Lou slowly got into the car, and Ji Er got in, closed the door, and drove away.
The three meals each contained three tripods and two guis, nine kinds of fruits and vegetables, almost intact. Lu Buwei gave them to the sisters, and he paid the bill and waited in front of the hall. The stranger sent him upstairs and returned slowly. When he saw Lu Buwei, he didn't say much and said, "I'd like to come back."
Lu Buwei followed the foreigner out. The best man and Wang Jian who were waiting in the front hall had already seen it. The foreigner sent him upstairs and slowly walked out of the side door. Lu Buwei was waiting in front of the back hall. They were also ready to bring the carriage. . The foreigner said: "It's still early, let's go back." So the foreigner, Lu Buwei, and the best man were in front, and Wang Jian was leading the horse behind, crossing Handan and heading to the house in the northeast of the city.
The stranger asked, "Why did Mr. Lu make an appointment to make Mr. Lou his daughter?"
Lu Buwei said: "In the past, when I saw that the young master was interested in Lou's daughter, I spoke to Zhong Xi a little. The young master is a noble man, and Zhong Xi did not dare to respond, so he sued his brother; his brother also did not dare to respond, so he reported to his master again. The master invited the Duke of Lou. The Duke of Lou called me to see him to talk about the affairs of Qin and Zhao, but I did not dare to decide, so I asked the prince. This is all true."
The stranger said: "What did Mr. Lou say at that time?"
Lu Buwei said: "Gong Lou said that you are begging for a wife for your young master, and your young master is in danger. Do you know this? I said it is unknown. Lou Gong said that Zhao Ming and Qin had a secret alliance with the princes to plot it. Don't make any mistakes. ! The minister said that important matters of the family and the country are beyond the knowledge of the minister, and I would like to report them to the young master. Lou Gong said that on a certain day and time, I will meet the young master in Hanyuefang. I promise that I will report to the young master, and only talk about the relationship between Qin and Zhao Things. Didn’t you know that Lou Gong said this!"
The best man said: "What did you say?"
The stranger said: "The daughter of the Lou family belongs to me. But it is difficult for that big family to get close to Qin, so they pretended to be with Lu Jun!"
The groomsman said: "This is a joyful thing, why worry about it? The Lou family has lived in Qin for a long time, and has won the king's favor. He is good at planning and planning. Although he has no different intentions from Zhao, he is not loyal. He returns his daughter to the young master. , because he wanted to befriend the young master. He also went to Handan to get one."
The stranger said: "Even if he has different intentions, what can he do to this woman? However, what I am confused about is that he has spoken deeply about Zhao's plan and the general trend of the world."
The best man said: "What did he say?"
The stranger said: "He said that all the princes in the world want Qin and Zhao to fight against each other. If you want to break this plan, make peace with Zhao immediately, regardless of the six cities!"
The best man was also a little surprised and said: "Ignore the six cities? Zhao does not offer the six cities because he has no intention of peace and must fight. How can we discuss it?"
The stranger said: "He should tell the world that Qin and Zhao will no longer use troops! He proposed this plan for Qin Hu or Zhao Hu? He still wants me to retaliate to the king."
The best man said: "You should be careful about this. Although Lou Gong makes plans for the king, he is a speaker and travels among the princes, but he is a sharp ear."
The stranger said: "Moreover, Yu Qing is making a big show of saying that he will make Qi Qi come together. He must want the world to know about it. What can he do?"
The best man realized something and said: "That general is going to have sex because he is afraid that Qin will have him, so he will use Qi as a coercion."
The stranger said: "Lord Lou is eager to return to his wife, and he wants me to retaliate to the king. What do you mean?"
The best man thought for a while and said, "I dare not know this."
The stranger suddenly said: "The spring is warm and the flowers are blooming. Will Mr. Lu go on a long journey again?"
Lu Buwei said: "If the young master has a destiny, I should carry it out!"
The stranger said: "If you go to Xianyang, you may gain something. If you go to Handan, you may gain huge profits!"
Lu Buwei said: "I will set off immediately."
The stranger said: "Tell me before you go, I will give you something and present it to the king."
Lu Buwei said: "Here!"
The groomsman said: "Before you are in a hurry, you must first get your wife and go to her!"
Lu Buwei said: "Here!"
The stranger asked: "Why?"
The best man said: "How can I tell my daughter what's in my heart before I marry her?"
The stranger said: "Indeed!"
On the streets of Jingshi, Lu Buwei resigned, and the three young masters got into the car and returned home. So there was a rumor in the village that the young master proposed marriage to Lu Buwei and welcomed the girl from Hanyuefang!
Two days later, Lu Buwei and Yiren really went to Hanyue Square to win the lottery. Ji'er came out of the square and took a cow-cart to Lu Buwei's house. Lu Buwei and Yiren went to the house first to wait. Ji'er was not married to a matchmaker, but just came to be Ji's concubine. No outsiders were invited that day, only the stranger and his party had a banquet. That night he stayed at Lu Buwei's house.
A few days later, Lu Buwei announced that he would go to Xianyang for business and purchased a large amount of goods in Handan, which he loaded into ten ships. More than a hundred slaves of the Lu family escorted the boat. Before leaving, Lu Buwei asked the stranger to stay in his house temporarily to take care of him. He ordered every shop of the Lu family in Handan to follow the order of the young master. These shopkeepers rarely interact with the Zhao princes in the city, and it is very difficult to do business with one or two of their retainers. They have no contact with real princes. Although they have heard that foreigners are sons who do not like their father, they He is definitely much better than those Zhao Gongzi! As soon as they came to Handan, they would have a big banquet for all the princes of Zhao. This was known to the whole city. Handan has never seen that scene before! I heard that the foreign master lived in Lu's house, and Lu instantly became the number one merchant in Handan City!
Lu Buwei will be traveling to Xianyang this time, and will be stationed in Puyang and Luoyang along the way. There are old merchants doing business along the way, many of which are also the properties of the Lu family, but are not under Lu Buwei's name. These businesses are all routine, nothing special, and can be handled by retainers and mediocre slaves. Lu Buwei is on the ship every day. In addition to checking the daily accounts, he is also thinking about his trip to Xianyang. When the retainers asked, he only said: "I made friends with Mr. Qin, and spent hundreds of gold to get to Xianyang. If you want to use your capital for profit, it is not easy!"
A retainer said: "I heard that the jade from Lantian and the elixir from Bashan are both beneficial a hundred times. If you get them, they will be worth it."
Lu Buwei said: "When we abandoned the boat and landed in Luoyang, you were looking for a carriage to find Jia. Everything was as usual. I will go to Yangzhai and discuss it with my father! I will be back in ten days." All the retainers responded.
The boat travels very fast and will reach Luoyang in a few days. The retainers began to look for business partners, bargain, unload the goods from the ships, and then find cars to load. After Lu Buwei got off the ship, he immediately hired an express train and rushed to Yangdi.
It was more than 200 miles from Luoyang to Yangzhai. Lu Buwei chose a powerful car shop, changed carriages and horses along the way, traveled early and stayed overnight, and arrived at his home in Yangzhai in only two days.
Although the Lu family owned a lot of property in Yangdi, they lived in the countryside outside the city and had many retainers and slaves. Lu Buwei has always had business talent, which is known to his father and brother. They basically only follow Lu Buwei's strategy and do things in detail. That day, the sky was getting dark, and they were about to pack up their shop and go home, when they saw Lu Buwei coming in a hurry. Governor Lu's father had something different, so he quickly arranged for the guards to be on duty and drove back home with Lu Buwei.
The Lu family's house in the countryside of Yangzhai is very tall, about half a mile square, and it is almost like a small town. Father Lu and Uncle Lu came in and called their younger brother, who was just a teenager and was working as a farmer at home. The brothers had met them. Cooking dinner.
The father, three brothers and four others discussed while watching the slaves cooking porridge. Lu Buwei asked: "How many times more profitable is farming?"
The younger brother replied: "Ten times!"
Lu Buwei said: "How many times can you win with pearls and jade?"
Lu Bo replied: "A hundred times!"
Lu Buwei said: "How many times will the leader of the country win?"
This question stunned everyone. Father Lu looked at Lu Buwei and said, "You..."
Lu Buwei said: "Today, if we work hard in the fields, we will not be able to keep warm clothes and food. If we establish a country and establish a king, we can leave it to the world. I wish to leave it to the past."
Lu's father said: "Would you like to hear the details?"
Lu Buwei said: "Now there is a stranger from Qin, a gentleman, and he is a hostage to Zhao. Qin and Zhao are fighting, and Zhao is extremely rude. He is not generous when riding in cars, and he lives in poverty. However, he is a virtuous gentleman who is a stranger, and he is a hostage to Zhao. , will be established. If I do this, the benefits will be countless!"
Lu's father said: "If you lose, you will die without a place!"
Lu Buwei said: "Now that we have the Tao and have made great achievements, my father and brother will allow me to do so?"
The younger brother said: "Just do what you should do!"
Lu's father yelled: "You kid, how do you know! The fight between princes is beyond the control of the common people! But if there is even the slightest error, there will be no one in my family!"
Lu Buwei said: "Business is thousands of miles long, and thieves are in public; farming in the south, one suffers from poverty and disease. If you want to gain countless benefits, you should suffer endless troubles, that's right! What's the point!"
Lu's father said: "What do you say, brother-in-law?"
Lu Bo said: "If Wei's plan is not good, the profit will be small but the loss will be small. It is better for me to follow his plan!"
Lu's father said: "Even if you have millions of people, once you lose your heart as a king, you will lose everything. That's why a hundred wins is not a merit, but a defeat is a worry!"
Lu Buwei said sadly: "Father's words are true! I should obey them respectfully!"
Lu's father also glanced at Lu Buwei and said, "Let's have dinner and we'll discuss it later!"
Lu Buwei came to worship his mother. Lu's mother was a woman from Yangzhai Township. She only knew her husband and raised her children, but she didn't care about anything else. Lu Buwei was doing business outside and had not returned home all year round. Now that he has returned, he is overjoyed. The family had dinner and it was getting late. Returning to the back house, Lu's father said: "There is something big going on today, so I don't want to avoid my mother, and I don't want to talk about it!"
Lu Buwei once again asked the stranger to be a hostage to Zhao and told him that he thought it was a rare thing to live in.
Lu's father said: "You are not Wei, your heart is higher than the sky, and you are willing to go in and out of the princes as common people!"
Lu's mother said: "People have high expectations, not low expectations. My father said that Wei Wei's plan is always unexpected, and even the number is surprising! How could you know that it is not a strange plan?"
Lu's father said: "What I am worried about is that the whole family is dead!"
Lu's mother said: "But Wei Zizuo is the son, and the father is farming the southern land. How can the whole family be wiped out?"
Lu's father was moved in his heart and said: "Let me think about it! Bu Wei has lived in Handan for a long time. I heard that Zhao girls often rely on rich families and serve as harems. Isn't Wei Wei the best?"
Lu Buwei said: "Wei Zhi!"
Lu's father said: "Young master, what's the point?"
Lu Buwei seemed a little sad and said: "I got it!"
Father Lu said: "You want to marry Xianyang, Handan, or Yangzhai?"
Lu's mother said: "My uncle is married to Yang Zhai, but Buwei is traveling around. He should marry a charming girl and create a new family!"
Father Lu seemed to be touched again and remained silent. Then they stopped talking about the matter and turned to household chores, each talking about their recent experiences and interesting stories, until late at night, when they each went back to their rooms to rest.
From the next day, Lu's father took Lu Bo and Lu Buwei to the outside of Yangzhai City before Kaicheng, waiting for Kaicheng. It was the spring equinox, the wind was gentle and the sun was beautiful, and farming was busy everywhere outside the city. The Lu family has a lot of land, and they have their own slaves to cultivate it and their younger brothers to take care of it. After the city gate opened, everyone entered the city in order. The Lu family has property in the city and enters with the festival talisman. Those who enter the city for trade must pay a tax of 100 per cent.
