In December in Jingbei, it snowed twice in succession.
In this kind of weather, people basically don't go out anymore. They hide at home and rely on winter food.
Rich families actually have the intention to put up lanterns and streamers at this time to prepare for the New Year.
For example, Liu Bei's Zuo General Mansion.
Liu Bei really has nothing to say to his subordinates.
Seeing that the Chinese New Year was approaching, Liu Bei planned to hold a banquet in his General Zuo's Mansion to entertain his civilian and military generals... Zhang Xi had also been busy for a while, preparing various banquet ingredients.
It's not easy to find ingredients in the middle of winter, and it also has to comply with the regulations of noble banquets these days... It's not easy.
As the "Grain and Grass Registrar", Zhang Xi is also qualified to participate in a banquet of this size... It is equivalent to the corporate annual meeting in later generations. Zhang Xi is still a grassroots manager and is qualified to participate.
At this meeting, Zhang Xi not only met his lord Liu Bei again, but also met the shameless black guy who was greedy for alcohol, and... standing next to the black guy, a red-faced, bearded guy who was at least 1.9 meters tall. Chinese.
Zhang Xi's first reaction when she saw the second master was that he was indeed a "beautiful man".
Needless to say about his height and temperament, he looks like a majestic tiger general at first glance.
Speaking of that beard alone...really, it's better maintained than Zhang Xi's hair.
The key is that when Guan Yu was eating, he really hung a pocket around his neck to hide his beard.
The second master really cares about his beard.
Zhang Xi and Guan Erye really don't have much interaction with each other. This is the first time they meet.
But...this wasn't the first time they met Zhang Fei.
This black guy is also quite thick-skinned. Last time, he cheated on me with a jar of rice wine under the guise of an annual reward. Now he came to me with a dark face and a toast.
"Come on, come on, Master Zhang... don't be a petty person and have a drink with someone!" Zhang Fei came over with a loud voice, grabbed Zhang Xi's wrist, and dragged Zhang Xi to drink.
This wine table culture is very bad...but Zhang Xi can't beat him.
After Zhang Fei pulled him down and drank three bowls of wine, Zhang Xi still didn't understand why the "three generals" were so passionate about him. !
On the other hand, the lord Liu Bei just looked at him, nodded and smiled, and did not come to care about his troubled third brother.
After that... Zhang Xi probably understood Zhang Fei's intention of having a drink with him.
"Master Zhang, it's been a while since we last saw each other. I wonder how Master Zhang is doing?!"
A black guy, with a shy face and a mouth full of alcohol, would say nice things to you, and be so approachable... Zhang Xi felt awkward no matter what.
"It's okay, it's okay... How are the three generals?!" Zhang Xi forced a smile and said to Zhang Fei.
There's nothing I can do about it, it's Chinese New Year... Mainly because we really can't afford to mess with this guy.
Zhang Fei didn't care, or didn't hear what Zhang Xi said at all, and just talked about his own business.
"After all, I have known the chief clerk for a month... Well, we are also acquaintances, and the chief clerk also knows that I, Lao Zhang, am a real person. I don't know how to beat around the bush. If I have something to say, just Just tell me!" Zhang Fei said.
What can Zhang Xi do? At the banquet, this black guy talked to you in a nice and angry manner. Although the smell of wine in his mouth is a bit stronger, we can't dislike him!
"Third...Third general, please speak!" Zhang Xi tilted his head slightly, but maintained a respectful look and said!
"Okay, have fun!" Zhang Fei slapped Zhang Xi's shoulder fiercely and said, "I don't follow Master Zhang's ink-writing. The jar of wine that Master Zhang mixed with me last time has bottomed out recently. I vaguely remember, In the warehouse..."
Zhang Xi's face suddenly collapsed.
I'll be a good boy!
Why do you mean I'm going to drink a jar of wine from you? It's obviously your shameless one who did it, right?
Furthermore, my lord has made it clear that except for official banquets, alcohol is prohibited in all military and government offices... Are you going to kill someone by saying this in such a loud voice at this time? !
It doesn't matter to you anyway, you are the lord's sworn third brother, and you are rough-skinned and thick-skinned. It doesn't matter if you are beaten or punished.
But I can’t do it. I’m a newbie who has only been on the job for less than three months...
Zhang Xi quickly straightened up and said righteously to Zhang Fei, "Three generals, no, the ban on alcohol in the army is an express order of the lord, how can the three generals disobey?!"
While talking, Zhang Xi also looked at the reactions around him... He should have a good impression if he sticks to his principles so much, right? !
Uh...it seems like no one is paying attention to my side at all.
When Zhang Fei heard this, he immediately quit.
"Brother's prohibition must be obeyed, of course!" Zhang Fei continued, "But a certain family did not drink in the army, but drank a few drinks after returning home. Please relax, Mr. Zhang. Never let a cup of wine ruin things!"
You don't drink in the army, but you drink in the mansion, right? !
Isn’t that also against the rules?
"......no!"
Zhang Xi continues to shape his character with righteous words.
This black guy has no eyesight at all. Even if he wants to open the back door for you, he can't do it in public. Do I still want my reputation? !
Zhang Fei was a little annoyed when he saw Zhang Xi like this.
"It won't work this way, that won't work either... My family has never had so much trouble getting a drink in the past!" Zhang Fei said, grabbing Zhang Xi's sleeve and looking at Zhang Xi fiercely with his eyes wide open. , said, "Secretary, your surname is Zhang, and I am also surnamed Zhang. We might have been from the same clan five hundred years ago. Do you really want to be so disrespectful?!"
Zhang Xi's heart skipped a beat.
To be honest, Zhang Xi really didn't want to offend Zhang Fei on this matter.
He is a high-ranking official of the company, and he is worthy of being the boss' brother. He holds real power... How could Zhang Xi, a low-level logistics department manager, be willing to offend the company's senior officials for such a trivial matter.
But in this day and age, it’s really not possible.
This era is an era that pays attention to reputation and character.
At this time, if he gives up his principles just to flatter Zhang Fei, otherwise he will be called a "lucky person", then Zhang Xi's reputation and future will be completely ruined.
Jia Xu didn't do anything, he was just too sinister in order to protect himself, so he was criticized. He was ridiculed by Sun Quan even after becoming the third prince... If Zhang Xi gives up his principles now to please Zhang Fei, what will happen? Bigger than Jia Xu!
This is something I cannot agree to even if I die.
But there's something Zhang Xi doesn't quite understand... This gangster has made such a big fuss. Do the civil servants and generals under Liu Bei's group just pretend they didn't hear it? !
Um...didn't you hear that? !
What's the meaning? !
This is unreasonable!
Zhang Xi quickly looked around and found that his lord Liu Bei was smiling and talking to Guan Yu, and Guan Yu responded with a smile, seemingly not paying attention to what was going on on his side.
The civil servants who were originally sitting near Zhang Xi were also drinking and chatting in twos and threes, and no one was looking at him.
There's something fishy about this...
Think carefully about the way the lord Liu Bei smiled and nodded at him at the beginning... Everyone is not surprised by the idea of dare to have love, and Liu Bei has already hinted that he acquiesced, right? !
So the question is – how to step down now? !
Just now, I had righteously raised myself to the moral high ground, as if I was adhering to my principles... Now I suddenly bow my head and agree, what will people think? !
If I had known, I would have just agreed at first. At worst, I could have agreed accidentally due to the pressure of the three generals.
It's not a shame to lose to Zhang Fei in terms of momentum. Compared with the brave god Hou Xia Houjie, he is already a hundred times stronger.
But now... I have to think of a way down.
"It's not that Xi doesn't give face, it's just a matter of being loyal to the emperor by eating the emperor's salary!" Zhang Xi pretended to be calm and said with a smile, "The three generals only need the lord's consent, and Xi will be the one to serve him a mere jar of fine wine!"
The method of passing the blame... There is no way, we don't have the quick wit of Zhuge Liang, and we can't think of many ways in a flash, so we can only pass the blame to the lord Liu Bei.
This method is actually not good. If you meet a lord with a bad mind, you might even be jealous.
At this moment, before Zhang Fei could continue to press, Liu Bei had already spoken.
"Yide, don't make things difficult for Master Zhang... Come here, I have something to tell you!"
In one sentence, Liu Bei called away the resentful Zhang Fei, and by the way, he also gave Zhang Xi a meaningful look.
Zhang Xi pondered for a long time and didn't understand what this look meant.
Do you blame yourself for passing the blame on him, or do you feel that you dealt with Zhang Fei more appropriately this time and that you were right to stick to your principles? !
Zhang Xi didn't quite understand this. After all, he was not familiar with Liu Bei in this world. He didn't know whether he was the Liu Bei who showed no emotion or anger in the history books, or the Liu Bei who cried out in the novels.
But no matter which Liu Bei it is, it seems that Liu Bei is not the one who blames his subordinates for these things.
After calming down a little, Zhang Xi also began to try to build relationships with the civil servants sitting next to him.
Zhang Xi is just a newcomer. It is normal to communicate more with leaders and colleagues at the annual meeting and build good relationships.
If that gangster hadn't disrupted the situation just now, Zhang Xi would be having a cup of tea with his colleagues now.
Now that he had some free time, Zhang Xi quickly put on a smile, smiled at a scribe sitting at the next table, and said, "I am Zhang Xi, named Yuan Chang, a native of Yingchuan, and the current envoy's accountant of grain and grass..." ....You haven’t asked for your name yet?!”
"It's easy to say, a certain patriarch Sha Kou Feng!"
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