Sun Quan nodded silently. At this time, Sun Shucheng had already packed up the case, Gu Li put on the wine and food, and Sun Quan took the lead in taking a seat. Lu Xun was just about to sit on his seat, when Sun Quan beckoned: "Bo Yan, let's sit together." ”

Lu Xun was stunned for a moment. He is a son of Confucianism, even in private, he has to abide by the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, and sitting together is an equal relationship, although he and Sun Quan are the same age, their identities are very different, is it a bit too much to do this?

Sun Quan glanced at him and said with a smile: "Be presumptuous today, and put aside the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, I came today to listen to you Lu Boyan tell the truth." ”

Lu Xun smiled bitterly and had to sit down, but there was something unpleasant in his heart. Isn't what I said before true, it's just that you have the dark psychology of suppressing the Jiangdong clan, so you have to think about it in that direction.

Seeing Lu Xun sitting, Sun Quan smiled slightly, held his sleeves with one hand, lifted the wine spoon with the other, added some wine to Lu Xun, and said a little casually: "Bo Yan, originally my idea was to go two ways together, first take Jianghuai, and then take Qingxu." Unexpectedly, Li Yan and others only cared about themselves, and ran away after taking Nanyang, our army was unable to support itself and could not supply two battlefields at the same time, plus you were not in good health, so I had to withdraw you to rest first. However, don't think that this is a pension, a temporary recuperation, for a bigger battle. ”

Lu Xun hurriedly bowed in greeting.

Sun Quan added another glass of wine to himself, raised it, and said with a smile: "Today, I apologize to you here." Yes, I've been suppressing the Koto family. Not for anything else, just because there are many of you Jiangdong people. Lu Boyan has only one, what those people are thinking, you know better than me. If they control the court, you won't know what the result will be. ”

Lu Xun looked at Sun Quan vigilantly. Usually when Sun Quan speaks from the bottom of his heart, there will be a shocking decision.

"But now I don't have to worry so much." Sun Quan smiled rarely, "Sun Shao and the others attacked smoothly last year and won a lot of land. If we can maintain the momentum of last year, we should be able to take the south of the Yellow River. If this large piece of land can be incorporated into the territory of Dawu. Don't dare to say anything else. At least the rewards of the generals are no longer an issue. Bo Yan, don't you say? ”

Lu Xun understood, he didn't say anything for a long time, but there was a little loss in his eyes.

Sun Quan actually wanted to take advantage of this time to attack.

Lu Xun thought for a moment. When I raised my head again. His eyes were clear and stoic: "King." Sun Shao is a capable general, but to take Yanyu Qingxu, it is not enough to rely on their more than 20,000 people. If the king is willing, the minister is willing to lead the army to the battle. ”

"It's inevitable that you'll go on the expedition, but your goal is Shouchun." Sun Quan smiled: "If the longevity is not down, it will be difficult for our army to go deep." ”

Lu Xun nodded: "The king is wise." However, to attack Shouchun, you must make adequate preparations. ”

"I know that I have already prepared food, grass, ordnance, and troops." Sun Quan smiled more and more happily. For a long time, this is Lu Xun's rare obedience. "I also want to prepare some fire pottery bombs for you, but I don't know if Wei Baken will not let go."

Lu Xun's eyes flashed: "Jishu he will definitely not give it, but if we take the money to buy it, presumably he will not be so stingy." King, there are many alchemists in Jiangdong, they are well versed in medicinal properties, if you can gather them together and promise a heavy reward, you may be able to understand the mystery of this. ”

"It's a pity that those people are arrogant, and I can't help them. Bo Yan, do you have a way? ”

Lu Xun nodded quietly: "As long as the king is willing, I can try it." ”

"That's great." Sun Quan hahadaxiao, touched the cup with Lu Xun, and drank it all.

Lu Xun also drank all the wine in one gulp.

In the past period of time, Sun Quan and Lu Xun always talked a little bit without speculating for more than half a sentence, but today it is rare to talk together, and the two of them were more enjoyable and talked freely.

After Lu Xun's enlightenment, although Sun Quan's mood is not very good, he is not so pessimistic. Wei is attacked on both sides, and can only remain on the defensive for the time being, and may bow to him and sue for peace when necessary; There was discord within Shu, especially Zhuge Liang, who needed him to contain the forces of Wei, and in this case, it was not surprising that he revealed the jishu made of stone bullets in a cryptic way. If it is really as Lu Xun said, if the secret of the pottery bomb can be cracked, the strength of the Wu State will be further enhanced.

With strength, there is capital for negotiation.

For Sun Quan, the most important thing for him to come to Lu Xun today is not this matter, but to convey a message to the Jiangdong clan through Lu Xun: he wants the Jiangdong clan to contribute people to help him seize Yanyu Qingxu, and even Jizhou and Youzhou, and the reward is more official positions and rewards. In the past, this was impossible, because there was only so much land under his jurisdiction, and there were more Jiangdong people and fewer others. Now the situation is different, if he can really seize half of the world, how can he be stingy with the reward to the Jiangdong people? And got more land and more population, there are not only Jiangdong people and Jianghuai people in the court, but also Qingxu people, Jizhou people, and Bingzhou people, so why should he worry about Jiangdong people sitting big? No matter how many talents there are in Jiangdong, will there be more than these places?

As Lu Xun said, this is an opportunity. If he can seize this opportunity, he can not only solve the dilemma in front of him, but also have a chance to compete with Shu Han. And if he loses this opportunity, he will soon be reduced to a stroke in Li Yan's credit book, and then the Jiangdong people may abandon him as if he were a disgrace.

Sun Quan weighed it for many days, and then decided to come to the door and have this long talk with Lu Xun.

As things stand, this result is satisfactory.

After Sun Quan returned to the palace, he immediately sent Hu Zong to Jiaozhou to discuss matters related to the purchase of pottery bombs. Lu Xun began to write letters to those Taoist priests he knew, inviting them to study together and crack the jishu secret of the pottery bomb. One of the most important letters was addressed to Prime Minister Gu Yong.

……

Xu Wen.

Hu Zong stood in front of Wei Ba in the dust, and handed over Sun Quan's official letter with both hands. Wei Ba took the official letter, and his originally smiling face suddenly stiffened: "Buying a fire pottery bomb?" ”

"Yes." Hu Zong raised his hand and wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief. The summer in Jiaozhou is really hot, and he is wearing a full set of official uniforms, and the sweat beads on his body are rolling down layer by layer, and his clothes are already soaked. On the other hand, Wei Ba, he opened his arms, revealing his dark and strong muscles, and there were people playing fans next to him, and there were chilled fruits in front of him, which was simply a fairy life.

"Why did you buy it?" Wei Ba put down the official letter, raised his head and glanced at Hu Zong, who was sweating, and then understood, and hurriedly greeted: "Hu Jun, come on, come on, hurry up and sit down." Haha, you are gentlemen, not like a martial artist like me, you must be embarrassed to be as wide as me. It's definitely no problem to eat a piece of melon and fruit, this is chilled, so that you can keep it cold to your heart. ”

Hu Zong was covered in sweat at the moment, and he really didn't want to be reserved with Wei Ba, so he sat down, picked up a piece of melon and ate it. Sure enough, as Wei Ba said, a mouthful of cold to the heart, and every pore of his body was laughing.

"Where are you going to fight?" Wei Ba propped one hand on the case and patted his thigh with the other, looking careless.

"Shouchun." A piece of melon went down, Hu Zong calmed down a lot, took the cloth towel from the maid's hand and wiped his mouth.

"How many pottery bombs do you need to fight Shouchun?"

Hu Zong had already prepared and asked rhetorically: "When the general attacked Wancheng, how many pottery bombs did he use?" ”

Wei Ba thought for a while: "About 300,000 pieces." ”

Hu Zong was stunned for a moment, stared at Wei Ba deadly, and said after a while: "General, your number is a bit too big, right?" When attacking Kunyang, only 100,000 pieces were used. ”

Wei Ba smiled, twisted the short beard on his lips, and squeezed his eyes: "Wancheng is the first, Kunyang is the last, and you are all left." If I don't keep a hand, how can I do it? You tell me the truth, there were 300,000 pottery bombs at that time, would you stop after fighting Kunyang? Fighting Wancheng is a hard task, fighting Kunyang is helping, these two are not the same, you won't deny this. ”

Hu Zong's mouth was a little bitter. Sun Quan's task for him was to buy about 100,000 pieces, keep some for research, and use the rest to attack Shouchun. If he only bought more than a thousand pieces, Wei Ba would definitely be suspicious. Now Wei Ba said that he would need at least 300,000 pieces for Shouchun, and he didn't have such a budget at all.

"General, we're allies." Hu Zong was perfunctory, and quickly weighed the pros and cons. "It's a bit unorthodox for you to be so perfunctory. You must know that you have made a lot of efforts to fight Nanyang. ”

"I know that." Wei Ba said very calmly: "Otherwise, the 100,000 pottery bombs would not have been lost in Kunyang, but in Wuchang." ”

"General, you ......"

"Well, don't worry." Wei Ba waved his hand disapprovingly: "I will guard against you, you will guard against me, everyone knows it." Isn't it? Let's get down to business, do you want to do anything other than pottery bullets and stone bullets? I can get it cheaper and have it delivered to my door. ”

"Stone bullets are not needed, thousands of miles of transportation, the cost is too high. Let's take some time and build it on the spot. Hu Zong went straight to the point: "General, you can't sit on the ground and start the price." ”

"Where do you start?" Wei Ba asked rhetorically: "My pottery bomb has never been sold out, where is the price?" I'm making an offer for the first time today. ”

Hu Zong suddenly had an ominous feeling. He looked at Wei Ba and felt that the smile on Wei Ba's face was very evil.

Wei Ba looked at Hu Zong playfully, twisted his fingers, and said sincerely: "Hu Jun, since it is a business, let's follow the habits of the traders, and those false and polite words will be exempted." I also know that you Wu Kingdom has many talents, and this pottery bullet has reached your Wu Kingdom, and it won't take long to be copied. This business is probably a one-shot deal, and I can't count on repeat customers. So ......"

Wei Ba raised one finger and spread five fingers. "A pottery bomb costs a thousand dollars, and the minimum sale is 500,000 pieces, and there is no cap, the more the merrier." …… (To be continued......)

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