Chapter 28 If you have no desire, you will be strong

"What did Shi Xie say?" Guan Feng picked up a piece of fruit and put it in her mouth and chewed it carefully. The beautiful Danfeng glanced at Sun Shao, who was tanned, and asked with concern.

"Hey hey, I dare not say anything else, at least it should be safe behind me." Sun Shao looked at Guan Feng, who had regained her ruddy face, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Do you have an appetite these two days?"

"Hmm." Guan Feng blushed and spit out her tongue shyly: "I ate too much, and I feel much fat."

"It's better to be fat, it's better to be fat." Sun Shao kept laughing.

Guan Feng lowered her head and carefully picked up the best piece and sent it to Sun Shao's mouth. Sun Shao bit it in his mouth. Before he could bite it, he frowned and spit it out with a "Bah" and was stunned: "What's this? It's so sour."

"Is it sour?" Guan Feng was stunned.

"Of course it's sour." Sun Shao took a sip of tea and rinsed his mouth: "I think you ate it with relish and how delicious it was. I didn't expect it to be so sour. It's a good thing that you eat so well.

"I think it's delicious." Guan Feng tasted it again: "It's great to have a mouth full of saliva."

"I'm convinced of you." Sun Shao raised his hand and surrendered, and then stared at Guan Feng's stomach, which basically didn't see the movement. He couldn't suppress the excitement in his eyes: "Sour girl, it looks like a boy."

"I think so, too." Guan Feng put down the spoon, held her cheeks in one hand, her eyes were shining, and her face was yearning: "Who do you think this child will look like?"

"Of course, my son is like me, and my daughter is like you." Sun Shao could not say anything. He hugged Guan Feng, kissed her on the face hard, and laughed.

"Young master, madam..." Ge Heng held the drawings and stood awkwardly at the door. Guan Feng was very embarrassed and quickly got up and entered the inner room. Sun Shao was so thick-skinned that he asked people to come in and clean up the fruit on the case, make tea, and asked Ge Heng to sit down. He asked eagerly, "Are you done?"

Ge Heng nodded vigorously and spread the drawings on the case. According to the young master's request, I equipped ten warships with a strong crossbow with four stones, with a range of 200 steps. Instead, I used a winch on the arrow, and one person can do it. Now it is about twelve or three breaths and one arrow. After being proficient, it should be improved to five breaths and one arrow. However, this is the ideal speed. According to my estimation, the average rate of fire of ten ships should be about eight breaths.

One breath is a breath. A person's normal breath is sixteen breaths, that is to say, each ship can shoot three arrows at the fastest, and the average speed is two arrows. This is still the case where the arrows have been used on the wrig. Sun Shao felt that it was still too slow, but he couldn't think of a better way for the time being.

"I'm improving, but the progress is not fast." Ge Heng touched his head with some shame: "I'm not familiar with this aspect of military equipment."

Sun Shao smiled and waved his hand: "It doesn't matter. It's not urgent. Now it's a great improvement."

"Young master, fifteen ships, can only load ten ships, loaded with strong crossbows, it is bound to reduce the number of soldiers, and the melee ability is greatly reduced. In my opinion, it is still not very comprehensive."

"What about the speed?" Sun Shao blinked his eyes and did not answer Ge Heng's question, but asked another question. Ge Heng calculated: "It should not be affected. On the contrary, it will be improved a little. The strong crossbow probably occupies the position of eight people. It only needs two or three people to do it, and the weight is only equivalent to two people. The overall weight has been reduced.

"Increase the speed a little more, except for the oarsman and crossbowman, leave another helmsman, and the spare helmsman is also the crossbowman." Sun Shao patted his thigh: "Fir, can't I run away if I can't beat him?"

Ge Heng's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood Sun Shao's meaning and nodded repeatedly.

"After the transformation plan is decided, I will be responsible for the specific things assigned to you. Don't spend your time on these things." Sun Shao squeezed his eyes. Ge Heng understood it and answered with a smile, "Don't worry, young master, I know it."

In June, as the south wind became stronger and stronger, Panyu Port began to be lively, and a large number of ships entered the port every day. There are Jiaozhou sailors stationed in Panyu Port, and the port is divided into several narrow waterways by several islands. There are soldiers stationed on the island. Once the situation occurs, as long as a few ships stop at the port, the port can be sealed, so pirates usually do not venture into the port. They usually wait on the island outside the port, and the merchant ships here enter Get out of the most concentrated place and do it casually. The income is good. Just like standing in a fish basin and pricking fish, there are only big fish and small fish, and there is no worry about falling out. Marines usually do not leave the port to fight. They protect the safety in the port. The life or death of merchant ships outside the port has nothing to do with them. It's too much for them to work hundreds of miles to protect a few merchant ships, unless it's for a specific purpose.

So this period is the season for pirates to harvest. On the sea outside the port, robberies happen almost every day. Merchant ships, large and small, like returning salmon, strive to rush into the port at the fastest speed and into the port, which means that their adventure is safe, and more stops outside the port. God, it's a bit more dangerous, especially those Xiyi merchants who traveled far away and worked hard for more than half a year to arrive. If they were robbed by pirates at this time, they would come all the way to die. Thinking about it, they would be angry.

Therefore, in addition to the booming pirate business, the large and small officials in charge of the inspection and release in the port now also have a lot of income. Those businessmen who can enter the safe zone early have to accompany their smiling faces to put money into their hands and strive to release it earlier.

The governor of Jiaozhou, who received a large number of reports, can't sit still. These merchants are the main source of tax in Panyuyi City. Many of them are from the local families in Nanhai South China. There is no place to cry for the loss of the Yi people. They can't swallow their anger so much. Although it is impossible for the government to compensate them for their losses, they come It's always okay to scold twice to relieve your anger. After being quarreled for a few days, Bu Qian invited Sun Shao and Shi Wei over.

"Two, one of you is the commander of the South China Sea, the general of Henghai, and the other is the general of Dinghai, who is in charge of the most powerful strength of the Jiaozhou sailors. Now that pirates are rampant, do you just sit idly by?"

Sun Shao laughed and didn't say anything.

Shiwei hesitated for a moment: "Listen to the arrangement of the governor and the general."

Bu Qian knocked on a few cases and reminded Sun Shao not to play too much: "Fengxian, the losses of Yi merchants are serious, and the tax revenue has been greatly reduced. You, the governor of the South China Sea, should be responsible."

Sun Shao's eyes turned over and said, "Mr. Fu, although I am the keeper of the South China Sea, I am also in charge of Yi City in the South China Sea, but the scope of my management is Yi City. If I enter Yi City, it is under my control. I don't even enter Panyu Port. Do I also need to manage it? That's the scope of responsibility of the Jiaozhou sailor, right?

Bu Qian frowned and had to turn his eyes to Shiwei again. Shi Wei smiled helplessly and said, "Mr. Fu, I'm just a general in Dinghai. How can I make the decision in front of the governor and the general? Please order the general to lead the army on an expedition. Naturally, I vowed to follow him to the death. There is absolutely nothing to say.

Bu Qian nodded quietly: "The general is full of fighting spirit and loyal to the country, which is worthy of praise. Fengxian, although the outside of Hong Kong is not under the jurisdiction of Nanhai County, don't forget that you are still General Henghai. You are the highest in Jiaozhou except for the left general. In the navy, your military position is also the highest. You are responsible for the safety at sea. If this year's tax is much less than last year, I'm afraid that if the supreme blame comes down, you and I can't afford it.

Jiaozhou under the control of Bu Qian, the real rule of Sun Quan is Nanhai County, Cangwu County and Yulin County. The commercial tax of Nanhai County accounts for a large proportion of it. If the pirates make too much noise and the commercial tax declines, it will indeed affect the tax of the whole of Jiaozhou. It was also because of this that Bu Qian couldn't sit still and suppressed his temper and invited Sun Shao and Shi Wei to discuss the matter.

Sun Shao touched his chin and thought for a long time: "In that case, let's go to sea to fight against the arrogance of those pirates, and let them not be too rampant."

Step by step, he was relieved, and Shi Wei was in his arms, and both of them nodded and agreed.

"Although my military position is high, I have never fought a war, so I'd better ask the general to command it." Sun Shao said modestly, "I'm the courage of a man. I'll take my more than a dozen ships as a striker for the general."

Shi Wei was very happy, but he couldn't afford it on his face: "The general's words are heavy. I'm just a middle general. How dare I command the general?" You'd better ask the governor to go out in person. We all listen to the governor's orders.

Bu Qian glanced at Shiwei and smiled secretly in his heart. In the past, when the sailors went on an expedition, Shiwei was a big deal and didn't want him to appear at all. In this way, not only did the credit belong to him alone, but also no one could figure out how much of the captured trophy fell into his own pocket. Anyway, in the end, he didn't receive much. This time, he squeezed Sun Shao into the navy. Although his strength was not strong, his military position was higher than his, which made him want to command. He was unwilling to hand over the command. In the end, he had to take advantage of him.

"In that case, you all get ready. Let's choose to go on an expedition and sweep away the thieves."

"Oh." Sun Shao and Shi Wei got up and answered, and then pretended to greet each other.

"Please take care of me, general."

"Each other."

Three days later, the action of the suppression of bandits by the Jiaozhou sailors began. Chinese and foreign merchants who suffered from pirates rushed to the present to serve them. This time, the assassin personally led the expedition, and the scale was much higher than before. Not only the gentry in Panyu City were present, but also many people came to the surrounding areas. None of them knew that Bu Qian personally led the team because neither of the other two could deal with each other, so they had to hold out a third party. They all thought that the government was going to make up their mind to deal with the pirates. They were quite excited. Long live one by one. Of course, long live is shouting, but many people shouting Long live is not Bu Qian, but a scholar. Xie. . Look at those warships and you will know that there are nearly 500 warships, more than 300 war flags of Shiwei, more than 100 war flags of Buqi, and only 15 of them hanging the battle flag of General Sun Shao of Henghai. These 15 ships are still a little to see. At least the canopy is brand-new, and the soldiers on it are also spiritual, but now It's funny to be moored next to the powerful Shiwei.

Soon, the news that the handsome Xiaolang standing next to the assassin was General Sun Shao of Henghai spread out. Those who were knowledgeable felt sorry for Sun Shao. The proud Gong clan was now fooled as a monkey. He didn't know him. He really took Sun Shao as a joke and became Talk about after tea and dinner in Panyu City.

Sun Shao is thick-skinned and indifferent to those people. He can't see any unhappiness or happiness. He calmly followed Bu Qian on his four-story boat and entered the top floor of the Jue's room (the ground floor of the four-story building is called the Jue's room). Bu Qian sat in the main seat, Sun Shao sat on his left hand side, and Shi Wei sat on his right hand side.

"You two, let's take advantage of the time of sailing to study the war situation." Bu Qian took a silk map from the attendants beside him and spread it out on the desk. Sun Shao glanced at it and knew that it was a sea map near the port. The picture was very simple, but it marked the general shape and several important islands, but the shape of Panyu Port still surprised him a little. The Panyu Port in the picture in front of him is very different from the Houguan Port (that is, the later Fuzhou Port) he saw at the Houguan Shipyard. Houguan Port is in the shape of a stomach. The entrance to the mouth is narrow and long, like a pipe. Although the interior of the port is much wider, it is not as wide as Panyu Port. It is like a big gourd. The mouth of the gourd is several large islands, dividing the port into three main waterways. The widest one is the east, called Ping'ankou, and the thinnest one is the middle one. The strip is called Pingbokou, and the one in the west is called the cliff gate, which is very different from the map of Guangzhou in his impression.

"The water surface of Ping'ankou is wide, there are the most ships coming and going, and the sailors are also relatively closely guarded. Except for the strongest group of pirates who will venture in, there is usually nothing wrong. Pingbokou is the narrowest and longest, and there are many reefs. There are basically no merchant ships passing by there. If there are the most pirates, it should be the cliff gate. The entrance of the cliff is 300 to 500 steps wide. It is the nearest port for merchant ships from the west to enter the port. It is no less busy than Ping'ankou, and it is also the place where pirates like to ambush merchant ships. Bu Qian casually glanced at Shiwei: "They move quickly, the terrain is familiar, and it is often difficult to find in the potential waterway. Once they are able to do it, they will quickly escape. The sailors can't react. When they arrive, they can only clean up the mess and save the wounded."

Sun Shao didn't say anything, and Shi Wei was expressionless, as if what Bu Qian said had nothing to do with him.

"What does the king mean?" Sun Shao looked at Bu Qian and asked calmly.

"I want to hear your opinions first." Bu Qian stroked his beard and looked at Shiwei quietly: "One of you is a famous young hero, and the other is an experienced veteran. It's mainly up to you to fight this battle. I'm just sitting and coordinating. You two, the pirates are not equal. We not only have the trust of the supreme, but also worthy of our salary. These are all the people's fat and the people's anointing. They are all accumulated one by five baht. If we collect taxes, we should keep one party safe. If we still let it go, what will the people think of us? Even Xiyi will look down on us. To tell you the truth, I have pre-invited a partial general to the Supreme. Whoever has made the most contributions this time is the one.

Shiwei raised his eyebrows, and then lowered his eyelids. However, all the changes at this moment fell in Bu Qian's eyes. He looked at Sun Shao quietly: "Fengxian, are you confident?"

Sun Shao grinned and said happily: "Mr. Fu, don't make fun of me. Can I still make contributions to these 15 ships? If you don't give up your life, you will be lucky. He took a look at Shiwei: "The soldier is strong and the horse is strong. This partial general is naturally in his bag."

Shi Wei also thinks so, but on the surface, he still wants to be modest: "General Sun joked. I just listen to the assignment of the governor and the general. Even if there is a small contribution, it is also the governor and the general. How dare I expect the position of general?"

Seeing that they were all modest, Bu Qian waved his hand and interrupted their politeness: "Reward energy, reward merit, this is the country's heavy weapon, not you push each other. The general is just one of them. If he really wants to make a great victory, it is not impossible to be a marquis.

Shi Wei was moved. If the general just now just had a desire, then he was extremely eager for the marquis. The general is not hereditary, but the marquis can be passed on. Although Shi Xie actually occupied Jiaozhou, his title was only the Marquis of Longduting, the lowest of the marquis that can be inherited. If Bu Qian is not teasing him, he may be the second marquis of the Shi family.

This ** is too big.

Sun Shao laughed secretly. What a general, a marquis, is a floating cloud for him. He bothered to come to Jiaozhou. He didn't want to be a general. If Guan Feng hadn't happened to be pregnant, he should not be bumpy, and he didn't want to turn against Bu Qian, and he wouldn't appear on this occasion at all. It seems that everyone is in harmony here. In fact, they have their own small calculations. No one is kind, which is really dangerous. He was not interested in these, so no matter how he provoked, he was very calm. If he didn't fight, he had to throw another marquis, otherwise Shiwei would not work too hard.

"In the view of humble position, we should first go to Ping'ankou, bluff, and then patrol the sea for a week and go straight to the cliff pass." Shi Wei stretched out his strong finger, scratched it on the map, and then clenched it hard into a fist, as if he had pinched the Hou seal in his hand: "In this way, there must be something to be gained and break through the enemy's courage."

Bu Qian turned his head and looked at Sun Shao: "Fengxian, what do you think?"

Sun Shao did not think about it and opened his mouth with pleasant words: "The general has really been on the battlefield for a long time. This move is very smart. I agree with the general's opinion."

Shiwei grinned and showed his yellow teeth. For the first time, he smiled sincerely at Sun Shao.

"This method is good, but when we rush to the cliff pass, we may not be able to block the pirates, and it may also be empty." Bu Qian's dead face had no expression at this time: "What if the pirates learn that I am waiting for the expedition and run away from the wind, and wait for us to return in no a good way, and then come back, what should we do?"

Shiwei's smile immediately froze. His original intention was not to really fight with the pirates, but to patrol outside, scare the pirates a little farther away, and then come back. In this way, he is safe and can make credit. If he is lucky, he can catch a few small fish and shrimps and make some money. Isn't it better than anything else? But listening to Bu Qian's meaning, he really wants to fight with pirates.

This marquis doesn't seem to be as easy to take as he thought.

(to be continued)