The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 368 Xu Shu came to vote
Zhang Zhao was ordered to set up a supervisory government. That night, Chen Gong came to Lu Bu's study.

The whole day's business was handled in the study, and when he heard that Chen Gong was coming, Lu Bu motioned him to enter the room to talk.

After entering the study, Chen Gong bowed to Lv Bu and said, "Hou Chu, the matter has been settled."

"Kill them all?" Lu Bu asked.

"As long as the main criminals are captured, one will not be kept, and all of them will be quartered." Chen Gong replied: "Their family members are also handed over to the government office for disposal, and some female family members have already been sent to the army. More are still waiting for further distribution. As for the men, they will all be reduced to official slaves."

Lu Bu nodded, and then asked Chen Gong: "Does Gongtai think that after this incident, someone will do such a thing?"

"There are tens of thousands of people in the world, and there are always those who dare to take risks." Chen Gong replied: "Even when selecting officials, it is impossible to check everyone's character thoroughly."

Looking at Chen Gong's hair, Lu Bu asked, "What's the matter with Gongtai's hair?"

Chen Gong lowered his head and replied: "This incident happened in Pengcheng. Although I didn't participate in it, I was also negligent. Therefore, I shaved my head at the entrance of the market and apologized to the world."

"I am very relieved that Gongtai has such thoughts." Lu Bu said: "I invited Zhang Zhao here today and asked him to set up a supervision department, which is responsible for supervising local officials, agriculture, animal husbandry, industry, commerce and other industries. Similar situations will be punished severely. The Supervision Department will inevitably need your help in many things in the future, so don't shirk."

"How dare I shirk what Chu Hou ordered." Chen Gong agreed, and then asked Lu Bu: "Dare to ask Chu Hou, do you have any other orders?"

"You have already settled the matter and apologized in public, what else can I order?" Lu Bu said, "Just to remind you, pay more attention to it in the future. This time it is needed by the army. In the future, it is not certain that someone will take your eyes off you." Focus on people's livelihood. Although there is a supervisory department now, you should pay more attention to Pengcheng. Regardless of military supplies or people's livelihood, as long as there is such a thing that makes profits at the cost of hurting other people's lives. No matter how much they earn, all Divide the body by five horses and confiscate your property!"

"I've written down what the Marquis Chu told me." Chen Gong bowed to accept the order.

"Although it's not too early, you still have a lot of things to do." Lu Bu said: "The family members of those people and their property confiscated, you have to take care of them. In addition, those who work in the confiscated shops Craftsmen, although they are related to this matter, don’t be too harsh. Gather them all and wait for them to be punished. Zhang Shiping is planning to set up an ordnance factory recently, and then put all the people to him.”

"Ordnance factory?" Chen Gong asked in astonishment: "Chu Hou intends to hand over all the ordnance to Zhang Shiping?"

"Exactly." Lu Bu asked, "What objections does Gongtai have?"

"There is indeed an objection." Chen Gong said: "Although Zhang Shiping has known Chu Hou for a long time, he did not serve Chu Hou after all. Such a major matter of life and death as armaments, isn't it..."

"From today onwards, keep an eye on Zhang Shiping." Lu Bu said, "Wherever he goes, he will send guards. If he intends to leave any place under my rule, stop him immediately."

"In what name?" Chen Gong said: "He is a merchant after all, so it would be wrong to strictly forbid him to leave all parts of Xuzhou."

"There is nothing wrong with it." Lu Bu said: "He has grown his family business in Xuzhou, and he has useful people. Tell him that he can go wherever he wants in the future under my rule, and I will send him guards to protect him. If It is to be ruled by others, and he can only send people there."

"The Marquis of Chu is going to put Zhang Shiping under house arrest." Chen Gong asked.

"How can protection be called house arrest?" Lu Bu replied, "For me, he is very important. I was worried that he would be targeted by the villains. Now most people in the world know that Zhang Shiping controls Xuzhou's business and wants to put him in charge. I am afraid that there is more than one person who caught it."

"I understand what Marquis Chu means, but what does Zhang Shiping think?" Chen Gong still hesitated about this.

Lu Bu said: "Tell him clearly. If he raises objections, just ask him if he intends to continue to make a living with me, or if he wants to travel around more."

Although Lu Bu did not admit that Zhang Shiping was under house arrest, Chen Gong still felt that these remarks were unreasonable.

But he also knew very well that Lu Bu had handed over many of Xuzhou's livelihoods to Zhang Shiping. Once Zhang Shiping left, the economies of the various places under his rule would definitely be impacted.

Under such a background, there is no way to restrain Zhang Shiping.

"I've written down what Chu Hou ordered." Chen Gong said: "I still have some final things to do, so I will leave first."

After Chen Gong left, Lu Bu also felt tired. He walked out of the study and said to Sun Ce who was guarding outside, "Bo Fu will also go to rest. There should be nothing important tonight."

Ever since Sun Ce became Lv Bu's personal general, except for the occasional practice of solving troubles, he was almost always by Lv Bu's side.

Lu Bu told him to go back first, but in fact he just wanted him to go back to the wing in the front courtyard of the government.

Sun Ce responded and watched Lu Bu return to the backyard.

When Lu Bu dispatched troops to Pengcheng to prepare military supplies and planned to attack Cao Cao, Lu Su was ordered to escort his family back to Pengcheng.

It was not too far from Pengcheng, and seeing that the sky was getting dark, Lu Su ordered to station there.

At the beginning, he escorted the family members of the entire Xuzhou officials to Jianye, and the team was mighty and there were many people.

Returning to Pengcheng this time, the family members he escorted were only Lu Bu's, and the number of them was much smaller.

After settling down, the night guards looked around vigilantly.

Lu Su, who wasn't tired yet, was sitting in the tent, reading a book.

As he was watching, a guard from outside the tent reported: "Report to Duke Lu, we have captured a sneaky person. This person wandered outside the camp for a long time, and after being captured, he only wanted to see Duke Lu."

"See me?" Lu Su frowned slightly, put down his book and asked the guard outside the tent, "Did he say anything about seeing me?"

"He only said that he had heard of Duke Lu's name, so he came here to pay a special visit." The guard replied.

Lu Su ordered: "Bring him over to see me."

The guards took the order, but after a while, several guards turned one person to Lu Su's tent.

The person who was turned in was about 30 years old, with vicissitudes and exhaustion on his face, and it was obvious that he had not lived a stable life for several days.

Looking at this person, Lu Su didn't recognize him.

"Who are you?" After looking at this person from head to toe several times, Lu Su asked, "Why did you come to see me?"

"I heard that Duke Lu escorted the family of the Marquis of Chu through here, so I came here to ask for an audience." The man who was turned in front of Lu Su looked at the guards on the left and right, and asked him, "Is this the Duke of Lu's treatment?" The way of the guest?"

"I don't know you, and it's hard to tell if you are a guest." Lu Su asked, "What do you want to say when you come to see me?"

The visitor replied: "I am Xu Shu from Yingchuan. I heard that the Marquis of Chu is planning to attack Cao Cao recently, and he intends to serve in order to fight against the Han thieves. I thought I could ask Duke Lu to introduce him, but I didn't expect to be treated like this."

"Xu Shu?" Lu Su was taken aback, and looked at the man in front of him in astonishment: "But Xu Yuanzhi from Yingchuan?"

"Exactly." Xu Shu replied, "Duke Lu also recognizes me?"

"Yuanzhi young Renxia, ​​how could I not recognize him." Lu Su got up, motioned for the two guards who were twisting Xu Shu to let him go, bowed his hands and asked, "I don't know where I am now?"

"Ever since I couldn't bear to kill the bullies in the village, I have been wandering outside these years." Xu Shu replied: "Cao Cao coerced the emperor to command the princes. A few days ago, I heard that the prince of Chu was about to lead the army to crusade, and I felt that I was always wandering outside for some reason. The end of the year is the end of the year, so I should go to serve the country. I heard that Duke Lu escorted Chu Hou’s family through, so I came here to inquire. I didn’t expect to be captured by a lieutenant, I’m really ashamed.”

"The officers and men don't recognize Yuanzhi, and I have only heard of Yuanzhi's name, but I have never met him. Please forgive me for offending me!" Xu Shu said that he planned to serve Lu Bu, and Lu Su hurried forward to hold him hand, asked him to sit down and asked, "Has Yuan Zhi ever eaten?"

"I'm so shy these days, it's true that I haven't..." Xu Shu smiled wryly.

"Come here!" Lu Su shouted out of the tent: "Someone bring some hot food here."

Not long after, the guard brought a bowl of freshly cooked meat.

After taking the bowl, Xu Shu devoured it hungrily.

Looking at Xu Shu who was eating, Lu Su asked, "Why didn't Yuanzhi go to a hero all these years? At least he doesn't look so downcast,"

"Take refuge with Haoxiong?" Xu Shu ate his meat, shook his head and said, "The world is in such a state of chaos, and heroes from all sides have their own thoughts, who else can I seek refuge with? A few days ago, I planned to go to Jingzhou to seek refuge with Liu Xuande. Hou planned to crusade against Cao Cao, but he felt that Chu Hou was still doing practical things, so he came to Xuzhou. No one recommended him, so he planned to go directly to Pengcheng, but unexpectedly, he met Lu Gong here, which was my luck.”

"Actually, on the way back from Jianye, I have been wondering whether the Marquis of Chu was too impatient to attack Cao Cao." Lu Su said, "In terms of the military strength of both sides, Cao Cao is much stronger than the Marquis of Chu."

"Duke Lu only knows one thing but not the other." Xu Shu said: "It seems that Cao Cao is indeed much stronger than Chu Hou, but I feel that Chu Hou will undoubtedly win this crusade against Cao Cao."

"Please ask Yuan Zhi to make it clear." Lu Su signaled him to continue.

"Earlier, Cao Cao fought against the Marquis of Chu, and nearly wiped out Xuzhou in the battle of Xiapi." Xu Shu said, "However, at the last moment, the Marquis of Chu burned Cao Cao's army rations and broke the siege of Xiapi. After that, Cao Cao contacted Yuan Shao again, and went through various channels. The army crusade against the Marquis of Chu, but failed to attack Dangshan twice. Now the Marquis of Chu not only wants to launch a counterattack against Cao Cao, but also reached an alliance with Yuan Shao. Although the alliance is not very stable, after all, there is less worry about the future. Without Yuan Shao watching from behind, it would have been possible The Marquis of Chu who defeated Cao Cao with his own strength, is there still no possibility of success?"

When Xu Shu asked, Lu Su immediately understood.

He nodded and said, "No wonder Marquis Chu is so confident this time, he sent people to Jianye and asked me to escort his family to Pengcheng."

"The Marquis of Chu wants Duke Lu to escort his family to Pengcheng. He is actually giving the world an attitude." Xu Shu said, "He wants to let the world see that he has risked his life and family to attack Cao Cao this time. Marquis Chu has always taken care of the safety of his family. Last time When Cao Cao attacked Pengcheng, he ordered Lu Gong to escort the family members of Xuzhou officials to Jianye. In fact, he planned to withdraw. At that time, he was not very sure about repelling Cao Cao. However, this time, Chu Hou was confident. Full confidence. With enough confidence, he is willing to let Duke Lu escort his family back to Pengcheng."

"Yuanzhi means that the Marquis of Chu wants me to escort his family to Pengcheng, but he is actually letting the world see that he is [-]% sure about this crusade against Cao Cao?" Lu Su asked.

"That's the reason." Xu Shu finished eating the meat in the bowl, and asked Lu Su: "Dare to ask Lu Gong, is there any more?"

Lu Su was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and shouted outside the tent: "Bring Yuan Zhi a bowl of hot food."

When Xu Shu entered Lu Su's camp, they were not too far away from Pengcheng.

Lu Bu has been busy preparing troops and raising military supplies recently, and he will attack Cao Cao only when everything is ready.

It was just a small episode when he was preparing to attack when he discovered that someone was using crudely made armor to make huge profits.

Taking advantage of this time, Lu Bu ordered Tai Shici to strengthen the paratroopers.

When Lu Su returned to Pengcheng, many things had already been prepared, and the day of the expedition was not too far away.

Knowing that Lu Su escorted his family back to Pengcheng, Lu Bu, who was discussing with everyone to send troops, ordered Sun Ce to lead him to the front hall.

When Lu Su came to the front hall, Pengcheng's staff and generals lined up on both sides.

All eyes were on him.

Arching his hands to everyone, Lu Su stood facing Lu Bu.

He bowed to Lu Bu and made a big salute: "I have met the Marquis of Chu."

"Zijing has worked hard." Lu Bu raised his hand with a smile on his face, motioning for Lu Su to excuse him: "From Jianye back to Pengcheng, I must have suffered a lot along the way."

"I don't have anything to do, it's just that the wives came all the way, and it was very hard to go through the ups and downs." Lu Su replied, "I have sent people to escort the wives back to the back house first, and there is another person I want to recommend to Chuhou."

"Oh?" Lu Bu asked Lu Su in surprise, "Zijing also found talent in Jianye?"

"It wasn't at Jianye, but when we were about to return to Pengcheng, we met on the way." Lu Su replied, "The person I want to recommend to the Marquis of Chu is Xu Yuanzhi, a famous scholar from Yingchuan..."

When Lu Su mentioned Xu Shu's name, Lu Bu's eyes lit up, and he asked quickly, "Did Zijing meet Xu Yuanzhi halfway?"

"Exactly." Lu Su replied: "I heard that the Marquis of Chu planned to send troops to attack Cao Cao, and Yuan Zhi wanted to come to serve, but he had no one to recommend him, so he waited for me halfway."

It was really beyond Lu Bu's expectation that Xu Shu came to serve by himself.

He said to Lu Su: "Since Yuan Zhi is here, why doesn't Zijing bring him?"

"Yuan Zhi is waiting outside to be called by the Marquis of Chu." Lu Su replied.

"Then what are you waiting for?" Lu Bu stood up and told Sun Ce, "Bo Fu invites Yuan Zhi to come in for a talk on my behalf."

(End of this chapter)