The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 132 Set sail and kill three birds with one stone

"For the time being, that's all we can do." Sun Shao nodded, and said with some regret: "I don't think it's appropriate to mobilize soldiers within these few months."

Although Bu Zhi felt a little regretful, he still nodded in agreement.Wei Jing thought for a while, but smiled: "Although we can't fight a battle, it's not like we're helpless. I have some humble opinions, and I'd like to ask Fu Jun for more details."

Bu Zhi laughed, Wei Jing had always been impatient, and he had just won a battle, so he was still in high spirits, and he didn't know what good idea he had come up with.He looked at Wei Jing, then at Sun Shao, and said with a smile: "Well, Fengxian, let's hear what Ziqi has to say."

Wei Jing laughed: "I don't have any great ideas. If I have to say something, it was also inspired by this general. Fu Jun should wait for me to finish speaking, and then see if it can be used."

Bu Zhi grinned happily, and stretched out his hand to signal him to speak quickly.In front of Wei Jing, he was able to let go a little bit.

"Pirates are dead. They mainly live by robbery. Even if we don't attack them, as long as we protect the merchant ship, we will cut off their source of income. It won't be long before they can't hold on." Wei Jing's eyes flickered. Looking at the light, he smiled at Sun Shao: "This time the general thought it was a good idea to escort the merchant ship as a cover. I can continue to do this in the future. The navy escorted the merchant ship and attacked the pirates along the way. This way, the officers and soldiers can practice their actual combat skills." Ability, no matter how bad it is, can also strengthen the ability to maneuver the boat, so that you won’t be lazy on weekdays, and panic when you encounter pirates. Among other things, those under me have the actual combat ability after more than a month of escorting Significant improvement."

Bu Zhi's eyes lit up, a smile appeared in the corner of his eyes, and he looked at Wei Jing encouragingly.Seeing that Bu Zhi didn't object, Wei Jing breathed a sigh of relief, and continued, "Secondly, with the navy escort, small groups of pirates can't survive. They either go back home or rob each other. In this way, we The army can weaken the power of the pirates without taking action. Cui Qian is the most powerful and richest. Although there will be difficulties for a while, he will inevitably become the target of other pirates. If he wants to rob, he will face It is not a merchant ship that has no ability to resist, but our navy, so that, without us needing to find him, he will take the initiative to send him to the door."

"That's right." Bu Zhi murmured.

"Thirdly, don't the sailors have their own roles? We take turns to escort. If the sailors controlled by the scholars do not escort or do not perform well, then their reputation accumulated over the years will be damaged, and the prince will be able to take care of it logically." Deprive them of their military power without being retaliated by Jiaozhou people. If they want to escort like us, they have to fight against pirates. In this way, it will not be so easy for them to collude with pirates."

Bu Zhi and Sun Shao glanced at each other, clapped their hands and smiled at the same time, and Sun Shao said with a smile on the face of Wei Jing: "Wei Jun, your move not only strengthens the sailors, but also weakens the pirates. Pushing the Shi family into a dilemma is like killing three birds with one stone. Smart, really smart."

Wei Jing couldn't help laughing, and continued to be modest: "Don't dare, dare not, if I wasn't inspired by the general, how could I have figured it out? Speaking of it, the general is brilliant. The navy has escorted merchant ships. Since the beginning of the world, you are the first."

Sun Shao smiled, and said in his heart that you don't know how much the navy of the later generations traveled across the oceans to protect the people of the country, which caused a sensation among the people.However, at this time, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the first to use sailors to escort the merchants who are known as pariahs.

"It's a good plan, but..." Bu Zhi hesitated: "The concentration of so many merchant ships will inevitably attract a large number of pirates to come to take risks. Yes, the expense is not small."

"Hahaha..." Wei Jing got carried away, he laughed and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know, our convoy this time doesn't count the loot captured on the way, nor does it cost us money, the food expenses along the way, It's all borne by merchant ships, and they can't wait for it."

"Really?" Bu Zhi was surprised.

"That's right. I charge them, ranging from [-] to [-] yuan depending on the size of the boat. At the same time, they will bear our food and drink. They are willing to do so for safety." Sun Shao said with a smile: "The spoils captured on the way, We can also deal with them as appropriate, so that the navy officers and soldiers will also have rewards, and they will also be able to compensate. Maybe there will be a surplus."

"Okay." Bu Zhi patted the table lightly, his eyes flashed, and then he added: "That's it, the section from Xu Wen to Panyu, Shiwei and I will share, and the section from Xu Wen to Rinan will be up to them The scholars are responsible, hehehe, the four counties of Jiuzhen, Rinan, Jiaozhi, and Hepu belong to his scholars, and they are not responsible for whoever is responsible." Thinking of his pride, Bu Zhi couldn't help laughing softly, just like he usually does. The image of the shady bird of prey is very inconsistent.

"Your Majesty is brilliant." Sun Shao presented a high hat in due course.Thinking about it, I can't help but feel a little jealous. The seven counties of Jiaozhou and the five coastal counties except Nanhai are all in the hands of Shijia, and the profits from seafood alone are quite astonishing.If I can control the sea business, I will make a fortune. I really wish I could become a pirate too.

"In that case, I'll go to Shi Yi and the others tomorrow, put it aside before the battle, and discuss the matter of naval escort. If it goes well, we will escort a group of merchant ships back immediately, and set an example first."

"Hahaha, just listen to the arrangement of the Fujun."

The next day, Bu Zhi summoned Shi Yi, Huan Wei and the senior generals of the navy to discuss the matter, and explained the plan of the navy escort.Hearing that there is no need to fight, the officers and soldiers of the Navy breathed a sigh of relief. Then they heard that they were going to escort them, and they were a little reluctant. It’s not good to stay at home. What kind of boats are there for merchants? Although there are spoils of war, the pirates are fighting more and more. Little, where will there be any spoils to get in the future, this oily water is really not worth the hard work.But Bu Zhi made up his mind, Sun Shao and Wei Jing offered their lives to speak out, and Bu Zhi's cronies expressed their support, Shi Hong and others couldn't express their objection, so the matter was settled like this.Bu Zhi struck while the iron was hot, and recruited several giant businessmen to announce the matter.Quite a few merchants already knew about the escort, but they thought it was just a chance for Sun Shao to take advantage of it, and they didn't dare to expect such a good thing to become a system. Now Bu Zhi notified them, which made them overjoyed. This price is worth it in exchange for a safe journey, so I happily agreed.Bu Zhi immediately announced the news of the naval escort and the departure time in the market, and asked merchants in need to book in advance and pay the relevant fees.

As soon as the news was released, Xuwen City was shocked by it, and they all rushed to sign up. In just half a day, more than 1000 merchant ships signed up. Although the fee was not much, Bu Zhi saw the grateful eyes of the merchants and The bitterness in Shi Yi's eyes made him very satisfied in his heart.The only regret is that he underestimated the merchant's desire for safety and felt that the price was set too low.

Sun Shao was not idle either, he found Cheng Jun and handed over all the spoils to him to deal with.Bu Zhi was very grateful for his contribution this time, if it wasn't for his accumulative contributions along the way, it could just make up for his loss. To compensate him in terms of money, he gave Sun Shao more than half of the booty along the way. Sun Shao made a rough estimate, and after this trip, even the salvage was no less than two thousand gold.Of course, Bu Zhi and the others did not lose money. The wealth that those pirates had collected for more than ten years was all in their pockets, not counting so many ships and captives.

This is still on the surface. Sun Shao, Bu Zhi, and Wei Jing chose to forget an important treasure-the headhunting king's property. These are all Sun Shao's. The first thing I did when I went out to sea at the Yamen Gate was to send someone to poke the headhunting king’s lair. Only the people Sun Shao sent out knew how much money was in it, not even Sun Shao himself. I have known for more than ten years that this layer of oil must be thick enough to make people jealous.

When Xu Wen was resting, Sun Shao, accompanied by Cheng Jun, went to Xu Wenling to inquire about news.Not only inquired about Yishang, but also inquired about Cui Qian by the way.Some time ago, Cui Qian hid himself on Zhuya Island under the pressure of the Buzhi army. We don't know how he reacted to Sun Shao pretending to be his banner to rob, but according to common sense, it shouldn't be much better.

Half a month later, Bu Zhi and Sun Shao led a large naval fleet and escorted even larger merchant ships, and left Xu Wen, leaving Shi Yi and his son bitter.They left, but the order for the navy to escort the merchant ships made them in a dilemma. They also held a list in their hands, on which there were hundreds of merchant ships waiting for them to escort them to Rinan County.

convoy?Let's think about how to negotiate with Cui Qian first.Shi Yi didn't dare to be negligent, so he sent his son Shi Kuang to Jiaozhi with the latest information to meet the elder Shi Xie. This time, Bu Zhi gave them eye drops, which was really tricky.

At the beginning of August, when Sun Shao returned to Panyu, he was not in the mood to look at Shiwei's sad and miserable eyes, nor was he interested in listening to the flattery of those gentry and businessmen. Run to the backyard.As soon as he entered the backyard, he was stunned for a moment. Opposite the bloated Guan Feng sat a familiar face, which was actually Sun Shangxiang.The two held a big coconut in each hand, drinking the coconut juice with gusto, talking and laughing softly at the same time.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, both of them turned their heads. Guan Feng was taken aback for a moment, then stood up in surprise, and walked up to her with clumsy steps. Sun Shao quickly caught up with her, hugged her, and kissed her. With a swollen face, she smiled and said, "Take it easy, don't press my son."

"Isn't the honeymoon already over, and you're still so affectionate?" Sun Shangxiang said with a playful smile.

Guan Feng, who hugged Sun Shao's neck tightly and refused to let go, just woke up like a dream, but after a while, he let go of Sun Shao, took him to the porch and sat down, and said loudly: "Xiao Qing , Yue’er, what are you doing standing there, get the general to wash his face, and then bring some frozen fruit.”

"Oh, I see, I'm working on it." Guan Xiaoqing and Qiaoyue responded with a smile.

"Not bad, not bad." Sun Shangxiang nodded repeatedly with his hands behind his back, looking at Guan Feng who was leaning closely beside Sun Shao, "Girl Feng, isn't my Aman not bad?"

Guan Feng blushed, pursed his lips shyly and smiled silently.

"Auntie, why are you here? When did you arrive?" Sun Shao picked a mango from the fruit bowl and handed it to Sun Shangxiang, asking with a smile.

"I've only been here for a few days." The smile on Sun Shangxiang's face faded, she glanced at Sun Shao, and hesitated to speak.Sun Shao felt a little strange. While eating the mango, he asked, "What's the matter? Just tell me if you have anything to say."

"Supreme wants you to go back to Jianye as soon as possible." Guan Feng said softly.

"You want me to go back to Jianye?" Sun Shao was stunned. He bit the mango in his mouth, thought for a moment, raised his eyelids and stared at Sun Shangxiang: "What's the matter? If it's okay, I don't want to go back now. Yinping still has one or two She is about to give birth in a month, and I will not be able to come back for two months after I go, I don't want to leave her here alone."

"Your fourth uncle... passed away." Sun Shangxiang's eyes were red, and tears rolled down her cheeks. She sat there blankly, with a sad expression, "I want you to go back to the funeral."

Sun Shao's mind buzzed, and he didn't speak for a while.Sun Kuang is his fourth uncle, and his wife is the daughter of Cao Cao's younger brother Cao De.Cao De died in Xuzhou, and Cao Cao was very sad. In the fifth year of Jian'an, Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong and had the intention of going north, while Cao Cao was preparing to fight Yuan Shao. In order to stabilize Sun Ce, he married the daughter-in-law to Sun Kuang, and at the same time provided for his son Cao Zhang. After marrying Sun Ben's daughter, the two families became married.For Cao Cao and Sun Ce at the time, this was a happy event, but for Sun Kuang, it was a tragedy.Because he was married to the Cao family, although he has a good reputation among scholars and is a rare and educated one among the children of the Sun family, he has never been able to become an official.If it is said that Sun Shao wanted to lead troops before, it really made Sun Quan worried, so Sun Quan wanted to suppress him. Although everyone is dissatisfied, they can still understand, then it is a very puzzling thing that Sun Kuang has not been appointed. ——He doesn't like martial arts. Among the children of the Sun family, many who are younger than Sun Kuang and who are not as talented as Sun Kuang have become officials, but Sun Kuang has never been appointed.

He is one year older than Sun Shangxiang, and should be 29 years old this year.There is a son named Sun Tai, Sun Shao doesn't have a deep impression of him, he should be nine or ten years old.

"Is it really as simple as asking me to go back to the funeral?" Sun Shao slowly regained his composure, chewing mangoes one by one, but lost his taste. He felt that Sun Quan wanted to invite him back at this time, it was definitely not as simple as just going to the funeral , if it is just for the funeral, there is no need for Sun Shangxiang to rush over in person, just send an envoy.

Sun Shangxiang didn't speak, and glanced at Guan Xiaoqing and the others. Guan Feng waved her hand knowingly, and asked them who were busy to help her out, and closed the courtyard door smoothly.

"Silang died, and the elders in the clan complained a lot. Some people said that Erlang was not as courageous as Dalang." Sun Shangxiang sniffled, "When Dalang raised his army, among the brothers, as long as they could do things, there was no one Don’t take on important responsibilities. Erlang is in charge, only knows how to use outsiders, but suppresses his own brothers and nephews, you almost died of illness, after Dalang broke up, and now you are forcing Shiro to death.”

When Sun Ce was alive, his second brother, Sun Quan, was the head of Yangxian at the age of 15, and the third son, Sun Yi, fought with Sun Ce at the age of 13. At the age of 17, he already held a heavy army in his hands. He was brave and courageous in battle. He was very similar to Sun Ce. Many people valued him very much. When Sun Ce was assassinated and died, many people thought that Sun Ce would transfer the military power to him, but Sun Ce handed it over to Sun Quan. However, in the eyes of many people, Sun Yi was another Sun Ce. He was killed by left and right in the eighth year of Jian'an , ended his short life.In fact, it seems that it is a good thing for him to die in the hands of others. Otherwise, with Sun Quan's personality, his prestige and ability are too threatening, and it will be a matter of time before his strength is weakened. He will swallow his anger like Sun Shao, either rise up to resist, or die of anger, just like the current fourth son, Sun Kuang.Because of Sun Kuang's young age, Sun Ce was only 13 years old when he was alive, so he died white.If Sun Ce hadn't died and continued to be in charge of Jiangdong, he would at least be a prefect now.

"So he wants to call me back?" Sun Shao curled his lips, showing disdain. In front of Sun Shangxiang, he didn't need to hide his anger. On the contrary, if he behaved too calmly, it would easily make people suspicious. Appropriate behavior It is necessary to be unwilling for a while, which is in line with his previous character. "Are you going to make me an official, or are you going to force me to death?"

"Aman, how can you say that about him, no matter what, he is your uncle." Sun Shangxiang reprimanded dissatisfied, but he didn't have enough confidence.She is very clear about how Sun Quan treated Sun Shao.She murmured for a moment, and even she said a little unsure of herself: "Maybe, he asked you to go back and help him with things."

Sun Shao tilted the corner of his mouth, expressing that he was not interested. He carefully ate the fruit in his hand, and after a while, he said, "You came alone?"

"No." Sun Shangxiang showed a hint of anger on his face: "Zhuge Ke escorted me here."

"Zhuge Ke?" Sun Shao was taken aback for a moment, as if he was a famous person.

"He's the son of Central Commander Ma Zhugejin." Sun Shangxiang explained, "He's only 15 years old this year, and he's the captain of Xiaoguo who just worshiped before he came here."

"Captain Xiaoguo?" Sun Shao curled his lips, dismissively: "Is he good at martial arts?"

"Barely get by." Sun Shangxiang also used some disdain.She didn't like the arrogant Zhuge Ke very much, and especially didn't like his sharp teeth, which were like needles when he spoke, which made people uncomfortable, but she couldn't talk to him, and wanted to beat him several times along the way, I just felt that bullying a child like him seemed a little unkind, so I endured it.

"Being a lieutenant at the age of 15 is more promising than me." Sun Shao smiled darkly. He knew why Sun Quan sent Zhuge Ke here, and he also knew that he didn't have the domineering spirit to make Zhuge Ke bow his head. Cut off the idea of ​​intimacy.

Sun Shangxiang didn't say a word, and she also felt that it was a bit strange that Zhuge Ke could become a captain at the age of 15. Compared with Sun Kuang who was still white at the age of 29, it was very suffocating.She waited for a while, then asked worriedly: "Aman, when... are you leaving?"

"Don't worry." Sun Shaoman said casually, "I'll talk about it after I ask Zhuge Ke. Someone, call Zhuge Ke to the front hall. I have something to ask him."

Shuai Zeng came up to him and responded: "Young master, that Zhuzi is already waiting in the front hall." Seeing that Sun Shao didn't like Zhuge Ke, he subconsciously classified Zhuge Ke as unpopular Among them, there is of course no respect between words.

"It came so fast." Sun Shao rolled his eyes.

"He came as soon as the young master entered the door."

"Let him wait." Sun Shao stretched his waist and yawned: "I'm sleepy, take a nap first."

"Pfft—" Shuai Zeng couldn't help laughing, turned around and left.When he came to the front hall, Zhuge Ke, who was sitting withered, straightened up quickly: "Dare to ask, is the general free?"

Shuai Zeng nodded solemnly: "I'm free, I still have some things to deal with right now, just wait and don't leave, the general will be upset if he can't find you."

How did Zhuge Ke know that Sun Shao had already gone to take a nap, and he thought that it was normal for Sun Shao to have something to deal with just after he came back, so just wait.I heard that the tea in the prefect's mansion is very unique, so I just had a chance to experience it today.Unexpectedly, Shuai Zeng turned around and left after saying this. After waiting for a long time, no one served tea. For this man, it would take him two hours to hang him there.Looking at the time, it was already Yin time, and it was time for dinner. Poor him was so hungry that he didn't dare to leave half a step away.He was a smart man, and he already knew that Sun Shao was making fun of him, but he also knew that Sun Quan could not control Sun Shao here, and if he was punished by Sun Shao, he would have nowhere to complain.

endured.Zhuge Ke licked his dry lips, helpless.

The smell of rice came from the prefect's mansion, and the east kitchen door opened. A young maidservant led a group of servants carrying food tables into the inner courtyard along the long corridor. The smell of food and wine amused Zhuge Ke's stomach. The roundworms scurried around inside, but he still didn't dare to move, he watched the people who came out of the room anxiously, hoping to hear Sun Shao's order to call him in.But the first class didn't come, neither did the second class, there was endless chatter and laughter in the backyard, but he was ignored in the front hall, even the servants who came in and out felt pitiful.

But the servants of the prefect's mansion didn't sympathize with him because of this. Everyone in the mansion knew that the mansion was a good man, he was kind to his wife and servants, he always smiled and didn't get angry easily.Since this handsome and talented young man was left out here by the Fujun, there must be a reason for him to be hated.People with keen eyesight will say, you are so stupid, don’t you still not see it?Fu Jun's aunt has no good looks towards this Li Zi, so Fu Jun can have good face towards him?
Then someone said, does this little Zhuzi dare to disrespect the Fujun's aunt?Then he really deserves to die, the next offender, this kind of scum should be dragged out and beaten to death.It can't be seen that this little Zhuzi is young, but his heart is sinister.

Fortunately, Zhuge Ke couldn't understand Panyu's dialect. Although he knew that these servants had nothing good to say, he didn't expect that he would leave such a bad impression on them. Otherwise, no matter how patient he was, he would have gone berserk.

(End of this chapter)