The matter about Xiao Jiwen and Tubo is still just speculation, but it may not be what it is.

As the saying goes, be prepared, no matter how people act, it's always right to do something yourself. For a time, the Tanzhou side strengthened contact with Sun Shouren and his family.

Jingzhou, Xiangyang, Zhennan General's Mansion.

The Sun family has always been loyal to the royal Xiao family, but except for a small number of diehards, the so-called loyalty needs to be supported by reasons.

Except for the first two generations, the Sun family has long had no direct contact with the Xiao family, and has always been in Jingzhou and rarely goes out, and Da Liang's strategy for the royal family is not to let them go out if it is unnecessary. As a result, there is virtually little contact between the two.

When I arrived at Sun Shouren, I didn't have any contact with the Xiao clan at all. So there is no friendship, kindness or anything. The so-called loyalty is only because of the ancestral training and the status given to them by the Xiao family back then.

It's just that things have developed to this point, and the Zhennan General's Mansion is already in jeopardy, for any big family, the survival of the family is a big matter, and everything else can be thrown away, at this time, even if you feel guilty in your heart, you can't care about it.

In fact, in addition to the Liang court, the best place to surrender is Xiao Auntie, although she is a daughter, she is Xiao Shi, but under the contact, Sun Shouren was disappointed.

If Xiao Jiwen is a fledgling, then it is understandable to say such childish words as 'returning to government', and she can slowly move back over time. But the problem is that Xiao Jiwen has built a huge territory from scratch, and she is still so naïve and persistent, such a person, although it is admirable, cannot make him the master. It is foreseeable that the day of Xiao Jiwan's success is the time when she begins to fall.

Her subordinates wouldn't be happy to see her do that. Either they rebelled directly, or they forcibly supported their positions. The former is in direct contradiction, while the latter creates estrangement, which is very unfavorable to the development of forces. And she is not the only one competing for power in this world.

It can be said that the final choice of Tanzhou Zhou Shaoyu was really a helpless move. But for now, Sun Shouren still has one last expectation.

"The Queen Mother replied!?" Rao is Sun Shouren, who has been Rongma all his life, and he can't help but feel a little upset at this moment, Gao Yuyao's reply will make him make a final decision. After all, there is no way to delay any longer, Xiangyang seems to still be sticking to it, but in fact, it is already chaotic inside.

Opening the secret letter, Sun Shourenzai carefully read it over and over again, and finally sat on the chair and was silent for a long time.

Gao Yuyao's conditions are very generous, and the marriage contract set at the beginning is still valid, that is, the little emperor will still marry the daughter of the Sun family as the queen, and Sun Shouren himself will restore the position of the general of the former dynasty and let Sun Shouren sit.

Shangzhu Country may have different positions in different periods, but no matter which period, the status of Shangzhu Country is definitely not low. In particular, the letter focused on the sentence of 'restoring the former dynasty and the Shangzhu State', which was further elevated, in the former dynasty, the Shangzhu State was definitely the largest position, and in terms of status alone, the prime minister was one level behind, that is, this position was not permanent, and most of the time no one was qualified to take it.

However, Sun Shouren also saw that perhaps his apparent status could be raised to that point, but it was all false, and it was impossible to be in charge of the whole army for the supreme commander like the previous dynasty. It is impossible for Gao Yuyao to set such a person out as an obstacle. In other words, there is no real power.

Even the false name is fake.

If Sun Shouren Rongma's life record is very strong, then even if he has no actual power, it will be shocking to sit there. But what about Sun Shouren's actual record?

In fact, Sun Shouren is still good at fighting, but people will only look at the results.

First, he was ordered by the imperial court to go north to take over the army and resist the Turks, but what was the result? And the state was lost. In this context, there is certainly a design to defeat the Turks in the middle, but it is also in vain, and if the state is lost, it is lost.

Then he moved to Yuzhou, and drove away the Turkic army that captured Luoyang in one fell swoop. It's good now, retreat and retreat, defend Jingzhou and don't come out.

It's done now, I'm sorry, Jingzhou can't be saved......

Sun Shouren is also very helpless, when the Great Liang Imperial Court does not support, the three parties are surging and contained, what can he Sun Shouren do?

But how can people watch so much? People will only see that he, Sun Shouren, has failed to meet public expectations, defeated again and again, and even lost the basic plate of his own nest. Just such a qualification was thrown into the position of Shangzhu State, tsk, what will everyone think?

Do you also have a face to sit?

It's a killing!

At that time, the wisest move is nothing more than to resign, and from then on, it will be difficult for the Sun family to have a comeback. If the beam continues to be good, maybe after a long time, there will be so many rising stars in the clan, and maybe it can rise for a while, but what if the beam is gone? The Sun family, who lost all their chips, even had to lose the right to choose.

As for the so-called queen's position, it is even more false. The people in the inner palace also need foreign aid, and the mother's family has no right to echo it, even if she is the queen, it is in vain, not to mention that today's little emperor, everyone knows that he is a waste, don't say whether he will speak for the queen, even if he will, it is useless, the power is always Gao Yuyao's.

"How so!" Sun Shouren couldn't understand, he really couldn't understand why Gao Yuyao would do this.

No matter how you look at it, the best choice is to woo. There is no need for the conditions of the Great General's Mansion as before, as long as the Sun family is promised that they can still lead the troops alone. At that time, Xiangyang and Jiangxia waved their flags in response, and it was not a problem to stop Xiao Yuwen or even counterattack. But if Sun Shouren votes for another vote, such as serving Xiao Jiwen, then for Daliang, the pressure will only be greater.

No matter how you think about it, Gao Yuyao treats him like this, and it is more than worth the loss. But Gao Yuyao did just that!

"Why!" Sun Shouren slapped the table, his tone was angry, and he felt betrayed, after all, it was obviously a very pleasant cooperation at the beginning, wasn't it.

The Great Liang, the Jingshi, the Imperial Palace.

"Good boy, the last general's mansion is gone, and from now on, the entire beam will be our mother." Gao Yuyao hugged the baby and coaxed, and the palace maids and eunuchs were all far away.

"But it's not enough, but it's okay, my mother will clear all obstacles for you. As for your father...... Is it okay to lock him up and whip him when the time comes? Speaking of this, Gao Yuyao herself laughed. seems to have seen Zhou Shaoyu's aggrieved and pitiful scene.

Zhou Shaoyu, who was far away in Silla, was inexplicably trembling, and suddenly looked around vigilantly, and always felt that he felt a deep malice, which made people very unhappy.

Sure that there was no danger, Zhou Shaoyu couldn't help but whisper: "It must be a beautiful woman who has a crush that is too deep to get, and it is difficult to extricate herself and make me dissatisfied, hey, I am really a sinful man......"

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Li Xiuning and saw Li Xiuning looking at him speechlessly.

Zhou Shaoyu sweated slightly, but he was already cheeky anyway, so why not be thicker? Decisively stretched out his hand, pinched Li Xiuning's little face and said, "Hey...... Even a greasy girl like you has taken a fancy to me, I am really a charming man, rare in the world! ”

Li Xiuning: "Vomit ......"

“！！！” Zhou Shaoyu. Flip the table to show you believe it or not!

(╯'-')╯︵┻━┻

Forget it, hold back.

"Now the king of Silla seems to be an old man who is not in good health? I heard that there is no shortage of queens in Silla, do you think there will be another one? Idle and bored, Zhou Shaoyu said suddenly.

"What does it have to do with you?" Li Xiuning didn't know where to find a military book and flipped through it. Wen Yan sneered: "You think everyone is blind? ”

Can you still have a pleasant chat? Zhou Shaoyu is very embarrassed, what is said to be blind, besides, let's just say it casually, even if people really set up a queen to come out, we don't have to do something.

Seeing that Zhou Shaoyu was silent, Li Xiuning glanced at it and said lightly: "What, you hate me?" ”

"How could it be! Love you to death is real! Zhou Shaoyu immediately expressed his loyalty.

"Flim tongue, you have the ability to ...... in front of Lizhi"

"Stop! Can we not mention this stubble......"

Although the two girls have acquiesced to the current situation, the relationship between Li Xiuning and Li Lizhen is really average, if the two girls are together, Zhou Shaoyu is absolutely honest, where do you dare to mess around, the atmosphere is very strange.

"Weak-hearted?" Li Xiuning is a rare 'chase and fierce fight'.

Zhou Shaoyu didn't react for a while, and then he was angry and fought back: "When you have the ability to be in bed, you can mention this stubble again!" ”

“！！！” Li Xiuning was stunned, looked at Zhou Shaoyu very deeply, and spit out two words lightly: "Disgusting!" ”

After that, I felt that two words could not fully express her mood, so I added two more words: "Dirty!" ”

Zhou Shaoyu didn't feel pain, shrugged his shoulders, pursed his lips, and said, "What are you afraid of, anyway, my father has already shouted." ”

“！！！” Li Xiuning couldn't sit still and stood up: "I'll go and relax." ”

Zhou Shaoyu: "Ahahahaha......!" ”

Li Xiuning: "Slut! ”

In fact, there is no place to go, mainly because of the language barrier, even if there is an interpreter, it is inevitable that there will be some inconvenience. The first deputy Dong Daniu is still responsible for recruiting craftsmen, in fact, ordinary craftsmen are basically recruited, after all, the number of people is limited, in addition to the craftsmen themselves, and their families are not. Nowadays, the main job is to recruit high-level craftsmen, which is considered to be a chance of luck, whether there is or not, and when the time comes, you have to go.

However, Zhou Shaoyu had a new idea.

A few days ago, Zhou Shaoyu and Li Xiuning were wandering, and there were many beggars on the way, Zhou Shaoyu basically turned a blind eye to this, not ruthlessly, but once he gave alms, it was endless, and immediately a large number of refugees and beggars surrounded him. Zhou Shaoyu saw this with his own eyes, so he naturally lost interest in charity.

As a result, the next day, most of the beggars on the street were immediately reduced, and the rest were almost all old people, and the rest, whether young men, women, or children, were all gone.

Originally, I was still curious, and I planned to let Dong Daniu inquire, but I saw a few pairs of Dongwei Ashigaru wearing small armor and carrying a flag on their backs to arrest people on the street. Regardless of whether the people wanted to or not, they were directly forcibly taken away to catch up with the big ship, apparently preparing to transport them back to Dongwa. And judging from the pattern of the flag, it is clear that more than one has done this. And Silla is in charge, and he doesn't care at all.

If you want to catch the past, you are also doing cannon fodder coolies to train dead soldiers, etc., Zhou Shaoyu didn't believe that the Dongwei people had such a good heart, and they went all the way back to feed for nothing.

So Zhou Shaoyu had an idea.

Silla has always had a sailor, as a peninsula country, surrounded by the sea on three sides, and there has always been no shortage of pirates in the coastal waters between the Daliang clearance, and there is some friction between it and the Eastern Wa.

Even though Silla is now twilight and gradually declining, the foundation is still there, and there is no shortage of master craftsmen in its army.

This can be seen from the reconstruction of the beam water division, the beam sea water division has been abandoned for so long, it stands to reason that the technology has long been faulty, what is the result? Gao Yuyao ordered the reorganization, and under the operation of the state apparatus, the huge shipbuilding organization was immediately built, and one after another sea ships were launched, and its efficiency was amazing.

Silla naturally can't be compared with Daliang, but the naval division has never been broken, and he will still build one from time to time, maybe the technology is slightly inferior, but it is better than Zhou Shaoyu has nothing in his hands now.

That's right, Zhou Shaoyu also planned to forcibly kidnap people like the Eastern Widows, and directly framed the Eastern Widows, and even bought a belly roll plus knives from the Eastern Widow merchants, as for the flag. Of course, it's the Oda family's five-petal papaya pattern. Suppose that there really is an Oda family in this world, there is even a word from Nobunaga......

Hawkers, anyway, this sixth demon king has an open mind and acts strangely and offends countless people, so he won't care about such a small pot. Besides, everyone who understands knows that the hand of the Oda family can't be stretched so long.

It is not difficult to inquire about which master can build a large sea ship, and it is not difficult to choose among these people, so naturally people with relatively difficult conditions and few family members are the first choice. Otherwise, if you take a single captive of someone, your loyalty will be gone. But the family is all taken away, if there are many people in the family, isn't it embarrassing, Zhou Shaoyu doesn't have any trustworthy manpower here, basically he and Li Xiuning do it himself, plus a Dong Da Niu who can go out.

Like the beam, no matter how good the technology is, he is also a craftsman, his status is low, his income is not high, and he is not valued at all. At present, Silla is struggling and has no conditions to rebuild seagoing ships, which means that for a long time, these people will be useless, which will cause life to become more and more difficult.

Because they are under the jurisdiction of the sailor and strictly guarded, they can't do private work. This day has been difficult as you can imagine.

"That's right, I'm actually saving them." Zhou Shaoyu is righteous and awe-inspiring.

With further investigation, the number of people to be selected is also increasing, Zhou Shaoyu and Li Xiuning discussed for a while, and felt that relying on the two of them alone, no matter how powerful they were, they couldn't grab many people, and they had to plan further.

So, on the same day, a merchant ship sailed to the east......

Zhou Shaoyu is going to go to Dongwei to directly hire some people to be helpers, although it is not so treated, but it cannot be denied that at least the martial arts value of other warriors is still worthy of affirmation. Anyway, it's not a small start to practice.

And the most important thing in the East is the wandering samurai, right? After all, it is possible to recruit and hire some, after all, it is not for people to directly work.

At this time, Zhou Shaoyu didn't know how much of a chain reaction his move would have later.