“…… When I went ashore in Quanzhou, I made a patrol and could set aside a piece of land in the northeast of the outer city as a Shanyue residential area for the convenience of the Shanyue residents. ”

Saying that, Lu Ren turned his head to Gu Li and said: "Patriarch Gu, I naturally welcome Shanyue children to study in Quanzhou, and if there are Shanyue people who are willing to settle in Quanzhou, I will also wait for the vacant position." I just hope that the patriarch of Gu can make it clear to the clansmen that in my Quanzhou, I should follow the laws of my Han Dynasty, and the corresponding taxes should also be paid. However, please rest assured that the taxes of the people of the two prefectures of Iyi and Quanzhou have always been very low and there is no forced labor, which can ensure that the residents live a prosperous and worry-free life. ”

Gu Li said: "Don't worry, Lord Lu, I understand." You have to follow your rules in your place, and you can't be as casual as in the mountains. In fact, we Shanyue also have our own rules, and those who break the rules will be punished, but they don't have as many rules and regulations as you. ”

Lu Ren lowered his head and pondered for a while before saying, "Patriarch Gu, I also want to take this opportunity to make a covenant with you, I wonder if Patriarch Gu is interested?" ”

"The Covenant? Tell me about it! ”

Lu Ren said: "We might as well use the northern pass as the boundary, the northern part of the country is under the jurisdiction of the king, and the south of the country is under my command, and there is no offense between them." However, if a common people cross the border, they must obey the laws and regulations of the north and the south, and if each side has a military difficulty, the other party can be invited to send troops to help. The rest of the trade market remains unchanged as before. So I don't know what the Gu patriarch wants? ”

Just because he hasn't read anything doesn't mean he doesn't have knowledge, otherwise Gu Li wouldn't have become the patriarch of one of the larger Shanyue tribes. After thinking about it for a while, Gu Zhongping put forward a few more conditions to Lu Ren, in exchange for Lu Ren to discuss with Zhu Ping and Zhou Mu. In short, after a long back and forth discussion, an agreement was finally reached, and both sides could be said to be happy.

Then the small banquet turned into a big banquet, and Gu Li got drunk at the banquet and went back to his room to sleep. Lu Ren, Zhu Ping, and Zhou Mu didn't drink much, and the three of them were all sober because they had something to talk about.

"My lord, is this covenant really useful?"

Lu Ren put down the teacup in his hand and said, "Whether it's useful or not, what I want is to keep these two passes firmly in my own hands." To be honest, I don't want to have any conflict with Shanyue if it's unnecessary, I don't want to be like Sun Quan and get a headache from Shanyue now. ”

Zhou Mu said: "The lord is extremely worried. It's just that what will happen to the Shanyue tribes in the future? ”

Lu Ren said: "As usual, if he doesn't come to provoke me, I won't touch him." Didn't you start asking me why the Shanyue people would settle in Quanzhou? Because I want to slowly assimilate the Shanyue people who moved into the spring first...... Oh, it's edification. As for those who do not relocate, we can gradually expand our mutual market contacts with them. I think you two may not understand it for a while, so I'll just say it roughly, like them, these barbarians who slash and burn, hunt and collect medicine, you just rely on using soldiers to fight will only get worse and stronger, and if you really want to conquer them, you should use elegant methods. ”

Zhu Ping was ridiculed: "Elegant? How is it a gentle law? ”

Lu Ren said with a smile: "Think about it, what would happen if it was a hunter woodcutter in the mountains, and the prey he brought and the firewood he cut could not be exchanged for the grain, rice, oil, and salt he needed for daily life? ”

The two of them first froze for a moment, then understood and smiled: "The lord is high! ”

said that it was a high opinion, but these two people had another word in their hearts...... So ruthless!!

Lu Ren smiled indifferently, he actually wanted to make Shanyue dependent on him through various trade contacts with Shanyue. Lu Renzhi is quite confident in this idea, there are not no countries and nations that can be self-sufficient in history, but once this civilization lags behind others, and the trade routes are opened by other civilizations, the so-called self-sufficiency will soon be completely broken and will have a great dependence on foreign goods.

Unfortunately, this is the case in modern China. In addition, there is another very typical example, which is similar to Yamagoe, and that is the Indians of the Americas. Once upon a time, the Indians also had their own unique civilization, but later they relied entirely on weapons and many goods sold in Europe, and the end result was obvious - the Americas fell into the hands of the colonizers.

The three of them talked a few more words, and the topic turned back to Lu Xun. After talking for a while, Xu Shu and Liu Ye also came to the house to meet Lu Ren...... These two were greedy for a while and ate more seafood, and they went to have a stomach trouble together just now.

However, these two goods came over, and Lu Ren had a person to consult, so he explained the current situation, and then asked the two: "I am far inferior to you in things like leading troops to fight, according to you, Lu Xun is now stopped at the mountain pass, what will he do next?" ”

Liu Ye narrowed his eyes and muttered, "It's hard to say." This Lu Boyan is indeed quite capable of using troops as the lord said, and it is extremely safe to stop at the mountain pass now, and there are many variables. For example, first stabilize his foothold in the mountain pass, and then fight steadily, using the style of the Shanyue tribes who do not know the art of war and rely on their courage to lure them out of the mountain to fight; It is also possible to bluff first, and then secretly send people who are familiar with Shanyue into the mountains to seek the enemy, or to win over or use the method of encroachment to gradually move forward; And then there'......"

After analyzing a large chase, Lu Ren's gaze drifted to Xu Shu. And Xu Shu had been looking at the map very carefully, and when he saw Lu Ren's gaze drifting towards him, he smiled at Lu Ren and said, "I thought that if Lu Boyan was really a smart person, then he would probably have understood that behind the Shanyue tribes was actually his elder brother." He is in a dilemma, and the safer way to do this is to occupy a few key roads and confront the Shanyue tribes, so that although it is useless, at least he can retreat. After all, Lao Cao will go south at any time, and Lu Boyan's task is to ensure that Sun Quan's south is worry-free. If he insisted on marching into the army and then triggering a large-scale war, so that Sun Quan's troops would have to be divided to the south to deal with the Shanyue tribes, this was not something Sun Quan wanted to see. ”

Saying that, Xu Shu pointed to the map: "Lu Boyan is here now, I just took a closer look, this is a key pass, as long as you live here, the Shanyue tribes basically can't endanger the Huiji City and its surroundings, and they can be attacked, retreated and defended." As soon as there is any change in the various ethnic groups in Shanyue, Lu Boyan's hand can be stretched out soon. ”

Lu Ren nodded, and then instructed Zhu Ping and Zhou Mu: "Xu Beijia (Xu Shu is now engaged in Yizhou Beijia) have you all heard, right?" I also told you before, don't take the initiative to fight Lu Xun unless you have to, as long as you take careful precautions, you can drag Lu Xun firmly here and not be able to get an inch. ”

Zhu Ping and Zhou Mu each nodded, but after thinking about it, Zhou Mu asked cautiously: "Lord, this Lu Boyan is the clan brother of the lord, and most of the various departments in Shanyue know it." If we try our best to dissuade Gu Li and the others from confronting Lu Boyan, will we ...... at that time?"

The latter words were not spoken, but everyone present knew what they meant. However, Lu Ren only smiled at this and responded: "Then you can tell them that it is precisely because Lu Boyan is my clan brother that I know better that Lu Boyan is far from being as simple as it seems. Don't say that they are not Lu Xun's opponents, even if they are the two of you, if you really touch him without knowing how to do it, you will only die a rather ugly death. You are now in a favorable location, and Lu Boyan still has concerns and does not dare to enter the army too much, otherwise, it will ......"

Looking at Zhu Ping and Zhou Mu, Lu Ren shook his head helplessly, and then said: "If it weren't for these reasons, it wouldn't be just us who came here now, but I would personally lead the troops over to fight Lu Boyan." Anyway, in the end, I will leave you another word, you just need to give me Lu Boyan stuck here, and don't think about anything else. The other one, not to the point of last resort, don't pull our direct subordinates here in Quanzhou into it. As soon as we are dragged into it on the surface, it will be a matter of pulling the whole body, and things will become quite troublesome. ”

Zhu Ping and Zhou Mu glanced at each other, and hesitated: "Then ...... now?"

That means that what is it for you Lu Ren to secretly fund the Shanyue tribe now?

Lu Ren also smiled and said nothing, after all, the political significance of the trick he was playing now was not something that Zhu Ping and Zhou Mu could understand at the current point. To put it simply, Lu Ren just sold some things to the Shanyue tribe, and as long as there was no positive and superficial conflict with Sun Quan, Sun Quan had no reason to make any accusations against Lu Ren. I sell my things, it's about your Sun Quan's wool, do you Sun Quan dare to say that you Lu Ren can't make this kind of money? Why didn't you Sun Quan let Lu Ren make money? Do you think that in the future, a country accuses another country that it cannot sell weapons to a hostile country? Besides, even in modern society, isn't this kind of thing the same and can't be forbidden? In this day and age, it's even more.

However, Zhu Ping and Zhou Mu also understood that there were some things that they had better not ask too much, and now they just had to carry out the orders sent by Lu Ren. Besides, Lu Ren came to Quanzhou this time, and it was not as simple as just coming to say a few words to himself, so he quit the house with interest, so that Lu Ren had a space to talk with Xu Shu and Liu Ye.

But to be honest, Lu Ren really didn't have anything important to come to Quanzhou this time, mainly because he heard that Lu Xun led troops to deal with the Shanyue tribe, and he was worried that the people at this end of Shanyue would not be able to withstand Lu Xun, so he brought Xu Shu and Liu Ye, who could fight with Lu Xun, to Quanzhou for on-the-spot deployment, and one of them was accidentally beaten to Quanzhou by Lu Xun. After all, the geographical location of Quanzhou is very important, if this falls under Sun Quan's control, Lu Ren can't directly turn his face with Sun Quan.

On the other hand, Lu Ren's current name has gone out, considering Sun Quan's possible actions, Lu Ren must also strengthen his ties with Shanyue, so that these Shanyue tribes can become an effective barrier between Yizhou and Sun Quan's subordinates, which is also one of the main reasons why Gu Li proposed to let Shanyue's children go to the school under Lu Ren's name to study, Lu Ren readily agreed. Seriously, Sun Quan is a hard hand against Shanyuexia, but Lu Ren is playing with a soft knife. But many times, a soft knife stabbing someone will be more useful than a hard knife going straight forward...... (To be continued.) )