Looking up at this somewhat unfamiliar brother, with mixed feelings in his heart, Lu Song was speechless for a moment. He stretched out his hand and patted Lu Wu's strong upper arm, saying: "Fifth brother, okay, okay! Okay!
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Lin Ji also sighed.
Lu Wu said: "Brother, Uncle Lin, let's go in and talk first."
Everyone entered the hall and took their seats. The maids brought by Lu Chang from Wu State served tea and snacks one by one.
"Brother, now I am in dire need of resources and I am in urgent need of manpower. Why don't you stay and help me?" Lu Wu said first.
He now knows that this eldest brother has been exploring trade routes in the Chu Kingdom over the years. Even if he does not know everything about the situation in the Chu Kingdom, he is at least much clearer than himself. What's more, illiteracy is common these days, so it is not easy to find an educated person.
And Lu Song is a big businessman, and his accountants, deacons and the like are all talented people who can write and do calculations.
Lu Song hesitated.
To be honest, he was very moved by Fifth Brother's proposal.
A real man should build a career—as for the risks? What can you do without risk? Is there no risk in opening up trade routes?
But his father's letter to him asked him to return directly to the Kingdom of Wu and take charge of the development of the Lu family's fiefdom. This was also very important, involving the Lu family's retreat and the foundation of the family's inheritance. Moreover, he was the eldest son of the Lu family. Except for Lu Wu who earned the fiefdom, he had to do it legally.
Seeing Lu Song's hesitation, Lu Chang took over the words: "Wu'er, don't embarrass your eldest brother. Your father wrote a letter instructing your eldest brother to return to the Kingdom of Wu and go to the south to take charge of the development of the family fiefdom. He cannot stay here;
However, regarding the lack of manpower on your side, your father has also made arrangements. He has recruited your second brother who is traveling to come home and bring enough manpower and supplies to support you. "
This was what Lu Jinhe had carefully warned before Lu Chang came out.
Eggs cannot be put in one basket.
Although Wuzi Luwu is astonishingly brave, he has a hot temper and a strong temper. To be honest, it is okay to be a fighting general with this kind of temperament, but to be the king of a country, even though Lu Jinhe is Lu Wu's biological father, it is not too difficult. Be optimistic.
It's just that Lu Wu has strong wings now. Lu Liu and Lu Jinhe feel that unless Lu Wu falls badly, he won't be able to persuade him at all, so he simply doesn't say anything to avoid hurting the harmony between father and son.
Lu Song is the eldest son in the family, but he has grown up quite a lot through his experience abroad over the years. He is now in charge of the development of his family's territory in the south - away from the battlefield at the same time.
If Lu Wu loses, the Lu family will have a way out.
Taking a step back, Lu Wu has offended the Chu State very badly this time. If the Lu family is hunted down and exterminated because of this, the deer pine is as high as the sky in the south and the emperor is far away. He can escape faster and save the Lu family. The next bloodline.
Of course, now that Luwu is at its peak, the Lu family has the opportunity to become the uncle and found the country. If we don’t fight now, when will we fight?
Therefore, Lu Jinhe, in addition to leaving a way out for the Lu family, almost all the Lu family's chips were pressed up, and they were just short of selling the Lu family.
During this period, he mobilized the elites of the Lu family from all over the country, recruited external heroes, and spent a lot of money to prepare supplies. If he hadn't greeted the King of Wu in advance, with such a big move by the Lu family, he might have been arrested as preparing for rebellion. .
However, no matter how fast Lu Jinhe moves, it cannot develop as fast as Lu Wu. These material talents are still on the way to gather together.
As for why Lu Wu’s second brother was sent here?
According to the tradition at this time, the eldest son of the family should inherit the family business and be the backbone of the family; if the second eldest son goes out to wander, it is considered a skill to be able to make a career. If he cannot, then he will go home and work for the eldest son.
This was also why Lu Bai wanted to study abroad at a young age.
The Lu family is a business family with many branches. The head of the family is not the same person, which is better in this regard.
As the boss, Lu Song also needs to work hard to prove himself before he is qualified to take over the family business.
Now that Lu Wu is opening up, the Lu family will of course give their full support. The second eldest brother, Lu Bai, is of the same generation as Lu Wu. He was also good to his younger brother in the past, so he is the most suitable candidate to lead the team.
Originally, there were many elders in the Lu family who wanted to come over and take advantage of the east wind to gain wealth.
Even if Lu Jinhe and others become doctors, their relatives are nobles and the title cannot be passed on to their descendants. How can they compare to becoming nobles themselves?
But Lu Jinhe was afraid that these people would not care about life and death, so he came over and pretended to be an elder - if Lu Wu killed ten or eight elders, how would he, the leader of the clan, deal with it?
As for whether that boy Lu Wu would kill someone in a hurry, Lu Jinhe felt that there was no need to guess.
"You said that this city is of vital importance to the Cardinals of the Five Southern Prefectures. Then will General Lu really let go and hand this city over to my Meng family with full authority? Or will he use my Meng family as a pawn?"
Meng Yang stood on the top of Tonghefu City with his hands behind his hands, looking at the setting sun in the distance, and whispered as if talking to himself.
There were two people standing next to Meng Yang, one was his eldest brother, Meng Zheng, and the other was his younger brother Meng De.
The three brothers of the Meng family are all outstanding people. One is engaged in politics, one is practicing martial arts, and one is doing business. The three brothers work together to transform the Meng family from a mere family of sergeants to a family of great officials in one generation.
Unfortunately, the way they made their fortune was somewhat disgraceful, and the nobles of Tonghe City took advantage of them and repeatedly exploited them. In addition, their ally Jiang Xingde rebelled, and Lu Wu sent troops to the border, so the Meng family simply rebelled.
Taking refuge in Lu Wu was a last resort, but Lu Wu was indeed generous and handed over the entire Tonghe City to the three Meng brothers - in this era, the countryside was actually very poor, and the city was where the country's wealth lay. This was really a big deal. A generous gift.
However, judging from the intelligence collected from all parties, Tonghe City is probably a big pit.
"Didn't we already expect this?" Meng Zheng also said, looking at the sunset in the distance.
The setting sun shines in front of the city, and the ground is red with blood - maybe in a while, this place will be flooded with real blood.
"Now we have no way out. We just have to wait and see whether General Lu will completely exhaust our Meng family here, or whether he will use the strength of our Meng family to fight the Chu army here." The eldest brother Meng Zheng continued.
The Meng family acted as internal agents and destroyed Tonghe City. To show his loyalty, Meng Yang personally killed Xiang Lu, the younger brother of King Xiang Tong of Chu, and cut himself off from the Chu people. Even if they rebelled again, they would only end up dead and their clan would be destroyed. There was no chance of survival.
"It's only my fault that I was blinded by greed and dared to take over Tonghe City." Meng Yang blamed himself.
"How can you blame the second brother? The Meng family rebelled against the Chu State just to get further. If they don't even dare to eat the meat brought to their lips, I'm afraid they won't even be able to maintain their original status." It was the third member of the Meng family who spoke. Brother Mengde.
Everyone has their own perspective on things, and looking at them from different perspectives will lead to completely different results.
In the opinion of the boss, Meng Zheng, Meng Yang's decision was quite short-sighted, but he was not in Tonghe that day and had no time to stop Meng Yang's decision.
From Meng Yang's point of view that day, Lu Wu was domineering and domineering along the way. He would not wait for the Chu army to accumulate troops. He would definitely pursue the victory and seize the strategic initiative to make a big gain with a small gain - otherwise, wait for it. His was the army that Chu State calmly mobilized and pressed forward with absolute superiority.
Therefore, in his opinion, Lu Wu was about to break into the hinterland of Chu State and stir up chaos. Tonghe City, as Lu Wu's logistics base, was an absolute blessing.
He never expected that Lu Wu would stop fighting after attacking Tonghe City - Tonghe City became the front line, and now he was in trouble.
But from the perspective of the Meng family's own gains and losses, Meng De, the third brother, felt that the second brother had no choice but to make this decision.
That day, Lu Wu came in force, and the great nobles of the Chu State exploited and extorted the Meng family in every possible way. If Lu Wu was not surrendered, the Meng family would be destroyed immediately; now that Lu Wu was surrendered, how could they escape from this battle?
Since you can't escape, of course you have to get the benefits first.
