diskusbooks Chapter 533: Veterans and Knights
Chapter 533: Veterans and Knights
The waiter was startled when he heard this and said
"Our mayor is a very nice person. He has great prestige and is highly respected in our town. He has managed the town very well over the past decade.
This place was a mess before, with petty thieves and bandits everywhere, and the people were living in misery.
After the mayor came to power, he formed a security team. They first cracked down on thieves and then maintained public order. With the improvement of public order, other merchants were willing to come.
As more businessmen appeared, the economy developed.
The mayor also led us to build roads and bridges, plant trees and forests, and improve the environment.
The mayor also said, "To get rich, build roads first, have more children and plant more trees."
After more than ten years of development, our Luyao Town has become well-known far and wide.
Otherwise, a farmer's kid like me could only herd cattle for the landlord and couldn't make money as a waiter in a restaurant.
Without the mayor, this restaurant wouldn't be able to open."
To get rich, build roads first?
Why does this slogan sound so familiar?
Shen Changgong smiled when he heard this.
"Oh, so your mayor is quite a capable man."
"Of course, our mayor is very capable. He is from a wealthy family in our area. Before becoming mayor, he was doing business outside. After making money, he came back to build our hometown.
He managed the county and prefecture affairs, built good relationships, and settled us down, so that we all had jobs and earned money, and every family had enough to eat and not starve to death.
Shen Changgong nodded. Indeed, if you want to be the mayor of a town like this, you must be a local and come from a prominent family. Otherwise, you can't become the mayor at all, no matter how capable you are. This kind of place is very xenophobic.
However, the fact that this town has been built to this point also shows that the mayor has a broad vision and a broad mind. He is not a xenophobic person. Instead, he can attract investment and expand the scale to make every household rich.
"Waiter, what's your mayor's name and where does he live? I'd like to visit him and discuss some business."
"Isn't it hard to find the mayor's house? It's the largest house in the middle of the town. I can't tell you the mayor's name, so you can just ask when the time comes."
When the waiter talked about the mayor, his face was full of admiration, as if even mentioning the other person's name was an extremely disrespectful thing.
Then, Xiao Er continued
"The mayor's kindness to us doesn't stop there. Let me tell you, we have a serious bandit problem here.
To the north of the town, there is a Shuanglong Mountain, where there are hundreds of bandits.
These bandits are capable of committing all sorts of evil, and murder and robbery are commonplace.
The mayor also has to pay them money regularly, so they behave themselves and generally don't come to the town to rob."
"Bandits? Why don't you report them to the authorities and let them suppress them?"
"Government? Tsk, it's hard to explain. You seem like a respectable person, how could you not understand the ins and outs of this?"
The waiter glanced at Shen Changgong and said.
Shen Changgong nodded.
It's nothing more than having a strong background and being too lazy to fight.
"Okay, I know everything. Go ahead and do your work."
"Okay, sir, if you need anything, just call me."
The waiter left with a smile.
Gongsun Wan'er immediately said,
"Your Majesty, let's bring the troops and wipe out that group of bandits."
However, Shen Changgong shook his head and said,
"It's possible to suppress the bandits, but that's only treating the symptoms, not the root cause. As long as that mountain is still there, the bandits will appear again."
"Then burn down Shuanglong Mountain."
Gongsun Wan'er said solemnly.
Yan Fuyao smiled and said,
"He was talking about the backer mountain, not the Shuanglong Mountain."
Shen Changgong nodded and continued,
"Besides, it's unclear whether the mayor is colluding with the bandits. What if he's just nurturing the bandits for his own benefit? Without external threats, the internal unity wouldn't be so strong.
Anyway, let’s go check it out after dinner.”
Soon, other waiters in charge of serving the dishes brought the food and drinks.
The waiter just now was only responsible for welcoming guests.
Several more tables of guests came in one after another, and with the addition of the people brought by Shen Changgong and his companions, the place was soon full, with only a small table left in the corner.
After the receptionist had entertained the guests, he went to sit at the door and crack some melon seeds, muttering about why so many people had come in the morning without giving them any time to rest.
Just as I was muttering, a voice came from the door.
"Waiter, lead the horse."
"coming."
The waiter hurried over and tied the horse led by the guest to the pillar outside the door, and picked up some hay and threw it into the trough.
Only then did he see clearly the appearance of the person who came.
This man had a broken left arm, was wearing tattered clothes, and his leather armor was also tattered. There was a broken knife hanging around his waist, which looked like a military style.
"Sir, what's wrong with your arm?"
The waiter asked in surprise.
"The enemy chopped it."
The old soldier raised his head, with a hideous scar on his face.
The waiter led him to the table in the corner. The table was at the door, not far from Shen Changgong's seat, and both were considered the northern half.
The old soldier only asked for a plate of food, a bowl of rice and a pot of wine, then carefully calculated and placed the copper coins on the table.
The waiter had just gone to order the dishes and serve the wine when another person came in.
"This is weird. What's going on today? It's not even dinner time."
The waiter went up to him while muttering something.
The man who came was dressed like a martial artist, wearing a bamboo hat on his head and a sword on his waist. He walked with the gait of a dragon and a tiger, and had a solid foundation. It was obvious that he was a master.
"Sir, I'm sorry, there's no room downstairs. How about a private room upstairs?"
The waiter said with a smile.
The young warrior touched his purse, which was a little dry, and looked around, his eyes set on the table of the veteran, where only one person was sitting.
"No problem, I'll just share a table with this big brother."
The Jianghu man took off his hat and walked up to the old soldier.
The old soldier smiled and said,
"Please sit down, knight. Our meeting is destiny."
"Thank you."
The wanderer ordered two dishes and a pot of wine.
They are all simple side dishes.
The wine came first.
The old soldier used his only right arm to pour a glass of wine for the wanderer, then poured himself a glass, raised the glass, and said,
"I'll do it first."
The Jianghu guest was not polite and drank it all in one gulp.
After they had a drink, they started talking.
The Jianghu guest asked,
"Looking at the eldest brother's appearance, he is a veteran, retired due to injury?"
The old soldier sighed.
"He's just a deserter. Not worth mentioning."
The Jianghu guest frowned and said,
"Given your level of disability, you can still be discharged normally. You're not considered a deserter. Why don't you go to the military camp to apply for discharge? Doesn't the Great Yan court treat disabled veterans very well?"
The old soldier sighed, picked up the wine jug, poured himself another glass, and drank it all in one gulp.
Said in a vicissitudes of life tone,
"But I am from the Qi army."
The Jianghu guest blinked his eyes and suddenly realized.
No wonder it was impossible for the deserters of the Qi army to receive subsidies from the Yan army.