The curtain of night slowly fell, but in Wancheng City, the governor's mansion was brightly lit.
The new owner of Wancheng Commandery, General Lü Bu, invited all the nobles of Lujiang to a banquet.
One after another, the nobles of Lujiang arrived. Each of them exchanged greetings, but none of them took the initiative to greet the owner of the banquet.
Lü Bu was too lazy to pay attention to these people. There were all kinds of delicacies on the table. Seeing that most of the people had arrived, he prepared to start the banquet.
"Everyone, you must know why Bu has invited all of you here, right?" Lü Bu went straight to the point. "Food, Bu and his Pengzhou Army are guarding one side of the Great Han Dynasty. We shouldn't disturb you, but Bu's Pengzhou Army is running out of food, so we would like to ask for your help!"
When Lü Bu opened his mouth, someone on the side answered. "No, no! General Lü came to help us. We also heard that the general's food is running out, so we should generously help our Great Han Dynasty's army! But, but … "The Wang family's patriarch was very embarrassed." In this chaotic world, the people are dying. It is difficult to continue. My Wang family has already dismissed most of the servants. We can only eat until we are full. We are really powerless to help. We are powerless to help! "
This Wang family's patriarch was absolutely an actor. Sometimes he was regretful, sometimes he was angry, sometimes he frowned, and finally he clenched his teeth and said. "General Lü and his Pengzhou Army are risking their lives to benefit the people of Lujiang. How can we let the soldiers have no food? I, Wang, will not starve to death. General Lü, I am willing to offer 20 shi of food to help the soldiers!"
20 shi?! Lu Bu's eyes flashed. Sitting on the main seat, he unconsciously clenched his fists.
20 shi, for an ordinary family, it may be a year or even a year and a half of rations. But for these nobles, the value of a meal was more than 20 shi. Perhaps a delicious meal could be worth tens of thousands of coins or even a few gold coins.
Now, 20 shi was just sending away beggars! "
"That's right, that's right. The world is so cold. It's not easy to live in troubled times! However, the generals must not starve. My Li Family will pay 30 dan of food. If they starve for a few days, they will go on a diet! "Another Shi Family Head expressed his stance.
Thirty stones? The killing intent in Lü Bu's heart deepened.
"General Lü has worked hard and made great contributions. Even if I have to sell everything I have, I will still support General Lü! I bid ten dans! "
Selling everything for ten dans?!
"I'll give you fifty stone coins. Originally, I wanted to buy a fat pig and bring it back with me. Now that General Lü is in trouble, we can't not help him!"
Unlike the others, the Zhou, Chen, and Liu Clan's Clan Heads remained silent.
"I'll pay two hundred dans!" The head of the Liu family opened his mouth.
"Two hundred stones? Brother Liu, you're crazy! " Someone on the side pretended to be in disbelief. "You've offered two hundred dans. How are your family going to survive?"
"It's fine, it's fine. Two meals a day will be changed to one meal! No matter what, we can't let the soldiers starve! "
"That's right. When General Sun was around, we couldn't help our Han Dynasty's generals. Now that we can serve the country, even if we don't eat or drink, it's nothing!" This was Chen Yao's voice. What did he mean by they didn't have a chance to serve the country when General Sun was around? He was mocking Lü Bu!
Lü Bu felt that he couldn't hold it in anymore. These people in front of him, these nobles, they controlled 80% of the wealth in Lujiang. Their subordinates had tens of thousands of acres of fertile land. Yet, they were still complaining about being poor in front of Lü Bu. If they didn't have enough to eat, then no one in this world wouldn't starve to death.
Lü Bu took a deep breath. He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hold it in and kill them. "This is all Bu's fault. I didn't know that you were so poor. These delicacies are too extravagant. I don't know how much of the people's wealth was eaten for this meal."
"That's right! This meal might be equivalent to half a year's worth of food for my family! "
"Don't be extravagant. It's already a blessing to be able to eat your fill!" These nobles spoke while looking at Lü Bu. Although they looked respectful, they were actually mocking him.
Didn't you want us to donate provisions? Okay, we will donate. We will donate a dozen or twenty dans of provisions. It's not that we don't want to donate more. It's just that we are also "poor". You see, we have already given you the money for the meal.
"Men, get them all out of here! The world is so cold. We shouldn't be extravagant and wasteful. Eating the people's wealth will only make you all bitterly disappointed! Serve me a new dish! "Lu Bu's mouth is showing a cold smile. Act, you all continue to act.
One dish, two dishes, every time a dish was served, the heads of the landowning clans below frowned a little more.
There were three dishes and one soup, two vegetarian dishes and one meat dish. The vegetarian dishes were made from wild vegetables, while the meat dish was just a few pieces of fatty meat and some wild mushrooms stir-fried. There was even pig hair on the fatty meat.
These nobles who lived like princes felt their stomachs churn. How could they still be in the mood to eat?
As for the rice, it was yellow and withered. White rice was very difficult to find. There were chaff, chestnut shells, and even small stones mixed in the rice.
One of the nobles poked at the rice and even found cooked rice worms. Was this something that humans could eat?
"What? Isn't everyone hungry?! " Lü Bu was the first to pick up his chopsticks. The food that the nobles and nobles thought was not suitable for humans to eat was actually eaten by Lü Bu with great relish.
Seeing that no one picked up their chopsticks, Lü Bu sneered in his heart and said, "I'm sorry, everyone. Our army's provisions are already insufficient. I wanted to help everyone, but who would have thought that everyone is also in dire straits in this chaotic world. That's why I'm eating plain tea. I hope everyone can understand!" Lü Bu tried to borrow provisions from these nobles and nobles, but each and every one of them said that their lives were not good and they had no food in their homes. But for the army, they would rather starve and squeeze out a few dozen stones.
Their words were very emotional, but they were actually crying about being poor.
"I understand, I understand!" The ones who said that they understood were those crying about being poor.
"This is already a delicacy. I can't even eat such good food at home! Look, there's even meat! "
"Come, come, come. Everyone here is the mainstay of Lujiang. Without you, there would be no Lujiang. This Bu brings my Pengzhou Army to toast everyone!" Lü Bu picked up his wine glass and toasted to the nobles and nobles.
Lü Bu was the current master of Wancheng city. His official position was General Who Pacifies the East. He also had the title of Xu Province's Magistrate. The nobles looked down on Lü Bu, but they did not dare to be excessive in their etiquette. Therefore, they all picked up their wine glass to return the toast.
When they drank the wine, their faces turned green. The wine was actually sour. The wine that was supposed to be clear turned turbid.
"Cough, cough!" An old nobles choked on the wine and spat out small stones from his mouth from time to time.
Lü Bu drank the wine glass in one gulp. These people had no choice but to give him face. They could only endure the pain and drink the wine glass.
"Everyone, this Bu is new here. In the future, I still need everyone's help. This Bu will toast everyone again!" Lü Bu drank another cup.
He still wants to drink? The nobles and nobles below were anxious. Can this wine be drunk? Drinking one cup was a last resort. Drinking two cups would kill them.
"What's wrong? Is this wine not to your liking?" Lü Bu looked at the nobles and nobles below and asked.
It's not that the wine is not to their liking. It's just that this wine is not to their liking. They thought so in their heart, but they did not say so.
"General Lü, it's not that the wine is not to our liking. It's just that the wine is not to our liking!" A nobles stood up and said.
"The wine is not to our liking? You only drank two cups. Oh, I know. It's because there is no food in your stomach. That's why the wine is not to our liking! Come, eat some food so that you can drink! "Lü Bu said and let the maidservant on the side pick up some food for the nobles and nobles.
It was either wild vegetables, mushrooms, or fatty meat with pig hair. The Patriarch ate them all with a bitter expression on his face.
"Come, drink again!" Lü Bu raised his wine cup again. The nobles below had learned their lesson. They said that the wine was not to their liking, so they had to eat the pig's food. Compared to the food that was hard to swallow, this wine was already considered good.
Lu Bu has been toasting all the time. All the patriarchs and patriarchs have been drinking sour wine with sullen faces.
"Chen Jiazhu, why aren't you eating? Could it be that Chen Jiazhu dislikes the food?!" According to the nobles, these dishes were already the best they could eat. Saying that he disliked it was like slapping himself in the face!
"It's not that he dislikes it. It's just that his stomach is not good recently. He can only eat porridge. I don't have the fortune to enjoy such delicacies!" He would rather die than eat these things! How was this something a human could eat? Even his family's dog would not eat these.
"Eat porridge?!" Lü Bu glanced at Chen Yao. He was the one who mocked him the most. Who told him not to eat just because his stomach was not good?
"Chen Jiazhu, why didn't you say so earlier?! You should have asked Bu to prepare it for you! "Lü Bu complained.
"It's no trouble!" Chen Yao was already relieved that he did not have to eat this kind of food.
There were even a few nobles who said that their stomachs were not good and they could only eat porridge.
"Hehe, fortunately, Bu also likes porridge at night, so I cooked some. Since Chen Jiazhu can't eat rice, then I'll give my porridge to Chen Jiazhu! Someone, serve the porridge! "
Was this porridge?! Chen Yao's mouth twitched. In his impression, porridge should be made of fine rice with lotus seeds, wolfberry honey, and ginseng slices. Only then could it be considered a bowl of porridge.
What was this yellow and black thing in front of him? Not a single grain of white rice could be seen? Were those green things grass? There were even things moving at the side of the bowl? Rice worms?
"Come, come, come. Serve a bowl for those with stomachs! Drink it slowly and don't choke! "
The banquet continued until a messenger ran in and kowtowed to Lü Bu. He wanted to say something, but when he saw everyone present, he stopped.
"If you have something to say, just say it. Everyone here is the mainstay of Lujiang!"
"Reporting to Milord, the newly obtained provisions have been stored, but the granary is full. There are still four thousand dan left. Chen Gong asked Milord how to deal with it!"
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