It turns out that those tents are not used to live in people, but are used to pile up a lot of food, quilts, and cloth. Because the climate in the south of the Yangtze River is humid and it is close to the river bank, even though it is winter, food and cloth are not suitable for being placed in the open air, so they were built.
Many tents were built specifically to store these items.
Zuo Rong has looted a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry from Guangling, but if he wants to take root in Jiaozhou, what he lacks is these grains and cloth. Since entering this camp, Zuo Rong has looked around and saw every tent.
They were all piled up. Zuo Rong, who was already greedy, suddenly saw so many items that he urgently needed, and he suddenly had evil thoughts. He tried to control Mi Zhu no matter what and took all these things for himself.
When he heard that Zee Rong had arrived, Mi Zhu hurriedly came out of the tent to welcome him. He and Zee Rong had both served under Tao Qian in the past, so they were old acquaintances. Moreover, this time, Zee Rong fled south with more than 100,000 people.
Yes, he had learned this news a few days ago from the people who had escaped from the disaster. Due to both emotions and reasons, he had to treat Zuo Rong well.
Being able to accommodate so many people who had fled at once gave Mi Zhu a sense of accomplishment. He also felt that the refugee camp originally set up was indeed a bit small. Now that the pressure has increased sharply, he wanted to discuss with Zuo Rong how to resettle it.
These people, after all, these people were brought here by Zuo Rong from Pengcheng. He should be more familiar with the demands of these people.
As soon as he saw Mi Zhu, Zuo Rong walked over quickly and bowed repeatedly: "Master Mi, long time no see. From now on, Zuo will rely on Master Mi for placement."
Since Zuo Rong had made up his mind to seize the grain and cloth in Mi Zhu's camp, he never mentioned the matter of borrowing the passage, and put on the posture of coming to seek refuge. In other words, the Han people performed a hand-over salute. If it was also like
If hugging was so popular in later generations, Zuo Rong would have taken the opportunity to draw his sharp blade and hold Mi Zhu hostage.
Mi Zhu was an honest man, but he didn't expect that Zuo Rong had already plotted against him a thousand times in his heart. He still refused to return the favor and said: "Master Zuo cares about the people of Pengcheng, which makes Mi admire him. The conditions here are simple, waiting for the people to settle down."
When we come down, Mi will naturally recommend Mr. Zuo in front of the lord and ensure that he has a bright future."
While Zuo Rong thanked him, he looked around and saw more than a dozen burly men guarding Mi Zhu in the middle. They all looked wary, so that Zuo Rong had no chance to make a move. Zuo Rong suppressed his desire to make a move and followed Mi Zhu.
Go into the big tent.
The area south of the Yangtze River was once infested with thieves. Although the situation has greatly improved after Yu Fan surrendered and suppressed him during this period, it is inevitable that some fish would slip through the net. In addition, among the people who escaped from Xuzhou, there were also mixed good and bad. Mi Zhu, Yu
After all, they were all literati. Liu Xin was worried about their safety, so he specially sent a hundred flying tiger guards to take charge of their safety. These more than ten big men were smart and capable people selected from the flying tiger guards.
Shi, who stayed with Mi Zhu all day long, was equivalent to his personal bodyguard. With these people around, Zuo Rong would naturally not be able to find an opportunity to make a move.
There was no one else in the big tent, but there were two rows of tables filled with wine and food. Mi Zhu pointed towards the tables and said with a smile: "Master Zuo, please sit down for a moment and have some refreshments.
Lord Yu and the generals will be here soon."
Seeing that there was no chance, Zuo Rong had no choice but to bow his hands and sit down in the guest seats. Fan Neng and some of the confidants he brought in pretending to be Pengcheng officials and gentry also took their seats in turn. Because there were no such preparations in the big tent.
There are many seats, so some people have to be arranged in other tents.
Mi Zhu is from Donghai, but he has lived in Xuzhou for many years, and most of the Mi family's property is located in Xuzhou. When Zuo Rong came to Xuzhou to report on his work, he had met him. As for other officials in Pengcheng, Mi Zhu had no impression.
Not to mention those old rural gentry, Mi Zhu didn't see anything wrong with these people. In fact, it's no wonder that if Mi Zhu is placed in later generations, he should be equivalent to a provincial-level official. An official of this level has great influence on the city.
First-level cadres can only remember a few people, so how can they remember so many faces?
Zuo Rong saw that more than twenty of his confidants could enter the tent, and Mi Zhu didn't see any flaws. He was determined, and was thinking about how to attack Mi Zhu, when he suddenly saw the tent door raised.
Several soldiers walked in from the outside, each holding a lacquer plate in their hands, with several white porcelain tureens placed in the lacquer plate.
Mi Zhu smiled and said, "Master Zuo, this is Jiangnan specialty tea. Try it. It tastes very good."
Developing the economy of Jiangnan was an important task assigned to Yu Fan by Liu Xin, among which the production of tea was the most important to Liu Xin. Yu Fan was originally from Jiangnan, but he only knew the medicinal value of tea. After returning to the three counties of Jiangnan
, he specially asked people to find tea leaves harvested in spring, and followed the method taught by Liu Xin to go through several processes of fixing, rolling and drying, and then brewing them with boiling water. As expected, the fragrance is fragrant and refreshing. Now,
Both Yu Fan and Mi Zhu fell in love with drinking tea.
In the past, there were no artificially cultivated tea trees in Jiangnan. Tea leaves were collected from wild tea trees, and they were only used for medicinal purposes. The quantity was very limited. When Yu Fan returned to Jiangnan, it had already entered autumn, and it was already past the tea-picking season, so
The tea leaves he could collect were even less. Most of them were sent to Xiangyang by Yu Fan. What Liu Xin added to the goat milk that Hu Chuquan and others drank were the tea leaves sent by Yu Fan from Jiangnan.
However, Liu Xin did not drink these teas himself. After all, the picking, processing, and preservation of these teas did not meet his requirements. They were still different from the teas he drank in later generations. He was waiting for the new Mingqian tea in the coming year.
Woolen cloth.
Mi Zhu is kind-hearted by nature and likes to think the best of people in everything, but this does not mean that his brain is not easy to use. Like Yu Fan, he feels very keenly that the little tea leaves will definitely become better in the near future.
There is much to be done.
Although these tea leaves were far from Liu Xin's requirements, they were extremely precious because of their scarcity. Despite this, Mi Zhu still took out these treasures to entertain Zao Rong and his party, because after listening to Zao Rong's introduction, he really thought
These people here are all officials and squires from Pengcheng.
The Han Dynasty implemented a gentry system, and those who could hold important positions were all members of the gentry. Only Liu Xin held the imperial examination once, and it was not very successful. Therefore, in Mi Zhu's view, these people should be among the gentry.
People. The life of the nobles has always been relatively particular, and there are also elegant people among them. According to his judgment, these people should also like fresh drinks like tea.
The Mi family's ability to become the richest man in Xuzhou must be inseparable from the contribution of business. Mi Zhu himself fell in love with drinking tea, and naturally thought of the commercial value of tea. Since in the foreseeable few years, the output of tea is unlikely to be large
Therefore, Mi Zhu judged that tea is likely to become a new luxury product, and its most likely consumer groups will be those in the upper class of society rather than ordinary people.
These people from Pengcheng are obviously potential consumer groups. Although they fled their homes in a hurry, Mi Zhu can be sure that they must have carried a lot of gold and silver with them, and they still have a certain spending power. Moreover, these people will be resettled soon.
In the Jiangnan area, there needs to be something that can attract them. If they can make them fall in love with drinking tea, I believe they will definitely stay.
Sure enough, Zuo Rong took a sip and praised continuously: "Master Mi, this thing is really magical. After one sip, the fragrance will linger on your lips and teeth, making you have endless aftertaste."
Mi Zhu was secretly proud and turned to look at the other Pengcheng "officials" and "country squires" present, only to be disappointed. Those "officials" and "country squires" almost drank the tea in one gulp, but couldn't put it down with the white porcelain tureens in their hands.
, it simply drives Mi Zhu crazy.
However, Mi Zhu then thought about it, maybe these people had come from afar and were a little thirsty, so they might not have had time to taste it carefully, so he ordered: "Come here, give me another drink for all of you."
These "officials" and "squires" are all disguised as Zuo Rong's confidants. How can they understand Mi Zhu's kindness? Compared with the fragrant tea, the white porcelain tureen in their hands is more interesting to them. Who doesn't know that in Pengcheng City
On the surface, such a white porcelain bowl is worth at least a hundred taels of silver.
Mi Zhu couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. These people didn't look like members of the noble clan. However, Mi Zhu always liked to think the best about people, but it was inconvenient for him to ask questions, so he had to keep his doubts to himself.
Suddenly, a burst of hearty laughter came from outside the big tent, and then Gan Ning, Huang Gai, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin walked in, laughing and talking.
These four people are all generals of the navy, and they have been doing their best to assist Mi Zhu in the work of sheltering the fleeing people. Therefore, although the four of them have bold personalities and are not the same people as Mi Zhu, Mi Zhu still respects them very much.
Seeing these four people walking into the tent, Mi Zhu hurriedly stood up and introduced: "Master Zuo, these four are General Gan, General Huang, General Zhou and General Jiang. They are all powerful generals under my lord.
"
Gan Ning laughed loudly and said: "Master Mi, no introduction is needed. Gan and Master Zuo have already met. Who said it? It's a great pleasure to have friends from far away!"
Mi Zhu also laughed and said: "The generals have been busy for a long time. Please drink a bowl of tea first to relieve their fatigue. When Lord Yu comes, we will start."
Zhou Tai had already walked over, sat down, waved his hand, and said: "Master Mi, you usually hide that shabby tea like a treasure, but today you are willing to take it out? However, how can we
No one cares about drinking that stuff, and the wine is very satisfying."
Gan Ning also sat down behind the table next to Mi Zhu. He poured a full glass of wine, raised it high and said, "Master Mi, let's start now. Master Yu just sent someone to send a message.
, he went to pick up some friends and would arrive later, so he told us not to wait for him."