"Officials? To be knighted? ”

Lao Cao almost lost his temper. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info With Lao Cao's understanding of Lu Ren, how could he not know that Lu Ren has never cared much about this thing? Moreover, with Lu Ren's current strength and influence, as well as Lu Ren's geographical location overseas, even if Lu Ren is the king in Yizhou, it will be like that, and people in the inland areas will think that it is not a big deal.

Don't look at the six years that Yizhou was officially incorporated into the territory of the Han Dynasty, but for many people, they do not regard Yizhou as an official state, and still classify Yizhou as "Dongyi". In other words, Lu Ren's territory was regarded as a foreign state, at most it was similar to the Xiongnu, Karasuma, and Xiqiang, which were foreign political groups that submitted to the Han regime.

However, although Lao Cao scoffed at Lu Ren's statement that he might want to be an official, he seemed to have been reminded of something, so Lao Cao's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he muttered: "Lu Ren definitely doesn't mean to be an official, but if you want to use this matter to ask for some benefits from Gu, it makes sense." But where is Lonely, what good is there for him?

"Gold, silver, jewelry? He Lu Ren is much richer than Gu Du, and where will there be less treasures for him to pay tribute to the court every year? Stunning beauty? Gu really couldn't think of a beautiful woman that Gu could find that could be compared with Cai Yan, Diao Chan and other women around him...... By the way, what kind of mutual market transactions have Lu Ren, Liu Bei and Sun Quan had recently? ”

Someone immediately responded: "Prime Minister, do you remember that when Su Su was fighting against Sun Quan before, Sun Quan once burned down a corner of the outer corner of the water village?" The fleet that suddenly appeared at that time was the fleet returned from overseas Wadao by Sun Quan's sister Sun Shangxiang, and it is said that he led the fleet to support without Lu Ren's permission, and then 32 new ships in the fleet were detained by Sun Quan. ”

Lao Cao smiled, but he sneered: "Buckle? Sun Quan Xiao'er is afraid that he doesn't dare to provoke Lu Ren like this, right? ”

"Exactly. In fact, the thirty-two new-style ships were secretly given to Sun Quan by Lu Ren at the behest of Sun Shangxiang in the name of buckles. If it was really detained, Sun Quan should no longer let his sister go to Yizhou as a hostage, but in fact, Sun Shangxiang went to Yizhou again after such a battle, and he didn't see Lu Ren blame Sun Shangxiang for anything. What's even more ridiculous is that Sun Shangxiang didn't care about anything after arriving in Yizhou, but the first thing he did was to watch Lu Lan's New Year song performance. ”

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A bunch of people were speechless at the same time. The people in Lao Cao's council hall who can get mixed up are basically human spirits, how could they not understand that Lu Ren is simply too lazy to act? However, there is another idea in the hearts of some people, that is, if they have the opportunity, they really want to go to see Lu Lan's concert.

By the way, the gramophone in Lu Ren's hand was made in the twelfth year of Jian'an, but there were only five at that time, which can be regarded as the prototype in the hands of Lu Ren and Shirley. However, after several years, some related technical problems and material problems have been solved, so Yizhou's phonograph has entered the stage of preliminary mass production.

Of course, the initial mass production of this is not large, and Lu Ren has no plans to popularize this thing now, so it is just regarded as a relatively expensive luxury. But even so, so far Lu Ren has used the means of selling or sending, and Cao, Liu and Sun have got a total of more than 3,000 units, and Lao Cao, as the majority, has nearly 2,000 units. Along with it, it is Cai Yan's qin, Lu Lan's song, Lu Ren's flute, and then some folk loose music, which is widely spread in various places.

Especially Lu Lan's songs. After all, Cai Yan's piano is relatively an elegant art that the general public can't understand, and it is naturally a little worse in terms of popularity. However, Lu Lan's songs are appreciated by both the elegant and the vulgar, so Lu Lan's influence in this regard is greater. In addition, Lu Lan will have some posters flowing into the inland areas from time to time, which has a considerable visual impact, so ...... Hehe, I don't need to say too much about this. Anyway, there are more than a dozen posters of Lu Lan hanging in Lao Cao's study, just to be viewed as a work of art. It is that while people are amazed by Lu Lan's beauty and singing voice, some of them will selectively forget that this charming woman has appeared by their side in the first place.

Lao Cao's thoughts at this time were also a little deviated by the sentence "Lu Lan's New Year Song Performance", but he quickly came back to his senses, coughed dryly twice, and then straightened his senses, and asked, "What happened to the thirty-two ships?" ”

"Back to the prime minister, Sun Shangxiang went to Yizhou after leaving the ships, and Sun Quan did not use them when he was at war with the prime minister because he was not familiar with the performance of these ships, but sent people to sea trials in order to practice well. However, it didn't seem to be long before something went wrong with the thirty-two ships, and Sun Quan sent someone to Lu Ren for help. Lu Ren did not agree to lend them to the craftsmen, but sold another eighteen similar ships to Sun Quan, and at the same time asked Sun Quan to send people to Yizhou to learn the relevant skills. ”

Lao Cao was stunned for a moment, and asked anxiously: "Sold another eighteen to Sun Quan?" And also allowed Sun Quan's people to go to Yizhou to learn related skills? ”

"Exactly!"

Old Cao Teng stood up from the banquet at once, and then paced back and forth in the hall. After a long time, Lao Cao said indignantly: "What kind of heart is Lu Ren? Jiangdong's navy is already strong, if he gets Yizhou's ship skills again, he is not afraid that Sun Quan will use these new ships of his to deal with him at that time? ”

The crowd was silent. are all human spirits, how can they not know that the subtext of Lao Cao's words is actually that Lao Cao beat Sun Quan and suffered a lot in terms of the navy, if Sun Quan gets Lu Ren's ship technology again, then it will be even more difficult for Lao Cao to fight Sun Quan again?

Seeing that Lao Cao turned around a few more times, he asked everyone again: "What is the situation between Liu Bei and Lu Ren?" ”

"Back to the prime minister, Zhuge Liang went to Yizhou in the spring season of this year, and after returning to Jiangling, he recruited people to go to Guiyang, which is said to help Lu Ren build a ...... between Guiyang and Shaoguan It's called a railway, right? It's not very clear what it is, and the detailed return sounds a bit grotesque, which is really unconvincing. ”

It's true that I don't know, because the people on Lao Cao's side are far away from Lu Ren, and the circulation of intelligence is not very good. And some things in Yizhou are far beyond their cognition, so at this time, they actually have a skeptical attitude.

But he doesn't know, it doesn't mean that Lao Cao doesn't know either. And Lao Cao looked at the blank expressions on the faces of many people in the hall, sighed secretly in his heart, and turned around and ordered the guards: "Go, go and call Zihuan and Cangshu." ”

Why are they called these two goods? Because these two goods have been to Yizhou a few years ago. At that time, in order to treat Cao Chong's illness, Hua Tuo took them there, and at that time, the steam locomotive in Yizhou had just begun trial operation, and Cao Chong and Cao Pi had both ridden. Originally, there was still a Hua Tuo, but Hua Tuo was a speaker next to Emperor Liu Xie, and he was in Xuchang at this time, and Lao Cao couldn't call him for a while. And Lao Cao will know about the steam locomotive, and this is what these two precious sons told him.

Not long after, Cao Chong and Cao Pi both came to the conference hall, and Lao Cao asked these two precious sons to explain to everyone in the hall about the steam locomotive, and they heard the buns speechlessly. Just imagine, a locomotive can hold hundreds of cattle and horses, and the speed is still so fast, how much help does this have for military transportation?

After explaining, Lao Cao asked again: "What else is there going on in Liu Bei?" ”

"Back to Prime Minister, I heard that Zhuge Liang was brought forward by his wife Huang Yueying and organized a group of people to go to Yizhou, with the purpose of learning the construction skills of steam locomotives in Yizhou......"

This time, Lao Cao's eyes narrowed so much that he couldn't see. When he returned to the table, he picked up the document again, and after reading it carefully for a long time, he suddenly smiled and said, "I understand, I understand...... Lu Ren feels that he can't give him face! Liu Bei and Sun Quan acted like this, no less than treating Lu Ren as a disciple, but Gu regarded him very lightly, and he was very arrogant. ”

Everyone was puzzled, and Lao Cao explained: "Lone means that Lu Ren feels that the money he makes here is not enough!" Do you really think that Lu Ren would teach his exquisite skills to Liu Bei and Sun Quan so easily? With Gu's perception of him, he must have left behind, but these ship skills and steam engine skills, even if Lu Ren no longer needed them, fell into the hands of Liu Bei and Sun Quan, which was also a great disadvantage to Gu. Therefore, Lu Ren's text is to remind Gu that if you don't want to suffer too much, you should take out the money and buy it from him...... This Lu Ren doesn't let go of the money in the lonely treasury! ”

At this time, someone added: "Prime Minister, after Lu Ren sold those eighteen ships to Sun Quan, Sun Quan sent troops and craftsmen to Pingxiang, a small county hundreds of miles west of Yuzhang, to dig mines. It was there that Sun Quan reportedly dug up coal. ”

Everyone was puzzled, and Cao Chong, who was now a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man, picked up the words: "Coal burner, a kind of burning thing necessary for steam engines. Although it is earth and stone, after being lit, its fire is long-lasting and vigorous, and it is by no means comparable to firewood and charcoal. ”

Lao Cao was stunned again. In fact, Lao Cao is no stranger to coal, because Lu Ren has given Lao Cao some briquettes in his gifts over the years, which have been used on several special utensils. However, because of the small number, Lao Cao didn't care much. Now listening to Cao Chong's words, Lao Cao is a little interested.

After thinking about it again, Lao Cao waved his hand and ordered: "Send someone to Yizhou immediately, and say that Gu wants to buy a steam ship and a steam engine from Lu Ren!" If possible, Lone also wants to build several railways to facilitate the transfer of goods from various places. As for the money...... It's easy to discuss the matter of money with Lu Ren! By the way, ask Lu Ren again, there is coal and stone production in the lonely territory. (To be continued.) )