It is precisely because Guiyang has that very strange attribute that Lu Ren has not made any big moves against Guiyang in the past few years, but has only made Guiyang a trade distribution center in the four counties of Jingnan, because Lu Ren does not want to touch the sensitive nerve in Liu Bei's or Sun Quan's brain. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

But at this time, Lu Ren felt that he could start this plan. First of all, whether it is Liu Bei or Sun Quan, Lu Ren now has the foundation to be able to argue with them, and they dare not act rashly when they do something.

Secondly, did Lu Ren really want to build this railway line just to do business with Liu Bei and keep in touch? No! Lu Ren's real and fundamental purpose was to maintain trade with such an inland hinterland as the Jingzhou region. Do you know how big a market that is? However, the Yangtze River waterway was controlled by Lao Cao and Sun Quan, and it was too inconvenient for Lu Ren's fleet to take the Yangtze River waterway, so he had to find another way.

And at this point, it doesn't matter much whether Jingzhou is surnamed Liu, Sun or Cao, but if Liu Beiba is there, the contradiction between Cao, Liu and Sun is easier to use, so Lu Ren will be more inclined to still Liu Beiba occupy there.

Next, if this matter is done and done well, it will be of great benefit to Lu Ren's next plan. Why did Lu Ren send thirty-two semi-decommissioned ships equipped with steam power to Sun Quan before? In order to spread out some things and promote them.

In other words, this railway line is a railway line with advertising significance, and when this railway is erected and opened to traffic smoothly, and then brings considerable effects, Lu Ren believes that the three families of Cao, Liu and Sun will hope that Lu Ren can help them build other railway lines, and then Lu Ren will be able to get the money...... Huh!

And the silver is only on the surface, but it will have more effects in the dark. For example, the huge power of steam locomotives is bound to have a great impact on some traditional concepts in China, and China has been very backward in terms of industrial development since ancient times. If Lu Ren can import some things into it...... Well, Lu Ren doesn't deny that this thing is also a little too lofty for Nima? Anyway, it's as much as you can do!

But building such a railway line is no joke after all. Between Guangzhou and Shaoguan, it is easy to say that this is Lu Ren's direct territory, and there is no problem in building a civil engineering project or something, in fact, Shi Tao is already working on Lu Ren's orders. But the road between Shaoguan and Guiyang is a bit inconvenient.

The straight-line distance between Shaoguan and Guiyang is less than 150 kilometers on the map, but because of the mountains and rivers, it will naturally bring a lot of trouble to the laying of the route.

The people in Lu Ren's territory alone are definitely not enough, and they have to let Liu Bei or Sun Quan release people to help. And before that, if Lu Ren recruited a large amount of manpower indiscriminately, he would definitely touch the sensitive nerves of Liu Bei or Sun Quan...... This is the main reason why Lu Ren has not done it before.

But now that Zhuge Liang has arrived in Yizhou and expressed great interest in steam locomotives, Lu Ren can take this opportunity to open this mouth to Zhuge Liang. And Zhuge Liang, in order to ensure and expand the connection between Lu Ren, will naturally agree to Lu Ren's proposal to recruit corresponding manpower from Zhuge Liang, and then the next things will be much easier.

So Lu Ren and Zhuge Liang reached a preliminary agreement in this seafood shop, Zhuge Liang would recruit 30,000 to 50,000 people from the territory that Liu Bei now occupied as the labor resources needed by Lu Ren, and Lu Ren, as the employer, would naturally provide corresponding rations and wages, and at the same time, Lu Ren would completely lift the previous trade blockade on Liu Bei.

At this point, Liu Bei's provision of labor resources can be regarded as a gift of apology to Lu Ren, who calculated Lu Ren twice, in exchange for Lu Ren's lifting of the trade blockade, so that Lu Ren's face will be better-looking, and he will also have an explanation for Sun Quan and Zhou Yu. As for what Sun Quan and Zhou Yu will think...... Let's talk about it then! After all, Shaoguan to Guiyang still belongs to Lu Ren's territory, but Guiyang is a land that is more sensitive to Liu Bei and Sun Quan. Now Lu Ren is borrowing migrant workers from Liu Bei to build roads, and Zhou Yu seems to have nothing to say.

However, correspondingly, Zhuge Liang asked Lu Ren if he could make a whole line between Guiyang and Lingling after the Shaogui Railway was opened, and Lu Ren smiled and said nothing. To be honest, Lu Ren also wants to figure it out, but is this matter that simple?

Zhuge Liang obviously understood this, so he didn't say anything more after seeing Lu Ren's reaction. It's just that after a few more crayfish and a few glasses of cold beer, Zhuge Liang suddenly asked Lu Ren: "Lu Yizhou, will you pass on the construction method of this steam locomotive?" ”

Lu Renle was happy: "Biography? Are you saying that I don't teach others? Teach! Why not teach? If there is no professional talent for this thing, then from how to use it to repair and maintain, should I and Shirley do it? I, Lu Ren, don't know how to do the doppelganger technique, how can I have time to do so many things? So in my Yizhou College, there are special disciplines for those who want to do this to learn relevant knowledge and skills. ”

Zhuge Liang's mouth moved when he heard this, but he didn't say it when he hesitated. After a long time like this, Zhuge Liang seemed to have made up his mind, and asked Lu Ren tentatively: "Lu Yizhou, Liang wants to let Humble Jing go to the academy to learn the method of the steam engine, can you let her be admitted to the academy to study?" ”

Lu Ren's sip of beer almost didn't squirt out, and he coughed for a long time before he eased up. Looking at Zhuge Liang with a bit of surprise, Lu Ren secretly said in his heart: "What? Make no mistake, right? You asked Huang Yueying to come to me to learn this? Your pig brother is really willing to meow!? But then again, it seems that among the people I know, there seems to be no one in Liu Bei's camp who is most suitable to learn these machine skills than Huang Yueying. In addition, there is another god of work who is Ma Jun, but Ma Jun belongs to Wei, where did this guy die? ”

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After talking nonsense with Zhuge Liang for so much, sending Zhuge Liang to Keelung Pavilion Station, Lu Ren himself returned to Keelung Xingyuan to prepare for rest, and the night was already very deep.

After making a call to Cai Yan and the others, Lu Ren came to the rooftop to blow the wind and look at the sea view. Maybe it was because he drank a few more glasses when he was talking nonsense with Zhuge Liang, and Lu Ren also felt a little drunk, so he lay down in the hammock on the rooftop to rest.

When she was half confused and half confused, Lu Lingqi rushed to Lu Ren's place, and after waking Lu Ren up, she handed a telegram to Lu Ren: "Uncle Lu, Xiaoyu sent an urgent telegram from Youbeiping. ”

Lu Ren rubbed his eyes and brought himself back to his senses, then took the telegram and looked at it carefully. It's just that after reading the telegram, Lu Ren's already weak alcohol immediately woke up halfway, and he took the telegram and asked Lu Lingqi, "How can this be?" When was this telegram sent back? ”

Lu Lingqi said: "I just sent it back, and I hurried here as soon as I received it." ”

By the way, although Lu Ren often wanders around by himself, it doesn't mean that Lu Ren doesn't pay attention to his personal safety, so according to the normal situation, at this time of the day, not everyone can enter Lu Ren's mansion to find Lu Ren, only people like Lu Lingqi and Zhao Yu, who are close to Lu Ren and have special responsibilities, can go directly to Lu Ren.

Looking at Lu Ren again, he nodded, and then looked at the telegram in his hand carefully.

The telegram was sent back by Zhao Yu from Youbeiping, and as for the content of the telegram...... Zhao Yu was the general person in charge of Luren's northern caravan, so as soon as the Spring Festival of the eighteenth year of Jian'an ended, Zhao Yu led the fleet and a large number of goods to the northern ports. There were no problems in the first few ports, but when Zhao Yu's fleet came to Youbeiping and was loading and unloading goods, it was attacked by the Karasuma cavalry, and some of the personnel and goods were lost.

Fortunately, the loss of personnel and goods is mainly in the port and on the wharf, and the total amount is not large. Moreover, Zhao Yu was as cautious as Zhao Yun when he did things, and when he found that the situation was wrong, he immediately ordered the ships to forcibly leave the dock, and then used medium and long-range weapons such as trebuchets or crossbows on the ships to strike at the Karasuma cavalry, causing certain casualties to the Karasuma cavalry. Next, Tian Chou led the cavalry to come to support and repelled the Karasuma cavalry.

After the battle, Zhao Yu learned from Tian Chou's mouth about some of the situation in western Liaoning last winter and this spring, and with Zhao Yu's character, he naturally did not dare to slack off, so he took this urgent and lengthened telegram back to Yizhou overnight.

Lu Ren's wine was also completely awake at this time, and he circled around the rooftop under the starry sky. Of course, Lu Lingqi had already read the message, but at this time, her eyes were locked on Lu Ren, waiting for Lu Ren to speak. After a long time, Lu Lingqi even counted that after Lu Ren had turned thirty-eight times, Lu Ren stopped, and the hand holding the telegram was also turned behind him, looking up at the starry sky and sighing lightly: "In the twelfth year of Jian'an, Lao Cao went north to conquer Karasuma and broke up the Karasuma clan alliance in Tun. Six years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the strength of these Karasuma tribes should have almost recovered, so it is not surprising that something like this will come out...... I don't like the mess, but I'll admit that the more it is, the better the chance I have of something to do. ”

Lu Lingqi didn't understand what Lu Ren meant by this: "Uncle Lu, what are you talking about?" What doesn't like and yet admits what? ”

Lu Ren turned to Lu Lingqi and smiled: "You girl is too straight, you won't understand the twists and turns here." ”

Lu Lingqi's face darkened: "Uncle Lu, I'm almost thirty years old, don't you always call me a girl, okay?" (To be continued.) )