Chapter 18: A Gentleman Is Like Tea
Lu Chang is a native of Nanyang. Although it is also within the scope of Jingzhou, he came to Xiangyang when he was in Chibi, and his relationship with these indigenous giants in Xiangyang is not so deep. This is also an important reason why he was happy to see Lu Luan marry Kuaiyang before his death.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the illiteracy rate in the country was as high as more than 90 percent, and most of the people who could afford to read were the children of these families, so the talents were also in their hands. The indigenous families in Xiangyang have been married to each other for many years, and many people are still inextricably linked with Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, Zhao Hao didn't dare to turn his face with them for the time being, so he chose the key to breaking the game on the Lu family.
He can't sit in Xiangyang all the time, he needs to have loyal doglegs to stabilize the rear for him, so that he can let go of his hands and feet and continue to develop.
Lu Luan sighed, and said with a lot of determination: "The little woman dares to guess, I'm afraid that the general will be promoted soon, do you have a candidate for this Xiangyang guard?" β
"How do you know I'm about to kick out?"
The most taboo thing in negotiation is to answer other people's questions directly, so as not to be led away by others. Listening to Zhao Hao's rhetorical question, Lu Luan's face raised a long-lost confident smile, and he said eloquently: "The general is a talented man who knows how to fight in battle, but although this Beiwei army is high-spirited, there is nothing clever about combat methods. The general only keeps soldiers to maintain law and order these days, but he has not strictly practiced, it seems that the first is because he is about to be drawn soon, and he wants the soldiers to have a good life and recuperate, and second, ......"
"I think that there should be no one available under the general, and the general himself will not be able to connect and manage Xiangyang City, and he will have to deal with the family of Xiangyang, I am afraid that no one will be able to share the general's worries and train this strong army."
What Lu Luan said was exactly what Zhao Hao thought. His face was not shocked, and he nodded as acquiescence, "Do you have any ideas?" β
"Cheap concubines have three strategies......
"Why do you people always like this kind of tone, needless to say, let's talk about it directly."
Lu Luan pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "The best policy is for the general to use Xiangyang as a basis, while supporting Guan Gong's Northern Expedition, while taking the opportunity to develop and consolidate, and thoroughly digest Xiangyang in one year." As long as the general is willing to marry with the wealthy families in the city, there will naturally be endless talents to help the general stick to Xiangyang, and the general will have the absolute initiative whether it is Cao Cao in the north or Sun Quan in the east. β
"Zhong Zhi ......" Lu Luan gritted his teeth hard, his expression suddenly a little sad, "The middle strategy is, kill the Kuai family on the charge of treason, leave my Lu family as a backup, and lead the army to support General Guan's Northern Expedition!" β
Zhao Hao breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, but his expression became more and more solemn, and he said with a smile: "Kuai You also said this to me." As long as I am willing to let him go and put all the responsibility on your family, he will definitely fully support our army. The families in Xiangyang are in the same spirit, and they have always been good friends with the king of Hanzhong, which can ensure that our army has enough food and grass, and I can let go of my hands and feet to deal with Cao thieves. β
Zhao Hao: This is a yang scheme. He deliberately let the Kuai and Lu families not meet, and bragged about various conditions in his heart, and the two families would definitely bite and tear each other for their own lives, and frame each other in suspicion. Even Lu Luan is not exempt from vulgarity.
She took a deep breath and said, "The various families in Xiangyang are monolithic, whether Cao Cao or Sun Quan is here, they must continue to use them." And we moved from Nanyang, if we are used by the general, we will definitely worry about the retaliation of other families, and we will be more loyal to the general. Checkmate...... Think again. β
Zhao Hao pretended to pinch his chin and think about it, he peeked at Lu Luandi's mouth twitched a few times, his body shook slightly, knowing that she was holding back the resentment in her stomach when she said this just now, and she wanted to tear herself to pieces. He reached out and hooked Lu Luan's chin, forced her to look up at him, and said with a smile: "Miss Lu is so calculating. It can not only protect myself, but also allow me to offend the Xiangyang family, and I am afraid that I will only open one eye in my dreams in the future. β
Lu Luan smiled and said, "My next policy is actually tailor-made for the general, but the general doesn't listen, so I don't need to say it." β
"Then don't talk about it." Zhao Hao shrugged his shoulders very fashionably and said, "You go back and convince your family that if there is no problem, we will do it tomorrow, and we will have a lot of dreams at night." β
Lu Luan gritted her teeth and thanked her, stumbling away from Zhao Hao's military tent, looking at the starry sky outside, her tears couldn't stop flowing.
"Bo Liang, I have no choice but to make this decision for the survival of my family. If you have a spirit in heaven, please bless the army of the King of Wei to destroy this thief, and then ...... Luan'er is willing to apologize for her sins with death. β
Two days later, LΓΌ Chang's second son, LΓΌ Luan's clan uncle LΓΌ Ke took the lead in identifying the commotion in Xiangyang City as Kuaiwu bΗngjiΓ LΓΌ Chang, coercing the soldiers in the city, Zhao Hao was furious, and sent troops to send more than 50 people under Kuai You to the prison for detention, and sent someone to send a letter to Liu Bei, who was far away in Chengdu, asking Liu Bei to play the Son of Heaven and punish Kuai You, Kuai Wu and others for the crime of rebellion.
The many families in Xiangyang City never expected that Zhao Hao, who was gentle and humble a few days ago, would be so resolute and resolute, and he had to treat them to death, and he couldn't help but look at each other, not knowing what kind of madness this kid was making - did he think that joining forces with the Lu family would be able to pick many families in Xiangyang one by one?
Luc had just turned 30 this year, but his hair was half gray. Lu Chang died, he was inexplicably pushed to the position of the head of the Lu family, first tied up his niece and gave it to Zhao Hao, and when he was in a panic, his niece ran back and told him that he must obey Zhao Hao's orders and push everything to the Kuai family to keep his family safe.
Although the relationship with the Kuai family has always been good, in order to protect himself, Lu Ke actually made a miracle to agree, and poured dirty water on the bodies of Kuai You and Kuai Wu according to Zhao Hao's instructions, and also put the tragic death of Kuai Yang on the list of rebellions in the sad eyes of his niece.
betrayed his colleagues so completely, he couldn't get off Zhao Hao's thief ship, and knelt in front of Zhao Hao in a trance as if he had lost his soul, Lu Luan stood behind him, looking at the leisurely Zhao Hao with a complicated expression.
"Would you like to try it?" Zhao Hao smiled and personally handed a cup of fragrant tea to Lu Ke, Lu Ke reached out to take it in a panic, only to feel that the fragrance of the tea was overflowing, so that he couldn't react for a while.
Tea drinking was not popular in this era, because ...... Because the way people drink tea in this era is really indescribable.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, tea had just shed its medicinal identity and became an upper-class drink. Upper-class people like to press fresh tea leaves into cakes, bake them, break them into powder, put them in a pot and boil them, and then ...... Then add a large amount of ingredients to cook into soup, which is difficult for ordinary people to accept.
Zhao Hao once tried this drinking method a little after breaking through Xiangyang City, and was almost poisoned, but he also had an idea at the same time, he thought carefully in the past few days, and then called Luke, who was forced to get on the thief ship, to entertain him with a cup of fragrant tea that was fried and then boiled with boiling water, which immediately made him feel refreshed.
"This tea...... Can this tea still be drunk like this? β
Watching the turquoise tea leaves in the bowl slowly unfold and the color of the tea slowly darkened, Luc smelled the fragrance of the tea and suddenly felt refreshed, and praised: "It's really good tea." β
"Brother Lu praised it." Zhao Hao smiled and said, "I know that Brother Lu is an elegant person, since he said it is good, he will be able to taste the three flavors in this tea, and please tell Brother Lu about it, what is good about this tea?" β
Luc can't fight, Qing Tan will never fall behind, he tasted it a little, nodded and said: "This tea is fragrant and elegant, gentle like a gentleman, the tea is light and translucent, without sundries, and it is also as noble as a gentleman." The tea is slightly astringent in the mouth at the beginning, and then there is a sweet aftertaste, and the fragrance is left between the teeth after drinking, and the mouth and tongue are full of relish, which can be seen that this tea is also like a gentleman's intersection, although it is light and speechless, but the aftertaste is endless. Yes, this tea is hard to swallow when it boils, and you need to wait for a while to drink it full. β
Zhao Hao secretly screamed in his heart, he can taste so much truth after drinking a sip of broken tea, it seems that what you drank before was really inhumane.
The system has not yet prompted them to complete the task of conquering the Lu family, it seems that in addition to the threat, they also have to give them some benefits, so that they can be convinced, and they really get on their own thief ship.
He waved his hand, and the bald hair spring who was probing his brain outside came in humbly, Zhao Hao nodded, and said, "You wait...... Brother Lu, I don't know if you have seen this method of making tea before? β
"I've never seen it. This is the creation of General Zhao? Oops, General Zhao is really an elegant person, Luc admires. β
"To be able to recognize this tea, Brother Lu is also an elegant person. That being the case, I have a wealth that is pouring into the sky, and I give it to Brother Lu, I don't know if Brother Lu is willing to refer to one or two. β
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