At the end of October of the 25th year of Jian'an, next to an unnamed island outside the mouth of Qiantang, more than 200 warships covered a large area of the sea, and the sea breeze blew the battle flag hunting, echoing with the sound of the waves. Countless samurai in black and red armor stood solemnly by the side of the ship with weapons in hand, awe-inspiring and inviolable.

"Sir, please." Su was accompanied by a smiling face, and turned sideways to ask Yu to get on the boat first. Yu squeezed out a smile without smiling, stepped on the springboard with his head held high, Su thick legs hunched his waist, arched his hands, followed step by step, and walked on the majestic eagle trumpet.

Yu flipped onto the deck and glanced at it, a smile on his lips. The Eagle Yang was newly renovated, and the armor of the soldiers of the Destroying Battalion was all new, and standing at the door of the Feilu cabin was a handsome young man, who immediately raised his right hand when he saw Yu Xuan.

The bells and drums on the deck suddenly rang out, and the Eagle Horn, which was originally as silent as no man's land, immediately became lively. The young man rushed forward, bowed down and clasped his fists in salute, and said loudly, "Meet Lord Xiangguo." ”

The more than 200 soldiers of the Destroying Front Battalion standing guard on the deck turned around and bowed to Yu: "Meet Lord Xiangguo." ”

Yu was stunned. He had long known that Sun Shao would not treat him badly, but he didn't expect Sun Shao to value him so much, and he was actually the head of the Three Princes. He was a little overwhelmed with joy, standing on the edge of the gangplank, blocking Su Thick legs behind him, until Sun Shao, who was wearing a twelve-crown, walked out of the cabin with a smile, he came back to his senses, hurriedly caught up a few steps, lifted his shirt and was about to bow down.

Deng Ai, who was behind Sun Shao, took a step forward and held Yu Xuan's arm with both hands. Yu turned very strangely, looked at Deng Ai with puzzled eyes, Deng Ai smiled slightly, and said softly: "The king has an edict, the three princes sit and talk about it, and when you see the king, you can stop your head, and you don't need to pay homage." ”

In the Han Dynasty, there were nine bows, one was called Jishou, two were called Dunshou, three were empty heads, four were vibrations, five were auspicious worships, six were fierce worships, seven were Qi worships, eight were praised, and nine were worshipped. Among them, the chief is heavy, and it is a gift for ministers to worship the king. Now Sun Shao does not let Yu turn over the head of the line, but replaces it with the head of the head, which violates the ancient system, but fully demonstrates his respect for the three dukes. Yu Tuo is not a pedantic person, he hesitated slightly, then saluted according to the etiquette of the head, and said loudly: "The ministers pay tribute to my king, and wish my king the power of the four seas and the prosperity of the country." ”

Sun Shao laughed and stepped forward to help Yu Flip: "My Lord Xiangguo, how are you doing lately?" Well, I'll take a look, it seems that you've lost some weight, what's the matter, General Su won't give you food? ”

Su Thick Legs, who was standing behind Yu with a dry smile, hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "King, the minister has been wronged." Ministers treat Yu Changshi...... No, Yu Xiangguo, it's more polite than his father. ”

", I don't have a son like you." Yu rolled his eyes, scolded, and couldn't help laughing. He stroked his beard, glanced at Su's thick legs, and said, "But what he said is also the truth, the minister is indeed very comfortable in his army." ”

Su Thick Legs breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Sun Shao with blank eyes. Sun Shao glanced at him with a smile, pulled Yu Xuan's arm, and stretched out his hand: "Xiangguo, let's go into the cabin and talk." ”

Su stood there awkwardly, not knowing whether to follow up or what to do. Sun Shao and Yu turned into the door of the cabin, and when they turned around and saw that he hadn't followed, they frowned: "General Su, do you still want me to invite?" ”

Su Bu Leg was relieved, followed with a smile, and said flatteringly: "Now it's not as important as before, the royal family is heavy, I don't dare to trespass." ”

Sun Shao laughed, pulled Yu into the cabin, helped him up the steps, asked him to sit on a brocade couch next to the throne, pointed to a couch next to him, and nodded to Su Thick Legs, who was still standing at the door of the cabin: "You can sit too." ”

"Whoa." Su responded loudly, and reached out to untie the long knife on his waist, Sun Shao waved his hand: "No need to solve it, if you don't practice martial arts in the future, you will have to wear a sword to the palace." ”

"Isn't that right, lord?" Yu flipped through his mouth and reminded: "In case ......"

"It's okay, isn't there still Officer Lang." Sun Shao smiled and shook his head: "Those who can go to the palace to discuss matters are all pillars of the country, and I hope that in the future, there will be more people in this hall who are as capable as Xiangguo." Dismount the cursive military book, get on the horse and hit the crazy Hu, even if you don't need to fight, you can ride a horse, hit a sword, and have a good body to serve the country. ”

Su Bush was dumbfounded suddenly, he felt ashamed, he didn't know if Sun Shao's words were particularly aimed at him, if he wanted to fight, it would be no problem, and if he wanted him to write a military book, it would be a little difficult for him. He muttered, "Your Majesty, your ......."

"This time, I can successfully return to the East China Sea from Wancheng, and Xiangguo and you will be the first to take the lead." Sun Shao motioned to Su Thick Legs to calm down for a while, and then said with a smile: "I left a position for the general as a former general, I don't know if the general is willing to give in?" ”

Su Thick Legs was completely relieved, turned over and bowed down, his nose was sore, and he sobbed: "The minister is arrogant and rebellious, and he is ashamed of his trust in the king." ”

Sun Shao laughed: "Where did the general start with this, if I don't trust the general, how dare I put this most secret means on the general." In life, it is inevitable that there will be many temptations, and it is also commendable that the general will know that he has lost his way and returned. ”

"I can't thank you enough." Su Thick Leg knocked three heads in a row, knocking on the deck with a bang. Sun Shao had no choice but to get up and pull him up hard, then reached out to smooth the folds on his shoulders, and smiled softly: "However, I can't announce your appointment for the time being." ”

Su was stunned for a moment, and looked at Sun Shao puzzled.

"Whether you are active or passive, you have lost in the hands of Qingxu Sailor, my Aurora Sailor can't bear this notoriety, you have to get the field back, okay?"

When Su Bu Legs heard this, he let out a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, as long as you give an order, I will immediately go to fight Zang Ba and find teeth all over the ground, and I will be ashamed of the snow." I, the Aurora Sailor, crisscross the East China Sea and the South China Sea, how can I be afraid of him as a Qingxu Sailor? ”

"Not in the name of my Aurora Water Master." Sun Shao smiled gloomily: "You still have to be a pirate for a few days, understand?" ”

After thinking for a while, Su Thick Legs understood the key to it, and nodded with a wicked smile: "The minister understands." ”

Yu listened to it, and asked with some concern: "King, is it appropriate to start a war with Qingxu Shui Shi at this time?" ”

"Yes." Sun Shao said with a smile: "If we don't defeat the Qingxu Sailor, we can't effectively control the entire coast, and we can't dominate the entire sea, what weight does my Yue King have to speak?" ”

"That'...... Will it cause dissatisfaction in the court? Yu Fu groaned: "Mrs. Yang has just sent a statement to various places that Sun Cao and Liu Sanjia want to go out to conquer and not to fight civil war, and we ......."

"Xiangguo, if you don't defeat Qingxu Shuishi, can Cao Ying be obedient?" Sun Shao said with a smile: "This is what I discussed with Mrs. Yang, Cao Ying's strength is the strongest right now, if you can't restrain him, it will be difficult for the army conference to go smoothly." As for the statement, the purpose of letting General Su be a pirate for a while is to avoid leaving a handle on people. ”

Yu Chuan understood, Su Thick Legs also understood, rubbed his big hands excitedly, and said a little anxiously: "Wang, when will you do it?" ”

"I'm going to Fuchun for a while, the matter of building a temple to worship my ancestors should be completed before New Year's Day, you start preparing first, and by the way, gather some genuine pirates, and tell them that the East China Sea is no longer an ownerless sea, it is the territory of my Yue country, if they want to continue to do business, they must first come to me to write, otherwise, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people."

Su Ku understood that Sun Shao would be the biggest pirate leader in the future, and of course the little pirates would come to worship the mountain gate, and the disobedient ones would naturally be cleared, which was the same as when he was a pirate in the East China Sea, but Sun Shao's strength was stronger than him, his appetite was greater than him, and his tone was more arrogant than him.

Su Thick Leg immediately left with his men, and after replenishing supplies, he disappeared into the vast sea. Soon, Sun Shao let people spread the news that because the conditions were not negotiated, Zhao'an Su's thick legs failed, and at present, he only drove Su Thick Legs away from Qian Tangkou, and after making relevant preparations, he would further pursue and so on, and then take the Aurora Sailor into Qian Tangkou to rest.

At the end of October, Sun Shao arrived in Qiantang (present-day Hangzhou), and the heads of the Wei, Zhou and other families who had already received the news rushed to Qiantang to meet them. Huiji County was renamed Yue Guo and became Sun Shao's feudal state, Yu became the first prime minister, the Yu family's status in Yue has been unshakable, and these families who were originally on par with the Yu family lost the opportunity, and the gap with the Yu family will only widen in the future.

Wei Xiu was not to be outdone, after a simple cold noise, first reported the good news to Sun Shao, Wei Du Wei Boyang rushed to Zhuya at the end of last year, and Ge Xuan and the two of them learned from each other, greatly improving the surname of gunpowder, and now it can produce safe and stable powder, and the power is also improved than the powder that can only be used as signal arrows before.

Sun Shao was very satisfied and praised: "With Mr. Boyang in the scene, I am really like a tiger." Originally, there was only Ge Xianweng, but now that I have Mr. Boyang, I finally have all the wings and can soar up to 90,000 miles. ”

Wei Xiu was humble again and again. Sun Shao said with a smile: "Wei Jun, let's talk about cooperation later, now let's talk about the most important thing first, if I, the king of Yue, want to be stable, I still need the help of a talented person like Wei Jun, I don't know if Wei Jun is willing to give in?" ”

Wei Xiu's purpose is to get on Sun Shao's big ship, where would he be unwilling. I didn't dare to be too ostentatious before, that was because Sun Shao was still restricted by Sun Quan, and Sun Shao was too close, so we had to consider Sun Quan's mood, and now they have become Sun Shao's people, and it is justified to cooperate with Sun Shao again. Therefore, as soon as Sun Shao opened his mouth, he responded politely and twice. With him taking the lead, the Zhou, Kong, and Sheng families were not far behind, and they all expressed their goodwill to Sun Shao. Sun Shao accepted them one by one and promised to discuss them with the ministers as soon as possible to see how to arrange the official positions of the relevant people.

These people are all human spirits, how can they not hear what Sun Shao means, at this time, they can't just talk about it, it depends on how much sincerity there is, so they have taken the initiative to help Sun Shao repair the temple, some of them are wood, some are labor, some are funded money, and between the words, all the related matters of the temple are done.

The next step was bargaining, and Sun Shao instructed Xiang Guo Yu to turn and Yu Shi Doctor Lu Ji to come up with an opinion first. The two men immediately got busy, and the families who wanted a piece of the pie came in droves, and the gifts were piled up on their boats.

Sun Shao became more relaxed, except for occasionally going to see the progress of the construction of the temple, he went to watch the water master perform the formation. He has less than 20,000 men under his command, and if he wants to gain a foothold, he needs to build these 20,000 people into a very strong sailor. He attached great importance to the construction of the shipyard, specially convened the relevant families to discuss the matter, and finally designated the Zhou family and the Sheng family to set up two shipyards, and as soon as the matter was settled, he placed an order with them: two building ships and ten medium-sized warships each, and paid the full amount of the goods. He told them that the reason why he set up two shipyards and paid you all the money for the goods first was that he hoped that you could put your mind into technological progress, and that whoever built the best ship would give more orders to whoever he built in the future, so as to ensure that you could become one of the few great clans in the Yue Kingdom and even the entire Han Dynasty by making ships.

Sheng Gu, the head of the Sheng family, and Zhou Feng, the head of the Zhou family, were grateful, especially Zhou Feng, his father Zhou Ang had been ordered by Yuan Shao to cut off Sun Jian's grain and grass, and later he himself raised troops in Yuzhang to resist Sun Quan, which was broken by Zhang Zhao's troops, and the Sun family's grievances have been around for a long time. He didn't expect Sun Shao to be able to level a bowl of water and give him this great opportunity. He was very excited and told Sun Shao that the Zhou family would definitely invest all their financial and material resources in the shipbuilding business in the future, with the goal of providing the most powerful warships for the Aurora sailors.

After more than a month of busyness, in mid-December, the Sun Family Temple was completed, and at the same time, good news came from Wancheng. The Son of Heaven made Sun Quan the king of Wu and the pastor of Yangzhou, and Liu Bei was the king of Shu and the pastor of Yizhou, in exchange for their support, and under the mediation of Zhang Wen and Zhuge Liang, Sun Quan and Liu Bei formed an alliance again to support Yang Biao and Cao Ying in negotiations. Cao Ying didn't think so at first, but then Su Thick Legs and other pirates attacked Qingxu, Cao Ying felt great pressure, and sent troops to assist Zang Ba in the conquest to no avail, in desperation, he had to bow to Yang Biao and agreed to give up Sanhe (Hanoi, Hedong, and Henan counties) as Gyeonggi, which was directly controlled by the Son of Heaven. At the beginning of December, the Son of Heaven returned to Luoyang, and after recalling the relevant personnel in Yecheng, he reorganized the court, with Yang Biao, the servant of Taizhong, as the prime minister, Jia Xu, the Taizhong doctor, as the captain, and Zhang Yin as the imperial doctor. At the same time, Cao Ying was crowned as the Taishi, Liu Bei as the Taifu, and Sun Quan as the Taibao, which was regarded as an honorary award and could directly participate in the government politics. In addition to each of the three major states, the three of them have the right of priority to recommend the governors of the prefectures and counties under their control, and they also have the right to manage the military and civil affairs, in fact, they recognize that this is their sphere of influence.

Liu Bei is the most loss, he only has Yizhou and half of Jingzhou, fortunately, the Son of Heaven sees that he is a relative of the Han family, Guan Yu made a great contribution this time, gave him Nanyang County, and forced Cao Ying to shrink the army back to Hanzhong. Liu Bei took this opportunity to set up Xincheng County in the Shangyong area, connecting Nanyang and Yizhou.

Yang Biao made full use of the book printing workshop left to him by Sun Shao, sent the news of the negotiations to the counties and counties in a timely manner, and put pressure on the three parties with the help of public opinion. After the completion of the negotiations, he did not abolish this institution, but now he officially named these news the Dahan Gazette, not only publishing the imperial court's newspaper, but also publishing some controversial articles about the court from time to time, paving the way for the next move. Although Sun Cao Liu knew that Yang Biao's move was secretly murderous, he was helpless, the news released by Yang Biao was not false, and it was all high-sounding, so you couldn't find fault with it. They began to want to set up their own organization, but later found that they didn't have the technology, so they had to join forces to put pressure on Yang Biao, asking Yang Biao to allow them to publish news in the Di newspaper to show fairness. Yang Biao agreed, so on the surface, he talked about fairness and morality, but in fact, all kinds of articles with hidden murderous intentions appeared one after another, and there was a posture of using the pen as a knife and fighting a bloody battle. Among them, of course, the happiest are those literati who are full of wealth, watching their articles being circulated by people all over the world, and being able to become the focus everywhere they go, not to mention how beautiful the sense of accomplishment is.

The news sent by the first issue of the Han Gazette was that in view of the success of the Wancheng Soldiers' Conference, the world was restored to peace, and the Son of Heaven issued an edict to change the Yuan, and next year was the first year of the republic. This meaning is very clear, the Son of Heaven recognized the status of Cao Sun Liu, but hoped that they could be like the Duke of Zhou and Zhaogong, and one day return to the Son of Heaven. However, Cao Sun Liu pretended to be deaf and dumb, pretended not to understand the subtext, and wrote books to praise the virtue of the Son of Heaven to emulate the saint and rule the world by hanging his clothes, but did not say a word about whether he would return to power in the future.

Yu Chuan is very unhappy, Cao Ying, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan have all been given official positions with honorary surnames, why didn't Sun Shao, the king of Yue? He immediately put pen to paper, sent someone to Luoyang quickly, and asked Yang Biao for an explanation. Yang Biao quickly replied to reproach Yu Yitong, he said, Sun Shao has the merit of initiating the conference this time, and has played a very important role in promoting the smooth development of the entire conference, how can the Son of Heaven forget his credit? The reason why he was not crowned with a fictitious title like Cao Ying and others was because Sun Shao was still young, and there were still many opportunities for meritorious service in the future, and it was not good for him to prematurely push him to this kind of honorary official position suitable for retirement. You study and learn, don't you know the truth that profit is loss?

Yu Tuo was usually unconvinced, but when Yang Biao told him, he was very convinced.

Although Yang Biao said it very harshly, he still took care of Sun Shao's face, and at the end of December, Taiwei Jia Xu rushed to Qiantang with the edict of the Son of Heaven, and awarded Sun Shao Huang Yue, authorizing him to conquer overseas, which can be regarded as a consolation prize. At the same time, Sun Jian was posthumously earned as the king of Lie, Sun Ce was the king of Huan, and Sun Shao's biological mother Lu Shi was posthumously presented as the county monarch, giving Sun Shao enough face and slapping Sun Quan with his hand.

Sun Shao was very polite to Jia Xu, a big celebrity, and took him on a tour of nearby places and a visit to the shipyard that was in full swing. Different from his politeness, Yu Fu and others are very uninterested in Jia Xu, first, Jia Xu's background is not high, the Jia family is just a single door in Wuwei, Jia Xu's parents and grandparents have no big officials, and Jia Xu himself has no attainments in scriptures, more importantly, he used to be Dong Zhuo's subordinate, and later caused the Xijing Rebellion, and he was a sinner who caused trouble. They all slandered Jia Xu's appointment as a lieutenant, thinking that Yang Biao had made improper arrangements.

With this mentality, they have little interest in accompanying Jia Xu, Yu turned over as Xiangguo, he couldn't push this matter to Sun Shao, so he had to reluctantly accompany him, but his face was ugly, Sun Shao didn't look like words, so he simply rushed him to arrange the New Year's related matters, and personally led Jia Xu to visit. Jia Xu himself seemed very calm, turning a blind eye to the cold eyes of Yu Fu and others, and did not react much to Sun Shao's enthusiasm, calm as a pool of stagnant water. Sun Shao asked him for benefits, and he also said a few words lightly and painlessly, until he finally left, and he didn't give Sun Shao any surprises.

Fortunately, Sun Shao had been mentally prepared for this old fox, and he didn't expect any surprises, and after politely sending Jia Xu away, he put in the preparations for the New Year. Next year is the first year of the republic, and it is also the first year of his Yue Guo era, and it is the first time to pay tribute to the ancestors of the Sun family with a royal ceremony.

At the end of the year, Sun Shangxiang escorted Sun Ce and Lu's coffins to Qiantang, and as soon as she saw Sun Shao's face, she said angrily: "He doesn't talk very much, he insisted that you are going to go to sea to fight, the sea is too dangerous, there are many mountains near Qiantang, detain my sister-in-law and Ah Yu in Jianye, and don't let me bring them." I think he just wants to take them hostage and force you to do his bidding. ”

Sun Shangxiang left Wancheng with Sun Shao, and Sun Shao got a letter of resignation for her, and since then she has become a free body, and she is very grateful to Sun Shao. She volunteered to go back to Jianye to meet Daqiao and Ah Yu, but she was scolded by Sun Quan, saying that Sun Shao forced Liu Bei to write a letter of resignation regardless of the overall situation and almost broke a big deal, and then resolutely refused her request to take Daqiao and Ah Yu to Qiantang. She was angry, if Daqiao hadn't stopped her and asked her to move Sun Ce's coffin to Qian Tang first, and discuss it with Sun Shao, if she didn't get it, she would have opened a full martial arts with Sun Quan. As soon as she thought about it, she was indignant.

"Oh." To his surprise, Sun Shao just replied lightly: "He is willing to help me raise my son, but I can't ask for it." ”

Sun Shangxiang's eyes glared: "You're fine, anyway, you will marry a lot of women and have a lot of sons in the future, but have you thought about it for Yinping?" Mother and son are connected, Ah Yu is in Jianye, she should think more about him, do you think she is also a stepmother? ”

Sun Shao couldn't cry or laugh, and said in his heart, don't I want to take the bridge, is it okay for Sun Quan not to let me, you yourself were beating in the chest at the time, and in the end the thing didn't work out, why did you send the fire to me, and stabbed me outside the words? He waved his hand, not in the mood to entangle with Sun Shangxiang: "Auntie, I'll hand over the silver screen to you, I've been too busy for the past two days, and I haven't seen her for several days." ”

"What, with a new love, you forget your old love?" Sun Shangxiang blurted out.

"Uh-" Sun Shao rolled his eyes, "Yuanrong (Xiahou Hui) is only ten years old, who are you and me?" ”

"I don't care so much, you hurry up and find a way to get my sister-in-law and Ah Yu out, I'm extremely uneasy about him." Sun Shangxiang waved his hand, as if driving away a fly: "I think he's going crazy." ”

"Got it." Sun Shao nodded, watching Sun Shangxiang go out, his face slowly darkened, he squinted, looked out of the gloomy window, silent, only the corners of his eyes fluttered again and again.

A snowflake slowly fell, was blown into the window by a strong north wind, stuck to Sun Shaoqing's forehead, and soon turned into a drop of water, slid down the full forehead, stopped at the corner of the eye for a moment, and slowly slid to the fluttering nose, looking from a distance, it seemed to be a cold tear.

(To be continued)