"Senior brother, what are you going to do about Lao Cao sending an envoy to Yizhou?"

Lu Ren thought for a while, then suddenly looked up and asked Liu Ye, "Ziyang, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Liu Ye smiled: "The general must already know it, so why ask me?" ”

Lu Ren also smiled: "It's okay to talk about it." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Besides, if you tell me what you think, maybe there's something I haven't noticed? ”

Liu Ye thought about it and nodded, "Yes...... In fact, this matter is very simple, I think that when Cao Gong was in the battle of Chibi, he would have had a good chance to destroy Liu Tunwu, but he was beaten back by the Sun and Liu coalition forces, how could he be willing to give up in his heart? It's just that if Cao Gong still takes the Jingzhou line when he raises his troops again, then he will inevitably encounter the Sun and Liu coalition forces again, and Cao Gong will still not be pleased. ”

After a pause, Liu Ye continued: "So Cao Gong is only leaving troops on the front line of Jingzhou now, so as not to trigger another alliance between Liu Bei and Sun Quan." And by choosing the Hefei line, Cao Gong can avoid Liu Bei and only fight with Sun Quan. Just after the battle of Quanzhou not long ago, the general beat Sun Quan in the naval battle, and the invasion of various coastal areas made Sun Quan have to transfer troops to patrol the coastal areas that did not need to be guarded, and the troops that should have been transferred to Hefei were dispersed a lot, which undoubtedly gave Cao Gong an opportunity to take advantage of. And now Cao Gong sent envoys to see the general, just to want the general to invade behind Sun Quan's realm, making it difficult for Sun Quan to take care of each other, and Cao Gong could march into the army in a big way. ”

Lu Ren pouted and smiled: "This old Cao, it's really cheap." Maybe he's trying to use me, so why don't I want to use him? Ziyang, you should also know that if this battle continues like this, neither I nor Sun Quan will be able to please in the end, and they can only be taken advantage of by Lao Cao. And after Lao Cao settles Sun Quan, will he let me go? ”

Smiled at Liu Ye again, Lu Ren turned his head to Xue Li and said, "Xue Li, call back to our northern caravan, and let the northern caravan entertain Sima Zhongda...... Remember, arrange for some reliable people to spread the news to the Koto side. ”

Shirley was stunned and asked, "Why?" Since we don't want to be picked up by Lao Cao, we shouldn't accept Lao Cao's envoys; And if you want to settle Sun Quan, why do you want to deliberately spread the news to Jiangdong? ”

Lu Renqu knocked on the door of his head, and said a little helplessly: "Shirley, the twists and turns in this are still something you are not good at." Well...... Let me tell you this, politically I am a courtier of the Han Dynasty after all, and Lao Cao represents the court, so how can I, as a courtier, not accept the envoys sent by the court? If you refuse to accept envoys, wouldn't you be telling the people of the world that I, Lu Ren, have the intention of rebellion? If that's how it is, then we don't have to mess around in this era. ”

In a word, don't underestimate the influence of the emperor of that era. No matter how domineering Cao Cao is, no matter how heroic Liu Bei is, no matter how strong Sun Quan is, doesn't he have to sell face before this so-called court decree? And how many catties does Lu Ren have now? How can you have the courage and confidence to argue with these things? At least, at least, it must be done in accordance with the yang and the yin. If you don't understand this, you can do what you can do if you feel that you have a little family background, but I'm afraid that it's really similar to looking for death, not to mention that Lu Ren still has to use the banner of a Han courtier to absorb the displaced people of the Central Plains as a Han courtier?

Shirley also reacted at this time, and continued: "Then deliberately spread this news to Jiangdong, senior brother means to force Sun Quan to lower his head as soon as possible, right?" ”

Lu Ren nodded: "That's right, that's what it means." Sun Quan suffered such a big loss in our hands, and also lost a member of the love general, if we don't take something weighty and press him again, so that he has a great sense of crisis, then with this kid's temper, he may not be willing to bow his head to us. Okay, he doesn't say anything, Shirley, you go quickly. ”

Shirley nodded: "Okay, I see." But senior brother, you have to think clearly, Sima Yi is not such an easy person to deal with. ”

Lu Ren spread his hands: "I know this better than you." But then again, we won't have any direct conflicts of interest with Lao Cao for a long time, so it's not bad for us to take this opportunity to expand our business contacts with all parts of the north. For example, our industry in Yizhou has just started, and we need a lot of coal resources, but our own coal mining here is not very good, and the supply of labor is limited. In contrast, it would be nice to buy more coal from Lao Cao's Shanxi. ”

Shirley said, "Okay, then I'll arrange it." ”

didn't mention that Shirley was busy with her affairs, but said that Liu Ye had carefully consulted it before saying to Lu Ren: "Sun Quan is a wise lord, and his subordinates Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Zhang Zhao and others are also virtuous people in the world. Now Sun Wu will be in a critical situation, and he will inevitably make other plans. Therefore, I thought that Sun Quan would soon suppress his hatred and anger, and then send his ministers to Yizhou to resolve the feud with the lord and renew the old friendship. The general and Jiangdong have a lip and tooth trend, and it is better to let go of the feud that should be put down......"

Lu Ren said: "I understand, otherwise I wouldn't have such a headache during this time." But in the reconciliation with Sun Quan, we must stand in an absolute dominant position, and we can't let Sun Quan, this kid, take the initiative. ”

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Yizhou, the joint burial mausoleum of female soldiers who died in the First World War in Quanzhou.

A few bunches of picked flowers were neatly placed in front of the mausoleum by Lu Ren...... In the final analysis, Lu Ren is neither a hero nor a hero, at best he is just a time-traveler who has opened plug-ins and goldfingers to stir up some ups and downs in this era. Since he has been in power for many years, many times he will deal with problems like a politician and be insidious and two-faced, but at least some of Lu Ren's own character traits still exist.

Just like now, Lu Ren just brought Shirley to the mausoleum of these girls to have a look, and he was not engaged in any serious sacrifices, so there were no sacrifices, only these bunches of flowers picked on the road.

Looking at the flowers that had been put away, and then looking at the joint burial tombstone, Lu Ren couldn't help but sigh lightly. To be honest, it is precisely because Lu Ren still retains some of his own character traits, and because Lu Ren is not a hero or a hero, that Lu Ren can't be as indifferent to other people's lives as some people do, not to mention that there are hundreds of girls buried here? You must know that among these girls, there are many older or more cute ones, Lu Ren can call them by their names, and even jokingly flirted with them. But now these lives are gone.

While sighing secretly, a group of girls also came here, but it was a group of Yizhou female soldiers led by Lu Lan and Lu Lingqi. They were also stunned when they saw Lu Ren and Shirley, and then hurriedly greeted Lu Ren. After asking carefully, it turned out that these female soldiers were on vacation today, so they came to pay respects to these sisters.

Lu Ren just picked a few bouquets of flowers, but Lu Lan and Lu Lingqi brought a lot of offerings. However, Lu Ren didn't fight with these girls, but stood aside and watched quietly. When things were almost done, a group of girls talked with each other for a while, and finally Lu Lan and Lu Lingqi came to Lu Ren.

"Adult ......"

"What's wrong?"

Lu Lan and Lu Lingqi looked at each other again, and then carefully took out a jade flute from the backpack and handed it to Lu Ren and said, "My lord, this is the intention of the sisters of all families, please accept it." ”

Lu Ren looked at the jade flute handed over by Lu Lan, and hesitated: "This ......"

Lu Lan said: "When there was an accident in Quanzhou, the adults burned the bamboo flute that they had carried with him for many years, and said that if they didn't help the sisters let out this evil breath, they would never sound the horn again in this life." Now that a few battles have been fought, Sun Quan has already lost his troops, and even Lu Meng, who attacked us in Quanzhou, was arrested by you, and asked Lu Meng to apologize for his crimes in front of the sisters' tombs. So the sisters discussed it and thought that they should let the adults ...... you."

At this point, Lu Lan paused, and then handed the jade flute in his hand in front of Lu Ren: "This jade flute was carved by the sisters with a lot of thought some time ago, and I didn't know when it would be handed over to you, but I didn't expect to meet the adult here today." The adults have fulfilled the promise of the day, and now it is in front of these sisters, and it can be regarded as an explanation to all the sisters. ”

Lu Ren was still a little hesitant, but the female soldiers chattered and expressed their hope that Lu Ren would accept the jade flute. Lu Ren also understood that this time was no longer as simple as a promise that day, so he finally nodded and reached out to take the jade flute from Lu Lan's hand. After taking the jade flute, Lu Ren didn't say anything more, but blew a piece of music that everyone liked again in front of the mausoleum. For everyone, isn't this another sacrifice placed by Lu Ren? Perhaps, this is also the best part of the sacrifice.

Without further ado, let's just say that after the matter was done, Lu Ren and Shirley walked on the way back to the city. After walking out of the road for a while, Shirley looked at no one near her, and hesitated for a moment before asking Lu Ren, "Master, can I ask you something?" ”

"What? What do you have to ask me? ”

Shirley was silent for a long time, and finally sighed lightly: "The worship just now reminded me of the female soldiers who died in Quanzhou, and I also remembered some other things. Master, before I entered the WTO, I could say that I didn't understand anything, and I also looked at life and death very lightly, but after following you into the WTO, I felt that I had changed a lot. In your words, master, I was just a living robot before I entered the WTO, but now I am a real person, so I will also start to think about things that I would never have thought about before......" (To be continued.) )