Although Jiangxia City had just experienced a war not long ago, due to various factors, such as the main battlefield on the river, Huang Zu's abandonment of the city after Sun Quan's landing, and Sun Quan's hasty retreat, etc., so that Jiangxia City as a whole was not damaged much. And at this moment, in a wine shop in Jiangxia City......

"Lu Servant, this glass of water and wine should be used as a gift of atonement for the next surrogate mother!"

Lu Ren looked at the other party, pretended to smile casually, raised his hand and sleeves to drink the wine in the cup with the other party. And the person who spoke was none other than the old man of the Zhen family, Zhen Yi, the only surviving male now, Zhen Mi's third brother Zhen Yao. Of course, the boy born to Zhen Yi also has a Lu Cheng, but what happened to Lu Cheng because of his status as an illegitimate child made Lu Cheng refuse to admit the blood relationship between himself and the Zhen family.

Aside from Lu Cheng, Zhen Yi and his wife, the old lady of the Zhen family, Zhang, gave birth to a total of three boys, five girls and eight children. But then again, looking at the looks of Zhen Jiang and Zhen Mi, and from the theory of genetics, the old lady of the Zhen family, Zhang, was definitely an outstanding beauty when she was young, so Zhen Yi will work hard, right? But in this way, Zhen Yi will inevitably be a little indulgent to the Zhang family, and as a result, the Zhang family will become so domineering. And this kind of plot, such a domineering old lady, Lu Ren has seen a lot in soap operas, so naturally he is not surprised, and he doesn't pay much attention to it.

However, although Zhang can give birth, the quality of the first few children is not very good. Zhen's three sons, namely Zhen Yu, Zhen Yan, and Zhen Yao, Zhen Yu only has the word "early death" in historical materials; Zhen Yan was a little better, and he once mixed with the generals Peng and Qu Liangchang, but he still died when Zhen Mi was fourteen years old, that is, six years ago.

By the way, six years ago was the second year of Jian'an, and Cao Cao was trying to stabilize Yuan Shao at that time. gave up the post of general to Yuan Shao, so Zhen Yan's general Peng was mostly subordinate to Yuan Shao. As for Lu Ren, who was in charge of the tuntian in the first year of Xuchang at that time, that is, he became acquainted with the Zhen sisters around the end of that year, when Zhen Yan had already died of illness. If it wasn't the copper and iron business that Mi Zhen brought to the Zhen family at that time that could relieve the Zhen family's urgent needs, so that the Zhen sisters had to go to Xuchang in person to run this business, then Zhen Mi would have to stay at home and guard his brother's funeral for Zhen Yan.

In the end, the only thing left was the current Zhen Yao. Zhen Yao looks like he is about twenty-four or five years old, although he looks very good, he is a standard handsome guy, but he is a little sickly, and he knows that his physical foundation is not very good at a glance. And Zhen Yao also used to be filial piety at the beginning. However, a few years ago, Zhen Yao was not yet twenty years old and did not perform the crown ceremony, and he could not become an official.

Moreover, at that time, the Zhen family was in Yuan Shao's territory, and when Zhen Yao was old enough to perform the crown ceremony, but due to the influence of the battle of Guandu and Zhen Mi's incident, Zhen Yao was naturally hopeless. With the development of things, especially in recent years, the Hebei region has been fighting, and the Zhen family, which is already in the middle of the road, is difficult to find out in the war, and Zhen Yao can only flee to Jingzhou with his clansmen in desperation.

Seeing that Lu Ren and Zhen Yao each put down their wine glasses, Zhen Yao inevitably said some words of apology to Lu Ren. Lu Ren waved his hand generously and said: "I still say the same thing, Ling Tang is disturbed by rumors, it doesn't matter if you scold me a few words without knowing it, but Ling Tang shouldn't insult my family." Even if I'm really wrong. What does it have to do with my family? ”

Zhen Yao once again gave up his hands to make amends, and also sighed lightly: "Please forgive me for Lu Servant!" Actually......"

Saying that, Zhen Yao took out a letter from his arms and said apologetically to Lu Ren: "Actually, the eldest sister and the younger sister have already sent letters to the next before, and I also know that Lu Servant has never deviated from the way after taking them in. It's just that my mother has always been too strict. Our words of exhortation are very difficult to hear, and as children, we are not good at disobeying our mothers too much. That's why ......"

Lu Ren waved his hand again: "I understand." In contrast, I don't even know who my parents are, and I can't do all my filial piety. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't be talking to you here quietly. ”

Having said that, Lu Ren became a little joking, and said in a somewhat joking tone: "But then again, my reputation for women is indeed not very good, aren't you afraid that I have actually done something to your eldest sister and younger sister, but I put on a look of five people and six people to bully the crowd in front of people?" ”

Lu Ren's words were joking, but in Zhen Yao's ears, there was some blame and dissatisfaction. Therefore, Zhen Yao smiled bitterly at that time and handed the letter in his hand to Lu Ren's hand. After Lu Ren took it and looked at it, he was stunned for a moment, and then he almost didn't laugh out loud.

To say that the sisters Zhen Jiang and Zhen Mi are really bold enough, they actually wrote in the letter that Zhen Mi had tempted Lu Ren twice but failed, and then the evaluation of Lu Ren in the letter was very high, and to put it simply, they were telling Zhen Yao that Lu Ren was trustworthy. Lu Ren was surprised, such a letter, it is not surprising that the Zhen sisters in Yizhou can find someone to send the letter to Zhongshan, but they are not afraid that the person who sent the letter will read the letter halfway? Even if the person who sent the letter is absolutely reliable, the soldiers in Hebei are in chaos, if the person who sent the letter dies on the road in an accident, and then the letter falls into the hands of others and then spreads the content of the letter, then the Zhen sisters still have the face to live in the world?

It was precisely because of these thoughts that after reading the letter several times repeatedly, Lu Ren shook it to Zhen Yao with a little cry and laughter: "If I guess correctly, this letter is only written to you by the Zhen sisters, but not to Ling Tang. And you don't dare to hand over this letter to Lingtang for review, do you? ”

Zhen Yao smiled bitterly: "Where do you dare?" ”

Lu Ren also knew at this time that it was enough to talk about this, and if he continued to talk nonsense, the plan in his heart might really be in vain, so he put away his smile and asked, "Now that the matter has come to this, I don't know what Brother Yao is planning?" If your Zhen clan is going to settle in Jingzhou, I ask myself that although I can help a little, it will take a while. You also know that the Sun family and Liu Jingzhou were originally feuding, and Jiangdong had only attacked Jiangxia not long ago, and no matter how I said it, I was also a child of Jiangdong's surname, so I had to avoid suspicion at this juncture, and it was really inconvenient to ask to see Liu Jingzhou. ”

Zhen Yao immediately fell silent. Not to mention here how the Zhen sisters repeatedly told Zhen Yao in their letters to relocate the Zhen family to Yizhou, just that Zhen Yao has no opinions and ideas of his own?

Settling in Jingzhou? It sounds good, but Zhen Yao also has his own considerations.

First of all, if a fleeing clan like them really settled in the Jingzhou area, how should they position themselves? If a clan wants to establish a business, the most basic way is to enclose land, but Jingzhou is such a treasure of feng shui, and the local wealthy families are afraid that there are not enough lands, so how can they allow foreign clans to come here to enclose land? Of course, it is not impossible to go to some barren land to open some fields, but in barren land, it is difficult for the clan to prosper.

The Zhen clan is good at copper and iron metallurgy, so start a business with this? I'm afraid this thing is even more unrealistic. At that time, the metallurgical industry was generally controlled by the government or warlords, and the Zhen family was able to occupy an iron mine at the beginning, but it was because of the relationship in the old officialdom, and it was also a local wealthy family in the Zhongshan area. But now in Jingzhou, no one will buy your account. Moreover, the old mineral resource points in Jingzhou have long been occupied by the local wealthy families in Jingzhou, and the hands of the Zhen family can't be inserted, not to mention, even if they can find a new mining point, without background support, they can only make wedding dresses for others, and if they don't make trouble, they will end up ruined. So this road will not work in Jingzhou.

In other words, if the Zhen family settles down in the Jingzhou area, they can only be reduced to second-class or even third-class civilians, and live their own small lives in peace. Of course, this is not impossible, perhaps after many years of hard work, the Zhen family can still slowly prosper.

But this is where the problem comes, because Zhen Yao is not a person who has no knowledge at all. In fact, at that time, many people already saw that Hebei would fall into the hands of Cao Cao sooner or later, and after Cao Cao occupied Hebei, the next step would definitely be to go south to Jingxiang in order to dominate the industry. That is, in a few years, the originally stable Jingzhou area will become a battlefield. And in the midst of the war, the Zhen family still wants to slowly recuperate in the Jingzhou area? Isn't that?

It was because Zhen Yao saw this that he was absolutely opposed to the clan's settlement in Jingzhou. In addition, the Zhen sisters detailed in the letter what kind of benefits the clan moved to Yizhou, and it was also supported by the fact that the Lu and Mi clans were becoming more and more prosperous after moving to Yizhou, so Zhen Yao made up his mind to move to Yizhou with this Zhen clan. It's just that Zhen Yao didn't expect that as soon as he met Lu Ren here, the old lady of the Zhen family would have such an unpleasant thing with Lu Ren, which made Zhen Yao feel a big headache, so much so that he didn't know how to open his mouth to Lu Ren now.

Zhen Yao had a headache over there, but Lu Ren secretly laughed in his heart here. After so many years of mixing, and always dealing with homeless people or something, Lu Ren has a lot of experience and experience in this kind of thing. If it weren't for that, how could Lu Ren refute the old lady of the Zhen family with such a tough attitude at that time? Because Lu Ren had already seen at that time that the initiative in this matter was completely in his own hands. In this case, there is no need to pretend to be a grandson when you shouldn't.

Besides, whether it is forbearance or humility, there must always be a limit. If you go too far, and the old lady of the Zhen family thinks that she is easy to bully, and then she will put her nose on her face, then when you turn back to Yizhou, you really don't know how much trouble this old woman will cause. And if that's the case, Lu Ren would rather leave the Zhen family alone than let this person go to his own territory to make trouble...... (To be continued.) )

PS: (Uncle Baishi's first seven closing banquets, the bottle was drunk.) I woke up at about twelve o'clock in the middle of the night and uploaded this time. Then tonight, the bottle will be updated again as much as possible, and if it is in good condition, it will be coded twice. Anyway, that's it in February.,But in March, I'll resume the normal update of two updates a day as much as possible...... Although no one has read this book anymore. ）