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    Hearing his family ask again why he came back early, Cui Er suddenly stood up, poured a glass of wine for his sister-in-law and said: "Sister-in-law, according to the original agreement, I have to work for three years before I can come back, but  Some time ago, my eldest brother served in the military, so he exchanged his military service for me. Although brothers don¡¯t say thank you, I want to toast my eldest brother. This time, I will drink it for you, sister-in-law!"

    Cui's mother and others were relieved when they heard that it was Cui Da who used his military exploits to exchange Cui Er. Cui Da's wife was also very proud. She picked up the wine glass and drank the glass of wine on her husband's behalf, and then immediately said: "Second brother  It would be great if you could come back. Your eldest brother is in the army and has no control over him. Naturally, I hope you can come home and take care of him, so I can¡¯t say thank you. I just don¡¯t know how your eldest brother is doing in the army."

    When Cui Da's wife said the last sentence, she also had a look of worry on her face. After all, Cui Da and Cui Er were different. Cui Er only went out to work, and there was usually no danger, but Cui Da had to go into battle and fight hard.  When His Highness the King attacked Baekje, Cui Da was transferred to the battlefield. There has been no news about him. Now we finally know that he is still alive and has made meritorious service. However, this military merit is not so easy to achieve, and we don¡¯t know about him.  Are you injured?

    Seeing the worried look on his sister-in-law's face, Cui Er smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, you don't have to worry. This time I took a boat back from Dengzhou and passed Sixiang on the way. I met my eldest brother there. It turned out that after they occupied Baekje last time,  He was transferred to various parts of Baekje to suppress the rebellion. It was at that time that the eldest brother made a meritorious service and was not seriously injured. However, he was later transferred to Sixi and is currently undergoing training. I heard that he will not go to the battlefield again for the time being, and  The eldest brother is now the captain, and he is in charge of a hundred people, which is very impressive!"

    "Really!" Cui's daughter-in-law heard that her husband not only made meritorious service.  [High-quality update.] (Baishuzhai baishuzhai.) Moreover, I was promoted, and I was immediately pleasantly surprised. At the same time, I secretly thought that I had not married the wrong person. Although I had suffered a little now, if Cui Da could really become an official, then  I can also be Shangguan¡¯s wife.

    When Cui¡¯s mother heard that her son had become an officer, she prayed to the Buddha repeatedly and thanked him for his blessing.  Although the three children still do not understand the meaning of being an official, this does not prevent them from being happy along with the adults.

    The family was happy for a while that Cui Dacheng became an officer.  Cui's mother asked Cui Er again about his experience in the past year, and Cui Er was very excited when he talked about his experience of going out. He even said that he had good luck, although it was a bit bitter.  But it was an eye-opener. If it weren't for his mother and children at home, he really wouldn't want to come back.  But his last sentence of truth aroused the dissatisfaction of his mother's wife.

    It turns out that after Cui Er was recruited, he immediately took a boat out to sea from the port where he came from, and then went all the way south, first to Dengzhou, where he worked as a coolie for a month.  After taking a boat and walking south for a long time, we arrived at an island called Taiwan. It was just an island, but the island was very large.  I heard people say that compared with their country of Silla back then, it was not much smaller.

    After Cui Er was sent to Taiwan, he worked again in a port city called Keelung, this time mainly helping to build the city.  The work was tiring at first, but it was because Cui Er first opened the store.  He could understand Chinese and could speak some Chinese when he was in Dengzhou, so he was highly appreciated by the foreman and asked him to help manage other Silla workers. Later, because the foreman thought the food on the construction site was unpalatable, Cui Er happened to drive by  In the restaurant, cooking was his strong point, so he was sent to manage the food. When he was notified to come back, the foreman was still very reluctant to leave him, and even offered to pay him for processing, hoping that he would stay voluntarily. Unfortunately, Cui  The second one is a family man, so he still refuses the foreman¡¯s kindness and returns by boat.

    Of course, what Cui Er said is definitely different from the above experience. For example, when he first arrived in Dengzhou, he was almost exhausted from working, but he still had to work under the urging of the foreman, otherwise there would be no food. Another example is when he arrived in Taiwan.  , due to acclimatization, I got seriously ill and almost died there.  Cui Er only mentioned these things in passing and did not go into details. After all, everything has passed. Speaking of it will make my mother and wife sad, so it is better not to say it.

    You can ignore the hardships you have endured, but Cui Er talks a lot about the various experiences he has experienced along the way, such as the whaling ship he saw in Dengzhou. Even a giant whale several feet long cannot escape from this kind of ship.  In addition, there is also the Dengzhou train, which does not require cattle or horses and only eats a kind of black stone to run on the road.

    The above are all major aspects. In addition, Cui Er also told many anecdotes about what he saw in the Tang Dynasty. For example, people there eat white rice every day, and even feed it to dogs if they don¡¯t finish it. In addition, the canned food they rarely eat is also on other people¡¯s dining tables.  Most of the people on the street are well-dressed, and there are also people riding around on two wheels and so on.

    Cui Er¡¯s knowledge made the whole family listen with gusto, and the children were even more fascinated. They even ate a few more bowls of rice. When they went to bed at night, they were still busy.Cui Er told stories and refused to go to sleep.

    After finally putting his three children to sleep, Cui Er discussed reopening the store with his wife and sister-in-law. After all, he had to live when he came back, and Jincheng not only restored its former prosperity, but even exceeded it.  So there will definitely be customers after opening the shop. As for the money needed to open the shop, this is not a problem. Cui Er uses food to pay for his work, and he doesn¡¯t have much money. However, when he met his eldest brother Cui Da in Sixi, the other party gave up all the food and salary he had saved.  They gave him more than a dozen strings in total, which was enough for them to open a shop.

    Cui Er's proposal to open a store was approved by the whole family, and he started to get busy the next day. However, the surrounding neighbors also came to ask him about things, especially the houses of the men who went with him, and they wanted to know more about himself.  news of the man, and Cui Er brought a letter back for them.

    Taking advantage of the presence of the neighbors, Cui Er spread the news about reopening the store. When these neighbors heard that Cui Da had been promoted to an officer, they were also very surprised, and many people even took the initiative to help, so  Cui Er's shop soon reopened.

    When Cui Er¡¯s restaurant got back on track, the business was even more prosperous than before. In the end, Cui Er simply took care of two young boys in their twenties and thirteen years old to help greet the guests.  Originally, he wanted to recruit two older ones, but unfortunately, the recruitment process some time ago was too harsh. Most of the men over the age of fourteen were recruited away, and the remaining ones were doing more popular jobs. He couldn't recruit them at all.  , many of the remaining twelve and thirteen were working in the factory. He was able to find these two boys only because they were related to each other and had to be dug out of the factory with great difficulty.

    Early this morning, Cui Er's restaurant was already full of people, and the store had already prepared porridge and steamed buns. People who went out to work in the morning and were too lazy to get up early to cook would come to his store to drink a bowl of porridge.  I ordered two steamed buns. I ate one and put the other one in my arms, ready to eat it when I was hungry for a while.

    Cui Er was sitting behind the counter, settling accounts, and listening to the conversations of the customers in the store. Those who got up to work in the morning were all locals, and they didn't care much about what they said. For example, someone not far from him said: "The King of Qi took Baekje  All those bastards moved to our Silla, obviously they are using our land to be good people, after all, compared to poor places like Baekje, the land here is much more fertile."

    Most of North Korea and Central Korea are the original Silla territories, and the people here are also the people of the original Silla. Although it was divided into two states by Li Min, the country name of Silla is still there. Queen Kim Seungman of Silla  He is still in power, so these Silla people usually only regard themselves as Silla people and do not recognize North Korea and China at all.

    The speaker's voice was a little louder, and people at the surrounding tables also heard it. One of the hot-tempered guys slapped the table and said: "Who are the Baekje people? If they dare to come to our Silla, I will have to kill them."  Twist your head off!"

    As soon as this person's words came out, the people around him couldn't tell whether he was telling the truth or bragging. Anyway, they all applauded, and some even called him a hero. The person who spoke was also very proud, as if he had really killed the immigrant.  Baekje people are average.

    However, at this time, some well-informed people said: "You don't know, although our place is much better than the poor place in Baekje, but as the saying goes, it is hard to leave the homeland, and the Han people have opened many factories, and there are many factories in Baekje.  People don¡¯t have to move to survive, I think this is all just caused by someone above!¡±

    Although this person did not say it clearly, everyone here knew that the so-called people above actually refer to the Qi Palace. Except for the Qi Palace, which actually rules Silla and Baekje, no one can move all the people in South Korea.  Come to their side.

    "Hey, King Qi is the queen's husband. For the sake of the queen, we can't say some things openly, but we have to say some things. The bastards of Baekje and our Silla have been fooled. I think  They don't want to manage our place properly at all, but keep us in captivity like cattle and horses. Men go out to work for them, and women also have to work in the factories they run, even children are no exception. This generation  If you pass it on, how will it be different from those slaves?" A person with ulterior motives said, and after speaking, he sneered at the people around him, making those who listened feel even colder.

    "This brother said it well. Our Jincheng is much more prosperous than Si'an, but the King of Qi is permanently stationed in Si'an, and after it is divided into three states, South Korea's state is obviously different from ours. The army and the best officials  Most of them are there, and I also heard that the governor of Nanhan Prefecture is the most important person to the King of Qi. On the other hand, here, although the two states have sent many officials, the governor has not yet been decided, and there are very few troops.  , and now they have moved people from South Korea here, and only Han people are allowed to enter South Korea. This obviously treats our place as a dispensable place." Another Jincheng citizen said, and everyone who heard it was stunned.They all applauded to express their approval.

    But just as the discussion in Cui Er's store was getting lively, suddenly there was a burst of neat footsteps on the street outside the store. Anyone with experience knew that only the army of the Tang Dynasty could make such neat footsteps.  Pedestrians on the street also hid on both sides, and a long passage was opened in the middle of the road. A luxurious carriage, guarded by a Tang army, slowly drove into Jincheng.
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