Early the next morning, Juchao City East Lujiazhuang.

More than 300 slaves and more than 100 clansmen were reorganized and lined up by Lu Su, and then boarded the 20 boats lent to him by Zhou Yu, loaded with fine family wealth, and prepared to set sail.

"Alas, the Lu family is declining, and this madman was born!" In the crowd, one of Lu Su's clan uncles, who was also the most senior person in the clan, couldn't help but cry and sigh and curse when he saw Huainan who was forced to leave the people who had lived for generations.

"Yes, if it weren't for the old lady's indulgence back then and letting him do whatever he wanted, why would our family have fallen to this!" When several other uncles and brothers heard this, they also echoed it.

Lu Su's behavior of squandering money so far has won him a lot of reputation and connections outside, but his relatives are very disgusted, after all, he really took out the family's money and food to outsiders.

It's just that these people are not big clans, and Lu Su has been relying on his grandmother's support a few years ago to dispose of the family property at will.

When his grandmother passed away four years ago, Lu Su had already reached the crown, and others couldn't point fingers, so they could only continue to secretly scold him for "not feeling distressed when the cub sells his grandfather's field".

Until today, the Lu family's field has finally been completely defeated by this loser! There's not a single hare left!

Lu Su also knew that these people had complaints, although he didn't care, but before setting sail, he still decided to make a mobilization speech:

"Uncles and brothers! I know that you don't obey me, but the Han Dynasty is out of order, the thieves are tyrannical, the Yuan Shu is cruel and cruel to the people, and the looting is excessive, and the land of the two Huai intangible cultural heritage! Although we are now scattered in the fields, we can make friends with heroes, as long as we go to Jiangdong, we can get shelter to avoid trouble!

A large flag was hung on the ship headed by the leader, and the name was "Taishi".

Tai Shici on the other side didn't know them, and during this time, he was instructed by Zhuge Fujun to patrol the river to intercept and kill the Yuan army patrol, but he was not allowed to disturb the people who fled across the river.

Just before leaving, sort out the population and household registration of the six counties of Wuhu and Zulang, and thoroughly investigate the hidden households and new immigrants, so that the eldest brother can easily take over.

However, since he was only going to deliver the letter on behalf of Zhou Yu, he just went alone and left his family in Wuhu. Come and ask Hu Cao to choose a flat abandoned field and distribute it to the Lu clan. It is best to choose at the tributary of Jingshui in the south of the city, and you can also plant tea trees and bamboo cane on some hillside land.

So after listening to Lu Su's words, he didn't want to ruin Zhuge Jin's reputation.

Tai Shi Ci refused to accept the money and release the people, at this time the two fleets were close to each other, and Tai Shi Ci directly reprimanded:

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he was very disappointed. But he hadn't heard of Lu Su's reputation, after all, Lu Su's current reputation in Lujiang was all made by throwing money, and he had not yet established meritorious deeds, so Zhuge Liang was reluctant to break the rules for him.

Twenty boats were loaded and stopped, and they went down the river that day, traveling seventy or eighty miles a day, and arrived at the mouth of the wet beard early the next morning.

Zhuge Liang: "Lu Su Lu Zijing." ”

According to the information he knows, Chungu County should have been captured by Zhuge Jin, because in the decisive battle of Liu Xunqiaorui's defeat a few days ago, Yuan's army was trying to attack Chungu.

Lu Su was afraid that something would happen, so he hurriedly stepped forward and replied loudly: "General Mingjian!" We are not Yuan thieves, but the people of Huainan, who are unbearable to be oppressed by Yuan Shu, so we went to Jiangdong to avoid the war! We're going to Wuhu...... You can also go to Spring Valley and just ask for a place to stay. ”

Lu Su's heart tightened, seeing that the other party had water and land support, as well as the ship, he didn't want to tear his face. Just took out the talisman and shouted at the patrol:

Zhuge Jin naturally felt more than Zhuge Liang: "Ah Liang, what do you say is the name of the leader of the Huainan refugees?" ”

When Lu Su heard this, he was finally shocked: "Is it Zhuge Liang, who has recently become famous in Yuzhang?" Brother Ling is Zhuge Jin, who was personally praised by the Son of Heaven...... Mr. Ziyu? Is...... Disrespectful. ”

The other party shouted loudly and ordered Lu Su to come to the shore for inspection: "Where are you fugitives!" Dare to go out of the river! I don't know that the Yuzhang thief is patrolling the river! Don't go back soon! ”

However, he was afraid that General Sun was not ready and could not break with Yuan Shu in a hurry, so he begged me to help him find out, and brought a letter to persuade General Sun to make a decision as soon as possible, and to be a loyal minister with the Han family.

"Hurry up! Don't bother with them! Seeing that he didn't scare off the other party, Lu Su was also a little surprised, so he had to let the crossbowmen be on guard, but he was not allowed to shoot first.

The young man smiled proudly: "Langya Zhuge Liang, I am the county of this county, Brother Lu said this, it is not true!" First of all, you said that it is righteous to crusade against the emperor and the thief, Liang and his brother are just crusading against Yuan Shu, and they have a little merit, can't they afford this righteous word?

Lu Su also considered lying before he spoke, but finally decided not to do it - he could improvise himself, but what about the people?

At that moment, let the soldiers shout together: "If you want to go to Wuhu, you should go by the way, sail with us, and you must not leave without permission!" ”

Lu Su calmly followed to a mansion on the main street of Wuhu City, and was taken aback when he saw that the plaque showed that Danyang was too guarded.

Secondly, the princes are attacking each other, although it is not righteous to speak of, but I am not attacking each other. I, the Danyang County Cheng, and my brother's Danyang Taishou, were all canonized by the Son of Heaven a few months ago, and my brother's talent and merit were praised by the Son of Heaven in person, and I deserved this reward - does Brother Lu still want to see if the edict fails? ”

In order to create an environment that encourages migration, so that Yuzhang and the seven counties in the south of Danyang can absorb more Lujiang fugitives.

It's just that Qiao Rui's direct troops have suffered too heavy losses, and now they can only defend the checkpoint of Weisu Koushui Village, and the tasks of patrolling back and forth have been taken over by Liu Xun's people. Qiao Rui's talisman can only help him clear the customs, but he can't control the patrol.

While the brothers were eating and drinking, Zhuge Liang casually mentioned today's work of sheltering and resettling displaced people, and he mentioned this matter.

So it's better to admit that you may want to go to Wuhu, but don't force it. Spring Valley is poorer than Wuhu, and if you can't go to Wuhu, it's okay to go to Spring Valley.

The fleet sailed down the Yangtze River, the speed was very fast, and it could sail day and night, and after a day and a night, it arrived in Wuhu.

The Lu family was frightened for a while, thinking that they had met another military general who wanted to blackmail. Lu Su didn't want to do much, and hurriedly said: "Thank you to the general for his rescue, and I am willing to take out twenty gold labor troops, and ask the general to make a convenient ......."

After listening to Lu Su's compliment, he smiled and said, "Brother Lu this time, but you came to invest in your brother?" ”

It turned out that Zhuge Liang and his brother had been in Wuhu recently.

After that, Lu Su asked his subordinates to wind up and aim at the crossbowmen, and then let one of the crossbowmen put an arrow on the trestle on the shore, and the crossbow arrow directly penetrated a wooden board used to get on and off the ship, and the patrol officer was startled, and finally relented and did not dare to chase again.

Lu Su was stunned for a moment, and first introduced himself: "In Lusu, Xiahuainan, the original family was a wealthy family in Hefei, in troubled times, Yuan thieves were exorbitant, how could my generation not control the army to protect themselves?"

Rao is Lu Su was very cautious and successfully passed the talisman given by Qiaorui, but after passing through the Shuizhai checkpoint, he encountered a small group of patrol cavalry and several patrol boats at the mouth of the river.

The young man replied lightly: "Moling is stolen by hypocrisy, and it is also an expedient measure for Danyang to guard the mansion and settle in Wuhu for the time being." In the future, Wang Shi will rebel and naturally move back to Moling, so why worry about it - I don't know what this brother is called, why did he flee across the river and carry dozens of strong crossbows? ”

So, he called Yicheng and arranged Lu Su and his core close relatives to live in Wuhu Post House first, and then went to do other things first.

So he gritted his teeth and changed some words: "That military marquis, forgive me for not obeying my fate!" Today, the two Huai are in chaos, and the top and bottom are nonsense. You think you are doing business, but even if you catch it, the peak may not be rewarded for meritorious deeds! If you can't catch it, you won't be punished. Life is your own, why work hard! Let's teach you how to do it! ”

After a while, a handsome and tall boy much younger than him walked in,

The two sides had chased two teas for three or four miles, and when they were about to catch up, a faster squadron suddenly appeared on the river, coming from the south bank, stabbing at Lu Su and the patrol under Liu Xun.

Before leaving, the civil affairs work of Danyang County needs to be handed over to his brother. So in the past few days, Zhuge Liang has done it himself, for the work of Hu Cao's side, he personally grasped it, and dealt with it directly when he encountered major events, and today Hu Cao reported that there was a group of hundreds of nearly a thousand people in the large scale of Jiangbei refugees, and also brought strong crossbow weapons to vote, Zhuge Liang personally received.

Zhuge Liang is about to be sent to Guangling again to teach Liu Bei how to mediate and teach Liu Bei how to deal with the relationship and attitude towards the princes of all parties in the future.

However, the power of a crossbow can only frighten the cavalry.

Tai Shici and his entourage were originally to collect troops and return to their lair after carrying out the mission, patrolling and replenishing by the way. As soon as he landed on the shore, he communicated with the people of the county Hucao, saying that on the way he encountered a group of strong fugitives armed with crossbows, about hundreds of people, and asked Hucao to hand over to avoid wandering.

I'll see him tomorrow before I let him go. ”

"We have a customs clearance talisman to help buy military rations! My family has been a businessman for generations, and recently donated thousands of stones of military rations, and I urgently need to buy it again! ”

Fortunately, Tai Shici did not force him to go to Spring Valley, but said that he would go all the way to Wuhu, Lu Su was suspicious in his heart, and decided to follow for a while, wait and see.

……

The patrol boat on the side still didn't believe in this evil, maybe it was the officer on the stern who felt that the bulkhead of his ship could be used as a strong crossbow arrow, and when he saw that Lu Su actually dared to use force, he chased after him directly.

He thought about it for a while, and decided to place Lu Su first, and then go to inquire about this talent to confirm whether it was worth keeping.

Lu Su knew that the fleet was about to sail into the Yangtze River, and he couldn't be entangled at this time.

Jiangdong is fertile for thousands of miles, but no one has cultivated it. I heard that the local counties and countries are all rewarding the wasteland, and the people who are allowed to open up the wasteland are lightly endowed, and our Lu family will be able to live and work in peace and contentment! ”

The other party's reason is also very just, if you want to move to another county, how can the local government allow people from unknown sources to bring dozens of crossbows into the country? Even if it is not collected, it must be registered.

Lu Su complained bitterly, but there was no way out, so he had to do it.

"This general's banner is 'Taishi', as far as I know, only Tai Shi Ci under Liu Xiang is this surname, even if this person is not Tai Shi Ci, he must be from the Tai Shi Ci clan. But didn't Liu Xuan's old ministry defect to Zhuge Xuan? How could they go to Wuhu? Is it ......?"

When it came to someone else's territory, Lu Su didn't plan to resist, and the whole clan was temporarily placed in the mansion station of the dock.

Fortunately, the other party didn't want to kill people directly, it was estimated that he wanted to arrest people and extort money, so he just approached gradually and did not release arrows.

In case the general picks a few people for interrogation, and finally says that he leaks his mouth, the problem will only get worse.

But the patrol officer was a subordinate of Zhang Duo under Liu Xun, and he was not subordinate to Qiao Rui, and he didn't intend to sell it when he heard the rumors, and he wanted to force Lu Su to land on the shore to see if there were any flaws, so as to extort a sum of money.

Lu Su endured his anger and questioned the doubts just now.

About an hour later, it was getting late, Zhuge Liang returned home, and had dinner with his eldest brother first.

Who are you who you are not tried? How can it be said that the tomb was stolen? Today, the princes are all attacking each other, just like Meng Fuzi said, 'the Spring and Autumn Period is unrighteous war'. In addition to crusading against the emperor and the thief, the rest of the princes merge, how can there be orthodoxy and hypocrisy. ”

In this way, you don't have to lie, and you can portray yourself as just looking for a place to avoid the war, and you don't have a specific goal.

Seeing that this suddenly killed fleet was so brave, Lu Su also wanted to escape, but was intercepted by Tai Shici: "Who is coming!" Yuan thieves are not allowed to enter the Yangtze River, don't you know? ”

The little colonel who was in charge of guiding the way didn't think so, and didn't pay attention to him, but just led Lu Su into a side hall and asked him to wait there obediently.

"Danyang County is governed in Moling, how can this Wuhu encroach on the name of Taishoufu? It's ...... It's incredible! ”

"I'm not looking for your money, you have to leave, is it a fraud? How can an ordinary fugitive house carry dozens of strong crossbows with him! How can I allow the crossbow bearer to go ashore at will, and when I reach Wuhu, I must first go to Hucao to register before I can leave! ”

Lu Su remembered that he still had a mission, so he said frankly:

But Tai Shici is a famous general with superb archery skills after all, and his eyes are very good, and he can vaguely see that there are bows and crossbows on the opponent's boat from a hundred feet away.

I have been entrusted and favored, and I have been promised first. Sage Yun: Since ancient times, there have been deaths, and people have no faith and do not stand, please Zhuge County let me go to Moling and complete the mission, where do you want to invest in the future, I should be a district again. ”

And Wuhu, in the information that Zhou Yu told him, still belongs to Sun Ce's rule.

After drinking, Zhuge Jin let out a sigh of relief and commented: "Being favored by others, being loyal to others, is also a righteous person." If we force him to stay, he will be dissatisfied, and his reputation will be ruined.

When Liu Xun's patrol team saw this flag, they hurriedly tried to turn around and escape, but they were still separated by Tai Shici and chased after them, killing dozens of them and killing several ships.

Zhuge Jin quietly put down his chopsticks, picked up the soup bowl to cover his facial expression, and took a sip slowly, but he didn't swallow it. After thinking about it for a long time and thinking clearly about the countermeasures, I swallowed the soup, which was already as cold as body temperature.

Yuan Shu does not distinguish between rewards and punishments, what kind of life is a few hundred dollars a month.

"I was able to get away from the Yuan thief this time, all thanks to Juchao Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin to help me get the customs clearance talisman, that Zhou Gongjin is also a righteous man, and he is unwilling to succumb to the thief who usurped the Han.

Zhuge Liang is young after all, he has been working behind the scenes recently, and even if he is touted, most of them are touted by his subordinates within Liu Bei's camp. The first time he met outsiders to vote, he was quite proud.

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At first glance, Lu Su felt that the other party was too young, and it was estimated that he had not yet reached the crown, so he was wearing the clothes of the juncheng. However, this person's appearance is outstanding, and he is more than eight feet tall, which is very majestic, and it is difficult for people to feel bad.

There are many families on his side, and they are all small boats, and they have no protection. Relying on the shield brought by his own family to stand on the side of the ship to shield the arrows, it is estimated that he will still suffer a loss when shooting.

After a while, Hu Cao counted the number of crossbows they wielded, and he was also slightly surprised, and reported them level by level, and then Lu Su was invited to go to the yamen to drink tea.