The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 146 Set sail with strength and safety

Lu Fan was still waiting in Haiyan to see the news of Sun Shao's request for help, but he did not expect to receive a good news from Sun Shao.Sun Shao sent people to persuade Su Chuji to surrender, and at once there were [-] more ships, nearly [-] people. Based on this, he swept across the East China Sea with Yue Hai and Su Chugui, and wiped out the East China Sea in half a month. Some powerful pirates killed and chased them away, and the pirates who had been in chaos for nearly half a year declared peace.

Lu Fan is an old Jianghu, of course he can see that there are ghosts in it, but he has no evidence to prove that Sun Shao and Su Chuleg colluded.And he understands that if Sun Shaozhen and Su Chugui colluded, then Sun Shao cannot be moved. Once Sun Shao leaves, Su Chugui will definitely rebel again, and whoever succeeds Sun Shao will be in trouble.

Lu Fan didn't want to wade into this muddy water. This was the business of the Sun family's uncle and nephew, and had nothing to do with him. Besides, he and Sun Ce still had some feelings for him. Shao's success report was forwarded to Sun Quan, and at the same time, he revealed in his letter that some people suspected that Sun Shao and Su Chugui had colluded, but there was no evidence, it might be jealousy.

Sun Quan received Lu Fan's memorial, unexpectedly did not respond, and ordered Sun Shao to be General Fubo, Su Chukui to be General Henghai, and General Yuehai to be General Zhenhai. Gan Yu was successful in killing the enemy, and was promoted to Weihai Captain, and together he listened to orders under Sun Shao's tent.At the same time, he ordered Sun Shao to escort the merchant ship that had been waiting for a long time, and go straight to Jiaozhou to assist Jiaozhou Governor Buzhi to calm down the pirates in the South China Sea.

The person who brought the news was Zhang Zhao, the former military division general and the new South China Sea prefect.

Sun Shao was full of doubts. He felt that Sun Quan would give him some kind of promotion this time anyway, but he didn't expect that Sun Quan seemed to have changed his character this time, and he had no means at all, so he directly asked him to go to Jiaozhou to suppress the rebellion.Doesn't he feel that he has too many people in his hands?Fifteen thousand sailors, the first in the entire Jiangdong.

"Someone reminded you." Zhang Zhao faced Sun Shao's question and smiled, "But no one dares to take your position."

Sun Shao is happy, everyone is smart and knows that this is a hot potato—well, it seems that there is no potato yet.

"What are we going to do when we get to the South China Sea?" Zhang Zhao entered the cabin, and directly cared about his own government affairs, but he was not at all polite to such an obedient and good student as Sun Shao, and brought his own affairs to the table first. .This time he listened to Sun Shao's suggestion and took the initiative to invite Ying to go to the South China Sea. Probably because Sun Quan felt that the farther he went, the better, so he simply let him be the governor of the South China Sea.Zhang Zhao was angry, and the more he wanted to do things well, let Sun Quan see if he was old.

"If you have a teacher, of course you need to control Shi Xie first." Sun Shao ordered people to serve tea and said, "If you control Shi Xie, we can fight against Cui Qian alone, leaving aside the navy under the control of the Shi family. I have 5000 troops on hand, which is twice his strength. Could it be that I can’t deal with him? Cui Qian has been pacified, and the Jiaozhou Navy has been fully controlled. If more than 1 elites go to the South China Sea, I don’t believe that Shi Xie will return. Can be so safe. At that time, let him spit out at least two of the four counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, Hepu, and Rinan, maybe strip him naked, this Jiaozhou is really the supreme Jiaozhou."

At the end of Sun Shao's speech, he clenched his fist, as if he had Shi Xie in his palm.

Zhang Zhao drank tea, nodded, paused for a moment, and suddenly said, "Then what are your plans?"

Sun Shao who was talking happily was stunned for a moment: "Me?"

"Yeah, what are you going to do after you've pacified Jiaozhou?" Zhang Zhao seemed to say casually, but his eyes were fixed on Sun Shao's and he didn't move.Zhang Xiu, who sat beside him without saying a word, picked up the teapot in due course and refilled Sun Shao with some water.Sun Shao hurriedly thanked him, and while drinking tea, he quickly figured out what Zhang Zhao meant, and asked in turn, "What do you think I should do, teacher?"

Zhang Zhao took a sip of tea and asked slowly, "Have you ever written an essay on traveling south?"

Sun Shao was really stunned this time. He wrote the essays on the trip to the south well, but they were personal belongings. It can be said that they were works in the room. There was no publicity and publication these days. How could Zhang Zhao know? ?
"Don't ask me how I know, right?" Zhang Zhao saw Sun Shao's question, and dismissed Sun Shao's attempt to ask in advance.

"Yes." Sun Shao put down his teacup and nodded slowly. Although his face was still calm, he was very unhappy in his heart.Damn, I'm working so hard on your family's affairs, why are you so worried about me dragging you down?

Zhang Zhao is an old man, of course he can see the unhappiness hidden in Sun Shao's calm mood, but he is still so calm, he has no intention of comforting him at all: "Do you really want to verify the Classic of Mountains and Seas?"

Sun Shao stopped talking, took a sip of the teacup, picked up the teapot and refilled some water for himself, and then refilled some for Zhang Zhao, then he smiled calmly: "I am so grateful for Mr. Zhang's concern." .”

"I heard that there are gods overseas? Do you want to find gods?" Zhang Zhao's eyelids drooped, and he continued to ask without looking at Sun Shao's eyes.Sun Shao was really on fire, and his breath became thicker. Just as he was about to refute, Yu Fan walked in from the outside, glanced at Zhang Zhao, and curled his mouth: "Can the dead know gods? General, the guests are here, please take a seat." Bar."

These words were like a drop of water falling into a pan of oil, and Zhang Zhao, who was originally as stable as a mountain, exploded all of a sudden. He glared at Yu Fan and shouted, "Yu Fan, you are so presumptuous."

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Zhang?" Yu Fan acted as if he had just discovered it, and looked Zhang Zhao up and down exaggeratedly: "I thought it was a dead person who was silent just now. You blunt Mr. Zhang. Why, the Supreme opened the door of your house, or did you drill yourself out?"

Zhang Zhaode is highly respected, although his power is not as good as before, but with this status, no matter who he is, he must give him three points of face. On the one hand, no one calls him an official position, but Zhang Gong.Only this Yu Fan never took him seriously, not once or twice, but this time it was even more extreme, calling him dead in person.He also mentioned the matter of closing the door, which really touched Zhang Zhao's heart.He jumped up against the table, bearded and haired, pointing at Yu Fan and about to curse.When Sun Shao saw it, he didn't care about his discomfort, so he quickly got up and dragged Yu Fan out, and at the same time signaled Zhang Xiu to comfort Zhang Zhao, not to make the old man angry.

Speaking of it, Yu Fan's skills are not inferior to Sun Shao's. If he really wants to fight, it is not easy for Sun Shao to drag him out of the cabin, but he has no interest in entanglement with Zhang Zhao. Once Sun Shao dragged him, he came out .After getting off Feilu, he tidied his clothes and asked puzzledly, "General, why did he go to the South China Sea?"

"How do I know the supreme order?" Sun Shao felt a little regretful, but it was hard to show it, so he had to answer vaguely.

"This is not a good arrangement." Yu Fan lowered his face, and said with some worry: "Zhang Zhao is old-fashioned, and he is your teacher. I'm afraid it will hinder you in the future."

Sun Shao smiled: "They are all loyal to the country. If there is any disagreement, we can discuss it and resolve it. Zhang Gong has been seeking the country for many years and has rich experience. It is a good thing that we have him in the South China Sea to restrain the impetuousness of our young people. The Supreme Being so How could it be wrong to arrange it with good intentions?"

Yu Fan glanced at him, didn't say anything, and smiled meaningfully: "What the general said is true. The guests have already arrived, so you should come here quickly. They think the conditions I told them are too good. I don’t dare to accept it, I have to accept it personally from the general.”

"Hahaha..." Sun Shao laughed and pushed Yu Fan: "Sir, go and greet me first, I will invite the teacher down, and then I will go." Yu Fan also laughed and strode away.A man of fifty paces is no different from a man of thirty paces in walking.

Sun Shao went to Feilu again, Zhang Zhao was still angry, when he saw Sun Shao, he turned his face away and ignored him, Zhang Xiu looked at him for help with a embarrassed face.Sun Shao clenched his fists to cover his mouth, and coughed: "Teacher, Yu Zhongxiang has a very straight style, and it's not a day or two. The teacher has cultivated his spirit for many years, so why bother to be angry with him. All the great sages in Kuaiji are here, waiting Seeing the teacher's demeanor, the teacher should not make him wait too long."

Hearing what he said nicely, Zhang Zhao felt that it was meaningless to be angry with Sun Shao, so he calmed down and asked, "What great sages can there be in Kuaiji?"

"Kong Zhu from the Kong family, Wei Xiu from the Wei family, Sheng Gu from the Sheng family..."

Zhang Zhao was a little surprised: "Wei family and Sheng family are also here?"

"They all helped, so we have to share the benefits." Sun Shao responded with a smile, but when he saw that Zhang Zhao's face was obviously a little wrong, he quickly put away his smile and asked carefully, "Is there any problem?"

The corners of Zhang Zhao's mouth twitched twice, he twirled his beard and thought for a long time before he said cautiously: "Did you forget that Wei Teng, the Patriarch of the Wei family, almost died at the hands of your father first, and then was almost executed by the Supreme One? Don't you know that?" After Sheng Xian was killed, did Sheng Kuang, the son of Sheng Xian, escape to the Central Plains? If you associate with them, isn’t that just asking for trouble?”

Sun Shao was stunned, how could he know this, what did Yu Fan do, why did he find all the people who had enmity with the Sun family?
Seeing Sun Shao's nervous face, Shen Xuan took a step forward and bowed his hands in a salute: "Wu Jun is a latecomer to Shen Xuan, dare to ask Mr. Zhang for advice."

Zhang Zhao glanced at it, his eyelids twitched, and his mouth felt a little bitter, he couldn't help feeling anxious for Sun Shao.What did Sun Shao do all this? Others can say that Shen Xuan's father, Shen Wu, was simply killed by Sun Quan with a non-excuse excuse, and Sun Shao actually kept him by his side.He nodded, motioning for Shen Xuan to speak directly.

Shen Xuan bowed again: "My late father was accused of treason, may I ask if my Shen family is rebellious now?"

Zhang Zhao was taken aback, hesitated for a while, and shook his head slowly.

"Sheng Xiaozhang was punished by the Supreme. Could it be that the Sheng family is not the people under the Supreme Ruler? Wei Zhouxiu once ran against the Supreme. Could it be that the Wei family is a potential rebel?"

Zhang Zhao's face turned red. Of course he couldn't say that. He also ran into Sun Quan. Could it be that he is also a potential rebel.It was difficult for Shen Xuan to answer these questions.If it is pushed according to his reasoning, then since Sun Shao studied with him, did he have evil intentions?
"Mozhi, step back." Sun Shao stopped Shen Xuan in time, waved his hand to signal him to go out first, then bowed and said, "Teacher, I appreciate your kindness, but I really don't have much thought about this matter, just They repaired the boat for me, and I gave them the benefits promised in advance. I think he will understand, my lord.”

Zhang Zhao shook his hand with emotion, interrupted Sun Shao, and said suddenly: "Fengxian, I understand your thoughts, and I believe you are not so stupid. But what I want to tell you is that since you have nothing else in mind If you think about it, don’t be shy. Whatever you think you should do, you should do it. Only in this way, people will not think that you have other plans. Only when doing things will people look forward and backward.”

Sun Shao laughed secretly, this sounded right, but it didn't work at all, you are open-minded, you can scold as much as you want, but what about now?If I hadn't scooped you up, you would still be struggling in Jianye.But on the scene, he still said very politely: "Thank you for your teaching. Teacher, all the guests have arrived, you..."

"You go first. I'll wash my face and come after changing clothes. Since you want to see them, of course you can't be too casual."

"Here." Sun Shao responded, winked at Zhang Xiu, stepped back, turned and walked towards the gangway.Standing outside the door, Shen Xuan saw him coming out, quickly followed him, pulled his skirt, and signaled him to come to the side of the boat to talk.Sun Shao was puzzled, but seeing his solemn expression, he had no choice but to follow him.Shen Xuan stood at the bow of the boat, waved his hand, and the soldiers on duty understood, and hurriedly stood a little further away.

"General, half of what Zhang Gong said is correct." Shen Xuan cut to the point, without any twists and turns, and said straightforwardly: "Why did I join the general's family? The general must have ideas, and I don't want to hide it. However, first My father died unjustly, and I, Shen Xuan, refused to accept it, and in this life, I will never be a colleague of those villains."

Sun Shao remained silent, watching the seabirds flying over the sea in the distance, and listened quietly to the following.

"If the general wants to be an obedient minister, Shen Xuan doesn't dare to force the general. Let's go our own way." Shen Xuan stared at Sun Shao's eyes without blinking.Sun Shao was a little guilty when he looked at him, and he twitched his face twice, averting his eyes.Shen Xuan sighed in disappointment, cupped his hands and said "Take care, General", then turned and left.Just two steps away, Sun Shao stopped him: "Mozhi, you know, I just don't want to kill each other and be taken advantage of by outsiders."

Shen Xuan turned his head, a smile appeared on his cold face, he returned to Sun Shao, and said earnestly: "General, we are not forcing you to seek rebellion, you have a family and a business, which of us doesn't have a family and a business? We just hope that the general can provide us with another choice, if the general can give us this opportunity, we will fully support the general to create a career, not to ask the general to kill his uncle and nephew."

"However, if you do this, people will be suspicious." Sun Shao shook his head: "I'm afraid that will not bring you hope, but will bring death to you."

"General, you are wrong." Shen Xuan said earnestly: "Only when you are strong can we be safe. The more you compromise, the more dangerous it is. We are not the ones who are in danger. We can find another suitable candidate, but what about you?" ? Are you willing to be in the palm of your hand for the rest of your life? If so, why do you bother to travel from Wu County to Jianye, and then from Jianye to Jiaozhou?"

Sun Shao frowned. Shen Xuan's words were too straightforward, which made him a little unbearable. Could it be that they could see all the things he planned so hard?But it makes sense to think about it, which of these people is not a human being.He squinted at Shen Xuan, and was silent for a while: "My family..."

"You have a family, and we also have a family." Shen Xuan interrupted him very rudely: "General, if you do this, you are not caring about them, but will harm them instead."

"How do you say that?" Sun Shao was surprised.

Shen Xuan was obviously agitated, and he showed a very dissatisfied expression: "I persuade the general to come back from Jiaozhou, not for anything else, but because I don't want the general to lose support among the clan, not for Mrs. Qiao." He raised his hand and stopped Sun Shao, who wanted to defend himself: "I know that you two have a good relationship, but after all, she is not your biological mother, she is just a concubine of General Chaoni. General Chaoni has passed away more than ten years ago, and she and the Sun family It doesn't matter a long time ago, she can leave the Sun family at any time. Even if the general has something to do, she will not be punished. But now that the general values ​​her so much, she is in danger."

Sun Shao didn't know what to say.

"If you really want to protect her, Mrs. Guan, your son, and give them a stable life, you must be strong, so strong that anyone who wants to deal with you must consider the consequences. Only in this way can they be safe Otherwise, they are chickens held in the hands of others, and they can kill whenever they want to." Although Shen Xuan's voice was low, his tone was very stern: "If he wants to kill someone, what can you do now?"

"What reason did he have to kill?"

"Reason?" Shen Xuan sneered: "You need a reason to kill someone? Could it be that my late father really conspired against me? If my Shen family had a large army at that time, would he have dared? Gan Ning killed so many people and it was fine, why did Gan Yu kill one person?" , was stripped of everything?"

Sun Shao was speechless.

"You have surrendered more than 1 pirates, which is enough to kill you a hundred times, but why are you okay now?" Shen Xuan let out a long breath, and continued to enlighten: "It's because you have strength. If you don't have strength, you Everything is empty. Believe it or not, one day Su Chuleg leaves by himself, and you will be the first to be unlucky?"

Sun Shao pondered for a while, and suddenly realized.He suddenly understood that the reason why he was so wronged now was that he cared too much about Daqiao, Guan Feng and his newborn son. In his opinion, these were all his relatives, and he couldn't ruin their lives because of his own fault. Therefore, he has been thinking about the great escape, thinking about waiting for them to be completely safe before developing, but he forgot one thing, in the eyes of others in this world, the lives of these three people are far less important than he thinks. In doing so, he actually gave Sun Quan a handle.

Shen Xuan was right, they were truly safe only if they had strength.Only at that time, Sun Quan needed a reason to move him, a convincing reason.Otherwise, just find any reason that is not a reason and you can deal with him.

"These families are all aristocratic families in Kuaiji, and their strength is self-evident." Seeing Sun Shao's complexion changed, Shen Xuan knew that he must have figured it out, and finally persuaded in a harmonious voice: "Their ability to help the general is very important. They will not help a reckless person, but they will never help a person who looks forward and backward, they... will only help people who are really capable and can bring them benefits."

Sun Shao took a deep breath, straightened his chest, and strode forward: "Come on, let's meet these powerful people."

Shen Xuan bowed to salute, followed closely behind, raised his arms, and gently stroked his forehead. If Sun Shao hadn't called him to stop just now, maybe this road would have been completely broken.The two walked to the cabin on the lower floor within a few steps. Shen Xuan took a step ahead, pushed open the cabin door, smiled at the few people who were talking softly inside, and shouted loudly: "General Fubo is here."

Several people in the cabin glanced at each other, left the seat one after another, and stood aside, Sun Shao stepped into the cabin slowly, looking at everyone with a smile on his face.Yu Fan glanced at Shen Xuan, Shen Xuan nodded calmly, Yu Fan was overjoyed, and saluted first, and the others quickly followed suit.

"I'll wait to see the general."

"You guys have worked hard." Sun Shao bowed his hands and returned the salute, with a reserved smile on his face: "You guys are all famous sages in Kuaiji. Shao Ye is young and has never met him before. Dare to ask Mr. Zhongxiang to introduce him."

Yu Fan smiled and said: "Fan is lucky. General, this is the Kong family with the surname of Kuaiji. After being a saint, I will be the son of the crown prince and Taifu, Kong Jun. Taboo Zhu, the name is Junwei. This is one of the eight handsome young men. Yinggong (Wei Lang) great-great-grandson Wei Jun, taboo Xiu, styled Zimei. This is the son of former Wujun prefect Shengjun Xiaozhang, taboo Gu, styled Zhongyan. This is..."

Yu Fan introduced them one by one, and Sun Shao greeted them politely, and then took their seats.Not long after, Zhang Zhao came, and after some introductions, Zhang Zhao solemnly answered each of them.Sun Shao entered the main seat, accompanied by Zhang Zhao and Yu Fan, one on the left and one on the right, and the others took their seats.The food was brought out, everyone ate, and then served wine and side dishes, and drank politely, Zhang Zhao was the oldest here, and everyone took turns to come forward to celebrate his birthday.

After the banquet, when tea was served, the irrelevant people withdrew, and only Sun Shao, Shen Xuan, Yu Fan, Kong Zhu and others were left in the cabin, and then we began to talk about the topic.Kong Zhu and the others kept silent, waiting for Sun Shao to speak.When Yu Fan talked with them on behalf of Sun Shao, they all opened their mouths and proposed to share [-]% of the East China Sea trade route with them.Yu Fan agreed without saying a word. They were very happy at the time, but after the matter was finished, they became a little worried.This knife cut was too harsh, if Sun Shao repented, they would have nothing to do, so they had to come and explain to Sun Shao face to face.In their hearts, they are ready for Sun Shao to bargain. The result of the discussion between several people can be [-]%, and with this [-]%, the few of them are satisfied.

"Thanks to your help, the warship was refitted in such a short period of time. I am very grateful to you." Sun Shao glanced at the crowd, saw their worries, and smiled again: "Don't worry, gentlemen. , since I entrust Mr. Zhongxiang to talk to you, it will definitely count. Mr. Zhongxiang, what percentage did you promise them?"

(End of this chapter)