The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 113 Set sail to rob
Shen Xuan didn't back down, instead, he looked at Sun Shao with lightning eyes, Sun Shao felt uncomfortable when he looked at him, and felt like he was being taken for a fool.He laughed twice, subconsciously touched the tip of his nose.

Shen Xuan showed a smug smile, fought openly and secretly all the way, and finally got the upper hand this time, and when Sun Shao grabbed him, it was a bit more refreshing than the usual gaining the upper hand.However, he didn't dare to embarrass Sun Shao too much, so he broke the deadlock first: "Does Jun Sun think that I am alarmist? Or do you have collusion with pirates?"

"Hahaha, that's not the case. However, Brother Shen knows a little too well about pirates, so I have to be suspicious."

"It's not that I know much, it's that Sun Jun knows too little." Shen Xuan sighed, turned around with a heavy face, and looked at the pirate scout ship that was getting closer and closer: "Wu County is a land of fish and rice, and it is rare in the south of the Yangtze River." A land of wealth and wealth was originally a place to live and work in peace and contentment, but thieves have been rampant here since Zhongping. In the past ten years of constant warfare, the tax collection has been heavy, and many rich and wealthy families can hardly support them, let alone those small people? Hard work for a year , In the end, not only was food and clothing unavailable, but even money was owed to the government. You said, how can this not be the case?"

Sun Shao didn't say a word, feeling somewhat disapproving.He believed that the common people were suffering, but he didn't believe it when it came out of Shen Xuan's mouth.why?The Shen family is a landlord in itself, and a big landlord at that.Since Shen You's death, no one in the Shen family has been an official. What do they live on?Isn't it relying on the big manor?Generally speaking, the land has an official status, and such people do not have to pay taxes - the state stipulates that they have to pay taxes, but in fact they are actively or passively transferred by them - although the Shen family no longer has official status, but Zhu Zhi considered that Shen You's death was unworthy, so in order to appease the Shen family and the natives of Wu County, he kept turning a blind eye.Such a person, what qualifications do you have to fight for the common people?

Therefore, in this sense, your fight against injustice is more of an opportunity to express your dissatisfaction with Sun Quan.

Seeing that Sun Shao was silent, Shen Xuan continued: "Actually speaking, although pirates are rampant, they are not the most serious ones, and pirates do not go ashore unless they have to. A little toll for food and clothing. Compared with Shanyue, they are just a small disease of mange, far from a serious problem."

Sun Shao frowned. Of course he knew that Shanyue was Sun Quan's confidant, Jiangdong said it occupied a large territory, but the actual control area was extremely limited, only the three counties of Danyang, Wujun and Yuzhang along the river, north of the river, Although Jiujiang County and Lujiang County to the south of the Huaihe River have been captured for several years, they have not been fully controlled. Cao Jun can invade at any time. This time, Cao Cao's army expedition, Lujiang County basically fell to the whole line.However, the land that occupies nearly [-]% of the Jiangdong area cannot be controlled at all. It is either sparsely populated, densely forested, or bandits are rampant. Although many famous generals have been sent to conquer, the power is only in some surrounding areas. There is no way to fully control it.

On the contrary, doing so also brought about other consequences. The generals expanded their strength by conquering Shanyue. Once sufficient forces were in hand, Sun Quan's orders could be dismissed or even resisted to some extent, and Sun Quan himself had to proceed with caution.The most prominent ones are He Qi and Lu Xun: they both started their fortunes by conquering Shanyue, and now they have tens of thousands of elite soldiers.

Sun Shao was a little annoyed. Although these things did not come to him to worry about, if the Sun family collapsed, he might not have any good results. Otherwise, he would have fought Sun Quan openly.But he couldn't show his feelings in front of Shen Xuan, so he interjected: "There are pirates on the islands along the way?"

Shen Xuanlue thought about it, and turned his gaze to Zhang Ke.Zhang Ke smiled wryly and nodded: "What Sun Jun said is true. From here, there are many pirates along the way to the south. However, as Shen Jun said, they just want to ask for a little toll in exchange for some food, utensils, etc. It's not easy to hurt people. Sun Jun, please bear with me for a while."

"Patience?" Sun Shao couldn't understand Zhang Ke's words for a while.

Zhang Ke bowed in embarrassment: "Yes, they are begging for money, we just give a little. If someone hurts someone and sees blood, this will be..."

Sun Shao suddenly realized.Pirates want money, and merchants have plenty of money. It doesn’t matter if they lose a little bit, just earn a little less. But if there is a fight, then the pirates will be angry and they will kill people. If people die, they will lose their lives if they have money, so merchants would rather choose to cooperate with pirates. , Pay a little money for the road.Looking at Zhang Ke's expression, you can tell that they used to do this all the time. Maybe there is some deal with the pirates. Now he has a hundred elite soldiers on board. Zhang Ke is afraid that he will get angry and fight the pirates. I'm not afraid, but Zhang Ke won't be able to walk this way in the future.

"Are you so afraid of pirates?" Sun Shao smiled, turned his head, and looked at Zhang Ke with a strange expression.

Zhang Kai felt uneasy, he didn't know what Sun Shao was planning, so he didn't dare to talk nonsense for a while.Shen Xuan laughed beside him and said: "Mr. Sun doesn't know something. This way, there are hundreds of islands, big and small, and there are no less than ten powerful pirates. As for those ten or so people, there are as many pirates as there are one or two boats. If you offend them, I'm afraid you won't be able to live in peace in the future. So, it's better to make money with peace."

"Hahaha..." Sun Shao smiled even more moistly, and he nodded again and again: "It makes sense, it makes sense, I think being a pirate also has a bright future."

Shen Xuan and Zhang Ji looked at each other, neither of them thought that Sun Shao would have such a strange idea.

"Okay, since you'd rather lose money, I don't object." Sun Shao waved his hand and said easily, "However, it's not easy to get money from me. No matter what, let them show their hands." After finishing speaking, Jumping from Zhang Ke's boat to his own boat, he stomped on the boards of the boat: "Mr. Zhang, now I have lent these two boats, and it has nothing to do with you."

Zhang Xi hesitated for a moment, but he also knew that Sun Shao had good intentions, so he nodded in agreement.Sun Shao rushed to the side of Guan Feng, who was waiting in full force, and shouted at Zhao Xiu and Shuai Zeng: "Take down the Zhang family's flag on the boat, and raise my battle flag."

Without hesitation, Zhao Xiu rushed to the front of the mainmast in three steps at a time, untied the rope, and lowered the Zhang family's commercial flag. Guan Xiaoqing immediately took up Sun Shao's battle flag. changed masters.

With the sound of the voice, the scout ship had already arrived in front of the circled fleet.Standing on the bow of the boat was a topless man. In this chilly spring weather, he was actually wearing only a pair of cow-nosed trousers, revealing his hairy chest and two thick, hairy legs. , full of air, looking left and right, as if commanding thousands of troops.He glanced at Sun Shao's boat, his expression was startled, and then he asked people to row the boat in front of Sun Shao's boat, put his hands together in front of his mouth, and shouted loudly:
"Hey, that guy, which Sun family does he belong to?"

Sun Shao sat on the bow of the boat with a golden sword on his horse, and Shuai Zeng stood behind him holding his ring sword. Zhao Xiu and other thirteen men held the ring sword and stood proudly. The other 80 people held swords and shields. Standing on the side, it looks different at first glance, and the pirates can't help being careless.

"Report my name." Sun Shao waved his hand lightly.

"Here." Shuai Zeng responded, moved the knife into Qiaoyue's hand, stepped forward, stood on the bow of the ship, shook his courage, and shouted loudly: "The mansion of the general, Cheng Lie's captain Sun Shao is here. .”

The man scratched his nose, turned his head and discussed with the person behind him, obviously a little embarrassed, hesitant standing on the bow of the boat.

"Report your wife's name." Sun Shao winked at Zhao Xiu.Zhao Xiu understood, stepped forward and stood side by side with Shuai Zeng, and said in a loud voice: "Jingzhou Navy, daughter of General Guan Yu, Guan Feng is here."

The man swayed, and suddenly fell two steps backwards. If it wasn't for someone behind him to support him, he would almost fall to the ground.Seeing him, Sun Shao turned his head and smiled at Guan Feng who was on the other boat: "Madam, it seems that Yuezhang's name is better."

Guan Feng smiled and said nothing, but she was happy in her heart. Sun Shao showed her name in front of outsiders, which is too much face.

While talking, Zhang Xi rowed to Sun Shao's boat in a small boat, raised his hand to the man, and shouted loudly: "General Su, it's really hard work to come here to collect taxes in person today. A few gifts are not enough." Respect, please accept it with a smile from General Su.”

When the Soviet general saw Zhang Ke, he showed a smile and motioned Zhang Ke to come closer.With a smile all over his face, Zhang Ke ordered the boatman to row the boat to him. The gangplank had already been put down on the pirate ship, and Zhang Ke got on the boat with brisk steps, as relaxed as going home.Sun Shao was far away, and he could only see what they were saying politely, but he couldn't hear clearly. He was full of questions, so he had to wait until the matter was settled before asking.After a while, Zhang Ke returned to the boat, followed by several pirates, and loaded the belongings prepared on the boat onto the big boat. Then Zhang Kai drove the empty boat back to the surrounding boat formation.He didn't go back to his boat directly, but came to Sun Shao's boat instead.

"Young master, the pirates are intimidated by the prestige of General Sun and General Guan, so they dare not touch the tiger's beard lightly, but they can't break the rules, so I want to ask the young master to save face."

Sun Shao smiled: "Who is he, you want me to give him face?"

Hearing his bad voice, Zhang Ke smiled even wider: "The young master doesn't know something. This man's surname is Su, his nickname is thick-legged, and he has a little bit of force. He used to be a ranger and later a porter because he couldn't make ends meet. , so he became a pirate and proclaimed himself a general. He gathered dozens of ships and more than 300 people, which is considered to be a relatively large group of pirates nearby. Although he was a pirate, he still had some morals. With him in charge, the nearby pirates also Don’t dare to be too presumptuous.”

Sun Shao narrowed his eyes, looked at Zhang Ke and smiled without saying a word.Of course he heard the warning meaning in Zhang Ke's words, but he didn't take it seriously.So what's the matter with Su's thick legs having more than 300 people, they are all mobs, if they really want to compete, he and Guan Feng can beat him down with this hundred elites.

"The power is not small." Sun Shaoyu said with a sarcasm: "There are more than 300 people, and they are still generals."

"Young master, why bother with such a rough man. If the Supreme could not spare manpower to wipe them out, why would we be angry with them. Now there are so many things in Jiangdong, and the Supreme has no time to take care of them, so we have to let them be arrogant. There are many islands here, Not to mention being called a general, even being called a king, no one knows."

Seeing that Zhang Ji spoke pitifully, Sun Shao thought about it and said, "What should I do?"

"Young master, please reward him with something casually." Zhang Ji was relieved by Sun Shao, and he was also relieved.Su Chuleg just met him, and just saw that the more than 100 people on the two boats of Sun Shao are not good people. Together, but they put up their own flags, so they have to forget it alone.Due to the prestige of Sun Ce and Guan Yu, he didn't dare to ask for money anymore, he just wanted to ask for a lottery.For Zhang Ji, this was already a huge concession, and it could be regarded as giving Sun Shaotian great face.

"It's easy to say." Sun Shao turned around and took the ring-head knife that had just been made of meteorite iron from Qiaoyue's hand, and "passed" to Zhang Ke: "As long as he dares to come in front of me, I will kill this knife." The knife rewarded him."

Zhang Ke's face froze, and his brows, which were originally light, couldn't help twitching. He looked at Sun Shao, feeling a little unhappy.Sun Shao is looking for trouble. If you want Su Chuchu to come, should you reward him with a sword or a sword?Besides, the more than 100 people here are all showing murderous intent, would he dare to come?

"Little Lord?"

"He dare not come?" Sun Shao stood up, "Then can I go?"

"Young master can't." Zhang Ji was taken aback and stopped him quickly.If Sun Shao got on the pirate's ship, if there was any damage, not only would he be unable to eat, but the entire Zhang family would be implicated. Zhang Wen's situation is not good now, and if he is involved in this matter again , then forget about getting ahead.He hastily persuaded: "Young master, I dare not let the young master spend money, I am willing to pay, just ask the young master to save face."

Sun Shao smiled, he can't save money, there is a lot of gold in his cabin, and he has another purpose.He waved his hand and interrupted Zhang Ke's words: "I don't dare to trouble you, I am sincere. Thanks to him for giving me face, I have to give him face. You go and tell him that he will pick up the knife himself. Or I'll go to his boat and let him choose one."

Seeing Sun Shao's resoluteness, Zhang Ke secretly groaned in his heart, but he didn't dare to disobey. He glanced at Shen Xuan for help, but Shen Xuan nodded without changing his face.Zhang Ke had no choice but to return to the pirate ship to discuss with Su Chuleg.Su Chuji obviously didn't dare to come, the two looked at Sun Shao's direction and discussed for a long time, Zhang Ji came back alone: ​​"Young master, Su Chugui said, he is waiting for the young master on the boat."

Sun Shao laughed, he stood up, threw the knife into Qiaoyue's arms, and said with a smile, "Xiaoyue'er, come with me."

Although Qiaoyue was a little nervous, she was not afraid, she quickly followed up with the knife in her arms, and was about to board the boat, when Shen Xuan stopped her: "Young master, let me go with you."

Sun Shao turned his head to look at him and nodded.Shen Xuan smiled, took the knife from Qiao Yue, and jumped off the boat.Seeing Shen Xuan accompanying him, Zhang Xi was relieved and sent them to the pirate ship. Su Chuleg was already standing by the ship, looking at Sun Shao and Shen Xuan with a somewhat reserved expression.His eyes immediately stopped on Shen Xuan's face, and a look of joy appeared on his face: "Could it be that Jun is Mr. Mo Zhi from the Shen family?"

Shen Xuan smiled proudly, and bowed to salute: "Shen Xuan has such a low name, how dare he insult the general's respectful ears."

Su's thick legs smiled awkwardly, rubbed his two big hands, and said with a shy smile: "Mr. Shen is a dragon and a phoenix among people, so don't make fun of his thick legs. Sir, why are you..."

"I am Sun Jun's guest now." Shen Xuan introduced very politely: "You have been on the island for a long time, and you may not know Sun Jun's current reputation. He just rode alone to the barracks of Cao Jun's 40 troops and defeated Cao Jun. Zhang Liao, the number one fierce general in the game, is now called the little overlord by Jiangdong, and he is the most popular young hero in Jiangdong..."

Shen Xuan's eloquence has been brought into full play this time. Sun Shao's battle in his mouth was thrilling and soul-stirring, as if he had experienced it himself. A little more admiration, he saluted respectfully: "It turns out that Sun Jun is such a hero, no wonder even a hero like Mr. Shen has become your guest, thick legs really don't know Mount Tai. Sun Jun, please come back, Thick legs are so offensive, please also ask Haihan."

Sun Shao felt that this matter was too smooth, he looked at Shen Xuan hesitantly, then at Su Chuchu's legs, and smiled: "Then... the rules of the road?"

Su Chugui hurriedly said: "I can see talents like Sun Shao and Shen Jun today. I am happy that my thick legs are better than any treasure. How dare I ask Sun Jun for money. Please come back, Sun Jun."

"No." Sun Shao shook his head, took the knife from Shen Xuan's hand, and brought it in front of Su's thick legs with both hands: "Thanks to the general's attention, although Shao is not talented, he dare not take it seriously. Meteorite Iron Ring took the first knife, Treat the general as a meeting gift, please accept it with a smile."

Su Chugui's eyes lit up, he stretched out his hand, but he didn't dare to say, "Such a good knife is only worthy of a hero like Sun Jun, how can such a rough man with thick legs dare to accept such a great gift from Sun Jun. Sun Jun, thick legs can't bear it."

"The general is a bold man, how can he be so childish?" Shen Xuan took the knife, stuffed it into Su's thick-legged arms, and laughed loudly: "Sun Jun has the legacy of disobeying the general, and likes to make friends with heroes from all over the world. Jun is sincerely making friends with the general, so the general should not refuse."

Only then did Su Chukui happily accept the knife, caressed it fondly for a while, and pulled out half of it. The sharp light of the knife made him squint his eyes, and he blurted out praise: "Good knife, really good knife." He hesitated After waiting for a while, he suddenly turned around and shouted loudly: "Come here, move the belongings that Zhang Jun just sent to Sun Jun's boat." a little meaning."

"This won't work." Sun Shao sweated profusely, wouldn't he be a black man.

"Sun Jun." Su Chugui said with a serious face: "Since Sun Jun thinks highly of me, Su Chugui, then don't refuse. Sun Jun's knife is priceless, and I, Su Chugui, deserve it. I shouldn't use it to dirty it Sun Jun's eyes, this is just a little thought of the thick leg. If Sun Jun refuses to accept it, then the thick leg will not dare to accept Sun Jun's knife."

Sun Shao was about to refuse, but Shen Xuan interjected: "Since this is the case, I don't think Sun Jun should refuse. Heroes cherish heroes, and Sun Jun is willing to do business. This road will be taken frequently in the future. Both of you There are still many opportunities to make friends. It is also a good thing to have a friend like General Su."

Hearing this, Su Chuleg immediately patted his hairy chest proudly, and said loudly, "Don't worry Sun Jun, if Sun Jun is willing to treat me as a friend, from now on, as long as the merchant ships that fly your flag are here, In the sea area, I guarantee you unimpeded."

Sun Shao laughed, and patted Su's thick-legged shoulder hard: "That's good, it's a deal."

Su Chuleg was taken aback by his overly affectionate gesture, and then he patted Sun Shao with a smile on his face, shrugged his broom-like eyebrows, laughed loudly, and a strong bad breath came over his face.

The two talked happily, and Sun Shao asked someone to bring two jars of wine, and set them up on the pirate ship. Su Chukugui was not polite, and asked someone to cook a pot of miscellaneous fish soup. The three of them sat opposite each other, and drank After one game, we bid farewell.

Looking at the lost and recovered property, Zhang Qi admired Sun Shao so much.This is the hero. Not only was he not robbed by pirates, but he was robbed by pirates.It's really annoying to compare people to people.

Faced with Zhang Ke's flattery, Sun Shao didn't take it seriously, entered the cabin, and the blushing Shen Xuan crookedly supported the bulkhead, and smiled: "Sun Jun, the more than 300 people with thick legs from Su will sooner or later belong to Sun Jun." stuff in the bag."

Sun Shao smiled. As the saying goes, wine can turn a stranger into a mature person, and can make a friend who is not a friend. A meal of wine will not only make a pirate friend, but also make this talented man who has always been far away from him This kid has become a confidant, this kid has a lot of knowledge, but unfortunately he doesn't hold a lot of alcohol, he got down on the ground after two drinks.

(End of this chapter)