Zhao Yu was discussing things with Tian Chou and them in Youbeiping, and Lu Ren was talking with Lao Cao. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Didn't Lu Ren go to Lao Cao's territory before? As soon as Lao Cao turned around, a large number of literati came out to criticize the views in Lu Renwei's article, and the war of words between the two sides was inextricable.

But both Lu Ren and Lao Cao knew very well in their hearts that the matter of Lao Cao's accession to the duke was already unstoppable. Lu Ren took this head, the main purpose was just to make a position first, and Lu Ren would not do superfluous things; Lao Cao's side half understood and half didn't understand Lu Ren's thoughts, and even with it was a misjudgment that was not a miscalculation......

The so-called misjudgment is that Lao Cao really promoted Lu Ren's title, but it was only a title. Lu Ren's current title is at the level of Pavilion Hou, and Lao Cao's side directly promoted Lu Ren to the county Hou after the edict. However, discerning people know that this so-called county candidate has little practical significance, and Lu Ren will not care about the county candidate's food. And the result of this is nothing more than making the hat on Lu Ren's head a little higher.

As for the official position, it cannot be moved. Yizhou Mu and General Fuyi, Yizhou Mu naturally needless to say, this General Fuyi belongs to the miscellaneous general family, and the famous general will not be Lu Ren's turn. But what famous general dares to spread wild on Lu Ren's territory?

I won't say much about these imaginary things, let's talk about the real ones. Lao Cao was already saying that the public was about to become a prince, but he sent someone to Lu Ren, expressing his hope to increase trade with Lu Ren. In Lao Cao's words, Lu Ren is planning to be a big business, and Lu Ren doesn't look down on any rewards and the like to give him.

In terms of trade strength, Lao Cao expressed his hope that he would like to purchase 50 steam-powered ships from Lu Ren, and at the same time hope that Lu Ren would send personnel to build a railway between Xuzhou and Xuchang...... Why isn't it a certain area to Yecheng directly? This is a matter of politics.

Lu Ren's tribute to Emperor Liu Xie for many years was mainly disembarked from Lianyungang in Xuzhou, and then sent from Xuzhou to Xuchang. And Emperor Liu Xie is also the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty no matter how he says it, and Xuchang is also the current capital of the Han Dynasty, so of course this railway must first "contribute" to the Son of Heaven. Directly put it on your Lao Cao's territory, it will be thought that what is your Lao Cao trying to do? Don't take the Son of Heaven as a thing, do you?

And Lao Cao's title was originally to be infamous on his back, so giving priority to the Son of Heaven on this issue, one can show Lao Cao's respect for the Son of Heaven, and the other can more or less avoid some unnecessary infamy. In addition, there is a third, that is, Lao Cao still has doubts about the railway, if he doesn't find a suitable place to try it first, where does Lao Cao dare to mess around?

Then, Lao Cao said that he also wanted to send some people to Yizhou to learn related technologies.

Of course, Lu Ren agreed to all these requests, because these were originally what Lu Ren wanted. But at the same time, Lu Ren also put forward other conditions to Lao Cao, one is to inform Lao Cao that there are rich coal resources in Shanxi, and let Lao Cao send people to dig it, but after digging it out, Lu Ren needs a relatively low price and a good distribution. Of course, this Lao Cao agreed with his mouth, how could Lao Cao not want to have coal available in his own territory? Moreover, dig a little more and sell it to Lu Ren, and Lao Cao can save some money in his hands.

Next, Lu Ren put forward the hope that Lao Cao could send troops to the right Beiping area, on the grounds that the western Liaoning region has been a bit chaotic recently, and the caravan sent by Lu Ren to the north has been robbed several times and suffered a lot of losses, and Lao Cao said that it was not very convenient...... Lao Cao's main forces are now concentrated on Liu Bei and Sun Quan, while Liaoxi and Liaodong are remote for Lao Cao, and sending fewer troops in the past is not enough, and more will affect the battle against Liu Bei and Sun Quan.

Therefore, Lao Cao mainly set up troops in the area of Shanhaiguan, and it was enough to prevent the Karasuma tribe in western Liaoning from influencing the Hebei region. Do you want Lao Cao to transfer troops to the western Liaoxi area? Let's talk about it.

But Lao Cao probably wanted to comfort Lu Ren, so he said to Lu Ren, aren't you rich and food? I, Lao Cao, will give you another official of the Liaoxi Assassin History, and you will spend your own money and grain to recruit troops in the Liaoxi area and defend several of your main trading sites.

Some people may say that you Lao Cao is stupid? Give Lu Ren an official position in the history of Liaoxi, and let Lu Ren go to Liaoxi to recruit troops by himself? Aren't you afraid that after Lu Ren's momentum rises, he will threaten Lao Cao's Hebei region from the north?

It is necessary to make it clear here, that is, Lao Cao is by no means stupid, at least in Lao Cao's opinion, he is not stupid. In fact, Lu Ren has never shown any strong military strength, at least never shown a strong military force other than naval battles, so in the eyes of the world at that time, Lu Ren's navy was certainly strong, but the army was rotten.

On the other hand, Liaoxi has always been an area where the Karasuma tribe has been very active, and its land cavalry is very strong. Lu Ren's army ability is not very good, and if he really wants to fight with the Karasuma cavalry, he is afraid that there will be no good fruit to eat...... Well, to put it simply, Lao Cao thinks that Lu Ren can't settle the Karasuma clan at all, and if the Karasuma tribe can't be leveled, it means that there is no way to occupy Liaoxi, not to mention that there is also an existence of the Liaodong Gongsun clan in the east of Liaoxi?

So Lao Cao's purpose is that you, Lu Ren, simply insert a foot in Liaoxi, and if you want to fight with the Karasuma tribe, or even with the Liaodong Gongsun clan, you will be beaten. As far as your Lu Ren's military ability is concerned, I know it in my heart. You Lu Ren is very strong in construction and development, but when it comes to such a thing as war, you Lu Ren is still far behind.

Further, if you Lu Ren and the Karasuma clan fight to the death, can't you just help Lao Cao contain the Karasuma forces in western Liaoning? Not only Karasuma, but even the Liaodong side will be restrained by you Lu Ren. And you, Lu Ren, don't have the ability to eat Karasuma in Liaoxi and Gongsun in Liaodong, you have a good fight there, and I can still watch and have fun. When you really hit the ground running, wouldn't it be right for me to send troops over again and clean up all three of you?

Yes, your Lu Ren's naval strength is very strong, but you Lu Ren wants to fight with Karasuma for the army, and you Lu Ren don't have that ability. So taking a step back, Lu Ren set up a tribe in western Liaoning, that is, he could protect several inter-market sites along the coast. If it is according to Lu Ren's principle of not using troops externally, what impact can these small trading sites have on Lao Cao? And when Lao Cao is going to fight Karasuma again, won't these stations still be able to become supply depots for Lao Cao's troops?

That's what Lao Cao thinks. This can't be said to be right, but it can't be said to be wrong, in the final analysis, it is still a problem of Lao Cao's historical limitations, and some problems Lao Cao cannot think of. But for Lu Ren, the history of Liaoxi given by Lao Cao is just right for Lu Ren to carry out activities in Liaoxi. To be exact, Lao Cao didn't expect Lu Ren to play a trick of "retreating as advance......

(It's so cold, my hands are frozen red...... Today's second is less than 1,000 words, everyone forgive me! (To be continued.) )