said that they wanted to talk about it, but when the two of them sat together, they didn't know what to say. One has become a general of the Ming Dynasty, and the other is still in Qingzhou.

A jug of wine was quickly drunk.

Lu Dayuan put down the wine glass, the wine was a little up, and looking at Lu Ding opposite, his face was also slightly red, obviously a little drunk.

Both of them are good drinkers, this bit of wine is nothing, but borrowing wine to drown their sorrows is even more sorrowful, but it seems that they are not strong enough to drink.

"Old Lu, do you know how I became a soldier?" Lu Dayuan asked faintly, but his eyes did not look at Lu Ding, but looked out the window, the sun was just right, but he felt a haze in his heart.

Lou must have shook his head.

"I can't eat." Lu Dayuan said with a smile: "I have two older brothers and three younger siblings. ”

"Huh?" Lu must have glanced at Lu Dayuan with some surprise, although he didn't know anything about Lu Dayuan's early years, but later the two of them became generals and colleagues, so naturally they had a certain understanding, he only knew that Lu Dayuan had a younger sister.

"At that time, my family was really poor." Lu Dayuan said with emotion: "I can't support myself, so my two brothers went to be soldiers." Then, he died, one died in the Luoying Mountains, and the other died in Kaiping County. ”

Lu must have changed slightly, "This is really an unfortunate thing. ”

"Unfortunate? Hehe! Lu Dayuan laughed, "Then I went to the Luoying Mountains." I know that I will die for a lifetime, but I still have to go, because there can be one less person to eat at home, and if you are lucky and grab something on the battlefield, you can also help the family. ”

"That's right, that's how I went to the army in the first place." Lu must have paused, "Dayuan, the family background of the two of us is really not very good!" ”

"It's not that it's not good, but it's miserable." Lu Dayuan sighed: "Soon after I joined the army, my two younger brothers just became adults, and they also followed the same path as me, but their luck was not as good as mine, one younger brother died in the third year of being a soldier, and the other only lasted until the fifth year and also died." ”

Lu must have looked at Lu Dayuan in a daze, and said in his heart that this guy is really much worse than he was back then.

"I can't survive, I'm poor, so I have to be a soldier. My first armor was snatched from a Chu person, and the Chu soldier I killed was at most in his early twenties, much younger than me. At that time, I was already a sentry officer. But there was still not a single piece of armor. The knife in my hand was also snatched from another Chu man earlier, it was a Chu officer, the armor on that guy's body was really good, but it was snatched away by the commander, and I only got a knife. Lu Dayuan muttered, falling into front of a long memory.

"Sometimes I think, why are we so poor?" Lu Dayuan looked at Lu Must. "I was poor in the past, and I am poor now, what is this for?"

"Our Daqin is located in the west, the soil is poor, and the production is extremely thin." Lu must say.

"That's what I thought. So I was very poor at that time, why did the Chu people and the Qi people have fertile land, and even the Yue people were stronger than us? If we get their land, we can live better than them. Lu Dayuan poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp: "So I am extremely brave every time I fight, one is the support of hatred, but I want my descendants to never have to fight as hard as me on the battlefield in the future." ”

"That's what we all think." Lu must have smiled bitterly, took the initiative to lift the flask, and filled it again for the two of them.

"I went from a small soldier to a general. After decades, nothing has changed. Lu Dayuan laughed miserably: "Our Daqin is still so poor. Oh, by the way, my own family has indeed changed, my parents live in a big house, they are happy, as soon as my child enters the barracks, he starts from the captain, no longer has to be a soldier, he has strong armor, sharp steel knives, but what about our soldiers, surely, seeing them, I think of us in the early years, decades have passed, why hasn't everything changed? Aren't we brave in battle? Of course not, every Qin person is desperate. ”

Lu must have been silent.

"Why are we still so poor? It's been decades and it hasn't changed! Lu Dayuan looked at Lu Yuan.

Lu must have closed his eyes slightly, he knew what Lu Dayuan meant by this.

"I didn't understand it before, but two years ago, I became a prisoner and came to the Ming Kingdom, and I understood it." Lu Dayuan laughed, "I became a prisoner, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom did not embarrass me, but gave me the greatest freedom, I can go to any place in the Ming Kingdom at will, I really have to go." I really want to see why Qin Feng defeated the Yue Kingdom, and why did he build such a powerful army in just a few years? ”

"You see?" Lew must have asked.

"I see it." Lu Dayuan looked at Lu Ding fixedly: "I saw a different emperor, a group of different officials, and a completely different way of governing with us, must, do you know who Da Ming owes the most money?" ”

"How do I know this?"

"It's their emperor." Lu Dayuan smiled: "You can't think of it, right?" He owns a country with millions of people, but he is undoubtedly the poorest one in the Ming Dynasty. Because he owes too much money. On the contrary, his people were wealthy and more than willing to borrow money from their emperor. ”

Lu must have a look of incredulity in his eyes.

"It's not just their emperor who owes money, it's like every local government of theirs owes money." Lu Dayuan smiled: "I can't believe it either, but it's a fact, what are they doing with the money they owe?" Building roads, building water conservancy, subsidizing land reclamation, and so on, each of them is for the benefit of the people and creates benefits for the people. ”

"The common people are more than happy to lend money to their court?"

"Kind of incredible, right? When we had no money, we thought of increasing taxes and taxes, but what the Ming court thought of was borrowing money and giving interest, and it had a very good reputation, saying that it was a year to repay the money, that is, to repay the money in a year, if it was not repaid, they would issue new bonds, and after receiving the silver, they would repay the old ones first. ”

"Debt?"

"Yes, this thing, I also learned after I came to Daming, it was printed by their Taiping Bank, and the court borrowed money and paid interest, which was much lower than the interest of their bank, but their people were very happy to buy this kind of debt. Do you know what that means? ”

"It means that the court led by Qin Feng is very popular with the people." Lu must have a bitter mouth.

"Yes," Lu Dayuan sighed: "In the past two years in Daming, there has been a year of watching, thinking, and exploring. This year, I finally made up my mind to officially pledge my allegiance to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. If nothing else, just because this is an emperor who really wants the people to live a good life. I'm a poor boy, I come from a hard background, and I know what the people at the bottom are thinking. Why are the people of Qin fleeing to the Ming State now, and why would they rather be sold to the Ming Kingdom? It's just because in the Ming Kingdom, they can live a good life, what do the people ask for? Isn't it just that you can eat enough and dress warmly? ”

Lu must have silently picked up the wine glass, drank it slowly, and looked at Lu Dayuan: "You are telling me this, do you want to persuade me to surrender to the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Lu Dayuan smiled: "I just said what I saw and thought of, as for what you decide, that's your business, the two of us are still different, I was desperate at the beginning, but now you are dominant, even the emperor of Qin has to put up with you." However, as an old friend, I hope you can make the right choice, and you know better than me what the situation is in Qingzhou now. ”

"Dayuan, tell me honestly, Ming Guo suddenly transferred a large number of troops to Kaiping County, is it preparing to launch an attack on Qingzhou County? Of course, with your current status, you can not answer me. Lu must have asked.

"Yes and no!" Lu Dayuan said: "There is nothing to hide from this. ”

Lu must have frowned: "What do you call it and no?" National events, only sacrifice and Rong, such military affairs, how can such military events be like child's play? ”

"If Qingzhou County is still your Lu must be in charge, then the war will naturally not break out, and the Ming Emperor thinks that you are a person who can be fought for, and he prefers to settle it peacefully. But if Qingzhou County becomes Deng Shu's home, then I am afraid that the war will become a reality, because it is very clear that if it is Deng Shu, this battle, even if Ming Guo does not want to fight, Deng Shu will also fight. ”

Lu must have taken a breath: "Ming Guo really knew about Deng Shu's affairs for a long time. ”

"Deng Shu went to look for you, right?" Lu Dayuan asked.

"Just left yesterday!" Lu must not hide it, "You also know that I was picked up by the prince, and the prince is very kind to me, no matter what decision I make, I have great respect for the eldest lady." ”

Lu Dayuan smiled: "I was also picked up by the prince." In the same way, I also thank the prince, but you must understand that the reason why we are today is not only because of the promotion of the prince, but also because we are good enough. If it weren't for the fact that we survived the wars again and again and made meritorious deeds, would the prince be able to see us? Just like my two elder brothers and two younger brothers, they are all dead, and the children of the Qin people who have died like them, how many have there been over the years? ”

Seeing that Lu must not speak, Lu Dayuan said again: "And the prince vigorously promoted us, isn't there any selfishness?" Both of us are miserable, poor haha, no backstage, can we have any other choice than to cling to the Deng family? To put it bluntly, it's just that we have better control. ”

"Say no more!" Lu must have looked slightly gloomy.

"You get the idea. We can be grateful to the king, but we can't drag all our brothers down the road to death. Lu Dayuan said: "Tonight, you will know some things." But I'm not here to tell you, brother, and when it comes to this, drink the wine here, and rest first, and someone will see you in the evening. ”

"It's not Chen Zhihua, who is that?"

"You'll know when the time comes."