"So there are guests?" Zhao Xiang was surprised: "Then...then...then...then...that's not rude to just treat him like this?"
Although the Lei family in Lujiang cannot be compared with the large family that passed down from Confucianism, it also has its own routine. At a young age, Zhao Xiang had to take care of the family as a mistress, managing so many people and so many things. She often feared that she would make mistakes and damage her husband's reputation, so she seemed more restrained.
On the contrary, Lei Yuan really didn't care. He smiled and said, "It's this guest who is coming to see me, not I want to see him. Since that's the case, would he still be picky about etiquette? Oh... the fish is almost burning, turn over, turn over."
Zhao Xiang hurriedly turned to deal with the grilled fish.
Lei Yuan stood up and looked out on the riverside.
In this section of the river between Lexiang County, Yidu County and Zhijiang County, Nanjun, the river water is wide and vast, and the flow rate is relatively slow, and there are stretched sandbanks at the center of the river. The largest one is Jiangling Zhongzhou. Because it is a radius of hundreds of miles, it has another name called Bailizhou.
This sandbank is huge in scale and has fertile land. It has continuous meadows, woodlands, and even lakes. Therefore, Lei Yuan used it as a pasture for herders to raise horses.
When the Lei family of Lujiang defected to Jingzhou, they retained more than 1,400 war horses, many of which were tall and strong northern horses. However, they later fought several battles with Jiangdong and suffered a lot of losses, so when they were in Yizhou, they had to rely on infantry to consolidate their formations and fight against the Qiang and Hu cavalry.
After defeating Ma Chao, nearly a thousand war horses were seized. Lei Yuan did not directly allocate them to various tribes, but instead placed them on Bailizhou for grazing.
Deng Tong was the main person in charge of shepherding horses. He had served under the command of Baibo, Hedong for many years, and there were still several Huns in the troops he was close to. But at this moment, Ma Dai led more than 400 prisoners in Liangzhou to take over Deng Tong's mission. These Liangzhou knights have been on horseback since childhood, and their methods are better than Deng Tong. As long as the horses are in heat in spring, there will be many more foals next year.
The location where Lei Yuan stood was just looking directly at Bailizhou, and you could even vaguely see horses running around the continent.
Not far from him, there was a pier facing Bailizhou. In addition to the pier, most of them were densely grown with reeds and miscellaneous trees. There were also piers on Bailizhou. Beyond the pier was a mud flat head that was more than a hundred steps wide, and it was knee-deep.
At this time, Lei Yuan saw a boat coming from the downstream of the river, easily bypassing the mudflats and reeds. The boat was a well-crafted red horse boat. The boatman gently roared the oars and oars. The boat was like a sensitive big fish, lightly paddling the shimmering water surface and sticking to the dock.
On the bow of the boat, a man in black clothes and a sword hanging on his waist lifted his robe and stood on the shore with big strides to see the guards surrounding the ferry.
The man had thick eyebrows, big eyes, a very strong beard, and a very burly figure, and his physique was similar to Guan Ping. Several sailors on the boat stood beside him, with their heads reaching his chest, just like children.
Lei Yuan greeted Zhao Xiang and walked towards him.
After a while, the man noticed Lei Yuan and took a few steps forward.
Lei Yuanxingli asked, "Do you dare to ask if you are the envoy of Jiangdong?"
The man returned the favor calmly: "In Lusu, he was the envoy who went to Chengdu on the order of my lord. He came here to visit the prefect of Yidu. I am not satisfied with it?"
"I am Lei Yuan, the prefect of Yidu."
Lu Su couldn't help looking at Lei Yuan up and down, and then sighed with emotion: "I have heard that General Lei is a young hero. I only found out today that he was so young!"
"It's all up to the lord to get a reputation," Lei Yuanxun thanked. After a pause, he asked, "But I'm not sure what to visit?"
The day before yesterday, Lei Yuan received a letter from Guan Yu from Jiangling that after Sun Yu intended to hijack Mrs. Sun, Dong He went to Jingkou to question, which made Wu Hou quite embarrassed. Therefore, Wu Hou specially sent an envoy to nominally congratulate Xuande Gong for his progress in Yizhou, but in fact he had a little apology. This envoy was Lu Su.
Lei Yuan has heard of some of Lu Su's recent situation.
It is rumored in Jiangdong that before Zhou Lang died of illness, he had a suicide note recommended Lu Su to take over his position and assumed the responsibility of Jiangdong in Jingzhou. However, Jiangdong was unfavorable to fight against the Jingzhou army at that time. Cheng Pu and Zhou Tai were defeated one after another, Lu Meng abandoned the army and fled, Gan Ning was captured. In addition, Zhou Lang died of illness, the Jiangdong army's power was greatly reduced, and the expansion trend after Chibi was reversed. Therefore, Lu Su had to assume the responsibility of negotiating with Jingzhou and signed an agreement with Zhuge Liang to borrow Jiangxia and Hanchang counties, and return it after the capture of Huainan.
This agreement inevitably made Wu Hou unhappy and also made the Jiangdong generals deeply humiliated. Therefore, Lu Su was forced to take the blame when he was actually negotiating, and was later transferred to the prefect of Hanchang, and the military position of the military captain remained unchanged.
In other words, Zhou Lang's recommendation was not effective. Lu Su fell from an important adviser in the core circle of Jiangdong and a confidant of Wu Hou to the second-in-commander of Jingzhou, second-in-command Sun Yu, who was second to General Fenwei. Judging from actual authority, he only managed one Hanchang County, which was originally the northeast part of Changsha County.
However, this time, Sun Yu's rash behavior almost caused another conflict between Sun and Liu. Lu Su, who had been dormant for a year and a half, was once again activated by Wu Hou. This was obviously to give full play to his good relationship with Duke Xuande himself and the civil and military officials in Jingzhou, clarify misunderstandings, and rebuild mutual trust. In the long run, Lu Su may regain his momentum and replace Sun Yu's position.
Yesterday, Lei Yuan received another letter from Guan Yu, saying that Lu Su wanted to meet Lei Yuan in Yidu before leaving for Chengdu, and Guan Yu had already agreed to his request.
Generally speaking, people who are subordinates, especially those who are leading troops like Lei Yuan, should not easily communicate with outsiders. Even Guan Yu himself invited Pan Jun, Dong He and other civil and military officials to accompany him when meeting Lu Su. But he allowed Lu Su to visit Lei Yuan specifically?
Guan Yu did this naturally have his own reason. Maybe it is inconvenient to mention it in the letter?
Lei Yuan didn't understand from the moment he thought of yesterday. Lu Zijing and he had never known each other and were not from his fellow countrymen. When Lei Yuan's father Lei Xu was under Yuan Shu's command, Lu Su had already fled to Jiangdong with his relatives. Obviously, the previous generations had not formed any friendship with colleagues.
So Lei Yuan simply met Lu Su at the Lexiang Ferry Crossing. What he hid was that if there were any tricks or any tricks, I would ignore them. To destroy them, I might as well go on a boat and go there.
As soon as the two met, Lei Yuan asked bluntly without any more greetings.
After hearing Lei Yuan’s inquiry, Lu Su bowed to Lei Yuan again and said in a deep voice: “The reason I came here is because I, Jiangdong, had something to do to help General Xun.”
Lei Yuan turned sideways and asked: "My lord is Duke Xuande, not Wuhou. And Jiangdong has its own heroes, so how can I use anything for me? It's so unreasonable to say this."
"Or, otherwise." Lu Su looked at his free expression: "There will be a major event in the future, and we will trouble the general. This is the proposal of Wu Hou, and both Xuande Duke and General Guan already know it. This matter will be beneficial to Xuande Duke, Wu Hou, and the Sun-Liu Alliance. When I return from Chengdu, Xuande Duke's official documents should be sent to Yidu."
Lei Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly: "...What's the matter?"
"General Lei, the road is in a hurry, not a secret place for Chen."
"Haha..." Lei Yuan smiled and suddenly asked, "Brother Zijing loves to eat fish?"
"What?"
"Jiujing caught a few fish by the river just now and was roasting... Let's talk while eating fish, okay?"
Chapter completed!