In the middle of the autumn of the twelfth year of Han Jian'an, Cao Cao, who had pacified Karasuma, returned to Yecheng.

According to the advice given to him by Guo Jia on his deathbed, Cao Cao began to gradually transfer his political, economic, and military center from Xuchang to Yecheng, and the construction of Tongquetai began at this time. At the same time, Cao Cao used a large number of well-known scholars from Qingdao, Hebei, You, and the four prefectures, which not only received the help of a large number of talents, but also indirectly played a role in stabilizing domestic stability.

Hebei was decided, and Cao Cao's next target was Jingzhou and Jiangdong, so tens of thousands of troops were left to divert water from Yecheng to build Xuanwu Pond to train boats and water battles......

All of them seem to be indistinguishable from the original course of history. But there is also one of the biggest differences, that is, after Cao Cao returned to Yecheng, he immediately went to the court to announce to the world, announcing that overseas Yizhou was officially incorporated into the territory of the Han Dynasty and became a state of its own...... The title is nonsense, because Meng County is in the south of Xuchang, and this place is named Lu Ren's food yip, does it mean that Lu Ren wants to go to Xuchang to lead the food yip?

As soon as this edict came out, the world was shocked! And among the candidates, the most surprising is undoubtedly Jiangdong Sun Quan.

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Wu County, Sun Quan's Mansion.

Sun Quan, who was yellow-haired and tall, frowned tightly, kept turning in circles in the hall, and held a secret report from Xu Du's fine work in his hand behind his back.

"Yizhou, Yizhou...... Yizhou is on the coast of the East China Sea, and it is less than a thousand miles by sea from Jiangdong, but it is difficult to prevent accidents. Moreover, Lu Ren was originally a minister under Cao Cao's account, and now Cao Cao has named Lu Ren as the pastor of Yizhou, does it mean that Cao Cao and Lu Ren have secretly colluded? Now that Cao Cao occupies Hebei, the world sits on half of it, and it is certain that he will go south to Jingxiang and Jiangdong. Jiangdong will be attacked on both sides of the Yangtze River and the coast......"

I was thinking about the people from the door to report: "Qi Wu Hou, Zhou Gongjin and Lu Zijing ask to see." ”

Sun Quan's brows widened slightly: "It's just in time." Hurry up, please! ”

Not long after, the second of the four heroes in Jiangdong was introduced into the hall by the doorman, and after taking a seat, Zhou Yu first accused: "Yu was ordered by Wu Hou to garrison Chaisang to train the navy, and he should not leave lightly. In fact, the situation in the world suddenly changed, Yu was worried in his heart, and wanted to discuss with Wu Hou, so he rushed to Wu County without responding to the edict. I hope Wu Hou forgives his sins. ”

Zhou Yu has always been very careful in these aspects. He and Sun Ce are brothers, but not necessarily with Sun Quan, and the relationship between them is actually very delicate. In terms of identity, although Zhou Yu is Sun Quan's courtier, when Sun Ce was dying, he asked Sun Quan to "treat Zhou Yu as a brother", in other words, there is a layer of supervision and vigilance of Sun Quan;

On the other hand, when Sun Quan inherited Sun Ce's official title, it can be said that he was completely supported by Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao and a few others, and Zhou Yu directly led his troops back to impeach many wealthy families who were about to move. Sun Quan can safely "sit" Jiangdong, and Zhou Yu is undoubtedly the one with the greatest credit.

It is precisely because of this that Sun Quan is even a little afraid of Zhou Yu, but in turn, Zhou Yu is also afraid. As a courtier, it is of course a good thing to be able to make great contributions, but it is another thing if it reaches the point of "high merit and shock the master".

Zhou Yu is different from Zhang Zhao, because Zhang Zhao is a complete civilian official, unlike Zhou Yu, who holds military power in his hands, Jiangdong's current elite naval army is basically under Zhou Yu's jurisdiction. In court discussions, Zhang Zhao can speak directly and even scold, and others will not think that there is anything wrong, because that is Zhang Zhao's duty.

But what about Zhou Yu? He absolutely can't do this, if the relationship between Zhou Yu and Sun Quan is not handled properly, for example, Zhou Yu is a little disrespectful to Sun Quan, or Sun Quan is a little uneasy about Zhou Yu, then Jiangdong will inevitably be in chaos...... In fact, by the twelfth year of Jian'an, the Shanyue turmoil in Jiangdong had not been completely settled, and there were many wealthy families in various places who held a wait-and-see attitude. Therefore, for the sake of Jiangdong and for himself, Zhou Yu must be respectful to Sun Quan no matter what the occasion, so as not to give others half a tongue.

Here, Sun Quan waved his hand generously and said, "Gong Jin is worried about state affairs, what is the crime?" Besides, even if Gong Jin didn't come to Wu County, Gu was also planning to send someone to invite Gong Jin to come here to discuss. Now that Gongjin has arrived, he is lonely and worry-free! ”

After the politeness, the waiter served the refreshments, and Sun Quan signaled all the people to retreat, and asked Zhou Yu: "Gongjin is here, presumably for the matter of Yizhou, right?" ”

Zhou Yu frowned and nodded silently. Chai Sang was closer to Xuchang, and it was not surprising that Zhou Yu received this news before Sun Quan.

Sun Quan slowly put the letter back from Xizuo on the table, and asked again: "Then what is Gongjin's opinion on this matter?" ”

Zhou Yu pondered for a long time, turned his head to look at Lu Su, and nodded slightly.

Lu Su understood, took over the topic and said, "Lord, how about Rong Su say a few words first?" ”

Sun Quan nodded, signaling that Lu Su could speak first.

Lu Su straightened his thoughts and said: "Does the lord know which path Cao Cao took when he went north to conquer Karasuma?" ”

Sun Quan said: "This lonely person has not yet been known. ”

Lu Su said: "Cao Cao is leaving...... Sea route. More than 10,000 elite soldiers and divisions boarded the ship from Nanpi, went around to the rear of Shanhaiguan and landed, and then attacked from both sides, and captured Shanhaiguan with lightning speed. ”

Sun Quan exclaimed: "By sea? More than 10,000 elite soldiers boarded the ship and detoured? Cao Cao's army is full of Qingxu, and he is famous for his foot cavalry, but he has never heard of Cao Cao's strong maritime strength......"

Lu Su said: "Cao Cao didn't, but there was one person who did." ”

"Who?"

Lu Su wrote bitterly: "Who else can there be?" Of course, it is the Shang scholar in the former Xudu City, known as Lu Ren and Lu Yihao, who are known as 'three years of abundance'. ”

Sun Quan also reacted, shook his head and said, "It can only be him." But how strong is his ability to transport sea? More than 10,000 elite soldiers crossed the sea to attack, and counting the baggage equipment, how many ships do you need? Isn't he an honest trader? Why did you do such a thing again? As for Zijing, where did you learn about this? ”

Lu Su said: "Lord, there are many traders in the old days, although they are no longer doing business since they came out, but there are still many merchants in the clan, whenever Lu Ren's overseas caravan goes to Xuzhou and Wu County, there will be many people from Su who gather in these two places to buy goods, so they are also very close to the current Lu clan and Mi clan. More than a month ago, the younger brother of the Su clan came to Wu to explore Su, and mentioned this matter to Su during the drinking room, and Su Fang learned about it. ”

Sun Quan pondered for a long time, and then turned his gaze to Zhou Yu again: "Gong Jin, the lord of Yizhou is Lu Ren, that is ...... to me in Dongwu."

Zhou Yu responded: "Forgive the minister's stupidity, Yizhou is an enemy or a friend to my Dongwu, and the minister can't see it." This Lu Renchen and he have also had several faces, which can be regarded as nodding friends. His people seem to be ordinary, but his mind and knowledge are far above the ministers. Although it is true that Zijing found out, the minister also discovered that in the past few years, Lu Ren has not only often had many mutual markets with my Jiangdong, but also had a lot of mutual markets with Hebei and the north. It is also rumored that when Cao Cao's troops arrived in Nanpi, Lu Ren sent a large number of fine armor and weapons to help Cao Cao. If the rumors are true, it is not strange that Lu Ren secretly helped Cao Cao. ”

Sun Quan said: "Lu Ren fled from Cao's camp in the first place, so he shouldn't be like this." ”

Zhou Yu said: "The trend of the world is only mercenary. Thinking that Lu Ren gave up the official and engaged in business, everything would be more beneficial than it, and there are many women in the world, although Lu Ren turned his face with Cao Cao because of a woman, but he has never lacked stunning beauties around him, and if this kind of small resentment is a little longer, it is reasonable to dilute the hatred in his heart. ”

Lu Su picked up the conversation again and said: "Lord, there are still some things that Su doesn't know whether to talk about or not. ”

Zhou Yu looked at Lu Su for a moment, his eyes looking a little hesitant. This Sun Quan didn't notice it, and just signaled to Lu Su but said it was okay. Lu Su immediately flipped out a booklet...... By the way, Lu Ren has long been able to make notepads and pencils on a large scale, and after arriving in Yizhou, these two things began to be formally produced and sold, and Lu Ren is still making fountain pens. And after these things were sold to various places, they were sought after by scholars everywhere because of their convenience and use. So it's normal for Lu Su to have a copy in his hand.

Pointing to the book, he said: "As far as business is concerned, Su has been investigated after learning that Lu Ren and I have exchanged markets in Dongwu, and the utensils that Lu Ren sells to Jiangdong are mainly stationery, clothes, fine food, spices and other miscellaneous items, most of which are people's livelihood things, such as pearls, large shells, tortoiseshells, tea, and high-quality Liuliu, and there are also some hobbies and luxuries. In addition, he would buy a large number of raw silk, raw hemp, ores, and herbs from Soochow. It's just that in addition, he has sold clothes, armor, weapons, grain and grass and other military supplies to Hebei several times, but he has never sold them to my Dongwu. ”

Sun Quan didn't understand it at once, after all, Sun Quan was not like Lu Su who was born as a businessman, and he couldn't figure out the relationship between things for a while.

Zhou Yu over there was a little relieved and added: "In the early years, the minister and Lu Ren also made a contract to build a warship for our Eastern Wu Navy in the dock of Chaisang, and Wu Hou also knew about this for a long time. It's just that most of the ships that can be built in the Chaisang dockyard are small and medium-sized warships, which are only suitable for river and water warfare, and only five larger ships have been built, and they are conducive to transportation but not conducive to warfare. Not long ago, Chaisang's Lu's dock suddenly mentioned to the minister that he could no longer accept the order, and said that there was a lack of people and craftsmen, and the minister secretly investigated for this, and more than seventy percent of the skilled craftsmen in Lu's dock were no longer there, presumably Lu Ren had been transferred to Yizhou. Today's Lu's Dockyard can only build some ordinary merchant ships or repair warships for the navy. ”

Sun Quan was even more misty now, so he waved his hand very simply and said, "Two, what do you have to do with the matter in Yizhou?" I really can't understand it. ”

Zhou Yu and Lu Su glanced at each other, and Zhou Yu motioned for Lu Su to speak. Lu Su cleared his throat and said: "My lord, according to Su's opinion, Lu Ren is the chief of internal affairs, and now he is trying his best to help Cao Cao in terms of military supplies, but he has never had half a point against my Dongwu. If it is timed, with the elite of Cao Caoqing, Xu, and Ji Shuzhou, supplemented by Lu Ren's armor, weapons, and warships, it will be a big trouble for my Eastern Wu henchmen. (To be continued.) )