Just when Zhou Yu was stabilizing the fleet, several small dots appeared where the sea and sky met in the south. Zhou Yu couldn't help but frown. The appearance of a fleet at this time was not a good thing.
"General Cheng, please send people to prepare a defensive position. Our fleet is not very suitable for fighting on the sea." Zhou Yu frowned and arranged for Cheng Pu. As for fear, it is not much. To be honest, Zhou Yu will pay for the water battle.
Not inferior to others.
"Here!" Cheng Pu has followed Sun Jian for many years, and later Sun Ce. He has seen Zhou Yu's power for a long time, and has long been convinced. He will no longer resist Zhou Yu's orders like in the early days, so under Zhou Yu's orders, he
Deploy fleets for defense.
"Well, I actually met my colleagues ahead." Zhao Zunyuan looked at the small dots on the sea to the north and said with a smile, "I guess they are also going to the aristocratic families in the north."
"Probably so. In fact, in addition to the hatred between the Han and Hungarians in the Battle of Saibei, there are also some reasons that the family needs proof of." Yuan Hui leaned on the edge of his boat and said with a smile, "But no matter what the reason is, if the civil war can be stopped,
Collective cooperation with the outside world will be of great benefit to the entire Central Plains."
Zhao Zun nodded. As a figure in the Xuzhou Zhao family, he is now the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce. Otherwise, he would not be able to personally execute the matter this time. You must know that only Yuan Hui's application is for
One may dispatch a large number of ships, which is not something any chamber of commerce can afford.
"At least this way we can clearly prove that we, the Han Dynasty, are still one. No matter how hard we fight internally, we are still brothers to the outside world." Yuan Hui said with a smile, "Let's go, rush over with a flag, and fight with them.
Say hello and go together."
"The ship of the Chamber of Commerce?" Cheng Pu felt slightly reassured when he saw the flag message translated by his flag bearer, and ordered the high-level defense to be removed, but to maintain normal alert.
However, before the two sides got closer, Yuan Hui and Zhao Zun discovered that the fleet ahead was actually a flat-bottomed boat. After many years of research by businessmen, it is best not to use flat-bottomed boats if you want to take the sea route. Flat-bottomed boats shake violently on the sea.
If you don’t say it, it’s easy to translate.
"Show the flag." Zhou Yu nodded after hearing the introduction given to him by Cheng Pu and asked the sailors to raise the flag. Soon a big flag with the word "Sun" and the word "Zhou" were erected.
"..." Zhao Zun was not familiar with this flag. Although he was from Xuzhou, he had been in Yanzhou and Qingzhou in recent years. He really had no idea about the Sun family's flag. On the contrary, Yuan Hui instantly understood whose ship it was.
Logically speaking, the speed of merchant ships is much slower than that of warships, and flat-bottomed boats should be faster. Unfortunately, the waves are a bit fierce at this time. It is Zhou Yu's ability to keep the Sun family's river boat steady without capsizing. He wants to go faster.
It was not easy, so after a quarter of an hour, Zhou Yu's navy was overtaken by the Chamber of Commerce's fleet.
Zhou Yu's face was dark when he saw this scene. How could the warship be overtaken by a merchant ship? However, given the current environment, Zhou Yu did not do anything irrational.
"But General Yangzhou's fleet?" Yuan Hui asked when the fleets of both sides were about to pass by.
"Exactly!" Wenpin, who defended the right wing, replied.
"I am a friend of Shi Weiyan, the governor of Jiaozhou. I heard that you were going north to attack the Huns. I specially escorted you to take 200,000 shi of polished rice, 100,000 jins of meat, 100 carts of fine wine, and 20 boxes of jewelry to give to the heroes who conquered the Huns. I don't want to give up.
See you here!" Yuan Hui shouted from the edge of the boat.
Although the sound of the waves was not quiet, Yuan Hui's roar still made many sailors hear this sentence, and Wenpin couldn't help but be stunned.
"Then I would like to thank the governor for his help." Wenpin also reacted quickly and said immediately.
"You're welcome. Your ship is not suitable for traveling on the sea. It's best to make plans in advance. We plan to go to Donglai to unload the cargo. I wonder where the general is going? Liaodong or Lelang?" Yuan Hui asked, but he didn't.
Asked if he was in Dongnai.
By this time the news had reached Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu immediately ordered someone to send a message to Wenpin to tell him the truth.
"Our army also plans to go to Donglai, then rest and recuperate briefly in Donglai, and use Donglai Port as a springboard to Liaodong." After receiving the news from Zhou Yu, Wenpin immediately told the truth.
Yuan Hui and Zhao Zun immediately looked at each other, what is this?
"We have already passed through Qi with Liu Taiwei. Yangzhou and Qingzhou are all the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty. They share the same blood. Our attitude towards the barbarians is exactly the same. When we reach Donglai, we will transfer to sea ships to go there.
Liaodong." Wenpin said loudly.
Yuan Hui and Zhao Zun looked at each other, a little unbelievable, and then thought about it. Although it was a bit unexpected, they felt that it was very possible. In any case, they did have the same attitude towards foreigners, and everyone did not
Maybe treason.
"Should we help them block the storm? If this happens, it will all be ours." Yuan Hui turned to Zhao Zun and said.
"Block it, we are all one of our own, it's just a little effort." Zhao Zun said without thinking much at all.
"Because your boat has a flat bottom, it is easy to sway with the waves. We have ropes here. You can tie the boats together and we will help you block the waves on the right side." Zhao Zunming yelled in Wenpin's direction.
This is experience. In the earliest times, sea voyages were all flat-bottomed boats, which were easy to capsize. This group of merchants relied on this method to tie them together and use sea boats to block the waves on the outside to transport more goods. The people who did this the most were the Tian family.
That housekeeper, Tian Tian, is crazy.
Other businessmen are quite satisfied with this method of carrying more cargo. After all, sea-going ships are much more expensive than river ships, and new sea-going ships need to be built. Every big merchant has many river ships.
As for shipping, the merchants gave up the river boats they bought before, which was a bit confusing for the merchants.
Later, Tian Tian invented this method, and many businessmen also imitated the same method. No matter how much it cost to carry a ship of goods, it cost one ship.
Similarly, those wealthy merchants will also carry these equipment on their ships. Maybe they will pick up a batch of people at sea who have never been transported by sea. They think that the sea and the river are the same, and they will help them. Many of them
There are many ways to make friends, and they may come in handy in the future. Who knows how good a relationship you will create with someone.
After all, everyone now knows that when Chen Xi tried to stop the army from joining forces, if Liu Bei had been in a bad mood and had driven Chen Xi away, or even more terrifyingly, killed him, the world would not have changed much.
Therefore, it is nothing to do this kind of thing to make a good relationship with a little effort. Who knows what will happen in the future.
But if you ask yourself, normal princes should drive away scholars who want to join the army. Weird people like Liu Bei are actually very rare. Sometimes, personality is destined for life.
