"What did Shi Xie say?" Guan Feng picked up a piece of fruit and put it in his mouth, chewed it carefully, and the beautiful Danfeng glanced at the tanned Sun Shao, and asked with concern.

"Hehe, don't dare to say anything else, at least my back should be safe." Sun Shao looked at Guan Feng, whose face was flushed again, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Have you had an appetite for the past two days?" ”

"Hmm." Guan Feng's face turned red, and he stuck out his tongue embarrassedly: "I have eaten a lot, and I feel a lot fatter." ”

"It's better to be fat, it's better to be fat." Sun Shao couldn't stop laughing.

Guan Feng lowered his head, carefully picked the best piece and sent it to Sun Shao's mouth, Sun Shao bit it in his mouth, and before he could bite it, he had already frowned, and spit it out with a "bah", and he was speechless again and again: "What is this, it's sour." ”

"Sour?" Guan Feng was stunned.

"Of course it's sour." Sun Shao took a sip of tea and rinsed his mouth: "I see that you eat with relish, and how delicious it is, I didn't expect it to be so sour." It's a shame that you still eat so well. ”

"I think it's delicious." Guan Feng tasted it again: "How good it is to have a mouth full of relish." ”

"I've got you." Sun Shao raised his hand in surrender, and then stared at Guan Feng's stomach, which basically didn't see any movement, and the excitement in his eyes couldn't be suppressed: "Sour girl, it looks like a kid." ”

"I think so, too." Guan Feng put down the spoon, held his cheeks with one hand, his eyes were shining, and his face was yearning: "You say, who does this child look like?" ”

"Of course my son is like me, and my daughter is like you." Sun Shao couldn't say anything, hugged Guan Feng, kissed her the face, and laughed.

"Young master, madam......" Ge Heng held the drawings and stood at the door awkwardly. Guan Feng was very embarrassed, and quickly got up and entered the inner room. Sun Shao was thick-skinned, asked people to come in and clean up the fruits on the case, make tea, invite Ge Heng to sit down, and asked a little eagerly, "Okay?" ”

Ge Heng nodded vigorously and spread the drawings on the table. "According to the requirements of the young master, I have equipped ten warships with strong crossbows of four stones, with a range of two hundred steps, and switched to using a winch to carry arrows, one person can do it, and now it is about twelve or thirteen breaths and an arrow, and after being proficient, it should be able to improve to five breaths and one arrow. However, this is the most ideal speed, and according to my estimates, the average rate of fire of ten ships should be about eight breaths. ”

One breath is one breath, and the normal breath of a person is sixteen breaths per minute, that is, each ship can shoot three arrows at the fastest minute, and the average speed is two arrows, which is still the case that a winch has been used to mount arrows. Sun Shao felt that it was still too slow, but he couldn't think of a better way for the time being.

"I'm improving the repeater, but it's not progressing fast." Ge Heng touched his head a little ashamedly: "I'm not very familiar with this aspect of armament. ”

Sun Shao smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, this matter is not urgent, and now the improvement is not small." ”

"Young master, fifteen ships, can only fit ten ships, equipped with a strong crossbow, it is inevitable to reduce the number of fighters, and the melee ability has greatly decreased, in my opinion, it is still not very thorough."

"Where's the speed?" Sun Shao blinked, did not answer Ge Heng's question, but asked another question. Ge Heng thought about it: "It shouldn't be affected, on the contrary, it will improve a little." The strong crossbow probably occupies the position of eight people, and only two or three people need to work on it, and the weight is only equivalent to two people, and the overall weight is reduced. ”

"Increase the speed a little more, except for the oarsman and crossbowman, and leave one more helmsman, and the spare helmsman will be the crossbowman." Sun Shao patted his thigh: "Damn, can't I run if I can't beat it?" ”

Ge Heng's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood what Sun Shao meant, and nodded again and again.

"After the transformation plan is decided, the specific things I will arrange for you are responsible for, and you don't spend your time on these things." Sun Shao squeezed his eyes, Ge Heng comprehended, and responded with a smile: "Don't worry, young master, I know it in my heart." ”

In June, as the south wind became stronger and stronger, Panyu Port began to be lively, and a large number of ships entered the port every day. There are Jiaozhou sailors stationed in Panyu Port, and the port is divided into several narrow waterways by several islands, there are soldiers stationed on the island, once there is a situation, as long as a few ships are stopped in the port, the port can be sealed, so the pirates usually do not venture into the port, they generally wait on the island outside the port, the merchant ships here are in and out of the most concentrated place, just do it, the income is good, just like standing in the fish basin to tie the fish, only big fish and small fish, there will be no worry about falling short. Sailors, on the other hand, usually do not go out of the harbor to fight, they protect the safety inside the port, and the life or death of merchant ships outside the port has nothing to do with them. It would be too much for them to go to great lengths to travel hundreds of miles just to protect a few merchant ships, unless it was for a specific purpose.

So this period of time is the harvest season of the pirates, the sea outside the port, almost every day there are robberies, large and small merchant ships are like salmon returning to the port, strive to rush into the port at the fastest speed, rush into the port, it means that their adventure is safe, and stop outside the port for one more day, it will be more dangerous, especially those who travel far across the ocean, eat more than half a year of hard work to arrive Xiyi merchants, if they are robbed by pirates at this time, it is thousands of miles to send them to death, think about it.

Therefore, in addition to the booming piracy business, the officials in charge of checking and releasing the passage at the port are now also very rich, and those merchants who want to enter the safe area as soon as possible have to stuff money into their hands with smiling faces to try to release them as soon as possible.

After receiving a large number of reports, Jiaozhou Thorn Shi Buqi couldn't sit still, these businessmen are the main source of tax revenue in Panyu Yi City, and many of them are local families in Nanhai County, and there is no place for Yi people to cry for their losses, they can't swallow their anger so much, although it is impossible for the government to compensate for their losses, but it is always okay to scold and relieve their anger. After being argued with for a few days in a row, Bu Qi invited Sun Shao and Shiwei over.

"Two, one of you is the Taishou of the South China Sea, the general of Henghai, and the other is the general of Dinghai Zhonglang, who is in charge of the most powerful strength of the Jiaozhou Naval Division, and now that piracy is rampant, do you just sit idly by?"

Sun Shao burst out laughing and didn't say anything.

Shi Wei hesitated for a moment: "The humble position is all arranged by the prince and the general." ”

Bu Qi knocked on a few cases and reminded Sun Shao not to be too childish: "Fengxian, the losses of Yishang are serious, and the tax revenue has been greatly reduced, and you, the Taishou of the South China Sea, are responsible." ”

Sun Shao's eyes rolled: "Fujun, although I am the leader of the South China Sea, and the Yi City in the South China Sea is also under my control, but the scope of my management is Yi City, and those who enter Yi City are under my control, and I want to take care of those who have not even entered Panyu Port?" That's the scope of responsibility of the Jiaozhou Water Division, right? ”

Bu Qi frowned, and had to turn his gaze to Shiwei again. Shi Wei smiled helplessly: "Fu Jun, I am just a Dinghai Zhonglang general, in front of Fu Jun and the general, how can I call the shots?" Please order the general to lead the troops to the battle, and my Shiwei will naturally follow him to the death, and there will be no two words. ”

Bu Qi nodded quietly: "General Shi has high morale and loyalty to the country, and he deserves to be commended." Fengxian, although the outside of Hong Kong is not under the jurisdiction of Nanhai County, but don't forget, you are still a general of Henghai, the highest military rank in Jiaozhou, except for General Zuo, and in the naval division, your military rank is also the highest, and you are responsible for the safety of this sea. If this year's tax is much less than last year's, I am afraid that the Supreme will blame it, and you and I will not be able to afford it. ”

Jiaozhou under the control of Buqi, the real rule of Sun Quan is Nanhai County, Cangwu County, Yulin County, Nanhai County's commercial tax accounts for a large proportion of it, if the pirates make too much trouble, the commercial tax will fall, it will indeed affect the entire tax revenue of Jiaozhou. It was precisely because of this that Bu Qi couldn't sit still, and endured his temper and invited Sun Shao and Shiwei to the meeting.

Sun Shao touched his chin and thought for a long time: "Since this is the case, then go to sea to fight, fight the arrogance of those pirates, and let them not be too rampant." ”

Bu Qi was relieved, Shiwei was in the middle of it, and both of them nodded in agreement.

"Although my military rank is high, I haven't fought a war, so let's ask General Shi to command." Sun Shao said very modestly: "I am the courage of a horseman, and I will take my dozen boats to the general as a striker." ”

Shiwei was very happy in his heart, but he couldn't bear it on his face: "The general's words are serious, I am only a lieutenant general, how dare I command the general." Let's ask the prince to go out in person, we all obey the orders of the king. ”

Bu Qi glanced at Shi Wei and laughed secretly in his heart. In the past, when the sailor went out on the expedition, Shiwei had a big bag, and he didn't want to show up at all, so not only was the credit his alone, but also how much of the captured loot fell into his own pocket, no one could figure out, anyway, in the end, he didn't receive much. This time, Sun Shao was squeezed into the water division, although his strength was not strong, but his military rank was higher than him, so he wanted to command and his name was not right, and he was reluctant to hand over the command, so in the end he had to cheapen him.

"In that case, then you all prepare, and we will choose to go out on an expedition to sweep away the thieves."

"Whoa." Sun Shao and Shi Wei got up to answer, and then greeted each other pretendedly.

"Please take care of the general."

"Each other, each other."

Three days later, the Jiaozhou Navy Division kicked off the bandit action, the Chinese and foreign businessmen who suffered deeply from the pirates rushed to give them a meal now, this time the assassin Shi personally led the expedition, the scale was much higher than before, not only the gentry in Panyu City were all present, even the surrounding areas came a lot of people. None of them knew that Bu Qi personally led the team because the other two couldn't settle each other, so they had to take out a third party, thinking that this was the government's determination to clean up the pirates, and they were quite excited. Just look at those warships, there are nearly 500 warships, more than 300 are hanging the battle flag of Shiwei, nearly 100 are hanging the battle flag of Buqi, and there are only 15 of the battle flags of Sun Shao, the general of the Henghai Sea.

Soon, the handsome little man standing beside Lord Thorn Shi was the Henghai general Sun Shao, and the news spread out, and those who were knowledgeable felt sorry for Sun Shao.

Sun Shao was thick-skinned and indifferent to the eyes of those people, and he could neither see anything unhappy nor happy. He calmly followed Bu Qi on his four-story ship, and entered the top floor of the knight's room (the bottom floor of the four-story building ship is called the lord's room), Bu Qi sat on the main seat, Sun Shao sat on his left hand side, and Shi Wei sat on his right hand side.

"Two, while it's time to sail, let's study the battle situation." Bu Qiu took a silk picture from the entourage next to him and spread it on the table. Sun Shao glanced at it and knew that this was a chart near the port, and the drawing was very simple, just marking the general shape and several important islands, but the shape of Panyu Port still surprised him. The Panyu Port on the map in front of him is very different from the Houguan Port (that is, the Fuzhou Port in later generations) that he saw at the Houguan Shipyard. Houguan Port is stomach-shaped, the estuary is narrow and long, like a pipe, and although the port is much wider, it is not as wide as Panyu Port, it is like a big gourd, the gourd mouth is several large islands, the port is divided into three main waterways, the widest is the east one, called Ping'an Mouth, the thinnest is the middle one, called Pingbo Mouth, the west one is called the cliff gate, and the map of Guangzhou in his impression is very different.

"The mouth of Ping'an is wide, the ships that come and go are the most, and the sailors are well guarded, so except for the strongest groups of pirates who venture in, they are usually fine. Pingbo Kou is the most narrow and long, and there are many reefs, and there are basically no merchant ships passing through there, and if you want to say that the most pirates are the most numerous, it should be the cliff gate. The cliff gate is 300 to 500 steps wide, and it is the nearest port for merchant ships from the west to enter the port, and it is no less busy than Ping'an Pass, and it is also the favorite place for pirates to ambush merchant ships. Bu Qi casually glanced at Shi Wei: "They move quickly, the terrain is familiar, and it is often difficult to find in the potential waterway, once they succeed, they will quickly flee away, and the sailor can't react, and when they arrive, they can only clean up the mess and rescue the wounded." ”

Sun Shao didn't speak, and Shiwei was expressionless, as if what Bu Qi said had nothing to do with him.

"What do you mean?" Sun Shao looked at Bu Qi and asked very calmly.

"I'd like to hear your opinion first." Bu Qi stroked his beard and glanced at Shi Wei quietly: "One of you is a hero who became famous as a young man, and the other is an experienced veteran, this battle mainly depends on you, I just sit and coordinate." Two, the pirates are not equal, we not only have the trust of the supreme, but also worthy of our money, this is the people's fat and the people's ointment, are all accumulated one by one five-baht coin, we have collected taxes, we should ensure the safety of one party, if we still let it go, then what will the people think of us? Even Xiyi will look down on us. Don't tell you the truth, I have already pre-invited a partial general to the Supreme, and whoever has made the most meritorious contributions this time will be whoever this partial general is. ”

Shiwei raised his eyebrows, and then lowered his eyelids again. But all the changes in this moment fell in Bu Qi's eyes, and he looked at Sun Shao quietly: "Fengxian, can you have confidence?" ”

Sun Shao grinned: "Fu Jun, don't make fun of me." Can I still make meritorious contributions to these fifteen boats? If you don't give up your life, you'll be lucky. He glanced at Shi Wei: "The general is strong and strong, and this partial general is naturally in his pocket." ”

Shiwei also thought so, but on the surface, he still had to be modest: "General Sun said that he was joking, I just listened to the assignment of the prince and the general, even if I have a small merit, it is also the king and the general, how dare I expect to be a general." ”

Seeing that they were all modest, Bu Qi waved his hand and interrupted them politely: "Reward ability, reward merit, this is a national weapon, not for you to push each other." The partial general is only one of them, if you really want to win a big victory, it is not impossible to be a marquis. ”

Shi Wei's heart moved, if the partial general just now just had **, then he was extremely eager for the marquis. The general is not hereditary, but the marquis can be passed on. Although Shi Xie actually occupies Jiaozhou, his title is only the Marquis of Longdu Pavilion, which is the lowest kind of marquis that can be inherited.

The temptation is too great.

Sun Shao laughed secretly, what kind of general, Fenghou, it was all floating clouds for him. He bothered to come to Jiaozhou, not thinking about any general, if Guan Feng didn't happen to be pregnant, it was not suitable for bumping, and he didn't want to turn his face with Bu Qi, he wouldn't have appeared on this occasion at all. It seems that everyone here is in harmony, but in fact, everyone has their own little calculations, and no one is at ease, which is really dangerous. He wasn't interested in these anymore, so no matter how Bu Qi provoked, he was very calm, he didn't fight, and Bu Qi had no choice but to throw out another marquis, otherwise Shiwei wouldn't work too hard.

"In the opinion of humility, you should first go down to the safe pass, bluff, and then patrol the sea for a week, and go straight to the cliff pass." Shi Wei stretched out his thick fingers, scratched on the map, and then clenched it into a fist, as if he had pinched the Hou Yin in his hand: "In this way, there will definitely be a gain and break the enemy's courage." ”

Bu Qi was noncommittal, and turned his head to look at Sun Shao: "Fengxian, what do you think." ”

Sun Shao didn't think about it, and the nice words came as soon as he opened his mouth: "General Shi is really battle-hardened, this trick is very clever, I agree with General Shi's opinion." ”

Shi Wei grinned, showing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and for the first time showed a somewhat sincere smile to Sun Shao.

"This method is good, but when we arrive at the cliff pass, we may not be able to block the pirates, and we may also be able to pounce." Buqi's dead face had no expression at all at this time: "What if the pirates know that we are waiting for the expedition and flee from the wind, and then come back after we have returned in vain?" ”

Shi Wei's smile immediately froze. His original plan was not to really fight the pirates, but to patrol the outside, scare the pirates a little farther, and then come back, so that it would be safe, and he could get credit, and if he was lucky, he could catch a few small fish and shrimp and make a windfall, wouldn't it be better than anything else? But listening to Buqi's meaning, he really wants to fight the pirates.

This marquis doesn't seem to be as easy to take as expected.

(To be continued)