Chapter 12 Crossing

When Jiang Gan walked into the Pandia Palace, although there was a smile on his face, anyone could see the feeling of impatience. Although Akadi was very angry, he did not dare to take it lightly and greeted Jiang Gan to sit down with a smile on his face.

"If the king has anything to say, just say it directly. I just received the news that my king has arrived in Ceylon and is waiting for me to go back to report. Jiang Gan waved his hand feebly and said listlessly, "I've been running for a few months. I'm really tired. I'll go back and have a good rest this time."

"It's hard work." Akadi suppressed his anger, accompanied by a smiling face, and asked tentatively, "Have you run away from my Tianzhu countries in the past few months?"

Jiang Gan rolled his eyes and seemed to be calculating how many countries he had gone. After a while, he shook his head and said, "There are too many big and small countries in Tianzhu. My time is tight and I can't run. I just ran to some coastal countries."

"Have you ever been to the Kingdom of Jiluo?" Akadi stared at Jiang Gan for fear of letting go of Jiang Gan's look. Jiang Gan sneered to himself. Jiluo Country is a small country in the north and west of Pandia. Its strength is smaller than that of Pandia, and it is far away from the seaside. Jiang Gan did not intend to contact this small country at the beginning. After all, it was inconvenient to do business with them through the boundaries of Pandia and Zheluo. But later he changed his mind. Since Pandia thought that Yue could not go ashore, and the threat to them was limited to the sea, and there was no need to agree to Yue's request, he might as well put a little pressure on him, so he made a storm to negotiate with Ji Luo. Ji Luo had been guarded in Pandia for a long time, but he had never found a way to contact Jiang Gan. As soon as he heard the news, someone came to him immediately.

This matter seemed to be carried out in a "secret" situation. Jiang Gan did it just right, because he knew that the more he covered up, the more nervous Pandia would be. Otherwise, they would definitely think that he was defrauding them again.

"Where did the king hear it?" Jiang Gan lowered his face and asked back.

Akadi was shocked, and Jiang Gan did not deny it, which means that this matter was true. He forced a smile and said, "Don't worry, although I, Pandia, have some conflicts with Jiluo, but after all, they are all a clan. I also know that Jiluo has someone in Madurai City. If I wanted to kill them all, their heads would have been hanging on the top of the city."

Jiang Gan smiled, as if he was a little embarrassed, and then said fearlessly, "So I'm relieved. Since the king does not object to my contact with the Jiluo people, there is no need to cover it up in the future."

Akadi was furious, but it was inconvenient to attack. He pulled the corners of his mouth and forcibly suppressed his anger. He did not dare to let Jiang Gan come into contact with the Jiluo people. If the Jiluo people join hands with the Yue people and become stronger with the help of the Vietnamese people, it will definitely be a disaster for him. He shook his head repeatedly with an unfathomable look: "Your envoy, it's not me who pour cold water on you to do business with the Jiluo people. You can't make money."

Jiang Gan knew it, but he deliberately looked puzzled: "What does the king mean? According to the Jiluo people, most of the goods in Pandia are shipped from Jiluo, and the price in Jiluo is much cheaper than that in Pandia.

Akadi laughed and shook his head like a rattle: "You don't know that Jiluo's things are cheap, but if he still has to be transported to the seaside, he can do business with your businessman. Do you want to calculate the freight here? Do you want to calculate the tax? Do you want to calculate all kinds of expenses? So you can't buy the price he said. The Jiluo people are slandering you. I have been clear about their thoughts for a long time. Among other things, if he wants to go to the seaside, either through my country of Pandia or through the country of Zheluo. If he goes east, he will go through the country of Zhuluo. Can he still fly there?

Jiang Gan pondered for a long time and twisted his fingers, as if he was calculating whether it was a good or not. Akadi looked at his flipped fingers and was shocked. Of course, what he said was true to some extent, provided that Zheluo and Zhu Luo advanced and retreated with him. Zhu Luo has no problem. Ferroz was captured by Yue. Zhu Luo has established a new king. In order to boost morale, they are unlikely to negotiate with the Vietnamese at present under the banner of avenging for Ferroz, but Zheluo is not. They are disturbed by the sudden pirates. Now the more people want to negotiate with them to do business with them. They are begging. No, although he made a promise to the Zheluo people in order to allow the Three Kingdoms to advance and retreat together, in the face of interests, who can guarantee that the Zheluo people will keep their promises?

He is bargaining with Jiang Gan, but whether he can blind Jiang Gan is really a problem. Although he is very close to it, who knows if other Yue envoys will have been to Zheluo? At this moment, it is a critical moment to get the benefits you can think of.

Akadi was a little nervous. He picked up a glass of wine in front of him and stared at Jiang Gan from the cracks.

Jiang Gan smiled and said with relief: "This is easy to do. If King Zheluo disagrees with the same as the king, then go from Zhu Luo. The king didn't know anything. Ferroz made great contributions to the construction of the city. My king has pardoned him. This time, he has followed my king's fleet back to Ceylon, and he will soon be able to return to Juro to be the king again. I don't think he will stop the Jiluo people.

Akadi shook his hand, and the wine in the glass was almost all splashed on the front. He put down the glass, stared at Jiang Gan, and said angrily, "Ferroz has been released?"

Jiang Gan nodded with a smile, unfolded a folding fan with a "bang" and fanned it slowly. This folding fan is the latest product in Funan. The fan bone is made of sandalwood, and the fan surface is made of Qingzhou ice silk paste. It can be written and painted on it, which is easy to carry and elegant. It is especially suitable for literati. There is another special thing about Jiang Gan's folding fan, that is, there are two words inscribed by Sun Shao on the fan: "vertical and horizontal", which was written by Sun Shao on his own initiative. Sun Shao's calligraphy has unique characteristics. He is also a little famous in the State of Yue, not to mention that he is still a king. This folding fan has naturally become Jiang Gan's favorite thing, which can be said to be inseparable.

Akadi's eyes were confused and he couldn't make up his mind. He was afraid that he would be fooled by Jiang Gan and did not dare to confirm on the spot. After sending Jiang Gan away, he immediately found someone to inquire. The ministers couldn't figure out the situation, so they had to send someone to Zhu Luo to investigate. This time, it was three days. When Akadi confirmed what Jiang Gan said, Jiang Gan had already called. I'm ready to go back to Ceylon.

Akadi no longer has that kind of calmness. The situation of Ferroz returning to Zhuluo is far more troublesome than the contact between Jiluo people and Yue people. He did not dare to neglect it. He sent someone to the seaside and asked Jiang Gan to stay for another two more days anyway. He would discuss with the ministers and definitely give Jiang Gan a reply.

Jiang Gan was reluctant and put on airs. After Akadi bribed his large amount of property and two Tianzhu beauties, he reluctantly agreed. Akadi did not play falsely this time. He quickly made a decision to do business with the State of Yue, sent someone to meet Sun Shao in Ceylon with Jiang Gan, and promised to meet Sun Shao in Ceylon in person. When Jiang Gan returned to Ceylon, he asked the Yue sailors to help him clean up the pirates by the sea. Pandia was already annoyed - although there were not many people dead, it was not a matter of worry every day.

Jiang Gan agreed and rushed back to Ceylon with Pandia's messenger. When he passed Lu Mao's station, he said to Lu Mao that Akadi can't stand it. If you hurry up and mess with him again, you must force him to collapse. Lu Qian understood that Jiang Gan walked forward, and he set out again with the pirates with his back feet, harassing Pandia more and more.

As soon as he saw Sun Shao, Jiang Gan was in high spirits. As soon as he entered the door, he trotted to Sun Shao and bowed to the end: "I want to see the king."

Sun Shao waved his hand and motioned more than a dozen Sinhala beauties who were dancing to retreat. He looked at Jiang Gan up and down: "Ziyi, you are in good spirits. Didn't those dozens of Tianzhu beauties squeeze you dry?"

Jiang Gan was a little grateful at the beginning. Hearing the following sentence, he suddenly felt very embarrassed. He hurriedly said, "I just abided by the king's edict and worked hard to increase our Han population. I did my best and died."

"Poo!" Sun Shao just picked up the cup to drink water. Hearing Jiang Gan's words, he smiled and sprayed all the tea on Jiang Gan's back neck. He wiped his mouth shyly and motioned to an Aryan beauty next to him, "Give me a quick towel and wipe it for Mr. Ziyi."

The beautiful woman frowned, but did not dare to disobey. She turned around and took a towel and walked to Jiang Gan. She handed it with both hands. It could be seen that she was not used to the etiquette of the Han people. Jiang Gan took the towel and wiped it. When he returned it to her, he was stunned for a moment: "Princess?"

This beautiful woman is Yesudara, the beloved daughter of the king of Sinhala, Nimal. When Jiang Gan was in Ceylon, he had seen her several times.

Yesudara nodded with a red face, bowed with a towel, and retreated. Jiang Gan couldn't help watching her go out and didn't come to his senses for a long time. Nimar has several daughters, who are the most beautiful, the smartest, and naturally the most favored. She has been married for several years, but she has not been willing to marry. Unexpectedly, she has now become the king's woman. Jiang Gan sighed with emotion, and the king was still powerful.

"It's nothing. It's Nimar that has to give it to me. I can't accept it." Sun Shao said helplessly, "Tell me about Tianzhu."

Jiang Gan can understand Nimar's mood at this moment, but then again, in his opinion, although Yesudara is outstanding, he can marry Sun Shao, even if it is a side concubine, it is enough to praise her. Leaving aside the strength of Yue Guo, Sun Shao is as young as he has built such a big kingdom in just ten years. He is beautiful, and his literary talent and martial arts are outstanding. He should be popular with women everywhere.

Jiang Gan told Tianzhu's situation, and finally said with emotion, "If you don't go abroad, I don't know how big the world is. I now know the significance of the king's military conference. The world is in chaos. It's not just my big man. Tianzhu is like this, Daqin is like this, that rest and Guishuang are all the same. It's all messed up. At this time, if Wei, Shu and Wu Yue can really join hands to attack, it would not be a problem for my Han to expand his territory twice.

Sun Shao looked at Jiang Gan quietly. Jiang Gan was a strategist. He was the most ** in these situations. This time, he went out for another round. His eyes were open. It is not surprising that he could say such things. The reason why he spared no effort to take the scholars of the big man out, supported them to travel, and encouraged the merchants to take them out, in order to Let these people who are currently elites see the situation outside.

"Ziyi, you should write a few articles in the Han Dynasty Bulletin and talk about the things outside to those pedantic scholars who bury their heads in the scriptures every day and only know how to talk about the three emperors and five emperors with their eyes closed."

"Yes, I want." Jiang Gan nodded repeatedly: "To tell the truth, the king, I have had this intention for a long time. I have written a few travel notes, but I haven't had time to polish them. When it is finished, I will definitely ask the king to correct it."

"Well, I'm just waiting to see your masterpiece." Sun Shao laughed. Jiang Gan also smiled. The two talked for a moment. Finally, Jiang Gan put away his smile and said with a heavy face, "Your Majesty, although Tianzhu is chaotic, they are different from Funan. They are far from our language and customs, and there is a worry-free king in front. When Tianzhu people have foreign enemies, they may still be in a group. Our Vietnamese navy is invincible in the world, but the strength is not small. If we fight deep in the land, I'm afraid..." Jiang Gan shook his head: "There is no chance of winning."

Sun Shao nodded in agreement: "Zi Yi's words are reasonable, so we can't be in a hurry. You can't let go of opportunities when you have a chance, but when you don't have a chance, you can't do it recklessly. You can only wait patiently and create opportunities patiently. Soldiers, the major events of the country, our country is subject to population restrictions, and it is impossible to recruit troops indefinitely, so I don't have a plan to make a big fight. That's why I want to negotiate with Pandia and Zheluo to maximize my interests without force. He pointed to Jiang Gan, then to his chest, and said with a smile, "We are still young. It's not a problem to wait for 20 or 30 years."

Jiang Gan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled knowingly. Along the way, his optimistic view of the original can be greatly changed. Although Tianzhu is divided into dozens of small countries, they have similar cultures and are easier to unite. Once the Yue country is too tight, it is easy to be self-defeating, forcing these countries to join hands to fight against the Yue country. After all, the Yue country is an outsider for them. . At that time, Yue could only control the isolated islands on the sea with the strength of powerful sailors. It was basically impossible to set foot on the Tianzhu mainland. What Jiang Gan was most worried about was that Sun Shao accelerated the process in order to join hands with Cao Zhang to attack the Western Regions and pushed himself into a dilemma. Now after listening to Sun Shao's words, he finally relaxed.

"King Shengming."

"Hahaha..." Sun Shao repeatedly shook his head and smiled twice, but he was a little helpless: "Where am I? I'm just a little self-aware. I hate it when I think of troops. If it were forty years earlier, how could there be these things when I still had tens of millions of households? Even if I pull the yellow scarf over, I can step on this Tianzhu.

Jiang Gan was a little speechless. Sun Shao was too angry about the population. As soon as he was excited, he mentioned the yellow scarf. He didn't know that Sun Shao's symptom had a proper noun in his era, called Xianglin's sister-in-law's disease.

"Ziyi, if you can't fight, you won't fight, but the deterrence should be maintained. At this time, it depends on your ability." Sun Shao stood up, carried his hands behind his back, and slowly walked to the porch. Although it was only February, the sun near the equator was already very warm. Sun Shao's face looked particularly gloomy in the corridor. According to the art of war, the army is plotted, followed by the war. If you do a good job in diplomacy, you can reach 100,000 troops. Ziyi, you are now the destruction camp where I don't take a knife or armor.

Jiang Gan is grateful. He has been under Cao Qian's account for more than ten years, and Cao Qian has never praised him so much.

"I would like to serve the king."

"Actually, what I said is not accurate. You are not only my destroyer camp, but also the vanguard of the Han Dynasty. There are many businessmen going to sea, but they only see money, can have the world in mind, and look at these things from the height of the world. You are the first person. Sun Shao turned around and said solemnly, "Ziyi, your name will definitely be left in the history of youth in the future."

There was a burst of excitement in Jiang Gan's chest, and his voice became a little choked. He left a name in history. This is a noble goal that is more attractive than glory and wealth. His eyes were a little moist, and it took him a long time to smile with tears and said, "I only have attached the king's tail to make it fly."

"You're wrong." Sun Shao shook his head, looked at the green jungle in the distance, and saw the blue sea in the distance. He said faintly, "What's the use of me alone? I just do what I can with the wisdom of you. Ziyi, I hope that in the youth history of later generations, we are not recorded because we have been officials and sealed, but because we have made some contributions to future generations.

Jiang Gan was silent for a moment: "I know, just like Zhang Pingzi (Zhang Heng), not because he has been a Taishu and entered the Pantheon, but because of his knowledge." When Jiang Gan visited Zhuya College, he found that there was a ancestral temple in Zhuya College, in which there were many portraits of people who had made outstanding academic contributions. Among them were ancient sages such as Laozi, Confucius and Mozi, as well as close people such as Zhang Heng, Wang Chong, Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo. What impressed him most was that Zhang Heng's Under his name, he wrote about his achievements in astronomy in detail. He only did such a thing as a Taishou to him, and so did others. The academic achievements were very detailed, but the process of officials and eunuchs was rarely mentioned. Because of this, Cai Lun, as a eunuch, was also among them because of the improvement of papermaking.

"Except it is." Sun Shao smiled silently: "You must be tired after walking such a long circle. Don't directly participate in the negotiation with Pandia's messenger, just give them advice later. Zhang Wen was sent by the Prime Minister's Office. Let him take the lead first. It should not be difficult for you two to deal with these Tianzhu people. By the way, I left you a small yard in the city. Are you satisfied?

Jiang Gan was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed.

"Pay attention to your health." Sun Shao squeezed his eyes narrowly: "It's important to have children, but you can't treat yourself as a stallion. After all, people are not horses."

Jiang Gan blushed and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, I'm not so lustful. They sent so much. I only received five, and the rest were brought back to give away. I also left some of the best ones to give to the king.

Sun Shao turned his eyes and waved his hand and said, "My own affairs are still annoying. I don't want the woman you received. You can give it to whoever you like. Otherwise, send it to the fifth battalion. The fifth battalion has recently got married and wants to go home to have a baby. The fifth general has asked me several times.

"The Fifth Battalion?" Jiang Gan frowned, "It's not appropriate for them to fight. Not every woman can be trained to be a pawn. It's better to send them to the palace. In a few years, they will be released from the palace and assigned to the meritorious soldiers, which will not humiliate them. Speaking of the fifth battalion, king, I heard of a Scythian tribe. They are all women and can fight. It is said that they even cut off their right breasts for the convenience of archery.

Sun Shao was stunned. Why does this seem to be an Amazon female warrior? Is there such a person in Tianzhu?

... After Zhang Wen, the accompanying prime minister, was ordered to communicate with Jiang Gan about the relevant situation, he did not immediately go to see some Pandia messengers who came with Jiang Gan, but hung him up for a few days. Pandia's messenger was worried. Later, he received someone sent by Akadi to inquire about the situation. He was even more anxious and looked for Jiang Gan everywhere. As a result, it was said that Jiang Gan was on vacation, and the negotiation was not under his control, but to Zhang Wen, the governor of the Prime Minister. The messenger tried his best to open up the relationship and finally met Zhang Wen. Zhang Wen was dealing with the official document at that time. The messenger looked at Zhang Wen's approval of the official document while saying the approval of another thing. After a few words, he criticized an official speechless, and then directly dragged it down and took off his trousers and fart. Listening to the crackling sound of the board, the messenger was so scared.

"Are you the messenger of King Pandia?" Zhang Wen, who was bowing his head to deal with the official document, suddenly said. The messenger thought that he was talking to the people next to him, but he didn't understand. It was not until Zhang Wen said it for the second time that he suddenly came to his senses and found that Zhang Wen actually said their Darupi language. Although his accent was a little strange, it was absolutely accurate.

The messenger was shocked and stunned for a moment before he knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times according to the etiquette of the Han people. Then he said flatteringly, "The adult actually understands our language, which really surprised the little minister. For a moment, I was noticulty and my forgiveness."

"Get up." Zhang Wen smiled and said, "We are not talking about official business now. We don't want to talk about official business, and I won't talk to you either. Go back and tell your king that he can come here in five days. It's out of date."

The messenger was shocked: "Your Excellency, it must be too late in five days."

"It's not too late." Zhang Wen didn't raise his head. While writing a letter, he said, "I'll write a note for you. You go to the seaside to find General Zhou to lead a fast boat. You can go to the Pandia boundary for a day and a night, and then ride a fast horse. You can go to Madurai in a day. There are no more than four days to come back and forth, and there is more than a day to consider. If you can't make it, I will talk to King Zheluo and King Zhuluo directly. He snorted, and it was not until this time that he looked up at the messenger with cold eyes: "Your king is so arrogant. My king rushed to Ceylon to invite him in person, but he didn't come. Do you really think that without you Pandia, we would have no other partners?"

(to be continued)