The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 226
"Isn't it a matter of doing business without deceit? Why do you people from Yue country still look at people's bids?" Yan Feiyan was angry, and naturally there were a few thorns in his words, as if he was talking about a businessman from Yue country, but in fact The King of Yue in front of him has been included together.

However, Sun Shao seemed very calm: "I'm really ashamed, I haven't reached the realm of equality for all living beings. In my eyes, there is a big difference between people from my Yue country. Saints also divide the country into five parts. What's more, I'm not a saint yet, so it's only natural to take care of my own people and be more shrewd to outsiders."

"Since His Highness is talking about saints, doesn't the King of Yue know the truth that virtue can conquer people and virtue can go far?"

Sun Shao smiled and did not answer Yan Feiyan immediately. He took a sip of tea from the teacup and sipped the tea leaves in his mouth. The Lord convinces people with virtue, what kind of people are here?"

Seeing that Sun Shao was silent, Yan Feiyan thought that what she said made Sun Shao feel ashamed and could not answer. Unexpectedly, Sun Shao said such a sentence. Thinking about how he was besieged by Wa'an with thousands of barbarians just now, he was almost destroyed and killed. Wa'an rushed to become Mrs. Yazhai, and his face turned red.

Old man Mu sighed, thinking that Yan Feiyan is really overestimated, your level of knowing your own name is still showing off in front of Sun Shao, isn't it just asking for trouble.He couldn't bear to see Yan Feiyan embarrassed, so he gave a salute: "Dare to ask Your Highness, what is your order for calling me here?"

"Father is too modest, I dare not give orders, but I need to inform you about some things, and at the same time I want to discuss with father and the village master to see how to deal with it." Sun Shao politely returned the gift, Completely on an equal footing.Baihu Village is now independent. Although Papa Mu is not the owner of the village, he is actually the head of the Baihu Village. Sun Shao is very polite to him.

Before Guan Chao stepped forward, he recounted the information he had just received.Wa'an fled to Luming Village, and Hei An, the leader of Luming Village, issued an invitation order to nearby villages. He came to besiege Jingua Mountain together, and the number of people was about [-].

When Yan Feiyan heard this, her face turned pale, and she couldn't care less about getting angry with Sun Shao anymore.Although Wa'an and the others came to attack Jingua Mountain, Jilong Mountain and Jingua Mountain were not far away, and they would not be able to defeat Sun Shao at that time, so it was expected that they would clean up Baihuzhai by the way.

"Hei'an and Wa'an are the largest two companies in the neighborhood. Wa'an suffered a lot last time, but with Hei'an's support, their strength should not be underestimated. Of course, 2 people cannot be a mighty army for His Highness, but, These barbarians have a strong desire for revenge, if they cannot be wiped out, there will be endless troubles in the future."

Old Mu murmured and said, his eyes were on the desk in front of Sun Shao, but he was paying attention to Sun Shao's expression from the corner of his eye.He specifically said that Manzi had a strong desire for revenge, just to remind Sun Shao that you have killed hundreds of them, and if you don't drive Wa'an to extinction, he will keep pestering him forever.And if you want to kill Wa'an, you have to fight Hei'an again, or wipe out Hei'an's 2 people, or you will never have peace.

But to his disappointment, Sun Shao didn't show any worried expression, he seemed very calm, just drinking tea quietly, his hands were steady without any trembling.Chen Hai spat out the betel nuts in his mouth with a "bah", and smiled disdainfully: "What can [-] barbarians with antlers do? It seems that there are too few to attack Jingua Mountain. My hands are itchy these two days I'm afraid they won't come, so it's just to satisfy my hunger."

"Leave this kind of small battle to me." He Da, who had been silent all this time, said indifferently: "Please order, Your Highness, I will kill and rush to Luming Village immediately, and decapitate that black bank's head to His Highness. "

Cui Qian remained silent, sipping tea by himself, throwing an emblic seed (olive) into his mouth from time to time, chewing slowly, without looking at Yan Feiyan and the others with his slender eyes.Ding Feng Fudao stood behind Sun Shao, not looking aside.

"It's coming, of course we have to attack hard, kill the door, don't you need it?" Sun Shao put down his teacup and shook his head slowly: "Although the city has not yet been built, there are more than 1 troops guarding it. There are quite a few, and it may not be possible to take advantage of it, and they will leave after a few shouts. Why bother to mobilize the crowd. But Baihuzhai, Yanzhaizhu, Mu Laopa, you are busy planting rice these days, so be careful. Don't work hard all day, and finally be touched by Wa'an and Hei'an."

He glanced at Yan Feiyan, shook his head regretfully and said, "Master Yan has good teeth, if one is knocked out, it would really not look good."

Yan Feiyan's face turned blue with anger, Mu Zhiqiu turned his eyes, looked at Sun Shao, then at Yan Feiyan, pouted and said nothing.However, Chen Hai couldn't help but burst out laughing, and nodded again and again: "Yes, not only is it not good-looking, but it will also be inconvenient to eat in the future."

"If that Wa'an lived in Baihu Village, it would indeed be a nuisance." Cui Qian frowned and said solemnly.

The Yi people here have a habit that when a woman gets married, she has to knock out a front tooth, and the man has to live in the woman's house for two or three years before he can bring the woman back to his home.Sun Shao and the others said this to remind Yan Feiyan and Old Man Mu that you should not think that this is a matter of my country of Yue, but of your Baihu Village. Wa'an wants to marry Yan Feiyan as the wife of Yazhai.

The three monarchs and ministers have stayed together for a long time, and they have a tacit understanding, and the singing and harmony are seamless.Mu Laopai and Yan Feiyan are their opponents, and when they say a few words, one is helpless and the other is angry, and they are speechless.

Although Yan Feiyan was angry, but thinking about Baihu Village, she didn't dare to get angry, so she could only suppress her anger and said in a choked voice: "Then what will His Highness do to lend a helping hand?"

Sun Shao shook his head: "It goes without saying that I will support you. I invite you to come here, just to know how you want us to support you. No matter what, we have come here across thousands of miles of sea. The so-called fellow villagers see fellow villagers with tears in their eyes. What's more, although your Baihuzhai is not a citizen of my country of Yue, but after all, it is in the land of Yue country, even if you are guests, I can't let you be wronged, right?"

Yan Feiyan is bitter, she dared to feel that she came first, but now she is just a guest, he is the king of Yue who is the host.If it wasn't for his inferior strength, Yan Feiyan really wanted to fight Sun Shao to see who should be the master.

Father Mu didn't get angry, he looked at all this coldly, his vicissitudes of voice was a little hollow: "May I ask how your Highness will deal with the barbarians, will they come and go freely, or gradually conquer them?"

"Does daddy think he can be subdued?" Sun Shao turned his head and looked at daddy Mu with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Although I have more than 1 people, most of the hundreds of miles around are dense forests, and those barbarians live in the mountains and forests Come and go freely, appear and disappear, if you want to conquer them one by one, I'm afraid it won't be hard to achieve success in 20 years. I don't have that much time, and I don't have that much interest. As the king of Yue, I just need to occupy this coastal area. As for those For the mountainous area, leave it to the barbarians for the time being."

Old man Mu was confused by Sun Shao. According to him, it seemed that he only wanted to keep the three-acre land, and didn't mean to drive out all the barbarians.That's right, although Old Man Mu doesn't know much about the situation in Yizhou as a whole, he knows that several affluent places in Yizhou are by the sea. Although the places in the mountains are large, there are few fields. For the poor, they don’t even have salt, so they can only trade with mountain products and tribes by the sea. When there is no salt, they can only eat bland food.

It should be said that Sun Shao only wanted to occupy the seaside area and did not want to pursue it in depth. It should be said that he was wise. As long as he built a city by the seaside, opened up wasteland and farmed, and had enough force to defend the city, it should be said that although the barbarians were vicious, they would no way.But Baihu Village is different. Without Sun Shao's support, they would not be able to resist the harassment of the barbarians.Although the Yi people don't have sharp weapons, they are numerous, and they are fierce and good at fighting. They come and go like the wind in the mountains and forests. They are not good at attacking cities, but they still have the ability to attack Baihuzhai.

"I hope that there will be more and more people, so that my country can develop as soon as possible. However, this twisted melon is not sweet, just like Baihuzhai. I can force you to surrender now, but you are not convinced. I think about running away all the time, so how can I rest assured? Rather than everyone being unhappy, it’s better to go their own way. If they don’t mess with me, I won’t mess with them. If they dare to mess with me, I will give They are fighting head-on, everyone lives in peace, and being polite neighbors, wouldn't it be better? I think with my 1 sailors, there should be no tribe that can do anything to me." Sun Shao smiled confidently , with a face full of nothing to do with it, and hung it high: "So, I invite you here today to ask if you need any help from us. If you can solve it yourself, that would be great. To be honest Yes, I'm busy building the city, and I really don't have much time to fight the barbarians."

"If our Baihu Village is taken by Wa'an, I'm afraid the harvest from those rice fields will not be sold to His Highness again?" Yan Feiyan calmed down and tried her best to keep her composure so as not to be blackmailed by Sun Shao.

"If Wa'an doesn't want to cooperate with me, I probably have to grab it." Sun Shao rubbed his chin and said seriously: "This Wa'an is rebellious, and he is indeed not a good ally."

Yan Feiyan was terrified by Sun Shao's first sentence. She was really afraid that Sun Shao would rather give up Baihu Village. She was relieved to hear that Sun Shao was dissatisfied with Wa'an, so there should be a turning point.She hurriedly said: "Wa'an is a barbarian. He only knows how to kill people. He doesn't know how to cooperate. If he occupies Baihuzhai, I'm afraid this field will not be cleaned up. Your Highness, if you want to harvest after autumn, you should join hands with me, Baihuzhai." Repel Vaan."

"That's what I said too." Sun Shao smiled: "Then Master Yan, tell me how you want me to help you, and then I will quote you a price. There are different ways of helping, but there are different prices. Really I'm sorry, my brother settles accounts clearly, I'm a businessman, I'm used to haggling over every detail, please forgive me, Master Yan."

Yan Feiyan was so annoyed by Sun Shao's calm attitude that she couldn't speak.She now understands that the king of Yue in front of him is a shameless person who wants money, and he is definitely the first one in history. No matter how shameless the king is, he must save some face and talk about it. He is the only one who doesn't want any face. Everything you say is money, and even the help is clearly marked.

"Your Highness, why not make an offer first, and let's see which one we can choose." Yan Feiyan said in a cold voice.

Sun Shao didn't think it was disobedient, and with a gesture, Gu Tan walked over with a piece of paper and spread it in front of Yan Feiyan. Yan Feiyan took a look and was immediately dumbfounded.There are three plans written above. First, to ensure the safety of the Baihu Village and the food grains. The price is: Baihu Village is under the jurisdiction of the Yue Kingdom. The king of Yue decided.Second, the Yue State sent troops to join the defense with Baihuzhai. The cost: all expenses of the defense personnel, including equipment, food, military pay, and compensation for casualties, were all borne by Baihuzhai.The third is support, which is similar to the second article, but the number of people is determined by the King of Yue, and whether to attack is also up to the Yue Kingdom. It depends on the situation. War exploits are divided into spoils, and Baihu Village only needs to pay a symbolic deposit.

This is not a war, this is a commercial contract.

"Are you still an ally?" Yan Feiyan was furious.

Sun Shao was very surprised: "If I'm not an ally, what would I do for you? If I'm not an ally, I will join Wa'an in attacking Baihuzhai."

Yan Feiyan laughed back angrily: "In that case, then you and Wa'an will fight against Baihu Village. I will lead more than a thousand old and young in the village and wait for you to come." After speaking, she got up and left. up.Father Mu sat still, leaned forward and took the piece of paper from Yan Feiyan's case, squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, then put down the paper, smiled: "Your Highness is in such a good mood, you actually made a joke of it."

Sun Shao also laughed, his straight waist collapsed, and he waved his hands: "Come on, get ready to order some food and drink, I'll chat with my father. Jianzhong, you guys should all go away and go to your own business. Guan Chao, you stay."

"Here." Everyone agreed, and each went about his own business. Guan Chao sat behind Sun Shao and listened to their conversation quietly.

Old man Mu sipped his wine, savoring the dishes on the table with relish.The dish is not complicated, it is just a few grilled fish, but what puzzled Dad Mu is that the taste of these fish is very different from the fish he has eaten. The fish is a common fish, but the taste is completely different .

"Some of the spices here are from Tianzhu." Sun Shao explained: "It was brought by the merchants from Zhuya. They just arrived, and I haven't had time to give some to my father to taste. Dad, you can't think of it. We don't take spices so valuable, but Daqin people use them as gold."

"Use it as gold?" Old Mu grinned, wanted to smile but didn't. He felt that Sun Shao was fooling him, but looking at Sun Shao's expression, he couldn't see the meaning of a joke.

"Well, the people of Daqin carried a boatload of gold to Tianzhu, and then exchanged it for a boatload of spices back to Daqin. They used these as gold, and only the nobles could use them. Ordinary people usually want to use this. It's the same as our common people's New Year's Eve."

"Then... wouldn't that kind of thing make you rich?" Papa Mu said unconfidently.

"Of course." Sun Shao said with a smile: "However, although these are valuable, they can't be eaten as food. Humans can only think of eating better when their stomachs are full. Dad, don't you think so?"

"That's right, that's right." Father Mu nodded again and again. He took a sip of wine, ate another piece of fish, and then sighed: "When I was in Wu County, those officials were very tight. At the end of the hard work, even the last handful of rice in the house was taken away by those dog officials. I couldn't live any longer, so I had to follow Master Yan to rebel. Later, I finally got to eat this meal, and I wanted to eat better. Thank you for your hard work. After a long time, a lot of brothers died, and they had some foundations, and they wanted to live a more comfortable life, didn't want to be controlled by others, and wanted to be officials by themselves, so... well, who ever thought that in the end..."

Papa Mu was saddened when he remembered what happened back then.Sun Ce sent someone to recruit Yan Baihu, but Yan Baihu became the boss himself, how could he easily bow to Sun Ce?He calculated that his strength was not inferior to Sun Ce's, so he was very dissatisfied with Sun Ce's promise, and the two sides started fighting. Unexpectedly, although Sun Ce had few troops, he was very capable of fighting. Negotiating with Sun Ce, he wanted to kill Sun Ce in court, but he died in Sun Ce's hands.Thinking about it now, the terms Sun Ce promised were already very good, but Yan Baihu was too preoccupied at the time, so they didn't agree.

Because of this, Old Man Mu thought, now, does Baihuzhai have the strength to exist independently of Sun Shao?Sun Shao is generous and did not force Baihuzhai to surrender, but he can also stand by and watch, which is not too much.But there are other enemies in Baihu Village, without Sun Shao's help, Baihu Village is no match for the barbarians at all, and it is impossible to surrender to Sun Shao in the end.

Yan Feiyan is ignorant. She doesn't know that this is the last chance given by Sun Shao. If you miss this chance, Baihu Village will only die. Since you still have to surrender in the end, why not surrender while you still have strength? Do you have to wait until you are beaten to death by the barbarians before surrendering to Sun Shao?

"Father, things are the same, people have the same heart, you can see this, it is really not easy." Sun Shao raised his glass: "Let's drink this cup together, wishing father good health and a long life. "

"Hehe, the old man is disrespectful, please, Your Highness." Old Man Mu laughed and drank it down in one gulp.He put down his glass, pursed his lips, seemed to be tasting wine, and said after a while: "Your Highness just said that there is a difference between inside and outside. Dare I ask, what is the difference between inside and outside?"

Sun Shao had expected it a long time ago, he knew that his father didn't go out with Yan Feiyan, he just wanted to negotiate with him.He thought for a while, organized his language and said: "Father, let's make an analogy. Our Yue Kingdom is a family, and I, the King of Yue, am the head of the family. Such a large family may have hundreds of people. Although everyone They all have the same surname, but there will be some differences after all, don’t you think, father?”

Old Man Mu narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and nodded: "It's natural, among these houses, the long house always takes advantage."

"What the old man said is true." Sun Shao echoed: "The eldest son is the authentic heir, so of course he should be prioritized. As for the others, those who share the same father are brothers, those who share the same grandfather are brothers and brothers, those who share the same great-grandfather, The ancestors are brothers of the same family, among them, there are some differences in distance and distance. It is not an easy task to make a bowl of water level. There are differences in the length of a hand, not to mention the difference in length. What about people?"

"Yeah." Old Man Mu agreed, and listened to Sun Shao's continuation.

"The father's family is like this, and the mother's family is also like this. As the saying goes, one generation is close, the second represents, and the third generation will be defeated. After the third generation, I am afraid that no one knows anyone."

"Hehehe..." Father Mu couldn't help laughing. He had never heard of the common saying of Sun Shao, but when he thought about it, it was true. The third generation faded away, so the rich and powerful families like to repeat their relatives, like to increase their relatives, because they are afraid that the bloodline will fade and the relationship will be far away.

"I am the king of Yue, who should I treat well?" Sun Shao raised a finger: "First, of course, it is the soldiers who followed me to fight the country. They took the risk of beheading to join me, which is equivalent to my Family, I can't treat them badly, so I want to give them the best."

"Second, I want to be good to my people, because they worked hard, planted food with their sweat, and fed me, which is equivalent to my people. I can't treat them badly. Third, those allies, They are equivalent to my relatives, and I have common interests, and I want to share them with them. Fourth, those neighbors, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, a good neighbor can sometimes help, so we should get along better Fifth, they are irrelevant people, they can’t help you much, and there may not be any harm. Everyone is polite. If you don’t offend me, I won’t offend you. If you offend me, I will definitely not forgive you. A tooth for an eye Needless to say, an eye for an eye. The last one is the enemy. If you don’t provoke him, he will provoke you. What should you do? When your strength is not as good as yours, endure it, and once you have enough strength, you will destroy him. There will be no future troubles."

Old man Mu was horrified when he heard that, the King of Yue was not hypocritical, and he was as clear as a mirror in his mind as to what method he should use against anyone.

"Father, do you think I'm right?" Sun Shao put away his fierce face and said with a smile.

Old Man Mu forced a laugh: "My lord, what you say is quite different from the sage who ruled the world with benevolence and virtue."

"No, the sage governs the country, and there are five obediences." Sun Shao said as a matter of course: "The so-called relatives and sages are also very clearly divided, but later some crooked guys read a good scripture He is crooked, he doesn’t care about his family, instead he pleases the enemy, oppresses the family in every possible way, but is servile to the enemy, pleases the enemy in every possible way, chills the family’s heart, is full of the enemy’s favor, and finally the family’s heart is scattered, and the enemy doesn’t let him down As a human being, is there any reason for such a person not to betray their relatives? Dad, think about it, your son is not good, but he took the last bite of cake to save the life of the enemy. Who deserves death for such a person? If the parents of a family are like this, the family will be defeated; if the monarch of a country is like this, the country will be destroyed, this is the law of heaven."

Sun Shao's voice was very loud, as if he was arguing with someone, he waved his arms, his face was a little red, and he was obviously agitated, which made Mu Laopa's heart palpitations and blood boiling at the same time.He couldn't understand the great principles of those who are close to the sages, but he intuitively realized that this is what a king of a country should look like.

(End of this chapter)