To first solve the problem of hunger, Chen Xi found a restaurant not too far from the city gate. Chen Xi walked in with Fan Jian and Chen Lan.
As soon as he entered, the servant boy yelled and ran away. Chen Xi looked at Fan Jian helplessly. Is he so scary? Fan Jian couldn't help but smile, and the corners of her mouth moved slightly upwards. Chen Lan had already giggle on the other side, then she saw Chen Xi's expression and cover her mouth. Her body trembling slightly from holding the laughter.
Soon the shopkeeper of the restaurant ran out. The fat body swayed from side to side as he ran. He took a deep breath in front of Chen Xi and said respectfully, "Mr. Chen, welcome."
"Is there is no separate room? "asked Chen Xi after looking to the left and right.
"Yes. xiaozi, lead young master Chen up to the second floor." After glancing at the two women behind Chen Xi, he nodded.
Sitting in the window room on the second floor, Chen Xi thought at this time that the entire restaurant in Fenggao seemed to belong to the Mi family. After Mi Zhu came to Fenggao, he didn't do any other business, but he set up some restaurants, then went to Qingzhou to picked up refined salt. Without taking a half-day break, he went to Jiangdong and talked to the Lu family. How could there be no information about the Lu family's situation now?
Soon, four dishes were served, two cold and two hot. The staple food was steamed buns. It is said that the steamed buns have already defeated corn rice and became the new staple food, they are also powerful enough to compete with white rice. The steam bun has begun to spread towards the entire Central Plains.
For Chen Xi, it is difficult to control. One is that the method is too simple, and the other is that eating this stuff is more economical and easier to digest than hard buns. At the same weight, the hard buns will make you more hungry.
So let it spread. Chen Xi is not good to say anything about it. He still wants to get some vegetable oil or something similar. Unfortunately, the time is not right, so he hopes to get some soybeans to make soybean oil. As for how to get rid of the beany smell, this is beyond the scope of his knowledge. With the oily bean dregs, Chen Xi had already thought about making it into okara cakes, which are absolutely pollution-free natural products. You don't even need to use oil...
Anyway, Chen Xi feels that he is much better than the kind of black-hearted businessmen of later generations. The ghost knows what those people have added to it. At least his kind of green product is generally pollution-free with a little bit of oil.
The food during the Three Kingdoms period tasted ordinary. There were basically no condiments and not many ingredients, but the good thing was that it was absolutely pollution free. Chen Xi could swallow it with soy sauce, vinegar, and salt. He really wanted to eat beef. , But it's a pity that there have been no cows that have fallen to death recently...
Fan Jian is used to eating at the dining table in silent and the aura of a young lady from the millennium family directly expanded. Chen Lan could only eat in silent. Chen Xi could say something, but what does he say? No one will reply, so it is better not to say anything.
"Ah~" Chen Xi looked out the window with boredom. He is a little entangled now. Is it really a good idea to raise such a wife? This aura is really too strong. It's okay to be a younger sister, but if she is the wife, the silent habit of eating will overwhelmed him.
Chen Xi leaned back against the window with his head in his hands, and looking sideways at the city gate, but did not notice the smile on Fan Jian's mouth.
"Huh!" Chen Xi looked at the huge caravan below, and a large "Lu" flagpole was inserted on the leading caravan. After a little thought, he realized that this should be a businessman from Jiangdong Lu's family.
[It is the Lu symbol, so it should be the Lu family, but is Lu Xun with them? It is probably only Lu Jun who came here.] Chen Xi looked at the caravan below and thought.
"Jian'er, you two should let the shopkeeper send you back after eating. I will go down and take a look. I seem to have seen something interesting." Chen Xi said with a smile on his face.
"Okay, husband has to take care of himself. Lan'er and I can go back by ourselves." Fan Jian said without lifting her head.
"I'm leaving first." Chen Xi got up and left.
Standing at the entrance of the restaurant, Chen Xi frowned and thought about what the Lu family are doing. He didn't believe that Mi Zhu hadn't told the Lu family to be cautious and not to get involved with Taishan. But now, the Lu family is coming here in such a big way, which is just unreasonable.
At this moment, the caravan's guards also appeared. They were all brawny men wearing a ripped shirt and had slightly dark skin. They have steel knives slung on their waists. There were more than a hundred people. Finally, they walked to a carriage and pulled the cover. The man in the carriage was wearing a brocade clothes with a big knife on his back. The knife had the width of two hands and was more than five feet in length. There was a chain around his body, and it jingled with the carriage movement.
[This Lu family is really not easy, just these guards and the head of the guards driving the carriage are not simple warriors. They can actually train the guards to the level of the army, or are these people veterans? It must be costly.] Chen Xi stared at the guards curiously. As for the salt in the cart, there was no shortage of it in Taishan.
[Salt?] Chen Xi suddenly realized something was wrong. Even if the Lu family was a fool, they shouldn't transport salt to Taishan. As a shipper, how could it be possible for them to deliver the produced goods back to the producer. He suddenly connected everything, and his face showed a dignified look.
"Xiaozi, come here." Chen Xi smiled and shouted to the young boy in the restaurant. It was really too much trouble to come out without a guard.
"Master Chen." Xiaozi bowed.
"Get me a pen and ink. If you have paper, then bring a piece of paper." Chen Xi said with a smile, without the slightest panic.
Soon xiaozi brought the pen and ink, but there was no paper, only a roll of blank slips.
Chen Xi quickly spread out the blank slips, then wrote down what he saw, then wrote out how to cope it, then took out his jade pendant and handed it to the young boy.
"Xiaozi, ran to the government building, and hand the slips to Lu Su, who is the county guard. I was too wise to take the entire row of houses in the center street as state-owned. I can't use it now." Chen Xi said to the young boy. The boy didn't understand at all.
Seeing the boy leaving, Chen Xi looked at the Lu family caravan which was still moving slowly. It was true that the good people do not come, bad the bad ones will come. Taishan had just recovered and someone had an idea to mess with it. It was necessary to use some thunder means.
They really thought that after Taishan sent out the soldiers to develop Qingzhou, it was in a state of internal emptiness. Ha ha ha, no matter which group of people it was this time, Chen Xi didn't intend to understand it, just behead all of them.
As for what role the Lu family plays in it, let's see what the Lu family said later. It may be difficult to develop Qingzhou, but it is not annoying to smooth Yangzhou.
The natural dangers of the Yangtze River had ease the life in the south and it has long consumed the fighting spirit of those people. Chen Xi is happy to let Liu Bei, a Han family clan, help his brother Liu Yao, a Yangzhou provincial governor. A celebrity who has no ambitions and sits in Yangzhou is far better than Sun Ce. Liu Yao is much easier to deal with.