As the night deepened, Lu Ren temporarily stayed in the guest room of Cai Mao's mansion.

The business has been negotiated, and one-third of the warehouse vacated by Mi Zhen's fleet because Mi Zhu is going to take 10,000 grains of rice will be filled with medicinal materials, a small amount of copper and iron utensils, and some other things that are urgently needed by the small city of Yizhou. And things are just like Lu Ren's original plan, as long as Lu Ren is not engaged in things such as grain, grass, ordnance, etc., which will help expand military strength, Cai Mao will be very easy to talk about.

Thinking about it, Cai Mao is defending against Liu Bei, and what Liu Bei urgently needs is to expand his military strength, so Cai Mao is very sensitive to things like grain, grass, and ordnance. But when it comes to Lu Ren's head, what Lu Ren's small town of Yizhou urgently needs is the construction of infrastructure, and the expansion of military strength is not needed much at present, so it is easy to negotiate business between them.

In other aspects, Lu Ren doesn't want to have any contradictions with Cai Mao at the moment. According to Lu Ren's calculations, before the situation in Jingzhou changes on a large scale, he will have to do business with Cai Mao for at least three to four years, and during this time, the person Lu Ren can only count on is Cai Mao. Counting on Liu Bei? Lu Ren suspected that this little thing of his own would be gnawed by Liu Bei to the point that there were not even a few grains left of the slag. Cai Mao's gnawing can only be regarded as teeth, and there are still some scum squirting out, but Liu Bei, this guy is stomach acid, and he can dissolve you completely.

Of course, Lu Ren has paid a lot. Like four thousand catties of chili peppers, Lu Ren made such a big move yesterday, Cai Mao couldn't have been unaware, and of course he would be very interested in chili peppers, but with Cai Mao's identity, of course he would not have gone to the market to join in the excitement. Anyway, he and Lu Ren are trading partners, and there is an opportunity to open up to Lu Ren.

Therefore, Lu Ren didn't say anything during the banquet, but just sent someone to the shop to get a few bottles of chili sauce...... That's right, it's chili sauce, Shirley made a few jars according to Lu Ren's request during this harvest, one is for Lu Ren to enjoy himself. Second, Lu Ren is just to meet the needs of some scenes.

For example, now, Lu Ren gave Cai Mao a taste, and Cai Mao was spicy and sweaty after just a little taste. By the way, the pepper seeds brought by Shirley were improved by that "him", not to mention the high survival rate and large yield, and the maximum spiciness of the finished product can reach 50,000 points. What is the concept of 50,000 points? Let's put it this way, the hottest pepper in the world is 750,000 points, while the Chaotian pepper that is generally familiar to the Chinese mainland is only 30,000 points. The 50,000-point chili pepper that "he" made may be a good thing that suits the taste of the Chinese people.

He said little. It is only said that Cai Mao was sweating all over her body from the spicy water, and after killing two more bowls of rice under the tears, she immediately became interested in chili peppers.

If it is according to general historical records, it is easy for people to think that Cai Mao is the kind of general who is a martial artist, and even Lu Ren thought so at the beginning. But when Lu Ren met and dealt with Cai Mao, Lu Ren knew that Cai Mao was not so bad. Strictly speaking, Lu Renzhi felt that Cai Mao and Mi Zhu were quite similar. It's just that in comparison, Mi Zhu is more literal and Cai Mao is more martial. And as the suzerain of a family, Cai Mao naturally has his shrewdness. He also has his own very unique vision of the value of many things.

So so, after a good bargain with Lu Ren, this time the four thousand catties of chili peppers. Except for the 500 catties used for propaganda, the remaining 3,500 catties, Lu Ren kept 500 catties for himself, and the remaining 3,000 catties were all handed over to Cai Mao as trading goods. In exchange for a portion of the payment for the goods required by Lu Ren. There are also a few other goods, so I won't say much about it. In short, I only said one thing at the end, if Lu Ren didn't have anything in his hand. Cai Mao will not regard Lu Ren as the God of Wealth.

After another good politeness, Cai Mao happily left the room. Lu Ren saw Cai Mao walking away, so he threw aside the wide coat on his body, fanned the wind in the courtyard, and said secretly in his heart: "It seems that this matter is okay now, but I didn't expect that in front of Cai Mao, I can play a stupid fork so well...... Am I pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger? But it's no wonder that people often say that stupid people are stupid, and a person who looks stupid is generally not guarded against by others. But fortunately, Cai Mao is shrewd and shrewd, and he is not a person like Lao Guo after all. If this trick of mine was in front of Lao Guo, I'm afraid he would have seen through it at a glance, right? ”

Suddenly thinking of Guo Jia, Lu Ren couldn't help but look in the direction of Xuchang, and his eyes were full of complicated meanings......

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The transaction between Lu Ren and Cai Mao, without those things that are not carried out to inspect the goods, of course, can not be completed in a day or two, and when Lu Ren was busy here in Jingzhou, that is, at the end of June of the eighth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao sent troops to defeat Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan, but because of this green and yellow season, its logistics supplies could not keep up, so it could only be returned to Xuchang for repairs. On the other hand, Cao Cao also adopted Guo Jia's strategy, showing weakness to a certain extent, and posing as if he was unable to attack Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, so as to induce a fight between Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan.

On the bright side, Cao Cao also put on an appearance of preparing to march south against Liu Biao, and the armament or something was very serious. But really shrewd people know that Cao Cao is actually acting, and it seems that he does not plan to use troops against Hebei again, so that Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang can have a brother Xiao Wall with peace of mind.

But whether it's true or not, Cao Cao's preparations at hand are really being done. If there is really a good opportunity, I believe that Cao Cao's person will never mind turning the fake into the real. And since it is a preparation, the relevant intelligence work is naturally put in the first place. In the intelligence work, Lu Ren's appearance in Jingzhou a few months ago made Cao Cao quite interested, otherwise he would not have specially arranged for some people to live in the small village where Lu Ren temporarily lived to keep an eye on Lu Ren. is still the same sentence, for Lu Ren, Cao Cao especially wants to arrest him back.

The recent military situation and people's situation in Jingzhou, these are serious information, of course, they were put in front and presented to Cao Cao, what kind of calculations Cao Cao will have after listening to it, no one can say clearly, and of course it is not something that can be decided immediately. And after the information of the Eight Classics is finished, Cao Cao is also very interested in some information that is like scraps, perhaps this kind of information like gossip is similar to Cao Cao's after-dinner program, and Lu Ren's recent movements are in this category of intelligence.

After listening happily to Lu Ren's recent movements in Jingzhou, Cao Cao smiled at Guo Jia, who was drinking on the side, and said: "To have the ability is to have the ability, although Lu Yihao gave up the official and turned into a businessman, he can still be prosperous." According to the details, he is now a wealthy man. ”

Guo Jia smiled and responded: "With his ability, it is too easy to make a fortune. I just don't know if he reopened the brewery...... It's been more than two years, and he really misses the wine he made in the first place. The current wine is not strong enough. ”

When Lu Ren fled, all the belongings in Xuchang and Meng Village were burned, and basically nothing was left, including papermaking and winemaking. Later, the residents of Meng Village tried to get it according to Lu Ren's original method, but because they didn't know the essentials, they made it into a tiger and not an anti-dog......

Or how to talk about the secret recipe, formula or something, it's money? Lu Ren is a traverser, and he is much more shrewd in this regard than the people at that time. This is fortunate that after Lu Ren left, there was a shortage of Cao Hong's wine and Qingguo wine shop in terms of wine, otherwise most of the literati in Xuchang would have to sigh bitterly "There is no wine in the world", and Cao Hongzhi also made a lot of money.

At present, of course, Lu Ren has made wine, but it is not in Jingzhou, but in the small city of Yizhou. Lu Ren in Jingzhou has just gained a foothold, and he doesn't want to touch the moldy head of a local wealthy family like Cai Mao. In addition, Lu Ren's wine can be used as a trading commodity like a park, and if it is localized, the value will decrease, which is not in line with the needs of Lu Ren's small city in Yizhou to need a large amount of property for construction.

He was very shrewd, and respectfully brought a small jar of wine to Cao Cao, and then put it on Guo Jia's table at Cao Cao's suggestion. Guo Jiawei was stunned for a moment, and immediately opened the sealing mud and smelled it again, and said happily: "That's the smell!" I said, if this kid wants to make money, how can he not get this wine out...... Where did this wine come from? ”

Xi Zuo responded: "Around the Dragon Boat Festival, a fleet of Lu servants arrived in Xiangyang and brought many rare goods, and this wine is one of the many goods. And then there's this. ”

As he spoke, he brought up two small clay bottles: "This thing is called chili sauce by Lu Servant, and it has not been sold for the time being, but in the small village where Lu Servant Shot temporarily lives, the neighbors have sent these two bottles and said that they are for the villagers to try." The villain is because he lives near the left side of the land servant, so he gets these two bottles of rare things. The villain didn't dare to make a mistake, so he brought it back and offered it to the lord. ”

Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction with the kind of agents under his command, and then handed a can to Guo Jia. Guo Jia, as Lu Ren's former good friend, knows better than anyone that Lu Ren can always make something new and interesting, and he doesn't think about it at the moment, after opening the clay bottle, he scoops a spoonful with a spoon and puts it in his mouth......

"Ouch my mother!"

People who have never eaten chili peppers are sensitive to spicy tastes? What's more, the chili peppers made by Lu Ren and Shirley are nearly twice as spicy as Chaotian peppers, and after being made into sauce, they are even more spicy, not to mention that Guo Jia scooped a full spoonful and put it in his mouth. Not to mention people who have never eaten spicy, even if they are very spicy, they will be a little unbearable. So in just an instant, Guo Jia's tongue was almost swollen, and his mouth just shouted repeatedly:

"Water! Water! What the hell is this? It's spicy to death!! (To be continued.) )