"For the time being, that's all there is to it." Sun Shao nodded, and said with some regret: "I don't think it is appropriate to use more soldiers in the past few months." ”

Although Bu Qi was a little regretful, he still nodded in agreement. Wei Jing thought for a while, but smiled: "Although the battle can't be fought, it's not like we have no way at all. I'm a little foolish, and I want to ask the government for details. ”

Bu Qi smiled, Wei Jing has always been anxious, and he has just won the battle, and his heart is still strong, and he doesn't know what good idea he has come up with. He looked at Wei Jing, then at Sun Shao, and said with a smile: "Okay, Fengxian, let's listen to Ziqi's opinions." ”

Wei Jing laughed: "I don't have any high opinions, if I want to say a little, it was also inspired by the general this time." Fu Jun still waited for me to finish speaking, and then saw if it was available. ”

Bu Qi grinned and stretched out his hand to signal him to speak quickly. In front of Wei Jing, he was able to let go a little.

"The pirates don't produce, they mainly live on robbery, even if we don't go against them, as long as we protect the merchant ships, it is equivalent to cutting off their financial routes, and it won't be long before they can't support it." Wei Jing's eyes flashed, and he smiled at Sun Shao: "This time, the general thought that the merchant ship escort was a cover, I think it is a good way, and I can continue to do this in the future." Sailors escorting merchant ships and cracking down on pirates along the way can train the officers and men's ability to fight in actual combat, and no matter how bad they are, they can also strengthen the ability of the boats, so that they will not be lazy in ordinary times and panic once they encounter pirates. Not to mention anything else, after more than a month of escort service, the actual combat ability of those under my command has improved significantly. ”

Bu Qi's eyes lit up, a smile appeared in the corner of his eyes, and he looked at Wei Jing encouragingly. Wei Jing was relieved to see that Bu Qi did not object, and continued: "Second, after being escorted by a sailor, a small group of pirates cannot survive, they either go back to their homes or rob each other, so that our army can weaken the power of the pirates without making a move." And Cui Qian has the greatest strength and the most wealth, although there will be no difficulties for a while, but he will inevitably become the object of coveting by other pirates. If he wants to rob, he will not face a merchant ship that has no ability to resist, but our sailor, so that he will take the initiative to send it to the door without us looking for him. ”

"Reasonable." Bu Qi groaned.

"Third, don't the sailors have their own belongings? We will take turns to escort, if the sailors controlled by the Shi family do not escort or do not escort effectively, then their reputation accumulated for so many years will be damaged, and the government can naturally deprive them of their military rights at that time, and will not be counterattacked by the Jiaozhou people, if they want to escort like us, they can't help but fight with the pirates, in this way, they want to hook up with the pirates, but it is not so easy. ”

Bu Qi and Sun Shao glanced at each other, and they all stroked their palms and smiled, Sun Shao smiled at Wei Jing, who was colorful: "Wei Jun, your move not only trained the sailors, but also weakened the pirates, and at the same time forced the Shi family into a dilemma, it can be described as killing three birds with one stone." Clever, really clever. ”

Wei Jing couldn't help laughing, and was humble again and again: "Don't dare, don't dare, if it weren't for the inspiration of the general, how could I have thought of it, speaking of which, the general is still clever." Sailors escort merchant ships, and you are the first since the beginning of the world. ”

Sun Shao smiled, and said in his heart, you don't know how much of a sensation the national navy has caused among the people in the future in order to protect the people of your country. However, at this time, it is not an exaggeration to say that the sailors used to escort the merchants, who are known as untouchables, to open up the atmosphere.

"It's a good plan, it's just ......" Bu Qi hesitated a little: "Gathering so many merchant ships will inevitably attract a large number of pirates to come and take risks, if the sailors have less force, I'm afraid they won't be able to resist, if there are more, then this expense is not small." ”

"Hahaha......" Wei Jing was a little carried away, he laughed and said: "The prince doesn't know, our escort this time, not counting the booty captured on the way, did not cost our money, the food expenses along the way are all borne by the merchant ships, they can't ask for it." ”

"Really?" Buqi was surprised.

"Yes, I charge them between one hundred and five hundred dollars depending on the size of the boat, and at the same time they will bear our food, and they are willing to do so for safety." Sun Shao said with a smile: "We can also dispose of the loot captured on the way, we can also dispose of them as appropriate, so that the rewards of the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division will also be available, and they can also be compensated." Perhaps, there will be a surplus. ”

"Okay." Bu Qi patted the case lightly, his eyes flashed, and then he added: "That's it, Xu Wen came to Panyu this section, I shared it with Shiwei, Xu Wen used to go to the south of the country, and their Shi family was responsible for it, hehehe, Jiuzhen, Yuenan, Jiaoluan, and Hepu The four counties are all from other Shi families, and they are not responsible for who is responsible." Thinking of the smugness, Bu Qi couldn't help but laugh softly, which was very inconsistent with his usual image of a yin owl.

"The prince is clever." Sun Shao gave a high hat at the right time. Thinking about it, I can't help but be a little jealous, the seven counties of Jiaozhou, and the five coastal counties are all in the hands of the Shi family except for the South China Sea, and the profits of the sea goods alone are quite amazing. If Lao Tzu can control the business on this sea, then he will make a fortune, and I really want to be a pirate.

"In that case, then I'll go to Shi Yi and them tomorrow, put it aside in advance, and discuss the matter of the sailor's escort, if it goes well, we will immediately escort a group of merchant ships back, and set an example first."

"Hahaha, just listen to the arrangement of the prince."

The next day, Buqi summoned Shi Yi, Huan Wei and the senior generals of the sailor to discuss the plan of the sailor's escort. Hearing that there was no need to fight, the officers and men of the sailor were relieved, and then they heard that they were going to escort the ship, they were all a little reluctant, it was not good to stay at home, what kind of voyage to escort the merchants, although there were trophies, but the pirates were fighting less and less, where would there be any loot to get in the future, this bit of oil and water, it was really not worth so much hard work. But Bu Qiu made up his mind, and Sun Shao and Wei Jing dedicated, and Bu Qiu's cronies spoke out in support, and Shi Hong and others were not able to oppose it openly, so the matter was settled. Bu Qi struck while the iron was hot, and found a few giant businessmen to announce the matter. Many businessmen already knew about this escort, but they thought that it was just Sun Shao's oil rubbing by the way, and they didn't dare to expect such a good thing to become a system. Buqi immediately announced the news of the sailor's escort and the departure time in the market, and asked the merchants in need to book in advance and pay the relevant fees.

As soon as the news was released, Xu Wenshi was a sensation, and they all rushed to sign up, and in just half a day, more than 1,000 merchant ships signed up, although the fees paid were not much, but Bu Qi saw the grateful eyes of the merchants and the bitterness in the eyes of Shi Yi, and he was very satisfied. The only regret is that he underestimated the businessman's desire for security and felt that the price was set too low.

Sun Shao was not idle, he brought Cheng Jun over and handed over all the spoils to him to deal with. Bu Qi is very grateful for his credit this time, if it weren't for the credit he accumulated on the road, it would be just enough to make up for his losses, this time he would be ashamed, he knew that he had almost no chance of being promoted, so he especially compensated him in money, and he gave more than half of the spoils along the way to Sun Shao, Sun Shao roughly estimated that this trip down, even with salvage, no less than two thousand gold. Of course, Bu Qi and the others did not make any less money, and the wealth that those pirates had collected for more than ten years was all in their pockets, not counting so many ships and prisoners.

This is still on the surface, Sun Shao and Bu Qi and Wei Jing all chose the surname and forgot an important treasure - the headhunter's belongings, these are all not to be explained on the table, all of them are Sun Shao's, Sun Shao's first thing when he went to sea from the cliff gate was to send someone to poke the headhunter's nest, how much money was in it, only the people sent out by Sun Shao knew, even Sun Shao himself was not clear, but think about the headhunter king at the cliff gate for more than ten years, you know that this layer of oil must be so thick that it makes people red.

When Xu Wen was resting, Sun Shao was accompanied by Cheng Jun and went to Xu Wenling to inquire about the news. not only inquired about the news of Yishang, but also inquired about Cui Qian's news by the way. Some time ago, the Buqi army pressed the border, Cui Qian retreated on Zhuya Island and did not come out, and for the time being, I don't know how he reacted to Sun Shao's robbery under the banner of pretending to be him, but according to common sense, it shouldn't be much better.

Half a month later, Bu Qi and Sun Shao left Xu Wen with a huge fleet of sailors and escorted even larger merchant ships, leaving a bitter mouthful for Shiyi and his son. They were gone, but they were torn apart by the order for the sailors to escort the merchant ships, and they had in their hands a list of hundreds of merchant ships waiting for them to escort them to the county of Yuenan.

Escort? Let's think about how to negotiate with Cui Qian first. Shi Yi didn't dare to slack off, and sent his son Shi Kuang with the latest information, and immediately rushed to Jiao Lu to meet the boss Shi Xie, this time Bu Qi gave them an eye medicine, which was really tricky.

At the beginning of August, Sun Shao returned to Panyu, he was not in the mood to see Shiwei's complaining and miserable eyes, nor was he interested in listening to the praise of those gentry and merchants, so he hurriedly returned to his Taishou Mansion with Shuai Zeng and others, and went straight to the backyard. As soon as he entered the backyard, he was stunned for a moment, and opposite Guan Feng, who was bloated, sat a familiar face, which was actually Sun Shangxiang. The two of them each held a large coconut in their hands, and they were drinking coconut water with a taste, while talking and laughing softly.

Hearing the footsteps, both of them turned their heads, Guan Feng was stunned, then stood up in surprise, and greeted him with clumsy steps, Sun Shao hurriedly caught up a few steps, hugged her, kissed her somewhat puffy face, and said with a smile: "Tap, don't press my son." ”

"Isn't the honeymoon too early, still so affectionate?" Sun Shangxiang said with a playful smile.

Guan Feng, who hugged Sun Shao's neck tightly and didn't let go, woke up like a dream, but after a while, he let go of Sun Shao, pulled him to sit under the porch, and commanded loudly: "Xiaoqing, Yue'er, what are you still standing for, quickly fetch water for the general to wash his face, and then bring the iced fruit or something." ”

"Well, I know, I'm doing it." Guan Xiaoqing and Qiao Yue responded with a smile.

"Not bad, not bad." Sun Shangxiang nodded again and again with his hands behind his back, looking at Guan Feng who was close to Sun Shao's side, "Feng girl, my family is good, right?" ”

Guan Feng's face was flushed, and he pursed his lips shyly and smiled silently.

"Auntie, why are you here? When did it arrive? Sun Shao picked a mango from the fruit pot and handed it to Sun Shangxiang, and asked with a smile.

"Just a few days ago." The smile on Sun Shangxiang's face faded, she glanced at Sun Shao, and stopped talking. Sun Shao felt a little strange, and while eating mangoes, he asked, "What's wrong?" Just say what you have to say. ”

"The Supreme wants you to go back to Jianye as soon as possible." Guan Feng said softly.

"You want me to go back to Jianye?" Sun Shao was stunned, he bit the mango in his mouth, thought for a moment, raised his eyelids and stared at Sun Shangxiang: "What's the matter?" If it's okay, I don't want to go back now. Yinping is about to give birth in a month or two, and I can't come back for two months, I don't want to leave her here alone. ”

"Your fourth uncle...... Deceased. Sun Shangxiang's eyes were red, tears rolled down her cheeks, she sat there in a daze, looking sad, "I want you to go back to mourn." ”

Sun Shao's brain "buzzed" and he didn't speak for a long time. Sun Kuang is his fourth uncle, and his wife is the daughter of Cao Ying's younger brother Cao De. Cao De died in Xuzhou, Cao Ying was very sad, Jian'an five years, Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong, there was a northward meaning, and Cao Ying was preparing for a decisive battle with Yuan Shao, in order to stabilize Sun Ce, he married this slave daughter to Sun Kuang, and at the same time married Sun Ben's daughter for his son Cao Zhang, and the two families became married. For Cao Ying and Sun Ce at that time, this was a good thing for everyone, but for Sun Kuang, it was a tragedy. Because of marrying the Cao family, although he has a good reputation among the scholars, and he is a rare learned one among the children of the Sun family, he has never been able to become a scholar. If Sun Shao used to lead troops, it really made Sun Quan feel uneasy, so Sun Quan wanted to suppress him, although everyone was dissatisfied, they could always understand it, then Sun Kuang has not been appointed, but it is a very puzzling thing - he doesn't like martial arts, among the children of the Sun family, many people who are younger than Sun Kuang and are not as talented as Sun Kuang have become officials, but Sun Kuang has not been appointed.

He is one year older than Sun Shangxiang, and he should be twenty-nine years old this year. There is a son named Sun Tai, Sun Shao is not impressed by him, he should be nine or ten years old.

"Is it really as simple as letting me go back to the funeral?" Sun Shao slowly regained his composure, chewing the mango without a bite, but there was no taste, he felt that Sun Quan wanted to recruit him back at this time, it was by no means as simple as just running for the funeral, if it was just a funeral, there was no need for Sun Shangxiang to come over in person, just send a messenger.

Sun Shangxiang didn't speak, glanced at Guan Xiaoqing and the others, Guan Feng waved her hand knowingly, let them who were busy help her out, and closed the courtyard door smoothly.

"Shiro is dead, and the elders in the clan have some complaints, and some people say that Erlang is not as bold as Dalang." Sun Shangxiang snorted, "When Da Lang started the army, among the brothers, as long as they could do things, there was no one who did not bear heavy responsibilities. Erlang is in charge, he only knows how to reuse outsiders, but he suppresses his own brothers, sons and nephews, you almost died of illness, and after Da Lang was broken, now he is forcing Shiro to death. ”

When Sun Ce was alive, the second brother Sun Quan was fifteen years old for Yang Xian, and the third Sun Yi followed Sun Ce at the age of thirteen to fight, and at the age of seventeen, he already had heavy troops, fought bravely and resolutely, and Sun Ce was very similar, many people valued him very much, when Sun Ce was assassinated, many people thought that Sun Ce would transfer the military power to him, but Sun Ce handed it over to Sun Quan, but so, Sun Yi was another Sun Ce in the eyes of many people, and he was killed left and right in the eighth year of Jian'an, ending his short life. In fact, it seems that it is not a good thing for him to die in the hands of others, otherwise with Sun Quan's surname, his prestige and ability are too threatening, and it is a matter of time before his strength is weakened, and with his surname, he probably will not swallow his anger like Sun Shao, either fight up, or die alive, just like the current fourth Sun Kuang. Because of Sun Kuang's young age, when Sun Ce was alive, he was only thirteen years old, so he was also a white body until he died. If Sun Ce hadn't died and continued to be in charge of Jiangdong, it would not have been surprising that he would at least be a Taishou now.

"So he's calling me back?" Sun Shao pursed his lips, his disdain was overflowing, in front of Sun Shangxiang, he didn't need to hide his anger, on the contrary, if he behaved too calmly, it would be easy to make people suspicious, and it was necessary to show his unwillingness appropriately, which was in line with his previous surname. "Are you going to make me an official, or are you going to force me to death?"

"Aman, how can you say that about him, no matter what, he is your uncle." Sun Shangxiang reprimanded dissatisfiedly, but his confidence was not enough. How Sun Quan treated Sun Shao, she really knew too well. She smbabbled for a moment, and even said with some unconfidence: "Maybe, he asked you to help him do things back." ”

Sun Shao crooked the corners of his mouth, indicating that he was not interested, he ate the fruit in his hand carefully, and after a while, he said, "You came alone?" ”

"It's not." Sun Shangxiang's face showed a touch of anger: "Zhuge Ke escorted me." ”

"Zhuge Ke?" Sun Shao was stunned for a moment, as if he was a big celebrity.

"He is the son of Zhongma Zhuge Jin." Sun Shangxiang explained: "I am only fifteen years old this year, and I just worshipped the captain of Xiaoguo before I came. ”

"Captain Xiaoguo?" Sun Shao pursed his lips and dismissed: "Is his martial arts good?" ”

"Barely getting by." Sun Shangxiang also used some disdain. She didn't like the arrogant Zhuge Ke very much, especially didn't like his sharp teeth and sharp mouth, as soon as he spoke, he was like a needle, which made people uncomfortable, but she couldn't say anything about him, and she wanted to flatten him several times along the way, but she felt that bullying him a child seemed to be a little unkind and endured it.

"I became a captain at the age of fifteen, and I was better than me." Sun Shao laughed gloomily, he knew why Sun Quan sent Zhuge Ke, and he also knew that he didn't have that kind of domineering spirit to make Zhuge Ke bow down, so he simply broke off his mind of being close.

Sun Shangxiang didn't say anything, she also felt that it was a little weird that Zhuge Ke could be a captain at the age of fifteen, compared with Sun Kuang's twenty-nine years old or white, which made people feel very angry. She waited for a moment, and then asked with some worry, "Aman, are you ...... When to leave? ”

"There's no hurry." Sun Shao said casually: "Wait until I ask Zhuge Ke." Someone, call Zhuge Ke to the front hall, I have something to ask him. ”

Shuai Zeng rushed forward and responded: "Young master, the shaft is already waiting in the front hall." He saw that Sun Shao didn't have a good impression of Zhuge Ke, and subconsciously classified Zhuge Ke as unpopular, and of course there was no respect between his words.

"It's coming so fast." Sun Shao's eyes rolled.

"As soon as the young master entered the door, he came."

"Let him wait." Sun Shao stretched and yawned: "I'm sleepy, take a nap first." ”

"Poof-" Shuai Zeng couldn't help laughing and turned to go out. Coming to the front hall, Zhuge Ke, who was sitting dry, hurriedly straightened up: "Dare to ask, is the general free?" ”

Shuai Zeng nodded solemnly: "If you are free, there is still something to deal with now, you wait, don't leave, if the general can't find you, he will be unhappy." ”

How did Zhuge Ke know that Sun Shao had gone to take a nap, thinking that Sun Shao had just come back, and it was normal to have something to deal with, just wait. I heard that the tea in Taishoufu is very chic, so I happened to see it today. Unexpectedly, after Shuai Zeng said this, he turned around and left, and after waiting for a long time, he didn't see anyone serving tea, not only did no one serve tea, but there were many people coming in and out, but in their eyes, it seemed that there was no such person as him at all, and it would take two hours to hang him there. Looking at the hour, it was already midday, and it was already time for dinner, but poor him was so hungry that he didn't dare to leave half a step. He is a smart man, and he already knows that Sun Shao is making fun of him at this time, but he also knows that Sun Quan can't control Sun Shao here, and if he is cleaned up by Sun Shao, he has no place to cry out.

Endure it. Zhuge Ke licked his dry lips, helpless.

The smell of rice came from the Taishou Mansion, the east kitchen door opened, and a young maid led a team of slaves with a food table into the inner courtyard along the long corridor, the smell of rice and wine made Zhuge Ke's stomach roundworms scurry, but he still didn't dare to move, and looked at the people who came out of it, hoping to hear Sun Shao's order to summon him in. But the first and second class did not come, and he could hear the laughter and laughter in the backyard, but he was ignored in the front hall, and even the slaves who came in and out felt pitiful.

But the servants of the Taishou Mansion did not sympathize with him because of this, and everyone in the palace knew that the prince of the mansion was a good person, good to his wife, good to his subordinates, always smiling, and easily not angry. Since this talented young man was snubbed here by the prince, he must have a reason to be annoying. People with nimble eyes said, "You're so stupid, can't you see it?" Fujun's aunt doesn't have a good face for this shaft, can Fujun have a good face for him?

Then someone said, does this little vertical dare to be disrespectful to the aunt of the prince? Then he really deserves to die, and this kind of scum should be pulled out and beaten to death. I can't see that this little vertical is not very old, but his heart is sinister.

Fortunately, Zhuge Ke didn't understand the local dialect of Panyu, although he knew that these slaves had nothing good to say, but he didn't expect that he had left such a bad impression on them, otherwise, he would have to go away without a surname.

(To be continued)