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A small fleet of ships was slowly approaching the dock, and it was not long before it landed smoothly. After the personnel of several ships in the fleet came ashore one after another, they were all curious about the surrounding environment.

Cao Zhang was also watching curiously at the moment. In fact, the people who came down from these boats were Cao Zhang's personal soldiers. It is true that his military power was taken away by Cao Pi, but his own soldiers were not among those who were slashed, but there were not many of them, only 500 people.

Then Zhao Yu said that it was not difficult for Cao Zhang to go to Yizhou, and it was not a lie. Where Cao Zhang took his own soldiers to play, Cao Pi didn't care too much. Besides, if it really makes Cao Zhang angry, it's not a joke, Cao Zhang's strong temper is well-known in Cao Ying.

In short, Cao Zhang left Zhongmu for Xuzhou with his five hundred personal soldiers, and then boarded the ship from Xuzhou to Yizhou, and it didn't take much time before and after. Of course, Cao Pi received the news, but when he heard that Cao Zhang was going to sea by boat, Cao Pi didn't bother to care, and even secretly instructed Cao Zhang to give the green light on the way. After all, for Cao Pi, he still can't wait for Cao Zhangma to get out.

I won't say much about the rags here, just that when Cao Zhang was in a daze on the dock, a "Brother Ziwen" made Cao Zhang come back to his senses. When he looked at it again, he saw a young man of twenty-four or fifteen years old rushing towards him. And for this young man, Cao Zhang is no stranger, because it is his half-brother Cao Chong.

Cao Pi's attitude towards Cao Chong won't say much, but Cao Zhang's attitude towards Cao Chong is not as ruthless as Cao Pi, at least the relationship between them is quite good among Lao Cao's children. On the other hand, Cao Zhang and Cao Chong can now be regarded as "both fallen people at the end of the world", but it also adds a bit of closeness like sympathy, so Cao Zhang is also very happy when he sees Cao Chong.

However, when Cao Zhang saw Cao Chong's body with a filial piety belt (don't take it too seriously), he also remembered that Lao Cao had passed away less than a year ago, and then the two brothers hugged and cried on the dock.

Of course, Cao Chong would come to pick up the boat because of Lu Ren's arrangement, and after the two brothers cried on the dock, Cao Chong took Cao Zhang and his party to Mangjia.

Cao Zhang's will come so quickly, in addition to Zhao Yu's arrangement and Cao Pi's secret green light, another reason is that Cao Zhang took the "Xu Peng" railway on Cao Wei's side, after all, Zhongmu is just a little way away from Xuchang, so Cao Zhang is no stranger to the railway. But it wasn't until Cao Chong led them to the "Mangji" line in Yizhou that Cao Zhang suddenly understood that the difference between his own Dongdong and Luren was too far and too far.

This is gossip, anyway, it didn't take long for Cao Zhang and his party to live in the residence that Lu Ren had arranged for them in advance, but they were not able to see Lu Ren. This is not what Lu Ren is putting up, but Lu Ren took Lu Lingqi to "go back to the master" to treat Lu Lingqi after sending a return call to Zhao Yu, so he is not in Yizhou for the time being. Cao Chong calculated the time after explaining to Cao Zhang, and told Cao Zhang that Lu Ren would probably not be able to come back in another five or six days, and Cao Chang would take a good rest here in the past few days.

Cao Zhang didn't have any opinion on this, because in his opinion, the things he wanted to do couldn't be done in three clicks. It's not bad to have a few days for him to buffer, think more about what to say when he sees Lu Ren next, and just pull Cao Chong as a consultant to get to know Lu Ren more.

But at this moment, Cao Zhang's main concern is another thing:

"Cangshu, you just said that Lu Lingqi was seriously injured, and ordinary doctors were no longer able to heal her, so she could only become a waste, so Lu Zhengnan had no choice but to take Lu Lingqi back to the division and ask someone in the division to treat Lu Lingqi?"

Cao Chong nodded. Lu Lingqi rested in Yizhou for a few days before, and Cao Chong also went to visit, so he naturally knew what Lu Lingqi was injured into, so he told Cao Zhang in detail at the moment.

Cao Zhangna is also a person who has been crawling on the battlefield, so after listening to Cao Chong's speech, he understands very well what Lu Lingqi's injury will be, but he can't help shaking his head and sighing for a while. At the end, Cao Zhang asked puzzledly: "Is there really a way for Lu Yizhou to restore Lu Lingqi to her original state?" If this is really the case, why didn't you take Lu Lingqi there earlier? ”

Next, there is another thing that Lu Ren made up to fool people, what is inconvenient to go back, the price is too high, etc., anyway, even if others want to check it, they can't check it, Cao Chong is just copying the original words......

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A few days passed in a flash, and Lu Ren and Shirley also returned to Yizhou with Lu Lingqi, who was in a "sleeping" state. There is no way, some facts are inconvenient, so Lu Ren and Shirley fell asleep to Lu Lingqi not long after they drove the landing craft to sea, otherwise with Lu Lingqi's straightforward character, it would be difficult to control her big mouth.

Of course, Lu Lingqi's injuries have recovered, but it will take several days to wake up, which is also creating a sense of mystery for Lu Ren's so-called "master". And as soon as Lu Lingqi's matter is done, Lu Ren will go to see Cao Zhang.

The reception of the banquet must be indispensable, but no one mentions the business above the banquet. It wasn't until the banquet dispersed and Lu Ren invited Cao Zhang to take a walk in the garden that Cao Zhang finally opened his mouth: "Lu Zhengnan, don't you think you're actually a pity?" You need to know that with your strength, if you do something, it is entirely possible to make you the overlord of the world. ”

Lu Ren smiled and pursed his lips: "Actually, Ziwen should be a person who can understand why I am so determined, why do you ask me this question now?" ”

Cao Zhang was stunned: "I should be able to understand someone below?" ”

Lu Ren smiled: "Isn't it? Just imagine, when Ling Zun passed away last year, as long as you Cao Ziwen were willing, with the military power you controlled at that time, it was unknown who would be on the throne of the Lord of Wei, but what did you do? And now, you came to me with 500 soldiers, just to show your talents on the battlefield and make a name for yourself again in your lifetime? ”

Cao Zhang is not a smart person, but he is not a stupid person either, and he immediately reacted when Lu Ren's words were said. He sighed lightly and shook his head again, and said to Lu Ren again: "Although I don't understand it very well, it seems that I can understand some of Lu Zhengnan's thoughts." ”

Between these few words of gossip, Lu Ren and Cao Zhang had already walked to the side courtyard. Maybe it was because he had stayed in the house for too long, Lu Ren really didn't want to sit in the depressing house anymore, so he simply sat down cross-legged in the lawn of the side courtyard, and then smiled and stretched out his hand to Cao Zhang to make a "please" gesture.

Cao Zhang was dumbfounded when he saw this, and said in his heart that Lu Ren is so virtuous? After all, no matter how you say it, today's Lu Ren is also a member of the candidates on the one side, why doesn't he look like a candidate at all? However, seeing that Lu Ren had already sent an invitation, Cao Zhang didn't have much to say, besides, Cao Zhang had been fighting for many years, and he usually didn't pay so much attention to it, but now seeing Lu Ren so casually, it actually suits Cao Zhang's appetite.

After looking at Lu Ren and retreating his attendants, he looked up at the sky, and said thoughtfully after a long time: "Ziwen, you said that a person has great ambitions and wants to achieve an immortal king's career, is this considered self-motivated?" ”

"Well...... this"

Cao Zhang hesitated for a moment before saying, "With ambition in your chest, of course this is a good thing. ”

Lu Ren continued: "But if this person is unscrupulous in order to realize and achieve the so-called great ambition in his chest, knowing that he will harm too many people, but he is just blindly selfish, thinking only about his own interests and power, and even selling or sacrificing his family, friends, relatives, as well as his own conscience, principles, and personality for the sake of interests and power, then what do you think of this so-called great ambition?" ”

Cao Zhang looked at Lu Ren with a very strange gaze for a long time, and only after a long time did he say inexplicably: "The kind of person Lu Zhengnan said is simply a beast with a lost conscience......

Lu Ren smiled very unknowingly: "Beast disciple? Maybe. But in fact, aren't many of the world's heroes doing this? It's just that, I think so, the difference between the hero and the beast is only that the hero will not betray and sacrifice indiscriminately, and will only do so when necessary. And the beast, as long as it is profitable, there is nothing that he cannot sell. ”

Cao Zhang didn't read much, so Lao Cao had criticized him many times but it was useless, so he became more and more inexplicable after hearing it: "Lu Zhengnan and forgive me, what do you mean by these words?" ”

Lu Ren sighed: "In fact, in many things of resisting Hu and fighting Hu, I can't blame Liu Bei and Lao Cao too much...... Oh, I'm sorry, I'm used to calling you that daddy, so don't worry about it. Let's put it this way, because they have their mental limitations, they don't know many things at all, so they can be regarded as not guilty.

"But I'm different, there are many things, in this day and age, maybe only I know it in my heart, and when it really comes time to face it, I can't, and I can't do it, pretend not to know and ignore it. I'm not a hero like Liu Bei and your father, if I do something for my own selfish interests, then what's the difference between me and the kind of person I just mentioned? On top of that, I don't want to be a beast that can sell anything if it's profitable...... Looking for opportunities to advance, plotting in the north, and then achieving a hegemony? I asked myself I couldn't do it! If I really do that, I will not only be a tyrant to me, but also a beast who has betrayed my principles, my personality, and my conscience. ”

Cao Zhang was shocked: "Why is Lu Zhengnan so self-deprecating? ”

Lu Ren smiled a little indifferently: "Didn't I tell you all just now?" There are many things that you don't know, but I know better than anyone else...... Again, our Central Plains Huaxia has been in war for many years, and the number of people has been sharply reduced, and the vitality has been greatly damaged, and the alien Hu Kou outside the customs has been peeking at our Central Plains Huaxia, and as soon as our vitality is injured, they will take the opportunity to cause trouble. And once they succeed, we Chinese people will become slaves of these alien Hu Kou, and suffer from their bullying and oppression......

"Ziwen, I think you may not understand these words, but I still have to say them. I am a narrow-minded nationalist, and I have a sense of national honor and belonging in my heart. It is precisely because of this that now that the alien race is in turmoil and the country is in chaos, what you see is the opportunity to rise up and the opportunity to dominate the industry, but what I see is the huge loss of vitality to our Central Plains after this war, and the ensuing invasion and harm of the alien Hu Kou will be on our Central Plains.

"Once the Central Plains is in turmoil, when the vitality of our Central Plains of China is greatly damaged, I take the opportunity to step in, it seems that I have achieved an immortal hegemony, but in fact I have further damaged the fundamental vitality of our Central Plains of China. Not to mention whether I can settle your Cao, Liu, and Sun families, I know that I don't have that ability, even if I can settle the three of you, I'm afraid that by then, our Central Plains of China will already be exhausted, and we will no longer have much strength to resist the alien Hu Kou. If that's the case, where is I, Lu Ren, the hero overlord? is simply a bastard who has harmed our Central Plains in China and wants to deceive the world and steal his name! ”

In terms of strategic vision, Cao Zhangzhi still has some, and at this moment, he was reminded by Lu Ren's words, and Cao Zhangzhi quickly figured out the powerful relationship here, and then nodded lightly and said: "It turns out that Lu Zhengnan is willing to give up this opportunity to dominate the world because of this." Alas...... Think about it, compared with Lu Zhengnan, the vision is too short-lived. ”

Lu Ren waved his hand to Cao Zhang: "You can't be blamed for this. You and I are not of the same era...... Oh, I mean, Ziwen, like the other heroes and wise men, you hate the alien Hukou in your heart, but you don't know how harmful they are, and I know a lot better than you in this regard. ”

Cao Zhang frowned and hesitated: "Is the harm of the alien Hu Kou really that great?" ”

Lu Ren was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he secretly sighed and shook his head in his heart. Lu Ren really carefully studied this matter, and found that before the Wuhu Rebellion, the Central Plains of China's perception of foreign races had always been only regarded as the nature of "concentrating on plundering and not intending to attack cities and plunder the land", and because of its nomadic nature, he was not interested in the agricultural society of the Central Plains, so it was enough to give them some money and food benefits or something to send them away when it was really not possible. It is said that Lu Ren will say that Cao Liu and others have corresponding limitations in historical thought, and they cannot see the real potential harm of foreign races.

Looking at Cao Zhang in front of him again, Lu Ren sighed and shook his head again, and his words also twisted and turned: "Ziwen, this alien Hu Kou is by no means as simple as you think. On the surface, it seems that these alien races have always only plundered goods, but they have not attacked cities and land, but that is because the Hu tribe outside Guanwai did not have the corresponding conditions in some things, so they could not taste the corresponding sweetness. But today, there are many tribes among the alien races who have learned a lot from us, and they have almost tasted the sweetness, so the next thing is different. ”

Cao Zhang's brows furrowed a little more: "Do you know the taste by eating the marrow?" ”

Lu Ren nodded. To be honest, Lu Ren at this time really has no other way than to say this. As for why Lu Ren insisted so much on fighting the Hu clan outside the Guanwai, and gave up the opportunity to fight for hegemony for this reason...... In fact, according to Lu Ren's analysis according to historical data, although the Wuhu Rebellion occurred after the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Jin Dynasty, such a result still has a lot to do with the sharp decline in population due to years of war and chaos during the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty.

The reason why it did not occur directly in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty is that since the middle and late stages of the Three Kingdoms era of Wei, Shu and Wu, the wars that occurred in the three parties of Wei, Shu and Wu all took place in their respective border areas, and in terms of the overall situation, they were only local battles, and there was no war in the central hinterland and rear of either side. Although the population is still small...... The registered population at the time of the fall of Shu was less than one million, and the registered population at the time of the fall of Wu was less than two and a half million, plus the Wei realm, the total number of people is seven or eight million.

However, at that time, a population of seven or eight million could still provide sufficient troops, money and food, so in the relatively stable situation at the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, Wuhu naturally could not make any waves. It's a pity that not long after the return of the three points to Jin, there was the Eight Kings Rebellion, and the fundamental vitality of the Central Plains of China was not able to be further restored, so it was taken advantage of by the Wuhu outside the Guan.

And the current situation is that Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who should have died in the world, but because of the butterfly effect caused by the appearance of Lu Ren, an outlier figure, the relationship between them has undergone some changes, and because of Lu Ren's knowledge of productivity, many aspects are actually better than the original history. However, at least until this time, the population of the Central Plains of China did not get the recovery period of the original history from the middle and late stages of the Three Kingdoms to the time when the three parts returned to the Jin Dynasty! And it takes time for a population to grow.

In other words, if the north falls into chaos, then the remaining forces in the Central Plains of China are very likely to be even more weakened than the forces after the Eight Kings Rebellion. It is precisely because Lu Ren is aware of these things, and in line with the ideological principles of his narrow nationalists, that he is reluctant to intervene in the so-called struggle for hegemony in the world, because that will only infinitely prolong the time for the Central Plains of China to participate in the war and cause the vitality of the Central Plains of China to be damaged by a few more points, and will only make matters worse for the Central Plains of China in the matter of Wuhu encroaching on the Central Plains outside the Guanwai.

It's a pity that these things in Lu Ren's heart can't be said to other people at all, or even if they say it, other people can't understand it at all due to the limitations of historical thought, so Lu Ren's heart is also very depressed. And at this moment, facing Cao Zhang, who was not so smart, Lu Ren was finally able to say something from his heart, and then looked up at the starry sky, Lu Renzhi also felt a little more comfortable.

In addition, for a guy like Cao Zhang, who is not very smart, but is easy to be hot-blooded, moving out of these big truths to fool around should receive very good results. At least in Lu Ren's eyes, Cao Zhang is a bit like the "hot-blooded eight forces" in many cartoons and animations in later generations......

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(Bottle press: What are the eight forces, don't you need to explain more?) The bottle is too lazy to change the bird. ）