When it was time for dinner, Cai Wenji naturally had to attend as the eldest lady of the family, and the clothes on her body were very exquisite.

After Yuan Yun saw Cai Wenji in such a costume, he seemed to understand something in his heart, but he didn't dare to think about it, now it was a matter of two women, and he could only wave his flag and shout on the side, and he couldn't be too biased to which side, this degree was quite difficult to grasp, so Yuan Yun chose to stand aside appropriately.

Yuan's night banquet will naturally invite old friends in Luoyang City, Zheng Xuan, Jia Xu, and Cheng Yu have come to the banquet, they did not go to the dock to greet them because of their identity, but now that it is the night banquet of Yuan's Mansion, there is nothing to be afraid of.

The banquet was divided into the women of the inner courtyard, and then there were these big and small men in the front yard, Cao Zhi, Cao Zhang, Cao Chong, and Deng Ai were naturally in the front yard, and for them, this kind of banquet with celebrities was also a kind of practice.

Cheng Yu seemed to feel very uncomfortable with a group of people sitting at the same big table, and Cao Zhi and the others on the side turned out to be the ones who served the food and wine tonight, which was almost inferior, so he kept frowning, always wanting to take the opportunity to reprimand Yuan Yun.

But tonight, whether it is age or prestige, the biggest one is Zheng Xuan, and Zheng Xuan has been very fond of this kind of big round table very early, he has seen through a lot of things when he lives to this age, and he feels that people should be sincere like this, so after he taught Cheng Yu a lesson with the tone of treating his juniors, everything was as usual.

Yuan Yun didn't want to think much about the battle between the two women in the inner house now, and he didn't dare to think too much, so he had to put his mind on the few people in front of him, Jia Xu and Zheng Xuan were okay to talk about, but Cheng Yu was more troublesome.

This old guy went to the north before and got a lot of big clans, so he is very smug now, every time he asks Yuan Yun, he is also confident, thinking that he has helped Luoyang solve a big worry, and Yuan Yun naturally has to respond.

Grain, is still food, this is still the main contradiction that plagues the development of Luoyang, now Luoyang has nearly 100,000 people, but most of them are workshop workers, and the labor of the construction site, they do not produce grain, so grain can only rely on imports.

For example, today's princes regard grain very seriously, and they will not sell it easily at all, resulting in Luoyang, even if there is a lot of money and goods, it can only maintain its current scale, and a slight expansion will produce huge food pressure.

The main purpose is to limit the excessive purchase of some local clans, and the food stamps are the biggest obstacle to restricting commercial trade, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, which is dominated by agriculture, grain is almost equivalent to currency, and now it is so restricted that it makes it difficult to maintain many benign market operations.

Luoyang is simply a concentration of contradictions, and it is not easy to dredge these things one by one, Yuan Yun is worried, and several people present are also worried.

"It's not a way to grab grain all the time, let's still do as the old man said, operate more arable land outside the city, so that we can meet the demand, it's not too late to do this, what does Yuan Hou think?" When Cheng Yu spoke, his face was full of blame, because a long time ago, he had strongly opposed Yuan Yun's plan to build Luoyang into a city that did not farm.

Yuan Yun was a little surprised, not because of the question Cheng Yu raised, but because Cheng Yu directly said what he was doing recently, that is, looting grain everywhere.

Cheng Yu looked at Yuan Yun's expression, immediately frowned, and said unhappily: "Do you think that the old man is eating and waiting for death in Luoyang every day?" The things you did could not be hidden from the old man's eyes, but the old man didn't say it, everyone here at the moment is his own person, what else is there to hide? ”

Yuan Yun smiled embarrassedly, arched his hand and said: "Mr. Zhongde, this is also a helpless move, otherwise Luoyang may have to stop work, 100,000 people are waiting for dinner, and I can only take some evil paths." ”

Cheng Yu frowned, and said: "If I didn't plan to cover it up for you, these things would have been in trouble in the court a long time ago, hum, I dared to rob the caravan of Cao Ren's family directly, and this time I also made a mess of stability, Duan Xuan Duan Hou Ye was also unloaded by you, your courage is indeed not small." ”

After speaking, Cheng Yu drank the wine glass in front of him, and then continued the topic just now: "The farming outside the city must be cultivated as soon as possible, this matter really can't be delayed any longer, it is impossible for you Yuan Hou to take the army around to loot next year, right?" ”

Yuan Yun hurriedly shook his hand and said: "Hasn't Mr. Zhongde already negotiated with the big clans in the north, when we clean up Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan, there will naturally be a large amount of food provided over there, and then Luoyang will really enter the regular stage, so there is no need to loot."

As for the farming outside Luoyang City, I haven't left it behind, now Zheng Xuan and everyone are operating this matter in the college, and spring will start soon, we will organize labor to go outside the city to reclaim, but we can't be too anxious, we need to build farmland in a scientific way step by step, so that it is more secure. ”

Cheng Yu immediately frowned in confusion when he heard the word science, but he was not surprised by the unfamiliar words in Yuan Yun's mouth, so he focused his attention on Zheng Xuan, and asked: "The academy is also a place with a big palm, how can you carry out farming, can the old man Kang Cheng solve the doubts of the late students?" ”

Zheng Xuan smiled, stroked his beard and said: "The college only does the research of farming, and there are too many things involved here, such as the division of land, the construction of water conservancy, the cultivation of roots and seedlings of crops, and a series of issues. ”

Cheng Yu has always believed in Yuan Yun's words, but he will trust everyone like Zheng Xuan unconditionally, so he immediately nodded and said, "Well, tomorrow the old man will take Sima Yi Gongzi to the academy for a spin." ”

Yuan Yun heard that Cheng Yu was going to take Sima Yi with him, he was suddenly shocked, and seemed to feel something bad, it seems that the two of them have been very close recently, it seems that Cheng Yu has been confused by Sima Yi, Sima Yi still has this kind of charm, especially when he is painstakingly trying to please people, it must be twice the result with half the effort.

Cheng Yu saw Yuan Yun frowning, and immediately smiled: "What? Feeling sick? There is also a person in the world who is extremely smart with you Yuan Yun, do you feel a little pressure? However, this Sima Yi is not as good as Yuan Hou, his behavior is always in order, and he respects his teacher, which is very different from Yuan Hou's style, you should learn more. ”

Yuan Yunpi smiled without smiling, learning from Sima Yi? Could it be that he harbored evil intentions and finally annexed the Cao family's world? Fools want to be emperors, this is definitely a wise saying, so if you learn from Sima Yi or something, let fools learn it.

Arching his hand, Yuan Yun smiled and said: "Everyone has their own ambitions, Sima Yi Gongzi is naturally a perfect smart person, but I, Yuan Yun, also have my own personality, if they all become the same, wouldn't this world be too boring?" ”

Cheng Yu couldn't help frowning when he heard this, but Zheng Xuan laughed and said, "Yuan Xiaozi said it well, the reason why the world is lively is that all kinds of people are mixed, if they all become the same appearance, then the old man will feel bored when he thinks about it." ”

Zheng Xuan's mending knife was quite in place, Cheng Yu could only nod and be taught, and he had to pretend to be very sincere, and Yuan Yun was very happy in his heart.

After taking a sip of Yuan's mansion's wine, Cheng Yu brought the topic to the issue that Yuan Yun was concerned about, and said: "Si Zhongda was appointed by the imperial court to supervise the renovation of the palace, we must also be careful about this matter, the old man plans to assign some labor to help, after all, at that time, the century-old Han Palace, since Luoyang was rebuilt, this cannot be left behind." ”

Yuan Yun was silent for a moment before he said with a smile: "It is said that the palace is being repaired, which is tantamount to rebuilding, I don't know how much grain the imperial court is going to send to support?" ”

Cheng Yu frowned slightly, embarrassed: "The imperial court also has the difficulties of the imperial court, and Yuan Hou should understand one or two, so let's try our best to help." ”

Yuan Yun didn't buy it, and immediately shook his head and said: "That's not good, now we are building workshops in Luoyang and rebuilding the city wall is already very difficult, plus a palace, this is a drop in the bucket, we are really difficult to support, even if the court does not allocate money, at least we should give some food, otherwise what do we use to feed those laborers, they are all living from 9 to 5 according to wages, do we want them to do day work?" ”

Cheng Yu snorted heavily and said: "These laborers are now registered in Luoyang, so they naturally need to serve the imperial court, and they still need wages there, which are all within their responsibility, and there is nothing to discuss." ”

Yuan Yun was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "The laborers have signed an agreement with the imperial court when they applied for household registration before, and part of their wages is taxed, and the name is personal income tax. ”

Cheng Yu was stunned for a moment, his face was dazed, when he reviewed those documents before, he only cared about whether Yuan Yun took advantage of the imperial court, as for the matter of paying more taxes to the imperial court, it was naturally a green light, and all of them were easily let go, and the old officials in the imperial court also had a virtue with Cheng Yu, seeing that the laborers would also deduct a part of their wages and hand it over to the imperial court, they all regarded it as an additional big entry, what would they oppose there, and they passed it early.

Now Cheng Yu is very clear that he was cheated by Yuan Yun again, but he was willing before, and now if he refutes, it seems that there is no gentleman's style, but if he doesn't refute, the palace repair is equivalent to no follow-up, and it will be very contradictory for a while.

Yuan Yun was still smiling, and then asked in a low voice: "Sima Yi came to repair the palace this time, wouldn't he expect to be able to use Luoyang's labor for free?" If that's the case, I think Sima Yi can return to Xudu now, and it is only right to come back to repair the palace after taking the food from the imperial court. ”

Cheng Yu's beard was crooked, and he just wanted to arbitrarily settle the matter, but he heard Yuan Yun say again: "Luoyang has a population of 100,000, and these people have all paid personal income tax. ”

Cheng Yu sighed, the whole person collapsed on the Taishi chair, and said with a wry smile for a long time: "Sima Zhongda has already pulled 10,000 laborers to build the palace, this old man has promised, how is it good now?" ”

Yuan Yun no longer had the gentle appearance he had before, but immediately replied coldly: "Is there something wrong with Mr. Zhongde?" Cao Sikong sent you and me to Luoyang to supervise the reconstruction, if I remember correctly, it should be led by Benhou, and the mobilization of labor should also be subject to Benhou's city order, why Benhou's seal letter has not been shown, you can mobilize labor, should there be an explanation for this? ”

It was also the first time for Cheng Yu to see Yuan Yun's cold expression, he couldn't help but be shocked, and even a little panicked, and muttered in his mouth: "This, this, this is the old man's insistence, and those stewards were also forced by the old man, and it was all the old man's fault." ”

Yuan Yun's expression became a little more cold, and he suddenly shouted: "Where is Shi Shen?" ”

Shi Shen immediately walked out, hugged his fists and said, "The little one is here." ”

Yuan Yun nodded, and then said lightly: "Take my seal letter, put all the stewards who transfer labor without permission into the prison, and collectively behead them at noon tomorrow." ”