The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 150 Set Sail The Economic Crisis
The final results showed that when the building boat capsized, the waves were two feet high, not as high as Ge Heng expected, but much better than what Sun Shao and the others saw.Sun Shao was very satisfied, and of course decided to give Ge Hengji and his subordinates a reward and a holiday after returning to Xuwen.The technicians who worked hard for more than a year had achieved results, and they were very happy at first, but after hearing what Sun Shao said, they all shouted long live, and the crowd was excited.

Seeing that Yue Hai and the others were a little envious, Sun Shao smiled and said, "Don't look at it, and immediately lead someone to pick up that building boat, and reward it too."

"What's the reward for the general?" Chen Hai said with a smile: "A building boat is worth a lot of money, won't it be lower than theirs?"

"That's not okay, I can throw away the building and don't want it, but there must be none of these people." Sun Shao said with a smile, and then added: "In my opinion, each of them is worth at least Three buildings."

The eyebrows of the technicians immediately raised, and their chests stood tall.

"Wow——" Yue Hai exclaimed exaggeratedly: "Wouldn't that Sizhen be worth at least five buildings? I really regret it. Why didn't I ask for a higher price and leave him in Hou Guan?"

"Him?" Sun Shao squeezed his eyes and patted Yue Hai's shoulder: "He's priceless, you can't afford it."

Yue Hai lowered his head and sighed half-truthfully: "No wonder I can only hang around with the general, and I was bitten by a pirate. Such a person passed by and didn't get caught. It's fate."

Everyone laughed, everyone was in a good mood, joking with each other, Su Chuleg led the people down.Pirates are no better than officers and soldiers. They don't want a ship if it sinks. They always try their best to save every ship. They have rich experience in salvaging sunken ships. He is the most comfortable in this kind of work.

"Sizhen, this task is completed. You rest for a while. After you go back, hurry up and improve your tools. If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. This effort is worth spending. The improvement of the ship can be handed over to this team." A few people will do it."

Ge Heng nodded again and again, "General, don't worry, I understand. When I go back this time, the house will basically be completed."

"Remember, just focus on the main things, those mundane tasks, and just leave them to others." Sun Shao walked down, while gently exhorting: "Use all these backbones, and distribute the tasks. Do things You need to combine work and rest so that you won't be exhausted. In addition, I recruited a group of educated people, you take them away, you can do big things with peace of mind, and the specific work can be handed over to them step by step , don’t worry about money.” He patted his chest and said majestically, “I have money.”

"Here." Ge Heng raised his brows with joy.The most worrying thing about research and development is money, and what he is least good at is making money. Working behind Sun Shao, he has no worries at all, and his life is so nourishing.

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As soon as Sun Shao returned to Xuwen, Bu Zhi came to him and asked a few words about his whereabouts. After being perfunctory by Sun Shao, he explained the purpose of coming straight to the point: "Feng Xian, the merchant ships are in a hurry. When can we go to sea?"

"Who wants to go to sea? Are they not afraid of the hurricane that just blew two days ago?"

"Hurricanes are scary, but hurricanes don't blow every day. Merchant ships used to pass through as usual during hurricane seasons, but they just had to be careful and slow down. Now it's good, the sea is banned directly. So many merchant ships are stranded in Xuwen, and I am under a lot of pressure. "

Sun Shao didn't say a word, fetched water to wash his face, and led Bu Zhi to the study room, the two sat down opposite each other, Sun Shao thought for a long time, and then asked seriously: "Do you want to go to sea by yourself, or is someone putting pressure on you?" ?”

Bu Zhi stroked his beard, rolled his eyes twice, and said calmly: "The sea has been banned for more than two months, a large number of businessmen have been stranded in Xu Wen, plus your army, you must know that this will put a lot of pressure on Xu Wen. "

Sun Shao is well aware of this situation. Xuwen's local population is probably less than 2 people, and the city's population is only more than 3000. Because there is a big market, the floating population is more than Xuwen's local people, and it is normally stable at About 4 people, these people brought prosperity to Xuwen. The hotels and restaurants in Xuwen City are thriving, which has a lot to do with these businessmen. Compared with some counties in the Central Plains, Xuwen's service industry is very developed.However, the scale of Xuwen City is limited after all. After Sun Shao’s ban on the sea, the merchants stayed in Xuwen without returning. The population increased rapidly, and the floating population increased to nearly [-]. Unfortunately, the supply of living materials has become a problem.

The extra 3 people will consume [-] to [-] shi of grain every month. This alone will bring Xuwen's grain market to the brink of collapse in a short period of time. The first thing Bu Zhi does when he takes office is to Emergency food adjustments were made to several other counties to alleviate the sharp rise in food prices in Xuwen, but the effect was minimal. Food prices rose all the way. At the peak, they rose to [-] times the previous level, and now they are basically maintained at about [-] times.

Only at this time did he realize that his feeling when he first saw Sun Shao was right, and it was simply a trap.

In addition to food prices, various problems also came one after another. He originally wanted to put the governor's mansion in Hepu, but later found that he was stuck in Xuwen and couldn't leave it, so he simply moved the governor's mansion to Xuwen.Sun Shao didn't arrange for Xu Wenling. While he was the prefect of Hepu, he also had Xu Wenling. The combination of these three positions made him very busy.

While doing his best to maintain Xu Wen's stability, he also had to bear the pressure Shi Xie put on him.Shi Yi was arrested by Sun Shaoxun without hesitation. The evidence was conclusive and the influence was very bad. Shi Xie didn't dare to protect him. He was redeemed, and then he stayed at Jiaozhi, watching quietly, without expressing anything.When Sun Shao asked for food, he sent it. When Sun Shao ordered the sea to be banned, he banned the sea, and never showed any flaws.There was only one thing he took the initiative to do. He drove all the merchants in Jiaozhi Port to Xuwen. At the same time, the merchants of Rinan and Jiuzhen also arrived in Xuwen. credit.

Shi Xie didn't speak, but the power of silence was even greater. The more Bu Zhi couldn't catch his flaws, the more impatient he became. These tens of thousands of people seemed like a heavy burden, making him unable to breathe.Hepu County has a total population of less than [-], how can it afford so many people who are not productive?Sun Shao had already stockpiled military rations for half a year. He could ignore the shortage of food, but Bu Zhi had to consider it. When he transferred rations to other counties, only Cangwu, Nanhai and Yulin could help him. It is said that the strength of these three counties is limited, even if there is, it will take time.

Bu Zhi was in distress, he felt that he had been tricked by Sun Shao by rushing to Hepu excitedly, if he still stayed in Nanhai and let Sun Shao lead Hepu prefect, these troubles would be Sun Shao's trouble , has nothing to do with him.But he came, so Sun Shao was fine, he was out of luck.The more he thought about it, the more wronged he became. Shi Yi was arrested by Sun Shao, and the sea ban was issued by Sun Shao, but he had to solve the problems now.

Under such circumstances, when Wei Huanwei of Hepu County suggested to him that the merchants should leave Xuwen and go to Nanhai or Rinan with naval escort, he was immediately moved.

"Now is the season of frequent hurricanes, and my subordinates are not familiar with the environment here. If we set off rashly, what if Cui Qian comes out to rob?" Sun Shao shook his head, and tactfully rejected Bu Zhi's plan: "Wait a little longer. , it is already the beginning of August, wouldn't it be better to wait another two months, and wait for the hurricane season to pass before we escort the merchants away? Three months are almost down, and Cui Qian must have suffered a lot. At this time, going to sea at this time is like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth, and my purpose of banning the sea will be defeated."

two more months?Bu Zhi smiled wryly, in the next two months, something must happen to Xu Wen.

"Two months is too long." Bu Zhi persuaded patiently: "Xu Wen's situation can only last for half a month at most. If it is not resolved after half a month, my governor's mansion must be sealed."

"Then think of a way." Sun Shao had no sympathy at all: "I only care about fighting. If I can force Cui Qian to hang himself, I will do whatever I want. If I can win without fighting, that would be the best. As for Hepu I don't care about the affairs of the county, and I'm not the prefect of Hepu."

"Fengxian, you can't say that." Bu Zhi was cornered by him. Sun Shao's plan worked, but it put too much pressure on him.If he really wanted to be banned for another two months, he didn't know if Cui Qian would hang himself, but he knew he was going to hang himself. "Although it is the hurricane season, it doesn't mean that there are hurricanes every day. Escorting a merchant ship is not a war. When the wind comes, just find a place to take shelter. Besides, if there is a hurricane, does Cui Qian dare to go to sea?"

"Then you let Huanwei go, he also has two to three thousand people under him." Sun Shaoman said indifferently: "Send a message to Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan along the way, and ask them to send people to meet them. They should be responsible for their sea areas. Safe. My current target is Zhu Ya, and I am not responsible except for Zhu Ya."

"General Fubo!" Bu Zhi was really annoyed. He lowered his face, put on his official authority, and glared at Sun Shao who was pushing back and forth: "This is an order."

"What order?" Sun Shao also lowered his face, and stretched out his hand: "Is it the order of the Supreme? Bring it. Even if he asked me to hand over the 1 people to you, I will do it. If there is no order from the Supreme , please do not force me, General Fubo, I am not the Jiaozhou Navy, and I am not under your restraint."

Bu Zhi was stunned.It was only then that he remembered that although Sun Shao was in Jiaozhou, his establishment was not in the Jiaozhou Navy, and he had no control over him at all.He has always regarded them as colleagues, and vaguely feels that he is still the boss, the elder, and the leader of this war. Sun Shao is just a general who obeys his orders, but now he finds that this is all his wishful thinking. His way.

Bu Zhi, who has always been a man of the city, was impulsive this time, but his nose was ashamed, and his face suddenly became very ugly.Wei Jing, who had been watching from the side, saw that their conversation had collapsed, and hurried forward to smooth things over, "General Fubo, I have something to discuss. This is for the sake of the general, isn't it, the ban on the sea was issued by the general, and now Xu Wen's grain The supply is tight, and the price of food has risen to [-] yuan a stone. Not only the merchants are complaining, but even the local people in Xuwen feel that it is too much. If there is a civil uprising, the general will not be able to stay out of it. Not only will the war be affected, I am afraid The general's reputation will also be implicated."

Sun Shao gave Wei Jing a little face and didn't insist anymore. He tapped lightly on the desk, thought for a while and said: "Although I don't belong to the Jiaozhou Navy, since I'm here, I really can't just sit idly by. How about this, let Huan Wei take escorts, and I will arrange 3000 people to assist him, so that there are more than 5000 people in total, and their strength has surpassed Cui Qian. Forgive him for not daring to come out to seek death. Escort these merchants to Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen Go, and Xu Wen's pressure will be relieved a lot. The autumn harvest will be coming soon, and after the autumn harvest, the food problem will also be alleviated."

Seeing that Sun Shao was relieved, Bu Zhi calmed down a little. He thought about it for a while: "Can you rest assured of Huan Wei? He is Shi Yi's confidant."

"He dares?!" Sun Shao stared, "As long as there is any abnormality, I will clean him up immediately, and I will wait for him to jump out."

numbness!If you don't let you stumble, you don't know the severity.Bu Zhi sneered secretly, and didn't say anything, but stopped Wei Jing who was about to remind Sun Shao with his eyes.Farewell to Sun Shao, he found Huan Wei and ordered Huan Wei to escort the merchant ship. Huan Wei explained a few words, but it didn't work, so he had to take the order and leave.

Bu Zhi immediately issued a notice announcing that the navy would escort the merchants to the direction of Jiaozhi, and merchants in need should sign up immediately.The merchants have stayed in Xuwen for more than three months, and they have been overwhelmed by the high prices. If it weren't for Sun Shao's ban on the sea, they would have left by themselves. Now that they are escorted by a navy, they are even more overjoyed.For a while, the gate of Buzhi's official residence was crowded with merchants. Two days later, the list of merchant ships that needed protection was delivered to Sun Shao's desk.

890 two boats, 120 people.

Sun Shao took a look, his eyeballs almost fell out: "So many people?"

Bu Zhi curled his lips, what do you think.

Sun Shao smiled apologetically and said, "I'm really sorry, I didn't expect the situation to be so serious."

"This fish is big enough. If Cui Qian smells the fishy smell, he might be ready to move." Bu Zhi snorted lightly, "Do you want to send more people?"

"It's not necessary." Sun Shao shook his head confidently: "I have said that the officers and soldiers escorting him have already surpassed Cui Qian's full strength. I dare not move. If there are too many people, I am afraid that Xu Wen will not be safe, and if he comes to Xu Wen to rob him, it will be a big loss."

Bu Zhi was too lazy to persuade, and after agreeing on the departure time, he left Sun Shao's barracks.His current impression of Sun Shao is extremely bad.This kid has won several battles, and he is a little frivolous, so he sent 3000 people to cooperate with Huan Wei?In case Huan Wei changes, let's see what he will do then.That's fine, let him stumble, don't be ignorant in the future, maybe the Supreme will take advantage of this opportunity to cut his military power.

Sun Shao didn't care about Bu Zhi's thoughts, he called Yu Fan and others to discuss it, and finally Yue Hai said that he was familiar with the navy's tactics and was also familiar with naval battles, and he would cooperate with Huan Dimensions are probably best.Sun Shao thought it made sense, so he decided to let him go.Before leaving, Wei Jing came to the door. He secretly expressed his concern about Sun Shao's arrangement, and hoped to go with Yue Hai. Although he only had more than 1000 people under his command, it was better than nothing, so even if Huan Wei made changes , he can also help Yue Hai control him.

Sun Shao was very happy, "With Ziqi's help, it will be even more secure. Ziqi, is this your idea, or is it the government's arrangement?"

This was originally Wei Jing's idea, but he reported it to Bu Zhi, and Bu Zhi knew about it.Wei Jing knew that Bu Zhi had some opinions on Sun Shao recently, and wanted to help them get along, so she smiled and said, "Of course it's Fu Jun's idea, otherwise I wouldn't dare to make up my own mind."

Sun Shao didn't delve too deeply into it, and introduced him to Yue Hai.One day later, Yue Hai, Wei Jing, and Huan Wei led more than 300 sailors, guarding nearly [-] merchant ships, and set sail along the coast all the way west.Xu Wen heard that Hepu County is in the middle of the sea, a slender land shaped like a hanging fish. The county seat is at the southernmost point, facing the sea on three sides.If it were in the Central Plains, there would be at least three or four counties far away from here, but Jiaozhou is vast and sparsely populated. It is nearly a thousand miles away from Xuwen to Hepu, but it is almost no-man's land, and there are few pirates.

The news of the huge fleet leaving Xuwen reached Cui Qian's desk two days later.

Cui Qian was overjoyed.Sun Shao issued a ban on seas and left almost all the sea merchants in Xu Wen. Xu Wen was protected by Sun Shao's army, so they didn't dare to go. They had almost no income in the past few months, not only the merchant ships No, even if you want to rob fishermen, you can't find a target.This has caused them a lot of trouble, and they are just sitting and eating.

The bigger problem is that although they have money, they are short of food. Except for the first batch of food sent by Shi Yi, they have not received a single grain since then.Of course there is some food in the water village, but it is very limited.They used to go to Xuwen to buy food. They are also big businessmen in Xuwen. They sell looted goods and buy back daily necessities. Grain and salt are the two most important items. Sun Shao banned the sea and directly cut off With this source, if they persist for a few more months, they will still have a little food in storage, but they will have nothing to eat.It was even worse for the less powerful pirates. They didn't have much money to buy food, and they banned the sea for three months. Many people had reached the miserable point where they had to go fishing to make ends meet.In history, pirates have never suffered from this kind of hardship. Many people have the cheek to borrow money from Cui Qian. The thinner ones just use the money they have accumulated before to buy. The price is of course very favorable, but the price is attractive. , but Cui Qian has no food. Although he wanted to sell it at a high price, he felt a lot guilty when he thought that he might lose his food.Seeing a great opportunity to make a fortune but not daring to make it, this feeling made Cui Qian very unhappy.

What annoyed Cui Qian the most was that Sun Shao’s ban on the sea not only cut off his food source, but also cut off his source of information. All of them were arrested.If it weren't for that kid's cleverness, Cui Qian might not know what happened to Xu Wen until now.Now his spies have to detour for more than 100 miles, go ashore from the north of Xuwen, enter Xuwen City, and after hearing the news, return from the original road, come and go, at least three or four days, and they are still arrested like this several.

"So many ships?" Cui Wen's eyes widened suddenly, and then he was taken aback again: "There are more than 6000 escorts, Bu Zhi is careful enough?"

Cui Qian sneered: "I thought I was the only one who couldn't hold it, but it turned out that they couldn't hold it in the end. It just so happens that we can hit one net for three years this time, and eat one net for three years."

Cui Wen was very worried: "Jianzhong, we only have more than 4000 people. Even if we dispatch all of them, we are not their opponents. What's more, it is impossible for you not to leave people to guard the village, right? Sun Shaoke is still in Xuwen. Since he If you dare to send so many people to escort, it is impossible not to hold back, what if he takes our headquarters?"

"Uncle, you are too careful." The corner of Cui Qian's mouth twitched, dismissively: "He underestimated me, Cui Qian, and I, the king of the South China Sea, did not come here to listen. More than 2000 merchant ships, such a big ship Fish, I can’t eat it by myself, of course I need to call more brothers.”

Cui Wen thought for a while, and nodded with a smile: "This is a good idea, but it will take some time. Although we have charts, we don't have to walk along the coast, but if it takes too long, Let them enter Jiaozhi territory, then they will have to fight Shi Xie, I'm afraid it's not easy to handle."

"Don't worry, those people are going crazy. They will come here as soon as they hear the news. The pirates of all sizes in the South China Sea are gathered together. If there is no [-], there will be [-], right?" Cui Qian waved his hand disapprovingly. He seemed confident, "Time is not a problem. We don't have to chase along the coast, we can go directly to Dongxing Bay to set up an ambush, so we can save a lot of time." He raised his hand, spread his index finger and thumb apart, and rubbed his chin. There was a fierce light in his eyes: "Notify that old bastard Shi Xie to arrive a day or two behind. If he arrives early, it will ruin my business. Don't blame me for swallowing him too."

Cui Wen nodded repeatedly.They have sea charts in their hands, and their understanding of the coastal situation is far better than that of officers and soldiers. They are familiar with this sea area, and they can take a shortcut to Dongxing Bay, which can save at least half the distance compared to walking along the coast, and there is still enough time to get there. make arrangements.What he was worried about was only the issue of military strength. He didn't know that there were many pirates in the South China Sea, but he was just worried that Cui Qian would not be willing to share his food. Cui Qian's words showed that he still knew the importance and was willing to share benefits with others. Of course, he didn't have to worry about military strength.He smiled and said: "Don't worry, he is also waiting for this opportunity now. Even if we don't tell him, he won't be so active. However, if Huan Wei can stab him in the back, the battle will be much easier." .”

"Huan Wei, I'm too cautious. I'm afraid he might not have the guts. Otherwise, Sun Shao has arrested Shi Yi and his son for three months. How come he hasn't moved at all?"

"Then let Shi Xie send Huan Lin there, Huan Lin is by Shi Xie's side now."

"Just do it like this." Without further ado, Cui Qian gave the order with a wave of his hand.Not long after, more than 3000 small boats sailed out of the general village at high speed and scattered in all directions.Cui Qian gathered the people in the village, leaving 2 for his younger brother Cui Yan to guard the village, and he set out with more than [-] people himself.On the way, pirates, large and small, gathered under his banner. It took only five days to set off, and more than half the distance to Dongxing Bay, he gathered more than [-] people, with little sails, riding the strong southeast wind, Drive straight to Dongxing Bay.

(End of this chapter)