Chapter 261 Self-recommendation as a matchmaker
said that Cai Yan was very bold in "leading the singing", Lu Ren was in a timely "chorus", Cao Cao was a timely "harmony", but the rest of Kong Rong and Kong Wenju did not show any surprise. And looking at him like that, it means a little bit of "I knew you were going to be like this".
In fact, according to the customs and habits of the time, although marriage is a matter of "the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker", there are often parents and elders of both men and women who arrange for their children to meet each other, go on blind dates, and even have a certain degree of interaction, which means to see if each other's children are compatible, and if they don't get along, they will make other plans. Of course, the biggest difference between this kind of thing and free love in modern society is that in principle, this kind of thing has the permission of the elders of both parties, and it is not considered a violation of etiquette.
And now the relationship between Lu Ren and Cai Yan is obvious, Cai Yan has the permission of Cao Cao, an elder, and Kong Rong certainly has nothing to say. Moreover, in Kong Rong's opinion, this incident had long been expected by him......
However, at this time, Lu Renzhi was a little frightened, and said, "Three or three hundred? Cao Gong, the paper I have here has just been trial-produced, and it has not yet been officially produced, and 100 pieces are barely enough, when will I get 300 pieces? ”
That's a big truth. After all, Lu Ren is just an ordinary person and not a god, and if he wants to get something, he can't just get it. Although he can ask Shirley to transmit him more complete information, it also needs to go through experiments, trial production, and accumulate a certain amount of experience before it can be formed.
The paper spread out on the drying rack now is very good, but that is also the result that Lu Ren has failed several times before he gets it. And this is only the first success, whether it can really be put into mass production depends on whether the next few times can be like this result. If the next few times can be like this, the production process can be determined, and the next thing to consider mass production can be.
On the other hand, Lu Ren is very aware of the importance of the production process and secret recipes, so until now, he has only been engaged in it with a few absolutely reliable people among the Lu family's disciples. And before the production process is really determined, Lu Ren will not be able to transfer too many people to participate...... After so much, in fact, to put it simply, it is impossible for Lu Ren to carry out mass production in a short period of time. Three hundred? Based on Lu Ren's current situation, it will take about a month and a half, to say the least.
By the way, Lu Ren's previous failed works are also varied, and there are actually hard-shell paper and soft paper with good absorbent gray...... Well, kind of similar to paper towels. And those soft and soft papers were all cut by Lu Ren and put them in the toilet, and he secretly sighed: "Finally, I can no longer use that rotten bamboo piece that will shave chrysanthemums!" ”
However, Lu Ren's words had a different meaning in Cao Cao's ears, at least in Cao Cao's opinion, Lu Ren was probably fascinated by Cai Yan, so he wanted to settle this family affair as soon as possible. I wanted to say a few words to Lu Ren, but at this time, Kong Rong, who was on the side, picked up first: "Brother Meng De, you see that there are only a dozen people inside and outside this paper mill, so Yi Hao said that he just tried to make it, which is obviously not an excuse." According to the old man, the number of 300 paintings is a bit embarrassing. ”
Cao Cao looked at Kong Rong in surprise, because Kong Rong had always called Cao Cao with a little sarcasm, but now he was replaced by "Brother Mengde", so what does this mean?
Looking at Kong Rong again, he squinted his eyes, looked at Lu Ren and Cai Yan with a smile that seemed to be not a smile, and said happily after a long time: "According to the old man's opinion, the number of these hundred paintings is just right, and it can also be taken as 'a hundred years of good harmony'...... Brother Meng De, Zhao Ji is still in your house, you are naturally the woman's matchmaker, but who is Yihao's elder matchmaker? ”
As soon as this remark came out, they were all stunned, to be honest, whether it was Cao Cao, Lu Ren or Cai Yan, they hadn't thought about this aspect of it. Originally, according to Cao Cao's plan, he just had to give an order when he was about the same, and there was no need for any matchmaker or matchmaker, and it was not enough for one of the three princes to come forward to witness the marriage?
But now that Kong Rong has such a sentence, Cao Cao has to give Kong Rong a little face no matter what he says, and Cao Cao also roughly guessed what Kong Rong meant when he said this, Cao Cao was also happy to be a favor, at least he didn't want to be ridiculed by Kong Rong on this kind of issue, so he took advantage of the momentum to say to Lu Ren: "Yihao, what do you think?" ”
Lu Ren was already stunned at this moment, and responded in a daze: "Me, my elder or matchmaker? It's not that you don't know that I don't have any elders here in Xudu. Or...... Why don't you let Lao Guo go, after all, I have always regarded Lao Guo as my brother. ”
Kong Rong immediately shook his head: "Guo Fengxiao? I'm afraid not, right? That's it, if you don't mind, Yihao, it's better to let the old man be your matchmaker. ”
Lu Ren and Cai Yan were both surprised, only Cao Cao had a look of "I knew you were going to come here". And Kong Rong was not ambiguous, reached out and groped a few times on the cut snow paper, and said with a smile: "This kind of paper will also give the old man twenty pieces, even if it is Yihao, you thank you for the matchmaker." Oh, and wine! Come to the twenty altars, otherwise the old man won't help you talk about matchmaking. ”
Several parties said that no one wants you to be a matchmaker, okay? Aren't you cheeky messing around?
But the words have already come to this point, and it is a good thing to have a "heavyweight" figure like Kong Rong to be a matchmaker, so Cao Cao also hopes that Lu Ren can agree. And Lu Ren is not stupid, of course he understands that it is not a bad thing for such a person to get involved, so he has no objection.
But Cai Yan frowned at this time. After thinking about it for a while, Cai Yan said softly: "I am very relieved to have Uncle Cao and Kong Shaofu as the matchmaker. It's just that...... Yan is widowed and remarried after all, and he knows that it is detrimental to the festival, so he does not dare to do anything. On the day of the wedding, it was enough for Yihao and Yan to give a wine gift. ”
Cao Cao and Kong Rong glanced at each other, and although they felt helpless, they could only nod their heads. Just like Cai Yan said, Cai Yan is a second-married person after all, and under the social environment at that time, it was really inconvenient to do a big deal. Anyway, as long as the meaning is reached, and someone witnesses the marriage, it is enough.
As for Lu Ren's attitude...... Seriously, Lu Ren, as a modern male sling, actually has a fear of weddings psychologically. In fact, in modern society, there are many people who are afraid of those big weddings, and Lu Ren is just one of them, and this psychology has not changed until now.
Moreover, the marriage between him and Cai Yan could only be regarded as a transaction and a play, and from a personal emotional point of view, Lu Ren didn't want to make it so big. Therefore, when Cai Yan proposed a simple marriage before this, Lu Ren was supportive. And now that Cai Yan said these words in front of Cao Cao and Kong Rong, Lu Ren knew that he also had to make a statement, so he smiled at the two of them: "Don't look at me like this, I am just a white body of a cloth who has been removed from his official position, and everything is simple and just what I want." ”
Kong Rong looked at Lu Ren and Cai Yan with a smile, and suddenly smiled: "Brother Meng De, look at them." This is not officially married, and there are already quite a few husbands and wives who are interested in it, and I feel that you and I are a little troubled here. That's it, when I arrived in this small cute village, the wine worm in the old man's stomach was already turning over the river and the sea, would Brother Meng De be willing to accompany the old man to have a few drinks? ”
Cao Cao also looked at Lu Ren and Cai Yan deeply, and then nodded lightly to Cai Yan, and then responded: "Brother Wen Ju has this Yaxing, how dare Cao not accompany him?" ”
After speaking, Cao Cao looked at Cai Yan again, and although the words he said were open, they also carried a little shallow sourness: "Zhaoji, you, a twenty-five-year-old girl, are finally in a hurry to get married." ”
Seeing that Lao Cao Lao Kong turned around to leave, Lu Ren hurriedly called someone to arrange a wine and meat banquet for the two. However, after the two left, Cai Yan came to Lu Ren's side and asked in a low voice, "Yihao, do you see this?" ”
Lu Ren shook his head a little depressedly: "Seriously, I don't know if it's good or bad to make a fuss like this." But how could you say such bold things? ”
Cai Yan sighed, and his face was full of apologies: "Don't blame me, I'm also afraid...... Alas, you understand. There happened to be Kong Shaofu present today, and if I can get him as a matchmaker, I can really settle down. ”
Of course, Lu Ren understood what Cai Yan meant, and after a few dry snorts, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, anyway, we have already talked about this matter, and it doesn't matter if there are more people like this." But don't you really want me to give you a hundred of these pieces of paper as a dowry? ”
Cai Yan looked at Lu Ren and smiled very unknowingly: "You have to look like you, right?" Could it be that you are going to break a few more trees to give me a dowry? ”
“…… Well, when I didn't say. Fortunately, a hundred should not be a big problem. ”
Cai Yan stood beside Lu Ren, stretched out his hand to hold Lu Ren's arm, and said softly: "Don't say you don't understand, if we give these hundred pieces of good paper to those literati at that time, you should understand what kind of results will be." ”
Lu Ren shook his head again and stopped talking.
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But it was said that after Cao Cao and Kong Rong left the paper mill, Kong Rong was impatient to go to drink, and Cao Cao took some entourage to hang around here in Meng Village, after all, Cao Cao came this time with the intention of inspecting the situation in Meng Village.
Although Meng Village was only a tuntian spot booked by Lu Ren at the beginning, its own farming environment was indeed very good, otherwise it would not have been favored by Mi Zhen later. Later, Lu Ren was dismissed, and Lu Ren simply changed the center of the concept of "compound village" from Yingyin Xun to Meng Village to focus on development.
In a blink of an eye, more than half a year later, on the basis of Meng Village's own good agriculture, coupled with Lu Ren's vigorous development and promotion of aquaculture and agricultural and sideline industries, by the time of the autumn of the third year of Jian'an, Mengxian County's breeding industry and agricultural and sideline industries have already had a certain scale, and basically achieved "every family has surplus grain, and every household raises chickens and ducks".
And at this moment, wherever Cao Cao wandered, all he saw was a scene of tranquility and prosperity. In addition to his approval, Cao Cao was also secretly thinking about what kind of economic strength he could get if Lu Ren promoted all these things......
(Yesterday the bottle went to the Internet café to upload.,As a result, there was a problem with the server of the Internet café.,It's really frustrating!) Today is the fourth round of 258 to 261, making up for yesterday's. Continue to shamelessly ask for tickets, collections, and recommendations! )