"I can't pretend." Ge Heng had no room for negotiation at all, and shook his head like a rattle: "In order to move quickly, warships generally do not leave much space, even if they are medium-sized warships, there is no place to load thunderbolts, even if they are barely loaded, no one comes to do it, and the carrying of artillery is also limited, plus the accuracy is not enough, I am afraid that a trip to the sea, except for a few splashes, there is no other effect." ”

Sun Shao was very disappointed, and asked unrelentingly: "There is no way at all?" ”

"Nope." Ge Heng said with certainty: "If you want to load a thunderbolt and bring enough artillery, only a large warship is suitable, and it is best to use a building ship." ”

Sun Shao's eyes rolled, I insisted on ten medium-sized warships with Bu Qiu, and I still want to build ships? He calmed down and thought about it, a medium-sized warship is seven or eight zhang long, one zhang three or four wide, carrying sixty or seventy people, mainly oarsmen, and at most a dozen or so people who really fight with weapons, it's not that they don't want to bring more people, there is really no space, and the carrying capacity is not enough. It is really unlikely that you will be able to free up space for the Thunderbolt.

"Is it okay to pretend to be a strong crossbow? A four-stone or five-stone crossbow has much less space to be used and a higher head, and can also carry more arrows. Sun Shao changed his mind, "No matter how arrogant the pirates are, they will never have a strong crossbow, it is a sharp weapon controlled by the government." ”

"This is okay, but ......" Ge Heng shook his head with some embarrassment: "Even if you install a strong crossbow, it won't have much effect, the strong crossbow has a long range, but it requires more manpower and the speed is slow, I'm afraid I can't shoot a few arrows, the other party will rush to the front, and the pirates will rush up, how do you deal with it?" In the final analysis, only these dozen ships are still not a big deal. ”

Sun Shao frowned lightly, lightly tapped on a few cases, pondered for a moment and said: "Then you install one first, and then I will find a way to get some boats, the living can't be suffocated by urine." ”

Ge Heng didn't think too much about it, for him, only making a boat was the most interesting thing, and leave the other troubles to Sun Shao, he believed that he had a way to solve it.

Shiwei waited for a few days, Sun Shao only sent a person to take the five boats away, and never showed up again, and later spent money to find out that Sun Shao had asked for a ship order from Bu Qiu to repair the ship in the shipyard, and Bu Qiu allocated ten boats from his own hands to Sun Shao. When Shiwei heard this, he sneered, since Bu Qi supported Sun Shao, wouldn't it be more interesting to make Sun Shao embarrassed, and by the way, he even slapped Bu Shao's face. Shiwei was very looking forward to it, and sent people to urge Sun Shao to go to sea to beg for thieves, but Sun Shao always sent someone to reply that the ship was being repaired, and the ship would go to sea when it was repaired. Shiwei was helpless, and it was not good to behave too obviously, so he had to press the surname and wait.

waited for more than a month, and Sun Shao never showed up again.

General Zuo and Jiao Lu Taishou Shixie are eighty-one years old, their eyebrows and hair are white, they can be said to be fragrant, their bodies are very good, although their faces are covered with age spots, they are full of red light, and they look quite good. He doesn't need to do things now, and the seals of Jiaolu Taishou are thrown to the eldest son Shihui, and he teases his grandson every day, and reads the Spring and Autumn Period in his spare time, and says that his son is at ease. The Shi family has been operating in Jiaozhou for nearly 30 years, and the foundation is very thick as people can imagine, although Sun Quan sent Bu Qi, but Bu Qi did not dare to do anything to him, nominally Bu Qi is Jiaozhou Assassin History, but the power of Jiaozhou is still in the hands of his Shi Xie, what he has to do is to send someone to Sun Quan every year to send some local products, and then exchange for rich rewards - this is more than business insurance.

Living to the age of Shi Xie, he has long seen through the relationship between fame and reality, what do you want to do with those false names, holding real power is the most important thing, and everything else is like the floating clouds in the sky, which is useless.

When he got up in the morning, the sun was not very hot, Shi Xie lay down in the shade of the tree early, two young girls beat his legs, and another girl with a voice as beautiful as a jade chime read the scriptures to him.

"In the spring of the seventh year, Uncle Deng Hou came to the court. Name, cheap also. Xia, League, to seek success in Zheng, and then turn his back on ......"

"Father!" A hoarse voice suddenly came from the crisp sound of reading, Shi Xie's snow-white eyebrows furrowed, but he didn't open his eyes, but said a little impatiently: "What's the matter, all the fuss, people who are almost sixty years old, and they are not calm at all." ”

Shi Hui was used to being reprimanded by him, and he didn't refute it, he waved his hand to the three young girls, asking them to retreat first, and then they came to Shi Xie's side and said softly: "Father, Sun Shao is here." ”

"Sun ...... Shao? Shi Xie's eyebrows twitched, and he suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze was like electricity: "Which Sun Shao (Shao), is it Sun Changxu (Sun Shao) or Sun Gongli (Sun Shao)?" ”

Sun Shao is a chariot general, Sun Shao is a partial general, a prince with heavy troops, a general sitting in Guangling, Shi Xie hesitated slightly, or thought that it should be Sun Shao, what did he suddenly come here for?

Shi Hui shook his head: "No, it's Sun Ce's son Sun Shao, Sun Fengxian." ”

"Him?" Shi Xie breathed a sigh of relief, closed his eyes again, and after a while, asked lightly, "What is he doing here?" ”

Shi Hui had already expected Shi Xie's reaction, and he continued: "He is now a general of Henghai, and he leads the South China Sea Taishou. ”

Shi Xie's eyes immediately opened, and he looked at the sky that was covered by the dense shade of the trees with only small points of light, and it took a long time before he let out a long breath: "Help me up, invite him to the hall, and let me go to see him again after I change my clothes." ”

"Whoa." Shi Hui helped Shi Xie up and handed it to the maid who rushed over, and then looked at his palm, the palm was wet, he thought it was very strange, the last time he saw Shi Xie so nervous, or when he heard that Bu Qi was the assassin of Jiaozhou, this time it would be so serious? He thought about it, and immediately walked out of the backyard quickly, rushed to the front hall, and showed a cordial smile to Sun Shao, who was smiling: "General, please come in, my father is changing clothes, and I will come out to meet the general immediately." ”

Sun Shao smiled and nodded secretly, the old guy still has a lot of eyes, and he knows his intentions at once, and he also knows the key points. He nodded, didn't say anything, slowly walked into the Taishou Mansion, looked at the decoration next to him, and praised: "After being in Jiaozhou for so long, your mansion is still elegant, elegant and beautiful, and it is really poetry and books." ”

Shi Hui smiled faintly: "The general has won the award, and he is contemptuous of the border, and the barbarian spirit is very heavy, where can he talk about elegance." ”

"Hehehe, Shijun is humble. Ling Zun studied the Spring and Autumn Period, my teacher Zhang Gong was also very admired, the last time in Cao Ying and Cao Gong had a drink, Cao Gong also talked about Ling Zun, saying that Chen Guo Yuan Hui respected Ling Zun very much, and he still can't forget it. Although Jiaolu is a barbarian, there is a learned Confucian like Ling Zun, who has been teaching for 30 years in words and deeds, and he also has the atmosphere of my Han people. Back then, the master also said that he could educate Yidi, but unfortunately he was stopped by Zilu, and the one who really did this was a great sage like Ling Zun. Lingzun can be compared to Zixia of Xihe and Yang Gong of Kansai. ”

When Shihui heard this, he hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Sun Jun's words are serious, how dare my father be such a big name." He didn't dare, but there was a smug smile on his face, Sun Shao was so polite, comparing his father to Confucius, that shows that he is still clear about the strength of the Shi family, this time, there should be no malice.

"The general's new leader is the Taishou of the South China Sea, and he is also the general of Henghai, who is responsible for the safety of the South China Sea, and is busy with official business, why do you have time to come here?" Shi Hui reminded quietly. According to the Han system, Sun Shao, as the Taishou of the South China Sea, cannot cross the border to Jiaoluan, of course, he has the identity of the general of Henghai, and the bay of Jiaolu is also within his jurisdiction, he wants to come, and you can't say that he is not in accordance with the rules. But it is still necessary to ask about the meaning and probe his tone.

Sun Shao just smiled: "I heard that Ling Zun's explanation of Zuo Chuan Spring and Autumn is quite insightful and has a deep meaning. Shao Bucai, with Zhang Gong to read the scriptures, but the intelligence is shallow, and the mundane affairs are entangled, can not often be taught by Zhang Gong's side, fortunately there is a scholar, so dare to come to ask for advice. ”

Shihui's brows furrowed, and seeing that Sun Shao refused to speak, he had to put down the topic first, and the two of them talked about something else, and waited for his father to meet him and listen to it later. The two gossiped and drank several cups of tea before Shi Xie walked out of the back hall, and as soon as he appeared, he quickly stepped forward and saluted: "I didn't know that the general arrived, Shi Xie couldn't meet him from afar, and I asked the general to forgive me." As he spoke, he stepped forward and bowed.

Sun Shao hurriedly got up, supported the bluffing Shixie with both hands, and said with a smile: "Shigong, how can I bear your worship?" ”

Shi Xie looked very persistent: "Although Xie is a few years older, he is a heavy general, how can he pay a big gift for his age?" ”

Sun Shao shook his head again and again: "Shigong, my Han rules the world with filial piety, more than seventy officials do not worship, the prince is eighty this year, even if the Supreme is here, he does not dare to accept the great gift of the public, not to mention that Sun Shao's boy, although he is a cross-sea general, is a false name, there are only a dozen boats under his command, and more than a thousand fishing soldiers, how can he be a public gift?" Please sit down and be bowed by the boy. ”

As he spoke, he helped Shixie to the upper seat, and respectfully greeted his son and nephew. Shi Xie squinted at Sun Shao with a pair of old eyes, and the smile on the corner of his mouth flashed. He sighed and helped Sun Shao up: "Only a respected Spring and Autumn family like Zhang Gong can teach a talent like a general." It's Zhang Gong's luck, the old man is really envious. ”

"Shi Gong praised it falsely, and the kid didn't dare to be ashamed." Sun Shao smiled modestly.

The two praised each other, Sun Shao took the initiative to ask him for some scriptures, Shi Xie did study Zuo Chuan Spring and Autumn in depth, and his level was no worse than Zhang Zhao, for Sun Shao who had only studied for a few months, of course, it was more than a star and a half. What surprised Shi Xie a little was not Sun Shao's level, but his familiarity with the scriptures was a little unbelievable, most of the scriptures he could easily come to and confirm each other, if this is the only thing, it is almost similar to himself who has been immersed in silver in the Spring and Autumn Period of Zuo Chuan for a lifetime.

Shi Xie couldn't help but look at Sun Shao with admiration.

What makes Shi Xie even happier is that Sun Shao is generous, although he is talking about the scriptures, he can insert a sentence or two innocuous jokes from time to time, just right to make a joke, adjust the atmosphere, and he is very good at association, from this thing to the other, the thinking jumps but it is logical, it is really a good conversation partner, so that the old and lonely Shi Xie is very happy.

The old and the young, who are more than a year apart, talked happily with each other, and the laughter in the hall continued. Shi Hui listened to it on the side, but couldn't help but be a little puzzled, they said it, it was nothing more than the scriptures, and then there were some interesting things about ancient and modern times, but they didn't involve anything else, could it be that Sun Shao came all the way to accompany Lao Tzu to be happy, please teach and ask?

Shihui had a lot of questions, but there was nowhere to ask, and until Sun Shao said goodbye, Shihui didn't hear about the famous hall inside.

"Didn't figure it out?" When Shi Xie lay down under the shade of the tree in the backyard again, there was no smile on his face that had been smiling for a long time, but there was a little more worry and disappointment in his eyes when he looked at Shi Hui.

Shi Hui was accustomed to his father's vision, he sat beside Shi Xie expressionlessly, listening to Shi Xie's teachings, anyway, no matter how smart he was, Lao Tzu would not approve of him, so it was better to listen honestly. What's more, he really didn't understand much about the events of the past few days.

"Do you know why Cao Ying named him Jiaozhou Mu, General Henghai?"

"What else can there be, disgusting Sun Quanbei." The corners of Shi Hui's mouth were crooked, and he smiled disdainfully: "Anyway, Jiaozhou is not his, he just needs to take out a gold seal." If Sun Quan doesn't give it, Sun Shao will hate him, if Sun Quan gives, he will no longer be able to control Jiaozhou justifiably in the future, and once Sun Shao is powerful, Sun's uncle and nephew will inevitably fight for power. ”

"That's right." Shi Xie nodded, his neatly combed hair shining with wisdom in the light of a ray of sunlight. "Then tell me more, why did Sun Quan know that this was Cao Ying's divisive plan, but let Sun Shao be this Henghai general, and he just gave him only five boats and three hundred old and weak?"

Shi Hui just wanted to laugh, but when he saw Shi Xie's cold gaze, he hurriedly put away the smile that had just bloomed, he hesitated for a moment, and suddenly had some heart palpitations: "Sun Quan, like Cao Ying, wants to borrow a knife to kill people?" ”

"That's right." Shi Xie nodded and sneered: "He wants to use Sun Shao's knife to test the depth of my Shi family, and insert a pole in the sailor who has been unable to open the situation." ”

"It's not that easy." Shi Hui grinned, wanting to laugh, but he didn't laugh, but felt cold: "Father, if Sun Shao dies, won't our Shi family be unlucky?" ”

"For the time being, the Shi family will not be all implicated all at once, but the shaft of Shiwei is only afraid that he will be unlucky, and the Jiaozhou Sailor will no longer be surnamed Shi." Shi Xie's eyes narrowed, "Why is Shi Wei still so ignorant, and he doesn't even see this?" It's a shame that Sun Shao is a smart person, if he is as reckless as him and rushes to the sea, I'm afraid that things will be out of control. At that time, we removed the thorn in Sun Quan's eye, and not only would he not be grateful to us, but he would bite us in turn. ”

Shi Hui gasped and sweated coldly.

"Go, let Shigan go to the South China Sea." Shi Xie closed his eyes again, "Sun Shao can be defeated, but he can't die, if Sun Shao dies, all the responsibility will be borne by Shi Wei's own son, don't blame me for being an uncle when the time comes." ”

"Whoa." Shi Hui didn't dare to slack off, carefully covered Shi Xie with a thin blanket, and then hurriedly walked out.

When Shi Wei saw Shi Gan, his face was shocked: "Sun Shao ran to see his uncle?" ”

"Yes." Shi Gan nodded, his face was ugly: "My father has some different opinions on my brother's disposition, so he specially sent me to remind my brother, so that my brother will not fall for other people's tricks." ”

Shi Wei's forehead was bruised, he was very clear about the meaning behind Shi Gan's words, he could not take Bu Qi seriously, he could not take Sun Shao seriously, but he definitely didn't dare to make Shi Xie unhappy, don't look at him as old as a gust of wind that can blow away, and he rarely shows up, but as long as he coughs, everyone in the Shi family will shiver, and if he stomps his feet, then the entire Jiaozhou will have to walk three feet of waves. Don't look at him in Jiaozhou, the water master can walk sideways, it's just that Shixie has a bamboo talisman, and he won't be there soon. He even suspected that Shi Gan was carrying this bamboo talisman in his arms.

"Yuan Chang (Shigan), you have worked hard." Shi Wei laughed very unnaturally, invited Shi Gan to the inner room, let people serve tea, and said very politely: "What instructions does Uncle have?" Can't you hand over the sailor to that erector? ”

"Of course you can't." Shi Gan took a sip of tea, and gently put it back on the case: "The water master is yours, it is our Shi family, others can't rob it, no matter if his surname is Sun or his surname is Bu." ”

Shi Wei's heart trembled, and he didn't dare to squeak.

"My father said that Sun Shao can be defeated, but he can't die." Shi Gan looked at Shi Wei calmly, and a touch of fierceness flashed in his eyes: "If you can get along with him, let him support him, let him strengthen his strength, and see how Bu Qi deals with it when the time comes." If you are not at ease, let him fight a few defeats and leave the water division with a disgraced face. However, you have to keep him safe. ”

"How can I keep him safe when this is a fight?" Shiwei automatically ignored the option of getting along with Sun Shao and directly chose the latter one. In his opinion, Sun Shao jumped out halfway and snatched the Nanhai Taishou who belonged to him, and if he didn't kill Sun Shao with his own hands, it would be polite, and he would get along well?

Shi Gan squirmed his lips, spat out a piece of ginger, lowered his eyelids, and took two sips of tea before saying, "That's your business, I don't care." In a word, if Sun Shao dies, Sun Quan will blame him, and all the responsibility will be borne by yourself. ”

Shi Wei's face suddenly sank, he squinted his eyes and glanced at the Shi Gan, who was hanging high, his eyelids jumped twice, and he smiled again: "I know, please go back to report to my uncle, please rest assured, I will definitely follow his instructions, deal with it carefully, and will never cause trouble to the Shi family." ”

The corners of Shi Gan's mouth twitched: "I'm not going back, I'll stay in the South China Sea for a while." ”

Shi Wei stared at Shi Gan's smiling face, and suddenly understood that Shi Gan came this time to see his jokes. If he is in danger of being seized by Sun Shao, then Shigan will rush ahead of Sun Quan, if he accidentally messes things up, then Shigan will throw him out to atone for his guilt, and then take over the sailor, anyway, it is he Shiwei who is unlucky, and the sailor is still from the Shiwei family, but this Shiwei has nothing to do with him.

(To be continued)