The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 163 Set Sail Aurora Navy
After a few days of busy work, Sun Shao left Wei Ping, Su's thick-legged think tank, as the leader of Rinan prefect. When Sun Shao needed help the most, Wei Ping persuaded Su's thick-legged formation to attract Li Jing's attention. Shao was able to break through Xijuan City with the effort of a cup of tea, and Sun Shao gave him the richest reward.Generally speaking, Sun Shao's contribution this time is so great, Bu Zhi will give him face no matter what, and Wei Ping, the leader of the Rinan prefect, may become the real Rinan prefect. The treatment that can be enjoyed: the starting price is two thousand stones.For Wei Ping, he had never thought about this before. When he received the appointment, he was a little overwhelmed with excitement.

"Take good care of Ri Nan." Sun Shao said to him very solemnly: "If you have any problems, you can ask Bufu Lord for help, or you can ask Zhu Ya for help."

Wei Ping understands that Rinan may not be peaceful for a period of time in the future. Whether he can get through this dangerous period safely is a test for Wei Ping. What Sun Shao gave him was a chance to prove himself, not a period of heaven. Wealth that fell.

At this time, his old boss, Su Chuleg, gave him the most powerful support: a thousand elites, with these thousand elites, Wei Ping immediately had the bottom line. Da, if he can deal with the rest of the people, plus the 1000 elites who are completely loyal to him, he will have more confidence in defending Nichinan. If it is not possible, he can still retreat under the protection of these [-] people .

At the end of December, Sun Shao, who had received the order, returned with a full load and returned to Zhuya, and then received the messenger sent by Sun Quan to reward him. Sun Shao did not dare to neglect, and immediately arranged for Wei Jing to be the head of Zhuya, responsible for the planning and preparation of Zhuya County In terms of work, Shen Xuan was appointed as the post-general's Fucheng, and Sun Quan set the scope of his functions as the post-general to the outskirts of the South China Sea, which not only gave him a broad world, but also clearly distinguished the boundary between him and Jiaozhou Governor Buzhi in a disguised form.Sun Shao didn't suffer either. He set the General's Mansion in Zhuya, which actually turned Zhuya into his territory.

After spending a new year in the newly established Zhuya County, Sun Shao took General Zhenhai to cross the sea, General Henghai Su Chugai, Dinghai Captain Cui Qian and others rushed to Hepu, where they met Bu Zhi.This time Bu Zhi was also promoted, from the governor of Jiaozhou to the pastor of Jiaozhou, he is now the real master of Jiaozhou, with more than 8000 sailors and more than 1 elite infantry under his command, strong in strength, and in a good mood. Occasionally a smile can be seen on the smiling face.

When Bu Zhi saw Sun Shao, the first thing he said was: "Fengxian, the Supreme Commander ordered the Jiaozhou government to be located in Jiaozhi, and I'm here to wait for you."

"Congratulations to envoy Junrong for being promoted to state pastor." Sun Shao cupped his hands with a smile.Although the governor has great power, but his status is not high, only six hundred shi, which is only equivalent to the magistrate of a large county, but the state shepherd is different, that is two thousand shi, and Bu Zhi's status is different, compared to Ordinary state shepherds are even better, they are two thousand stones.As a state shepherd, it would be more justifiable for Bu Zhi to control the forces in his hands. This shows that Sun Quan did not hesitate to let him have the strength to check and balance himself.

Bu Zhi couldn't see any displeasure on Sun Shao's face, so he was relieved. He was worried that Sun Shao would react violently to Sun Quan's arrangement. After all, Sun Quan did this to prevent Sun Shao from expanding his power. obvious.He smiled, and said again: "Besides Zhuya County, the Supreme has also arranged for you two counties as food towns, allowing you to support more than 1 sailors under him." Bu Zhi led Sun Shao to In front of the Jiaozhou map, he said: "By the way, the Supreme has decided to name the navy you belong to as the Aurora Navy."

Sun Shao laughed again, this is considered to be his independence, and he was taken out of Jiaozhou in a disguised form. Since it is the Aurora Navy, it is not easy to get involved in the affairs of Jiaozhou in the future.He nodded, but still didn't speak.The name Aurora probably comes from the gossip that the southeast is Zhen, but he knew that the word Aurora was what the Indians called China later, and he didn't expect it to fall on him today.

Buzhi clicked on Jieyang in Nanhai County on the map: "The Supreme has allocated Jieyang in Nanhai County and Dong'an in Jian'an County as food towns for you. It is close to the sea and is a good harbor. Are you satisfied?"

Sun Shao smiled, but still didn't speak. He nodded to express his satisfaction, but he was a little amused in his heart.Sun Quan seemed to be very generous, and he gave himself three counties at once to support the more than 1 sailors. However, he intentionally or unintentionally divided the three counties so far away, and they were all sparsely populated counties. It must be very limited. If he wants to support his sailors with only these three counties, his sailors will probably be starved into rats.However, he didn't expect to rely on food cities to support the sailors. In his plan, as long as there is Zhuya, there will be enough sources of income. Jieyang and Dong'an are completely redundant. Don't use it for nothing, although the mosquitoes are small It's also meat.

Seeing that Sun Shao didn't talk much, Bu Zhi thought he was upset, and he also felt a little guilty. When he received Sun Quan's order, he also felt that Sun Quan's behavior seemed a little bit weak, and he deliberately restricted Sun Shao in this way. Not only will it fail to play its due role, but it will impart facts and force Sun Shao, who may not have had an idea in the first place, to have an idea.But he is well aware of Sun Quan's psychology, and he has just been promoted to an important task. He is so-called soft on others, and he is too embarrassed to blame Sun Quan.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty wants me to go north to join the war, but have you arranged for my army's food and supplies? Will it be transferred from these counties now, or will it be replenished at Qiantangkou? If it is transferred now, there may be some delay day to go.”

Bu Zhi had thought about it a long time ago, waved his hand, and said magnanimously: "The taxes of Hepu and Jiaozhi counties have been collected for storage, and I will allocate them to you first."

Sun Shao said with a smile: "The envoy is rich and powerful, and he will give you 20 and [-] shi of grain."

Bu Zhi laughed, and looked at Sun Shao appreciatively: "I was able to pacify Jiaozhou so quickly this time, and I would like to thank you for your support. Without your thunderous battles, I would not be able to shake the foundation of Shi Xie at all." No matter whether it is public or private, I will help you solve the food and grass this time." He paused, and then said: "After several battles, you may have lost a lot of warships. You go to Panyu Shipyard to get them. Some new ships, Mr. Zhang, I will write for him."

Sun Shao was very satisfied and thanked him quickly.

After discussing the supplies with Bu Zhi, and before going out, Sun Shao said to Bu Zhi very seriously: "Master, Rinan County has been pacified, but I am worried that there will be a rebellion there. Although Wei Ping was left as the prefect, I'm afraid it may not be able to hold it down, I hope you will pay more attention to it."

Bu Zhi's eyes flashed, and he pondered for a moment: "Don't worry, I will recommend Wei Ping's appointment to the Supreme. If there is any difficulty in his place, I will also send someone to help him, and Ri Nan will be safe. , can’t overturn any big waves.”

Sun Shao frowned, and then laughed: "With an envoy in charge, he really can't make any big waves."

Bu Zhi's smile flashed and disappeared, and he didn't say anything more.Sun Shao left Wei Ping in Rinan, and he has expressed his intention to occupy Rinan, but although Rinan has a small population, it is a county. It is difficult for him to guarantee that Sun Quan will agree, so now he can only agree to Sun Shao. He would recommend it to Sun Quan, but refused to agree to let Wei Ping become the real Rinan prefect—and this was originally something that he, the Jiaozhou shepherd, could make a decision before reporting.

Sun Shao didn't insist, he said goodbye and left Jiaozhou Mufu, which was about to be relocated.

Yu Fan followed all the way, and seeing that Sun Shao was silent but without a smile on his face, he comforted him and said, "Is the general worried about the scope of the navy's authority?"

Sun Shao turned his head to look at him, and smiled helplessly: "I put my heart on the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch."

Yu Fan savored the meaning of these two poems, shook his head and smiled: "General, the name Zhendan is good. Zhenzhe, Hengye. Zhenlai 虩虩 (the sound is the same as the gap, the appearance of fear), the smile is hoarse , Shocking hundreds of miles, not losing the dagger (sounds the same smooth, fine wine for sacrifices). The shock has the meaning of turning bad luck into good luck, and it is also a sign of the birth of all things. It is also a good omen when the sun rises from the ground, the sun rises, and everything is renewed. what."

Sun Shao couldn't help laughing. The word Aurora still has the same meaning. According to the current popular science, if Sun Quan named his navy Aurora, wouldn't that in turn predict his bright future?
"Thank you sir for your guidance."

"Hehehe..." Yu Fan smiled and stroked his beard. Compared with Sun Shao, he believed in these mystical knowledge. He felt that Sun Quan named this navy Aurora, which was very symbolic. The prospects are bright, and there is a layer of providence attached.Is there anything in this world that is more indicative of God's will than the person who wants to guard against you the most but sends you a good omen?Yu Fan walked and thought all the way. It is said that when Sun Ce passed away, he said to Sun Quan, "Give up talents and do their best to protect Jiangdong, and I am not as good as you." To protect Jiangdong, Yu Fan suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Sun Quan was asked to protect Jiangdong, but he did not say that he was allowed to occupy Jiangdong. Could it be that Sun Quan was only asked to keep Jiangdong's foundation, and then leave it to his son, Sun Shao, who was still in his infancy?

People are most afraid of pondering. Yu Fan has studied Yixue intensively. He originally believed in these fates and the like, but now he has subjective motives to think in that direction, so any word with a sign can attract his attention, and Chinese characters are the richest. Multiple meanings, if Sun Shao has been unable to stand out, then Yu Fan may never come up with another meaning from this sentence. Now that Sun Shao has the strength to stand out, there is also Zhendan, who turns danger into good fortune. Good omen, Sun Ce's original sounding ordinary sentence has another meaning.

Yu Fan walked all the way, thinking all the way, when he returned to the navy's camp, he had already made a decision, and the rest was how to take the opportunity to speak to Sun Shao.Sun Shao didn't know that Yu Fan had already thought of so many problems in this short period of time. He was just proud of his small fortune. Not only did he get 30 shi of grain from Nichinan, but he also had nearly a year's worth of grain. Reserve, and got more than half a year's military rations from Bu Zhi, now even if Sun Quan doesn't give him food, he doesn't worry about starvation anymore.

"Sir, you should immediately notify the lords of Kuaiji and ask them to arrange people to come to Jiaozhou to do business. Now the East China Sea and South China Sea are all at peace, and the South China Sea, Zhuya, and Rinan are all under our control. It's just for business. It’s a good time to prepare for two or three months, just in time for the peak season in June and July.” As soon as Sun Shao entered the tent and sat down, he said to Yu Fan and Shen Xuan: “Mozhi, you need to hurry up to manage Zhuya. To turn Zhuya into a place suitable for businessmen in the shortest possible time, it must be able to provide a large enough market, warehouses, houses, horses and horses, and be able to repair ships and load and unload goods in the future. , storage and other services. Sizhen has related plans, you should discuss it with him, he will be responsible for the technology, and you will coordinate the management.”

"Here." Shen Xuan is very satisfied with the current situation. His mansion is Sun Shao's retainer and has nothing to do with Sun Quan. This not only ensures the development of his Shen family, but also does not need to be a minister to his enemy Sun Quan. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone. .He knew Sun Shao's intention to set up the General's Mansion in Zhuya, so of course he worked hard, and he wanted to use his ingenuity to build a solid rear for Sun Shao.

"General, you can't patronize the family of Kuaiji, you have to take care of the family of Wu Jun. You are from Wu Jun."

"Zhuzi, what do you mean?" Yu Fan rolled his eyes, feigning anger, and said, "The Empress General is the Empress General of the entire Jiangdong. When did Kuaiji and Wujun become divided?"

Shen Xuan laughed, and quickly explained: "A slip of the tongue."

Sun Shao didn't refute, nodded and said: "This is easy to handle. Now Cheng Jun is taking care of business matters. Whether it's from Wujun or Kuaiji, you and Cheng Jun will discuss it when the time comes. All in all, making money is the most important thing. Don’t divide it into Kuaiji and Wujun. Instead, it’s your identity. Don’t you accept people other than Kuaiji and Wujun? Don’t forget, the most merchants here are still Jiaozhou merchants. Hey merchants."

Yu Fan and Shen Xuan nodded at the same time: "What the general said is true."

A few days later, Sun Shao received the military rations and related supplies from Hepu, and led Yue Hai, Su Chuke, Chen Hai and others to the South China Sea. He was not idle on the road for more than a month.When attacking Xijuan, nearly half of the [-] warriors he led lost nearly half, so he decided to use this time to select some elites from the whole army, and gather a thousand people to form a personal guard battalion, known as the Destroying Front Battalion—— Destroy all enemies who dare to call themselves Fengrui—Leave it to Chen Hai, who has just been promoted to the captain of Destroying Feng, to lead him.

As soon as the news came out, there was a sensation in the whole army, everyone was gearing up and eager to try.

Although Su thick legs and Cui Qian are a bit reluctant, but now they dare not have any opinion on Sun Shao, besides, their subordinates are also extremely keen on entering Sun Shao's Destroying Front Camp, you must know that those people not only walk with their eyes high In the sky, I proclaim myself the number one in the world, and all enjoy the captain's salary, which is much richer than ordinary soldiers.Although Chen Hai is only a school captain, his majesty is simply a bit stronger than Zhenhai General Yuehai and the others. In the entire Aurora Navy, only a few people such as Sun Shao and Yu Fan can be defeated by him. Put it in your eyes.They would be very dissatisfied if they were deprived of the opportunity to join the Destruction Front Battalion.

More importantly, Sun Shao will be upset, which scares Su thick legs and Cui Qian more than the dissatisfaction of the soldiers.

After the journey of more than a month ended, Sun Shao selected 1000 people to formally form the Destroying Front Camp. He gave an order to the triumphant Captain Destroying Feng, Chen Hai, that these 1000 people must not only be proficient in foot combat, but also proficient in water warfare. Whether on land or at sea, they must be ready to bear the responsibility of sharp knives at any time.Chen Hai's chest thumped loudly, the general rest assured, I will definitely turn them into elites capable of both water and land.

In mid-February of the 24th year of Jian'an (219), Sun Shao arrived in the South China Sea. While sending all the warships into the Panyu Shipyard for final repairs, he and Yu Fan rushed to the Nanhai Prefect's Mansion to meet Zhang Zhao.As soon as they stood at the door and presented the name badge, they heard Zhang Zhao's distinctive high-pitched voice, with a somewhat fierce tone, as if he was arguing with someone about something.

"My teacher is probably fighting with someone again." Sun Shao forced a smile and said to Yu Fan.Yu Fan smiled and nodded: "Mr. Zhang is very knowledgeable, and there are really not many people who can compete with him. I don't know who is an expert."

"General, Duke Yu." Zhang Xiu walked out quickly with a smile on his face, and bowed his hands in salute.

"Uncle, who is talking about knowledge with the teacher?" Sun Shao asked as he walked in.

"It's Mr. Liu Chengguo from Beihai." Zhang Xiu led Sun Shao and Yu Fan into the mansion, and said with a smile: "He has been here for more than ten days, and he has to argue with his father for an hour every day, thanks to the cooking skills in your mansion That’s right, knowing how to make all kinds of soups made my father not angry.”

The Nanhai Prefect’s Mansion where Zhang Zhao is now was originally where Sun Shao lived in Nanhai, and the cook inside was trained by Sun Shao, and he was able to make good soup. At that time, it was prepared for Guan Feng’s pregnancy. I didn’t expect it to be cheaper now. Zhang Zhao.Zhang Zhao drank this soup every day, and he was full of energy. After arguing with Liu Xi for more than half a month, he was still in good spirits.

"Hahaha... That's filial uncle and heir, taking good care of the teacher, good cooking skills, it's just icing on the cake."

Zhang Xiu smiled and said nothing, and led Sun Shao into the main hall.The flushed Zhang Zhaogao sat on the couch, looking steadily at Sun Shao, while an old man dressed as a cleric stood respectfully at the door, raised his forehead with both hands, and said loudly: "Beihai Liu Xi, I pay my respects to the General. "

"It turned out to be Mr. Cheng Guo. I said that although the South China Sea is huge, who can compete with my teacher in knowledge? After guessing, only Mr. Cheng can stand against him." Sun Shao hurriedly helped Liu Xi , deliberately boasted a few words, and then rushed to Zhang Zhao, and bowed respectfully to the ground.

"Disciple Sun Shao, pay homage to the teacher and ask him about his health."

"I'm fine." Zhang Zhao stroked his beard in satisfaction, glanced at Liu Xi triumphantly, and thought to himself, "You are so proud of yourself. See, Sun Shao, the rear general who is in the limelight right now, is my student. What do you call him?" There are over a thousand disciples under the sect, but which one has the prestige of a student like me? "How is the war in the South China Sea?"

"Inheritance from the supreme sage, Mr. Zhong Xiang planned, and all the generals worked hard, and the journey went smoothly." Sun Shao got up and led Yu Fan to Zhang Zhao.Zhang Zhao raised his head slightly, looked at Yu Fan, and smiled: "Yu Zhongxiang, how about my ineffective disciple, can I help you?"

Yu Fangong cupped his hands, and said calmly: "The latter general was born with good talents, and he was born out of blue. It was just a coincidence that Yu Fan was able to follow the tail. How dare he claim meritorious service."

What he said seemed to be praising Sun Shao, but in fact he was talking about Zhang Zhao.What are you so proud of? Sun Shao is today because he is capable and good at employing men and soldiers. It has nothing to do with your Zuo family age.Even yourself, you are only able to become a ready-made South China Sea prefect because of Sun Shao's favor, it's not worth showing off here.

Zhang Zhao heard the meaning of this, his face sank, and he was about to retort when he thought about Yu Fan's well-known temper in Jiangdong, and felt that he had no chance of winning, so he turned his anger into a smile: "Hahaha... Yu Zhongxiang is still so crazy. Cheng Brother Guo, this is Yu Zhongxiang who is proficient in Yi learning and once made your county general Kong Wenju admire him."

Yu Fan once had a correspondence with Kong Rong, and sent Kong Rong the note he wrote. Those who know the beauty of the southeast are not the bamboo arrows of Kuaiji."This is to compare Yu Fan with the ancient sage Wu Yanling Jizi, which is a very high evaluation, especially when it comes from the mouth of Kong Rong, a famous scholar who is famous for his profound knowledge, it is even more rare. proud thing.

Liu Xi had heard of Yu Fan's name for a long time, but he was not familiar with Sun Shao's situation. He did not expect that the tall and thin old man behind Sun Shao was Yu Fan. He was not convinced after arguing with him for more than ten days. Zhang Zhao was so polite, he didn't dare to neglect, and hurried forward to salute.

Yu Fan hurriedly returned the salute, exchanged a few words of courtesy, and sat down to discuss studies.These three people are all great scholars in the world. Although Sun Shao has worked hard on Zuo's Spring and Autumn Period, in front of these three people, he is still only qualified to listen.After listening for a while, I realized why Zhang Zhao and Liu Xi were arguing.

The reason is very simple. During the chat, Zhang Zhao proudly talked about his students, saying that he was going to conquer Nichinan. Liu Xi then talked about Funan Kingdom. He said that some people in Funan Kingdom spoke a language similar to the ancient language. These people may have been relocated from the Central Plains a long time ago.Zhang Zhao became interested and asked a little more in detail. As a result, the two had a disagreement after discussing it. Starting from the orthodox concept of Confucianism, Zhang Zhao refused to admit that Liu Xi said that the barbarians in Funan might be the first masters of the Central Plains. But although he quoted scriptures, he couldn't stop Liu Xi's most proficient exegetical research, and the two quarreled as a result.

"Funan Kingdom is from the Central Plains?" Sun Shao became interested.

"Analysed from the language, this possibility is very high." Liu Xi saw that Sun Shao's attitude was very modest, without the arrogance of a young man at all, and he had a very good impression of Sun Shao, so he ordered someone to fetch a scroll, Carefully handed it to Sun Shao: "This is some textual research I did in addition to my studies. If the general is interested, you might as well correct one or two things."

Sun Shao saluted quickly, then took it carefully, opened it, and saw that the writing on it was beautiful, neat and meticulous.But the article was not easy to understand. He could still understand the preface, but he fainted after reading only a few lines of textual research.

"Did anyone read such an article, sir?" Sun Shao was embarrassed to read further, put down the bamboo slips, and asked calmly.

"No, these learnings are not understood by ordinary people." Liu Xi said with some pride: "I plan to pass it on to my disciples in the future, and I don't plan to show it to others."

Sun Shao shook his head. All scholars have this bad habit of not publishing their academic achievements, so that a lot of research experience is lost in the end, and later generations spend time doing repetitive work.Not only Liu Xi has this problem, but both Yu Fan and Zhang Zhao have this habit. Yu Fan’s Yi Annotation is easily hidden from others, and Zhang Zhao’s Zuo’s Chunqiu Annotation is also hidden at home. It took a lot of thought to get Zhang Zhao's permission to copy a copy, and it was because of Zhang Zhao's honor that he helped Zhang Cheng find a job.He looked at Liu Xi, and said seriously: "Sir, Sun Shao is not talented, and dare not comment on Mr.'s masterpiece, but I think this kind of practice of hiding knowledge in a famous mountain is not appropriate."

(End of this chapter)