Although he was scolded by Xun Yu for a few words, Lu Ren was thick-skinned and smiled indifferently: "Xun Gong, seriously, I think you also value me too much, right?" Actually, I know I don't have any talent to speak of, and I'm only getting to where I am today because I know so much nonsense that you don't know. And this government can also be said to be more than me, less than me, so what does it matter if I am lazy? What's more, I'm not lazy! It's nothing more than a number of beautiful women who warm my bed every night! ”

"You ......"

Xun Yu was really speechless to Lu Ren to the extreme. After shaking his head for a while, Xun Yu waved his hand and said, "That's it, I won't engage in these useless verbal battles with you." Now that you have returned to Xudu, you can do a good job. You kid, although you always keep saying that you have no talent and no talent, but I want to tell you that as long as you can be loyal and diligent, then your future achievements will most likely be above mine. ”

Lu Ren smiled noncommittally, and after sitting down at Xun Yu's table, he slapped his hands a few times, and immediately a Lu family disciple sent two food boxes to Lu Ren's side. Lu Ren put the food box on the table and said with a smile: "Please Xun Gong laughed!" ”

Xun Yu's face sank: "What do you mean?" Are you trying to bribe me? ”

Lu Ren laughed and said, "Cut!" Bribe you Xun Gong? Am I not fed? In fact, this is just a little bit of good wine newly out of my wine cellar, and after it was sent to my house, I asked Wan'er and Xiaolan to make a few side dishes, and I want to have a few drinks with Xun Gong. ”

Xun Yu glared at Lu Ren and didn't say anything more. In fact, Xun Yu and Lu Ren have not known each other for a day or two. I've long been used to Lu Ren's problem, and it's really nothing to just get some wine and food to eat and drink together. At that moment, the two of them drank wine and ate food. More or less talked about some serious things.

However, Lu Ren's coming today is not just as simple as sending some wine and food to Xun Yu, he has other things to ask. After a few more cups, Lu Ren asked seemingly casually, "Where did that guy Guo go?" When I returned to Xudu yesterday evening, I sent someone to his house to invite him to my place for a drink, but the doorman reported that Lao Guo was not in the house. ”

Xun Yu glanced at Lu Ren and said, "Are you embarrassed to say?" You are always running between Zhutun, sometimes I want to find you to do something and I can't find anyone, so I have no choice but to ask Fengxiao to help me compare the number of acres in each tun, so Fengxiao is not in the city recently. But count the days. He's coming back soon. ”

As soon as he heard that Guo Jia was going to take the money and grain household or something and was not in Xuchang, Lu Ren's face immediately changed slightly, and he asked urgently: "What about it...... Where is Liu Xuande now? ”

Xun Yu said: "I live near the left side of the lord's mansion." I heard that recently because of my leisure, I opened a field in the backyard where he lived and learned to grow vegetables. ”

"Planting, planting vegetables......" Lu Ren secretly said in his heart: "That's Liu Bei is raising Guang Taohui to show that he has no ambition!" But Liu Bei grows vegetables...... It would be nice if it was the XX farm of my time, and see how I keep an eye on Liu Bei's farm. And then steal vegetables and steal him with all his money! ”

Thinking of this, Lu Ren's face couldn't help but show a little wickedness. Xun Yu saw it in his eyes, his eyes rolled a few times, and then he stroked his beard and asked in a deep voice: "Yihao, what are you asking Liu Xuande to do?" You were originally asking about Bonghyo's whereabouts. ”

Lu Ren came back to his senses and quickly explained: "Liu Bei must not be guarded against." When he came to Xudu to defect to Cao Gong, Cao Gong and Lao Guo did not kill him because they were afraid of hindering the like-mindedness of capable people in the world. It's just that you can't kill it, but you can't ...... it."

Xun Yu waved his hand slightly and said: "The lord knows this matter very well in his heart, and you and I don't need to talk about it." Otherwise, if Liu Xuande hears about it, I am afraid that it will cause trouble. ”

Lu Ren nodded noncommittally. The heart said Cao Cao, you know a fart! If it was really clear, then how could it be so easy in history to agree to Liu Bei's dispatch of troops to defeat Yuan Shu?

Lu Ren had already thought about letting Liu Bei stay under Cao Cao's control for a while longer. On the one hand, it was good to distract Cao Cao's attention from himself, so Lu Ren wanted to give Liu Bei a few stumbling blocks; On the other hand, Mi Zhen is in charge of the landing and Mi families moving to Yizhou in Xuzhou, and if Liu Bei occupies Xuzhou in the past, Mi Zhen knows what kind of trouble will happen.

It's just that now that he heard Xun Yu say this, Lu Ren knew that he must not talk nonsense at this time, otherwise he was afraid that Liu Bei would not stumble, but he would make a big mistake first. Although there is a bloody edict that can be exposed, one is that Lu Ren still can't figure out whether this incident has happened, and the other is that if he exposes it, it will definitely damage his current reputation, and it will affect the foothold of himself and Mi Zhen here Lu and Mi Zhen, so Lu Ren thought about it for a long time and decided to pretend to be deaf and dumb in this matter...... In many cases, being a good old man who can not offend anyone is the way to protect yourself.

Shaking his head and not thinking about these things anymore, Lu Ren asked Xun Yu what he really wanted to ask this time: "Xun Gong, I came here today mainly to ask one thing, that is, Ah Cheng and Ah Xin, who have been recommended by me, what are their abilities?" Is it possible to become a half-official position? ”

This incident is a very important part of Lu Ren's "aftermath work". Lu Ren has stayed for less than a year, and it is only in less than a year that it is undoubtedly impossible to develop the current Lu and Mi clans into big clans and wealthy clans with sufficient self-protection strength. Therefore, after Lu Ren's "daytime ascension", someone from the Lu and Mi clans must be appointed as officials to take over Lu Ren's class, at least to stabilize the positions of the Lu and Mi clans in Xuchang, and then develop steadily.

Hearing Lu Ren mention Lu Cheng and Lu Xin, Xun Yu couldn't help but brush his beard, nodded lightly and said, "Yihao, what are the two people you recommended...... Lu Cheng is eighteen years old this year, Lu Xin is sixteen years old, and they are not yet adults in terms of twenty, and they are still very young. But if you really do things, you will be old enough. And I think these two boys may have been with you for a long time, and they have their own merits.

"Lu Xin is humble and steady, steady and unreckless, quite a young man, and diligent and studious, and has followed you for several years to be taught by you personally. It has a lot of advantages in civil affairs, and what it owes is just experience. Now first increase the experience of a small official, and in the year of the weak crown, he will become a good official; As for Lu Cheng. His playful heart is a little similar to you......"

Saying that, Xun Yu glared at Lu Ren, which means that this is a typical red person who is close to Zhu and black who is close to ink, you Lu Ren have brought others Lu Cheng badly: "But I see that although this son likes to play on weekdays, his eyes are deep and he has a tenacious and unyielding attitude." In addition, there is another thing I noticed, that is, when you went out with the army and stayed in Meng Village. He gathered the township to bravely rectify the army and patrol the township, or led the villagers to repair the water conservancy, escorted the money and grain of Meng Village to Xudu, and so on. I also deliberately asked him questions. I found that he knew a lot about military affairs in his chest and had the talent to rule......"

"What!?"

Lu Ren's eyes suddenly widened, and his surprise was overflowing: "Ah Cheng, he has the talent to rule?" Make no mistake, right? He's only eighteen years old, and he's only a ...... before he follows me Ahhhh It's an orphan of a ruined family. Survive by begging for wild thieves. I haven't heard him say anything like learning military books and war strategies, Xun Gong, how can you say that he has the talent to rule? ”

Xun Yu waved his hand and said: "Some people's talents can be said to be innate, and they can achieve success with a little guidance, and this is the case with Lu Cheng." Besides, eighteen years old is not young, Sun Bofu borrowed troops from Yuan Shu, and then swept Jiangdong at that age. ”

Lu Ren said dumbly: "Talent? Why don't I have the talent to lead troops into battle? Damn! ”

Xun Yu continued: "Having said that, Lu Cheng still needs to read more military books and know more things in order to be able to control for a long time, so I gave him two military books, hoping that he can read them attentively." If he can learn something, he will succeed. I want to recommend him at the right time to try to command the army under the lord's account, so that he can be used as a general. ”

Lu Ren was dumbfounded again. It seems that I don't need to bother with this kind of thing. Originally, according to Lu Ren's plan, the official positions of Lu Cheng and Lu Xin were not too high, and they were probably mixed with an ordinary captain, school captain or something, and they could make some contributions and hard work, and then use this to ensure the safety of Xuchang Lu and Mi.

But Lu Cheng and Lu Xin were young enough to get Xun Yu's evaluation...... Lu Ren knew that Xun Yu was famous for knowing people and people all his life, and he was famous for being virtuous and capable, and in Lu Ren's words, it was the stunt "eyesight" in "Three Kingdoms 11", so now Xun Yu can't be wrong when he says this.

In other words, Lu Ren may not even need to help Cheng and Xin pave anything in the last less than a year, as long as these two boys do things seriously. Because Cao Cao has always rewarded and punished clearly, those who do things well will never be treated badly. And Lu Ren can also leave something like a "golden finger" for Cheng and Xin, I believe it will also be of great help to the two of them in their future careers.

He opened his mouth wide and was speechless here, Xun Yu smiled when he saw this and asked, "Yihao, you recommend the two boys next to you as officials, is there any other meaning in it?" ”

Lu Ren came back to his senses, nodded hurriedly, and said, "I also hope that these two boys can become talents." ”

"Success?" Xun Yu's face immediately sank: "Lu Yihao, the person who should become the most talented should be you!" ”

Lu Ren hurriedly waved his hand and said, "If I work harder, I may be able to mix with Jiuqing, but this is not considered a talent?" So please Xun Gong, you will spare me on this tongue. Oh yes, I almost got down to business. ”

As he spoke, he reached into his arms, took out two paper manuscripts made of his own snow paper thread, and gave them to Xun Yu and said, "Didn't I find a salt pan on the road when I returned to Xu Du with the army?" I wonder how it is being built now? ”

Xun Yu replied casually, and his attention was focused on the two paper manuscripts, and he said strangely: "Yihao, what is this?"

"Oh, here's the literature on how to mine, refine salt. Mineral salt, unlike sea salt, may generally have slight toxicity, which can only be removed by making slight improvements to the salt boiling process. Last time, I couldn't write it all because I was in a hurry, but in retrospect, I quickly wrote this. ”

Xun Yu took the manuscript and opened it to look closely, and saw that it recorded detailed information about the mining, selection, purification and so on of mineral salt, in addition to many processes and equipment drawings, so he nodded approvingly: "Yihao, I really didn't expect you to be so proficient in salt making." And the ironware you made in Moe Village is also excellent...... Water, grain, salt, iron, you have made a lot of achievements, it seems that in the future, this position of great farmer is really you! (To be continued......)