"Is that so?"

Lu Ren nodded lightly: "It's true." Because I was the one who helped Cao Mengde say that Zhang Xiu was the one who lowered Zhang Xiu, so many things were seen with my own eyes. I think that if Liu Biao hadn't been too thin with Zhang Xiu at the beginning, I wouldn't have persuaded Zhang Xiu to surrender to Cao Mengde so easily. ”

Gan Ning was silent after hearing this, squinting his eyes and lowering his head.

Lu Ren continued: "This is a matter far away. Closer, you might as well go and see Liu Xuande, who is now stationed in Xinye. After Zhang Xiu descended to Cao, Wancheng was lost, and Xinye became the northern gateway of Jingxiang. Thinking about how great Cao Mengde's momentum is today, if it is the day when he pacifies Hebei and then raises troops to the south, his number will exceed 100,000.

"But what about Shinno Castle? There are only a few thousand soldiers! It's not that Liu Xuande doesn't want to recruit troops, but Liu Biao didn't give Liu Xuande enough money and food at all! No, not long ago, Liu Xuande sent Mi Zizhong to take 10,000 pieces of grain and grass from me for military food.

Liu Biao is like this, although he is elegant and courteous on the outside, his heart is very suspicious, especially for the person with the armor in his hand. Brother Xingba, although you don't have many armors, only more than 800 people, but I dare to expect that Liu Biao will definitely treat you like Zhang Xiu and Liu Xuande. After a long time, your brothers will disperse because they can't eat enough and don't have enough clothes, and you really won't have anything left, Brother Xingba. ”

Gan Ning was silent for a long time before shaking his head vigorously and said, "Ning believes that Lu Servant will definitely not deceive me, then this Liu Jingsheng is not a person who can be liked." It's just that at the moment, apart from Liu Jingsheng, who else can Ning vote for? ”

At this time, Lu Ren didn't know how much he wanted to say to Gan Ning that you can just follow me, but Lu Ren knew that now was not the time, so he could only forcibly hold back. Secretly thinking about it, Lu Ren said tentatively: "Why did Brother Xingba say this? Going up the river, you can vote for Liu Zhang, Xishu; If you go down the river, you can also vote for Jiangdong Sun Quan......"

As soon as Gan Ning heard this, he immediately waved his hand and said, "No, no!" Lu Servant shoots you don't know, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, that is, Liu Zhang's subordinate territory. It was the place where Ning Chu committed crimes when he was a thief, and there were not a few people who were killed by Ning, so none of the wealthy families in the realm could tolerate Ning, so they couldn't get along. As for this Soochow ......"

Gan Ning's words stopped here, and Lu Ren's heart was beating suddenly. To be honest, Lu Ren was afraid that Gan Ning would follow the course of history, and finally chose to defect to Soochow. The reason why I am saying the suggestion to defect to Soochow now is also because my words have already reached this point, so it is not very similar if I don't say it. In case Gan Ning had the will to defect to Soochow, Lu Ren would have to find a way to make it worse.

saw Gan Ning pause for a long time. He looked up at Lu Ren again, and suddenly shook his head and sighed: "Lu Servant is a brilliant person, but why would he say such unwise words as letting Ning Tou Wu?" ”

This time, it was changed to Lu Renleng: "Unwise words? What's wrong with Lu Ren? ”

Gan Ning looked at Lu Ren's stunned expression, sighed and smiled: "It seems that Lu Servant has lived a fairly peaceful and comfortable life in the Jingxiang area, and he doesn't know much about the current situation in Jiangdong, so he said such unwise words." ”

Lu Ren was relieved, but he already vaguely understood the meaning of Gan Ning's words in his heart.

At this time, Gan Ning turned to the side, looked in the direction of Chai Sang and muttered: "Although Ning is a rough and fierce martial artist, he has a very careful view of the current situation. This Eastern Wu has been since the assassination of the little overlord Sun Ce more than two years ago. Most of the wealthy families in the territory have the heart to move, and it is thanks to Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin that there is no great chaos.

To this day, the Jiangdong Sun clan is still like a light boat in the waves, and its foundation is very unstable, although many wealthy families have not caused trouble. But it is just a wait-and-see, if Sun's momentum is stable, he will invest, and if the situation is dangerous, he will take advantage of the danger. If Ning Ruo voted for Wu at this time, one is that Ning Shang has a bad reputation for being a river thief. The second Zening also had no merit in entering the body, and Dongwu could not hire it in order to avoid suspicion, after all, it was in Jiangdong in the early years. There are not a few wealthy families who have been robbed by Ning, and there are many people who hold grudges against Ning. ”

Lu Renxin said okay! You Gan Ning will also grab wherever you go.

Gan Ning continued: "In fact, the most important thing is that when the little overlord Sun Ce was pacifying Jiangdong, there were too many powerful people who were killed. In case the Sun clan fails to stabilize the situation and collapses, these wealthy clans are bound to seek revenge, and there will be a tragic bloody battle in the intermediate. In the chaos, jade is inseparable, and Ning and this group of brothers will be burdened by the Sun family and suffer great disasters. It's not a pity that I, Gan Ning, died alone, but I can't let my brothers get involved in this troubled water and die for no reason. If the Sun family can open a museum after stabilizing the foundation, Ning has the merit of entering, and Dongwu is worth throwing, but the current Dongwu Ning is categorically incompatible. ”

Lu Ren nodded again and again while secretly saying in his heart: "Sure enough, I really can't see that this Gan Ning, who has a strong fight with Zhang Fei in the Three Kingdoms, has a very stable side in handling things." Well...... According to the records in the book, after Gan Ning defected to Liu Biao, it was precisely because he saw that Liu Biao was not very good and had no sense of crisis, and he was afraid that Liu Biao would be unlucky if something happened to him, so he decided to leave Liu Biao and switch to Soochow, but he was stopped by Huang Zu in Jiangxia.

"In terms of time, Gan Ning shot Ling Cao when Sun Quan attacked Jiangxia in the twelfth year of Jian'an, and then due to the meanness of Huang Zu in the rice bucket, and then under the guidance of Su Fei, he defected to Sun Quan with Jiangxia's inside information, and then at the beginning of the thirteenth year of Jian'an in the following year, Sun Quan successfully captured Jiangxia and killed Huang Zu.

"Gan Ning was left by Huang Zuqiang in Jiangxia for three years, and when he went back, Gan Ning was Liu Biao who left in Jian'an for about nine years. At the end of the autumn of the eighth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan launched an attack on Jiangxia and broke Huang Zu's fleet, which can be regarded as showing the world the potential of his Sun Group, which will make Gan Ning have the idea that Dongwu is worth throwing, right?

"It seems that I really caught up with Gan Ning this time, because Sun Quan may be about to launch an attack on Jiangxia a little later, my fleet is so anxious to set sail this time, don't you also want to avoid this battle? No, I must not let go of this opportunity, I have to coax Gan Ning to Yizhou to take a look before saying anything! ”

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Ren's mind quickly pondered for a while, and then he pointed to the Gan Ning servant on the boat over there with a smile and said, "Brother Xingba is far-reaching, and Lu Ren is convinced." But I really want to take the liberty of asking now, it has been more than a year since Brother Xingba stopped robbing, and today, how much food do you still have in your hands? ”

Gan Ning was stunned when he heard this, and his eyes also looked sideways at Lu Ren: "In Ning's opinion, Lu Servant should have seen something, right?" ”

Lu Ren pretended to smile flatly: "If what I expected is not bad." Brother Xingba's money and food are running out, right? Otherwise, you would not be so anxious to seek the Lord's service, and even find an opportunity to make friends with me, so that you may have a few good words for your vote for the Lord. ”

Gan Ning looked up to the sky and smiled: "It's still the same sentence, it's refreshing to talk to a smart person like Lu Fuji!" Yes, it is better to stop the raid for more than a year, and after more than a year, the money and food that have been accumulated have been almost eaten. This time, in addition to wanting to make friends with Lu Servant, I also wanted to take advantage of this rescue to be cheeky and ask Lu Servant to get some money and grain to support my brothers. ”

Lu Ren said with a smile: "Brother Xingba came to help, how dare Lu Ren be stingy with this amount of money and food?" But Brother Xingba. I'm afraid it's not a way for you to mess around like this, not necessarily everyone will not take these money and food to heart like Lu Ren. Why don't you do this, as I said last night, Brother Xingba will give in for a moment before he gets the lord to vote for, as the warrior I invited to escort the caravan?

"It seems that Brother Xingba and his brothers can not violate the plan of robbing and cultivating themselves, and they can no longer have to worry about food and clothing for a long time, and I can also settle down for my Yangtze River business luck. It's just that I don't know what Brother Xingba wants? Yes...... Please also rest assured that Brother Xingba will not be lacking in food and clothing along the way. And then at the end of the escort, Lu Ren will definitely pay him a lot of money. ”

Gan Ning lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head and hugged his fist at Lu Ren and said, "If you wish sincerely, you would rather thank Lu Servant for taking such care!" It's just that I don't know where Lu Servant will go now? ”

Lu Ren said: "You have to stay in Chaisang for a few days to exchange some local goods, and then Brother Xingba, you have more than 800 brothers to add in." I also had to buy some food for the brothers in Chaisang to eat along the way. Then go to Haichang and meet my brother Lu Boyan. After that, our fleet went straight to Yizhou at the sea. ”

Gan Ning looked up to the sky and groaned: "Overseas Yizhou...... Ning has been on the water for many years, and he has never been out to sea. I often hear people say that the vastness of the sea is far from being comparable to the rivers, so Ning always wants to go to the sea for a trip. This time, he met the fleet of land servants. I can also take advantage of the fact that I can go to sea to escort the land servants, and I am fortunate to be happy. Please also rest assured that Lu Servant Shot, Ning promised Lu Servant Shot. Since they had been invited by Lu Servant to escort the ship, Ning and his brothers would definitely not let Lu Servant's fleet suffer the slightest loss! ”

Lu Ren's heart was secretly relieved, and he said that he could finally take Gan Ning to Yizhou for a visit. After Gan Ning arrived in Yizhou, he asked Shirley to take out some decent things, so that Gan Ning felt that he could make a name for himself under his hands, then I believe Gan Ning would not be able to escape. However, Lu Ren also knows that according to the records in the book, the biggest characteristic of people like Gan Ning is that they want to earn back the greatest fame and fortune without violating the premise of loyalty and filial piety. There is no problem with Lilu Luren at all, it is this fame......

"It's a big problem, but there's nothing you can do about it for the time being. There is no problem with proclaiming myself king or something, but if the name is not right, it will hinder my plans to recruit further people in the Central Plains. Forget it, at the moment, I still take the development of Yizhou as the first priority, and when my circle of influence really rises, I will use my original connections to seek a decent official position.

"The main problem is Lao Cao's body, he is such a person, he uses radishes and sticks to others, but he has to use turnips and sticks to deal with him. But now I have neither a turnip nor a stick, and I don't let him taste the sweetness and know the pain, and this official position will definitely not be able to be sought. ”

Thinking of this, Lu Ren looked up at the sky and was silent. Gan Ning looked at Lu Ren's contemplative appearance, thought for a while and asked, "What is Lu Ren thinking in his heart?" ”

Lu Ren looked at Gan Ning, and thought about it for a while, and then he made up his mind and smiled lightly at Gan Ning: "Han has thirteen states. And, You, Ji, Qing, Xu, Yan, Yu, Yang, Yi, Jing, Liang, Si (Li), Jiao. But I thought in my heart, if there is something to do, sooner or later, I will make these thirteen states become fourteen states. If I really come to that time, wouldn't I be happy to play with the state herd who is far away from the emperor? ”

Gan Ning was stunned when he heard this, and only after a while did he smile dryly: "Lu Servant, your joke seems to be a bit big." (To be continued.) )