"Lu Servant, your joke seems to be a bit big."

Lu Ren smiled and shook his head: "This can't be considered a joke. I have been in the officialdom for many years, and I actually know very well in my heart how to seek office, but it is not yet time. As the saying goes, Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, and many times if you want to achieve something, it is very important to know how to raise Guang Taohui......"

At this point, Lu Ren suddenly stopped talking, and then smiled strangely at Gan Ning: "Oh, what did I say here?" Brother Xingba, Fang Cai's words came out of my mouth and into your ears, I hope you can keep them secret for me. I really can't do it, you just think I'm arrogant when I have a mad attack. Oh, honestly, I'm a little tired right now, and I've got to go back to the pod for a nap. Brother Xingba, Lu Ren has sued! ”

Gan Ning hurriedly replied: "Lu Servant shoots please!" ”

After each saluted, Lu Ren walked towards the cabin with his hands behind his back. I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Lu Ren suddenly sang this sentence for no reason:

"I'm laughing, I'm crazy, I'm crazy, the sky and the earth are surging......"

said that Gan Ning looked at Lu Ren's back, and secretly said in his heart: "You are neither crazy nor crazy. On the contrary, you are a very cautious person. It's this Yizhou...... What kind of place is Yizhou? I'm getting more and more curious! ”

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"Sail down! Anchor!! ”

With the shouts of the trumpeters of each ship, the fifteen big ships of the Lu boat group plus the three clippers of Gan Ning docked in place one after another. Lu Ren stood on the bow of the Seahorse, looked down at this simple wooden wharf in the shape of "and" that can be used for the large ships of the Lu Ship Group to dock and carry out cargo handling operations, and asked Mi Zhen beside him with a smile: "How much did it cost us to build this cargo wharf?" ”

Mi Zhen glanced at the dock, and pouted with disdain: "Compared with the dock in our small town of Yizhou, how much can this tattered wooden dock cost?" Buy some wood, and then hire some people, and it's basically the same. At that time, I sent you to Jingzhou, and when I came back to Chaisang to build this wharf, it was a time of farming, and I sent some people to the nearby villages to make a call, and then shine the name of your Lu servant. Hundreds of people were recruited right away. There are many people to do things, and in less than a month, this pier has basically been built. But seriously, this pier can only be used for improvisation at the moment, if it is officially done in the realm of Soochow as you think in your heart, we will have to expand and rebuild this pier sooner or later. ”

Why build a wharf? It was not because the ships of the Lu Ship Regiment were all offshore trade ships with relatively deep drafts, and at that time, there was no civilian wharf that could accommodate and dock such ships in Chaisang, and Lu Ren, the military wharf of the Soochow Naval Division, did not dare to make up his mind. Therefore, before going to Jingzhou, Lu Ren stayed in Chaisang for a period of time and found a suitable beachhead. Then let Mi Zhen, who was in charge of Yizhou's inland freight, pay someone to drive piles and pad stones according to the drawings given, and built such a "and" shaped wharf that can be docked by the sea ships of the Lu group. With the completion of this special wharf, the goods in Lu Ren's hands in Yizhou Xiaocheng can officially enter the Wujing market.

However, so far, the sales volume of Yizhou's goods in Chaisang is not large. First, Yizhou's current production capacity is limited, and there are not too many goods to resell to Chaisang, on the other hand, the current Chaisang is not as prosperous and stable as Xiangyang, the people's remaining consumption capacity is not high, and no one buys more goods; The second is that the rule of officials in Wujing is relatively clear, unlike Xiangyang, which can let Lu Ren and Mi Zhen play so many small tricks in secret. I don't say much. Things like copper and iron utensils, which are currently in short supply in Yizhou, are basically impossible for Lu Ren and Mi Zhen to buy here in Chaisang. So until now, Lu Ren and Mi Zhen have mainly purchased some local products such as raw silk and herbs in Wu.

Lu Ren and Mi Zhen were talking on the bow of the boat, and several people were trotting over on the wooden bridge of the pier. After boarding the Seahorse from the sampan, he came to the bow of the ship and saluted Mi Zhen. The leader said respectfully: "Mi An has seen the eldest lady...... The lord is also here? ”

Mi An, who is now in his forties, was originally a small leader of Mi Zhu's family, and since Mi Zhen avoided Lu Bu's forced marriage and went to Xuchang to join Lu Ren, Mi An has been staying in Mi Zhen's tributary. When this pier in Chaisan had just been repaired. Mi Zhen considered that this wharf usually needs to be taken care of and maintained, so Mi An, who is more stable, and some corresponding manpower are here to take care of this matter. In addition, in order to take care of this little person, Mi Zhen paid another money for Mi An and opened a tea and wine shop on the edge of this wharf. Let Mi'an and them earn some of their own small money.

At this moment, Lu Ren just smiled casually and signaled Mi An not to be polite, and Mi Zhen asked, "There is nothing important in the past few months, right?" ”

Mi An said: "Returning to the eldest lady, everything is fine here at the dock......

Before the words fell, Huang Xin rushed over from the stern of the boat and reported to Lu Ren urgently: "My lord, the Dongwu sergeants on the shore are surrounding the dock for some reason, and the offshore waterways of our ships on the river are also being blocked by the warships of the Dongwu Navy. I'm waiting for how to deal with it, and I ask the lord to make a quick decision! ”

Lu Ren frowned slightly, but Mi Zhen's beautiful eyebrows immediately wrinkled, and said to Mi An: "Mi An, this is what you call 'everything is fine'?" I've never been less than them in the taxes of Soochow, so what does the Soochow sergeant mean by surround our ship now? ”

"This, this, this ......"

Mi An was immediately stunned. has always been calm, and suddenly such a situation appears, how does he know what is going on now?

But seeing Lu Ren frowning and thinking for a while, he then waved his hand and said, "Ah Zhen, it should really be none of his business." If what I expected is correct, it should be that the situation in Koto has changed. ”

When Mi Zhen heard this, she asked suspiciously: "Has the situation in Dongwu changed?" ”

Lu Ren nodded: "I made a fuss all night last night, you shouldn't have slept yet, right?" You go back to the cabin to make up for sleep first, and you don't have to worry about the affairs here, and you don't need to show up when I'm here...... Oh yes, you go back to the cabin and help me call Ah Xiu by the way, I want her to accompany me to do something. ”

Mi Zhen glanced at Lu Ren a few times, and after thinking about it, she nodded. Lu Ren called Huang Xin again and ordered: "You go and tell Xu Yuanzhi immediately, let him rush to Gan Xingba's ship, and tell Gan Xingba that the Eastern Wu Navy will be so here today is completely aimed at my fleet, and it has nothing to do with him Gan Xingba, it is enough for him to be careful and vigilant, but don't act rashly." After that, you tell the brothers not to leave the ship and unload the goods, just be careful. ”

Huang Xin understood what Lu Ren meant, after all, the current Gan Ning was still just a big river/thief, and he was very sensitive to the government's fleet, so he hurriedly responded to the order. At this time, Lu Ren ordered Mi An and the others to get off the boat before him and waited, and he stood at the mouth of the sampan and waited for Minchan to come out and accompany him to get off the boat.

After a short time, Diao Chan came out of the cabin with sword makeup, came to Lu Ren's side and asked softly, "Yihao, what's going on?" ”

Lu Ren smiled faintly: "It shouldn't be a big deal, it's just ...... If my expectations are correct, I am afraid that we will not be able to leave Chaisan for a while. ”

Minchan looked at Lu Ren carefully, shook her head and smiled: "Why do I think you have already predicted everything in advance?" ”

Lu Ren smiled a little helplessly: "You treat me as an immortal?" If only everything could be predicted in advance! If only I had foreseen this, I wouldn't have let my fleet get stuck here in Chaisan. In this situation, I think that my Lu Ren's fleet has no semicolon on the Yangtze River waterway, and the Dongwu Navy can clearly recognize it at a glance, but now they want to surround my fleet...... Honestly, I can roughly guess why they did this, but I'm not completely sure yet. I called you out to ask you to accompany me to find out the details. ”

Minchan laughed and said, "Why do you want me to accompany you?" ”

Lu Ren glanced at Minchan and said: "This kind of thing, Wen Ji doesn't understand, Xiaolan is too tender, and Ah Zhen's temperament is more arrogant, only you accompany me is the most suitable." ”

Diao Chan glanced at Lu Ren again, and suddenly approached Lu Ren's ear and smiled softly: "Do you want me to give you courage by the way, and help you check your appearance?" Honestly, is your composure faked right now? ”

Lu Renyi stretched out his hand and grabbed Minchan's wrist, and said softly with a smile: "Since you can see it, can you save me some face?" The most important thing is not to make a statement. Now in this situation, if I panic, the whole fleet will follow me and panic, then it will be fine. Okay, okay, I can't fight the four of you now, can't I admit defeat and beg for mercy now? Let's go, it's important to get down to business. ”

In this way, Lu Ren took Minchan's hand and slowly walked down the sampan of the Seahorse, and then called Mi An and the others to greet the Dongwu sergeant on the shore. As Lu Ren said, Lu Ren's calmness at the moment seemed to have reassured the people in the boat group, so the discussion and panic in the boat group gradually calmed down.

But he saw that Lu Ren led Minchan to a place more than 20 steps away from the Dongwu sergeant, then he stopped, cleared his voice and called out to the Dongwu sergeant: "Lu Ren and Lu Yihao in Xiawu County, have been shipping merchants all over the Yangtze River, and have always been law-abiding and do not violate the ban, but why do the soldiers in your realm treat Lu Ren like this today? Could it be that I, Lu Ren, have committed some kind of treachery and what kind of crime has I committed? ”

"Lu, Lu Ren? He is the legendary Lu Ren Lu Yihao!? ”

Is it good to have a big reputation? The answer is yes, of course. Especially when you want to do something seriously, reputation can often make you get twice the result with half the effort, don't you see that in modern society, there are many people who want to be famous, and even do not hesitate to spoof vulgarly? Fame and fortune, fame and fortune, fame and fortune naturally have their reason before fame. didn't go far, just said that Lu Ren was famous, and the discussion in the Eastern Wu army formation buzzed like a swarm of flies. (To be continued.) )