When Liu Bei led the Yuzhou Mu to gather troops and horses to attack Xiaopei, Chu Nan was still on the way back to Xiapi from Ganyu. By the time Chu Nan returned to Xiapi, Liu Bei had already withdrawn his troops and returned to Xuchang, so Lu Bu took this matter He didn't mention it to Chu Nan.
After Chu Nan came back, he started busy with getting married.
Getting married first and then falling in love is a habit of most people in this era, but Chu Nan has some regrets. In his previous life, his first love was painful, and his first love ended in vain. He focused on making money and experienced many women, but It is no longer easy to regain the feeling of first love. It seems that there is no chance of falling in love again in this life.
In fact, even without Lu Lingqi, there is a high probability that it would be difficult for him to experience that kind of tossing and turning mentality again. Although a person has returned to his youth, his mentality cannot be restored. The desire and impulse for the opposite sex when he is ignorant and ignorant are no longer difficult to regain at this time. Yes.
This seems good!
Xiapi, Chen family.
Chen Deng came back after being out for a long time. When he came back, he saw his brother with a sad look on his face. He was a little surprised and asked: "Why is Yuanyou frowning?"
"Then Chu Ziyan is getting married tomorrow." Chen Ying sighed.
Chen Deng: "...?"
What's the point of this having no beginning or end?
"Yuanyou also wants to marry Lu Bu's daughter?" Chen Deng guessed.
"Of course not." Chen Ying told what happened during this period. Lu Bu wanted to break away from his control, and the Mi family seemed to have joined Lu Bu. Yesterday, Lu Bu ordered that all coastal areas be under the jurisdiction of the government office.
Those lands cannot be planted, and naturally they have no ownership. Now Lu Bu has taken over all the coastal lands to the government office. Chen Ying realized with hindsight that Lu Bu wanted to hold all the sea salt in his hands. Although there was no clear intention This is the southern method of making salt, but even if you follow the previous method of making salt, you still have to make brine at the seaside.
It's just that the land on the seaside has never been clearly owned. Whoever occupies it belongs to whom. Now Lu Bu has issued an order to directly place all the coastal land under the jurisdiction of Jincao, which is equivalent to directly cutting off the way for the wealthy families to obtain salt. This Xuzhou Salt The karma suddenly fell into Lu Bu's hands.
If Lu Bu had given the direct order before, then the aristocratic families could naturally join forces to cut off the Xuzhou salt business and see who could survive the other.
But now Chunan has developed a method of making salt, and salt shops have been opened in various places. The wealthy families of Xuzhou have joined forces, and the salt industry has been completely taken over by Lu Bu.
"How are Yuanyou going to respond?" Chen Deng took a sip of the tea soup brought by the servant and asked with a smile.
"Although Lu Bu has obtained the salt, what will happen if the price of food in the territory rises?" Chen Ying has obviously thought that although Lu Bu has obtained the salt, the food, clothing, housing and transportation in Xuzhou are almost controlled by aristocratic families. As long as the price of food rises, With every move he made, Lu Bu was still manipulated by him.
"Chu Nan does have some tricks." Chen Deng sighed and said, "He must have known that Yuanyou would do this."
"Brother, what do you mean?" Chen Ying raised his head and looked at Chen Deng in shock.
"There was a transaction in Xiapi before. Chen Gong traded a large amount of salt with Yuan Shu for a lot of grain and grass. At that time, I was still wondering where Lu Bu came from so much salt." Chen Deng said with a smile.
"How can one Ganyu get so much salt?" Chen Ying frowned, and instantly understood why Chen Deng said this. As long as he dared to raise the price of grain, Chu Nan would definitely use these grains to stabilize the market. If he had enough in his hands, Yuan Shu is not the only one who can trade more salt. In other words, they will not be short of food in a short period of time. In this way, driving up food prices will not only harm Lu Bu, but if done properly, it will increase his reputation.
In contrast, those aristocratic families who drive up food prices will lose their reputation!
"Then I'll go and notify the others." Chen Ying stood up quickly. This matter had to be done quickly.
"No need." Chen Deng shook his head: "As long as my Chen family doesn't interfere, our Chen family won't help anyone in this matter."
"Why is this?" Chen Ying asked puzzled.
"First of all, let's see how much salt he has. Secondly..." Chen Ying took a sip of the tea soup and said with a smile: "The families may lose some reputation, but the conflict between Lu Bu and the nobles will become more acute. Cao Gong We have the intention to attack Xuzhou, but something happened in Nanyang."
Chen Ying realized that in this way, when Cao Cao comes to attack, those families will stand more firmly on Cao Cao's side.
"Brother is clever." Chen Ying said with a smile.
"Where is father?" Chen Deng asked.
"I went back to my old home to recuperate. My father has not been well lately." Chen Yingdao.
"Tomorrow is Chu Nan's wedding day. Yuanyou is going to prepare a congratulatory gift." Chen Deng said with a smile.
"Then Chu Nan is only a merchant, so what qualifications do he have?" Chen Ying was unwilling.
Chen Deng said helplessly: "Since he has reached this point, he is already qualified to compete with me. If you look down on him, you are looking down on yourself. Don't let your background blind you."
"I will obey my brother's teachings."
"It doesn't have to be like this. Let's do it. You and I will go together tomorrow." Chen Deng nodded and started to talk to Chen Ying about other things. Next, it is time for the Chen family to plan something for themselves.
On the other side, Chu Nan, who was preparing for tomorrow's wedding, was called to the general's mansion by Lu Bu.
We are getting married tomorrow, what can't be discussed later?
Chu Nan was a little confused, but he came anyway.
In the general's mansion, he did not go to the main hall, but was led to the study. Chu Nan was surprised to see Chen Gong there. When he saw Chu Nan, he nodded slightly.
Chu Nan bowed to Chen Gong and knelt down: "Mr. Gongtai is back, but something big happened?"
Chen Gong has been operating in Xiaopei to prepare for war. This time he exchanged food with Yuan Shu. Xiaopei is the front line with Cao Cao. If there is nothing important, Chen Gong should not come back. Chu Nan does not think that his marriage can make Chen Gong When I put down my affairs and come back, my relationship is gone and my status is gone.
"First of all, it's to celebrate Ziyan's marriage." Chen Gong said with a smile.
Let’s talk about it directly.
Chu Nan nodded and said thank you. This is usually a courtesy, but the real key is two.
"A few days ago, Liu Bei took over Yuzhou Mu and stationed troops in the Dangshan area to recruit old troops. He suddenly withdrew his troops the day before yesterday. Then the imperial court sent the Fengjun Captain Wang Ze to come to make peace and also granted Marquis Wen an official title." Chen Gong. Looking at Chu Nan: "What do you think of this matter?"
How to see it?
Chu Nan recalled it carefully, frowned and said: "According to what Mr. Liu said when he came to station troops here, he must be preparing to mobilize troops. Without Cao Cao's approval, how could Liu Bei, who was living in Xuchang, mobilize troops privately? Now he has withdrawn and sent people to increase troops. I was granted a reward by the official, but I think I had to postpone the attack due to other matters."
A flash of admiration flashed in Chen Gong's eyes, and he nodded and said: "I have some old friends in Xuchang who secretly sent me a message. Zhang Xiu contacted Liu Biao with the intention of violating the throne."
Zhang Xiu...
Chu Nan suddenly realized, but he couldn't help but think of Zhang Xiu's aunt. She didn't know what she looked like.
While the two were talking, Lu Bu came back from the main hall and saw Chu Nan coming over. He nodded to him, knelt down and said, "The imperial court has conferred the title of General Pingdong."
There was a bit of pride on his face.
"What else?" Chu Nan waited for a long time, and when he saw that Lu Bu stopped talking, he couldn't help but ask.
"What else?" Lu Bu looked at Chu Nan in confusion.