The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"Your Majesty, it's okay."

"First, Qingzhou is not enough for me. Qingzhou is mine in the first place, and you are just returning Qingzhou to me. So, if I send troops to help Yuan Shang, I will still want Jizhou after that."

"Secondly, after Yuan Shang surrendered to me, I can give him the title of King of Youzhou, and usually ignore him, but he must come to pay me tribute every year, and he must give me [-] war horses a year."

Liu Zheng wants Jizhou more than Qingzhou.

After all, Qingzhou has nothing to fish for, and the population has been devastated for these years, and it is difficult to recover in a short period of time. On the other hand, Jizhou was cultivated by the Yuan family for so many years, and from Youzhou and Karasuma in the north, In the hands of the Xianbei people, a large number of people have been dispatched, and now is a very good time for development.

If Liu Zheng can get Jizhou, then he has the foundation to fight against the northern nomads.

As for the matter of the war horse, it is also because of a headache that Liu Zheng has had recently.

So far, he has not been able to find a supplier who can supply him with war horses.

The number of war horses under Liu Zheng has been seriously depleted in the recent period, and now is the time to replenish them.

Therefore, this is why Liu Zheng is willing to interfere with the situation in the north.

These conditions proposed by Liu Zheng are not harsh.

But for Yuan Shang, it really needs careful consideration.

After all, in the whole north, the Yuan family only owned the land of three states, but Liu Zheng opened his mouth and directly asked for the land of two states.

Such a result is somewhat unacceptable to Yuan Shang today, but it can only be accepted.

After all, without Liu Zheng's help, he might not even be able to keep a state.

If he cooperates with Liu Zheng, at least, according to Liu Zheng, he can get a Youzhou, and can be canonized by Liu Zheng as the King of Youzhou, and he can still retain some of Yuan's blood.

Of course, Jushou couldn't decide this matter himself, he needed to go back and ask Yuan Shang for instructions, and only after Yuan Shang himself agreed could he decide whether this matter could really be facilitated.

"Your Majesty's request, I already know, I will send someone back to ask my young master for instructions, if my young master agrees, I will come to ask His Majesty again."

Ju Shou replied to Liu Zheng, since the deal has been settled, he has no reason to stay here anymore, and he wants to pass the news to Qingzhou to Yuan Shang as soon as possible.

Seeing Jushou leave, Liu Zheng didn't ask him to stay, he waved his hand, signaling to let him go down.

In the next few days, there was another burst of peace.

Liu Zheng was waiting, waiting for Yuan Shang's reply from the north.

As long as Yuan Shang agrees to him, then Liu Zheng can send troops at this time to temporarily solve the northern affairs.

From Qingzhou to Jianye, it takes a long time to go back and forth.

If it is by land, it will take half a month at the fastest to ride a horse.

If you take a boat, it may be faster, but now Qingzhou is no longer Liu Zheng's territory. The transfer station that Liu Zheng set up in Qingzhou before is almost deserted at this time, so few ships go north, and they can only use horses. Pass the message.

In the past half a month, Liu Zheng did not wait for news from Yuan Shang from the north, but instead, he waited for news from Waihai.

The naval escort led by Cai Mao encountered pirates on the coastline of the East China Sea while transporting goods from Funan Prefecture to Jianye.

pirate.

When this word appeared in Liu Zheng's ears, he was immediately surprised.

He did not expect that in this era, there are still pirates.

After all, the ships of this era are not as developed as those of later generations, and shipping has not yet been fully developed. There are no merchant ships at sea, so how can there be pirates.

However, in the following few years, Liu Zheng gradually developed business in the East China Sea. More and more people engaged in business, and more and more ships. The profession of pirates gradually began to appear.

This thing is the same as bandit, bandit, horse thief and other occupations, but it is just a horse changed into a boat.

When he first heard about pirates, Liu Zheng was not nervous. After all, they were some low-level thieves. With Liu Zheng's navy, they should be able to wipe them out easily.

However, when Cai Mao came to personally report to Liu Zheng about the pirates he encountered this time, Liu Zheng realized that something was wrong.

Liu Zheng has not seen Cai Mao for a long time, and Cai Mao is also an old friend.

I have known Liu Zheng for a long enough time. If Cai Mao hadn't been there, perhaps Liu Zheng would not have been in such a short time.There are such achievements.

Especially in the subsequent repeated battles with Cai Mao, Cai Mao was not able to immediately take advantage of Liu Zheng's soldiers.

Until he surrendered to Liu Zheng, Cai Mao's life was not a wonderful one, and he spent a lot of time depressed.

Maybe when I got older, I lost the ambition in my heart.

Willing to serve as a naval commander under Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng didn't need him to command soldiers and horses to fight, but only asked him to escort merchant ships.such a simple thing.Not to mention overkill.It can be regarded as making the best use of everything.

"Your Majesty, this humble minister is guilty!"

"Uncle Guo, excuse me, haven't you just returned from Funan? Why do you look so sad?"

"Your Majesty, I brought 3000 naval escorts to escort the merchant ship back. Who knew that when the ship was sailing in Houguan County, it was suddenly robbed by a group of unidentified pirates."

"Those pirates were well-equipped and had a clear purpose to loot several ships of our army's cargo. I led the navy to fight these pirates. It's a pity that these pirates did not confront our army head-on. After looting the ships, they immediately fled away. .”

"Because it is deep into the open sea, our ships may not be able to withstand the wind and waves. Therefore, I did not pursue rashly. I can only let those pirates escape temporarily. Your Majesty will punish you for the crime of loss of goods."

Chapter 865 Cai Xukun

Originally, when this news was passed to Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng only thought that some people who could not make a living on land went to sea to become pirates.

Unexpectedly, after Cai Hao finished speaking, Liu Zheng felt that these people were not just simple pirates.

Ordinary pirates are just people looking for a living, so how can they have such sophisticated equipment?

Those with such excellent equipment must not be pirates, otherwise they would be able to accomplish great things on land.Why bother to be a pirate in this era.

"Be clear! What happened to those pirates."

"Then let me start from the beginning, Your Majesty, isn't my concubine who just married gave birth to a son for me? I am in a hurry to go back to see my son and give him a name by the way. , I haven’t decided on a name for my concubine, how about His Majesty give him a name?”

"Give me a name?"

Cai Mao's sudden words attracted Liu Zheng's attention.

Looking at Cai Mao's expectant eyes, Liu Zheng looked at the people around him and knew that if he couldn't choose a better name, he might not be able to get off the stage.

Simply, speak directly, and said something to Cai Mao.

"Choosing a name is a simple matter. Uncle Guo's surname is Cai, and Xi Delin'er, why not call him Cai Xukun."

"Xu, Daqiu also, Kun, is the top of Kunlun, implying that in the future, it can be the same as Kunlun Mountain, the top of a group of mountains."

Liu Zhengxin picked it up at his fingertips, and directly helped Cai Mao choose a nice name for his newborn son.

When Cai Mao heard Liu Zheng's words, he was immediately pleasantly surprised, and also felt that Liu Zheng's name was well chosen.

Although, in this day and age, most of the children's names are two-syllable, but it is not absolute, and some people will still choose two-syllable names.

As soon as Liu Zheng's name was taken out, he was immediately praised by several cabinet ministers around him.

"Your Majesty's writing really makes us feel ashamed."

"Good name, what a good name."

"Yes, the name chosen by His Majesty is really good. If I want to add Lin'er in the future, I hope His Majesty can also give me a name."

These people's rainbow farts slapped Liu Zheng's body, but Liu Zheng couldn't forget it.

"After you've chosen your name, hurry up and tell us about the pirates."

Liu Zheng urged Cai Mao.

Then Cai Mao came back to his senses, and continued to tell Liu Zheng about the pirates.

"Weichen loaded more than a dozen ships in Funan and planned to transport them back to Jianye. Who knows, when the fleet was passing through Houguan County, it was attacked by a group of pirates who suddenly came from the open sea. I led the navy to fight them. Because of the number of Because of the other party, I failed to protect the goods."

"Those pirates, after snatching a few ships of goods, drove away. Our army's ships are not conducive to sailing in the open sea, so I didn't pursue them. But your majesty, the words of those pirates are not my words, I think It should be a barbarian from the outer sea."

Cai Mao still told Liu Zheng some more detailed things about those pirates.

After Liu Zheng listened to it, he became even more curious.

Immediately, he began to ask Cai Mao about the appearance of those pirates, the way they spoke, and what their equipment looked like.

After saying this, Cai Mao quickly described to Liu Zheng the specific appearance and way of speaking of those pirates.

After what Cai Mao said, the clever Liu Zheng immediately thought of where these pirates came from.

An island country very close to the mouth of the Yangtze River.

What Liu Zheng was curious about was that it was only the Three Kingdoms era, did people in that island country start to engage in the profession of piracy, and they did it so grandly.

Could one piece be a secret treasure that already exists now?

Liu Zheng couldn't help but asked in his heart.

Of course, this is unlikely, after all, it is still the same thing whether the so-called great secret treasure exists or not.

But if these pirates dare to break ground on Liu Zheng's head, then they have found the wrong person.

Today's Liu Zheng is at a time when the navy is of little use.

Jingzhou has all fallen into Liu Zheng's territory. Huainan, Xuzhou and other places have all become Liu Zheng's territory. In the waters along the Yangtze River, Liu Zheng no longer needs to set up many soldiers and horses to station, so his navy has Since then, I have been worrying that there is nothing to do.

Now there are some pirates who have made trouble, and they are looking for work for them.

"It was really calculated by the old man Yu Ji. If there is a greedy wolf in the east, there must be disasters. Fortunately, I heard what the old man Yu Ji said before, and sent all the sailors here in advance. If this is the case, then immediately Send someone to the sea to search for the whereabouts of these pirates."

Although the matter of pirates does not seem to be a big deal, the impact on Liu Zheng is not small. After all, Liu Zheng's business now accounts for more than half of his revenue sources, and his people do not need to pay agricultural taxes. tax.

If Liu Zheng can't clean up the thieves in the territory, he will lose his own money.

For Liu Zheng, this was unacceptable.

"Let Zu Lang and Zhou Tai come to see me immediately!"

Zu Lang's army was originally stationed in the waters of Dongting Lake, but Liu Zheng had learned from Yu Ji that there might be disasters if he entered the east, so he dropped Zu Lang's troops from Dongting Lake to Poyang Lake.

As for Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin's soldiers, most of the time they trained in the open sea, but they were mainly responsible for the safety of the Funan and Jiaozhou generations, and seldom took care of the affairs of the Yangtze River Basin.

Now these two soldiers and horses have been sent by Liu Zheng.

Two days later, the news was passed to Zu Lang and Zhou Tai, and they came to meet Liu Zheng one after another.

As soon as Liu Zheng told the two of them about Cai Mao, the two immediately got feedback, and they were willing to lead the navy under their tent to share Liu Zheng's worries and problems.

However, Zhou Tai was fine, his soldiers and horses had been training in the open sea all the time, and they were familiar with the wind and waves and combat capabilities at sea.

But Zu Lang's men and horses are not good enough. Although they are both sailors, Zu Lang's soldiers and horses have been wandering in river basins all year round and have never experienced strong winds and waves on the sea. The ships here can't stop the wind and waves at sea.

Even those navy soldiers may not be able to survive life at sea, so Liu Zheng didn't let them deal with those pirates rashly.

On the one hand, he asked Zu Lang to speed up the construction of large-scale ships, and on the other hand, he asked Zhou Tai's soldiers to deploy defenses on the sea first to investigate the movements of the pirates.

First understand some information about these pirates, and then make targeted plans.

Chapter 866 Reaching Cooperation

In fact, Liu Zheng didn't need to bother with the matter of large-scale building ships.

This is mainly because Liu Zheng had already started two years ago, so that Zu Lang's men and horses began to build even larger ships for navigation.

Now that two years have passed, the huge amount of money that was handed out before should have paid off.

The giant sailing warship that started to be manufactured two years ago is finally ready to be used now.

It's just that it takes some effort to pull these warships from the shipyard in the port to the sea.In terms of time, it will take at least half a month to be proficient.

Therefore, during this half month, Zhou Tai's navy can also be temporarily sent to the outer seas to inquire about the situation of those pirates.

Zhou Tai hasn't found out about the situation of these pirates yet, but the people who returned from Qingzhou have returned.Those who received Yuan Shang's order finally returned to Jianye City.

They brought back the news from Yuan Shang to Liu Zheng.

After Jushou received Yuan Shang's order, he immediately asked to meet Liu Zheng again, wanting to talk to Liu Zheng again.

Because of the last conversation, Liu Zheng and Jushou are not strangers, so they didn't make things difficult for Jushou, and met Jushou immediately after the news came back.

Jushou asked to see Liu Zheng alone, and with the assistance of several ministers, Liu Zheng received Jushou.

However, Xu You had already stepped down from the position of chief assistant of the cabinet because of previous incidents, and Shi Xie succeeded Xu You as chief assistant of the cabinet, but Guo Jia was added to the position among the four cabinet ministers by Liu Zheng.

And Guo Jia's previous position was replaced by Liu Ye.

"Your Majesty, I have seen His Majesty."