Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Hey, you're the one selling alcohol, how about we have some to try?"

The man selling dates said to the man selling wine.

“You’re all so ignorant. With so many of you, if each of you tries a couple of sips, I’ll have to use up almost half of this barrel of wine. If you want to try a ladleful, that’s fine, but if you want to try everything, then buy the whole barrel. Anyway, a barrel only costs five strings of cash. I know you’re all business people, so five strings of cash shouldn’t be too much for you, right?”

The man selling alcohol spread his hands, meaning that there was no way he could eat for free; he had to pay.

"Five strings of cash? Good heavens, are you trying to raise the price? Give me a ladleful first. Let me see if this thing is worth it."

Upon hearing this, the leader of the date sellers immediately became unhappy. "Well, you're selling this barrel of village wine for five strings of cash?"

Do you think I'm a sucker?

"Okay, one ladleful is fine."

The wine seller took his ladle, reached into the wine barrel, scooped out a ladleful of wine, and handed it to the date seller.

"Wait a minute! This guy just said he was worried about the sleeping potion, so you should drink a sip first."

The man selling dates didn't take them directly; instead, he refused.

"You son of a bitch! There are so many of you! I'm just one person! What are you afraid of?"

The man selling the wine grumbled under his breath, but he still took the wine ladle and took a sip.

A moment later, he was unharmed.

"What? I told you there was no sleeping potion, but you wouldn't listen."

The man selling dates glanced at Yang Zhi, who nodded to indicate that everything was fine. Only then did the man selling wine take the ladle and drink the rest of the wine in one gulp.

"Wow! I underestimated you. This thing is powerful!"

After taking a sip, the man selling the wine couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"That's right. Don't be fooled by the fact that it's village brewed; it has a secret recipe."

The man selling the liquor looked proud, as if he thought his liquor was exceptionally good!

"Alright, no more dawdling, give me a bucket!"

The man selling dates was straightforward; he bought a whole bucket and then invited his brothers over for drinks.

"Wait! Nobody's taking it! Everyone has some."

"We're running out of ladles, third brother, go chop up a few more!"

"Take small sips! There's only one bucket. If you guzzle it down like that, what about the others?"

"Don't just drink! Go get some dates from our car! Dates with alcohol, it'll make you even happier!"

……

The man selling dates was very happy, but Yang Zhi and the others on the other side were having a harder time.

Especially for the ordinary soldiers, watching others drink and eat heartily made their throats feel like they were being burned by a hot iron.

The water that used to quench my thirst is now completely useless.

"Yang Zhi, let them go buy it. It seems there's nothing wrong with it."

Seeing how happy this group of people were drinking, Lao Xie was also a little tempted.

Moreover, his soldiers' eyes were practically bloodshot; if he didn't satisfy them, Lao Xie was genuinely afraid they would start fighting Yang Zhi.

"Then... let's do it."

Yang Zhi watched from the side for a long time and it seemed that there was indeed no problem.

Looking at this group of date sellers, they've been drinking for so long and they're still all lively and energetic. I guess I was just being paranoid.

"Let's go buy a bar."

Old Xie took out two taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to a soldier.

"Here's two ounces. You can add the rest yourselves and you'll have the total."

"Thank you, Chief Steward! Thank you, Chief Steward!"

With Lao Xie's sponsorship, the soldiers happily scraped together five strings of cash, and then immediately ran to the man selling wine and said:

"Brother, let's buy the remaining bucket! Here's five strings of cash!"

"Heh, too late. I'm not selling now!"

The man selling wine seemed to have a particularly bad temper. As soon as he saw that they were Yang Zhi's group, he actually refused to sell to them!

"Why not! You're making money without it?"

The soldiers were frustrated; they had finally gotten a chance to drink, only to find that the vendors wouldn't sell it to them!

This is really mind-bending!

"Hmph, I was just passing by selling wine, but you've questioned me again and again. I'm not selling this wine!"

The man selling alcohol looked particularly aggrieved, and his voice even sounded like he was about to cry.

"Don't mind our boss, he's a bit crazy. Just sell it to us!"

"That won't do, I want more money, ten strings now!"

"How can you raise the price like that? Five strings of cash is five strings of cash!"

The soldiers got into a dispute with the man selling alcohol.

"Hey, you lad, this price increase is outrageous! If you're going to blame me, it's all a misunderstanding. Let's all make money peacefully. You should sell it to them quickly!"

The people selling dates had almost finished eating when they heard the commotion starting again, so the ringleader quickly came out to mediate.

"Exactly, in this sweltering heat, carrying these two buckets across the hill must be exhausting. You might as well sell them quickly and finish work sooner. As for extra money, forget it. Everyone's struggling to make a living."

The date seller tried to persuade the soldiers, who were particularly interested in buying some. The wine seller thought about it and agreed.

"Alright, alright, then I'll sell it to you. Give me the money."

The man selling the wine unloaded the wine barrel, then took the money and stood behind the barrel counting it.

The soldiers scattered and rushed to snatch the gourd from the wine seller.

"Man, we don't have enough ladles! Do you have any more?"

"so troublesome."

The wine seller, interrupted from counting his money, grew impatient. He pulled two new ladles from the back of his bundle, placed them in the wine barrel, scooped some wine in, tested it to make sure it wouldn't leak, then poured the wine back into the barrel. He then addressed the soldiers:

"I'll give you two more ladles. Stop bothering me and hurry up and finish this empty bucket. I need to take it back. Hey, hey, did you hear me?!"

The soldiers, of course, did not hear this; they pushed past the man selling the wine and scrambled around the barrels to grab the wine.

The ladle is still not enough.

Upon seeing this, the man selling dates immediately came over with his several ladles.

"Come on, brothers, it's a rare treat to meet like this in the martial world. I'll give you a few ladles and some dates, that'll make it more enjoyable. We've already used these ladles, you don't mind, do you?"

The group of people who helped persuade the wine seller had already left a very good impression on the soldiers, so when they brought over the ladle, the soldiers were naturally extremely grateful.

As for sleeping potion? Don't be ridiculous, these guys have been drinking it for so long and they're fine, where would they get sleeping potion from?

Everyone, hurry up and drink! There are seven or eight ladles now. With so many people, it's hard to tell whether anyone has used a particular ladle or not. Just drink together!

"Brother, it's so hot, have a ladleful too. There's really not much in this bucket."

The leader scooped a ladleful for Yang Zhi, and almost everyone else drank from it, leaving only Yang Zhi.

Because he had a good impression of the leader, Yang Zhi did not refuse and slowly drank half a ladle of the drink.

He remained somewhat cautious, feeling that the current situation was somewhat unreasonable.

But I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong with it, because it seems perfectly reasonable.

If he persists, not only will no one listen to him, but he will also likely be hated by everyone.

In this way, all of Yang Zhi's group drank alcohol!

The burly man selling dates turned his head and smiled slightly where Yang Zhi couldn't see him.

They all drank it.

Very well, Yang Zhi, this time, I'm truly sorry.