All the children of the gentry, mainly Liu Meng, Zhang De and Bao Zhong, were released, and Lu Su was with the nine of them. Lu Su didn't say a word all the way! His face was very ugly, who made Lu Su a prisoner! He, Lu Su, originally thought that he could follow the Ming Lord and achieve a hegemony. Even after the failure of Wancheng, Lu Su gave Sun Ce a desperate plan, hoping to win the Lujiang Battle, but in the end, he was defeated and captured. Sun Ce, who had already occupied Wancheng, had to withdraw his troops. The Battle of Lujiang was a complete failure!
This is the first time that Lu Su has really stepped onto the stage of the world. It is the first time that he wants to show himself to the world, let the world know that he is Lu Su, but the first battle ended in this way! This is a shame to Lu Su. .
But the rest of the gentry children looked rejoicing, glad that they were still alive, and glad that Sun Cejun sent an envoy to pick him up! But these nine people looked down on each other, especially Liu Meng and Zhang De, who looked at each other with anger in their eyes.
Although Liu Meng was wearing a literati gown, one of the sleeves was empty. This was Zhang De's masterpiece, and Zhang De cut it off directly in order to escape for his own life. Hacked and killed, and because he passed out among the crowd, Liu Meng was not directly burned to death by the fire! In addition to these nine people, several other gentry children have died on the walls of Wancheng!
Now that Liu Meng is alive, he will naturally not give Zhang De a good look, and Zhang De is the same. At that time, everyone was running for their lives, so who would care about you? Zhang De regrets it now. Things, now that they return to Jiangdong, they will definitely be scolded by their elder brothers. The Liu family, like the Zhang family, is a prominent family in Jiangdong. Although it is impossible to turn their faces directly, this hatred is accepted.
The same scene happened to several other people. They could have shared the same hatred, but now they can't wait to dig up the graves of the other party's eighteen generations of ancestors, so that the hatred in their hearts can be relieved.
Bao Zhong didn't join in this kind of hatred, because he surrendered at the very beginning. At that time, the city wall was directly blocked by those black armored soldiers. Where did he escape? Could it be that he jumped off the city wall! Bao Zhong is not stupid, jumping down is looking for death, and the family that has been captured the most can exchange it with a little money and food. He is the young master of the Bao family, and his father is definitely willing to be such a son. Now he wants to It was the young archer of Lu Bu's army. At first, Bao Zhong thought that his archery skills had reached the peak and was unparalleled in the world. Even if there was someone who could beat him, he would be a veteran. For example, Lu Bu. Even if he lost, it would be a glorious defeat, but who would have thought that before he met Lu Bu, he would be beaten to pieces by a young general of Lu Bu's army. Although Bao Zhong was arrogant, he also admitted that he was really good at shooting arrows It's not that young general's opponent, who the hell is he! Bao Zhong has been thinking about this question since he was captured.
Only these ten men, Lu Bu, arranged for a change of clothes for the servants. The other captured soldiers were not so comfortable. They were still placed in the prison in Wancheng, but now they have been given more food. Wancheng would not have kept these enemies before, if Sun Cejun was not afraid, then Lu Bu would not mind killing them all secretly! After all, Lu Bu's army had no extra food and grass to feed the enemy.
"Nephew Bao Zhongxian, brother Zhang Dexian, brother Liu Meng...!" Zhang Zhao greeted these people, and only Bao Zhong and Lu Su could make Zhang Zhao look sideways at these people, and the others were all trash in Zhang Zhao's eyes. They are rich and rich, they are very proficient in fighting for power, scheming and assassinating people, and they are also very strong in taking advantage, but once they come to the real thing, they are more cowardly than one. These nine people are money! But Zhang Zhao had no choice but to greet them, because these nine people represented nine big aristocratic families. Even if Sun Cejun occupied Jiangdong, he would have to give face to these nine families. The most obvious thing is to pay taxes to these nine families. Where the nine families lived, their taxes were all exempted by Sun Ce!
"Uncle Zhang!" Bao Zhong responded obviously out of his mind, cupping his fists.
"Brother Zhang Zhaoxian!" "Brother Zhang Zhao!" Zhang De and Liu Meng also began to say hello, and they both spoke in unison, but then snorted coldly together again!
"What's the situation?!" Zhang Zhao saw that there was something wrong between the two of them, and it was obvious that they were a bit different, but he didn't think too much about the specific reasons. He still had important things to do later! So let go.
"Zijing!" Lu Su was at the end of the ten people, Zhang Zhao saw him, and pulled Lu Su to speak, but Lu Su didn't have such a polite idea, but went straight to the point "Zhang Zhao Sir, I would like to ask, how much did the lord pay to exchange me for the trash!"
Lu Su's words were very harsh, directly making those nine people very angry, even Bao Zhong frowned at Lu Su, what does this sentence mean, they are trash? Bao Zhong also knew that there were not many other talents and most of them were idiots, but you, Lu Su, don't even add me, Bao Zhong, Bao Zhong and Lu Su both have great ambitions.
The most annoying thing about trash is being called trash, especially Zhang De. He was originally the eldest son of the previous patriarch in the family. According to reason, he should inherit the Zhang family, but because of Zhang De's personal ability, he directly He was deprived of the position of Patriarch by his father, but a person was pulled from the outer room to inherit the position of Patriarch. You must know that the outer room used to respectfully call Zhang De the young master when he saw Zhang De, but now Zhang De is fine. De is going to be called Patriarch or Elder Brother, how can Zhang De not be aggrieved! This time Zhang De offered to lead troops out, in order to tell others that Zhang De was not bad, and Zhang De even wanted to take this opportunity to serve in Sun Ce's army. He wanted to leave the original Zhang family, but in Wancheng He was captured, and now Lu Su's words directly set Zhang De on fire.
"We're trash, aren't you Lu Su and Lu Zijing?!" Zhang De said with a sneer.
"I didn't say I'm not!" Lu Su was very indifferent. The previous battle of the Wancheng Navy Dazhai directly stunned him. Afterwards, Lu Su has been forcing himself to calm down, think, think, Where did Sun Cejun lose? Is it really so hard to beat a small Wancheng! The conclusion is not for other reasons but because Lu Su is too bad, he has too much to learn, although he is a bit smart, he still can't be alone! The kindness of Gongjin's recommendation made Lu Su even more ashamed.
"You!" Zhang Deyu choked, Lu Su admitted that he was a waste, you can't say anything else!
"Mr. Zhang Zhao, please tell Su, what price did the lord pay to get back my trash!" Lu Su still asked Zhang Zhao directly.
This kind of tone made Zhang Zhao very uncomfortable. It’s fine if you think you’re trash. Why do you want to get along with other people? I, Zhang Zhao, came all the way to rescue you. If you are trash, then I, Zhang Zhao, have no eyes Well! Even the waste has to be saved at a high price! Moreover, although Lu Su clasped his fists and asked, his tone was completely questioning. Zhang Zhao is not Lu Su's subordinate, his official position is a bit higher than Lu Su's, and his age can make Lu Su call himself Uncle Shi!
Even if you want to ask, now is not the place! This place is still on Wancheng Street, you are a big crowd, ask something Zhang Zhao held back his anger, "Let's go back to the mansion first, and talk about other things after dinner!"
Seeing that Zhang Zhao was unwilling to answer and did not force him, Lu Su could only nod his head. The other nine people also went to the mansion with Zhang Zhao to talk about the suffering of these days. Only Lu Su did not say a word. Finally, after the banquet was over, Lu Su followed Zhang Zhao, "Mr. Zhang Zhao's daily question!"
"A total of 19,000 gold, plus 4,000 craftsmen who can build ships and repair ships!" Zhang Zhao said the number that the two parties had negotiated properly!
"What!" Lu Su finally stopped being indifferent. This number, 19,000 gold, is not 19,000 yuan. This can buy tens of thousands of stones of grain and grass. This may be the sum of all the wealth of an aristocratic family, and This aristocratic family is still a veteran big aristocratic family to have such a heritage.
Of course, this is not the key, the key lies in the craftsmen who build and repair the ships. Could it be that the lord is crazy! Can't he see that although Lu Bu's army is strong, it is only on the surface, and it is completely a paper tiger. As long as Sun Ce's army suffers huge casualties, it will definitely wipe out the Lu Bu army's navy with only a few thousand on the Yangtze River, even if it is not directly To go to war, you just need to avoid the battle and wait for the opportunity. Lu Bu's army only has twenty warships. The warships need care and maintenance, but there is nothing in Lu Bu's army. Those warships can't last long. Now the craftsmen who build ships for Lu Bu are completely different. The warships of Lu Bu's army are not afraid of being destroyed at all because they can be rebuilt. You must know that Lu Bu's army has such a sharp weapon as a bed crossbow!
My lord, this is giving away my Jiangdong foundation for nothing!
"No, absolutely not, we're not leaving! Even if Su dies here, I don't want to let the Lord do this!" Lu Su's determination made Zhang Zhao laugh bitterly. If it was just Lu Su, how could there be nearly 20,000 people? Jin, how could there be 4,000 craftsmen, but Jiangdong himself has less than 10,000 craftsmen. If it was just Lu Su and the nine gentry children, it would be impossible for Zhang Zhao to send out the craftsmen who built the ship. The main reason he could do it was because Lu Bujun gave him a big bargaining chip!
"Don't worry, Zijing, I, Zhang Zhao, can pay this price because Lu Bujun also gave us good things!" Zhang Zhao stopped Lu Su.
"Give us something?!" Lu Su wondered what Lu Bujun could give Jiangdong Army? War horse? That kind of heavy armor? This is the only thing Lu Su can think of is these two things. These are also good things from Lu Bujun, but these can't be exchanged for craftsmen!
"It was the kind of sharp weapon that destroyed you before the Wancheng navy came to Dazhai!" Zhang Zhao said the most shocking words of Lu Su.
"What!" Lu Su couldn't believe that Lu Bujun had gone crazy this time! Bed Crossbow! What Zhang Zhao was talking about was the bed crossbow. Lu Su had the most say in the power of this thing. Lu Su had witnessed the power of the bed crossbow several times. Not only was that kind of bed crossbow powerful, it could directly penetrate warships, and It can also be fired directly, this is the most terrifying part of the bed crossbow, the bed crossbow is powerful, but every time it is pulled open, dozens of people must work together to pull it directly, so there will be bed crossbows in those cities outside the Great Wall. Deterrence is better than practicality, but now it's different. Lu Bujun's bed crossbow can shoot continuously. He doesn't need to draw the bowstring at all. At least Lu Su didn't use it when he saw it.
If you can really get this thing from Lu Bujun, then it can really improve Sun Cejun's combat effectiveness by a large amount, not to mention Sun Ce's navy, Lu Bujun has already given Sun Cejun a demonstration, and there is the army , Can this bed crossbow be added to the army? Although it is heavy, it can fire continuously!
The more Lu Su thought about it, the more excited he became. This Lu Bujun really wanted money. Lu Su thought it was Zhang Zhao's fault before, but he exchanged these ten trash for nearly 20,000 gold and 4,000 craftsmen. Now I really feel that I have made a profit. Just give it to four thousand craftsmen. Warships are no different than others. If you want to build it, you must have a dock. Wait for you to build the dock! They, Jiangdong, have already used the bed crossbow in actual combat. Relying on them to destroy the Jingzhou disaster first and then go down the river, Jiangdong's comprehensive strength is not as good as that of Lujiang County. At that time, Lu Bu will have to give them as much as they swallow. How much to spit out!
"Mr. Zhang Zhao, will this Lu Bu army be deceitful!" Lu Su still can't believe that he taught people such a sharp weapon of the country so easily, just like Lu Su knew how to build wells. Do you think Sun Cejun Will teach this to others! Absolutely not! Happiness came so suddenly that Lu Su couldn't accept it. He now wonders if the blueprint given by Lu Bujun is fake!
"No way!" Zhang Zhao shook his head with a smile. Although Lu Bu has a bad reputation, he still needs to pay attention to credit when doing this kind of deal, otherwise who would make peace talks with Lu Bu in the future! Even if Jingzhou and Jiangdong are now at war, there is no fraud in business!
"Mr. Zhang Zhao is really a great talent!" Lu Su thought it was Zhang Zhao's diplomacy credit, he dug out the bed crossbow from Lu Bu's hands with a single mouth, and Zhang Zhao didn't try to defend himself, this credit should not be in vain Well! It is much better to have Lu Su boasting about himself than to claim credit in front of the lord!
The two of them closed the door and talked at night. Zhang Zhao was thinking about when he would bring Jin Jin and those captives here so as not to have too many dreams at night, but what Lu Su was thinking about was how to use the bed crossbow in various aspects! Strengthen the strength of the Jiangdong Army. (To be continued.)