Sima Yi waited for two days, but did not receive a reply from Sun Shao, and after inquiring again, he learned that Sun Shao was now busy doing business with Zang Ba. On the one hand, he bought a large amount of iron in Xuzhou, and on the other hand, he asked the merchant ships accompanying him to sell a large number of goods to Zang Ba, including a large amount of barter - Xuzhou really had no money.

When Sima Yi heard the news, he was stunned for a long time, is this King Yue here to fight, or is he here to do business? He wanted to go to Sun Shao to ask what was going on, but he pounced, and the general who stayed in the camp crossed the sea and told him that the king of my family had gone to patrol the island.

"Island patrol? What islands to patrol? Sima Yi was confused.

"This island, of course." Yue Hai said with a smile: "It is the island where my foot is now, my king likes it very much, named Lianyungang, in the future, my Yue country's merchant ships and warships will be anchored here, and a lot of water and food are needed, so the king took people to check it out." ”

Sima Yi was shocked, he knew that needless to say, Sun Shao and Zang Ba had reached some kind of deal, and Cao Pi's purpose of coming to Xuzhou was no longer possible. He didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly inquired kindly: "When will His Royal Highness King Yue come back?" ”

"I don't know." Yue Hai scratched his head and looked at the vast sea: "Such a big place, it is estimated that it will take ten days and half a month, maybe a month or two?" ”

Sima Yi's eyes darkened, and he almost lost his breath. A month or two? It's hard to say whether Cao Ying will live another month or two. He didn't care about saying more, on the one hand, he sent someone to report to Cao Pi, and on the other hand, he asked for a small boat in Yuehai, and immediately went to chase Sun Shao.

When Cao Pi received the return, his face turned pale with anger, he never expected Sun Shao to give him benefits, but he never thought that Sun Shao would be so ruthless, and he sold him as soon as he turned his head. He went to Zang Ba angrily, wanting to scare him first, and then negotiate with Sun Shao. Unexpectedly, as soon as they met, Zang Ba told him with joy that he had done a few big deals with King Yue and made a lot of money, especially when King Yue sold him three hundred war knives, which were really sharp - it was too expensive, and he was about to sell some more iron and exchange some more war knives.

Cao Pi tried his new sword, and then swallowed back the words that came to his lips. Although there are not many battle knives, he knows what Sun Shao means, he and Zang Ba have joined forces, if you want to move Zang Ba, you must first consider Sun Shao's opinion.

Cao Pi was helpless, and in the end he could only ask Zhang Liao to accompany him to the island with 800 parts of the camp to meet Sun Shao. Zhang Liao was so frightened that he didn't dare to agree no matter what. But Cao Pi was the king of the eight who ate and weighed the stone - he was hard-hearted, he had to take this risk, he almost knelt in front of Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao had no choice but to personally lead the team and escort Cao Pi to the island, hoping that Sun Shao would see that they had a little friendship back then, so that Cao Pi would not be hacked. If you want to say that people are forced out, before the change, Cao Pi would not have taken this risk if he was killed, but this time he was forced to a dead end, and finally made a brave move that he never dared to dare before. Even Sun Shao was a little surprised when he saw Cao Pi, who vomited all the way: "Brother Zihuan, are you in such a hurry to find me?" ”

Cao Pi was very depressed, he asked Sun Shaoping to go around, and then said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, I didn't treat you badly, how can I deal with myself if you play this trick?" ”

"Your mother's hasn't treated me badly?" Sun Shaodeng's face changed, and he grabbed Cao Pi's collar: "Why didn't you tell me in advance that Xiahou Hui was still a child?" ”

Cao Pi was inexplicable, he would never have thought of Sun Shao to say such a reason, he looked at Sun Shao blankly: "Child...... What's wrong? She's eleven this year, and although she's a little younger, she's ...... It's normal to get married. He didn't say a word, and there were a lot of people who liked underage girls.

Sun Shao was very speechless, and pushed Cao Pi away, crying and laughing. On this issue, he doesn't seem to be able to go with Cao Pi, or rather, he can't go with many people, like Xiahou Hui, except for him, no one seems to think that there is anything wrong with this, including Xiahou Hui himself, who thinks it's normal.

"Okay, you say, what are you looking for me?"

"What do I have to do with you, doesn't Your Highness know?" Cao Pi was also anxious, "Why does Your Highness ask knowingly." ”

Sun Shao sighed secretly, as the saying goes, brothers are not in harmony, and they always want to cheapen outsiders. The reason why he and Sun Quan didn't tear their faces was because they didn't want to be taken advantage of by others, but Sun Quan didn't seem to appreciate it. It is still related to the tradition of friends rather than domestic slaves.

"I know, you want to win a battle." Sun Shao put away his emotion and returned to his perspective as a businessman. "Say, how can I help you? What good can you give me? ”

Cao Pi choked angrily, and was just about to speak, when Sima Yi quietly pulled the hem of his clothes behind him. Cao Pi was startled, and then he came back to his senses, the more angry he was, the more calm Sun Shao became, and the initiative was gone. He swallowed back the words that came to his lips and changed his expression to a calm expression: "I want to win a battle." The pirates in the East China Sea are rampant, the Son of Heaven is uneasy, the King of Wei is uneasy, and the little results that the military conference has finally obtained, seeing that they are about to be destroyed by these pirates again, His Royal Highness, as one of the four kings and the master of the Han Sea Frontier, is not in a hurry at all? ”

Sun Shao was very surprised, this guy changed his face too quickly, and as soon as the topic changed, he put the responsibility on his head. However, he also came prepared, sighed and said, "Speaking of which, Lone is really ashamed." ”

Cao Pi rolled his eyes and said that if you are fat, you will gasp, and you will be lonely.

"As the king of the sea who was proclaimed by the Son of Heaven, Lone is also sleepless at night. It's just that Brother Zihuan, you also know, although the king of Yue is one of the four kings, but the country is small and the people are widowed, and all the sailors add up to 20,000 people, the sea is vast, and there are many pirates, and Lone is also invincible. Speaking of which, these are all sins of your making, but it is up to Lone to bear the responsibility. Don't hide it from Brother Zihuan, Gu Zheng is about to go to the book of the Son of Heaven and ask King Wei for justice. ”

"What does this have to do with my father?" Cao Pi is really a little puzzled.

"If it weren't for your exacting taxes, unrestrained scraping of the people's fat and people's tycoons, and the officials forcing the people to rebel, where would so many pirates come from?" Sun Shaoyi said solemnly: "Not to mention, the pirates of the East China Sea are not only there today, many people are the people of Xuzhou, and they were driven into the sea by the massacre of Xuzhou by His Royal Highness the King of Wei." Brother Zihuan, Lone is not wrong, right? ”

Cao Pi was stunned and glanced at Sima Yi embarrassedly, Sima Yi was expressionless, as if he hadn't heard it. Although Sun Shao's words are suspected of being framed, they are also the truth in general. Xuzhou is so desolate now, it is indeed inseparable from Cao Ying's slaughter of the city back then, and many of the pirates really couldn't survive before they entered the sea as pirates.

"Brother Zihuan has heard of the great pirate management?" Sun Shao saw that Cao Pi's arrogance was suppressed, and quietly added a handful of firewood. Cao Pi was stunned for a moment and nodded: "I know, this Guan Cheng was the remnant of the Yellow Turban back then, and he has been in trouble for the East China Sea for thirty years. Why, he's still alive? ”

"Alive, alive well." It was the first time Sun Shao had heard that Guan Cheng was originally the Yellow Turban Army, he just heard Su Rough Leg say that Guan Cheng is now the boss of the Qingxu area, but most of his activities are in the Bohai Bay north of Qingzhou, and he has not had anything to do with him so far, but since he wants to be the biggest pirate, of course he can't let Guan Cheng be free anymore. He sent someone to contact Guan Cheng, but Guan Cheng did not give any reply.

"I see." Guan Cheng has not been ashore on a large scale for many years, and Qingzhou is taken care of by Sun Guan, Cao Ying has not received news about him for a long time, and he always thought that Guan Cheng was dead, but he didn't expect him to be alive. All in all, this is a veteran pirate. Cao Pi always thought that the pirates in the East China Sea were Su Thick-legged and his gang, but now he knew that there was an old pirate named Guan Cheng. He sneered, if this matter is true, Qingzhou Thorn Shi Sun Guan is in trouble again.

"With the invincible sailor of His Royal Highness King Yue here, what is Guan Cheng?" Cao Pi smiled lightly: "His Royal Highness King Yue won't be unsure, right?" ”

"I'm not sure." Sun Shao smiled and admitted it very calmly. "Bohai Bay is lonely, and I have never been there, and now it is the north wind again, and the time and place are not advantageous. However, if there is a brother Zihuan to help, Lone can still be regarded as a person. ”

"Me?" Cao Pi looked at Sun Shao in surprise, and said in his heart, this shaft has dug a pit for me again, if I can exterminate Guan Cheng, where do I have to beg you? With Zhang Liao here, it is absolutely certain to fight on land, but when you go to the sea, it is no different from looking for death. This kid isn't trying to get me out into the sea to clean up, is he?

"Exactly." Sun Shao smiled very sincerely: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei is a famous soldier in the world, he has been invincible in the world for thirty years, Liu Bei and his ilk fled from the wind, but Guan Cheng is different, King Wei is helpless against him, the difference between Brother Zihuan must be clear, right?" ”

Cao Pi smiled bitterly: "I want to make this contribution, but I don't have the ability." ”

"That's why I'm going to work with you." Sun Shao patted his chest and smiled more enthusiastically.

Although Cao Pi was moved, he had not lost his mind, and he said cautiously: "I would like to hear it in detail." ”

Sun Shao smiled: "Lone has a strategy to ban the sea and present it to His Royal Highness the King of Wei, has Brother Zihuan seen it?" ”

"Yes." Cao Pi touched his beard and thought about it for a while: "Your Highness said that the sea is forbidden, and then lure it ashore, and His Highness intercepts his back road with a sailor, and advances by land and water?" ”

"Clever." Sun Shao slapped his thigh and praised loudly: "Lone just said that Brother Zihuan has a talent for soldiers, I have been thinking about a way for a long time, but when I came to Brother Zihuan, I broke it in one word." ”

Cao Pi knew that Sun Shao was fooling him, but he was still inevitably a little proud in his heart, and everyone loved to listen to flattery, even saints were no exception, not to mention that Cao Pi was still too far from the realm of saints. Since he didn't need to enter the sea, he was relieved and dispelled his suspicions about Sun Shao. He thought about it, if he could really cooperate with Sun Shao to exterminate Guan Cheng's group of pirates, the size would also be a credit, and it would be much better than returning empty-handed. If Sun Shao gives him the main credit, then he will be able to equal Cao Zhi's military exploits.

"It's just...... In this way, I am afraid that the war will be protracted, and His Royal Highness the King of Wei is not in good health, so he may not be able to work hard for this matter, right? Sima Yi reminded him with words. Cao Pi was also a little worried, he glanced at Sun Shao uneasily, but Sun Shao smiled and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei has been fighting horses all his life, how can he get sick so easily, the reason why you are sick is nothing more than because there are too many things to worry about." Brother Zihuan can share his worries for him, what else does he have to worry about? If you don't worry about it, your body will naturally be fine. If Brother Zihuan is afraid that His Royal Highness the King of Wei will not allow it, then it will be fine, I will let me go to Yecheng from my younger brother Sun Tai. ”

"Sun Tai?" Cao Pi hesitated for a while before he realized that Sun Tai's mother was the daughter of his uncle Cao De, and he immediately became happy. Yes, Cao De died in Taishan County, Cao Ying has always taken good care of his orphans, his eldest son married Xiahou Heng, the eldest son of Xiahou Yuan, and the second daughter married Sun Kuang, and never saw each other again. If Sun Tai is allowed to go to Yecheng, maybe he will be in a better mood and live for a while longer.

"Your Highness is thoughtful, and the ministers admire." Cao Pi showed a satisfied smile and arched his hand.

"Without him, businessman, the things to consider are inevitably trivial." Sun Shao looked at Cao Pi with a smile, and twisted his fingers, which means to say, what about my benefits? Cao Pi secretly despised him and said with a smile: "If this success is achieved, I am willing to ask His Royal Highness King Wei to lend Chengshan to you as a transshipment terminal." ”

"Hahaha......" Sun Shao laughed, Chengshan is a small place in the easternmost part of Donglai County, Qingzhou, if it is sailing along the coast, Chengshan is a transit station that cannot be bypassed no matter what, and it can be said that it is an important place known to sailors. Cao Pi lent him this place, although it was a bit generous, but I have to say that this is indeed a very attractive condition. Despite this, he pointed to Cao Pi's nose and said, "Stingy! ”

Cao Pi smiled: "I heard that His Royal Highness sold three hundred ring head swords to Zang Envoy Jun?" ”

"There's this." Sun Shao had no intention of concealing it at all.

"This ...... Not right, right? Cao Pi deliberately made an unhappy appearance. Sun Shao didn't care: "This is business, one is willing to buy, the other is willing to sell, what's appropriate or not?" ”

"Then I'm going to buy it, and you're going to sell it too?"

"Sell!" Sun Shao didn't think about it, and then smiled again: "However, this price ...... Valuable. He paused, and then said: "Moreover, I don't want you to use my knife to fight in the territory of the Han Dynasty and kill my Han people, if you go to the Western Regions, I can be cheaper, half sell and half give away, if it is a civil war, hehe, don't blame me for being black." ”

Cao Pi's face flushed, he really wanted to use it to fight the civil war. As soon as he saw those knives, he was moved, and he was ready to buy more from Sun Shao, but if he couldn't solve Zang Ba's words, he simply made a bow to the overlord, but he didn't expect Sun Shao to block his thoughts with a word. In his opinion, this is actually Sun Shao's warning to him: Zang Ba is my partner, don't think crookedly.

"Of course it can't be a civil war." Cao Pi said solemnly, "I'm just talking about going to the Western Regions." ”

"Okay, when the time comes, you send me an order, and I promise to supply." Sun Shao waved his hand and no longer discussed this topic: "Let's discuss now how to unite the two states of Qingxu and exterminate the big pirate Guan Cheng." ”

Guan Cheng was sixty years old, a face blackened by the sea breeze was full of wrinkles, big hands and feet, medium stature, and looked very powerful, he pouted his wide mouth, threw Sun Shao's edict on the ground, and disdained: "Lao Tzu was born in a yellow scarf, and he was not subject to the edict of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty. ”

Xiahou Ying slowly picked up the edict, carefully blew off the dust on it, slowed down his tone as much as possible, and said in a non-standard Luoyang official dialect: "Does the general think that with your three or four thousand Yellow Turban troops and hundreds of small fishing boats, you can resist the soldiers of His Royal Highness King Yue?" Yellow Turbans? The time when the Yellow Turban Army was the strongest has long passed, and now the Han Dynasty is in the middle of the Han Dynasty, and the sky is not dead, but where is your Yellow Sky? ”

Guan Cheng was furious, stood up with a snort, and shouted: "Vertical son dares, is it not good to bully Lao Tzu's knife?" ”

"The general's sword is not good, I don't know. However, I know that no matter how sharp your knife is, it can't be better than the knife of His Royal Highness King Yue. Xiahou Ying's face did not change, and said lightly: "Although I, Xiahou Ying, am just a horseman, but since I dare to come all the way to see the general, of course I have done everything possible." You can kill me, but you have to be prepared to meet the wrath of His Royal Highness King Yue. General, the two countries are fighting each other, and if you don't kill them, since you say that you are not subject to the edict of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, and you want to be on an equal footing with His Royal Highness the King of Yue, do you not even understand this truth? ”

Guan Cheng opened his mouth and stammered, he is a big old man, and he has a set of wars, if you want to talk about eloquence, where is he Xiahou Ying's opponent. But he couldn't lose face, so he forced himself to sneer calmly: "Just a messenger, kill and kill, what is there to worry about." ”

"That's because you don't know my king." Xiahou Ying saw that Guan Cheng had softened and became more confident, he straightened his chest and said loudly: "The king of my family loves the people like a son, if anyone bullies his people, he has never dared to give up." Before we set off, the king had already arranged our family, in case of any accidents, not only the parents, wives and children at home had no danger of living, but he would also avenge our hatred, and the first evil person would kill him. ”

Xiahou Ying's true and false blows, Guan Cheng said in his heart, and he had the intention to kill Xiahou Ying, but he was afraid that Sun Shaozhen was an extremely protective person as Xiahou Ying said. Besides, Sun Shao's army has arrived in Xuzhou, and it is difficult to guarantee that he has no intention of going north, since the Son of Heaven has named him the king of the sea, if he wants to eat on Sun Shao's territory, he has to give some face.

Of course, if you give face to face, this surrender will not be discussed. Thirty years of grass kings are now here, and Guan Cheng has no interest in being a subordinate to anyone.

Guan Cheng didn't dare to kill Xiahou Ying in the end, he drove Xiahou Ying away, then counted his bags and went into the sea to avoid the limelight temporarily. Everyone including him felt that although Sun Shao was the king of the sea sealed by the Son of Heaven, and his record in the South China Sea and the East China Sea was indeed good, but this is Bohai Bay, they are the head snakes, only they are familiar with the large and small islands in the sea as if they were in the palm of their own hands.

Things don't seem to be different from what Guan Cheng expected, the sea has been very calm, but the pirates who went out to inquire about the news came back and said that Qingzhou is forbidden to the sea, so the merchant ships have received notices that they are forbidden to go to sea alone, and most of them are currently parked in several ports, waiting for further notice from the government.

What surprised Guan Cheng even more was that from the notice torn back by the scout, Guan Cheng saw two official seals, one was from the Wei Wangfu and the other was from the Yue Wangfu, Guan Cheng couldn't help but think of the Xiahou Ying who spoke wildly, could it be that Sun Shao, the king of Yue, was really the king of the sea sealed by the Son of Heaven?

Yecheng, by the Xuanwu Pond, Cao Ying took Sun Tai's hand and walked slowly, with a relieved smile on his old face. Sun Tai's arrival lifted his spirits a lot, and when he walked around the Xuanwu Pond with fresh air and green branches, he felt that his heavy body had become much lighter.

"Zi'an (Sun Tai), you came out to fight with King Yue, isn't your aunt worried?" Cao Ying asked as he staggered, squinting at the figure in the distance with his already somewhat dazed eyes.

Sun Tai pursed his lips and smiled: "Grandpa, the eldest brother is not here to fight, he is here to do business." Several of us grew in knowledge along with the trip, and our mother agreed. ”

"Doing business?" The corners of Cao Ying's mouth trembled, his gray beard fluttered gently with the spring breeze, he raised his wrinkled hand and stroked it gently: "He brought 20,000 sailors to do business?" ”

"He took 20,000 sailors with him, just to deter the ugly crowd and patrol his territory." Sun Tai said unhurriedly: "As soon as the eldest brother arrived in Lianyungang, the pirates fled in despair, and even the pirate Guan Cheng of the Bohai Sea hid. The eldest brother and the five senses are teaming up to plan a trap plan, preparing to wipe out the pirates in the Bohai Sea and ensure the smooth flow of trade routes. ”

"Is it his plan to escort the sailors and ban the sea again?" Cao Ying chuckled, "He likes this hand, and he never gets tired of using it." However, it is also a way to deal with pirates who come and go without a trace. When I was on the expedition to the East China Sea, I also thought of such a way, but I didn't have time, so I could only drive it away. I didn't expect Guan Cheng's life to be really long, and he didn't die yet. ”

Cao Ying's face sank, he was very dissatisfied with Sun Guan's self-respecting approach, but he was helpless.

"Now that the eldest brother and the five senses will cooperate, it will be difficult for him not to die." Sun Tai said confidently.

"It doesn't matter if you have facial features or not, Guan Cheng that old pirate is just an old qualification, and when you meet your eldest brother, a scheming little pirate, he is indeed not an opponent." Cao Ying walked to a gazebo, stood against the stone railing in the wind, and was silent for a moment and said, "If nothing else, half a year should be enough." ”

Sun Tai didn't speak, he said everything Sun Shao asked him to say, judging from Cao Ying's face, this grandfather who had never met had a very complicated mood towards Sun Shao, some appreciation, some precautions, and some anger. Cao Ying agreed with Sun Shao's plan to round up Guan Cheng, but Sun Tai didn't understand why he was not very happy when he saw that Guan Cheng could be annihilated, on the contrary, he was very worried.

The blankness on his face did not hide from Cao Shao's eyes, Cao Ying sighed secretly, although Sun Tai and Sun Shao are very close in age, but compared with Sun Shao, his scheming is obviously a heaven and a place. Sometimes he also feels strange, if only from the depth of his scheming and the means of dealing with people, Sun Shao is far from his age and the name of martial arts, Cao Ying often has an illusion, as if the young man who used to sit opposite him is actually an old man who has read the world very well, but he has health skills and looks young.

(To be continued)