"Master Lie, are you here?"
Seeing the familiar carriage approaching the door, Lu Xi ran down the steps, bowed and took a few steps forward to greet it.
"What's so old about being old? I'm only sixteen - is my brother Wu back?" Ke Lie said carelessly.
Lu Wu himself didn't pay much attention to etiquette, and when he got along with Ke Lie, he was even more lazy and casual, even lying in bed to receive guests not once or twice.
Maybe it's because he likes others, maybe it's his nature, but being listed in the Lu family is not very particular - it's more important in his own family than here, after all, his mother, the Queen Mother Mingji, let people go by his side.
A guarding swordsman behind Ke Lie stretched out his hand and flicked a medium-sized piece of silver toward Lu Xi.
Lu Xi clasped his hands and took the silver in his hand. He turned his wrist and hid it without a trace: "Young Master Lie, the fifth young master came back yesterday evening. Please talk to the master now."
"That's just in time. Let's meet Uncle Lu together."
With that said, Kelie walked towards the east chamber.
Ke Lie is a frequent visitor to the Lu family. In the past few months, it would be an exaggeration to say that he comes every day, but he always comes two or three times in five days. He treats Lu Jinhe as his uncle and comes as a private person, so there is no need to notify him. .
Over there, Lu Wu was chatting with his father, talking about future plans.
"The Five Southern Prefectures must be places of hundreds of battles. They are far less leisurely than the Five Counties in the South of the Yangtze River. I am not an ambitious person. I just hope to find a place where I can sleep and fish leisurely. In comparison, it is naturally the Five Counties in the South of the Yangtze River. It's more suitable for me." Lu Wusong leaned back on the chair and said lazily.
Chairs have already appeared in this era, but they are usually used in private. In real formal occasions, people still sit on their knees.
Lu Wu's gesture is naturally a bit rude, but the Lu family is a businessman, and they are not strict about etiquette. Moreover, even if they are promoted to the doctor class, even if the master Lu Chang has requirements for family etiquette, she cannot ask for it. Come on Lu Wu.
Lu Jinhe and his son had a good relationship to begin with, and he didn't put on any airs about his son.
Lu Jinhe nodded: "That's fine. My father is just a businessman, and his grasp of the general trend of the world is far less than that of my son. If it is true as my son said, the five southern prefectures will become a place of hundreds of battles. I am afraid that the Lu family's little wealth will I really can’t withstand the torment - but my son is invincible, and his reputation for defeating armies and killing generals has spread throughout the world, so why should I still be afraid of war?"
The Lu family is indeed the first-class wealthy businessman in the Wu Kingdom, but if they are to support such a long-lasting national war, filling in the entire Lu family is just a drop in the bucket - many supplies cannot be bought with money during the war. Moreover, winning or losing a war does not solely depend on having more money.
Lu Jinhe is not an aggressive general, but is really curious.
Not to mention that Lu Wu single-handedly entered Songjing to turn the situation around. In the past few months, the news from Chu State alone made Lu Wu as good as the devil in the sky or Tai Sui on earth. Such figures, You said that he was afraid that the five southern mansions would become a place of hundreds of battles. Even his own father wouldn't believe it.
"It's easy to defeat an army and kill a general. You just need to see where the people are and just find an opening to go and kill them. But leading an army is really troublesome and it's really not my strength. No matter how good I am at fighting, I'm still just one person. The war is going on, and I don’t know how many battlefields will be opened up. I can’t care about this side but not the other side. Being exhausted can only increase my chances of winning by a few points, and I have no ability to influence the outcome of the national war.”
"What's more, I'm not really invincible. It would still be a bit dangerous if I were shot at close range by hundreds of crossbows."
Lu Wu is not completely invincible. In fact, if he does not use Jiuyou Xuan Gang's body protection, he can be hurt even by using special arrows.
The kind of crossbow that is specially used to kill heavily armored generals at close range uses an all-iron arrow body as thick as a thumb, and the front end is made of fine steel polished and high carbon quenched arrows - this kind of special arrow will be heavy if one is missing. It weighs seven or eight pounds, which is even heavier than the weapons in the hands of many people in the world.
These days, the smelting technology of iron has not yet reached its peak. Hardness and strength cannot be achieved at the same time. When used as weapons, it is not as good as bronze. Iron is also called evil gold.
But when used on arrowheads, there is no need to consider secondary use, so only the hardness is considered. Therefore, after carbon quenching and polishing, the sharpness and hardness of the arrowhead are far greater than those of bronze arrowheads, but they are a bit brittle.
The lethality of such an all-metal long arrow is extremely astonishing. Even an iron-clad scull shield can be shot through. The disadvantage is that the arrow body is too heavy and the range is not far. However, within twenty steps, Lu Wu is almost indestructible. The body should also avoid its sharp edges.
Lu Jinhe curled his lips unconsciously and said nothing.
The Chuangzhang Crossbow is second only to the bed crossbow and the Eight Bull Crossbow as the most dangerous weapons. It is also the most powerful offensive weapon for an individual soldier - even a divine arm bow with a draw force of more than four stones (five hundred kilograms) can kill within thirty steps. Compared with the strength of the crossbow, it is only half a pound.
Especially for generals wearing heavy armor, the crossbow is a standard killing weapon. Just a crossbow arm that can carry such a pulling force is worth a lot of money-otherwise, it would not be able to shoot such heavy arrows-such a Things cannot be bought with money.
Even if the whole country of Wu is searching for them, it is still a question whether they can get a hundred of this level of crossbows.
"Wu'er, since the five counties in the south of the Yangtze River have been replaced to found the country, how do you plan to govern it in the future?" Lu Jinhe Surong asked.
What he really cares about is this, and what he said before is just a foreshadowing.
Lu Wu did not answer directly, but moved his hand, and the teapot on the table flew over automatically - the following conversation was related to future family harmony and future life, and he needed to think about it before speaking.
After all, this was his father, not the nobles in the five southern mansions who were coerced by him. He couldn't just cut him off if he didn't agree with him - he couldn't even say something too serious.
Lu Wu took a swig directly into the teapot. After putting down the teapot, he said, "Father, you want to ask how to arrange the arrangements for our Lu family, right?"
Lu Jinhe nodded, feeling slightly relieved.
Since Lu Wu can still say "our Lu family", it shows that he still cares about his family.
This Wu'er has been a maverick since he was a child, and even nine bulls can't get him to do what he wants to do, and Lu Jinhe doesn't dare to force him to do what he wants.
Nowadays, Lu Wuwei is famous. He said that Lu Wu is a maverick;
At that time, he said that his son was a rotten tree that could not wither.
"There are not many nobles in the five counties in the south of the Yangtze River. I plan to take advantage of the Lu family's annihilation and let Ketu and the others move these nobles to the five southern prefectures. The vacancies will be enough to accommodate many people."
Lu Wu sat up, put the teapot on the table, and said seriously.
"What if the king refuses?" Lu Jinhe asked.
It is easy to resettle the people, as long as there is food and land, and the people are the basic productive force, they must be put to use whether recruiting soldiers or farming;
Relocating nobles requires distributing fiefs, which is not only cumbersome to operate, but also requires dividing the fiefs. Unless they are particularly talented or have made great achievements, most kings will not do so.
"Then kill them all. Anyway, I have a grudge against the Lu family and others, and Ding Man City was attacked, so let's just say they were behind it." Lu Wu said nonchalantly.
