Water Margin official

Three small boats, carrying five people, rowed side by side, making ripples on the water.

After a while, I saw the Water Pavilion Hotel that Ruan Xiaoqi mentioned.

But I saw sparkling waves, locust trees and willows, a water pavilion, set against green mountains, with bright windows on all sides, where you can enjoy the lotus and the scenery.

Brother Ruan pushed the three boats under the water pavilion, passed them through a lotus leaf, and rigged up ropes, then helped Zhang Zhengdao and Wu Song get off the boats and ashore.

When we entered the hotel, we saw several tables and chairs neatly arranged, but no one was drinking.

Ruan Xiaoer chose a good spot to enjoy the scenery, and then said: "My lord, please take a seat."

Zhang Zhengdao did not greet him politely and took the main seat. Wu Song sat next to him, and San Ruan took his seat in turn.

Call the bartender and urge him to pick up the best wine, meat, fruits, vegetables, and serve them.

After a while, the waiter first poured a large bucket of wine and placed it on the table.

Ruan Xiaoqi placed the five large bowls one by one, laid out the five pairs of chopsticks, carried the wine bucket, and filled it for everyone.

The waiter spread the meat on the table together with seasonal fruits and vegetables.

Ruan Xiaowu raised the big carp in his hand and said to the shop assistant: "Take it for repairs, and the cost will be settled together."

The waiter smiled and said: "Fifth brother has great skills and a good fish. I will take it to the kitchen right away."

After taking over the big carp, the store clerk went to the kitchen.

Ruan Xiaoer then said: "The officials are here today, but there is no good wine or food to greet them. Please forgive me."

Seeing that he was still so polite, Zhang Zhengdao smiled and said: "Second brother is really a foreigner. When brothers get along, they have the same spirit, so they can sit together, drink from a big bowl, and eat meat with a big mouth."

Ruan Xiaoqi didn't think as much as his second brother, so he answered: "Second brother is really sour."

Wu Song was already hungry and thirsty. He raised the wine bowl and poured the wine into his mouth without saying a word.

Seeing how heroic he was, San Ruan also relaxed his restraints and raised his wine bowls to drink together.

Zhang Zhengdao knew that these three people were all bold and unruly heroes, so he also drank a few bowls of wine, which made everyone praise them.

After three rounds of drinking, the waiter brought the cooked carp over, but the back half was steamed, and the front half was boiled into fish soup, which was divided into two containers.

Ruan Xiaowu smiled and said: "The fish at this time are the most delicious, and this amount of fish can only be found in this eight hundred miles of water."

Ruan Xiaowu scooped out a bowl of fish soup with some fish meat for Zhang Zhengdao and Wu Song respectively.

Ruan Xiaoer also smiled and said: "This 800-mile water park was formed by the diversion of the Yellow River. This golden carp is produced by the Yellow River. If you had gone to another place, you would not have tasted such fresh fish."

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Zhang Zhengdao took a sip of the fish soup. It was indeed delicious, so he ate the fish as well. Seeing that he liked it, Ruan Xiaowu scooped another bowl for him.

Over there, Wu Song also drank the fish soup and was filled with admiration. He had been hanging out in Qinghe County for a long time and only ate chicken, duck, beef and pig. He had never eaten such river delicacies, so today was a real treat.

Zhang Zhengdao drank another bowl and praised: "It's really good fish, it's really fresh."

Seeing that he liked it, Ruan Xiaowu pointed to the steamed fish tail and said: "After steaming the fish body, the fishy smell is removed, and it is also refreshing and smooth. Brother Zhang, please try it."

After only a few bowls of wine, the name Zhang Guanren mentioned in San Ruan's mouth was changed to Brother Zhang. Zhang Zhengdao was happy when he heard this, so he picked up a piece with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

This golden carp, a specialty of the Yellow River, was hard to eat in the past.

During the Tang Dynasty, because carp had the same pronunciation as the royal family of Li and Tang Dynasty, in order to avoid taboos, the government banned people from catching carp. By the end of the Tang Dynasty, even if the people caught carp, they could only release it but not eat it.

From the beginning of the Five Dynasties to the first year of Zhenghe in the Song Dynasty, the Yellow River burst many times in the lower reaches, and every time it burst, floods would submerge the land around Liangshan Mountain.

Among them, there were three large-scale breaches. The first was during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. In the first year of the Kaiyun of the Later Jin Dynasty, the Huazhou River broke out and invaded the five states of Bian, Cao, Pu, Dan, and Yun. The surrounding Liangshan Mountains merged with Wen

Water.

The second time was in the sixth month of the third year of Emperor Zhenzong’s reign, before midnight on Yi, the Huazhou River overflowed beside the Tiantai Mountain in the northwest of the city. It broke 700 steps from the bank and overflowed the city, including Chan, Pu, Cao, and Yun, and ended up in Liangshan Mountain.

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The third time happened thirty-four years ago, which was the tenth year of Xining, Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty. This time the Yellow River overflowed with great force, and the river burst from the Caocun area on East and West Road in Beijing.

This time the breach was closer to Liangshan. The Yellow River water at that time not only poured into Liangshan Bo, but also overflowed, flowing along the Nanqing River to the foot of Xuzhou City, far southeast of Jingxi East Road.

Su Shi, then the magistrate of Xuzhou, led the people to fight against this huge flood, leaving a reputation for flood control in the local area. There is a "Yellow Tower" built in Xuzhou City, which was specially built to commemorate Su Gong's flood control.

Due to the continuous injection of water from the Yellow River, the water area continues to expand, thus forming this vast and vast water surface with a radius of 800 miles.

Therefore, as the water of the Yellow River poured into Liangshan Po, the big carp of the Yellow River also followed it, and only then did we have the fish and soup on the table today.

Zhang Zhengdao ate several bites and was filled with admiration. When Wu Song saw it, he also ate a few pieces of fish. It tasted delicious and quite refreshing.

The five people ate delicious fish, drank sweet wine, and chatted about things in the green forest. The atmosphere was very harmonious.

After chatting for a long time, Zhang Zhengdao looked at the endless reeds in the eight hundred miles of water and asked: "Second brother, I heard that there is a good place in this water pool?"

Ruan Xiaoer put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "To be honest with you brothers, there is indeed a good place in this water moor. In the middle of the water moor, there is a big island. The island is covered with tall trees that have grown up to a hundred years old. It is surrounded by mountains and has mountains in the middle.

There is a mirror-like flat land inside, which is three to five hundred feet wide."

Zhang Zhengdao asked again: "Is there a strong person on the island now?"

Ruan Xiaowu laughed loudly and said: "My brothers and I have been fishing here all day long, and we have never seen any strongmen coming and going. If there were really strongmen, the Jeju government would have already sent out the army to eliminate them."

Zhang Zhengdao guessed in his heart that it seemed that Wang Lun and Du Qian had not come to Liangshan because of the bird's scent and came to Liangshan to become bandits. Perhaps they had not yet fled to the home of Cangzhou Xiaoxuanfeng Chaijin.

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Taking advantage of Wang Lun's arrival, occupy this place first?

Immediately, Zhang Zhengdao gave up this idea. Not only did he not have time to sit in this pool and concentrate on construction, but he couldn't even afford the huge amount of money and food to build the cottage.

We had to wait patiently for another two years, and before Chao Gai went up the mountain, he took over the Liangshan Dazhai, which was generously donated by Xiaoxuanfengchai officials and built by Wang Lun, Du Qian, Song Wan and others.
Zhang Zhengdao had made up his mind, so he continued to drink and eat meat, without any other thought, to establish friendship with the three Ruan brothers, build a sense of loyalty, become familiar with each other, and win over people's hearts.

Wu Song also knew what he was thinking, so he drank wine with these three Ruans frequently. After two rounds of wine, the previous barrel of wine was finished. Ruan Xiaoer asked the waiter to get another barrel of wine and continued drinking.
When the wine became strong, Ruan Xiaoqi patted his chest and shouted: "This kind of passion can only be sold to those who know the goods."

Ruan Xiaoer said: "Brother Qi is drunk."

Ruan Xiaoqi shouted: "Second brother, it's not my younger brother who said you, you are so unhappy."

Ruan Xiaowu also nodded and said: "Since my second brother married my wife, I am not as happy as before."

Zhang Zhengdao knew that the three of them had a deep sense of loyalty, but because they had no one to appreciate them, they were just like the pearl covered in dust and never shined. He immediately smiled and said: "If you don't dislike it, in the future, if I have a little brother who is rich, I will definitely have him."

With three brothers."