It turned out that those tents were not used to live in people, but to pile up a lot of grain, quilts, and cloth. Because of the humid climate in the south of the Yangtze River and the proximity to the riverbank, although it is winter, grain and cloth are not suitable for the open air, so many tents have been built to store these items.

Zhen Rong had already looted a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry from Guangling, but if he wanted to take root in Jiaozhou, it was these grains and cloth that he lacked. Since entering the camp, Zhenrong has looked around and saw that every tent is piled to the brim. Zhen Rong, who was already greedy, saw so many items he urgently needed at once, and he had a sudden evil thought, and he had to try to control Mi Zhu no matter what, and keep all these things for himself.

Hearing that Zhen Rong was coming, Mi Zhu hurriedly came out of the big tent. He and Zhen Rong both served under Tao Qian in the past, and they can be regarded as old acquaintances. Moreover, this time, Zhenrong fled south with more than 100,000 people, and he learned the news from those people who fled a few days ago. is reasonable, he has to entertain him well.

Being able to accommodate so many people who fled at once gave Mi Zhu a sense of accomplishment, and also made him feel that the original refugee camp was indeed a little small, and now the pressure has increased sharply, and he wants to discuss with Zhen Rong how to settle these people, after all, these people were brought by Zhen Rong from Pengcheng, and he should be more familiar with the demands of these people.

As soon as he saw Mi Zhu, Di Rong walked over quickly, and said again and again: "Lord Mi, I haven't seen you for a long time, and in the future, Master Mi will rely on Lord Mi to settle down." ”

Since Zhen Rong had already made up his mind to seize the grain and cloth in the Mizhu camp, he never mentioned the matter of borrowing the way, but put on a posture of coming to take refuge. That is to say, the Han people are bowing their hands, if they are also as popular as the later generations, Zhenrong would have taken the opportunity to draw out his sharp blade and hold Mi Zhu hostage.

Mi Zhu is an honest man, who would have expected that Di Rong had calculated him thousands of times in his heart, and he still returned the courtesy, saying: "Master Di cares about the people of Pengcheng, which makes Mi admired. The conditions here are simple, and when the people settle down, Mi will naturally recommend Lord Zhen in front of the lord to ensure a bright future. ”

Di Rong thanked him and looked around, only to see more than a dozen big men guarding Mi Zhu in the middle, all of them looking vigilant, so that Di Rong had no chance to start. Di Rongqiang suppressed his desire to do it, and walked into the big tent with Mi Zhu.

There were thieves in the south of the Yangtze River, although after the surrender and suppression of Yu Flip during this time, the situation has changed greatly, but it is inevitable that there will be fish that slip through the net. In addition, among the people who fled from Xuzhou, there were also good and bad, Mi Zhu and Yu Chuan were literati after all, Liu Xin was worried about their safety, and specially sent a hundred Flying Tiger guards to be responsible for the safety of the two of them. These more than ten big men are shrewd and capable people selected from the Flying Tiger guards, and they don't leave Mi Zhu all day long, which is equivalent to his personal bodyguards.

There was no one else in the big tent, just two rows of tables, and a few cases were full of wine and food. Mi Zhu pointed to those cases, and said with a smile: "Lord Zhen, please sit down for a while, use some refreshments, Lord Yu and the generals will be here in a while." ”

Seeing that there was no chance, Zhen Rong had to arch his hand and sit down on the guest seat, and Fan Neng and some of the henchmen he brought in who pretended to be Pengcheng officials and gentry also sat down in turn. Because there were not so many seats in the tent, some people had to be arranged in other tents.

Mi Zhu is a native of the East China Sea, but he has lived in Xuzhou for many years, and most of the Mi family's properties are also located in Xuzhou. When Zhen Rong came to Xuzhou to report on his work, he had seen it. As for the other officials in Pengcheng, Mi Zhu had no impression, let alone those old gentry, so Mi Zhu didn't see anything wrong with these people. In fact, it is no wonder that if Mi Zhu is placed in the future generations, he should be equivalent to a senior provincial official, and there are only a few officials at this level who can have an impression of the cadres at the municipal level, and where can they remember those many faces.

Zhen Rong saw that there were more than 20 henchmen he brought who could enter this big tent, and Mi Zhu did not see the slightest flaw, and he was thinking about how to start with Mi Zhu, when he suddenly saw the tent door picked, and several soldiers walked in from the outside, each holding a lacquer plate in his hand, and there were several white porcelain bowls in the lacquer plate.

Mi Zhu smiled and said, "Lord Zhen, this is a special tea from Jiangnan, you can taste it, it tastes very good." ”

The development of the economy in the south of the Yangtze River is an important task entrusted by Liu Xin to Yu Fan, among which the production of tea is the most important to Liu Xin. Yu is a native of Jiangnan, but he only knows the medicinal value of tea. After returning to the three counties in the south of the Yangtze River, he deliberately asked people to find the tea harvested in the spring, according to the method taught by Liu Xin, after several processes of finishing, rolling and drying, and then brewing with boiling water, it was really fragrant and refreshing. Now, Yu Tuo and Mi Zhu both fall in love with drinking tea.

In the past, there were no artificially cultivated tea trees in Jiangnan, and the tea leaves were all harvested from wild tea trees, and they were limited to medicinal use, and the quantity was very limited. When Yu returned to Jiangnan, it was already autumn, and the tea picking season was already past, so he was able to collect even fewer tea leaves. More than half of them were sent to Xiangyang by Yu Fan, and what Liu Xin added to the goat milk for Hu Chuquan and others was the tea sent by Yu Fan from Jiangnan. However, Liu Xin did not drink these teas himself, after all, the picking, processing, and preservation of these teas did not meet his requirements, and there was a certain difference between them and the tea leaves he drank in later generations, and he was waiting for the new tea before Ming in the coming year.

Mi Zhu is benevolent by nature, and likes to think about people in a good way in everything, but it doesn't mean that his brain is not good. He, like Yu Tuo, is very keenly aware that the little tea will definitely have a great future in the near future.

Although these teas are far from Liu Xin's requirements, they are very precious because of their scarcity. Despite this, Mi Zhu still took out these treasures to entertain Zhenrong and his party, because after listening to Zhenrong's introduction, he really thought that these people here were all officials and squires from Pengcheng.

The Han Dynasty implemented the scholar system, and those who could hold important positions were all members of the scholar clan, and the imperial examination was only held by Liu Xin once, and it was not very successful. Therefore, in Mi Zhu's opinion, these people should be from the scholar clan. The life of the nobles has always been more exquisite, and there are many noble people among them, and according to his judgment, these people should also like the fresh drink of tea.

The Mi family can become the richest man in Xuzhou, and it must be inseparable from the contribution of business. Mi Zhu himself fell in love with drinking tea, and naturally thought of the commercial value of tea. Since there is no possibility of a major breakthrough in tea production in the foreseeable years, Mi Zhu judged that tea is likely to become a new luxury, and its most likely consumer group will also be those in the upper echelons of society, rather than ordinary people.

These people from Pengcheng obviously belong to the potential consumer group, although they fled from their homes in a hurry, but Mi Zhu can be sure that they must have carried a lot of gold and silver with them, and they still have a certain amount of spending power. Moreover, these people will soon be settled in the Jiangnan area, and they also need something that can attract them, if they fall in love with drinking tea, I believe they will definitely stay.

Sure enough, Zhen Rong took a sip and praised repeatedly: "Lord Mi, this thing is really magical, it will leave a fragrant taste after taking a sip, which is endlessly memorable." ”

Mi Zhu was secretly complacent, and turned his eyes to look at the other Pengcheng "officials" and "squires" present, but was greatly disappointed. Those "officials" and "squires" drank the tea almost in one gulp, but they couldn't put down the white porcelain bowl in their hands, which made Mi Zhu crazy.

However, Mi Zhu thought about it, maybe these people came from afar, and some of them were thirsty, and maybe they didn't have time to taste it, so he ordered: "Come on, give you another glass." ”

These "officials" and "squires" are all Zhenrong's henchmen and sergeants pretending, how can they understand Mi Zhu's kindness, compared to the fragrant tea, the white porcelain bowl in their hands can arouse their interest more, who doesn't know that in Pengcheng, such a white porcelain bowl is worth at least one hundred taels of silver.

Mi Zhu didn't feel a little suspicious, how did these people look like people in the Shi clan. However, Mi Zhu always likes to think about people for the better, and it is inconvenient to ask each other, so he has to put doubts in his stomach.

Suddenly, there was a hearty laugh outside the big tent, and then I saw Gan Ning, Huang Gai, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin walking in all the way laughing.

These four people are all generals of the navy, and they have been doing their best to assist Mi Zhu in the work of sheltering the fleeing people, so although the four of them have a bold temperament and are not all the way to Mi Zhu, Mi Zhu still respects them very much.

Seeing these four people walk into the big tent, Mi Zhu hurriedly stood up and introduced: "Lord Zhen, these four are General Gan, General Huang, General Zhou and General Jiang, they are all fierce generals under the command of my lord. ”

Gan Ning laughed loudly and said, "Lord Mi, there is no need to introduce, Gan and Master Di have already met. Who said that there are friends from afar, and they are happy! ”

Mi Zhu also laughed and said: "Several generals have been busy until now, please drink a bowl of tea to relieve fatigue first, and when Lord Yu comes, let's start." ”

Zhou Tai had already walked over, sat down loudly, waved his hand, and said, "Lord Mi, what kind of broken tea do you usually hide like a baby, but today you are willing to take it out?" However, it is not uncommon for us to drink that kind of fun, and it is still a good wine. ”

Gan Ning also sat down behind the case next to Mi Zhu, poured a full glass of wine first, held it high, and said, "Lord Mi, let's start now." Just now, Master Yu asked someone to send a message, he went to pick up a few friends, and it will take a while to arrive, so we don't have to wait for him. ”