Sun Quan put down the urgent report in his hand, sighed a long time, supported his forehead with one hand, rubbed his eyebrows with his fingers, and felt worried...

After conquering Kunyang, the Wei army retreated on its entire line, and the heavy troops gathered in Yingchuan, Qiaopei, Sun Shao and others rushed in, occupying almost half of Xuzhou. They were about to approach Yanzhou, but because of insufficient strength, they could not continue to expand the results of the war.

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This feeling of watching the fruit hang on the tree is only a short distance away but can't get it anyway, which almost made Sun Quan uneasy.

Just when Sun Quan was thinking about how to accumulate strength and launch another attack, Zhou Feng and Chen Biao sent him a message: Wei Ba built ships in Jiaozhou. There is nothing strange about shipbuilding. The Wu Navy dominated the world. There were three large shipyards and the Nanhai County.

Panyu is a shipyard with a scale second only to Yuzhang Shipyard. Wei Ba did not master the South China Sea, so it was expected that he would switch to shipbuilding in Hepu.

However, Zhou Feng's report mentioned a problem: Judging from various signs, Wei Ba seemed to be focusing on improving the ship's wind and wave resistance.

This is a big problem.

After years of melee, especially the just-concluded Battle of Nanyang, as long as anyone with some knowledge realizes one thing, that is, the emergence of a new technology will often bring unexpected results.

Wei Ba was able to break the Wei Navy and now he was able to conquer Wancheng in one fell swoop because he mastered new technology. This technology was not available to others, so once he took action, he took the lead and achieved great achievements that others could not achieve.

This is the same as gambling. Everyone wants to have a chip that others can’t imagine. They can take it out at critical moments and catch the other party off guard. But no one wants the opponent to have a chip that they can’t imagine. It’s just this kind of thing.

Maybe, it's enough to make people feel panicked.

What's more, Sun Quan has seen the power of Wei Ba's technology many times.

Sun Quan himself tried the ship many times and knew how important the warship's ability to resist wind and waves is to the navy. To a certain extent, perhaps the ability to resist wind and waves is more important than the ability to resist strikes. Because the power of heaven and earth is much stronger than the arrow stone.

A strong wind blew, and once the warship capsized, no matter how powerful the weapons or the elite soldiers had, they would lose their place of use and could only leave it to fate.

Wei Ba built a ship, and his goal seemed to be very clear, that was the State of Wu.

Sun Quan himself also knew that Tian Wuer said that after destroying Wei, Wu and Shu would have a battle in order to fight for the world, which was only a matter of time. The current alliance was just to destroy Wei first, and there was no real morality.

Therefore, while cooperating with each other, Sun Quan's defense against Shu Han was not more relaxed than that against Wei.

But what made him very disappointed was that he was still the weakest among the Three Kingdoms. Even if Wei lost Guanzhong one after another, Longyou and Nanyang, Wei was still stronger than Wu. If Longyou was lost, Wei was after all.

There is also You Bing in his hand, and he can still maintain some of the cavalry, but he is attacked on both sides, and he is both powerful enemies.

If Wei Ba makes a breakthrough on the warship and surpasses Wu in all respects, who can guarantee that Shu Han will not destroy Wu before destroying Wei??

When Sun Quan thought of the battle between Li Yan and Zhuge Liang, he felt that this surname was even greater. What other chances could Li Yan have to make contributions besides attacking Wu? As for Wei Ba, he could rise miraculously, and he was completely standing in Wu.

The humiliation of the king and his subjects.

Sun Quan thought about it and sent someone to invite Fei Yi: After you agreed, after you conquered Wancheng, you will give me the stone bullet production technology. Now Nanyang has also succeeded, and the rewards from the court have also been given. The stone bullet production technology

It's time to give it to me, right?

Fei Yi agreed and I will repay the general and see when he will fulfill his promise.

Sun Quan was so angry that he almost turned over the table. It has been several months since you decided, and you are still going to rush it. Is there any credit?

Fei Yi had no choice but to spread his hands. King, this matter was decided by the general at the beginning. If he disagreed, I can't help it. I'm going to worry. To be honest, these technologies are secrets of our country. Can the general give it to you?

I have no idea. In my opinion, you should do another thing first. Another thing seems to be at least reliable than the stone bullet production technology, and taking this opportunity, you can still use the general again,

The Prime Minister talks.

Only then did Sun Quan remember another thing: proclaiming himself emperor.

That's right, when Zhuge Liang promised him to help Li Yan take Nanyang, Shu Han agreed to Sun Quan as emperor. Now it's time to be emperor, but Sun Quan felt that he had to think about it again. Two tigers lie next to him.

, I am a deer that may be eaten by others at any time and isn’t I causing trouble for myself?

It seems that allies are unreliable. If you really want to be emperor with peace of mind, you must have strong strength.

Sun Quan found Zhang Fen. He told Zhang Fen about Wei Ba's shipbuilding in Jiaozhou, and then said, "Can you find a way to solve this problem as soon as possible, at least not leave behind Wei Ba."

Zhang Fen looked embarrassed. Recently, in order to overcome the stone bomb production technology, he has been busy and sleepy. If you want to improve the warship, you will split him in half, which is not enough.

Seeing Zhang Fen look embarrassed, Sun Quan sighed. Zhang Fen is smart, but it is still a bit difficult to compare with Wei Ba.

Talent, who wins others will win the world, and who loses others will lose the world. Sun Quan completely understood this sentence at this time, but he was even more melancholy. There was also a genius in Wei State, Ma Jun, and Wu State could find somewhere to go for a while.

Talents who compete with Wei Ba?

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In desperation, Sun Quan had to come and ask Lu Xun again. After hearing Sun Quan's worries, Lu Xun thought quietly for a while: "King, I remembered a person. I dare not assert whether he could compare with Wei Ba. But

His skills should not be inferior to Zhang Fen."

"Is that true? Why didn't Bo Yan mention what kind of talent before?"

Lu Xun smiled helplessly and said lightly: "Have you heard of Ba Jue?"

Sun Quan thought about it and couldn't help but frown: "Are they the warlocks who are known as Wu Fan, Liu Dun, Zhao Da and others?"

Lu Xun said: "Although the person I am talking about is not a sorcerer, his intelligence is especially above these eight people. The armillary sphere he made is very skillful, and even Yu Zhongxiang praised it."

Sun Quan understood a little: "Wu people?"

Lu Xun nodded and didn't say anything more. Sun Quan was a little embarrassed and opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. He just accused Lu Xun of not recommending it to him. Now that he knows that this person is from Wu, he knows how difficult it is for Lu Xun.

He did it. He sighed and said, "Who else?"

"King, I think it is certainly necessary to find a skilled craftsman, but I think it is inappropriate to hope for one person. I think it is wrong for Wei Ba to improve on the thunder cart. I think it is not his own, but the craftsmen in the school.

The hard work.”

Sun Quan was very surprised and hurriedly urged Lu Xun to say more details.

"King, you must have noticed the similarities and differences between the Battle of Xiangyang and the Battle of Wancheng." Lu Xun cleared his throat and said slowly: "While Wei Ba was not on the scene during the Battle of Xiangyang, but if he had such skills, he would have been able to do so.

At that time, Li Yan would not fail to provide it to Li Yan. Li Yan mobilized his troops to conquer Xiangyang and Fancheng in one fell swoop, which could greatly enhance morale and quickly advance the war to the Wancheng area, which could save a lot of time and ultimately not go to our country.

Borrowing food. It can be seen that Wei Ba did not know this technology at that time. After that, he was busy with the battle and did not have time to make these technological improvements. However, when he arrived in Wancheng, he suddenly invented a new tactic. Isn’t this?

Suspicious?”

Sun Quan pondered for a moment, his face became even more ugly. It was already difficult for a Wei Ba to deal with, and with so many skilled craftsmen, how could he fight?

"The king, compared with Wei Ba's outstanding personal skills, he is truly brilliant in cultivating craftsmen in the school. After all, one person's power is limited. Only by using the power of everyone can one truly be invincible in the world."

Sun Quan frowned and looked at Lu Xun vigilantly. He doubted whether Lu Xun was urging him to relax his suppression of the Jiangdong clan and promote a large number of talents from the Jiangdong people. Lu Xun was right, although the Jianghuai people were

Wu State also occupies an important position in the court, but the number of people is too small after all. If we want to talk about the number of talents, we naturally cannot be compared with the Jiangdong clan. However, Lu Xun only considered the problem from the perspective of the Jiangdong clan. Why didn't he think about it? As the King of Wu, he

There is no need to avoid checks and balances, otherwise he will lose control of the court.

Seeing Sun Quan remained silent, Lu Xun sighed secretly and changed the topic.

"King, I heard that Wei Ba is not only proficient in mechanical art, but also proficient in morality. The reason why he is outstanding in mechanical art is that he is proficient in morality."

Sun Quan is skeptical.

"About the physics of the law, I have another candidate to recommend to the king, and the king can pay attention to it."

"Who?" Sun Quan was already a little impatient. He probably was from Wu again.

"Zhao Shuang Zhao Junqing, Kuaiji."

Sun Quan's eyes flashed and he thought. "I seem to have heard of this person, but I can't remember who recommended it."

"Zhao Junqing and Yu Zhongxiang are fellow villagers and have a close relationship. Could it be that Yu Zhongxiang mentioned him?"

Sun Quan nodded repeatedly. When he thought of Yu Fan, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Yu Fan is a man with knowledge, ability, and loyalty, but his temper is too bad, and he repeatedly gave up his face in public. Otherwise, he wouldn't have

He drove this talent to Jiaozhou. Yu Fan went to Jiaozhou and helped him a lot before he died. If it weren't for Yu Fan, maybe the Nanhai would have been lost now.

Thinking about Yu Fan, looking at Lu Xun in front of him, Sun Quan suddenly found that there were a few more white hairs on Lu Xun's beard. Thinking of his experience in the past few years, Sun Quan couldn't help but feel soft.

"I will immediately send someone to summon Ge Heng and Zhao Shuang. As for the school affairs, Bo Yan, we will make a long-term plan."

Lu Xun nodded silently, but a sadness surged in his heart. When has it been now? Sun Quan was wary of the string of the Jiangdong family still tensed tightly and refused to relax. You don’t need these talents, so others can

It's used, and it's too late for you to regret it. He wants to give it a lot, but he understands his current situation better. He may be afraid that it will backfire, making Sun Quan even more suspicious of his intentions.

Do your best and leave your destiny. Maybe this is God's will.

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Chapter completed!