The Three Kingdoms

It has to be said that for some of the Gaoshan people, the two brothers Sun Quan and Sun Ce trained the Canglang Army with twice the result with half the effort.

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At the beginning of July, Zhou Yu led the fleet of the Jiangdong Navy, through several exploration voyages, through the channel of Zhoushan and Yizhou, forming a triangle between Zhoushan, Dongzhi and Yizhou.

In mid-July, the development of Yizhou was on track, but the wasteland was constantly being opened up. In addition, the General's Mansion sent many officials to station there. With Lu Fan guarding them, they felt at ease.

Zhou Yu left behind a navy of [-], mainly consisting of a Taihu ship, three fighting ships, and [-] warships, forming a fleet that traveled between Dongzhi and Yizhou for a long time.

Now the Jiangdong Navy is more experienced in navigation, and the waterway is becoming more and more refined. It only takes three days to travel from Dongzhi to Yizhou.

Zhou Yu took the Tiger and a new-style ship newly released by Wu County to form a new fleet and began to return. Sun Quan and Sun Ce led the tiger soldiers and the Canglang Army to leave Yizhou with the fleet and returned to Dongzhi, they didn't stay in Dongzhi, and then they immediately led their troops northward, stationed in Zhoushan, and began preparations for going northward.

Going north this time, Sun Quan was planning to land in Liaodong. When he landed in Liaodong, he would definitely collide with Gongsun Du. Cavalry was necessary. In Dongzhi, Sun Ce took away his overlord cavalry and left behind a mountain army composed of Gaoshan tribe. The wolf army was given to Tai Shici to guard the mountains in the Dongzhi area. After all, compared with these mountains, a five thousand wolf army is much more useful than a three thousand overlord cavalry.

To put it bluntly, with the five thousand wolf army, give Tai Shici a year to mobilize all the county soldiers in the south of Kuaiji, and I am afraid that Shanyue in Kuaiji can be directly wiped out.

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Zhoushan, the first base of the Jiangdong Navy, is much more prosperous now than it was in the past. A county town of Zhoushan has been established here, and farming has also been implemented. Many people have moved from Kuaiji, and even many caravans have come. come and go.

[Text Chapter 179 Lu Dai]

Now the Jiangdong army, with the eldest son Sun Ce as the commander, has formed a fleet of tens of thousands of soldiers to explore the East China Sea. It is not a secret in the six counties of Jiangdong, especially the opening of Yizhou. There is a lot of trouble, and some shrewd businessmen can naturally see the business opportunities in it.

Zhoushan County is the first port opened up by the Jiangdong Navy. It is rich in resources and can be connected with Yizhou and Dongzhi by sea. There are fleets going back and forth every day. There are countless business opportunities in it. Some Jiangdong businessmen began to seize this opportunity. second chance.

When Sun Quan was still in Yizhou, for the development of Yizhou, he gave some suggestions to the general's mansion, using warships to win over these Jiangdong merchants and let them promote the development of Yizhou.

After discussing with the General’s Mansion, in order to ensure the rapid development of the sea, some ordinary warships were unarmed and sold to some merchants in Jiangdong, allowing them to form their own shipping fleet. Of course, the price is not cheap. This made a big deal.

Nowadays, due to the development of the sea in Jiangdong, the General's Mansion has also begun to vigorously support the shipbuilding industry. The shipbuilding workshop in Wuxian County is the main one, and the shipbuilding workshop in Kuaiji is constantly expanding, as well as the dilapidated shipbuilding workshop in Dongzhi. Restart.

The three large-scale shipbuilding workshops have been continuously started, and the Jiangdong warships have been produced continuously, so that Sun Quan and others can be invincible in the sea. The buildings except for the ships are absolutely not for sale. Battleships, warships, warships of this size, After unloading his weapons, Jiang Dong didn't mind selling them to these merchants.

As a person from modern times, even if he does not do business, Sun Quan deeply understands the truth that only circulation can make the economy develop, otherwise, no matter how many people migrate, the development will be very slow.

Because of the back and forth of these businessmen, Zhoushan, a port-style city, developed much faster than Sun Quan imagined.

A city made of stones is no longer smaller than the general city in Wu County. On the contrary, because of its special geographical location, it is more prosperous than ordinary county towns. There are lively crowds coming and going.

The county magistrate of Zhoushan was sent directly by Sun Jian from the general's mansion. He was a man in his thirties, with a medium build and a thin face. His surname was Lu, his first name was Dai, and his style name was Dinggong.

Lü Dai is from Guangling. Last year, because of Cao Cao's attack in Xuzhou, there were frequent wars. Many people fled across the river to the stable Jiangdong. He took his whole family and moved from Guangling to Jiangdong with the flow of people.

Lu Dai, who used to be a county official in Hailing County, Guangling County, although well-read poetry and books, was full of talent, but because of his poor background, he was not reused until he entered the General's Mansion as an ordinary clerk. Zhang Zhao's pair of intelligent eyes found out.

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Jiangdong's fleet entered the port smoothly, and immediately entered the independent military camp of the navy. When Jiangdong's navy left the Jiangdong navy when it went to sea, it became an independent army. The main camp is the westernmost area of ​​Zhoushan port. .

This is the barracks of the navy. The houses are built into one piece, and there is a big school yard in the middle. Here, a group of old navies and a group of new navies recruited from the Jiangdong Navy are training.

"Zhoushan Order, Lu Dai, meet the Eldest Young Master, Young Master Quan!"

It was only temporarily that Lu Dai received the news that the Jiangdong Navy had come ashore from Zhoushan, so he hurried to meet Sun Ce and the others with a kind of official from the county government.

"Lu Dai?"

Sun Quan behind Sun Ce heard the words, his eyes lit up slightly. He had a little impression of this name, but he didn't remember it. However, the one who could impress him must be the future important minister of Soochow.

"Magistrate Lu, you are welcome. In this Zhoushan County, you are the county magistrate. You only need to look at Zhoushan County. You don't need to entertain us specially. After we replenish the food and water sources, we will start heading north." Sun Ce waved his hand. , straight to the point.

The stay at the Zhoushan base was just to replenish food and fresh water, and then they would officially go north this time, crossing Liaodong. Sun Ce was excited at the thought of being able to conquer the northern land and step into Youzhou on horseback.

"promise!"

Lu Dai breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't the first time he met Sun Ce and Sun Quan, the two sons of the Sun family who were famous in Jiangdong, but he had never dealt with them before, so he was afraid that it would be difficult to serve him.

Although these two are not descendants of aristocratic families, they are also from powerful backgrounds, and now the two most noble sons in Jiangdong are Jiangdong Xiaobawang and Jiangdong Master Quan.

"My lord, we don't have much food in Zhoushan now, can you give some three days to prepare the food you want?" Lu Dai asked respectfully.

Zhoushan is the first base of the navy, and it is developing rapidly. There are merchant ships going back and forth every day. It's not that they can't produce food, but Sun Quan and the others are late in notifying, and Lu Dai can't get it all.

"what?"

Sun Ce frowned when he heard the words, a little displeased, but Sun Quan walked out leisurely, looked at Lu Dai, and said directly: "No problem, anyway, we are going to stay here for a few days, get ready one time."

"Thank you, son, for your compassion!"

When everyone saw Sun Ce's sullen face, they were a little afraid at first, but when they heard Sun Quan's words, they felt a little joy in their hearts.

"Where is County Magistrate Lu from?" Sun Quan walked up, squinting his eyes, and looked closely at Lu Dai. This middle-aged man is at most 34 or 40 years old, and he should not be [-] years old. He looks very calm.

"Reporting to Mr. Quan, someone is from Hailing County, Guangling, Xuzhou." Lu Dai was slightly taken aback, but quickly realized, and replied quickly.

"Xuzhou?"

Sun Quan's eyes lit up, and he suddenly remembered something, and said, "It just so happens that I have something to ask, the others will go back to prepare food first, please leave County Magistrate Lu for a while."

"promise!"

All the officials of the county government nodded, and hurriedly left the Jiangdong naval camp on the coast, and hurried back to the city that was built less than half a year ago to prepare food.

"Magistrate Lu, come in!" On the lobby of the barracks, Zhou Yu and several naval admirals were looking at the geographical map of Dahan and the map of the East China Sea drawn by Sun Quan, comparing the positions of Ma Han and Liaodong, and studying The Navy's approaching course.

"Young Master, I don't know what to order?" Lu Dai walked in with Sun Quan and Sun Ce brothers, feeling a little uneasy in his heart. Mr. Jiangdong Quan, only 13 years old, is a very legendary son in Jiangdong.

"What I want to ask is the current situation in Xuzhou?" Sun Quan sat down directly in the lobby of the barracks, looked up at him, and asked calmly.

In his memory, great changes should have taken place in Xuzhou in the past two years. First, Cao Cao's father died in Xuzhou, then Cao Cao sent troops to kill Xuzhou in anger, and then Liu Bei moved in...

However, Sun Quan didn't remember very clearly about this period of time, and he had been wandering at sea for more than half a year, so he didn't have a deep understanding of the situation in the Central Plains.

"Xuzhou?"

Lu Dai was slightly taken aback. He didn't expect that Sun Quan was asking this question, but he quickly realized that he pondered for a moment, thought for a while, and said seriously, "Young Master, the situation in Xuzhou should be resolved from the current situation. Yanzhou and Yuzhou began to talk about, in April, Cao Cao, together with Hongnong Zhang Ji, used troops against Yuan Shu in Yuzhou. However, Nanyang County was taken by Zhang Ji's nephew, Zhang Xiu, who led the army.

Not only that, Yuan Shu was also successively captured by Cao Jun in the states of Liang, Chen, Pei, and Lu in Yuzhou. Now Yuan Jun can't defend it with Runan County alone, and his vitality has been seriously injured.

Therefore, Cao Cao began to set his sights on Xuzhou. According to the news I got, although the battle has not yet started, Cao Jun is already ready to move, and the whole Xuzhou is full of battle atmosphere. "

"The fight hasn't started yet?" Sun Quan narrowed his eyes, so Cao Cao's father is not dead yet.

"Yeah!" Lu Dai nodded.

"Magistrate Lu, I remember that someone once mentioned that there is a sea of ​​pirates on the coast of Donghai County in Xuzhou, right?" Sun Quan asked suddenly. I care, now I think about it.