Three Kingdoms: From Yinlin to Great Wei Xiongzhu

Chapter 135

Chenliu County, main hall of Cai Mansion.

"Master Lu..." Seeing Lu Yu walking in quickly, Cheng Yu got up and saluted...

Speaking of which, this ruthless man who is not even afraid of ghosts;

Facing the rebellious county magistrate at this critical juncture, he cut off his head with a knife without expression, and walked out the door when he picked it up;

This...a ruthless person who eats human flesh without even blinking an eye, wolf destroyer...

When meeting Lu Yu, he showed a rare respectful side.

This is not only because of Lu Yu's kindness to him, but also because Lu Yu allowed him to display and develop the courage and talent hidden in his heart without reservation, without worrying about other people's attitudes and opinions!
"Cheng Sima must be here for something important!" Lu Yu invited Cheng Yu to sit down as he sat down, and even took the initiative to help Cheng Yu fill up a cup of tea, and handed it to him with both hands.

Although these two, in terms of their identities...one is General Faqiu Zhonglang, the other is Captain Mojin, they are supposed to be subordinates, but Lu Yu has never regarded Cheng Yu as an outsider, so naturally he can't afford to put on the stinky airs of the superior .

"Thank you, Mr. Cheng!" Cheng Yu took a sip of his tea, and then said, "This time, I came to visit Mr. Lu to return my life..."

Return?Lu Yu was a little confused.

Cheng Yu hastily added: "It's about Mojin. Thanks to Mr. Lu's attention, let me be the captain of Mojin."

"In the past four months, I have never returned to General Zhonglang (Faqiu). Here is the list..."

Cheng Yu handed a bamboo slip to Lu Yu, and at the same time explained in detail: "I have stolen eight mausoleums of princes and seventeen mausoleums of rich merchants and noble families, obtained 75 boxes of gold, silver and jewelry, and [-] boxes of valuable artifacts... There are many famous swords and utensils from the pre-Qin period, in addition to...a large amount of copper plates, iron, and ores..."

Cheng Yu's words were blurted out, and Lu Yu looked at the countless gold and silver utensils and precious treasures listed on the bamboo slips...while listening to Cheng Yu's words, he thought it through, dare to love...Cheng Yu is here to pretend.

Lu Yu didn't expect that Cheng Yu had only been in the gold business for four or five months, and the income was so rich. My dear... There are more than 70 boxes of gold, silver and jewelry.

The point is that Cheng Yu is not in the gold business full-time yet. When Lv Bu's surprise attack on Yanzhou, when the counties and counties are at the top of each other, he can still spare time to kill a county magistrate with a knife and persuade a county magistrate to stabilize the situation. stay in the situation...

This is my job and my hobby at the same time, both hands are hard...

This is also where he is the most awesome and talented!
"Cheng Sima don't worry, I will remember your merits, and Cao Cao will also remember them. When he comes back, there will be a bigger reward." Lu Yu is not painting cakes this time... With Cheng Yu's merits, what will Cao Cao reward? Not too much!
"Young Master Lu misunderstood, Yu didn't come to ask for credit." Cheng Yu shook his head and said... "If you want to award a reward, any treasure in the emperor's mausoleum is far better than what you can get from Young Master and Duke Cao, so why should Yu do this? What a waste of time?"

Uh, that's right!

...Lu Yu thought about it, Cheng Yu's pretense was about to fly on the face of a dragon, he didn't want to ask for credit, but the key is that the credit is too great, and he can't do it if he wants to.

Without waiting for Lu Yu to continue speaking.

Cheng Yu said first: "Master Lu, I have an important matter here to ask for advice. According to Mr. Lu's instructions, half of the property stolen in the past four months will be sent to the Yanzhou warehouse, and the other half will be hidden in a cave by me. inside."

"But now the property is too large, and there is a serious shortage of personnel stationed in the Mojin Camp to guard the property. It is the limit to be able to guard these properties, let alone prospecting, inquiring, tomb robbery, and fighting..."

"Secondly, these belongings are already piled up like a mountain, and the small cave can't fit them all. I came here to ask Mr. Lu, should these belongings be sent to Longxiao Camp?"

It is Lu Yu's previous order to transport part of the stolen property to the Yanzhou warehouse, and store the other part in other places...

Cheng Yu did a good job, but... no one expected that his efficiency in robbery was much higher than that of "Hu Bayi" and "Fatty".

Huge quantity, even the cave can't store it, be good!

"Well, Cheng Sima, I'll write a handwritten letter, and you can take it to General Cao Xiu to ask for another [-] Longxiao cavalry later, the number of people in the Mojin camp under your command is a little less..."

Previously, Lu Yu only considered the tomb robbery and fighting, but did not consider the problems after the gold, silver and jewels were dug out.

Some soldiers and horses are needed for storage, and people are needed for exchanging food, as well as exploration, sentry, inquiring...Everywhere needs people, think about it this way, Mojinying is a disciplined organization!

The original 100 people in Mojinying was not enough.

But now, out of the 100 soldiers of the Longxiao Battalion, 200 people from the forge have been drawn out to become craftsmen, and the Mojin Camp has expanded to 700 people, leaving only [-] people who can be deployed. After all, it is enough. Soldiers and horses are more expensive than elites!
As for...another question, the delivery of these gold, silver and jewelry.

In fact, there is no need to transport it at all. Before that, the reason why Lu Yu wanted to leave some of his belongings was to have more bargaining chips in his hands when dealing with emergencies...

Now it seems, just right.

"Cheng Sima..." Lu Yu said, "These gold, silver and jewels don't need to be transported to Longxiao Camp. During this period... you and your brothers should also take a break, and stop stealing the royal tomb for now..."

Ah... not stealing the royal tombs, Cheng Yu frowned slightly, for the past four months... under the moonlight, when everything was silent, "moving things" to the princely tombs has almost become a daily routine for him and Mojinying.

Fighting wits and courage with those strange creatures, and playing games with those institutions set up by the predecessors, if he really wants to go one day, he and his brothers will inevitably itch.

"Master Lu..."

"Cheng Sima first, please listen to me." Before Cheng Yu could speak, Lu Yu spoke first: "Cheng Sima, during this time, I want you to do three things with money, and these three things are a hundred times more important than tomb robbery." !"

"three things?"

"That's right, the first thing is grain storage." Lu Yu's face became serious, and he rarely talked with his own people in such a solemn tone. "I want you to take out all the gold, silver and jewelry in your storage and exchange them for food. You can buy as much as you can, no matter how high the price is, as long as you can buy it, buy it all! After you buy it, hide it all as usual!"

Lu Yu said solemnly...

Ah...this...

Cheng Yu rolled his eyes, then shook his head slightly. "Mr. Lu, it seems that the time to stockpile grain is not very good... Now that old grain is in short supply and new grain has not yet come out, the price of grain is at a very high level. Even if you want to stockpile grain, I suggest that you wait until after the harvest in July. At that time, the same amount of gold and silver could buy more than three times more food."

Cheng Yu had a delicate mind, but he was quite forthright, and he spoke out what was in his heart. "Besides, as far as I know, although most of Cao Ying's grain is stockpiled in Puyang City, the grain depots in other counties and counties still have enough grain stored. It shouldn't be a problem to have a bumper grain harvest in Yanzhou in July... unless…"

Cheng Yu paused, then continued: "Unless Mr. Cao wants to attack Puyang City and fight Lv Bu decisively, then the food will be at a disadvantage... However, it seems that it is not wise to attack at this time. The disadvantage of Cao Jun is that he lacks Food, the advantage of Lu Bu's army is that there is enough food, and the strength of defeating the enemy with his own softness is unpredictable."

"...It's better to wait until after the autumn harvest, when Cao's army has plenty of food and grass, and then attack Lu Bu. Lu Bu's advantage will become his disadvantage, and Cao Ying's disadvantage will instead become an advantage! In this way, the strategy of victory and defeat will be on our side. "

It has to be said that every sentence and every word of Cheng Yu's words is full of insight.

No matter from which angle you listen and analyze it, it makes sense, but... there is a major premise that he doesn't know, but Lu Yu knows, there is no food in July this year...

Drought plus locust plague, even if there is little food that can be harvested, at that time, Lu Bu's advantage will only be greater, and Cao Cao's disadvantage will not only be a disadvantage, but will even turn into a defeat!
This is what moves the whole body...

"Ahem..." Thinking of this, Lu Yu coughed lightly. "You just do as I say. Don't ask so many reasons, just buy it. Our money comes easily, and we should be generous when we spend it. Don't be stingy."

Speaking of this, Lu Yu patted Cheng Yu's shoulder with a smile.

Cheng Yu is still at a loss... Why do you have to buy food at this time when you can get three times the difference even though there is a difference of several months?

It's just... What Cheng Yu didn't know was that his confusion came earlier, because... Lu Yu's next order made him even more confused!

"The storage of grain just mentioned is the first one, and the second one, Cheng Sima, you send people to Bingzhou and Yangzhou to buy a lot of upland rice and rice seeds. This should be done soon;"

"Besides, there is one more...Cheng Sima, you and Mojinying must find a way to get more chickens, ducks, geese, frogs and the like...Distribute them in the four counties of Yanzhou and Xuzhou...I'm useful!"

This…

Sure enough, Lu Yu's words directly made Cheng Yu feel in a trance.

If the first point is to stockpile grain at a high price, it can also be attributed to being rich and self-willed, then... the second point, buying upland rice and rice seeds, is somewhat incomprehensible!

People in the Central Plains mostly eat pasta, and they grow a lot of wheat and soybeans in the fields...

Rice is rarely grown in the Central Plains. On the one hand, rice needs to be surrounded by lakes to build fields. There are not so many lakes in the middle, so it is very troublesome to plant. On the other hand, the harvest of rice is not as good as that of wheat!
...Although the upland rice in Bingzhou can be cultivated in any place, and can even withstand drought to a certain extent, but...the key problem is that it is not delicious!

Just imagine, if it can withstand drought, it means that the water in the rice is seriously insufficient, and it is very hard... It is also wheat and rice, and naturally many people choose wheat.

Besides, upland rice is far inferior to wheat in terms of taste and harvest. Isn't it delicious to have a variety of wheat?Unless it is a water-poor place like Bingzhou and Yongliang, otherwise...who would grow this thing?

certainly…

The reason why Cheng Yu is not optimistic is that this thing is not tasty and the price is low...

The reason why Lu Yu is optimistic is precisely because rice prevents locusts, upland rice prevents drought...

Now it is shouting that it is not delicious, because the people have a choice. When the day comes, locust plagues and droughts will come together, and the crops will be wiped out...The ones in front of you can either gnaw bark, throw wild vegetables...or eat this bad taste Rice, is it an individual who would choose the latter?It's not about anything else... it's about one thing - survival!
In Lu Yu's view, cultivating the habit of catching juvenile locusts and gnawing on developing locusts is the first step, which may be able to curb locust disasters to a certain extent and solve famine...

But...if it cannot be contained, at least the rice production must be guaranteed, and ducks, frogs in the lake, these natural enemies of locusts can have a great effect.

Under the severe drought, there are not many crops that can be harvested in four months without relying on rainfall...

Only upland rice in Bingzhou!
Promoting paddy and upland rice... To Cheng Yu, it is inexplicable, but to Lu Yu, it is imperative.

"Mr. Lu... I can understand the grain storage. I can understand that the upland rice and paddy rice are purchased for the purpose of harvesting another kind of grain. But why do you buy chickens, ducks, and frogs? Poultry and aquatic products are expensive. , It is also extremely difficult to purchase!"

Cheng Yu raised his final question...

Of course, he has a feeling that today, his question will not be answered, just like the previous question, Mr. Lu will probably have to evade it again and again.

Sure enough, Lu Yu's answer was still evasive.

"Cheng Sima, don't ask so many questions. After a few months, you will naturally know. As for...these chickens, ducks, and frogs can be purchased as much as they can be purchased. They should be placed in some lakes and rice planting places as much as possible. ...I will find a way to promote and plant rice in Yanzhou as much as possible before April!"

call…

Come on, Cheng Yu knew that today he couldn't find out why.

However, since it was Lu Yu's order, he immediately stood up and accepted the order. "Don't worry, Mr. Lu. Since you have arranged these things for me, then... Yu will live up to the trust!"

Speaking of this, Cheng Yu couldn't help but add something. "Although these few things... are a bit mysterious, but... it is expected that Mr. Lu must have a reason, and Cheng Yu will definitely live up to his mission!"

Cheng Yu took over the task of spending money on behalf of his Mojinying. For a moment... Cheng Yu thought about four months ago.

At that time...

He didn't even know what he was going to do when he first entered the Longxiao camp?what can be done
Until that night, I followed General Cao Xiu to a mausoleum of princes...

To be honest, Cheng Yu at that time was as dazed as he is now, but after moving out the belongings from the mausoleum, Cheng Yu felt an indescribable sense of accomplishment in his heart!
Since then, he has embarked on the road of no return of "blessed by the heavenly official, and there are no taboos"!
Just think about it, although the orders I received today are not as miraculous as Grave Robbery and Inverted Fighting, they are also very mysterious...

Of course, Cheng Yu, who had figured it out, didn't think it was a mystery anymore. Under Lu Yu...doing something mysterious or supernatural is simply commonplace and unremarkable!

Just when Cheng Yu was leaving...

"What is so mysterious?"

An old voice came from outside the door...

Lu Yu turned his head and looked...

Immediately realized, dare to understand, yesterday's incident... I missed this old man.

Hey...he's here!Just right!
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　There are two more chapters, in the yard, will be late, not absent!

　　
　
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