After leaving Huafang, it was already Uh-hour, and the vendors on the street began to carry their burdens and prepare to move out of their stalls.

A warm breeze blew, and the fragrance blew from the restaurant across the street.

Qin Lingsi sniffed, pointed to the restaurant and said, "Brother-in-law, that seems to be a newly opened restaurant. I want to go there to eat!"

Zhang Yangquan was thinking deeply when he heard the words and said casually: "Okay."

So the two of them came to the restaurant, took a seat near the door, and ordered a few side dishes.

While waiting for the food to come, Qin Lingsi knocked on the table with two chopsticks for a while, and suddenly said to Zhang Yangquan: "Brother-in-law, what are you thinking about?"

Zhang Yangquan raised his head and said: "I'm thinking about Sheng Wenyu's purpose in holding this pre-meeting!"

Qin Lingsi held her chin and said: "Is there any need to think about this? He has already said it himself, hoping that all the rebels will sign an alliance together!"

Zhang Yangquan smiled slightly and said: "It is impossible for a person like Sheng Wenyu to spend so much time doing something with only this purpose!"

"Then what's the purpose?" Qin Lingsi tilted her head.

Zhang Yangquan said: "If I guessed correctly, he held this pre-meeting with the intention of testing us!"

"Testing?"

"Yes, test the relationship between the various rebel armies and test each family's attitude towards him, so as to facilitate their next plan!"

Qin Lingsi blinked her big eyes: "What's the plan?"

Zhang Yangquan's eyes flashed slightly: "Of course we have conquered all the rebel armies!"

Qin Lingsi was stunned for a moment and exclaimed: "Are you saying that he talks nice, but actually wants to attack other rebels?"

Zhang Yangquan smiled and said: "The subjugation I am talking about is not subjugation by force, but subjugation by force, using the influence of the new emperor's accession to the throne, plus the strength of the Northern Army, to make others surrender!"

Qin Lingsi nodded and hummed: "So you came here with a bad idea!"

Zhang Yangquan was able to draw this conclusion not entirely through observation.

In history, after Han Lin'er ascended the throne, Guo Zixing and Zhao Junyong were both granted official positions by Han and Song Dynasties. Later, Mao Gui took off because of this and almost captured the capital of the Yuan Dynasty.

After this preliminary meeting, Sheng Wenyu should focus on winning over Zhao Junyong and Guo Zixing!

After a while, a young waiter, less than fifteen or sixteen years old, served food and drinks. Qin Lingsi took a few bites and found the taste delicious. She asked the waiter: "Is your restaurant just opened?"

The store manager was thin and frail and said with a smile: "Yes, does the girl live nearby?"

Qin Ling thought: "I live in Liyuan Street, but I am familiar with every place in Jiangdu City. Wherever a new shop opens, you can't hide it from me!"

The waiter smiled and said: "Then if you eat well, you will come to our place more often in the future!"

Qin Ling thought: "No problem, by the way, you moved here from Qingyuan, right?"

The shopkeeper asked in surprise: "How do you know?"

"Listen to the accent. There used to be a Qingyuan man in our village, and his accent is exactly the same as yours!"

When the waiter heard the word "cottage", he trembled slightly, smiled a little, and hurried to the back hall.

Qin Lingsi didn't care, raised her head and asked Zhang Yangquan: "Brother-in-law, when the coronation ceremony is held in Haozhou, will you go?"

Zhang Yangquan replied while eating: "It depends on the situation. No matter what Liu Futong, Sheng Wenyu and the others are hiding, this covenant is indeed good for destroying Yuan!"

Qin Lingsi hurriedly said: "If you go, I will go too!"

Zhang Yangquan said: "I'm going to talk about business, what are you going to do?"

Qin Lingsi hummed: "I'm going anyway!"

Zhang Yangquan said helplessly: "If Sister You agrees, I have no problem with it."

Qin Ling thought with a smile and said: "That's no problem, she will definitely agree."

"Why?"

Qin Lingsi smiled like a little fox: "Because if you go, she will definitely go. Do you think she can rest assured that I am alone in Jiangdu?"

Zhang Yangquan smiled and did not refute.

Qin Lingsi asked again: "Brother-in-law, are you going to be king tomorrow?"

"Hmm."

"Is Sister A the princess?"

"Yes."

Qin Lingsi leaned forward, stared at him and said, "What about me? Why are you going to seal me?"

Zhang Yangquan was stunned for a moment and thought: "It seems that the sisters of the princess are usually named the ladies of the country!"

Qin Lingsi glared and said: "Mrs. Guo? Doesn't that make you look very old? I don't want it. You can think of another one!"

Zhang Yangquan said helplessly: "How is the princess?"

"No!"

Zhang Yangquan smiled and said: "Do you want to make you a princess?"

Qin Lingsi curled her lips and said: "The princess and the princess both seem to be a generation younger than you, so I don't want them!"

Zhang Yangquan touched his forehead and said: "Then I can't think of anything, what do you want?"

Qin Lingsi lowered her head and thought for a while, then shook her head and said: "Forget it, just don't have it. Anyway, as long as you are here, no one dares to bully me!"

After the two finished eating, they called the waiter to pay the bill. This time it was a middle-aged woman who came with a wary look on her face. She didn't relax until the two of them paid honestly and left.

A quarter of an hour later, a lean man strode into the restaurant, with a smile on his face, and found a table to sit down.

The young shopkeeper ran out of the back hall and said happily: "Uncle Geng, why are you here! Hey, it's a pity that the two people just left!"

The person who came was none other than Geng San, and he asked curiously: "Which two people? Xiaoba, wasn't your aunt the one who called me here?"

The young waiter said anxiously: "No, my aunt hasn't come back yet!"

Geng San was immediately disappointed and said, "Then why did you ask me to come over?"

Xiao Ba said: "A man and a woman came just now. They looked like they had something painted on their faces. They were very sneaky. The woman even mentioned the cottage, so she was afraid she was a strongman who came down from the mountain!"

Geng San scolded: "Nonsense, all the bandits near Jiangdu have been wiped out, where are the strong men from?"

Xiaoba said anxiously: "Really, I heard them talk about emperors, princesses, etc. They must be strong men who occupy the mountains and become kings, proclaiming themselves emperors on the mountains!"

Geng San frowned and said: "Is there such a thing? OK, I will say hello to the city defense and let them investigate."

Xiao Baxi said happily: "If we catch those strong men, I will also take credit, right?"

Geng San patted him on the head: "If you really catch him, I will buy you a foal! Okay, go help me get food. If my brother doesn't come back tonight, I will deal with you here!"<

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Xiaoba agreed with a smile and quickly went to the back hall.

After a while, Xiaoba came over with a plate on which was placed a bowl of rice, three side dishes and a pot of wine.

Geng San added some food and said while eating: "You can sit down and eat too. Why are you so polite to me?"

Xiao Ba said happily: "Thank you, Uncle Geng!" He sat down opposite Geng San, scooped out a bowl of rice and ate it, waving his chopsticks quickly.

While eating, Geng San asked: "Xiaoba, how have you been since you came to Jiangdu?"

Xiaoba's cheeks were stuffed with food, and he nodded his little head repeatedly.

Geng San said: "Is your aunt still sending money to Qingyuan to redeem people?"

Xiaoba finished the food in his mouth and whispered: "Well, my aunt has redeemed her mother and grandmother. If I save two or three years of money, I can redeem my brother and father as well!"
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Geng San sighed: "Why is she going through such trouble? Even if she doesn't want my money, she can open a porcelain shop by herself outside and earn money to redeem her in no time!"

Xiaoba whispered: "Auntie said that people must know how to be grateful. Her life was saved by the manager and his wife, so she must work under them for the rest of her life to repay the favor!"

Geng San shook his head and said: "Why do the manager and his wife care about this little money? Forget it, I will help her explain it clearly to the manager another day!"

Xiaoba was about to speak when he suddenly jumped up from his chair, stared in the direction of the door with wide eyes, then turned around and ran towards the back hall.

Geng San had a premonition that something was not going to happen. He turned around and saw a short woman standing at the door. He smiled and said, "Miss Shu, are you back?"

Shu Ting walked up to him and said coldly: "What did you mean when you said you wanted to explain it clearly to the manager for me?"

Geng San smiled bitterly and said: "I...it's not because you are working too hard..."

Shu Ting said: "Then there's no need for you to make decisions for me! I'm living a good life now, and you don't need to worry about it!"

Geng San said in a low voice: "Well..."

Shu Ting sat down opposite him, stared at him for a while, and said quietly: "General Geng, I am a lowly woman. I should have died long ago. I live just to repay my kindness to the cottage. If you don't let me repay my kindness, I might as well die."

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She is from Pizhou, and her family's ancestral craftsmanship has been coveted by local porcelain merchants since she was a child. The local porcelain dealer bribed the government and robbed her in an attempt to obtain the Shu family's porcelain craftsmanship.

Shu's father would rather die than surrender, pass on his craftsmanship to Shu Ting, and then ask his friends to take Shu Ting to the Qingyuan brothers' home for refuge.

Later, she grew up in her second uncle's family, silently practicing the crafts passed down by her father. When she became an adult, she said goodbye to her second uncle's family because she missed her parents, and returned to Pizhou, only to learn that her parents had drowned due to a flood.
To be continued...