Volume 3 The Pirate Empire Chapter 81 War Money

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"If you want to make concessions, it seems that Wu Guo should give in first, right?" Sun Shao smiled slightly, and said unhurriedly: "I'm a little strange, what a smart person King Wu is, how could he make such a decision?" What's the use of him catching Zhang Yi? Could it be that the king of Shu would bow his head to him because of a Zhang descendant? didn't reap the benefits, but took on a bad reputation, which is not his style. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Xie Cheng smacked his lips in embarrassment, he also felt that Sun Quan was unreliable in doing this, but things were already like this, maybe there was another hidden secret, but they didn't know, and even if Sun Quan made a mistake, it would not be his turn to make irresponsible remarks. Sun Shao can say it unscrupulously, but he can only listen.

"What is Zigao's plan? Do you want to go back to help, or do you have other plans? Sun Shao has a ride and a ride. He was worried about how to share the spoils with Sun Deng, taking such a large piece of land in Funan, Sun Deng also contributed, without them dragging Fan Chang's army in Changshan, he would not have been able to get Fan Man so quickly. If Sun Deng wants to ask for some benefits, he will be more or less interesting, but now that he doesn't need to, Sun Deng is in a hurry to leave Yuenan, although the cause of the incident makes him unhappy, but it is not necessarily a bad thing for him at this moment.

"The prince doesn't know much about things yet, so he has to go back and take a look first." Xie Jing said cautiously, for fear that Sun Shao would think that Sun Deng would go back to help, and he would also follow him. He vaguely explained what Sun Deng meant, and then tactfully made a request, hoping that Sun Shao could sell them some repeaters. In Xie Jing's heart, this was just a test to see if Sun Shao had the intention to help Guan Yu, and he didn't really expect Sun Shao to provide such a sharp weapon. In this battle of Xijuan City, the Wu army from top to bottom praised the crossbow of the Yue Kingdom.

"Repeater?" Sun Shao rolled his eyes, suddenly smiled, beckoned to Xie Jing, and asked him to sit closer. Xie Jing looked at Sun Shao's smile, and suddenly felt an ominous feeling, he hesitated for a moment, but still moved forward, and then accompanied him carefully, laughing, and looked at Sun Shao nervously.

"Want a repeater?" Sun Shao was full of smiles, how do you look like a businessman.

"If the king can provide some for the sake of Wu Yue and Yiyi, my prince will be grateful." Xie Jing smiled hypocritically, and then explained: "With the crossbow, the prince's strength will increase, and the weight of his words will naturally be more, perhaps, he can persuade Wu Shu to make peace." ”

Sun Shao laughed secretly, give you some crossbows, and Sun Deng will dare to persuade Sun Quan? He didn't seem to have the courage to do so. However, there was a look of great agreement on his face, and he nodded again and again: "Reasonable, there is no strength in his hands, and no one listens to what he says." Zigao had this idea, and he really grew up. But, Shufa, you know that too. Although Wu Yue is one, General Guan and I are also Weng's son-in-law, if I give it to you for nothing, I can't explain it. ”

Xie Jing smiled awkwardly, but he didn't care, he didn't really want it.

"However, since Zigao has opened his mouth, I can't help but give it, not to mention that we have cooperated more happily this time, and I should have given him some benefits." Sun Shao looked very embarrassed, scratched his chin and thought for a while: "That's it, I'll sell some to you, how about it?" ”

"Sell?" Xie Jing was stunned for a moment, and looked at Sun Shao with surprise and joy, if Sun Shao was willing to sell, he was really willing to buy some, after all, the power of these repeaters is obvious to all, no more, with hundreds of repeaters, Sun Deng's strength can be improved to a level. He asked with some excitement: "How much can the king sell, and how much can he bid?" ”

Sun Shao thought for a while, and said angrily: "My brother, it can't be too dark, 500,000 yuan a frame, and each one will give ten boxes of arrows, how about it?" Sun Shaoxing said vigorously: "I'm done fighting here, I don't need it for the time being, if you want, I can sell half of it to you, about 200 planes, do you think it's enough?" If it's not enough, you can pay a part of the deposit first, and I will let Yu turn to deliver it to you within two months, and it will be shipped directly from Qian Tang. As for the arrows, then you don't have to transport them from here, just take them from Qiantang, and you can save a lot of freight. I'll inform Yu Chuan and ask him to give you some discounts. ”

Sun Shao said spittle, as if he had won a big business, and spared no effort to promote his products. Xie Jing poured a basin of cold water from head to toe, Sun Shao was too dark, 500,000 yuan a set, and he was embarrassed to say that it was his own brother, and he sold it cheaply. If it's not your own brother, is it going to sell for a million, two million? Xie Jing personally experienced Sun Shao's brazenness, and in the face of Sun Shao's vigorous promotion, he could only smile bitterly and said sarcastically: "Thank you for the king's kindness, but it's a pity that my prince has spent all the taxes paid to the state in order to cooperate with the king to capture Funan this time, and he can't take out so much money to buy the king's repeater." ”

The rich expression on Sun Shao's face suddenly stopped, he looked at Xie Jing in disappointment, and said after a while: "It's okay, since Zi Gao is too expensive, then I can't force it, this business, you have to love me." You don't want a repeater, but you always want a war horse, right? If necessary, I will have people buy horses from the Northeast......"

Xie Jing couldn't cry or laugh, this Yue Wang is really addicted to doing business, he can't sell this crossbow, and he wants to do the business of war horses again. Dongwu wants to buy a war horse, but looking at Sun Shao's money-eyed appearance, I'm afraid that the price he offers is also sky-high, so don't be bored.

"I don't know yet, but I won't know until I get back. If you need it, you will definitely ask the king for help when the time comes. Xie Jing prevaricated without any sincerity.

"It's okay, it's okay." Sun Shao waved his hand disapprovingly, and said very righteously: "Then so be it, you go back and tell Zigao and let him go with confidence." I now have such a large piece of land in Funan, and I have no interest in mixing Wu Shu's. You tell him that if he wants to buy a war horse or an ordnance or something, let someone come to me directly, and I will definitely sell it to him first. ”

Xie Jing sneered, arched his hand, and left.

Guan Feng walked out of the back room, looked at Xie Jing's back, and slowly walked to Sun Shao's side, frowning, and stopped talking. Sun Shao smiled, pulled her to his side, sat down on the seat, and said with a smile: "My queen, what are you worried about?" ”

"Husband, do you really plan to sell crossbows and war horses to Wu Guo?"

"Why don't you sell it?" Sun Shao said without hesitation: "This time we have taken Funan, we have to spend time rectifying internal affairs, at least two or three years can not go out on a large-scale expedition, these weapons are also a waste, rather than keep them to decay, it is better to sell." ”

"But......" Guan Feng couldn't help but be a little anxious when he saw that Sun Shao was serious: "If they have a repeater, then father ......"

Guan Feng said half of it, but didn't dare to say any more. Anyway, she is now the queen of the Yue Kingdom, and no matter how big the contradiction between the Yue Kingdom and the Wu Kingdom is, it is also the same sect, and it is obviously unrealistic to let Sun Shao help Guan Yu. However, she didn't want Sun Shao to help Sun Quan's father and son, she knew that the repeater was powerful, and Sun Deng really wanted to equip two hundred repeaters, as long as it was used properly, it was enough to be ten thousand male soldiers. Guan Yu was caught off guard and was likely to suffer a big loss.

"What are you worried about?" Sun Shao smiled proudly: "Don't say that Sun Deng can't afford it, even if he can afford it, how can I let my father-in-law suffer?" Didn't I only sell half of it, and half of it, didn't I keep it for my father-in-law? He salivated, leaned over to Guan Feng, who suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "I said the queen, you said, how much should I sell for the king of Shu, one million or two million?" ”

Guan Feng was amused by his lion's big mouth: "You really want to sell all the crossbows?" ”

"Sell! Why not sell? Sun Shao said proudly: "This time the repeater has played a big role, but it has also found a lot of problems, I have asked people to collect the problems, summarize them to Ma Jun, and let him make improvements." If all goes well, I estimate that the new repeater will be mass-produced in a year at most. Even if these repeaters are not sold, they can only be kept for breakage, so it is better to sell them for a good price. ”

Guan Feng was dumbfounded, looking at Sun Shao, not knowing what to say. Sun Shao not only wants to earn the money of Sun Quan's father and son, but also wants to earn Liu Bei's money, which is really not a loss at both ends. Isn't that a bit too much, though?

"They want to fight, I can't stop it, since that's the case, then I have to find another way." Sun Shao put away his smile and sneered: "I'll let them fight for a few years, and after a few years, I guarantee that they will even give me their underwear." If they don't break or stand, maybe they will be beaten half to death, but it's a good thing. Long pain is better than short pain, and damned people will die after all. ”

Guan Feng pondered for a moment, and was gloomy for a moment. She understood what Sun Shao meant, Sun Shao was heartbroken by Wu Shu's war, but with his own strength, it was impossible to stop them now, in this case, maybe let them lose both, and then profit from it, and even annex the south of the Yangtze River, and it may not be a good thing to rule the river with Cao Ying. It's just that in this way, I'm afraid that my father Guan Yu, who has been a hero all his life, will end up dismally. Guan Feng was full of sorrow, but he couldn't think about it, so he had to cry secretly.

"Silver screen, don't think too much." Sun Shao saw that Guan Feng was uncomfortable, and he could roughly guess some of her thoughts, although her thoughts were a little too simple, but he didn't need to explain too much to her, after all, these were things without a shadow. "I'm discussing one thing with you, I want to move the royal city to Temu City, what do you think?"

"To ...... Coming from Temu City? Guan Feng was stunned for a moment, looked at Sun Shao puzzled, and didn't understand his intentions for a while.

"The land of Funan is vast, no less than Yangzhou, there are high mountains and jungles in the north, and the sea on three sides, which coincides with the situation that my Yue country started with a water division, and the land here is fertile, the people are solid, and it will not take a few years to accumulate a large amount of grain, which is the best place for the development of my country." Sun Shao talked about the benefits of moving to Temu City one by one, and Guan Feng had no objection to this, but he felt that leaving the Central Plains like this seemed to have a feeling of leaving his hometown. However, marrying a chicken with a chicken, marrying a dog with a dog, Sun Shao does have his reason to take Funan as the foundation, so she nodded silently.

"The husband is thoughtful, and the concubine agrees."

"Okay, it's about to be autumn, I'll send a message to the ministers and let them discuss this matter together." Sun Shao stood up: "Take your mother and your aunt over, and stay in Temu City." I asked Shen Xuan to go to the Special Pastoral City to take charge of the specific affairs, plan well, you sit in the Special Pastoral City on my behalf, don't worry too much. ”

"Whoa." Guan Feng nodded yes, and the thought of seeing his son couldn't help but be overjoyed. She thought for a while, and then asked reluctantly, "Then...... Wu Shu's war, you really don't ask? ”

"It's not certain yet, wait for me to go back to Qian Tang and see the specific situation." Sun Shao paused, and frowned again: "Uncle Yue is almost seventy, right?" ”

"Sixty-eight."

"At such an age, it's time to rest." Sun Shao said disappreciably: "After fighting for a lifetime, it is time to enjoy some blessings." You write a letter to him and ask him to resign from this great general at the right time, if you really want to be a great general, come to my country. ”

Guan Feng laughed, Sun Shao obviously said casually, how could Guan Yu come to Yue to be a general, but from it she could see Sun Shao's love for her, and her heart was beautiful, as if she had been poured honey.

"Did the husband go to Qiantang just to move the capital?"

"Not really." Sun Shao said with a smile: "Hitting children on cloudy days, idle is also idle, I'll go and see, if I can mediate, I will be a peacemaker, if I can't mediate, then I will add fuel to the fire, and I want to take some benefits from it." In addition, I am worried that the Wei Kingdom will be restless, if I don't watch, maybe as soon as Cao Gong makes a move, it will either be destroyed by Shu or died by Wu. Alas, the Sun and Liu families are really, one is over the sixtieth year, and the other is not confused, but they are still so impulsive. ”

In the end, Sun Shao couldn't help but sigh. It's not Wu Shu that he's worried about, the strength of the two of them is equal, even if there is any victory or defeat, no one should kill whom, but Cao Ying is not, he has been dormant for a few years, and a shot will inevitably be thunderous, as long as Wu Shu dies one, the other is basically fast, he is not watching from the side, he is really a little worried, he can't be busy for so many years, and finally he was unified by Cao Ying.

After a long absence, Sun Shao and Guan Feng were really tired of being together for a few days, and then dealt with the reward matter, and then they were ready to get up.

This war was fruitful, especially in the area of Borneo with Zhang Zhao and Deng Ai Xuanhua, and almost bloodlessly took a large area of sea and countless islands, including the entire Southeast Asia of later generations. At the same time, Wei Wen moved north along the west coast of the Malay Peninsula, and the Vietnamese forces had entered the Andaman Sea in the Bay of Bengal, and the Indian subcontinent was already in sight. The results of the battle were so brilliant, it was natural to reward the ministers, anyway, there were countless islands around, and Sun Shao sealed nearly a hundred island owners in one go in order to firmly occupy those islands. If there are more than 1,000 households, you can really be the owner of the island, and if you have less than 1,000 households, you can only nominally occupy one island, but you can enjoy the corresponding income. Those who are close can roughly know where their fiefdom is and what it looks like, while those who are far away can only enjoy it from the nautical chart sent back by Deng Ai. However, Sun Shao said, although these islands are far away, they are rich in products, you are still fighting with me, and you don't have time to take care of it, I will let the new Nanhai Governor Zhang Gong help you manage it in a unified manner, and the annual income will never be less than one of your sons, and when you don't want to fight, you can go back to be a rich man, and if you die, you can also pass it on to your son and grandson.

These people all know that Zhang Zhao and Deng Ai preached Borneo this time, although it was said that it was a friendly envoy, but that island was a good place to enjoy all kinds of spices and precious stones, and the merchants used a boatload of gold every year to exchange a boatload of spices, gems and all kinds of rare things from here, and the income was very considerable. Although they couldn't see what the fiefdom looked like, almost everyone was overjoyed at the thought of having a large amount of income every year, and they laughed at the sight, and they counted their ages with their fingers, estimating how many more times they would have to make meritorious contributions before they could turn those islands into their own property forever. Sun Shao has a rule that the people who have sealed the island have the obligation to follow him to fight, different fiefs of different sizes, corresponding to different obligations, of course, also correspond to the number of years of enjoying the fief, before and after the four generals on the left and right, can enjoy it forever, and the small merits are different, some thirty years, some fifty years, some one hundred years, if you want to enjoy a longer period of time or even forever possession, you must accumulate credit.

The reward was carried out in an open and fair environment, Sun Shao did not carry out a dark box work, he asked people to list everyone's merits in a unified manner, and then publicize them, everyone recognized them, and then divided them according to the size of the merits. Of course, the quarrel here is not once or twice, Cui Qian, who likes to eat alone, has become the target of public criticism, including Yue Hai, Zhuge Zhi and other generals, including those who have a lot of opinions about him, if he doesn't eat alone in the annihilation of Fan Jinsheng's battle, many people can be sealed to a thousand households, instead of only a few hundred households now, and can only be the nominal owner of the island, as a result, Cui Qian is very embarrassed, and can only run to Sun Shao to ask for help, and finally asked to reduce the seal of five hundred households, which calmed down the anger.

After two months of noisy and noisy work, the reward finally ended, Zhang Zhao, the governor of the South China Sea, ordered people to send this year's harvest, and enjoyed the rent for the first time.

The reward for military merit allowed the ensuing recruitment process to begin very smoothly. Sun Shao ordered the implementation of the Han military service system in Funan, all men who have reached the age of eighteen must first serve in the county for three months, then to the county or the border for one year, and finally to the Jingshi Temu City for one year, after which if the performance is excellent and voluntary, they can become professional soldiers, and the rest will return to their hometowns as reserves, participate in one month of training every year, and can not retire until they are fifty years old.

Serving in the military is a dangerous job, and the vast majority of people originally looked forward to returning home after two or three months of military service, and never conscripted. Now, if we can become professional soldiers, the chances of receiving rewards for meritorious service will be greatly increased, and we will more or less attract some people who are not willing to live the life of peasants by nature, such militants as Cui Qian and Zhou Yin are always available, and there is never a shortage of hot-blooded young people who are willing to dedicate their great youth to the king; although the proportion is small, it is still no problem to increase the number of professional soldiers by 10,000 or 20,000 in a few years, and to maintain the scale of about 40,000 professional soldiers.

At the end of October, Daqiao took Sun Feng and Xiaoqiao and others to Funan, and the ship stopped at the port of O-Erita, and Sun Shao personally went to meet him. As soon as they met, before Daqiao had time to talk to Sun Shao, he first saw Zhou Yin who was dancing with his eyebrows and Zhou Xun who was full of spring breeze, turned around and smiled at Xiaoqiao: "What, I said that Aman will not treat them badly." ”

Xiaoqiao smiled and nodded again and again, Zhou Xun sealed 800 households because of the merits of seizing Linyi and the exploits outside the Xijuan City, and Zhou Yin sealed 1,000 households because of the exploits of Meng Angwan and the exploits of Dunxun City, and now standing side by side in front of Xiaoqiao, they are all very happy, especially Zhou Yin, Xiaoqiao has always said that he is not as good as Zhou Xun before, but now he is a real island owner, and Zhou Xun is a false seal, invisibly shorter than him, inevitably a little arrogant, holding his chest high, looking left and right, I'm afraid that Xiaoqiao won't be able to see the peacock feather he crowned on the basis of the title.

"Okay, knowing that you are proud, don't show it off in front of so many people." Sun Luban was very unhappy when he saw that his husband had lost the upper hand, stepped forward to push Zhou Yin away, and shouted: "If it weren't for the fact that the eldest brother didn't allow us to merge the credits, we would have surpassed you a long time ago." ”

Zhou Yin's eyes rolled and he didn't dare to say anything. This little sister-in-law is fierce, she fought 600 households in the next battle in Xijuan City, because Zhou Xun was behind Zhou Yin, Sun Luban did not find Sun Shao to entangle, and wanted to merge her credit with Zhou Xun, and also be a real island owner.

"Hehe, princess sister-in-law, I'm not proud." Zhou Yin laughed twice and hid to the side.

"Father!" Sun Feng jumped and ran over, and when he saw Sun Shao, he bowed and said in a crisp child's voice: "Erchen Feng has seen his father, and I wish my father and the king will be powerful all over the world, and Deshi will be in all directions." ”

Sun Shao was stunned for a moment, looking at the polite little boy in front of him, he was a little skeptical that he had read it wrong, was this still the naughty and mischievous son?

"Ah...... Ahh Sun Shao wanted to laugh but didn't laugh, but Guan Feng greeted him happily, took Sun Feng's hand, looked at it with a smile on his face for a while, and praised it with joy: "Well, Feng'er knows etiquette, and he has made a lot of progress." ”

"Queen Mother, it was Aunt Yu who taught me." Sun Feng was praised by his mother, he couldn't help laughing, and suddenly revealed his naughty original form, he turned around and pulled Zhou Yu, who had been hiding behind Xiaoqiao, dragged her to Guan Feng, and boasted ostentatiously: "Aunt Yu also taught me to read a lot of books, I can still memorize seven hairs, queen mother, do you want me to recite it to you?" ”

Guan Feng couldn't help laughing: "Is it, my son can still carry seven hairs?" Then the queen mother should listen carefully. If it's true, the queen mother has to thank you Aunt Yu. ”

Sun Shao didn't say a word, turned around and held Daqiao's arm and said with a smile: "Mother, let's get in the car, we must be tired after a month's boat ride, right?" ”

Ohashi glanced at him: "Fortunately, the boat is very stable, not very tired, just worried about you." Now that I see it, I am relieved. ”

(To be continued)