Chapter 136 Key Person - Lu Su
Liu Bei actually has a craftsmanship shop here, but Liu Yi is obviously not satisfied. In this regard, Liu Yi has great autonomy and directly ordered people to demolish and rebuild it. In this regard, it is also a major advantage of Liu Bei.
After handing over the matter to others, I will not ask more questions, nor will I point fingers from the side. If I were replaced by another monarch, I might not be willing to support this kind of prodigal behavior when I was in poverty.
However, a workshop with attributes can at least obtain a working efficiency attribute, which can greatly improve the production efficiency of craftsmen. Although it takes some to build a workshop, it is necessary to buy time and quality. Liu Yi thinks it is very necessary. In fact, this is true. In the next two days, Liu Bei found that the weapons and armor produced by the craftsmen in the craftsmen not only have better weapons, but also have considerable production speed. If you give more time, the entire Liu Bei army will be equipped with excellent armor, and weapons are possible.
Liu Bei took Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to inspect the workshop, picked up a spear, weighed it for a moment, Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei beside him and smiled, "What do Yide think of this spear?"
"It's really much better than our army's previous weapons." Zhang Fei gave a pertinent evaluation. He was a man who used a spear. Although the weight of the Snake Spear could not be popularized by the entire army, Zhang Fei's eyes could still see the extraordinaryness of this spear.
Although I haven't tried it, for masters who are good at using spears, they can detect the quality of the spear once they start.
"It's strange!" Zhang Fei looked at the craftsmen and said, "These people were also making weapons for me before, and the weapons they created were not so exquisite, but for some reason, they can now create such equipment."
These equipment, let alone equipped with soldiers, is not bad even if it is used for generals.
Zhang Fei said, pulling a familiar soldier over, glaring around his eyes, and shouting, "Say, have you never done your best in the past?"
"General is wronged!" The craftsman did not have the confidence of Liu Yi. He heard this and knelt down on the ground: "I don't know why. Since the craftsman general came here and distributed our salary, when we forged it, it seemed as if there was help from God."
The craftsman's General was the official title set by Liu Bei for Liu Yi. He had no real power, but his grade was not low, which was the same as Zhuge Liang's military advisor General.
"I said no, he gave you money, and you would fight with all your heart. Could it be that I blamed me for not paying you money on weekdays?" Zhang Fei was furious when he heard this and picked up the craftsman.
"Third General, this is not the case. I don't know why this is so!" the craftsman said with a sad face.
"Yide, don't be reckless." Guan Yu grabbed Zhang Fei and shouted.
Liu Bei touched his beard and smiled, "This may be the magical part of Bo Yuan."
"What's so magical?" Zhang Fei snorted coldly, "I'll come here tomorrow and ask Liu Yi to send me money. I want to see what his ability is?"
Zhang Fei also casts it. When Guan Yu was captured and the three brothers were separated, Zhang Fei gathered a group of people to seize the city and recruit soldiers and horses, and he personally created weapons.
"It's up to you." Liu Bei shook his head helplessly. He also hoped that through this incident, Zhang Fei would be convinced by Liu Yi as Zhuge Liang made Guan Yu and Zhang Fei convinced him, and then he remembered something, looked around and said, "Why didn't you see Bo Yuan?"
"Go back to the lord." The craftsman quickly bowed and said, "General Zhonglang has been studying shipbuilding techniques in the water village these two days."
"Building a ship?" Liu Bei was a little surprised and then smiled and said, "It just happened that nothing happened, I'll go and have a look."
"Lord." Just as he was about to go out, he saw a small school coming in and bowing to Liu Bei, "Young Master Liu Qi is asking for a meeting."
"Please...better go to greet him in person." Liu Bei said quickly. Liu Qi is now the biggest force in Jiangxia, and Liu Bei also needs to rely on him. He immediately didn't care about Liu Yi's shipbuilding anymore, so he took people to greet Liu Qi.
Liu Qi came this time to resist the Cao army. Although Mocheng had won for a while, Liu Qi's general Zhou Ben died inexplicably in an assassination in Mocheng. Liu Qi suspected that it was done by the people of Mocheng, and Liu Bei went to lobby himself. In addition, Liu Qi was not as heavy as he thought Zhou Ben, so the matter was left unresolved. However, with Cao's frequent mobilizations in recent days, Liu Qi was a little worried that although Cao's army might come to attack, he came to Liu Bei to discuss countermeasures in person.
The pressure of Cao's army is also the pressure of everyone now. After hearing Liu Qi's words, Liu Bei turned his head and looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "Sir, do you have any plan to retreat to Cao's army?"
Zhuge Liang thought for a while and said, "Cao's army is powerful now, and it is difficult for us to fight. It is better to go to the Eastern Wu to support us and make the two armies of the north and the south stalwarts, so that we can benefit from it."
Actually, these words had been discussed before, but at this moment, they were for Liu Qi to hear that Sun and Liu Biao had a grudge against their father. Zhuge Liang hoped that Liu Qi could put the overall situation first, give up the conflicts between the two sides, cooperate first, deal with Cao's army, and then talk about others.
Liu Bei glanced at Liu Qi and shook his head and said, "There are many wise men in Jiangdong, so there are no far-reaching plans. How can we go and surrender, so how can we stand up to you?"
Liu Qi didn't have much objection to this. Of course, it was impossible to ask him to go to Jiangdong, but if both sides wanted to cooperate, it might not be impossible. After all, Cao's army is too strong at the moment. Now it seems that Liu Bei may not be reliable. News a few days ago that the brother he surrendered was killed by Cao's army, which also made him lose his intention to surrender to Cao Cao. It would be nice to bring Jiangdong as a backer now. Of course, it depends on what Jiangdong means.
Seeing that Liu Qi was not speaking, Zhuge Liang probably understood what Liu Qi meant and smiled and said, "Now Cao Cao is lying in Jianghan with millions of tigers. How can Jiangdong not let people come to find out the truth? If he got this person, Liang would like to go to Jiangdong with one sail and say that the two armies of the north and the south stationed each other. If the southern army wins, they will kill Cao Cao to seize the land of Jingzhou. If the northern army wins, they will take advantage of the situation to seize Jiangdong as their foundation."
Liu Bei nodded frequently when he heard this, "Sir, this is a very high opinion, but I don't know when the people from Jiangdong will arrive?"
Zhuge Liang was about to speak when someone came to report: "Lord, a Jiangdong envoy, Lu Su, came to mourn, and the boat was already on the shore."
Zhuge Liang laughed and said, "The big thing is settled."
"How can you explain this sir?" Liu Qi said curiously.
Zhuge Liang asked with a smile: "Young Master, when Sun Ce died in the past, did Xiangyang send someone to mourn?"
Liu Qi shook his head and said, "Jiangdong has a grudge against my father to kill him. Sun Ce has also come to attack several times in the past. How can he have such a ceremony?"
Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "In this way, Lu Su is here to be mourned as a false, and to find out the truth is the truth."
At this time, Liu Yi dragged his tired body in. In the past two days, he has been studying the method of walking on the boat and found that he has entered a misunderstanding of thinking. He has always felt that the ships of this era should be flat-bottomed ships, but in fact, whether walking on the boat or walking on the boat, the bottom of the boat has a certain arc. He also combined the keels he had studied before and how to walk on the boat. In the past few days, he finally made a finished ship. At this time, he came here to discuss with Liu Bei that he built a few more ships, increase investment, and make a few building ships, so that he can remain unbeaten in the water war in the future.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and a young man in his thirties in his erotic clothes inside. He quickly put away his casual expression and bowed to Liu Bei, saying, "I have met the emperor's uncle."
"Boyuan came just right, this one is my brother Jingsheng's son, young master Liu Qi." Liu Bei smiled and recommended to both parties: "Young Master, this is the lord of Mo City, Liu Yi, now he is the craftsman in my tent and is the General of the Central Army."
Liu Qi nodded slightly: "I am full of talents under my uncle."
Liu Yi also smiled and greeted him. Liu Qi was not willing to pay attention to him, and he was too lazy to put his face on him. At Liu Bei's instructions, Liu Yi sat down in the tent.
Liu Bei turned to Zhuge Liang and said, "Since this Jiangdong envoy is trying to spy on military information, how are Kong Ming prepared?"
Zhuge Liang gently shook the feather fan and smiled and said, "When Lu Suru asked about the movements of Cao's army, the lord only said he didn't know. If he asked again and again, the lord just needed to ask him to ask Liang."
Liu Bei nodded, showing his understanding, and ordered someone to invite Lu Su in.
Liu Yi was also very curious about what this good man who was said to have contributed to the Sun-Liu alliance in the early stage. After a while, a man in Confucian clothes came in and bowed slightly to Liu Bei and Liu Qi.
After a few simple greetings between the two sides, Liu Bei welcomed everyone into the back hall to drink.
It was another politeness. After drinking two cups of wine, Lu Su smiled at Liu Bei and said, "I have heard that the emperor's name has been very disappointed. I have seen him today. I feel very relieved. Recently, I heard that the emperor's uncle was fighting with the Cao army. I must know the reality of the Cao army, but I don't know how powerful the Cao army is?"
Liu Bei shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I'm not hiding it from sir, the soldiers are small and the generals are small. When you hear that the soldiers are here, you will leave. You don't know the truth."
Lu Su naturally disbelief and asked with a smile: "I heard that the emperor's uncle used Zhuge Kongming's plan, and Cao's army was burned to death and his courage fell from two burning scenes. Why don't you know?"
Liu Bei shook his head and said, "We need to ask Kong Ming this, but Bei really doesn't know."
Liu Yi was shocked by the side. If it weren't for the fact that he hadn't been here just now, he would have believed it.
Liu Bei pointed at Zhuge Liang and smiled and said, "This is Kong Ming."
When Lu Su heard this, he looked at Zhuge Liang and greeted him with a smile.
Next is the tentative confrontation between the two languages, making relationships, making friendships, and then showing the interests. In fact, the set of emotional cards used by modern people were left over in ancient times. Although civilization is progressing, many things are unchanging throughout the ages.
Liu Yi really learned this time. Looking at the sincere expressions of both sides, it made people feel that they really wanted to beg for a friend immediately, but the invisible battle between words was unyielding, as if they could see an invisible war fighting in the air. As for the final result, Zhuge Liang got what he wanted, and Liu Yi didn't know what Lu Su wanted, but he obviously achieved his goal, which made Liu Yi admire the wisdom of the ancients' words and even more than modern.
Chapter completed!