Baishi Town outside Songjing City.
A new military camp was recently built outside Baishi Town.
This military camp can house thousands of troops. The buildings are made of bricks, stones and large logs. The three-and-a-half-foot-high walls are just enough to prevent people from jumping up. They are thick enough to accommodate three people standing side by side, and there are four wooden watchtowers. , can accommodate ten crossbowmen shooting from a high position - this is already the standard for semi-permanent military camps. The defense is quite strong and can be used as a fortress when necessary.
This was one of the assembly points where Luo Gan gathered and changed gear to go to Chu State in order to transport a large number of Wu troops. Now he has a permanent battalion.
Standing at the gate of the military camp, the person in charge of the guard was a sergeant. The leader of the army raised his sword across his waist and shouted: "This is an important military place. Stop anyone who comes."
The people coming from the opposite side were not just one or two, but more than a hundred people. They were all wearing armor and walking in four rows to form an army. They looked well-trained.
"A certain family is Lu Yue, a colonel under General Lu. General Lu commanded this place and asked your camp to come out and answer questions!" Lu Yue shouted, not very politely in his words.
"Is there a military order?" The gatekeeper didn't dare to neglect.
Who is the most popular in Wu country now? It must be General Lu who dared to confront Chu State single-handedly. He has become a legend.
"Humph, take it with me." Lu Yue ordered, and the armored soldiers behind him rushed forward, with their shields in front, spears behind, and their crossbowmen separated to the left and right.
The gatekeeper had a low status and did not dare to directly rebel against the powerful General Lu. Secondly, this place was not a strategic location such as the Songjing City Gate, and there was no strict order to kill anyone who collided with it. As soon as he hesitated, the situation got out of control, and Lu Wu's soldiers rushed into the camp gate.
Standing on the steps at the entrance of Lu's Mansion, looking at their son who was approaching at full speed surrounded by soldiers, Lu Jinhe and Lu Chang had a mixture of emotions in their hearts, with relieved smiles on their faces.
They were Lu Wu's parents, and they were supposed to be sitting in the Lu Mansion waiting for Lu Wu to come into the house to see him. However, now that Luliu and Lu Jinhe had been on tenterhooks for almost a month, they felt more at ease seeing their son earlier.
The class jump is not that easy.
As wealthy businessmen, the Lu family has a solid foundation and is extremely well-connected, but as a nobleman at the level of a doctor, they seem to be weak.
Outside, except for King Wu and the Queen Mother as their backers, the Lu family had no other nobles of similar status to help them;
Among them, the capable subordinates who can handle things are too lowly to squeeze into the small circle of nobles. The one with the highest martial arts skills is only the fifth-grade master Changhe Sword Song Fengfeng. He is considered a master in the world, but at all. Unable to suppress the Lu family's promotion in status and newly acquired large scope of interests;
Although the Lu family has two doctors in name, they have no say in the court, and the fiefdom is also in dire straits. It is incompetent in almost every aspect.
The Lu family only has Lu Wu as a high-end force as a deterrent. The problem is that Lu Wu and the Chu State are fighting fiercely. No one dares to ask Lu Wu to put down his affairs there and come back to support everyone - it is too late for full support from here. , who dares to be discouraged at this time?
Besides, during this period, Wu Guo’s attempt to take advantage of the opportunity to murder Lu Wu and annex the five southern prefectures has been exposed. The couple were even prepared to die. Now Lu Wu is back alive and kicking, although they don’t know what happened. Nothing, but the crisis is definitely over.
"Children, pay homage to your father and pay homage to your mother!" The soldiers lined up on both sides. Lu Wu stepped forward and bowed to the left and right, his broad shoulders seeming to hold up the world.
At this moment, he didn't look like a lawless fanatic at all.
"Okay, just come back, just come back!" Lu Jinhe patted Lu Wu's arm with his hand and said with emotion.
Lu Wu stood at the foot of the steps, but he was tall (about 1.9 meters tall). Even if he missed one step, he was still half a head taller than his father, Lu Jinhe.
The father and son looked at each other with emotion, but neither spoke.
"Okay, okay, this is not the place to talk. If you have anything to say, let's talk about it in the house." Lu Chang interrupted the look between father and son, stretched out his hands to hold them, and pulled them both into the gate of Lu Mansion.
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Seeing that Zongzheng Cai Zheng had left, everyone in the court, including King Wu Ketu, secretly breathed a sigh of relief - if the old man really insisted that he would never confer the title of uncle to Lu Wu, this matter would be really difficult to handle. .
"Your Majesty, the appointment of the Jinwu doctor to the uncle cannot be delayed, otherwise it will be unsightly and complicated."
Someone struck while the iron was hot and quickly confirmed this matter. Taking the five southern mansions was not just about regaining the hometown of Wu, but also the fiefdoms passed down by the ancestors were all there!
"Your Majesty, regarding the exchange of the five southern prefectures and the five Jiangnan counties, we need to communicate with Dr. Jin Wu in advance to prepare. We also need to deal with the danger of the Chu army's counterattack. If the handover is chaotic, big changes may occur."
This really requires a lot of preparation in advance.
In such a large-scale transfer of power, I don't know how many joint interests there are. It is inevitable that chaos will occur. It depends on whether the chaos can be controlled within a certain range.
"Your Majesty, how will the five counties in the south of the Yangtze River be handed over? The three sons of the Wenlu and Ou families will fight to the death after hearing the news. I am not sure that I can make them abandon the city and tie up their hands with just a piece of paper."
This is also a headache.
Nobles do not only belong to the direct line. You have killed all the direct line of the head of the family, but the collateral line is still there, and the number is many times more than the direct line.
If these people cause chaos in the five counties of Jiangnan, it is difficult to predict how Lu Wu will react. It is also difficult to say whether the handover of the five Jiangnan prefectures can be smooth.
This matter needs long-term consideration.
"Your Majesty, Doctor Jinwu's troops dispersed the garrison of Baishi Town and forcibly took over Baishi Town. How should we deal with it?"
deal with? Who to deal with? Who will handle it?
Let's serve it cold.
"Your Majesty, there are secret envoys from the Jiang family, the Tang family and more than ten noble families in the five southern provinces coming to see them. How should we receive them? Do we need to inform Doctor Jinwu?"
The cicada wakes up before the golden wind moves. These people are afraid that they already feel something is wrong, so they will come to see Fengse, right? Now the situation has changed again, and Wu Guo and Lu Wu are on the same side.
"Your Majesty, the envoys from the Yue Kingdom are here to share some benefits among the five southern provinces."
Wu and Yue have been allies for many years and have joined forces to fight Chu. Now that Chu is in decline and Wu is prosperous, if they refuse to give Yue a piece of the pie, not only will there be a rift between the allies, but Yue will also have to worry about Wu becoming stronger. Will they take action against Yue?
"Your Majesty, the State of Yan has a letter and would like to send envoys to the State of Wu."
"Your Majesty, the State of Qi——"
"Your Majesty,——"
"Your Majesty——"
One after another, major government affairs that needed to be dealt with were reported to the officials. There were all kinds of troubles that could not be described in a thousand words. Ketu was extremely confused, but he still had to pretend to be calm and confident. look like.
This is only a major matter involving national security. Things such as repairing city walls, building river embankments, and maintaining roads have only been mentioned in a few sentences. Unless the cost is extremely high, there is no need to discuss it here.
Some things can be decided in just a few sentences, while others require the ministers to deliberate for half an hour to come up with a result.
There are even some things that, even if you argue for a long time, no one can convince anyone, and you can only rely on Ketu's ruling - this is still good, at least after you make your own decision, the officials will obey the order and agree, unlike in the past. An act of disobedience.
Although the Five Southern Prefectures have not really obtained it yet, Ketu's majesty has begun to be erected - especially the madman Lu Wu who is stationed outside the city. That person now only recognizes Ketu, King of Wu, and no one wants to be the one who stands out.
