Lu Rui set off from Xiangyang with a team to send off relatives, rested in Jiangling for the night, and then went to Wuling, and when he arrived in Wuling County, he entered the boundary of Wumanxi.

"Brother Rui, you say, what is delicious in Wuling? When we arrive in Wuling, shouldn't we eat something delicious and then go to Wumanxi? Cao Chong rode his pony and followed Lu Rui, and before he arrived in Wuling County, he wanted to eat delicious food.

"Foodie!" Lu Rui shook his head, Cao Chong was actually a gourmand of the Three Kingdoms, and he had to taste food every time he went to a place, which gave Lu Rui a headache.

"Hehe, Brother Rui, Sister Hua's wedding, let's send relatives, how can we have the strength to send relatives if we don't eat more? What's more, I heard that the southern barbarians welcome their relatives in a special way, maybe it will be a test for us, but this stomach can't be hungry. Cao Chong has been by Lu Rui's side for a long time, and he has also learned to flamboyantly tongue, and he has moved out of any excuse in order to eat delicious food.

"Forget it, when we get to Wuling, we'll take a break." Although it is a send-off, it is also necessary to understand the attitude of Wumanxi, and see how many soldiers and horses Wumanxi is willing to send to support Cao Cao.

"Brother Rui is wise!" Cao Chong waved the horsewhip in front of Lu Rui and patted Lu Rui's ass.

"Brother Chong, everyone in the Cao family is not optimistic about Hua Mei's marriage, and even has objections. Why are you still so cheerful? When Lu Rui saw Cao Chong's appearance, he suddenly wanted to try Cao Chong, Cao Hua's marriage, what was Cao Chong's idea!

"Brother Rui, Sister Hua's marriage was made by my father, and you and I can't have any objections, but my brother thinks that Sister Hua's marriage to Wumanxi will be a good destination." Cao Chong ate the wild fruit on the horse and looked at Lu Rui with a smile.

"A good home?"

"Yes, Brother Rui. Our Cao family is no longer what it used to be. The daughter of the Cao family naturally has an extra responsibility. The father's marriage must be completed by the daughter of the Cao family. The Xiahou family, the Xun family, the Jia family, etc., all the ministers relied on by their fathers, their sons had a great chance to marry the Cao family. ”

"So what?"

"Brother Rui, the father is a hero, the son may not be, and it is very likely to be a straw bale. If the daughter of the Cao family has a good tone. Marrying a little hero who inherits his father's business, there is nothing to say, but now that my Cao family wants to marry, how many of those children are outstanding people? Although Sister Hua is married to the son of the Barbarian King of Wumanxi, I don't know how talented the prince is, but her position as the princess is firmly seated. If the Cao family is the emperor and the daughter is the princess, marrying the barbarian king is far better than marrying a courtier. That's one of them."

"Yes." Lu Rui nodded, Cao Chong's words were good, Cao Hua married Wumanxi. With the support of the Cao family, she must be the princess. Although she is the princess of the tribe, her power can penetrate deep into the entire tribe, which is indeed much better than marrying the son of an incompetent courtier.

"And what is the second one?"

"Brother Rui, although my Cao family seems to be beautiful, but it is full of dangers, as long as you are a little careless, the foundation of the Cao family is not guaranteed, and even the children of my Cao family are killed, Sister Hua can marry into Wumanxi and stay away from the disputes of the Cao family, it is not a good thing."

Cao Chong's words are very reasonable, although Cao Cao can control the overall situation now, but the crisis still exists, just like Sima Min engaged in assassination, if it weren't for Cao Cao's suspicion, I'm afraid the Cao family would be ruined. Even in history, Cao Cao has been assassinated many times, as long as the Cao family does not become emperor for a day, as soon as Cao Cao has a change, the Cao family may face the disaster of extermination.

"I didn't expect Cang Shu to think like this, if everyone in the Cao family had your wisdom, the middle father wouldn't need to be so embarrassed." Lu Rui touched Cao Chong's little head, a genius is a genius, if Cao Chong is allowed to ascend the throne, I am afraid that Cao Wei's history can be easily changed without Lu Rui.

After half a month's journey, the brigade arrived in Wuling County, and Taishou Jinxuan took Wenwu to greet Lu Rui and his party outside the city gate.

"See Master Hou!"

"Yuanji doesn't have to be polite, today Ben Hou sent his relatives to Wumanxi, passing by Wuling County, and disturbing Yuanji." For Jin Xuan, Lu Rui still has a good impression, Cao Ang took Liu Qi's edict to persuade the county guards of each county, although the Taishou of the four southern counties of Jingzhou surrendered, but only Jin Xuan offered gold and beauties to show his loyalty, compared with the other three Taishou, Jin Xuan is considered a pro-Cao faction.

"Hou Ye is polite, Xuan has prepared everything, please Hou Ye into the post station to rest, and I will wash the dust for Hou Ye at night."

"There's a labor chance." Lu Rui arched his hand and entered Wuling City with a large group of people.

At night, Lu Rui took Cao Pi, Cao Xiu, Cao Chong, and Kuai Yue to attend Jinxuan's dinner. After the dinner, Lu Rui and the five of them came to the side hall in the backyard of Jinxuan.

"Yuanji, how is the situation in Wumanxi?" After the dinner, it was natural to talk about business, Jin Xuan is the head snake, and it is up to Jin Xuan to understand the situation of Wuman River.

"Master Hou, this marriage is the marriage between the Prime Minister and Wumanxi, Wumanxi attaches great importance to it, and the old barbarian king Shatian personally went up the mountain to fight a few tigers, sewed into robes and cloaks, and prepared to send them to the Prime Minister." Jin Xuan arched his hand and returned to Lu Rui, the barbarian king of Wumanxi went to fight the tiger in person, although this gift was not thick, but the sincerity came out. Fighting tigers in the south is a compulsory course for ordinary barbarian soldiers, and the barbarian king personally goes to fight tigers without pretending to others, which shows that he values the Cao family.

"Well, who is the son of the barbarian king? Will the old barbarian king send troops to help us attack Chaisang this time? Lu Rui nodded, sincerity is there, but sending troops is the key, and the number of troops affects Lu Rui's strategic deployment.

"Back to the Marquis, the son of the barbarian king is named Shamoke! He is the first warrior of Wumanxi, and he has 30,000 barbarian soldiers under his command, all of whom are extremely brave, but this son has courage and no strategy, and the old barbarian king has always been very worried. As for the matter of sending troops, the old barbarian king has agreed to send 50,000 troops to support the prime minister's attack on Sun Quan. ”

"Fifty thousand?!" Kuai Yue listened to Jin Xuan's words and was taken aback, there were about 100,000 barbarians in Wumanxi, and the old barbarian king was willing to send half of his troops to support Cao Cao, which was unexpected by Kuai Yue.

"Shamoko?" Lu Rui listened to Jin Xuan's words, and only then did he figure out that Cao Hua was going to marry Shamoke, the barbarian king of Wumanxi who was killed by Zhou Tai in history.

"Master Hou also knows about Shamoke?" Jin Xuan was stunned for a moment, looking at Lu Rui's expression as if he was a little stunned, could it be that Shamoke's name actually spread to the Central Plains?

"The chamber of commerce in Fan County travels back and forth to deal with all parts of Dahan. The caravan of Jingzhou once mentioned this person to Benhou. So Ben Hou has some impressions. Lu Rui casually made an excuse. Brought the matter over.

"Well, Master Hou, Shamoke is extremely brave, but he only likes to charge into battle, this time the old barbarian king is willing to borrow troops, I'm afraid it is also for Shamoke to experience and see what military strategy is." While Jin Xuan answered Lu Rui, the corners of his mouth twitched up slightly. Showing disdain.

Lu Rui captured this, it seems that Shamoke is indeed brave and unscrupulous, and he has fought with Jin Xuan, and it is estimated that he has been defeated many times. Wuling is not far from the cave of Wumanxi, and there are often small-scale wars.

"Yuanji, after the prime minister married Wumanxi, Wumanxi is his own person, if there were any contradictions before, please forgive Yuanji in the face of the prime minister."

"Hou Ye rest assured, since Xuan was in charge of Wuling. The contradictions between our Han people and the barbarians have eased a lot, but sometimes the barbarians snatch our county for food. The army was sent as a last resort. After the marriage between Wumanxi and Prime Minister, there will naturally be no shortage of food, and there is no need to have a dispute with Wumanxi. Jin Xuan replied to Lu Rui respectfully, with the support of the Cao family, Jin Xuan would not mess around.

"Yuanji rest assured, Wuling is remote, some difficulties, Ben Hou still knows, Ben Hou must be the prime minister, and support the clansmen of Wuling and Wumanxi." Lu Rui sneered in his heart, Jin Xuan is also an oil bottle. Originally, most of the disputes between Wumanxi and the Han people were deliberately withheld from the materials and money traded by the Taishou in various places, which attracted the attack of the barbarians. In the mouth of the golden whirlwind, it became the barbarian who made the first move, and defended himself in order to protect himself.

"Thank you Lord Hou, I will swear to die to serve the Prime Minister and the Cao family!" Of course, Jin Xuan heard the meaning of Lu Rui's words, and immediately made a big gift to Lu Rui.

Lu Rui's words clearly told Jin Xuan that with the support of the Cao family, Wumanxi would not be short of materials, of course these materials were aided by the Cao family, and of course Jin Xuan was too shou who distributed the aid items. At the same time, for Jin Xuan's willingness to work hard, the Cao family will also give a lot of support to Wuling County, these things will go into Jin Xuan's pocket, how can Jin Xuan be unhappy?

"Yuanji bothered."

Subsequently, Lu Rui chatted with Jin Xuan for a while, and after understanding the preferences of the old barbarian king and Shamoke's character, Lu Rui left Jin Xuan's mansion and went back to the post station to prepare for the specific matters of sending off his relatives.

Before Lu Rui was ready, the next day, the old barbarian king personally brought Shamoke to propose marriage. This caught Lu Rui off guard, he didn't expect the old barbarian king to come so soon. There was no way, Lu Rui had to meet with the old barbarian king hastily, and then agreed on some important matters, and then took Cao Hua to Wumanxi.

"Brother Rui, this roast beef in Wumanxi is really delicious, I haven't eaten anything so delicious!" Lu Rui and his entourage arrived at Wumanxi, and the old barbarian king did not waste time, according to the three media and six hires of the Han people, he let Shamoke and Cao Hua hold a wedding, at this time, Lu Rui and Cao Chong were eating and drinking.

"Brother Chong, it seems that you like the food of Wumanxi, I think those dancers dancing around the bonfire are also good-looking, since you have a deep relationship with Huamei sister and brother, it is better for you to stay here in Wumanxi, and let your brother-in-law find you an errand and become a biological child, which is also a beautiful thing." Lu Rui pointed to the dancing girl by the bonfire and looked at Cao Chong with a smile.

"Don't, don't, Brother Rui, people like me like to wander around, how can I live here in Wuman Creek for the rest of my life? This is not good, not good! After Cao Chong heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand.

"Hahaha, it seems that Brother Chong is also afraid of something." Cao Pi, who was on the side, couldn't help but laugh when he saw Cao Chong's embarrassment.

After a night of partying, Lu Rui and the others were drunkenly carried into the guest room.

"Master Hou, it's time to get up, the old barbarian king has come to me to discuss the matter of sending troops." Early the next morning, Kuai Yue knocked on Lu Rui's door and asked Lu Rui to get up, the old barbarian king had something important to discuss.

"That's pretty efficient!" Lu Rui dragged his tired body and got up from the bed with difficulty. I didn't expect the barbarian king's speed to be so fast, and the day after getting married, he had to discuss the matter of sending troops.

Lu Rui put on his clothes, and after having the grilled fish breakfast in Wumanxi, he took Kuai Yue and the others to the Barbarian King's Cave Mansion in Wumanxi.

The Barbarian King's Cave Mansion in Wumanxi is in a hollowed-out cave. In the center of the cave, the top is hollowed out, and the sunlight can shine in, about a mile away, this is the council hall of the Barbarian King's Cave.

The old barbarian king Sha Tian and Sha Moke were already waiting for Lu Rui and his party in the council hall early. When the group arrived at the council hall, they greeted each other. It's weird. Cao Hua was also in the chamber. Dressed in the gorgeous costumes of Wumanxi, he sat beside Shamoke.

"Old Barbarian King, what is this?" Lu Rui was stunned for a moment, this is not a matter of discussing the dispatch of troops, Cao Hua has just gotten married, what are you doing here?

"Haha, Master Hou was originally wondering why Hua'er was here? This is what Hou Ye doesn't know. After speaking, the old barbarian king explained to Lu Rui the reason why Cao Hua was here.

It turned out that the barbarians in Wumanxi and the south were mainly patriarchal societies. Matrilineal society is supplemented by the political system, under this system, although the male occupies the main position in the clan, but the status of women is not low, according to the habits of the barbarians, the wife of the barbarian king is his own military advisor, all the affairs of the clan, the wife of the barbarian king must express his position, otherwise the clan will not pass.

When Lu Rui heard it, he understood. This political system has influenced the ethnic minority areas of southern China for thousands of years. Even in the period of New China, there were still some remote areas where this system was practiced. The famous lady of Baptism in history is a representative. Although she is not a Han woman, after marrying a Han Chinese, she can still march and fight and command the three armies.

"I see, Rui understands, thank you for the advice of the old barbarian king."

"Master Hou is polite, please take a seat."

"King Xie Man!"

"Lord Hou, since this king has formed an in-law with the Prime Minister, he will naturally help the Prime Minister to attack Sun Quan, this time this King will send Shamoke as a general and lead 50,000 barbarian soldiers to obey the command of Lord Hou, I don't know what Lord Hou wants?" The old barbarian king did not beat around the bush, and directly proposed to give Lu Rui 50,000 soldiers to attack Sun Quan.

"Thank you to the old barbarian king, after the prime minister marries the old barbarian king, he will send 1,000 stone of grain every year, and at the same time will send people to teach the barbarians to cultivate silkworms. As long as the old barbarian king is in trouble, the prime minister will definitely give help. The old barbarian king was quick to speak, and Lu Rui was not ambiguous, and directly told Cao Cao's conditions to the old barbarian king.

"In this case, thank you Prime Minister. By the way, Master Hou, when are we going to send troops? My 50,000 soldiers are ready, just waiting for the Hou Ye's order. ”

"Old barbarian king, don't be in a hurry about sending troops, Rui has his own plan, and now I ask the old barbarian king to send more spies to Jiaozhou to find out about Shixie's situation." Lu Rui came to Wumanxi, with the support of the old barbarian king's soldiers and horses, Lu Rui was relieved, and now he wants to deal with Sun Quan, Lu Rui is ready to uproot Sun Quan, Jiaozhou is Sun Quan's retreat, and Lu Rui wants to seal Sun Quan's retreat.

"Shixie? Master Hou, I heard that Shi Xie has been attached to Sun Quan, why do you still want to inquire about him? Could it be that Hou Ye wants Shixie to send troops to help? Not long ago, Shixie and Sun Quan signed a non-aggression treaty, calling Sun Quan a brother, Shixie as a brother, and offering Jiaozhou specialties to Sun every year, in fact, it is a dependency relationship.

"Old barbarian king, of course Rui knows about this, but Sun Quan coerced Shi Xie with strong troops, Shi Xie must be dissatisfied in his heart, Rui just wants to sign an agreement with Shi Xie again. Besides, Rui agreed with the prime minister that he would not send troops to Chaisang until after the year, which is the strategy of our army, and I also ask the old barbarian king to understand. ”

"Since it is the prime minister's plan, this king will not say much, as for the matter of the Hou Ye, I will definitely try my best to inquire and listen to the information of Jiaozhou clearly." The old barbarian king is willing to hand over the soldiers and horses to Lu Rui, and naturally everything is dominated by Lu Rui.

"Thank you, old barbarian." Later, Lu Rui discussed some specific matters with the old barbarian king, and then returned to his courtyard.

At night, the moonlight is charming and the weather is clear. Lu Rui was alone in the garden in the courtyard enjoying the beautiful scenery. Suddenly, a voice not far away attracted Lu Rui.

"The sky is white." Lu Rui followed the voice and looked for it, it turned out that Cao Pi was drinking and composing poems alone, and he seemed to be very happy, sweeping away the gloom of the previous days.

"It turned out to be Zihuan, why does Zihuan have this Yaxing, drinking and writing poems here? A few days ago, Zihuan was still in a bad mood? Lu Rui saw Cao Pi and walked over with a smile.

"It turned out to be Brother Rui, Zihuan saw Hua Mei and Sha Moke today, and I felt that my father's decision was not necessarily a mistake, Hua Mei was also happy, I was happy for a while, so I drank and groaned here." Cao Pi happily drank another glass of rice wine.

"It seems that Zihuan has figured it out!"

Cao Pi's words are very reasonable, although the marriage was Cao Cao's political purpose at first, but now it seems that it is still a good result for Cao Hua.

During the day, Lu Rui and the others were deliberating, and the old barbarian king would naturally ask Shamoke's opinion, and Shamoke would ask Cao Hua from time to time, hoping that Cao Hua would give him ideas, after all, Cao Hua was his military advisor's wife.

Seeing all this, Cao Pi's heart was relieved. I didn't expect that the woman in Wumanxi would have such a high salary, so she was worthy of her sister.

"Brother Rui, although it is not Huamei's wish to marry, the result is a good result!" Emperor Cao Pi looked at Lu Rui and handed Lu Rui a bowl of wine in his hand.

"What Zihuan said is reasonable, the beginning is not my wish, and the result is my thoughts. Come and drink this wine with us and celebrate for Huamei to have a good home! ”

"Hahaha, Brother Rui is right, as long as the result is good, it is the most important thing! Come! Cao Pi also poured himself a bowl of wine and drank it all! (To be continued......)

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