In the first battle of Jinou Island, Cui Qian captured more than 7,000 prisoners, more than 800 of the more than 3,700 wounded were killed, nearly 2,000 were disabled, and less than 1,000 recovered. Cui Qian didn't let them be idle, and arranged for them to build a camp on the island.

Yue Hai told Cui Qian that if the king wants to conquer Funan, the most important thing is to win the hearts of the people, he has already said that the people of Funan are the descendants of Yan and Huang, and they are different from Fan Man, who are outsiders, as long as they assimilate these Funan people psychologically, the Funan they will take in the future will be a stable base.

Cui Qian comprehended, he was very polite to these prisoners, not only did not allow the soldiers to beat and scold, but also treated their wounds, the first holy medicine in the army to treat wounds - the women in nurse clothes were sent over, those Funan soldiers were flattered, some did not dare to accept it, the water master of the doctor took the opportunity to tell them, this is to treat you as their own people, and then took them to the non-Funan natives to see the seriously wounded, and saw that those wounded only received simple wound treatment, and they were there to obey the mandate of heaven, and those doctors and craftsmen were reluctant, The attack was extremely heavy, and the wounded screamed for a while, and the Funan soldiers felt that they were much happier, and they had a little practical feeling for the word Yanhuang descendants.

After the injured soldiers participated in the labor together, they felt more deeply the difference between their own people and non-their own people, all the Funan natives who are considered to be the descendants of Yan and Huang, the work intensity is appropriate, the food is also good, and the injuries are not fully recovered and there are still care, and the outsiders who are considered to be the non-descendants of Yan and Huang must work under the supervision of the leather whip, and the food is much worse, it is normal to have sand in the rice, and there are insects in the dishes that are considered to be open meat. After more than ten days of such discrimination, several captives protested, saying that they had been mistakenly classified as part of the group, and that they were also indigenous to Funan, but they could not understand Chinese at the time, so they were mistaken for outsiders.

Cui Qian gave them a chance, re-identified, and then deliberately corrected a few mistakes, and cleaned up a few pseudo-natives who were exposed by the real natives. After a long time, the natives began to be proud of their identity, and they began to show off their identity as descendants of Yan and Huang in front of their fellow victims, whether real or false.

These have been accumulated slowly, and under the conscious guidance of Cui Qian and others, the seeds of contradictions between indigenous and non-indigenous have been planted.

Sun Shao's inspection gave these seeds another trip to fertilizer.

Sun Shao first inspected the camp of the natives, he was amiable, talked and laughed, and said a few words to a few Funan soldiers who could speak a few stiff words, and then kept instructing Cui Qian and others who accompanied him to take care of these soldiers as if they were their own relatives, and then selected a few soldiers with better performance to inspect the camp on the other side. When he got to the other side, he immediately changed his face, his nose was not his nose, his eyes were not his eyes, and he said that they were not doing a good job, and then he said that the captives were restless, and he wanted to kill a few Liliwei, in short, it felt as ruthless as the autumn wind.

These differences, of course, were brought back to the ears of the natives by those activists, and for a while, the rumor that Sun Shao, the king of Yue, was very caring for his fellow clan and fierce to his enemies was officially confirmed.

Time passed quickly, a month and a half passed, Sun Shao gathered the captives together and announced the news that Fan Man, the king of Funan, wanted to redeem the Funan soldiers, and he only paid a ransom to the captives who were not natives, two hundred yuan per person, and then added an explanation, which was basically the price of a pig.

The captives blew up all at once. On the one hand, the non-natives were surprised that they were so worthless, and that they were like a pig, and on the other hand, they were very happy that they could finally leave this place where no one stayed and return to Funan. They looked at those natives very proudly, their eyes were very straightforward, let you be proud, let's go back, you continue to enjoy the preferential treatment of the Yue people here.

The natives are very disappointed, although they enjoy their status here, but after all, their families are in Funan, it is better to go back, and now the king of Funan does not pay them a ransom, which is equivalent to saying that they are not even worth a pig, is this how the king of Funan they are loyal to sees them?

After Sun Shao and the other captives chattered for a while, they continued to order that the Funan soldiers could leave the island in ten days, but each person should leave a mark, and if you go to the battlefield again in the future and be captured, you should not hope to survive, and you will be killed. And don't be nervous, the natives don't be nervous, it's okay if the king of Funan doesn't give money, I'll let you go today, and I don't want a penny.

After a moment of consternation, the natives were ecstatic and shouted long live.

Sun Shao waved his hand, signaling the natives to be quiet, and then announced a notice, the natives have been working here for more than a month, you can't be allowed to work in vain, I will pay you for your wages, although the wage standard is a little lower, only ten yuan a day, but this is a little bit of my heart, I hope you don't have too little.

The natives went completely crazy, and a few of them were more agitated, and simply fell to the ground and cried bitterly. Under the command of the soldiers of the Yue State Navy, they lined up in a neat line, stepped forward one by one to receive the money, a total of more than 50 days, received more than 500 yuan a day, and left happily. Sun Shao first sent a boat to send them back to Funan, and when they returned to Funan safely, he sent a second batch of non-indigenous captives.

Sun Shao finally said, I hope that after you go back to Funan, you will not fight again, lest you be captured next time, go home, have a good time, if you are willing to come to vote for my Yue Guo sailors, I welcome, and if you are willing to do business, I can also give you the same preferential treatment as the people of my Yue country.

The captives were grateful, and there were a few requests to stay on the spot, but Sun Shao gently persuaded him, you can join the army, but the family must be worried about you, so you should go back to see your family first, and then come back, the door of my Yueguo Navy Division is open to you at any time.

Under the eyes of the non-indigenous captives who wanted to kill, more than 4,800 indigenous captives went back happily. After ten days of delay, Sun Shao released the last 500 or so captives. After all, he captured these captives, didn't earn a penny, and accompanied a lot of money, this is the first time he has lost money since he started business, but he believes that these more than 4,000 people will go back to Funan, and Fan Man will have a headache.

Of course, Fan Man had a headache, and he was still wondering why Sun Shao was so good at talking, and he actually promised two hundred yuan to ransom a soldier. When the indigenous soldiers of Funan were released for free, the more than 4,000 captives returned to Funan, some of them were injured and retired, and some were on rotation, and it was time to go home to visit relatives, Fan Man didn't think too much, thinking that they had been captured, and they might be a little cowardly, so it might be a good thing to let them go home and settle down, and when the people who were conscripting sent the news back, saying that the people were in turmoil, many people were unwilling to fight with the Yue, and even some families absconded, Fan Man came to his senses.

Sun Shao's trick, although he still doesn't know how Sun Shao took the medicine, but he knows that Sun Shao must have used a trick again.

The last group of captives released ten days later duly confirmed Fan Man's conjecture.

Fan Man regretted Mo Die, he knew that this was the case, he would rather kill all the more than 4,000 people than put them home, but now it is impossible to kill them again, Sun Shao uses benevolence and righteousness, he uses brutality, and the comparison between the two sides proves the idea that Sun Shao instilled in those captives: Fan Man is an outsider, they don't treat you natives as people, and my king Yue is the same ancestor as you, and we are our own people.

In the face of Sun Shao's moves, Fan Man was helpless, if he wanted to fight, he might still have a way to deal with it, but when it came to public opinion guidance, he couldn't catch up with Sun Shao. In order to prevent the 40,000 troops that had been conscripted from also being affected, Fan Man did not dare to slack off, and immediately ordered Fan Chang to lead the army to set off. At the same time, Fan Man had to announce a reduction in taxes this year to compete with Sun Shao for the hearts of the people.

When Sun Shao heard the news, he laughed, Fan Man was forced to reduce the endowment, this is tantamount to drinking to quench his thirst, the army is fighting, it is not easy not to increase the endowment, now he wants to compete for the hearts of the people and help the people, but he also has to reduce the endowment, that can only rely on years of savings, in terms of financial resources, can he compare with Yue Guo? Now he only used 200,000 yuan in exchange for a year's tax payment in Funan, less can not be less, that is also a one-to-ten achievement.

Sun Shao was very satisfied, but he didn't stop there, he sent an envoy to the subject countries of Funan, and trumpeted to them the record of the Annihilation of the Funan Naval Division in the first battle of Jinou Island, telling them that the Funan Naval Division is no longer there, and now this sea area belongs to my country, you must recognize the situation clearly, and don't follow Fan Man to the black.

If the previous rebel captives were just appetizers before a meal, then the rebellion against these subjects was a meal. Most of Funan's taxes come from these coastal vassals, and once they betray Funan, then Fan Man's wealth will shrink significantly, and now, Fan Man is in dire need of money.

Among the many Funan vassal states, Sun Shao particularly valued Jin Chenguo, and he ordered Zuo General Cui Qian to move troops to the coast of Jin Sun Guo to cooperate with the persuasion action.

Jin Chen is located in the southwest of Funan country, the west coast of Funan Bay, the country is not large, the widest place from east to west is only 100 li, and the north and south are only 300 li, but his position is very important, one is because Jin Chen is the connection point between Funan and many subject countries, and now there is no sailor division in Funan, and to get in touch with the subject countries in the south, you must go through Jin Chen Guo and occupy Jin Chen country, which cut off Fan Man's control over the countries to the south. The second is because Jin Chen Guoxi faces the Andaman Sea, there is a natural port Dun Xun Port, Dun Sun Port and Funan native Otera Port is one of the two good ports under the jurisdiction of Funan Country, from the geographical point of view, Ton Son Port is more important than Otto-Erita Port. There is a big market in Dunxun, and when the market opens, the East and West meet, there are tens of thousands of people participating in the transaction, and there are many kinds of rare treasures from the East and the West, and the commercial tax revenue is of course also very considerable.

The result of Sun Shao's discussion with Cui Qian and others was that in order to take Funan, it was necessary to intercept its commercial tax, and in order to intercept its commercial tax, it was necessary to take Jin Chenguo first.

Jin Chenguo is so important, Sun Shaoneng realized, and Fan Man was of course more aware that when he announced that he was going to reduce the tax, he sent his confidant Fan Jun to Jin Chen, accompanied by an army of 5,000 and 50 war elephants. There are more than 300 war elephants in Funan, Fan Zhan lost 10, Fan Jinsheng lost 10, and now there are less than 300 heads, there are 200 heads with Fan Chang's army, Fan Jun brought out another 50 heads, and there are less than 50 war elephants left in Temu City, which shows Fan Man's attention to Jin Chenguo.

Jin Chen Wang Wuyi is a rich old man about fifty years old, with a round face, curved eyebrows, a pair of slender eyes, and a smile before speaking, exuding kindness from the inside out. But if you really think that he is a kind person, you are wrong, Fan Man has destroyed so many countries, and Jin Chen is in such a position, if Wu Yi is just a kind person, he would have been killed by Fan Man a long time ago.

Therefore, when Lin Yizhi, the envoy of the Yue Kingdom, saw that he was not guilty, he did not take it lightly, and he mentioned the spirit of twelve. On the contrary, he was a little surprised, he looked at the fair-skinned and weak-looking envoy of the Yue Kingdom in front of him with a smile on his face, and he was very suspicious of whether this was the envoy or a traveling scholar.

In fact, he didn't guess wrong, Lin Yizhi was originally a traveling scholar, but in the process of traveling, he was attracted by the actions of the deviant monarchs and ministers of the Yue Kingdom, so he recommended himself and became Sun Shao's Lang official, and this time he took the initiative to invite Ying to Jin Chenguo.

The reason why Sun Shao agreed to him was not only because he was knowledgeable and experienced, but more importantly, he actually knew Yi language. There are many people in Yue who understand Yi language, but most of them are biased towards merchants, and not many scholars like him take the initiative to learn Yi language. Although the Han Dynasty was defeated, the scholars of the Han Dynasty were still somewhat arrogant, and they looked down on the Yi people from the bottom of their hearts, thinking that they were uneducated and useless to learn Yi language.

"Your envoy has worked hard from afar." said hello politely and politely: "It's safe along the way, right?" ”

Although Lin Yizhi understood Yi language, he quietly looked at the interpreter next to him, and when the translator was finished, he returned the salute with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, it's okay along the way." Our Vietnamese Navy Division is stationed in Funan Bay, where there are any pirates, even if there are pirates, it will be fine. General Cui, who had just completely annihilated the Funan Eight Thousand Sailors, escorted me here, could there be a pirate so bold? ”

The interpreter translated the words, and Jin Chenwang's face suddenly changed, he blinked his slender eyes, looked at Lin Yizhi for a long time, and then smiled faintly: "All eight thousand Funan sailors?" Aren't all the sailors in Funan gone? ”

"The king's words are very true." Lin Yizhi bowed slightly, and his attitude was calm.

You don't need to listen to the translation, from Lin Yizhi's demeanor, you can know the answer without blame. He still had a polite smile on his face, but his eyes flashed. When Fan Jun arrived at Jin Chen, he didn't reveal a trace of wind to him. If the Funan Naval Division has been completely wiped out by the Yue National Naval Division, then the matter will have to be considered. He originally planned to listen to Yue Guo's conditions, and then directly handed over Lin Yizhi to Fan Jun, otherwise Fan Jun would not have let him see Lin Yizhi.

However, the Yue Guo Sailor who had just destroyed the Funan Sailor was at the door of his house, if he killed Lin Yizhi at this time, wouldn't it be asking for trouble for himself? For the death of a few merchants, King Yue was able to pour the power of a country to come to the door and kill his messenger, what is the difference between that and Fan Man provoking himself on fire?

Wu Yi looked at Lin Yizhi and laughed softly: "Your country's sailors have come from across the sea, and such a big victory is really rare, congratulations, congratulations." ”

Lin Yizhi smiled gently: "Same joy, same joy." ”

Blameless was stunned for a moment, and laughed dryly: "Where does the happy thing come from?" ”

Lin Yi said with a straight smile: "The king of Funan doesn't know the economy, he only knows how to exploit the people and the subject country, your country is located in a critical place, the goods are connected to the east and west, and it is said to be in the gold, but Fan Man just regards Jin Chen as a cash cow." I have a rough look at the king's palace, and I can't compare with the ordinary merchants of my Yue country. And my country is different, our country is heavy on business and protects businessmen, starting from the king of my family, they all attach great importance to businessmen, people who do business, pay taxes have their own regulations, and enjoy the protection of the sailor, anyone who dares to invade my country of businessmen, and with my country of war is no different. This time, the king of my family personally conquered the origin of Funan, and I think the king must also know it very well. The king thought about it, with the situation of Jin Chen, if it is a subject country of my Yue country, how can the glory and wealth enjoyed by the king be comparable in front of him? Not to mention anything else, the king doesn't even have a silk coat, right? ”

Lin Yizhi pointed to a woven gold ribbon around Wuyi's waist, and smiled faintly, the kind of confidence from the state and the kingdom was fully revealed. There is no blame, silk is a valuable item, although Jin Chen is rich, but as Lin Yizhi said, most of the wealth has been deprived of Funanguo, if he can swallow his anger and feel a little unhappy, I am afraid that Fan Man has directly taken Jin Chenguo. He couldn't afford to wear silk clothes, so he could only tie a ribbon mixed with gold wire around his waist, but he didn't expect to be seen by Lin Yizhi so clearly.

"Your envoy has misunderstood, this king ...... I don't like silk very much, too ...... It's too exposed, it's too heavy. Blameless.

"I see." Lin Yizhi clenched his fists and apologized: "The simplicity of the king is really admirable, compared to the poverty and luxury of the king's sons, the king is the model for the superiors." Don't tell the king that my king doesn't like silk clothes either. When he saw the captured Fan Jinsheng using silk as a small coat, he sighed that this prince was so extravagant that he could not be defeated. ”

The blameless face does not change, but the heart can't help but move. Of course he knows what the nobles of Funan have lived, Fan Jun is in his palace, Fan Jinsheng, as the eldest son of the king of Funan, wears silk clothes, not to mention. Where does all this money come from? Isn't it just exploited from the heads of these subject countries, among which Jin Chenguo was exploited the worst.

However, he was surprised by more than that, this envoy of the Yue Kingdom looked weak and did not speak loudly, but every sentence was to the point, so that you had to follow his train of thought, which was very fatal.

Wu Yi gathered his mind and diverted the topic, not wanting to dwell on this issue any longer, otherwise, it would be difficult for him to ensure that he would not be moved. He was told that it was okay to move, but he knew that there were Funan's eyes and ears in this palace, and if the words reached Fan Jun's ears, it would be troublesome, even if he just politely echoed it, it might lead to disaster.

"The king is very glad that your envoy has come from afar. Jin Chen is a small and wild country, and he has admired the Han for a long time, but he heard that the Han country is restless, is it better now? Alas, the world is uneasy, and it is the people who suffer the most. ”

Lin Yizhi bowed: "The king is kind-hearted, respectable and admirable." The king of the religion learned that my Han Dynasty had been pacified for four or five years, and now he has called off the army and rested with the people, and although the people are a little poorer, they no longer suffer from war. Moreover, my Han has a foundation of more than 400 years, and there are generations of talents, although there are disasters, but they can always turn danger into relief. Buddha Cloud is a catastrophe in 500 years, and after this catastrophe, it will not be a problem for my Han Dynasty to prosper for another 500 years. ”

Wu Qi's eyes lit up: "Do you know the Buddhism of Tianzhu?" Can you pass Brahmanism? ”

Lin Yizhi smiled and nodded: "I have heard a little, but I don't dare to stand side by side with the king, I usually study the Vedas, and if there are doubts, I ask the king for guidance." ”

At this time, Tianzhu Buddhism and Brahmanism have been fighting for hundreds of years, each has its own victory and defeat, when the Mauryan Dynasty, Ashoka Buddha Xing, Buddhism power increased greatly, Brahmanism went downhill, but the so-called blessing and misfortune lurked, Ashoka spared no effort to promote Buddha, but also pushed Buddhism to the dilemma of splitting, when Ashoka was still alive, Buddhism has been divided into Theravada and popular departments, the two divisions were divided, and finally opened into 20 sects. After the decline of the Mauryan Empire, Tianzhu was divided into countless small states, and religious beliefs were also very complex. Funan and its dependent countries were influenced by Tianzhu, and there were also Brahmans and Buddhists, but in general, the most Brahmanical believers.

Jin Chen Wang Wuyi is a believer in Brahmanism, I heard that Lin Yizhi knows something about Buddhism and Brahmanism, he immediately became interested, talking about politics is dangerous, then I will have no problem talking about faith, right?

"So very good, come, come, I will discuss the mystery of the Vedas with your envoys."

Fan Jun sat in the side hall, and the more he sitted, the more uneasy he became. The news of the annihilation of the Funan Navy Division, he did not tell King Jin Chen Wujiao, so as not to cause the shaking of Wujiao, but if he didn't say it, the envoy of the Yue Kingdom would definitely say it, so he asked Wuzhi to take it immediately as soon as he saw the envoy of the Yue Kingdom, without saying a word, but he didn't expect to wait for a long time, and still didn't see the head of the Yue envoy, which made him feel a little ominous.

He immediately sent someone to inquire, Fan Man, the king of Funan, had long wanted to attack Jin Chen, and of course he had eyes and ears.

The news soon came back, and King Jin Chen was talking about the Vedas with the envoys of the Yue Kingdom, and the two had a very awkward conversation, because the interpreter was very unfamiliar with the Vedas, and the translation was full of errors.

Fan Jun didn't have the heart to listen to this, he was very dissatisfied with this kind of yang and yin behavior of no blame, snorted, got up and walked to the front hall. Since he is not to blame and disobedient, then he will come to a Yue Yi to make a decision for Wu Yi and kill this Yue envoy.

In the main hall, Wu Yi and Lin Yizhi were guessing each other's meaning, and when they saw Fan Jun walking in angrily, Wu Yi's face changed, and then he regained his smile, but Lin Yizhi guessed from the change in Wu Yizhi's face that this murderous man who came must be from Funanguo.

Fan Jun walked in front of Lin Yizhi, squinted his eyes, and looked at him coldly, his knuckle thick hand clenched the handle of the knife, as if he might draw a knife and kill at any time. Lin Yizhi's face did not change, he met Fan Jun's gaze and looked at him calmly.

"Boy, aren't you afraid of death?" Fan Jun gritted his teeth and said.

"Afraid of what?" Lin Yi straightened his teeth and was happy: "This is Jin Chenguo, and it is not you who Fu Nanguo, King Jin Chen is proficient in catechism and compassion, and he will not provoke fire like you Fu Nanguo." He glanced behind Fan Jun, and then continued: "Besides, I am a messenger, and you are also a messenger, why should I be afraid of you?" When it comes to one-on-one martial arts, I really don't take you seriously. ”

Fan Jun immediately became angry, he drew his sword and shouted: "Boy, draw your sword, I want to duel with you." ”

(To be continued)