"But my brother ......"

Lu Ren waved his hand and interrupted Lu Xun's words: "Don't do it, I know what you want to say, it's nothing more than 'the tree wants to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop'." You don't have to worry about anything else, you just need to relay my words to Wu Hou. I still say the same thing, as long as Wu Hou doesn't come to mess with me, everyone can be safe. ”

Lu Xun lost his temper, anyway, he always had a very powerless feeling when facing Lu Ren. Although I know very well that things on both sides will never be so simple, I really can't say anything.

Seeing this, Lu Ren smiled and said, "Okay, it's not interesting to talk about these things anymore." You haven't been back from the station for a long time, so you haven't had dinner yet, right? Go to my place and eat together...... Only talk about family life, not business. ”

“…… The elder brother has a life, and the foolish brother should respect himself. ”

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At dusk, Lu Xun was invited by Lu Ren to come to Lu Ren's mansion for a homely meal. After all, Lu Ren and Lu Xun are both children of the Lu family, and it is normal for brothers of the same clan to eat a common meal together. Besides, didn't Lu Xun go to Xuzhou at the beginning, and did he and Lu Ren work together?

After dinner, Lu Xun was actually entangled by the four-year-old little Lu Feng, and dragged him to the garden to ask Lu Xun for some military books and war strategies. Lu Xun was a little helpless, but he was a little happy in his heart, so he explained some military books and personal experiences and opinions to Lu Feng in the garden, and Lu Feng listened to it with relish. Then again, Lu Ren and Cai Yan really can't teach Lu Feng anything in this regard, because these are their shortcomings.

Lu Ren quietly came to the garden, and when he saw such a scene, he didn't want to disturb him, but hid behind the tree to listen to their conversation. Talking about Lu Ren and Lu Xun, they suddenly felt a little frightened, because Lu Feng's ability to think and understand was far beyond his imagination. Especially Lu Ren, Lu Xun couldn't understand some of the words that came out of Lu Feng's mouth, but Lu Ren, a modern person, understood what Lu Feng said. What's even more terrifying is that Lu Feng actually said a word that made Lu Ren's heart tremble: gunpowder!

"Oh my God! What's going on with this kid? Do you say ......"

Lu Ren was in a cold sweat. Seeing that Lu Feng's conversation was getting stronger and stronger, and the consternation and confusion in Lu Xun's eyes were getting stronger and stronger, he quickly coughed a few times and interrupted them, for fear that Lu Feng would say something that should not be said.

Lu Xun and Lu Feng saw Lu Ren coming and saluted together, Lu Ren secretly wiped his sweat and instructed Lu Feng: "Feng'er, for my father, I want to talk to your uncle Xun about some serious things, you go play first." ”

"Yes, Father!"

In front of Lu Ren, Lu Feng took the order in a proper manner. Lu Ren glanced at Lu Feng, and said in a deep voice: "Feng'er, after a while for my father and Uncle Xun to talk about business, I will go to you to compare your studies again, and you won't pester your mother to go to the night market tonight." ”

"Yes, Father! The child will wait for his father in the study. ”

Lu Feng left quickly, Lu Ren asked Lu Xun to sit down in the pavilion, Lu Xun smiled, remembered the conversation with Lu Feng just now, hesitated and asked: "Brother, the right person to make Lang Feng'er talk about a thing, call it gunpowder." And forgive the foolish brother for being a shallow learner, I don't know what this gunpowder is, can my brother tell me one or two? ”

Lu Ren chuckled in his heart and asked rhetorically, "What did Feng'er say?" ”

Lu Xun shook his head: "Feng'er just pestered me to ask if I knew what gunpowder was, and he said that he saw it from the book written by his brother, but there was only the word gunpowder, and the rest was nothing." ”

"Oh, oh...... That's because I wanted to make a kind of utensils that were easy to light fires in the march and caravanserais, and not easy to get damp. But I didn't know where to start, so I left a name there. You also know that my fleet drifts on the sea all year round, and ordinary fire-making objects are very susceptible to moisture failure, so I want to develop such an artifact. ”

Lu Xun nodded: "I see, my brother is thoughtful." ”

Lu Ren secretly wiped his sweat again, thinking that it was fortunate that Lu Xun didn't know what the real gunpowder was. You must know that the number of firearms here in Lu Ren is not much, and they are currently absolute military secrets, and they cannot be displayed publicly for the time being, and can only be used as a deterrent weapon that terrifies the opponent when necessary. As for Lu Feng's kid, maybe he saw it on a notepad in Lu Ren's study, so he said it casually.

The two chatted a few more words, Lu Xun looked at the sky, and muttered: "Brother, in fact, the foolish brother is here because he wants to talk about something with his brother." ”

Seeing that Lu Xun began to turn to the topic, Lu Ren immediately nodded and said, "I can see it." Bo Yan, if you want to say anything, just say it, no one will come in the garden at this time. ”

Lu Xun took another sip of tea, closed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "My brother is now a pastor in Yizhou, and today's situation is ...... Brother still puts our Lu clan foundation in Wu County, will it be a mistake? ”

Lu Ren's heart moved, and he asked, "What does Bo Yan mean by this?" ”

Lu Xun said: "Brother, when you say this, are you deceiving me, or are you deceiving yourself?" Now the situation of Wu and Yi can almost be said to be made by the elder brother, what is the relationship between Wu and Yizhi, will the elder brother have countless hearts? ”

Lu Ren smiled faintly, put the teacup in his hand back on the desk and said, "Bo Yan, are you worried that one day Wu Hou will turn against me and affect the clan, right?" ”

Lu Xun nodded silently.

Lu Ren asked again: "Bo Yan, do you think that today's situation, as well as the influence of my Lu clan in Jiangdong, Wu Hou dare him?" ”

Lu Xun said in a deep voice: "Brother, Wu Hou really doesn't dare now, but what about in the future?" My Lu clan has taken over as the suzerain of the branch since my brother, and the family has become more and more prosperous in the past few years, and it has faintly become the first in Jiangdong. Originally, this was a good thing, but under his brother's repeated actions, how could Wu Hou not be afraid in his heart? I think Wu Hou is also a masterpiece of a generation, and he will definitely not take the liberty of competing with his brother and my Lu clan, but he is slowly trying to do it in secret, and when my Lu clan is a little worse, he will do it in one go...... Brother must not be on guard. ”

Lu Ren was silent for a moment and then smiled: "Bo Yan, it's not that I haven't thought about this matter. In fact, over the years, you should have seen that I transferred many people from the Lu family to Yizhou. The current Lu family of Wu County is indeed a big family in the eyes of others, but the real Lu family is ...... It's all in Yizhou! ”

Lu Xun was slightly surprised: "Is what my brother said true?" ”

Lu Ren smiled: "Think carefully about what the Lu family's industry in Wu County is. ”

Lu Xun lowered his head and pondered, and said to himself: "Farming, sericulture, silkworm weaving, grain, rice, salt and oil, building ships, ......"

Lu Ren said: "Bo Yan, there are many, many things you haven't seen. In fact, the ones I put in your Wu County are nothing more than the same in the eyes of others, but in reality, less than 30% of the annual income of the Lu family of Wu County depends on these. More than seventy percent of the rest have to rely on me to transfer over Yizhou. I know that you have been studying since you were a child, and you look down on this trade of goods and craftsmen, but it is often something that you look down on, and as long as you use it well, it will have an impact beyond your imagination. ”

Lu Xun shook his head, his thoughts were a little stiff, and he couldn't understand Lu Ren's words at all.

Lu Ren stretched out his hand and patted Lu Xun on the shoulder and said, "Bo Yan, I know that you are worried about the safety of your clansmen. But please rest assured, if there is really one day when Wu Hou dares to do anything to my Lu family, not to mention that I am in the two places of Yi and Quan, west to central Sichuan, north of the Yellow River, and the thirteen states of China can let my Lu family settle down.

"Seriously, I don't know if you are saying these things in front of me, whether it is for our Lu clan or for Wu Hou, but I can tell you plainly that when the Lu clan was getting richer, I had already sent many trustworthy people to buy properties everywhere, just in case Wu Hou would do something one day. Not to mention the distance, even if Wu Hou dares to make any moves now, Mi Zhu, who is in Jiangxia, will immediately send people to meet our Lu clan. Wu Hou is afraid of me here, so he can't tolerate the Lu family, but Uncle Liu Huang believes that he will be greatly welcomed. ”

Lu Xun was secretly startled, and his eyes immediately widened.

Lu Ren smiled, and picked up the teacup again: "Besides, if you go out of Jiangdong again, and you are on Wu Hou's side, you will also try your best to prevent this kind of thing from happening, right?" Seriously, I didn't expect that the envoys sent by Wu Hou would be you and the county lord. Originally, according to my calculations, the person sent by Wu Hou was not Lu Zijing, but also Lu Fan. Since you have chosen to continue to work for Wu Hou, I will not stop you, you can do it yourself, and it is not bad to do more for the harmony between me and Wu Hou. I still say the same thing, for the rest of my life, I don't want to be an enemy of any candidate unless I have to. Bo Yan, you are a genius, and you will definitely be reused by Wu Hou in the future, so say a few more kind words in front of Wu Hou. ”

Lu Xun was stunned, then shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Brother, I was defeated by you first, and then although I was out of office, I had such a complicated relationship on my body, do you really think Wu Hou will trust me?" To tell the truth, I can go out again this time, thanks to the sponsorship of Gongjin and the county lord, and I am the best choice to make the envoy to Yizhou, and Wu Hou will use it on me, otherwise it will ......"

Lu Ren frowned for a moment and asked, "How is Gongji (Lu Ji) now?" ”

Lu Xun said: "It's still the same, a false position, although Wu Hou has given thousands of soldiers, but it's just a show." And the public discipline itself is not a person who can be an official administrator, and he plays with books and compiles allusions in the house all day long, and he is also happy to do it. ”

Lu Xun smiled, got up and looked at the bright moon in the sky with his back hand: "Bo Yan, no matter what Wu Hou does, as long as he doesn't do anything that annoys me, I don't bother to pay too much attention to it." If you can't say anything in front of Wu Hou, but you want to do your best for the Sun and Lu families, you might as well communicate with Gong Jin and Zijing more after returning to Wu, I think the two of them will understand the powerful relationship between Wu Yi, and what they say also has more weight in Wu Hou's heart. But don't mess with Zhang Zibu, that old stubborn ...... Hehe, forget it, I should also accumulate some virtue on my lips. (To be continued.) )