The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 148 Set Sail and Sudden Attack
Cui Qian is 28 years old this year. He has broad shoulders, big hands and feet, a long face, two thick eyebrows, and a pair of slightly slender eyes. Generally speaking, he is a handsome young man, but there is always a trace in those eyes. Evil.

The scholar messenger standing in front of him didn't dare to look him in the eyes, and lowered his head subconsciously.

"Don't care?" Cui Qian gritted his teeth and clapped his hands on the thick wooden case: "Let him try it. Su Chuleg can surrender, and I can surrender too. When the time comes, I will put those things about him in front of Sun Shao." Shake, I see that his family is still hanging out in Jiaozhou."

"General?" The messenger shivered, and quickly explained: "It's not that my lord doesn't want to help you, it's because Sun Shao has a lot of people. He left Shiwei behind and acted alone. We have no chance. But my lord said, the general Fight if you can, avoid if you can't fight, Sun Shao can't stay in Jiaozhou for a long time, if it drags on for a while, my adults will have a way to drive him away."

"Delay?" Cui Qian was furious, stood up suddenly, and rushed in front of the messenger, his slender eyes widened, looking like he was going to eat someone, the messenger couldn't help but backed up two steps in fright. "My brother also needs to eat. He will sit in Xu Wen. Where will I collect the money? No money, what will I use to support my brothers? I was messed up by you last year. I have no income for half a year. I just sit and eat and lose a lot It’s done. This year, it’s finally getting better, so let me wait, wait another six months, and I’ll have to wear pants.”

After spraying the messenger with saliva, Cui Qian stood up and stood with his hands behind his back: "Go back and tell him, it's okay for me to procrastinate, he will prepare a few months' food for Sun Shao, and he will prepare a few months' food for me. Otherwise, hehe, I will make the Tashi family notorious in Jiaozhou. Get lost!"

Two barefoot men rushed up, without saying a word, grabbed the messenger and dragged it out.The messenger's face was pale, he didn't dare to say a word, and left in a desperate manner.

"Brother, what should we do?" Cui Wen, Cui Qian's think tank, came over with a look of anxiety on his face, "At this time, it's not good for us to offend the scholar's family. Do you really want to surrender to Sun Shao?"

"Surrender?" Cui Qian sneered: "It's not much for him to surrender to me. I surrendered to him. There is no way. I have accumulated so many years of wealth. If I surrender to him, will it still be mine? 1 people, 1 people? Is it? This is Zhuya, not Donghai, no matter how tens of thousands of people he comes, I will let him come and go."

"Then why are you so cruel to the Shi family?" Cui Wen said with some complaints.He is Cui Qian's uncle. Since Cui Qian's father was a pirate, he has been a military adviser. Cui Qian can be considered a hero for being able to conquer such a large territory.In the entire Zhuya, he was one of the few people who dared to speak to Cui Qian like that.

"Those old guys from the Shi family occupy the richest land in Jiaozhou, yet they are so stingy to me." Cui Qian paced slowly in the corridor, Cui Wen followed suit and listened. "As soon as Sun Shao sits in Xu Wen, he will definitely escort the merchants like last year. We have almost no business to do. Although we have a little foundation, it is not a solution for a long time. What is even more annoying is that I suffered losses here. However, the scholar family benefited from it. Believe it or not, if Sun Shao asked them to raise food and grass, they would definitely fill their pockets, stir up a civil uprising, and put the blame on Sun Shao."

"That's for sure, that's what they've always done." Cui Wen wasn't surprised.

"Why does he take advantage of me and make me unlucky?" Cui Qian said in a vicious voice: "Sun Shao and I lost both sides in the fight, and he came to take advantage? Sun Shao was squeezed away by him, and then I was punished by him? Want to take me? As a swordsman, there must be some blood."

"That's true." Cui Wen nodded, followed Cui Qian silently, looked at the lush garden in the distance, hesitated: "Do you want to fight Sun Shao?"

"I want to fight." Cui Qian snorted, very annoyed, and now when he heard the name Sun Shao, his teeth itch with hatred.He used to do well in the South China Sea, and now he doesn't have to do it himself, as long as he sends someone out with a bamboo stick, someone will deliver the money to his door, no different from the Tu Emperor.But as soon as Sun Shao came, things changed. First, pirates, big and small, came to ask for an explanation, saying that his subordinates did not follow the rules and messed up. Dozens of pirates, large and small, were harmed on the road.Although he is a pirate, he has always prided himself on being well-behaved. Pirates of all sizes in the South China Sea said that he did not follow the rules, which annoyed him too much.At first he thought that some of his underlings were too dark-hearted and wanted to take advantage of others, but after checking and checking, none of his underlings admitted it. Then he found out that it was Sun Shao who was using his name to do evil.When he was trying to deal with Sun Shao, Sun Shao ran away and left behind a wicked idea to ask the navy to escort the merchant ship. This is worse than doing evil in his name. It simply cut off the pirates' livelihood , Can't rob merchant ships, should pirates be allowed to farm and fish?

The terrible thing is still to come, he is rich and powerful, and he can survive without business for a while, but the other pirates can't hold on anymore, they are hungry, and dare to do anything. Some surrendered, some took the risk of attacking the Jiaozhou Navy, and what's more, someone turned their minds on him, and several teams he sent out to collect taxes disappeared inexplicably.

Is this South China Sea still his South China Sea?Cui Qian was furious, and sent someone to conduct a thorough investigation, and ended up in advance for those daring pirates, and finally suppressed the evil fire.However, as the boss of the South China Sea pirates, he wanted to show the pirates a way out, so he sent a letter to Shi Yi saying, if you don't abolish this rule for me, I will report to Bu Zhi tomorrow.As a result, Shiwei stabbed Bu Zhi in the back, completely abolishing the ambitious Bu Zhi, and the rule that the navy escorted merchant ships was also cancelled, and the South China Sea was considered to have returned to calm.

However, Cui Qian knew that although the South China Sea had returned to calm, in the past year or so, Bu Zhi and him, as well as pirates big and small, had all suffered losses, and the only ones who benefited were the scholars.Not only did they use his hands to exhaust the power that Bu Zhi had accumulated so easily, but they also secretly played pirates, and many merchant ships fell into their hands again.Speaking of which, they are Sun Shao who doesn't fly the pirate flag of Cui Qian. Sun Shao is in the clear, and they are in the dark.

Cui Qian originally wanted to trouble the Shi family, but now that Sun Shao came, the Shi family actually let him face Sun Shao's 1-strong army alone, and hid aside to watch the show.This annoyed Cui Qian very much, he would not be reconciled if he did not bite Shijia hard.

Of course, he couldn't let Sun Shao go, all the troubles were caused by this kid.If he didn't come to Nanhai, how could things turn out like this?
"Sun Shao's troops are twice as many as ours, and the warships are also more and stronger than ours. I'm afraid it will not be so easy to fight this battle. If it doesn't work out, both sides will be hurt in the end, but they will fall into the trap of the Shi family. Even if Sun Shao is gone, we may not be able to survive."

"What are you afraid of? If there are many people, it will be useful? There are also many Buzhi people, and they will still be beaten to pieces by us?"

"Bu Zhi is a scholar, this Sun Shao is a cunning person, he doesn't do things according to common sense." Cui Wen calmly persuaded: "You can see that he has surrendered Su Chugai in one fell swoop, this Shuzi has some tricks."

"Su's thick legs?" Cui Qian muttered, "This is too strange for him, why did he get up all of a sudden, and then come down again?"

"That's why I find it strange." Cui Wen reminded: "We know too little about him, and we may not be able to figure out his routine in a fight."

Cui Qian thought for a long time, then waved his hand and said, "Send more brothers to Xu Wen, and find out what kind of god this Sun Shao is?"

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When Shi Yi received the report, he thought about it for a long time, and felt that it was very difficult, so he ordered someone to go to the address again to ask for advice.At the same time, Shiyou, the prefect of Jiuzhen, and Li Jing, the prefect of Rinan, also sent people. They all received the order from Bu Zhi to collect food and grass. decision.After careful weighing, Shi Xie ordered everyone to levy, not only to levy, but also to levy more, including the share that Cui Qian wanted.At this time, we can't push Cui Qian into a hurry, but keep him useful.At the same time, he gave Li Jing and Shi You an order to conscript more, it would be best to stir up those barbarian mutinies, and then let Sun Shao go to suppress the rebellion, which made him burnt out. Let's see how he handles it.

Shi Yi and the others understood, and immediately issued an order. Within a short period of time, people in the four counties of Hepu and Jiaozhi were full of complaints. Before Sun Shao's army arrived in Hepu, rumors that the officers and soldiers were more greedy than pirates spread. Immediately afterwards, Jiuzhen and Ninan counties sent urgent reports. Because the task of expropriation was too heavy, the barbarians could not bear it, and rebellions continued one after another. Only limited soldiers in the counties could not quell them. Please send troops from Governor Governor and General Fubo to assist.What's more, Li Jing, the prefect of Nichinan, reported that because of civil unrest, Lin Yiguo took the opportunity to invade the southern part of Nichinan. The situation is extremely urgent. Please send reinforcements as soon as possible, otherwise Nichinan may fall.

Bu Zhi received the urgent report without saying anything, and sent someone directly to Sun Shao. There was only one sentence on it, asking General Fubo to lead his troops to suppress the rebellion.The reason is very simple. The troops that can be used in Jiaozhou are either in the hands of the Shi family or General Fubo.

When Sun Shao received the urgent report, he had just arrived in Xuwen.He glanced at it, shook his head and smiled, and handed it to Yu Fan: "Sir, it's time to test us."

Yu Fan took it and glanced at it, dismissing it: "It's a trick for children."

Sun Shao laughed out loud.

Hepu Taishou Shiyi, Xu Wen Lingshi Hong, and Hepu County Wei Huanwei led the Hepu gentry to meet them at the dock.Shi Yi and his son were all smiles, but the gentry behind them smiled forcedly—it is impossible for anyone who is robbed of their property to smile naturally.

"General, I was expecting you to come." Shi Yi greeted Sun Shao as soon as he saw him, and greeted him warmly.

Sun Shao cupped his hands with a smile: "Fu Jun, I haven't seen you for a few months, how have you been?"

Shi Yi's face turned bitter, and he glanced at the gentry who were smiling but not smiling: "General, why do you need to ask so much, just look at their faces and you can tell how I've been doing recently."

Sun Shao glanced at it, and then asked in surprise: "Why is this? The Fujun brothers have governed Jiaozhou for 30 years, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the things are rich and prosperous. Now it is the happy land of the entire Han Dynasty. Why do they show their faces?" The color? Could it be dissatisfaction with the government lord?"

While letting Sun Shao in, Shi Yi nodded embarrassingly: "It's not bad for the general to say that. However, the reason why I offended them was because of the general."

Sun Shao was even more surprised: "Where do you say this? I came to Xuwen from a long distance to conquer Cui Qian, a giant thief, and restore peace to the South China Sea, which is good for them. Why don't they like it? Don't they Do you like pirates? Or...they all have collusion with pirates?"

Shi Yi's expression changed, and then he sneered a few more times, and his voice became louder, just enough for the people next to him to hear: "The general is joking, all the people present here are from Hepu's famous families, and they are all people who keep their own responsibilities. , how could there be any collusion with the pirates? It's not that they don't welcome the general, it's just for the food and grass that the general needs. If you have any comments, please don’t misunderstand the general.”

"Is it that serious?" Sun Shao stopped, looking at Shi Yi with suspicion in his eyes.Shi Yi had already prepared for it. There are too many such pretentious things in the officialdom. Wouldn't it be too incompetent not to show sympathy for the people's hearts at this time.Although Sun Shao is young, he has an old official like Yu Fan around him, who will remind him to some extent.He nodded quickly, and said with emotion: "Exactly, the general might as well ask them."

Before Sun Shao could ask, the gentry next to him expressed their agreement in secret, true or false, this time Sun Shao's army was going to station in Xuwen, Shi Yi took the opportunity to slash them, every time Everyone is a little bloody, and there is no place to vent the grievance in my heart, and Shi Yi suggested, why don't I take this opportunity to vent it.

Sun Shao was still very skeptical: "Your Majesty, no one will use the excuse of raising military rations to fill their own pockets, right?"

"No, no, my officials in Hepu squeezed out almost every ration in order to raise military rations for the general. This is how they dare to fill their own pockets. General, your words make us a little sad. Shi Yi put on a look of grievance, and several senior officials behind him quickly agreed, and at the same time assured that there was no corruption of ink.Although the gentry knew that there must be ink corruption, no one would be so stupid as to expose Shi Yi at this time. Who didn't know that Sun Shao was just doing a show, so he couldn't take it seriously.Besides, if you want to expose, you have to have evidence.

Listening to the babble of confession, Sun Shao was silent for a moment: "Your Majesty, how much military rations have you collected so far?"

Shi Yi was taken aback, a little surprised, Sun Shao has gone too far in this show, and asked the specific number at this time?But Sun Shao asked, and he couldn't help but answer: "The exact number is still being calculated, and the ones collected so far should be around 20 shi."

"20 shi? How many households does Hepu have?"

Shi Yi frowned, thought for a moment before saying: "There are 510 households, 620 households."

Sun Shao nodded appreciatively: "Your Majesty is really diligent in political affairs, and the numbers come as soon as you open your mouth."

Shi Yi said modestly: "It should be so."

"Those more than [-] households, with an average tax of ten stones per household, will the hearts of the people be so turbulent?" Sun Shao sneered, and turned to look at those inexplicable gentry: "You are all famous people. Can't come up with ten stones of food?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking that this kid would really bite back. Shi Yi said that he collected 20 shi, but how could he only collect 20 shi?Not to mention the layer upon layer of exploitation, but what you receive is not only 20 shi, Shi Yi has to give you a little bit of benefits, more than 20 to [-] shi, it's normal, and those who dealt with them, who don't want it Kidnapping? [-] shi?The total number is at least one million!

But these words can only be held in the stomach, and it is not easy for anyone to bring them to the stage.They looked at each other and were silent.

Sun Shao turned to look at Shi Yi with a look of displeasure on his face: "The Fujun brothers ruled the county with loyalty and filial piety. Is this the result? Or is there someone who enriched their own pockets and put the responsibility on me, Sun Shao? Everyone, I am Sun Shao. Although Shao is young, he dares to say a word here. I, Sun Shao, are not short of money, and I don’t need a little bit of people’s fat. 20 stone grains are enough to support my army for half a year. If necessary, I will reach out to the Lord." He glanced at everyone, and said with disdain: "In case someone comes to the Supreme and say that I borrowed the opportunity of the army and was greedy for ill-gotten gains. Lord, now the 20 stone grain has already been paid." Is it all in the warehouse?"

Shi Yi was stunned by Sun Shao's sudden attack, so he nodded quickly and said, "The general is really sympathetic to the people. Please rest assured, the general, all the food has been put into the warehouse."

"Well, I will go to the granary with you to check it now. If there are really 20 stones of grain, then from now on, I will close the granary and never enter a single stone of grain. You can testify. If anyone sees a The carts and grains have entered the warehouse, and I, Sun Shao, are the only ones asking." He turned around and left without saying a word, Shi Yi was caught off guard, and hurriedly followed, saying in a hurry: "General, it's not too late to go after dinner. what."

"No." Sun Shao couldn't bear to say, with an unhappy expression on his face: "Your gentlemen are not happy, how can I eat at ease? After this matter is settled, I will have a drink with you. Your Majesty , please call Cang Cao, I want to hand over the account with him now."

Shi Yi's sweat immediately came down.My dear mother, there is a maximum of 20 shi in the granary, where did [-] shi come from?The other part was given to Cui Qian by him, and the other part was swallowed up by him and his cronies, and they were still waiting for food from Jiuzhen and Nichinan to fill the rest.Sun Shao's doing this will take a while. He just wants to spit out the food, but it's too late to move it.

Without giving Shi Yi any chance to react, Sun Shao led his men straight to the granary in the barracks, which was the granary in Xuwen County.There is a large city in Xuwen County, with a large number of people coming and going, and it borders Zhuya, where troops are often stationed, so a county-level granary was built.The size and facilities of the granary in the Han Dynasty had fixed standards. The county-level granary was one store of ten thousand stones, which was called one product.Of course, usually not full.Because Hepu's annual rental income is only about 20 shi, of course it is impossible to put all of it in Xuwen, and usually it can be placed here, which is [-] to [-] shi.

So as soon as Sun Shao led his people into the granary, he could see clearly that there was only [-] shi in the granary, and only one of the other twelve granaries had some grain in it, and the others were all empty, not a single grain.

"Your Majesty, are you sure that you remember correctly, that 20 stone grains have been confiscated?" Sun Shao's expression became ugly, and he looked at Shi Yi aggressively. Although Shi Yi, who is in his 60s, has been on the battlefield for a long time, this is the first time he has been in such a situation today. Let alone other people present, it is impossible to drag him directly to the police station without saying hello. Check the grain in the granary.It was the first time in his life that his lies were exposed in front of so many people.

"This……"

"Bring the account book, I'm going to check the number now." Sun Shao didn't give Shi Yi a chance to react, and with a wave of his hand, two personal guards stepped forward to escort the sweaty Cang Cao to the official house. Xu Wen ordered Hong Gang to move, but Sun Shao raised his finger and pointed at him: "Don't move, or I will kill you right now on the charge of embezzlement of ink military rations."

Shi Hong's foot went limp and he almost fell to the ground. He and Shi Yi glanced at each other, Shi Yi saw panic in his eyes, and he saw ominousness in Shi Yi's eyes.Sun Shao probably had a plan for doing this, and they were still thinking about setting him up, but they didn't expect that Sun Shao would strike first, and when they got off the boat, he gave them a thunderous blow without giving them any time to react.

Soon, several warehouse officials came with some account books, Sun Shao nodded, and Lu Shan, who was standing next to Lu Ji, took the account books, quickly flipped through them from beginning to end, then curled her lips and looked at the Cang Caoxuan with flustered eyes said, "Old officials, you have even miscalculated the accounts. I really don't know how you have done these years." Then he turned to Sun Shao: "General, the total in the accounts is 21. Two stones, the real number should be 870 two stones, not greedy for ink, but a ten stones counted as a thousand stones."

The onlookers couldn't help but gasp. Who is this handsome young man with a white face and beardless face? His mental arithmetic is so amazing. Not only did he calculate the accounts in such a short period of time, but he didn't even let go of the clerical error?
Yu Fan glanced at the smug Lu Ji and smiled.He also discovered Lu Shan's super calculation ability when discussing knowledge with Lu Ji recently. When they used the Pythagorean method to calculate distance, Sun Shao said a set of square root arithmetic, which was extremely complicated. Even Zhao Shuang felt a little scratching his head, but he didn't expect this little girl to open her mouth. The multiplication and division of four or five digits can be calculated with just a twist of her fingers, which is much faster than their calculation chips, which are just newly made by Ge Heng. The abacus can't keep up.

"What's the difference?" Sun Shao looked at Shi Yi with a cold face.

"There are currently eight full storages in the warehouse, and there are about three thousand stones in the ninth storage. The total is 13 stones, and the difference is 880 two stones."

"My lord, where is the 13 stone grain?" Sun Shao sneered, touching the knife ring with a murderous expression on his face, and said through gritted teeth: "A granary, I don't think there is such a big granary in the family, so who is it?" With such a big appetite, you swallowed 13 shi of military rations in one gulp?"

(End of this chapter)