The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 145 Set sail and become a naval officer

The Houguan shipyard has a big problem. After being robbed by Su thick legs last time, basically all the completed ships were taken away, and the rest were semi-finished products in the workshop. Even the materials for repairing the ship were taken away. Quite a few, and many skilled craftsmen were kidnapped. Although Yue Hai had tried his best to recover before Sun Shao came, but compared with Sun Shao's appearance last time, he was still a lot defeated. The situation was worse than Sun Shao estimated. Much more serious.

Yue Hai was very ashamed, he was scolded bloody by Yu Fan, but he didn't reply a word, his head was sullen, like sitting on pins and needles.This time, General Zhenhai was demoted to become Colonel Zhenhai, and he belonged to Sun Shao's subordinates. He had no opinion at all.Who made himself incompetent? If Sun Shao hadn't made a move in the last naval battle, he would have been beaten to the ground by Hunjiang Long Zhouqun's ant tactics.If it is said that there is a huge disparity in strength, there is still some truth to be said, but even the shipyard has been taken over by someone, which is really embarrassing.

"Sir, don't scold him, the Supreme has already punished him. Now let's think about how to restore the shipyard's production capacity as soon as possible." Sun Shao stopped Yu Fan who was scolding vigorously.Yu Fan rolled his eyes and said arrogantly: "What's so difficult about it, please give me a month, general, and I can restore the shipyard to its former prosperity."

Sun Shao is very happy, this ginger is still old and spicy, Yu Fan's bullishness is not because of relying on the old to sell the old, he has confidence.

"However, there is one thing I want to declare in advance." Yu Fan put away his smile, looked at Sun Shao, and said with some hesitation: "When asking for help, it is to share benefits."

"Divide people for profit?" Sun Shao understood a little bit, Lu Ji burst out laughing, and said with a sarcasm: "Sir, do you want benefits now? Are you in a little hurry?"

Yu Fan glared at Lu Ji: "What do you know? Although my Yu family has some property, how can my family restore the strength of the shipyard in such a short period of time? If I want to restore it as soon as possible, I can only persuade a few others Let’s help out together. I don’t need any benefits, but there’s no reason for others to help, right?”

Sun Shao nodded again and again: "Sir, tell me, what kind of benefits do you want, so they can help."

Yu Fan stroked his beard and thought for a while: "I'm going to discuss the specific conditions with them. However, after this difficulty is over, they will take more of the sea business to Jiaozhou." Then, he glanced at Sun Shao glance.Sun Shao is currently the most powerful maritime merchant in Jiaozhou. With the current trend, he is likely to monopolize the sea lanes of the East China Sea.If the aristocratic families in Kuaiji do not want to be crushed by Sun Shao one by one, they will join hands with Sun Shao, but if they want to get a piece of the pie from Sun Shao, can Sun Shao agree?This time the shipyard was robbed, Yu Fan thought it was a good opportunity, everyone helped each other and benefited each other, I will help you through this difficulty, you can't give nothing.

However, he is not sure, who doesn't want to dominate the family?The profit here is astonishing. Once there is competition from others, let alone a few others, as long as there is competition from one company, the profit will shrink significantly.Yu Fan understood all these principles, so he had to get Sun Shao's consent in front of everyone, otherwise Sun Shao would regret it later, and he was not a human being inside and out.

Sun Shao pondered for a moment, he vaguely guessed what Yu Fan was thinking, but he was not afraid that the aristocratic family in Kuaiji would share his profits, he believed that he had enough advantages.He was worried about another question. If he had a good relationship with the family in Kuaiji, would it cause Sun Quan to worry?Now that his wife and children are all in Jianye, his escape plan can't be implemented for the time being. Although Daqiao said he was sure and told him not to worry, Daqiao didn't say the reason. How could she know that she wasn't trying to comfort him?In that case, the better he fought the battle, the more worried Sun Quan would be?After acting in a play for so long, the last act is a mess. Isn't that the same as a famous director's play: premature ejaculation?
"Sir, this matter can be discussed, but I can't give you a specific answer right now. How about you invite these companies over and let's discuss how to divide the profits in detail, okay?"

Yu Fan shook his head: "It's not that I don't agree, it's just that most of the aristocratic families in Kuaiji are in Yuyao and Shanyin areas. It's thousands of miles away from here. It takes about a month to come and go. Time waits for no one."

Sun Shao suddenly realized that apart from the good port conditions, this Houguan shipyard is actually a barren land. There are no big cities in the vicinity for two or three hundred miles, let alone powerful families. The powerful families in Kuaiji County are all in Qiantangkou nearby.When they came, they took advantage of the wind and sailed for more than ten days. If they were tossing back and forth, the time would indeed be too late, as the southeast wind would blow in April and May.

Seeing Sun Shao hesitate, Yu Fan thought he was reluctant, so his face turned ugly. Seeing that he was about to get angry again, Shen Xuan stepped forward and whispered a few words, Yu Fan suddenly realized, thought for a moment and said: "If the general can trust me, I will definitely handle this matter properly for the general, and I will not tell the truth."

Sun Shao looked at Yu Fan and made up his mind. Although Yu Fan had a bad temper and was not very popular, his strength lay there. If he could win him over, he would be a strong assistant.If so, take a gamble.

"Of course I believe sir." Sun Shao straightened up and said with a smile: "Well, since Houguan Shipyard can't complete all the tasks, then I will let Sizhen go with you with the blueprint, and you can negotiate with them. After the negotiation is completed, they will process it on the spot, and I will send people to take the warship that needs to be refitted and then set off. If it goes well, they will process the parts, and the warship should be able to arrive."

Yu Fan was a little surprised. He originally only wanted to authorize Sun Shao to give him a certain scope, but now Sun Shao granted too much power and let him take full responsibility directly, which made him a little unbearable.But then he thought, since Sun Shao trusted him, how could he be afraid of taking responsibility.He raised his head, cupped his hands, and responded generously: "Here, I will definitely live up to the general's order."

"Please, sir." Sun Shao got up to return the salute, then turned to Lu Ji and Zhao Shuang and said, "Mr. Zhongxiang is going to solve the problem of the ship. I need the help of the two gentlemen for the measurement problem. Sizhen, bring the improved Sinan." Leave it to the two gentlemen."

Ge Heng responded, turned around and took out a box about a foot long and placed it on the case in front of Sun Shao. Lu Ji and Zhao Shuang glanced at each other and surrounded them curiously. Yu Fan was also very curious. Sinan had seen it before. , I've never seen anything like this.

The box is about one foot square and one inch high. In the middle is a pool with a diameter of eight inches. The pool is filled with water. A slender diamond-shaped sheet floats in the water, and a thin silk thread passes through the middle. Painted red, one end is still the original black.At the bottom of the pool was a silver-white dial, marking the directions. What surprised them most was that the box was sealed with a piece of colored glass, which was slightly blue-green, but clear and transparent.

"Where did this colored glaze come from? Such a piece is worth about ten thousand dollars, right?" Yu Fan looked at Ge Heng in the same way that a father who loves money looks at the son of a prodigal son.

"I don't know." Ge Heng ignored his question directly, and pointed to the water droplets in the two small bars next to him and said: "These two bubbles are used to indicate whether Sinan is placed evenly. If it is in the middle, it means that the thing is flat, and if the bubble is in the middle, it means that the north and the south are flat. If two bubbles are in the middle at the same time, then the Sinan is horizontal. There are screw feet at the bottom to adjust the height. This Sinan is matched with this board, you can start drawing..."

Ge Heng explained in detail how to use a set of tools. When he raised his head, he realized that the eyes of Yu Fan, Lu Ji and Zhao Shuang were a little strange. He didn't understand why, so he touched his face in embarrassment: "What's wrong?"

"You did all of this?" Yu Fan was the first to react, and smiled in surprise: "Zhuzi, I haven't seen you for a few years, and I have grown up again. Although these tools look simple, they are very delicate. Use this to measure Drawing will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. Not bad, not bad, I haven’t delayed my skills in the past few years.”

Ge Heng was blushed by Yu Fan's praise, and he didn't have the nerve to say that he did these things, but most of his ideas came from Sun Shao, but Sun Shao didn't let him say it, so he had no choice but to plunder people's beauty, and he was not kind to him. For those who speak words, this is really a bit ashamed.

"It's just that this thing is expensive, so maybe it can't be mass-produced?" Lu Ji said worriedly: "The general has arranged for 50 people to study. If there are too few, it will be slow to get familiar with it."

"Don't worry, sir, although this thing is a bit more expensive, it's still worth it." Sun Shao waved his hand disapprovingly: "Money is for use, as long as it's valuable, it's worth as much as it is." He then said another sentence to ask Lu Ji to wait People were dumbfounded: "Fifty Sinans have been prepared, but clairvoyance can't match that many. Except for the generals, there are more than 20 left, so for the time being, only two people can share one. But don't worry, craftsman We are stepping up time to make it, and when you are proficient, you should be able to complete it."

Rich, this stick is really rich, and there are more than 20 rare objects like clairvoyance, which is actually not enough.Lu Ji and Yue Shuang suddenly felt that the burden on their shoulders was heavy. If they didn't say anything else, they just said that the allocation for these 50 people would not be enough without a thousand dollars.The more money Sun Shao spent, the more hope he placed on it, and the greater their responsibility.

"General Yue, the safety of the gentlemen is in your hands. It doesn't matter if the shipyard is robbed again, but if there is any problem with their safety, you are the only problem." Sun Shao said to Yue Hai with a smile, although his tone was It's easy to say, but the meaning revealed in the words is very strict, "Don't say that you, Captain Zhenhai, will be removed again at that time, I'm afraid your head will not be guaranteed."

Yue Hai's scalp was numb when he heard that, just now he had seen how much Sun Shao attached importance to Lu Ji and others, and now he was warned by Sun Shao again, how dare he be careless, he stood up, cupped his hands, and gave a deep salute: "The last general I would like to assure the general with the head of the item that as long as I have a breath in the sea, you gentlemen will not lose a single hair."

"It's good, but I hope you all can live a good life." Sun Shao waved his hand, signaling Yue Hai to relax a bit: "If this battle is won, not only will you be able to be the general of Zhenhai, but you may be able to Show off the South China Sea."

"Here." Yue Hai was excited and responded loudly.It is one thing for an official to return to his original post, and he is more interested in being able to fight. Sun Shao's words can be said to have hit his itching point.

Su Chugui greeted him out of the village gate in person, and shouted from afar: "Mr. Shen, why didn't you send someone to notify you when you came, so that I could send someone to pick you up. Look, how rude you are. "

Shen Xuan smiled slightly and gave way to Sun Shao who was behind him. Su's thick legs froze for a moment, rubbed his eyes, and suddenly slapped his head: "Oh, I'm so stupid. Since the general's boat is here, it is naturally the general's boat." Arrived in person. Excuse me, excuse me." After speaking, he knelt down on one leg and raised his fists with both hands above his head: "The last general, Su Yu, pays homage to General Henghai."

It turned out to be Su Yu, and Sun Shao finally heard Su Chugui's real name for the first time.

"Please, General Su." Sun Shao chuckled, stepped forward to support Su's thick leg, looked him up and down, and said with a smile: "General Su looks good recently, how have you been these few months?"

"Thanks to the general, I haven't been so nourished since I became a pirate." Su's thick legs were flushed, and he was so happy, "The generals are really good at fighting. With their help, I am invincible." what."

Behind him, led by Zhao Xiu, several personal guards dressed as pirates stood in a row, knelt down and saluted: "Young master."

"Very good." Sun Shao looked at the first batch of cronies he had cultivated with satisfaction, and helped them up one by one: "Thank you for your hard work."

"Don't dare." Zhao Xiu said cheerfully: "General Su treated us very well, and the brothers cooperated, and the battle went smoothly. It's just a pity that I couldn't drink the full moon wine from the young master."

"Hahaha..." Sun Shao laughed, and patted Zhao Xiu's shoulder vigorously with his big hand: "Don't worry, Ma'am, mother and child are safe, and they are doing well now. Although I didn't drink the full moon wine, when you caught Zhou, you were alone. No less."

"That's natural." Zhao Xiu smiled happily, he turned his head to look at the other people who were smiling, and said loudly: "Brothers, we have to prepare a generous gift for the little master."

"Dare not to obey orders." Several men shouted in unison.

Su Chugui led the way, led Sun Shao into the main hall, and asked Sun Shao to sit up.Sun Shao was also polite, and took the main seat directly, Su Chuke and Wei Ping sat on the left, and Zhao Xiu led a few brothers to sit on Sun Shao's right.After saying a few gossips, Su Chuleg glanced at Wei Ping with his eyes, Wei Ping understood, got up and walked to the middle, and bowed: "General, please allow me to report the latest battle to the general."

"En." Sun Shao nodded and put away his smile.

After the last sea battle, Sun Shao left a boat for Su Chugai, but Su Chugai was a little embarrassed to accept it at first.But when he opened the cabin and saw that there was a whole ship of ordnance inside, he immediately understood what Sun Shao meant.The pirates in the East China Sea looked forward to the wind this time, but they were severely injured by Sun Shao and Yue Hai, and lost about one-third of their manpower. More importantly, the most intelligent Hunjiang dragon, Zhou Qun, was killed on the spot by Sun Shao. Fell into chaos without a leader.But Su Chugao didn't take advantage of the fire because of his loyalty, so Sun Shao didn't treat him badly and gave him a boatload of weapons. Of course, he wanted him to take this opportunity to conquer other pirates in the East China Sea and expand his strength.His strength was not bad at all, and now that Sun Shao sponsored the standard ordnance, it was even more powerful, and he was naturally more confident in dealing with those pirates with low morale.Therefore, without much consideration, he accepted Sun Shao's kindness.

Then what surprised him even more was still behind.When he started to carry out Sun Shao's intentions, Zhao Xiu and others who escorted the boat revealed their identities to him. With the tacit cooperation of the two parties, they successfully annexed several groups of pirates nearby. A surprise attack on Houguan Shipyard.Although he won the battle over the sea, he also suffered a lot of losses. Besides, no one thought that Su Chuleg would be so courageous that he dared to attack the shipyard.With these ships, Su Chugui's strength has greatly increased, and the speed of annexing other pirates has greatly increased. In two months, he became the well-deserved king of the East China Sea. In this way, even General Pingnan Lu Fan suffered in his hands.In the fierce battle on Pingwang Island, although Lu Fan saved more than 300 merchant ships, he suffered heavy losses and never dared to fight Su Chugui head-on again.

Their successive victories in the East China Sea completely cut off the trade routes in the East China Sea, and forced Sun Quan to use Sun Shao again to lead troops to suppress the rebellion.Lu Fan and the others were still waiting to see Sun Shao's jokes, but they didn't know that Sun Shao had made arrangements long before returning to Jianye.

When Sun Shao decided to return to Jianye from Jiaozhou, he expected that Sun Quan would suppress his development again, so he arranged for Su's thick legs.Su Chuleg unified the East China Sea, and as soon as Sun Shao arrived, he surrendered, so that Sun Shao could win without a fight, and then led these people to fight in Jiaozhou to pacify Cui Qian, the pirate king in the South China Sea. Controlling the East China Sea and the South China Sea, it would be impossible for Sun Quan to suppress him. Even if Sun Quan wanted to tear his face apart, he could only bear with it, because neither the East China Sea nor the South China Sea had the power to contend with Sun Shao.

As a result, Sun Shao can jump out of Sun Quan's control in one step.He never thought about fighting Sun Quan one-on-one and being the master of Jiangdong, but he also didn't want to live this kind of wronged life all the time.

But the arrangement wasn't perfect and something went wrong.The first is that he failed to bring his family out. Originally, he hoped to wait for a while, at least after Guan Feng recovered, before his family fled.However, after a period of consideration, he found that the time was not right. If he asked to bring all his family with him at this time, Sun Quan would definitely not let him leave Jianye, so after hesitating for a long time, he adopted the bridge method, which was divided into two steps. Let's go, first accumulate a certain amount of strength, find a suitable base, and then pick them up.The other thing is that although Su Chugai is the most powerful pirate in the East China Sea, he failed to unify the East China Sea.Besides him, there is also a group of pirates. Although they are not as powerful as Su Chugai, they are not small. On the surface, they also obey Su Chugai's command. Four to five hundred boats and five to six thousand people were set up. When Sun Shao sent the surrender document, they clearly opposed the surrender, and thus separated from Su Chugui.If you don't consider other things, Su's thick legs can completely destroy him, but many of his subordinates have just been annexed. Once a war starts, it is difficult for him to guarantee that no one will turn against him.

Su Chuke felt very embarrassed. Sun Shao deliberately created such a good opportunity. First, he severely injured other pirates for him, killed Zhou Qun, and then arranged for him, and arranged armaments. In the end, he failed to unify the pirates in the East China Sea. , What is now handed over to Sun Shao is a semi-finished product, which is really ashamed.

"It's okay." After listening to Wei Ping's introduction, Sun Shao didn't show any disappointment or anger. He smiled easily and said, "There are many things that don't go your way. How can everything be as you wish? You can do it like this." , it’s not easy anymore.”

"It's just..." Su Chugui said unwillingly: "With those people obstructing me, if I attach myself to the general, I'm afraid my subordinates will also have opinions. At that time..."

"Don't worry about it too much." Sun Shao interrupted Su's thick-legged words, and arranged directly: "You go to recruit your subordinates, and make it clear to them. Of course, if you want to go with you, you have nothing to say, and it doesn't matter if you don't want to. In the future Whether to be an opponent or a friend, it’s up to them to choose. If they save face and see my banner walking around, I won’t take the initiative to make things difficult for them. His own mother wouldn't even recognize him."

"Keep them?" Su Chugai had been an officer and soldier, and he knew the principle of raising a bandit's self-respect, so he took it for granted.

"You are right to understand that." Sun Shao smiled: "However, they will regret it. Pirates are not so easy to do in the East China Sea."

"What does the general mean?" Su Chuke and Wei Ping were both a little puzzled.

"In the future, merchant ships will no longer go their own way as before. I will ask them to act collectively and be escorted by the navy. This will solve part of the navy's funding problem, train the team, and eliminate pirates along the way. They want to If you want to survive, you must either take the initiative to find the sailors to fight one-on-one, or hide away and pick up those merchant ships who are unwilling to pay the fee and would rather go alone. Whether you can feed them depends entirely on destiny."

Su Chugui didn't think too much, he believed that following Sun Shao would not suffer, but Wei Ping was a little worried: "General, pirates are no better than navy officers and soldiers. They are used to plundering and freedom. Some of the fees paid may not satisfy their appetite. We trust the general, but others may not be willing to do it."

"Who said you can't snatch it if you become a naval officer?" Sun Shao burst out laughing.

Su Chugui and the others looked at each other, and couldn't figure out what Sun Shao meant for a moment. This is a navy officer and soldier, and they are robbing like pirates?Who are you robbing?

"You are not strong enough now, so you can only rob some merchants who have no strength to fight back. What's the point of this? You will be a pirate for the rest of your life. If you become a navy division, you need ships and food. How can pirates compare in strength? The strength is stronger, so there are more places that can be robbed? You see how bold the reminder is, he directly occupied Zhu Ya, became the emperor of the land, and even the scholars wanted to give him three points. He has no navy yet As for our identity, it’s far worse than us. We should play a little bit bigger than the reminder, for example, occupy a bigger island, and when we’re tired of being a sailor, we’ll take the time to enjoy being a pirate.”

Wei Ping suddenly realized, and clapped his hands: "I understand what the general means. The so-called 'thieves who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will be the prince' is the truth."

"You are treasonous." Sun Shao pointed at Wei Ping pretending to be serious, and warned, "You will be beheaded."

The crowd burst into laughter.

(End of this chapter)