"Mr. Lu, please serve Xun!"

Lu Ren politely arched his hand to the doorman, took four bamboo tubes from the saddle, handed two of them to the doorman, and said with a smile: "Take my horse to the stable to feed some grass and water, and this...... The same old thing, you know. ”

"I understand, I understand!" Menber's face bloomed with laughter.

Lu Ren's so-called old appearance was that the two bamboo tubes handed to the doormen were all wine for them to drink. Lu Ren has not been making wine for a day or two, but Lu Ren's "exclusive wine taster" Guo Jia is often not in Xuchang, so Lu Ren often stuffs some steamed wine for the doormen here, so that these doormen can help him taste it.

Later, Mi Zhen's Qingguo Wine Shop officially opened, and soon became a drinking party for the middle and upper class scholars in Xuchang City, and the wine brewed by Lu Ren and Mi Zhen also sold very well, and the result was naturally that Lu Ren's wine became a luxury that not ordinary people could afford. Only these guards can often drink because they are Lu Ren's "amateur wine tasters". And Lu Ren in the mouth of the doorman has always treated them very well, and this is because of this.

didn't mention how the doorman helped Lu Ren taste wine, but said that Lu Ren hurried into the palace, and as soon as he entered the door, he hugged his fist to Xun Yu in the hall and smiled: "Xun Gong is okay!" ”

Xun Yu put down the bamboo slip in his hand, hung Lu Ren up and down, stroked his beard and smiled: "What is Yihao looking for me here?" ”

Lu Ren smiled and shook the two bamboo tubes in his hand to Xun Yu: "I came to bribe." ”

"......" Xun Yu glared at Lu Ren, but still reached out and took a bamboo tube. After opening it, I first sniffed it and then tasted it, and said with a smile: "Good wine!" No wonder Bonghyo always runs to you to drink. I heard that in the evening of that day, Feng Xiao transported dozens of jars of good wine in your house to himself, but is there such a thing? ”

Lu Ren shrugged: "Anyway, I can't take it away, so I'll give it to him." Okay, let's get down to business, Xun Gong, I really have something to ask you to help me with today. ”

Xun Yu put the bamboo tube aside: "Say it, as long as it's not a matter of favoritism, I will definitely help you if I can help." ”

Lu Ren said: "It's a little bit of a side, but it's not a big problem." Well, I want some chaff, chaff, and rice stalks from the treasury. Oh, please look at it. ”

A roll of bamboo slips was handed over to Xun Yu, Xun Yu looked at his eyebrows and twisted them together: "Husk? Bran? Rice stalks? These are some useless leftovers after last year's autumn harvest. I know that according to your method, the chaff can be mixed with lime after grinding for field fertilizer, and the rice stalks can be used as horse grass after drying, but it is not needed so much. And at that time, you asked Liu Ziyang to make some space in the mansion to put these things, I don't understand what you are keeping them for! ”

Lu Ren smiled helplessly: "Xun Gong, don't ask too much, these things I want to keep at that time must be of my use." Originally, I thought of using it around Xudu this year, but now I ...... Don't mention it. But that's fine, if I still have to run around like I did last year, there's a good chance I won't be able to take care of it. Now it's just a little bit of land in my own house, so I can do these things with peace of mind. ”

Xun Yu was speechless for a long time, shook his head lightly and said, "Although I don't know what the use of you left so many things at that time, I know that it will be a big loss for you to be dismissed this time and make these things not be used where they should have been." That's it, I'll write an order to you, and if you want to use as much as you want, go to Liu Ziyang yourself and ask for it. ”

Lu Ren smiled again: "Is it for nothing?" But Xun Gong, I'm worried that some people will say that I am occupying the things in the treasury, so I am going to spend money to buy those surplus materials. Xun Gong, you have to give me a little cheaper, I don't have much money to speak of now. ”

"......" Xun Yu was speechless again, and after a long time, he raised his arm and pointed in the direction of the treasury: "If you can really help me and Liu Ziyang clean up the treasury you occupied before, I thank you It's too late!" Okay, okay, if you are willing to give money, you can symbolically give a little bit to block the mouth of an idler, the lord will not worry about anything with you, and you don't put on a mercenary face with me here! ”

"Then I'll thank Xun Gong first." Saying that, Lu Ren snapped his fingers and continued with a smile: "But I can say a few words first, if I really succeed, I will probably have a lot of money, and then Cao Gong and Xun Gong, don't regret not charging me more!" ”

"......" Xun Yu sometimes really didn't have anything to do with Lu Ren, so he could only nod helplessly and said: "What you want are some scraps of the mansion warehouse, who will care too much about you?" And even if I know you must have some great ideas, what more can I say if you don't make it? Okay, okay, you can do whatever you like, and let me see what tricks you want to do this year. ”

Lu Ren smiled at Xun Yuke: "Actually, I don't have any big ideas, I just want everyone to have more wine and meat on the table." ”

"Huh!?"

After laughing, Lu Ren frowned again, and said hesitantly to Xun Yu: "Xun Gong, there is something else I don't know if you can help." ”

"Say, I'll listen."

"After I was dismissed, I lost my money, and the food that I could get every month was nearly half, and those orphans were going to starve, so Xun Gong, can you help me with food for half a year? Every month, I will pay half of the amount I have promised. I borrowed it from you first, and when my grain is grown, I will give it back. ”

Xun Yu silently glanced at Lu Ren for a few moments, shook his head and said, "You don't have to borrow it." Last year, you taught my people to farm sericulture, and in the autumn you gained a very abundant harvest, and my people are grateful. It's just that you were Xu Duling at the time, and it was really inconvenient for the clansmen to thank you with money and silk, so as not to cause you a suspicion of personal bribery. Now you have what you want, and you can give my people a chance to repay you. ”

"Really? Then thank you Xun Gong! That way, I have one less thing to worry about. ”

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Xuchang handicraft area, bamboo and wood handicraft processing workshop.

At the beginning, Lu Ren considered that the number of various agricultural tools to be used in Xuchang Tuntian was extremely large, so he specially selected many craftsmen with skilled bamboo and wood handicrafts from the displaced people in Yingmu Tuntian, and came out under the unified management of the government to build this bamboo and wood handicraft processing workshop. Up to now, there are more than 400 skilled craftsmen in this workshop, in addition to providing a large number of high-quality agricultural tools for the surrounding counties of Xuchang, according to Lu Ren's proposal, they also make some furniture, carriages and other things to earn extra money. In fact, Xia Houdun did this when he was in Puyang, but Lu Ren was much more professional than Xia Houdun.

As soon as Lu Ren came out of Xun Yu's office, he went straight to the workshop, and as soon as he stepped into the gate, the examination order of the workshop (in modern terms, the general manager of the workshop) greeted him and said: "It turned out that Lu Lingjun was here......

Lu Ren hurriedly waved his hand and smiled: "Don't call me Ling Jun anymore, I'm just a white cloth now." ”

This examination order was single-handedly pulled up by Lu Ren, and although it cannot be said that he has already earned money in this large workshop of more than 400 people, his petty bourgeois family is more than enough. Therefore, although he is a little snobbish, he still has to sell some face to Lu Ren: "Lu Lingjun, don't say that!" Who in Xudu City doesn't know that Lu Lingjun was really wronged when he was dismissed this time? Not to mention anything else, who doesn't know that Lu Lingjun, half of your monthly income is given to the Childcare Righteous House, such a righteous act ......"

"Gotta ......" Lu Ren hurriedly interrupted the sycophants of the exam order and then turned to the topic: "How are the utensils I asked you to make before?" ”

"About 70 percent of the work has been done, and the rest can be completed in two months."

"Take me to see it."

Turning around, he came to the finished product warehouse of the workshop, which neatly stacked the things that Lu Ren had asked for before. Lu Ren grabbed a few items to inspect casually, and then habitually stretched out his hand to the examination order. The examination order understood, and immediately took out a delicate bamboo caliper from his waist pocket and handed it to Lu Ren.

Calipers are one of the indispensable measuring tools in modern factories, but there was no such thing in the Han Dynasty, of course, it was pirated by Lu Ren. The main reason was that the inspection tools at that time were relatively poor, and the craftsmanship of the displaced people in various places was uneven, and it was difficult to unify the size of the things. Now there is already a handful of people in the workshop, and according to Lu Ren's requirements, it must be carried out once a month, after all, these bamboo calipers are easy to wear out, but not as durable as modern stainless steel calipers.

But seeing that Lu Renka weighed a few assembly parts, he nodded with satisfaction, handed the calipers back to the examination order, and began to assemble them by himself, and after a while, he assembled a group of chicken cages...... That is, it is infinitely similar to the kind in modern chicken farms. One set is ten four-foot square chicken sheds with feeding troughs on the outside. Then each set of coops has slots on both sides of the upper and lower sides, which can be stacked on top of other coops.

After installing a set, Lu Ren nodded with great satisfaction, and the test order stepped forward in a timely manner and asked, "Lu Lingjun, are you here to pick up the goods this time?" ”

Lu Ren said: "Of course! I'll send someone to pick up the goods in two days, and now I'm going to ship all of them to Moe Village. But there is one thing I want to say hello to you first, this batch of goods is my personal goods, and I am currently short of money, can I owe it later and then give you the money? ”

"Huh!? Well...... "It's hard to hear the work order."

Lu Ren was also a little helpless. In fact, this batch of chicken coops was ordered by Lu Ren to build a chicken farm in Yingyin Xun this year, of course, the money had to be paid by Xun's family, but Lu Ren was suddenly dismissed, and it was not convenient for him to go over Yingyin. In addition, Lu Ren now wants to make money by himself, of course, he will use the set he made in Yingyin Xun's place first, so he wants to transport this batch of custom-made chicken coops to Meng Village first.

It's just that Lu Ren's hands are really tight now. He didn't have much money at hand, but now he used it all from Mi Zhen, and a large part of the funds were handed over to Lu Cheng, who was also helping Lu Ren buy eggs, chicken seedlings and other things in the private sector......