Chapter 82: Jiangdong Sends Elephants
Hearing Cao Cao's change in mood, Xun You couldn't help but say: "Prime Minister, too much emotion is useless." Our goal now is to pacify the three northern states as soon as possible. Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang both fled to Youzhou. Now that the three Yuan brothers are working together, coupled with the high-ranking cadres in the state, their strength is still not weak! β
Cao Cao took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Does Gongda have a good plan to pacify the north as soon as possible?" β
Xun You thought for a while: "If you can get Lu Bu's support again, you may be able to speed up the progress." β
Cao Cao nodded, and sent an envoy to Xuzhou to get Lu Bu's help.
However, this time, it was rejected by Lu Bu.
How did Lu Bu not know how heroic Cao Cao was, if he supported Cao Cao too much, he would be raising tigers.
The current Cao Cao is not as strong as in history, and that is because of his existence.
Of course, when Cao Cao was the strongest, it was also when he pacified the entire north.
Although Lu Bu does not take the initiative to invade, it does not mean that he will help others infinitely.
What is good for him, he will do. How will he do what is not good for him?
Previously, he reached a collegiate agreement with Cao Cao, and that was because he obtained the four prefectures of Si, Yan, Liang, and Yu without war.
And with the Yan, Si, and Liang lines, it was enough for him to go west and north.
He is still trying to reserve supplies for the next expedition, how can he fund Cao Cao.
Therefore, Lu Bu refused on the grounds of insufficient armament.
This annoyed Cao Cao, and his hatred for Lu Bu came up again.
There's no way, you can't go fast, you can only play slowly.
Fortunately, Cao Cao's weapons were more advanced than those of the Yuan brothers, because he had powerful siege weapons such as the Thunderbolt, and it was a Thunderbolt that had been improved by Lu Bu. Longer range and more power.
With the thunderbolt here, the mace and mace created by Lu Bu did not work at all.
In addition, there were 5,000 heavy armor and 300,000 armor-piercing arrows given by Lu Bu.
With that armor-piercing arrow, the bow and arrow coefficient alone increased by more than one percent.
And with heavy armor charging ahead, he also made great contributions to Cao Cao several times.
The only flaw of the heavy armor is that it cannot fight for a long time. Even if you ride a war horse, it is not enough, and it is difficult for a war horse to last for a long time.
However, after equipping the tiger and leopard rider with heavy armor, the combat power is increased several times. Now as soon as Yuan Jun heard the tiger and leopard riding, he immediately fled.
In this way, Cao Cao took the entire Jizhou within a year.
If it weren't for the slow speed of transporting logistical supplies, this would have been much faster.
In addition to Cao Cao, Yuan Xi also sent envoys to ask LΓΌ Bu for help.
How can Lu Bu be saved, he can't wait for the waiting to be reduced, how can he save Yuan Xi.
However, Lu Bu also let go, if the Yuan clan was willing to surrender to him, he would come to the rescue.
In the face of Lu Bu's request, where would the Yuan family respond.
The surrender of LΓΌ Bu meant that the power in their hands was greatly reduced.
The foundation of the Yuan family, which had been laid so hard, was handed over to Lu Bu.
Before it was a matter of life and death, Yuan naturally refused.
No matter how the three Yuan brothers fought internally, when there was an invasion by a foreign enemy, they were naturally unanimous with the outside world.
The huge Jizhou and Qingzhou were lost, and then the two states were lost, and the Yuan family was finished.
Cao Yuan continued to fight for power, Sun Quan used troops against Jiaozhou, Liu Bei cut off the road to Hanzhong in Tujingzhou and Bashu, and he was happy.
In this way, Lu Bu is also very stable and can devote himself to scientific research and development.
Various resistors and capacitors have been created, and Lu Bu has begun to develop towards integrated circuits.
If there is no integrated circuit, where can mechanical automation be.
Although Lu Bu is the main student of this major, he has more than ten years of rich work experience. I have done a lot of machinery, and I have seen countless industries. And PLC programming is also top-notch, with the title of the youngest special engineer.
But the materials used by Lu Bu are all ready-made.
Although he is proficient in all kinds of theoretical knowledge and can program immediately with a computer, he is now suffering from the lack of basic electronic components.
Even if it is a small resistor capacitor, Lu Bu has to test it repeatedly to determine its final performance.
For example, voltage and current, without repeated testing, how does Lu Bu determine the standard.
In the past three years, Lu Bu can be said to have truly understood the pain of scientific research.
But pain and happiness, every time he sees a product developed, Lu Bu is excited.
In addition to continuous research and development, Lu Bu is also responsible for teaching.
It can be said that Lu Bu goes out early and returns late every day.
If it weren't for the kung fu in bed, Lu Bu's harem would be full of grievances.
You must know that Xu Ying, who was in the Wa Kingdom, gave birth to a son for him, and Lu Bu never had time to visit.
On behalf of Lu Bu, it was Lu Ling. At the same time, Lu Bu also asked Lu Ling to participate in the war of the Japanese kingdom and give her training.
In addition to her daughter Lu Ling, the harem daughters Lu Bu also found something to do.
Otherwise, being idle every day is indeed easy to breed the problem of palace fighting.
Lu Bu asked Gan Mei to study clothing and develop into a fashion designer. The first priority, of course, is all kinds of lingerie and women's products.
Let Minchan, Da Qiao, and Xiao Qiao train singing and dancing, etc., so as to enhance literary and artistic activities.
These songs and dances are not songs and dances to please men, but festive songs and dances that are truly suitable for the general public.
You must know that Lu Buke is also a literary and artistic young man. What mechanical dance, Michael Jackson's classic moves, that is also imitated.
Since Lu Zhen and Zhen Mi were born in a business family, they helped Lu Bu manage business.
Most of Lu Bu's current industries are state-private partnerships. For these families, where can Lu Bu rest assured. Therefore, Lu Bu asked Elk Zhen and Zhen Mi to take charge of the finances for him, and did not fill others with their own pockets.
Not to mention Huang Yueying, she is completely addicted to the road of scientific research.
Moreover, Huang Yueying has never been pregnant, and Lu Bu is also helpless. Because it has been determined, it is Huang Yueying's own physiological problem.
In this way, it can only be compensated as much as possible.
As for the Yan family, since she is the main wife, she is naturally managing the harem. Although the prince was established, it could not deprive the Yan family of his power all at once.
In this way, all the women in the harem have something to do, plus they have to take care of the children, and they have always been very harmonious and stable.
The days passed plainly and fulfillingly, until Jiangdong Lu Su came and pulled Lu Bu out of the scientific research room.
It turned out that Lu Su actually sent him an elephant on behalf of Sun Quan.
This is a product of the south, and everyone in the north has never seen it.
Many people don't even know the term elephant.
Of course Lu Bu accepted the gift given by Sun Quan.
However, Lu Bu couldn't help but think of an allusion.
Naturally, Cao Chong called the elephant.
Lu Bu still remembers that Cao Chong said that he was in Xuchang, and he was only five or six years old.
Now that Cao Cao has moved to Yecheng, this historical event still exists.
In this way, Lu Bu couldn't help asking: "Zijing, this elephant Wu Houke also sent Cao Cao?" β
Lu Su's expression changed, and then he smiled awkwardly: "I did send it, last year Wu Hou got an elephant in Jiaozhou, so he sent one to Prime Minister Cao Cheng." β
Of course, Lu Su was apprehensive in his heart, Lu Bu said this, how could he not be asking, who had a higher status between Cao Cao and him.
If Lu Bu is not happy, I am afraid that this trip will be difficult.
However.
"One?" Lu Bu said with a smile: "The elephant is so huge, how to weigh it, it should be called an elephant." Wu Hou has a heart, this elephant is accepted by the king! β
Seeing that Lu Bu was not to blame, Lu Su was also relieved.
Then, naturally, on behalf of Sun Quan, he came to show favor to Lu Bu. At the same time, it was also hoped that he could obtain military support from Lu Bu. In this way, we can pacify Jiaozhou faster.
Knowing Sun Quan's intentions, Lu Bu smiled and said: "It's okay to fund some armaments, but Wu Hou has to agree to some conditions for this king." β
Knowing that there is no free lunch in the world, Lu Su hugged his fists and said, "Please make it clear to the King of Chu." β