The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 102
Guan Feng blushed and just nodded, but he was embarrassed to agree.Sun Shao, however, was not shy at all, snuggled up to the side of the bridge, chatting nonsense.The three members of the family were talking happily when Sun Shangxiang strode in, saw them and smiled and said, "Aman, newlyweds, don't forget about official duties."

Sun Shao didn't think so: "What business do I have, my task now is to stay at home with my mother, my wife, and hurry up to complete the task that my mother just assigned."

"What task can be more important than official duties!" Sun Shangxiang bowed to Daqiao, took Guan Feng's hand with one hand, and looked up and down: "Girl, I didn't expect that we would meet again and become a family, right? Hehehe , let’s see where you go this time.”

Guan Feng and Sun Shangxiang were acquaintances before. Although she was still young at that time, seeing Sun Shangxiang in Jianye gave her a sense of intimacy like meeting an old friend in a foreign land.She quickly saluted Sun Shangxiang, and then talked affectionately.Sun Shangxiang was not too polite, and sat down to have breakfast together. Anyway, the breakfast in Sun Shao's mansion was delicious, and she didn't just come here every day. Now that her best friend Guan Feng has become her niece and daughter-in-law again, it's even more natural for her to come here.

"What official business?" Sun Shao asked dissatisfiedly while eating breakfast: "I just got married, why don't you let me have a honeymoon?"

"It has nothing to do with me." Sun Shangxiang ate hard, and smiled heartlessly: "The war is coming soon, why do you want to spend your honeymoon? Brother just sent an order to escort the first batch of new wine to Ruxu today. Go to the dock camp."

Sun Shao was stunned, he thought he heard it wrong, looked at Sun Shangxiang and said, "What did you say?"

"Let you escort the first batch of new wine to the Ruxuwu camp." Sun Shangxiang put down the bowl, wiped his mouth, rolled his eyes: "Did you hear me clearly this time?"

"Let me escort the new wine to the camp?" Sun Shao was a little confused.He said he was nervous during the war, he believed it, but Sun Quan really wanted him to go to the camp?Is it just the wine escort or are there other issues?

"Maybe there are other things." Sun Shangxiang also frowned: "I originally said that I will go, but the person who sent the order said that the order is for you and you must go, so I had to rush over early in the morning gone."

Sun Shao didn't say anything more, just bowed his head to eat.The atmosphere was dull for a while, Sun Shangxiang felt a little embarrassed, and ran away after saying hello, Guan Feng didn't know, so he didn't want to talk much, so he had to drink the porridge quietly.Daqiao frowned, looking at Sun Shao with some worry.

The long motorcade slowly drove into the camp. Sun Shao asked Zhang Wen to arrange for someone to deliver a jar of wine to the baggage camp. The big cart with the box said: "I have something to dedicate to the supreme being. Please watch over it carefully, Master Sima, and don't let people move it."

Zhuge Jin was stunned for a moment, he was ordered by Sun Quan to welcome Sun Shao, but Sun Shao arranged to look at the box here, which seemed inappropriate, but Sun Shao said it solemnly, and he dared not listen, so he had to be a little Stay aside aggrieved.Sun Shao walked two steps, turned around again, and said with a soft smile, "Your son is doing well in Chengdu." Before Zhuge Jin could react, he walked away quickly.

Sun Quan watched the energetic Sun Shao striding towards him, he was a little stunned, as if he saw his brother Sun Ce who had just taken the Guose Bridge and was beaming with joy. in front of you.

"Supreme." Sun Shao walked up to Sun Quan and bowed in salute.

"Oh, Fengxian." Sun Quan gave a concealed smile: "I let you come to Daying today, you didn't blame me for being unkind, did you?"

Of course I complained, you are so inhuman.Sun Shao was already scolded in his heart, but his face was full of sincerity: "How dare Shao. The war is imminent, and all the officials in Jiangdong are nervously preparing for the battle. As a supreme minister, I should put state affairs first."

"Well, it's always good to have such a heart." Sun Quan glanced at him and pointed to the seat in front of him: "Sit down, I have something to tell you."

But Sun Shao didn't sit down, took out a few pieces of paper from his arms, put them on Sun Quan's desk full of Jian Ce, and pushed them in front of Sun Quan with both hands.Sun Quan was writing with a pen, and seeing Sun Shao's actions, he was a little surprised: "What is it?"

"Receipt." Sun Shao sat down on the table and said softly, "All the gift money received during the big wedding."

Sun Quan was taken aback, put down his pen, and took a look at the paper. On it was a sum of money written clearly, who gave the money, or what kind of valuables, every item was clear.

"What do you mean?" Sun Quan was even more puzzled. Could it be that Sun Shao reported to him who gave more gifts?
Sun Shao smiled shyly: "The battle is imminent, the Supreme is planning day and night, the counselors offer their wisdom, and the generals serve their lives. As a public family, I am deeply favored by the Supreme, but because of my incompetence, I cannot benefit. I want to share my worries for the Supreme, so I bring all the gifts I received yesterday to the Supreme to show my heart."

Sun Quan looked at Sun Shao, a little confused if Sun Shao was real or not, if it was true, then he was really too generous.It was written clearly on the list that all the dowries add up to three thousand gold, which is not a small amount of money.

"Fengxian, what are you?" Sun Quan wanted to laugh, but he couldn't help it. "This is your wedding gift, how can..."

Sun Shao shook his head: "I know it's a lot of money. If I changed it before, I would definitely be reluctant to take it out. After all, this is money that I may never earn in my life. But it's different now. I have the protection of the Supreme Being. The annual wine money is enough for me to live comfortably. This money is not of much use to me anymore. However, Supreme needs to spend a lot of money here. Under the so-called heavy reward, there must be a brave man. If the money It is also good to recruit one or two warriors for the Supreme, to dampen Cao Cao's spirit." He bowed sincerely again: "I have brought all the things, please accept it."

Sun Quan let out a long breath. Since Sun Shao had brought the things, it seemed that he was sincere.Regardless of whether he really wants to help or wants to take the opportunity to negotiate terms, this is not a bad thing for him. With the three thousand gold, he can indeed do a lot of things.

"Then I'll accept it." Sun Quan rolled up the list and handed it to Sun Shao next to him, showing a gentle smile: "It's natural that you donated all the money at once, and you have a good intention, but I can't lose Please tell me how I should reward you."

Sun Shao hesitated.

Sun Quan smiled, and raised his hand to signal Sun Shao not to be nervous: "Don't worry, what I can promise is of course not a problem, and what I can't promise, I won't give it to you either."

Sun Shao smiled a little embarrassedly: "I want a boat, preferably a sea boat that can go to sea."

"Sea boat?" Sun Quan originally thought that Sun Shao would be an official, and even wanted other rewards, but he didn't expect that he wanted a boat, so he was a little surprised.He and Sun Shao glanced at each other, and they both saw doubts in each other's eyes.

Sun Shao got a little excited, he took two steps forward, as if he didn't regard himself as an outsider, and all the respect and restraint just now disappeared. "Uncle, I saw a lot of good things in Chengdu, oh, you don't know, we sell ten gold pieces of fine Shu brocade here, but there only sell one gold piece there. Also, those silver buckles Lacquerware is also much cheaper than ours, and the profit here is huge. Before I came back, I made an agreement with my uncle that I would take the wine dealer to Chengdu for him, exchange it with him for things in Chengdu, and then ship it back to sell. It takes at most two months to go back and forth, and if you don’t pay taxes along the way, you can earn at least [-] gold per boat. Hey, not too much, I go back and forth three times a year, and I can earn thousands of gold. "

Sun Quan looked at Sun Shao, who was beaming with joy, all the doubts he had just disappeared. Sun Shao was fascinated by the money. He gave the three thousand gold, but it was not as simple as giving money. He was trying to make more money. There was a charter there, and now he came to ask him for a charter.With these two concessions, he can travel all the way up and down the river without paying any taxes, and he earned back the three thousand gold in a few years, what a good plan.

Sun Quan looked at Sun Shao with a smile, squeezed his fingers, and then slowly let go: "It's a good idea to go to Chengdu to do business, but what do you want the sea boat for?"

"Uncle doesn't know something." Sun Shao jumped up all of a sudden, and just about to speak, he seemed to realize that he had lost his composure again, so he stopped talking quickly, sat down politely, and laughed twice in embarrassment.Sun Quan was amused by him, waved his hand, and scolded with a smile: "Okay, don't pretend to be an old man, tell me quickly, what do you want sea boats for, it makes sense, I'll give you a few sea boats, it doesn't make sense, Not a single plank."

"I want to go to sea to do business, go to Jiaozhou, go to Liaodong, go to Goguryeo, go to Nanyang." Sun Shao said several places in one breath: "Uncle, I want to make a lot of money, and then transport back a ship for my uncle. Food and horses."

"War horse?" Sun Quan's eyes lit up immediately.
"Exactly." Sun Shao put away his smile and said solemnly: "It's bitter cold in Liaodong, things that we think are very common here are very valuable there, especially for those barbarians on the grassland, whether it's ours Silk or wine are good things they dream of. They have nothing else, but they have plenty of horses, which are just used to do business with us. If the uncle has thousands of cavalry under his account, even if Cao Cao comes, there will be Why worry?" Sun Shao said while patting his chest loudly, looking very righteous.

Sun Quan nodded again and again, his heart skipped a beat.Sun Shao's suggestion immediately hit his weakness, making him unable to stop.He is very clear about the role of the cavalry. Cao Cao led the tiger and leopard cavalry all the way from Xiangyang to Dangyang, defeated Liu Bei in one fell swoop, took Nanjun with ease, and brought the power of the cavalry to its fullest. A shadow in my heart.He clearly remembered how happy he was when Zhou Yu fought Cao Ren in Nanjun and sent him back [-] horses.What Jiangdong lacks most is war horses. The reason why he dare not attack Huainan and Xuzhou in a large scale now is because he does not have enough war horses. Facing Cao Cao's cavalry who come and go like the wind, he has no way to fight back.If Sun Shao could really bring back a large number of war horses for him, then he would not hesitate to give Sun Shao a few ships.

"It's a good idea, but it's not easy to make it happen." Although Sun Quan was tempted, he still didn't lose his mind. He leaned over, patted Sun Shao on the shoulder and said, "Feng Xian, you treat me well." Discuss with the gentlemen and give you an answer when the time comes, okay?"

Sun Shao nodded: "Naturally. I just wait for the good news from the Supreme." After saying that, he bowed: "The Supreme is taking care of everything, so I won't bother you, and I will leave first."

Seeing that Sun Shao was about to leave, Sun Quan remembered his purpose for coming here. He slapped his head in frustration, and stopped Sun Shao with a smile: "Fengxian, you can leave later, I have something to do with you. say."

Sun Shao stopped in his tracks and looked at Sun Quan puzzled, as if surprised.

"The battle is imminent, and I have sent out all the soldiers I could. The tent is empty, and I don't feel at ease without caring people to guard it. You are very powerful, so stay with me." Sun Quan said without doubt, his tone Quite directly, it is obvious that he does not intend to have any discussion with Sun Shao on this issue.

"Me?" Sun Shao showed a hesitant look.

"As a school lieutenant, you should be responsible for guarding the Supreme. Besides, the guards under the account are related to the safety of the Supreme. This is such an important responsibility. The Supreme is because you are a public and a trustworthy person. Why did you refuse to let you serve as an attendant?" Sun Shao gave Guan Yu a betrothal gift, got to know Sun Shao well along the way, and coupled with his age, he immediately reproached with an air of an elder.

Sun Shao blushed, and stammered, explaining: "It's not that I don't know what's good. But...but I just got married, how can I have the heart to take on such a heavy task at this time? If I make a mistake, wouldn't it be..."

Both Sun Quan and Sun Shao were amused by Sun Shao.Sun Quan pointed at Sun Shao and laughed until he spoke incoherently: "Zhuzi, I know you are newly married, but the young man is abstinent, how can you not be restrained?" He thought for a while, then laughed: "How about it, I You can't say it's unreasonable. Anyway, your wife is also good at martial arts, so let her come with you, let your aunt come too, and they will be responsible for the safety of your wife, Dahu and Xiaohu. That's how the head office works. Bar?"

Sun Shao touched his head and nodded reluctantly.

"You child, why don't you thank the Supreme for taking care of you so much?" Sun Shao suppressed a smile and said in a deep voice.

Sun Shao muttered a few words, but Sun Quan didn't hear clearly, and looked at Sun Shao suspiciously.Sun Shao blushed, and gave a dry laugh: "When you come to the big camp, you won't be able to sleep late. And... so many people are watching, where is the convenience of home?"

Sun Quan looked at Sun Shao angrily and amusedly, and held it back for a while, but at last he couldn't hold it back, jumped up, raised his hand to Sun Shao, and laughed and cursed happily: "Zhu Zi, how can you use it to sleep late?" ?”

Sun Shao quickly jumped out of the big tent, and the triumphant laughter came from afar: "The joy of life, but sleep until you wake up naturally, and count the money until your hands cramp. My lord, I will go back and sleep for two days before I come back to work. .”

Sun Quan laughed again, turned around twice in the tent, turned around and looked at Sun Shao, the smile on his face was gone: "Gong Xu, do you think it's possible?"

Sun Shao also looked serious: "I think it's feasible. It's just that I want to do business in Liaodong. The wind is high and the waves are rough, so it's no joke."

"Well, since he has this kind of heart, I can't let him down." Sun Quan slightly raised his head, looked at the bottom of the blue-black tent, and took a long time to sigh: "If it is really possible, then Isn't that a good thing."

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