Chapter 1 Chu Zhao Wangji

In October of the 25th year of Jian'an, next to an unknown isolated island outside Qian Tangkou, there were sails and shadows, and more than 200 warships covered a large area of the sea. The sea breeze made the war flags roar, echoing with the sound of the waves. Countless warriors in black and red armor held weapons and stood seriously on the side of the ship, awe-inspiring and inviolable.

"Mr. Please." Su's thick legs accompanied her smiling face and asked Yu to get on the boat first. Yu smiled and squeezed out a smile, stepped on the springboard with his head held high, bowed his waist, arched his hands, followed him step by step, and walked on the majestic eagle.

Yu turned over the deck, glanced at it, and smiled at the corners of his mouth. The Yingyang was newly decorated, and the armor of the soldiers in the destroyer's camp was also all new. Standing at the door of the flying cabin was a handsome young man. As soon as he saw Yu Fan, he immediately raised his right hand.

The clock drums sounded on the deck, and the eagle, which was originally silent as no man's land, immediately became lively. The young man came over, bowed his fists and saluted him, and said loudly, "See you, Lord Xiangguo."

More than 200 soldiers from the front camp standing guard on the deck turned around and bowed to Yu: "See you, Lord Xianguo."

Yu was stunned. He had long known that Sun Shao would not treat him badly, but he didn't expect that Sun Shao valued him so much that he was the prime minister of the head of the three princes. He was so happy that he was a little at a loss. He stood by the springboard and blocked Su's thick legs behind him. It was not until Sun Shao, who was wearing the twelve crowns, came out of the cabin with a smile that he came to his senses. He quickly caught up with a few steps and lifted his clothes and was about to bow down.

Deng Ai behind Sun Shao caught up and held Yu's arm with both hands. Yu Fan was very strange. He looked at Deng Ai with doubtful eyes. Deng Ai smiled slightly and whispered, "The king has an edict. The three princes sit down and talk about it. It's enough to see the king's head, and there is no need to worship."

There are nine worships in the Han Dynasty, one is the first, the first is the first, the second is the first, the third is the empty head, the fourth is the vibration, the fifth is the auspicious worship, the sixth is the fierce worship, the seventh is the strange worship, the eighth is the praise, and the ninth is the solemn worship. Among them, the head of the audit is important, which is the gift of worshipping the king. Now Sun Shao does not allow Yu to turn over the head of the audit, but replace it with a sudden head, which is contrary to the ancient system, but it fully shows his respect for the three princes. Yu Fan was not a pedantic person. He hesitated for a moment, saluted according to the etiquette of the head of the head, and shouted, "I will pay homage to my king. I wish my king all over the world and a prosperous country."

Sun Shao laughed and stepped forward to help Yu Fan: "My prime minister, how have you been recently? Well, let me see. It seems to be a little thinner. Why doesn't General Su give you something to eat?"

Su's thick legs, standing behind Yu's turning over with a dry smile, quickly stepped forward and explained, "Your Majesty, I'm wronged you. I treat Yu Changshi... No, Yu Xiangguo is more polite than his own father.

"Get out of here, I don't have a son like you." Yu turned his eyes, scolded, and couldn't help laughing. He stroked his beard, glanced at Su's thick legs, and said, "But what he said is also true. I am indeed very comfortable in his army."

Su's thick legs breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Sun Shao eagerly. Sun Shao looked at him with a faint smile, took Yu's arm, and stretched out his hand: "Your prime minister, let's go into the cabin to talk."

Su stood there awkwardly with thick legs. I don't know whether to follow up or what to do. Sun Shao and Yu turned into the door of the cabin. Looking back, they saw that he didn't follow. They frowned and said, "General Su, do you still want me to invite you?"

Su's thick legs were relieved. She followed with a smile and said flatteringly, "Now it's not as heavy as before. I dare not enter without permission."

Sun Shao smiled, pulled Yu into the cabin, helped him up the steps, asked him to sit on a golden couch next to the throne, pointed to a couch next to him, and nodded to Su's thick legs, who was still standing at the door of the cabin: "You can also sit down."

"Oh." Su's thick legs answered loudly and stretched out his hand to untie the long knife around his waist. Sun Shao waved his hand: "No need to solve it. If you don't write martial arts in the future, you have to wear a sword to the palace."

"Your Majesty, this is not appropriate, is it?" Yu turned his mouth and reminded: "In case..."

"It doesn't matter. Isn't there still a Lang official here?" Sun Shao shook his head with a smile: "The people who can go to the palace are all the pillars of the country. I hope that in the future, more people in this hall will have the same talents as the prime minister. Get off the horse and hit the crazy beard. Even if you don't need to fight, you can ride a horse, fight with a sword, and have a good body to serve the country.

Su's rough legs were suddenly dumbfounded. He was ashamed. He didn't know if Sun Shao's words were specifically aimed at him. It was no problem for him to fight a war. It was a little difficult for him to write a military book. He muttered, "Your Majesty, I..."

"This time, I can successfully return to the East China Sea from Wancheng, and the prime minister and you are the best." Sun Shao motioned Su's thick legs to be a little dry, and then smiled and said, "I left a former general's position for the general. I don't know if the general is willing to give in?"

Su's thick legs were completely relieved. She turned over and bowed down. Her nose was sour and she sobbed, "I'm crazy. I'm ashamed of my trust in the king."

Sun Shao laughed and said, "Where does the general start? If I don't trust the general, how dare I put this most secret means on the general? In life, it is inevitable that you will receive a lot of **. It is also valuable for the general to know how to return.

"I am very grateful." Su's thick legs knocked three heads in a row, knocking on the deck. Sun Shao had to get up and pull him up hard, stretched out his hand to smooth the folds on his shoulder, and smiled softly: "However, I can't announce your appointment for the time being."

Su's thick legs were stunned and looked at Sun Shao puzzledly.

"Whether you are active or passive, you have been defeated by Qingxu Shuishi. I can't bear this notoriety. You have to find the field back, okay?"

Su's thick legs heard this, took a long breath, patted her chest and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, as long as you give an order, I will immediately go to beat Zang Ba all over the ground to look for teeth, and be ashamed of the snow. I am shocked that the sailor crosses the East China Sea and the South China Sea. How can I be afraid of him as a Qingxu sailor?

"You can't do it in the name of my Aurora sailor." Sun Shao smiled and said, "You still have to be a pirate for a few days, do you understand?"

Su's rough legs thought for a while and understood the key points. He nodded repeatedly with a bad smile: "I understand."

Yu Fan listened and asked worriedly, "Your Majesty, is it appropriate to go to war with the Qingxu sailors at this time?"

"Suitable." Sun Shao smiled and said, "If we don't kill Qingxu Shuishi, we can't effectively control the whole coast, and we can't dominate the whole sea. What's the weight of me, the king of Yue?"

"Will that... cause the dissatisfaction of the court?" Yu Fan muttered, "Yang Taipu just sent the statement of Sun Cao and Liu's three families that they wanted to go abroad and not to fight in the country. We..."

"The prime minister, if you don't kill Qingxu Shuishi, can Cao Qian be obedient?" Sun Shao smiled and said, "This is what I discussed with Yang Taifu. At present, Cao Qian's strength is the strongest. If he can't be restrained, it will be difficult for the military conference to proceed smoothly. As for the statement, the purpose of letting General Su be a pirate for a while is not to leave a handle on others.

Yu Fan understood, and Su's thick legs also understood. He rubbed his big hands excitedly and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, when will you do it?"

"I'm going to Fuchun for a period of time. The work of establishing a temple and offering sacrifices to ancestors should be completed before New Year's Day. You start to prepare first, and then gather some real pirates by the way. Tell them that the East China Sea is no longer a sea of owners. It's all the territory of our Yue. If they want to continue to do capitalless business, they have to come to me first. Otherwise, don't blame me for turning against others.

Su's careless heart understands that in the future, Sun Shao will be the biggest pirate leader. Of course, the little pirates will come to worship the mountain gate. If they are disobedient, they will naturally be cleared. This is the same as when he was a pirate in the East China Sea at the beginning, but Sun Shao's strength is stronger than him, his appetite is greater than his, and his tone is more domineering than him.

Su's thick legs immediately left with her men. After replenishing the supplies, she disappeared into the vast sea. Soon, Sun Shao asked people to spread the news. Because the conditions were not negotiated, he failed to recruit An Su's thick legs. At present, he just drove Su's thick legs away from Qian Tangkou. After making relevant preparations, he will pursue further and so on, and then take Zhendan Shuishi into Qian Tangkou to rest.

At the end of October, Sun Shao arrived in Qian Tang (now Hangzhou City). The heads of Wei, Zhou and other families who had been informed for a long time rushed to Qian Tang to visit him. When they saw Yu Fan wearing a brand-new prime minister's official uniform, they were envious. Huiji County was renamed the State of Yue and became Sun Shao's feudal state. Yu turned into the first prime minister. The position of the Yu family in the State of Yue was already unshakable. These families, which were originally comparable to the Yu family, lost the opportunity, and the gap between them and the Yu family would only widen in the future.

Wei Xiu was unwilling to show weakness. After a simple cold noise, he first reported the good news to Sun Shao. Wei Du and Wei Boyang rushed to Zhuya at the end of last year and competed with Ge Xuan, which greatly improved the surname of gunpowder. Now it can produce safe and stable powder, and it is more powerful than the powder that can only be used as a signal arrow before. Improve.

Sun Shao was very satisfied and praised, "With Mr. Boyang in the curtain, I am really like a tiger with wings. Originally, there was only Ge Xianweng, but now there is Mr. Boyang again. I finally have two wings, which can be lifted up to 90,000 miles.

Wei Xiu is modest. Sun Shao smiled and said, "Mr. Wei, let's talk about cooperation later. Now the most important thing is that if I, the king of Yue, want to do a stable job, still need the help of a handsome talent like Wei Jun. I don't know if Wei Jun is willing to bow down?"

Wei Xiulai's purpose is to get on the big ship of Sun Shao. How can he not? In the past, they didn't dare to be too conceited. That's because Sun Shao was still restricted by Sun Quan and was too close to Sun Shao. They had to consider Sun Quan's mood. Now they have become Sun Shao's people, and it is right to cooperate with Sun Shao. At this time, if they don't throw themselves into Sun Shao's arms, do they have to repeat what happened under Sun Quan? Therefore, as soon as Sun Shao opened his mouth, he answered politely. With him taking the lead, Zhou, Kong and Sheng were not willing to lag behind and expressed their goodwill to Sun Shao one after another. Sun Shao accepted it one by one and promised to discuss with the ministers as soon as possible to see how to arrange the official positions of the relevant people.

These people are all human spirits. How can they not hear Sun Shao's meaning? At this time, they can't just lie. It depends on how much sincerity they have. Therefore, they have taken the initiative to offer to help Sun Shao's Xiuzong Temple. Some produce wood, some produce labor, and some subsidize money and speak. In the meantime, all the relevant matters of the Xiuzong Temple have been settled.

The next step is to bargain. Sun Shao instructed Xiang Guoyu to come up with an opinion first. The two people immediately got busy, and the families who wanted to get a piece of the pie came one after another, and the gifts were piled up all over their ships.

Sun Shao was relaxed instead. In addition to occasionally going to see the progress of the project of the temple, he went to watch the sailor's performance. He has less than 20,000 people under his command. If he wants to gain a foothold, he needs to make these two thousand people into a very strong sailor. He attached great importance to the construction of the shipyard and specially summoned the relevant families to discuss the matter. Finally, he appointed the Zhou family and the Sheng family to set up two shipyards. As soon as the matter was settled, he placed an order with them: two building ships and ten medium-sized warships each, and paid the full amount. He told them that the reason why he set up two shipyards and paid all the money to you first was that he hoped that you could devote your mind to technological progress. Whoever built the ship was good, I would give more orders to whoever in the future to ensure that you could become one of the largest people in Yue and even the whole Han Dynasty by making ships.

Sheng Gu, the head of the Sheng family, and Zhou Feng, the head of the Zhou family, were very grateful, especially Zhou Feng. His father Zhou Ang once was ordered by Yuan Shao to break Sun Jian's food and fodder. Later, he rebelled against Sun Quan in Yuzhang and was defeated by Zhang Zhao's army. The grudge against the Sun family lasted for a long time. He didn't expect that Sun Shao could give him a good opportunity with a bowl of water. He was very excited and told Sun Shao that the Zhou family would definitely invest all their financial and material resources in the shipbuilding industry in the future, so as to provide the most powerful warship for the Aurora Marine Division.

After more than a month of busy work, the Sun Family Temple was completed in mid-December. At the same time, good news came from Wancheng. The emperor made Sun Quan the king of Wu, the governor of Yangzhou, Liu Bei the king of Shu and the governor of Yizhou in exchange for their support. In the mediation of Zhang Wen and Zhuge Liang, Sun Quan and Liu Bei once again formed an alliance to support Yang Biao and Cao Qian in negotiations. Cao Qian didn't think so at first, but then Su's thick legs and other pirates attacked Qingxu. Cao Qian felt great pressure and sent troops to assist Zang Ba's conquest and suppression. In desperation, he had no choice but to bow to Yang Biao and agree to give up the three rivers (Hanoi, Hedong and Henan counties) to the capital, which was directly controlled by the emperor. At the beginning of December, the emperor returned to Luoyang, the capital. After recalling the relevant personnel in Ye City, he reorganized the court. Yang Biao, the servant, was the prime minister, Jia Xu, the doctor of Taizhong, was the lieutenant, and Zhang Yin was still the imperial historian. At the same time, Cao Jian was appointed as Taishi, Liu Bei as Taifu, and Sun Quan as Taibao, which is an honorary award and can directly participate in the government. In addition to each leading a large state, the three have the priority to recommend the state and county magistrates under their respective control, and also have the right to manage military and civil affairs. In fact, they admit that this is their sphere of influence.

Liu Bei is the most at a loss here. He has only one Yizhou and half of Jingzhou. Fortunately, the emperor saw that he was a relative of the Han Dynasty. This time, Guan Yu made great achievements and gave him Nanyang County and forced Cao to withdraw the army back to Hanzhong. Liu Bei took this opportunity to set up Xincheng County in the area of Shangyong to connect Nanyang and Yizhou.

Yang Biao made full use of the printing workshop left by Sun Shao, sent the news of the negotiation to all counties and counties in a timely manner, and put pressure on the three parties with the help of public opinion. After the negotiation was completed, he did not cancel the agency. However, now he officially named the news the Han communique, not only publishing the mansion newspaper of the court, but also publishing some controversial articles about the government from time to time to pave the way for public opinion for the next move. Although Sun Caoliu knew that Yang Biao's move was hidden, he had no choice. The news released by Yang Biao was not false, and they were all high-sounding, so that you could not find fault. At first, they wanted to set up an organization by themselves. Later, they found that they did not have that technology, so they had to work together to pressure Yang Biao to allow them to publish news in the mansion newspaper to show fairness. Yang Biao agreed, so he talked about fairness and morality on the surface. In fact, all kinds of articles with hidden murder appeared one after another, with a lot of a pen as a knife and a bloody battle. Of course, the happiest among them are those literati who are full of experience. Seeing that their articles are circulated by people all over the world, they can become the focus wherever they go. Don't mention how beautiful the sense of achievement is.

The news sent by the first issue of the Han Communique is that in view of the success of the Wancheng Soldiers Conference, the world has returned to peace, and the emperor has decreed to change the yuan, and next year will be the first year of the Republic. This meaning is very clear. The emperor recognized the status of Cao Sun and Liu, but he hoped that they could be as thoughtful as Zhou Gong and Zhao Gong, and return the government to the emperor one day. However, Cao Sun Liu pretended to be deaf and dumb, pretended not to understand the subtext, and wrote a book one after another to praise the virtue of the emperor imitating the saints and governing the world with his clothes, and did not say anything about whether to return the government in the future.

Yu Fan was very unhappy. Cao Jian, Liu Bei and Sun Quan were all awarded the official position of honorary surname. Why didn't Sun Shao, the king of Yue? He immediately wrote a pen and sent someone to Luoyang to ask Yang Biao for an explanation. Yang Biao quickly replied to the letter and blamed Yu Fan. He said that Sun Shao had launched the military conference this time and played a very important role in promoting the smooth development of the whole conference. How could the emperor forget his credit? The reason why he was not given a false title like Cao Wei and others is that Sun Shao is still young and has many opportunities to make contributions in the future. It is not good for him to push him to this kind of honorary official position suitable for the elderly. If you study hard and learn, don't you know the truth that profit is a loss?

Yu Fan usually disoperated, but when he was told by Yang Biao, he was very convinced.

Although Yang Biao spoke very harshly, he still took care of Sun Shao's face. At the end of December, Lieutenant Jia Xu rushed to Qian Tang with the imperial edict and gave Sun Shao Huang Yu, authorizing him to conquer overseas, which was also a consolation award. At the same time, he chased Sun Jian as the king of Lie, Sun Ce as the king of Huan, and gave Sun Shao's biological mother Lv as the county king, giving Sun Shao enough face and slapped Sun Quan in the face.

Sun Shao was very polite to Jia Xu, a famous person. He took him to visit nearby scenic spots and visited the busy shipyard. Unlike his politeness, Yu Fan and others are not very interested in Jia Xu. First of all, Jia Xu's background is not high. Jia's family is just a single door in Wuwei. Jia Xu's father and ancestors have no senior officials, and Jia Xu himself has no achievements in classics. More importantly, he used to be Dong Zhuo's subordinates, and later triggered the Xijing Rebellion, which was a disaster. The sinner of the mess. They all slandered Jia Xu's appointment as a lieutenant, believing that Yang Biao was improperly arranged.

With this mentality, they have no interest in accompanying Jia Xu. Yu turned over as the prime minister. He couldn't push this matter to Sun Shao, so he had to reluctantly accompany him, but his face was ugly. Sun Shao saw that it was not good. He simply drove him to arrange the relevant matters of the New Year and kissed himself. I led Jia Xu to visit. Jia Xu himself seemed very calm, turned a blind eye to the cold eyes of Yu Fan and others, and did not have much reaction to Sun Shao's enthusiasm. He was as calm as a pool of stagnant water. Sun Shao asked him for help. He also said a few words lightly and painlessly. Until he finally left, he did not give Sun Shao any unexpected joy.

Fortunately, Sun Shao had been psychologically prepared for this old fox and did not expect any surprise. After politely sending Jia Xu away, he threw himself into the preparation for the New Year. Next year is the first year of the Republic, and it is also the first year of his Yue Dynasty. It is the first time to pay tribute to the ancestors of the Sun family with royal rites. The Sun clan basically has to come and rites. There are many things to be arranged. Although many things have been done on behalf of Yu Fan and others, he has to do a lot of things in person, which makes him dizzy. To.

At the end of the year, Sun Shangxiang escorted Sun Ce and Lv's coffins to Qian Tang. As soon as she saw Sun Shao's face, she said angrily, "He is not very talkative. He just said that you are about to go to sea to fight. The sea is too dangerous. There are more and more mountains near Qian Tang. She detained her sister-in-law and Aqi in Jianye and won't let me bring them. I think he just wants to take them hostage and force you to obey his orders.

Sun Shangxiang left Wancheng with Sun Shao. Sun Shao got a letter of divorce for her. From then on, she became free and was very grateful to Sun Shao. She volunteered to go back to Jianye to welcome the bridge and A Li. Unexpectedly, she was scolded by Sun Quan, saying that Sun Shao forced Liu Bei to write a letter of divorce regardless of the overall situation and almost ruined the big deal, and then resolutely refused her request to take the bridge and A Li to Qian Tang. She was very angry. If the bridge hadn't stopped her and asked her to move Sun Ce's coffin to Qian Tang first and discuss with Sun Shao, she would have started a full martial arts with Sun Quan. She was indignant at the thought of this.

"Oh." To his surprise, Sun Shao just answered faintly: "He is willing to help me raise my son, but I can't help it."

Sun Shangxiang stared: "You are fine. Anyway, you will marry a lot of women and have a lot of sons in the future, but have you ever thought about it for the screen? Mother and son are heart-to-heart, and A Li is in Jianye. She should miss him so much. Do you think she is also a stepmother?

Sun Shao couldn't laugh or cry. He thought to himself, "Don't want to pick up the bridge. Is it okay if Sun Quan didn't let him? You patted your chest at that time, and in the end, things didn't work. Why did you get angry with me and stab me in and out of words? He waved his hand and was not in the mood to entangle with Sun Shangxiang: "Auntie, I'll leave it to you at the screen. I've been so busy these two days that I haven't seen her for days."

"Why, when you have a new lover, you forget your old love?" Sun Shangxiang blurted out.

"Uh--" Sun Shao rolled his eyes and said, "Yuan Rong (Xia Hou Hui) is only ten years old. Who do you think I am?"

"I don't care so much. You should quickly find a way to connect your sister-in-law and A Yan. I'm extremely worried about him." Sun Shangxiang waved his hand as if to drive away a fly: "I think he's going crazy."

"I know." Sun Shao nodded and watched Sun Shangxiang go out of the door. His face slowly darkened. He narrowed his eyes and looked out of the gloomy window. He was silent, and only the corners of his eyes trembled again and again.

A snowflake slowly fell, was blown into the window by the strong north wind, stuck to Sun Shao's forehead, and soon turned into a drop of water, slipped down the full forehead, stopped at the corners of the eyes for a moment, and then slowly slid to the moving nose. From a distance, it looked like a drop of cold tears.

(to be continued)