"The superior is here, meet the superior!"
The nobles were a little surprised at first, but when they saw Lao Zhu smiling, they all just greeted him casually. Among all the people, only Feng Sheng and Li Shanchang bowed in a proper manner. The rest of them either stood up and bowed, or simply said hello. It looked more like they were in some bandit's village than in the center of the imperial city. Zhongye is similar.
Lao Zhu's eyes flashed, and then he told the generals not to be polite and walked to the top seat on their own. Feng Sheng stood up and saw Zhu Biao on the left of Lao Zhu, and Zhu Su on the right, and his expression couldn't help but feel a little more happy.
Seeing this smoky scene, Zhu Laowu couldn't help but frown a little. He was holding a long box in his hand, and seemed to be very unhappy. Zhu Biao noticed Zhu Su's emotions and calmly tugged at the hem of his brother's clothes.
"Fei Laosan just said, do you want a drink?" Lao Zhu spoke in his strong voice as soon as he sat down. "You guys, don't think we don't know. Although we have banned alcohol, which one of you bastards doesn't have good wine hidden in your home?"
"If you want to drink, go home and drink. We are the emperor now, and there is no reason to slap ourselves in the face. If you want wine, we only have tea here!"
"Just drink some tea and quench your thirst."
While he was talking, a chamberlain brought cups of tea and placed them in front of the nobles. Fei Ju, who had just been named by Lao Zhu, laughed a little awkwardly. At this time, he added: "That's what the superior said. You gave it to us." The tea, they are all the best Ocha tribute tea, but they are much more expensive than the inferior ones we have in our house."
"My old man, Fei, has been favored by a superior today, so I must try what this tribute tea tastes like!"
After saying that, he picked up the tea cup, tilted his head up and drank it all in one gulp.
The same was true for the other nobles. Seeing Lao Zhu personally wishing tea, they finally did not dare to neglect. They also picked up the tea cup and brought it to their lips to take a sip.
But as soon as this tea was taken into the mouth, a burst of bitterness and astringency hit the taste buds of these Huaixi nobles. Many people drank it too hastily and were not mentally prepared. With a "pop", they drank it without any image. This mouthful of bitter tea was sprayed out.
The ones who drank the most boldly were choked and coughed repeatedly.
"This... how brave! You actually entertain us and your superiors with this bitter tea!" Fei Ju roared angrily at the chamberlain who was serving him tea. "Aren't you afraid of death if you use inferior products as good ones?"
The servants remained motionless and didn't care at all, but Lao Zhu drank a cup of tea with a normal expression and said leisurely: "Why, this tea doesn't suit your taste, Fei Lao San?"
"Don't look at it as bitter. This tea is a good medicinal material. This tea is called Kuding Tea. It can regulate the intestines and improve eyesight. It is specially designed to cure those with oily intestines and drunkenness, and can teach those who have eye diseases and can't see anything to regain their sight. "
With that said, without waiting for the waiter to pour the tea, Lao Zhu grabbed the teapot and poured himself another cup. "This is a good thing. A few years ago, when we were still living in Fengyang, if we had such a cup of tea, we would treat it as a treasure and not dare to waste a drop."
The emperor's words meant something, and these people were not fools. They immediately put away their calm and domineering attitude and lowered their heads silently.
Lao Zhu carried the tea and walked to Fei Ju. His nose twitched slightly and he said with a smile: "Fei Laosan, I heard that you chartered dozens of flower boats on the Qinhuai River, and you haven't gone home to find them for more than ten days. My mother-in-law?"
"I've heard that the drinks at Fule Yuan are the best in the world. Just smelling the smell of alcohol on your body makes me feel drunk."
"Tsk, tsk, what a good wine, what a good wine!"
"Go... go up!" Fei Ju, who had been acting domineering just now, was already sweating and drunk. He was already frightened. He was about to kneel down while trembling: "I...I am Wuzhuang..."
"Kneel down for what!" Lao Zhu shouted softly, and all the generals in the palace couldn't help but tremble all over. "How can you drink tea when you kneel down?"
"Don't you, Lord Fei, be able to drink this bad tea? Drink! Drink it up for us!"
Fei Ju seemed to have finally remembered Lao Zhu's methods. Fei Ju was shaking like chaff. Seeing that the waiter was still pouring tea for him slowly, he was afraid that he would be scolded by Lao Zhu for drinking too late.
He actually grabbed the teapot and poured it directly into the spout. No matter how the tea flowed all over his head and face, and a bitter taste filled his liver and gallbladder, he didn't dare to dislike it at all.
Lao Zhu stared at him coldly as he finished drinking. He didn't stop until Fei Ju even opened the lid of the pot and poured the last drop of Kuding tea into his mouth.
He drank the tea cup in his hand in one gulp, and then dropped the cup directly to the ground. The crisp sound of hitting made these warriors tremble again. This time, Ren, the general with the lowest emotional intelligence, could tell that Lao Zhu was coming to the tea party with bad intentions.
"I'll let you guys enclose the land individually and don't occupy it. Don't look down on me as I promised you. How did you do it?" Lao Zhu began to look at the daggers, and a pair of tiger eyes swept over the civil and military personnel present. Honorable minister. When passing by Li Shanchang, Old Li suddenly felt a chill on his neck and shrank his neck hard.
"You are our brothers! How we got up, you all saw everything."
"There are also poor people among you. A few years ago, which family was not oppressed by the landlords of Yuanting? Which family did not have a dead father and mother?"
"If we can't survive, why should we take you with your head in your waistband and go through life and death to find a way out?"
All the nobles bowed their heads and were speechless, staring at the cup of Kuding tea on the table, as if flowers were growing in the tea.
Lao Zhu paused for a moment, and when no one replied to him, he continued: "Come back to Che Zuluan, why should we get up? Are you really a group of so-called nobles from Huaixi? They are all descended from the stars in the sky. .Every one of them can be worth one to a hundred. Those people who were originally thin and had only a handful of bones left, and even exchanged their children for food, once they followed me, Zhu Chongba, they all became as if they were possessed by gods. Mighty and majestic, helped us defeat Yuanting and seize this country?"
"No. None of them. The reason why we can win is because we have the most conscience! We are from poor backgrounds and have more conscience than Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and the Dog Emperor of Yuanting!"
"We have the people in mind, and the people are willing to believe in us and help us. They regard us as their own. Only with their support can we be invincible and invincible."
"You are unwilling to abandon the fields you have enclosed, but have you ever thought about it? Of the fields donated to you by the big families, which one can't squeeze out the blood of the people if you hold them in a handful?"
"Those shops that the officials sold to you, are they serious shops? Didn't they take advantage of the power of Yuanting in the past and steal them from the people bit by bit?"
"Fei Laosan, we remember that when you were a pawn in Haozhou, we also met your mother who was still alive at that time. At that time, your mother took my hand and complained to me, saying that your eldest and second brothers were both I do a small business of carrying a pole on my shoulders."
"Because the steward of Yuanting Dog Official coveted your family's secret recipe for making pancakes, he robbed your eldest and second brothers. After defrauding you of the secret recipe, he also wanted to take away your family's only few acres of land. Your eldest and second brothers wanted to After stopping them, you were killed by that bitch of a dog official. You carried your mother in tears and hid in Haozhou to participate in the Red Scarf, just to avenge your eldest and second brothers one day."
"It's okay now. Not even two years after your mother died, you got hooked up with that guy who was demoted. You exchanged your land for a shop. You thought you got a big advantage, enough to be able to do business with us, and spent a lot of money drinking on the Qinhuai River. …”
"Do you know how those shops that make a lot of money every day are obtained? When you were messing around with the prostitute on the flower boat, did you ever think about how many people's brothers were behind the money you spent? My blood?”
"How did your eldest and second brother die? What did they hate most before they died?"
"Now that you are rich and have become Lord Fei, you are just like those dog officials, taking over this kind of bloody farmland."
"Your eldest and second brothers are both miserable. Can't you compare to today's Mr. Fei Hou? Your mother, a village woman who farms the land, has brought shame on your family's family status?"
"Well, now that you are prosperous, you will become a domineering and noble man."
"When you knelt in front of your mother and said you wanted to kill all the dog officials in the world, the tears in your eyes were still hot!"
"What? I forgot all about it!"
Lao Zhu's voice is like a tiger's roar.
(End of chapter)
