Chapter 419 Are you Sima Yi relying on me? (Thanks to [Feifei Feiyangyang] many times
Gan Ning and Su Fei brought back more than 20,000 people, but they were still far short of the 100,000 people Lu Yan expected.
However, it is indeed a bit difficult to recruit 100,000 men with Gan Ning alone, and training 100,000 naval troops as soon as they arrive is probably too much.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Yan raised his head and said to Gan Ning: "Xingba, you have more than 20,000 men under your command now. I can write to Duke Cao to request that some more water-savvy soldiers be sent from the coast of Youzhou and Xuzhou. For the time being, we can gather together.
Enough to train 50,000 people."
Fifty thousand troops was no longer a small number, and Su Fei was already trembling slightly with excitement.
Gan Ning was relatively stable, but he still couldn't hide his excitement and said: "I listen to sir, let's train these 50,000 people into qualified naval forces first!"
Lu Yan nodded and said: "The shipyard sent news yesterday that the first warship has been successfully built and will be launched for testing tomorrow..."
"Seriously!" Gan Ning was surprised and happy, and even interrupted Lu Yan unintentionally. After reacting, Gan Ning quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, sir, I was in a hurry..."
"It doesn't matter, you go back and spend some time with Xiaoxue today, and then come with me to the shipyard tomorrow to see the new warships."
Gan Ning clasped his fists and shouted loudly: "The last general takes orders!!!"
Lu Yan looked at Su Fei again at this time and said: "Su Zhonglang, you will rest in the station for the time being, and you can go to the shipyard with Xingba tomorrow."
Su Fei didn't expect that he could also participate, and immediately replied with joy: "Ah! Thank you Lu Qiaoqi for trusting me!"
After Lu Yan made arrangements for Gan Ning and Su Fei, he hurried back to Chenliucheng.
It's not just Gan Ning Su Fei who will come to see the new warship tomorrow; Cao Cao, Cao Ang, the Emperor Liu Xie, and even Taichang Yang Biao and other court ministers will also go to watch.
There were so many people and so many eyes. In order to ensure the smooth launch of the warship and the safety of all the bosses, Lu Yan had to make arrangements for the site in advance... Of course, Lu Yan was more likely to come up with ideas.
As for the specific arrangements and layout, Zhuge Liang still has to do the errands.
...
When Lu Yan returned to the office of the Navy General Administration, he was surprised to find that there were three more young people in the office.
Seeing Lu Yan come in, Zhuge Liang, who was sitting in front of the main seat, stood up and saluted: "I have met you, sir!"
The other three people also stood up with Zhuge Liang and said: "My subordinate Wang Ming (Li Ke) is here to see Lu Qiaoqi!"
“Student Sima Yi, I’ve met Mr.
"Um?"
There are two official positions called Lu Yan, and they should be transferred from other places.
As for this... "Sima Yi???"
When Lu Yan heard this name, he was confused for a moment.
In the past two years, Sima Yi had actually reached the level where he could graduate from Taiyuan University and serve as an official. Cao Cao, who wanted to cherish talents, even personally ordered several times to recruit Sima Yi to serve as an official in his Prime Minister's Mansion.
However, Sima Yi never responded to Lao Cao's conquest, and refused to move away from Taiyuan University.
Lu Yan remembered that Sima Yi had rejected Lao Cao's conquests several times in history... He even pretended to be paralyzed and lay in bed for half a month in order to make Lao Cao give up.
There are many explanations for Sima Yi's rejection of Cao Cao. Some say it was because of the scholar's integrity that Sima Yi did not want to serve Cao Cao after he became an eunuch.
But the problem is that Sima Yi's father Sima Fang and his eldest brother Sima Lang were both officials in the imperial court. They said they were working for the Han court, but in fact they were not working for Boss Cao.
Besides, Sima Yi can tolerate things that ordinary people cannot endure, and he can even put on women's clothes happily. Literary integrity and other things are simply untenable on him...
It is also said that the Sima family does not want to put all their eggs in one basket... Anyway, there are different opinions and opinions.
I'm not saying who is right or wrong, but in Lu Yan's opinion, this Sima Yi might just be afraid of Cao Cao.
Whether it is Cao Cao or Sima Yi, their insight into human nature is far beyond what ordinary people can match.
Cao Cao could see Sima Yi's talent and ambition, and Sima Yi could naturally see Cao Cao's thirst for talent and ruthlessness and suspicion.
Rather than working under Cao Cao fearfully and always worrying about being killed by Cao Cao, it would be easier and safer to refuse directly.
If Sima Yi dared to reject Cao Cao so resolutely without fearing that Cao Cao would kill him in anger, he had his own reasons.
In the third year of Xiping, Cao Cao was promoted to Xiaolian and came to the capital Luoyang as an official. Not long after that, Cao Cao was recommended by Sima Fang and was appointed as the Northern Wei of Luoyang by the Eastern Han Dynasty. Moreover, Sima Fang not only had great influence on Cao Cao
The favor of recommendation came from his immediate superior. As the son of Cao Cao's "benefactor", Sima Yi indeed had the confidence to be "tough" with Cao Cao.
But no matter what, Lu Yan never expected that Sima Yi, whom Cao Cao tried to conquer in every possible way, would appear in the Navy Headquarters that no one wanted to deal with!
With his mind spinning, Lu Yan said to Zhuge Liang: "Kong Ming, Wang Ming, and Li Ke have just arrived at our Navy Headquarters. You can take them to familiarize themselves with the environment."
Zhuge Liang understood Lu Yan's intention as soon as he heard this.
To be honest, the moment he first met Sima Yi, a feeling similar to "entanglement", "rival", and "rival" emerged in his heart. This made Zhuge Liang, who had always been a bit clean and arrogant, a little uncomfortable.
"Here!" Zhuge Liang bowed his hands and went out with his two new colleagues.
After Zhuge Liang and the two newcomers walked away, Lu Yan sat down on the main seat and stared at Sima Yi with interest.
Perhaps because he was a little uncomfortable being stared at, Sima Yi examined his appearance, raised his hands and asked, "May I ask Lu Qiaoqi, has the student behaved inappropriately?"
Lu Yan did not answer Sima Yi's words, but asked: "Zhongda, you were not accepted by Duke Cao several times as a prime minister, so why did you show up at the Navy Headquarters this time?"
The implication is that you don't even give me the boss's face, but you still want to come to my small department. Do you have ulterior motives?
Sima Yi naturally heard the caution in Lu Yan's words, which was actually one of the reasons why he came to the Navy Headquarters.
From the moment he entered Taixue, Sima Yi was vaguely aware of Lu Yan's rejection of him.
In the eyes of ordinary people, for Lu Yan who always likes to support newcomers, Sima Yi, who has a talent comparable to Zhuge Liang, should also be favored by Lu Yan. However, in fact, Lu Yan has never taken the initiative to contact Sima Yi.
Lu Yan's attitude confused Sima Yi for a long time. For this reason, he even refused Cao Cao's conquest, just to understand why Lu Yan looked at him differently.
Although many thoughts passed through his mind, the expression on Sima Yi's face remained unchanged.
In response to Lu Yan's question, Sima Yi answered: "It's not that students don't want to be officials, they just don't want to enter the step-by-step work of the government... Students want to see more new things, and looking at the court and the whole world, only under Mr.
Only here can students get what they want!"
"Oh! Are you relying on me?" Lu Yan sneered in his heart. Of course he would not believe Sima Yi's lies.
However, Lu Yan still couldn't figure out Sima Yi's real intention, and thought to himself: "Anyway, he is not a threat now. Keeping him with you and observing him all the time will make you feel more at ease..."
Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang suddenly appeared in Lu Yan's mind.
Lu Yan couldn't help but curl up the corner of his mouth and murmured: "Now, the two people who loved and killed each other in history have become colleagues who never see each other when they look up... I don't know what kind of sparks will arise between these living enemies in the future.