Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 58
"Jiangdong Lu family?" Lu Su was also taken aback when he heard the words, Zhao Feng quickly added: "It is the Lu family of Lu Kang, the former governor of Lujiang, who was killed by Sun Ce." It turns out that Zhao Feng has been thinking about it since he came to Xuzhou. He wanted to get Lu Xun, the future governor of Soochow, over here.Considering that Lu Xun's uncle Lu Kang was killed by Sun Ce, and Jiangdong is full of talents now, Lu Xun may have little chance to get a position, so it should be no problem to dig this potential stock.It's just that in the past two years, it was Cao Cao and Yuan Shu's work, which made Zhao Feng a little overwhelmed, so this matter was delayed.

If Lu Su hadn't brought up the matter of shipbuilding, Zhao Feng might have forgotten about it.Lu Su is also an extremely smart person. When he heard this, he immediately understood Zhao Feng's intentions. His eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly: "The Lu family will definitely build it. They used to do water business. The Lu family's merchant ships are very large. !"

"In the past?" Zhao Feng was a little stunned, and then asked: "What about now?"

"Now, after Lu Kang was killed by Sun Ce, the Lu family is divided into two branches. One is headed by Lu Ji and defected to Sun Ce; the other is to return to the hometown of Wu County, and the children in the family are at most small officials. I'll send a secret agent to investigate carefully!" After Lu Su came back to his senses, he also began to plan the next move. "Then send it quickly!" Zhao Feng hurriedly urged Lu Xun, fearing that Lu Xun would be kidnapped.At that moment, Lu Su sent dozens of spies to lurk in Wu Jun to see what was going on with the Lu family.

But two days later, the spies came back one after another.Looking at the comprehensive information, Zhao Feng and Lu Su finally figured out a general situation.As Lu Su said, the Lu family has indeed been divided into two.It doesn't matter whether Lu Ji's team defected to Sun Ce, but the rest of the tribe didn't want to serve him because they had a life-and-death enmity with Sun Ce. They are currently living in seclusion in their hometown in Wu County, and they are only minor officials at most.The current head of the Lu family is Lu Kang's elder brother, Lu Xun's father Lu Jun, who is now the county magistrate of Wu County.However, it is said that Lu Jun is sick in bed and has not shown up for several months.

"It's so good!" Zhao Feng knew that Lu Xun was only a 15-year-old boy at this time, and he became even more determined to poach him.Now that Lu Jun is ill, it will be easier.At that moment, Zhao Feng discussed with Lu Su, and suggested to Liu Bei that he should write a letter to invite Lu Jun to come to Xuzhou to be an official, and told him that the genius doctor Hua Tuo is in Xuzhou, if he wants to survive, come here as soon as possible.At this time, Zhao Feng suddenly remembered that in history, Lu Xun was less than [-] years old as the patriarch of the family. It must have been developed according to normal conditions, and Lu Jun was going to die soon.

A few days later, Liu Bei wrote back, fully agreeing with Zhao Feng and Lu Su's proposal.As long as Lu Jun is willing to come, there is a vacancy in Xiapi Juncheng, which happens to be reserved for him.At the same time, Liu Bei's personal letter has also been handed over to a reliable person and sent to Jiangdong and Lu Jun.

"Xun'er, what do you think of this letter?" In a mansion in Wu County, a middle-aged man who was sick and weak leaned on the bed and asked a boy.He is Lu Jun, the patriarch of the Lu family, and that young man is his son Lu Xun.Lu Jun knew that although his son was young, he was unusual and knowledgeable, so he specially asked him to discuss it.

Lu Xun read the letter twice from beginning to end, and then said with a smile: "Father, it is clear that Liu Bei wants to recruit us so that he can deal with Jiangdong in the future."

"Although that's the case, what should I do if I stay here and Sun Ce is always on guard?" Lu Jun frowned.

"This?" Lu Xun also smiled wryly. If the whole family went to Xuzhou to join Liu Bei, they would indeed have a broader future.But the biggest characteristic of Jiangdong people is that they are hard to leave their homeland. As the saying goes, the gold and silver nests are not as good as their own doghouses, and their local concept is particularly serious.What's more, the Lu family's industry was originally Jiangshan transportation and land. Since Lu Kang died, Jiangshan Airlines has stopped cooking, and only these few acres of land are left.If you go like this again, you will have nothing.

"Forget it, let's go to Xuzhou!" After thinking about it, Lu Xun felt helpless. He didn't feel comfortable living here, so he might as well go out and see the world.What's more, Liu Bei said that the genius doctor Hua Tuo is in Xuzhou.After his father fell ill, he searched for famous doctors in many ways but to no avail. They all said that it was Zhang Zhongjing or Hua Tuo who could not treat him.Now that Zhang Zhongjing is an official under Liu Biao's account in Jingzhou, Jiangdong and Jingzhou are at odds, so it is hopeless to count on him, and Hua Tuo is more realistic.Although Lu Xun is not a famous filial son, he still has to take his father's life seriously.So after the father and son finalized, they decided how to move the family members to Xuzhou in batches.Only some loyal domestic servants are left to sell the property, and then go to Xuzhou for further development.Lu Jun's illness could not be delayed, and the day after he replied to Liu Bei, he and Lu Xun took a step ahead in a carriage.

It was already a month after Hua Tuo finished his diagnosis and treatment for Lu Jun.At this time, it was early autumn, and Lu Jun was also officially appointed by Liu Bei as Xiapi County Prime Minister, and led the whole family who came over one after another to station in Xiapi.The departure of the Lu family did not cause much commotion in Jiangdong. After all, Lu Ji was still working under Sun Ce's tent. These aristocratic families would never hang themselves from a tree, and everyone took it for granted.

Less than five days after Lu Jun took office, someone came to visit.It was none other than Lu Su, governor of the Xuzhou navy, and Zhao Feng, governor of Pengcheng. "I don't know if the two adults are here, what advice do you have?" In the big house newly purchased by the Lu family, Lu Jun and his son were receiving Lu Su and Zhao Feng.

"Don't dare to be taught, Master Lu, we really need to come to discuss things." Lu Su said seriously, and then said that his navy urgently needed to build a big ship.

"So that's how it is!" Lu Jun and his son heard the words, they were clear-eyed: it turns out that Liu Bei wrote a letter to summon his father and son to Xuzhou for the purpose of his shipbuilding skills to train sailors.Fortunately, most of the boatmen in my family are still there, and those who are no longer there can still be found.At present, Lu Jun also took it all down, and it was only then that Zhao Feng told him that Liu Bei had appointed Lu Xun as the governor of the Xuzhou Navy.

"Me?" Lu Xun was also caught off guard, how did he know that Zhao Feng proposed it to Lu Su, in order to train this young man.Lu Su didn't know Zhao Feng's thoughts, he just thought that he wanted to win over the Lu family completely, and it would be a piece of cake for him, a captain of the navy, to arrange a naval commander, so he agreed immediately.What's more, Xuzhou will need a large number of shipbuilding in the future, and people from the Lu family will be needed to assist.Right now, except for Lu Jun and his son, all the male members of the Lu family are in Jiangdong.Lu Jun couldn't get away from his duties as the county magistrate, so he had to let Lu Xun take charge of this side. It's only natural for him to be a moderate official.

"Bo Tao seems to think highly of this Lu Xun!" Lu Su looked at Lu Xun who was directing the craftsmen to build the ship, and suddenly smiled at Zhao Feng.

"Talents are hard to come by!" Zhao Feng also sighed, neither admitting nor denying, but he felt more and more like a paparazzi, poaching people everywhere.At this moment, Lu Xun, who was in charge of building the ship, approached them and reported: "My lords, this ship will be finished in less than ten days, and it can be launched into the water immediately for testing."

"That's great!" Lu Su nodded.This is also what Zhao Feng meant, let's build one first and take a look.Although the Lu family was good at shipbuilding, they only built merchant ships in the past. This kind of warship was rarely built. The specific effect remains to be tested, but a lot of small-scale warships have been built.According to Zhao Feng's vision, this should be the speedboat of this era.

Suddenly Zhao Feng remembered the big loach boat built by Gao Qiu in "Water Margin" when he was watching TV dramas in his previous life.Compared with the boats built by the Lu family today, the most obvious difference in structure is that the Lu family's boats are powered by oars, while Gao Lian's big loach boats are on both sides of the boat. The impeller is installed, and it is driven by the sailor's pedal in the boat.Zhao Feng studied mechanics, so he knew from a rough estimate that if the impellers were used instead of oars, it would definitely save a lot of effort.

I also remembered that during the battle of the Yellow Sea between China, Japan and South Korea during the Ming Dynasty, Admiral Yi Sun-shin of North Korea used the famous turtle boat.Zhao Feng remembered that he had once seen an outline drawing of a turtle ship. The biggest difference between this kind of ship and other ships is that its deck is not exposed. On the contrary, the entire hull is covered with a protective layer like a turtle shell. The outside is even covered with iron sheets.At the same time, the bow and stern of the ship were made of iron, and the soldiers attacked from the windows on the side of the ship. It was really a turtle made of iron, and its defense was absolutely top-notch.The disadvantage is that it is too bulky and has poor flexibility.

Zhao Feng was thinking about his own ship, and the expressions on his face were also unpredictable. Lu Su knew him a little bit, knew that he was thinking about problems by himself, but Lu Xun thought that he was dissatisfied with the ship he built, and he was very upset at the moment. wonder.

"Bo Yan, I know the shapes of the two boats. I'll draw a blueprint for you to see in a few days. Let's see if I can build one or two boats and see how they compare with the current boats." Zhao Feng said suddenly.He also thought about it clearly. Although he knew the general appearance of these two ships, it was indeed difficult for him to build them at his own level. He should leave it to Lu Xun to do it, and he would make some modifications when the time comes. Just like developing ballistas with Lu Hao back then.

"But according to General Zhao's orders!" Lu Xun was also a little surprised that General Zhao, who had always claimed to be an amateur to the navy, would volunteer, but it was obviously inconvenient to say these words.Zhao Feng looked at the busy boatmen, but in his heart he imagined that when he built all these boats and equipped them with ballistas and trebuchets, it should be an aircraft carrier in the era of cold weapons!
While Zhao Feng, Lu Su and others were imagining the future of the Xuzhou navy, the atmosphere in the Prime Minister's Mansion in Xuchang City was a bit heavy.In addition to the generals, all the civil servants under Cao Cao's command are present.Cao Cao looked up at the crowd, and he was the first to speak: "Everyone, everyone is aware of the current situation. What should we do, you should pay attention to it as soon as possible!"

(End of this chapter)