Chapter 44 Unfathomable

To be honest, Sun Quan couldn't figure out Sun Shao's real thoughts. He didn't speak in a formal way. At least, he didn't have many regular moments. Most of the time, he was either a hippie smile or cheating. Sun Quan originally suspected that he was acting in front of him, but after listening to Bu Qian's report on the war, he I also think that this may be Sun Shao's real surname. You can see how easy it is for him to use the reputation of the big pirate Cui Qian to cheat those little pirates.

This boy is a anniper. He even has a little cunning in war. He only knew that he was short-tempered before, but he didn't expect that he still had the side of annihire.

Then again, whether Sun Shao really doesn't want to go to war, or knows that he won't give him a chance and pretends to be unrestrained, it's not important for Sun Quan. You can admit the reality and don't make trouble for me. That's all right. Everything else is negotiable. At the same time, Sun Quan has to admit that Sun Shao considers the issue of Jiaozhou from a commercial perspective, which is more profound than many people. Originally, he considered the issue of Jiaozhou, and of course he also had the idea of expanding his financial resources, but more, it was a political consideration. The land he could conquer was Jiaozhou. Of course, Jiaozhou has commercial tax and rent, but compared with Yangzhou, the income is limited after all. In addition, the foundation of the Shi Xie brothers is too thick to shake, so Sun Quan has endured it until now. Now that Sun Shao said this, Sun Quan found that he could get much more wealth from Jiaozhou than he had originally expected, so he was a little active.

"Then you can stay in Jianye for a while. Your fourth uncle passed away, and the elders in the clan said that they should do it well." Sun Quan sighed, showing a trace of regret and guilt, and his voice became a little choked. He raised his hand, wiped the moist corners of his eyes with his sleeves, and said with a nasal voice: "I didn't expect what Liu Wan said to be true. Three of my four brothers are actually immortal."

Sun Shao also sighed and advised, "Life and death are destined, and wealth is in heaven. The fourth uncle is smart and beautiful. He should be the supreme right-hand man, but there is nothing he can do if God doesn't bless good people. The supreme family's affairs are important to the state, and it is better to take care of your health. Don't be too sad and accumulate hard work. He thought for a moment and added, "The spirits of the eldest father and mother in heaven are all looking at the supreme. The supreme should be sad."

Sun Quan was stunned, his face twitched a few times, and his sharp eyes swept at Sun Shao, but Sun Shao's face was sincere and he could not see anything strange at all. Sun Quan hesitated for a moment and suddenly felt palpitated. Sun Shao's words were obviously to comfort him, but when he heard it, it sounded like a thorn. If a person's death is really spiritual, what will my father, mother and brother think of me? How will I meet them in a hundred years? The only son of the eldest brother in front of him almost died of anger last year. Fortunately, he came back alive and did not leave a big regret for himself. However, this year, the fourth brother really died. He was in his twenties. He was in a good and high-spirited year, and he died like this. Who is the culprit? It's me. It's my ulterior thought that forced the fourth brother to death. Hegemony, hegemony failed, but I have lost my father and three brothers, one of whom was still forced to death by myself.

Sun Quanbei came from it, his eyes turned red, and two drops of tears slid down his face, dripping on the case in front of him. He didn't want Sun Shao to see what he was like now. He lowered his head, waved his hand, and motioned Sun Shao to withdraw first. Sun Shao quickly got up, saluted, and quietly went out. When he went out of the door, he just straightened up, and a petite young general suddenly stopped in front of him, and the spear in his hand swayed to his chest.

"Quickly pay the money to buy the road." The young man shouted in a hoarse voice, raising a hand and holding the crooked helmet.

Sun Shao glanced and recognized that this was the big tiger Sun Luban. He bowed his waist, took out a handful of five baht with his left hand, took out a piece of gold cake with his right hand, and said pitifully, "Your Majesty, are these enough?"

"You have a lot of money. Why do you have so little money?" Sun Luban pretended to be fierce and shouted, "No, double it again."

Sun Shao straightened up, stared his eyes, and looked like he was dying: "Double? You're too dark. Why don't you just take me back as Mrs. Zhai?

"Puff--" Sun Luban couldn't help laughing. She threw the spear, covered her stomach and laughed. While laughing, she waved to the back and said, "Xiaohu, Yuanyuan, come out quickly. What did you hear from the eldest brother? He is going to be the lady of the Zhai." After saying that, she jumped up and threw herself on Sun Shao, put her hands around Sun Shao's neck, and kissed him hard: "Brother, you're back. If you don't come back, no one will play with us."

"Didn't you pester Zhou Xun?" Sun Shao squeezed his eyes.

"He's not funny." Sun Luyu pouted, jumped down from Sun Shao, coughed, and bowed solemnly: "Well, I'm on my command. Well, I'm going to do it now. Well, I understand." Between the words and deeds, there was a little Zhou Xun's appearance, which made Sun Shao laugh. Sun Luyuan and Sun Luyu, who had just come over, looked at it and giggled.

They walked forward while talking and laughing. Not far away, Mrs. Bu and Mrs. Yuan, surrounded by several maidserving maids, looked at Sun Shao being pulled over by three little girls with a smile. Sun Shao did not dare to neglect and hurried forward to salute. Mrs. Bu returned the salute with a smile. When Mrs. Yuan returned the salute, she looked at Sun Shao gratefully: "Thank you, General."

Sun Shao bowed and said, "I dare not. Shao is just a handy job. It's not worth your wife's concern."

Mrs. Yuan didn't say much. Last time Yang Xiu came to Jianye, he met their brothers and sisters, hugged her head and cried. When she learned that this was the news Sun Shao told Yang Xiu, she was grateful to Sun Shao and always wanted to express her gratitude to her face to face.

Sun Shao played with several children for a while, and then asked someone to give a gift before leaving. Sun Luban was still not satisfied. He took Mrs. Bu to Sun Shao's house to play, but Mrs. Bu refused. Sun Quan has expressed to Zhou Xun that he wants to marry his daughter to him. Although Sun Luban is still young, he can no longer be as unscrupulous as before. Thinking of this, she really had a headache and didn't know how to discipline her daughter. With Sun Quan's favor, Sun Luban didn't seem to listen to anyone.

In October, Sun Quan led everyone to Wu County to attend Sun Kuang's funeral. The Sun clan gathered together for a rare time. Several elders united to put pressure on Sun Quan, hoping that he would not forget the truth of being close to virtuous and virtuous. At present, the great cause has not been determined. The most trustworthy person is still the same-spirited Sun clan. Don't put the cart before the horse. . Sun Shao originally had some expectations for them. Later, after chatting with some of them, he found that these people wanted to take advantage of him as a cover for Sun Quan, so he gave up his unrealistic illusions. When everyone put pressure on Sun Quan, he moderately expressed his gratitude, and then just rightly expressed his satisfaction with the current situation. Send a generous gift later. Among them, the gift to Cao, Sun Kuang's widow, was the heaviest. In addition to Dunwu and several other crons, the whole pot of the wine shop he left in Wu County was given to Cao, saying that it was a gift for his younger brother Sun Tai.

This generous gift makes everyone's original unhappiness to Sun Shao disappear. No matter who mentions Sun Shao, he has to pick a thumb. Compared with the relief given by Sun Quan, Sun Shao's handwriting is too big. This is not just a sum of money, but a sum of money that can be held every year. It can be said to be a hen that gives birth to a golden chicken - the income of three or four hundred gold a year, and no one can be indifferent.

Cao is very grateful.

At the end of the funeral, Sun Shaotui said that Jianye's business was busy and said goodbye to everyone. Sun Quan survived the difficulties without danger and was in a good mood. He did not immediately return to Jianye, but lived in Wu County for a period of time, but then several major events happened, which ruined Sun Quan's good mood.

The first thing is the tiger fighting incident. Sun Quan was in a good mood and ran to Qiting, Wu County to shoot the tiger. As a result, the horse ran too fast and met the tiger. The horse was injured by the tiger. Sun Quan fell off the horse and was almost killed by the tiger. Fortunately, his martial arts were also good. He injured the tiger with the short halberd he carried with him, and the follower Zhang Shi caught up to escort him again. Finally, there was no danger. However, immediately after that, the angry Zhang Zhao and the shocked Sun Quan had a fierce conflict. Zhang Zhao angrily scolded Sun Quan for being frivolous in front of the ministers, which almost caused a disaster. Sun Quan was ashamed and angry and did not save face for Zhang Zhao. He accused Zhang Zhao of relying on the old and selling the old and did not know how to be a minister. Zhang Zhao was furious and walked away and went straight back to Jianye.

Zhang Zhao left, and Sun Quan was a little embarrassed to step down and lived in Wu County for a few days. In the past few days, he received two urgent documents in succession. The first letter was sent by Houguan Shipyard across the sea. He said that after the last war, the pirates were hit hard, but the situation did not develop in a good direction, but worsened. The pirate Su's thick legs took advantage of the great damage to the vitality of other pirates and suddenly took action and took the pirates from the East China Sea back to his banner without any effort. At present, he has nearly 1,000 warships and 20,000 pirates. What's more terrible is that before he got the news across the sea, he led the crowd to attack the Houguan shipyard and robbed nearly 300 large and small warships in the shipyard. Many ships, including three newly completed building ships and hundreds of skilled workers at the shipyard. Su's rough leg strength, which robbed the building ship, has greatly increased. He has become the hegemon of the East China Sea. He is in the limelight and chases the urging sign of the South China Sea. He no longer has to worry about the sailors of Houguan Shipyard. All the merchant ships passing through the East China Sea have been snatched away, and the commercial road in the East China Sea has been cut off.

Sun Quan was shocked, and then he was furious. The shipyard was actually robbed. Is that okay? In the past, although pirates were rampant, they were all small boats. When they met sailors, they had to restrain themselves a little. Now, they are all replaced by official warships. Isn't it even more unscrupulous? The commercial road is cut off. I'm afraid this is just the beginning. Ambitions grow up with strength. Su's thick legs, whose strength has soared, will be satisfied with robbing merchant ships? I'm afraid he has more ambition to do so.

Without saying a word, Sun Quan immediately ordered Lv Fan, the general of Pingnan, to lead 8,000 elite soldiers to the East China Sea to conquer and suppress him. He must kill him before Su's thick legs sit down and restore the commercial road on the sea.

The order has just been issued, and the petition form has arrived again.

In September, the South China Sea hurricane season has passed. After several months of preparation, Bu Qian attacked Zhuya again. When the sailors were escorted in the past few months, the sailors controlled by the Shi family were forced to fight with the pirates several times. The losses were not small, but the results were not good. The good reputation of the Shi family was greatly hit, and Shi Xie had to bow to the step and cooperate fully. As a result, Bu Qian concentrated on almost all the warships of the Jiaozhou Marine Division and prepared to kill Cui Qian, the king of pirates in the South China Sea, in one fell swoop. At the beginning, the battle was smooth. He won consecutive victories, and the sailors even attacked Zhuya Island. But no one expected that when the victory was in sight, Bu Qian himself was surrounded by Cui Qian. After a hard battle, he only took dozens of guards to escape back to Xu Wen in a small boat, and the navy was completely destroyed.

Jiaozhou is completely out of control.

Sun Quan was so angry that he threw his plea to the ground and scolded. Then he summoned the accompanying ministers to discuss countermeasures. The South China Sea and the East China Sea completely collapsed, and the rear of Jiangdong was unstable, which was not a joke. However, all the ministers do not have any good countermeasures. They want to fight in the sea, not to mention that there are not many experienced people, even if you have experience, you have no soldiers or ships. The whole army of the Jiaozhou navy was destroyed, and Houguan's navy also suffered a lot of losses. Lv Fan and others took the warships that could be transferred out to conquer Su's thick legs, and there were no extra sailors going to Jiaozhou. If the sailors of the Yangtze River are transferred too much, once Xiahou Dun, who is stationed in the nest, detects the abnormality and launches an attack again, Jiangdong will inevitably fall into the dilemma of three-sided combat.

Jiaozhou wants to be saved, but it can't be saved.

Sun Quan was no longer in the mood to hunt. He immediately returned to Jianye and asked more ministers for tricks. He was no longer limited to Wenchen, but also including military generals. He was directly summoned nearby and sent people to deliver letters from afar. The situation suddenly became tense. The general's mansion was busy every day until the middle of the night. In just one month, Sun Quan lost a circle, but I still can't find a solution.

The Henghai General's Mansion separated by a wall is another scene.

At the end of October, Guan Feng gave birth to a big fat boy. Sun Shao was naturally happy and there was no need to say much. The happiest thing was the bridge. She was busy in the house every day, receiving greeting guests and preparing a full moon wine. She rarely socialized with outsiders, and almost all the people with face received invitations. Not only that, she also sent Sun Shao to give Sun Quan an invitation for the first time, inviting him to attend the banquet, which made Sun Quan, who was so worried that his hair was white, overjoyed.

Looking at Sun Shao with a happy face, Sun Quan was happy and jealous: "How many people have been invited?" He also married several wives, but there were only two sons, Sun Deng and Sun Wei. Mrs. Bu and Yuan Fu had three daughters. Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Xu did not even have a daughter. Sun Shao just gave birth to a son after a year of marriage. Maybe he has many children.

Sun Shao smiled and couldn't close his mouth: "I made a rough estimate that there must be four or five hundred people, and there may be a banquet at that time. My mother asked me to ask the Supreme for instructions. At that time, I may occupy the street.

"I know. It will be arranged at that time." Sun Quan carefully put the invitation aside and waved to Sun Shao: "What are you busy with these days?"

"What are you busy with?" Sun Shao looked surprised and said of course, "Of course I'm busy giving birth to a son."

"It's none of your business to have a son." Sun Quan felt that Sun Shao was a little out of tune and taught him a lesson as an elder: "I know you are affectionate, but there should be a limit. I heard that Guan Feng is a little unsentiful to be spoiled by you.

"Who said that?" Sun Shao changed his face and looked at Sun Quan with strange eyes: "Why does the Supreme care so much about our husband and wife?"

Sun Quanyu choked. It took a long time to understand that he was angry and funny. He picked up a handkerchief next to him and hit Sun Shao's face. He laughed and scolded, "Is that what you look at me like? How many people in Jianye don't know about your wife's love? And I'll send someone to investigate?"

Sun Shao smiled awkwardly and was a little embarrassed: "I know."

"Okay." Sun Quan smiled and looked a little lonely: "I know you have some doubts about me after all. This is also an inevitable thing. Otherwise, how can you call me alone? Ah Man, I have to do something in this position. You have to forgive me.

Sun Shao raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

"Alas, it is said that the supreme is supreme, but this supreme position is also very cold." Sun Quan was a little excited. He stared at the door for a while, and then felt that he was a little out of his temper. He quickly smiled and let people take a war report and throw it in front of Sun Shao. Sun Shao hesitated for a moment, opened it and took a look. Then his eyebrows jumped and twisted into a pimple again: "Have you defeated the battle again?"

"Yes, I defeated the battle again." Sun Quan smiled bitterly. When Lv Fan arrived in the East China Sea, Su's thick legs did not confront him head-on and took people away from the island. Lv Fan was eager to achieve success and wanted to restore the business road as soon as possible, but the vast sea was not as good as the river. He could not even find the shadow of Su's thick legs and how to fight. In a hurry, it was a little chaotic. He divided his troops to search and happened to be caught by Su's thick legs. Among them, he was ambushed by Su's thick legs all the way. Generals Song Wu and Zhu Gai were killed in the battle, and more than 3,000 soldiers were killed in the battle. When Lv Fan got the news and rushed away, Su's thick legs had packed up the trophy and disappeared into the sea.

"I can't sleep every day these two days, and the business road is cut off. Not only are the taxes in several major cities plummeting, but there are also many families among the businessmen. They put pressure on me through various channels. If I don't solve the problem of Su's thick legs, I will be driven crazy by them. Man, I heard that you and Su have a good relationship.

"Ah?" Sun Shao was stunned and then nodded: "There was a fate. I had a drink, and it was quite good. Later, I accepted his feelings and gave me a battle flag, but no pirate dared to move my mind along the way." After thinking about it, he smiled heartlessly: "So, Su's thick legs unify the East China Sea. Don't I become the only merchant ship that can pass through the East China Sea?"

"You..." Sun Quan was provoked by his inconversion again. He leaned over, raised his hand, and scolded, "Don't always think about your business?"

Sun Shao was very aggrieved: "I'm a businessman. What else can I think about if I don't think about it?"

"Don't forget, you are still General Henghai." Sun Quan couldn't suppress the evil fire and shouted with a sinking face.

"I forgot." Sun Shao patted his forehead and said sorry, "I really can't remember."

"Now that I think about it, why don't you think of a way for me?" Sun Quan really couldn't do anything about him. He beat him and scolded him. He was just indifferent and only had his business in his mind. Originally, he thought that Su's thick legs were isolated from the East China Sea. He should have been worried, but now he found that he seemed to be gloating. Su's thick legs were rampant, which became his opportunity.

"What can I do?" Sun Shao rolled his eyes and said reluctantly, "Lv Fan took 8,000 elite soldiers and was fooled like this. Is it useful for me to go there? Do you really think Su's thick legs will give me so much face?

"That won't work. If you don't have a way, you are not allowed to leave today." Sun Quan was also furry. He played tricks and ordered Zhou Xun to take people to guard the door. The two uncles and nephews stared at each other, one of whom was unconvinced. After a while, the two couldn't help laughing again. Sun Shao knocked on the case and said disapprovingly, "Isn't it simple? Can't Lv Fan find Su's thick legs? Let him escort and escort two or three hundred merchant ships to appear in the East China Sea. If you don't need him to look for it, Su's thick legs will definitely come.

Sun Quan's eyes lit up. Yes, how could he forget this method? Sun Shao did it last time.

"Vertical, you can't do it if you don't force it." Sun Quan was in a good mood and then sighed: "Unfortunately, although Lv Fan can protect the commercial road in the East China Sea, there is nothing he can do in Jiaozhou. The sailors in Jiaozhou have been beaten up by Bu Qian."

"I don't think it's possible." Sun Shao shook his head and muttered, "Bu Fujun's battle was a little hasty, but he is so shrewd that it is impossible to fight this battle so poorly. According to my analysis, he was probably stabbed in the back by Shi Xie. It's just that he was afraid that the supreme would cause turmoil in Jiaozhou, so he could only bear all the responsibility. Jiaozhou sailors must have losses, but the loss should only be the part of the Bufujun. The losses of the sailors in the hands of the Shi family should be limited. If Lv Fan can be transferred to Jiaozhou, the situation in Jiaozhou can still be controlled. It's just that this battle can't be defeated.

Sun Quan hesitated for a moment and said tentatively, "Aman, I think your way to fight with these pirates will work. Why don't you go to the East China Sea to help Lv Fan?"

"I won't go." Sun Shao simply refused: "Lv Fan is too awesome. I don't like him. Besides, how comfortable it is for me to stay at home. Do I go to the sea to drink? I'm not interested." After saying that, he got up and saluted: "The supreme official business is busy, so I'll leave first. I also had to go to Zhang Gongfu to invite him. Alas, my teacher is really difficult to serve. I've been there three times, and I haven't even seen him.

Sun Quan was a little embarrassed. Zhang Zhao closed the door after he came back from Wu County. He sent someone to invite him, but Zhang Zhao didn't see him at all. He was also angry. He sent someone to set up a wall in front of Zhang Zhao's house and blocked Zhang Zhao's door. Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhao was more popular. He raised another wall in the door, making it clear that he wanted to die with Sun Quan to the end. Now the two of them are very stiff, and Sun Quan doesn't know how to step down. Sun Shao is complaining now, but he is a little unfair for Zhang.

Sun Shao left, and Lu Xun slowly came out of the side room and sat quietly in front of Sun Quan. Sun Quan took a long breath, and the laughter and scolding just now disappeared, leaving only the high dignity: "Ber Yan, what do you think?"

Lu Xun raised the corners of his mouth and smiled faintly: "General Henghai is unfathomable. Zheng Yu in the lonely city can't see through it. How can I see through it?" He paused and said, "However, I don't think he has the heart."

(to be continued)