The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 224

"What are you doing?" Mu Zhiqiu's eyes widened with anger, Xiaoyuan's face was flushed with anger, and she took a step forward to stop Yan Feiyan, with her arms outstretched, like a hen guarding her chicks, not afraid of Sun Shao standing in front of her, more than Yan Feiyan, who was several years older than her, hid behind her without daring to speak out.

"Hee hee hee..." Sun Shao found it more and more interesting, and couldn't help laughing.He raised his hand to stop Ao Lei who was about to rush up to clean up Mu Zhiqiu, raised the portrait in his hand, solemnly: "Little girl, do you know who this is?"

"It was you!" Mu Zhiqiu said without hesitation, "It was my young lady who shot it."

Shooting is the target of the arrow.After Mu Zhiqiu had said the words, he remembered that he could not speak, and subconsciously covered his mouth with his hands, his originally dignified expression became a little flustered.Although she is Papa Mu's daughter, she was born in Yizhou and grew up in Yizhou, and she is far more familiar with Yizhou than Wu County.The Yi people value witches, and this portrait is a kind of curse.Cursing people is very vicious, and there are often armed fights between tribes because of this, and although she doesn't know how big the Yue Kingdom is, she witnessed the 2000 people from the Heda tribe running away Wa'an cleanly.

2000 people are so powerful, what will the 1 people look like?Mu Zhiqiu couldn't imagine it in her little head, she only knew that it must be terrible.

"Then your lady wants to shoot me a few arrows every day?" Sun Shao touched his nose and stared at Mu Zhiqiu calmly, seeing that Mu Zhiqiu was flustered and retreated involuntarily.

"No...it's not my lady, it's...it's...I ejaculated." Mu Zhiqiu stammered a few words, and finally raised his head stubbornly.

"I shot it." Yan Feiyan turned pale, pushed Mu Zhiqiu aside, and stood up.

"You shot it?" Sun Shao raised his eyebrows and showed that frivolous smile again. He looked at Yan Feiyan, who was forced to calm down, and suddenly smiled, "Have you seen Daqin people in Dongye?"

"Great Qin people?"

"You must have seen it." Sun Shao made a look of sudden realization, and said affirmatively: "The legend of the people of Daqin, there is a child among the gods, with a bare buttocks and a pair of wings, who walks around with a golden bow and arrow. Random shooting, the people he shoots will become lovers, no matter how far apart they are, even... even if it is separated by a boundless sea."

Yan Feiyan was baffled at first, but later she understood that Sun Shao was still teasing her, and she was so angry that she gritted her teeth. However, seeing that Sun Shao didn't intend to take the opportunity to get mad, she felt relieved.After the initial righteous indignation was gone, she began to think of the responsibility on her shoulders. In order for Baihuzhai to survive, she could only swallow her anger now.

"Then what if we shot two men, or two women?" Mu Zhiqiu was convinced, poked his head out from behind Yan Feiyan, and looked at Sun Shao curiously with two big and round eyes.

"That's troublesome." Sun Shao suppressed a smile: "If both of them are men, then they are broken sleeves. If they are both of them, then... just like you." He pointed and pressed together Mu Zhiqiu and Yan Feiyan were hesitant to speak.

Mu Zhiqiu rolled his eyes, and suddenly realized, he quickly shook his head and said: "We are just good sisters, not... not that... She mumbled for a long time, but she couldn't say what she said afterwards, her face was so suffocated. It was bright red, like two red apples.

"Hahaha..." Sun Shao couldn't help laughing out loud.

At the banquet, Yan Feiyan, who is the owner of the village, was too embarrassed to speak because Sun Shao had just teased her. Father Mu and Lei Zi had no choice but to act as the host. They toasted to Sun Shao and others, thanked Sun Shao for his generosity, and expressed Kind words like bad hospitality.It didn't matter to Sun Shao. Although Baihuzhai had a great reputation, the economic situation was really not optimistic, and the only thing that could be sold was a monkey head soup.It's a pity that as soon as he saw the monkey head soup, he thought of the civet cat, and after a reluctant taste, he refused to try again.On the contrary, He Da and the others were full of praise for this, and they seemed to be satisfied only after making another big pot.

After drinking the self-brewed fruit wine, Sun Shao got up and went back to his camp, leaving Gu Tan and Yan Feiyan to bargain.Sun Shao gave Baihuzhai a large piece of good land. Gu Tan and the others couldn't understand it. They felt that Baihuzhai was almost finished now. If Sun Shao didn't rescue them, they would definitely be wiped out. At this time, it should be How could surrender, rather than an alliance, do them so much good?Sun Shao didn’t take it seriously. He told Gu Tan that we had just arrived in Yizhou. Although we had done a lot of preparatory work in the early stage, we didn’t have much contact with the locals after all. If we want to gain a firm foothold, it would be much more convenient to have Baihuzhai.Those barbarians are hidden in the mountains and forests. If they are good, they will fight. If they are not good, they will leave. When will they be wiped out?He Da and the others are powerful, but if we want to occupy the entire Yizhou by force, do we have that many troops?That being the case, of course it is the most convenient way to lure them out. Wouldn't it be beneficial for both parties to lure them out with a few pieces of land?We are not here to grab land and be farmers, you must always remember this.The land needs to be planted, but it is not for us to plant it ourselves, but to try to get others to plant it, and then let them happily sell the grain to us, or... dedicate it to us.

Although Gu Tan has reservations about Sun Shao's approach, he also knows that the Yi people are scattered in the mountains, and with more than 1 of them, it is impossible to kill them all.Think about Jiangdong, from Sun Jian to Sun Quan, 30 years have passed, and the Shanyue people have not gone to their roots.As a matter of urgency, temptation is indeed a better way.Since he wanted to lure, of course Baihuzhai was the first target.

Gu Tan is very delicate, a bit ruthless, and Sun Shao has never let him be alone, because he likes to make the other party count as impossible to survive. This seems to maximize the benefits, but it is also easy to create conflicts.Now that he has drawn up the scope, let Gu Tan talk about it, so that Gu Tan will not force Baihu Village to nowhere.

Competing with Gu Tan, everyone from Yan Feiyan to Mu Laopai and Lei Zi understood that it is more comfortable to deal with Sun Shao. This Gu Tan is too shrewd. Calculated precisely.You now have less than 1000 people in total, and you can’t grow a thousand hectares of fertile land by yourself, and you can’t eat up the food you grow. Do you want to keep it for spoilage?How about this, we provide new farming techniques, advanced farm tools, and a large number of cattle. When necessary, we can send people to help you with production, but you have to sell the grain you produce to us.Don't worry, we don't treat you badly. In addition to using advances for farm tools and cattle, we can also buy the food you can't finish at a preferential price, ensuring that you will neither be hungry nor waste it.

The advantages are finished, and finally the disadvantages. If we don't cooperate, then we won't force it, but if something happens in Baihuzhai, we will stand by and watch.It was only at this time that Yan Feiyan realized that Sun Shao's generosity was not entirely out of goodwill.Such a good platform, without Sun Shao's protection, would they be able to defend it?If you don't give it to her at the beginning, that's all right. If you give it to her now, and let her spit it out, she will be willing to part with her clansmen.Yan Feiyan thought about it, and reluctantly agreed to Gu Tan's request. She hated Sun Shao to the bottom of her heart, but she couldn't show it on her face, otherwise it would look like revenge.

Just as Gu Tan and Yan Feiyan were settling accounts, Sun Shao ordered Cui Qian to occupy Jingua Mountain.

There used to be some cottages in Jingua Mountain, which were built by Wa'an and the barbarians. Wa'an was defeated by Heda in the First World War, and the other barbarians scattered like birds and beasts. Cui Qian was originally the king of the mountain, and he was very good at building villages. I went to the grass nests built by the barbarians, ordered them all to be demolished, and then re-planned, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and started preparations with the attitude of building a city.Sun Shao came prepared, and besides more than 1 sailors, there were also many craftsmen and businessmen.Craftsmen began to build kilns and burn bricks, cut trees and analyzed wood, and merchants began to buy mountain goods from nearby Yi people and sell the exquisite items they brought, such as living utensils that the Yi people were in short supply, various rare objects, beautiful silk cloth, There are even a small number of weapons, and of course, the prices vary widely.Ordinary living utensils were sold very cheaply, but weapons were sky-high prices. Few weapons were sold, but the reputation of Yue Kingdom's extremely sharp swords slowly spread.

Wa'an took the remnants of a hundred people to Luming Village, [-] miles away from Jingua Mountain.

Hei An was not tall, but he was very thin, with a faint scar from his forehead to his chin, across his lips, which made his thick lips look a little distorted.Two big gold earrings made his earlobes much longer than others.Hei An is Wa'an's good friend. Many years ago, they fought a fierce battle. Later, the two of them singled out the winner. Wa'an can be regarded as a relative.His sister died five years ago, but his friendship with Vaan has never diminished.

Hei An was taken aback when he saw Wa'an's panic, and asked him what happened while letting him in.

Wa'an's face was heavy, he looked at Hei An for a long time, and Hei An was so anxious that he jumped, and then he sighed: "I'm in big trouble."

"What's the trouble?" Seeing that Wa An finally opened his mouth, Hei An asked impatiently.

"This land will no longer be ours." Wa'an sighed, lowered his head, folded his hands to cover his face, and sighed.

"It's not ours?" Hei An was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "What's wrong with you? I heard that you took thousands of people to attack Baihu Village. Not only did you seize the gold mine, but you also robbed the Baihu woman to make money." Ma'am, why did it suddenly become like this?"

"Baihu Village has reinforcements." Wa'an raised his head, "I was unprepared and was defeated by their reinforcements."

"Reinforcement?" Hei An smiled first, but his dignified smile was uglier than crying: "Which one is so bold, dare to support Baihu Village?"

He said it boldly, but he was surprised in his heart.He knows Wa'an's strength. Within a hundred miles, there is no one stronger than him. With so many followers of him, his men should exceed 4000 people. It should be said that no one dares to provoke him at this time to rescue Baihuzhai What's more, Baihuzhai is still an outsider. Although he has been in Yizhou for nearly 30 years, he has always maintained a distance from the local tribes and built a village to protect himself. In the eyes of Yizhou people, they are always outsiders.Who will help outsiders and Wa'an do right?
But Wa'an's embarrassment clearly showed that Wa'an had indeed suffered a disastrous defeat, and Hei'an became more and more curious about the reinforcements from Baihuzhai.

"A guy who claims to be the King of Yue." Wa'an sized up the people next to him, Hei An looked at them, and kicked them out knowingly, before he muttered: "So, these people are not here to help Baihu Village So simple? Will he stay here for a long time?"

Vaan nodded.

Hei An stopped talking.He heard from the old people that this land used to belong to the country of Yue, and the king of Yue came from the other side of the sea a long time ago, in a big boat like a mountain, they all held sharp short swords and wore impenetrable armor , and sharp arrows, just like gods.Although Luming Village is far away from the sea, Hei'an knows that to cross the sea and reach a distant continent will take a lot of risk. Not only must he suffer from hunger, but he must also face the anger of the sea god all the time, so that he can travel safely on the sea. The people here are all blessed by the sea god, which is the reason why an outsider in Baihuzhai can stay in Yizhou for more than 20 years without incident - they can come and go freely on the sea.

This time, because of the temptation of the gold mine, Wa'an instigated several big tribes to attack Baihuzhai, and he also came to find Hei'an, but Hei'an did not agree. Although very tempting, it is not worth it to anger the sea god for gold.Some time ago, I heard that Wa'an was going very well. Not only did he get the gold mine, but he also beat up Baihuzhai so much that he dared not go out. He was still a little puzzled, thinking that he was wrong, but seeing Wa'an today, he felt very lucky .

Baihu Village is blessed by the God of the Sea, so what about the King of Yue?Black Bank hesitated.Although Baihuzhai is an outsider, apart from occupying Jilong Mountain, they have little influence on others.But the King of Yue is different. If he wants to take all the land into his pocket like the last King of Yue, let them all become his subjects, and offer his blood and sweat to him, then Hei An will have to weigh his weight up.If he really had that strength, he would have to bow his head before death, but what if he didn't have that strength?You can't just be fooled by him.

"How many people does this King of Yue have?"

"I don't know, it's a big black area." Wa'an curled his lips, and said in a provocative tone: "I sent someone to the seaside to see it. There are so many big ships that I can't count them."

"Is there a boat like a mountain?" Hei An was taken aback.

"How could there be a boat like a mountain." Wa'an shook his head dismissively.

"Oh." Hei An breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly remembered something: "Did they arrive during the days when the Sea God was angry?"

A trace of anxiety flashed in Wa'an's eyes.He wanted to scare Hei An, but he couldn't scare Hei An, so he deliberately didn't mention the time when Sun Shao's boat docked, but Hei An still found out.He could only nod his head: "When I saw him, it was the second day after Sea God got angry. However, I think they might have arrived a few days ago, but they didn't dare to go ashore immediately."

Hei An was very upset, he heard some problems from Wa'an's words, and Wa'an seemed to be fooling him.

"So, the King of Yue, like the people in Baihu Village, is blessed by the Sea God?"

"No." Wa'an shook his head resolutely, and vetoed: "If they are people blessed by the sea god, why would the sea god destroy his boat?" He said, asking his men to bring a plank and throw it on the black bank. In front of him: "This is their boat. Look, the Sea God smashed his boat, how could he still bless him?"

Hei An looked at the board of the ship and thought for a long time, but finally he believed Wa'an's words. He raised his head and looked at Wa'an: "What are you going to do?"

"This king of Yue is inexplicable, and he doesn't know where he came from. First he killed our people, and then he wants to occupy the land where our ancestors lived for generations. He wants to be our king. Are we so easy to bully?" Wa'an was angry. He said: "Although I have lost a lot of people, I will not be his dog. I came to you this time to ask for your help, and together with other villages, drive this king of Yue into the sea to sacrifice Poseidon."

Hei An was not so excited, he shook his head: "You just suffered a loss, you should rest for a while, I will send invitations to other villages and invite them to come to discuss the matter together. This time it is not a matter of two villages in one village , It’s all of us, if we want to advance together, we must retreat together, so that there will be no chaos.”

Wa'an was a little unhappy, but he was not strong enough now, otherwise he would not have come to beg Hei An.After hesitating for a while, he had no choice but to agree to Hei An. While resting in Luming Village, he and Hei An jointly invited the nearby villages of a hundred miles to come to discuss the matter.

Sun Shao stood on Jingua Mountain, looking at the glistening golden valley, he couldn't help but want to laugh.He never thought that there would be such a good thing, that he could pick up gold by bending down.

"My lord, when will you start mining gold?" Wei Xiu couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and finally asked Sun Shao.This time he set off from Qiantang with a large number of cargo ships and came to Yizhou together. Although a few small cargo ships were lost in the storm, the loss was not large in general, especially when he saw the gold paved road in front of him. His eyes were full of golden light.In this way, as long as Sun Shao asked him to dig a boatload of soil, he would make a fortune.But what made him feel strange was that Sun Shao never ordered mining, but was busy building the city, as if he was planning to live here for a long time.

"Gold mining?" Sun Shao smiled: "We don't have enough manpower. Some of the sailors have to go fishing and some of them want to build cities. Where can they get the gold mining? Just rely on the sailors you brought?"

Wei Xiu didn't dare to say anything, he really thought so, he had secretly sent someone to try it, the gold content of these sands was good, and he didn't need too many people to make a considerable income, but he heard that Sun Shao hadn't mined it recently He had no choice but to hide this thought, lest Sun Shao feel that he was too greedy and cut off his own fortune.

"Your Majesty wants to build a city here?" Wei Xiu changed the subject.

"Yes, I want to build a city here." Sun Shao pointed to the distance: "Not only do I want to build a city here, but I also want to build more cities, and the entire Yizhou must have cities."

"The amount of work is not small." Sheng Gu stroked his beard and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, we may not be able to build a city in less than two years. If we want to build it, it will be a small castle at most." , the garrison is okay, but if you really want to become a city, it won’t take ten or eight years, I’m afraid it’s impossible.”

"It's possible as long as there are people." Sun Shao smiled and walked slowly down the mountain.

"Do you need to go back to Qiantang to collect civilians?" Sheng Gu hurriedly followed, and said worriedly: "There are not many people in Yue, and I'm afraid they won't be willing to come here. Besides, with so many people, the food consumed every day It is very impressive, and the cost is too high to rely solely on sea boat transportation, I am afraid that half of this golden ditch will be dug.”

"Come from Qiantangyun?" Sun Shao glanced at Sheng Gu and shook his head again and again: "That's not okay, Prime Minister Yu and the others won't agree."

Sheng Gu didn't say a word. Of course he knew that Yu Fan and the others would not agree to transporting people from thousands of miles away. Not to mention the unacceptable conditions, he said that the transportation expenses for the people and food were very staggering, and in the end it must be worth the candle.He frowned and thought for a while, but he didn't think of a good solution to this problem, so he had to follow Sun Shao, hoping to hear his opinion.

Guan Chao came over in a hurry, bowed to Sun Shao, and said in a hurry: "Your Majesty, the news from the scouts has arrived. Wa'an ran to Luming Village, and Hei An, the leader of Luming Village, is calling for the nearby Baili The stockade is discussing matters, and it seems that there is a big move."

"How many villages are there in the vicinity, and how many people are there in total?" Sun Shao remained calm, with his hands behind his back, and continued to walk forward.Guan Chao followed him and said, "There are more than 30 villages, the big ones have thousands of people, and the small ones have hundreds of people. In total, there are 2 people."

"There are only so few people?" Sun Shao was a little disappointed.

"There are not many people in the mountains." Guan Chao explained: "However, these barbarians are very barbaric, and if they are good, they will fight.

Guan Chao stopped the topic and did not continue, but his worried expression was fully revealed.

"Are you worried that we may win the battle, but we may not be able to wipe it all out, and there will be endless disasters?"

Guan Chao nodded, he was worried about this.Although Sun Shao brought more than 1 people this time, including [-] elite soldiers who are skilled in mountain and jungle warfare, but Yizhou is so big, they will run away if they can't win, when will you be able to wipe them out?

"No hurry." Sun Shao smiled: "I'm not afraid of them coming, I'm afraid they won't come, I'm not afraid of them being many, I'm afraid they will be few. The more people come, the better. It's best if all the people in Yizhou come. Then I'm happy."

"Your Majesty wants to gather and annihilate them?" Guan Chao had an idea.

"Annihilate them? Why do you want to annihilate them?" Sun Shao shook his head again and again: "I am the king of Yue, and they are my people. Why should I kill people for no reason? I want to have a good talk with them. By the way, Guan Chao, you Go find Papa Mu and ask him to pick a few who can speak both Yi and Chinese, which will be useful in negotiations."

negotiation?Not only Guan Chao was stunned, but Sheng Gu behind was also stunned, what is there to talk about with those barbarians, chicken and duck talk.Keeping Baihuzhai, there is something to say, anyway, most of the people in Baihuzhai come from the Wuyue area, what are the barbarians?They are savages, they are completely different from Yue people, they have no similarities at all, negotiating with them is far more convenient than using a sword.

(End of this chapter)