"Why is Mr. Lu looking at me like this?"

Sensing Lu Yu's strange gaze and complicated expression, Feng Da Sima couldn't help but ask.

Lu Yu, who was standing there in a daze, finally came to his senses and quickly apologized:

"Feng Gong is famous all over the world and has been famous for a long time. He often regrets not being able to pay him an audience. Today I am lucky enough to have an audience with him. I am shocked by Feng Gong's majestic appearance, so I am rude."

Wonderful appearance?

It sounds like a compliment, but it doesn't sound right?

Feng Dashima thought for a while and didn't think anything was wrong.

"No problem, Mr. Lu, please sit down."

"Thank you Mr. Feng."

After Lu Yu sat down, Feng Da Sima offered tea again, and then asked:

"Where did Mr. Lu come from this time?"

Lu Yu bowed slightly and replied:

"A certain person was entrusted by Taifu Sima to go to the Han camp as an envoy."

Feng Da Sima smiled and said:

"Sima Zhongda is good at picking people."

Lu Yu was the son of Lu Zhi, and Emperor Zhaolie once studied under Lu Zhi.

If you really want to say it, there is nothing wrong with Emperor Zhaolie and Lu Yu calling each other senior brothers - it might have happened before, but it certainly doesn't happen now.

"Well, I also have something to say to Mr. Lu, but since Mr. Lu is entrusted by Sima Gong, let's put business first and then private affairs. Mr. Lu, let's talk about the matters entrusted by Sima Gong first."

When Lu Yu heard this, he quickly sat upright and said solemnly:

"Then let me speak frankly. If there is any offense, I hope Mr. Feng will forgive me."

"The two armies are fighting. If you don't kill the envoy, Duke Lu will just say it."

Lu Yu cupped his hands and said:

"Feng Gong's reputation as a soldier has shocked the world. Even Sima Taifu is deeply admired. Now that Feng Gong has promoted the tiger and wolf divisions, he has the intention to advance eastward and annex Hebei, and everyone in Hebei is shocked."

"The Taifu knew that his intelligence was not as good as Feng Gongyuan's, but he was wrongly loved by the Emperor of Wei Dynasty and guarded Hebei Province. Therefore, he was willing to hunt with Feng Gongyuan in Jingxing even though he knew that he was hitting rocks with eggs."

"If the Duke wins, the Grand Tutor will hand over Hebei Province. If the Grand Tutor is lucky enough to win, and it has been more than half a year since Feng Gong mobilized the troops, why not withdraw the troops and think about a better strategy, so as not to waste the people and money?"

After hearing these words, Feng Da Sima thought for a moment and then understood, with a strange smile on his face:

"Sima Gong went to Weizeguan to decide the outcome with me?"

"Feng Gongmingjian."

Feng Da Sima chuckled and slowly leaned on the backrest. His eyes fell on Lu Yu, with a rather meaningful feeling. After a while, he suddenly said:

"Is there insufficient food and fodder in Lord Sima's army, so he is anxious to fight me decisively?"

Lu Yu shook his head and replied without changing his expression:

"Mr. Feng is overly worried. Before Taifu Sima came, Boling alone had already collected three months' worth of food for the army. How can there be any talk of insufficient food and grass?"

"Bo Ling..." Feng Da Sima raised his head and thought for a moment, "Oh, yes, the Boling Cui family is a prominent family in Hebei. It is not surprising that they can provide Sima Gong with food for three months."

Then he looked at Lu Yu and said:

"It seems that Sima Gong has won the trust of the Hebei family. The Boling Cui family alone can provide so much food. The Qinghe Cui family and the Boling Cui family have always been in the same spirit, so they are indispensable?"

"In addition, the Li family of Zhao County and the Lu family of Fanyang where Lu Gong lives, each family sent three months of food to Sima Gong. After all, Sima Gong has at least more than a year's food in his hands."

Lu Yuwei sat still, his expression indifferent, and he didn't even blink.

Feng Da Sima couldn't see any changes on Lu Yu's face. He was not disappointed, he just smiled and said:

"It seems that on the surface, Sima Gong sent Lu Gong to declare a challenge to me, but in fact he came to demonstrate."

"Feng Gong's words are serious. It's just that Taifu Sima felt deeply that the war was going on, the soldiers would be burdened, and the people would suffer, so he wanted to decide the outcome as soon as possible to avoid harm to the people."

"In this way, Sima Gong is considerate of the people." Sima Feng smiled half-heartedly, "It's just that now Sima Gong leads the army to live in Xiongguan, and I lead the army to station in the valley."

"I, a city siegeer, am not in a hurry. Sima Gong is guarding such a great pass, so why should I be in a hurry?"

When Lu Yu heard this, he couldn't help but frowned and said:

"Yu once heard that Feng's open school taught a wide range of students, teaching all kinds of people, and even made great ambitions: to establish a heart for the world, to establish a destiny for the people, to carry forward the unique knowledge of the past saints, and to create peace for all generations."

"Hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the two armies are now facing each other. Every time one person is killed or injured, one family is suffering the pain of losing a father or a son."

"Not to mention that parents and children are in the rear and have to bear the burden of labor and taxes. Is this what Feng Gong said, to establish a life for the people?"

When Feng Da Sima heard this, he laughed and then asked:

"Before answering this question, I would like to ask Lu Gong a question first: Does Lu Gong know how many Dingkou there were in the world before the war broke out in the Later Han Dynasty?"

Lu Yu frowned, thought for a moment, and said with some uncertainty:

"I think there are more than 60 million?"

"To be precise, there were more than 65 million recorded in the official household register at most. By the seventh year of Emperor Guanghe's reign, there were also 55 million. That was the year when the Yellow Turbans began to cause chaos, and to this day

It’s been dozens of years.”

After saying that, Feng Dasima asked again:

"When the world is divided into three parts, will Mr. Lu know how many people there are in the official household register?"

"How many?"

"According to my estimation, it will not exceed eight million at most!"

Lu Yu took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:

"How does Feng Gong know?"

It's not that he doesn't believe this data. After all, in the past decades of war, "bones exposed in the wild" and "nine rooms out of ten" are not lies.

What he doubted was how Feng got this data.

After all, the Three Kingdoms are in a tripartite relationship, and the household registration is a secret. How could someone like Feng know the data about Wei and Wu?

Feng Dasima chuckled:

"What's so difficult about this? At that time, the Han Dynasty once calculated that the population of Shu was less than one million, but the number of sergeants was about 120,000."

"The ratio of sergeants to Dingkou is not even ten to one, and the other two countries are about the same. Even if it is calculated as ten to one, the number of Dingkou in Wu State will not exceed two million at most."

"And you, I think there are about five million. If the three parties add up, what is it if it's not eight million?"

The population cannot be known directly, but there is no problem in estimating the military strength of each of the three countries.

Some people in later generations used the ratio of population to sergeants to accuse Zhuge Lao Yao of being militaristic. I don’t know if they didn’t calculate the ratio of soldiers and civilians in Wei and Wu, or they deliberately avoided talking about it.

In fact, when the war is tense, even if there is a difference in the ratio of military to civilians among the three countries, it is not much different. Basically, it is between nine and ten.

When Lu Yu heard this, cold sweat finally broke down uncontrollably.

At this time, he remembered that in addition to poetry, the rough military commander in front of him was also a master of arithmetic.

He even created an unheard-of field of arithmetic.

Feng Da Sima didn't care what Lu Yu was thinking. He held the case with both hands and said slowly:

"Gong Lu, from 55 million to 8 million, not to mention how many people are hidden by aristocratic families like yours, but how many people have died in decades of war, can you calculate it?"

Lu Yu's face changed drastically and he didn't dare to answer.

Feng Da Sima had no intention of letting him go. He stood up directly, walked around the desk, and approached step by step:

"Mr. Lu keeps saying that he is here for the sake of the people, but do you know how many cities Cao Cao, the so-called Emperor of the Puppet Wei Dynasty, whom you loyal to, slaughtered? How many people died under his butcher knife?"

Lu Yu was shocked and did not dare to look directly into Feng Da Sima's eyes.

Feng Da Sima sneered, "When Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty crossed the Han River south to Dangyang, more than 100,000 people and officials in Jingzhou supported the old and brought the young with them. This can be said to be benevolent and righteous, and the people followed."

"Ji Han founded the country with benevolence and righteousness, and followed the king's way. Wherever he went, the people all drank from the pots and cups. Now there are thieves who massacred the city and usurped the Han Dynasty and said in front of the king of the Han Dynasty that he was committed to the livelihood of the people. I have never seen such a shameless person.

Yes!"

"I have led the troops here today to quell the rebels, revive the Han Dynasty, spread benevolence and righteousness to the world, and bring peace to the world!"

Lu Yu felt that all the blood in her body suddenly rushed to her face, and her face was swollen and purple.

I just wish I had never met Mr. Feng.

I'm so stupid, really, I'm really stupid...

Knowing that this person is known for his clever words and seductiveness, you actually dare to have a verbal dispute with him...

If he hadn't remembered Taifu Sima's great trust and had some sense in him, Lu Yu would have covered his face in shame and ran away.

He took a deep breath again, and without any shame, asked forcefully:

"Since Mr. Feng prides himself on benevolence and righteousness, and now that the Imperial Tutor is willing to end the war as soon as possible, why is Mr. Feng unwilling to accept the invitation of Sima Gong to fight?"

Feng Da Sima laughed again, looked at the other party with contempt, did not answer the question immediately, but pointed to the east and asked:

"Do you know, Mr. Lu, how much is the current price of food in Yecheng?"

Of course Lu Yu knew, but he didn't want to say it, but he had to say it. He hesitated and said, "Three thousand yuan per stone."

Feng Dasima glanced at the other party in surprise. He thought that the other party would deliberately cheat on him, but he didn't expect that he was actually honest.

"Yecheng is the largest city in Hebei, right? With the supply from counties and counties in Hebei, the food can actually reach 3,000 yuan per stone. It is conceivable that the price of food in various places is probably high or not low."

In fact, this is still just the lowest price.

When it is high, it can reach 5,000 yuan.

Feng Da Sima sighed, "I'm afraid it's not enough to describe the hardship of the people as miserable."
To be continued...