On the bridge of victory.

The eyes of others were fixed on the "strange chariot", the "wooden oxen and horses" that could walk on their own, and the repeater that could pierce through the strong ox.

But Lu Xun was staring at the two businessmen.

From Fang Cai, in their words on the high platform, Lu Xun wrote down that one of the two was called "Shi Huolong" and the other was called "You Tanzhi".

Shi Huolong's figure is tall and tough, and You Tanzhi is slightly half a head shorter than him, and in appearance, both of them look like people from the Central Plains.

Of course, it is not uncommon for Central Plains people to do business in Jingzhou, even if it is an arms business.

Merely...

Because of the miraculous skill of the "wooden ox and flowing horse", because of the power of the crossbow.

Lu Xun couldn't help but think about it.

Why did these two businessmen come to Gangneung?

Why did you choose Guan Lin, the son of the Guan family?

Why not pick Soochow?

Xiaoyaojin was defeated, and today's Soochow needs these "high-quality" military baggage even more!

It is also based on this that Lu Xun's observation of Shi Huolong and You Tanzhi is meticulous.

He even noticed that Shi Huolong had two deep lines of mouth and nose on his lips, his temperament was slightly jealous, and his age was estimated to be around forty years old.

And Na You Tanzhi's eyebrows are stretched, in his thirties, and he always shows a peaceful smile.

Especially when he told Guan Yinping how to use the "strange chariot", he was very patient, this kind of character is rare in arms dealers.

"Bo Yan, what's wrong with you?" Sun Ru looked at Lu Xun's expression a little strangely.

Lu Xun pursed the corners of his lips and looked coldly at the two businessmen under the bridge, "I'm thinking... If before the Battle of Hefei, the 100,000 Jiangdong disciples were equipped with repeating crossbows, and under such a strong crossbow, would the ending of Xiaoyaojin be rewritten? ”

This...

Suddenly mentioned the topic of "Xiaoyaojin", Sun Ru was silent for a while.

She can feel that her husband has some kind of obsession with the "Xiaoyaojin Defeat".

She also knows that this defeat... Not only Sun Quan, the lord of Eastern Wu, but every Jiangdong disciple was holding back a resentment in his heart.

It is precisely because of this resentment that the husband has become more and more curious about the "repeating crossbow" that even a strong ox can penetrate, and the mysterious two merchants.

- "This crossbow can restrain the cavalry of the north, right?"

Not as deep as Lu Xun to think about.

Sun Ru suddenly saw something, and she pointed to the bottom of the Victory Bridge: "Bo Yan, look over there." ”

Following his wife's words, Lu Xun's eyes moved horizontally to the north.

It's moving...

It's moving...

The infantry and cavalry under the victory bridge were moved, and they lined up separately, as if a "big battle" was about to break out.

At this moment, not to mention the melon-eating people on the victory bridge, even Lu Xun condensed his eyes and stared at the battlefield with longing eyes.

That strange chariot?

Result... What kind of power is it?

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Over there.

Guan Ping was telling his father what he had seen in advance.

Guan Yu and Ma Liang's expressions changed to varying degrees.

Guan Yu's tone was slightly surprised: "According to your words, what these people said is true!" ”

"Yes!" Guan Ping said truthfully: "The child and Mi Taishou saw with their own eyes, just now, the fourth brother was holding a crossbow, just pulled the mechanism, and ten crossbow arrows burst out, the rate of fire was extremely fast, the strong bull didn't have time to shout, let alone dodge, and immediately fell to the ground, and the fourth brother pulled the mechanism again, and now, the strong bull died directly!" ”

Inexplicably, when Guan Yu heard Guan Ping's words for the first time, he had a feeling for a while.

- "Yunqi, this kid shoots so decisively, trying the crossbow is secondary, he is greedy, killing cattle and eating beef is the goal, right?"

However, no matter what, if it is really as Guan Ping said, then the power of this repeater is not small.

Guan Yu's eyes gradually narrowed.

I muttered in my heart, can this arms dealer in Jiaozhou forge such an artifact?

Since two years ago, the Shibian family in Jiaozhou was forced to bow to Sun Quan because of intimidation, and they have not been idle in the past two years!

And also...

didn't wait for Guan Yu to think about it.

Guan Ping's voice continued.

"The wooden cow and horse are even more magical, they are completely undriven by people, they move forward on their own, no matter what kind of road they are, as if they were walking on the ground... In addition, judging by its size, if you transport military rations, I am afraid that you can save at least thousands of labor, and you will no longer be afraid of shallows, rugged mountain roads... Maybe it will be of great benefit to my uncle! ”

Guan Ping's words made Guan Yu think of his eldest brother Liu Bei and Yizhou at once.

To transport military rations, Jingzhou is fine, most of them are waterways, as long as it is not a dry season, it is quite convenient to transport.

But once the dry season came, the ship ran aground, and there were shoals and muddy roads everywhere.

Not to mention the march, it will be extremely difficult to transport military rations alone.

And this wood, cattle and horses can perfectly solve the problem of dry season.

What's more important is Yizhou, it's the eldest brother and Kong Ming's side.

Only after experiencing entering Shu will you know what it means - Shu is difficult!

Transporting grain and grass on the rugged and difficult Shu land, facing the steep mountains and forests, and facing the dangerous plank road, the loss of grain is secondary, and if you are not careful, even your life has to be put on it.

In history, Zhuge Jin's second son, Zhuge Qiao, succeeded Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang stationed him in the valley to participate in the transportation of grain in Shu Road.

Outcome... At the age of twenty-five, he died on the grain road, which made Zhuge Liang regretful.

In a letter to his brother Zhuge Jin, Zhuge Liang wrote:

- "The most sorry thing is Qiao'er, there was no heir back then, I asked my brother for a son to succeed, and my brother reported to Lord Wu before he passed over, that is my brother's flesh and blood, I also have high hopes to change his name Bosong!" ”

"He is the eldest in the family, like a green pine, standing upright, noble and evergreen, so he has been very strict with him, when I fell, because all the generals and children were transporting grain in the rear, in the spirit of a public heart, let him also supervise the transportation of grain and grass, regardless of his physical weakness, let him be stationed in the mountains, causing him to die of illness."

"For seven years, I have not been able to open my mouth to you, and the cause of my flesh and blood is my death... But because of the supervision of grain and grass, I am not the only one who is separated? ”

In this family letter, Zhuge Liang's self-blame for Zhuge Qiao's death is put aside.

From the side, it also reflects how difficult the Shu Road is, the Qinling Mountains, which stretch for seven hundred miles, transport grain and grass... How hard it is.

Perhaps, this is also the reason why Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying accelerated the production of wooden cattle and horses, and even put into transporting grain and grass during the fourth and fifth Northern Expeditions!

It's just that today's wooden cattle and horses, because of Guan Lin and Huang Chengyan, have advanced by 16 years.

"This repeating crossbow, this wooden ox flowing horse..."Guan Yu was about to open his mouth to command.

"Father, look..."

Unexpectedly, Guan Ping suddenly discovered something, and immediately interrupted Guan Yu's words.

He hurriedly stretched out his hand and pointed to a place under the bridge.

Guan Yu, Ma Liang, Zhou Cang, and Mi Fang all looked down along Guan Ping's hand.

But on the battlefield under the bridge, Guan Xing's cavalry had already launched a charge towards Guan Yinping's infantry!

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Koto, Stone Town.

Zhuge Ke changed his former appearance of arrogance and walked on the street restlessly.

Just now, his father Zhuge Jin specially summoned him to his side and told him something important in a serious tone.

That is, in this special and sensitive time.

Wu Hou had to strengthen the "Sun-Liu Alliance".

So, he agreed, Zhuge Jin had made a request for a long time, and agreed that Zhuge Jin would pass on a son to his second brother, Uncle Liu's military advisor who had not come out for more than ten years-Zhuge Kongming.

Although this has a bit of a "political succession" flavor similar to "political marriage", it is a very common thing in a large family.

You must know that the ancients were extremely obsessed with inheritance.

If there is a family that does not have a son, it will definitely adopt someone else's child.

And there are generally two situations here.

One is the adoption between brothers of the same clan, for example, if the younger brother does not have a son, he can ask for the son of the stepbrother, in this case, the elder of the family will generally allow it.

There is also a case, that is, the son of an outsider, of course, this is relatively rare.

In the first case, there is often a series of comical operations.

For example, Yuan Shao, who was once invincible, was originally a concubine and was born to a servant girl in the family.

It stands to reason that such an identity, let alone going to school, becoming an official, and accepting the best, even any resources in the family will not be inclined to him.

However, Yuan Shao was stunned by his series of performances and won the favor of his father Yuan Feng.

Then, the father and son played an extremely "riotous" operation.

That is, Yuan Feng first passed his concubine Yuan Shao to his second brother, that is, Yuan Shao's second uncle Yuan Cheng, and after Yuan Cheng died, Yuan Feng took Yuan Shao back as his stepson.

- When the elder brother dies, the younger brother raises the eldest brother's son and treats it as his own, right?

And so on and forth.

Yuan Shao's identity as a "concubine" has become a "concubine", and like his eldest brother "Yuan Ji" and third brother "Yuan Shu", he enjoys all the treatment of his son-in-law.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the ritual music collapsed, similar to this kind of commotion operation, many big families would play.

Compared with them, Zhuge Jin's side is much purer.

He simply because his younger brother Zhuge Liang has not been out for more than ten years, and he mentioned in the letterhead that he will not consider taking a concubine for the time being...

In this way, as the elder brother, Zhuge Jin, who regards the prosperity of the Zhuge clan as heavier than the sky, has the responsibility to pass on a son to his younger brother, and it is incumbent on him.

Of course, this son can be the eldest son Zhuge Ke, or the youngest son Zhuge Qiao.

Originally, this kind of decision was just done by Zhuge Jin himself.

Whether it's Zhuge Ke or Zhuge Qiao!

As a son, he can only let it go and cannot disobey.

But this time, Zhuge Jin handed over this decision to his son Zhuge Ke.

Whether he Zhuge Ke stayed, or his younger brother Zhuge Qiao stayed, it all depends on him, just a thought.

"Whew..."

Zhuge Ke, who had a gloomy expression, exhaled deeply.

It's a tough choice.

He didn't want to leave, let alone the father who gave birth to him and raised him, but... Can he bear the loss of his brother? Brother Joe... It's only seven years old!

Of course, he understands better...

The reason why the lord of Dongwu would agree to the request of his father and second uncle was that the rout of the first battle of Xiaoyaojin and the gambling situation in Hefei and the loss of Jingzhou were the source of all this.

And these...

He Zhuge Ke participated and played a significant role.

It can be said that the current situation is that he Zhuge Ke is moving stones and smashing feet, stealing chickens and rice... He had personally folded himself or his brother into it.

"If so... If I hadn't believed that Hong Qigong at that time... If... If I hadn't persuaded my father to send a letter to Wu Hou at that time, then... Only... There will be no Hefei gambling contract, there will be no ......"

Zhuge Ke paused, couldn't help lowering his head, his eyes were squeezed into a slit, and his eyes were already full of tears.

At this moment, he was in pain, he was at a loss, he was at a loss!

He didn't even know what to choose.

That's when ...

A cry of "wah, wow, wow" was heard.

He noticed that where he stopped, through the window, he could clearly see that there was a baby crying in the room.

"Wow wow wow, wow wow wow, I want a mother, I want a mother..."

It turned out to be this people's house, and the young baby was losing her temper and crying because she couldn't find her mother.

Weng Weng patiently fed him, "Lingniang has something to do, come and eat, take a bite." ”

The little baby sobbed, "I want my mother, I want my mother to play with me." ”

For a while, the little baby's crying became louder and louder, and the children cried in this burst, making the chickens and dogs jump, and making the neighbors uneasy.

At this moment, an upright man in the prime of life walked over impatiently, his next-door neighbor, the cry of the doll affected his lunch break, and he immediately shouted.

"If you cry again, that Zhang Liao will come!"

This sentence is equivalent to... Compare Zhang Liao, a majestic general Cao Ying, to an old monster with a "green face and fangs", and he can eat children!

And the incredible thing is that when this sentence came out, the child magically didn't dare to cry.

It seems that he is afraid that Zhang Liao, an old monster, will come to eat him.

The teeth "chirp, chirp" bit his lip, but his eyes couldn't stop crying, but his mouth didn't cry anymore.

Liaolai... Liaolai!

Cry, don't dare, don't dare!

This is like the Southern Dynasties period, when children were crying, and adults said that "Yang Dayan" was coming.

In the Song Dynasty, children cried, and the adults said the extremely humiliating "Brother Yeluxiu" came!

Coupled with Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan, these "macho men" all have the effect of "stopping crying" with "hitting the nail on the head".

——It can be called the existence of Megatron Kindergarten!

- Terrifying!

It's Zhuge Ke, he sees everything in his eyes...

The child's tears gradually stopped, but his Zhuge Ke's tears were... But it was like a broken bead chain, "popping" and "popping" fell.

What face does he Zhuge Ke have left in Jiangdong?

Though...

This pot is not his Zhuge Ke's, but this pot, Sun Quan has been steadily thrown to his father Zhuge Jin.

Zhuge Ke could have imagined that if he stayed in Jiangdong, what kind of cynicism would he and his father would receive?

Can his self-esteem endure this pain?

But...

It is undeniable that in the middle, how can he Zhuge Ke not have a little fault?

- He's too much at fault!

His fault made Dongwu lose Jingzhou!

Finally, Zhuge Ke's clenched fist was released, he gritted his teeth, and he seemed to have made a final decision.

- "I... I'll go..."

- "How can others fight for me when I have made mistakes?" I... Go! ”

Although unwillingly!

However, it has come to this point, and he Zhuge Ke chooses to take it himself.

Although he was not convinced, he Zhuge Ke had to admit it.

- "Hong Qigong, Hong Qigong, I want to defeat you one day, and then I will be ashamed, but... I have to join you now!'

Thinking of this, Zhuge Ke cried.

"Because... Because I can't beat you, I... I can only join you! ”

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(End of chapter)