"It's ugly." Sun Shao fiddled with Hei'an's head, shook his head and smacked his lips. Because the fox was a little nervous, I don't know if I slapped the horse's leg on the horse's leg. Sun Shao glanced at him and smiled: "Because of the fox-headed man, the one who knows the times is Junjie." ”

Guan Chao immediately translated Sun Shao's words, and when Yinhu heard it, he immediately smiled all over his face, and even said "I don't dare". He said that this sentence was in Chinese, although it was very awkward, but Sun Shao still understood, his eyes lit up, turned to Yinhu, and said with a smile: "The head man can speak Chinese? ”

Yinhu rubbed his hands awkwardly, glanced at Sun Shao embarrassedly, and stammered a few words, that look was very similar to the little daughter-in-law who saw her in-laws for the first time, if such an expression appeared on the face of a girl like Yan Feiyan or Mu Zhiqiu, of course, it would be pleasing to the eye, but it would make people sick to their stomachs when they appeared on the face of an old man like Yinhu. Sun Shaoqiang endured the ** on his face, and turned his head to look at Guan Chao, who was interpreting.

Guan Chao smiled and said, "Because the foxhead man said, he will only say a few simple words. ”

"It's good to know a few words." Sun Shao smiled, and then asked a few leaders who followed Yinhu in to ask for merit, "Ask them again, see who can speak Chinese, and tell them that those who can speak Chinese stand in front, and this king will be rewarded." ”

As soon as Guan Chao translated Sun Shao's words, the leaders looked at each other, and suddenly became excited, squeezing forward one by one, talking about what they thought was Chinese, and this time it was like entering a vegetable market, which was very lively, but their Chinese words were really unbearable to listen to, but Sun Shao still listened with a smile, and finally rewarded a few Chinese people who spoke like they were going to - although they only knew a few words.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you will all be the people of Yue Kingdom in the future, that is, the people of my Han Dynasty, so if you want to be an official and make a fortune, you must learn to speak the words of my Han and write the words of my Han, otherwise, you will not be able to bargain, right?"

"The king is wise, we will keep it in mind, and we must seize the time to learn Chinese, and give the king and the generals a lot of advice." Because the fox bowed humbly, with a flattering smile.

Sun Shao waved his hand: "Naturally, this king will not be in a hurry." To tell you the truth, I am going to build a school, and when the time comes, I will build a beautiful school in the most scenic place at the foot of Jingua Mountain, and recruit children of the right age to enroll, not only to learn the words of my Han and write my Han characters, but also to learn the classics of my Han, only in this way can you become a real Han person and enjoy the same honor as my Han people......"

Yinhu and the others knew that Sun Shao was taking quality, but there was no way, now they were surrounded by Sun Shao in the middle, and they couldn't run away if they wanted to, what else was there to bargain with? The most important thing is whether Sun Shao can keep his promise and give them land, so that they can live and work in peace and contentment like Baihu Village.

Sun Shao quickly fulfilled their wishes, he reported the population of their respective tribes to the chiefs, and then distributed the land according to the size of the group, and gave them cattle and farming tools on credit according to the way of Baihu Village, of course, the conditions given to them could not be compared with those given to Baihu Village, but they were also much better than the leaders hoped for. After satisfying the wishes of the leaders, Sun Shao selected 2,000 people from these people step by step, and formed another army for training, and after training for half a month, Heda took some of them out to conquer those tribes who were still lucky. On the one hand, they are given the opportunity to make meritorious contributions and give them a sense of belonging, and on the other hand, they are also asked to kill those who are not satisfied, force them to the point of no return, and cut off their thoughts of fleeing.

After several battles, the new army of the Yi people was convinced of the combat effectiveness of Heda's department, they originally thought that they were only equipped with an army that was inferior to the king of Yue, but now they found that although they were brave individually, they were too far away from the army of the Yue country compared to the overall combat effectiveness, even if they were given the same weapons, they were not the opponents of the Yue [***] team.

Two months later, more than 30 large and small tribes moved out of the mountains and forests, settled near Jingua Mountain, more than a dozen brick kilns were in full swing, rows of houses were built, and the Yi people began to reclaim the allocated land under the guidance of the personnel sent by Sun Shao, preparing for the next season's sowing, at the same time, in order to solve the problem of rations, Sun Shao sent a large number of merchant ships to and from Zhuya, Nanhai, Yuejun and Yizhou, and brought a boatload of grain and seeds. There is food at home, the heart is not panicked, seeing the continuous delivery of food, the people of Yi are suspicious and uneasy slowly stabilized, they began to obey Sun Shao's arrangement from their hearts, some go to reclamation, some go to Jinguashan to pan for gold, Sun Shao opened a reasonable salary, Yiren is very motivated, busy every day, at the same time, the market near Jinguashan is gradually taking shape. With the completion of the training of the first batch of 2,000 Yi troops, Sun Shao ordered He Da and Cui Qian to lead 1,000 Yi troops to the south along the west bank to find suitable land for building a city, and convey the will of the Yue King to the Yi people. Under the combined means of suppression, more and more Yi people rushed to Jinguashan with the merchant ships to meet Sun Shao, the king of Yue.

…… Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven, and Empress Cao Jie sat opposite each other, and on the table was the report of King Yue's conquest of Yizhou and a brand new set of "New Classic of Mountains and Seas" Volume 2 that had just been delivered. Liu Xing, the prince who was less than two years old, kept reaching out from his nursing mother's arms to grab the books on the case, Liu Xie smiled curiously: "What, Xing'er likes to read?" ”

Cao Jie smiled: "He doesn't like to read, he likes the paintings on it." As she spoke, she took out a book from the letter, turned to a page with pictures and spread it in front of Liu Xing. Cao Jie nodded again and again with a gentle smile.

Liu Xie looked at this happy look of family, and couldn't help but think of Fu Shou. Fu Shou accompanied him through the most difficult times and gave birth to two sons, but later they all died in the hands of Cao Ying, if it weren't for Sun Shao and Guan Yu to conquer Xu County, and later put forward the proposal of the military conference, the current Son of Heaven should also be the Cao family, right?

The army conference was successful, there were three more kings in the world, the king of Wei, the king of Shu and the king of Wu have not moved, but this king of Yue is very able to toss, last year and Cao Zhang cooperated to pacify Liaodong, this year it was a solo shot, to pacify Yizhou in a few months, I don't know what means he used, those stubborn Yi people were actually obedient to him. Although Sun Shao's recital said that this was the morality of the Han Dynasty and the wisdom of the Son of Heaven, Liu Xie was already in his forties this year, and he didn't believe these superficial words at all, and he was very curious about how Sun Shao did it.

But what he is more curious about now is that Sun Shao's "New Classic of Mountains and Seas" actually likes to read even illiterate children, which is a bit strange. There is the first volume of "The New Classic of Mountains and Seas" on the market, Liu Xie has also read it, but he is just a pastime, although now he is directly in charge of the Sanhe area, but there are still a lot of chapters to see every day, Liu Xie often feels tired, he can't understand, how Sun Shao can take time out of the busy government affairs to write this "New Classic of Mountains and Seas", although this book is not too thick, but there are really a lot of strange properties involved, not only there are text explanations, but also with pictures, it is not a simple matter.

In a word, Liu Xie is now full of curiosity about Sun Shao.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister has arrived." Lu Yu, a regular attendant of the free horse, said softly at the entrance of the hall.

Liu Xie got up and touched Liu Xing's head, Liu Xing's body was very good, and his soft and smooth hair was like silk, which made people feel comfortable. Liu Xie walked out of the hall briskly, Prime Minister Yang Biao was standing at the door of the hall with his hands arched, and when he saw Liu Xie, he took off his shoes, and hurriedly approached Liu Xie in small steps, and said respectfully: "Prime Minister Biao greets Your Majesty." ”

"Prime Minister, didn't I give you a name?" Liu Xie gently reproached.

"How dare you." Yang Biao saluted according to the rules, then sat down, and said solemnly: "King Yue abolished the chaotic etiquette system, it is not enough to take the law, Your Majesty cannot be trusted, and the edict is responsible at the moment." Although this matter is only a matter of Yue Guo, isn't Yue still a subject country of my Han Dynasty? ”

For example, under normal circumstances, Yang Biao should add the word "Chen Biao" after reporting his official position, and after the Son of Heaven rewarded him with praise and worship, he only needed to say "minister", and did not need to sign up, in the Han Dynasty, the name was a cheap name, so calling each other's names face to face, except for a venerable and elder, it is generally not allowed, even if it is the name of the other party's elders. Of course, the Son of Heaven may call his subordinates by their names, but if it is to show respect, he may also call them official positions instead of their names, or use other honorific titles. For the courtiers, this is a great honor. In order to commend Yang Biao's merits, the Son of Heaven gave him praise and worship, but Yang Biao refused to accept such an honor and still signed up.

"Hehe......" Liu Xie smiled, and said in his heart Although this Yue country is a subject country of the Han Dynasty, can I really care about him? Don't say that he is so far away from me, do you think which of the kings who are closer to me takes my edict seriously? It's just this King Yue who doesn't know the rules, and occasionally he can give me some tribute and a seal. "Prime Minister, King Yue has pacified Yizhou, this is the table I just received."

Yang Biao took the watch and looked at it carefully, his almost white eyebrows wrinkled: "So fast? He's only been to Yizhou for half a year, right? ”

"Well, excluding the time on the road, it's about five months." Liu Xie sighed, "Liaodong was pacified in two months last year, and Yizhou was pacified in five months this year, this king of Yue can always surprise people." ”

Yang Biao looked at the list of tributes attached to the table, his mouth pursed, and his tone was a little happy, and a little envious: "He is rich again." ”

Liu Xie smiled and nodded: "I hope he can get rich, he has made a fortune, my son of heaven is not too ugly, this New Year is coming soon, I am worried about where the reward will come from, but it happened that he sent a boatload of Yizhou." ”

Yang Biao nodded with emotion. Now the four kings of the world, that is, the king of Yue Sun Shao has the Son of Heaven in his eyes, every time he makes a fortune, he can think of sending some to the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven now only has the taxes of the division, but the court is complete with three princes and nine kings, although the so-called sparrows are small, all the organs are complete, although Yang Biao asked for a reduction in income, but he still can't make ends meet. Every time they opened their mouths to the kings of Wei, Shu, and Wu, they either gave two of them casually as if they were sending them to Huazi, or they pretended to be deaf and dumb and ignored them.

"Your Majesty, I heard that King Wu is rectifying the rule of officials." Yang Biao hesitated for a while, checked the watch in his hand, and thoughtfully: "King Yue offered so many things at this time, could it be that he hoped that His Majesty would express something?" ”

"What, their uncle and nephew are still fighting?" Liu Xie's mouth was crooked, and he said with a smile. He wondered why people like infighting. The uncles and nephews of the Sun family fought in the dark, and the brothers of the Cao family fought for the position of the son, relatively speaking, Shu was a little better, but I heard that Guan Yu, the general of Shu, and Zhuge Liang, the prime minister, were also not compatible, in order to be able to compete with Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang was inviting himself to go south.

"The minister heard that the last time there were robbers in Jianye, it was Sun Shao who did it, and it was he who shouted to catch the thief, deceived the hostages, and in turn took away the South China Sea and Huiji from Sun Quan."

"Is there such a thing?" Liu Xie was very curious, he thought about it, and couldn't help but nod and said: "In my opinion, it is probably Sun Quan's shameful work, he is embarrassed to admit that his palace is free to be robbed, so he is a person from Sun Shao's faction." ”

"It's hard to say." Yang Biao said with a smile: "However, the minister is inclined to believe that this matter is indeed Sun Shao's doing, he is scheming, this kind of loss of salute first and then soldier, is more like his method." ”

Liu Xie tilted his head and thought about it, and laughed: "Even if it is, then you can't blame him, it's Sun Quan himself who doesn't know how to be interested." I don't want two thousand war horses, I have to detain Sun Shao's son, why bother, I was asked by Sun Shao to take away two counties, which is called stealing chickens and rice. However, did he rectify the rule of the officials? When will we be able to stabilize the country and then go to war with Sun Shao? ”

"At war?" Yang Biao shook his head: "In my opinion, he probably doesn't have this opportunity." ”

"Why?" Liu Xie was very curious, he got together with Yang Biao, and it happened that Taiwei Jia Xu walked in from outside, so he had to sit up straight, accept Jia Xu's kneeling, and then hurriedly beckoned Jia Xu to sit down, briefly said what he had just said to Yang Biao, and asked Jia Xu's opinion. Jia Xu smiled: "King Yue's expedition overseas is to show the world that he has no heart to fight with Sun Quan, which is the same as the previous practice of exchanging two thousand war horses for Sun Quan hostages." If under such circumstances, Sun Quan still wants to provoke the Yue Kingdom, then what will the world think of the merits? ”

"Of course, it means that Sun Quan doesn't know the general situation." Liu Xie nodded again and again, and said with some curiosity: "Then what kind of trick can he use to defeat Sun Quan this time?" In any case, the strength of the Yue State is still not as good as that of the Wu State. ”

"According to the minister, the strength of the Yue State may not be inferior to the Wu State." Jia Xu raised his head and glanced at the clock in the corner of the hall: "Although the population and land of Yue are not as good as those of Wu, Yue is richer than Wu, he has a vast sea territory, and he doesn't even need to plant land, what about Wu?" Besides, if the land war of the Yue State is unfavorable, it can enter the sea, and the Wu State has the strength to compete with the Yue State on the sea? No! The two shipyards of Houguan and Panyu have fallen into the hands of King Yue, and with only Yuzhang Shipyard, how can Sun Quan compete with Sun Shao? If he really wants to fight, I am afraid that he will be attacked on all sides and will be exhausted. ”

"What the captain said is very true." Yang Biao nodded approvingly: "In order to be able to fight with Sun Shao, Sun Quan rectified the rule of officials, because he could control the situation in Jiangdong and squeeze out Gu Lu who was related to Sun Shao, but Gu Lu is the four clans of Wu County, and their close relationship with Zhu Zhang is like a tree with roots." Now it is Zhang Wen of the Zhang family who is presiding over the rectification of the officials, his third brother is married to the daughter of the Lu family, and his sister is married to Gu Cheng, the son of Gu Shao, Gu Cheng is the nephew of the Lu family, can he help Sun Quan exclude the Lu family and the Gu family? Yang Biao shook his head, was silent for a moment, and suddenly sighed and said, "The minister thinks that Sun Quan is playing with fire with his salary." ”

Liu Xie didn't understand for a while, and was silent for a moment, only then did he understand what Yang Biao meant. Sun Quanming knew that Zhang Wen and Gu Lu's two families were very close, but he still asked Zhang Wen to preside over the rectification of the officials, probably because he wanted to take the lead. The rectification of the rule of officials always offends people, and if you do not offend people, you will not be able to do things. Zhang Wen offended people, those whose interests were violated will inevitably fight back, Sun Quan can take advantage of the situation to put the responsibility on Zhang Wen's head, and once Zhang Wen is solved, then the Gu family and the Lu family, who are close to the Zhang family, will not be able to escape, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone.

understood the mystery inside, but Liu Xie didn't mean to be happy at all, although he was used to seeing this kind of deception in his forty years of life, he still felt sad, why did he live such a deliberate life? Liu Xie has accepted his role in the past two years, and he likes this kind of life, the place is small, there are few people in charge, and there are not too many interests to fight for, everyone is safe, how good.

"So, what is he going to get for this tribute?" Liu Xie suddenly felt a little distracted and couldn't lift his energy.

Jia Xu and Yang Biao glanced at each other, and shook their heads in unison, in just two years, the mentality of the Son of Heaven has changed, when it was so difficult before, he did not forget the responsibility on his shoulders, and now it is only two years after Ansheng, he began to get used to this kind of ordinary life, and the ambition that once upon a time disappeared unconsciously.

Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Whether it is Jia Xu or Yang Biao, they can't say clearly, but as the third duke, they have the responsibility to remind the Son of Heaven of the potential crisis - the current stability cannot last long. The stability of the Son of Heaven depends on the mutual checks and balances of the four kings, and once this balance is broken, then the stability of the Son of Heaven will come to an end. At the beginning, Yang Biao and Sun Shao induced the Wei, Wu, and Shu families to indicate that they wanted to conquer abroad, and they also had this purpose. Two years have passed, but Sun Shao is the only one who is really committed to foreign conquest, and no one of the three who swore at the beginning has not moved.

"Your Majesty, King Yue's conquest of Yizhou is a real expansion of territory, if such a great achievement is not rewarded, I am afraid that it will make the soldiers feel cold." Jia Xu said slowly: "Once the soldiers have no intention of conquering the outside world, they are only afraid of ......."

"I'm afraid that civil strife will rise again." Yang Biao shook his head and sighed: "Sun Shao is young, it is the time when the blood is strong, if he doesn't conquer the outside world, he will probably give birth to right and wrong, according to the minister, it's good now." ”

Liu Xie nodded sympathetically, and thought for a moment: "Then be crowned as the general of Fuyi?" However, if he makes another meritorious service, how can he be rewarded? ”

"Then remove the word Fuyi." Yang Biao stroked his beard and said expressionlessly.

"General?" Liu Xie was taken aback. He has some psychological pressure on the generals, and regardless of the fact that most of the great generals in history did not end well, as far as the few generals he saw with his own eyes, from where he entered to Yuan Shao, and then to Cao Ying, they were all mountains on his head, this Sun Shao is obviously not a loyal minister and gentleman, so it would be good to let him become a general? Liu Xie thought about it, Sun Shao's Yue Guo was far overseas, even if he made him a general, it would be impossible for him to come to Luoyang to serve, after all, it was just a false name. Thinking of this, Liu Xie nodded.

"Send a communiqué and reward His Royal Highness the King of Yue." Liu Xie suddenly remembered the newly arrived "New Classic of Mountains and Seas", and said with a smile: "Prime Minister, Taiwei, have you ever seen King Yue's masterpiece?" ”

Yang Biao pursed his lips and disagreed, in his opinion, Sun Shao's book is also a children's book, and this scripture is not the other, but Jia Xu smiled and nodded: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has read it." ”

"How does it feel?" Liu Xie asked with a smile: "My little boy doesn't know how to read, but he likes to look at the rare birds and beasts on it." ”

"People are always curious." Jia Xu owes himself: "This book is full of pictures and texts, which is eye-opening, and it is really amazing." Originally, the minister thought that the Book of Mountains and Seas was just an absurd book, but now it seems that the minister is lonely and unheard. He glanced at Yang Biao and thought for a moment: "The minister thinks that the release of this book by King Yue is by no means so simple. ”

"Oh?" Liu Xie's interest increased greatly, and even Yang Biao became a little curious and set his eyes on Jia Xu. Jia Xu smiled slightly: "When the minister was in Qiantang, I heard King Yue say that he was going to verify the account in the Book of Mountains and Seas, and now he has written a new Book of Mountains and Seas, what is he doing?" He is showing the people of the world that he has no intention of the land of the existing territory of our Han Dynasty, and does not want to compete with Sun Quan for territory, he wants to rely on his own strength to expand the territory, which not only satisfies the desire to make meritorious contributions, but also dares to be the first in the world, and tells the people of the world with his own actions that there are many places to be used. ”

"Therefore, Sun Quan has repeatedly attacked, and it seems uninteresting." Yang Biao nodded frequently, and suddenly smiled: "This kid is used to fighting for sympathy." ”

"Neither is it." Jia Xu smiled and added: "Even if he dug a pit, it was Sun Quan who took the initiative to jump in, no wonder others." Just like the hostage incident at the beginning, if Sun Quan accepted Sun Shao's kindness, accepted 2,000 war horses, and released the hostages, why would he be so embarrassed now? ”

"Hmm." Liu Xie also chimed in: "Speaking of which, it's really no wonder that Sun Shao is here, it's Sun Quan himself who doesn't know how to advance or retreat, and he brings humiliation on himself." ”

"Your Majesty, regardless of whether Sun Shao is building momentum again or not, but his conquest of Waiyi is indeed something worth writing about, even if the King of Wei, the King of Shu and the King of Wu are indifferent, but let the people of the world know His Majesty's appreciation of a courtier like King Yue, and know where His Majesty's ambition lies, it will also play a certain role. If everyone in the world is in favor of foreign conquest and not internal strife, then I am a big man. ”

Liu Xie blinked, and finally understood the true intentions of Yang Biao and Jia Xu. Rewarding Sun Shao is just an attitude, all he can do is to show his attitude, but if he can direct Wei Shuwu's energy to foreign conquest and fight less civil wars, then the Han can exist and he will have a chance.

(To be continued)