In the blink of an eye, it was more than ten days later, in mid-July.

The commercial wharf outside Xiangyang City, where Lu Ren and Mi Zhen's trading fleet docked. At this moment, many shipwrights were carrying batches of purchased goods onto the ship, and Lu Renzheng was standing on the side of the ship's flagship "Seahorse" with his hands behind his back, quietly looking at the busy shipwrights on the dock. The river breeze blew the wide hem of Lu Ren's clothes, and also blew into the bamboo flute pipe in Lu Ren's hand, faintly emitting some flute sounds. At this time, if you look at Lu Ren carefully, it is not difficult to find that Lu Ren's expression is a little complacent.

Why be complacent? Some time ago, Lu Ren went around the Jingbei area, and several things were done, and they were all very smooth. For example, the marriage between Lu Ren and Mi Zhen, Lu Ren did it beautifully, at least Lu Ren thought it was beautiful.

Lu Ren and Mi Zhen's marriage is very low-key, just send some gifts to people in Xiangyang who have a reasonable relationship with themselves, after all, Lu Ren's main wife is Cai Yan, Mi Zhen is just a side room, the wedding doesn't need to be a big deal, just give a gift to let others know.

Of course, this is not the main thing, after all, the relationship between Lu Ren and Mi Zhen was originally intimate and delicate, and now it is just a last layer of window paper, and by the way, Lu Ren has to pierce the "paper" on Mi Zhen's body. But then again, Mi Zhen is twenty-five or six years old this year, and she definitely belongs to the older leftover women in that era, saying that she doesn't want to marry and doesn't want to find a good home for herself, that's definitely a lie.

Mi Zhu can be regarded as a balance between public and private. Yu Gong and Mi Zhu helped Liu Bei get 10,000 pieces of grain. In fact, for thousands of soldiers and horses, this 10,000 pieces of grain can only be eaten for a few more days, but the significance of this matter is to make a good start.

You must know that Mi Zhu is probably no different from a clay statue in Liu Bei's camp now, although he is respected and treated by Liu Bei, but in fact he can't do anything, which is something that anyone who has a little ability and wants to do things does not want to see.

Now that he has made such a start, he will be able to use his good business to accumulate grass and grain for Liu Bei with the help of Lu Ren and Mi Zhen in the future. Do something real to come out. And what Liu Bei lacks most at the moment is precisely the money and food that can be used to expand his strength.

It's simple for selfishness, no matter how Mi Zhu says it, he is Mi Zhen's brother after all, of course, I hope that my baby sister can find a good home. To put it mildly, it's really not a matter that the matter between Lu Ren and Mi Zhen is always so hanging, especially in front of those gossips, Mi Zhu's old face is really a little unbearable.

And then it's Cai Mao's side. Mi Zhu took the grain from Lu Ren, and Cai Mao's heart was of course unhappy, but Lu Ren acted in a scene with Cai Mao, which made Cai Mao think that Lu Ren was just a bitter master. Therefore, Cai Mao did not have any precautions against Lu Renzhi.

And when Lu Ren went to Cai Mao to "help" that day and finished the play, Cai Mao was originally willing to provide a batch of goods to Lu Ren first, so that Lu Ren could fill the vacant cabins, which was counted as Cai Mao's deposit to Lu Ren first, that is, to book the high-quality sugar that Mi Zhen would bring when she came to Jingxiang next time.

The vast majority of people have a preference for sweetness, and the lives of people in the Jingxiang area are relatively stable and rich, and they have relatively high requirements for the quality of life, so things like sugar sell quickly as soon as they are on the market. Cai Mao, as Lu Ren's "agent" in Jingxiang, naturally wants to go further since he has tasted the sweetness. is willing to provide Lu Ren with the goods he needs first, and in a sense, he is also afraid that other powerful families in the Jingxiang area will also intervene.

However, of course, Lu Ren would not ask for Cai Mao's grain, after all, if the ship group transported grain, it would have been a loss. So according to the tone released by Lu Ren before, it was deduced that the small town of Yizhou in Lu Ren's hands was used as a transit supply port. The population is not very large, and having 20,000 Hu is enough to eat for a long time.

In this way, one can further confuse the public, and the other can ask Cai Mao for a batch of goods such as copper and iron medicinal materials that are in short supply in Yizhou. Cai Mao did not doubt him, and after a power business, he reached a new deal with Lu Ren. However, Cai Mao also hopes that Lu Ren's fleet will come to trade next time. In addition to sugar, you can also sell more chili peppers. Lu Ren asked a little and then he realized that Cai Mao was actually addicted to eating chili peppers after trying to eat them for a few days. Now it has a bit of a meaning of "the food is not spicy and the food is tasteless...... The chili pepper thing does have a weird magic.

said that Lu Ren watched the busy scene on the dock on the boat for a while, shook his head with a smile and turned to the side of the boat on the other side, enjoying the scenery on the river. Since it is a big river, and it is the time when the fish and crabs are fat in late summer and early autumn, it is natural that those starry fishing boats are casting nets on the river. Lu Ren admired it for a while, and suddenly smiled for no reason and groaned: "Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the boat of the river; My Fair Lady, Gentleman ......"

Just after chanting a few classic sentences in the "Book of Songs", Lu Ren's ears suddenly hurt, and Diao Chan's slightly stunned voice also came: "'My fair lady, the gentleman is good'?" Isn't it enough that you already have a few of us by your side? Who are you crushing again this time? ”

Lu Ren hurriedly shook his head a few times and shook off Minchan's clamp. Facing Minchan, who was already quite a bit of a queen, Lu Ren hurriedly stretched out his hand and grabbed Minchan's wrist and smiled: "It's just a feeling for a while, Ah Xiu, what are you really talking about?" Also, in front of the public, Ah Xiu, don't make this kind of joke, okay? People who don't know will really think that I, Lu Ren, am afraid of inside. ”

After handing the bamboo cup in her hand to Lu Ren with a smile, Diao Chanjiao stood beside Lu Ren and enjoyed the river view with Lu Ren: "It's very peaceful and peaceful!" Although the scenery here is not as beautiful as the sea and sky in Yizhou, it has a unique charm. ”

Lu Ren looked at Minchan for a while before saying, "I also suddenly remembered, Ah Xiu, you haven't enjoyed the scenery on the Yangtze River before you came to Jingxiang, right?" ”

Minchan nodded and said, "Well, that's true." Although I lived in Luoyang next to Luoshui when I was a child, I was just a singer in Situ's mansion at that time, and although I was accepted as a righteous daughter by my father-in-law, I generally couldn't leave the house, so it can be said that I never saw the scenery of Luoshui at all. Later, what I experienced was all the twists and turns, and how could I have the opportunity and interest to go to the river to enjoy the scenery? It wasn't until I met you a few years ago that my life settled down a little and I went straight to Yizhou...... People say that the sea is inclusive of all rivers, the mountains and rivers should be before the sea, and the scenery should be the first river and then the sea, but I first enjoyed the sea view before turning back to appreciate the river view, so it may be worse in feeling...... Oh, I don't think the river view is as good as the sea view. ”

Lu Ren said: "Or should it be said that each has its own rhyme, and you prefer the sea view, right?" However, the scenery over there in Jiangnan is really beautiful, but unfortunately it is early autumn now, and we have missed the most beautiful scenery in Jiangnan this year. It doesn't matter, anyway, we have time, and when it comes to summer next year, I'll take you to Jiangnan to have a good time. ”

Mink Chan smiled: "Okay! Yihao, you are a man's husband, you must remember that the husband is hard to chase after him! ”

Lu Ren said with a smile: "If nothing else, I will rebuild my Lu clan in Jiangnan at the beginning of spring next year, and then Jiangnan will be my other home, so who will gossip if I take my family to play at the door of my house?" ”

Minchan smiled again, and Lu Ren glanced around, and found that there was no one else except Minchan, so he asked, "Why are you the only one?" What about Wen Ji and Xiaolan? ”

Minchan said: "Wen Ji seems to be a little unwell recently, she always says that she is tired and tired and reluctant to move, and she is still lying in the cabin at this time and does not want to come out, Xiaolan is accompanying her." Because I'm afraid you'll be bored alone, let me talk to you. But seriously, Wen Ji's health is indeed inferior to me and Xiaolan, fortunately she is just tired but not sick, otherwise you will be in a hurry again. Hey, what about Sister Zhen? ”

Lu Ren said: "There are some trivial things in the business that she needs to take care of, and she will be back after a while." ”

Minchan smiled: "You are too!" It's only been a few days since Sister Zhen married you? You're going to let her run around. ”

Lu Ren shrugged: "I said I went, she had to go herself." No way, we've gotten used to it for the past two years. ”

was chatting, footsteps sounded on the deck, Lu Ren looked back and saw who was leading Zhang Fangzheng over, and then looked closely at the person behind Zhang Fang, Lu Ren froze: "Shi Tao?" How did he come to me? ”

Without thinking about it, he raised his legs to greet the two of them, and as soon as Zhang Fang saw Lu Ren, he immediately arched his hand and said: "Lord, this gentleman rushed to the business a few moments ago, took out the lord's bamboo ornament and showed it to him, and said that there was something urgent to inform the lord......"

Lu Ren waved his hand to signal that Zhang Fang didn't have to say any more, and crossed Zhang Fang to Shi Tao and bowed, "Why did Guangyuan come here?" ”

Shi Tao replied: "Brother Lu, Tao is here to ......."

Speaking of this, Shi Tao suddenly stopped his mouth and looked at Zhang Fang and Diao Chan who were walking towards here vigilantly. Lu Ren smiled and said, "It's okay, it's all close to me." Guangyuan has nothing to do, just open his mouth. ”

Shi Tao still glanced around with some unease, thought about it and walked to the bow of the boat. Lu Ren understood what Shi Tao meant, and signaled Zhang Fang to stay here and not allow others to approach before coming to Shi Tao's side. Shi Tao saw Lu Ren coming over alone, and then asked in a low voice, "Brother Lu, is your merchant fleet going to leave offshore in the next few days?" ”

Lu Ren nodded and said, "Not bad." If the weather is beautiful and the wind and rain are not good, all the goods I have here can be loaded on the ship tomorrow, and I will leave early the morning after tomorrow. ”

Shi Tao said: "With all due respect, it is inconvenient for the inland brother's fleet to set off. ”

Lu Ren frowned slightly: "Why?" ”

Shi Tao said: "Brother Lu may not know that although Yuan Zhi gave up his sword to learn, he still has a lot of contacts with those ranger friends in the rivers and lakes. A few days ago, a friend Xun Yuanzhi was drinking with a certain old friend, and inadvertently mentioned that there was a gang of river thieves who heard that Brother Lu was rich and often sent boats to overseas business. Yuan Zhi was afraid that Brother Lu would take advantage of him, so he sent a certain person to inform Brother Lu in a hurry, so that Brother Lu could make preparations as soon as possible. (To be continued.) )