Entering the mansion and passing through the pavilions, Lu Shuang entered the Grand View Garden like Grandma Liu, marveling at the luxury of Zhang Rang's mansion.

Seeing that Lu Shuang was like a dirt bun from the countryside to the metropolis, he couldn't help but feel a burst of pride, so he pretended to be enthusiastic, and introduced the buildings and decorations in the mansion to Lu Shuang as he walked, where and which pavilion was how big and high, and which decoration was given by which royal family and noble.

Lu Shuang was amazed all the way to the past, every grass and tree, every floor and pavilion in it was full of luxury, Lu Shuang had doubts about himself, was the 10,000 gold he brought really money in their eyes?

Of course, Lu Shuang was just amazed at the value of this mansion, in his eyes, there was so much money, how good it should be to improve people's livelihood and build the army, but it was used for enjoyment, and it was also enjoyed by a eunuch who could only talk well.

Zhang Rang's mansion was very large, and the housekeeper took Lu Shuang for a quarter of an hour before coming to the lobby, only to see a thin middle-aged man in a brocade robe sitting on a chair, and when the man saw Lu Shuang coming, he didn't get closer, so he laughed loudly: "General Mantian Qingyu, you are really a great skill, not only beheaded three thieves in a row, but also love the people like a son, and the territory is thriving, which is really amazing." ”

Although Zhang Rang's voice is very sharp, it is not unpleasant, on the contrary, it actually makes people sound good, a bit like a woman's voice. Thinking about it, if Zhang Rang's voice is too ugly, I am afraid it is impossible to be favored by Emperor Han Ling.

Lu Shuang didn't pay too much attention to Zhang Rang's voice, but paid attention to what Zhang Rang had just said, he didn't believe that this was a compliment to him. Although Zhang Rang's tone did not have the slightest hint of sarcasm, Lu Shuang was facing a human spirit, and he couldn't just believe him.

His mind was spinning rapidly, although Lu Shuang rarely dealt with yin and yang people, he was not stupid, and the meaning of Zhang Rang's words was nothing more than that Lu Shuang came too late and made Zhang Rang wait too long.

With a statement in his heart, Lu Shuang arched his hand at Zhang Rang and said: "The father-in-law is angry, the lower official is not deliberately neglecting, but before coming to Luoyang, he deliberately put a lot of effort into preparation, and I hope that the father-in-law can give the lower official a chance to atone for his sins." ”

"Oh, is that so?" Zhang Rang played with the beads in his hand and said with interest, "About ten days ago, the god killer and the city lord of Kyushu City had already come once, my father-in-law wanted to see it, and he deliberately took a lot of effort to prepare for ten days, how different is it?" ”

What the? The end of the Dragon Emperor and the first cut of Mei looked for Zhang Rang ten days ago?

Lu Shuang despised these two people in her heart, but she didn't expect that the two people with prominent identities in reality would come so urgently to "find a relationship". Lu Shuang heard Zhang Rang's dissatisfaction, but he was very confident in the gifts he prepared, after all, the thousand-year-old ginseng exchanged for 100 million points was higher than the total points of the fourth place in the standings, and it would not be much worse no matter how much it was, he didn't believe that the two people in front of him were willing to spend points to exchange for gifts.

100 million points can be exchanged for a saint-level mastery, can this thousand-year-old ginseng be bad? Lu Shuang said secretly in her heart.

Lu Shuang waved his hand and asked the butler who had already prepared to present the gift. As a maid came to Zhang Rang with a wooden tray, a square object covered with cloth. When the fabric was lifted to reveal a rectangular wooden box, Zhang Rang, who was still lying down, immediately sat up, and the entire lobby was filled with a refreshing atmosphere at this moment.

"What the hell is in here?" The disdain in Zhang Rang's eyes turned into an eager look and asked Lu Shuang.

Old fox, let's finally take the bait.

Lu Shuang smiled secretly in his heart, but there was a sincere expression on his face, and replied: "Back to my father-in-law, what is contained in it is a thousand-year-old ginseng, which was returned by the lower officials after a lot of hard work, and I heard the doctor of the territory say that this thousand-year-old ginseng can prolong people's life for ten years, and the body can be more than twenty years younger!" ”

The housekeeper standing on the side nodded to Zhang Rang, and then opened the wooden box containing the thousand-year-old ginseng, and an indescribable freshness came to his face, and the entire lobby was like a fairyland full of fairy energy, and everyone was stunned.

Zhang Rang impatiently asked the maid to give him the thousand-year-old ginseng, the thousand-year-old ginseng lay quietly in the wooden box, Zhang Rang's hand gestured a few times on the top of the ginseng, and finally did not dare to touch it, for fear of defiling this precious thing, and then asked the housekeeper to close the lid of the wooden box and take the thousand-year-old ginseng to the treasure store.

"Is my father-in-law satisfied?" Lu Shuang asked with a smile.

"Haha, you really have a heart." Zhang Rang was also very happy today, and his favorability towards Lu Shuang had improved a lot, so he revealed some inside stories in the court, "General Pi, oh no, you should be called the Zhendong General of the Han Dynasty in three days, and my father-in-law will go to see the saint tomorrow, and let Your Majesty give you this meritorious minister the title of marquis, and don't forget your father-in-law in the future?" ”

Lu Shuang learned two pieces of information from Zhang Rang's words, one was that he was about to be promoted from General Pi to General Zhendong, and the other was that Zhang Rang was ready to persuade Emperor Ling of Han to give him the title of Marquis as a gift in return for a thousand years of ginseng.

"The lower official dares to ask, where does the father-in-law plan to persuade His Majesty to give the lower official?" Lu Shuang said.

"Bold! The stakes are so high, how can we make a decision? Zhang Rang snorted, but there was no anger in his tone, because the butler and the maid had retreated, and there was no one around.

"However, for the sake of your dedication, my father-in-law can fight for a larger fief for you as a food estate, and it is also a rich land, what do you think?"

Lu Shuang shook his head and arched his hand: "My father-in-law has misunderstood the lower official, although the lower official has the ambition of being a marquis, he doesn't want to occupy the land of the Han Dynasty, he just wants to die for the Han Dynasty." ”

"Oh? Your request is really strange, other people want to have as many fiefs and households as possible. It's good for you to want to be a marquis, but you don't want fiefs and people, is it possible that you want to go to heaven? Zhang Rang didn't believe that Lu Shuang, a stranger, was so kind-hearted, but with the limitations of his ancients' thinking, he couldn't think of Lu Shuang's calculations for a while.

"My father-in-law didn't know that Xiaguan's territory was in Hailing County, Guangling County, Xuzhou, backed by the East China Sea, and pirates often came to attack and plunder, making the people of the surrounding counties miserable. Xia Guan intends to form a fleet to eliminate these pirates and restore stability to the entire Han Sea. Lu Shuang slowly said what was in her heart.

After listening to this, Zhang Rang squinted and observed Lu Shuang for a while, although he did not have any talent to govern the country, he also knew how big the entire sea area of the Eastern Han Dynasty was, and he also knew a little about how important the sea was to the output of fishing salt. If the entire sea area of the Eastern Han Dynasty was assigned to Lu Shuang as a food town, I am afraid that not only those ministers in the imperial court, but even the mediocre Emperor Ling of Han would not agree.

"Father-in-law Nu said bluntly, Your Majesty will never agree to this resolution, the sea involves too many interests, and you as a lord will not be unclear about this." Zhang Rang vetoed.

"The father-in-law is too worried, the lower officials do not want to control the fishing and salt industry, nor do they want the entire sea area of the Han Dynasty to be used as a food estate, but to serve the imperial court, manage the sea area and eliminate pirates, so that the people living by the sea can live in peace, and the fishing boats and merchant ships that come and go are not from the suffering of plunder."

Lu Shuang's proposal was well thought out, if the entire sea area was to be included as a food estate, even if Emperor Han Ling nodded and agreed, the prefectures and counties near the sea would not agree, they would make trouble in secret, and no one wanted to give up the benefits of fishing and salt to a stranger for nothing. But if they were to settle for the next best thing, promising to help them eradicate the pirates, and only exercising the right to govern, they would raise their hands in agreement.

The pirates of the sea are like flies that cannot be shaken off, constantly harassing their industry, but due to the lack of power at sea, the states and counties near the sea cannot completely wipe out the pirates, and now there are people who are willing to do this dirty work without paying a penny, and they must be very much in agreement. It's like a roadside hooligan thief coveting the property of the residents, and some officers and soldiers arrest these hooligan thieves, and the residents are naturally welcome.

"This point can be discussed, tomorrow the guild will discuss it with His Majesty, but the scope is too large, if it is only the East China Sea, it is better to say..."Zhang Rang frowned and said.

"Your Majesty and your father-in-law are willing to work for the lower officials, and the lower officials have nothing to repay, so they only prepared a small gift." Lu Shuang beckoned to the butler waiting in the distance, and after a while, the butler came with two subordinates carrying a large box, and placed the big box between Zhang Rang and Lu Shuang.

"What is this?" Zhang Rang said curiously.

After the housekeeper and the subordinates left, Lu Shuang began to say, "This is the 10,000 gold prepared by the lower officials." For His Majesty, 10,000 gold is just a meagre gift, but for the lower officials, it is all his net worth, and he hopes that his father-in-law can reluctantly accept it on behalf of His Majesty. ”

"Okay, you are a light feather, you dare to bribe Your Majesty, it seems that you are tired of living." Zhang Rang's words were very serious, but his tone seemed to be joking, and it seemed that he acquiesced in such behavior.

In the eyes of a person like Zhang Rang, Lu Shuang is indeed a good person, giving him a thousand-year-old ginseng and 10,000 taels of gold to Emperor Han Ling. You must know that Emperor Han Ling has a lot of precious medicinal materials, such as thousand-year-old ginseng, Tianshan Snow Lotus, etc., but he Zhang Rang can't enjoy it, for him in today's status, money is important, but the premise is that he has this life to spend money. In Zhang Rang's eyes, this thousand-year-old ginseng is worth much more than ten years of life and 10,000 gold. Moreover, the feudal marquis does not need to use fiefs and food estates, which is equivalent to not having to give the taxes of the fief to others, and there are people who help him take care of the sea area, which is simply a triple win, both to get money, and not to pay money, and there are people who help to do things for free.

Emperor Han Ling was just the opposite, there were many precious medicinal materials in the palace for him to use, and this thousand-year-old ginseng was at most the icing on the cake. But Emperor Ling of Han is a man who loves money like his life, although 10,000 gold is nothing to an emperor, but it can also provide him with many new things. Based on Zhang Rang's understanding of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, he would definitely choose 10,000 gold if he chose one of the two thousand-year-old ginseng and 10,000 gold.

Thinking of this, Zhang Rang nodded with satisfaction, with this gold, he had a better chance of convincing Emperor Han Ling.

"That's all for today, General Zhendong will wait for the good news in three days, my father-in-law will not disappoint you." Zhang Rang saw that it was not too early, and the two talked about the same, so they issued an eviction order.

"Father-in-law Xie, then the next official will wait for the good news from the father-in-law." Lu Shuang thanked him.

Subsequently, the housekeeper asked Lu Shuang to take his own things and left Zhang's mansion. The moment he walked out of the door, Lu Shuang breathed a sigh of relief, and sure enough, dealing with yin and yang people was a lot of trouble.