The Han Empire, which had just experienced absurd tyranny, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the division of the Han Dynasty, had already exhausted its national strength, and because Sun Wu did not want to drag the war until Cao Wei's artillery unit was formed, he adopted the policy of the Northern Expedition in a reckless manner, and it was not until the confrontation between the north and the south in the past year or two that he had a chance to recuperate.

In fact, what is needed most at this time is food and labor, not spices, dyes, gold and silver, jewelry, medicinal herbs, and other things that can make life better...... It's just that there are frozen bones on the stinky road of Zhumen's wine and meat, and it can't stop people who will never starve to death from pursuing a better life, and the market demand for these things is still huge, and it is bound to be exchanged for a large amount of money and food for the Northern Expedition.

"Good, good! Worthy of being a young hero! Sun Quan, who left his sister and brother-in-law behind after the pirates went to sea, looked at the goods in front of him, and finally remembered Lyle's contribution in Jiangdong over the years, and patted Lyle's shoulder very affectionately and laughed.

"It is well deserved, and the credit is all due to Xingba and the crew." "In order to boost morale, the minister allowed the crew to take a small amount of goods as private property during each raid, and asked the lord to forgive him." ”

"What's the problem then~?" Sun Quan didn't care about such a trivial matter, how much could the sailors take, and the big head was still with him, but according to the original agreement, he handed over half of the income to Lyle to expand the pirate group to make him feel painful.

Of course, the pain in the flesh was only a matter of a moment, and when he thought of [Jiangdong Pirates = Soochow Navy] and [The size of the Pirates has become larger = more things will be snatched next time], he immediately didn't care. After all, it is a prince of a place, if he is not even willing to invest in the early stage, it is better to surrender directly to Cao Cao.

Sun Quan asked curiously, "Lyle, how is the Hundred Vehicles Dynasty compared to my Great Wu?" ”

"It's not clear." Lyle told the truth, and did not make up lies in order to get Sun Quan to vigorously support the voyage cause, "Due to the lack of troops of the pirates, we cannot occupy the town, and only dare to loot the dock area within the range of artillery fire. ”

Sun Quan nodded, the fleet of the Jiangdong Pirates is a behemoth compared to the civilian caravan, but it is too difficult to compete with the army of a country, and speculating on the true strength of a country based on the condition of the docks is no different from a blind man's elephant: "So, have you met their navy?" ”

"Every time they showed up, we ran away in fear." In fact, they have escaped a few times, and the Jiangdong Pirates have time to wander around the sea, and they are not so idle, so they really don't need to spend money to raise a navy, "But it can be seen from the appearance of their warships that they have more experience in naval warfare than us, and their tactics are also very mature, and all I can rely on is 'artillery'." ”

Lyle has removed Spinnaker from the list of strengths.

Others are not idiots, and they will be shocked to see their skills in sailing against the wind, so they will investigate. And when they bombarded the port towns to plunder, it was likely that the locals on the docks noticed that the sails were different in shape from the usual square sails.

Maybe the next time they sail, the ships of the Hundred Riders Dynasty and even other countries will all be replaced with square sails...... This is also one of the reasons why Lyle decided to postpone the second voyage, since the navigation technology has been overtaken, it can only rely on improving the strength to ensure his own safety!

“…… Is that so? Sun Quan gradually put away the smile born from the windfall from the sky.

Because of the difference in geographical location, the Han Dynasty focused on the development of the navy used on the river, rather than the navy used on the ocean, and it is unfair to forcibly draw a comparison.

Even so, Sun Quan, who has the idea of the Heavenly * Dynasty in the Han people's hearts (PS: this idea originated in the Western Han Dynasty), and Sun Quan, who has the ambition to seize the Han Dynasty, still feels very unhappy when he hears that the most powerful navy under his command is not comparable to foreign barbarians.

Lyle noticed the change in Sun Quan's mood, and immediately hit the snake with the stick: "The minister has been away from Dawu for a long time, and I don't know how the situation in the world has changed...... But I also ask the lord to allow his ministers to establish a shipyard in Jiaozhou, recruit Jiaozhou soldiers, and expand the Jiangdong Pirates! ”

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Sun Quan deducted the first-level treasures, rewarded the ministers with the second-level treasures, and the rest were put on the market and transformed into more valuable things such as grain, field products, cloth, war horses, and weapons. Although Cao Wei responded by 'advocating a thrifty style', the common people under his rule were still keen to buy these overseas goods, which were much cheaper than usual, and it was inevitable that Cao Wei's supplies would flow to Sun Wu.

Sun Quan is lustful, it is not a new thing to search for beauties everywhere to enrich the harem, and after selecting the most pleasing woman among the hundred slaves as a concubine to feel the exotic customs, he also dealt with this batch of hundred slaves in the form of dealing with treasures, and if he couldn't sell them, he rushed to open up fields and mine. After receiving Lyle's foreign language education for several months, the two maids who served as teachers to communicate with the hundred slaves were thus freed from their lowly jobs.

With Sun Quan's consent, half of the proceeds from the sale of treasures were used as funds to build a shipyard in poor and backward Jiaozhou to recruit and train sailors. This move can be seen as both a concession to the Jiaozhou wealthy clan and a strengthening of Sun Wu's control over Jiaozhou, and in any case, Shi Xie, the actual ruler of Jiaozhou, finally chose to cooperate with Lyle's actions, and there was no sign of rebellion.

The sailors cashed out their imported goods, some bought land, some married and had children, some spent all their money on wine, some gambled a lot of money, and other soldiers were envious and jealous when they saw this, no matter how the sailors described the hardships of life at sea, some were still looking for a way to transfer to the pirates to gamble on a fortune.

The sailor, who was born as a political implicator, finally relied on his actual achievements to rescue his relatives from heavy forced labor, naturally, he was still different from ordinary people for the time being, and he needed to accept a certain amount of supervision, and it was impossible for his family to flee to Cao Wei.

- For Lyle, the above things are either a sentence that makes others run and break their legs, or they are purely trivial matters that have nothing to do with themselves.

"Huh? The lord wants to requisition my fleet north to plunder Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla? Lyle, who was thinking about how to improve the steelmaking process and improve the processing accuracy of craftsmen at home, learned about it from Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang still looked like a fan, and pointed out: "To be exact, all that is needed is a boat, and the sailors are arranged separately." ”

"It's quite considerate~" Let a group of soldiers who have been at sea for more than half a year not be stable for a few months and continue to go to sea, this is also too ghostly, "However, this kind of voyage with a short range and quick profits is quite suitable for the lord." ”

By the way, this is not a compliment to Sun Quan.

“…… I'm just letting you know. When he couldn't understand his son's subtext, Zhuge Liang continued, "However, I thought you would be quite interested in this trip. ”

After all, Lyle has never been to Goguryeo, Baekje, or Silla, which is also in line with his ideal of going to sea to see the world.

"I'm interested, it's just that these three countries are the end of my journey." Lyle shook his head and smiled, "It's hot in the south and cold in the north, I already know that if you go south, you won't be roasted, but will the far north be so cold that even the sea will be frozen?" One day I'll sail all the way north to make sure of this, and then I'll have a good time stopping by. ”