Chapter 226: A Gathering of Heroes
(Thanks to Yuan Zhishun and Sichuan Ah Huang for their monthly passes, thank you for the reward from the Merry Emperor and the Oriental Suspense Master, bow!) )
There are not a few children of the family who have the same view as Sima Yi, and Sun Quan and Lu Su needless to say, after coming to Yanmen for half a month, they write a long letter almost every day and send it to Jiangdong. The rest of the people who came to Yanmen also wrote letters about the novelty and power of Yanmen and sent them back. These people include Gongsun Xu, the son of Gongsun Zhan, Liu Qi, the eldest son of Liu Biao, Jia Xu, the military division of Zhang Xiu, the right virtuous king of the Xiongnu, Qubei, the eldest son of Ma Tengyan, Ma Dai, the eldest son of Yuan Shao, Yuan Tan, and so on.
Most of them were not going to come, but they finally chose to go to Yanmen under the temptation of stirrups, horseshoes, gunpowder, and printing. Of course, due to narrow-mindedness and outdated ideas, most people automatically ignore coal, cement and the textile machine, while the steam engine is considered a plaything.
It can be said that these people are not here for Lu Chen's marriage at all, their purpose is for arms trading. Afraid that other princes would seize the opportunity, they rushed to be the first.
What needs to be noted is Yuan Tan and Liu Qi, these two were originally determined not to come, the Yuan family and Lu Chen are enemies, and Liu Qi is too far away. Yuan Tan came because the senior cadres of Bingzhou had been monitoring every move of Yanmen, so if he had tested a few artillery pieces outside the city of Mayi, he naturally knew that after the senior cadres reported these news to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao finally came, and the target was naturally the novel and powerful weapon. And the reason why Liu Qi came was because of one person, Pang Degong. said that Pang Tong wrote more than a dozen letters to his uncle Pang Degong. Talking about the various novelties of Yanmen, in the end, Pang Degong's curiosity was aroused, and a large box of ancient scrolls printed as thread-bound books was sent to his home, and Pang Degong embarked on the road north to Yanmen. The Pang family is a well-deserved giant in Jingzhou, and after Liu Biao learned about it, he took out Lu Chen's invitation letter from a trash can and sent his son to follow.
The time came to the seventh day of October, the day before Lu Chen's wedding.
Almost all the guests arrived, and Guo Jia was the last to arrive. He arrived at dusk on the seventh day of October. He also became one of the two people that Lu Chen personally greeted. Lu Chen ignored anyone else. Even if the old man Zhen Yi didn't go in person, Lu Chen only greeted Pang Degong and Guo Jia.
Pang Degong is highly respected and is Pang Tong's own uncle. In addition, he has a great influence on Jingzhou Junjie, including Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu. Yes. Lu Chen bent down to greet him, and did not lose his share.
Pang Degong arrived on the morning of the seventh day of the new year, after Lu Chen greeted him. Let Pang Tong take it home by himself. I heard that now Pang Degong is really impatient to look at the ancient scrolls memorized by Cai Zhaoji at Pang Tong's house, and at the same time, he is full of praise for the papermaking and movable type printing invented by Lu Chen. And Pang Tong persuaded Pang Degong to stay in Yanmen and open a museum to teach apprentices, but he was sprayed with saliva by the old man, on the grounds that he came to Yanmen with all his will, and he did not have the reserve that a child of a family should have. Cai Zhaoji didn't treat herself as an outsider, on the one hand, she exonerated Pang Tong, and on the other hand, she also turned around and built a pong to stay in Yanmen, on the pretext that she was afraid that her memory was not good enough, so she memorized the wrong ancient books and let Pang Degong be right. The old man had a good relationship with Cai Yong back then, but now he seems to be interested in hearing Cai Zhaoji say this.
As for Guo Jia, a foodie, needless to say, Lu Chen asked Cao Xing to stew dog meat at home before going to greet him.
After nearly a year, seeing each other again, Guo Jia and Lu Chen both sighed, but they didn't know what to say. After all, the two sides have always been friends and foes, even if there has been some occasional slight cooperation, but they both know that the Lu Group and the Cao Group are enemies after all.
GUO JIA ARRIVED IN THE AFTERNOON, LU CHEN LED HIM HOME TO EAT DOG MEAT, AND BY THE WAY, HE ALSO ASKED XIAO MEOW AND SHI TO BRING TWO JARS OF HIGH-HEIGHT LIQUOR FROM HUATUO NEXT DOOR. With the experience of getting drunk last time, Guo Jia is now a wine thief, and he is not greedy at all, but the dog meat is feasting, and Xiao Meow can't rob him.
Although Lu Chen and Guo Jia have different positions, they do not prevent them from communicating. None of them were hidden people, and they talked directly about the battle of Yuan Cao. The two have the same opinion and are optimistic about Cao Cao. Yuan Shao was scheming and unkind, which would cause him to miss many good opportunities and cause internal contradictions, making it difficult to defeat Cao Cao, which was determined by his character.
It can be said that both of them thought that Cao Cao would definitely defeat Yuan Shao, but the most important thing was not who won and who lost, but the trend of the situation in the world after the war. After all, although Cao Cao could defeat Yuan Shao, he didn't have that much appetite to swallow Yuan Shao, and even if he won, Cao Cao would have to pay a big price. And around Cao Cao, there was a flock of hovering yellow birds. Not to mention anything else, Lu Chen is one of them.
According to Guo Jia's meaning, the most important thing for the Cao Group is to resist the attack and encroachment of the surrounding forces after defeating Yuan Shao. Only after hearing this level can you be eligible to enjoy the dividends of the war. In Guo Jia's opinion, there are only two people who are the most difficult to deal with, Sun Ce and Lu Chen.
"Jingzhou Liu Biao, Yizhou Liu Zhang, incompetent ears, dry bones in the grave sooner or later! Be not worth mentioning? Guo Jia drank on his face, the power of high liquor is not small, this guy is a little drunk now, but he pinched a piece of dog meat, pointed to the sky and shouted, "Jiangxia Huangzu, Wancheng Zhang Xiu, just a husband." If Huang Zu was not killed by Sun Ce, he would be swallowed by Liu Biao. And Wancheng Zhang Xiu, even though the poisonous scholar Jia Wenhe offered advice, but his master had no plan and no courage, and sooner or later he would descend to Cao Gong. Youzhou Gongsun Zhan, Hanzhong Zhang Lu, Xiliang Ma Teng, these three are far away from the Central Plains, and Yu Prime Minister is not a big threat. Yes, Jia is worried, but Xiao Junhou and Sun Bofu are also. ”
Lu Chen smiled and didn't talk. In his heart, he was secretly surprised, Guo Jia's eyes were like torches, and he saw the endings of Huang Zu, Zhang Xiu, Liu Biao and others clearly. And bluntly said that he was most worried about himself and Sun Ce, so with Guo Jia's ability, he would definitely take action. Thinking of this, Lu Chen secretly wrote down that he must strengthen the intelligence work of the Flying Dragon secret spy, as well as his own security, and even, if possible, remind Sun Ce.
If Sun Ce can be saved, then the direction of history will inevitably be different, and when the time comes, even if Cao Cao gnaws Yuan Shao, I am afraid that he will have an anal fissure!
Another point worth noting is that Guo Jia never mentioned Liu Bei, who was entrenched in Xuzhou, for only one reason. In the next step, Cao Cao will personally recruit Liu Bei, and Liu Bei is not Lu Bu, he can't hold Xuzhou, so there is nothing to worry about.
When his head was dizzy, Lu Chen's mind was full of inspiration, and he suddenly thought that he had always been cautious when he went out, and the flying dragon secret spy and personal guards always protected him. This is the essential difference with Sun Ce, Guo Jia should not choose to assassinate. So, recently, Budugen and the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro have been getting closer and closer, and they are eyeing Yanmen, is there a shadow of Guo Jia behind this?
After eating dog meat and drinking, the sun is about to set.
Lu Chen took Guo Jia to the county guard's mansion, that is, Lu Bu's residence, and the rest of the guests who were enough had already gathered there. There are a lot of these guests, with different identities, it can be said that there are a group of heroes, Pang Degong, Sun Quan, Lu Su, Guo Jia, Gongsun Xu, Yuan Tan, Jia Xu, Liu Qi, Sima Yi, Liu Bao, Qubei, Abraham, Ma Dai, Grodin, Luo Bai, Zhen Yi Zhen Yan father and son, etc., the number of master and slave guests is nearly 100.
Tonight, it is said to be a banquet before the wedding, but in fact, it is a declaration of the re-emergence of the Lu Group after the defeat of Xuzhou. (To be continued......)