"Lu Nanhai, below, under the bottom, is willing to hand over military power!"

Cao Zhang's loud words made Lu Ren and Cao Chong stunned, and then fell silent at the same time. After a long time, Lu Ren nodded at first, but immediately shook his head, and there was some apology in his tone towards Cao Zhang: "You two are my juniors, and I don't want to say those hypocritical and beautiful things in front of you...... To be honest, now that this has happened, I really want to take away your military power for the time being, but in that case I think it would be too unfair to you, because I know the character of your two brothers. ”

Cao Zhang smiled: "Lu Nanhai, although I am a rough person who only knows how to fight, I am not a stupid person who doesn't understand any reason. This kind of thing has to be replaced by other people, but I am afraid that all means have been used a long time ago, and how many people will be as honest and open to our brothers as Lu Nanhai? So I know that Lu Nanhai is actually very difficult now. ”

Cao Chong, who had been silent for a while, also picked up at this time: "That's true. I can feel Lu Nanhai's trust in our brother, but now that things have become like this, no matter who they are, they will have some doubts in their hearts, and they can only do something to prevent it out of all considerations, and it is rare for Lu Nanhai to be so open-minded about our brothers. Therefore, he agreed with his brother's proposal and handed over the military power. ”

Lu Renxin said that it would be nice if things were really that simple, but the problem is that it is not that simple. After closing his eyes and sighing lightly, his mind turned a few more times, and then Lu Ren said to the two brothers: "Don't say secret words in front of the Ming people, in order to prevent accidents, I have to do something." However, my idea is that Cao Ziwen you stay by my side for the time being, and Cangshu you still return to Xinxian (referring to the southern region of Malaysia that is currently taken by Cao Chang and Cao Chong) to preside over the affairs of Tuntian and the construction of the city. To be honest, I don't know what the time will be like with Cao Zihuan, but before that, your northern army will not send troops to fight for the time being. What do you two brothers think about this? ”

Cao Zhang and Cao Chong exchanged glances, then confessed to Lu Ren, and shrank a corner of the cabin to discuss in a low voice. Lu Ren didn't eavesdrop, but turned his chair one hundred and eighty degrees, and looked at the sea again.

To be honest, Lu Ren's plan to make such an arrangement was also a bit of a last resort. Don't look at Lu Ren saying those words to these two brothers so confidently, but in fact, Lu Ren really wants to take care of these two brothers temporarily. It is not enough to kill them, and it is indeed not necessary to use the character of these two brothers, and Cao Pi cannot be given any excuse. But these two goods are Lao Cao's sons after all, if you want to say that you are completely at ease with them, how many people in this world can do it? Anyway, Lu Ren thinks that he doesn't have that much volume.

But on the other hand, the soldiers under the command of these two brothers are all from Cao Wei's side, which is a very big problem. To put it mildly, before some of the prerequisites were met, except for these two brothers, there would be no one to bring these northern soldiers here in Lu Ren. If Lu Renzhen detains these two brothers, believe it or not, these northern soldiers will have to make trouble in a few days?

In addition, there is also a very key issue, that is, the area captured by Cao Zhang and Cao Chong is the northern part of the Strait of Malacca, once these northern soldiers make trouble, how much impact will it have on the key shipping route of the Strait of Malacca?

It is precisely because of such factors that Lu Ren can only use the word "stability" to solve the two brothers Cao Zhang and Cao Chong as much as possible. Then on this basis, Cao Zhang is brave and good at fighting but has a relatively simple mind, once he really makes trouble, it will be more troublesome to deal with such a fierce man, and because his mind is relatively simple, he will also be easily picked by the fine work sent by Cao Pi, so Lu Ren chose to detain Cao Zhang by his side.

Cao Chong's situation is better. Cao Chong's ability to lead troops to fight is insufficient, but Cao Chong is smart and calm-headed, and because he was secretly framed by Cao Pi in the early years, he has a high defensive psychology against Cao Pi, so he will not be easily picked by Cao Pi.

In addition, Cao Chong has been by Lu Ren's side for several years, and Lu Ren can be regarded as helping Cao Chong escape Cao Pi's persecution and save Cao Chong's life, but the most important thing is that Cao Chong must know better than anyone else that if he goes back to help Cao Pi, the final result can only be that he has no good fruit to eat, so it is better to follow Lu Ren to mix ...... Anyway, to put it simply, Cao Chong is still more reassuring to Lu Ren at this point.

Considering the situation again, Cao Chong was more inclined to the civilian department, and asked him to lead his troops to fight, that is, according to Lu Ren's original plan, he continued to march to the north of Malaysia until he joined forces with Lu Ren's division in Yangon, where Lu Ren was located, and Cao Chong could not do most of these things. But now that something like this has happened, what Lu Ren needs most at present is not to open up these areas, but to stabilize the current situation, stabilize the military morale of the northern soldiers, and strengthen the production and construction of the newly occupied areas.

Seeing this, some people may say, did you Lu Ren have your brain in the water? Give such an important area to Cao Zhang and Cao Chong to fight? Didn't think about this kind of thing beforehand?

In fact, for this problem, Lu Ren really couldn't cry and laugh, plus ten thousand helplessness. In fact, Lu Ren's own troops are relatively limited, and when he goes on expeditions, he must take into account the diplomatic relations with Cao, Liu and Sun, so Cao Zhang and Cao Chong, plus the combination of Zhou Yu and Sun Shangxiang, and Ma Chao, in a sense, all have a sense of being like a hostage.

But in general, on the one hand, Lu Ren still belittled Cao Pi's ruthlessness, and on the other hand, he never thought that he would be used as a fuse by the affairs of the Aso family, which led to such a thing at this time.

Now let's turn back to the importance of the Malacca region. It is impossible for Lu Ren not to know the importance of the Strait of Malacca, but why did he put Cao Chang and Cao Chong's army in Malaysia? It can only be said that it is precisely because it is so important that the Strait of Malacca area is the area where Lu Ren most wants to take the lead in achieving the comprehensive colonization of the Han people. And once this area is fully colonized by the Han people, it will definitely have a far-reaching impact on many things. Don't say it's far away, just say it's close, anyway, as long as the Malacca area is Hanized, it means that Luren's external waterway gateway has an exact guarantee.

Well, since we want to achieve the comprehensive colonization of the Han people, the most basic and critical issue is to put a sufficient number of Han people into these areas, but the number of immigrants that Lu Ren can organize on hand is relatively limited. Another is that everyone is accustomed to the relatively superior living conditions of Yiguangquan, and there are not many people who are willing to open up the wasteland if it is not necessary.

This is a helpless thing, people, except for a very small number of people who have the heart to start a business or have some different ideas, who is willing to give up their good life here to live a hard life? Of course, Lu Ren can also order "relocation" and use this kind of coercive means to organize a group of people, but one is that Lu Ren's own human resources on hand are not very sufficient, and the other is that if he really wants to do that, it is easy to cause people's hearts to fluctuate, so Lu Ren is reluctant to do that, but uses a reward to encourage, but the results are average.

Therefore, Lu Renhui chose to put Cao Zhang and Cao Chong in Malaysia, but he was actually focusing on the 25,000 immigrants from Cao Wei. The poor tenant farmers who had no land longed for land, and Lu Ren gave them land. When they have lived here in Malaysia for a long time and are used to it, won't this area be Han and colonized?

And Lu Ren had already sent a "teaching group" to accompany the army, with the intention of quietly stuffing some ideas into the minds of the migrant layer while clearing the wasteland, so as long as these ideas reached a certain level over time, some problems would naturally cease to exist...... This is the calculation in Lu Ren's heart.

But here is still the same sentence, these all require corresponding time, but Cao Pi's troubles were too sudden, and Lu Ren was not given time to meet these conditions, and as a result, these problems appeared in front of Lu Ren at this time, so that Lu Ren had to quickly make some adjustments. Now choosing to temporarily separate Cao Zhang and Cao Chong is a countermeasure.

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Cao Zhang and Cao Chong over there discussed in a low voice for a long time, and finally sat back in front of Lu Ren. Lu Ren inquired about the two, and the two nodded to Lu Ren together, and then Cao Chong opened his mouth: "Lu Nanhai, my brother and Zai Xia are willing to act according to Lu Nanhai's wishes, and what should they do after returning to Xinxian County?" ”

Lu Renxin said that your kid must have asked knowingly, I don't believe that with your kid's cleverness, he won't know what to do when he returns to Malaysia. But of course, this could not be said, so Lu Ren responded with a smile: "Temporarily suspend the expedition, appease the army, and go all out to Tuntian." I believe that I don't say some things, you also understand, the current new county is mostly northerners, originally everyone was fighting together for my big man, but now I suddenly heard that Cao Zihuan intends to be my enemy, everyone's hearts will definitely be uneasy. Therefore, after you return to Xinxian County, you must put more thought into how to appease the hearts of the army and the people. How to do it, you can do it yourself, if you have money, food and utensils or something but are lacking, just talk to me. ”

Cao Chong bowed: "I understand." ”

Lu Ren paused, and then said, "There is one more thing, I hope you two brothers can do it." ”

"What?"

Lu Ren said: "It's not a big deal, I just hope that you can jointly write an open letter to Cao Zihuan, advising Cao Zihuan not to make enemies with me because of the fact that a concubine died in the chaos." And I'll give him more of my possessions here. ”

This request is actually the same as Xun Yu's table to Emperor Liu Xie, but it will have a different meaning when it is released as Cao Zhang and Cao Chong as Cao Pi's brothers. It can be roughly understood that your brothers have advised you not to do this, but if you still insist on doing it, then it is inevitable that you will be a little bent on doing it.

On the other hand, after Cao Zhang and Cao Chong's letter was made public, it was equivalent to sending a signal to Cao Pi, that is, your tricks to frame these two brothers have been seen through by Lu Ren, and you don't have to think about some things.

Cao Chang and Cao Chong had no reason not to agree to such a request, and with Cao Chong's talent, they directly asked Lu Ren for paper and pen, and almost without thinking, they began to write hard, and Cao Zhang would remind Cao Chong from time to time on the side. When Lu Ren went out to the deck and came back after the sea breeze blew for a while, the draft of the two brothers' letters had already been typed and handed over to Lu Ren for seeing.

There was nothing to say, Lu Ren nodded in approval after reading it, and Cao Chong wrote a formal letter and handed it to Lu Ren. This physical letter will be officially delivered to Cao Pi by Lu Ren's letter clipper, and as for the public text printing, Lu Ren will use holographic communication to let Xun Yu copy it down and then solve and publish it by the printing department in Yizhou.

After solving these problems, Lu Ren arranged for Cao Chang and Cao Chong to play together here in Yangon for a few days, and then Cao Chong would return to Malaysia, while Cao Chang stayed here in Yangon temporarily. For some considerations, Lu Ren did not intend to put Cao Zhang under house arrest, but would let Cao Zhang lead a small army to cause chaos in the territory of Northern Guishan at the right time...... Cao Zhang is not an otaku. Besides, cats and dogs, you have to let them go out from time to time, not to mention Cao Zhang, who has a lot of skills?

Such a character, when it is appropriate, you have to let him out to have a good time, otherwise he is really bored for a long time and I don't know what will cause trouble, and if I don't do it, it will become something if it is fine. And in a sense, letting Cao Zhang go out at the right time and having a good time with a few small battles is also a disguised way to show Cao Zhang's trust in Cao Zhang, which is also beneficial to the continued cooperation between the two sides in the future after the current matter is resolved.

In any case, these two brothers were quite satisfied with Lu Ren's arrangement. Take Cao Zhang as an example, although he was temporarily detained in Yangon by Lu Ren, he could also go to fight when it was right, and he fought with the foreign clan of Guishuang, which somewhat satisfied a wish in Cao Zhang's heart.

Let's put it this way, during the Battle of Liangzhou, Cao Zhang originally wanted to go to Liangzhou to participate in the war, but because of the relationship with Cao Pi, he could only stay in Juyong Pass, and he had a regret in his heart. And now that he can directly fight with Guishuang, even if it won't be a big war, he can finally comfort his wishes. Then again, it's much better to be able to do something you like here in Lu Ren than to stay in Cao Wei and only be a rich man who can't do anything.

After the matter was done, Cao Chang and Cao Chong were sent to Yangon City by other boats, while Lu Ren stood on the deck and waved goodbye to the two brothers. I don't know when, Diao Chan stood beside Lu Ren, looked at the ships over there, and Diao Chan said to Lu Ren worriedly: "Yihao, what did you do today...... Don't you think it's a little too risky? ”

Lu Ren put down his hand and sighed softly, "What can I do?" If something like this happens, I have to take some risks......"71