Chapter 527: Lu Wende's Return

After lunch, Shi Bin made a few preparations and went north along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and returned to Hedong Road to do those things that had not been done. But Lu Wende was a little hesitant, he didn't know whether to part ways with Shi Bin at the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, or go to Hedong with him to tell Lu Wenfu.

Because although Lu Wenfu has received Shi Bin's favor, if it weren't for his eldest brother's advice, I'm afraid he wouldn't listen to Shi Bin so much, and maybe he would come against Shi Bin, so it was best to go to the north once. However, just now he asked Shi Bin for so much food and supplies, and Lu Wende felt a little embarrassed to meet Shi Bin a few more times.

After a while, they arrived at the canal, and Shi Bin asked where Lu Wende was going. Although asked, Lu Wende still hesitated and did not say where he was going.

As if seeing what Lu Wende was thinking, Jia Ling, a smart man, said with a smile: "Didn't Brother Lu think about whether to go north or return to the south?" ”

Now that he was seen what he was thinking, Lu Wende was too lazy to be hypocritical, and nodded with a smile in acknowledgement.

What's there to hesitate about? It should be a simple decision to make. Shi Bin, Jia Ling, Sai Xishi and Xu Feng all felt a little funny, because they didn't expect that Lu Wende would also hesitate because of this trivial matter. Since he had already guessed why he was like this, Shi Bin felt that Lu Wende was not a mercenary person, and he still knew shame, so he was naturally very happy.

Since this is the case, it is natural to make Lu Wende more comfortable, so Jia Ling said with a smile: "Brother Lu, your brother Lu Wenfu has always been the only one who looks forward to you, and I am afraid that he will not obey my husband's orders so much, so I guess I have to ask you to go to Hedong again to tell him." Anyway, you don't have much to do on the two roads south of the Yangtze River, and you have long been very firmly managed, so why don't you just go north with us? ”

was actually invited north by Jia Ling, which Lu Wende didn't expect. However, since he was invited, and he wanted to help Shi Bin do something to express his gratitude, he naturally accepted the invitation and agreed to go north with Shi Bin.

I don't hate seeing Lu Wende now, but I don't understand why Jia Ling wants to invite him to go with him, in Shi Bin's opinion, Lu Wende seems to be useless to go north. It's better to go south back to his lair. Sai Xi Shi and Xu Feng obviously didn't understand, but in order not to contradict each other, they didn't ask, just gave them a look. And Jia Ling gave the three of them a very confident look that was an answer.

Because he wanted to know the answer earlier, Shi Bin played the old trick again, got tired of Jia Ling and Sai Xishi, and calculated the account in a low voice. It didn't take long for him to get 'tired', so he went into the cabin to rest.

As soon as he entered the cabin, Sai Xishi couldn't wait to close the hatch and left Xu Feng outside the door as a doorman to prevent Lu Wende from touching and eavesdropping.

"Xiaoling, I don't hate Lu Wende, so I don't object to you inviting him to go north with us, but why? He must not want to see us after asking for so many things, and most of the time he will feel embarrassed. Shi Bin asked with some confusion.

"I know that my husband won't hate Lu Wende because of these little things, and I must want to know why I did this, presumably Sister Xi Shi and Xu Feng outside the door also want to know, right?" Jia Ling said with a smile.

"I don't know if Xu Feng wants to know the reason, but I do want to know, sister. Because if I were Lu Wende, I wouldn't really want to be with my husband again in the short term. Said Seish.

smiled proudly and asked Shi Bin and Sai Xishi a question: why did Lu Wende hesitate to go south or north.

"Why did Lu Wende hesitate to go south or north?" Shi Bin muttered: "It makes sense, it seems that he has nothing to do when he goes north, the only thing he can do is to go and see his brother." What are you just going to see his brother for? It seems that everything that needs to be said has already been said. ”

"Hehe, husband, you don't think that Lu Wende's previous words can really make Lu Wenfu listen to your command, right? For example, if you want Wang San to support Lu Wende, how do you think Wang San will support Lu Wen

Morality? Jia Ling asked with a smile.

"You mean that Lu Wende was thinking about whether to go to Hedong and tell Lu Wenfu to obey my orders when he was on the shore before?" Shi Bin asked.

"Maybe, but I'm not sure. The only thing that is certain is that he, Lu Wende, should be trying to do something for you to show his gratitude. Jia Ling said with certainty.

These words naturally make sense, but Shi Bin still can't think of anything else that Lu Wende can do other than tell Lu Wenfu to listen to his orders.

Seeing Shi Bin's look of pondering but meditating but having no answer, Jia Ling smiled helplessly: "Why is the husband so obsessed with an answer? Let it be, the answer will naturally come out when the time comes, we just need to know that Lu Wende has no ill will towards us. ”

"Wouldn't he be there to tell Lu Wenfu to watch out for us? After all, he asked for so many things from us, I'm afraid he would be afraid that we would be angry with Lu Wenfu. Sai Xishi didn't agree with Jia Ling's opinion, so he said.

"Watch out for us?" Jia Ling's brows immediately furrowed after listening to Sai Xishi's words, and I have to say that it is really possible for Lu Wende to do this. So he said, "Sister Xi Shi is right, this possibility is not small. However, I still believe that Lu Wende is going to help us do something, even if Lu Wenfu wants to beware of us, it will not be to make him unfavorable to us. It's just that we really should get to the bottom of him and see what he's thinking. ”

"It makes sense, I should get to the bottom of him, otherwise I will be uneasy." Shi Bin nodded and said, "The question is how to explore?" When is the right time to talk? ”

It is true that you have to think about these two questions carefully, asking them abruptly will be counterproductive, and it may be embarrassing if you ask them early that Lu Wende has not thought about them in his heart, so he must think about them before acting. The three of them didn't think about Zhuge Kongming without frowning, so after thinking about it for two quarters of an hour, he still didn't come up with a way, so he naturally didn't bother to think about it again, but this time he was not depressed but calculated the account.

Soon it was time for dinner again, and the dishes were all revolving around fish, such as spicy fish, steamed fish, sweet and sour fish, fish head tofu, and a green dragon soup.

A few people sat down at the same table to eat, perhaps because they had something to do, so they were not so embarrassed. Although Lu Wende is not a foodie, he also likes food, and this cook is Shi Bin's subordinate, so he naturally does not hesitate to praise him. From time to time, I also asked Jia Ling if her waist was good, and if she needed to get off the boat to see the doctor.

Although he still doesn't know what Lu Wende is going to do when he goes north, from his sincere concern for Jia Ling, he can at least be sure that his going north will not be unfavorable to Shi Bin.

After dinner, he chatted a few more words, but Lu Wende didn't want to make a light bulb to disturb Shi Bin, Jia Ling, and Sai Xishi, so he quickly found an excuse to go back to his own cabin.

After five or six days, they entered the Yellow River, and there were fewer and fewer boats along the way, not at all like the south, which was full of all kinds of ships.

Seeing this, Shi Bin suddenly sighed in his heart that there were too few boats in his hand, if there were enough boats, he would make it impossible for the Yuan people to step across the Yellow River again. If the strength is enough, it can even land from Tianjin and Qinhuangdao, and hit the Yuan people from several directions, making them difficult to care.

Thinking about it, Shi Bin suddenly came up with a good plan, so he used the excuse of giving Jia Ling a massage to Jia Ling and called Sai Xishi into the cabin to discuss things.

As soon as the hatch closed, the cunning Jia Ling and Sai Xishi laughed at Shi Bin in unison. Sai Xishi said, "I didn't expect my husband to be so considerate and meticulous, Sister Ling and I really married the right person." Is my husband going to have a massage with Sister Ling first, or will he tell us about the conspiracy you have come up with first? ”

"Don't say it so ugly, what is called conspiracy, it's just a small way. As for whether to do a massage first or say a way first, it all depends on Xiaoling's meaning. Shi Bin smiled.

"Let's talk while massaging." Jia Ling said immediately.

Since he said that he wanted to give Jia Ling a massage, naturally Shi Bin immediately became a masseuse, and he worked diligently. This made Jia Ling enjoy it so much that she forgot about business. Sai Xi Shi, who was watching from the side, was jealous, suddenly

Ran said: "Why don't you get down to business? ”

As soon as they heard this tone, Shi Bin and Jia Ling immediately understood that Sai Xishi had knocked over the vinegar bottle, and immediately began to talk about business. Shi Bin also promised to give Sai Xishi a massage later, which made her more comfortable.

"Although the Yellow River is also a big river, there are too few boats on it, not even as many as a small river south of the Yangtze River. I estimate that just getting these foodstuffs and refugees back to the north will probably require the requisition of all the ships in Shaanxi and Hedong to transport them on a dozen or so trips. Shi Bin frowned and said, then suddenly smiled, "But now I have thought of a good way to test Lu Wende." ”

"Husband mean to borrow a boat?" Jia Ling reacted quickly and immediately said what Shi Bin was thinking.

"It's to borrow a boat, let's talk to him tomorrow to see what his attitude is, I hope he won't be too stingy." Shi Bin said with a smile.

Soon it was time to turn on the lights, and the dim kerosene lamp would not make people want to stay up late, so they naturally went to bed early and had nothing to say all night.

The next morning, Shi Bin and the others watched the scenery at the bow of the ship, and after seeing that Lu Wende had also left the cabin, they pretended not to know and talked about transporting grain and refugees.

"Husband, do you think we can transport all of our things by ship? Even if all the ships from Shaanxi and Hedong were requisitioned, they would not be able to be transported without a dozen trips. Jia Ling asked with some concern.

"Of course, you can't finish it in ten trips, and I think it will take at least fifteen trips. Why don't you go and ask your father to help us requisition 500 medium-sized civilian ships for us? Shi Bin said with a scowl in his face.

"Going to my father again? Please, we've been there a few times, and the slave family doesn't have the face to ask my father for anything anymore. What's more, we just said that we wanted to help him train his troops, and now the head of the sect has not been sent to ask him to help support the ships, is this too much? Jia Ling said with a bitter face.

"What then? Could it be that he also transferred a ship from Li Zengbo? Jia Ling said with a little anger.

"Yes, why didn't I think of Li Zengbo? Okay, I'll let my subordinates go to Li Zengbo with my handwritten letter later, and ask him to send me 500 civilian boats, anyway, it won't take long to travel by water. Shi Bin said happily.

After listening to Shi Bin's words, Sai Xishi on the side whispered fiercely: "Why are you so stupid? Let you call Li Zengbo, are you really called Li Zengbo? Won't think about anyone else? ”

"Someone else? Who are the others? Li Chao in Jingnan, Wang San in Chengdu or Zhao Gang in Lin'an? Shi Bin asked 'puzzled'.

Looking at Shi Bin, who was 'dead', Sai Xishi rubbed Shi Bin fiercely and said, "Why do you keep thinking about it over there, can't you change the angle?" ”

"A different angle?" Shi Bin didn't understand it at first. But Lu Wende, who was not far away, immediately understood. So he immediately ran over and said, "Brother and sister and Brother Shi were talking about the ship just now?" ”

"Yes, I just feel that there is too much food and people to be transported this time, there are too few ships on our side, and the ships that mobilize Sichuan and Jinghu South Road feel too far, so I am a little distressed." Jia Ling said with a sad face.

"What's there to worry about, just tell me? I don't have many other boats on the two roads south of the Yangtze River, so it's good to talk to me about how many ships you want. If I can't even lend you a few ships after getting so many benefits from you, then am I Lu Wende still a human being, and how will others look at me Lu Wende? Lu Wende feigned anger.

Since Lu Wende was willing to borrow the boat, Shi Bin was of course very happy, so he lowered his head and discussed how much it was appropriate. In the end, Shi Bin planned to ask Lu Wende first to see how much he was willing to support, so as not to embarrass him.

This time, Lu Wende was very generous, saying that after going north to do some things, he would immediately return to Jiangnan and mobilize 800 medium-sized civilian ships to transport grain and people to Shi Bin. If Shi Bin is willing, he can keep a hundred ships for his own use, and he doesn't have to pay for them, so he went to settle the problem of the hundred civilian ships.

This is naturally a great thing, Shi Bin and the others immediately expressed their gratitude to Lu Wende, and also had a new understanding of him, confirming that he was a friend worth making.

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