The final results showed that when the boat capsized, the waves were two feet two or three high, not as high as Ge Heng expected, but much better than what Sun Shao and the others saw. Sun Shao was very satisfied, and of course decided to give Ge Heng a group of subordinates a reward and vacation after returning to Xu Wen. The technicians' hard work for more than a year has borne fruit, and they were very happy, but when they heard Sun Shao say this, they shouted long live one by one, and the crowd was excited.

Seeing that Yue Hai and the others were a little envious, Sun Shao smiled and said: "Don't look at it, immediately take someone to pick up the building boat and reward it." ”

"What is the general's reward?" Chen Hai said with a smile: "A building ship is worth a lot of money, it won't be lower than theirs, right?" ”

"That's not good, I can throw the boat away, but these few people, no one can be missing." Sun Shao said with a smile, and then added: "In my opinion, each of them is worth at least three ships." ”

The technicians' eyebrows immediately floated, and their chests stood high.

"Wow-" Yue Hai exclaimed with some exaggeration: "Isn't that Sizhen worth at least five ships?" I really regret why I didn't charge more at that time and left him in Houguan. ”

"Him?" Sun Shao squeezed his eyes and patted Yue Hai's shoulder: "He has no price, you can't afford it." ”

Yue Hai half-truthfully lowered his head and sighed: "No wonder I can only follow the general, and I was bitten by a pirate, such a person passed in front of me and didn't catch it, this is fate." ”

Everyone laughed, all of them were in a good mood, and they joked with each other, and Su took people down. Pirates are no better than officers and soldiers, they don't want a ship to sink, they always try to save every ship as much as possible, and they have rich experience in salvaging sunken ships, and he is the most comfortable to do this kind of work.

"Sizhen, this task is complete, you rest for a while, after you go back, seize the time to transform the tools, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, this effort is worth expending." The improvement of the ship can be entrusted to these few people. ”

Ge Heng nodded again and again, "Don't worry, general, I know." When I go back this time, the house will be basically completed. ”

"Remember, just leave the main things, those mundane tasks, to others." Sun Shao whispered as he walked down: "Use all these backbones and assign tasks." Do things with a combination of work and rest, so that you don't tire out your body. In addition, I have recruited a group of people who have read books, you take them away together, you can do big things with peace of mind, and the specific work can be handed over to them step by step, don't worry about money. He patted his chest and said majestically, "What I have is money." ”

"Whoa." Ge Heng raised his eyebrows. The most worrying thing about doing R&D is money, and what he is not good at is making money, following Sun Shao to do things, he has no worries at all, which is called a nourishment.

…… As soon as Sun Shao returned to Xuwen, Bu Qi came over and asked a few words about his whereabouts, and after being perfunctory by Sun Shao, he explained his intention straight to the point: "Fengxian, the merchant ships are in a hurry, when can they go to sea?" ”

"Who's going to sea? The hurricane that just blew two days ago, they are not afraid? ”

"Hurricanes are terrible, but hurricanes don't blow every day, in the past, merchant ships were still in the same way during the hurricane season, just be careful, slow down, now it's good, the sea is directly banned, so many merchant ships are stranded in Xu Wen, I am under a lot of pressure."

Sun Shao didn't say a word, washed his face with water, and led Bu Qi to the study, the two sat down opposite each other, Sun Shao thought for a long time, and then asked very seriously: "Do you want to go to sea by yourself, or is someone putting pressure on you?" ”

Bu Qi touched his beard, rolled his eyes twice, and said lightly: "The sea has been forbidden for more than two months, and a large number of merchants have been stranded in Xu Wen, plus your army, you must know that this is a lot of pressure on Xu Wen." ”

Sun Shao is well aware of this situation, the local population of Xuwen is about less than 20,000 people, and the population in the city is only more than 3,000 people, because there is a big bazaar, the floating population is more than the local people in Xuwen, and it is normally stable at about 10,000, these people have brought prosperity to Xuwen, and the hotels and restaurants in Xuwen City are prosperous, which has a lot to do with these businessmen, compared with some counties in the Central Plains, Xuwen's service industry is very developed. But the scale of Xu Wencheng is limited after all, Sun Shao's ban on the sea, the merchants have not returned, they are all stranded in Xu Wen, the population has risen rapidly, the floating population has increased to nearly 40,000, not only there are many public security problems, but more importantly, the supply of living materials has become a problem.

The extra 30,000 people, the monthly consumption of grain is 780,000 stone, this alone, so that Xu Wen's grain market in the short term on the verge of collapse, the first thing Bu Qi to take office, is to urgently transfer grain to several other counties, to alleviate the momentum of Xu Wen's soaring grain prices, but with little effect, grain prices have risen all the way, the highest time rose to the previous 20 times, and now it is basically maintained at about 10 times.

At this time, he realized that the feeling of seeing Sun Shao at the beginning was right, this was a trap at all.

In addition to the price of food, all kinds of problems are also coming, he originally wanted to put the Thorn Mansion in Hepu, but later found that he was trapped in Xu Wen at all and couldn't stay, so he simply moved the Thorn Mansion to Xu Wen again. Sun Shao did not arrange Xu Wenling, he also had to lead Xu Wenling at the same time as the Taishou of Hepu, and the three positions together immediately kept him busy.

While doing his best to maintain Xu Wen's stability, he also had to withstand the pressure exerted on him by Shi Xie. Shi Yi was arrested by Sun Shao quickly, the evidence was conclusive, and the impact was very bad, Shi Xie didn't dare to protect him, he just paid the shortfall for Shi Yi, and then paid a fine and ransomed Shi Yi's family, and then he stayed in Jiaolu, watching quietly, and said nothing. Sun Shao said that he wanted food, he sent food, Sun Shao ordered a ban on the sea, he banned the sea, and never showed a flaw again. There was only one thing he took the initiative to do, he drove all the merchants in Jiaolu Port to Xu Wen, and at the same time, the merchants of Yue Nan and Jiuzhen also arrived in Xu Wen successively, and Xu Wen is now overcrowded, which is largely due to him.

Shi Xie didn't speak, but the power of silence was greater, and the more Bu Qi couldn't catch his flaws, the more anxious he became, these tens of thousands of people were like a heavy burden, and he couldn't breathe. With a total population of less than 100,000, where can we afford so many people who are not productive? Sun Shao had already hoarded military rations for half a year, he could ignore the shortage of food, but Bu Qi couldn't help but consider it, he transferred grain to other counties, and the only ones who could help him were Cangwu, Nanhai and Yulin, not to mention that the strength of these three counties was limited, even if there were, it would take time to get lucky.

Buqi had a hard time, he felt that he ran to Hepu in a hurry, he really fell for Sun Shao, if he still stayed in the South China Sea, let Sun Shao lead Hepu Taishou, these bad things would be Sun Shao's trouble, and it had nothing to do with him. But he came, so Sun Shao was fine, he was unlucky. The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, Shi Yi was arrested by Sun Shao, and the sea ban order was issued by Sun Shao, but now the problems brought by him have to be solved.

Under these circumstances, when Huan Wei, the lieutenant of Hepu County, suggested to him that the merchants should be escorted by sailors and let the merchants leave Xu Wen, or go to the South China Sea, or go to Yuenan, he was immediately moved.

"It's the hurricane-prone season now, and my subordinates are not familiar with the environment here, if they set off rashly, what if Cui Qian comes out to rob?" Sun Shao shook his head and politely rejected Bu Qi's plan: "Wait a little longer, it's already the beginning of August, wait for another two months, and wait for the hurricane season to pass before we escort the businessman away, wouldn't it be better?" The three months are almost down, Cui Qian must have lost a lot, it is the most popular time, at this time going to sea is a sheep into the tiger's mouth, and my purpose of banning the sea will be frustrated. ”

Two months left? Bu Qi smiled bitterly, in two months, Xu Wen would have to make a mess.

"Two months is too long." Bu Qi patiently persuaded: "Xu Wen's situation, at most last half a month, if it is not resolved for more than half a month, my assassin must be sealed." ”

"Then you'll find a way." Sun Shao had no sympathy at all: "I only care about fighting, how can I force Cui Qian to hang himself, I will do what I do, if I can win without a fight, then it is the best, as for the affairs of Hepu County, I can't control it, and I am not Hepu Taishou." ”

"Fengxian, you can't say that." Bu Qi was forced by him to have no choice, Sun Shao's plan worked, but the pressure on him was too great. If he really wants to ban the sea for another two months, he doesn't know if Cui Qian hangs himself, but he knows that he will definitely hang himself. "Although it's hurricane season, it's not like there's a hurricane every day, and escorting merchant ships isn't a war. Besides, there is really a hurricane, does Cui Qian dare to go to sea? ”

"Then you let Huan Wei go, he also has two or three thousand people under him." Sun Shaoman said nonchalantly: "Send a message to Jiaoluan, Jiuzhen, and Yuenan along the way, and ask them to send someone to respond." They should be responsible for the safety of their seas. My current target is Zhu Ya, and I am not responsible for anything except Zhu Ya. ”

"General Fubo!" Bu Qi was really angry, his face sank, he put on his official authority, and glared angrily at Sun Shao, who was pushing three and four times: "This is an order." ”

"What order?" Sun Shao also sank his face and stretched out his hand: "Is it the order of the Supreme?" Bring. Even if he asks me to hand over more than 10,000 people to you, I will do it. If there is no order from the Supreme, please don't force me, I, General Fubo, am not a Jiaozhou sailor, and I am not subject to your control. ”

Bu Qi was stunned. Only then did he remember that although Sun Shao was in Jiaozhou, his establishment was not in Jiaozhou, and he couldn't control him at all. He has always regarded them as colleagues, and vaguely feels that he is still his boss, an elder, and the leader of this war, Sun Shao is just a general who listens to his orders, but now he finds that this is all his wishful thinking, and Sun Shao does not eat him at all.

Bu Qi, who has always had a city government, was rare to be impulsive this time, but he hit a gray nose, and his face suddenly became very ugly. Wei Jing, who had been watching from the side, saw that their conversation had collapsed, and hurriedly stepped forward to play a round, "General Fubo, there is something to discuss." Fu Jun is also thinking about the general, the ban on the sea was issued by the general, and now Xu Wen's food supply is tight, and the price of grain has risen to five hundred yuan a stone, not only the merchants are complaining, but even the locals of Xu Wen feel a little unbearable. If this provokes a popular uprising, it will be difficult for the general to stay out of the matter, and when the time comes, not only will the war be affected, but I am afraid that the general's reputation will also be implicated. ”

Sun Shao gave Wei Jing a little face, and didn't insist any longer, he tapped lightly on the desk, thought for a while, and said: "Although I don't belong to the Jiaozhou Navy, but since I have arrived here, I really can't sit idly by." In this way, let Huan Wei take someone to escort him, and I will arrange another 3,000 people to assist him, so that there are more than 5,000 people in total, and his strength has surpassed Cui Qian, so he doesn't dare to come out to find death. Escorting these businessmen to Jiaolu and Jiuzhen, Xu Wen's pressure can be reduced a lot. The autumn harvest is coming soon, and after the autumn harvest, the food problem can be alleviated somewhat. ”

Bu Qi saw that Sun Shao was relieved, so he was a little relieved, and he thought about it for a while: "Can you rest assured Huan Wei?" He is Shi Yi's cronies. ”

"How dare he?!" Sun Shao's eyes widened, "As long as there is a slight movement, I will immediately clean him up first, and I will wait for him to jump out." ”

Numbness! If you don't want to be planted, you don't know the severity. Bu Qi secretly sneered, didn't say anything more, but stopped Wei Jing who was about to remind Sun Shao with his gaze. Bidding farewell to Sun Shao, he found Huan Wei and ordered Huan Wei to escort the merchant ships, Huan Wei explained two sentences, but it had no effect, so he had to take the order and leave.

Buqi immediately issued a notice, announcing that the sailor would escort the merchant to the direction of Jiaolu, and the merchant in need immediately signed up. The merchants had been in Xu Wen for more than three months, and they had been overwhelmed by the high prices, if it weren't for Sun Shao's ban on the sea, they would have left long ago, and now they were escorted by sailors, and they were even more overjoyed. For a while, the entrance of Buqi's official mansion was crowded with merchants, and two days later, the list of merchant ships that needed to be escorted was sent to Sun Shao's desk.

One thousand eight hundred and ninety-two boats, twenty-one thousand one hundred and twenty-one.

Sun Shao glanced at it, and his eyes almost fell out: "So many people? ”

Bu Qi pouted, what do you think.

Sun Shao smiled apologetically: "I'm really sorry, I didn't expect the situation to be so serious." ”

"This fish is big enough, if Cui Qian smells the fishy smell, I'm afraid it will be ready to move." Bu Qi snorted lightly: "Are you sending more people?" ”

"It doesn't really matter." Sun Shao shook his head with confidence: "As I said, the officers and soldiers escorting the escort have surpassed Cui Qian's full strength, even if he moves with all his might, it is impossible to succeed, so I don't think he dares to move at all." If there are too many people, I am afraid that Xu Wen will not be safe, and if he comes to Xu Wen to rob him, it will be a big loss. ”

Bu Qiu didn't bother to persuade again, and after agreeing on the departure time, he left Sun Shao's barracks. His impression of Sun Shao now is extremely bad. How many battles did this kid fight, and he was a little frivolous and didn't know why, so he sent 3,000 people to cooperate with Huan Wei? In case Huan Wei has any changes, it will be up to him to see what he will do when the time comes. It's okay to do this, let him make a mistake, don't know the sky and the earth is thick in the future, maybe the Supreme will take advantage of this opportunity to cut his military power.

Sun Shao didn't care what Bu Qi had in mind, he brought Yu Fu and the others to discuss it, and finally Yue Hai said that he was familiar with this set of tactics of the sailors, and he was also familiar with naval warfare, and it might be best for him to cooperate with Huan Wei. Sun Shao felt that it made sense, so he decided to let him go. Before he set off, Wei Jing came to the door, he vaguely expressed his concern about Sun Shao's arrangement, hoping to go with Yuehai, although he only had more than a thousand people under him, but it was better than nothing, so that even if Huan Wei had a change, he could help Yuehai control him.

Sun Shao was very happy, "With Ziqi's help, it will be even more foolproof." Ziqi, is this your idea, or is it the arrangement of the prince? ”

This was originally Wei Jing's idea, but he reported it to Bu Qi, and Bu Qi also knew. Wei Jing knew that Bu Qi had some opinions on Sun Shao recently, and he intended to help them, so he smiled and said, "Of course it's the idea of the prince, otherwise how dare I make my own opinions." ”

Sun Shao didn't delve into it either, and introduced him to Yuehai. A day later, Yue Hai, Wei Jing and Huan Wei led more than 6,300 sailors and escorted nearly 2,000 merchant ships to set sail along the coast all the way to the west. Xu Wen Hepu County in the sea, shaped like a hanging fish slender land one, the county is in the southernmost point, three sides of the sea, only about a hundred miles to the west, then turn to the north, and then thousands of miles, before entering the jurisdiction of Hepu County. If it is in the Central Plains, there are at least three or four counties far away here, but Jiaozhou is vast and sparsely populated, and it is almost a no-man's land for nearly a thousand miles from Xu Wen to Hepu, and there are very few pirates.

The news of the huge fleet leaving Xu Wen was sent to Cui Qian's desk two days later.

Cui Qian was overjoyed. Sun Shao issued a ban on the sea, and almost all the maritime merchants were left in Xu Wen, Xu Wen was protected by Sun Shao's army, they didn't dare to go at all, and there was almost no income in the past few months, not only did they not even have merchant ships, but they couldn't find a target if they wanted to rob fishermen. This can make them miserable, and they are just sitting on the empty mountain.

The bigger problem is that although they have money, they are short of food, and except for the first batch of food sent by Shiyi, they have not received a single one in the future. Of course, there is some food in the water village, but it is also very limited. In the past, they used to go to Xu Wen to buy food, and they were also big businessmen in Xu Wen, selling out the looted goods, and then buying back the materials, food and salt are the two most important of them, Sun Shao forbade the sea, and directly cut off this source, if they insist on it for a few more months, they still have a little bit of grain, but the salt is not eaten. The less powerful pirates were even worse, they didn't have much money to buy food, they were closed to the sea for three months, and many of them had to fish to make ends meet. Historically, the pirates have never suffered from this, many people are cheeky to Cui Qian to borrow money, thin-skinned, they take the money accumulated before to buy, of course the price is very favorable, but although the price is attractive, but Cui Qian has no food, although he wants to sell it at a high price, but when he thinks that he may also run out, his heart is a lot weaker. Looking at the great opportunity to make a fortune but not daring to make it, this taste made Cui Qian very unhappy.

What annoyed Cui Qian the most was that Sun Shao's ban on the sea not only cut off his source of food, but also cut off his source of information. If it weren't for that kid's cleverness, I'm afraid Cui Qian wouldn't know what happened to Xu Wen until now. Now his spies have to go around more than a hundred miles, go ashore from the north of Xu Wen, enter Xu Wen City, and after hearing the news, they will return from the same way, coming and going, at least three or four days, and they have been arrested several times like this.

"So many ships?" Cui Wen's eyes widened suddenly, and then he was taken aback again: "More than 6,000 people escorted, are you careful enough?" ”

Cui Qian sneered: "I thought I couldn't hold it, but it turned out that they couldn't hold it in the end." It just so happens that this time we can hit one net in three years and eat one net for three years. ”

Cui Wen was very worried: "In Jianzhong, we only have more than 4,000 people, even if we all go out, we are not their opponents." What's more, it's impossible for you not to leave someone to guard the village, right? Sun Shaoke is still in Xu Wen, since he dares to send so many people to escort him, it is impossible not to leave behind, what if he takes away our general village? ”

"Uncle, you're too careful." The corners of Cui Qian's mouth were crooked, and he was disdainful: "He underestimates me Cui Qian too much, I, the king of the South China Sea, didn't come to hear it." There are more than 2,000 merchant ships, and I can't eat such a big fish alone, so of course I have to call more brothers to come. ”

Cui Wen thought for a while, nodded with a smile: "This is a good way, but in this way, it will be a little delayed." Although we have a chart, we don't have to walk along the coast, but if it drags on for too long and lets them enter the territory of Jiaoluan, then we will have to fight Shixie, and I'm afraid it's not easy to get it. ”

"Don't worry, those people are going crazy with poverty, and when they hear the news, they will definitely come quickly. Pirates of all sizes in the South China Sea gather together, if there are not 20,000, there are 15,000, right? Cui Qian waved his hand disapprerovingly, looking confident, "Time is not a problem, we don't have to chase along the coast, we can go directly to Dongxing Bay to set up an ambush, so we can save a lot of time." He raised his hand, his index finger and thumb were crossed, rubbing his chin, and his slender eyes flashed with a fierce light: "Inform Shi Xie, let him lag behind a day or two, if he comes early, it will ruin my business, don't blame me for swallowing him together." ”

Cui Wen nodded repeatedly. They have nautical charts in their hands, their understanding of the coastal situation is far better than that of officers and men, and they are familiar with this sea area, so they can take a shortcut to Dongxing Bay, which can save at least half the distance compared with walking along the coast, and they still have enough time to make arrangements when they get there. What he is worried about is only the problem of troops, he is not unaware that there are many pirates in the South China Sea, but he is worried that Cui Qian is reluctant to share the food, Cui Qian said this, which shows that he still knows the importance and is willing to share the benefits to others, of course, he does not worry about the problem of troops. He smiled: "Don't worry, he is also waiting for this opportunity now, we just don't tell him, and he won't be so positive." It's just that if Huan Wei can be stabbed in the back, the battle will be much easier. ”

"Huan Wei, people are too cautious, I'm afraid they may not have the courage, otherwise, Sun Shao has arrested Shiyi and his son for three months, why hasn't he moved at all?"

"Then let Shi Xie send Huan Lin to go, and Huan Lin is now by Shi Xie's side."

"That's it." Cui Qian didn't say a word, waved his hand, and gave an order. In a short time, more than 20 small boats sailed out of the main village at high speed and scattered in all directions. Cui Qian concentrated the people in the village, left 1,000 for his younger brother Cui Yan to guard the village, and personally set off with more than 3,000 people. Halfway through, there were pirates of all sizes gathered under his banner, and after only five days of departure, there was still more than half a distance from Dongxing Bay, and he gathered more than 20,000 people, sailing shadows, riding the strong southeast wind, and sailing straight to Dongxing Bay.

(To be continued)