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Sun Shao raised the corners of his mouth, shook his head and said: "The eagle flies in the sky, the fish swims in the water, although my warship is passable, but it can't go ashore after all." Fighting on land, or riding first, Your Highness will fight all your life, you won't even forget this common sense, right? ”

Liu Bei touched his beard embarrassedly, turned to Guan Feng boringly, and said reproachfully: "Yinping, you are really strict-mouthed, and you don't tell me in advance about such important news, there are still hundreds of steps away, if you are close, won't you even have time to cover your ears?" ”

Guan Feng pursed his lips and smiled, glanced at Sun Shao, his eyes were full of pride: "Don't hide it from my uncle, I also just found out not long ago, I originally thought that the name was loud, but I didn't expect it to be like thunder." Let my uncle be frightened, please don't blame. ”

Liu Bei laughed and pulled Guan Feng to the side to gossip. Sun Shao was not interested in listening to what he said, it was estimated that he just wanted to get some benefits from Guan Feng, he had already planned about this, and had already told Guan Feng about the charter, and now that Guan Yu was no longer in Shu, I believe that Guan Feng would not be so generous.

Cao Zhang's face softened, glanced at Liu Bei's back, and was about to talk to Sun Shao, Zhang Zhao shouted: "His Royal Highness King Yue, come close, Your Majesty has something to ask Your Highness." ”

Sun Shao hurriedly responded and confessed to Cao Zhang, Cao Zhang was helpless, and said urgently: "Your Highness, the foreign minister will visit His Highness later, please leave some time." ”

"By all means, I have prepared sugar cane wine, and I am waiting for you to come." Sun Shao smiled and waved his hand, then arched his hands in front of his chest, and trotted all the way to the Son of Heaven. This way of walking has a doorway, called tendency, everyone in front of the Son of Heaven, can not swagger walking, must pass quickly, can not throw off the big stride and run wildly, can only take small steps and hurry, this is called tendency. Not only in front of the Son of Heaven, but also in front of the elders of the younger generation, which is a kind of etiquette. Sun Shao is now the king of Yue, it is rare to see the Son of Heaven, generally speaking, only others tend to it in front of him, he rarely needs to tend, this time the East China Sea Alliance, in order to create a stable rear for himself, he needs to put the Son of Heaven high, so this etiquette Zhang Zhao is reminded and reminded.

Seeing Sun Shao's respect, the Son of Heaven showed a satisfied smile on his face and glanced at Zhang Zhao gratefully. Zhang Zhao is the teacher of King Yue, he is highly respected, Sun Shao is so polite to the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven thinks that he has a certain relationship with Zhang Zhao as a lieutenant, and even his impression of Zhang Zhao is much better. He waved his hand and motioned for Sun Shao to relax a little and not to be too tight.

Zhang Zhao stroked his beard, showed a reserved smile, and involuntarily glanced at Sun Quan opposite. The corners of Sun Quan's eyes twitched, and he subconsciously turned his head away, letting go of Zhang Zhao's provocative eyes.

"Sun Qing, this steam engine ...... What does it look like, can you give me a look? The Son of Heaven asked curiously, but he was a little apprehensive in his heart, this is a secret, don't look at Sun Shao's politeness to him, but when it comes to confidential things, he may not be able to let him see it.

"Absolutely." To the surprise of the Son of Heaven, Sun Shao agreed, and then looked at the gorgeous military uniform on the Son of Heaven, and said with some worry: "It's just that the cabin is very dirty, is Your Majesty changing clothes?" ”

The Son of Heaven was overjoyed, shook his head heartily and said: "The sailors in the cabin are all my people, and they are not afraid of getting dirty when they do things there all day long, so why not go and see what I want?" Sun Qing, lead the way. ”

Sun Shao smiled and slapped a sycophant: "Your Majesty loves the people like a son, and his feelings can be learned." Then he took the Son of Heaven down to Fengyi, Liu Bei, Sun Quan and Cao Zhang, of course, were not far behind, and they didn't need Sun Shao to greet them, so they followed together. The sailors of the Fengyi were busy, the black coal, white steam and fiery red fire in the cabin were contrasting with each other, the huge crankshaft made a roaring sound, deafening, the naked sailors did not expect the noble Son of Heaven to come, when they saw the solemn Son of Heaven, they opened their mouths in surprise one by one, and stood there stupidly, not even forgetting to salute.

Liu Bei and the others had gloating expressions on their faces.

"Presumptuous, the Son of Heaven arrives, and you still don't kneel to pick it up?" Zhang Zhao lowered his face and reminded the sailors with a loud shout.

When the sailors heard this, they immediately panicked, threw away the tools in their hands, and no matter whether it was coal or water on the ground, or what it was, they were about to fall to their knees when they turned over. At this moment, Sun Shao suddenly said loudly:

"Wait!"

Although this sound was not loud, it clearly reached everyone's ears, these sailors were very familiar with Sun Shao's voice, and they obeyed the order, without thinking about it at all, and immediately straightened their legs that had just bent down, and a few kneeling fast also stood up instinctively.

"Your Highness?" Zhang Zhao looked at Sun Shao very unhappily, his face gloomy.

"Alas, Father Zhong, this is Fengxian's warship, let's listen to Fengxian." Sun Quan put on a very reasonable look, and persuaded in a harmonious voice: "Although the subjects should bow down when they see the Son of Heaven, since Feng Xian does not allow it, there must be a reason for him." ”

Sun Shao sneered in his heart, but the smile on his face remained unchanged. These people are really boring, and at this time, they still have to pick some trouble on their lips. He turned to the Son of Heaven and said loudly: "Your Majesty, although these sailors do not fight on deck, since they are on the warship, they are the soldiers of the sailors. There are rules in the army, only military salutes, no kneeling salutes, even if you see the Son of Heaven, you can't be an exception, and please let Your Majesty know it. ”

The Son of Heaven's eyes flashed, then smiled again, and said magnanimously: "Sun Qing's words are reasonable, and it should indeed be so." He turned to look at the sailors who could only see the whites of their eyes and teeth, but their eyes were very bright, although it was dark, and nodded gently.

The sailors who were being stimulated by Sun Shao's words suddenly stood up straight, slammed their hearts with their black right fists, and a sturdy captain shouted: "Ministers and other Han sailors of the Fengyi of the Funan Fleet of the Yue Kingdom, meet Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!" Long live King Yue! ”

More than a hundred sailors shouted in unison, their voices neat and powerful, echoing in the narrow cabin, the sound of rolling waves, even overshadowing the sound of the steam engine, and the shock was no less than the earth-shattering thunder that had exploded far away just now. The Son of Heaven was taken aback, then calmed down again, stood up straight, and replied loudly: "The princes are flat." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The sailors responded in unison.

The Son of Heaven walked forward slowly, carefully looking at the sweaty but excited men, and sighed with emotion. Sun Shao accompanied him, walked in front of the sailors one by one, and saw which one the Son of Heaven looked at twice, and immediately stepped forward to introduce the sailor's hometown, service age, and military title, and asked the sailor standing aside to introduce the Son of Heaven when the Son of Heaven checked the clumsy steam engine. Those sailors never thought that there would be such an honor, and their voices trembled with excitement, and a simple sentence rolled in their mouths, and they couldn't say it clearly. Fortunately, the Son of Heaven was not in a hurry, he spoke slowly, looked at them with a smile, and waited patiently for them to calm down their excitement.

After taking a turn in the cabin, the Son of Heaven checked a few steam engines, praised them, and finally reluctantly got out of the bilge. Sun Shao accompanied him out of the cabin, and said to the captain who followed behind at the door of the cabin: "Go back and tell the brothers that today you have behaved well in front of the Son of Heaven, and you will be awarded the third rank every year, and you will celebrate your achievements in the evening." ”

The captain's eyes lit up suddenly, and just as he wanted to thank him loudly, Sun Shao put his finger to his lips, pointed to the Son of Heaven who was climbing up, and motioned him to be quiet. The lieutenant nodded again and again, sent Sun Shao away, turned around and lowered his face, and called all the sailors to him. The sailors didn't know why, but when they saw the captain's serious face, they thought that they had mishandled the matter just now and caused trouble, and they became uneasy one by one. Nothing could be heard in the cabin except the roar of the steam engine.

The captain coughed, then smiled, and said loudly: "Your Highness has an edict, all the monarchs are very good, everyone will be rewarded with a third-level knighthood, and tonight will be a big one." ”

The sailors were silent for a moment, then let out a roar of excitement.

Tianzi, who was standing on the cabin and watching the torsion ballista that fired the earth-shattering thunder, heard the cheers in the cabin below, and said with a smile: "Sun Qing, you are really in control, it is really rare to be able to do things there and have such a good mood." ”

Sun Shao said with a smile: "It is Your Majesty's heavenly grace that makes them so happy, and the minister believes that they will definitely remember today's scene in their hearts forever." ”

"Really?" The Son of Heaven held a heaven-shaking thunder in his hand, and was silent for a moment before he said lightly: "Actually, I didn't do anything. ”

"Your Majesty, what the people ask for is not high, they only ask for three meals a day, and they can ensure food and clothing for a family after years of hard work, and if the superior can still treat them as human beings, they are already very satisfied. If you are as noble as Your Majesty, and are not afraid to get in close contact with them, they will regard this as a great gift. ”

"yes." The Son of Heaven sighed softly, and stopped talking, obviously feeling something. He shook the Sky-Shaking Thunder in his hand and said with a smile, "Can I see the power of this Sky-Shaking Thunder with my own eyes?" ”

Sun Shao nodded, motioned to the crossbowmen to put the earth-shaking thunder into the net pocket, guided the Son of Heaven to put his hand on the crossbow machine, stood next to the earth-shaking thunder with a fire rope in his hand, and said to the Son of Heaven with a smile: "After the minister ignites the earth-shaking thunder, within a breath, His Majesty will pull the crossbow machine and launch this earth-shaking thunder, otherwise, I am afraid that more than a dozen of our monarchs and ministers will die to serve the country." ”

When Sun Quan and the others next to him heard this, their faces suddenly changed. Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong hurriedly rushed forward and softly dissuaded the Son of Heaven not to mess around with Sun Shao, in case there was any accident, wouldn't it be all over? The Son of Heaven thought about it, but shook his head resolutely, and put Zhang Zhao and the others aside, Gu Yong was a little better, although he had a calm face, his voice was not loud, but Zhang Zhao was angry, pulled in front of the Son of Heaven, and resolutely did not let him get close to the crossbow machine, with a posture that you can go over, you have to step on me.

The Son of Heaven looked at Zhang Zhao, who was bearded, and suddenly smiled: "Zhang Gong, you are Sun Qing's teacher, don't you have confidence in him yet?" Although he is young, when did he do such an uncertain thing? ”

Zhang Zhao was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, the Son of Heaven had already bypassed him, walked to the crossbow machine, stretched out his hand to clasp the crossbow machine, and nodded at Sun Shao: "Ignite." ”

Sun Shao nodded and lit the fuse of the earth-shattering thunder. The fuse snorted, and a puff of green smoke came out, burning rapidly. Zhang Zhao wanted to go up and hold the Son of Heaven, but when he saw this scene, he didn't dare to move, in case he interfered with the actions of the Son of Heaven, and this earth-shattering thunder exploded on the ship, it would be a real tragedy.

The dozen or so most powerful people in the Great Han Kingdom all turned their nervous eyes to the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven gritted his teeth and pulled the crossbow machine with force. The crossbow machine made a loud "buzz" sound, and the earth-shattering thunder flew out with a "whoosh", drawing an arc in the clear blue sky, falling to the sea 200 steps away. Although it is far away, it still looks amazing.

Sun Shao was stunned for a moment, cold sweat flowed, this is too fucking hanging, this earth-shattering thunder must be a flowering thunder, and the gunpowder is really filled with a lot, if it really explodes on the ship, it will be a tragedy. It seems that I have to work out the charge standard with them immediately when I go back, so I can't help but be so casual.

The Son of Heaven was surprised and delighted, looked at the sea in the distance, and nodded again and again.

Sun Quan and the others had complicated faces, they didn't know that this earth-shattering thunder was an accident, but they just thought that every one of them was like this, and they weighed the difference in strength between themselves and Sun Shao in their hearts, and their hearts couldn't help but sink for a while, and their eyes looking at Sun Shao were a little more afraid.

The Son of Heaven is secretly happy in his heart, no matter what, with the support of a powerful and loyal courtier like Sun Shao, although Luoyang is small, it can be maintained, even Cao Ying can't think twice. He looked at the vast sky, breathed a long sigh of relief, and secretly prayed to the heavens in his heart.

The most unsure steam engine and earth-shaking thunder achieved unexpectedly good results, Sun Shao was very satisfied, struck while the iron was hot, and asked the Son of Heaven to review the more than 10,000 sailors gathered at the mouth of the Yangtze River, he told the Son of Heaven and others in detail about the sailors to reduce the quantity, pay attention to quality, develop large ships, reload ships, and increase the power of the sailors' development policy, listening to the Son of Heaven nodded again and again, Sun Quan and others also showed a relieved smile. It can be seen from Sun Shao's development route and the scale of the sailor in front of him that Sun Shao's goal has always been at sea, and he has no plans to enter the Yangtze River and inland rivers at present, which is good news for them.

In a harmonious atmosphere, the sailor, who was the main event, successfully closed the tabernacle. That night, the Son of Heaven held a celebration banquet on the building boat given to him by Sun Shaoxin, after three rounds of wine, after watching the exotic song and dance, Sun Shao got up, high-fived, and the dancers retreated, making room for Sun Shao.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say." Sun Shao owes himself.

"Sun Qing is so solemn, it must be important to think about it." Tianzi smiled happily. He is in a really good mood today, this trip to the East China Sea was originally forced to be helpless, forced by Sun Shao and Cao Ying's military might, he didn't dare not come, but he didn't expect to get more than expected after coming, not only with Sun Shao's solid backing, but also got a large amount of property, just the four-story ship that Sun Shao gave him and the goods on board are worth a lot. Not to mention anything else, the bedding in the cabin is all thick and warm Tianzhu cotton, which is much better than the silk quilt filled with silk wool. There are also hundreds of sets of cotton clothes, which are also very comfortable to wear. Such a thing was unimaginable to the Son of Heaven before. More importantly, with Sun Shao's support, Sun Quan and his ilk don't dare to rely on the taxes they want to rely on. At this time, no matter what Sun Shao said, the Son of Heaven wanted to hear it and was willing to listen.

"Your Majesty, gentlemen, Shao has a question for you." Sun Shao raised the wine glass in his hand, looked around, and asked with a drunken expression. "Do you know what I've regretted the most in the past few years?"

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what Sun Shao wanted to say, he has been prosperous in the past few years, he has mixed so well, and there are still regrets? Don't eat enough fat to smell oily, or deliberately make fun of us, right?

"My greatest regret is that I was born forty years late." Sun Shao raised four fingers, tilted his head, and slowly swept his gaze over everyone's faces: "Can anyone remember what happened forty years ago?" ”

Everyone was silent in thought, and after a while, Liu Bei stroked his beard and said lightly: "Forty years ago, the demon Zhang Jiao instigated the livelihood of the exiles, and the world was in turmoil. ”

Everyone looked at him, and then looked at Sun Shao, Sun Shao nodded: "The King of Shu has personally experienced this matter, and he is deeply impressed." Ladies and gentlemen, what I regret the most in the past few years is that I was born 40 years late, after this catastrophe, the vitality of the Han Dynasty was greatly damaged, the filial piety emperor Xu, Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, and then there was the Luoyang Rebellion, the princes were in a scuffle, and the lives were ruined for 40 years. Ladies and gentlemen, I have 60 million people, how many people are left? ”

Sun Shao suddenly sank his face, raised his voice, and was full of grief and indignation: "Cao Gong has poems, the white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crying for thousands of miles, which can be said to be blood." You can think about how many people are still in my Han today, the total is less than 10 million, and more than eighty percent of them died in the battle array. He clenched his fists and shouted, "I regret that most of these people died not at the hands of foreigners, but at the hands of our Han people themselves. So far, I have conquered Yizhou and Funan, but I found that what I lacked was people. If it weren't for this catastrophe, why would I have used more than 30,000 people to conquer Funan? ”

He turned around sharply and faced Cao Zhang: "If I have Cao Gong's 150,000 army in Jingzhou, I am afraid that I have already taken Tianzhu at this moment, where will I have time to sit here and sigh about the rise and fall, success or failure." ”

Everyone was silent, thinking about their own thoughts, they were all a little uncomfortable, and the most uncomfortable was of course the Son of Heaven. The biggest victim of this catastrophe is the royal family, the Yellow Turban Incident, the state pastors and Taishou support the soldiers and self-respect, which became the start of the later melee between the princes, the court lost control of the place, Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, and actually turned the world upside down, abolished the establishment, and forcibly moved the capital, and then the tragedy, in fact, the root cause was the chaos in the first year of Zhongping, and the Han Dynasty has stepped into the road of no return since that day. As soon as he thought of this, the eyes of the Son of Heaven became wet.

"I hereby implore you to stop looking at Luoyang and at your compatriots who are also Han people. Don't kill each other anymore, there are less than 10 million people left in 60 million, everyone, the surrounding Siyi add up to more than us, if we continue to kill each other, the vitality of the Han will be lost, I am afraid that this Central Plains will sooner or later become the ranch of the Hu people, the once proud Han people, will become the slaves of the Hu people, starting from Emperor Gao, the backbone of the Han people built by the flesh and blood of thousands of compatriots will also be broken by the Hu people. ”

Sun Shao said word by word, thinking of the later Wuhu Chaohua in history, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional, his eyes overflowed with crystal tears, he bowed to Sun Quan, Liu Bei and Cao Zhang in an almost pleading tone: "All the monarchs are heroes in the world, majestic and peerless, I want to ask your subordinates to show mercy, leave a little blood for my Han people, don't kill each other anymore, don't put the sharp sword at your own people." ”

The three of them were silent, Cao Zhang first put down the cup, stood up, picked up the ivory chopstick from the case, broke it hard, and said loudly: "I, Cao Zhang, swear here, in this life, I will never take the initiative to provoke war against my people in the territory of the Han Dynasty. ”

Liu Bei and Sun Quan glanced at each other, and a hint of relief flashed across their faces. They are the two with inferior strength, if Yue and Wei do not take the initiative to provoke a war, for them, this is not a great news, how can they still be unwilling. If you don't take this opportunity to bite this matter to death, maybe Sun Shao will turn his face and immediately join forces with Cao Zhang to destroy them first.

Without much thought, they immediately stood up, and took up their ivory baskets as if they had been demonstrated. However, their strength is not comparable to Cao Zhang, it is not easy to break the ivory chopstick, Sun Quan is in the prime of life, and it is a little better, but Liu Bei is already in his sixties, and he has been sick for a few years, and his physical strength has long been inferior to before.

However, no one laughed at him.

Yang Biao got up, walked to the Son of Heaven, bowed to the ground, followed closely, Zhang Zhao and others also knelt down together, and said in unison: "God bless my big man!" ”

"God estimates that I am a big man!" The Son of Heaven burst into tears and couldn't cry. He stepped down from his seat, helped Yang Biao and others, who were also in tears, up one by one, and finally came to Sun Shao and Cao Zhang with wine glasses, and bowed down. Sun Shao and Cao Zhang hurriedly avoided it, saying that they didn't dare. The Son of Heaven pulled them with tears in his eyes: "Xiebude, I am in the position of the Son of Heaven, and I am in danger of losing my big man." In the past, there was Cao Gong, and now there is Sun Qing, helping the Han to tilt into the general, turning the tide in the fall, and having the grace of reinvention in my Han. Xie dared to use this wine, thank you Erjun for his great kindness. ”

Sun Shao glanced at Cao Zhang, still hesitating, but Cao Zhang said angrily: "Your Majesty's words are serious, since the ministers are Han Chen, they should serve the Han Dynasty." However, His Majesty's words have come to this, in the past, the sage blamed the son and did not thank him, and the ministers did not dare to be humble, and became a private virtue and hurt the righteousness. The minister is not talented, and he is willing to encourage Sun Jun. ”

Sun Shao saw that everyone was looking at him, knowing that although they had different thoughts, most of them could accept his idea of not wanting to fight in the civil war, but he was also a little excited, and no matter whether there would be changes in the future, at this moment, it was enough to comfort his life. He and Cao Zhangxin glanced at each other, saluted the Son of Heaven, and said loudly: "The ministers are given." With that, he drank the wine down.

Everyone congratulated the Son of Heaven again, and then laughed happily, as if a great thing had been accomplished. Yang Biao was a little overjoyed, holding a wine glass, first respecting the Son of Heaven, then Sun Shao and the other four, and then he was still unsatisfied, and drank with Gu Yong and others until he was drunk.

(To be continued)