Of course, Lü Wu would not gather a large army to attack Yiqu.

Revenge must be revenged!

The old Lu family does not have a large army now.

Under his rule, the number of soldiers who can be regarded as "apprentices" is worth 4,000 people, but they have been held back for seven years; The number of "envy" is not easy to say, and the number that can be assembled is between 9,000 and 12,000.

The basic plate at the beginning is like that, and if you want to develop rapidly in the early stage, you can't go anywhere.

Draw a timeline with Lu Wu's return from the expedition.

Give him three years, how can the number of "disciples" be doubled, that is, to 8,000 "disciples", and the number of "envy" will be increased to a value of 25,000 to 30,000.

This is a change brought about by the difference in population base.

It's just that the number of samurai has swelled too fast, and the old Lu family's force has risen, but the economic benefits and available labor will decrease.

After all, the "apprentices" do not pay taxes, they pay endowments.

And "envy" belongs to the category of soldiers and farmers.

In order to increase the number of "disciples" to 8,000 within three years, the old Lu family needs to add at least 40,000 to 50,000 more people.

These additional populations are counted in the range of taxes that can be collected by Lü Wu, and they are definitely not counted as slaves owned by the samurai themselves.

Add 40,000 or 50,000 more in three years?

It is an increase of more than 10,000 a year.

It's not the same as a surge of 130,000 in just four years.

"The Lord wants to transfer the Northern Xinjiang Cruise?" Song Bin didn't approve of this.

The old Lu family has been carrying out continuous attacks on the nomadic tribes in northern Xinjiang, and what they do is to attack their tribes and plunder their population and materials.

In just two years, the Chidi on the east bank of the river are almost gone.

The Chidi were either killed or captured, and the rest fled to the rest of the land.

directly expanded the old Lu family's sphere of influence to the north by two hundred miles.

This is only a sphere of influence, and it is not the same thing as effective occupation and exploitation.

If there was no Fox Clan to block it, the old Lu family would turn slightly to the east, and it would be a basin directly over Luliang Mountain. (Both Taiyuan)

That basin is currently occupied by the Di people and the Rong people, and it does not belong to the Central Plains countries.

Lu Wu knew where the east side of Luliang Mountain was, and even more so what kind of place it was, and he would definitely stretch out his hand if he had the spare strength.

At present, the old Lu family has had a unit patrolling in northern Xinjiang for a long time, and if they do not find an enemy that can be attacked, they will purely conduct training, and if they find an attackable target, they will conduct actual combat training.

The force is maintained at about 1,500 men, which rotate every three months.

To put it simply, in addition to winter, in the three seasons of spring, summer, and autumn, there are troops of the old Lu family active.

This is also the reason why Lu Wu is confident that he will be able to increase the number of "disciples" to eight thousand within three years.

If his heart is bigger, regardless of the consequences, it will not be a problem to increase the number of "disciples" to 10,000.

"Another 'brigade'." Lu Wu doesn't want to take care of Yiqu? But indulged Chi Di or Bai Zhai? After a pause, he continued: "Borrowing the Wei clan and splitting it into 'pawns'? raiding the righteous canal; If so, can you join forces? If you are unfavorable, you will retreat and choose the opportunity to fight again. ”

Just two "brigades" at the same time? He is not a complete "disciple".

Only need the right number of "apprentices" to prop up the shelves of the troops and conscript "envy" to serve? It can be regarded as a beneficial practice for the old Lu family.

Song Bin was the first to agree.

The rest of the retainers had no objections.

This is in line with the process of every family in the Spring and Autumn Period.

It's not the head of the house who says what it is? If you have relatives, you need more than half of your relatives to pass, and if you don't have relatives, you need the full support of your retainers.

What they support is not manpower and material resources, but that many things need to be done.

It's not that the head of the house has a mouth, and no one works? It can be done.

Consistency of thought.

Coordination of action on the top.

No matter what age it is, it's crucial!

"Lord? Or can you invite the rest of the nobles? "Mao Ping was one of Lü Wu's newly accepted retainers in Xintian.

He just came to Lao Lu's family to work, and he still hopes to make an inch.

Lü Wu looked at the rest of the retainers, wanting to get an opinion.

The old Lu family has no enemies in the country on the surface, and secretly ...... The only one who can be counted is the Luan family.

If Lu Wu is willing, call a few friendly families? It is possible to put together an army of more than 10,000 people.

It's just that he knows that now all families are focused on domestic? There is no extra energy to take care of abroad.

Ge Cun said: "The matter of the Song State, the dispute between the Wei State and the Cao State? The 'secretaries' and doctors of the DPRK and China did not say a word. ”

Mao Ping was a little stupid in an instant.

Ultimately? To have enough status? in order to get enough information.

Maoping is a patriot? He has been out for too long, and he has just joined the old Lu family, and he didn't have time to get a source that matches his identity.

Lu Wu found that many of his retainers had puzzled expressions, so he had to let Ge Cun narrate.

There's nothing too complicated about things.

The Jin State and the Chu State were divided in the "Yanling", but the Chu State, which was defeated in the main battlefield, won a big victory on the Song side.

Gongzi Xi and Gongzi Shang of Chu led the army to defeat the army of Song head-on, and led the army to "Shangqiu" to show off their might.

The two princes of Chu wanted to extort a sum of money from the Song State, not to mention increasing their Zhengzhi qualifications, but also wanted to gain something.

Song Guo, as ever, showed unprecedented toughness.

The battlefield failed, and we confessed.

Want to blackmail?

No way!

Hua Yuan, the right division (ruling of the Song State), told the Chu army on the city wall, talking about the friendship between the Song State and the Jin State for generations, and the Jin army had defeated the Chu army led by Xiong Xianqin, the king of the Chu Communist Party, in "Yanling".

He warned the two sons of Chu that Song could call for help from Jin at any time.

In addition, Xiong Gong, the king of Chu Gong, was hit by two arrows, and he didn't know if he would die.

The two sons have this kung fu pestle to do things that are impossible to achieve their goals in "Shangqiu", so it is better to return to China as soon as possible.

Of course, Gongzixi and Gongzishang are not the sons of Xiong Xian, the king of Chu Gong, in fact, they are brothers and cousins.

They are "Childe", and according to the current rules, they are still one of the "big" heirs, but they are a bit lower in the ranking.

Even if Xiong Zhen, the king of the Chu Communist Party, really has three longs and two shorts, Guozuo will be handed over to the eldest son, the surname Mi, the Xiong family, and the first heir of Mingzhao.

The key thing is that the state of Chu is different from the vassal states of the Central Plains.

The "king" of the state of Chu has real power, and it is still very powerful.

If you don't know that Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu Gong, is injured, it's just that.

Once you know that Xiong Zhen, the king of the Chu Communist Party, is injured and has no practical action, or even does something that is taboo, it is very likely that he will be "swept away" as an obstacle because the new successor monarch is going to take the throne.

Hua Yuan successfully persuaded Gongzixi and Gongzishang to retire.

After such an incident, Hua Yuan's prestige in the Song State soared, but it was also more feared by the new gentleman of the Song State.

The Jin State paid attention to what happened to the Song Kingdom, but the attention was very limited.

Lu Wuhui knew so clearly, it was purely Hua Yuan who made a gesture of goodwill.

Didn't the Jin army's victory in the "Battle of Yanling" capture a large amount of grain?

No one wants to be the premise, and the grain was obtained by Lu Wu.

He brought back the first batch of 50,000 stones.

About 200,000 koku of rice remained at the site.

Later, there were teams from the old Lu family who went to "Yanling" one after another, and the problem was that before the winter came, no matter how much more than 70,000 or 80,000 stones would be transported back to the fiefdom.

What happens to the rest of the rice?

Lü Wu had a retainer who submitted his resignation, and that person was named Yu Xian.

The Yu family is in public office on the side of the Zhou royal family, but the family is a big family in the Song Kingdom, and its strength is somewhat passable, but it is not top.

Now Yu Xian is no longer Lu Wu's retainer, and he is not a rebel against the premise of becoming an enemy, so he still has affection.

This point is not only valued by Lu Wu and Yu Xian, but also cannot be ignored by outsiders.

What a smart person Hua Yuan is!

He hugged the thigh of the Fan family of the Jin State Secretary early, and Shi Xie showed his face in the Soldier Alliance, becoming one of the important leaders of the Soldier Alliance.

Shi Xie advocated not fighting before the outbreak of the "Battle of Yanling", and his performance in the "Battle of Yanling" was really too mediocre.

The diplomacy between the Song and Jin states was carried out by the Fan family.

The state of Chu sent troops to invade the Song state, and Shixie lacked action, and he did not want to fight the battle of "Battle of Yanling", which was equivalent to betraying the Song state.

Send someone to scold or something, Hua Yuan doesn't have the guts.

There can only be one reaction from Song Guo's body to Shi Xie, that is, to swallow his anger, and then think about finding a new thigh to hug.

Of course, Lu Wu is not enough to become the "thigh" of a second-rate power.

The key thing is that Lu Wu has a good relationship with the Zhi family, the Han family, and the Zhi family, and everyone has known it for a long time.

That's what outsiders see.

In fact, at this stage, the Qing family that Lu Wu is close to is also a Zhi family.

In the early days, he had a close relationship with the Han family, and he couldn't bear that Han Ju didn't want to be close anymore, so Lu Wu cooperated very sensibly.

Hao's words?

Lu Wu wants to thank the grumpy old brother Yin Qi.

With this irascible old brother here, no matter how hard he tries, the old Lu family is so lucky that he doesn't have to be pulled into the pit.

Outsiders can't see it so clearly, what they see is that Lu Wu has a good relationship with many Qing families.

In this state, Lu Wu's help may not play a vital role, and thinking about bad things is a matter of minutes.

Hua Yuan knew that the Yu clan had given enough support after helping Lu Wu, and wanted to rely on this way to show goodwill, and used the Yu clan to conduct a small temptation.

In other words, if Song Guo doesn't hug the thigh of the old Fan family, will he be retaliated?

Again, if the Song Kingdom wants to find a new thigh, which Jin State's secretary family is suitable?

This kind of thing, if Lu Wu wants to help, he can build a bridge, and if he doesn't want to, just keep quiet.

The other thing is a bit of a fuck-up.

Wei Jin, the newly enthroned monarch of Wei Guo, didn't know which tendon was wrong, and took advantage of the four legions of the Jin State to fight the Chu army in the south to plan against the Cao State.

That was all last year. (576 B.C.)

At that time, the Jin State had no time to deal with the affairs of the Wei Kingdom and the Cao State, and won the "Battle of Yanling" and returned to China, as if he had forgotten such a thing.

Maybe it can't be said to forget?

It is clear that the high-level officials of the Jin Kingdom feel that there are more important things and selectively forget about them for the time being.

Although Lu Wu does not plan to pay tribute, he will not forget to pay attention to what is happening at home and abroad.

He has a channel to deliver the news, saying that Zheng Guo is unwilling to suffer heavy losses, and all kinds of intentions show that Zheng Guo wants to make trouble.

Even the old Lu family can inquire about things.

It doesn't make sense, and the rest of the high-level Jin State is deaf and blind.

Considering that the high-level leaders of the Jin Kingdom have been very fond of pretending to be deaf and blind recently, it is a very likely probability that Zheng Guo will be "fished for law enforcement".

It is equivalent to saying that Lu Wu knows that the Jin State will make a big move next year, and the target of the crusade must be Zheng Guo, but he doesn't know if the Chu State will send troops to rescue.

He has made up his mind, and the rest of the people will do whatever they want.

After three years of not paying the promise of the old Lu family, it's time to enter the stage of obscene development!