Chapter 52 Sudden Attack

Cui Qian is 28 years old. He has wide shoulders and backs, big hands and feet, a long face, two thick eyebrows, and a pair of slightly slender eyes. Generally speaking, he is a very handsome generation, but there is always an evil spirit in his eyes.

The messenger standing in front of him did not dare to look into his eyes and subconsciously lowered his head.

"No matter?" Cui Qian spatted his teeth and patted his hand on the thick wooden case: "Let him have a try. Su's thick legs can surrender, and I can also surrender. At that time, I will shake his things in front of Sun Shao. I see if his family is still in Jiaozhou.

"General?" The messenger shivered and quickly explained, "It's not that my lord doesn't want to help you. It's really that Sun Shao is very popular. He put aside Shiwei and acted alone. We didn't have a chance. However, my adult said that if the general can fight, he will fight, and if he can't fight, he will avoid it. Sun Shao can't be in Jiaozhou for a long time. After a period of time, my adult will have a way to drive him away.

"Drag?" Cui Qian was furious and suddenly stood up and rushed to the messenger. His slender eyes were round and he looked like he was going to eat people. He was so scared that the messenger couldn't help taking two steps back. My brother also wants to eat. He sits down to Xu Wen. Where can I collect the money? I have no money. What can I do to support my brothers? Last year, I was made by you. I didn't have an income for more than half a year. I suffered a lot of money. This year has finally improved a little, and I have to wait. After waiting for another half a year, I will have to be trousers.

After spitting on the messenger's face, Cui Qian stood up and stood with his hands behind his back: "Go back and tell him that it's okay for me to drag it. He will prepare a few months of food and fodder for Sun Shao, and then prepare a few months of food and fodder for me. Otherwise, hum, I let his family be infamous in Jiaozhou. Get out of here!"

Two barefoot men rushed up. Without saying a word, they took the messenger and dragged it out. The messenger's face turned pale, he didn't dare to say anything, and left in dismay.

"Brother, what should I do?" Cui Wen, Cui Qian's think tank, came over with anxiety on his face. "It's not good for us to provoke the scholar's family at this time. Do you really want to surrender to Sun Shao?"

"Surrender?" Cui Qian sneered and said, "I don't have much for him to surrender. I surrender to him. There is no way. I have accumulated so many years of family funds. If I surrender to him, will it still be mine? Ten thousand people, what's wrong with ten thousand people? This is Zhu Ya, not the East China Sea. No matter how many tens of thousands of people come from him, I will let him come back.

"Then why are you so cruel to the Shi family?" Cui Wen said with some complaints. He is Cui Qian's uncle. Since Cui Qian's father was a pirate, he has been a military teacher. Cui Qian can fight such a large territory, and he is also a meritorious official. In Zhu Ya, he is one of the few people who dares to talk to Cui Qian like this.

"Those old people in the Shi family occupy the richest territory in Jiaozhou, but they are so mean to me." Cui Qian paced slowly under the porch, and Cui Wen also walked in the same way, pricking up his ears to listen. As soon as Sun Shao sat in Xuwen, he would definitely escort the businessmen as he did last year. We had almost no business to do. Although we have some foundation, we can't do it for a long time. What's more annoying is that I suffered losses here, but the scholar family benefited from it. Believe it or not, Sun Shao asked them to raise food and fodder. They will definitely enrich themselves, then provoke civil unveladen, and then shift the responsibility to Sun Shao.

"That's for sure. That's what they've always done." Cui Wen was not surprised.

"Why did he make a profit and make me unlucky?" Cui Qian said angrily, "Sun Shao and I lost both sides. Is he coming to pick up the bargain? Sun Shao was squeezed away by him, and then I was cleaned up by him? If you want to use me as a knife, you have to get some blood.

"That's true." Cui Wen nodded and followed Cui Qian silently. Looking at the lush garden in the distance, he hesitated for a moment: "Do you want to fight with Sun Shao?"

"I want to fight." Cui Qian snorted and was very annoyed. Now he hated it as soon as he heard the name Sun Shao. He used to do a good job in the South China Sea, but now he doesn't have to grab it himself. As long as he sends a bamboo stick, someone will send the money to his door, which is no different from the local emperor. However, as soon as Sun Shao came, things changed. First, pirates, large and small, came to ask for an explanation, saying that his men did not follow the rules. He ate the big fish, but also cut off the way of other brothers, and harmed dozens of pirates, large and small, all the way. Although he is a pirate, he has always been conceited about rules. Pirates of all sizes in the South China Sea say that he does not follow the rules, which makes him too angry. At first, he thought that it was a man whose heart was too dark and wanted to eat black, but after checking, none of his men admitted it. Later, he learned that it was Sun Shao who was doing evil in his name. While he was trying to deal with Sun Shao, Sun Shao ran away and threw down an immoral idea to let the sailor escort the merchant ship, which was more abominable than doing evil in his name. This simply broke the way of the pirates and could not rob the merchant ship. Did he let the pirates farm and fish?

The terrible thing is still ahead. He is rich and can survive without business for a while, but other pirates can't hold on. They are hungry and dare to do anything. For a while, some surrendered to Jiaozhou sailors, some risked to attack Jiaozhou sailors, and even more, someone actually hit him with the idea. On the head, several teams he sent out to collect taxes disappeared inexplicably.

Is this South China Sea still not his South China Sea? Cui Qian was furious and sent someone to investigate thoroughly. He sent the bold pirates to an end in advance, and finally suppressed the evil fire. However, as the boss of the pirates in the South China Sea, he also wanted to show the pirates a way to live, so he sent a letter to Shi Yi and said, "If you don't abolish this rule, I'll go to Bu Qian and tell you tomorrow." As a result, Shiwei stabbed Buqian in the back and completely abolished the ambitious Buqian. The rules for the sailor to escort the merchant ship were also cancelled, and the South China Sea was restored to calm.

However, Cui Qian knew that although the South China Sea had returned to calm, for more than a year, Bu Qian and he, as well as pirates of all sizes, had suffered losses, and only the Shi family was cheap. They not only used his hand to consume all the power that Bu Qian had easily accumulated, but also secretly made guest appearances as pirates. I don't know how many merchant ships fell into their hands again. Speaking of which, they are Sun Shao, who doesn't hang his Cui Qian pirate flag. Sun Shao is bright, and they are dark.

Cui Qian originally wanted to find trouble with the Shi family. Now that Sun Shao is here, the Shi family actually let him face Sun Shao's 10,000 troops alone and hides aside to watch the play. This made Cui Qian very angry. He didn't bite the Shi family fiercely, but he was not reconciled.

Of course, he can't let Sun Shao go. All the troubles are caused by this boy. If he doesn't come to the South China Sea, how can things become like this?

"Sun Shao's people are twice as strong as ours, and the warships are more and stronger than us. I'm afraid it's not so easy to fight this battle. If you don't do it well, both sides will be defeated in the end. Instead, you will be trapped by the scholar's family. At that time, Sun Shao left, and we may not be able to live.

"What are you afraid of? Is it useful to have a lot of people? There are a lot of people walking. Aren't they still beaten by us?

"Bu Qian is a scholar. This Sun Shao is a cunning person. He does things according to reason." Cui Wen endured his surname and persuaded, "You can see that he surrendered Su's rough legs in one fell swoop. There are some tricks in this vertical."

"Su's thick legs?" Cui Qian said, "It's so strange for him. Why did he suddenly get up and suddenly fall again?"

"That's why I think it's strange." Cui Wen reminded, "We know too little about him. We may not be able to figure out his routine when fighting."

Cui Qian thought for a long time and waved his hand and said, "Send more brothers to Xu Wen to find out what kind of god this Sun Shao is?"

... Shi Yi received the reward. After thinking about it for a long time, he felt very tricky and ordered someone to rush to inquire about the plan again. At the same time, Jiuzhen Taishou Shi You and Nan Taishou Li Jing also sent people. They all received the order to collect food and fodder issued by Bu Qian. Whether to collect and how much to collect, these are all problems that need to be decided by Shi Xie. After careful consideration, Shi Xie ordered everyone to recruit, not only to recruit, but also to recruit more, and also to recruit the one Cui Qian asked for. At this time, you can't push Cui Qian, but keep him useful. At the same time, he gave orders to Li Jing and Shi You to recruit more. It's better to provoke those barbarian mutiny, and then Sun Shao will suppress the rebellion, which makes him anxious. Let's see how he deals with it.

Shi Yi and others understood the meeting and immediately issued an order. In a short time, the people of the four counties of Hepu and Jiaotong complained everywhere. Before Sun Shao's army arrived in Hepu, the rumor that the officers and soldiers were more greedy than pirates was noisy. Then, the two counties of Jiuzhen and Southern sent an urgent report. Because the task of conscription was too heavy, the barbarians could not bear it and rebelled. The chaos came one after another, and the limited number of county soldiers could not be calmed down. Please send troops to assist the assassin and General Fubo. What's more excessive is that Li Jing, the governor of the South, reported that because of the civil unrest, Lin Yiguo took the opportunity to invade the south and south. The situation was very urgent. Please send reinforcements as soon as possible, otherwise there was a possibility that the south would fall.

Bu Qian received an urgent report and didn't say anything. He directly sent someone to Sun Shao. There was only one sentence on it, asking General Fubo to lead the troops to suppress the rebellion. The reason is very simple. The people who can be used in Jiaozhou are either in the hands of the Shi family or in the hands of General Fubo. This is obviously the work of the Shi family. Who else can be used to suppress the rebellion besides General Fubo?

When Sun Shao received the emergency report, he had just arrived at Xu Wen. He glanced at it, shook his head and smiled, and turned his hand to Yu Fan: "Sir, it's time to test us."

Yu turned over and glanced at it, disdainfully: "Children's tricks."

Sun Shao laughed.

Hepu Taishou Shiyi, Xu Wenling Shihong, Hepu County Lieutenant Huan Wei led Hepu Shishen Haoqiang to the dock to greet him. Shi Yi's father and son were full of smiles, but the gentry behind them smiled reluctantly - no one who was robbed of his family property could laugh naturally.

"General, I'm looking forward to you." As soon as Shi Yi saw Sun Shao, he hurriedly greeted him and greeted him warmly.

Sun Shao arched his hand with a smile: "Mr. Fu, I haven't seen you for a few months. How have you always been?"

Shi Yi's face was bitter, and he glanced at the smiling gentry: "General, why do you ask so much? Look at their faces and you will know how I'm doing recently."

Sun Shao took a look and then asked in surprise, "Why is that?" The Fujun brothers have been governing Jiaozhou for 30 years. The people live and work in peace and happiness, and the people are rich. Now it is the happy land of the whole Han Dynasty. Why do they show their faces? Are you dissatisfied with the governor?

Shi Yi let Sun Shao in and nodded in embarrassment: "It's okay for the general to say so. However, the reason why I offended them is still for the general.

Sun Shao was even more surprised: "Where does this start? I came to Xuwen from thousands of miles to conquer Cui Qian, a huge thief, and return peace in the South China Sea, which is good for them. Why don't they like it? Do they like pirates? Or... they all colluded with pirates?

Shi Yi's face changed, and then he laughed a few times, and his voice was also loud, just so that the people next to him could hear it: "General laughed. The people present here are all famous families of Hepu, and they are all peaceful people. How can they collude with pirates? It's not that they don't welcome the general, but just for the food and fodder needed by the general. They almost emptied the bottom and were still worried about how to live before the autumn harvest, so they were inevitably a little worried. They didn't have any opinions about the general. Please don't misunderstand the general.

"Is it so serious?" Sun Shao stopped and looked at Shi Yi with a little doubt in his eyes. Shi Yi has been prepared for a long time. There are too many pretentious things in the officialdom. Isn't it too incompetent not to show pity for the people at this time? Although Sun Shao is young, there are old people in officialdom like Yu Fan around him, which will remind him more or less. He nodded quickly and said with emotion, "Exactly, the general might as well ask them."

Before Sun Shao could ask, the gentry next to him covered up the truth or false. This time, Sun Shao's army was going to be stationed in Xu Wen. Shi Yi took the opportunity to cut a knife on them fiercely. Everyone was a little bloody. There was no place to line up the resentment in his heart. There was Shi Yi's signal. How not to take advantage of this? A chance to vent.

Sun Shao is still very skeptical: "Mr. Fu, no one will enrich themselves by raising military food, will they?"

"No, no, my officials in Hepu squeezed out almost every piece of grain in order to raise military food for the general, so they barely made up. How dare they make up their own money? General, what you said makes us a little sad. Shi Yi put on aggrieved face, and several officials behind him quickly echoed and promised that there was no greedy thing. Although those gentry know that there must be greedy ink, no one will be stupid enough to expose Shi Yi at this time. Who doesn't know that Sun Shao is doing a show and can't take it seriously. Besides, if you want to expose it, you have to have evidence.

Listening to the talkative confession, Sun Shao was silent for a moment: "Mr. Fu, how much military grain has been collected so far?"

Shi Yi was stunned and a little surprised. Sun Shao's show was too deep. At this time, he asked about the specific numbers? However, Sun Shao asked, and he couldn't answer: "The specific number is still being calculated. At present, the collection should be about 200,000 stones."

"200,000 stones? How many accounts are there in Hepu?

Shi Yi frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "Two thousand three thousand five hundred and thirteen households, ninety-seven thousand six hundred and twenty-one people."

Sun Shao nodded with appreciation: "The governor is really diligent in political affairs, and the numbers will come as soon as he opens his mouth."

Shi Yi said modestly, "It should be like this."

"If more than 20,000 households collect an average of ten stones of grain per household, will the hearts of the people be like this?" Sun Shao sneered and turned his face to look at the inexplicable gentry: "You are all people with a head and face. Can't you take out ten stones at home?"

Everyone looked at each other in front of each other, and he thought that this boy would really bite back. Shi Yi said that he had collected 200,000 stones, but how could he only recruit 200,000 stones? Not to mention the layers of exploitation, what you have received is not only 200,000 stones, but also Shiyi has to give you a little benefit. More than 30,000 to 50,000 stones is normal, and which of them, don't make a good job? Two hundred thousand stones? The total is at least one million!

But this can only be held in the stomach, and no one can put it on the table to say it. They looked at each other and didn't say anything.

Sun Shao turned his head and looked at Shi Yi with an unhappy face: "Is this the result of the Fujun brothers who govern the county with loyalty and filial piety? Or did someone enrich themselves from it, but put the blame on my Sun Shao? Gentlemen, although I, Sun Shao, am young, I dare to put a word here that I, Sun Shao, am not short of money, and I don't need that little bit of people's fat. Two hundred thousand stones of grain are enough for my army to support for half a year, and the rest does not need to be collected for the time being. If it is needed, I will reach out to the governor. He glanced at the crowd and said with disdain, "So that no one will come to the Supreme to say that I am borrowing the opportunity of the army and greedy for ill-gotten gains. Mr. Fu, have all the 200,000 grain been put into the warehouse now?

Shi Yi was unresponsive for a moment by Sun Shao's sudden attack. He nodded quickly and said, "The general is really considerate to the people. Please rest assured that all the grain has been put into the warehouse."

"Well, I'll go to the warehouse with you now to check. If there are really 200,000 stone grain, then from now on, I will close the granary and never enter a stone grain again. You can testify. If anyone sees a car of grain in the warehouse, only I, Sun Shao, will ask." With that, without saying a word, he turned around and left. Shi Yi was caught off guard and quickly followed him out and said anxiously, "General, it's not too late to have dinner first."

"No." Sun Shao couldn't say anything and looked unhappy: "You are unhappy. How can I eat at ease? When this matter is finished, it won't be too late for me to drink with you. Mr. Fu, please call Cang Caoyu here. I'm going to hand over the account with him now.

Shi Yi's sweat came down immediately. My own mother, there are at most 100,000 stones in the granary now. How can 200,000 stones come from? The other part was given to Cui Qian by him, and part was embezzled by him and his cronies, waiting for the grain of Jiuzhen and Junan to fill the remaining vacancy. Sun Shao did this for a while. Even if he wanted to spit out the grain, he didn't have time to move it.

Without giving Shi Yi any chance to react, Sun Shao took people straight to the granary in the barracks, which is the granary of Xuwen County. Xuwen County has a large city with a large population and a border with Zhuya. There are often troops stationed there, so a county-level granary has been built. In the Han Dynasty, there were fixed standards for the size and facilities of granaries. The county-level granaries were hoarded with 10,000 stones, which was called one accumulation, and Xu Wencang was 20 accumulations. If it was full, it could be used for 10,000 troops and affiliated personnel for half a year. Of course, it's usually not full. Because the annual rental income of Hepu is only about 200,000 stones. Of course, it is impossible to put it all in Xu Wen. It can usually be put here, that is, 30,000 to 50,000 stones.

So as soon as Sun Shao took people into the granary, he could see clearly that there were only 80,000 stones in the warehouse, and only one of the other twelve warehouses had some grain in it. The rest were all empty, and there was no grain.

"Mr. Fu, are you sure that you remember correctly? You have indeed collected 200,000 stones of grain?" Sun Shao's face became ugly, and he looked at Shi Yi aggressively. Although Shi Yi, who is in his sixties, has been in the battlefield for a long time, it is the first time to arrive in such a situation today. Not to mention the others present, it is said that Bu Qian has come, and it is impossible to drag him directly to the granary to check the grain without saying hello at all. Now that the lie has been exposed in front of so many people, it is the first time in his life that he has wet his feet.

"This..."

"Take the account book, and I'm going to check the number now." Sun Shao didn't give Shi Yi a chance to react. With a wave of his hand, the two guards came forward and took the sweaty Cang Cao Yue to the official. Xu Wen Ling Shihong just wanted to move. Sun Shao raised his finger and pointed to him: "Don't move, or I will kill you now on the charge of greed for Mexican military food."

Shi Hong's feet were soft and he almost fell to the ground. He and Shi Yi looked at each other. Shi Yi saw the panic in his eyes, and he saw the ominous in Shi Yi's eyes. Sun Shao probably had a plan to do this for a long time. They still wanted to set a trap for Sun Shao. Unexpectedly, Sun Shao would do it first. At the beginning of getting off the ship, he gave them a thunder blow and didn't give them any time to react.

Soon, several Cang Cao officials came with several account books in their hand. Sun Shao nodded, and Lu Shan, who stood beside Lu Ji, took over the account books. She quickly turned them over from beginning to end. Then he curled his lips and looked at Cang Caoxuan with panicked eyes: "Old officials, even the accounts have been miscalculated. I really don't know how you have done over the years." Then he turned to Sun Shao: "General, the total number on the account book is 21,4,872 stones, and the actual number should be 221,82 stones. It is not greedy for ink, but a ten stones are recorded as a thousand stones."

The onlookers couldn't help taking a breath. Who is this handsome teenager with a blank face? The mental calculation is so amazing that he not only calculated the accounts in such a short time, but also didn't let go of the pen mistake?

Yu glanced at Lu Ji with complacency and smiled. He also found Lu Shan's super computing power when discussing his knowledge with Lu Ji recently. When Sun Shao used the Pythagorean method to calculate the distance, he said a set of square arithmetic, which was extremely complicated. Even Zhao Shuang felt a little scratching her head. Unexpectedly, this little woman opened her mouth and multiplied four or five digits. In addition, it can be calculated with just curved fingers, which is much faster than the calculation they use. Even Ge Heng's newly made abacus can't catch up.

"What's the difference?" Sun Shao looked at Shi Yi with a cold face.

"There are now eight full hoards in the warehouse, and there are about 3,000 stones in the No. 9 hoard, with a total of 83,000 stones, and the difference of 163,82 stones."

"Mr. Fu, where are these 130,000 stone grains?" Sun Shao sneered, touched the knife ring with his hand, looked murderous, and gritted his teeth and said, "A warehouse Cao Yue must not have such a large granary at home. So, who, with such a big appetite, swallowed 130,000 stone military grain in one bite?"

(to be continued)