A very clear expression passed between Sun Ru's eyebrows.
But the eyes flashed, and she was still the princess of Soochow who cared about her mother and brother, and her and Lu Xun's family.
"If Boyan goes, he will be exposed easily. Why don't you... let me contact this merchant for you and test his tone to see if there are any opportunities in Soochow."
"It's not Soochow." Lu Xun's voice suddenly became heavier and he said every word, "It's the Lu Jiajun, it's me... and you!"
When he mentioned this, his eyes sparkled.
Those extremely sharp eyes were directed at Sun Ru, and the aura was so powerful that it was like a fierce flame rolling straight towards him. Ordinary people would be afraid that they would be knocked down immediately.
Sun Ru also pursed her lips subconsciously. She had never seen her husband with such a fierce expression.
On the contrary, it was Lu Xun. He raised his head and faced the sky... What he couldn't help but think of was his energy over the years.
If the story of "Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang" starts with a bowl and ends with a country.
So for Lu Xun, his story is the opening card, and what he has to do is to win over the entire deck!
Fifteen years ago, when Lu Xun was seventeen, his cousin Lu Ji was twelve.
Twelve-year-old Lu Ji is the head of the Lu family, but he is young, so Lu Xun acts as the head of the family.
The "family" of the Lu family, one of the four major families in Soochow, is the lineage of Lu Xun's fourth grandfather, Lu Kang. The fourth grandfather's house holds all the resources of the Lu family, and Lu Xun of the third grandfather's house can only be regarded as a "branch" of the side branch.
Originally, Lu Xun's growth trajectory was just like the trajectory of any "family separation" in this world, gradually being submerged in the vicissitudes of troubled times.
But...an incident in the first year of Xingping completely changed Lu Xun's fate.
——He was dealt the most critical card!
That was when Sun Ce was ordered by Yuan Shu to attack Lu Kang, the head of the Lu family, who was stationed in Lujiang.
In this battle, Sun Ce was victorious, half of the Lu family died, and the fourth master's house suffered almost all casualties. It was then the turn of Lu Xun from the third master's house to become the acting patriarch of the Lu family.
Later, the Lu family's enemy Sun Ce died and Sun Quan took over.
As the acting patriarch, Lu Xun chose to "put aside the past grudges" and "be magnanimous" when faced with the Sun family, which had a blood feud with his family. He cooperated with the Sun family and supported Sun Quan.
Four years later, his uncle Lu Ji was twenty-two years old. Logically speaking, Lu Xun should hand over his position as the head of the Lu family, so-called "returning everything to its original owner."
Unfortunately, Sun Quan sent Lu Ji to be assigned... No, he was appointed to Jiaozhou as the governor of Yulin. There were many oranges in Yulin, so it was perfect for Lu Ji, who was young and pregnant with oranges, to go there!
And my uncle Lu Ji is from Jiaozhou? How to be the patriarch of the Lu family?
Therefore, Lu Xun was still the head of the Lu family. Until his uncle Lu Ji, who had been pregnant with Orange all his life, died in Jiaozhou, the head of the Lu family never changed again.
Lu Xun, who was born in a "separated family", had secured his position in the "Zong family" for decades. His status gradually increased as Sun Quan secured his position in Jiangdong.
The reason for this is not because of his "humility", but because of his transparency and forbearance.
In these troubled times, human life is like a piece of grass.
What is the hatred of the past?
Didn’t it mean that half of the Lu family died at the hands of Sun Ce?
He, Lu Xun, could not care less and married Sun Ce's daughter Sun Ru without blinking an eye. Others said that grudges were forgotten with a smile, but he, Lu Xun, "married and lost grudges with each other." He turned hostility into friendship. Is that enough?
Where did this happen?
The bigger "pattern" of Lu Xun is that he even changed his name.
Lu Xun was originally called Lu Yi. The reason why he changed his name to Lu Xun was because the character "Xun" was written like this, with the character "Sun" at the top and "Zou Zhi Di" at the bottom. In ancient times, the "Zu Zhi Di" was "Lu". Lu Xun's name was
By changing your name, you are clearly telling Sun Quan that our Lu family is willing to support your Sun family for the rest of our lives!
This marriage, this name change!
How could Sun Quan not appreciate and support this acting patriarch of the Lu family?
After that, it was familiar. Lu Xun played a card and made it into a company.
Sun Quan wanted to develop Jiangdong and farm fields, so he needed money!
Who has money? The Lu family has money!
Therefore, the patriarch Lu Xun became the captain of the field camp.
When a disaster occurs and we need money for disaster relief, who has the money?
The Lu family still had money, so the patriarch Lu Xun went to provide disaster relief.
Isn't it a coincidence that Sun Quan wants to build an elite army capable of fighting? Armor, weapons, and horses all require money. Isn't it a coincidence? The Lu family is poor and only has money left.
Even if Shanyue in Jiangdong is in chaos, how can we appease Shanyue?
If you raise them and provide for them, won't you stop causing chaos?
But keeping him seems to cost money!
…It’s still Lu Xun, the Lu family is not short of money.
Therefore, in the entire Soochow, whoever went to attack Shanyue came back in despair. Only Lu Xun not only returned victorious, but also surrendered 10,000 Shanyue soldiers.
In history...the crossing of the river in white clothes was accomplished by these thousands of soldiers crossing the mountains.
How could Sun Quan not like such a Lu Xun and such a head of the Lu family? How could he not support him?
Along the way, Lu Xun was most aware of his difficulties.
He forbears, and for the sake of identity and status... he abandons his past feud with his enemy, marries his enemy's daughter, and changes his name to Lu Xun to express his loyalty.
After more than ten years of hard work...
Why did Lu Xun do all this?
Isn’t it just to chase the highest step by step, step by step, step by step, and be the existence in the land of Soochow, where one person is lower than ten thousand people!
Do you want to be the one who starts with one card and joins the entire deck - Lu Xun and Lu Shen?
It was precisely because of this that when he heard his wife mention that she was going to spy on the merchant for Soochow, Lu Xun subconsciously interrupted.
——It’s not Soochow, it’s Lu Jiajun, it’s Lu Xun himself!
Lu Xun is selfish, he only loves himself!
The superficial affection between husband and wife is due to the forbearance in the heart.
Sleeping with the daughter of his enemy every night, who can understand the pain and helplessness in Lu Xun's heart these years?
Now…
Sun Quan was defeated in Xiaoyaojin, and the brave warriors in Jiangdong were all discouraged. Now was Lu Xun's opportunity to "make further progress".
He felt that he was about to reach the elusive position of "the Commander-in-Chief of the Jiangdong Army".
Before that, he must make the Lu family army more capable of fighting, and equip the Shanyue people he raised with the most sophisticated and most restrained weapons against the northern cavalry, and then... if there is no sound, it will be enough, and with a sound, it will soar into the sky and put Soochow in Xiaoyaojin.
Take back everything you lose!
Only in this way can his prestige soar to the sky again!
Only in this way can his cards... be immortal!
"Bo Yan, what's wrong with you?"
At this moment, Sun Ru bit her lip and quickly asked Lu Xun, her words were a little timid.
He felt that Lu Xun was a little strange today.
call…
After taking a long breath, Lu Xun quickly restrained his ambition and selfishness, and he became the husband who loved his wife again.
"I was so excited just now..."
Lu Xun's voice was apologetic.
Hearing the gentleness of his voice, I noticed that the "fiery and majestic" aura on his body gradually dissipated.
Sun Ru then took a step closer to Lu Xun, "Bo Yan was not like this in the past... Is it so inevitable for Boyan to get these weapons?"
call…
Lu Xun breathed softly again, gathered his thoughts, and spoke meticulously.
"Madam, haven't you understood yet? Soochow is a big dyeing vat. In this big dyeing vat, you can either dye others into your own color, or you can just go with the flow and let them be dyed into other people's colors!"
Lu Xun lowered his voice and mused: "In Soochow, only the stronger you are, the better you can protect yourself. Doesn't the tragic ending of Zhou Yu and Taishi Ci prove this? The same is true for the wife's mother and the brother's belonging. For
Family, in order for my wife to find out the truth about my mother and brother, I, Lu Xun, dare not slack off for a day!"
"These ordnances are an opportunity. The Lu family is not short of money, but they are short of methods to restrain the northern cavalry. As long as the Lu family's army can defeat Zhang Liao and regain what Xiaoyaojin Shang and Wu Hou lost, then... how can Madam meet
If not for my mother and younger brother, who can rival the prestige of the Lu family in the entire Jiangdong? Therefore, you and I are not doing this for Soochow, we are doing it only for the Lu family, and for you and me!"
Lu Xun was persuading Sun Ru... using Da Qiao and Sun Shao to persuade Sun Ru.
Da Qiao and Sun Shao are Sun Ru’s weaknesses!
These words indeed touched her most sensitive nerve.
"I...I know what to do!"
Sun Ru pursed her lips, "I will contact this merchant, test them without revealing anything, and test their tone."
"No need!" Lu Xun exclaimed: "They are reselling arms again, and they specifically chose this time, in such a public place, how could they only sell it to that boy from the Guan family?"
"The site of the Four Battles in Jingzhou, Jiangling City is also the central area where all forces gather. I am afraid that this merchant knew early on that this place was full of eyes, and they were just using Guan Lin's hand to cause looting, hoarding, and raise prices.
…”
At this point, Lu Xun put his hand on Sun Ru's shoulder, "Madam, just tell them your purpose when you see them. If they are real arms dealers, they will understand the rules and won't ask us who the buyer is!"
Hearing this, Sun Ru nodded heavily, but still confirmed again and again, "Bo Yan, have you really decided? Use the Lu family's money, not Soochow's..."
"It's decided, this is the only way I can help you and the Lu family."
Lu Xun replied, with a slight smile in his words.
He was determined to obtain this batch of ordnance.
In Soochow, the military system was mainly based on the "Fubing System". This "Fubing System" was similar to the "co-governance by the king and the lord" during the Warring States Period of an island country in later generations.
Whoever raises his own army;
When there is a war, whoever has the soldiers will have to provide their own weapons, armor, and food;
If you win, everyone shares the benefits, and if you lose, everyone shares the risks.
Whoever has the most soldiers, horses, money, food, and land, and whose soldiers are the most capable of fighting, will have the greatest officials, which is fair and reasonable.
Similar to before, Taishi Ci was the most powerful, so he was a vassal!
Although Gan Ning was brave, he was not strong enough, so he could only be a fierce general. There was a huge gap in status between him.
As for Lu Xun, he wanted to achieve the position of "Grand Governor" below one person and above ten thousand people.
His ambition and selfishness destined him to control Soochow...
Then, he must make his soldiers the most capable of fighting!
"Okay..." Sun Ru's eyes were faint, and she once again felt her husband's "care", which made her figure show some softness.
She pursed her lips and met Lu Xun's gaze, "Bo Yan, please wait for my good news!"
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Forty-year-old Shi Huolong has two deep nasal and oral tattoos on his lips, which gives him a natural feeling of "repelling others from thousands of miles away".
However, when Mi Fang brought a glass of fragrant and pure wine in front of him, the so-called "rejecting people from thousands of miles away"... immediately disappeared.
"Ha ha ha ha…"
Shi Huolong raised the wine bottle and drank it all in one gulp.
He said to Mi Fang: "How could Prefect Mi know? This is what I like!"
When Mi Fang heard this, she also laughed heartily "hahahaha".
Immediately they clapped their hands, and the charming dancers slowly came out from both sides, moving lightly on their lotus steps, twisting their beautiful figures one by one, dancing gracefully in line with the soft music here.
Here is the most famous fireworks place in Gangneung City.
It was also the place where Mi Fang specially invited Shi Huolong and You Tanzhi to a banquet.
You Tanzhi didn't come, but Shi Huolong was watching the lithe beauty dancing in front of him, drinking bottle after bottle of fine wine, without even the slightest hint of "rejecting others", and he was smiling happily.
Open your mouth from ear to ear.
"It is said that scholars, farmers, workers, merchants, and those of us who travel in the world are the most looked down upon by others... I am flattered and flattered by the arrangement made by Grand Master Mi!"
Shi Huolong looked grateful.
But Mi Fang quickly waved his hand. With the drunkenness, he sat next to Shi Huolong and took Shi Huolong's hand. "Brother Shi is talking about this scholar, farmer, worker, merchant... My brother, that is, my brother, he told me
Pass…"
Mi Fang deliberately used the word "I" to get closer to Shi Huolong.
Mi Fang was very interested in the merchant Shi Huolong and the master he mentioned.
In addition, there is also the task of the bus agent. He is here to talk about the batch of arms.
"The scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants are from Guanzi. He said that these four peoples, the scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants, are the country's stone people." Mi Fang waved her hand, "In my opinion, besides being able to fart, Guan Zhong
, knows nothing...he, he, he...why does he divide people into three, six or nine grades, and why does he put us merchants at the bottom, that is, he will die early, otherwise...I will beat him to death!"
Although he is the governor of Jiangling...
But a series of vulgar words came out of Mi Fang's mouth, and when combined with his earthy, fat, and round image, they did not go against his will at all.
Speaking of which, of the two Mi brothers, the eldest brother Mi Zhu is personable, well-read, and gentle.
The second brother Mi Fang has not liked studying since he was a child. He is only interested in money and business...
Scholars, farmers, workers, merchants!
He had long disliked Guan Zhong, and now he spoke the truth under the influence of alcohol.
"Hahahaha..." Shi Huolong just laughed, "Prefect Mi is literate, unlike a rough guy like me who only knows how to do business! I don't know what a guanzi is."
Mi Fang's words touched on Shi Huolong's knowledge blind spot.
But that's not important. Mi Fang turned the topic to arms.
"Actually, there used to be a man named Guan who only knew how to fart. He ranked us businessmen as the most despicable, and treated him like a hammer... I don't even think about it. There are so many princes today. If there were no such people like us in the arms business, what would these princes fight for?
How to hit? Do you really have to use your fist to swing it upward? Isn’t that ridiculous? "
Hmm…
Shi Huolong heard some profound meaning from these words.
He blinked and asked Mi Fang.
"Prefect Mi is also in the arms business!"
this…
Mi Fang was slightly startled, but he quickly came back to his senses.
Although Guan Yu cannot know about this matter, it is okay to tell his "fellow" Shi Huolong.
"I understand a little bit...Actually, I'm just making small fuss, I just understand a little bit!"
Just a little fuss...
Historically, it was because of Mi Fang and Fu Shiren that they were reselling military supplies, ordnance, and corrupting military rations... which led to the inability to collect military supplies and military rations for the Northern Expedition.
So, in order to cover up the evidence of his crime, he burned down the warehouse containing the ordnance. This made Guan Yu furious and threatened to deal with Mi Fang when he returned from the Northern Expedition.
But Mi Fang is Liu Bei's brother-in-law, and the Mi family was one of the first ones to take refuge with Liu Bei. With this status, coupled with his past achievements, it stands to reason... Guan Yu can say that after all, he, Mi Fang, is living his life as usual, with nothing to fear!
Guan Yu is more aggressive? Do you really dare to kill him?
But unfortunately, the turning point occurred after the Seventh Army was flooded.
Guan Yu was so good at fighting that he was able to hit... so Liu Bei directly gave him the "False Festival Yue".
This Jie Jie Yue is equivalent to doing things on behalf of Liu Bei!
Likewise, let’s take a closer look at this holiday yue.
That was when Guan Yu returned from victory and directly beheaded Mi Fang and Fu Shiren. When Wang Laozi came that day, they couldn't save them.
Based on this, Mi Fang took the most shameless step of "voting to Wu".
Became a famous member of the infamous and shameless alliance in history!
It also directly led to Guan Yu's death.
Indirectly caused Liu Bei's death.
Ji Han's good situation disappeared overnight.
All of this, tracing back to its roots, originated from Mi Fang's so-called "small-scale" arms business!