strokinit Chapter [285] Autumn Is Here
Chapter [285] Autumn Is Here
"Okay, okay, don't cry, don't cry." Lu Bu hurriedly hugged his little wife to comfort him.
Lying in Lu Bu's arms, crying for a while, Mi Zhen felt much better, and then slowly stopped crying.
Carefully wiping away tears for the little wife, Lu Bu asked softly, "What about the letter? Let my husband see what's going on."
"Hmm..." Mi Zhen agreed, and took out a letter from her sleeve.
Lu Bu took it in his hand and looked, understanding what happened.
The Mi family's foundation is in Xuzhou, and now that Xuzhou has fallen into Liu Bei's hands, it is natural to pay protection fees.
Liu Bei didn't plan to target the Mi family, but just wanted to get some money and food from the Mi family so that he could continue to expand his army to resist Lu Bu's threat.
Seeing Liu Bei's visit, Mi Zhu also understood what Liu Bei meant. If it fell into the hands of others, it would be over after paying the money. This was not the first time Mi Zhu encountered this situation.
Cao Cao in the past, Tao Qian in the future, every lord of Xuzhou will inevitably come to blackmail, Mi Zhu has become accustomed to this, and is happy to pay.
After all, as long as the protection fee is paid, the Mi family can continue to do business in Xuzhou, and sooner or later they can earn it back.
Originally, the matter passed like this, but Liu Bei assigned the task to Guan Yu, and now there was trouble.
At the beginning, between the Mi family and Liu Bei, there was a holiday of retiring the engagement, Liu Bei didn't care about it, but Guan Yu couldn't swallow it, and after he went to the Mi family, he started to settle the old score.
In order to appease Guan Yu, the Mi family promised to double the supplies to Liu Bei, but Guan Yu still disagreed.
The death of Zhang Fei affected Guan Yu's temper, and he had nowhere to vent his hostility. When he met the Mi family who had humiliated Liu Bei, Guan Yu began to make things difficult for Mi Zhu, and he had to let the Mi family marry his younger sister to Liu Bei as a concubine.
Now the matter can't be ended, Mi Zhen has been with Lu Bu for many years, how could it be possible to marry Liu Bei, Mi Zhu can only shirk and say that she is married.
In a rage, Guan Yu directly led his troops to seize the country.
After marrying Lu Bu, the Mi family became Lu Bu's commercial spokesperson in the Central Plains. Over the years, the Mi family earned a huge amount of wealth by sending silk to Guanzhong. This is a big fortune for Liu Bei.
The materials obtained are dozens of times as expected.
Fortunately, the Mi family still has some face in Xuzhou, and they have interests with all the big families in Xuzhou.
In the end, all the family property was taken away, but his life was finally saved.
This means that Liu Bei cherishes feathers and is worried about damaging his reputation. With the mediation of other aristocratic families, the country can escape from Guan Yu's hands.
"It's good that people are fine, don't worry anymore." Lu Bu reassured.
"I have persuaded your elder brother to move the foundation to Xianyang together like elder brother Mi'er, but he didn't listen to it at the beginning, and now the family property is all cheap and big-eared thieves."
After reading the letter, Lu Bu felt relieved when he learned that Mi Zhu was fine.
"Then what should we do now?" Mi Zhen's eyes were red.
After all, she is a little girl, and she has never experienced any big storms. (aeff) was completely terrified when she saw the letter saying that her home had been ransacked.
"As far as some goods are concerned, let your elder brother move his family to Xianyang, and he will be able to make a comeback in a few years." Lu Bu said casually, this matter is not a big deal for Lu Bu.
"The family has no capital..." Mi Zhen was a little embarrassed not to talk about money with Lu.
"Ask your little sister for help, stupid!" Lu Bu flicked Mi Zhen's forehead with his finger.
"That's right." Mi Zhen immediately jumped out of Lu Bu's embrace, "Mi'er~ lend me some money."
The girl's mood soon changed from cloudy to sunny.
Of course, Lu Bu can also allocate funds from the treasury, but it is a bit of a fuss.
Ask Mi Zhen to ask Zhen Mi for help, and the Zhen family will lend a batch of money and goods to the Mi family, and the matter will be resolved smoothly, without Lu Bu having to do it himself.
"That's right." Out of breath, he said: "Husband, there is still a letter on the back, which is written to you by Brother Yinghuang."
"Got it, let's go."
Lu Bu turned over the letter in his hand and began to check the contents on it.
"Marrying Jiangdong, we are still on the old road." Lu Bu put the letter aside after reading it.
As Lu Bu's agent in the Central Plains, the Mi family will also help Lu Bu collect information.
With the status of the Mi family, they are often able to learn some secret information in advance, which is something that ordinary secret agents cannot do.
It's also thanks to Liu Bei and Guan Yu not being aware of the connection between the Mi family and Lu Bu, otherwise the Mi family would not only be ransacked, but the family would be wiped out.
Today's Liu Bei and Lu Bu are absolutely deadly enemies.
The oath of being sworn brothers in Taoyuan and dying on the same day in the same year was broken by Lu Bu just like that. Liu Bei and Guan Yu were thinking about revenge all the time.
The three families of Cao, Liu and Sun are now fighting with Lu Bu forever.
Sun Ce and Lu did not have any hatred for killing their father, Liu Bei and Lu did not have any hatred for killing their younger brother, and Cao Cao and Lu did not have any hatred for killing their son.
Which one, which one, is a deep blood feud that cannot be resolved.
The marriage between Sun and Liu went round and round and returned to the familiar script, but it had no effect on Lu Bu.
No matter how much the Cao, Liu, and Sun families struggle, it doesn't matter in Lu Bu's eyes. After the Three Gorges is opened up this time, Jiangdong, the strongest, will be wiped out without accident.
"I don't know if the time can catch up?" Lu Bu rubbed his chin and thought, thinking that it would be a good thing to break Liu Bei.
"It's best to know the time of Liu Bei's marriage. When Liu Bei is going to Jiangdong to get married, it's hard to grasp the timing..." Lu Bu shook his head immediately.
There is no telephone these days, and it takes time to transmit information. By the time the news reaches Lu Bu, Liu Bei has already married back to Xuzhou. This idea is not very reliable.
"Forget it, it's better to get through the Three Gorges as soon as possible, and kill Sun Ce as soon as possible, and the night will be long and dreamy.
"It's time to eat." Mi Zhen said gruffly, throwing herself on Lu Bu's back.
"Have you borrowed money from your little sister?" Lu Bu took advantage of the opportunity to carry Mi Zhen on his back and asked.
"Of course, there's no need to talk about my relationship with Mi'er." Mi Zhen said proudly.
"Since you have such a good relationship, you two should sleep together tonight." Lu Bu said taking advantage of the situation.
"Ah...husband wants...to..." Mi Zhen's face flushed and she stammered
"It scares you." Lu Bu teased, "I don't want your bodies for now."
Hearing what Lu Bu said, Mi Zhen became worried about gain and loss again, and whispered in Lu Bu's ear and asked, "Why has your husband...don't want us..."
A few years ago it could be said that she was young, but now she is definitely not young, especially Mi Zhen is a few years older than Zhen Mi, Mi Zhen is sometimes worried that Lu Bu doesn't like her.
Fortunately, Lu Bu pampered them on weekdays, which prevented Mi Zhen from thinking wildly, but when the girl reached Huaichun, she asked out the doubts in her heart.
"Hmm~ You should be fine, Mi'er has to wait a little longer." Lu Bu laughed and said, "Why don't you wait to win Jiangdong for my husband [and take you as the reward for the future?"
"Then...Okay~" Mi Zhen whispered in Lu Bu's ear, with a happy smile on her face.
Lu Bu estimated that the unification of the world is only two wars away, a battle of Jiangdong and a battle of Central Plains.
It happened to be two triumphant trips, and when they came back, they broke the melons for Mi Zhen and Zhen Mi respectively.
At the dinner table, Lu Bu looked at his wife and said, "My husband has something to do tomorrow. I guess I will be home in five days. You will stay here."
"Well, don't worry, husband, the concubine will take care of the family." Yan promised, without asking what Lu Bu was doing, thinking that Lu Bu had some official duties.
In fact, Lu didn't have much to do, but after hearing the news of Sun Liu's marriage, he felt a sense of urgency and wanted to get through the Three Gorges as soon as possible.
Lu Bu can now eat enough at one meal and not be hungry for five days.
Simply after tonight, we will open up the waterway day and night from tomorrow, as Lu Bu's physical fitness is no problem at all.
Since then, Lu Bu's life has become very regular.
Go out for five days at a time, open up a large section of the Yangtze River waterway, and then go home to rest for a day. After eating and drinking enough, feed the wives and concubines in the evening, and go out again for five days.
This cycle went on and on, and Lu Bu's work efficiency was greatly improved, and this regular life continued until autumn. .