Outside the thatched hall, wrapped in silver, the cold wind is howling, and the goose feathers are still flying.

A man wearing a hat and a cloak stood beside an ox cart and was looking out at the cottage. On the ox cart, there are some things high and tired, covered with a tarpaulin, and it is impossible to see what it is; There was already a thin layer of snow on the tarpaulin.

When Zhuge Liang came out, this was what they saw.

The man was also surprised to see a young man, a young girl, and two small radish heads.

However, Zhuge Liang's outfit instantly let the man know who he was looking for.

"But Mr. Kong Ming?" The man asked.

Zhuge Liang went out for more than ten steps, stood still in the heavy snow, looked at the man next to the ox cart, and said: "Yes, I am Zhuge Liang, the word Kongming." I don't know what to call a strong man, so why did he come? ”

This man, Zhuge Liang is sure he doesn't know.

But the other party called "Mr. Kong Ming", it's not untargeted, right?

"The little Lu Thirteen is the guy of the Lu family's seafood in Xiangyang City." The man replied.

"Mr.'s eldest brother, Mr. Ziyu entrusted me with the Lu merchant ship in Wu County, brought back a letter to Mr. Kong Ming, and gave some gifts. Yesterday, my Lu merchant ship arrived in Xiangyang, and early this morning, my shopkeeper ordered a small one to be sent to Mr. Kong Ming. ”

As he spoke, the man named Lu 13 took out a roll of bamboo slips from the car and handed it to Zhuge Liang. Then, the man untied the tarpaulin on the ox cart and prepared to move the things on the cart down.

At this time, Uncle Niu and Aunt Niu also heard the news and helped move things together; The third brother and the younger brother also came over to join in the fun.

Two corals, two Wu satin, some seafood, this is about the eldest brother's preparation, or after the eldest brother gets married, he cleans Zhang Luo, after all, Zhuge Liang is also going to get married, and these things are all needed.

There were also two boxes of books, but they were copied by the eldest brother in Jiangdong and brought back for the third brother and the younger brother to study.

There are not many gifts, and they were moved quickly, Uncle Niu and Aunt Niu sorted out the warehouse, and the third brother and the younger brother also joined in the fun.

After Lu 13 finished explaining the gifts and family letters, he was about to drive back in the ox cart, but was stopped by Zhuge Liang.

Lu Zhuangshi went into the house to rest for a while, roasted the fire, and drank hot soup by the way. After I finish reading the family letter, I will return the letter and give a few gifts, and I will also bother your Lu family fleet to bring it back to Wu County and hand it over to my eldest brother Zhuge Jin. ”

Zhuge Liang hasn't had time to read the eldest brother's family letter, and after reading it, he will definitely reply to the eldest brother. Of course, there are also all kinds of food and desserts made by Zhuge Liang during this time, and I have to give some to my eldest brother to taste.

And these, they still have to bother Lu 13 and their caravan to take to Jiangdong.

In this era, there was no courier service, and there was no postal system to deliver letters on behalf of people.

According to the Han system, there was originally a post station.

Although the post station is only for official services, Baixin gives more money, and can also send letters or something by the way.

Of course, the post station is not open for the business of delivering parcels.

It's just that after the chaos in the world, the post station system also collapsed.

As a result, it becomes difficult for people to communicate with friends and family. The big families are nothing, they can still send servants or stewards to run around, and the ordinary people can only sigh with joy.

At this time, the business of caravan agent to deliver letters and parcels also came into being.

The caravans traveled south and north, especially the four major merchants in the world, their caravans were all over the world, Saiwai, Shuzhong, Jiaozhou, and even overseas, as long as there were business opportunities, there was no place they did not go.

The four great businessmen walk the world, and the joints of all forces are naturally passed, and officials and ruffians from all over the country will not embarrass them, even small bandits and bandits dare not touch the tiger's whiskers. Therefore, there is basically no risk in entrusting the caravan under the four wealthy merchants to deliver letters and parcels.

Of course, when you encounter a robber who doesn't want to die, you can only consider yourself unlucky.

Caravan agent letter delivery and parcel delivery business, although similar to the express delivery of later generations, but after all, there is no transportation insurance cost of later generations.

People's caravans have been robbed, and the goods lost are not a small number, so what is your letter?

The caravan where Lu Shisan was located was naturally the Jiangdong Lu clan, one of the four wealthy merchants.

……

Hearing that there was a reply and a package to bring back to Jiangdong, Lu Shisan was not in a hurry to go back, and followed Zhuge Liang into the house to warm up.

After entering the house, Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Lu Zhuangshi will bake the fire for a while, just cook a pot of laba porridge today, Lu Zhuangshi also drank a bowl to warm his body, don't freeze on this snowy day." ”

As she spoke, Lu Qiling had already filled a bowl of laba porridge and put it on the table.

Lu Shisan is a caravan worker, and he has also traveled from south to north, but he is not polite, sitting by the fire, waiting for Zhuge Liang's reply.

"Laba porridge?"

"I haven't heard of it, maybe it's some kind of porridge soup or something, right?"

Holding the bowl of laba porridge, through the steaming heat, Lu Shisan saw that there were red dates and other things in the porridge, and thought so.

Zhuge Liang lit the fire and unfolded the bamboo slips.

The bamboo slips are very thick, and there are thirty pieces of bamboo slips, which shows that the eldest brother wrote a lot of words in this letter.

Zhuge Liang glanced at ten lines, and quickly finished reading the family letter written by his eldest brother, and summed it up, there are three things.

First, the eldest brother's marriage has been completed, on the sixth day of the lunar month. Of course, when the eldest brother wrote this letter, their wedding must have not taken place yet, and the believers only said that the wedding was scheduled for the sixth day of the lunar month.

The second is to ask Zhuge Liang when his wedding date is set.

Zhuge Jin, as the eldest brother, and Wu County, thousands of miles away, must not be able to rush back to attend Zhuge Liang's wedding, those gifts were given by the sister-in-law Bu Shi, who had not yet been married, for Zhuge Liang's marriage.

Compared with the previous life of the original owner, in this life, the sister-in-law did not recognize their little uncles.

This may be the credit of the twenty jars of Zhuge wine, right?

The third is to let Zhuge Liang take care of the third brother and the birth brother.

The eldest brother is like a father, and now that the eldest brother Zhuge Jin is not around, the responsibility of raising the two younger brothers naturally falls on Zhuge Liang.

This point, there is no need for the eldest brother to write a letter to emphasize, Zhuge Liang will bear it.

After these three things have been explained, the end of the letter is some trivial things that the eldest brother has seen in Jiangdong.

For example, Yuan Shu, who was cowering in Shouchun City, actually sent a messenger to Sun Ce to ask for food and soldiers, but the messenger was blasted out by Sun Ce's stick. For example, there was a vacancy in a county in Wu County, and Bu intended to recommend his eldest brother to serve as the local county magistrate.

……

After reading the letter, Zhuge Liang went to the study and prepared to reply to his eldest brother.

Other trivial matters, his own marriage, the studies of his two younger brothers, and the economic situation of the family, Zhuge Liang wrote to the eldest brother one by one in the letter, so that the eldest brother would not be in Jiangdong, but still worry about Longzhong.

As for the eldest brother in Jiangdong, Zhuge Liang was noncommittal.

Everyone has their own way to go, and if you force it, it will not be beautiful.

When Zhuge Liang wrote a reply, Uncle Niu and Aunt Niu also packed a gift to bring back to Jiangdong. Ten catties of braised pork, ten catties of sugar, and a wooden bucket of pickles, as well as a few clothes made by Aunt Niu in her free time, were all packed and ready to be handed over to Lu Shisan to take back to Jiangdong.

As for Zhuge wine, Zhuge Liang wanted to give some more to his eldest brother.

The problem is that in the express delivery business of this era, people's caravans are only incidental, so they will naturally not be so careful. Not to mention whether the caravan will drop the bag of fine wine, just just bump it casually, and a jar of wine is likely to become an empty jar.

Therefore, Zhuge wine can only be stopped.