gnovel Chapter 47 Anything Produced by Lu Yong is a Masterpiece
Chapter 47 Anything Produced by Lu Yong is a Masterpiece
After arranging Guo Jia's work,
Liu Bei then looked at Lu Yong and said, "Strategist, we now need to recruit and train a large number of soldiers. I'll leave this task to you."
"Yes, sir." Lu Yong stood up and accepted the order.
Finally, Liu Bei said to Zhao Yun, "Zilong, you should return to Dangtu as soon as possible and guard our northern gateway."
Zhao Yun stood up, cupped his hands, and said, "This subordinate obeys the order!"
"Wenxiang, the defense of Wanling City is now in your hands."
"Rest assured, my lord!"
By the time everyone was settled, it was already late at night.
Lu Yong, Lu Su, Zhao Yun, Guo Jia, Xu Sheng and others returned to Lu Yong's residence.
Lu Yong was about to return to his room when
Guo Jia suddenly tugged at Lu Yong's sleeve and said, "Huai'an, I need some manpower."
"Sure, how many do you want?" Lu Yong replied.
"three hundred!"
"So many?" Lu Yong looked Guo Jia up and down.
Guo Jia released his grip, his tone becoming more serious than usual.
"I've noticed that our lord doesn't have a dedicated spy organization. I'm thinking of taking this opportunity to establish one."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yong nodded and said, "In military campaigns, the eyes and ears are the most important."
Enemy situation, terrain, supply routes... all need to be scouted in advance.
If our lord wishes to establish a firm foothold in Jiangdong, he will indeed need a large number of informants.
Cao Cao had a military post in history.
Liu Bei had a military council.
Sun Quan had a Grand Secretary.
During the Ming Dynasty, there were even more fearsome guards and factories.
After pondering for a moment, Lu Yong said, "You can choose people from Wen Xiang's new army first, and I will allocate money, food and supplies for you."
Guo Jia's lips curled slightly as he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, strategist."
Lu Yong waved his hand, turned around, and pushed open the door to the room.
However, before he could close the door, Guo Jia suddenly darted in and closed the door behind him.
"Hey, hey, hey! I'm not interested in men!" Lu Yong quickly pushed Guo Jia towards the door.
"Hey, don't push me! I have something important to discuss with you!" Guo Jia said, bracing the door with his foot.
Upon hearing this, Lu Yong looked at him warily and asked, "What is it?"
"Where's the strongest liquor in the world? It's time to bring it out and have a taste!" Guo Jia said, rubbing his hands together involuntarily.
It turns out this guy's thirst for alcohol had been awakened.
pity……
Lu Yong replied, "It hasn't been brewed yet. We'll talk about it after we're done with this busy period."
"?" Guo Jia was completely dumbfounded.
It took him a while to realize what was happening, and he immediately widened his eyes and asked, "So you were just kidding me?"
"I'm not lying to you," Lu Yong explained helplessly, "I do know how to brew this kind of wine, but I don't have the means right now."
Guo Jia wanted to say something more, but Lu Yong had already opened the door and pushed him outside.
however,
Guo Jia grew angrier the more he thought about it.
He immediately stretched out his hands and feet to brace himself against the door frame.
He said in a very annoyed tone, "No way! You're just kidding me! I'm not leaving until you bring out some good wine to appease me!"
Lu Yong doesn't usually drink, so where did the alcohol come from?
After much deliberation, he decided to employ a strategy of "besieging Wei to rescue Zhao".
"I don't have any alcohol," Lu Yong stopped pushing and said, "but I do have an idea about your intelligence team."
Upon hearing this, Guo Jia's attention was indeed drawn, and he asked, "What are your thoughts?"
After saying that, he hooked his foot behind him and closed the door again.
"..." Lu Yong was both amused and exasperated, and in the end, he could only walk back to his desk and sit down.
Guo Jia sat down opposite him without any hesitation, staring straight at him, and said, "Tell me, if you don't satisfy me tonight, I'll pester you every night!"
Lu Yong stiffened and couldn't help but shiver.
He knew he had to pull out something really tough to keep this scoundrel in check.
However, Lu Yong did not speak first. Instead, he found a piece of silk, spread it out, and began to grind ink.
Once everything is ready,
Lu Yong wrote down the pinyin letters one by one on the silk.
Guo Jia leaned closer, looking completely bewildered: "This...is it some kind of talisman? Or Sanskrit from the Western Regions?"
Guo Jia stared at it for a long time, but still couldn't understand what these crooked and twisted things meant.
So he asked, "Huai'an, what on earth is this rubbish you've written?"
"Don't understand?" Lu Yong's lips curled slightly as he replied, "That's good then!"
"..."
"Since it's a message passed by spies, only our own people can understand it," Lu Yong explained. "So, I'll show you a method of coded communication that I've been working on for a long time!"
Guo Jia was taken aback upon hearing this, then sat up straight: "You know code words?"
Lu Yong had already finished writing by this time.
Then, pointing to the pinyin on the silk, he said:
"This is pinyin."
These are initials, and these are finals.
By combining the initial consonant and the final vowel, you can pronounce the sound of a Chinese character.
Guo Jia frowned: "There are thousands of Chinese characters, but you only have a few initials and finals? How are you going to spell them?"
Lu Yong picked up a pen and wrote his name, "Lu Yong," and then added a line of pinyin below it: "Lu Yong."
Then he wrote the pinyin for Guo Jia: "Guo Jia".
Guo Jia followed Lu Yong for a short while and quickly grasped this method of pronunciation.
His eyes immediately lit up: "They actually managed to piece it together!"
That's right.
Once you learn these few dozen symbols, you can read any Chinese character.
Conversely, any Chinese character heard can be written down using these symbols.
Guo Jia stared at Lu Yong, saying excitedly, "If we use this set of symbols to transmit messages, even if they are intercepted, the other party won't understand them at all... Amazing, Huai'an, you've invented a set of spelling rules yourself!"
Lu Yong shook his head and said, "It's still too simple."
After he finished speaking, he drew long horizontal lines and dots after the letters.
"I call this system Morse code."
Each pinyin letter can be replaced by a combination of horizontal lines and dots.
The long stroke is "嗒", and the short dot is "滴".
During the message,
It can be communicated using sound, firelight, and flags!
Guo Jia stared at the lines of varying lengths, his pupils gradually contracting, and his breathing becoming noticeably rapid.
He was an exceptionally intelligent man; he grasped the secret in just a few moments.
Guo Jia suddenly looked up and said, "I understand! Use length to represent sound, and use combinations to represent characters!"
"Clever." Lu Yong smiled slightly and said, "For example, if you want to convey the words 'enemy intelligence'."
He first wrote the pinyin "DI QING" on the right side of the silk.
Then, the corresponding Morse code was marked above each letter:
"—····
——·—··—·——·”
"Holy crap!!!"
Guo Jia stared in disbelief at the string of lines and dots, muttering to himself:
"Without a comparable translation, no one could possibly decipher this!"
What's even more ingenious is that this kind of secret code doesn't require letters at all.
It can be transmitted through sound, firelight, flags, and other means.
The message was passed out without the enemy's knowledge!
He snatched the pen from Lu Yong's hand.
He repeatedly compared the pinyin and coded symbols on the bamboo slips, muttering to himself and scribbling with his hands.
After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Guo Jia suddenly froze.
He slowly raised his head and stared blankly at Lu Yong.
After a long while, he suddenly stood up and bowed solemnly to Lu Yong.
This was the first time Guo Jia had bowed so formally since joining the staff, except to Liu Bei.
Lu Yong quickly stood up and returned the greeting.
At this moment, Guo Jia said, "Huai'an, I, Guo Jia, consider myself exceptionally intelligent, but today I realize there are always people more capable than me. I admire you!"
"Hmm?" Lu Yong felt that the last sentence sounded a little off.
However, Lu Yong didn't mind and smiled as he helped Guo Jia up, saying, "I've given it to you. Do you still want wine?"
Guo Jia straightened up.
With lightning speed, he stuffed the silk into his robes.
Suddenly, he reverted to his scoundrel-like demeanor and said:
"Yes! Secrets are secrets, and wine is wine! If you don't conjure up a jar for me tonight, I'll still pester you every day!"
"Damn it..." Lu Yong broke down; he had actually been taken advantage of!