Chapter 1119 Promised

   "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, happy event, happy event!"

  Wudi in August is still at high temperature.

  Although Lu Yi was sweating profusely from the heat, it didn't stop him from running fast, just to tell His Majesty the good news he just received.

  Compared to Weiyang Palace, which has a history of hundreds of years, Jianye’s palace was newly built after Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor, and the palace is far less magnificent than Adou’s palace.

  Combined with the fact that the country of Wu has experienced severe inflation in recent years and insufficient taxation, it is common for the treasury to be short of money and food—otherwise, it would not be possible to continuously cast large iron coins.

  So A Dou can sit in the artificially air-conditioned palace with ice mirrors at all four corners and eat ice cream.

   But Sun Quan could only sit in a pavilion by the water and eat ice cream.

   It’s not that there is no ice mirror in the palace of Wu State, but the ice stored in the palace is not enough to be squandered like A Dou.

  It is also used to freeze food and fruit on weekdays.

  It is sometimes used to reward ministers.

  However, the method of ice cheese passed down from the Shu Kingdom is indeed a good thing to get rid of the summer heat!

   There are brown sugar, chicken, cheese, and according to the taste, mix with different fruit juices and freeze it.

   The food is fragrant, sweet and smooth, coupled with the taste of fruit juice, it is really the best food to drive away the heat, which makes people want to stop.

  Sun Quan, who was eating with gusto, heard Lu Yi's announcement, and quickly put down the ice cream.

   Then he took the towel brought by the palace man, wiped the beard on his face carefully, and then said:

   "Let school secretary Lu come over."

   "Your Majesty, happy event!"

  Lv Yi came to Sun Quan, made a big salute, held a letter in his hand, and his face was full of joy.

  Sun Quan was already in a good mood.

   Xu's serious illness did not affect his mood.

   There was even a hint of shady joy in his heart.

  If the Xu family is gone, no one will be able to compete with the Bu family in the palace for the position of queen.

   In this way, it can be regarded as the fulfillment of my wish for so many years.

  At this time, when he heard Lv Yi shouting happy news, his face was full of smiles:

   "Where does joy come from?"

   As he spoke, his eyes fell on the letter in Lu Yi's hand.

   "Your Majesty, this is still a secret letter sent back from the Shu region by the head of Qin."

  Lv Yi quickly submitted the letter, and then said, "School Officer Qin has fulfilled his mission when he went to Shu this time. I, Da Wu, form an armored cavalry army, which is expected!"

   "Oh? Seriously?" Sun Quan was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly read the letter.

  When he saw that Han Guo was willing to rent out the armored cavalry to Da Wu, he couldn't help exclaiming:

   "This Han country is so generous!"

   It is not to blame for Sun Quan’s gaffe, it is because the letter sent back by Zhu Ju described in detail the amount of money and food spent on forming the armored cavalry, which is simply astronomical.

  If Great Wu really wanted to form an armored cavalry army as Zhu Ju said, I am afraid that it would be difficult to sustain it with the power of the whole country.

   Unless more than half of the other troops of Da Wu are cut off, all the money and food saved will be used to pile up on the armored cavalry.

   But when he saw the need to use tariffs as collateral, he couldn't help hesitating:

  What did I say, how could Han Guo be such a good person for no reason?

  He looked at Lu Yi and said:

   "In the past few years, there have been more and more caravans from the Han Dynasty to my Dawu. This transportation is not a small amount of money. Is it worthwhile to do so?"

  Lv Yi had been prepared for a long time, and immediately replied after hearing the words:

   "Returning to Your Majesty, although the amount of vehicles and boats collected from the Han country caravan is not small, the school affairs office has calculated that the weapons and armor rented to us by the Han country alone are enough to cover twenty years of vehicles and boats."

   "That is to say, within twenty years, Great Wu will only make money but not lose money. Because the weapons and armor provided by the Han Dynasty are really excellent and extraordinary."

   Speaking of this, Lu Yi lowered his voice and said:

   "Your Majesty, there is one more thing, that is, many of the caravans traveling between Han and Wu belong to great families of Wu."

   "These caravans, in many cases, rely on the support of local wealthy families, and often do not hand in vehicles and boats. The school government has set up checkpoints in various places in Wuchang, Jingzhou over the years, and has found many similar incidents."

   "Thus, in Yichen's view, it is better to mortgage these uncollectible tariffs to the Han State than to labor hard to urge these vehicles and boats to pay."

   "In this way, His Majesty can not only get the weapons and armor of the Han Kingdom for free, but also buy the hearts of the big people by taking advantage of the free transportation and boats."

  Sun Quan heard this, and suddenly:

   "So that's the case, this is a wonderful move."

   Then he was a little curious:

   "You said that the weapons and armor borrowed by the Han Dynasty were very fine and unusual. They coincided with what Zifan (Zhu Ju) said. Could it be that the iron casting technique of the Han Dynasty is really so powerful?"

  Compared with Zhu Ju's empty talk and no evidence, Lu Yi's preparation is much more sufficient.

   But see Lu Yi replied:

"The Iron Armored Cavalry Army of the Han Kingdom is unparalleled in the world, and the weapons and armor they use are naturally extraordinary. The Qin school is well-mannered and highly valued by the Han Kingdom, so Feng Jun... clearly gave him a set of armored cavalry weapons armor."

   "School Qin didn't dare to accept it privately, and has already been sent back to Dawu. The villain has already brought this set of weapons and armor with him when he entered the palace."

   "Oh?" Sun Quan became very interested when he heard it, "Send it quickly."

   Received Sun Quan's order, and soon, several guards brought a set of weapons and armor to Sun Quan.

  Sun Quan immediately took a fancy to the sword in the guard's hand.

  He picked up the knife from the guard's hand, held the handle, and drew the knife out of its sheath. Although the weather was hot, the chill on the knife still rushed towards him.

   "A good sword!" Sun Quan couldn't help but admire, "This kind of precious sword costs at least 100,000 yuan!"

  Sun Quan also used swords to exchange wool with Shu, so he naturally knew the price of swords.

   Calculated by five baht coins, the most commonly used swords in the army will not be less than one thousand coins.

  Hundred Refining Knife, at least 20,000 yuan or more.

   As for the Saber, it depends on the quality.

  The worst one is 30,000 to 50,000.

  As for the saber knife in his hand, it can already be regarded as a family heirloom.

  One hundred thousand dollars, there is a price but no market.

  He watched and observed it fondly for a long time, and then reluctantly put the knife back into its sheath.

   Then his eyes fell on the standing iron armor.

  Although the iron armor did not cover the men and horses, just standing there on the wooden frame made people feel an extremely heavy sense of oppression.

  Sun Quan approached, stroked the iron armor gently, and exerted a little force, but found that he couldn't press it in at all.

  Looking at the iron armor, which is tightly connected up and down, without any flaws at all, only two black holes are exposed on the eyes of the face, Sun Quan can't help but sigh:

   "This kind of iron armor is invulnerable to swords and arrows. Even if you rush into the formation, you can't handle it."

  Then there is a horse halberd more than ten feet long...

  All of them are extremely excellent, even the generals who have fought in Great Wu for many years may not be able to put together such a set.

   It's not that they don't have enough money, but that such weapons and armor may not be able to be made even if they are hired by a special person.

   "Feng Mingwen was able to defeat Wei's army of 100,000 bandits head-on with 20,000 horses, and I finally know why!"

  Sun Quan sighed, "With three thousand armored cavalry in hand, who in the world can handle it?"

   He said, shaking his head again.

   No wonder the armored cavalry of the Han Dynasty was only three thousand.

   It’s no wonder that the Han Kingdom offered to lease it. They must also know that Da Wu has no ability to build the same armored cavalry.

  Even if Da Wu has enough money and food, whether he can build weapons and armor of the same quality is still a problem.

  Even if it can be built, how long it will take is even more of a problem.

  Looking at the pile of things in front of him, Sun Quan thought of something, his heart was heavy, and his face became a little ugly.

  After the First World War in Yiling, Wu and Shu re-formed an alliance, and the two countries never faced each other head-on.

  However, because Yiling defeated Liu Bei in the first battle, Sun Quan actually always had a psychological advantage when facing Shu.

  In these years, even though the Han State has won successive victories against the Wei State, there is a Jingzhou between Jianye and Shu, and the distance is so far that Sun Quan can't feel the pressure of the Shu.

  So for a long time, Sun Quan felt that even under Zhuge Liang's rectification, the combat power of the Shu army was improved.

   But after all, it will not be much stronger than the Shu army led by Liu Bei in the Yiling battle.

   After all, what Liu Bei led was the elite soldiers he had accumulated over the years.

   It was not until today when he saw the thick armor of the armored cavalry of the Han Dynasty that he suddenly discovered a fact:

  The most elite of the elite soldiers led by Liu Bei are the white scorpion soldiers, and I am afraid they are far inferior to the armored cavalry.

  Combined with the fact that the Han Dynasty took Liangzhou and merged with Yongzhou, the army is probably far better than when Liu Bei took the two states of Jing and Yi.

   And Da Wu...

  Thinking of this, Sun Quan's face became more and more gloomy.

   "Clang!"

   "Crack!"

  Sun Quan drew his knife and slashed angrily at the railing of the pavilion. When the blade cut through, there was no sawdust flying around the wooden railing, only a gap was left.

   "You write to Qin Bo immediately, and say that I agree! But there is one thing, Han must send the weapons and armor as quickly as possible!"

  Da Wu has fallen too far behind, and has no time to go back and forth with Wei thief back and forth in Hefei.

   There is no extra money and food, which is wasted under the city of Hefei.

  Because there are already four states, the Kingdom of Shu, which occupies the most prosperous place in the world, will not give itself too much time.

  If Great Wu doesn't catch up and break through Hefei or Xiangyang, then he can only watch helplessly after the Shu people annexed Wei, and continue to send troops south from three sides to destroy Great Wu.

   "There are no two suns in the sky, and there are no two kings in the earth. For example, after the merger of Wei, the king has not deeply understood the destiny. The kings each prosper their virtues, and the ministers each show their loyalty. When the drums are raised, the war will begin."

   This is what Deng Zhi said to the king and ministers of Wu State when he was an envoy to the State of Wu.

  So this is an open tacit agreement. The monarchs and ministers of the two countries all know that after the destruction of Wei, the war between Shu and Wu will begin.

   Obviously, this time, the Kingdom of Shu used a majestic conspiracy.

  An aboveboard conspiracy.

   Either be trapped in Jiangdong and wait to die, or accept the conditions and fight hard.

  It doesn’t matter whether the Shu people really want to join forces with Wu to destroy the thieves this time, or they have some calculations.

  I can only accept the conditions of the Shu people in order to have an armored cavalry army as quickly as possible, and then defeat the fine cavalry that Wei State relies on most.

   Of course, there is no third way to go.

  That is to raise troops west to Yong'an...

  Thinking of this, Sun Quan's eyes flashed.

   Just thinking of the various rapids and dangerous shoals up the river, he finally gritted his teeth and closed his eyes:

   Forget it, let’s fight Hefei.

  At the end of August, ready to enter September, the raging autumn tiger finally began to show its fatigue.

  The weather is no longer as high as it was a few days ago, but sometimes it is high and sometimes it feels cool.

  The weather started to become friendly, but it didn't help Xu who was bedridden in Wujun.

  A layer of gray mist covered her sallow face, and her eye sockets were even more pitifully sunken. Only a pair of eyeballs were moving inside, letting people know that she was still alive.

  The room is full of weird herbal smells, and near the sick bed, there is also a looming smell of excrement and urine.

  As the prince, Sun Deng didn't seem to smell these smells at all. He gently blew on the medicinal soup in the spoon, and then sent it to Xu's mouth:

   "Mum, come on, open your mouth and take your medicine."

  Ms. Xu's withered mouth moved, but she did not open it obediently.

  Her cloudy eyes just looked at Sun Deng steadily.

   "Mum, ah, open your mouth."

  Sun Deng didn't have the slightest dislike, and gestured patiently.

  Ms. Xu still didn't open her mouth, but her lips moved. Her voice was vague as if something was in her mouth:

   "It's useless..."

  Sun Deng looked at her like this, felt sore in his heart, and quickly comforted:

   "Why is it useless? It must be useful. If you take these medicines, you might get better."

  Ms. Xu still didn't want to open her mouth, and she didn't want to leave Sun Deng for a moment, as if she wanted to engrave his appearance into her bone marrow.

   "Although I failed to give birth to a child, Dalang is much better than my own son. In this life, I am content."

  Hearing Xu's words, Sun Deng quickly put down the medicine bowl and held Xu's withered hand:

   "Mum, don't talk nonsense, I am your own son."

   There was a smile on Mrs. Xu's face, but tears flowed from her eyes: "You are the prince, and my mother is the queen of Wu. I don't have this blessing."

   "Grandmother..."

  Sun Deng was just about to speak, but Xu used the last bit of strength in his body to shake his hand, motioning him not to interrupt.

   "I know that over the years, you have been trying to persuade Your Majesty to let me live in the palace. But it is His Majesty's intention that I go back to live in Wu County. Your Majesty has hated me for a long time, so how could you make me Empress?"

   "I didn't persuade you before, because although I knew I couldn't be the queen, I didn't want that Bushi to overwhelm me and be made the queen."

   "Now I'm afraid that my life will not be long. In the future, don't embarrass Your Majesty because of me..."

  Sun Deng burst into tears when he heard the words:

   "Mum, don't say that! You will be fine!"

  Xu just smiled and continued:

"That Bushi, although I used to hate her very much, but I have to say that she has the ability to be favored by His Majesty. After I die, if His Majesty wants to make her queen, don't you stop."

   "You and Your Majesty are father and son. Don't cause estrangement because of the harem matter. Only when father and son are of the same heart can we strive for governance and revitalize the Great Wu."

  As the saying goes, when a person is about to die, his words are also good.

   Although Xu was sexually jealous, she had always been at odds with Bu, and hated her for taking away Sun Quan's favor.

   But at this time, when she said this, she was actually thinking of Sun Deng, and didn't want him to offend Bu Shi because of herself.

  How could Sun Deng not understand?

   He burst into tears when he heard these words:

   "My child has remembered what my mother said."

  (end of this chapter)