Because of the news that the distance was too far, the news that the Hu people from Youzhou were going south only reached Luoyang after nearly a month, just in time for Lu Bu to come to Luoyang with a group of family members and generals, Chen Mo personally greeted him, after all, Lu Bu's attachment to the imperial court was very important in a political sense.

"Why is the lord worried?" Although Lu Bu has no political talent, he has a beast-like keen intuition, although Chen Mo is no different from usual, he is still so calm, but Lu Bu is keenly aware that Chen Mo is a little absent-minded, which is difficult for many wise people to detect.

"As soon as you got down from Youzhou, you encountered the Hu people, the troops over there are a little insufficient, and the Jizhou army is less than 10,000 people, only Bao Geng alone, I don't know if I can deal with it." Chen Mo sighed, Bao Geng is an old man who followed him, they have been together since he joined the army in Xiyuan, and it has been sixteen or seventeen years now, step by step from a military marquis to now a general, although Chen Mo later received a lot of generals, but Bao Geng and these people are still the most convenient to use.

"Xianbei people?" Lu Bu did not hide his disdain and hatred for the Xianbei people, and when he saw Chen Mo say this, Lu Bu smiled and said: "If the lord is relieved, in the coming year, he is willing to lead the troops to Youzhou to help the lord clear the border troubles." ”

"I said, if Feng Xian can come, I dare to use it, but the border is bitterly cold, and my sister-in-law is pregnant again, and she will give birth next year, I'm afraid I can't stand the bitter cold on the border, right?" Chen Mo looked at Lu Bu with some embarrassment, don't you believe Lu Bu? There are some, but not all, Lu Bu's character is very easy to ponder, as for those infamy...... Some of them are because Lu Bu doesn't know how to be a person, and some of them are purely behind the blame.

It is also a coincidence that Lu Bu has not had another in Nanyang for so many years, but this time on the way back to Luoyang, he was diagnosed that Yan was pregnant, a woman in her forties, according to the doctor, a woman of this age is pregnant, it is a little dangerous, Lu Bu is also a little worried, but in the end, Yan still decided to give birth.

"Staying in Luoyang is." Lu Bu hesitated, but decided to fight again, this time back to the dynasty, Chen Mo was ready to give Lu Bu the position of hussar general, but Lu Bu refused, only received the position of General Wei, not hypocrisy, but his Lu Bu's exploits have to be beaten down by himself, and he doesn't want to be talked about by others.

Besides, in addition to bullying Liu Biao and Sun Ce over the years, there have been no major achievements, plus he is getting older and older, and his physical fitness has begun to decline.

"It's fine." Chen Mo nodded and said: "But let's go to Bingzhou, it's also a good thing to return to your hometown, next year I will transfer Ziyi to Youzhou, you go to Yunzhong, if you have the opportunity, take back the Hetao." ”

Chen Mo did have the intention of collecting the Hetao, the purpose of the Han court to cede the Hetao to the Xiongnu was nothing more than to divide the Xiongnu, and the purpose was indeed achieved, the Xiongnu were declining day by day, and now they are only cultivating by relying on the land of the Hetao.

But with the passage of time, the former strong Xiongnu no longer exists, and now the grassland overlord is the Xianbei people, and the existence of the Xiongnu not only can not become a barrier in the north of the Han Dynasty, but gradually has a tendency to evolve into a scourge.

may be the reason why he started in Bingzhou, Chen Mo saw the grassland power more thoroughly than any prince in the Central Plains, and in the years when the princes of the Han Dynasty rose together and fought with each other, the Xiongnu and Xianbei were all growing quietly.

Although there is no threat to the Han at the moment, if they are ignored and let them grow like this, it is definitely not a good thing for the Han, just like now, Xianbei is so unscrupulous to plunder the south, and the border army is a little unstoppable.

Although Youzhou belongs to the initial determination and is not too stable, but the garrison has 10,000 people, which was more than ten years ago, even if it could not completely block the Hu people from going south, it could also block most of them, and let the Hu people not dare to be too presumptuous, but today, although there is no urgency in the letter that Bao Geng handed to him, but Bao Geng's temperament, if he didn't feel pressured, he would write to Chen Mo?

"Thank you." Lu Bu nodded, his heart was a little warm, sure enough, he was still comfortable with Chen Mo, he didn't have to care about anything, although there was Zhang Liao in Nanyang, he didn't take care of things much, but after all, as a prince, he still had to consider a lot of issues, and now ...... Just hit it.

"Thanks for what?" Chen Mo shook his head and looked at Lu Budao: "I just heard Yuan Zhi say that he met a strange person in Nanyang, and he and Lingqi still have a lot of affection?" ”

It's okay not to say this, but as soon as he said this, Lu Bu's face suddenly darkened: "A craftsman can talk a little bit of rhetoric." ”

After speaking, he raised the wine with some indignation and drank it all.

"Craftsman." Chen Mo took a sip of wine, thought for a while, and said, "Sometimes I think, is the order of this Shinong industry and commerce right? ”

"How?" Lu Bu looked at Chen Mo curiously.

"You think, it goes without saying that farming is life, and people have to eat, and agriculture is fundamental to the people of the world; Although some people say that businessmen are unjust, but they really can't do it without them in this world, if there is no business, the people want to buy something, there is no place to buy, and it is easy to form chaos in the way of bartering. Chen Mo put down the wine, looked at Lu Bu and said with a smile: "Besides, this work, thousands of years ago, people lived in thatched huts and caves, which were similar to those birds and beasts, but then there were houses and cities, and people began to wear clothes and have a sense of shame, what do these rely on?" That's what work. ”

Chen Mo looked at Lu Bu's thoughtful expression, and continued: "And this farming, at the beginning, everyone used wooden farm tools, and when it was farther away, it may be stone tools, and then we had these farm tools, if there is no work, now I am afraid that everyone will not even be able to fill their stomachs, let alone fight." ”

Lu Bu felt a little headache, so he simply stared at Chen Mo, why did he suddenly talk about this.

"You say that agriculture, commerce, and industry are all useful, but what do Danshi have? Taxis don't seem to bring any good to the world. Chen Mo asked with a smile.

"You're saying that taxis shouldn't actually exist?" Lu Bu suddenly looked at Chen Mo in shock, then what are they fighting for?

"Of course not, the existence of scholars is very necessary, and scholars are responsible for cultural inheritance, if this history is only passed on by word of mouth, how can we know what happened thousands of years ago? And whether it is farming, business, or craftsman, if everyone does not interfere with each other, then it will naturally be safe, but between people, there will always be conflicts, so the existence of scholars or the imperial court, at the beginning, should be to solve these disputes, maintain order, if no one maintains order, what will the world be chaotic into? Chen Mo hurriedly shook his head and pulled Lu Bu back from the brink of this dangerous thought.

"Yes." Lu Bu nodded, then became even more confused, looked at Chen Mo and said, "What does the lord mean by this?" ”

"I want to say that whether it is a scholar or a worker, in fact, they are all indispensable in this world, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior, but we are the ones who have superiority in order to consolidate our position." Chen Mo and Lu Bu touched the wine and said with a smile: "I heard Yuan Zhi say that that strange man is quite capable, if this is the case, it may not be impossible for him to succeed Ma Jun as a craftsman and become a craftsman or even higher, I want to find a place for workers and peasants in the court, this court needs to change, and it is necessary for such capable people to enter the court, he may not be able to have a good background in the future, why should Feng Xian despise him because of his background?" ”

"That's how I put it......" Lu Bu is still a little awkward, the dignified daughter of Lu Bu is married to a craftsman.

"In this way, anyway, it's not in a hurry, how about letting me meet this person first?" Chen Mo said with a smile: "I look at people, it is quite accurate, if this person has a bad character, or has a false appearance, I will help you break up the two of them, and save you from being this wicked person." ”

Lu Bu takes care of his family, which is also a reason why Chen Mo is more at ease with Lu Bu, beating snakes and hitting seven inches, and employing people is the same, of course, if it is understood as a threat to his family, it will be very low-level, Chen Mo wants to promote this matter, so that Lu Bu's daughter and son-in-law are grateful to him, Lu Bu is a kind of person, and the words of his family are very useful to Lu Bu.

As for Lu Bu's wife and concubine, Chen Mo is not prepared to have too much contact, which will make people resist, change to himself, if his own woman keeps blowing the pillow wind on himself, which man is how, Chen Mo estimates that he will kill the other party first.

"It's fine." Lu Bu nodded when he heard this, he originally had this idea, and Chen Mo proposed it now, which was exactly what he wanted.

"Don't talk about this, you and I haven't seen each other for many years, and the reception banquet will be held in three days, today you and I are only talking about personal relationships, and when the time comes, I'm afraid I won't be able to drink so happily." Chen Mo achieved his goal, raised his wine and smiled.

"Okay." Lu Bu nodded, drank with Chen Mo, and sighed: "Now that I think about it, those people in Luoyang in the past, whether they were enemies or friends, are still there fewer and fewer. ”

This Chen Mo sighed more deeply than Lu Bu, his popularity in Luoyang was much better than Lu Bu, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, He Hao, Zheng Tai, Bao Xin, and later with their different choices, they embarked on different paths, and now, more than ten years have passed, most of them have died, and those who remain, no matter what the relationship was at the beginning, are enemies now, and there are really not many people like Lu Bu who can often sit together and drink.

"You're right, the scholars are actually not that tall, but they are praised by others, I don't know how much I am, do you know that when I was in Nanyang, I wanted to use a knife to slaughter those bullshit scholars several times." Lu Bu drank a little too much, and in the end he began to pour bitter water on Chen Mo.

Why did he choose to belong to the court so easily instead of being his own prince?

Too tired, and those scholars don't look down on him, he learned from Chen Mo and issued a few orders to seek talents, but the results are some five big and three rough men, Nanyang after so many years of governance, such a big county, Shengsheng was governed by him into a military town, he also wanted Nanyang to be as prosperous as Luoyang, but in the end the result was exactly the opposite of what he expected.

For most of the night, almost Chen Mo listened to Lu Bu pouring bitter water there, Chen Mo was not impatient, and helped Lu Bu pour a cup of wine from time to time, signaling him to continue, just be an audience, Lu Bu at this time obviously doesn't need any opinions, just purely vent his difficulties in Nanyang these years, and he is not understood.

Sometimes it makes people laugh, but in Chen Mo's opinion, it is not necessarily a bad thing for Nanyang to develop into what it is today.