Jiangdong, Jianye City.

In the middle of the palace, in a corner of the study, next to the window, there is a delicate coffee table.

There is a set of exquisite purple sand tea sets on the coffee table, and the teapot exudes a faint fragrance of tea, which seems to be the host here is inviting distinguished guests to taste tea here.

Even in the winter of the Xiaoice River period, even Jiangdong is already bitterly cold.

But the ink in the study is fragrant, the fire is burning, the crackling flames are jumping in the hearth, and under the reflection of the flames, Guan Lin is writing in a hurry.

It's like writing a letter!

More precisely, three letters of reply.

Just now, he received a letterhead from the third sister Guan Yinping, and found that the mines in the northeast of Jianye City, through 'Danyang', 'Moling', 'Hushu', Jurong, and Jiangcheng, have been locked, and the copper ore has been successfully dug out, and the amount of ore is huge!

Guan Yinping conservatively estimates that it is enough for several years of military spending!

And yesterday, Guan Lin also received a letterhead from Lu Xun's son Lu Yan.

To the south of Wuhu Port, the mines surrounded by "Chungu County", "Jingxian County", "Wanling" and "Lingyang" were also discovered, and they were successfully excavated and copper ore was chiseled.

Even, the soldiers are divided into two ways... Sun Shao, Zhou Xun, and Tai Shixiang also have good news here...

To the north of "Mirror Lake", close to Haiyan County of Wu County, the excavation of the extremely hidden "salt mine" is also extremely smooth, and even a large number of salt mines have been successfully excavated. So far, it's immeasurable!

All in all, it's a lot, a lot, a lot of gray -

Two copper mines, one salt mine...

It's no exaggeration to say that these findings alone... and the economic benefits that these mines will produce, I'm afraid that even the big clans of Soochow will be red-eyed-

And Guan Lin's three replies are the same, "Continue to dig, block the mine, release the news, and let the news of the discovery of these three veins spread throughout Jiangdong." ”

Lu Xun is also in this study...

After Guan Lin finished writing the letter, he took it and copied it twice in person, and then sent someone to send it out, but he couldn't help but sigh.

"Yunqi is planning to use this method to deal with those disobedient scholars, right?"

Facing Lu Xun's question, Guan Lin laughed lightly, and then said slowly, "No one is born obedient, this Jiangdong clan... There has never been a fuel-efficient lamp either... My second brother always said that they were in disagreement with the land policy we wanted to implement and the maritime policy we wanted to promote. In fact, it is out of interest! ”

"To make the clan obedient, then... Only the benefits I can bring to them are higher than their original interests, so that they will rush to my orders and be loyal, not to mention the policy of the Northern Expedition and the national policy of seafaring... In the face of absolute interests, even if they want to die for me, they will not blink an eye. ”

Speaking of this, Guan Lin turned around and looked at the map hanging in the room.

The location of the two copper mines and a salt mine is marked in detail in the map of Jiangdong...

Now... In Yutu, this vein... Under Guan Lin's words, it is particularly eye-catching.

He went on to say, "The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit... There are no eternal friends, but what must be possessed are eternal interests! And the interests ... In fact, it is the most reliable! ”

This...

With Guan Lin's words, Lu Xun also fell into deep thought.

If you really want to talk about it, it seems that he followed Guan Lin for the sake of interests, for his own interests, for the interests of the whole family, and for the interests of the whole clan...

But...

"Hehe..."Lu Xun smiled, and said with emotion while laughing: "Yunqi, the most important thing about you is that you can always come up with benefits that the other party can't refuse... It's like the catastrophe that helped my Lu family escape, and it's like the three mines that I took out this time... Under this undeniable benefit... Xun is extremely admired! ”

Lu Xun blurted out his words, and Guan Lin immediately noticed that Lu Xun was thinking wrong.

Guan Lin asked rhetorically: "Bo Yan? You don't think that I plan to give these three mines to these wealthy families in Jiangdong to gain their cooperation and loyalty, right? ”

"Isn't that so?" Lu Xun was taken aback.

The corners of Guan Lin's mouth were slightly grinning, and he began to drag down the hanging map...

Lu Xun was also surprised that the drawings in front of him were only a small part of this map.

And then...

What appeared in his eyes was that in addition to the three mines in the east of the river, the Central Plains and the north, especially the north... The veins of copper, silver, and gold ore everywhere are all presented in front of Lu Xun's eyes.

This...

Lu Xun was stunned.

- "Is this a vein that has not yet been excavated in the whole of China?" Yunqi he... He would have such a detailed vein map!'

It was as if after a short period of stunnedness, Lu Xun seemed to be deeply shocked.

His mouth was wide open, and his eyes were wide open.

- Still shocked...

- It's still incredible!

Guan Lin noticed his expression, not surprisingly, but his hand was not idle, after pulling the map down to the bottom, he pulled the map to the right, and in this way, the endless ocean came into his and Lu Xun's eyes.

What shocked Lu Xun the most was the islands in the ocean, and... And at the end of the ocean, there seemed to be many continents.

Of course, that's not the point.

The point is that the veins of "gold", "silver" and "copper" on these continents are marked more, so many that they are too many to count, so many that they come into view... But it's overwhelming.

It was only at this time that Guan Lin spoke: "The ore veins that have been discovered and dug deep now are only three places in Jiangdong, so how many are there?" In the territory of the Northern Rebellion against Wei, in this vast sea, there are more veins... It's ten times, a hundred times that of Koto! The three veins in front of them are just to make these Jiangdong clans red-eyed, if they also want to dig out the mines, then good, the territory of the Wei Dynasty, the conquest of the sea, everywhere is gold, everywhere is veins, everywhere is endless wealth, as long as these Jiangdong clans fight over, as long as they conquer the ocean, these wealth... They can pick as much as they can! I can afford to pick as much as I want! ”

Speaking of this, Guan Lin's passionate tone sank a little, and he said lightly, "To become the top wealthy clan in Jiangdong, none of them are fools, once this distribution map of the world's mineral veins reaches their eyes, their horizons will be completely opened, they know what to do, and they know what not to do?" They know better who their allegiance should be—"

This...

Even Lu Xun, when he saw the so-called "world" map in front of him, and heard Guan Lin's deafening words, he couldn't help but feel agitated and fanatical in his heart.

He could even imagine that if those difficult Jiangdong clans also heard this, and saw this, the greed in their bones would definitely make them... If you take a tenfold or hundredfold risk, you will do it!

The stakes are too great!

And this is also Guan Lin to guide them to make the most correct and loyal choice.

Lu Xun couldn't help muttering in his heart...

- "A corner of Jiangdong is still too narrow!"

- "The vision of the cloud flag is the world, but the most terrifying thing is not only these, the most terrible thing is that the cloud flag wants to raise the vision of all the big clans and all people in Jiangdong to the state of "the world".

- "This is the so-called four seas and all nations?"

- "This is Yunqi's calculation, and how he turned those "fuel-saving lamps" into hopes that illuminate the Han Dynasty and Jiangdong! Or even light up a piece of the puzzle of the world where the sun and the moon shine and the rivers go?"

Awesome...

This pattern alone is powerful enough!

Integrity Lu Xun's heart was agitated and surging.

"Childe..."

The voice of Shiwu outside the door came, and he entered it with him, holding a letter in his hand, as if he had something to report.

"Bo Yan is not an outsider, Uncle Shiwu has something, but it doesn't hurt to say it..."

Following Guan Lin's painting, Shi Wuxian handed the letterhead to Guan Lin, and then said in detail: "This letter was sent by Mrs. Huang Yueying seven hundred miles in an urgent manner... I also sent some black and white powder, packed in a bamboo tube... Madame Huang must tell the messenger to protect it carefully, and be sure to hand it over to Yunqi in person! ”

Not... In such a hurry?

And the powder?

Guan Lin suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly opened the letter, and the content of the letter confirmed his conjecture.

- Black Powder... It's out!

- Gunpowder whips and arrows have also been made!

And what's in the bamboo tube is the sample!

It's an unexpected joy, it's ecstasy... Sure enough, this kind of research combining chemistry and physics, Guan Lin can always believe... The chief scientist of this era - Mrs. Huang Yueying!

Time...

Guan Lin's whole person became excited.

He rarely showed a very uncalm appearance, and he jumped up without milk, and his smile and excitement were overflowing.

Lu Xun didn't know that this letter was about "black powder", and he didn't know what this black powder meant.

But... Seeing Guan Lin dancing like this, he was cautiously observing the powder in the bamboo tube...

Obviously, that black powder is mostly a dangerous strategic weapon.

"Childe..."

Shiwu then reminded: "In addition to this letterhead, there is another thing, it is that Liao Hua from Anlu County, Jiangxia sent someone to send a message, saying that many Taoist people have been found around Sifang Mountain where the refining workshop is located recently, and they are dressed in disguise and pass by Sifang Mountain intentionally or unintentionally... Suspicious whereabouts! ”

This...

The news about the Taoist mentioned by Shiwu instantly aroused Guan Lin's vigilance.

- Sifang Mountain;

- Taoist!

It's hard not to think of what worries Guan Lin the most...

That is, Cao Cao sent a fine work of Taoist identity to secretly investigate white phosphorus and imitate white phosphorus.

- "It seems... Cao Cao is going to resolutely continue on the road of "air raids."

Guan Lin groaned in his heart...

Lu Xun directly proposed: "It seems that after the Shuishui Villa, the reverse Wei has already noticed the refinery in Jingzhou, if it weren't for Yunqi deliberately reminding General Liao Hua, I'm afraid I wouldn't have noticed these Taoists... Most of these Taoists are also meticulous, so it is better to catch them directly! Punish severely and do not lend, in order to set an example! At least, it can also play a huge deterrent role in later fine works! ”

Guan Lin was still pondering, and in his mind, he was combining this "black powder" with the series of news of "Taoist"...

Soon, he seemed to have figured it out, his eyes flashed, but he shook his head, "It's not good to catch it, one is easy to startle the snake, and the other is too boring!" ”

Yes...

Lu Xun was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "What does the cloud flag mean?" ”

At this time, Guan Lin smiled, laughing, but he lowered his voice and said softly to Lu Xun: "If Mrs. Huang hadn't developed this black powder, then the refining of white phosphorus would be the top priority, but now... Times are different again! A small piece of black powder is enough to instantly detonate a large amount of white phosphorus, causing terrifying damage... So, I thought..."

Call...

Lu Xun seemed to realize something, "Yunqi, what do you mean... Secretly assist these anti-Wei meticulous work, transporting white phosphorus to anti-Wei? And by this black powder..."

"That's right..."Guan Lin bowed his head, but his eyes narrowed into a slit, and he said shallowly, "Let's sell the white phosphorus to Wei Wei first, and make him a lot of money, and then... Use black powder to ignite this batch of white phosphorus that has been successfully transported to the reverse Wei... At last... Bo Yan, have you ever seen fireworks? ”

Guan Lin told his full plan in a very tactful way...

What he subconsciously thought of was a sentence - art is an explosion!

Moreover, this explosion, unknowingly, no one will find out that Guan Lin did it, but it will only be attributed to the consequences caused by Cao Wei's imitation of white phosphorus.

So and so and so and so and

Not only are the people who rebelled against Wei gone, the palace is gone, and even the hearts of the people have been heavily damaged, and even Cao Cao is also in danger!

Even... It's about another plan!

Of course, this plan, because Lu Xun did not understand the power and effect of black powder, he could not fully understand it.

But... It seems that according to the meaning of Yunqi Gongzi, as long as such a bamboo tube of black powder is transported to the reverse Wei, and then detonated in the storage place of the white phosphorus of the reverse Wei, the consequences...

- Lives are devastated! Be extremely tragic!

Is that so?

Is that so?

Lu Xun smacked his mouth...

He pondered, "This... Isn't that a little too ruthless?'

Of course, Lu Xun just felt that this method was too brutal in his heart, but he would never mention it.

In history, Lu Xun burned Liu Bei 700,000 people, did he blink his eyes?

Since ancient times... One will be a success!

Let alone... This success does not damage the reputation of Bashu, Jingzhou, and Jiangdong, which is something that all parties like to see!

The so-called benevolence has always been relative, as long as it is not in the spotlight, even if benevolence is thrown aside, who knows?

History is always written by the victors!

…

…

——Understand Guan Yu, identify with Guan Yu, and become Guan Yu!

In Shuzhong, in General Zuo's mansion, Guan Yu's good brother Liu Bei, at this moment he is experiencing a battle between heaven and man.

He felt that in dealing with the issue of "self" and "rebel", he could fully understand and identify with Guan Yu, and even became a good brother Guan Yu.

Just now...

Liu Chan said, "Dad... Are you stupid?' Directly changed the atmosphere here from warm to violent... also turned Liu Bei's cheeks from the hard-won ease to the dark clouds again!

The anger in his chest was about to burst out, and he couldn't hold it back anymore...

It is no exaggeration to say that if it weren't for Liu Bei's double-strand sword still in Zhao Yun's hand at the moment, after hearing this sentence, he would already have an urge to draw the sword.

Or Zhuge Liang stepped forward for the first time, "Adou? How do you talk nonsense? ”

"I don't talk nonsense..."Liu Chan straightened his chest, and just then he fought a group of big landlords, let these big landlords suffer dumb losses, and directly pulled his Liu Chan's self-confidence to the extreme, he held his head high, "Master Zhuge , the disciple doesn't talk nonsense, Dad doesn't understand anything, so he blames the child, isn't he stupid?" So what? ”

blurted out these words, Liu Bei's eyes looked left and right, he was looking for Zhao Yun, ah no, to be precise, he was looking for his male and female double-strand sword, he was going to split this rebel.

It's just that Liu Chan's words continued, "Father said that I forcibly conscripted these peasants to be my tenant farmers!" I'm no different from those gentry bullies, because... These peasants were not forcibly recruited by me at all, they were all willing to cultivate for me! ”

"A bunch of nonsense..."Liu Bei opened his mouth directly: "If there is no benefit, why should they farm for you?" Are you trying to do anything wrong? Or are you trying to do evil? ”

"They're trying not to take a shower, are they?" Liu Chan directly met Liu Bei's fierce gaze, "Dad, why do I have to communicate with you so hard?" Oh... I understand, it's my problem, it's that I've been with Master Yunqi for too long, and the level is too high, so that my father's level is completely incomprehensible, so to speak... Oh, it's my problem! ”

"You..." Liu Bei took a step hard, and his arm was also raised...

Thanks to Fa Zheng holding his arm, and thanks to Zhao Yun holding the "double-strand sword" to hide in a foot, otherwise... No matter how good Liu Bei's temperament is, but his son is so resistant, he is bound to be severely punished.

"Adou..."

Zhuge Liang frowned, the word "Adou" had mixed tastes, as if he Zhuge Liang wanted to know what Adou wanted to express, and also wanted to persuade him to restrain a little...

Indeed, letting you go to Jingzhou and learn from that Guan Lin didn't let you go beyond it...

Can you restrain a little!

"Master Zhuge " Liu Chan spoke again, "Hearing is false and seeing is believing, anyway, my father doesn't believe what I say, why don't you let him ask me directly about the so-called 'tenant farmers' to see if they are coerced by children?" Let's see if they're voluntary, the kind that children can't get rid of! ”

This...

Not to mention, Liu Chan's tough words really made Liu Bei's attitude a little soothed.

- "This kid can't really..."

Liu Bei is still in reverie...

Seeing Liu Chan's solemn tone, Zhuge Liang hurriedly ordered: "Come on, go and invite the tenant farmers of Adou Gongzi..."

"No..."The two guards were about to go out...

"Wait..."Zhuge Liang hurriedly added, "Please more..."

It seems that the words "please have more" have a deep meaning, and the two guards seem to understand, so they quit here and go to arrange.

For a while, the main hall, which was originally lively and in an uproar, suddenly deserted.

Liu Chan felt bored, so he simply found a stool to sit down, and the scholar Guan Lin raised Erlang's legs, and his legs were shaking, and the whole image was quite indecent...

Liu Bei really couldn't look at it, "Adou..."

"Dad, what's wrong?" Liu Chan showed full impatience.

Actually, he just felt bored, he was completely different from Jingzhou here, and he had no trust at all...

How? Isn't there a little trust between people?

"Not to mention the fact that you bully the tenant farmers, after all, you attribute your father to a thief? Is this for what my father has seen and heard, and I can't fake it? How else can you quibble? ”

Liu Bei asked again...

"This..."Liu Chan showed an indifferent look, "Dad? You're mistaken, I'm not treating you as a thief, I'm treating Liu Bei as a thief..."

You? Liu Bei?

Liu Bei was a little stunned for a moment, but he could still make an accurate judgment, wasn't the person mentioned in Adou's mouth?

When Liu Bei was puzzled, Liu Chan's words continued, "That's just a card game, Liu Bei can be a thief, Guan Yu can also be a thief, even Fazheng Junshi and Master Zhuge can be a thief... You can be both a thief and a loyal minister... can still be the master, and if you are unlucky, you will be a traitor... Four identities, three cards, and a variety of civil and military generals, with a variety of characteristics... This is this kind of card designed by Master Yunqi to make it easier for me to remember the characteristics of the heroes of the world... But my father made a big fuss and said that I attributed him to a thief without asking? Isn't this a blind eye to Mount Tai, isn't this a voyeurism? The frog at the bottom of the well? Shouldn't my father have done some introspection for himself? ”

Belch...

It seems that Liu Chan's words calmed Liu Bei and everyone here.

Liu Bei's eyes widened, and he muttered in his heart.

- "You still can't see Tarzan?" Are you still spying on it? The frog at the bottom of the well?'

- "Do you still let your father reflect on himself?"

As if noticing that Liu Bei's expression was a little wrong, Zhuge Liang hurriedly asked: "Since Adou said that this is Yunqi to help you remember the characteristics of the heroes in the world, then I will test you?" Under our roof, the law is correct and the law is filial, what are his characteristics? ”

"Grievances..."Liu Chan blurted out, "En, it is a thousand-year-old record of winning people's kindness, the grace of dripping water, and the spring is repaid!" Resentment is the resentment of the eyes, and there is no revenge. Whoever destroys me, he will be rewarded! Besides... And vertigo, that's because... In the past, my father was not ashamed of Xu Jing's personality and didn't want to reuse it, but Fazheng Military Division put forward a completely different point of view, Xu Jing's reputation is big, even if his character and talent are not good, he should still follow the example of King Yan Zhao to appoint Guo Kui and use it... It is precisely because of this that the Fazheng military master has been repeatedly misunderstood, saying that he is good at the art of dazzle, and that indulging in the art of bewitchment is a serious thing, which is contrary to the noble atmosphere of respect..."

Don't say it, Liu Chan's words are the truth...

Even whether it was Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei, Zhao Yun, or Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, and Jian Yong, all the people in this hall listened attentively.

That's when ...

"Hahaha..." A hearty laugh came out, and everyone looked for laughter, but it was Fa Zheng who was laughing.

"A good grievance, a good thousand-year-old record of winning people's favors, whoever destroys me, the baht will be compared... What a dizzying technique, I never thought that in this small piece of card of Yunqi Gongzi, my Fa Zheng was clearly understood! Admire, admire..."

This...

Undoubtedly, Fa Zheng's statement made the balance of "victory" infinitely turn to Liu Chan's side, if you take into account the relationship between Fa Zheng and Liu Bei, it is absolutely impossible for him to lie for Liu Chan.

Zhuge Liang was also keenly aware of this, and he continued, "That being the case, then I'll be curious then, Adou... What are the characteristics of your father in this chess game? ”

Zhuge Liang originally wanted to use this method to link the tense atmosphere between father and son...

Who would have wanted to hear "Liu Bei's characteristics", Liu Chan directly waved his hand...

Then he said quite boldly:

"My dad... Master Yunqi beautifies him too much, he doesn't deserve—"

Belch...

For a moment, Liu Bei really felt what it meant to fall from heaven to hell!

In just that moment, he had a feeling like a fish in his throat, a man's back, and a feeling of sitting on pins and needles...

Heart, bang, it hurts badly!

The liver fire is also banging, and it is overflowing straight out!

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… (End of chapter)