Lu Ren dared to open such a mouth to Zhou Yu, naturally because he had Lu Ren's confidence, and according to historical records:

"(Jian'an) eight years, the right to the west of the expedition to Huangzu, broke his boat army, but the city was not conquered, and the mountain robbers restarted. also passed Yuzhang, so that Lu Fan Ping Poyang, (Huiji) Cheng Pu to ask for Le'an, Tai Shi Ci Ling Hai Dusk, Han Dang, Zhou Tai, Lu Meng, etc. are the magistrates of the drama county. ”

That is to say, although Sun Quan fought Jiangxia once in the eighth year of Jian'an, when he still had the upper hand in half of the fight, he had to withdraw from the army to quell the rebellion because of a fire in the backyard. And from Lu Ren's point of view, it's better not to fight such a battle, so as not to affect Lao Tzu's business here. Of course, the battles that can be fought and the battles that should be fought, Lu Ren also knows that he can't stop them, but this kind of battle seems to be able to be stopped.

But Zhou Yu looked at Lu Ren very puzzled: "But I don't know where Lu Servant learned about the various departments of Shanyue?" ”

Lu Ren had already prepared, so he shrugged his shoulders and said, "Gongjin forgot that my business is relatively widespread?" Many of the things produced by the various departments of Shanyue are very easy to sell, and my people are always able to find out some news that you officials and generals can't inquire about. As for Gongjin, I don't care if you believe it or not, I just told everything I knew anyway. ”

Zhou Yu immediately hugged his fist and saluted Lu Ren: "Thank you Lu Servant for shooting!" Oh...... Seems like I've been nagging for a long time? Although I wanted to talk more freely with Lu Servant, it was getting late now, and I really didn't dare to delay Lu Servant's rest. Yu said goodbye today, and came to visit in a few days, but I don't know if Lu Servant will leave Chaisang too soon? ”

Lu Renxin said that of course I wanted to leave immediately, but one was that Mi Zhen's business was not done so quickly, which was a hard injury that there was no way to do, and second, if I ran away like this, I always felt that it was a little unreasonable, so I could only respond stubbornly: "How can it be so fast?" It's rare to get acquainted with Gong Jin. I would also like to get closer to Gong Jin. Besides, the summer and autumn seasons of each year are the most beautiful times in the Poyang area, and I don't want to miss it. Oh yes......"

Originally, Lu Ren was just casually perfunctory and nonsense, but this nonsense Lu Ren remembered two things, so he said them casually: "There are two good things in Poyang Lake, one is the pear and artemisia aquatic plants in the lake, and the other is the fat crab after autumn." I can't help but try both. It's just that when I'm collecting, Brother Gongjin has to say hello to your soldiers, don't arrest me as a fine worker. ”

Zhou Yu was stunned: "Poyang Lake crab is a rare delicacy, but the pear and artemisia aquatic plants are ...... Can you eat it? ”

Lu Ren patted his head, and then remembered that there was no shadow of Nanchang (Yuzhang's) famous dish fried bacon with pear artemisia at this time, so he had to find another excuse at the moment: "I went to Poyang when I was wandering around, and I picked a firewood of pear and artemisia water plants under hunger, and I made a piece of bacon from someone else's house, and fried it by myself. I didn't expect the taste to be very beautiful, and the pear artemisia aquatic herb also had a faint pleasant medicinal fragrance, so it made me remember it vividly. This time I came to Chaisang, how could I not eat again? ”

Zhou Yu was happy: "Is this the case? Then Yu asked Xiao Qiao to give it a try, if it was really as Lu Servant said, Yu would use this dish to invite Lu Servant to the banquet. And the sergeants under Yoga's command can also have one more food to eat. ”

Lu Renxin said Okay, am I sending vegetables to your Zhou Yu's soldiers?

(PS: The bottle is from Nanchang.) And Nanchang people don't eat fried bacon with pear artemisia. For the people of Nanchang, this fried bacon with pear artemisia is like the relationship between bean juice and genuine Beijingers. I couldn't help but write a little more. ）

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The night is deeper and the sky is full of stars, and most of the people at this time have fallen asleep, but on the bow of the Seahorse, someone has set up a small square table, and in the center of the small table is a copper hot pot, and the boiling hot bottom of the pot is wafting out a thick spicy smell...... Three of the four people sitting around the table choked and wanted to sneeze.

Lu Ren, the only one who was not choked by this spicy breath, picked up a plate of beef slices and pulled them into the pot, and smiled softly: "Some people say that a gentleman should be a chef from afar." However, I, Lu Ren, never thought that I was a gentleman, and I never thought about being a gentleman. In troubled times, a pedantic gentleman can't actually survive...... Hehe, it's a bit of a stretch, I'm just trying to make a grand excuse for my greed for good food. Don't laugh at the three of them. ”

Xu Shu, Gan Ning, and Shi Tao looked at each other a few times when they heard this, and they didn't know what Lu Ren meant by suddenly putting out a hot pot at this time. I wanted to ask, but when I saw Lu Ren's tightly knit brows, the three of them all knew that Lu Ren was still thinking about his thoughts at this time, and it was really inconvenient to ask questions now and disrupt Lu Ren's thoughts, so they didn't speak. However, the three of them looked at the boiling bottom of the hot pot, and then smelled the spicy smell that they had never smelled before. After hesitating for a moment, they raised their chopsticks and took out the cooked beef slices in the pot and put them in their mouths......

"Ahh It's spicy!! ”

"Brother Lu, Brother Lu, can't you put less? Although this thing is good and refreshing to eat, I can't stand it if I put too much! ”

The mouths of the three of them almost erupted with fire, but Lu Ren glanced at the three of them with a little dumbness, and said secretly in his heart: "This can also be called spicy?" I just put two teaspoons of chili powder, and it really has a decent spicy taste! But maybe it's the case for people who have never eaten chili before, right? Alas, think about how many years I've traveled through, and finally I can still taste a little bit of the spicy taste in my memory......"

The origin of chili peppers is South America, which was introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty, and there were no chili peppers in China during the Han Dynasty. The chili peppers that Lu Ren and Shirley made are only the first batch of official goods at present, and the quantity is not very large, but Lu Ren still left a lot for himself to eat. This chili powder was made by Lu Ren himself, and it was convenient to take it with him when he was running outside.

According to Lu Ren's plan to attract gold, people in the two lakes, Sichuan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions seem to have an unexplained preference for spicy, and China's native peppercorns and mustard cannot provide enough spiciness, so in this case, spicy plants such as chili peppers will be very profitable. As for not introducing planting in the Central Plains for the time being, Lu Ren and Shirley naturally have a way, and the easiest way is to only sell dried chili peppers that have been dried and can no longer be planted, so people in the Central Plains who want to plant chili peppers can only stare dryly.

Thinking of this, Lu Ren smiled at the three of them: "You may not be used to this spicy taste, so let's put the meat and vegetables in the bottom of another non-spicy half of the pot and cook it...... Heck, I wanted to share a little bit of good stuff from my treasure, but I forgot that the spicy taste of chili peppers is not everyone's favorite food......"

Before he finished his words here, Gan Ning here was really a little uncontrollable, and as soon as the chopsticks were put down, he said to Lu Ren in a deep voice: "Lu Servant shot kindness and entertained Ning Ben with rare things It was a good intention, and Ning Xin took it." But now that Lu Servant is trapped here, he doesn't think about a plan to get out early, but he is here ......"

Lu Ren hurriedly waved his hand to Gan Ning, stretched out his hand and held the wine glass again, and wanted to toast to Gan Ning, but lowered his voice and said: "No, no, no, I invite everyone to drink now just to make it clear, Zhou Yu didn't come to trouble me today, let's make it clear to everyone, I am also afraid that everyone will make something happen when they are worried." In order to apologize, I will play a few songs in front of Dajiang Mingyue later, which is considered an apology, what do you think? ”

The three of them finally reacted, and Xu Shu raised his glass to Lu Ren and smiled: "Brother Yaxing, how can we not accompany him!" Let's have a drink with my brother first! ”

After the wine entered the intestines, Shi Tao was fine, Xu Shu and Gan Ning looked at the spicy hot bottom in the pot, and then tasted the spicy taste just now, and couldn't help but stretch out the chopsticks and take out the beef slices into their mouths and chew them. Especially Gan Ning, while chewing, he praised softly: "Happy! Enjoyable! Ning Jiu wandered on the river and liked to eat fish and shrimp, and he also liked to eat spicy things such as ginger mustard, but he had never tasted such a thick and spicy taste. Lu Servant Shot, what is this? I didn't pay much attention to it before. ”

Lu Ren said: "This thing is called chili pepper, and I don't have it in the land of Han soil." These are some seeds that my sister Shirley brought when she came to Hantu to look for me, and after the successful trial planting in Yizhou, Mi Zhen brought them to me with the boat. In fact, this is not spicy now, if Brother Xingba arrives in Yizhou later, let my junior sister give Brother Xingba a taste of the red pepper that has been brewed, I am afraid that it will make Brother Xingba's mouth spew fire. ”

Gan Ning nodded and said, "Ning now wants to go to Yizhou more and more to take a look." It's just Lu Servant, when are you going to leave Chaisang? If it doesn't work, I'd rather lead 800 servants as pioneers and shoot a bloody way for the land servants, so that we can ...... off the shore as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Xu Shu hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Brother Xingba is brave, but he doesn't know the strategy. If it was just to break the siege, I think my brother would have prepared in secret, instead of drinking with me in the middle of the night. ”

Shi Tao continued: "Yes, it is not difficult for us to break the siege and go offshore, but this is only the boundary of Chaisang, and all along the river is the boundary of the Dongwu bank, and the Dongwu Navy can stop the fleet at any time." There are only more than 1,000 people in Brother Lu's ship group, and even the 800 servants of Brother Shangxing are only more than 2,000 people. So it's better not to act rashly. ”

Lu Ren smiled bitterly: "I didn't want to disturb you, but now it seems that I still dragged you into the water...... In fact, today's matter is not so simple, whether it is handled well or not is still related to my future plans. Let's put it this way, the current small city of Yizhou is only a small town at best, and there are too many places to use money and grain, and the purpose of my stay in Xiangyang is to provide Yizhou with a large amount of money and grain by the method of commerce.

"Jingxiang is where I sell my goods, and the Yangtze River waterway in Soochow is my freight road, and I can't offend either end. So I have a headache now, and I have to find a way to get out safely, but I can't let Jingxiang and Dongwu both hold a grudge against me, if I don't handle it properly, I'm afraid that the big plan in my heart will be over......" (to be continued.) )