"Don't just, what does the eldest husband do to learn from these little daughters? If you feel deserved, then the right should be lent to you by me temporarily, and it will not be too late for you to pay it back when you become famous and have a family business in the future. ”

Seeing that Lu Ren was a little angry, Xu Shu lowered his head and muttered for a moment, then raised his head and saluted Lu Ren with a fist: "Since it is my brother's order, it is inconvenient for Shu to refuse." Thank you for your great kindness, brother, please bow down! ”

Lu Ren picked up Xu Shu, and took out a very delicate bamboo ornament from his arms and handed it to Shi Taodao: "Guangyuan, you have this bamboo ornament on your body." If there is anything important, you take this bamboo ornament to my Lu shop in Xiangyang City, and the children in the shop will definitely help when they see this bamboo ornament. ”

Saying that, Lu Ren glanced at Xu Shu again, shook his head and smiled: "Originally, this bamboo ornament was intended to be handed over to Yuan Zhi, but with Yuan Zhi's heart, even if something big happened, he would bear it with all his might, and he didn't want to bother others, which taught me that I really couldn't rest assured." In contrast, Guangyuan, you are cautious, you can know what to do when you encounter something, and you dare to come to me when necessary, which is really a rare and beneficial friend.

"With you by Yuanzhi's side, the two of you will take care of each other, and I will be much more relieved. Oh, by the way, I will tell you to go down and send you some money, food, clothes and silk on time every month in the future, so that you can study with peace of mind and no longer have to be distracted by other things. When the time comes, you will accept it, otherwise with Yuan Zhi's temper, all of them will retreat. ”

Shi Tao didn't twist anything, and generously took the bamboo ornament and then bowed his hand to Lu Renyi: "Please rest assured that Lu Servant will live up to Lu Servant's trust." Now I can get Lu Servant to fund Tao's studies, and Tao's future academic success will be rewarded! ”

Lu Ren smiled and waved his hand: "Don't reciprocate or not, I treat you as good buddies." When you have a chance, my self-proclaimed brother will have a bright face...... It's not early, there are still things waiting for me to do in Xiangyang City, and it's time for me to leave. You two take care of yourself here, and you should always focus on your studies. ”

"Brother teaches. I will definitely remember it! ”

After the politeness, Lu Ren asked Cai Yan and them to take the first step, and he led a horse to walk side by side with Sima Hui. After walking and chatting for a while, Sima Hui looked back at Xu Shu and Shi Tao in the distance behind him, thought about it and asked Lu Ren with a smile: "What does Lu Servant think of the two students, the old man?" ”

Although Lu Ren had a very close relationship with Xu Shu during this time, it was a long-term line, and of course he didn't want Sima Hui to see any flaws at the moment, so he was also prepared for the questions that Sima Hui might ask. Now asked by Sima Hui, Lu Ren pretended to be silent for a moment before saying: "Among Mr.'s protégés, if Yuan Zhi and Guangyuan succeed in their studies, they will definitely be the great sages of the world in the future." Most of their deeds will be above me. Sir, you've got two good protégés. ”

Hearing Lu Ren's praise of his students, Sima Hui stroked his beard with some complacency, and said lightly: "The old man actually likes these two students very much, and the two of them are also the best among the old man's current protégés. But well...... The old man's most proud protégé is not them. ”

Lu Ren was slightly stunned when he heard this, and said in his heart, Sima Hui, what do you want to do? Shouldn't you be mentioning Zhuge Liang to me?

Sure enough, Sima Hui stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Yuan Zhi and Guang Yuan Xiu are in the business of refinement, if Shi Jin can go to the history of the assassin and the county guard." The old man was pleased. But the old man also has a protégé, this person has a unique view, there is an immortal talent in his chest, and his future is limitless. Lu Servant also allowed the old man to be vain. I'm afraid this person's talent is not below you! ”

Lu Renxin said, how dare I compare with Zhuge Liang? If I didn't have high-tech support, it wouldn't be anything at all. But knowing it at this moment, Lu Ren still had to pretend to be surprised and asked Sima Hui: "Whoever can be praised by Mr. like this must be a genius in the world!" It would be a great shame in life for such a genius not to be able to meet and make good friends! Lu Ren dared to ask for details. Can you be here? ”

Sima Hui shook his head: "He lived in seclusion and cultivated half a year ago, and he didn't continue his studies with the old man. But in his heart, the old man really has nothing to teach him. Staying here is only afraid that it will mislead his cultivation, so letting him concentrate on his own cultivation will also be beneficial and harmless, but if it is you Lu Servant, there may be a lot of things that can teach him. In fact, the old man mentioned this person to Lu Servant is also quite selfish, that is, he hopes that this disciple of his will eventually succeed, and the old man also hopes that you can become close friends and ...... in the future. Hehehe, don't mention it, don't mention it. ”

Lu Renxin said it! After making trouble for a long time, Sima Hui is now planning for his disciples? Before, Lu Ren bluffed Sima Hui and said that he would go to Liu Bei when the time came, so now Sima Hui wants Lu Ren and Zhuge Liang to become good friends, doesn't he just want his protégé to be taken care of under Liu Bei? On the other hand, if his protégé has a great future, his face as a teacher will also shine, right? As soon as he thought of this, Lu Ren couldn't help but muttered in his heart: "Why haven't I met a teacher who is so good to me?" Is it because when I was studying, my grades were mediocre, my appearance was mediocre, my style was mediocre, and everything was inconspicuous, so no one loved mes? ”

He was muttering here, and Sima Hui had already raised his hand and pointed in a certain direction and said: "This person has the surname Zhuge again, his name is bright, the word Kong Ming, he now lives in Wolonggang, Nanyang, and he is twenty years old this year. Since Lu Servant likes to make friends with wise men, he might as well go and find him. In the old man's opinion, he will definitely not disappoint Lu Fuji. ”

Lu Renxin said that in fact, I wanted to visit Brother Pig for a long time, but because Zhuge Liang was completely unknown during this period, Lu Ren was really bad for a while, so he came to the door. Now that he has been introduced by Sima Hui, it would be reasonable for Lu Ren to visit Zhuge Liang again, so this can be regarded as an unexpected gain.

The words have already been said here, and there seems to be nothing to say here, and Cai Yan and their chariots in front of them are almost gone, so Lu Ren saluted Sima Hui and said goodbye, turned over and got on his horse to chase the chariots.

While hurrying to the road, Lu Ren secretly said in his heart: "Brother pig...... Wouldn't it be great if we could pull our pig brother over? Regardless of anything else, with Brother Zhu's talents in internal affairs and strategy, he may be able to make the Yizhou I have at hand develop faster and more reasonably, but I want to pull Brother Zhu ...... It's so unrealistic! Forget it, I don't want to do this, just go to Brother Pig to have fun when I have time, Mi Zhen is still waiting for me in Xiangyang City now! Oh no, it should be Liu Qi and Liu Dagongzi waiting for me......"

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Jingzhou, since Liu Biao became a pastor, has hardly had any decent wars in the past ten or twenty years, and it seems to be the last pure land in the troubled times of the late Han Dynasty. As the political, economic, military and cultural center of Liu Biao, Xiangyang City may have actually become one of the most populous and economically and culturally prosperous cities at that time after the destruction of Luoyang, Chang'an, and Ye after the chaos and war.

Lu Ren has been living in Jingzhou for several months, and the small village where he temporarily lives is not very far from Xiangyang, so he will come to Xiangyang City when he has nothing to do. And every time he entered Xiangyang City, Lu Ren would always sigh secretly for no reason, saying that in this period of the chaotic times at the end of the Han Dynasty, it may only be in Xiangyang City that he could feel a little populous and lively atmosphere everywhere.

Not to mention the new capital Xuchang. It is not clear what the original Xuchang was like in history, but the current Xuchang can basically be said to have been built by Lu Ren, and Lu Ren knows most of the situation. Earlier, because of the appearance of Lu Ren, an outlier figure, the current Xuchang and Cao Cao's other subordinates will be much stronger than the original history in terms of population base and money and grain taxes, but in general, it is not much, that is, the population base has increased by 30 percent, and the grain output has more than doubled.

In fact, Cao Cao in the battle of Guandu, where Lu Ren appeared, in order to fight against the powerful Yuan Shao, almost a national mobilization of his subordinates, and when Lu Ren was ordered to carry grain to the front for the second time, most of the troops transporting grain and grass were old and young, women and children. Afterwards, Lu Renyou thought about these things carefully, and came to the conclusion that Cao Cao faced a powerful opponent like Yuan Shao, no matter how many soldiers he had at hand, he would do his best, because for Cao Cao, he had no spare strength at all.

After the battle of Guandu, even if Cao Cao had no worries about money and food, he still had to return to the army to recuperate in terms of the fatigue of the soldiers and the overall situation, and he could not take advantage of the victory to pursue. To give a simple example, if the battle of Guandu in history is like Cao Cao's three people fighting Yuan Shao's ten people, then with Lu Ren's appearance in the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao is at best five people fighting Yuan Shao's ten people. Whether it's three people or five people, it's all the same after the fight, and I'm tired enough.

To put it simply, to put it bluntly, Lu Ren has been in Cao Ying for several years, but in these years, Lu Ren's real time in power and doing things is only four years at most. That's right, the correct agricultural technology can make the grain production in Cao Cao's territory increase significantly, but the grain is ripe once a year, how many years does it take for a person to grow from a child to adult?

Lu Ren set up a childcare house to raise orphans and children in the second year of Jian'an, but the current battle of Guandu was at the end of the fifth year and the beginning of the sixth year of Jian'an, even if Cao Cao adopted Lu Ren's practice and vigorously promoted the righteous house to increase the population in the territory, how many adults could grow up and be able to come in handy? Anyway, according to the results of Lu Ren's last household registration inspection before escaping from Cao's camp, except for Xuzhou, which was not stable and useless, the total population of Cao Cao's territory at that time should not exceed two million, and there were really not many troops that could be mobilized to go to Guandu when he clashed with Yuan Shao.

Two million may be the population of a small or medium-sized city in modern times, but in the late Han Dynasty, any state and county that could reach this number was a very remarkable achievement, and of course this has to include the surrounding areas of the city. Luoyang, Chang'an, and Ye were originally such cities, but at this point in time, only Xiangyang may have this level.

At this moment, Lu Renzheng led a group of family members to walk on the streets of Xiangyang City, looking at the bustling crowd and sighing again, and secretly said in his heart: "It's really a good place, no wonder the three families of Cao, Liu and Sun are all salivating for Jing Xiang." Hey, how did I sing that song from my time? Oh...... Cao Cao was not verbose, bent on seizing Jingzhou, and used conspiracy, conspiracy, explicit talk, and secret ......" (to be continued. )