Troubled Times Open Chapter 246 Door-to-door visit
Nanjing is the place where Lu An intends to use the capital, on the basis of the original Moling City and expanded for a whole year, its traffic is also very convenient because it is close to the Yangtze River, so although Nanjing City is not as good as Luoyang Yecheng and other famous cities in the world, but it is already the most prosperous city in Jiangdong, the four directions of the southeast and northwest are people coming and going almost every day, it seems to be very lively.
Lu An spent nearly ten days, and after dealing with all the government affairs accumulated during his expedition, he was idle, so he took advantage of the good weather and led some of his personal guards to the west of the city, and stopped in front of a mansion.
The construction of this mansion is not very grandiose, and it does not have the majesty of the official palace of a general or a high-ranking official, but from the outside, there is a pair of stone pixiu at the door of this house, and the gate is also brand new and bright, but it also looks very exquisite, and it is obviously not an ordinary people's house.
Looking at the word Zhou Fu on the plaque above the door, the corners of Lu An's mouth turned up slightly, so he stepped forward directly and picked the door knocker.
"Who?" Soon, a porter opened the door slightly, stuck out a head and asked.
"Tell Zhou Yu, just say that I, Lu An and Lu Xuantong, have come to visit him!" Lu An smiled at him and said softly.
"Huh!" The porter was stunned for a moment, Lu An Lu Xuantong, this name seems to be a little familiar, and after thinking about it again, his face immediately changed, he poked his head out, and found that a large number of elite armor soldiers outside the door were waiting outside, so he hurriedly opened the door completely, knelt down and said: "General Lu directly inside, my master is in the backyard to play the qin!" ”
According to the rules, if someone comes to visit in this era, the porter needs to inform the master first, but the identity of this young man in front of him is the most noble and powerful person in the entire Jiangdong, and the identity of his own master is embarrassing, where does the porter dare to let him wait, otherwise people will casually show a little unhappy, which will be a disaster for themselves and even for the master's family.
"Let's go and report it, the so-called door-to-door is considered a guest, I, Lu An, have not been allowed by the master, and it will be a bit rude to enter someone else's mansion after all!" Lu An didn't enter, but took the initiative to speak.
"Okay, General Lu, wait a minute!" The porter saw that Lu An really had no intention of going in directly, so he responded and ran in.
"Lord, why are you so polite to them, this house itself was given to Zhou Yu by you, let's go in directly, and this concierge allows you to enter directly, we are not forced to break in, why do you have to wait for others to report, isn't it a waste of time!" The cow baby beside him was a little puzzled at this time, and asked Lu Andao, who was waiting outside. In his opinion, as the lord of his own family, he can enter wherever he wants, especially since the other party is still an enemy general who has been captured by the other side.
"It's a little respectful to the host's family, this time I'm asking him to help me, it's important to leave a good impression on the other party!" Lu An replied.
Asking Zhou Yu to come out to help him was an idea he had since the defeat in the Water War, and he was out of control after that, so a few days after returning to Jiangdong, he came to ask for talent.
"Don't be so troublesome, the lord is the master of this Jiangdong, and the old lord Sun Ce himself before Zhou Yu is under the control of the lord, you can just send him a paper order to let him out!" Niu Wa scratched her head, incomprehensible to Lu An's troubles.
"You don't understand, the more talented people in these years, the more they like to pretend to be high, or they are already high, hold them higher, show respect, and the success rate will be much higher, if it is directly a paper order, it will seem insincere!" Lu Andao.
In this era, many celebrities eat this set, the most famous is Liu Bei, who left a classic example for future generations, and invited Zhuge Liang three times, but it is not excluded that Zhuge Liang himself has long taken a fancy to Liu Bei, and he played a set of tricks in order to make himself a higher status in Liu Bei's heart.
But in any case, showing sincerity a little more sufficiently, it will undoubtedly play a role in promoting, I came with sincerity this time, I believe there will always be some opportunities, men are in the world, who doesn't want to make a vigorous deed, even if Zhou Yu and Sun Ce's relationship is good, but at this time Sun Ce has no chance to make a comeback, this Zhou Yu can't be mediocre for Sun Ce for a lifetime, and it may not be useless for him.
"General Lu, my master is waiting for you in the living room!" At this time, the former porter hurried back and lowered his body.
"Thank you!" Lu An nodded towards the porter and followed him into the door.
After passing through the courtyard in front, the porter stopped when he took Lu An to a main hall and said, "My master is waiting inside!" ”
"You're waiting for me outside!" Lu An gave an order to Niu Wa and the others behind him, and walked in directly.
Entering the living room, Zhou Yu was already sitting in it and waiting, and when he saw Lu An walking in, he smiled slightly, pointed to a sitting block on the side (don't care about the details of the sitting posture of the ancients), and took a warm wine jug before greeting: "General Lu actually put down his busy official business to visit, which really flattered Yu!" ”
"I want to come every day, but I'm afraid you won't welcome it!" Lu An was not polite, and sat down directly under a small table next to Zhou Yu, and said casually.
"What did General Lu say, General Lu owns the entire Jiangdong and is the first-class prince in the world, who in this Jiangdong does not welcome General Lu?" Zhou Yu said politely.
"That's just because I am the general of Zhengdong Yangzhou and have to welcome it, throwing away the aura of identity, there are many people in Jiangdong who are quite dissatisfied with me!" Lu Andao.
His new policy, that is completely for the benefit of the people to completely suppress the family Haoqiang, although now he has begun to improve the relationship with the family, but take away other people's ancestral family business, and a few people can let go of this hatred, but because of his strength has to swallow his anger, if his strength is greatly damaged, he will be immediately thrown into the infinite abyss by all the families.
"There are many people who are dissatisfied with General Lu, but there are dozens of times more people who are grateful to General Lu, from this point of view, General Lu should be proud!" Zhou Yu poured a glass of wine for Lu An and said with a bit of admiration.
Since being placed under house arrest in Jiangdong, with his extensive knowledge, he felt that it was an eye-opener, and he had heard that Lu Xuantong's new policy was very extreme, but after he really arrived in Jiangdong, he found that the situation was more exaggerated than he imagined, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and had their own land, and the wealthy families were suppressed one by one to the point that they were about to recover, most of the fields were confiscated, and most of the families were dismissed. is almost equivalent to the status of a wealthy businessman, where can it be called a family of the Han Dynasty.
"Pride? Unless my path is completely completed, then I can be proud, otherwise once I fail, what awaits me is an abyss, a stench of ten thousand years. Lu An laughed self-deprecatingly. Ever since he set foot on this path, everything has been irreversible, and all he can do is not let his steps stop, otherwise darkness awaits him.
Zhou Yu was silent after hearing this, Lu An was very self-aware, and knew what would happen to him in the end, either he would become a saint for eternity, or he would become a traitor for eternity who was even more stinking than Wang Mang, these were his only two endings.
"Forget it, I'm here to discuss things with you this time, and you must have a good idea of what it is!" Lu An waved his hand, no longer mentioning those imaginary things, but mentioning his own intentions.
"I don't understand what General Lu said!" Although Zhou Yu guessed something, he naturally wouldn't admit it until the other party said it.
"Do you want to know the details of my defeat this time?" Lu An changed his words and suddenly asked.
"Yes!" Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment, then nodded. Although the news of Lu An's defeat is now spread all over the world, except for the generals who participated in the war, outsiders have no way of knowing, only that it is related to the two teenagers, so Zhou Yu is very curious about how the Jingzhou side defeated Lu Xuantong, a famous general who has no weaknesses at all.
"In fact, the whole process is very simple, compared to the land battle, I am relatively weak in the arrangement of the water battle, but it is more than enough to destroy that Cai Mao, but later two teenagers came to the Jingzhou army, they first cast a formation to overcome my formation, and then borrowed my idea of slightly underestimating the enemy to introduce all my vanguard into the formation." Lu Andao.
"Even so, General Lu's strength will not lose, after all, the Jiangdong Army under your command is the elite of a hundred battles, and there are incomparable generals like Gan Ning under your command, even if the water battle is a little short, but compared to the Jingzhou Army, it will not be too inferior, how can it be defeated because of a formation!" Zhou Yu interjected. He has fought with Lu An many times, and he knows Lu An best, even if such a character is a little light, it is absolutely strong, and with the assistance of wise people like Guo Fengxiao, how can he be defeated because of these.
"These are just inducements, what really affects the outcome of the battle is that the two teenagers will jointly perform a special military division secret technique, which can greatly improve the combat power of their soldiers, the water battle of the Jingzhou soldiers themselves is not weak, and after performing the secret skills, it is even stronger, and the individual combat ability almost completely overwhelms our army, coupled with the formation, my vanguard army immediately fell into their formation because of the assault, and the whole army was moved by a collapse, if it were not for Gan Ning and other generals to resist the other party bravely, I am afraid that the damage will be more than 40,000!" When Lu An talked about that battle, his expression became a little angry, and even his breathing was a little short, he felt angry when he thought about it, he had achieved two children with his own reputation, how could he bear it.
"I see, Yu understands!" Zhou Yu nodded, it can be regarded as a thorough understanding of the details of the battle, the formation of soldiers, the combat power of the soldiers, and the other party's intention to lure the enemy, the three aspects add up to a great advantage, and it is reasonable that the Jiangdong Army will be defeated in the end.
"So, I only came to you today, to tell you the truth, after the beginning of spring, I am ready to go north to Jingzhou again, are you willing to help me defeat their naval army?" Lu An said his ultimate goal.