But all people generally have curiosity about things beyond their own cognition, and under Lu Lan's explanation, Xu Shu, Gan Ning, and Shi Tao were slightly taken aback, and their faces also showed a look of curiosity or yearning.

This is what Lu Ren wanted, so at this time, he seized the opportunity to smile at Xu Shu and said, "Yuanzhi, do you hear me?" If you have time to go to Yizhou, you may not be able to get anything else, but those delicious mountain and sea delicacies are guaranteed to make you happy. How about it, are you interested in going to Yizhou to have a trip? ”

Lu Ren's seemingly casual words actually intentionally wanted to lead Xu Shu, Shi Tao, and Gan Ning to Yizhou to have a look. As mentioned above, Lu Ren knew that if he didn't show some strength to Xu Shu and the others, then the matter of recruiting these three would be empty talk. In turn, Xu Shu and the others also wanted to get a glimpse of Lu Ren's potential, and at this time, Lu Ren had a good excuse to say it, and before Xu Shu could speak, Gan Ning directly picked up the words and said: "Lu Shu said that people feel uncomfortable!" If you don't want to chatter, you would rather want to go to Yizhou overseas with the fleet of Lu Servant to see it. What happens to the unknown land servant's shot? ”

Lu Ren said with a smile: "If Brother Xingba wants to go on a trip, Lu Ren can't ask for it." As soon as the sky is light, I will go and say to Ah Zhen...... Oh, after all, she is a daughter and is a little timid, and Brother Xingba's prestige is quite strong, so can you ask Brother Xingba to give in for the time being, and say that Brother Xingba is the one who invited the escort on the ship? Please also rest assured that Brother Xingba and the brothers will not dare to slack off on the food and clothing along the way. ”

Gan Ning looked at his three boats over there, nodded vigorously, and said, "That's very good!" To tell the truth, this robber's business would rather not be able to do it any longer. Fortunately, the Lu servant responded to it, and Ning and his brothers couldn't ask for it. ”

These words made Lu Ren's heart move again, looking at Gan Ning's somewhat contemplative expression, Lu Ren's heart made up another idea......

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The small banquet on the deck had long since dispersed, and it was already early in the morning.

It was a night of tossing and turning. The whole group of people was basically tired, and at this time the ship was at anchor, and they stayed in their respective places to make up for sleep. At the bow of the Seahorse, Gan stood there quietly, looking at the servants on his three boats in a daze.

"Brother Xingba, don't you sleep for a while?"

Gan Ning turned around when he heard the sound, and saw Lu Renzheng coming over with his hands behind his back, so he immediately clasped his fists and saluted: "Lu Servant is also tired all night, don't you sleep for a while?" ”

Lu Ren smiled, walked closer and stood side by side with Gan Ning, and looked at Gan Ning's servants together. After a while. Lu Rencai asked softly: "Brother Xingba stopped looting, it's been more than a year, right?" ”

Gan Ning said: "Yes, it's been more than a year. Although this plundering business is particularly refreshing when doing it, it is not a long-term plan after all. ”

Lu Ren nodded and said, "This thief is not so easy to be. There are many thieves in troubled times, and thieves can only really survive in the chaotic situation. The thief won't be able to get along. To tell the truth, Brother Xingba was able to make such a fierce fuss at the beginning, mainly because of a gibberish word. But according to the current situation, it is in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The foundations of Jingxiang Liu Biao and Sun Quan of Eastern Wu have been solid, and in order to further reassure the people, they will not allow Brother Xingba to continue to make trouble. ”

Gan Ning looked back at Lu Ren and said with a long sigh: "Ning doesn't know? Thinking about it, Ning didn't know the height of the sky when he was young. It's been like this now, and I feel quite remorseful in my heart. ”

Lu Ren smiled: "What is there to regret?" People are not arrogant teenagers, didn't I do a lot of ridiculous things in the first place? It's funny when I think about it now. But then again. It is precisely because of the ignorance and frivolity of our youth that we can learn from it from time to time when we are older. ”

Gan Ning also smiled: "Talking with a wise man like Lu Servant is really beneficial. ”

Lu Ren waved his hand a little embarrassed and said, "Where am I a wise man?" It's just that I've experienced a lot of things, and now I'm quite insightful. But now I want to ask, Brother Xingba, after you are no longer a thief, do you want to choose a master and vote for it, and take the right way? ”

Gan Ning Zhengse said: "I have this intention in the next." Everyone at the banquet was around, and it was inconvenient for Ning to say something. Now that he is alone with Lu Servant, Ning has something to say. In fact, I would rather make friends with Lu Servant, which is quite selfish......"

Lu Ren smiled and waved his hand: "I, Lu Ren, am not such a stupid person. Brother Xingba's friendship with me is nothing more than wanting to borrow my old fame, as well as the friendship with Liu Jingzhou, to say a few good words on top of serving you as a master, right? ”

Gan Ning paused for a moment, and then smiled: "Ning is a rude person, and Lu Servant is an elegant person, but for some reason, Ning and Lu Servant are just happy to talk!" Yes, Ning Zheng has this intention. ”

Lu Ren smiled again, shook his head lightly and said, "Liu Biao? Brother Xingba, with all due respect, this Liu Biao is definitely not a person to serve! ”

Lu Ren's words made Gan Ning stunned for a moment, and after a while, he came back to his senses and immediately asked, "How can this happen?" As far as Ning knew, Lu Fuchu did not object to Yuan Zhi's desire to vote for Liu Jingsheng, why did he ...... when he came to Ning?"

Lu Ren waved his hand and interrupted Gan Ning's words: "Yuan Zhi's words, Brother Xingba is afraid that he didn't listen to them all, right?" I said to Yuan Zhi at the time, Liu Jingsheng is a good person, good and evil, covering good and good and not being able to use it, and covering evil and evil but not being able to go. Although he can get the gift of a guest of honor, it is nothing more, and it will not be used by Liu Jingsheng in the end, and in the end it is just idle at the table, mixing food and clothing. If you just want to live in peace, it doesn't hurt to invest in Liu Biao's account, but if you want to be able to give and make contributions, then there will definitely be no such day under Liu Biao's account. ”

"Hiss......"

Gan Ning narrowed his eyes when he heard this, and muttered, "I haven't said these words in detail until now...... However, according to the meaning of Lu Fu's words, since this Liu Jingsheng is not a person who can use people, why don't you say anything to dissuade Yuan Zhi? ”

Lu Ren smiled: "Because Yuan Zhi is still too young. Although he had traveled around the world and seen a lot of the world when he was a teenager, he was still not deeply involved in the world, and he didn't know how to make trade-offs in many things. I don't object to him defecting to Liu Biao, but I also want him to experience some sophistication first, and by the way, I will wear off a little bit of the sharpness he hides deep in his heart. Only in this way can he truly become successful in the future. ”

Gan Ning nodded lightly and said, "I see." In Lu Fu's opinion, Yuan Zhi can vote, why can't Ning? ”

Lu Ren said: "Because Brother Xingba and Yuan Zhi are fundamentally different. Although Yuan Zhiruo can't be reused, but in the final analysis, he is just alone, even if things are not good, whether he goes or stays, he can have no scruples and no worries, at most he is just hungry for his own stomach. But Brother Xingba, are you ......?"

At this point, Lu Ren looked at the Gan Ning servant on the boat over there, shook his head and sighed lightly: "Brother Xingba, if Lu Ren is not mistaken, you and I are actually the same kind of people. ”

Gan Ningqi said: "How do you say this? ”

Lu Ren said: "After I escaped from Cao Ying, I did not hide and hide, but I showed up in the Jingxiang area to do business, in order to find a righteous way for my family, clan, relatives, friends and brothers, after all, I am their dependent." And Brother Xingba, you stopped the raid more than a year ago, and now you have the idea of seeking the Lord and serving, not only for your own fame and fortune, but also for ......"

Saying that, Lu Ren stretched out his hand and pointed at the Gan Ning servant on the boat over there: "It's also for your eight hundred brothers to stop being thieves, and they can all have a right way out!" ”

Gan Ning stared at Lu Ren for a long time, and finally sighed: "Lu Servant shot you are right, I would rather leave this group of brothers for myself." I think that many of these brothers followed Ning Chu when he was a thief, and at most they have been by Ning's side for more than ten years. Now we are still in the prime of life, fighting and killing, and being a thief is also free. But ten or twenty years later, when we are all unable to kill, we are afraid that no one will collect our corpses when we die, and we will leave a lifetime of infamy, so we would rather find a master to serve us. It seems that even if I can't make a contribution, I can let these brothers follow me to have a bite to eat. ”

Lu Renxin said that this Gan Ning is quite a bit like Song Jiang, isn't Song Jiang just because he always has the idea of finding a way out for a group of brothers, so he does everything possible to seek Zhao'an and no longer continue to be a bandit? But thinking about it, Lu Ren quickly came back to his senses, and smiled faintly at Gan Ning: "Brother Xingba, do you think you took these eight hundred brothers to Liu Biao, and how much grain will Liu Biao give you to support these brothers?" ”

Gan Ning hesitated: "This ......"

Lu Ren said: "I'll tell you." Liu Biao is a light literati, he doesn't know anything about martial arts at all, although he has more than 100,000 armor under his command, but he doesn't know how many opportunities he has missed to enter the world. I just said that Yuan Zhi is fundamentally different from you, so I might as well make it clearer now.

"Yuan Zhi gave up martial arts and literature, and if he threw himself in Liu Biao's curtain, he would only be a civilian guest, and there were many such people under Liu Biao's curtain, and no one would notice anything. Brother Xingba, you are a martial artist, and you are under Liu Biao's background with the intention of leading the troops as generals and making contributions with martial arts. But it's a pity that Liu Biao doesn't know anything about military affairs at all, and second, everything in Jingzhou's armament is in Cai Mao's hands, and he categorically can't allow anyone to divide his military power.

"If you are like, I dare say that you will not have the opportunity to make a contribution at all, and this is still only for your fame. And to your brother...... A few years ago, Zhang Xiu went to Liu Biao, and Liu Biao ordered Zhang Xiu to guard Wancheng, help him guard the northern gateway of Jingzhou, and at the same time promised Zhang Xiu to raise the army's food. But do you know what the outcome will be? ”

Gan Ning was stunned: "What? ”

Lu Ren said: "Zhang Xiu's more than 10,000 soldiers are not full but hungry to death. To put it mildly, it was fished there by Liu Biao. ”

Gan Ning exclaimed: "Is there such a thing? (To be continued.) )