Chapter 19: The Fine Wine Wins Over Lord Guan

  It's really a blessing to have someone offer you a pillow! The two men opposite, Jia Xu and Guan Yu, were both renowned throughout the land during the Three Kingdoms period, and their literary and military talents are hard to come by. It can be said that with these two men, a small lord can feel at ease, and a great warlord can have hopes for the world!

  The most famous strategists, Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, Pang Tong, Zhou Yu, Fa Zheng, Lu Xun and Xu Shu are all much younger than him. Some of them are more than ten years younger, like Zhuge Liang who is thirteen years younger than Zhao Xing. He's probably still wet behind the ears. Can't wait for Pig Brother to grow up before taking action to contend for the world?

  An older and more famous strategist than himself, Zhao Xing's first impression was Jia Xu, because Jia Xu was originally in the remote northwest, and early on did not show his hand, making it easy to recruit him in terms of both status and geographical location.

  Like several others, such as Cheng Yu, who is slightly older, Li Ru, Chen Gong, Xun You, Ju Shou, Tian Feng, Kuai Liang, and Xi Zhi Cai, these strategists who make Zhao Xin drool are either already "taken" (Li Ru must have followed Dong Zhuo to the northwest), or have become famous or officials more powerful than himself (like Cheng Yu and Xun You), or are wandering somewhere unknown. Now, with Zhao Xin's reputation and power, even if he were to post wanted notices all over the world to find someone, people might not necessarily pay attention to him.

  So today, seeing Guan Yu and Zhao Xing is the joy of "conspiracy" coming true, while running into Jia Xu who somehow "flowed" to Shangdang is a huge surprise! Moreover, it seems that Jia Xu still knows Guan Yu, and Zhao Xing can tell that this guy, although from a humble background, is quite arrogant, not even giving Zhuge Liang the time of day. But then again, why should General Guan listen to a bookworm eighteen years his junior (Zhuge Liang is much younger than Guan Yu)?

  If Guan Yu could get along with Jia Xu, in the future, if they were paired together and led an army on their own, I reckon no one would be able to surpass them! This is exactly what Zhao Xing has been eagerly anticipating - "a humble origin", still a "mud-legged" now, but will definitely become the best candidate for the world's most admired civil and military officials in the future!

  "Zheng Bo, bring up the wine!" Zhao Xing's enthusiasm was suddenly ignited, and he shouted towards the first floor.

  "Clang, clang......" Before long, Zheng Bo led a few shop assistants up the stairs, each carrying a clay jar wrapped in red cloth and sealed with mud. In total, there were three jars of fine wine, identical in packaging, which were randomly placed on the wine tables in front of each of the three people.

  "Open the barrel and test the wine!" Zhao Xing loudly ordered.

  The three of them looked at each other's wine jars on the table, all full, all transparent, and even the fragrance emitted was exactly the same. Obviously, these few jars of wine were brewed in the same pot.

  "Attention, gentlemen! Mr. Wen He invites you!" After saying that, Zhao Xing picked up the wine jug on the table and filled the large bowl in front of him to the brim. Then he raised the bowl and gulped it down with a loud "glug glug glug", without spilling a single drop.

  Guan Yu was not to be outdone and also poured himself a full cup, drinking it down in big gulps. Finishing the bowl, he couldn't help but throw back his head and let out a long sigh of appreciation: "This is truly good wine!"

  Jia Yu sat on the side, slowly sipping his wine, and when he became excited, he sighed and said: "This wine is truly one of the best I've ever had in my life. It really lives up to the poem carved on the pillar in your store - 'A jade bowl brings light from the Jade Spring'!"

  Guan Yu and Zhao Xing, in the midst of Li Jinwu and Zheng Boming's stunned gaze, finished off the jars of wine in front of them within less than half an hour. Zhao Xing was secretly muttering to himself "Hurry up and fall! Hurry up and fall! If you don't fall I'll be the one falling!"

  Only to see Guan Yu's face, which was already red, turned purple, and he shouted at the waiter with a stiff tongue: "Another... uh... another barrel!", before he could finish his sentence, he fell to the ground with a thud and started snoring loudly!

  Haha, finally got Guan Yu drunk. Zhao Xing also had eight parts of drunkenness, staggering to the table in front of Jia Xu, "Mr. Wenhe, bear witness, this time it's Zhao who won!"

  "Little brother has a good capacity for wine and is good at plotting, Jia Mou admires him to the extreme!" Jia Xun said with a smile that was not quite a smile as he looked at Zhao Xing.

  "Sir, how long will you be staying in this place?" Zhao Xing pretended not to hear anything and asked with concern. "Today the student has also drunk too much, his words are unclear, and he can't help but speak nonsense. I sincerely invite sir to stay at my humble house for a while, and wait until tomorrow when the wine wears off, we can have a good talk." Zhao Xing began to plot against Jia Yu again.

  "Let's talk about it tomorrow," said Jia Yu, getting up and bidding farewell. He went down from the wine building, with Li Tie leading the way in front of him, heading towards Wozhuang Village.

  "Send someone to carry this strong man back to Wohu Manor!" Zhao Xing ordered, and then his eyes turned black as he fell drunk to the ground!