Lu Ren took the tea handed by the waiter and drank it all, wiped his sweat before asking, "Mr. Liu, I've been running outside recently, and I don't have time to pay attention to it here...... How much grain has been put into the warehouse so far? ”

Liu Ye said: "There are nearly one million grains in the warehouse. The rest of the fruits, vegetables, and bran (that is, the forage for the animals, such as the orange stalk of rice is the better forage...... I'm too lazy to say it. According to the current report of the various tuns, it is estimated that the grain that can be obtained this year should be around 1.7 million hu. One million and seven thousand hundred, Lu Lingjun, Lu Lingjun, do you know how tiring it is to count? ”

Lu Ren smiled and said in his heart: "About 1.7 million Hu? At this time in history, Cao Cao Mumin's field planting millet is 'a million grains', I vigorously promoted the correct rice planting technology, and tried my best to do so many things, and the number of 1.7 million Hu is about the same, right? ”

With this thought in his heart, Lu Ren stretched his waist and lay down on the floor again, and said with a long sigh: "One million and seven hundred thousand Hu...... Well, everyone won't be hungry, right? It's not in vain my hard work this year! ”

Xun Yu and Liu Ye glanced at each other, and could only shake their heads at Lu Ren's unserious habit.

Lu Ren lay down for a while and sat up and said, "I suddenly reacted, Mr. Liu, why are you here today?" ”

Liu Ye said: "Of course, there is something serious. Now the grain in the warehouse is abundant, this is a fortunate thing, although I am a little tired, but I am actually very happy in my heart. However, the lord has Zhang Xiu in the west, Liu and Lu in the east, and Yuan Shu in the south must not be guarded against, so the lord should reorganize his armor and prepare for war at any time. ”

Xun Yu continued: "And Yihao, you are knowledgeable, you should understand that the lord has a great enemy......" Speaking of this, Xun Yu stopped his mouth, but pointed to the north intentionally or unintentionally.

Of course, Lu Ren knew it in his heart, and after a little hesitation, he said, "Did Gong Cao give up the position of general to Yuan Benchu?" ”

Xun Yu nodded.

Lu Ren smiled: "Yuan Benchu's self-ashamed class is under Cao Gong, and now what he wants is nothing more than a face, with this face, Yuan Benchu is not good at turning his face with Cao Gong...... It's all, though. He is now busy killing Gongsun Zhan, and there will be no other movement for the time being, but now that he has such a face, it is actually the best step not to turn his face with Cao Gong. ”

Xun Yu smiled: "Lu Yihao is Lu Yihao after all, and his insight is really good." ”

Lu Ren also smiled: "Is there any movement on Yuan Shu's side?" ”

Xun Yu said: "Why did you suddenly remember to ask Yuan Shu?" Or did you anticipate something a long time ago? However, Yuan Shu may be about to make some big moves...... Yoshiho, do you know something? ”

"I'm just thinking about how much of the food I've worked so hard to grow this year, and I'm going to have to use it this time." Lu Ren shook his head with a wry smile. After being mixed for so long, Lu Ren has become accustomed to playing with these people with this kind of tricky posture.

Xun Yu also smiled, there is no need to speak so clearly at this time. However, at this time, Liu Ye coughed vigorously a few times, attracting the attention of Lu Ren and Xun Yu: "Although the grain for the troops is abundant now, the copper and iron ...... for making weapons in the warehouse" Liu Ye shook his head as he said this.

Lu Ren was stunned: "Copper and iron are insufficient? ”

Xun Yu nodded and said: "When you left the city more than 20 days ago to patrol the tun, I had ordered someone to buy the copper and iron on the market around Xudu in order to use it, but it was just a drop in the bucket. The main reason is that the previous lord was defeated in Wancheng, and there were too many clothes and armor weapons and staff lost between the defeats and escapes, and the soldiers in the registered government who brought their own lance and tools had to buy iron and tools again, and the copper and iron used in agriculture around Xudu was not a small amount......"

Lu Ren waved his hand again and again: "Hey, hey, what are you two telling me about this?" ”

Xun Yu said: "Yihao, you traveled the world when you were young and had a wide range of knowledge, do you know where copper and iron are abundant?" After the autumn harvest, there is enough money and food, and the lord will definitely raise troops to attack, but if the armor and weapons are insufficient, how can this battle be fought? The staff is also the minions of the soldiers, and the army of tigers and wolves is not feasible without minions, so you can't let the soldiers of the lord's army go into battle with sticks, right? ”

Lu Renteng jumped up: "Is there a mistake?" Salt and iron affairs are the affairs of the salt and iron orders of the county and the country, what are you looking for me? ”

Xun Yu said: "Didn't I say it just now?" You are well-informed, and you should know where there is copper and iron to solve today's difficulties. ”

Lu Ren's head shook like a rattle: "I don't know, I don't know, I don't know anything!" ”

Seeing Lu Ren like this, Xun Yu laughed twice, took out a small square box from under the table and said, "Lu Yihao, take over the seal and worship!" ”

"Ah——!!h Lu Ren was dumbfounded.

Xun Yu said solemnly: "This is the seal of the national salt and iron order of the county of Dasi Nongfu......

Lu Ren hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Wait! Can I leave this job untold? I'm tired enough, give me another salt and iron official and don't tire me to death!? ”

Xun Yu's face turned cold: "Yihao, the court has given orders, don't play with children!" ”

"Excuse me! I am stubborn! The court can't even let me resign, right? Otherwise, Wen Ruogong, you are Shang Shuling, please help me explain a few words to the court, and also understand my difficulties, okay? As for the shortage of copper and iron this time, I will try to think of a way to do it after I go back...... But I said it first, I probably can't really solve this problem. In short, don't add this salt and iron official to me again, otherwise I may be tired and sick! ”

Xun Yu closed his eyes and muttered for a long time, nodded lightly and said, "Okay, you are usually tired like that, and adding a salt and iron official to you will indeed overwhelm you." But Yihao, you really have to think about this copper and iron thing. Luckily, now that the autumn harvest is coming to an end, you can have some free time to do it. As for the construction of water conservancy in the autumn and winter season, I will help you instruct the county water caopers to do their best. ”

Lu Ren hurriedly got up and saluted: "In this case, let me go back to the house to rest for two days." That's it, farewell! "What do you think, why don't you flash people quickly?

When Lu Ren walked away, Xun Yu and Liu Ye looked at each other for a long time, and suddenly laughed together.

"Wen Ruogong, are you too despicable like this? Scare him with an empty box! ”

Xun Yu waved his hand and smiled: "No way...... Ziyang, you don't have much contact with him, so you don't know Lu Yihao's human nature, and sometimes you have to scare and force him to move. Yuan Shu arrogated the title of emperor, and the lord could not sit idly by, and should send troops to destroy him as soon as possible. But now there is not enough copper and iron, if there is no copper and iron to make enough lance, then how can this battle be fought? You can't just forcibly requisition all the copper and iron used by the people to cultivate farm tools for the sake of this fight, right? ”

Liu Ye said: "Then Lu Yihao really has a way to solve it?" ”

Xun Yu said: "I don't have a bottom in my heart, so I should be a dead horse as a live horse doctor." However, he knows far more than you and me, and perhaps he can really come up with a way to solve this urgent need...... If not, we can't blame him. But Ziyang, don't spread the word about today's matter for the time being, after all, we have gone too far to deceive him. ”

Liu Ye groaned: "Lu Yihao...... Seriously, I'm interested in him as a city-born man. ”

Not to mention how the two "fraudsters" discussed, just said that Lu Ren returned home with a depressed stomach, and sat in the backyard gazebo in a daze without eating much. This time the incident came too suddenly, Lu Ren had only contacted Shirley two days ago, which means that it would be a month later if Shirley sent back the information on the distribution of minerals! And in the course of a month...... God knows what Cao Cao and Xun Yu will think!

After thinking about it for a long time, Lu Ren could only shake his head helplessly, and sighed to himself: "If you really can't do it, just pretend to be busy and show them." It's fucking depressing, these guys are the Iron Armor Magnum anymore...... Well, it's a bit of a blur. However, if you can melt down the more than 550 tons of alloy steel of the Iron Armor Magnum, you can deal with it...... What is this? ”

After a long sigh, Wan'er and Mi Zhen came to the pavilion in the backyard, and the second daughter saw Lu Ren's sad face, so she naturally stepped forward to ask, and Lu Ren also talked about it roughly and then broke her head. Wan'er naturally kept comforting Lu Ren, until Mi Zhen frowned and pondered for a long time, and suddenly said to Lu Ren: "Sir, if the amount of copper and iron required by Xu Du is not too large, maybe I have a way to help Mr. solve it." ”

Lu Renteng jumped up suddenly: "You mean really? ”

Mi Zhen nodded vigorously, and the eyes looking at Lu Ren and Wan'er also revealed a somewhat smug look. And Lu Ren was excited at first, but after seeing Mi Zhen's rather complacent look, he hesitated, and asked with twelve points of suspicion: "Sister, do you really have a way, or just talk about coaxing me to be happy?" The matter of salt and iron is not child's play, if you are not sure, don't mess around. Besides, I have already said hello to Xun Wenruo first, I will probably be unable to do anything about this matter, even if it doesn't work, he can't blame me ......"

Mi Zhen raised her eyebrows: "I really don't know what you think, sir!" The salt and iron order of the county country! It can be called the fat difference in the fat difference, and the oil and water are a lot of them. Others are trying to get things done and then sit on them, but sir, you want to do things well and then get rid of this fat difference, I doubt that you are mistaken, sir. ”

Lu Renxin said that this was a corrupt official in Cao Cao's hands? That's asking for trouble! But now I didn't bother to say anything else, so I hurriedly waved my hand to Mi Zhen a few times and said, "Okay, okay, don't gossip." You say you have a way, so speak up and listen to it first. ”

Mi Zhen pouted dissatisfied: "The solution is actually very simple!" Sir, have you forgotten that my Mi family is a big businessman? ”

Lu Ren was deflated when he heard this, and shook his head again and again: "What should I do, it turns out that you are talking about this...... I know you're a big merchant, and I thought about letting you buy iron from the beginning. However, the salt and iron industry has always been controlled by the government, and the world has been in turmoil for so many years, and now the heroes stand side by side, and all parties are staring at copper and iron more tightly than in the past in order to strengthen the armor soldiers. Girl, if you want to go to the merchant to buy iron, you might as well skip it......"