Chapter 9 Fishing boats outside Qinhuangdao

"Is he awake?" Sun Shao hid comfortably on the lounge chair, swaying for a moment. His expression was extremely lazy, and his image was even more unbearable. The grand king of Yue actually only wore a big trousers, with his arms open, revealing his bulging chest muscles and six abdominal muscles.

Xia Houhui didn't say anything. She was still thinking about Cao Zhang's entangled expression at that time, and she didn't mean that her eyes fell on Sun Shao's chest at all. Sun Shao waited for a long time without reply. He turned his head and looked at her eyes. He raised his hand and tapped her forehead: "What is the little girl looking at? It's useless to look at it again.

Xia Houhui blushed, covered his forehead, and turned his face away shyly. Although she has been following Sun Shao for nearly half a year, she still can't adapt to Sun Shao's unobstructed mouth. She vaguely knew from Guan Feng's mouth why Sun Shao still regarded her as a child, not a concubine until now, but she could not understand Sun Shao's aesthetic standard. For her, the woman's appearance mentioned in the book did not include this. She heard from the wet nurse at home that a woman's buttocks can be raised, but she has never heard of anything like that.

But she said she couldn't beat Sun Shao. In Sun Shao's eyes, she was not so much a concubine as a little sister. The more serious she said, the more Sun Shao felt that Coke was not taken seriously at all.

"Okay, you tap." Guan Feng pushed aside Xia Houhui's hand with pain, carefully checked her forehead, and said angrily, "Do you know how heavy your hand is?"

Sun Shao rolled his eyes and said that this woman was really kind. She was deceived by a child like Xia Houhui. It was a tragedy.

"Thank you, sister. It's okay." Xia Houhui held Guan Feng's hand and smiled innocently.

"You stay away from him." Guan Feng rubbed Xia Houhui's head and said with a smile, "It's good when he is happy, but it's scary enough to be crazy. Last time, he almost kicked Changxu Gong (Sun Shao) to death, and even I was scared."

"Hee hee, without those legs, can you be so stable now?" Xia Houhui smiled and pouted at Sun Deng and others who were walking neatly on the beach in the distance: "Can you be a princess now?"

"Alas--" Guan Feng sighed, let go of Xia Houhui's hand, sat on the beach, held her legs, put her chin on her knees, and looked at the waves in the distance: "Sometimes I would rather not be this princess than even see my son."

Sun Shaoran was silent, the smile on his face was gone, and his eyes became a little grim. Xia Houhui also sighed, gently put his hand on Guan Feng's shoulder, and comforted him, "Simi, don't worry, it will be fine with your mother taking care of him."

Guan Feng lowered her head and said no word. At that time, she took care of the children at home every day. She was still a little annoyed. The most painful thing was that she couldn't sleep peacefully. The most hope was to send A Yi to the bridge and sleep beautifully. Now she can't see her, but she still can't sleep well. She often wakes up in the middle of the night with tears and wet pillow towels.

Xia Houhui saw that Sun Shao's face was not good, so he didn't dare to say more. He had to comfort Guan Feng silently. None of the three of them spoke. The officials on duty in the distance felt a little strange. Usually, when the king was with the princess and the little lady, they always laughed constantly. Why didn't they talk today?

"King, Cao Zhang, the assassin of Youzhou, asked to see you."

"Oh, let him come here." Sun Shao waved his hand listlessly, but still sat on the lounge chair and didn't get up. Guan Feng didn't want Cao Zhang to see the family affairs, so she took Xia Houhui to go first. After a while, Cao Zhang strode over. Sun Shao had regained his usual smile. Before Cao Zhang saluted, he waved his hand and said, "Well, I don't look like a king like this. Don't be polite. Shi Fu, bring a horse to Cao Shijun.

"Oh." Shi Fu sent a horse over. Cao Zhang took over Maza and looked at it awkwardly. He felt that it was really not like such a big man squatting beside Sun Shao. He simply put Maza aside and sat on the beach.

"Are you all right?" Sun Shao didn't mind. He turned his head to look at him and shook it again.

"It's okay." Cao Zhang still said unconvincedly, "The king sailor dominates the world, and he really lives up to his reputation."

Sun Shao couldn't help laughing: "Do you want to say that you can have the upper hand except for the water war?"

Cao Zhang curled his lips and said nothing. Sun Shao smiled and said, "If you still don't accept it, I can give you another chance. You choose a hundred songs, and I also choose a hundred officials. How about we play another game?

"Why doesn't the king compare with riding?"

"Riding, I don't have a horse, I can't compare." Sun Shao sat up and looked at Cao Zhang: "It's okay. You can wait for me to go to Liaodong to buy a horse, and then give me two months. We will each have 2,000 elite riders and attack Xianbei together to see who has gained more."

Cao Zhang looked at Sun Shao suspiciously, and Sun Shao's confidence made him uncertain. Can you train 2,000 elite riders in two months? He can't buy a horse in the name of competition, can he? This doesn't work. Cao Pi has gone back to report that Sun Shao bought horses mainly to Sun Quan. Although Sun Quan can't be better than them even if he has cavalry, he can maintain this advantage for one more day, of course.

"You still don't believe it, do you?" Sun Shao didn't explain. He lay down again and suddenly sighed and said with lack of interest, "Don't talk about this. What's the matter with you looking for?"

"Do you dare to ask where the king will visit the sea this time?"

Sun Shao thought for a moment: "What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, Youzhou is not as good as Qingxu, not as Jizhou. Youzhou's people's livelihood is difficult, and the population is also small. If you want to supply the king with two thousand sailors, I'm afraid... it's not a lot of difficulty." Cao Zhang carefully chose the words and controls his tone, not only to make himself very sincere, not to let Sun Shao see the flaws, but also to express his meaning clearly, to achieve the purpose of preventing Sun Shao from continuing to go north. At the speed of the king, I will go back after two or three months, otherwise... I'm afraid I'll spend the New Year in the ice and snow. It's going to snow in August and September in northern Xinjiang, and the wind is also very strong. I'm cutting people like a knife. I'm worried that the king's sailors will be dominated by southerners, and I'm afraid I can't stand this kind of weather.

"Hu Tian is snowing in August." Sun Shao nodded and said with the same feeling, "You have reminded me that it is reasonable to prepare winter clothes early."

Cao Zhang just smiled a little, and then was stopped by Sun Shao's words behind him. Are you ready to wear winter clothes? It seems that Sun Shao has wanted to spend the winter in Youzhou for a long time. He scratched his head and thought for a while and said, "It's not only winter clothes that need to be prepared, but also a lot of food. Twenty thousand sailors consume 40,000 stones of grain every month, which is not a small amount. In addition, if you leave home for a long time, your homesickness will be heavy. Isn't the king worried that his subordinates will be unstable?

Sun Shao touched his nose and nodded frequently, but did not say whether to go back or continue to move forward. Cao Zhang can't figure out his details, and it's not easy to persuade him. Anyway, he has said the ugly words to the front. It's impossible for you to ask the local supply of military food in Qingzhou and Xuzhou. At that time, I won't sell your grain. Don't say that I won't give face. If you don't want to be hungry, please get rid of Youzhou and go to Liaodong. Liaodong is mine. Don't have any ideas.

"Is it true that the king went to Liaodong to buy a horse?" Cao Zhang asked again without give up.

"I want to buy a horse." Sun Shaopi grinned without a smile. He could roughly guess the reason why Cao Zhang dissuaded him from going north, but he was not a person who could be easily scared. If he can't finish a small Bohai Bay, does he still want to go down the Atlantic Ocean and go to Rome? However, he did not object to making Cao Zhang nervous.

"If the king doesn't ask much, I can help the king buy some war horses." Cao Zhang gritted his teeth and finally threw out a very powerful condition. Instead of letting Sun Shao go to Liaodong to buy horses, it is better to be a middleman by himself and make a price difference. The most important thing is to control the quantity and quality of war horses and indirectly control the strength growth of Jiangdong.

"Do you also want to do business?" Sun Shao smiled and tilted the corners of his mouth, thinking it was very funny.

"It's a great honor for me to serve the king." Cao Zhang patted his chest and said with a forced smile, "I still have some ways among the Hu people, and the war horses I can buy will be cheaper than those bought by the king. If the king is relieved, he might as well leave this matter to me, so that those barbarians will not deceive the king.

"How much can you get?" Sun Shao became interested and looked up at Cao Zhang: "I want more, at least 2,000."

"Two thousand?" Cao Zhang was shocked. Sun Shao was very ambitious. As soon as he opened his mouth, he was 2,000. Cao Qian has only been operating thousands of cavalry for so many years? Not counting the scattered cavalry in the hands of each general, the real established cavalry is less than 10,000, including Cao Qian's personal guard, tiger and leopard cavalry. At most 2,000 cavalry are arranged on the front line of Jianghuai. Does Sun Shao want to help Sun Quan form a cavalry that can compete with the Wei army of the Jianghuai defense line? He turned his eyes and then smiled quietly, "Does the king know the price of the war horse?"

"I know a little bit about it." Sun Shao was not too sure and said, "The best horse is about 500,000 yuan, and the ordinary war horse is less than 10,000 yuan. This market should be right, right?"

Cao Zhang smiled and shook his head: "It sounds right, but in fact there is a big gap."

"I would like to hear about it in detail." Sun Shao became interested and sat up straight, signaling Cao Zhang to take melons and fruits to quench his thirst. Cao Zhang talked about it and talked about the market of war horses in northern Xinjiang. The general idea was that the market you know about the king of Yue is not completely accurate. The superior war horses are not sold by the Hu people, and they are not stupid. They will not sell you the best war horses. Second, even if they are willing to sell, the price is sky-high. Hu people have nothing. What property, horses, cattle and sheep are their greatest wealth, and good horses are hard-to-seek treasures. What they trade with are usually ordinary war horses, and there are even horse horses that can't go to the battlefield at all. They specialize in people who don't know how to do it. These horses look fat and strong, but they can't run at all. They are reluctant to pull cars.

Sun Shao nodded repeatedly. Cao Zhang was secretly relieved and thought that he had finally convinced him. Unexpectedly, Sun Shao said the last sentence that made him almost angry: "It seems that the barbrians are not honest. It's better to grab them directly than to do business with them."

Cao Zhangyu choked and smiled bitterly for a long time, "Your Majesty, do you want to chase the Hu people with the sailor?"

Sun Shao laughed, pulled away the topic, and threw the biggest question to Cao Zhang. In terms of business and nonsense, even Cao Pi is not Sun Shao's opponent, let alone Cao Zhang. After being ridicated by Sun Shaoyun Mountain for a while, Cao Zhang finally did not understand how Sun Shao wanted to rob the Hu people. In the end, he could only believe that he was just talking casually, which was impossible.

However, Cao Zhang did not come for nothing. Sun Shao readily promised to sell him 300 new knives. After the battle with Cui Qian, he was very envious of the sharpness of the war knife of the State of Vietnam. The bear ring knife in his hand was not an ordinary thing. It was a hundred refining knife that Cao Qian specially ordered people to build for three years. The middle was mixed with meteorite iron, and the ordinary thirty and fifty refining ring first knives were not opponents at all. Cao Zhang began to think that it was a general like Cui Qian who had such a sharp sword. Later, he heard from Xia Houhui that he knew that this kind of knife was the standard configuration of the front camp in the State of Yue. Other than the front camp, it was only suitable for more than the length, but it would soon be able to be changed.

Cao Zhang is happy with this sharp sword. If his men are all equipped with such weapons, it will be easier to deal with the Hu people. He made a request to Sun Shao. Sun Shao readily agreed, but there was one. Previously, he sold 300 mouths to Zang Ba. Later, Sun Guan asked for another 200 mouths. Your brother Cao Pi bought another 200 mouths. This time, there were only 300 left in the 1,000 mouths brought out, all of which were sold to you. If you still want, give a part of the deposit first. I'm in Let the merchant ship deliver it to you in half a year.

Cao Zhang was not used to this easy way of paying the deposit for a while. He only bought 300 existing war knives, which made him toothache. Sun Shao offered a sky-high price of 2,000 yuan for each mouthful of war knives, which was ten times higher than ordinary high-quality knives. Cao Zhang's meat was painful, but Sun Shao didn't think so. He said that you didn't I want to bargain. If it weren't for your use to beat the baro, I wouldn't want to sell it to you.

Cao Zhang, who was infused with two belly and sea water by Cui Qian, had no choice but to bargain with Sun Shao. Finally, he moved his wife Sun out. We are relatives, and you can make some price. Sun Shao was pestered by him. Finally, he said that the price could not be reduced. If you lower the price for you, others will have opinions. In this way, I will personally give you ten mouths without charge. However, since you are a relative, if you want to buy a horse for me, I don't want you to pay for it, as long as you let me go ashore to trade.

Cao Zhang agreed. To be honest, he was also curious about how Sun Shao was going to rob the barb. However, he also put the ugly words in the front. I can help you buy horses. You can solve the food by yourself. Youzhou has to rely on Jizhou's support in the past few years, and there is no surplus food to sell to you. Sun Shao agreed, which made Cao Zhang more and more curious and scratched his heart. Twenty thousand people are not two hundred people. If he doesn't buy food from the land nearby, how can he supply the army? If it is transported from Yangzhou by ship, how much manpower and material resources will it cost? Qingxu is close, but it is difficult for Xuzhou to supply itself. Although Qingzhou is better, Yecheng is also relatively strictly controlled, and the number that Sun Guan can use is limited.

Cao Zhang, Tian Yu and others thought about it, but they still couldn't think of how Sun Shao would solve his military food problem.

Cao Zhangyue was curious, Sun Shaoyue kept it secret, and he didn't say anything. In the end, Cao Zhang could only go on the road with a full stomach of doubts. He went from the land and Sun Shao from the sea to the north. At the beginning of August, Sun Shao arrived in the sea area of Liaoxi County, stopped at a place called Qinhuangdao, and did not leave. Cao Zhang received the news and was very curious. He thought that Sun Shao had decided to give up and continue to go north because of food, so he rushed to Qinhuangdao. When he arrived at Qinhuangdao, he felt that his guess was correct. Sun Shao's sailors were fishing.

Yes, fishing. Sun Shao camped on Qinhuang Island, and then sent a fleet to the sea to fish every day. He went out every morning and dragged hundreds of big fish back every night. When Cao Zhang heard the report, he didn't believe it at all. He rushed to the island to check it himself. As soon as he saw the giant fish much bigger than cattle and horses, he was so surprised that his chin almost fell off.

"So big?"

"What is this? It's medium in the sea." In the face of Cao Zhang's surprise, Sun Shao, who was patrolling in the crowd who were packing up the booty, did not think so. He pointed to those large and small sea fish and said, "A small dozen catties (one Hanjin is equivalent to half a catty now), and the big one or two thousand catties. These fish can supply my sailors with half of their daily rations. If these guys weren't too tricky, it would be uncomfortable if they didn't eat some food every day. I was going to let them eat more. In fact, if you want me to say, it's better to eat fish. Eating fish not only won't make you fat, but also make people smart. By the way..." Sun Shao suddenly remembered something and patted his head: "Does Mr. Cao have any problems with panic and depression recently?"

"Yes." Cao Zhang was suddenly irrelevant by Sun Shao's jumping thinking. This is talking about military food. How can he talk about his father's body again?

"I got something good two days ago and specially left it for Cao Gong." Sun Shao took Cao Zhang back to the big tent and asked Xia Houhui to take out a closed crystal bottle and put it in Cao Zhang's hand. He said proudly, "This is a good thing. It's the best for Cao Gong's age."

"What is this?" Cao Zhang looked at the light yellow ** in the crystal bottle, not sure why. He looked at Sun Shao suspiciously, but he was not worried that Sun Shao would harm Cao - if he wanted to harm Cao, he would not pursue the wind - he really didn't understand the use of this.

"This is oil refined from the body of sea fish, which is good for the health of the elderly." Xia Houhui smiled and said, "This is gold extracted from the sea. It is Ge Xianweng's secret skill. Most people can't buy it if they want to buy it."

"Ge Xianweng? Is it Ge Xuan, a disciple of Zuo Ci Laodao? Zuo Ci was a servant beside Cao Yu. Cao Zhang also heard something about his disciple Ge Xuan. Unexpectedly, this person was in Sun Shao's house.

"That's him. You should believe it, right? If you still don't believe it, you can give this to Zuo Ci and try it first. Sun Shao smiled and said, "However, I don't guarantee that I will give this to you next time, and I don't guarantee that Zuo Ci will return it to you after trying it."

"So good?" Cao Zhang didn't believe it at all. He felt that Sun Shao was fooling him again.

"It's true." Xia Houhui smiled and said, "Ge Xianweng himself eats a little every day. Now he is refreshed and rejuvenated."

"Believe it or not." Sun Shao used to shrug his shoulders: "Good intentions as a donkey's liver and lungs. You, Cao Ziwen, are really not a thing."

Cao Zhang was really a little skeptical. Sun Shao gave him too many surprises. He used fishing to solve the military grain problem. This was a method that Cao Zhang had never thought of before, but Sun Shao did it. Although only half of the food ration problem can be solved at present, this is already very shocking. Among other things, those unheard-of big fish have surprised Cao Zhang.

"You call it sitting in the well and watching the sky." Sun Shao smiled sarcastically and said, "I'm used to the small fish and shrimp in the pond. You didn't expect that there were such big fish in the sea, did you? I also tell you that there are many fish bigger than this fish in the sea, and there are fish bigger than the boat on the floor. Do you believe it?

"And--" Although Cao Zhang admired Sun Shao very much, when he heard this sentence, he still lengthned his voice to show his disdain. A fish bigger than a boat. Is this still a fish? Why don't you just say that it's what Zhuangzi Xiaoyao said in the journey.

"I knew you would be this expression. The bird knows the ambition of the great bird, and it is people like you. A pair of eyes always stare at that square inch of land, but turn a blind eye to the larger world. What else can you do except fight in the nest? Sun Shao's face was full of sorrow and hatred, just like parents were heartbroken when they saw their unfilial descendants. I thought you, Cao Ziwen, was a character and was in charge of conquering the Hu people. I didn't expect that you were a short-sighted person like those people, which really cost me a lot of effort.

Cao Zhang was speechless by Sun Shao. In fact, he really hopes to sweep the wilderness as Sun Shao said. His greatest wish is to become a famous general like Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, and build his achievements on the expansion of the territory. He has never valued Sun Shao as much as others, because he thinks that Sun Shao's battle to conquer Zhu Ya sounds good. In fact, it is not worth mentioning: Is Cui Qian a foreigner? He is also a Han man. He is now a subordinate of Sun Shao. He said that to expand the territory, at best, to recover the lost land. He was different. He defeated the Wuwan people and let the fierce Wuwan people submit to the Han people again. This is the real foreigner.

However, whether he looks at Sun Shao or not, now he is really guilty. He is indeed preventing Sun Shao and trying to stop Sun Shao from going north, and Sun Shao has no action against him from beginning to end. Sun Shao patrolled the sea, which was clearly written in the imperial edict of the emperor. Ten miles away from the coast, he crossed the territory of the country. As the king of Yue, it was just right for him to visit.

However, even if Cao Zhang is ashamed of himself, he does not want to be scolded by Sun Shao. He sneered: "Your Highness, everyone will say that your territory is in the sea. Except for some pirates in the sea, how can there be any foreign race worthy of the first battle? If you really have such ambition, you can go on an expedition to Goguryeo and Fuyu. Although I, Cao Zhang, am not talented, I am willing to cooperate with Your Highness to advance both sea and land and expand the territory.

"Are you serious or false?" Sun Shao turned his head and looked up and down at him: "If you tell the truth, we will sit down and discuss it. If it's angry, I won't be interested. I'm very busy and have no time to fight with you."

Cao Zhang was stunned. He was really angry, but according to Sun Shao's meaning, he seemed to have this plan?

(to be continued)