Sun Quan nodded silently. At this time, Sun Shucheng had packed up the tables, Gu Li had put out the food and wine, and Sun Quan took the seat first. Just as Lu Xun was about to sit down at his table, Sun Quan waved his hand: "Bo Yan, let's join forces.
Sit across from each other."
Lu Xun was stunned for a moment. He is a disciple of Confucianism, and he must abide by the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers even in private. Sitting together to face each other is considered a friendship between equals. Although he and Sun Quan are about the same age, their identities are very different. Isn't this a bit excessive?
Already?
Sun Quan glanced at him sideways and said with a smile: "Today I am being bold and putting aside the etiquette of a monarch and a minister. I am here today because I want to hear your sincere words from Lu Boyan."
Lu Xun gave a bitter smile and had to sit down, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. Could it be that what I said before was not true? It's just that you have a dark mentality of suppressing the Jiangdong family and insist on thinking that way.
Seeing Lu Xun sitting down, Sun Quan smiled slightly, rolled up his sleeves with one hand, lifted the wine spoon with the other, added some wine to Lu Xun, and said casually: "Bo Yan, my original idea was to advance in two directions, first take Jianghuai, and then take Qing."
Xu. Unexpectedly, Li Yan and others only cared about themselves and ran away after capturing Nanyang. Our army was unable to support two battlefields on its own and could not supply two battlefields at the same time. In addition to your poor health, I had to withdraw you to rest. However, you can
Don’t think that this is a retirement, a temporary rest for a bigger battle.”
Lu Xun quickly bowed in greeting.
Sun Quan added another glass of wine to himself, raised it up, and said with a smile: "Today, I am here to apologize to you. Yes, I have been suppressing the Jiangdong family. Not for anything else, just because there are many people in Jiangdong.
, but there is only one Lu Boyan. You know better than me what those people are thinking. If they take control of the court, you will not know what the consequences will be."
Lu Xun looked at Sun Quan warily. Usually when Sun Quan spoke from the bottom of his heart, he would make a shocking decision.
"But now I don't have to worry so much." Sun Quan gave a rare smile, "Sun Shao and others successfully attacked last year and captured a lot of land. If we can maintain the momentum of last year this year, we should be able to capture the Yellow River and beyond.
Nan. If this large piece of land can be included in the territory of Wu, I dare not say anything else. At least the rewards of the generals will no longer be a problem. Boyan, do you think so?"
Lu Xun understood. He didn't say anything for a long time, but his eyes were a little disappointed.
Sun Quan actually wanted to take advantage of this moment to launch an attack.
Lu Xun thought for a while, and when he raised his head again, his eyes were clear and stoic: "Your Majesty, Sun Shao is a capable general, but if you want to take Yanyu Qingxu, their more than 20,000 people are not enough. If your Majesty is willing,
Yes, I am willing to lead the army to the expedition."
"It is inevitable that you will go on an expedition. However, your goal is Shouchun." Sun Quan smiled: "If Shouchun does not fall, it will be difficult for our army to penetrate deeply."
Lu Xun nodded: "Your Majesty is wise. However, if we want to attack Shouchun, we must be fully prepared."
"I know that I have already prepared food, grass, ordnance, and troops." Sun Quan smiled even more happily. For a long time, this was a rare sign of Lu Xun's obedience. "I also want to prepare some flaming clay bombs for you, but I don't want to
I know if Wei Ba is willing to let go."
Lu Xun's eyes flashed: "He will definitely not give us the skills, but if we buy them with money, he will not be so stingy. Your Majesty, there are many alchemists in Jiangdong. They are familiar with the properties of medicine. If we can gather them, maybe we can
If you give me a big reward, you might be able to figure out the mystery."
"It's a pity that those people are aloof and arrogant, and I can't help them. Boyan, is there anything you can do?"
Lu Xun nodded calmly: "As long as your Majesty is willing, I can give it a try."
"That's great." Sun Quan laughed loudly, clinked the glasses with Lu Xun, and drank the whole drink in one gulp.
Lu Xun also drank the wine in one gulp.
In the past period of time, Sun Quan and Lu Xun always seemed to talk a bit without making any sense. Today was a rare occasion when they talked together. Both of them enjoyed themselves quite a lot and talked freely.
After Lu Xun's enlightenment, Sun Quan's mood was not so good, but it was not so pessimistic. The Wei State was attacked on both sides and could only remain on the defensive. If necessary, it might bow to him and sue for peace;
And, especially Zhuge Liang needed him to contain Wei's military strength. Under such circumstances, it is expected that he revealed the technology of making stone bullets in a subtle way. If it is true as Lu Xun said, it is possible to break the pottery bullets.
Secretly, Wu's strength will be further enhanced.
With strength, you have the capital to negotiate.
For Sun Quan, the most important thing when he came to Lu Xun today was not this matter, but the need to convey a message to the Jiangdong family through Lu Xun: He wanted the Jiangdong family to help him capture Yanyu Qingxu, and even
With Jizhou and Youzhou, the reward is more official positions and rewards. In the past, this was impossible because he only had so much land under his jurisdiction. The people from Jiangdong occupied more and the others were less. The situation is different now.
If he could really seize half of the world, how could he begrudge the rewards to the people of Jiangdong? Instead, he got more land and more people. In the court, there were not only people from Jiangdong, Jianghuai, but also people from Qingxu and Jizhou.
People from Bingzhou, why should he worry about people from Jiangdong getting rich? No matter how many talents there are in Jiangdong, is there still more talent than these places?
As Lu Xun said, this is an opportunity. If he can seize this opportunity, he will not only be able to solve the current dilemma, but also have the opportunity to compete with Shu Han. But if he loses this opportunity, he will soon become Li Yan
A stroke of credit in the book of achievements, and the people of Jiangdong may abandon him like a pair of worn shoes.
Sun Quan weighed it for many days before deciding to visit Lu Xun for a long talk.
Judging from the current situation, this result is satisfactory.
After Sun Quan returned to the palace, he immediately sent Hu Zong to Jiaozhou to discuss matters related to the purchase of pottery bombs. Lu Xun began to write letters to the Taoist priests he knew, inviting them to jointly study and decipher the technical secrets of pottery bombs. This was the most important.
A letter was written to Prime Minister Gu Yong.
…
Xu Wen.
Hu Zong stood in front of Wei Ba with a dusty face, and handed Sun Quan's official letter with both hands. Wei Ba took the official letter, and his smiling face suddenly froze: "Buying flaming pottery bombs?"
"Yes." Hu Zong raised his hand and wiped the sweat on his forehead with his handkerchief. The summer in Jiaozhou is really hot. He was wearing a full set of official uniforms. The sweat on his body rolled down layer by layer. His clothes were already wet.
It was soaking wet. On the other hand, Wei Ba, with his arms open, revealing his dark and strong muscles, and someone fanning next to him, with iced fruit in front of him, was living like a god.
"Why did you buy it?" Wei Ba put down the official letter, raised his head and glanced at Hu Zong, who was covered in sweat. Then he understood and hurriedly greeted: "Hu Jun, come on, come on, hurry up and take a seat. Hahaha, you are
Gentleman, you are not a warrior like me, so you must be embarrassed to take off your clothes like me. You must be able to eat a piece of melon and fruit. It has been chilled to keep you cool in one bite."
Hu Zong was covered in sweat at the moment. He really didn't want to be reserved with Wei Ba, so he sat down, picked up a piece of melon and ate it. Sure enough, as Wei Ba said, one bite was so cold that it made every pore in his body laugh.
"Where are you going to fight?" Wei Ba put one hand on the case and patted his thigh with the other, looking nonchalant.
"Shou Chun." After eating a piece of melon, Hu Zong calmed down a lot. He took the cloth from the maid and wiped his mouth.
"How many clay bombs are needed to fight Shouchun?"
Hu Zong was well prepared and asked: "How many clay bombs did the general use when he attacked Wancheng?"
Wei Ba thought for a while: "About 300,000 pieces."
Hu Zong was stunned, staring at Wei Ba for a while, and then said: "General, your number is a bit too high, isn't it? When we attacked Kunyang, we only used 100,000."
Wei Ba smiled, twirling the short beard on his lips, and winked: "Fight Wancheng first, then Kunyang, and you are the ones who are left. How can I do this if I don't spare a hand? You and I
To be honest, there were 300,000 pottery bombs at that time. Will you stop after attacking Kunyang? Attacking Wancheng is a hard task, attacking Kunyang is to help. The two are not the same. You will not deny this.
Bar."
Hu Zong felt a little bitter in his mouth. Sun Quan gave him the task of buying about 100,000 pieces, leaving some for research and the rest for attacking Shouchun. If he only bought more than a thousand pieces, Wei Ba would definitely become suspicious.
.Now Wei Ba said that it would cost at least 300,000 pieces to fight Shouchun. He simply didn’t have such a big budget.
"General, we are allies." Hu Zong was perfunctory while quickly weighing the pros and cons. "It's a bit unethical for you to perfunctory us like this. You must know that we put in a lot of effort when you attacked Nanyang."
"I know this." Wei Ba said calmly: "Otherwise, those 100,000 pottery bombs would not have been thrown in Kunyang, but in Wuchang."
"General, you..."
"Oh, don't be impatient." Wei Ba waved his hand disapprovingly: "I will guard against you, and you will guard against me. Everyone understands this tacitly, right? Let's get down to business. In addition to pottery bullets, do you want stone bullets? I can do that.
It’s cheaper and can be delivered to your door.”
"There is no need for stone bullets. Transporting them thousands of miles is too expensive. Let's spend some time and build them on the spot." Hu Zong went straight to the point: "General, you can't just raise the price."
"Where do you start talking about this?" Wei Ba asked back: "I have never sold this pottery bomb for takeout, so where did I get the price? Today is the first time I have set a price."
Hu Zong suddenly felt an ominous feeling. He looked at Wei Ba and felt that the smile on Wei Ba's face was very evil.
Wei Ba looked at Hu Zong jokingly, twirled his fingers, and said with a sincere face: "Hu Jun, since it is a business, let's follow the habits of businessmen, and we will skip those empty words and politeness. I also know that you,
The Wu State is full of talented people. Once this pottery arrives in your Wu State, it won't take long to be copied. This business is probably just a one-time deal, and I can't expect repeat customers. So..."
Wei Ba raised one finger and spread his five fingers. "A pottery bullet costs a thousand dollars. The starting price is 500,000 pieces. There is no upper limit. The more the merrier."
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Happy New Year, please give me a guaranteed monthly ticket!