In Wancheng, Lujiang County, Yangzhou, although it is only a small county town, the people living in it are the people who make the whole Yangzhou tremble three times. ▲∴,
On the door of a mansion, there are two large characters Lu Fu. In the garden, a middle-aged man with sword eyebrows is drinking tea, admiring flowers and fishing.
This man is not someone else but our father-in-law, Lu Bu Lu Fengxian, Lu Bu is a hero, Lu Bu is a tiger and wolf, Lu Bu is a war god, and Lu Bu is bloodthirsty and easy to kill. These are the evaluations of Lu Bu from the outside world, but who has ever seen him I know this man named Lu Bu, he also likes to drink tea, he also likes to enjoy flowers, what he likes more is to sit by the pond for an afternoon, maybe not many fish can be caught in the basket, but he can smile And go.
He is Lu Bu, a mysterious man. Today seems to be lucky, his fishing basket seems to have filled two or three small fish.
"General!" Just as Lu Bu was about to continue fishing and bring in the dinner for the evening, a personal guard came in behind him and knelt down to Lu Bu.
"En?" Lu Bu frowned, because since his precious son-in-law took charge of Yangzhou, and Yangzhou gradually grew in size, Lu Bu didn't manage government affairs much. One of them was that Lu Bu felt that Liu Mang could be alone, and the other was The reason is that Lu Bu is avoiding suspicion.
That's right, it's to avoid suspicion. There can't be two tigers in this country. If there are, it must be a male and a female. If not, then one will die and the other will be injured.
In the past, Lu Bu was the main one, because Liu Mang was new here, and he didn't know how to comfort people at all. How to control the troops to conquer the world.
But slowly Liu Mang grew bigger. He began to have his own power. Start with the city management army. Slowly Liu Mang regained Huang Zhong, Xu Sheng, Zhao Yun, Wei Yan and others, and then slowly, literary talents like Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, and Lu Su gathered around him.
Liu Mang's wings gradually hardened. Originally, after Shouchun was built, Gao Shun and others wanted Lu Bu to go to Shouchun to preside over the big event, but Lu Bu refused. Not only did he not go to Shouchun, on the contrary, he also taught Chen Gong or Gao Shun and others the big and small affairs of Lujiang. There are only things that can't be solved, such as the position of commander-in-chief during the expedition to Yuzhou. At other times, Lu Bu is more like a rich man, and retired after success.
So the current Yangzhou is not so much the Yangzhou of Lu Bujun, it is better to say that he has already changed his master and became the Yangzhou of Liu Mangjun.
Regardless of whether it was Cao Cao, Liu Bei, or Liu Biao from Jingzhou, it was no longer Lu Bu and Lu Fengxian who they began to fear. Instead, it became Liu Mang, the king of Shu in Yangzhou.
It was such a leisurely life that allowed Lu Bu to calm down and fish. I found the fun that I couldn't find before, so fishing naturally requires quietness. Lu Bu also said that when he was fishing, he would not allow anyone to disturb him.
And now that the guard dared to come and interrupt him, something must have happened to Lu Bu.
"General, Military Master Chen Gong is asking to see you!" the guard said kneeling to Lu Bu.
"The public platform is here?" Lu Bu was stunned for a moment, Chen Gong usually stays in the prefect's mansion, but Lujiang has been taught to Chen Gong, and it can be said that Lu Bu basically does not move the slightest bit, all of them are given to Chen. Palace made it.
"Go to the main hall and let the public platform come in!" Lu Bu said to his personal guards.
"Yes!" Soon Lu Bu changed his clothes and went to the main hall. Chen Gong had been waiting for a long time.
"I kept the public platform waiting for so long!" Lu Bu slightly apologized to Chen Gong over there.
"Where is Feng Xian?" Chen Gong also said with a smile. He and Lu Bu hadn't seen each other for many days. They used to be monarchs and ministers, but now their identities seem to have changed a lot. Are they superiors and subordinates? Or two good friends? The words of the monarch and his ministers are over.
Because Chen Gong's current master is already His Highness the King of Shu, who is higher than the official position of Chen Gong and even higher than Lu Bu. This is the position Liu Wei left for Chen Gong, but Lu Bu has the title of the cabinet. He is still the father-in-law of King Liu Mang of Shu, so Chen Gong dare not make mistakes.
"Back then, I was waiting in the hall just to see Fengxian!" Chen Gong smiled and winked at Lu Bu over there.
"Haha, good you Chen Gongtai, you are beating around the bush and scolding me for delaying seeing you, aren't you?" Lu Bu said angrily. Now that the two of them are not bound by the ruler and minister, they can talk more casually. Back then, Chen Gong If you want to see Lu Bu, then Lu Bu will never see you. Why? Because Chen Gongtai's loyal words are harsh to my ears. Lu Bu was young and frivolous back then.
He even has the title of the first general in the world, and it is difficult for the 18th princes in the Hulao to get in. It can be said that he has achieved great glory at a young age, and he has a halo on his head. , and Chen Gongtai is a guy who throws cold water.
Lu Bu is the most powerful in the world, he directly said that the bravery of a reckless man can only be defeated by a thousand, but not ten thousand.
Lu Bu imprisoned the fighting generals, he said again, he has the elite of Xiliang, he doesn't want to defeat the main force of the enemy, but thinking about the fighting generals is really not a good strategy.
Lu Bu came out on his own, and Chen Gongtai started again. General, you are enemies from east to west, from north to south. General, it is best to be careful.
Who would like to see such a person who throws cold water on him
"Okay, I know that you, Chen Gongtai, are a very busy person. You still need your advice from Chen Gongtai up and down the Lujiang River. Tell me, why did you come to my Lu Mansion?" Lu Bu asked Chen Gong over there with a smile.
Chen Gong nodded, "It is true that I have something important to see Fengxian you! Fengxian, please take a look!" As he spoke, Chen Gong took out a stack of paper from his bosom, the paper quality was very good, it felt like touching a woman The skin is as smooth as the skin, and the printing on it is also very exquisite.
"Is this the Jiaozi you guys made?" Lu Bu was not a person who didn't know anything. He looked at the papers that Chen Gongtai gave him. On them were the military flags of various armies and the mark of the Hall of Heroes. These are Yangzhou wants to convert copper coins and gold into banknotes.
"Fengxian, it's not us, but him!" Chen Gong shook his head and said with a wry smile. They were already old, and many things couldn't keep up with Liu Mang's rhythm.
In Chen Gong's eyes. That kid named Liu Hanyang. He was still the one who knelt there and blamed himself for days after several of his subordinates died.
"Yes. It's him!" Lu Bu also nodded. The era of Lu Bu who belonged to him has passed, and now Lu Bu is only a sign in the Yangzhou Army, that is, we have the God of War behind us.
Lu Bu spread out these handovers, and the military flag printed on them was amazing.
"This one belongs to the camp, this one belongs to the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, this city management army, and this one. This one is the Black Chess Battalion!" Lu Bu recognized them one by one. Can you not recognize them? A few days ago, No matter whether it was the trapped camp or the Bingzhou wolf rider, they had come to him, and even Gao Shun, the elm lump, also ran over and said to himself that he was bigger than the urban management army.
Because the military flag of the camp was printed on the Jiaozi with a hundred coins, but the urban management army was printed with a thousand coins, so Gao Shun refused to accept it.
But Lu Bu has no way to change these things, he can only let it be.
Liu Mang is not partial to one another. Jiaozi will naturally change in the future, because no one can guarantee that no one will catch up with your imitation footsteps. Some technologies will be overcome sooner or later. Just like modern people, if you let those ancient copper coins be faked, they will naturally be accurate, even more refined than those ancient copper coins.
This is the power of technology.
What Liu Mang meant was that whichever army made the greatest contribution to Yangzhou should be printed, so that all the elites in the Yangzhou army could be mobilized.
"Is that the only thing?" Lu Bu looked at Chen Gong over there with a smile. If it was just Jiaozi, Chen Gong wouldn't be like this.
"Of course not, Fengxian, these are only worth less than 10,000 yuan, you can look at this again!" Chen Gong handed over another handout to Lu Bu to see.
"Huh?" Lu Bu's eyes widened when he saw this piece of handover, not because of the value on it. What made Lu Bu's eyes widen in surprise was what was printed on this banknote.
He is no longer the flag of each army, but has become the head of a character. The head of this character is none other than our Lu Bu Lu Fengxian.
"This, this?" Lu Bu didn't know what to say and finally choked out a sentence, "Isn't this nonsense?"
"What a nonsense!" Just as Lu Bu was struggling and Chen Gong was laughing, a wonderful voice sounded.
Chen Gong turned his head and saw a middle-aged beautiful woman, he was about to stand up and salute immediately.
"There is no need to be too polite on the public platform. You and I have been friends for many years, so treat it as a relationship between relatives and friends!" The middle-aged beautiful woman said to Chen Gong over there.
"Yes, ma'am!" Chen Gong nodded. This person is Lu Bu's wife, Madam Yan.
Madam Yan walked to Lu Bu's side and sat down.
"Why are you here?" Lu Bu frowned and said, this is a conference hall, how could this woman come in.
"Aren't you cultivating yourself? This public platform is not someone else, why can't I come in!" Madam Yan rolled her eyes at Lu Bu over there. Lu Bu is the main one, with the last stop but not the next stop.
But now the whole situation became clear, Lu Bu didn't have to go into battle to kill the enemy, and the son-in-law in Yangzhou could enjoy peace in their family, so gradually the head of the family in the backyard became Mrs. Yan.
The couple also had the same flair as before, and their conversation became casual.
"Madam is right! I'm here just to discuss private matters! This is Lu's Mansion, Madam can go naturally!" Chen Gong also said beside him.
"Didn't you keep muttering before that Mang'er didn't come to see you and didn't take you seriously? Now I see it! Mang'er still has you in his heart, so be happy!" Madam Yan said to Lu Bu beside her.
"Hmph, isn't it just a portrait!" Lu Bu said with a little disdain.
"Draw a portrait, hey, I don't like to hear your words. What is painting a portrait? Do you know what this is called? Jiaozi, this is a denomination of a hundred gold, and the whole Yangzhou is using this thing!" Madam Yan spoke to Lu Bu.
Mrs. Yan said that with a proud look, because this hundred gold money is only available to big businessmen or those nobles of the gentry.
It is a great honor for my husband to be accepted on this hundred-gold gift, and he went out and pointed at the hundred-gold money. did you see it. That's what my husband looks like. So Mrs. Lu's face in the Lujiang gentry circle is the elder. She was naturally happy, and even Mrs. Yan wondered if she could let his precious son-in-law put herself on it.
But just think about it. In this era, women's rights have not yet begun to spread. There are only two possibilities for a woman who can have prestige at home. The first is that the woman's family is very powerful, such as a princess, and the other is that a man really loves his wife. Performance.
Otherwise, according to the words of our big-eared thief, brothers are like brothers and women are like clothes.
a piece of clothing. How much do you care about him? If it is broken, it will be lost, and if it is dirty, it may be lost. Lu Bu is obedient to Mrs. Yan precisely because he loves his wife.
"The whole of Yangzhou is using this thing?" Lu Bu frowned. "What about the gold?"
"The gold has been collected into the treasury by Your Highness!" Chen Gong said to Lu Bu.
"Then what if someone doesn't want to use this Jiaozi?" Lu Bu asked suspiciously.
"Don't want to use jiaozi? In Yangzhou, there are basically none, because it is difficult to do business without jiaozi!" Chen Gong said to Lu Bu over there. Now if you want to do business in Yangzhou, when you open a shop You need to use Jiaozi as collateral. If you give gold and I will not take it back, how can you have Jiaozi? Please go to a gold bank in Yangzhou to exchange it.
And those traders are leaving. Yes, you can also go to the gold bank with Jiaozi to exchange. If it is confirmed that you are a merchant, then I will exchange it to you, exactly.
It was because of such a straightforwardness that many merchants brought Jiaozi to their door to do business. Anyway, this Jiaozi could go to any gold bank in Yangzhou to exchange gold.
"Such a small piece of paper is worth a hundred gold?" Lu Bu couldn't help but look at it twice more curiously, looking at his own profile picture on it, not to mention looking at you, he really looks a bit like you, that sword eyebrow is quite handsome .
"What are you looking at, what's there to see, you're a big man! You thought you were that young man back then!" Mrs. Yan said while beating her husband on the sidelines.
"I'm just looking at it!" Lu Bu blushed a little. "That kid has a conscience!" Lu Bu was quite satisfied. Isn't the purpose of life is to make a name for yourself.
He, Lu Bu, has done it, and with this kind of practice of Jiaozi, as long as Yangzhou does not boast, the Jiaozi will inevitably circulate, and he, Lu Bu, will also rise with the tide.
Yangzhou is now issuing the largest gold ticket with Lu Bu's head, which is a hundred gold. Among the folks, he was even named Jin Lu Bu.
"Hey, this son-in-law is fine, but why does Ling'er's stomach still not move at all!" Mrs. Yan began to feel melancholy again.
Because up to now Miss Lu has not given birth to any heirs for Liu Mang. Fortunately, the other concubines over there have not moved at all, but there is a barbarian concubine who is pregnant. It is impossible for the heirs who come down to inherit Liu Mang's great cause, even if Liu Mang is willing, his gang of subordinates will not be willing, because it involves the issue of blood.
Those great Confucianists, especially the old stubborn ones headed by Qiao Xuan, would never allow a person of foreign blood to inherit this lineage.
"This only shows that your daughter is not up to date!" Lu Bu was also a little annoyed by this question.
"Hmph, if my daughter doesn't live up to expectations, my daughter isn't your daughter anymore. Why would you say that about your own daughter!" Mrs. Yan also said to her husband angrily.
Chen Gong who was on the side was a little embarrassed, because this had already involved a private matter, so Chen Gong hurriedly pleaded guilty and left Lu's residence.
"It's not a solution to go on like this, someone come write for me!" Lu Bu suddenly had a whimsical thought.
"Why do you want pen and ink?" Madam Yan asked Lu Bu suspiciously.
"Write a letter!" Lu Bu rolled his eyes and said, "I want to issue a military order to that kid. I must have a grandson within a year!" Lu Bu seemed to have made up his mind.
"I got you!" Madam Yan snatched the pen and ink from Lu Bu's hand.
Is it still possible to issue a military order for the matter of giving birth to a child? Do you want to issue another military order, if you can’t give birth to a son, you can drag it out and cut it off
"Then what do you think we should do?" Lu Bu also thought it was a bit ridiculous, but there was no other way.
"I heard that Hua Tuo, Zhang Ji and several genius doctors are all in Shouchun!" Mrs. Yan said to Lu Bu.
"We can go to that Yangzhou hospital and ask some genius doctors for help!" Mrs. Yan continued.
"En! You go!" Lu Bu nodded. He had heard about the reputations of Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo. Although there are no living dead. The flesh and bones are so exaggerated. But it is also a rare miracle doctor.
"What do you mean I'm going! What are you doing if I go!" Mrs. Yan asked her husband.
"You go to the two genius doctors Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo, I will stay in Lujiang Wancheng!" Lu Bu said innocently looking at his wife.
"Feelings, I'm the emperor, so don't rush to kill the eunuch, right? I'm a female quilt, and I went to Shouchun. Will the two genius doctors pay me any attention? You, a general, don't want to go, but you want me to go? This Does it make sense?" Liu Mang established six departments, and the military department in the six departments was reserved for Lu Bu, but Lu Bu was always reluctant to go.
"Then what are you going to do?!" Lu Bu asked Madam Yan.
"What can we do? Come with me!" Mrs. Yan gave her husband an ultimatum.
Lu Bu wanted to argue with reason. It's a pity that it ended in failure. Mrs. Ren and Mrs. Cao in the mansion wanted Lu Bu to go to Shouchun, because they also wanted to go to Shouchun, and they always said that Shouchun had a new look, but they really hadn't been there. Well, hold on to this time to take a good look.
Lu Bu could do nothing, the next day, several carriages from the Lu residence set off, followed by dozens of cavalry. There are no more thieves in Yangzhou, and if there were any, they would have been wiped out by Xiliang cavalry. Li Yan's Armed Police Department is also waiting for the credits of those bandits, so the road is still very safe, but the Bingzhou Wolf Rider is still worried. If Lu Bu hadn't reprimanded and retreated, there would probably be 5,000 people following them now.
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"What! My father-in-law is here?" Liu Mang's eyes widened in Shouchun's hall, as if he couldn't believe the news.
"Yes, my lord, Mr. Wen Hou's carriage is less than twenty miles away from Shouchun!" The messenger reported to Liu Manghui.
"This, this, it's over, it's over!" To be honest, the former Liu Mang was not afraid of Lu Bu, it was because he and Lu Bu were friends of the same generation at the beginning, and it could even be said that he was Lu Bu's savior. But it was different later, he married Lu Bu's daughter and became Lu Bu's son-in-law.
From an ordinary generation to a junior generation, as the saying goes, Hela is big if there is tolerance, and if you stand on a wall, you can be strong without desire.
If you marry someone else's daughter, you will naturally worry about your father-in-law. What's more, Liu Mang found several sisters for Miss Lu.
This is because Lu Bu has a good temper now. If Lu Bu had such a violent temper before, he might be able to come to Liu Mang with Fang Tian's painting halberd to talk about life and ideals.
That's it, Liu Mang tried his best not to talk to Lu Bu, or try not to meet each other, he was afraid of embarrassing meeting, and even more afraid that his father-in-law would cut him down on a whim.
Although Liu Mang also has the strength of the second-rate peak, but no matter how much he practices, he can't compare to Boss Lu's martial arts at the peak of refining gods.
If you get cut, you can't have an opinion yet, you have to apologize.
So Liu Mang was always afraid of Lu Bu coming to Shouchun, but the more he was afraid of something, the more he came.
"Cough cough cough cough!" Xu Shu on the side hurriedly coughed at Liu Mang, how could he call such a straightforward name in front of the outside, old man.
But Liu Wei couldn't care less about the name, "My father-in-law, did he come here alone, or did he come like this?" Liu Wei wanted to find out clearly, if this old man Lu Bu came alone, he was still riding a war horse. He came wearing armor and holding a weapon, so Liu Mang should run as far as he can. Life is not enough to play.
"Lord Wenhou, he brought his family!" Fortunately, the messenger gave the answer Liu Mang wanted to hear the most.
"Are there any family members?" Liu Mang asked with a look of narrow escape.
"En!" The orderly nodded. "There are several carriages, and the journey is very slow!"
"That's good, that's good!" Liu Wei came back to his senses, "Send me an order to send all the civil and military personnel in Yangzhou to the Shili Changting Pavilion, ready to welcome Lord Wenhou!"
The etiquette should be done well, because without Lu Bujun, there would be no Liu Mang's army today, nor would there be the foundation of Yangzhou.
Rather than saying that Yangzhou belonged to Liu Mang alone, it is better to say that this Yangzhou was defeated by Liu Mang and Lu Bu together, but later, Lu Bu retired after being successful.
As soon as Liu Mang was about to prepare, he went directly to the Shili Changting Pavilion to pick up the old man, but when he thought about it, if he was cut off by the old man on the spot, he would lose his face. In order not to be cut down by the old man, he also wanted to have a shield. Mang resolutely went back to the Shu Palace first, and took his amulet, Miss Lu, with him.
If she was cut by her father, there would be a daughter-in-law on the side to help her block it.
Tens of miles away, in the frame of Lu Bu over there, if Mrs. Cao was not feeling unwell, she might have reached Shouchun a day sooner.
Liu Mang hurriedly took Miss Lu to greet him, but Lu Bu did not put on airs, but Mrs. Yan reprimanded Liu Mang as a mother-in-law, and Liu Mang could only stand by and nod in agreement.
Standing by the side, Zhuge Liang couldn't help saying angrily, "How can an imposing man do this! It's a shame, a shame!"
"Oh? This is a great shame and humiliation? Don't tell me you dare to put on your airs as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment when you see my mother in the future?" A calm voice sounded.
Zhuge Liang's expression changed immediately, "Ma'am, that's all I said! My lord is a real man!"
Lu Su and the others next to Zhuge Liang wanted to laugh but they didn't dare to laugh in front of them. Let Zhuge Liang's wife take it with her. much.
Seeing it today is indeed the case, Zhuge's family has a strict family tradition, today is an eye-opener.
"Laugh, laugh, if you don't laugh, you will suffocate!" Zhuge Liang rolled his eyes and said speechlessly to his colleagues.
"Hahahaha!" A shocking smile rippled over the Ten Mile Pavilion. (to be continued..)
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