Lu Chen did not agree to Sun Quan's request for apprenticeship, but only excused himself by saying that he was still young and needed to consult his father before making a decision. In this regard, Sun Quan could not be pressed, so he could only nod his head and said that he would go to see Lu Bu in person, explain to him his admiration for Lu Chen's knowledge, and ask for his consent.

Temporarily rejected Sun Quan, it was not that Lu Chen was pretending to be reserved, in fact, there was some turmoil and narcissism in his heart, but he must be cautious about this matter. The reason is very simple, in Sun Quan's view, this may just be his personal matter, but in fact, it is not so simple, this can be regarded as a major matter of the two forces.

The reason why Lu Su blocked it was not just because of his own personal grudges, in the final analysis, he was most worried about the opinions of the two forces of Soochow and Yanmen on this matter. Not only within Jiangdong and Yanmen, but even if Sun Quan succeeds in apprenticeship, he may be misinterpreted by the outside world, thinking that Yanmen River and Jiangdong are united. After all, the relationship between teachers and disciples is even deeper than marriage in this era, and it is also strong with falsehood. One more ally is not a bad thing, the key problem is that Yanmen is too small and too weak, although Jiangdong is willing to form a good alliance with Yanmen, but it is not to the point of alliance with them, once it is considered by other princes that Jiangdong and Yanmen are in alliance, then, Jiangdong will be under a lot of pressure, not to mention anything else, Cao Apu alone will be more jealous and hostile to Jiangdong.

Therefore, in Lu Su's opinion, Lu Chen is much more mature than Sun Quan, he understood the potential meaning of Lu Chen's refusal, and after taking Sun Quan back to the post house, he wrote a letter overnight and sent it to Jiangdong at an expedited speed of eight hundred miles.

Night. As it deepens, autumn grows stronger, and the night becomes cooler.

Lu Chen's 'wedding night' didn't bother to enter the cave room to warm up with Zhen Mi, and Zhen Mi didn't send anyone to urge, but just sent Yun Sleeve to bring supper to make tea for Lu Chen. At the same time, Pang Tong Chen Gong and the others are destined to have no chance to rest tonight, and even Lu Zhan, the attendant, can't close their eyes.

Chen Gong and Pang Tong, with the cement plant, the iron smelting bureau. Wool workshop. The heads of various workshops or factories, such as the gunpowder workshop, the Ordnance Bureau, etc., are in full swing to process the list and divide the tasks. After all. The princes will be gone in these two days. They have to be given a quota. Let them pay a deposit and negotiate the delivery method before they can continue to produce in the future. To know. Yanmen is barren, and in the past few months, he has taken in a large number of displaced people, opened factories and workshops and built roads, and Lu Chen has almost consumed the money, food and materials he has robbed. Now, he has to use the method of 'fighting to feed the war' to maintain the continuation of the factory workshop and the project, that is to say, the deposit given by the princes said that Lu Chen's life-saving money and food this winter is impossible for outsiders to know, but Chen Gong Pang Tong and others naturally know it, so their pressure is not ordinarily great. The list and production plan they listed should not only obtain the maximum amount of financial support, but also take into account the production conditions of each workshop and factory, and also take into account the update and development of technology, which is related to the development plan formulated by Lu Chen for Yanmen, and must not be sloppy.

Sent away Lu Su, who was very tight, and Xiao Sun, who was bent on learning seventy-two changes, Lu Chen couldn't be idle, he had already recruited Li Rui, that's right, it was the 'traitor' Li Yuncong who was 'bought' by the Xianbei people. Of course, Li Rui was not really bought by Bu Dugen and Grodan, everything was just a game laid out by Lu Chen in advance, Li Rui used his acting skills to conquer the Xianbei people, or deceive, and played a pivotal role in this spy war, Lu Chen attaches great importance to him. Because, this 'double agent's scheme was actually proposed by Li Rui himself, Lu Chen only gave a little guidance, and then implemented it, deceiving the Xianbei people to come to the nest, and Li Rui contributed a lot.

'Yun Cong, this time, you did a good job. Lu Chen put down the list of arms sales that Lu Zhan had handled, and smiled at Li Rui, who was holding hot tea not far away.

'The little prince praised it! Everything is a little gentleman's strategy, and Rui is just the icing on the cake. Li Rui was a little reserved, but his heart was not as calm as his face, in fact, he knew very well that Xiao Junhou came to him tonight, definitely not to praise him for two sentences. He vaguely guessed that he might have to be on his own.

'What do you think about arms sales?' Lu Chen picked up the list again and raised it. Yun Sleeve took it and handed it to Li Rui, who was sitting on the side.

Li Rui didn't even bother to appreciate Yun Sleeve's graceful posture, he grabbed the list and looked at it carefully, his expression was serious and slightly nervous.

After a while, Li Rui raised his head with a hint of doubt: "Little Junhou, you sell arms and weapons so evenly, and even carry cement, wool ni, fine iron and other non-ordnance materials, isn't it to make money?" ‘

'Well, that's your opinion? Lu Chen took a sip of tea and asked.

So it is. Li Rui was born in a family of merchants in Jingzhou, although he was not a descendant, but he was exposed to it since he was a child, and he still had a lot of research in business. Of course, if he had been out of town, he would not have left Jingzhou and gone to Yanmen to seek a future.

'Tell me what you think, what do you see in this list?' ‘

First of all, the little prince seems to be very dissatisfied with the ordnance production technology that Yanmen is far ahead of the princes. You sell the ordnance of Yanmen to various princes in an almost equal way, not to make money, but to improve technology and increase production capacity. At the same time, the princes of all walks of life must be dissatisfied with your move, and for this reason, they will bid, of course, this can only be when the second sale is made next year. It's about making money. But other than that, the rest of the little prince's purpose seems to revolve around improving technology and production level. Don't say anything else, let's just talk about gunpowder, Yanmen's gunpowder production capacity, Rui has done an understanding, about 300 catties per month, and the total amount of orders given by Xiao Junhou is 120 catties per month, which is much lower than the production level of the gunpowder workshop, of course, Yanmen will intercept a part of it for itself, but it will not be too much, besides, as far as I know, Yanmen still has about 600 catties of inventory. And the little prince did not increase the total amount of sales in order to make more money. This shows that the little prince intends to control the productivity of the gunpowder workshop, but those workers can't be idle, right? Therefore, I boldly guess that the little prince is ready to use the money of the princes to support Yanmen, so that the gunpowder workshop can produce gunpowder while drawing out enough manpower to research and improve technology. In other words, the gunpowder workshop uses product sales to provide funds for its own development of technology, and no longer needs support from Yanmen, which reduces the financial burden and may even provide additional financial income. The rest of the factories and workshops, which are also largely similar, are far from reaching their maximum production levels. It can be seen that the little prince has a great plan, and once a few years later, the technology and production level of Yanmen has reached a level beyond the reach of the princes, I am afraid that the little prince will not hesitate to cut off the supply of arms to any princes along the way, and at that time, the army of Yanmen will be invincible! Li Rui said. (To be continued......)