remind him if he should.
"Not cheap? How cheap can it be?" asked the young man.
Baili Dongjun pointed to the name and price of the wine written on the wall.
When the young man saw it, his eyes widened on the spot.
Mulberry, Xinfeng, dogwood, pine wine, Chang'an, Tu Su, Yuanzheng, osmanthus, Du Kang, pine flowers, shravaka, and Prajna. There are twelve cups of wine, one cup and twenty taels.
"I'll go! Twenty taels of one cup! You're crazy about being poor!"
The young man said loudly that he had been in the world for three years, and the most expensive wine he had ever drunk was only two taels per jar.
He only bought this after a long time of distress. He also knew that this Chaisang City was different from other cities he had been to, and it was a famous city in the world.
It is said that it accounts for half of the world's wealth, and this Longshou Street is one of the most prosperous streets in Chaisang City, and it is normal for prices to rise.
But this is too expensive. What if the wine in this wine shop is not really good, it is just a fame effect, I have suffered a lot of losses in this aspect in my previous life.
Some big cities use the fame effect to advocate history and sell it very expensively, but the things they sell are no different from other places.
"Boss, can you make this wine be made of gold?"
"This guest official, believe me, my wine is definitely worth the money. One day, the wine I brewed by Bai Dongjun will become famous all over the world!"
Baili Dongjun, who was named Bai Dongjun, proudly held his head up and his chest and hips, his face full of confidence in himself. He was such a young man with high spirits.
"Uh... this boss, I personally believe in you, but my money bag is not enough to support me to believe in you!
So I still don’t drink anymore. I’ll take a rest with you. I’m tired all the way.”
The young man was helpless. No matter how confident Baili Dongjun said, he didn't have the financial strength, so he should just sit there honestly.
"Oh-forget it, guest official, as the saying goes, meeting is fate. It is rare that you stepped into my restaurant. There is no business anyway, so I'll treat you to a drink for free!"
Baili Dongjun was very generous and invited the other party to drink.
"Free? Then I'm not polite, so let's have a cup of Du Kang!"
The young man ordered a glass of Du Kang, who was familiar to his previous life, and came to a wine table and sat down.
Looking around, the entire restaurant was clean and tidy, and the decoration of the store was far better than other restaurants I had been to. It is worthy of being a store on Longshou Street, Chaisang City.
Just the price of this store, I am afraid that ordinary people will not even be able to buy half of the store for their whole life.
Strangely, this Donggui diner has a poor business, and in addition to himself and his boss, there is also a gunner here.
What’s even more strange is that Longshou Street is a famous bustling street in Chaisang City, but there are few people. Is this normal?
And on this street, whether it is a butcher who sells meat or an old lady who makes shoes,
No matter how young people look at it, they feel abnormal, if it weren't for...
"Customer, the wine is coming."
Baili Dongjun took a wine pot and poured it into the cup. The young man picked up the Du Kang wine.
The wine was handed to the mouth before the wine was in my mouth. The young man knew just by smelling the fragrance of the wine. This was a rare glass of good wine.
The wine I have drunk in the past doesn't even deserve this cup of Du Kangti shoes.
"Good wine! It's indeed worth twenty taels of silver. The boss is willing to let me drink such good wine without charging me, but I feel a little guilty!"
The young man drank it all, closed his eyes and savored it, and then smiled.
"Haha! It's okay, you can just praise me. You don't look like a native of Chaisang City."
Baili Dongjun was very happy with the young man's praise for his wine. Seeing that his words and deeds were not like bad people, he started chatting with the other party.
"That's right, the first time I came to Chaisang City, meeting is fate, let me introduce myself
My name is Zhonglixun, so I’m a Nan Jue person!”
Zhongli's answer made Baili Dongjun interested.
"Nan Jueren? But Brother Zhong, are you using a sword!"
Baili Dongjun was very familiar with each other. Facing Zhongli Xun, who was older than him, he directly called him brother.
He was also surprised by the young man's sword use. You should know that eight out of ten people in the world of Nan Jue used swords. There were not only those who used swords, but they were only a minority after all.
"First, my surname is not Zhong. My surname is Zhongli, and I have a single name. I dare not take the word "brother". If Boss Bai doesn't mind, you can just call me Zhongli directly.
"As for this sword, I used to use a sword, but since I came to the Beili River, how could I not use a sword?
Moreover, when I was young, I dreamed of exploring the world with one sword, not seeking the title of No. 1 in the world, but only seeking a clear conscience and using the sword in my hand to wipe out all the unfair things in the world."
Zhongli Xun drank a glass of wine, and was full of enthusiasm.
"Okay, since your surname is Zhongli, I will call you Brother Zhongli! Brother Zhongli's words made me, the winemaker, yearn for the world."
But Baili Dongjun asked again: "Then why did Brother Zhongli practice swords again?"
Hearing Baili Dongjun’s question, Zhongli Xun couldn’t help scratching his head and said, “Well, since Boss Bai, you invite me to drink for free, I won’t hide it from you. The main reason is that compared to sword techniques, sword techniques are easier to get started and take effect faster. The most important thing is that sword techniques are more expensive than sword techniques in the Nanjue! A basic sword technique is ten cents more expensive than sword techniques!”
The last sentence directly shattered Zhongli Xun's heroic spirit, and he put on a glass of wine and drank it in a little depressed manner.
"Brother Zhongli, why did you come from Nanjue to Beili and Chaisang City?" Baili Dongjun asked curiously.
Baili Dongjun's question made the news on Zhongli Xun's face disappear instantly, and replaced it with a tangled face.
"Well... it's a long story. To put it simply, I caused some small trouble in Nanjue and made some enemies. In order to avoid the limelight, I came to Beili to hide."
Zhongli Xun smiled bitterly, recalling the various pursuits he had experienced in Nan Jue before, and even one of the Xiaoyao Tian Realm finally took action. If he hadn't kept a backup plan, he would have directly explained it to the man.
But even if I escaped from the Heaven of Heaven, I could not stay in Nanjue's territory, so I had to come to Beili to take refuge.
It also happened to see what kind of story will happen in Beili's world.
"Then the experiences of the two of us are quite similar. I ran away from home and came to Chaisang City alone, just to hide from my family."
Baili Dongjun pointed to another person who was sleeping soundly on another table.
"By the way, the one over there is Sikong Changfeng, who is a gunner, I called him..."
Before Baili Dongjun could finish speaking, the sound of a carriage parked outside the door came from outside.
Baili Dongjun was overjoyed when he heard this, and slapped his thigh and said, "Business is coming again."
After saying that, he got up and left the restaurant.
Chapter completed!