In the blink of an eye, days passed.

In the past few days, Lu Ren has taken over a large number of successor grain and grass military supplies sent by Xuchang, and he didn't care about Mi Zhu when he was busy. As for Mi Zhen, it doesn't matter, because Mi Zhen has to go back to Xuchang first, and only after arranging the business in Xuchang can he come to Xuzhou to do other things. In addition, Mi Zhen also hopes that Lu Ren can help persuade Mi Zhu more...... God knows if it can be useful, but I have to do my best to say. Therefore, after Lu Ren was busy with business, he finally had time to take a look at Mi Zhu.

The last time I talked to Mi Zhu in the restaurant, the final result was an unhappy breakup, and Lu Ren also understood that giving up the ancestral business was not so acceptable to the Mi clan after all, even if Mi Zhu moved a little bit, he might not be able to convince other people in the Mi clan, especially those at the elder level.

It's just that when he shook to the Mi family's home, people froze, because almost the entire Mi family was busy! In curiosity, he instructed the Lu family disciples around him to secretly investigate, and the news he found almost didn't make Lu Ren faint.

"What!? Are they packing up and are supposedly preparing to sell land? Sell your land!? This...... What's going on here? Isn't Mi Zhu still a little reluctant? How did it suddenly change? ”

In fact, Lu Ren didn't react either. Really, what's there to be reluctant to? In the Han Dynasty, the clan of the family valued the safety of the family more than anything else, and the Mi family saw that the Chen family could no longer fight in the Xuzhou area, and if the stalemate continued, it would only lead to a ruin, and the people who saw this were not one or two.

Maybe Mi Zhu will still be a little skeptical and hesitant about what Lu Ren said, but what Mi Zhen and some other smart people in the clan said, Mi Zhu will have to think about it. Especially after Mi Zhen told Lu Ren's clan "strategy", everyone got together to discuss it, and they all felt that it was completely feasible.

Now that they have a turning point, they will certainly not hesitate to act immediately. At this point, the temperament of the merchants of the Mi clan can be said to be vividly reflected. What about the ancestral industry? Can their ancestral business be compared to the Yingchuan Xun clan? The Xun family dared to abandon the ancestral business of Yingchuan when necessary, and took the two Xun to Jizhou and Shuzhong respectively to start a new business, and of course the Mi family would not be reluctant to give up the land of Xuzhou.

Here Lu Ren was stunned for a long time before he remembered to go to Mi Zhu to ask about the situation. It was only when he led the Lu family disciples beside him to take a few steps, and suddenly a young scribe stopped Lu Ren in the middle of the road, and saluted Lu Ren respectfully: "Dare to ask Mr. Lu Yihao Lu Lingjun?" ”

Lu Ren looked at the young man in front of him who had a scholarly face, but there was no pedantic, and felt that this young man should not be simple, so he immediately replied: "It's Lu Ren down there." Dare to ask Mr. Gao's name? ”

The young scribe's face calmly shook to the end: "Under Chen Qun and Chen Changwen, I have come to thank Lu Lingjun for the crime of being rude that day." ”

Lu Ren was stunned at that time, and secretly roared in his heart: "Chen, Chen Qun...... He couldn't be invited at the beginning, but now he runs out by himself, what is he trying to do? ”

――――――――――――――――――――

Turning the day, a small courtyard in Mi's Grange.

Mi Zhu was standing in the small courtyard at the moment, looking curiously at Lu Ren who was directing more than a dozen Lu disciples there, and he didn't know what he was busy with. And this small courtyard, which had been idle, moved in at some point, and the stone mill was piled up with a stove, and there were some messy things piled up in the corner of the courtyard.

Looking at Lu Ren, who was busy and interested, Mi Zhu was really a little inexplicable, and finally seized an opportunity, Mi Zhu pulled Lu Ren aside and asked, "Yihao, what are you doing when you borrowed my small courtyard yesterday and moved these things?" ”

Lu Ren laughed and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, there will be good things to show you in about a quarter of an hour." ”

"......" Mi Zhu was speechless and could only wait.

Seeing Lu Ren half-squatting next to the stove, he probably felt that what these Lu children were doing by the stove was a little unexpected, so he reached out and pulled it away. What was boiling in the big iron pot was a large pot of somewhat turbid liquid, but as the liquid gradually boiled, bursts of fragrant smell wafted out of the pot. Just boiling and boiling, Lu Ren would also ask the Lu disciples on the side to sprinkle some white powder and pour some milky liquid into the pot from time to time.

Smelling this strong aroma, Mi Zhu was curious, and gently walked behind Lu Ren to look into the pot and asked, "Yihao, what are you cooking here?" It looks like it's boiling salt, but the aroma isn't. ”

Lu Ren also stretched out his head and glanced at the pot a few times, still laughing: "Wait a minute, wait a minute!" It's ready to go! ”

Another period of time passed, and Lu Ren saw that the water in the pot had been boiled dry, and a layer of snow-white crystal powder was left at the bottom of the pot, so he hurriedly asked the Lu family to remove the big iron pot from the stove. The stove was replaced with a new pot of liquid and continued to cook, while Lu Ren asked the two Lu disciples to each take a large pu fan and fan it against the removed iron pot to cool down the temperature. When the fan was almost over, Lu Ren took out a small bamboo knife, scratched off some of the white crystal powder at the bottom of the pot, first put it under his nose and sniffed it, and then carefully stretched out his tongue and licked it......

"Oops! That's right, that's right! That's the smell!! ”

Excited and screamed a few times, Lu Ren pretended to exaggerate and pretended to cry again: "How many years...... Finally let me eat this good stuff again! ”

"......" Although Mi Zhu knew that Lu Ren was such a person, he was still made laughing and crying by Lu Ren's actions at this moment. However, looking at the crystal powder in the pot, Mi Zhu couldn't help but stretch out his fingers and draw some of Lu Ren's appearance into his mouth under curiosity. Just a little taste, Mi Zhu's face immediately changed: "This, this is!! ”

Lu Ren clasped his hands and smiled at Mi Zhu: "How is it, Brother Mi, doesn't it taste very sweet?" ”

Mi Zhu shook his head a few times to shake off a bit of gaffe on his body, but his voice was still a little trembling: "Yihao, how did you make this thing!?" ”

Lu Ren smiled: "Haven't you been watching me do it all the time?" ”

Mi Zhu shook his head desperately: "No, no, no, I'm asking you what this thing is made of?" ”

Lu Ren stretched out his hand and pointed under the eaves: "Just those sugar canes!" Speaking of which, although I have been your guest before, I have never been to your Grange to see it, and I don't know much about the things in your Grange. If it weren't for the fact that you were busy with me yesterday, and ordered your subordinates to treat me well and give me some sugar cane to taste, I really didn't know that there was sugar cane grown in your grange. ”

Mi Zhu looked at the stone mill in the courtyard, and said dumbly: "Are you grinding cane juice with a stone mill, and then boiling it into crystal powder by boiling salt?" In the past, many people tried this method, but although the crystal powder obtained has a sweet taste, it is sour and bitter......"

Lu Ren laughed and waved his hand: "Of course it will be like that!" If you really want to cook good sugar, you have to add something to it to bleach, and remove the sour, astringent and bitter taste. ”

Mi Zhu looked at the big cloth bag and a few wooden barrels by the stove, and wanted to walk over to take a look curiously, but Lu Ren pulled him into the room and sat down and said with a smile: "Don't look at it, I will give you this secret recipe when I go back." Brother Zizhong, let's talk about a few things now, you have seen a lot of business for many years. Do you think the sugar I make can make money if it is used as a commercial product? ”

Mi Zhu almost vomited blood when he heard this: "Yihao, you are also a person who has wandered the world, will you not know how rich this thing will be if it is really a commercial product?" Take Xuzhou, which was not defeated by Lu Bu a few years ago and was peaceful and wealthy, a bucket of honey is worth 100 gold! You made it...... You call it sugar, right? If you really use sugarcane as a material, even if it is just one liter and one gold, it can be described as a thousand profits! ”

Lu Ren clasped his hands again, and the playfulness on his face faded a little: "Maybe you think I'm messing around, right?" Brother Zizhong, sugarcane is actually not very suitable for cultivation in the Jiangbei area, like the one you gave me, the sugarcane used is actually very bad in my opinion, and the sugar content is not enough. But if you use sugar cane from the hot and humid lands of the south, the sugar will be much sweeter than it is now. ”

Mi Zhu's eyes widened, and after thinking about it carefully, he lowered his voice and asked, "Yihao, what you are alluding to in this is probably Yizhou, right?" Little sister, he has already told me, you don't have to be too secretive. I just want to ask you, you said that if sugarcane is planted in Yizhou, it will be far better than Xuzhou in terms of quality and yield? ”

Lu Ren nodded, and said with a straight face: "Yizhou is just a wild land in the eyes of the world, but that's because no one has cultivated it in the past. If it is really reclaimed, Yizhou is a treasure land of feng shui. In addition, there is no family power there, at most there are some slash-and-burn indigenous people.

"With the capital of your and my families, it is not difficult to start a family there. However, considering that the construction of the industry requires a large amount of money, grain, and utensils, we must first make something that can make a profit for the merchants to make a profit in the Central Plains. Originally, I didn't know what to do, but I happened to run into your sugar cane here, and I remembered about sugar production. But to be honest, I'm worried about your Mi clan's reluctance to go to Yizhou right now. ”

Mi Zhu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "You can rest assured about this matter, Yihao." A few days ago, I gathered the elders of the clan to discuss this matter, and most of the elders thought that Xuzhou had experienced several wars, and the Chen clan was getting bigger and bigger, and it was no longer a peaceful place where my Mi clan could flourish. Although Yizhou is located in a remote area, it is better to be carefree in Qingning, and it is indeed a good place for people to relocate and settle. Today you have taken out such a treasure and made it clear to me that it is something that is abundant in Yizhou, so that they will be more and more willing to move to Yizhou than they will be. ”

Lu Ren said: "I see, no wonder when I came over yesterday, your entire clan was busy with the matter of relocating, and even the land and property were willing to be sold." But Brother Mi, are you too anxious? Lu Bu has not been defeated in Xiapi, if this battle does not defeat Lu Bu, will you ......?"

Mi Zhu's face changed, and he shook his head silently: "Victory should move, defeat should also move." If Cao Gong fails to get rid of Lu Bu, when Lu Bu returns to Xuzhou in the future, my Mi clan will not be able to escape. ”

(Shameless begging for tickets, asking for collections, asking for recommendations!) ）