Early the next morning, Chu Nan had people seal up the grain and grass in Xuchang's treasury, then took out the money and silk, and then found Lu Bu performing martial arts in Sikong's mansion.
"Father-in-law!" Chu Nan looked at Lu Bu with resentment.
"I heard that Ziyan recruited a good general yesterday? Very good. This person is quite capable and seems to be proficient in literary affairs." Lu Bu knew that he was wrong, but thinking about the piles of files yesterday, he felt a little numb. Although
He had also worked as a civil servant, but this was definitely the first time he had encountered official work of this scale in his life. At that time, he just wanted to escape and didn't think too much about it. Looking at his son-in-law at this moment, he naturally felt a little apologetic in his heart.
Seeing that Chu Nan was silent, Lu Bu thought for a while and whispered: "When Lingqi gives birth to an heir in the future, how about as many concubines as my father allows you to have?"
"Cough~"
Chu Nan was stunned by his father-in-law's shameless words, and said righteously: "Father-in-law, we'd better talk about business. Today is the day to reward all the soldiers. This is the reward that my son-in-law made yesterday.
In addition to the rewards from senior officials and generals, my son-in-law is going to use the wealth and silk in Xuchang's treasury as a reward to the soldiers of the three armies who participated in this battle. Please ask my father-in-law to see it."
It sounds like a lot, but in addition to the Jianghuai Army, there are also the Xuzhou Army under Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, with a total of more than 100,000 people participating in the war this time. Although these treasures are large, if they are really rewarded, from generals to soldiers
If there is a reward, there won't be much in everyone's hands.
"This..." Lu Bu was obviously a little distressed when he heard this. His philosophy of life of being a rich man made him unable to accept giving away so much property.
"What would my father-in-law do if he sacrificed his life for others and received no reward after the victory?" Chu Nan asked back: "This battle is a great victory. If the reward is not enough, who among the soldiers will be willing to sacrifice their lives for my father-in-law in the future?"
"I've never seen so-and-so." Lu Bu was still a little distressed. He was about to give it away without even touching it. He was so unwilling to give it away.
"It just so happens that the generals will come in some time. My son-in-law will accompany his father-in-law to meet him." Chu Nan was also very curious. What he saw was only wealth on paper. He actually didn't have much idea of how much wealth a person in Xuchang really had.
, this is completely different from the shock you feel when you have one billion and one billion more cash in front of you now in your bank account.
Under the leadership of the soldiers, the two sons-in-law and son-in-law went straight to the Xuchang treasury. When they saw the mountains of coins, brocades and jewelry placed in neat piles in front of them, everything was full of jewels, not to mention Lu Bu.
Even Chu Nan, who had seen the world, was a little shocked by this kind of bumpkin who had never seen the world.
"Zi Yan, hold on tight! They're all mine..." Lu Bu reached out and held Chu Nan down. Then he felt that he seemed to have said something he shouldn't have said, so he changed his words and said, "Do you really want to give it away?"
Chu Nan was silent for a long time before looking at Lu Bu and saying, "What's the use of keeping these things here?"
"These belongings are enough to buy a million stones of food and grass!" Lu Bu looked at these things and sighed: "It's not a problem to recruit a hundred thousand new troops."
"You can still live a luxurious life." Chu Nan said with a smile: "My father-in-law can eat any delicacies and make the concubines smile. To put it bluntly, even the emperor may not enjoy it as well as my father-in-law."
Lu Bu did not answer, but the glint in his eyes undoubtedly showed that his thoughts at the moment coincided with what Chu Nan said.
"But there is a time limit, you can only enjoy it for one year." Chu Nan said with a smile.
"Why?" Lu Bu came back to his senses and looked at Chu Nan.
"Because these properties can support an extremely luxurious life for only one year." Chu Nan pointed to the surrounding properties and smiled: "My son-in-law is a businessman and knows the value of these things very well. If he wants to live an extremely luxurious life, he must
It seems that the father-in-law only enjoys the value of things, such as delicacies. To send these things to the father-in-law's dinner plate is at least ten times more expensive than the delicacies!"
Lu Bu frowned and looked at Chu Nan.
"For example, there is a delicacy that can only be found in southern Xinjiang. It requires two people to die to find the ingredients for this delicacy. At the same time, it has to be transported from southern Xinjiang to this place. People eat horse chews along the way. The cost of the road alone is worth the delicacy.
Secondly, if there is no huge profit, who is willing to risk his life to go to southern Xinjiang to find delicacies for his father-in-law?"
Seeing that Lu Bu remained silent, Chu Nan smiled and said, "My son-in-law is a merchant. Without five times the profit from this kind of business, no one would be willing to risk his life to find him. Even five times the profit would be difficult to find."
"In addition, there is cooking. Not all cooks can cook delicious food, and the ingredients that match it may be more expensive than the food itself. In addition, those who find delicious food for their father-in-law also need rewards, and
There is a certain possibility of cooking failure. On average, ten times is more reasonable."
Seeing that Lu Bu was a little dull, Chu Nan smiled and said: "This is food, in addition to clothing and housing. If you want to be extremely luxurious, you can, but it will consume a lot of labor."
In this era where everything depends on human effort, the cost of enjoying a luxurious life is staggering and beyond the imagination of modern people.
As for whether Lu Bu knows how to be luxurious, don't worry at all. He doesn't know how to enjoy it, but as long as he shows interest in this aspect, someone will naturally teach him how to enjoy it.
You don’t think so, but don’t you know how to enjoy it?
Although there are a lot of things in this warehouse, Lu Bu is really extravagant and wasteful. No matter how much he has, it will not be enough.
"The most terrifying thing is that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality." Chu Nan looked at Lu Bu seriously: "After all these wealth are used up, my father-in-law has no money in his hands, but he will eat the same food as before."
It tastes like chewing gum, and the pretty concubine will feel dissatisfied without being rewarded from time to time. Although she won't show it directly, she will start to deal with her father-in-law, and there are only two ways left for him."
"Which two?" Lu Bu looked at Chu Nan.
"The first step is to wake up and adapt to a relatively peaceful life with great perseverance." Chu Nan sighed: "But this road is extremely difficult. Father-in-law can think about it. If he is allowed to be happy with an ordinary-looking woman at this time, what will happen to him?
Is that desirable?"
If you are used to being surrounded by beauties, how can an ordinary woman still catch your eye?
Lu Bu shook his head silently. She may not be Diao Chan, but she cannot be a beauty.
"Of course, father-in-law can also try to eat what ordinary people eat, and see how many days it can last?" Chu Nan added, letting Lu Bu have a try.
In this regard, Lu Bu actually has a lot of patience. After all, if he goes on an expedition, even if he has a small stove, it cannot be too elaborate. Sometimes in order to boost morale, it is common to eat the same thing as the soldiers, but if he keeps eating, most of the time
Also unwilling.
"What's the other way?" Lu Bu already had a vague guess in his mind.
"Extreme taxation and endless exploitation were used to obtain enough money for my father-in-law to squander, but in this way, he will not be far away from betraying his relatives. At this point, my father-in-law can think back to Dong Zhuo in Chang'an." Chu Nan said with a smile.
In the later stages of Dong Zhuo's life, he was basically in a broken state.
Lu Bu nodded when he heard this, glanced at the warehouse, then looked at Chu Nan, and then looked at the treasures. He understood the reason, but...
"Father-in-law, this is actually a test for my father-in-law." Chu Nan smiled and said: "It's difficult, but if you pass it, your father-in-law may know what you want most in this life?"
"Zi Yan thinks he doesn't know now?" Lu Bu frowned, feeling that his son-in-law had been speaking more and more brazenly recently.
"You will be fascinated by the things in front of you. My father-in-law probably doesn't know what he really wants." Chu Nan shook his head: "Actually, many people are more than that, whether they are the son-in-law or the noble officials outside."
"What's the explanation?" Lu Bu doesn't want to play tricks with anyone. It's really boring. If you have something to say, why don't you just say it? Especially when you, a junior, play with me in a deep way.
"Drink, sex and wealth are the most charming, especially when they are within reach, and the most difficult to control. However, human desires are endless, and in this world, including the emperor and ministers who hold the world in their hands, who can truly control it in their lifetime?
After all, what you have in your hands is limited, and what you can hold in your heart is also limited.”
Chu Nan looked at Lu Bu: "My son-in-law doesn't want to talk to his father-in-law about the princes and the structure of the world. He just assumes that the world has been obtained by his father-in-law and everything is at his fingertips. But when the father-in-law's heart is full of enjoyment, where will other things be placed?
?”
Seeing Lu Bu's look, Chu Nan smiled and said, "For example, if my mother-in-law becomes depressed because of family ties, she will eventually become ill from worry and die..."
"Shut up!" Lu Bu's face suddenly darkened.
Chu Nan was too wise to say the last words: "Is it possible that father-in-law will accept this result?"
Lu Bu shook his head, this was definitely not what he wanted to see: "But since you already own the world and are rich all over the world, why do you become sick with worry?"
"The husband's neglect and the charming concubine's whisper may not be seen once a year. If the mother-in-law has her father-in-law in her heart, how can these things be replaced by gold and silver?" Chu Nan shook his head and sighed: "No matter what, the falling flowers are intentional and the flowing water is ruthless.
She can tolerate her father-in-law's absence all year round for the war, and she can also accept his father-in-law's recruitment of concubines, but if she can tolerate his father-in-law's neglect, it means that there is no trace of friendship in her heart, and she doesn't know whether her father-in-law wants to be affectionate or ruthless?"
As if he was inexplicably brought into that kind of environment by his son-in-law, Lu Bu felt a little depressed, and finally glared at Chu Nan: "Don't say such things in the future, say something nice."
"Then let's talk about another use of these properties. After rewarding the three armies, the soldiers of the three armies were happy. No matter what others said, in the hearts of these simple soldiers, my father-in-law was a soldier worth following with his life. In the future wars
, the soldiers used their lives to defeat Yuan Shao for my father-in-law, pacify Guanzhong, go down to Xiangyang, sweep Jiangdong, and finally conquer Bashu!" Chu Nan said with a smile.
This is too perfunctory. Why do you feel that these things that are not easy at first sight become so simple in the ears of your son-in-law?
Lu Bu glanced at Chu Nan and sneered: "That's all, just follow Zi Yan's words!"
After saying that, he looked back at the warehouse full of money, shook his head, and left without looking back. There was actually a bit more freedom and ease in his burly figure!