When Sun Shangxiang came to the bow of the boat, Lu Ren was rubbing his temples against the river breeze. Sun Shangxiang greeted Lu Ren after a little hesitation, and Lu Ren naturally returned the salute immediately.

After a few polite sentences, Sun Shangxiang mentioned the large amount of grain in Lu Ren's fleet, and Lu Ren responded unhurriedly. At the end, Sun Shangxiang said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Mr. Lu, because this incident involves military and political affairs, Shu Shangxiang can't come forward to help Mr. say a few words." ”

Lu Ren shook his head indifferently: "Don't blame the county lord." I, Lu Ren, have also been an official for a few years, so how can I not know the difficulties of the county lord? If the county lord can let my fleet go with just one word of his own, then the political situation on the Jiangdong side will not be good. ”

“…… Thank you sir for your understanding. ”

Minchan helped on the side: "Yihao is right, these military and political affairs, we women are really inconvenient to ask." ”

Sun Shangxiang frowned: "It's just that the things carried in Mr. Lu's ship are all the food that has been promised to the people of Haichang County for disaster relief." Although Shang Xiang is just a woman and young and ignorant, she also knows what disaster relief is like fighting fires, and she can't delay it at all. Every time we delay for a few more moments, someone may die of starvation...... Sir, is there anything else that Shang Xiang can do to help you? ”

Lu Renxin said yes! Although there are not many records of Sun Shangxiang in historical materials, it can be seen that Sun Shangxiang is a daring and daring husband of a middle school, and he loves the people very much. Now that Sun Shangxiang said this, then his own tricks can be followed.

However, the road has to be taken step by step to be stable, after all, Lu Ren knows that the opponent he is going to meet now is the American wolf, if these prepared sets are not a little careful, the American wolf may see through it at any time, then Lu Ren will really be unable to parry it if he makes another yin move.

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Ren pretended to be silent for a while, and then said to Sun Shangxiang: "Although it is inconvenient for the county lord to meddle in military affairs, if you just take me to visit the officials and generals who are in charge here, it should be okay, right?" ”

Sun Shangxiang said: "Of course you can. Want me to say. Mr. doesn't have to waste time with the civil officials here, because the Chaisang Duotun army is guarding against Jing Chu, so my middle brother Gongjin can make decisions with one hand, sir, you can go directly to the middle brother. In this case, I will go to Brother Zhong to say hello to Brother Zhong first, and sir, you will go and ask Brother Zhong to ask for this matter later. And in this way, although I can't meddle in military and political affairs, it's still okay to help Mr. Zhong say a few words in front of Brother Zhong. ”

Lu Ren hurriedly saluted: "In this case, there will be Lord Lao." Please also ask the county lord to take the first step, and I will go to visit Gongjin after a little preparation here. ”

Sun Shangxiang nodded. But he sighed lightly for no reason: "It's a pity that I just found out about this matter, otherwise I would have written to my second brother earlier and asked him to release grain to help the people earlier." ”

Lu Ren shook his head secretly after hearing this. After all, he has been mixed up with the "Internal Affairs Commissioner" for so many years, is Lu Renhui much clearer than Sun Shangxiang about this matter? According to Sun Shangxiang, Sun Shangxiang notified Sun Quan, and then Sun Quan ordered to give the counties with more grain, and then the ordered counties and counties to count, load grain, and finally send it to Haichang. It's not a little bit of time. If it is really dragged down, how many people will starve to death in Haichang County? In the original history, Lu Xun played first and then played as a last resort.

In contrast, Lu Ren's 20,000 Hu grains were ready-to-load, and Haichang was downstream of Chaisang. After the fleet departed, it was smooth sailing, and it could not take a few days at most. Sun Shangxiang probably knew these things, so he hoped that Lu Ren's fleet could set off offshore as soon as possible and send grain to Haichang to relieve the urgent need. After all, if it can be sent one day earlier, Haichang County will be able to starve to death less. This is what Sun Shangxiang thinks in his heart.

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Seeing Sun Shangxiang turn over and get on the horse and take her attendants away, Lu Ren sat down on the bow deck as soon as he turned around. The "Haichang Lu Clan" who came out of the cabin smiled bitterly: "Yuan Zhi, will I be too despicable?" ”

Xu Shu had already ripped off the fake beard that had been attached to his face before, and was rubbing his face at this moment: "Why did my brother say this?" This time, the elder brother bought grain in Jingxiang, which originally meant to help the people of Haichang. If it weren't for Zhou Gongjin's plot against his brother, his brother would not have used this matter to find a way to get out, after all, if the brother was careless, he would be killed, and it was a last resort to set up this trick to meet him...... In fact, as my brother said last night, since we were born in troubled times, we should not blindly stick to the benevolence, righteousness and morality of a gentleman, if we really do that, we will not be able to survive in this troubled world. When we should be villains, we should be villains enough, and if they are unkind, how can they blame me for being unjust"

Lu Ren lay on his back on the deck and stared at the sky with some weakness: "Yes, I really have no choice." Yuan Zhi, do you think Zhou Gongjin set up this plan, so what should be the best result in his heart? ”

Xu Shu said: "Naturally, I forced my brother to come out of Wu, and then used my brother's rich country to accumulate grass and grain for Dongwu." It's just that how do they know that their brother already has a strategy in his heart? ”

Lu Ren waved his hand and said: "Actually, whether I want to do something of my own or not, I will never vote for this Dongwu." Because...... The grievances between my Lu clan and the Sun clan have long been an indescribable mess. ”

Xu Shu smiled and asked, "What do you say about my brother?" ”

Lu Ren said: "In the early years, when the little overlord Sun Ce was still a general under Yuan Shu's account, he attacked and killed my Lu clan's sect master Lu Kang; Then Sun Ce designed to break away from Yuan Shu and swept Jiangdong, how many Jiangdong heroes did he kill in order to build prestige? To put it simply, as long as you are unwilling to submit to the Sun family, it is one word - kill! My Lu clan also died a lot during this period, so my Lu clan had a big enmity with the Sun clan, not to mention that Sun Ce also planted a big heel in my hands later? This enmity has deepened. ”

Xu Shu frowned slightly: "I see, then the Lu clan of Wu County was forced by the situation to come out of Sun Wu?" ”

Lu Ren nodded: "That's right, it's forced by the situation." It's just that by the time Lu Boyan led his clansmen to return to Sun Wu, the little overlord Sun Ce had been assassinated. Sun Quan inherited the business of his father and brother, but he did not have the courage of his father and brother, and he couldn't suppress the big families of the old days by force, so he switched to the policy of gentleness and treated the big families with official intentions to show the difference between him and his father and brother.

"I think that although my Lu family is in a state of withering, but after all, it is one of the four surnames of Wu, and there is an old enmity with the Sun family, and he can still be appeased and accepted, so what does it mean to the other big surnames in Jiangdong? If it weren't for this, with Bo Yan's nameless body, and even more so young, how could he get an official position to govern the township and county so easily? ”

Speaking of this, Lu Ren paused, sorted out his rhetoric before continuing: "But this is the way things are, where is the grudge and feud of two or three generations so easy to resolve?" Even if my Lu clan is no longer willing to pursue the old feud, the Sun clan will be careful to guard against our Lu clan.

And among the current Lu family, I am the person with the highest prestige and the most famous, and to the world, I have a rich country comparable to Xiao He. If the Sun clan can't control me in their hands, if I do something, then I, the Lu clan, will be a great threat to the Sun clan. Therefore, Sun Quan's recruitment of me, not so much to use me as to control me, and then make it difficult for my Lu clan to regain the day, once the situation is not right, he is the lord and I am the minister, it is not easy to get rid of me? ”

Xu Shu nodded. In fact, Xu Shu had also analyzed the relationship with Lu Ren before, and now he just wanted to see if Lu Ren himself knew about this matter. If Lu Ren is not clear about himself, Xu Shuke will have to think about how to remind Lu Ren.

Looking at Lu Ren again, he continued: "Although I am a side branch of the Lu clan, how can I not want to revive the clan? Therefore, although Lu Boyan's branch has been returned to Sun Wu, this side branch here of mine must not also be returned to Sun Wu, otherwise the entire Lu clan will be in the hands of Sun Wu, and once there is a change, my Lu clan will be wiped out...... Hey, anyway, I have been in the officialdom for six or seven years at the feet of the Son of Heaven in Xu Du, so I can see this very clearly. Yuan Zhi, you can understand what I said, right? ”

Xu Shu nodded and said, "Shu understands." The story of one person's death is small, and the destruction of the clan is big. Once the clan loses, how can the elder brother face the ancestors and clans in the clan? ”

is still that sentence, the ancients of the Han Dynasty attached great importance to the survival of the clan is not understandable to modern people.

At this point, Lu Ren knew that he had said enough, so he didn't talk too much, anyway, as long as Xu Shu and these people knew that he was a person who "values righteousness and filial piety". The ancients paid attention to "filial piety first", and they were working hard for the "revitalization of the clan", so Xu Shu and these people had the virtue of "filial piety" and were trustworthy...... So Lu Ren will sigh to himself now that he is becoming more and more insidious, because now he is still playing these careful eyes on Xu Shu and them.

But then again, Lu Ren really can't help it. If you don't let others think that you are a trustworthy person, then the truly talented and virtuous people will follow you! Do you really think that if you throw money out, good people will come? Most of the people who stay with you just for the money are not good birds! What's more, Lu Ren is now ready to play a very excessive cheap trick, if this state is not good, believe it or not, these people around him will immediately throw away their sleeves?

After closing his eyes and pondering for a long time, Lu Ren opened his eyes and asked Xu Shu, "Yuan Zhi, are the corresponding manpower ready?" ”

Xu Shu shook his head: "Brother, you're too anxious, aren't you?" I only made up my mind last night, and it's only been a few hours now? In this case, if the person who does the work doesn't pick it well, it will only ruin my brother's business. Anyway, what my brother wants to do is not something that can be done in three days or two days, so why should my brother be in a hurry? ”

Lu Ren nodded: "Yes, it's me who is too anxious." But Yuan Zhi, you see that I am using Sun Shangxiang as an introduction to ask to see Zhou Yu now, there will be nothing abrupt, right? I mean, doesn't that seem natural? ”

Xu Shu closed his eyes and thought for a while, then nodded: "It's natural, at least I can't see anything wrong." ”

Lu Ren patted his thigh and said with a smile: "Okay, let's prepare separately." I won't say much about you, I can trust you, and I have to prepare some suitable gifts for Zhou Gongjin when I come here...... Well, I have to go and talk to Cai Yan and them clearly. (To be continued.) )