Chapter 43 I am a kite and you are a line

The bridge restlessly stroked the "Southward Journey Essay", which had been rolled up, which was brought back by Sun Shao when Shen Xuan returned to Jianye. She had read it countless times. She knew every word and every picture in it, and could even describe the content of some paintings in detail. Reading two essays of this book before going to bed every day has become her habit for the past few months.

"Auntie, don't touch it anymore. If you touch the book again, it will fall off." Zhou Yu squeezed her mouth and smiled. She took the book from the bridge and stroked it gently: "We all agreed to lend it to me to copy it, but you have always refused to let go. Now it's all right. I'm coming back. There must be an updated book for you. Let me copy this one.

The bridge looked at her annotatedly and looked at the book in her hand with some confidence: "Then you have to be careful not to break it."

"Auntie, don't worry, it won't be broken." Zhou Yu pouted, acted coquettishly, and her eyebrows flew: "Auntie, for the sake of being with you for so many days, can you do me a favor?"

"What can I do for you?" The bridge looked at Zhou Yu with a smile, reached out and pinched her nose, and said with a pitiful smile, "I'm not asking for help. I think you want someone to help you."

"Auntie, don't laugh at Yuer." Zhou Yu lowered her head in embarrassment and said, "Although my calligraphy is not as good as him and I can barely read it, the painting is too far away. After several times, it doesn't work after all. I have to bother my brother. My eldest brother now has Yinping's sister-in-law, and he doesn't like to play with us anymore. I'm afraid that my sister can't work him. Only my aunt can use him.

"I was asked to marry you at the beginning, but you didn't marry me. Do you regret it now?" The bridge smiled with both complacency and regret. Zhou Yu's face darkened, and then he laughed again: "No, Yuer is not lucky."

"Simi, you are proud of it. There is no need to be happy with Yuer." Xiaoqiao said dissatisfiedly, "You are to blame for this matter. You promised me at that time. Who knew that it was delayed, so it was delayed."

Xiaoqiao wanted to say more. Zhou Yu stopped her and wanted to smile, but she couldn't laugh. She could only bite her lips and resist her loss. At the beginning, the bridge said that she wanted Sun Shao to marry her, but she didn't like Sun Shao. Now on the other hand, Sun Shao doesn't like her. This psychology is completely different. For her who is arrogant, it is more uncomfortable than prying her heart.

Seeing Zhou Yu's ugly face, Xiaoqiao had to stop talking, and all three of them were a little embarrassed. After a while, there was a sound of footsteps outside. Qiao Ying quickly came in and shouted happily, "Madam, the young master and the young lady are back."

"Aman..." The bridge looked happy. Just as he was about to get up, Sun Shao came in with his big belly. As soon as he saw the bridge, he and Guan Feng took two steps and walked to the bridge to bow down. Before he could speak, tears came down.

"Mother, we're back."

The bridge couldn't help bursting into tears. She was stunned for a moment. She couldn't help hugging Sun Shao's head and holding it tightly in her arms. Drops of tears fell on Sun Shao's head and sobbed: "Silly boy, you have flown out. Why do you want to come back?"

Sun Shao held the waist of the bridge in his hands and swallowed, "Mom, how can I not come back when you are here?" No matter how far I fly, just like the kite, the thread is still in my mother's hands.

Hearing this, the bridge was moved and sad, and tears rolled down. Xiaoqiao also felt a little sad, but he was afraid that what they said was too straightforward, so he quickly came forward and advised, "Sir sister, the silver screen is pregnant. You'd better sit down and talk. It's not a problem to always kneel."

Only then did the bridge think of the relevant Feng. He hurriedly gave up Sun Shao and bent down to help Guan Feng. He still showed a gratifying smile on his face with tears. Then he lowered his face and stared at Sun Shao and said, "You child is pregnant on the silver screen. Why do you let her take the boat? In case something unexpected happens, what should you do?"

Sun Shao shook his head helplessly. Just as he was about to explain, Guan Feng smiled and said, "Mother, not only does my husband miss my mother, but I also miss my mother. The child is about to be born. I think that if my mother is by my side, I will feel more at ease. With that, her eyes also turned red and she sucked her nose: "Where is the husband and mother? Where is the home?"

"Good boy, you say it well, you say it well." There was a warm current in the heart of the bridge. He carefully touched Guan Feng's stomach. As he was touching it, Guan Feng's belly suddenly jumped. The bridge suddenly became energetic and said with a smile, "The boy is so energetic that he even knows how to kick people."

"I'm so energetic that I have to kick for a while when I hear the drums every morning." Guan Feng said with a sweet smile.

"The sound of drums every morning?" The bridge looked at Guan Feng and Sun Shao. Sun Shangxiang, who had been wiping tears next to him, interrupted and said, "The ship has to be trained every morning, and there is naturally the sound of drums."

The bridge stared at her discontentedly: "You must have done it. This time I went to Jiaozhou, but I was addicted to war?"

Sun Shangxiang rolled her eyes, siped her mouth, and said to herself why you blamed me.

Several people entered the room and sat down. Sun Shao saluted Xiaoqiao again and said earnestly, "Thanks to my aunt for half a year, I'm really grateful to accompany my mother."

"What are you talking about? She is your mother, but she is also my sister. If our sister is not a companion, do you still need someone else to be your companion?" Xiaoqiao smiled, turned his eyes, and said, "Okay, if you really want to thank me, just do me a favor."

Sun Shao smiled and said, "Auntie's words are heavy. Just tell me if there is anything. Why use the word help?"

Xiaoqiao glanced at Zhou Yu: "I like the southbound essay you sent back very much. Please copy it for me. How about it?"

Sun Shao made a bitter face, thought for a moment, and answered with emotion: "Dare not obey."

"Then I'll wait." Xiaoqiao giggled and said, "What good things did you bring back from Jiaozhou? Why don't you take them out for us to see? We have been waiting here since we heard from you.

Sun Shao smiled and said, "Auntie, don't be dry. Although there is nothing good, I can't forget my aunt.

Everyone couldn't help laughing. Guan Feng, who was talking to the bridge, saw that Zhou Yu had been silent, but her eyes glanced at Sun Shao from time to time, and ** noticed something strange. She turned her eyes to Sun Shangxiang with some doubt. Sun Shangxiang touched her chin and nodded quietly. Guan Feng picked up the corners of her mouth, and a sense of superiority arose. She smiled faintly and said, "Husband, I think Sister Yu's skin is white and tender. It must be very beautiful to wear pearls. Let's give that box of Hepu beads to Sister Yu'er."

Sun Shao didn't understand for a moment. He brought several boxes of Hepu beads, and they were all kinds of superior beads with particles of more than one inch. The so-called "Yingchi bronze mirror, Jingyu Hepu beads", these are rare things. He was not reluctant, but the gift he originally prepared for Zhou Yu. This is not the case. These are all for the bridge. Since Guan Feng said this, he couldn't go back on his word. He had to let someone bring a brocade box. Guan Feng took it over, pushed his hands in front of Zhou Yu, and said with a smile, "If you don't respect me, please accept it."

Zhou Yu looked at Guan Feng's smiling face and felt a little uneasy. She took it over and opened it. Inside was a string of bracelets made of ten round and plump beads. It was placed on the red silk, which looked quiet and luxurious, but there was no dazzling feeling at all. She couldn't help but be shocked. She raised her hand and covered her little mouth: "This... How can this be?"

Xiaoqiao took a look and was a little surprised. These ten Hepu beads are not only large, but also the same size. The price of this string of bracelets is not less than a hundred gold. As a meeting gift, it was indeed a little too heavy, so he quickly refused. It's better to keep these high-quality beads by yourself.

"It's all right." Guan Feng smiled softly and said, "Although this string of beads is good, the string of chains my husband gave me is a few more and bigger than this. Sister Yu'er has good skin. It's just right to wear this, but I followed my husband to the South China Sea, but she got tanned. This is also my heartfelt for my husband and me. Let's ask Sister Yu to accept it.

All the people here were smart people. Suddenly, they heard the smell of it. The smile on Zhou Yu's face suddenly stiffened. She glanced at Guan Feng and then looked at Sun Shao. Although Sun Shao didn't know Zhou Yu's thoughts on him, he could more or less hear the meaning of this. For a moment, he didn't know what to say, so he had to echo: "Yes, Yuer, you'd better accept it. This is also our intention."

Zhou Yu took the brocade box and said, "Thank you, brother and sister-in-law. Yuer is very grateful." Then he saluted the bridge: "Auntie, Yuer is not feeling well, so she left first." After saying that, he got up and hurried away without waiting for the bridge's approval.

Xiaoqiao was a little unhappy, but he couldn't say anything. He smiled awkwardly and got up and chased him out. The bridge looked at Guan Feng with some blame. He was going to say something to her, but when he saw her poor appearance and saw her stomach, he had to swallow the words again.

After the cold noise, the bridge said to Sun Shao uneasily, "Since you are back, go to the supreme place quickly. He has sent someone to ask several times, as if there is something to ask you."

Sun Shao hesitated for a moment: "He knows our itinerary. Why did he come here to ask?"

The bridge wanted to speak but stopped. He didn't say anything for a long time. He just urged, "I don't know. You'd better ask him yourself."

"Oh." Sun Shao responded and motioned Guan Feng to take out the new nautical book and send it to the bridge with both hands: "Mother, this is the battle record of Xu Wen. There are some anecdotes about barbarians in it. It's also quite interesting to look at it in my spare time."

The bridge nodded repeatedly and took a look. She saw that the book's skin was a little worn, and the corner of the book was also rolled up. It seemed that someone had rubbed it for a long time, and she suddenly felt a little disappointed. She took a look at Guan Feng and smiled, "Have you seen it?"

Guan Feng nodded: "Yes, I have come all the way, except for watching the illusions, songs and dances of those Qin people, but also watching this to relieve boredom. Mother, it's all about what my husband has seen and heard. It's interesting. It's just like the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

The bridge originally had some opinions about Guan Feng, but when she saw her frowning when she talked about Sun Shao, she couldn't help but blame herself. Guan Feng and Sun Shao have such a good relationship. Of course, Guan Feng should have read what Sun Shao wrote first. What kind of anger did he have? It's just that she was spoiled and deliberately stimulated Zhou Yu, but she was a little unruly, and she had to beat her in time. Although she thought so in her heart, the bridge always felt a little awkward, and she couldn't say what it was like. In short, she didn't like to see Guan Feng.

After all, the Guan family is still a martial artist, and it is not suitable to be a housewife. An idea suddenly came up. The bridge's heart moved and turned to Sun Shao thoughtfully, but he saw that Sun Shao just looked at them with a smile. Seeing that she looked over, the corners of her mouth were picky, and her eyes were full of the joy of reunion after a long separation. The undisguised attachment warmed the bridge's heart.

... "Is Jiaozhou fun?" Sun Quan asked casually while waving the book in a hurry.

Sun Shao grinned: "There are many things in Jiaozhou that are different from Yangzhou. If you want to say it's fresh, it's still quite fresh."

"Is it fresh?" Sun Quan approved an official document, put down his pen, blew the black marks, and handed it to Zhu Ji. Then he looked at Sun Shao and said with a smile, "It's only been a few months. It's really much darker."

Sun Shao laughed and said, "Supreme, I'm very white in Jiaozhou. Most of the people there are dark."

"Is it?" Sun Quan smiled, put his fingers on the case, and looked at Sun Shao with a smile: "Is the naval battle interesting?"

Sun Shao scratched his head and thought for a moment, "It's both interesting and dangerous. Last time, I supported Bufujun with Wei Ziqi. There were dozens of battles along the way, and some of them were captured, but there were many who were almost overturned by pirates. Now that I think about it, I'm still sweating coldly.

"War, that's it. Otherwise, how can you say that the war is dangerous?" Sun Quan smiled faintly: "I didn't let you fight before. You cried and shouted to lead the army. Now you have led the army. Do you know how it feels? How's it going? Are you still interested?"

Sun Shao smiled bitterly, pulled out General Henghai's seal from his waist, and put his hands in front of Sun Quan. Sun Shao glanced at it, but didn't reach out to pick it up.

"I don't want to fight, but I'm still doing business."

Sun Quan didn't say anything and swept Sun Shao's face with some blue eyes. Sun Shao's face was calm and his eyes were calm, but he couldn't see any hypocrisy. He nodded secretly, reached out and took a look at General Henghai's seal, threw it back on the case, and smiled disdainfully: "The old thief thought that taking a Jiaozhou Mu and a Henghai General could alienate our uncle and nephew. Now if he knew this result, I don't know what his mood would be."

Sun Shao curled his lips and said nothing. He basically didn't believe what Sun Quan was talking about. Otherwise, he would not have called him back from the South China Sea. He waited quietly, waiting for Sun Quan to say his own purpose.

"Your Uncle Ji is deceased. The elders of the clan want to take this opportunity to gather their relatives, and I have to call you back." Sun Quan said with some regret: "I originally wanted to leave you in the South China Sea. In the battle table, you said that you didn't fight beautifully, that is..." He suddenly smiled and looked at Sun Shao with some strange eyes, both appreciation and funny: "It's just that the fight is too sinister."

Sun Shao couldn't help laughing. He wiped the corners of his mouth and said with a proud smile, "I can't help it either. If Bufujun hadn't supported my ten ships, I would only have had five broken ships given by Shiwei, not even a small pirate, so I had to pretend to be Cui Qian's hand. But..." He sank his face and became serious. Even Sun Quan couldn't help but put away his smile: "Supreme, I think the strength of the scholar's family is too big to clean up. They hooked up with the pirates, making the pirates more powerful than the sailors. I worked as a Taishou in the South China Sea for a few days, and I also visited Yishi for a few days. Later, I went to Xuwen again, which was a pity. The barbarians are afraid of pirates. A large number of goods are handled on the spot in Xuwen. Coupled with the extortion and robbery of pirates and sailors, the commercial tax in our hands is only 30% at most. If the arrogance of pirates can be attacked, Jiaozhou can completely become the supreme treasury.

"Is there such great potential?" Sun Quan asked in surprise.

"Yes." Sun Shao picked up his finger, reported a string of numbers, and finally said, "Now pirates are still rampant, and Yi merchants have doubts. At the same time, under the same time, the loss is not small, Panyu City has such income, so what about Jiaotong, Yunan and Hepu? Needless to say, let's triple it. What if we control the pirates again? There will always be a double increase, right? Among other things, from these items alone, the business tax can be quadrupled. With this money, why is the supreme so tight?

Sun Quan was stunned. He knew from Bu Qian's report that most of Jiaozhou's income was still in Shi Xie's hands, but he didn't expect such a large amount. He stroked his beard and muttered. As Sun Shao said, he is really tight now. Most of the land in Yangzhou and Jingzhou under his control has been distributed to the generals. The financial resources he controls are really limited, which makes him shrink from doing things. He does not dare not dare to restrict the generals, but he can't help but restrict the generals. If Jiaozhou can be controlled in his hands as soon as possible, most of the increased financial resources will be his, and his power will develop rapidly, and the enhancement of his strength can also break the current deadlock.

Unexpectedly, Sun Shao went to Jiaozhou for a walk and could bring back this information, which was much more intimate than Bu Qian. Sun Quan looked at Sun Shao with a heavy expression and suddenly sighed. Does he really want to be a businessman? If that's the case, it's not a good thing to put him in Jiaozhou.

"In addition to commercial tax, there is another thing that deserves the most attention." Sun Shaoyi was still not satisfied, and then gave Sun Quan a surprise: "It is said that in the south and Jiuzhen areas, the land is fertile, and it is a good place to grow rice, and the annual output is not small. If these counties can be taken from the Shijia, the supreme will have another Wu county, and the food problem can be greatly alleviated." He took a sip of water and then said, "I learned from the Yi merchants that there are many islands and rice-rich areas in the southern sea. And those who live there are all barbarians. There is no king. If the supreme sends people to teach, it will soon become the supreme grain depot.

"In the sea?" Sun Quan took a deep breath and felt a little funny: "Do you want to go to the sea to transport rice? Is it worth it?"

"What's wrong?" Sun Shao didn't think so: "It looks very dangerous in the sea, but those barbarians can come over with a small boat. We have a warship that is thousands of times better than them. Why can't we go there? The supreme doesn't know anything. I saw a lot of Yichuan in Xuwen this time. I really don't know if I don't look at it. I was shocked when I saw it. They are also called boats? Compared with our ship, it's a joke. However, such a ship continuously transports the goods of Xiyi to Jiaozhou, and continuously transports the goods of Jiaozhou back to Xiyi. They are so uproirous along the way, and they still enjoy it. Why? Of course, it's because it's profitable. We have such a good ship that can reduce the risk by several times, but why do we still stick to the port? If a fleet is sent to do business, which merchant can compete with us?

"The vast sea is not so easy." Sun Quan still doesn't believe it.

"Of course, it's not easy, but Yi merchants can do it with such a broken boat. Why can't we?" Sun Shao waved his hand disapprovingly: "It's man-made. When I accumulate more capital and buy more boats, I plan to do such a business."

"Do you want Yu Fan and Lu Ji for this purpose?" Sun Quan smiled, as if I knew you were not kind. Sun Shao also smiled and touched his head with embarrassment, with an embarrassment that he was seen through by Sun Quan. This matter is actually a matter of public and private.

"Why is it public and private?"

"I need someone to help me locate in the sea. However, the sailor needs it more than me. Sun Shao smiled and said solemnly, "The current chart is not only rough, but also has a lot of mistakes. How to fight with the wrong map? How can we win the battle?

"This is indeed a problem." Sun Quan nodded with the same feeling, sighed, pulled out a letter from the case and threw it in front of Sun Shao: "Bu Qian wrote a book and also mentioned this matter, saying that he failed to complete the battle because of the chart in his hand was wrong. He also asked to transfer people who are proficient in astronomy to Jiaozhou to help redraw the charts. Another thing is that he wants you to go to Jiaozhou again.

Sun Quan looked at Sun Shao, but Sun Shao just glanced at him, and then continued to read Bu Qian's book. He told Bu Qian in advance not to mention his credit too much. As expected, Bu Qian listened to him and just mentioned it in it and didn't say much. He put down his watch and moved the corners of his mouth, looking a little worried. Sun Quan looked at him and didn't say anything. Sun Shao finally said, "In fact, it doesn't matter whether I don't go or not. The key is to send a few people who are not from the Shi family to help Bu Fujun. There are too few people he can trust now. Without the help of credible people, no matter how powerful Bu Fujun is, he can't beat the old fox of Shi Xie.

"Who do you think is more suitable?" Sun Quan began to write a book and asked lightly.

"How do I know that?" Sun Shao replied cleanly, and then pointed to the person next to him: "There are so many capable people around the Supreme. You can send anyone, like Zhou Xun, Zhu Ran, Gu Gong, or Zhuge Jin. Anyway, don't send me."

Sun Quan was stunned and looked at Sun Shao in a doze. After a while, he smiled: "Why can others do it, but you can't?"

Sun Shaoli said confidently, "My wife is going to give birth, and I want to accompany her. In addition, I have so many goods to sell. I have to go to Chengdu and to Yecheng. It hasn't been a year and a half. How can I finish it? I don't have time to help him fight against pirates. Even if I am a governor of the South China Sea, the salary I get in a year is not enough for my cargo money. I am not interested in this kind of loss-making business.

(to be continued)