"Lu Yizhou, this is your condition?"

"Yes, Kong Ming, what do you think?"

Lu Ren's words made Zhuge Liang fall into deep thought, after all, in Zhuge Liang's opinion, Lu Ren's vision was too far. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info From the overall situation, Lu Ren seems to have affirmed that Liu Bei's entry into Shu will definitely succeed, and seizing Jianning is a bit of a taste of Jianning as a second Guiyang.

However, the heart of defense is indispensable, Zhuge Liang is a little worried that Lu Ren is fighting for Shuzhong with Liu Bei in the future. In case Liu Bei was on a large-scale Northern Expedition, Lu Ren and the Southern Barbarian tribes stabbed Liu Bei in the back, and Liu Bei would lose his foundation if he didn't do it. For Zhuge Liang, the Southern Barbarian tribes are not terrible, but if Lu Ren is mixed in, it is quite terrifying.

It is said that there will be brave men under the heavy reward, and Lu Ren is just a rich man among the candidates, and when the time comes, a lot of money and grain will be sprinkled out, and he is afraid that he will not find someone to sell his life?

However, Zhuge Liang's mind also turned quite quickly. Earlier, when he traveled the world to explore the situation, he had been to Shuzhong, and knew that if it was a march from Shuzhong to Jianning, that journey was not a joke. And if a pass is set up at a critical pass, a small number of troops can block tens of thousands of troops, and if there is something wrong in the southern and central counties, it is not impossible to prevent it.

Moreover, Liu Zhang in Shu is weak and incompetent, if Lu Ren really wants to capture Shuzhong, he can completely cut off contact with Liu Bei and delay it, and then march from the south of the CD, so that Liu Bei will lose the opportunity to capture Shuzhong. In other words, it is likely that Lu Ren has no interest in the territory of Shuzhong.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhuge Liang had already made up his mind that Lu Ren's conditions should be agreed. And as Lu Ren said, let Lu Ren take care of the tricky Nanban alien race in the eyes of others, Liu Bei can save a lot of worry. Moreover, there is the trade route from Jianning to CD, and the military help that Liu Bei may have is not ordinary. After all, if it is the same as before, the CD that buys things from Guiyang and then transports them to the base area in the future will be tired to death, and the cost will be extremely high.

"That being the case, the lord of the Liang Dynasty promised Lu Yizhou that it is!"

Next, there are some relevant details to discuss, such as Lu Ren's reopening of trade with Liu Bei, how Lu Ren's current caravan should be protected by Zhuge Liang, and how Zhuge Liang should settle the Jingxiang Shi class, which will not be detailed here. And when the negotiation was about to be completed, Zhuge Liang proposed to take a look here in Yizhou, in Zhuge Liang's own words: "I haven't been able to come to Yizhou again for many years, and the changes in Yizhou are so great that Liang is really ashamed......"

In fact, to put it bluntly, there are too many new and good things here in Yizhou, and Zhuge Liang's eyes are dazzled. It's just that I didn't have time to take a look at it at first because I had business on me. Now that the business is generally done, Zhuge Liang breathed a sigh of relief, and naturally wanted to have a good experience here in Yizhou. If possible, I would like to see if I can move a few things back and use them. Needless to say, just the two things of electric lighting and steam locomotive are enough to make Zhuge Liang excited. Zhuge Liang, who is that? Will he not understand the actual value of these things?

Of course, Lu Ren wouldn't mind this. Taking the steam locomotive as an example, from the first trial in the 12th year of Jian'an to the beginning of the 18th year of Jian'an, it has been basically formed in terms of technology in more than six years. In addition to the original base line, it is now centered on the mangjia, and there are two other lines that are extended as they are used. One is the Tamsui City of the later generations, and the other is the direction of Taichung City leading to the later generations.

Tamsui is located in the northwest of Yizhou, and Lu Ren's image of this freshwater was still very deep when he was playing "Age of Exploration IV". Aside from these, Tamsui is geographically more convenient to connect with Quanzhou than Keelung, and it is also suitable to become a major satellite city of Mangjia. Haven't you been able to see Liu Ye in the recent period? was sent by Lu Ren to preside over the construction of Tamsui.

Needless to say, Taichung, Lu Ren has not been able to complete the comprehensive development of the entire territory of Yizhou until now, but there are already many small villages and towns in the south of Yizhou, and some of Lu Ren's related industries, such as rubber, sugar, etc., are mainly concentrated in the subtropical climate zone of the south of Yizhou, and Lu Ren's jurisdiction naturally has to follow step by step. Shirley is in charge of the construction of Taichung New Town.

However, compared with Keelung and Mangjia at the beginning, the construction of Tamsui and Taichung is much more convenient and faster. Everything was difficult at the beginning, and Lu Ren didn't have much manpower and material resources at the beginning, so it took many years for Keelung and Mangjia to basically take shape. However, because of the sufficient supply of Keelung and Mangjia, the speed of construction in Tamsui and Taichung is not known how many times faster.

Let's not talk about these first, just say that Zhuge Liang is a rare trip to Yizhou, of course Lu Ren wants to invite Zhuge Liang to taste Yizhou's specialty snacks, and Lu Ren's favorite thing in this regard is to take people to eat spicy crayfish...... Anyone who has eaten it knows that after eating this thing, it will make people feel like smoking opium/tablets, and the more you eat it, the more you want to eat it, and the more you eat it, the more addicted you become. On the other hand, the seafood shop that Lu Ren often goes to has another meaning for Lu Ren, after all, this is the place where he had an incident with Sun Quan at the beginning.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang was so spicy that he inhaled the cold air, and he had to pour a few sips of cold beer into his mouth every once in a while. Speaking of which, Zhuge Liang is a very personable person, but at this time, he was given by Lu Ren to have no grace at all. However, when he heard Lu Ren mention that he had dealt with Sun Quan and Lu Su here, Zhuge Liang also had a different feeling.

Drinking and eating food and talking about some things that didn't matter, Zhuge Liang found an opportunity and asked Lu Ren tentatively: "Lu Yizhou, the steam locomotive I was riding in before ......"

Lu Ren smiled: "What? Are you interested? ”

Zhuge Liang nodded. Just kidding, is Zhuge Liang interested in this thing? Although it has not yet reached the time when Zhuge Liang is always worried that the grain and grass will not be delivered when he leaves Qishan, it does not mean that Zhuge Liang will not understand the great value of this means of transportation.

Lu Ren smiled again: "Since you are interested, then we can discuss it." To be honest, I'm really going to build a railway line between Guangzhou, Shaoguan, and Guiyang. Because according to our current caravan transportation method, such a long section of the road, manpower and animal power are tired enough, but in fact, the goods that can be transported through are very small. It's a pity that the Yangtze River waterway is not easy to walk now, otherwise I can meet the needs of both you and me with the waterway transportation capacity I have at hand. ”

(Point ps: This railway line is probably impractical, so don't take it too seriously here!) The plot needs to be. ）

Zhuge Liang immediately stretched his ears and asked, "Then why is Lu Yizhou ......?"

Lu Ren immediately waved his hand: "Are you embarrassed to say?" How did I lose my cargo on my first caravans? ”

Zhuge Liang's face was slightly red, and he shook his head with a dry smile, and Lu Ren's teasing of Zhuge Liang here was also in moderation. In fact, Lu Ren's conditions for erecting a railway on this section of the road have just been met. And this is only the technical aspect, other aspects such as diplomacy, human resources, etc. are still to be discussed.

And Guiyang has a very special problem...... Guiyang is Lu Ren's territory, yes, but Lu Ren didn't place troops in Guiyang, just arranged some security personnel, and even Lu Ren said to Liu Bei and Sun Quanming, I didn't arrange troops in Guiyang County, if any of you are interested, just go and get it.

And so the funny situation arises. Although Guiyang is an empty city, neither Liu Bei nor Sun Quan will touch it. Not only did they not dare to touch it, but they also deliberately sent a certain number of troops to be stationed near Guiyang, in order to ensure the safety of Guiyang City...... Of course, it also means to prevent the other party from capturing Guiyang City. Therefore, although Guiyang does not have Lu Ren's troops, Lu Ren is not very worried about the safety of Guiyang City, because neither Liu Bei nor Sun Quan wants this Guiyang City to fall into the hands of the other party, compared to Lu Ren's hands, everyone is better to accept it.

For Liu Bei, Guiyang was a very key trade route for him, and the high-quality armaments and materials needed for his army expansion could only be obtained in large quantities and quickly from Lu Ren's hands, so he naturally did not want Guiyang to fall into the hands of Sun Quan. Not to mention occupying Guiyang by himself, that is directly provoking Lu Ren, who would do such a stupid thing?

For Sun Quan and Zhou Yu, they actually want to occupy Guiyang very, very much. This is not only to expand the land, but also to cut off the trade ties between Lu Ren and Liu Bei, and curb the momentum of Liu Bei's growing strength, so as to facilitate Liu Bei's plot and plan. But the question is whether Lu Ren is easy to mess with? Yes, there is no defender of Lu Ren in Guiyang City, and Sun Quan and Zhou Yu can easily take it down, but that would be equivalent to directly turning their faces with Liu Bei and Lu Ren at the same time, and it is difficult to say what kind of consequences it will bring.

Not to mention anything else, there was a war between Sun Quan and Lu Ren themselves, and that battle gave Sun Quan a big psychological shadow, so unless it was a last resort or had an absolute chance of winning, Sun Quan didn't want to provoke Lu Ren at all.

In addition, this is only in the military aspect, in terms of internal affairs, Lu Ren's economic influence in Jiangdong is too great, it really provokes Lu Ren, and if he is ruthless about Sun Quan's Jiangdong economy...... It would be an exaggeration not to say that Koto's economic system would collapse, but it would be not a big problem to hit the economy of Koto a lot. Sun Quan is not two hundred and five, where would he not understand this truth? Therefore, like Liu Bei, he sent troops to be stationed near Guiyang, on the one hand, to guard against Liu Bei, and on the other hand, to be prepared. If there is a chance, of course, Guiyang will take it down first. For example, if Liu Bei can't sit still and robs Guiyang City, Sun Quan can swagger to take Guiyang in the name of helping Lu Ren recover Guiyang...... (To be continued.) )