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Coincidentally, Gao Zhong had a lot of salt in his hand, and Zhu Ya stocked up a lot here.Salt is a commodity that is in short supply anywhere, and if you think about it, those mountains and forests are no exception.

Extracting table salt from nature is not an easy task, even if those Shanyue people and Wuxi Nanman people have such resources, they don't know how to extract it.

This is the power of technology, but these Shanyue people who occupy the mountains and forests do not know that many times, tribes like Shanyue will start wars over salt.

Not just Shanyue, the Nanman in Shu, the local Tu people in Yizhou, etc., those uncivilized places.

Because of the lack of living supplies due to their own reasons, even for a small jar of salt, sometimes it has to become a battle between two villages or tribes.

This situation has lasted for thousands of years, and if there are no accidents, it may continue for thousands of years in these places.

In places like Jiangdong and Jingzhou where there is no shortage of grain, salt is definitely more expensive than grain, and production determines the market, which is best reflected here.

In addition, the caravans from the north have the habit of transporting salt for sale in the past two years, so no matter whether they are merchants from Jiangdong or Jingzhou, they are used to it, so naturally no one will doubt anything.

Even if the local garrison found out that some caravans were carrying too much salt, they would not pursue it too much.

Firstly, these caravans from the north are very good at life, and they have given enough benefits to station troops along the way. Second, this matter has been approved by the higher authorities and is legal.

With a clear direction and plan, the next thing will be much easier.As long as Gao Zhong is strong enough, all that remains is to count the loot.

Chapter 256 Pirate King 2

In order to keep it secret, and at the same time, for the sake of safety, Gao Zhong decided to create an identity for himself.But what kind of identity suits him?

After thinking about it, Shen Xuan thinks that his side is actually similar to pirates now, at least, under Gao Zhong's command, the proportion of pirates is too high.

Moreover, Zhuya's geographical location is very good, and it is the most suitable gathering place for pirates.The right time, place and people have prompted them to develop towards pirates.

So, shortly after Gao Zhong occupied Zhuya, a pirate king was born here.

Gao Zhong refused to use the name of his adoptive father, and he couldn't let others know his identity, let alone let outsiders figure out his purpose, so he could only use the pirate king to cover up his identity.

This new pirate king can be said to be the most powerful pirate king ever around Zhuya. He now has thousands of warships under his command.

There are [-] to [-] pirates, and this number is still increasing.Is this really a pirate?When will pirates be able to have such a scale?

More importantly, some of these pirates were well-equipped, and the warships they drove were even better than Jiangdong's warships.

This is definitely a terrible signal, especially for those Jiangdong cities near Zhuya, this is definitely not good news.

What do pirates do? Of course they rob houses.When there is something to do, they will plunder passing merchant ships on the sea, and when they are not, they will go ashore to rob residents.

The merchant ships traveling between Zhuya and Jiangdong can get the protection of these pirates after voluntarily paying a part of the deposit. This is the promise of the pirate king.

However, for those merchant ships who do not want to pay a deposit and do not cooperate with these pirates, the Pirate King will not guarantee their safety.

Sun Quan's detailed work also found some news about this new generation of Zhuya Pirate King, and they also sent this news to Sun Quan in the shortest possible time.

However, such things did not attract Sun Quan's attention. There have always been pirates along the coast of Jiangdong, and Sun Jian was famous in Jiangdong for killing pirates back then.

Therefore, pirates are no strangers to Sun Quan, and they are nothing. In his opinion, Jiangdong's greatest enemy will only come from the north.

Pirates can just jump up and down on the sea, but when they get ashore, all they have to do is to be beaten.Not to mention Sun Quan, even the patriarchs and elites of those old aristocratic families in Jiangdong didn't take pirates seriously.

However, what happened in the next month, all the news about this new generation of pirate king and Jiangdong coastal city completely overturned Sun Quan's cognition.

Within twenty days, Sun Quan received news about Zhuya's pirate king, then the pirates frequently plundered Jiangdong's fleet, and then these pirates rampantly plundered the cities on the coast.

This really annoyed Sun Quan, he had never seen such a pirate in his life, and it was really rare to be so rampant.

Under Sun Quan's repeated orders, the two naval armies near Qiantang and Houguan Shipyard in the east of the Yangtze River set sail to attack.

As a result, Sun Quan did not wait for the news that his naval officers and men had returned from a great victory, but what he waited for was the information that his naval army was being led around the sea by the pirates.

Immediately afterwards, two naval divisions were besieged near Zhuya because they were not familiar with the terrain.If you can't advance, if you can't retreat, the Jiangdong soldiers can only stay on the boat and sigh.

Just when Sun Quan was very irritable and asked his subordinates to rescue the two navy units, a thunderbolt spread across Jiangdong.

The rampant Zhuya pirates plundered all the official shipyards and private shipyards in Qiantang, as well as the Houguan shipyard, and other shipyards along the Jiangdong coast.

That is to say, the warships that were supposed to be equipped for the Jiangdong navy, the merchant ships that were to be used by some big families in Jiangdong, etc., no matter whether they were built or not, these pirates didn't even give them the wood for the shipbuilding. Sun Quan stayed a little.

The most important thing is that these pirates also robbed the craftsmen, their families and local people in the shipyard and twenty miles around the captain, leaving a vacuum for Sun Quan.

"Warships, craftsmen, people, supplies, etc., we made a lot of money this time, but we also completely offended Sun Quan."

In the hall, Shen Xuan was counting the results of the battle during this period.Even though he was usually very steady, he felt like a nouveau riche at this moment.

It was he who came up with the idea of ​​looting the coast of the east of the Yangtze River, avoiding the truth and making a lie, and the strategy of dispatching the whole army.

Of course, he didn't know that Gao Zhong's commanding ability and execution ability were so strong, otherwise, he would definitely change his plan.

If Sun Quan knew that all of this had nothing to do with Shen Xuan, then that blue-eyed boy would probably have the idea of ​​swallowing Shen Xuan alive, but unfortunately, Shen Xuan never used his family and his own name.

"Sun Quan, I'm not afraid of him."

Gao Zhong shook his head and said with a smile: "Now the two naval forces are temporarily besieged, and when they run out of fresh water, they can't help but surrender.

I really hope that he can continue to send troops out to trouble me. What kind of credit is robbery? I want to wipe out the Jiangdong Coastal Navy. Only in this way can we ensure that our navy officers and men can traverse the sea and completely monopolize the sea trade routes. "

"If the general really wants to monopolize the maritime trade route, then there is a place we can occupy first."

"where?"

"Jiaozhou, this place is far away from the Central Plains, and it is a wild place in the eyes of the world, but in fact, this place is indeed a paradise. It is not difficult to capture Jiaozhou, but the difficulty is how to occupy this place for a long time.

If we can occupy Jiaozhou, we can use this as a springboard to attack Jiuzhen, Rinan and other places, and then we can smoothly infiltrate our power into Funan, and even occupy Funan completely. "

"I want to write a letter to my adoptive father. I can do this, but my adoptive father must send someone to help me. There are also some special supplies. I need my adoptive father to support me. Otherwise, I dare not occupy Jiaozhou. "

In Jiangdong, bad news came from the coast one after another. If someone told Sun Quan that these people were pirates, Sun Quan would probably slap him in the face.

May I ask, are there such organized, disciplined, planned, targeted, and strategic pirates in the world?

In fact, before this incident, there were no such pirates in the world.Sun Quan was unlucky, he was born in the same era as such a pirate, and was targeted by the other party.

After materials, money, ships, wood, craftsmen, etc. were all robbed by pirates, Sun Quan almost lost his life overnight.

Since he waited for the position, he has been keeping a low profile. Originally, he could rely on these shipyards along the coast to build his own cronies. As a result, all his plans were destroyed, and his life will be much more difficult in the future.

Chapter 257

Jiangdong, in the territory of Shanyue, many young men from Shanyue are busy making a living.This is their habit from generation to generation, busy to survive, busy for a bite to eat.

Since they can only live in the mountains and forests, they have to rely on hunting and fishing for a living. Although they also grow some crops, this is not enough to guarantee their livelihood.

Moreover, they don't have good farm tools, enough common sense in farming, and they don't have high-quality grain seeds. Therefore, in many cases, they just scatter the seeds on the land and wait for the harvest.