The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 275 Pirate Empire Benefits
Sun Shao smiled: "I made my mother worry again."

Daqiao blushed, hesitated to speak, his expression was a little unnatural.She is not doing well in Zhuya, although she has no worries about food and clothing, and there are many things that are taken care of by others. The chief minister, Shen Xuan, will come to check in person every month to see if there is any need, but she is still depressed. .Firstly, Zhou Yu's matter made her feel uneasy, and secondly, she was very worried about Sun Shao.After Zhou Yu arrived at Zhuya, Sun Shao had never seen her alone. Even if he saw Zhou Yu at the bridge, Sun Shao would say a few words politely, then turn around and leave on business.Zhou Yu himself was very calm, reading books at ease, teaching Sun Feng to learn Chinese and calligraphy, and accepting this lost life, but Daqiao was very anxious. She felt that she had delayed Zhou Yu, not only failed to reconcile her and Sun Shao, And lost the honor of Princess Wu.In addition, she was also very worried about Sun Shao. Sun Shao led the army to go out for more than half a year. Although Shen Xuan often talked about the progress of the military situation, he would not go into too much detail after all. Daqiao only knew that Sun Shao's troops were not as strong as Fan Man's. And Fan Man is a scheming person. She was afraid that Sun Shao would suffer and lose something, so she often woke up from her dream in the middle of the night, listening to the wind and rain outside the window, and sat until dawn.

Along the way, she was looking forward to seeing Sun Shao one day earlier, but now that she saw Sun Shao, she didn't feel the relief as expected, on the contrary, she felt a little more melancholy.

Especially when seeing Sun Shao standing side by side with Guan Feng and Xia Houhui.

"Mother, what's wrong with you? Are you too tired?" Sun Shao noticed the strangeness of the bridge and asked quickly.

"Ah?" Daqiao was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head to cover up, and smiled: "No, I just thought of what happened to you in Dunxun City, and I couldn't help being a little startled. Ah Man, it's not that my mother said you, you are also a king now. Why are you so risky? The Funan people have huge war elephants. If you are injured, what can you do? Even if you conquer thousands of miles of land, what can you do? Ah Yu is still young, you have the heart to entrust him with such a burden Is it?" She glanced reproachfully: "Yin Jian is not far away, why don't you know how to draw a lesson?"

Sun Shao smiled embarrassedly, touched his head, and persuaded him patiently: "My mother didn't know something, and the situation forced me at the time. Fan Man led the army far away and competed with me for Dunxun City. I wiped out its main force." If he fled back to Funan, we would have at least four or five years before we could enter Temu City like today. I was reluctant to give up such a good opportunity, so I personally used it as a bait to trap and kill Fan Man's main force. It's dangerous, but it's not dangerous at all. At that time, we deployed heavy troops on the city wall, and it was only one out of ten that could break through the arrow array. If there was any disagreement, I could go back to the inner city without any problems. city."

As Daqiao walked forward, she turned half of her face to one side and listened intently to Sun Shao's explanation. Seeing Sun Shao's deep voice gradually calmed down her somewhat irritable mood.She took Sun Shao's hand, and gently closed it in the palm of her hand, just like Sun Shao was by her side when she was a child, begging her to tell a story before she would sleep, listening to Sun Shao's words quietly.As for what Sun Shao said, she was in a trance, not very clear.

After Sun Shao finished speaking, he didn't hear Daqiao's response, so he couldn't help being a little surprised. He raised his head and saw Daqiao staring at him, so he couldn't help but smile.Daqiao suddenly came back to his senses, a blush rose on his face, he subconsciously turned his head away, and let go of Sun Shao's hand, and then felt lost again, wringing his fingers uneasily.

Sun Shao looked at the shy bridge, and praised him secretly. Zhuya's hot spring is really good. After soaking in the hot spring for a year, not only did the bridge not look old, but on the contrary, he looked younger. With a sad face, she is standing with Guan Feng and Xia Houhui now, who would have thought that they are more than ten years apart.

Alas, she always couldn't let go of Zhou Yu's affairs.Sun Shao scratched his head a little, so he had to change the subject and said, "Mother, I plan to move the capital to Temucheng, and you will live here in the future. I happen to be free here, and I will accompany you around. You can choose one you like. I’ll build you a Li Palace, it’s definitely better than Zhuya’s, but unfortunately, there’s no hot spring like Zhuya’s near Temu City.”

Daqiao shook his head: "It doesn't matter whether you have hot springs or not. I'm very happy to be with you. Look at Ah Yi. When you see the silver screen, you don't want to let go. After all, it's a mother-child relationship." Chuzheng was holding Guan Feng's hand, and Sun Feng, who was chattering non-stop with a small mouth, said with a smile: "Once he left Zhuya, he never stopped, and every day he praised your husband and wife's military exploits, saying that in the future And be like you."

Sun Shao was a little surprised, and subconsciously glanced at Zhou Yu, who was sitting in the same car with Xiaoqiao, and asked with some hesitation, "Ah Yu taught him to read, is it Mom's intention?"

Daqiao glanced at him in a daze, and shook his head: "It's not what I mean, it's Ah Yi himself. Lin Fei's martial arts skills are superb, but his knowledge is not good, and he always says some mysterious and mysterious things, which is not good for children. , I was going to teach him myself, but Ah Li has grown up and is very naughty. Are you thinking too much?"

"No, I'm..." Sun Shao thought for a while, but didn't know what to say, so he smacked his lips and smiled awkwardly.Seeing his expression in Daqiao's eyes, Daqiao sighed silently, feeling a little depressed after feeling better just now.Sun Shao also felt a little boring, but because he couldn't find a topic for a while, he had to laugh along with him.

Zhou Yu sat quietly in the car all the time, calmly looking at the back of Sun Shao in the car in front.She has been worried that when she saw Sun Shao, she would lose control of her emotions and lose her composure in front of everyone, but today she found that facing Sun Shao, her mood was so calm, on the contrary, Sun Shao seemed to be so calm. Somewhat unnatural, unexpectedly, he didn't come over to say hello to her, he glanced at her hastily, and left like a thief, completely different from the former Sun Shao.

"Ayu, Ayu..." Sun Luban pouted and pushed Zhou Yu across the small bridge.

"Well, what's the matter?" Zhou Yu quickly turned his head and looked at Sun Luban apologetically: "What is the princess' order?"

"Hee hee, I'm not a princess of Wu country anymore, I'm a partial general of Yue country." Sun Luban twitched his lips proudly: "I've discussed it with my husband, and I want you and Zhongying to live with us. How nice it is to sit together as a family."

"Then...you'll bother the princess." Zhou Yu said with a playful smile.

"It's okay." Sun Luban blinked mischievously: "You don't know, Zhongying is now a Marquis of Qianhu, and he has an island under his name. We will give him a place to live now, and he will not be able to live on that island in the future." Don't let us play, right?"

Zhou Yin snorted, curled his lips and remained silent.Of course he was clear about Sun Luban's small calculations, but he didn't want to separate the family, and hoped to serve his mother with his elder brother. Besides, his wife was also a member of the Sun family, a junior of Sun Luban, who came here from Qiantang , I also hope to have a companion of a clan member of a similar age, and I think I will not object to this suggestion.As for the island, Zhou Yin believes that with Zhou Xun's ability, sealing up thousands of households is within easy reach, and there will be no problem at all.

"The princess is wise." Zhou Yu covered his mouth and smiled, "I'm afraid the second sister-in-law will disagree?"

"No." Sun Luban slapped his chest and rolled his eyes: "I'm her aunt, how dare she not listen to me?"

"By the way, this time the princess has made great achievements in Xijuan City and is famous far and wide, but we still don't know much about it. I don't know when the princess will be free. Tell us about it. I've been envious for a long time."

When Sun Luban heard this, he immediately felt relieved. She simply squeezed to Zhou Yu's side, and forced her way between Xiaoqiao and Zhou Yu. She still didn't forget to say hello to Xiaoqiao embarrassedly, and then took Zhou Yu's hand. Said: "I said Ayu, I was just going to talk to you, see if you can write an article for me, I have bitten three pens, and I haven't written two hundred words, let your brother help , he just said he was busy..."

"I'm not saying I'm busy, I'm really busy." Zhou Xun explained: "Your Majesty has just conquered Funan, and there are a lot of things to do. I am too busy recruiting soldiers every day. How can I have time to help you write those errands? ?”

"You are just jealous that my credit is greater than yours." Sun Luban opened his eyes and said unconvinced: "What kind of soldiers are you recruiting? Brother said that after taking Funan, you have to rest and recuperate. There is no plan to use troops for a few years. Conscription is just a routine, is it necessary to be so serious?"

"That's not right. Your Majesty has no plans to use troops abroad, but that doesn't mean you won't be prepared." Zhou Xun glanced around, lowered his voice, and explained patiently: "My country of Yue now occupies the entire South China Sea. The thousands of miles of sea area around Borneo has been turned into the jurisdiction of the Governor of the South China Sea. Do you know how many people have lost their money? Nanhai Lieutenant Deng Ai only brought a thousand soldiers, even with Wei Wen’s 3000 people, the South China Sea is now no more than 4000 soldiers. A mere [-] people, if something happens, how can there be enough? Only by recruiting troops to be responsible for the security of Funan, can we deploy naval forces to station in the Strait of Malacca and truly guard the west gate of the South China Sea.”

Sun Luban rolled his eyes, looking disapproving.However, she has always admired Zhou Xun's intelligence. Since Zhou Xun said so, of course she would not believe it, but she just insisted on saving face and refused to admit it in front of others.The family gossiped and came all the way to the mansion of the two brothers Zhou Xun and Zhou Yin.Because they did not have a separate family, and their wives were both daughters of the Sun family, Sun Shao specially rewarded them with a big house, which can be counted among the entire Temu City.Although the decoration is not as good as the house in Jianye, the house with five entrances is enough to make Xiaoqiao nod in satisfaction.

The family entered the house, Zhou Xun and Zhou Yin went to arrange a family banquet, Sun Luban took Xiaoqiao and Zhou Yu to see the room, along the way, from time to time there were busy servants standing by the roadside and bowing to salute, Most of them were from Funan, and they looked at the new owner timidly, with awe in their eyes.In this family, what they are most afraid of is Sun Luban. Funan women do not have a high status, but they attach great importance to class. Moreover, Sun Luban has a quick temper and is good at martial arts. Once he makes a mistake, he will be reprimanded at least, and at worst he will be dragged down with the whip until his skin is bruised. Therefore, these servants are very afraid of him. Qiao and Zhou Yu were so polite, they couldn't help being a little more careful.

As Zhou Yu walked, he asked Sun Luban about the local customs and customs of Funan. How could Sun Luban know these things? ?”

Zhou Yu smiled: "Funan is a barren land? Then the king will spend so much effort to seize Funan? Don't you know that to seize Funan is to seize a large granary, and the country of Yue no longer has to worry about food."

Sun Luban smiled embarrassedly. She scratched her head and said, "Except for Qiantang, even Jiaozhou is wild, let alone Funan. I'm used to it, I'm used to it, and I haven't turned around yet."

"The land in Funan is fertile, and the king pays light taxes and rests with the people. If all goes well, within 20 years, Funan will be on par with the Land of Three Rivers, and the Kingdom of Yue will become the most powerful kingdom among the four kings of the Han Dynasty." Zhou Yu Looking at many unfamiliar plants in the courtyard, he said with a smile: "I can't straddle a horse and hold a knife like a princess to fight on the battlefield. I can only use a bald pen in my hand to describe the scenery of Funan. It's strange to say, Zhu Ya And Funan are both southern countries, but the customs and customs are very different, there are too many things to record, I am afraid that I will not be able to finish it in a year or so."

"What are you going to write?" Sun Luban asked in a daze.

"I want to write an annals of Funan customs." Zhou Yu blinked, then smiled again: "Maybe it can be called the "Southern Mountain Classic" of the "New Classic of Mountains and Seas". After finishing this, I will go to Borneo again and write A "South China Sea Classic", how about it, are you busy?"

Sun Luban pondered for a while, then smiled and said: "That's true, brother, there are too many things to do now, and I don't have time to write the "New Classic of Mountains and Seas". It's just right for you to write it."

Zhou Yu replied flatly: "He has a lot of affairs to deal with every day, so let an idler like me do it."

……

Sun Deng led Zhuge Ke, Xie Jing, and more than 200 strong personal guards, rode his horses, and rolled up to Pingyang Gate, the east gate of Temu City like a gust of wind. He reined in the reins and was covered in sweat. The war horse snorted, turned back and forth, shook its head and tail.Sun Deng sat firmly on the saddle, with his waist straight, holding the rein with one hand, and looked up at Temucheng with a slight smile on his lips.

"Brother made a fortune this time."

Zhuge Ke smiled knowingly. He jumped off the horse, rushed to Sun Deng's horse in three steps at a time, stretched out his hand to hold the horse, the horse stopped, and was led by Zhuge Ke to the city gate.Xie Jing led people to follow behind, and a personal guard ran a few steps, and rushed to the soldier who was inspecting, the soldier listened, raised his head to look at it, and quickly shouted: "Line up, welcome Prince Wu." Said Then, while leading people in line, he sent people to report. After a short time, Menhou trotted out from the city gate, straightened his armor while walking, rushed to Sun Deng, and gave a deep salute: Sima Wu Can of the Pingyang Gate pays his respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Wu Can?" Sun Deng was stunned for a moment, looked down at him, got off his horse, and raised Wu Can with both hands: "But Wu Cheng and Wu Can?"

Wu Can smiled: "I don't dare to be insulted by a humble name, it's my servant."

"Oh, you... why are you here as a doorman?" Sun Deng shook his head again and again: "Back then, the celebrities that Gu Xiaoze liked are now working as doormen in Temucheng? It is because there are too many talents in the Yue Kingdom. , or is Wu Jun too indifferent?"

Wu Can led Sun Deng and his party in, and said with a smile: "Where, I have only been in Yueyue for a year, and at the right time, I participated in the battle of Xijuan City, and was promoted to the Sima of Pingyang Gate in the special animal husbandry city. I am already satisfied."

Sun Deng was taken aback, feeling a little embarrassed.He had heard of Wu Can's name before, and he knew that this person had been recommended by Gu Shao to enter Shilin, and he had a good reputation. When he suddenly saw him as a city gate Sima in Temu City, he was a little surprised, and he felt drawn to him. In other words, Wu Can did not expect Wu Can to say that he participated in the Battle of Xijuan City, which means that this person was once under his nose, but he didn't know it at all.He glanced back at Zhuge Ke, Zhuge Ke gave a wry smile and gave him a wink.Sun Deng didn't ask any more questions, went into the city, asked the way to the palace, bid farewell to Wu Can, and went to the palace.

"Prince, Wu Can has been a Lang Guan in the palace for three years. He has not been promoted because of the involvement in the Jiyan case. Last year, when the King of Yue launched an army to conquer Funan, he came from Wu to Yue. During the battle of Xijuan City , he is the secretary under the account of the Queen of Yue, and he has come up with many good ideas."

Zhuge Ke told Wu Can's situation in a low voice.Sun Deng sighed, and shook his head helplessly: "This incident is a great loss of vitality. A talent like Wu Can would rather go to Yue to be a secretary than to be an official in Wu. What will Wu do in the future?" To compete with the Yue Kingdom?"

Zhuge Ke hesitated for a while: "Prince, I think that the king's move is also a last resort. The Jiangdong gentry is too powerful, and they are forming a group. If they are allowed to develop, it is really hard to decide who will be the master of this Jiangdong matter in the future." It is uncertain. Zhang Wen, a Zhonglang general, dared to use the method of marriage to challenge the king. Obviously, he has something to fight for. If this momentum is not suppressed, who will be able to control the situation in Jiangdong in the future? ? Jiangdong is the Jiangdong of the prince and his son, not just the Jiangdong of Jiangdong people."

Sun Deng turned his head and glanced at Zhuge Ke, but said nothing.He knew that he had made a slip of the tongue. Both Zhuge Ke and Xie Jing were from Jiangbei, and their defense against Jiangdong people was as deep as the Jiangdong people's dissatisfaction with them.Before he came, he had just received the news that Prime Minister Sun Shao had passed away. Who would take over as Prime Minister, whether it was from Jiangdong or Jiangbei, touched the hearts of many people. Sun Quan was in Caisang, but his mind was in Jianye. He sent an urgent report He wanted Sun Deng to rush to Chaisang to preside over military affairs as quickly as possible, and he himself had to rush back to Jianye to handle the matter, and that was why Sun Deng rushed to Temu City to discuss with Sun Shao.

Xie Jing was stunned by Sun Shao's sky-high asking price, and went back to Rinan without thinking about it. Sun Deng was so angry that he almost lost his temper when he heard his return.Sun Shao is not talking about business here, he is blackmailing, haven't you heard that he only intends to sell half of it, what is the other half for?Of course it was sold to Shu.If the State of Shu bought it, but the State of Wu did not, wouldn't the State of Wu be at a disadvantage again?Thinking of facing the hundreds of Liannu in the Shu Kingdom, Sun Deng felt unrestrained fear. This is not a question of whether you want to buy it, but a must. spend money.

On the one hand, he ordered Lu Dai to lead the army to the north first, and on the other hand, he rushed to Temucheng to meet Sun Shao in person. No matter what, he would take at least two hundred Liannu with him.If possible, Sun Shao should be dissuaded from selling Liannu to Shu, at least to sell less, otherwise, both Wu and Shu will be taken advantage of.

When we arrived at the gate of the palace, Sun Deng just stood there for a while, when Sun Luban rushed out, pulled Sun Deng and walked in, chirping as he walked, "Brother, why are you here, and you didn't say hello in advance, I So I can pick you up. Oh, look at the tired look on your face, can't it be that you haven't slept for a few days?"

Sun Deng smiled embarrassingly: "Although it's not that he didn't sleep, he was wearing the stars and wearing the moon. He only rested three or four hours a day. One night he slept in the mountains and forests. Falling asleep listening to the roar of the tiger is also a rare experience."

"What's the matter, is something wrong?" Sun Luban frowned, and looked at Sun Deng worriedly: "You are so anxious to come to see elder brother, is something wrong with Jian Ye?"

Sun Deng nodded, and glanced at the direction of the main hall. There was a carriage outside the hall, surrounded by a dozen tall soldiers. Although the banners in their hands were rolled up, they could be vaguely seen as envoys from the Kingdom of Shu.

"The envoy from the Kingdom of Shu is here?"

"Well, I arrived a few days ago. Brother has never had time to see them. I just took time today. I didn't expect you to come." Sun Luban said casually, pulling Sun Deng into the side hall: "Come here, come with me first." Tell me what happened, and I might be able to help you if needed."

Sun Deng smiled: "I was just about to ask my sister for help. You are also a famous general now. If you can bring thousands of elite soldiers to help the father, the morale of my Wu army will definitely increase greatly. In the battle outside Xijuan City, Dahu The reputation of the princess is like thunder."

Sun Luban blushed, proud and embarrassed, and dragged Sun Deng into the side hall. Sun Shangxiang happened to be there too. Sun Deng hurriedly stepped forward to salute, sat down and drank a few glasses of water, and told the story of Wu Shu's going to war. He said, of course, from what he said, it must be that Shu State took the opportunity to make trouble, and Wu State was just passively defending.

Sun Shangxiang frowned: "Where is Zhang Yi now?"

Sun Deng licked his lips: "Still in Jianye."

Sun Shangxiang snorted, glared at Sun Deng, and stopped talking.Sun Deng was very embarrassed and looked at Sun Luban for help.After all, Sun Luban is a girl at heart. She didn't understand the meaning of Sun Shangxiang's question. She scratched her head and said, "So, this matter is really difficult. If it were someone else, I would bring a large army to help my father." It is also right for Wang to fight, but General Guan is Yinping’s sister-in-law’s Ah Weng. I can’t fight against him, right? If Yinping’s sister-in-law hadn’t taken care of me and let the destroying front camp protect my safety, how could I have made such a great contribution No, no, this matter needs to be discussed again.”

Sun Deng's eyes darkened suddenly.

(End of this chapter)