Chapter 244 Lu Meng, King of the Mountains
Lu Meng found a mountain. It was originally the place to resettle the family. It was surrounded by family members, all of whom were old and weak. Then he transferred about 1,55 young and strong people. Everyone dressed up as heroes on the mountain, wearing the banner of "Practicing the Way for Heaven" and "Eliminating Violence and Safeguarding Good", and then turned himself into a mountain king, asking all the soldiers to call him the boss, and then someone brought Mi Zhu up.
Mi Zhu saw some old and weak along the way, but he didn't see many people. When he arrived at the village of Dazhu, he found that there were many young and strong people here, but there were no more than two thousand people. Seeing Mi Zhu still had this little vision, he finally saw the boss here in the hall. The boss sat on the main seat with his legs crossed his legs, and his posture looked like a local bun.
Mi Zhu bowed and said, "The boss is good. The villain is a businessman from Nanjun. I heard that the boss has business here, so I came to visit him!"
The master said, "I have never seen a businessman in Nanjun. I am called Wang Niu, and I am the master here. We emphasize the word "Yi" first. Everyone wants big bowls of wine, big pieces of meat, and the name of gold and silver. Do you see the flags we hung? We are heroes who eliminate violence and good deeds and practice the law for heaven. As long as you do business with us and are not so unscrupulous, we can cooperate well, but if you dare to slander me, you know that I have more than a thousand brothers, and they are all brothers of life and death on the ground with me. Even if you escape, you will make you worse than death."
Mi Zhu felt that this boss could lead a team of more than 1,000 people, and he was still of a good level. He expressed his desire to cooperate and did not forget to threaten it. He pretended to be scared and said sincerely: "The boss is above, and the next businessman is about making money with kindness. He dare not play tricks with the boss. Who is the boss? Who dares to do this!"
Lu Meng continued: "Since that's the case, I will talk about our needs. I have so many brothers and family members here, so I need a lot of food. How much does it cost, money is not a problem."
Mi Zhu pretended to think for a while and said, "Wang Dazhu, now Nanjun has less food and grass due to war, and can provide a thousand dans. It can be transported here in a while. The Dazhu can pay in person when he sees the food and grass."
Lu Meng said, "Okay, you are quite sincere, so go back and prepare the food and grass and send it to me. I will pay you at that time. The price is easy and you won't suffer any losses."
Then he arranged a banquet, and dozens of leaders of all sizes ran out to drink with Mi Zhu. One bowl after another, and soon got Mi Zhu and his party drunk, even Chen Dao was no exception. After watching them being pulled down, Lu Meng said, "Okay, put all the wine away. I wonder if drinking is forbidden in the army?" But he still drank the last bowl of wine he had poured, and everyone poured another bowl into their bowls when they saw this.
Some people said while drinking, "General, don't waste anything poured into the bowl, just let me drink it!" Everyone followed suit, and Lu Meng also pretended not to see it. After everyone put away all the wine, he said, "The people around Liu Bei are also garbage. They were sent away in a few strokes. Let's take a closer look, so don't let them see the flaws."
Seeing that he learned about the situation, Mi Zhu went back to report to Liu Bei. After hearing this, Liu Bei said, "According to this statement, he doesn't have much strength. It seems that their strength has been exaggerated by others. However, now we are busy with spring plowing, and everyone is too busy. Let them stay there first. After the autumn harvest is over, we can destroy them."
Zhuge Liang still felt it was not simple and asked, "Zi Zhong, what do you think of their boss? What is your judgment?"
Mi Zhu recalled and said, "I think that boss is a talented person, and his logic of speaking is also very clear. Judging from my judgment, he is definitely not as simple as a robber leader in the mountains."
Mi Zhu was originally a businessman who traveled around the world, and everyone still recognized his vision. Now Liu Bei was moved. If he was a talented person, he would make a profit by digging his subordinates. He said, "Kong Ming, do you think it is possible that he is a general in the Cao army? Otherwise, he really can't find any other way, but he has never heard of the name Wang Niu!"
Zhuge Liang said, "Lord, if you are interested, you might as well ask Zizhong to continue doing business with them on the one hand, and arrange for someone to check their news, touch their background, and then we will make a conclusion."
A few days later, Mi Zhu came with a thousand tantares of grain and grass. Lu Meng still arranged the same thing, and then gave Mi Zhu a box of gold and silver coins and said, "Sir, you are also a loyal person. We will be friends in the future. We have received the gold and silver coins in this box for Tianxingdao. Although we are assured of our subordinates, if there is still food next time, I promise that I will not let Mr. suffer any losses."
Mi Zhu looked at the box of gold and silver coins and felt that it was not a loss. Although the food and grass were valuable, the gold and silver coins were very precious now, so he said to Lu Meng: "You are polite, boss. If you have food next time, I will come down."
Lu Meng waved his hand and said, "Come on, we should have a drink and banquet. We must have fun! With food and grass, I can recruit soldiers and horses. How about I be the king at that time? Haha..."
Although the other people's acting skills are not as good as Lu Meng, everyone still knows to pretend and start drinking soon. This time, many people learn to learn to drink wine. Not only do they just drink wine for Mi Zhu, but they also learn to drink wine with each other. Soon, many people get drunk, but they don't forget to get Mi Zhu drunk. Lu Meng was speechless when he looked at everyone like this, but just as Sun Quan told him, discipline can sometimes be relaxed here. After all, it is the most important thing that everyone can unite together in the siege of the enemy. If it is not a matter of principle, punishment can be relaxed.
Mi Zhu was making a deal with Lu Meng, while Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were busy arranging the soldiers to conduct military camps. Now the vast area of Xiangyang is full of fields and the people are gone, so he had to arrange military camps. This was also what Zhuge Liang thought of, and asked the soldiers to plant five new crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, pumpkins, and peanuts on the land, instead of planting rice, because the army still needs training and does not have so much time to manage rice.
Chapter completed!