"Entertainment father, let's not talk about these troubles. Today is the Chinese New Year. Come and try the newly caught whale, and the whale meat that has just been cut, which is very fresh!" Seeing the bearded guest silent, Li Chengdao suddenly smiled and called again. The bearded guest came from afar, especially now, he has not eaten a single bite of food yet.

Hearing Li Chengdao's greeting, Qiu Yan woke up and sat next to Li Chengdao with a smile. Zheng added a pair of chopsticks to him, and also took out his own wine to Qiu Yan Ke and Li Yuanji, and then left.

"Good wine, I didn't expect that Li Xiu would even teach you how to distille wine!" The bearded guest picked up the wine and sipped it, then shouted happily. He didn't expect that there was distilled wine here in Li Chengdao, and he had only drunk it at Li Xiu's house.

"Haha, the things that sir taught me are profound and profound. I didn't think much of it after learning many things at that time. But when I applied them to reality, I discovered their true value. This distilled liquor is just one of them!" When Li Chengdao mentioned Li Xiu, he also showed a respectful expression on his face, and his eyes also showed a look of longing. Since leaving the Central Plains, Li Xiu has been one of his most missed relatives.

"That's true. I still can't figure out where Li Xiu learned these things? But you are a student, and you are still like your teacher. He doesn't drink any more, and you have learned a lot!" The bearded guest first sighed, then pointed at Li Chengdao and said with a smile. As Li Chengdao grows older, he is becoming more and more similar to Li Xiu.

"The reason why the gentleman doesn't drink is because he doesn't like the smell of wine. I don't drink because alcohol makes people confused. And drinking too much will even suck people's fighting spirit. I want to protect my mother, aunt and my younger brothers, so I must always keep a clear mind!" Li Chengdao said with a smile when he heard this.

"Chengdao, don't put too much pressure on yourself. With the fourth uncle here, it's not your turn to take on this burden now!" However, as soon as Li Chengdao finished speaking, Li Yuanji, who had not spoken next to him, interrupted him, and his face also showed a concern. In recent years, he has watched Li Chengdao become more and more mature, and has also helped him share a lot of affairs. Sometimes he forgot that Li Chengdao is actually just a teenage child.

"Don't say these stingy words. Today is the Lantern Festival. Do the King of Qi dare to compete with me for wine?" The bearded guest interrupted the conversation between Li Chengdao and his uncle, and picked up the wine jar next to him and signaled to Li Yuanji that it was the first time he had drunk such a strong wine since he came to America last time.

"Why don't you dare? I have to let you go back lying down today!" Li Yuanji was also a person who was not inferior. When he heard that the bearded guest wanted to compete with him, he naturally fought on the spot. As a result, the two took out two big bowls, one bowl could be assuming half a pound of wine. After the filling, they drank it face to face.

Seeing the two elders fighting for wine, Li Chengdao did not stop him. After all, on this happy day, everyone rarely relaxed, so he finally helped to perform the wine order. As a result, after a while, Li Yuanji could not hold back. Although his alcohol tolerance was good, he could not compare with those like the bearded guest who had been on the sea all year round and who usually drank wine as water.

"Okay, don't drink the wine. Unexpectedly, Lord Zhang actually brought glutinous rice flour. Come and taste the taste of this silkworm?" At this moment, Zheng walked forward again with a small pot. The bearded guest had already controlled the city state of Wahakton, so in private, the Han people called him the city lord.

"That's great. I haven't eaten glutinous rice for a long time. I'm still a good adoptive father, you have planted glutinous rice!" Li Chengdao immediately said excitedly when he heard his mother's words. He stood up and served the bearded first for the bearded chef and Li Yuanji, then served himself a bowl, and tried it impatiently. As a result, he was so hot that he sucked the air, but he was reluctant to vomit it out.

"Eat slowly. I not only have glutinous rice, but also wheat, rice, etc., all of which I brought back from the Central Plains last time. After several years of cultivation, it has only formed a little scale. I finally can't help but eat a little!" Seeing Li Chengdao's embarrassing appearance, the bearded guest couldn't help laughing. After drinking more than a pound of strong wine, his face was only slightly red, but there was no intoxication in his eyes. In contrast, Li Yuanji's face was already flushed, and he couldn't hold a spoon when eating a silkworm.

"Entertainment, since your scale has been formed, can you give us some seeds?" Li Chengdao immediately asked with shamelessness when he heard this. Although there are high-yield crops such as corn and sweet potatoes in the Americas, people in the Central Plains still prefer to eat noodles. If they really can't eat rice, they have been tired of it.

"Hehe, do you want seeds?" The bearded guest smiled sarcastically when he heard this.

"Yes, please help my adoptive father!" Li Chengdao said at this time with his fists. In fact, he knew that the bearded guest brought back a batch of seeds from the Central Plains a few years ago, but the number of these seeds was not large, and it can be said that they are extremely precious in places like America, so he was embarrassed to ask for it.

"No problem, but if you want my seeds, you have to take out something for exchange, right?" The bearded guest said with a philosophical look on his face. Although Li Chengdao was his adopted son, he was a family of two families after all, and his brothers had to settle the score clearly, let alone them.

"You can just say whatever you want, but you also know that there is nothing we can do here except food?" Li Chengdao agreed generously at first, but then he started crying and said poorly.

"You little brat, don't rush to cry for poverty. You have iron ore here. I heard that even iron has been refined. Didn't you encourage me to expand your territory just now? Weapons must be needed to fight wars, so how about you exchange steel for my grain seeds?" The bearded guest said without any movement. He knew better than anyone else. Li Chengdao was simply a small Li Xiu, with one trick after another, and he would suffer a loss if he was not careful.

"You want steel!" Li Chengdao couldn't help but scream when he heard this, and then said with a wry smile, "The adoptive father doesn't know that we did discover iron ore and have also refined some steel, but we have too few people and dare not let the Mayans master the iron craftsmanship. Therefore, the iron produced now is very limited, and it is not enough to make iron money, let alone take it out and exchange it with you."

"Then I don't care. There is nothing here that can make me fall in love with except steel." The bearded guest said unmoved again.

"That's not necessarily true. There is something here that I happen to be here. You must be interested!" Li Chengdao suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he said very excitedly.

"Oh? What?" the bearded guest asked back with some disbelief.

"Bound! And it's a large bed crossbow!" Li Chengdao said with a smile. He didn't expect that the bed crossbow would be put in handy as soon as it was built.

"What? This is impossible. How could you rely on a crossbow in America?" The bearded guest stared at Li Chengdao in shock at this time, with an incredible look in his eyes. After all, crossbows are different from bows. In the Central Plains, private individuals cannot hold crossbows, let alone large crossbows. They are simply the most important weapon of the country, and the manufacturing process is very complicated. Except for special crossbow craftsmen, it is impossible for ordinary people to make them.

"Haha, don't be surprised, I really made it. The whale meat you ate was shot to death by the crossbow arrow this afternoon. If you want it, the child can sell you a few, but you also know the value of the crossbow. Just changing the seeds will make it too much for the child, so you have to add some chips, such as sending a few craftsmen to teach us how to repair the ship. In this way, even if our ship is broken, you don't have to drag it to your shipyard to repair it." Li Chengdao said with a smile again. When it comes to doing business, he got Li Xiu's true teachings.

Originally, what Li Chengdao needed most was the population, that is, the number of Han people. However, just a few crossbows could not tell the bearded guest to risk his life to go to the Central Plains to recruit people, so he only proposed that he needed some craftsmen's skills. As for population issues, he had other plans.

"Do you really have a bed crossbow?" After listening to Li Chengdao's words, the bearded guest pondered for a long time, and finally confirmed again that the Mayans did not even have metal weapons. If he could take the bed crossbow to the battlefield, he would have a crushing advantage and could achieve his goals at the lowest cost.

"How dare you lie to you?" Li Chengdao couldn't help but smile bitterly at this time. He said so clearly. Unexpectedly, the bearded guest was still a little suspicious. No wonder his husband used to say that smart people are good at everything, but they are too suspicious. Now it seems that this is true.

"Okay, I'll do this business, and we'll discuss the details of the transaction tomorrow!" The bearded guest slapped the table and agreed. Li Chengdao finally felt relieved when he heard this. With the words of his adoptive father, this business was considered a success. However, although the bed crossbow seemed to be powerful to others, he didn't care at all, because he had a more powerful weapon, but because of the limited conditions and no need now, he did not create it.

The business was completed, and the bearded guest and Li Chengdao were also very happy. After dinner, they climbed up the wall and watched the lantern festival in Dinghai City. They saw the lights spreading around like waves. If the wind blows, it will cause the lights to fade and look more like waves.

"I really miss the lights of Chang'an City!" Looking at the magnificent scenery in front of me, the bearded guest couldn't help but squint his eyes, and his face also showed a look of nostalgia.
Chapter completed!