After drinking a bowl of wine, everyone shouted: Good wine.

Only Li Chaosheng frowned slightly, this wine was really bad.

The wine consumed in this era is rice wine, which has a higher alcohol content than beer and a lower alcohol content than liquor. It is brewed purely from grains and has a sweet taste. It is not difficult to drink in theory. However, when Li Chaosheng drank this wine, it was really not good to drink.

When the first couple made wine, they didn't know which step they made wrong, and the wine tasted slightly sour.

Secondly, due to the tools, or perhaps to produce more wine, there are generally grain residues left in the wine. Although it is very small, it can be clearly felt when it enters the mouth.

This makes people very uncomfortable. Not to mention the taste compared to good wine, even a big green stick worth three or four yuan tastes better than this.

However, Li Chaosheng felt that it didn't taste good, but everyone else felt that the wine was already top-notch. If you don't mix it with water, why would you need a bicycle? This means you have benefited from Li Chaosheng, otherwise you would never be able to drink it in this life.

Such a good wine.

"Come on, let's have a toast to Brother Chaosheng. Let's do a little favor to Brother Chaosheng. I didn't expect that Brother Chaosheng was so kind to us. He invited us to eat meat and drink wine. We have all remembered this kindness. We will need it in the future.

We will never be vague about Brother Chaosheng’s words.”

"Yes, absolutely no ambiguity."

Others also echoed loudly.

"Okay, brother Chaosheng."

As he spoke, a group of people raised their wine bowls and toasted Li Chaosheng together. Li Chaosheng drank with everyone and saw that the time was almost up. Now that the atmosphere was open and everyone had not drunk too much, it was a good time to talk.

"Thank you, thank you brothers. Actually, I really need help from you guys. I wonder if you guys are willing to contribute?"

Li Chaosheng said. After hearing this, everyone clapped their chests and said, "Brother Chaosheng said, what are you busy with?"

Li Chaosheng looked at the crowd and said: "I brought a batch of things overseas and wanted to sell them. However, Lantian County is a mixed bag with too many bandits and gangsters. I'm afraid it won't be safe on my own. I would like to invite everyone to come to Lantian County with me."

, Zhuangzhuang’s reputation, the province was robbed by bandits and robbers.”

"Hey~ What a big deal we are doing, isn't it just a trip to the city together? We can help you with this."

"Yes, we helped. If anyone dares to distract Brother Chaosheng from you, we will fight them tooth and nail."

"That's right, fight them tooth and nail."

…

Everyone was talking, and Li Chaosheng looked at Li Chaolong. Among so many people, Li Chaosheng still trusted this direct ancestor. After all, there was a record in the genealogy, and his character was guaranteed.

Li Chaolong nodded and said: "Chaosheng, don't worry about your safety. Our Li family in Tanggou Town has really never been afraid of anyone. We brothers are all masters who dare to fight and kill, and the bandits nearby don't dare to come to us to collect food."

Bandits don't even dare to come here to collect food?

Li Chaosheng blinked. It was true or false. Why did he feel that his ancestor was bragging?

In fact, Li Chaolong is not bragging. Tanggou Town is indeed a place where bandits are not willing to provoke easily. First of all, this place is too poor. It is poorer than the surrounding areas. The land here is very barren and the food output is very low. In addition to paying public grain,

, the rest of the people live hand to mouth.

The common people don't have enough to eat, and the bandits come to rob them. The common people are really trying to kill you. And the bandits in this era only have a few more broken knives than the farmers, and their fighting power is really not much better. They suffered heavy losses in this robbery.

, nothing has been harvested yet, and the bandits are not stupid, they are crazy and come to rob them.

The wealthy villages and towns nearby are still weak, so why not grab them?

The second is the fighting power of the villagers. The villagers compete with the sky for their lives, and will starve to death if they make trouble. Therefore, every summer when farmland is irrigated, in order to compete for water sources, the villagers will have large-scale armed fights with neighboring villages, and they will die.

It doesn't matter if a few people are alone, so there is a large-scale battle every year, which makes the young men in the village rich in fighting experience.

Moreover, people in the village usually discuss how to fight with weapons. After all, winning means that the farmland they plant can be fully irrigated and the harvest will be good. This is related to direct interests, and everyone is very serious about training.

This resulted in the villagers being very powerful in fighting. Without this foundation, it would not be realistic to record in the genealogy that in the 10th year of Chongzhen Emperor's reign, Sun Chuanting's troops crossed Lantian, and Li Chaolong led the villagers to kill Sun Chuanting's troops.

Everyone agreed, and Li Chaosheng said to Li Chaolong at this time: "Okay, cousin, please worry about this matter. We will gather in my courtyard tomorrow morning and ask more brothers who are brave fighters to accompany me into the city. We won't do it either."

It’s no use asking everyone to help, this time each person will have ten kilograms of flour.”

"Ten pounds!!"

After hearing this, not to mention everyone sitting down, even Li Chaolong's eyes widened, "Good guy, I call you good guy, ten pounds of white flour mixed with some wild vegetables, leaves, etc., is enough for half a month."

"Chaosheng, are these ten kilograms of flour too much? In fact, one or two kilograms is enough."

Li Chaolong was still facing Li Chaosheng, but Li Chaosheng waved his hand and said: "Brothers, this is not an easy job, just ten pounds."

"It's done, it's done."

Li Chaolong opened his mouth but didn't say much. After all, it can be seen from this cousin's actions that he is not someone who is short of money.

"Okay, it's settled. I'll be waiting for you tomorrow morning. By the way, cousin, hire a few carriages. There are so many people and we can't walk there."

"Well, I understand."

Li Chaolong didn't know why he refused at this time, and agreed one by one. Just as he was talking, the remaining chickens came up, some roasted and some stewed, and they were put out one by one. Li Chaosheng saw that everyone was not eating.

Overjoyed, he whispered a few words to Wang Laosi. After hearing this, Wang Laosi said with a bitter face: "Brother Chaosheng, there are not so many."

"How many more do you have?"

"There are only two left. This is all the chickens we have this month."

"Well, it's okay. Bake it for me and wrap it in lotus leaves."

"Yes Yes."

…

After a great meal, there were ten people, ten chickens, two elbows, and one fish. Li Errenzi asked for two kilograms of pancakes, plus two jars of wine, and finally fed everyone.

One by one, they untied the straw ropes that were tied around their bellies, and finally let their bellies feel full. They knew what it felt like to be full.

After everyone started packing up, Li Chaosheng asked Wang Laosi to take away the two packs of roast chicken and paid one, two or four cents for the meal.

This is a lot of money for everyone. You must know that one tael of silver can buy two stones of rice, 188 kilograms, and 377 kilograms of rice in the Wanli period. If you save a little, you can feed a family for a year.

Of course, now is the Little Ice Age, food production has decreased, and food prices are high, but even if it is one tael of silver and one stone of rice, it is definitely enough for an ordinary family to eat for half a year.
Chapter completed!