Chapter 158
After some conversation, the two sides formally met.
The short man is the leader of this group of Lu Gang men, named Luo Tong, who belongs to the "Lord" in the gang.
A hall master usually has forty or fifty men under his jurisdiction, that is, gang members.
Except for the eight men here, the rest worked next to other carriages and did not gather here for the time being.
This time, many porters from the Lu Gang were summoned in.
In addition to the hall masters like the short man, the Lu Gang also sent two helmsmans.
One helm leader has ten hall masters, that is, the porter number is about four or five hundred.
There are nearly a thousand members of the Lu Gang in this convoy.
Including the porters and servants in other states and counties, there are almost more than 3,000 non-combatants.
This is just the fleet responsible for transporting gifts.
Don’t forget that there are also the Ten Thousand Dingbei Army who are accompanying you.
Before the troops move, food and grass will come first.
The porter escorts rations and ordnances are no less than the porter who transports gifts!
So the entire mission actually has about 20,000 people!
It is not easy to travel thousands of miles away for more than 20,000 people.
What I saw was just the tip of the iceberg.
All these news were learned from Zhong Luotong and other Lu Bang members.
Even Cheng Wang didn't know some details.
After all, King Cheng also hid and was not responsible for specific matters on the road.
It can be seen from this that Lubang has done quite well in terms of intelligence.
Of course, these news also cost the price of Song Tianming's three pots of wine.
The Lubang men regard wine as if they were alive.
Song Tianming's Yangzhou wine really impressed them.
With wine as a companion, everyone's chattering opened up all of a sudden.
But they didn't dare to drink this wine as much as before, but instead learned from Song Tianming and others, mixed some water and tasted it slowly.
Not to mention, this product has a unique taste!
The original "Yangzhou wine" only tastes spicy and stimulating, but lacks aftertaste and aroma.
It's just one word, lie!
But after mixing the water, these wines become sweet and sweet in the mouth, with endless aftertaste, and are not easy to get up, and soon they become the favorites of everyone!
They rushed to drink, but Luo Tong stopped them all.
Song Tianming gave them four pots of wine in total. According to their drinking method, they would have to dry it all in one day.
He can only be taken care of and each person can supply it in a regular manner.
The man could only sigh at the wine and his face was full of resentment.
"It's all a bunch of drunkards, making my brother laugh."
Song Tianming smiled and said, "It's okay, brothers like our Yangzhou wine, that's the best."
Everyone's impression of Song Tianming and others changed a lot, and they liked each other a lot, changing the usual idea of Su Bang's cordyceps.
Song Tianming smiled secretly in his heart.
What I took out was a distilled liquor above 60 degrees. The whole Dachang is unique, and it can't conquer you?
Originally, these wines were brought to treat bruises and injuries and were used for disinfection.
It is also an unexpected surprise to be able to win the friendship between the Lugang men.
At this time, a man asked, "By the way, Brother Tiedan, you seemed to say before, is the drunken flower wine carried in that car? Is that also your bar in Yangzhou?"
Song Tianming said: "That's right, but this wine is made by a baron named Song Tianming in Xiahe County. How can we, the rough people, afford to drink it?"
"Song Tianming?" Someone thought for a long time and suddenly said, "Is the Song Tianming you are talking about, the Baron Xiahe who helped the Dingbei Army defeat the barbarians?"
Song Tianming didn't expect that the other party would hear something, and said with a smile: "That's right, it's him, brothers have heard of this name, too?"
"That's right, Mr. Song's reputation has spread all over the place, and you can listen to a few words everywhere you go!"
When Song Tianming heard this, he became interested: "What do you say?"
When talking about this kind of gossip, the men all got excited:
"Some people say that he designed a particularly powerful weapon for the Dingbei Army to repel the barbarians!"
"Some people say that he also killed the eldest son of the Qian family in the capital, and the Qian family is going to seek revenge on him!"
"What are all old news about you? I heard that Mr. Song is still in his village and has taken more than a dozen concubines. He doesn't rest every night!"
After saying this, Yang Jun, who was silent on the side, suddenly burst into laughter.
Song Tianming, with a pale face, stared at him and asked coldly: "Why are you laughing?"
"No, brother, we're thinking of something happy..."
"What a happy thing?"
"I...my wife is going to give birth."
Seeing that Song Tianming looked bad, Yang Jun hurriedly held back his laughter and lowered his head to drink milk.
A man also laughed: "I don't think this matter is possible. Mr. Song is a great hero. How could he recruit more than ten concubines?"
Song Tianming looked at him and agreed.
Unexpectedly, the man added: "A dozen or so few. If it were me, I would like to take him one hundred. It would be a local emperor first!"
Then he laughed loudly.
The people around him also laughed, and the surroundings were filled with a sense of joy.
Only Song Tianming looked helpless.
I am like this in your mind?
Chapter completed!