Chapter 29 Will be sumd

Sun Luban angrily broke into the Yue Palace, angrily told Sun Shao what Xie Jing said, shouted that he would take the troops back to the side of the Qingjun, killed all the war ministers beside Sun Quan, and let Sun Deng return to Jianye to continue to be the prince. Her voice was amazingly loud. Sun Shao's ears were buzzing, and even the harem heard it. Guan Feng put down her son and hurried over. She was facing Xia Houhui, who had a big belly. The two smiled bitterly at each other and shook their heads together.

Sun Shao frowned and waved to Sun Luban not to get angry. He sat down and talked about it. Sun Luban was furious. Although he sat down, he still waved his arm and shouted loudly. Sun Shao did not doubt at all that if he was in the Wu Palace now, Sun Luban would definitely kill those anniannior ministers she thought on the spot.

"Big Tiger, you are also a general now. Why are you so impulsive?" As soon as Guan Feng entered the door of the hall, she lowered her face and blamed her. Sun Luban belongs to the lawless kind of people. At home, she can only listen to Zhou Xun's words. In the palace, only Sun Shao and Guan Feng's words work, and others ignore them. Especially for Guan Feng, she has always been grateful to Guan Feng for her help and respects her sister-in-law very much. Seeing that Guan Feng was unhappy, although she was in a hurry, she had to put away her temper.

"What's going on? What makes the big tiger so angry?" Guan Feng turned to Sun Shao and said angrily, "Are you angry with the tiger again?"

Before Sun Shao could speak, Sun Luban rushed to say, "Sister-in-law, this is not about Brother Wang's business. Something happened to the State of Wu." She picked up something important and said it again, and then insisted that there were annihants around Sun Quan to alienate their father and son, causing Sun Deng, the prince, to work as a supervisor in Yuzhang porcelain factory, and was falsely accused of murdering Sun Wei.

Xia Houhui smiled and said nothing when she heard the words, and Guan Feng also shook her head with a wry smile. She was slow enough to plot political power, but she also knew that this was not a matter of annihibiting ministers. This was simply Sun Quan's own distrust of Sun Deng. It is impossible for Sun Shao to come forward to help Sun Deng solve this matter, and it is not reliable for Sun Luban to take his troops back to Qingjun's side. Sun Luban's current soldiers are soldiers of the State of Yue. Sun Shao has been trying his best to avoid war with the State of Wu. Can he let the soldiers of the State of Yue fight against the State of Wu? What's more, Sun Luban went.

"Big Tiger, this is your nonsense." Guan Feng lowered his face and blamed him for pushing Sun Luban: "Even if there is a gap between Zi Gao and your father, it is also father and son, and your eldest brother is finally separated from them. Do you ask him to help you fight the State of Wu? Does this make sense? Besides, if there is really a fight, others will definitely say that the father and son of King Wu are at peace, and they also want their daughter to take troops back to help. Isn't this a joke?

Sun Luban rolled his eyes and said no more, but his face was still unconvinced.

"Well, eldest princess, your family, there's nothing you can't say. Maybe you misunderstood." Xiahou Hui gently advised: "Although it is inappropriate to say that the king of Wu let the prince guard the Yuzhang porcelain factory, it may not be a bad thing. As you know, Yuzhang's porcelain is the focus of Wu's export exports. Why can the price be so high? On the one hand, of course, the quality of Yuzhang's porcelain is excellent, and on the other hand, it is also because there is only one family, and there is no subcolon. I don't know how many people are aiming at Yuzhang porcelain factory. Your father can't be too careful.

"Then he can't suspect that Zi Gao killed Sun Xie." Sun Luban said angrily, "I know who Zigao is best. He has lost his own mother since he was a child, and he is most concerned about our brothers and sisters. He has never been reluctant to fight. How can he bear to hurt Sun Wu? On the contrary, the stinky woman thought that she was young and beautiful, fascinated by her father, and wanted Sun Xie to take the position of prince. Unfortunately, she was so unlucky that Sun Xie died when she was only 20 years old. God's will is like this. How can the disaster be blamed on Zi Gao?

Xiahou Hui smiled slightly. Sun Luban was a little unreliable. She had a problem with Sunlv's mother, Mrs. Wang, and even had a bad impression of Sunlv. She actually had some gloating about Sunlv's death. She stepped forward, put her arms on Sun Luban's shoulder, and said with a soft smile, "You, don't think so badly of your father. It is possible to listen to light faith, but it is impossible to kill a high child. Even if Zi Gao is really suspected, at most, he has won the position of prince and demoted to a commoner. How can he kill Zi Gao so seriously? As for you, don't worry. Send someone back to ask about the specific situation first, and then make it clear.

"Well, if that stinky woman is really a troubler, you have to help me deal with her." Sun Luban held Xiahou Hui's hand.

"Don't worry, if someone really wants to bully Zi Gao and your mother, your eldest brother will not sit idly by." Xia Houhui patted Sun Luban's hand and pushed her and said, "Isn't there some secret soldiers in the fifth battalion? Send a few back to Jianye to have a look. In addition, you can write to your mother again. It's not too late to figure out the situation.

Sun Luban nodded repeatedly, clenched his fist, and strode away.

Sun Shao smiled bitterly: "Yuanrong, is it necessary for you to add fuel to the fire? The tiger is already troublesome enough. Do you want to push her again?

Xia Houhui smiled and said lightly, "Don't you know the temper of the big tiger? If you don't let her do it, the more she has to do it, the more she has to do it. Suo asked her to find out, which will save trouble. If there is really any annior, it should have been eliminated earlier. Otherwise, the matter of father and son's cripplement will not only damage the reputation of the State of Wu, but also the State of Yue.

Sun Shao blinked his eyes and didn't say anything. With his understanding of Xia Houhui, he didn't believe that Xia Houhui was really simple to appease Sun Luban. Maybe she was thinking of something, but it was not easy to say it directly. However, since he didn't say it directly, there was no need for him to stop it.

"When the monsoon starts in May, I will go to Axum to discuss major events with the Romans. After the New Year, I will go to Tianzhu to check the food preparation first, and the matter of Funan will be left to you two again. Sun Shao asked the two of them to sit down and arranged as usual: "The matter of the court has been discussed by the Prime Minister, the Royal History Doctor and the Great Farmer's Order. You don't have to interfere too much. They have been in power for many years, and I still trust them. In the palace, there is a silver screen for martial arts, and there is a Yuanrong for literary affairs. I am also very relieved. It's just that this accident may take a long time, and the people of the State of Shu and the State of Wei will probably rush to Funan in autumn and winter. You may have to pay attention to the reception and don't have an accident.

Guan Feng nodded and said worriedly, "Your Majesty, since the people of Wei and Shu are coming in autumn and winter, why don't you wait for a year? Although the king has 20,000 sailors and 15,000 Wu soldiers this time, I always feel that there are still too few. In particular, there are almost no cavalry. What if the Sassanians see our reality and have evil intentions?

Xiahou Hui also has the same concerns: "Your Majesty, what the queen said. Although the sailors are stepmen when they go ashore, and those who attack and defend the city are not worried, they can't fight against the Sassanians, who are mainly cavalry, without cavalry. Ardahir is a hero. On the one hand, he negotiates with us, but at the same time, he keeps attacking the Romans. It seems that the heart of Rome is immortal. How can he give up?

Sun Shao did not answer them immediately, because during this period, in order to discuss the dispatch of troops, there were many ministers who opposed it. Prime Minister Yu Fan has always disagreed to send troops. He felt that it was enough to contain the Sassanids by diplomatic means, let the Romans breathe, and prolong some time to fight with the Sassanians. If Vietnam sent troops. The forces will be involved in the war, and now Yue is not a good time to participate in the war.

Yu Fan's experience is old, and his opinions represent a lot of views. Even some relatively calm generals in the army, such as Lu Xun and Yuehai, agree with him. Sun Shao is unwilling to disobey everyone's will, but he can't bear to give up on the Axum country that the Romans sent to his mouth. If he occupies Axum, then He has stepped on one foot in Africa. Even if he is not in a hurry to develop now, it is also a good pave for the future.

"I'll be careful. I'm not going to fight with them this time." Sun Shao explained, "If it's just talk, the Sassanians may not pay attention to us. Only when the warship sails to the Persian Gulf and let him see our strength with his own eyes can he really sit down and negotiate."

Guan Feng and Xiahou Hui saw that Sun Shao had made up their mind, so they had to stop persuading each other. They also knew that Sun Shao was not an impulsive person. Since he was determined to lead troops to Aksum, thousands of miles away, to meet the Romans, he naturally had his reasons and arrangements.

In February of the fifteenth year of the Republic, Sun Shao left the special pastoral city and rushed to Ceylon Island. Zhuge Zhi, the general of Ceylon, and Zhang Wen, the minister of the plan, came to meet him. Nimar, the king of Sinhala, also came to greet him with his ministers. When he saw his daughter Yesuthara and grandson Sun Ni, he smiled happily and hugged Sun Ni and kissed his face.

Zhuge Zhi and Zhang Wen took Sun Shao to inspect the warehouse. In recent years, Tianzhu has increased his financial resources because of his business with Vietnam. He has lived a better life. He doesn't have to fight and plunder as before. In addition to the sporadical attacks on each other in Zhuluo's internal Sarbach and Ferroz, everyone rarely fights and engaged in production single-mindedly, and the output of grain and cotton has increased significantly. Long, this time Sun Shao is ready to balance the strength of Rome and Sassan. A large amount of grain is not shipped from Funan, but from Tianzhu. Grain, cotton and all kinds of other materials are an amazing business. Sun Shao specially sent Zhang Wen to Tianzhu to be responsible for this matter, hoping that he could lower the price more. Zhang Wen lived up to his mission. For the first time, he gathered more than a dozen small Tianzhu countries, including Zhu Luo, Zheluo and Pandia. Bidding one by one, examined their supply capacity and price, so that those excited Tianzhu people killed each other. The price dropped again and again, and finally almost at the original price. Six-six percent of the grid.

"There is only half of the grain in Ceylon, and it is all grain reserve." Zhang Wen pointed to the tall granaries one by one and said with three points of pride: "Considering the distance, it was the most cost-effective to concentrate the granaries in Karachi, but I was worried that it was too close to Guishuang and the Sassanians, and the Tianzhu people were vulnerable. In case they robbed them, it would not be cost-effective, so I only stayed there. Half of the line, now the right general's sailors are guarding there. As long as the king gives an order, the right general will escort the supplies to the west and meet the king in the Gulf of Aden. If this time is just a negotiation and there is no need to start a war, this grain should be enough. In case something is not harmonious and the war drags on for a long time, I will arrange people to start from here at any time, directly across the Arabian Sea and send it to the Gulf of Aden. It is a long way. If it is in the windy season, it will take a month. If it is not in the windy season, it may take a half. Month to two months."

Sun Shao nodded repeatedly. Zhang Wen can be said to have prepared all kinds of situations. Whether he fight or not this time, at least there will be no problem in the part he is responsible for.

"Excuse me, you did it right." Sun Shao gave a thumbs-up.

"Hey hey..." Zhang Wen smiled and said, "Actually, I have never said something to the king in Shangshu."

"What's the matter?" Sun Shao smiled quietly. He smiled quietly.

"I could have lowered the price of Tianzhu people a little more, and it could probably be reduced by about 10 percent, but after weighing it, I still traded with them at the current price. Generally speaking, our country will spend about 100 million to 20 million more this time.

Sun Shao still didn't say anything. He already knew about it. This time, about three million stones of grain and various materials were prepared. The original funds were about 2 billion yuan. In the end, Zhang Wen adopted the bidding method and spent only 1.3 billion yuan to get the matter done. However, Sun Shao got information from multiple sources, saying that Tianzhu people pressed prices with each other. In the end, it was very tragic and almost a small profit. Sale - of course, because of the huge quantity, although it is a small profit, it is still profitable - but Zhang Wen did not choose the one with the lowest price, but chose a few countries with relatively higher prices but stronger strength, and the price is to spend more than 100 million more.

For the rich Yue, more than 100 million is not a big number, and these materials are not given in vain after arriving in Rome. They need to be exchanged for more benefits, but 100 million yuan is not a number in Yue - enough to kill a hundred corrupt officials - if Zhang Wen is corrupt, then he has ten brains. The bag is not enough to cut. No matter how bad it is, you can set him to be a dereliction of duty, and his career will end.

"Why?" Sun Shao looked at Zhang Wen for a while and saw that his face was calm and there was no worry, so he asked slowly.

"I'm worried that the war with Sassan will last for a long time." At this time, Zhang Wen put away his smile and showed some worries: "At that time, if we want to increase troops, the amount of various materials will be greatly increased, so that the Tianzhu people will taste some benefits, and the subsequent acquisition will be smoother. I have booked them for this year's harvest, and in two months, the first season of rice will be in the warehouse. The population of Tianzhu is nearly ten times that of Funan. Although the price of grain is higher from Tianzhu, the transportation distance is closer, the time is shorter, and the overall cost is less. Generally speaking, it is still cost-effective. If they are pressed too tightly this time, they will not be profitable, and I'm afraid that talking about business in the future will add a lot of side.

After Zhang Wen finished speaking, he looked at Sun Shao quietly. Zhuge listened and quickly arched his hand and said, "I can prove that he did not get a profit from it. During the period when Tianzhu presided over the acquisition, all the expenses were accountable, and the gifts given by the Tianzhu people were also recorded.

"Hey hey, it seems that the two are in harmony." Sun Shao gave a smile.

When Zhuge Zhi and Zhang Wen heard this, their faces suddenly changed. They took a step back, picked up their clothes and knelt on the ground, and said with one voice, "Please, King Mingjian!"

Sun Shao looked at the two people with his hands behind his back, with hesitation in his eyes. He is not disgusted with Zhang Wen's self-assertion. He does not rush to do business, but makes people profitable. This is his consistent proposition for long-term cooperation. Generally speaking, Zhang Wen's approach is right. It's just that Zhuge took the initiative to defend Zhang Wen, which was a little wrong. Sun Shao has secret soldiers in Ceylon. It is impossible to know nothing about Zhang Wen's situation, and he is not a person who easily offends the minister. Even if Zhang Wen is guilty, he will not take Zhang Wen now. At least he will take him back to Funan, hand him over to the court to find out the truth of the matter, and then punish him according to his crime. Zhuge Zhi was so eager to explain for him, which showed that their relationship was so good that Zhuge Zhi could ignore his own safety. He sent Zhang Wen to Ceylon. On the one hand, it was for business, but on the other hand, he had the purpose of counterbalance Zhuge Zhi. The division of labor between civil and martial arts, and mutual checks and counterbalances. This is an unwritten rule of the State of Yue. If the two people who should have been counterbalanced and balanced each other do not agree with each other, what's the point?

It's not that he doesn't believe in Zhuge Zhi and Zhang Wen, but from the perspective of domination, he can't tolerate such a thing. Maybe Zhuge Zhi and Zhang Wen are really innocent, but with this opening, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no such situation in the future. And his decentralization of power to the minister will become a stupid trick to dig his own grave.

"Get up." Sun Shao waved his hand. In a moment, he had made a decision and must separate the two people. Zhang Wen wanted to arrange the subsequent material matters, so he couldn't move for the time being, so he had to transfer Zhuge directly.

Zhuge Zhi and Zhang Wen also came back at this time. There were fine beads of sweat on their foreheads, and they lowered their heads with lingering fear, but they did not dare to look at each other. In the short breath just now, they had already felt the danger. Sun Shao is usually very easy-going with ministers, but he really punishes people without mercy. When he was still in Qian Tangcheng, he made great efforts to eliminate corruption. The first thing he did was to remove Lu Ji, the ineffective imperial historian. Now the two of them have violated the taboo in officialdom. If Sun Shao wants to take the opportunity to punish them, then Zhuge Zhi will not help Zhang Wen, but push himself into the fire pit.

Sun Shao didn't say anything, just comforted them a few words, and then continued to check as usual. After checking all the matters, he was very satisfied with Zhang Wen's work and agreed with his way of giving benefits to Tianzhu people. After Zhang Wen withdrew, Sun Shao left Zhuge Zhi.

"Ji Gong, how many years have you been in Ceylon?"

Zhuge thought for a little: "Ten years."

"In the past ten years in Ceylon, your achievements are remarkable. I have been promoted to you for a long time, but you are too low-key and don't want to repay your achievements at ordinary times. I don't even know when I talk about your achievements. This time, Zhou Xun went back to Temu City to report on his work and beggrieved for you. Only then did I know some things. It's really wrong for you.

Zhuge listened directly, and there was a warm current in his heart. He hurriedly thanked him and said, "This is the duty of the minister. How can there be any grievance?"

Sun Shao waved his hand and continued to say, "If there is merit, you will be rewarded, and if there is merit, there will be punishment. This is the rule I set with you at the beginning. If you have merit, you should be rewarded. Generally speaking, you should also be promoted to governor now. But as you also know, Ceylon belongs to Sinhala, and Sinhala is our territory, not our state and county. I can't set up a governor here. Of course, in fact, your important surname as a Ceylon general is almost the same as that of the governor, and even more than that.

"I dare not be."

"It's right, it's right." Sun Shao laughed softly and said, "This time I bought so much grain in Tianzhu. I'm sure you can see that this is not just to help the Romans. I can tell you clearly that I want to take the Arabian Islands. This island faces the sea. In addition to the garrison on land, I also need to add two governors, one Red Sea governor and one Persian governor.

Zhuge was suddenly moved. Not to mention whether he could be a governor, he said that Sun Shao would tell him frankly about such a thing, that is, he had great trust in him - not to mention Sun Shao, they could vaguely guess some clues. After all, the operation of acquiring so much grain is too big that it is impossible to completely cover it up, but including Zhuge Zhi and others only guessed that Sun Shao was going to occupy Aksum, but they did not expect that he would occupy the Arabian Islands and station sailors in the Persian Gulf.

"I am willing to follow the king's battle." Zhuge fell straight to the ground and said loudly.

"Go to the Red Sea." Sun Shao leaned over and gently patted Zhuge Zhi on the shoulder: "Get up, I'll explain the general situation of the Red Sea to you first, and then you can ask Chen Hai for details. He has been to the Red Sea several times." He smiled and said, "You should be careful. The Red Sea Governor has been greedy for a long time, and there is also a rush to sign the pirate. For the Red Sea Governor, he has been saying goodbye to Chen Hai for more than two years."

Zhuge laughed and was very happy: "I thank you for your trust. I must guard the coast of the Red Sea for thousands of miles. Without the order of the king, whether the Sassanids or the Romans, they will not go to the sea.

"It's a must." Sun Shao and Zhuge looked straight at each other and smiled.

Sun Shao transferred Zhuge Zhi, and then rearranged the general stationed in Ceylon. Considering that Zhang Wen would stay in Ceylon for a period of time, he took a lot of effort. If he did not consider Zhang Wen's situation, Lu Mo, who had been the head of pirates for several years, is now the most suitable general to protect Ceylon, but Lu Mo and Zhang Wen are both surnamed Wu Si. Putting them together is easier to go together than Zhuge Zhi and Zhang Wen. After thinking about it for a long time, he suddenly thought of He Jing. He Jing is a member of the He family in Yue County. Over the years, he has been fighting with Lu Xun in Tianzhu. His surname is luxury, which is not in line with Lu Xun's modest gentleman's style. The two people don't get along well. Presumably, they will not get along well with Zhang Wen. Moreover, the He family is good at jungle warfare. It is the most appropriate to arrange him to the mountainous and forested Ceylon. .

Sun Shao made up his mind and immediately arranged someone to go to Panyue to congratulate Jingnan to take over Zhuge Zhi and protect General Ceylon.

(to be continued)