After a long period of preparation, more than 100,000 people endured a winter under the wind and snow without much gain, and then the monarch announced that this time they had won.

This was not the victory that the nobles and warriors of the Jin Kingdom needed, they wanted to be able to kill and use their weapons to reap the rewards.

The army left "Jiaogang" and began to march south.

The army, which originally thought that there was a tough battle to be fought and whose morale had been boosted, learned that Qin Guo had withdrawn from the army, and that he had suffered a big loss and had to go south to Zheng State, and his morale was completely discharged.

"Three or two more such battles, and I'll have to beg later." Huo Qian just couldn't control his complaints, and said: "Fortunately, there is a slight harvest from Bai Zhai, otherwise it will ......"

Speaking of which, they must thank Han Ju.

went to Bai Zhai's territory and attacked the logistics troops of Bai Zhai's coalition army, and they got the spoils of war fortunately not handed over to the monarch, and Han Ju issued them according to the rules in the back.

With those spoils, their expedition can be regarded as a harvest, otherwise they will only pay but not gain.

Like Huo Qian's family, if they don't get anything from the expedition, one of them will really go bankrupt two or three times.

There are quite a few nobles similar to the Huo Qian family, and they can't afford to lose money again and again, and they will soon be unable to pay the endowment.

Once they are unable to pay, they should be reduced to fiefdoms, and over time, they will not lose their nobility status, but will be swallowed up by other families.

The army is marching south.

They entered the "Huo" land first.

Some nobles who were born in the "Huo" land, they sent people home the materials they didn't need to carry, and dispatched the materials they needed from home to bring them over.

After the "Huo" land, it is the "Lu" land, and Lü Wu knows that the army will not pass through the "Yin" land.

He also sent people to send back the supplies he didn't need, and he also transferred a new batch of supplies from home.

In general, two-thirds of the spoils were embezzled by the monarch, and the old Lu family still earned money on this expedition.

Wei Rui returned with more than 2,000 captives, more than 400 horses, more than 300 cattle, nearly 10,000 sheep, and a lot of leather and other things.

He will stay in the "yin" and fulfill his responsibilities.

Yu Xian would bring warriors, subjects, and supplies to meet with Lü Wu.

As the first retainer, Yu Xian couldn't always go out without participating in the expedition.

In these days, people who cannot fight, especially nobles or retainers, are usually not of high value, that is, they are destined not to be valued.

Lu Wu transferred Yu Xian, but he didn't want to have trouble within the family.

After all, as the first retainer and never went out to fight, no amount of reason can be justified.

The march was boring.

The nobles rode in chariots while on their way, subjected to endless bumps.

The samurai and their subjects traveled on foot.

It's all about the scenery along the way.

Green mountains and green waters? Now everywhere such a view.

If you pass through "Bang" or "Guo", you will inevitably miss your hometown even more, imagine what your family is doing now, whether you are hungry, whether you are healthy.

They crossed the Fenshui and entered the "Yang" land, almost rubbing the edge of the "yin" land and then entering the "wing" land.

This is the fiefdom of the Zhi clan.

"A hundred miles east of here, is my fiefdom." Huang Zhao's face was a little gloomy, and his stomach was full of unhappiness, and he said: "On the edge of 'less water', my hometown, there are grass and fish, and there is soil and ......."

Lu Wu listened to Huang Zhao humming a minor tune, and the whole text did not have too flowery rhetoric, but it was just a short sentence of the four and six.

They have been on the expedition for more than half a year, and they have missed the spring ploughing.

Although it has only been half a year, many impressions of their hometown have gradually blurred, and too many bad things have upset them.

Temporarily stationed in the camp to rest, Lu Wu was chatting with a few colleagues, but received a summons from Zhigang.

"Wu, this is my fiefdom." Zhigang looked refreshed, pointed to the vast land, and said, "You need to give good guidance when you pass through this place." ”

This "pointing" means "pointing the country".

In other words, Zhigang has always been thinking about asking Lu Wu to help plan the irrigation system, hoping that Lu Wu can watch with dim sum, so that he can have some concept of the terrain in his heart.

When Lü Wu entered this area, he was most impressed by the fact that farmland was everywhere, and there were far more villages than "Huo", "Lu" and "Yin".

The Xun family, the Zhongxing clan and the Zhi clan, most of their fiefs have been developed for hundreds of years, and the cultivated land is mostly taken for granted, and the population is relatively dense.

Like most of the great nobles, their fiefdoms were not concentrated in one place, but were divided into several regions.

The Zhi fief on the edge of Xintian is not the largest fief under Zhi Gang's name, but the area close to where the Qi State is located.

In addition, the fiefdoms of the Xun clan and the Zhongxing clan were concentrated in the eastern part of the Jin Kingdom, but they were divided by the Fan, Luan, He, Han, and various middle and lower nobles.

At present, the largest fief is actually the Yin family, and then the Fan family, and the Xun family (including the Zhi family and the Zhongxing family) is only ranked third.

Lu Wu saw at a glance that the Zhi clan actually already had an irrigation system, but it looked a little messy.

On this plain, some of the already formed streams crisscrossed, and some canals were dug up to connect the streams, but they turned one side and suddenly turned the other side.

"Zhibo." Lu Wu already had a rough idea in his heart, and said, "I'm afraid it's difficult for the kid to have spare strength. ”

Zhi Fu raised his eyebrows, looking a little unhappy.

Lu Wu was not a little nervous, so he said truthfully: "Zhibo has relatives under his command, where to dig the canal, it is to take care of each family, how can I say much for outsiders." ”

A great nobleman must have many relatives, and although they do not have their own private land, they will be given the right to manage some land.

Each of them hopes to get the maximum benefit from the farmland under their name, and it is indispensable to stage a drama of contention.

Lu Wucai was not happy to get involved in the Zhi clan's own internal strife.

Zhigang still frowned, thought for a while and asked, "If I give you the power......"

"Zhibo." Lu Wu showed an embarrassed expression and said, "I am not a member of the Zhi family, nor am I a retainer. ”

How can power be granted casually.

Besides, Zhi Gangli overrode public opinion and really gave Lu Wu power, and Lu Wu was not stupid enough to really exercise those powers!

If it's done, the benefits are Zhi's.

Hatred and contradictions all fell on Lu Wu.

What a fool it must have been to take on such an errand.

Zhi Gang is a smart man, and he knew what was going on as soon as he saw Lu Wu's attitude, so he proposed a solution.

There is no need for Lu Wu to come forward, you only need to plan it, and then organize it in words, it is better to have pictures.

When it comes to this, Lu Wu can't shirk it if he wants to.

It's just that he still needs to make his words clear and said: "Zhibo's relatives will blame me, and Zhibo needs to protect him at the right time." ”

Zhigang laughed out loud with a "haha" and agreed.

Then in the next step, Zhi Gang found a reason for the inspection and gave Lu Wu an order to cruise.

Under the leadership of the Zhi family's retainers, Lu Wu was inevitably accompanied by samurai from two families and repeatedly inspected the territory of the Zhi family.

When the army left the Zhi clan's fiefdom, Lu Wucai had planned two or three out of ten, but he could not continue to patrol, so he had to hand over the planned part to Zhi Gang first.

What he didn't know was that because of such an incident, Han Ju and Zhigang theorized.

Han Ju is an elder who appreciates and will inevitably take care of him, but he didn't make a big fuss with Zhi Gang.

Afterwards, Lu Wu got a gift list from Zhifu.

This is a gift list with the number of slaves and food to be given, and the quantity is relatively large.

In addition, Lu Wu's military position has been transferred, from a "brigade commander" to a "military captain" with no real power, and in the future, he will follow Zhigang's side, listen to instructions, and help run errands.

Not long after, Lu Wu added the positions of "Si Ge Dun" and "Si Bing" to his body.

"Si Ge Dun" is actually a position in charge of weapons and equipment.

The "division soldier" is responsible for dispatching the source of troops and replenishing the team that needs to be replenished.

Lu Wu, who was not stupid, knew what was going on, he specially went to meet Han Jue, but he didn't thank him clearly, but just cooked food and served it himself as a junior.

After Lu Wu was transferred to the "captain", he was no longer the "brigade commander" under Cheng Hua.

Although Cheng Hua felt pity, he was sincerely happy for Lu Wu.

The "lieutenant" is a springboard, and Cheng Hua was appointed as a "lieutenant" before he was appointed as a "commander" and became a "division" commander.

It is impossible for Lu Wu to become "handsome" in a short time.

First, the title is not in place, and second, the strength of the family does not allow it.

He made his own guess that after becoming a "lieutenant", he would have to work in this position for at least three years.

In fact, during the period of alliance with Qin, Lu Wu made so many contributions, but he did not receive rewards and promotions immediately, which belonged to the process of accumulating merits.

This time, Zhi Gang knew that he was at a loss, and he operated the "things" that should have belonged to Lu Wu, eliminated those additional interferences, and gave them to Lu Wu.

To put it more clearly, Lu Wu had already pierced the "ceiling", but no one pulled it.

He's just getting what he's got now.

Linghu (Wei), who went south together, specially let Lu Wu go over.

The elder didn't say much, just asked Lu Wu to be as low-key as he could be next, and if he couldn't be low-key, he could be as high-profile as he could be.

Sounds full of contradictions?

Not really.

Since you can't be low-key, it's so high-profile that everyone wants to fight for it.

Subsequently, at a banquet of high-ranking nobles, Han Ju brought Lu Wu with him.

Under the joint witness of Han Ju, Zhigang and Wei Wei, Lü Wu promised Shi bream (彘gongzi) that he would never be involved in the pottery industry, and would take out the pottery-making technology he had mastered and give it to Fan.

It's a must-do.

Lu Wuyou is selling pottery, although he is not doing much, but as his status is repeatedly improved, the originally small contradiction will be magnified.

Once Fan felt that Lu Wu was challenging them, he would definitely take measures.

Now it looks like Lu Wu gave up his own interests, but avoided being an enemy of the Fan family.

The Fan clan has no reason to target Lu Wu in the future, depending on the premise of Lu Wu's acquaintance, he must have an aristocratic demeanor and cannot create any obstacles for Lu Wu.

The Zhi clan, the Han clan and the Wei clan stood up for Lu Wu together, not only the Fan clan was surprised, but the rest of the nobles who knew the news also felt that they should face up to such a person as Lu Wu.

The army marched south and entered the territory of Zheng State.

Because the king of the Jin state was also in the army, Zheng Guo must have given a grand hospitality, but he was delayed for seven or eight days in a place called "Yong" before crossing the river and reaching the south bank.

The news about the Chu side was transmitted.

The surname Mi, the Xiong family, and the king of Chu (Chu Gongwang) who is known as the judge have led the Chu army into the state of Xu!