"Ho ho, you have quite an accent. Tell me, how do you want to climb the mountain?" Wen Du raised his upper body, leaned back on the back of his chair, and stared at Lu Su with interest.

Faced with this question, Lu Su smiled crookedly and proudly showed off his biceps: "My father, grandfather and even the generations above are all honest and sincere people. They will not deliberately strengthen themselves.

With his strength, he has always treated outsiders with courtesy.

But I am different. If you want to be admired by others, you must first become stronger and practice martial arts, swordsmanship, riding, archery, etc., although the level is not up to par, but at least you can do a little bit of everything. This is yourself.

In addition, if you want to cause trouble, you need to unite all your efforts. When I meet poor people, I will use my family wealth and food to help them."

"In this aspect, Zijing is highly praised by his fellow villagers and is very popular. Everyone praises him as the fifth ethical person in the contemporary world." Zhou Yu expressed his evaluation, his words were full of admiration for his friend, and Lu Su did not show any shame.

, fully accepted such appreciation.

"Since we want to find another way, shouldn't we recruit people next?"

"General Wen is smart and hit the mark!" Confirming Wen Du's guess, Lu Su continued to narrate: "Most likely, he thought I was a good person and could get along with him. There were some young men in the neighborhood who were willing to follow me, so I included them.

Provide them with food and clothing, and teach them how to ride horses and shoot arrows." As he finished speaking, Lu Su put on his airs, pretended to be an archer, and accurately hit Sun Ce between the eyebrows.

Sun Ce didn't care at all about this kind of illegal behavior, but instead used empty arrows to fight back against Lu Su. The two of them fought with great joy.

"However, if you practice martial arts alone, it can at best be a fun of life. But if you teach others martial arts with all the food and lodging included, the nature has changed. You, a small landowner with no official position and no position, raise a group of people who only take orders from you.

Militants, aren't you raising private soldiers? Isn't it possible that no one is using this as an excuse to deliberately make things difficult for you and want to embezzle your family's property?"

Seeing the doubts on Wen Du's face, Lu Su smiled, and he laughed so wildly: "The general is right, this is indeed illegal, but who cares? In the turbulent years, a small landowner raised hundreds of private soldiers.

Is this a big deal? Besides, there are more people than me as private soldiers, and they have already surpassed me. I am still an inconspicuous person. Even if something happens, it will be them first."

"It makes sense. Presumably, your reputation for being generous with money and generous in martial arts for such a long time must have brought you a lot of benefits, right?"

"This is true. When I visited Nanyang in the past, I was called over by Yuan Shu. He wanted to recruit me to serve as an official, but I found an opportunity and ran away."

"Why is this? Why is Yuan Shu also the fourth generation and the third prince? Besides, the treatment given to civil and military officials is very good. With such a great talent as Zijing, he will surely be able to secure his right-hand position."

Wen Du raised both Yuan Shu and Lu Su to a super high level. The protagonist shook his head after hearing this: "The reason is simple. First, after staying in his house for a few days, I observed that his subordinates were lax in their laws and civil and military officials.

Except for Yan Xiang and Ji Ling, they are all a bunch of rabble, and being in the company of wine bags and rice bags will definitely make me corrupt and stained.

Secondly, in Yuan Shu's words and deeds, there is a sense of urgency to become emperor. I joined the officialdom to get ahead, not to follow a mediocre master. For this reason, I found the opportunity to escape from the tiger's mouth.

"

"Hahahahaha~" Wen Du's sudden laughter really startled the four people around him.

"Why is Brother Seti laughing?"

"Nothing, nothing, just because of Zijing's words, I thought of the past. I thought that after the coalition forces attacked Dong, Yuan Shu also came to see me before returning."

When he mentioned this matter, Sun Jian and Sun Ce stared at him closely: "What does he want from you?"

"What else can you do? You just want to recruit me after seeing my talent. As long as I nod, you can have thousands of hectares of fertile land, hundreds of maids, and ten mansions at your fingertips. Isn't this a big deal?"

Ignoring the glares of the two people opposite him, he turned to Zhou Yu and Lu Su for their opinions. The two smiled at each other, one said it was appropriate, and the other said it was too little.

Over there, Sun Ce couldn't bear his temper and asked eagerly, "How did you answer?!"

"Of course I refused. I said that my lord has arranged for me tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, a thousand taels of gold and fifty mansions. He still wanted to raise the price. Looking at him sincerely, I said to think about it, and then I

Just run back by yourself..."

"So that's it. No wonder you wanted to go one step ahead of me." Sun Jian suddenly realized, and now he finally solved a doubt in his heart.

"I can't help it. I'm a kind-hearted person. I don't want to hurt those who want to be friends with me and make them feel resentful. So I have no choice but to run away first."

"Kind-hearted..." This naturally sent a chill down Sun Ce's spine: "Brother, why did you throw the jade seal to Yuan Shu?"

Looking at the confused little eyes, Wen Du stretched out his index finger and shook it: "This code is the same code, private is private, public is public, don't mix it up.

That jade seal was both a treasure and a disaster. At that time, I, like Zijing, knew that Yuan Shu could not control his temper and wanted to become emperor, so I took advantage of the situation and gave him the imperial seal, which was a way to win over me.

A gift in return, and secondly, it diverted the trouble away."

"Jade seal..." Sun Jian folded his arms, thoughtfully: "When you sent me away at that time, did you think that this thing might still be in the palace? Are you afraid that I will pick it up?"

"That's right." Wen Du nodded heavily without any lies: "How many people have lost their heads and died in battle because of this jade seal passed down to the country, and how many people have died in the battlefield because of this endless battle.

, displaced, corpses exposed in the wilderness.

It is a blessing for us that the lord has great ambitions, but because of this, it is very likely that he will be eroded by this symbol of power and lose his nature. Therefore, I must try my best to avoid this situation from happening. This is for the sake of the lord.

It’s also for myself!”

Neither humble nor arrogant, he did not hide his true purpose at all. Sun Jian heard it clearly. The more he thought about it, the more scared he felt: [If he went there by himself and picked up the jade seal, what would he do? Give it back to the emperor? Or hide it by himself? Hide it by himself.

Will he be discovered by others later? Will he be punished by the coalition forces of the princes? If so, wouldn't he become the third dish in this troubled world...]

Thinking of this, Sun Jian couldn't help but shudder, then stood up and saluted Wen Du: "If it weren't for Seti, I would have made a big mistake!"

"My lord, you don't have to be like this. I'm just in my position and pursuing my political goals. After all, you are alive so that I can have a good life. If you are safe and sound and rising step by step, I can follow the chickens and dogs to heaven." He compared himself to a poultry in a joke,

Wen Du not only wanted to show his loyalty to Sun Jian, but also wanted to use this as an excuse to show Sun Jian that he had no intention of taking over the role. He, Sun Jian, would always be the boss, and he would always be the subordinate, and he would never let Han Xin's affairs happen to him.

Repeat.

Not to mention whether Sun Jian understood it or not, Lu Su understood it and spared no effort in praising Wen Du for his intelligence and thoughtfulness.

"Zijing, on the way here, I told you that you will not be disappointed here. Is there anything wrong with my promise?"

Zhou Yu looked at Lu Su with a smile. When Lu Su saw this, he also smiled and shook his head. He answered the question and bowed to Sun Jian: "If you meet Duke Ming, you should surrender to him immediately. If you don't dislike him, Lu Su is willing to be with you."

Under the command of the Duke, the work of dogs and horses is done.”

After bowing at this point, Sun Jian could not sit still and agreed without thinking.

"My lord, haven't you been noisy about government affairs all day long and given yourself a splitting headache? Someone who can take care of your worries has appeared." Wen Du looked at Lu Su and Sun Jian with a slightly teasing smile.

Wander.

"What?!" Lu Su was shocked and looked at Zhou Yu with wide eyes: "You never mentioned to me that you have to deal with government affairs!"

"That's probably because I forgot. I'm sorry..." Although he was apologizing, Zhou Yude's eyes clearly revealed that "it was my fault for tricking you, but the pirate ship has already boarded, so I won't let you go down again."

.

Knowing that he had been deceived, Lu Su's eyes lost their luster and he just sat there blankly in his chair.

"Okay, you don't need to have such a big reaction. In the final analysis, it's just temporary. When things settle down here, we will issue a recruitment order to recruit talented people from all over the world. If we have enough people, we will replace you.

Come on, you can be the superior and let them do their work."

Wen Du's assurance made Lu Su grasp at straws and revive his eyes: "Are you serious?!"

"Of course, by then, I'll let you do whatever you want. You'll be in a position where you can talk when you have something to do and walk around when you have nothing to do. And the treatment is first-class and good." Wen Du put his left hand heavily on Lu Su's shoulder and put "

The "big cake" hung around his neck, just waiting for him to take a bite.

Lu Su really understood the current affairs, and struggled a lot on his expression, and finally said helplessly: "Oh, okay, let me help you! But you have to understand that this is for the sake of ambition, and it is definitely not

For what kind of treatment, of course, the matter of becoming a marquis can be put aside first, I’m not in a hurry.”

Lu Su's one-handed operation made the other four people stare at him with wide eyes. Even Wen Du, who was used to playing damaging moves, had to raise his thumb and exclaimed: "What a good move to retreat in order to advance. Gao, it's really great."

high!"

"Just write this down in advance. Let's talk about the important matter of the Recruitment Order first." Lu Su, who had signed the IOU for the title of Marquis, coughed lightly and looked at Sun Jian solemnly: "Master, you know that once the Recruitment Order is opened,

, what does it mean?”

"Of course we know that in today's world, the sources of officials are basically recommended by major families. If there is a large-scale recruitment of talents, it will inevitably impact a major interest point of the family. From then on, they will definitely be hated by most families, so that

Let your talents be sent to other princes to compete with us..."
Chapter completed!