Volume III Pirate Empire Chapter 82 Interests

readx;

Sun Shao smiled: "It's worrying my mother again." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žfo”

Ohashi's face flushed, and he stopped talking, and his expression was a little unnatural. She didn't have a good life in Zhuya, although she said that she had no worries about food and clothing, and many things were taken care of, and Shen Xuan, the great farmer, had to come to personally inquire every month to see what she needed, but she was still depressed. First, Zhou Yu's matter made her unable to let go, and second, she was very worried about Sun Shao. After Zhou Yu arrived at Zhuya, Sun Shao had never seen her alone, even if he saw Zhou Yu at the bridge, Sun Shao said a few words politely, and then turned around and left on business. Zhou Yu herself was very calm, reading books at ease, teaching Sun Feng to learn Chinese and calligraphy, and accepting this lost life, but Daqiao was very anxious, she felt that she had delayed Zhou Yu, not only failed to reconcile her and Sun Shao, but also lost the dignity of Princess Wu. In addition, she is also very worried about Sun Shao, Sun Shao led the army to go on the expedition, and it was more than half a year, although Shen Xuan often talked about some military progress, but after all, it would not be too detailed, Daqiao only knew that Sun Shao's strength was not as good as Fan Man, and Fan Man was a scheming figure, she was afraid that Sun Shao would suffer a loss and have a loss, so she often woke up from a dream in the middle of the night, listened to the wind and rain outside the window, and sat until dawn.

Along the way, she was looking forward to seeing Sun Shao one day earlier, but now that she saw Sun Shao, she didn't feel as relaxed as she expected, but felt a little more melancholy.

Especially when I saw Sun Shao, Guan Feng and Xiahou Hui standing side by side.

"Mother, what's wrong with you? Isn't it too tired? Sun Shao noticed the strangeness of the bridge and hurriedly asked.

"Huh?" Daqiao was stunned for a moment, and quickly shook it in disguise, and smiled: "No, it's just that when I think of what happened to you in Dunsun City, I can't help but be a little frightened." Aman, didn't my mother say you, you are also a king now, why are you still so risky? The war elephants of the Funan people are huge, if they hurt you, how can it be good? Even if you have laid down thousands of miles, what can you do? Ah Yu is still young, can you bear to hand over such a burden to him? She glanced at her with disgust: "Yin Jian is not far away, why don't you know how to attract a lesson?" ”

Sun Shao smiled embarrassedly, he touched his head, and patiently persuaded: "Auntie didn't know, and it was forced by the situation at that time." Fan Man led the army out of the country to fight for Dunsun City with me, it was a good time for me to annihilate its main force, if he fled back to Funan, we would have at least four or five years to enter Temu City like today. I was reluctant to give up such a good opportunity, so I personally used it as bait to trap Fan Man's main force. Speaking of danger, in fact, it is not dangerous, at that time we arranged heavy troops on the city wall, and the real ability to rush through the arrow array to intercept is only one out of ten, in case there is any disharmony, I can also return to the inner city very smoothly. ”

While walking forward, the bridge turned half of her face sideways, listening intently to Sun Shao's explanation, Sun Shao said that seeing the thick voice made her somewhat irritable mood slowly quiet down. She held Sun Shao's hand and gently closed it in her palm, just like Sun Shao was by her side when she was a child, begging her to tell a story before she was willing to sleep, and listened to Sun Shao quietly. As for what Sun Shao said, she was in a trance, not too real.

Sun Shao finished speaking, but he didn't hear Daqiao's response, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, raised his head and saw that he was bumping into Daqiao's gaze, and couldn't help but smile. Daqiao suddenly came back to his senses, a touch of crimson flew on his face, he subconsciously twisted his head away, and his hand let go of Sun Shao's hand, and then he was stunned again, twisting his fingers uneasily.

Sun Shao looked at the shy bridge and secretly praised himself, Zhuya's hot spring is really good, the hot spring of the bridge for a year, not only did he not see the old age, but on the contrary, he looked younger, if it wasn't for the fact that there was always a faint sadness between the eyebrows, she was now standing with Guan Feng and Xiahou Hui, who would have thought that they were more than ten years apart.

Alas, she always can't let go of Zhou Yu's affairs. Sun Shao scratched his head a little, so he had to divert the topic and said, "Mother, I plan to move the capital to Temu City, and you will live here in the future." I happen to be free here, walk around with you, you pick a favorite place, I will build a palace for you, it must be better than Zhuya, unfortunately, there is no hot spring like Zhuya near Temu City. ”

Ohashi shook his head: "It doesn't matter if there is a hot spring or not, I'm happy to be with you." Look at Ah Yu, as soon as he sees the silver screen, he is reluctant to let go, in the end, it is the mother and son who are connected. Daqiao pointed to Sun Feng, who was holding Guan Feng's hand in the distance, and said with a smile: "As soon as he came out of Zhuya, he never stopped, and every day he had to praise the military exploits of your husband and wife, and said that he would be like you in the future." ”

Sun Shao was a little surprised, and subconsciously glanced at Zhou Yu, who was sitting in the same car with Xiaoqiao, and thought about it with some hesitation and asked, "Ayu taught him to read, is it what Ayu meant?" ”

Ohashi glanced at him in a daze and shook his head: "It's not what I meant, it's Ah Yu's own meaning." Lin Fei's martial arts skills are superb, but his knowledge is not good, and he always says some mysterious and mysterious words, which is not good for children, I was going to teach him myself, but Ah Yu grew up and was very naughty, I couldn't discipline him anymore, but Ah Yu, who was both rigid and soft, and handled him obediently. Aman, are you thinking too much? ”

"No, I'm ......" Sun Shao thought for a while, and didn't know how to say it, so he finally had to smack his lips and smile awkwardly. His expression looked in Ohashi's eyes, and Ohashi sighed silently, and his mood was a little low. Sun Shao also felt a little bored, but he couldn't find a topic for a while, so he had to laugh with him.

Zhou Yu has been sitting quietly in the car, calmly looking at the back of Sun Shao in the car in front of him. She has been worried that when she sees Sun Shao, she will not be able to control her emotions and lose her temper in front of everyone, but today she found that in the face of Sun Shao, her mood can be so calm, on the contrary, Sun Shao seems a little unnatural, he didn't come over to say hello to her, glanced at her hurriedly, and left like a thief, and the previous Sun Shao judged the two.

"Ayu, Ayu......" Sun Luban pouted and pushed Zhou Yu across the bridge.

"Well, what's the matter?" Zhou Yu hurriedly turned his head and looked at Sun Luban apologetically: "What does the princess command?" ”

"Hehe, I'm not the princess of Wu now, I'm the general of Yue Kingdom." Sun Luban proudly picked the corners of his mouth: "I discussed it with my husband, I want you and Zhongying to live with us, and sit together as a family, how good it is." ”

"That'...... But it will bother the princess. Zhou Yu smiled playfully.

"It's fine." Sun Luban blinked mischievously: "You don't know, Zhong Ying is now the Marquis of Qianhu Shifeng, and there is an island under his name, we will give him a place to live now, and he can't stop us from playing on that island in the future, right?" ”

Zhou Yin snorted, pursed his lips and said nothing. Of course, he was clear about Sun Luban's little abacus, but he didn't want to split up the family, and hoped to serve his mother with his brother, and his wife was also a member of the Sun family, and she was also Sun Luban's junior. As for the island, Zhou Yin believes that with Zhou Xun's ability, it is a matter of easy access to thousands of households, and there will be no problem at all.

"The princess is wise." Zhou Yu covered her mouth and smiled: "I'm afraid that the second sister-in-law will disagree, right?" ”

"No, it won't." Sun Luban patted his chest and rolled his eyes: "I'm her aunt, she dares not to listen to me?" ”

"By the way, this time the princess made meritorious contributions in Xijuan City, and her prestige is far and wide, but we still don't know a little about it, I don't know when the princess is free, give us a good talk, I've been greedy for a long time."

As soon as Sun Luban heard this, she immediately felt comfortable, she simply squeezed to Zhou Yu's side, and inserted it between Xiaoqiao and Zhou Yu, and didn't forget to say hello to Xiaoqiao embarrassedly, and then took Zhou Yu's hand and said: "I said Ayu, I was about to talk to you well, see if you can also help me write an article, I have bitten three pens, and I haven't written two hundred words, let your brother help, and he only said that he was busy......"

"I'm not saying I'm busy, I'm really busy." Zhou Xun explained: "The king has just conquered Funan, and there are a lot of things to do, and I am too busy with recruiting soldiers every day, so how can I have time to help you write those errand words?" ”

"You're just red-eyed, and I have more credit than you." Sun Luban opened his eyes and said unconvinced: "What kind of soldiers are you recruiting, the eldest brother said, you have to recuperate after taking Funan, there is no plan to use soldiers for a few years, conscription is just a routine, is it necessary to be so serious?" ”

"That's not right, the king has no plans to use troops abroad, but it doesn't mean that he won't prepare." Zhou Xun glanced around, lowered his voice, and patiently explained: "My Yue Kingdom now occupies the entire South China Sea, and all the thousands of miles of sea frontiers in Borneo have been under the jurisdiction of the South China Sea Governor, do you know how many people's financial routes have been cut off?" Deng Ai, the captain of the South China Sea, only brought 1,000 soldiers, even if Wei Wen's 3,000 people were added, now the South China Sea was only 4,000 people, once something happened, where would it be enough? Only when conscription is responsible for the security of the Funan mainland can we send sailors to the Strait of Malacca and truly defend the western gate of the South China Sea. ”

Sun Luban rolled his eyes, looking disapproving. However, she has always admired Zhou Xun's intelligence, since Zhou Xun said so, of course she would not believe it, but she was just face and refused to admit it in front of others. The family gossiped all the way to the mansion of the two brothers, Zhou Xun and Zhou Yin. Because they don't have separate families, and their wives are both women of the Sun family, Sun Shao specially rewarded them with a big mansion, which is counted in the entire Temu City. Although the decoration is not as good as Jianye's house, the front and back houses are enough to make Xiaoqiao nod his head again and again.

The family entered the house, Zhou Xun and Zhou Yin went to arrange a family banquet, Sun Luban took Xiaoqiao and Zhou Yu to see the room, and walked along the way, from time to time there were servants who were standing on the side of the road and bowing to salute, most of them were Funan people, they looked at the new master timidly, their eyes were full of awe. In this family, what they are most afraid of is Sun Luban, the status of Funan women is not high, but they attach great importance to class rank, Sun Luban is a princess, in their eyes, it is second only to the nobility of Brahmin, and it is the upper class of Kshatriya, and Sun Luban has a quick temper and good martial arts, once he makes a mistake, he will be reprimanded, and he will be dragged down with a whip and beaten to the flesh, so these servants are very afraid of him, and now seeing her so polite to Xiaoqiao and Zhou Yu, they can't help but be a little more careful in their hearts.

While walking, Zhou Yu asked Sun Luban about some customs and customs of Funan, where did Sun Luban understand this, and he didn't know a few questions in a row, so he couldn't help but be a little annoyed: "Ayu, why are you so interested in these wild places in Funan?" ”

Zhou Yu smiled: "Funan is a wild place? Does the king still have to make so much effort to capture Funan? Don't you know that taking Funan is taking a big granary, and Yue Guo no longer has to worry about food. ”

Sun Luban smiled embarrassedly, she scratched her head and said: "I think that except for Qian Tang, even Jiaozhou is a wilderness, let alone Funan." I'm used to it, I'm used to it, and I haven't turned around for a while. ”

"If everything goes well, in less than twenty years, Funan will be on a par with the land of three rivers, and the Yue Kingdom will become the most powerful kingdom among the four kings of the Han Dynasty." Zhou Yu looked at many plants in the courtyard that he had never seen before, and said with a smile: "I can't straddle a horse and hold a knife like a princess and fight on the battlefield, I can only use a bald pen in my hand to depict the scenery of Funan." It's strange to say, Zhuya and Funan are both southern countries, but the customs are very different, there are too many things that can be recorded, but I'm afraid I won't be busy for a year and a half. ”

"What are you going to write?" Sun Luban said blankly.

"I want to write a book of Funan scenery." Zhou Yu blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "Maybe it can be called the "Nanshan Classic" of the "New Classic of Mountains and Seas", after writing this, I will go to Borneo again and write a "Classic of the South China Sea", how about it, are you busy?" ”

Sun Luban pondered for a while, and said with a smile: "That's right, eldest brother has too many things to do now, and he doesn't have time to write the "New Classic of Mountains and Seas", it is appropriate for you to write it." ”

Zhou Yu replied lightly: "He said that there are many opportunities, such idle things should be done by idlers like me." ”

…… Sun Deng took Zhuge Ke and Xie Jing, as well as more than two hundred strong personal guard battalions, rode war horses, and swept to the east gate of the Temu City in front of Pingyang Gate like a gust of wind. Sun Deng sat firmly on the saddle, his waist was straight, he was holding the reins in one hand, and he raised his head to look at Temucheng, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Big brother made a fortune this time."

Zhuge Ke smiled knowingly, he jumped off the horse, took three steps and made two steps to Sun Deng's horse, stretched out his hand and grabbed the war horse, the war horse stopped, and was led by Zhuge Ke to the city gate. Xie Jing followed behind with someone, and a personal guard ran a few steps and rushed to the soldier who was inspecting, the soldier listened, raised his head and glanced at it, and hurriedly shouted: "Line up to greet Prince Wu." Saying that, while leading people to line up, while sending people to report, not long after, the gate Hou trotted out of the city gate, while walking while sorting out his armor, rushed to Sun Deng, and gave a deep salute: "Sima Wu Cang, Pingyang Gate, Yueguo Special Pastoral City, meet His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Wu Cang?" Sun Deng was stunned for a moment, looked down at him, turned over and dismounted, and stroked Wu Cang with both hands: "But Wucheng Wu Cang?" ”

Wu Cang smiled: "The cheap name doesn't dare to have dirty ears, it's underneath." ”

"Oh, you...... How do you make a protΓ©gΓ© here? Sun Deng shook his head again and again: "Gu Xiaoze's fancy to the celebrity back then, now he is waiting for a doorman in Temu City?" Is there too many talents in Yue Guo, or is Wu Jun too indifferent? ”

Wu Cang said with a smile while guiding Sun Deng and his entourage: "Where, I have only been in Vietnam for a year, and I have participated in the battle of Xijuan City at the right time, and I have been promoted to the Sima of Pingyangmen of the Special Pastoral City, and I am already satisfied." ”

Sun Deng was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but be a little embarrassed. He had heard of Wu Can's name, and knew that this person had been recommended by Gu Shao to enter Shilin, and he had a good reputation, and suddenly saw him as a city gate Sima in Temu City, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and he had the intention of wooing him in his heart, but he didn't expect Wu Cang to say that he participated in the battle of Xijuan City, which means that this person was once under his nose, and he didn't know it at all. He glanced back at Zhuge Ke, who smiled bitterly and gave him a look. Sun Deng didn't ask any more, entered the city, asked the way to the palace, said goodbye to Wu Cang, and went to the palace by himself.

"Prince, Wu Cang has been a Lang official in the palace for three years, because of the Ji Yan case implicated, he has not been able to be promoted, last year when the king of Yue raised troops to recruit Funan, he came to Yue from Wu State. During the Battle of Xijuan City, he was the secretary under the account of Queen Yue, and he had many good ideas. ”

Zhuge Ke whispered about Wu Cang's situation. Sun Deng sighed and shook his head helplessly: "This matter hurts his vitality a lot." A talent like Wu Cang would rather come to Yue to be a scholar than to be an official in Wu Guo, how can Wu Guo compete with Yue Guo in the future? ”

Zhuge Ke hesitated for a moment: "Prince, the minister thinks that the king's move is also a last resort. The power of the Jiangdong Shi clan is too great, and they are in a group, if they are allowed to develop, it is really impossible to say who will be in charge of this Jiangdong matter in the future. Zhang Wen, a lieutenant general, dared to call the king by marriage, obviously because he was in a fight, if he didn't beat this momentum, who would be able to control the situation in Jiangdong in the future? Koto is the Koto of the prince's father and son, not just Koto of the Koto people. ”

Sun Deng turned his head sideways and glanced at Zhuge Ke, but did not say anything. He knew that he had lost his words, Zhuge Ke and Xie Jing were both from Jiangbei, and their defense of Jiangdong people was as deep as Jiangdong people's dissatisfaction with them, in the final analysis, what was being fought for was interests, and no one would give in. He just received the news before he came, Prime Minister Sun Shao has passed away, who will take over as Prime Minister, whether he is from Jiangdong or Jiangbei, which tugged at the heartstrings of many people, Sun Quan is in Chaisang, but his mind is in Jianye, he sent an urgent report, asking Sun Deng to rush to Chaisang as soon as possible to preside over military affairs, and he himself wants to rush back to Jianye to deal with this matter, and Sun Deng rushed to Temu City to discuss with Sun Shao.

Xie Jing was stunned by Sun Shao's sky-high price, and went back to Yuenan without thinking much about it, and Sun Deng was so angry that he almost lost his temper when he heard his return. Where is Sun Shao talking about business, he is blackmailing, haven't you heard, he only plans to sell half of it, what is that half for? Of course, it was sold to Shu. If Shu buys it, but Wu doesn't buy it, won't Wu fall behind again? As soon as he thought of facing the hundreds of crossbows in the Shu Kingdom, Sun Deng was not afraid of the free lord, this is not a question of whether you want to buy it at all, but you must buy it, the question is only whether you can spend as little money as possible, or even no money.

On the one hand, he ordered LΓΌ Dai to lead the army to the north first, and on the other hand, he hurried to Temu City to meet Sun Shao in person, and in any case, he had to take at least two hundred crossbows with him. If possible, Sun Shao should be dissuaded from selling the crossbow to Shu, at least less, otherwise, Wu and Shu will become the big wrongdoers.

When he arrived at the gate of the palace, Sun Deng had just stood for a while, and Sun Luban rushed out of it, pulling Sun Deng and walking inside, chattering as he walked: "Brother, why are you here, and you don't say hello in advance, I'll pick you up." Alas, looking at the tiredness on your face, it can't be that you haven't slept for a few days, right? ”

Sun Deng smiled embarrassedly: "Although it is not that he has not slept, it can be regarded as wearing the stars and the moon, he only rests for three or four hours a day, and he sleeps in the mountains and forests all night, and he falls asleep listening to the roar of the tiger, which is also a rare experience." ”

"What's wrong, is something wrong?" Sun Luban frowned, and looked at Sun Deng worriedly: "You are in such a hurry to see the eldest brother, is there something wrong with Jianye?" ”

Sun Deng nodded, glanced at the direction of the main hall, there was a carriage outside the hall, surrounded by more than a dozen tall soldiers, although the flag in his hand was rolled, but it was vaguely seen that it seemed to be the envoy of Shu.

"The envoy of Shu is here?"

"Well, I arrived a few days ago, and the eldest brother hasn't had time to see them, so I only took time out today, but I didn't expect you to come." Sun Luban said casually and pulled Sun Deng into the side hall: "Come here, tell me what happened first, if you need to, I may be able to help you." ”

Sun Deng smiled: "I was about to ask my sister for help." You are also a famous general now, if you can bring thousands of elite soldiers to help my father, the morale of my Wu army will definitely increase greatly. In the battle outside the West Roll City, the prestige of the Great Tiger Princess is like thunder. ”

Sun Luban blushed, a little proud, and a little embarrassed, pulled Sun Deng into the side hall, Sun Shangxiang happened to be there, Sun Deng hurriedly stepped forward to salute, sat down and drank a few glasses of water, and said that Wu Shu was going to war, of course, in his mouth, it must be Shu taking the opportunity to make trouble, and Wu Guo was just passively defensive.

Sun Shangxiang frowned: "Where is that Zhang descendant now?" ”

Sun Deng licked his lips: "It's still in Jianye." ”

Sun Shangxiang snorted, glared at Sun Deng, and stopped talking. Sun Deng was very embarrassed and looked at Sun Luban for help. Sun Luban is a girl's surname, she didn't hear the intention of Sun Shangxiang's question, she scratched her head and said: "In this way, this matter is really difficult to do." If it were someone else, I would have brought a large army to help my father fight, but General Guan is Yinping's sister-in-law's Ah Weng, so I can't fight against him, right? If it weren't for Yinping's sister-in-law taking care of me and letting the Destroying Camp protect my safety, how could I have made such a great contribution. No, no, this matter has to be discussed again. ”

Sun Deng's eyes suddenly darkened.

(To be continued)