Sun Shao made a fortune this time, he not only got 2,000 war horses from Cao Zhang, but also more than 2,000 from Daqi, the king of Goguryeo, plus more than 5,000 from Gongsun Gong, he got a total of nearly 10,000 war horses, which is a wealth that no one can ignore, even the peoples on the grassland, let alone those who don't produce horses.

Zang Ba and Sun Guan were red-eyed, but they were embarrassed to speak, Sun Shao did business with them, and took them to make meritorious contributions, which had helped them a lot, if they still opened their mouths to share these spoils with Sun Shao, they really couldn't open their mouths.

Sun Shao saw what they meant.

"Want a horse?"

Zang Ba and Sun Guan looked at each other, nodded ashamedly, Sun Guan, a rough old man, blushed rarely, and said in the future: "The war horses of the King of Wei are very tightly controlled, and it is rare to reward dozens of horses, and there is no shadow at all in the past few years, and the stables of the foreign ministers are about to grow grass." ”

Sun Shao can understand their suffering, because Jiangdong is similar. Jiangdong's generals usually have 2,000 people when they give troops, but there are only fifty horses, and the ratio is forty to one, while the ratio in Cao Ying's army is roughly ten to one, and if it is a general who is good at cavalry, such as Zhang Liao, the ratio can be a little higher. Cao Zhang is in Youzhou, and it is easier to get war horses, and among the 20,000 people brought over this time, there are more than 4,000 cavalry in formation, not counting the personal guard cavalry, and the ratio is as high as five to one.

"Well, I have more than 10,000 horses this time, 2,000 of them...... I'm sorry, I'm going to trade it for my aunt and son. ”

Sun Shao glanced at Sun Deng intentionally or unintentionally, Zang Ba and Sun Guan had a very clear relationship between the Sun family's uncles and nephews, and they also had protons in Yecheng, so they instinctively sympathized with Sun Shao, and had no good impression of Sun Quan, and even had no good impression of Sun Deng, and their eyes were naturally a little uncomfortable when they looked at Sun Deng.

Sun Deng was restless and couldn't say anything, so he had to endure it. This time, he was ordered by Sun Shao to lead Wei Wen and others to guard Meng Liangjin, although there was no war, but it was scary enough, in case Yangyi's 40,000 troops wanted to force Meng Liangjin, it would be a vicious battle. Not only Sun Deng was nervous for several days, but even Zhuge Jin and the others raised their hearts to their throats, if there was still calmness in them, that is, Zhuge Ke, he seemed a little excited.

Sun Shao asked Zhuge Jin to go back to report, hoping to exchange two thousand war horses for the bridge and Ah Yu, Sun Deng very much hoped that Sun Quan could agree, Sun Shao wrote a letter to Sun Quan, specially exaggerated the tension of the battlefield, many of which were exaggerated, Sun Deng knew that Sun Shao had the intention of scaring Sun Quan, but this was also what he wanted, so he turned a blind eye to the other, and mentioned a few words in the letter to the family, hoping that Sun Quan could pity his son, agree to Sun Shao's request, and take him back as soon as possible.

Although he knew that it would take at least a few months for the results to come, Sun Deng's heart had already flown back to Jianye.

"This great victory, thanks to the grace of heaven, I will send a thousand of the best war horses to the Son of Heaven." Sun Shao smiled very sincerely: "Anyway, the Son of Heaven is the co-master of the world, and he can't be too shabby." I heard that although the Fifth School of the Northern Army has been rebuilt, the Hu Cavalry Battalion, the Yue Cavalry Battalion, and the Changshui Battalion are all in name only, and there is no cavalry at all. I will not forget the merits of the two, out of the thousand, I have six hundred, and you two have two hundred, how about it? ”

Zang Ba and Sun Guan were a little sorry, although this was in their name, but after all, it did not fall into their hands. However, after thinking about it, they sacrificed horses with Sun Shao, and the Son of Heaven would definitely reward them, maybe this assassin would become a state pastor. Thinking of this, they bowed to Sun Shao together: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your support." ”

"Yes, we are comrades-in-arms, and if we charge together, of course we have to share some of the spoils." Sun Shao didn't blush at all, and continued: "Of the remaining seven thousand horses, I still have to sell some to Xishu, you don't know, my father-in-law has come to ask for war horses several times, and I really can't save face." ”

"Understand, understand." Zang Ba and Sun Guan became more and more disappointed, and they were divided back and forth, and it seemed that they had no share.

Sun Shao looked at their faces until the disappointed face was revealed on their faces, and then said, "I will keep three thousand horses, and you will divide the remaining two thousand horses equally, how about it?" ”

"Huh? Yes! Zang Ba and Sun Guan, who were already in despair, suddenly climbed to the peak of ecstasy. A thousand horses? Great, they originally only planned to ask for five hundred horses, but it really didn't work, three hundred horses would do, but I didn't expect Sun Shao to cry for a long time, and finally gave each of them a thousand horses.

Zang Ba and Sun Guan exchanged a look in surprise, and at the same time bowed down in front of Sun Shao: "Your Highness's open-mindedness really makes me admire." ”

Sun Shao hurriedly helped them up, and smiled embarrassedly: "Two envoys, what is this, although we are not small in age, we hit it off at first sight." I am grateful that you have crossed the mountains and seas to help me fight Liaodong. If I hadn't been short of horses, I would have been on an equal footing with you. ”

Zang Ba shook his head again and again, smiling from ear to ear: "Your Highness, this is already very good, we can't afford more." ”

Sun Guan was also happy to smile, stroked his gray beard, and raised his thumb: "My Sun Guan has been unconvinced all my life, and today I really admire His Highness." Your Royal Highness, there is no need to say empty words, if you have anything to help in the future, as long as you say a word, as long as my Sun Guan can still ride a horse and hold a spear, he will definitely go thousands of miles to serve. ”

"With the words of the envoy, I am even more courageous." Sun Shao's exaggerated chest made Zang Ba and Sun Guan laugh loudly.

"Make Jun, Qingzhou's textile industry should spend a lot of effort to recover, Linzi is the country's famous silk capital, exported to Xiyi that year, I don't know how much money I made back. I'm going to have to go on a long voyage soon, so I can't go empty, can I? I can't even get my money back. ”

"Your Highness, rest assured." Sun Guan patted his chest and said: "After I go back this time, I will definitely focus on this, and I hope that His Royal Highness can provide more looms, no more, as long as there are thousands of looms, I promise that within three or five years, I will be able to restore the grand occasion of the year." ”

"The loom is easy to handle, but we still deal with it according to the old rules and barter the goods." Sun Shao nodded again and again, he could make a lot of money on the loom. However, now the loom for Sun Guan is only the first generation of improvement, and there will be the second and third generations in the future, and with the stimulation of interests, he believes that the progress of technology will be leapfrogging.

"That couldn't be better." Sun Guan nodded again and again with satisfaction.

The three of them talked happily with each other, and their interest in cooperation became stronger and stronger, and the scope became wider and wider, Zang Ba and Sun Guan couldn't wait to take out everything they could cooperate with Sun Shao. It's good to do business with Sun Shao, Sun Shao doesn't cheat them, he thinks about them everywhere, there are many problems they don't consider, Sun Shao thinks of them for them. Where to find this kind of partner, you must hold on tightly.

While Sun Shao was dealing with Zang Ba and Sun Guan, he also began to cooperate with the big clans in Liaodong County, and Liaodong's wood, fishery, mining, and animal husbandry all have great potential. In Sun Shao's general impression, Liaodong should be the three northeastern provinces, is a large coal-producing province, he wants to develop steelmaking, to develop steam engines, to travel across the ocean, coal is a must, while the people of this era do not have enough understanding of the important surname of coal, he wants to start first.

Who said that if you want to get rich, the fastest way is to grab resources. Cultivated land is also a resource, but for Sun Shao, cultivated land is far less important than other resources, one is that cultivated land is rare, and the other is that the population is small, and the output of cultivated land is too low.

The people of Xiangping City were killed by a large number of assassins arranged by Sun Shao, and now the dragons are leaderless, and no one picks the big beam to compete with Sun Shao, and those small families with less strength just take advantage of the situation and offer various preferential conditions to attract Sun Shao's attention. Sun Shao took advantage of the advantage, listened to the flattery and listened to the itchy ears, Gu Tan, who was in charge of these affairs, was so busy that he hit the back of his head, and finally said to Sun Shao with a bitter face, you still have to invite Aunt Shan to come, I am really too busy alone.

At the beginning of December, Cao Zhang returned from hunting in Fuyu, and this time the harvest was not small. Because Fuyu Wang Wei Qiutai buried almost all the main forces in the Liao Tunnel, and now Fuyu is only left with old and weak women and children, and in the face of Cao Zhang's iron cavalry, they have no other way than to be captured. Cao Zhang returned almost with a full load, nearly 10,000 horses, more than 100,000 cattle and sheep, and a population of nearly 50,000.

"No, it won't." Cao Zhang's black face was filled with a smug smile: "There are some who have escaped, and I don't bother to chase them." ”

"With so many horses, should I divide them a little more?" Sun Shao said with a smile.

"Your Highness has already fished so much, leave me a little bit." Cao Zhang's face was bitter: "These horses are either mares or children's horses, and there are not many people who can really be used as war horses." ”

"Stingy." Sun Shao pointed to Cao Zhang's nose: "In this way, give me another thousand, and give you all the rest of the horses, and give me more cattle, sheep and population, how about it?" ”

Cao Zhang smacked his lips, he knew that he would be blackmailed by Sun Shao, but now that Sun Shao occupies Liaodong and does not leave, he can't give it, so he has to grit his teeth and let Sun Shao pick another thousand horses. Sun Shao immediately wrote a chapter to report to the Son of Heaven on the course of the battle of Liaodong, he deliberately praised the merits of Zang Ba, Sun Guan and Cao Zhang, but did not mention much about his own affairs, and then sent people to cross the sea directly, landed in Qingzhou, and sent to Luoyang with six hundred miles of expedited.

The Son of Heaven received a good news from Sun Shao on the eve of the New Year, knowing that the thousand war horses he offered had entered the Yellow River and would soon reach Luoyang, he was so happy that he stroked his palms and laughed.

"Aiqing, I didn't expect Sun Qing to be such a loyal minister." The Son of Heaven exclaimed: "A thousand war horses, I have been the Son of Heaven for so many years, and I have never confiscated such a heavy tribute. ”

Yang Biao was very pleased, it was he who strongly recommended Sun Shao in front of the Son of Heaven, and he advocated that Sun Shao, who had the worst strength, be crowned king, and now facts have proved that Sun Shao played a very good role in containing the other three kings, among the four kings, only he sincerely put the Son of Heaven as the Son of Heaven, and spared no effort to help the Son of Heaven strengthen his strength and restore his dignity.

"Your Majesty, having a courtier like King Yue is a blessing for Your Majesty, a blessing for the Han Dynasty, and a blessing for the world."

"yes, yes." The Son of Heaven nodded again and again. After a year of recuperation, his face became more and more ruddy.

"Your Majesty, how should you reward King Yue?" Yang Biao reminded.

"How? Two Aiqing, what do you say, how should you be rewarded? The Son of Heaven was also in a good mood, so he immediately consulted them.

Yang Biao stroked his beard and thought for a while: "The land of Yue is small, and the space for King Yue to exert himself is too small, if the land is cut from Yangzhou and Jiaozhou, I am afraid that Sun Quan will not agree, in my opinion, it is better to cut some places from Liaodong to increase the seal." ”

"Additional?" The Son of Heaven hesitated, "Where is it better to cut?" Liaodong is the scope of Youzhou, I'm afraid the King of Wei won't agree, right? ”

Yang Biao was also a little embarrassed: "Yes, now King Yue's strength is not enough to compete with King Wei, but if he doesn't cut the land, how can he develop?" ”

"According to the minister's opinion, leave this matter to the King of Yue and the King of Wei to negotiate." Jia Xu, who had been squinting his eyes and contemplation, showed a hint of a smile: "King Yue will definitely be able to understand His Majesty's holy will, even if things don't work out, he won't resent Your Majesty." He was good at calculations and good at business, and he might be able to cut some land from the King of Wei. ”

The Son of Heaven thought about it and nodded again and again: "Clever plan, wonderful plan, leave this headache to them." ”

Yang Biao also showed a smile of relief. Let Jia Xu be the captain, it is the decision of the Son of Heaven, and at the same time, there is also Yang Xiu's suggestion, the Son of Heaven thinks so, because when he was in Chang'an, Jia Xu helped the Son of Heaven solve a lot of difficulties, the Son of Heaven trusted him and was grateful to him, Yang Xiu suggested using Jia Xu, because Jia Xu was good at predicting people's hearts, and he was inclined to Cao Pi, with him by Cao Ying's side, Cao Zhi would be at a disadvantage, and he would be brought to the side of the Son of Heaven, which was invisibly equivalent to weakening Cao Pi's strength. But Yang Biao himself didn't like Jia Xu very much, he and Jia Xu had dealt with him very early, Emperor Lingshi he served as a servant, and Cai Yong, Lu Zhi and others were studying and repairing the Five Classics in Taixue, Jia Xu was a Lang official, and he was a very inconspicuous Lang official, he was too gloomy, and Yang Biao didn't like him very much.

However, now he found that although Jia Xu was gloomy, he did have an unexpectedly good way at a critical time. Like the current method, it not only shows the favor of the Son of Heaven to Sun Shao, but also pushes the difficulties to Cao Ying's side, Liaodong is fought by them together, if Cao Ying refuses to give land, then he must give other benefits, otherwise Sun Shao will definitely have an opinion on him.

"King Yue doesn't have a suitable official position yet, so it's time to give him a name." Yang Biao further suggested.

"Yes." The Son of Heaven pondered for a moment: "Dongyi and Xiqiang, Nanban and Beidi, in my opinion, give him the title of General Fuyi, if he is also called a captain, it seems that he is a little slow." ”

Yang Biao felt that something was wrong, this general usually doesn't have anything good, several generals in the history of the Han Dynasty ended up being a scourge, will it be the same if Sun Shao was named the general of Fuyi?

"It's true that the captain is too low, but the general is also too high." Jia Xu said lightly: "When he settles Dongyi, it's not too late to be crowned a general, now it's better to call General Fuyi, one level higher than the captain, which is also in line with his identity." ”

The Son of Heaven had no objection, and Yang Biao also felt that it was appropriate, so it was decided. The edict was quickly drafted, and Sun Shao was appointed as the general of Fuyi, the envoy of the festival, and was fully responsible for the conquest of Dongyi, and the territory of a county was added. Feng Zangba is the pastor of Xuzhou, Sun Guan is the pastor of Qingzhou, and Cao Zhang is the pastor of Youzhou. Because this edict all involved the sphere of influence of Cao Ying, the king of Wei, the Son of Heaven had to discuss with Cao Ying, the king of Wei, before sending it to Sun Shao, but he gave Sun Shao a secret edict in advance, explaining his plan to reward him, which meant to say to Sun Shao, if it can't be sealed, it's not my problem, it's Cao Shao's old thief who stops him.

Cao Ying received the draft edict sent by the Son of Heaven, and smiled contemptuously, the intention of the Son of Heaven was clear to him. After Sun Shao captured Xiangping City, Cao Zhang had already sent the news to Yecheng with a fast horse, Cao Ying was puzzled when he was amazed by Sun Shao's methods, he thought about it, and almost relapsed his headwind, and he didn't figure out how Sun Shao captured Xiangping City in one day. He showed Cao Zhang's report to Zhong Xuan, Dong Zhao, Cao Ren and other important ministers, and they couldn't guess the intention, and finally Cao Ying sighed, "If Fengxiao (Guo Jia) is here, maybe you can know a thing or two." "I made several important ministers look at each other and be embarrassed. However, they had to be convinced, Sun Shao's means of conquering Xiangping City were indeed unknown to the ghosts, and perhaps only the ghost Guo Jia of the year could be resurrected and guess one or two.

Faced with the edict of the Son of Heaven who wanted to sow discord, Cao Ying thought about it for a while, and then made a decision, he asked Cao Zhen, the general of the army, to ask Cao Zhen to go to Liaodong and discuss relevant matters with Sun Shao. Sun Shao has made such a great contribution, it is not good not to give some benefits, but Liaodong County is too important, if Liaodong County is given to Sun Shao, it means that the territory on the east side of Bohai Bay is all Sun Shao's. His financial resources are abundant, and the sailors are the best in the world, if he is allowed to occupy the horse farm in Liaodong, I am afraid that he will become a henchman in the future, once he joins forces with Sun Quan and Liu Bei, he will directly land in Qingxu from Liaodong, and the cavalry will be able to attack near Yecheng in a very short time.

What worries Cao Ying even more is that Sun Shao helped Cao Pi in Qingzhou, and then helped Cao Zhang make a contribution, and now his three sons are evenly matched, making it more difficult for him to choose. He knew that Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi were closer, and between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, Cao Chang would choose Cao Zhi, but Cao Zhi did not have a follow-up move that satisfied him after his meritorious service in Bashu, and he seemed very quiet in Guanzhong now. Cao Ying hesitated, and wanted to try Cao Zhi's details again, he was going to send Cao Pi to Liangzhou to stimulate Cao Zhi to see what kind of reaction he would have.

As for his body, after trying the fish oil offered by Sun Shao for a month, he felt that he should not have a problem living for a few more years, and he could see it more calmly and accurately. After all, his territory is now equivalent to half of the Han Dynasty, with Sun Quan and Liu Bei, the two fierce tigers, and Sun Shao, the little fox who came from behind, on his side, if he can't choose an heir with real skills, he is very doubtful that his Wei State can be passed on for a few years.

Cao Zhen received the order and rushed to Liaodong with Cao Ying's handwritten book.

At the end of December, Zhuge Jin arrived in Jianye, and Xu Zuo, the Zhongma who was in charge of escorting 2,000 war horses, did not follow, and he stopped at Lianyungang with the fleet, waiting for Sun Quan's reply.

When Sun Quan looked at Sun Shao and Sun Deng's books, he was taken aback at first, and then his face sank again.

"Is this a threat to me?" Sun Quan threw the book on the case and sneered: "Does it mean that if I don't let Ah Yu go back, he will kill Ah Deng?" Okay, let him kill, I want to see how he explains to the Sun clan, isn't he kind to others, why can't he even tolerate his younger brother? ”

Zhuge Jin was very embarrassed, and he was a little unclear about Sun Quan's mentality. Does he really plan to abolish the elder and the younger, and move his love to the young children and grandchildren? If this is the case, he Zhuge will hug the wrong thigh. Zhuge Ke is the prince's companion, and now he has accompanied Sun Deng again, Sun Deng is going to fall out of favor, doesn't it mean that they have suffered in vain?

"Your Highness, Your Minister...... There is a word, please refer to Your Highness. Zhuge Jin tried his best to make himself appear selfless.

"You say." Sun Quan said angrily. In front of a courtier like Zhuge Jin, he didn't need to hide his anger, nor did he need to pretend to be a corporal of Lixian.

"King Yue exchanged 2,000 war horses for his stepmother and son, if His Royal Highness refused, then others would think that His Highness would cut off his mother-son relationship, which was against human ethics and would inevitably cause unhappiness in the clan. Last time in Fuchun, King Yue used this as an excuse to ask the old lady to summon Mrs. Xu to Fuchun to meet with the prince, and everyone praised the fulfillment, but His Royal Highness did the opposite, what will others think? ”

Sun Quan turned his head angrily, and said angrily for a long time: "I don't care what they think, anyway, they all think that he is the heir of the Sun family now, I have worked hard for so many years, and in the end it is not a failure?" ”

Zhuge Jin figured out a little bit of meaning at this time, Sun Quan resented Sun Shao for hooking away the hearts of the Sun family, and forcibly buckled the bridge and the child, which made Sun Shao unhappy, and he also knew that it might not be of much use, but he just wanted to make Sun Shao find some trouble, which was a bit of a surname.

In fact, he didn't know that Sun Quan held the bridge and the child and didn't let go, and Gu Ran had the element of anger, but there was another hidden feeling: although the bridge has always been cold to him, it was this coldness that made Sun Quan want to stop, the more he couldn't get it, the more obsessed he was, he would rather let the child go than let go of the bridge, he knew that the bridge would never be seen again in the future.

Objectively speaking, Sun Quan is a person whose reason is greater than emotion, for the sake of interests, he can give up a lot of emotions, but, after all, he is also a person, and he is also a man, most of the problems that people have, although many times he can restrain himself, but inevitably, there are many times when he can't control himself, not to mention that he has now been stimulated by Sun Shao to go a little crazy. He often wondered if he was really inferior to his brother, not only inferior to his brother, but also inferior to his son? He didn't believe it, he wanted to restrain Sun Shao and see what Sun Shao could do to get the bridge and the child away in the end.

When people are angry, it is inevitable that they will be unreasonable, and Sun Quan is like this now. Don't say that Zhuge Jin is not a person who can speak well, even if he is, Sun Quan can't listen to anything now.

(To be continued)