At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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Zhou Yu nodded in agreement.

In Zhou Yu's view, this is not a failure, but a harbinger of success.

The 15-year-old young Patriarch finally couldn't bear it anymore.

In this man-eating world, without strong strength or strong backing, a person, or a family, cannot survive.

In troubled times and wars and disasters, no one dares to say that he can live a good life, neither Sun Ce nor Zhou Yu.

But in terms of probability, their chances of surviving are undoubtedly greater.

Because of this, it is more important for the Lu family to get closer to the Sun family.

The family's prestige and status quo are too heavy, so heavy that this 15-year-old boy can't bear it.

But he had to bear it.

He couldn't immediately convince himself to ignore the death of Lu Kang and more than 50 clansmen and marry Sun Ce.

In that case, wouldn't it be too cruel for those dead uncles and relatives?

Lu Yi was deeply puzzled and worried, but he couldn't straighten up because of the heavy reality.

The 15-year-old gentry boy from another family was in high spirits, but he had to take on the important responsibilities of the family three years ago, and he tasted the coldness of the world and the warmth of the world too early.

The young Lu Yi, already a qualified patriarch, carefully led the dying Lu family forward, licking the wound while advancing.

Although he still doesn't know much about everything in this world, he still can't completely turn a blind eye to the ways of the world.

That night, Lu Yi suffered from insomnia, and Gu Hui came early the next morning.

Gu Hui is Gu Yong's half-brother, who is ten years older than Lu Yi. Gu Yong followed Guo Peng to the north of the Yangtze River, while Gu Hui stayed behind to serve his mother.

Later, Gu Yong often wrote letters back, and asked someone to bring back some Jiangbei specialties, so the Gu family knew that Gu Yong was doing well, and he was reused under Guo Peng's command.

This time Gu Yong wrote back and told Gu's family that he was transferred to be the prefect of Lujiang, and his wife, Mrs. Lu, cared about her family, so she wrote to inquire. Therefore, Gu Hui took the initiative to hand over Mrs. Lu's letter and some gold to Lu Yi.

"This gold is..."

"Madam Lu asked someone to bring it to you. Madam Lu knows that it is not easy for you to manage the family business by yourself, so she specially brought some gold for you as an emergency."

Gu Hui handed a small box of heavy gold bars to Lu Yi. Lu Yi opened the box, looked at the heavy gold bars in the box, and was silent.

Gu Hui showed the letter to Lu Yi again, and Lu Yi couldn't help crying in front of Gu Hui after reading it.

"If it wasn't for the elder sister and Mrs. Gu's constant support these years, Mrs. Lu really wouldn't be able to survive."

Gu Hui sighed and shook his head.

The situation of the Lu family these years is really very bad. Almost all the men in the family died, leaving two only children, Lu Yi and Lu Ji, and a group of women and children. They didn't even have anyone to talk to, and the family property was constantly being robbed.

For the sake of love in previous years, Mrs. Gu helped Mrs. Lu barely save the ancestral land and house for Mrs. Lu, and did not make Mrs. Lu a laughing stock on the streets. For this, Lu Yi has always been very grateful.

Except that Mrs. Gu would help out from time to time, Gu Yong and his wife Mrs. Lu, who were under Guo Peng's command, were concerned about Mrs. Lu.

When bringing gifts to Mrs. Gu, he did not forget to bring a share to Mrs. Lu, and Gu Yong even used his salary to help Mrs. Lu, which is considered as the most benevolent and righteous.

"It's better now. Elder brother was transferred by Mr. Wei to Lujiang as the sheriff. It's very close to Jiangdong. Maybe I can help you a lot in the future. No matter what, I have to help the Lu family pass on the incense. Otherwise, how can I feel at ease? ?”

To be honest, Gu Hui admired Lu Yi very much. At a young age, he was responsible for the livelihood of a large family, women and children, bit the bullet and learned how to deal with outsiders. He was frustrated and humiliated many times, but he was still able to persevere.

The future of this child is limitless.

The elders of Gu's family all thought so, so they helped Lu's under great pressure and saved a certain amount of foundation.

Lu Yi couldn't stop crying, it took him a while to hold back his tears, wiped the corners of his eyes, and asked, "Gu Jun, you just said that elder brother Yuan Tan has been transferred to Lujiang prefect?"

"Yes, my brother has been transferred to be the prefect of Lujiang, and he has already arrived. If you want to, why not cross the river and go to Lujiang to see my brother and sister-in-law."

Gu Hui suggested so.

Lu Yi thought about it, and felt that this was also possible.

Although Liu Biao formed an alliance with Sun Ce and looked at Guo Peng covetously, but in fact the war had not started, nor did it look like it was going to start, and the communication between them was not cut off.

There are still merchants from Jiangdong and Jingzhou going to the Central Plains to do business, and there are also people from the Central Plains who come to Jiangdong to do business, and there are even merchant ships coming to Jiangdong to sell horses. Whether it is Nu horses or war horses, they are all available for sale, but they are more expensive and not for ordinary people. affordable.

Guo Peng didn't think about cutting off business ties with Jiang Dong, and of course Jiang Dong didn't dare to cut off business ties with Guo Peng. Everyone continued to do business, collect taxes as usual, and communicate without hindrance.

It happened that Lu Yi had doubts in his heart, so he planned to take Lu Ji to visit Gu Yong and Lu Shi together, so the two crossed the Yangtze River by ferry and entered the border of Lujiang River.

Lu Shi and Lu Ji are brothers and sisters of the same mother. They hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they missed each other very much. After seeing each other, they hugged each other and wept.

Gu Yong took Lu Yi to chat in the courtyard of the prefect's mansion, leaving all the time and space for the siblings.

"Over the years, Boyan, I have really suffered for you."

Gu Yong couldn't stop sighing.

Lu Yi shook his head.

"Without the help of Gu Jun and my aunt, I'm afraid it would not be so easy to survive. Now that the situation in Jiangdong is uneasy, I will be cautious when living in Jiangdong, and I dare not go beyond the slightest, for fear of causing disaster."

"Sun Bofu is very cruel in governing Jiangdong?"

"It is very indulgent to those who obey him, allowing them to plunder land and increase their number of episodes. They are very strict on those who disobey him, and they are punished severely by the law at every turn. Well, the Lu family is just one of them."

Lu Yi shook his head and sighed.

Gu Yong frowned.

"In this way, Sun Bofu is too much. Isn't it enough to harm the Lu family back then?"

"I'm afraid it's not enough. I haven't seen him relax the law a little over the years. If it weren't for this, Jiangdong people wouldn't be so disgusted with him."

Lu Yi pursed his lips, and said, "Brother, Zhou Gongjin came to see me a few days ago."

"Zhou Gongjin? Is it Sun Bofu's former general, Zhou Gongjin known as Jiangzuo Zhoulang?"

Gu Yong asked.

"it's him."

Lu Yi nodded.

"Zhou Gongjin, I remember that he is from Lujiang. When Duke Wei defeated Yuan Gonglu, the Lujiang Zhou family had defected to Duke Wei. At that time, Duke Wei asked Zhou Gongjin and learned that Zhou Gongjin had taken refuge in Sun Bofu. Duke Wei was very upset, and the Zhou clan was still trembling for a while because of this, and now Zhou Gongjin's uncle, Zhou Shang, only got the post of county magistrate."

Gu Yong recounted what he knew, and said again: "What did Zhou Gongjin come to see you for? Do you know Zhou Gongjin?"

"No, I don't know Zhou Gongjin. Zhou Gongjin came to talk to me about marriage."

Chapter 548. 550 Qi Lu Yi reached a conclusion

"marriage?"

Gu Yong was very surprised when he heard Lu Yi say this, and couldn't help asking: "Zhou Gongjin came to you to discuss marriage? Whose marriage?"

"Zhou Gongjin came here to persuade me to agree to marry a woman from the clan to Sun Bofu as his wife, so as to ease the conflict between the Sun family and the Lu family."

Lu Yi told Gu Yong the conversation between him and Zhou Yu.

Gu Yong frowned, the more he listened, the more he felt that the situation was a bit unexpected.

Is Sun Bofu going to give up such a cruel law and take the gentle route?

Although it is said that the Jiangdong clan will not accept Sun Bofu immediately, if he really takes the Huairou route, the Sun regime will really take root in Jiangdong, which is definitely not a good thing for Jiangdong people.

Although there is no date yet, Gu Yong knows very well that there must be a battle between Guo Peng and Sun Ce.

The shallower the Jiangdong people participated in this battle, the smaller the loss, and the deeper the participation, the greater the loss. The degree of participation still depends on the friendship between the major families and the Sun family.

Once this title is determined, everyone will be the courtiers of Wu and will be loyal to Sun Ce, which is why so far few people have taken refuge in Sun Ce.

Who is willing to be loyal to a local emperor, or a local emperor who does not know how to satisfy our interests? What good does it do us to follow such a local emperor?

But once this matter is confirmed, and the Lu family and the Sun family have reached an in-law relationship, everything will be completely different.

The Sun regime will begin to localize, transfer part of the power to the powerful gentry in exchange for their cooperation, then the Sun regime will really start to take root.

No matter how you look at it, this is not a good thing for Gu Yong.

Although he has separated from the Gu family, but the Gu family is still his family, and he will not turn a blind eye.

So he looked at Lu Yi with some concern.

"Bo Yan, what do you think about this matter?"

Lu Yi pondered for a while.

"I don't want to agree to Sun Bofu. If I agree to Sun Bofu, how can I be worthy of the clansmen who lost their lives? How can I be worthy of my uncle?"

Lu Yi clenched his fist, leaned less, but let go weakly.

"However, if I want the Lu family to continue to exist and revive the family business, I have to rely on the power of the Sun family. If not, I really can't think of how to revive the family business. Those people... compared to the Sun family , even worse than that, bullying my orphans and widows, how can I have the slightest style of a celebrity!"

Seeing Lu Yi's frustrated look, Gu Yong thought for a while before speaking.

"Bo Yan, are you having a good time in Jiangdong?"

"Why did you say that, big brother?"

Lu Yi looked at Gu Yong.

"What I mean is, I know it's hard to leave my homeland, but if you don't want to continue to be humiliated in Jiangdong, I'm in Lujiang now, you can take the Lu clan with you, tidy up, and come to Lujiang.

Duke Wei will definitely welcome Mrs. Lu, let Mrs. Lu have a better life in Lujiang, or go to any place in the Central Plains, as long as Mrs. Lu is willing, you should know that Mr. Wei treats me like this, let alone Mrs. Lu . "

Lu Yi blinked his eyes and opened his mouth slightly, obviously stunned by Gu Yong's proposal.

"Continuing in Jiangdong, you can only be limited by those powerful clans and the Sun family who bully the weak, but if you leave Jiangdong and join Wei Gong, Wei Gong will definitely treat Lu family generously. I can assure you that Lu's women and children will definitely get Take good care of.

Besides, Boyan, it was Yuan Gonglu who ordered Sun Bofu to kill Ji Ning Gong, the culprit was Yuan Gong Gong, and Wei Gong beheaded Yuan Gong Gong with his own hands, not only for the country, but also to avenge the Lu family, don't you want to Meet Wei Gong in person and thank him? "

Gu Yong's words kept echoing in Lu Yi's mind, echoing and echoing, Lu Yi suddenly found that he saw a completely different path from the past.

After returning from Lujiang, Lu Yi not only brought back several carts of food, clothing and cloth, but also brought back a lot of thoughts and ideas about leaving Jiangdong to live in Lujiang.

What Gu Yong said is correct, staying in Jiangdong is too dangerous for the Lu family who has lost so many clan members that no one can be an official.

What the Lu family needs is safety, protection, and the hope of survival, not useless promises.

Not even a marriage contract!

A marriage contract that made Lu Yi feel painful and humiliating.

Lu Yi was thinking deeply, thinking about what Gu Yong said to him.

Gu Yong not only told him the reasons and benefits, but also told him the general trend of the world, for example, the north will be unified soon and will be unified by Guo Peng.

Ma Teng and Han Sui are nothing more than dead bones in the grave, they just put in bids to sell their heads, and they can't fight against Guo Peng at all. Guo Peng will occupy the entire northern region by then, and the Han Dynasty will get two-thirds of it. What will the future situation be like? Lu Can't you see it?

Gu Yong was really afraid that Lu Yi would not be able to see it, so he took out a military map and explained to Lu Yi the current situation in the north in detail, and let Lu Yi know what the situation of the three major princes in the south of the Yangtze River is like.

So Lu Yi knew that Guo Peng had wiped out most of the troubles in the north, wiped out the Southern Huns, and wiped out the Xianbei people. Can't play it either.

The worries in Hebei have basically been lifted, and it has become Guo Peng's rear area.

Xuzhou, the last threat in the Central Plains, has been captured.

Tao Qian was ruined, died, and was spurned by Xuzhou people. Xuzhou people happily welcomed Guo Peng's rule, and were happily accepting the rule under Guo Peng's command, preparing for a better future.

Xuzhou's 300 million registered population became Guo Peng's tools and continued to contribute to his career.

Whether it's population, territory, productivity, taxation, or military strength, Guo Peng has completely crushed any opponent, and what's even more frightening is that this kind of crushing has already occurred before.

You can pull out an army of [-] to fight against him, but you will definitely not be able to persist until you defeat him, because his logistics ability is much stronger than yours, and his persistence is much longer than yours.

Fighting a war is not only combat effectiveness, but also logistical production capacity.

The production in Kansai collapsed, the population was sparse, and it was almost completely destroyed by the scourge. The people of Liangzhou could occupy it but could not stay there permanently.

Guo Peng's [-] troops marched west to Chang'an, with the goal of taking Chang'an and deterring Liangzhou and Shuzhong.

They don't have any doubts about the outcome of this war. Guo Peng will definitely win, just like every time Guo Peng won before.

So once Guo Peng defeats Ma Teng and Han Sui, whether Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, or Sun Ce, can they still fight against Guo Peng?

Gu Yong thinks that Lu Yi is a smart boy, he should be very clear about what should be done and what should not be done.

After talking about these things, a picture of the situation in the world has appeared in Lu Yi's mind, and he can already make an easy-to-understand deduction of the situation in the whole world.

After Guo Peng pacified the north, he led the northern army to coerce Jiangnan. Sun Ce, Liu Biao, and Liu Zhang were trembling and dared not contend with them.