"Finally back...... Tired! ”

In front of the door of Lu Ren's mansion, Lu Ren jumped out of the carriage with a little tiredness. It is now the end of the first month of the third year of Jian'an, and it is already the spring season of the new year, so Lu Ren naturally wants to go to Getun to take charge of this year's spring ploughing work. And after this round of inspection, it is really not an ordinary tiredness.

Lu Cheng and Lu Xin jumped off the horse and walked over to help Lu Ren, but Lu Ren pushed the two boys away angrily: "Go and go, I'm not a person in my seventies or eighties, I'm just a little tired, how can I be helped?" The two of you go in first and let people go to the bath to boil water, and then our brothers and sisters will take a bath together, and you two boys will help me rub my back. ”

Lu Cheng and Lu Xin responded and rushed into the house first, Wan'er and Lu Lan also got out of the carriage at this time, and Lu Lan still had a whole basket of wild flowers in her hand. Looking at Lu Ren's tired look, Lu Lan pretended to be disgusted and squeezed a grimace at Lu Ren and said, "My lord, Xiaolan went to Yishe, Aunt Ding must have liked these wild flowers very much." ”

The Aunt Ding in Lu Lan's mouth is Mrs. Ding. Because Mrs. Ding and Cao Cao have officially divorced, and Cao Cao has made Mrs. Bian the main room, others can no longer call Mrs. Ding "Mrs.", so Lu Ren and the gang all changed their mouths to call Mrs. Ding "Aunt Ding".

Lu Ren nodded to Lu Lan, and Lu Lan jumped to Fuyouyishe, and Wan'er shouted urgently behind: "Xiaolan, slow down, don't fall!" ”

"Got it!"

Seeing Lu Lan go away, Lu Ren and Wan'er smiled at each other, and were about to enter the house, but Cao Cao's voice came from the other end: "Yihao, this is returning from patrolling, right?" Great work! ”

Lu Ren and Wan'er were both stunned, and then hurriedly greeted Cao Cao. Looking at Cao Cao is wearing ordinary casual clothes, he is followed by Xu Chu, who is also wearing casual clothes, and then a small number of casual clothes entourage. It seems that Cao Cao is going out shopping, and according to Cao Cao's current dress, if he doesn't know Cao Cao, most of them will think that this is just an ordinary rich man who brought some family out to hang out.

Cao Cao has been frugal all his life, and he is actually very easy-going in informal occasions, at least in Lu Ren's opinion, Cao Cao has always been like this in the early stage of his career, and it is not once or twice that he dresses plainly and runs to him to rub a few glasses of wine and drink. At that moment, Lu Ren did not dare to slack off, and welcomed Cao Cao's party into the mansion.

Because the weather was good, there was a little warmth in the spring sun in the afternoon, so Cao Cao didn't want to be stuffy in the hall, so he sat in the pavilion in the backyard with Lu Ren. The attendant brought a fruit wine dish, and Cao Cao drank a few sips casually before smiling: "Yihao, in your opinion, this prohibition of alcohol, should Lone be canceled?" ”

Lu Ren was slightly stunned, because he didn't expect Cao Cao to come to such a sentence, so he couldn't tell what Cao Cao meant by such a sentence at this time, so after bowing his head and thinking for a while, Lu Ren responded cautiously: "The purpose of Cao Gong's prohibition last year was to save food, and the intention was good, but ...... Please forgive me for saying that since ancient times, there has been wine, but there is no sacrifice without wine, so wine itself is a kind of cultural inheritance of our atomic people. Blindly abstaining from alcohol is not only meaningless, but will cause senseless resentment for Cao Gong. Rather than that, it is better to try other methods to guide them. ”

Cao Cao smiled: "Cultural inheritance? These words sound somewhat similar to those words of Kong Wenju. It's just that in this world, is it really impossible to do without alcohol? ”

Lu Renxin said that it is not impossible to do without alcohol, for example, Islamic doctrine is that it is not allowed to touch alcohol. However, Lu Ren didn't dare to say this kind of thing, because Lu Ren didn't know what Islamic countries were at this time. In the face of Cao Cao's questioning, Lu Ren also hesitated for a while before boldly responding: "Duke Cao will forgive me for being rude." Here's a bold question, if you let Cao Gong start from today and don't drink from now on, can you do it yourself? ”

Cao Cao was stunned at the time. After being stunned, Cao Cao laughed loudly, and only after laughing did he say to Lu Ren: "Well said, well said!" I can't imagine that Lone will have a time when he is cocooned and self-bound. However, the ban on alcohol was issued in the spring and summer of last year, in fact, it was also worried that Xu Du would spend a lot of money and food at the beginning of the new construction, and if it was not controlled, it might lead to famine. And now it seems that Lone's worries are a little redundant. ”

Saying that, Cao Cao said to Lu Ren with deep meaning: "Yuan Shu was arrogant to the emperor last year, and he was in a hurry to recruit traitors for the court, and he led his troops to fight soon after the first harvest of autumn grain, so he never asked how much grain he had obtained in Tuntian. It wasn't until recently that Gu learned from Wen Ruo that he had received more than 1.7 million yuan of grain last year, which exceeded Gu's expectations. More than 170,000 ...... These grains and grasses alone can make Lone's campaign within two years without worrying about food and grass, and you have made a lot of contributions to this matter. It's just that you have made such a great achievement, but Gu has never rewarded you, so it is really a loss to you. ”

How dare Lu Ren ask for credit and reward in front of Cao Cao? If you really do that, aren't you making yourself uncomfortable? Moreover, Lu Ren really never cared about the reward, after all, he could wear it back in about two and a half years, so at this moment, Lu Ren hurriedly waved his hand and said with a dry smile: "Where and where, I have some hard work, and I really dare not take the credit." And this is also because God gave me some face, and I haven't had any temper, otherwise it's useless for me to have great ability. ”

To be honest, although Lu Ren's words were a little humble to the point of hypocrisy, in that era, the merits of civilian officials were basically accumulated over time, unlike the merit value of a warlord who fought a battle and slid up. Lu Ren also knew this, and at the same time knew very well that his merit value should not reach a certain standard, so he didn't dare to make any arrogant moves.

In this regard, Cao Cao was happy: "Yihao is too modest!" But now although Lone has a heart for you, but now it has just entered spring, and it is a little unreasonable to suddenly have a reward for you. In this way, if you have the same number as last year, even if you have less than ten or two hundred thousand hundreds, Gu Du will definitely grant you the title of food and food, and at the same time the official rank will be promoted to two levels. Meritorious people will never be slow to be treated. ”

Lu Ren still smiled awkwardly and waved his hand: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, really don't dare to be." As for me, there are a lot of faults, and I may accidentally make a mistake one day. At that time, I hope that Cao Gong can be lightly dismissed. ”

As soon as Cao Cao heard this, he pointed at Lu Ren and couldn't say anything, he could only laugh and shake his head. After laughing, Cao Cao poured another sip of fruit wine, but frowned slightly and said, "Although this fruit wine is good, it is too sweet." Yihao, do you have any good grain wine here? ”

Lu Ren said: "There are also some grain wines that were steamed and brewed earlier, and they didn't dare to violate the government order after Cao Gong issued the alcohol ban, so they sealed all those wines. But occasionally Lao Guo's drunkard comes here, and he will still get some of it out to relieve his alcohol addiction, otherwise I won't be at peace if I want to read for a while. ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Feng Xiao is almost addicted to alcohol, and he has always been good friends with you, knowing that you have good wine here, he will naturally come like a wild bee and a butterfly." That's it, don't talk about him, let's exchange some of your grain wine here for Lonely. ”

Lu Ren answered, and then asked someone to fetch a jar of rice wine. At that time, the grain liquor was basically simple fermented wine, and the wine made by Lu Ren was distilled and purified to a certain extent on the basis of fermentation, and it was sealed and buried in the soil for nearly a year after Cao Cao's ban was issued.

Cao Cao saw that Xu Chu was hungry under the pavilion, and then smiled at Xu Chu: "Zhongkang also come to drink?" ”

Xu Chu was greedy, but at this moment, after swallowing his saliva, his face was straight, and he said to Cao Cao in a humming voice: "The lord leaves the house to travel, and the last general will bear the responsibility of the lord's public security, so he must be cautious and dare not be greedy." ”

People in later generations generally think that Xu Chu is a character similar to Zhang Fei, but in fact, he is really mistaken. Although Xu Chu is a martial artist, he is quite cautious, and he is by no means as reckless as Zhang Fei, let alone like Zhang Fei, who doesn't remember anything when he sees wine. Especially on Cao Cao's safety issues, Xu Chu is absolutely cautious, and he does not dare to be sloppy in the slightest, not to mention that Xu Chu and Dian Wei are a lesson from the past. If it weren't for this, how could Xu Chu become the most trusted minister of security for the three generations of Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and Cao Rui? If you want to change to someone like Zhang Fei, but anyone who is sober-minded would not dare to hand over the safety of their lives to someone like Zhang Fei to be responsible, right?

Cao Cao's reaction when he saw Xu Chu was to nod approvingly, and he didn't force Xu Chu to enter the pavilion to drink, but his eyes drifted to Lu Ren. Lu Ren has been mixed up for several years, and immediately understood what Cao Cao meant, and immediately ordered someone to take out two jars of wine and give them to Xu Chu's subordinates, meaning to let Xu Chu take them back to drink after work.

Cao Cao saw that Lu Ren knew each other like this, so he smiled at Lu Ren again, looked around again and asked, "What about Miss Mi Family?" ”

Lu Ren said: "Earlier, she bought a field house dozens of miles south of the city. Now that the season has begun to spring, she took her family and servants to be busy with those fields. ”

Cao Cao said "oh", and didn't ask much about it, but chatted with Lu Ren about his idle days, and of course he would inquire about the situation around Xuchang from time to time. In this way, it looks like a leader is asking his subordinates about their work in the form of chatting.

After chatting like this for a while, Cao Cao suddenly changed the topic: "I haven't heard of Yihao's flute music for a long time." I still remember that day at the feast in the palace, Yihao, you quoted the flute and made a few songs, and all the officials and secretaries here praised each other. It's just that after the Son of Heaven made a promise, he often fought outside, and all that came into his ears was the sound of swords and war drums, and it was difficult to listen to the music and talk to entertain himself occasionally. Now that you have come to your house to sit down, can Yihao deign to it? ”