The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

When the people at the post station drove the sleigh to the trapped place, Su Jin and Ye Li Duanyun were sitting at the entrance of the cave and eating the scorched hare. It was almost a quarter of an hour when Yun Buzhi called for forgiveness.

A quarter of an hour converted into modern time is only half an hour, but Su Jin, who has experienced many battles, is more than enough to deal with this young child. It was burnt, but the two of them ate deliciously and sweetly.

The responders arrived, and everyone rested for a while before heading north. Yeli Duanyun sat on the sled and still looked back. In the hole of the simple hiding place, he transformed from a girl into a real man. Yeli Duanyun has decided that it is a place for women, and he will come here often in the future to commemorate his first time.

Although the snow is thick, the sunny day after the snow melts the thick snow quite quickly, especially in the Gobi wilderness, where gravel and gravel make up the majority, and the temperature rises rapidly under the sunlight during the day, within a few days In just a few days, the knee-deep snow had almost melted, and the melted snow soon seeped into the gravel, and within a few days, the wasteland turned dry brown again.

Everyone started from the first post station, a journey of [-] miles a day, and after five days, they finally finished the entire route. The road was deserted and there was no ghost. This made Su Jin very mny, Song Xia The two countries have complied with the peace agreement, using this wasteland as a buffer zone, and did not send personnel to garrison; and this place is indeed not suitable for garrisoning, there is a river hundreds of miles away, and the ground is full of gravel and gravel. [

Compared with the three post stations built by Su Jin, the two post stations built by the Yeli tribe are much simpler. It may be that the nomads are not good at building. They just surrounded the fence and set up a few tents. It is said that the money for the construction of the station will be paid by itself, but the party members are not so particular about it. Even if you give him a golden mountain, he will only create a pile of shit, which is what people can do.

After passing the Tianti Mountain Canyon in the southwest of Liangzhou, and then to the northwest is the desert, along the edge of the desert and northward across Liangzhou, you will arrive at the fiefdom of the Yeli tribe; However, when he arrived at Tianti Mountain, Su Jin still decided to go back home.

Marking the route along the way, after all the troubles, the transaction between the two parties can proceed smoothly; although it is extremely reluctant, Yeli Duanyun can do nothing, the two parties agreed that Su Jinxian ordered the convoy to transport the grain to the Yeli tribe Then the herdsmen who followed the Yeli tribe drove the horses to the south, and the returning carts could also be loaded with fresh water, food, grass, tents and other things to eat on the road.

On the night of the farewell, Su Jin and Ye Li Duanyun lingered in the tent all night. Su Jin's body was bitten by Ye Li Duanyun with rows of teeth marks, tears, sweat and unknown water made the two of them wet; In the early hours of the morning, Yeli Duanyun took a bath with Su Jin, the two embraced each other and talked softly, and parted ways reluctantly.

Su Jin is very contradictory. He doesn't know why he is so dissolute. It is unimaginable in later generations. Back then, he only had that school flower in his eyes. As a college student who was handsome in appearance and humorous in speech, how much would he know? Some girls secretly gave some hints in their words, but back then, I treated them like nothing; now in this dynasty, why did I give up such a good quality of perseverance and become a favorite of each other.

Like Yeli Duanyun and Li Ari, one is the female leader of the Yeli tribe, and the other is Li Yuanhao's beloved daughter. I can't marry them anyway, but I have a bad relationship with them. How to deal with them in the future is really difficult No idea.It would be easy to pat his ass and leave after eating clean, but this prodigal son's behavior seems a bit irresponsible.

On the way home, Su Jin made up his mind that everything depends on God's will. If Li Ali and Ye Li Duanyun are willing to follow her regardless of their status, of course she will not refuse anyone who comes. If they respect their status and are unwilling to follow her , then give up.

After half a month of preparation, the first transaction between the two parties was carried out quietly and smoothly. Only Li Zhong, Pan Jiang and a few confidantes around Su Jin knew about it. When this matter had been approved by Zhao Zhen, Li Chong realized that Su Jin had already arranged all the way out.

Naturally, Panjiang was the only one who followed suit. After the First World War in Weizhou, Pan Jiang was promoted to be the Deputy Commander of Jingyuan Road, and concurrently served as the Commander of Weizhou City. With Jin's support, he followed Su Jin on business affairs twice, and both times he was afraid of the night. After a year, he had been promoted to the third rank, and the official residence was from the position of a fourth-rank military general, which is also regarded as the promotion of military officers in the Song Dynasty. It was a miracle.

All of this is thanks to Su Jin. Pan Jiang is naturally devoted to Su Jin. When Su Jin's grain transportation team set off, Pan Jiang also mobilized the army to pretend to go out to cover a large number of grain trucks. It can be described as a shrewd move. pole.

The transaction of the first batch of 35 war horses and [-] shi of grain was completed on February [-], and the [-] war horses were directly driven to the horse farm in the south of Longshan Mountain to be raised. After being raised in captivity, Su Jin poured blood on human feed and added concentrate. After a month of recuperation, the appearance of the horses changed drastically, becoming smoother and stronger, and the only thing needed now is to wait for the pasture to be completed. Stock up and train them to run.

In May, the transaction of the second batch of 70 war horses was also completed. It is really not a small amount to spend [-] horses eating and chewing day and night. After calculating these two transactions, nearly [-] guan was spent. Even if each horse has a profit of [-] to [-] guan, the [-] horses will not make a lot of money. Although the smuggling of war horses is also for the sake of the needs of the Song army, Su Jin is not yet noble enough. At the expense of public interests, Su Jin decided to go back to the capital to discuss terms with Zhao Zhen.

One is the price for the imperial court to purchase these horses, and the other is the subsidy for the fodder for these horses in captivity. As long as the imperial court is willing to pay, they can talk about anything, even if they help the imperial court to raise them in captivity for a lifetime.

One day in mid-May, Su Jin hurried back to the capital. Before entering the capital, Su Jin felt that the atmosphere of this visit to Beijing was completely different from the previous ones; Ouyang Xiu was bound to come to greet him, and there were always a few officials and colleagues, big and small, who came to greet him, and the scene was very lively.

But this time, at the gate of the city, apart from the carriages and horses of his own servants, only the steward of the Yan Mansion was waiting here; Su Jin thought about it and understood the reason. My son congratulated the full moon, and talked about the reforms that he talked about to pull himself into the group, but he insisted on not agreeing, which was regarded as offending them. Now they naturally think that they are not enough friends, and it is reasonable not to come to welcome them.

Su Jin felt a little melancholy, and he still took his feelings too seriously. In fact, in the officialdom, the so-called friends and relatives only complement each other. If you are useful to me, I will ignore you. If you are useful to me, I will not give You have a good face; even the famous ministers and generals of the later generations can't get rid of the utilitarian heart; once you see it through, Su Jin will be relieved.

With relatives in her own house, Su Jin only went home to take a rest for a while, and then went to Yan Mansion to meet Yan Shu.

It was noon, and Yan Shu just woke up from a nap, and was tasting this year's new tea in the hall. When he heard that Su Jin was coming, he ordered someone to invite Su Jin in; A table, smiled and saluted: "Master Sansi, how is your health? These are local specialties that Biyun and the others collected in the northwest, such as wild ginseng and goji berry, please accept it with a smile, Master Sansi, this is their piece Filial piety."

Yan Shu smiled and said, "Of course we have to accept them. Are they okay in Qingzhou? How about my nephew's grandson, Hu'er?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "One of the lower teeth has already sprouted, and Biyun is still teaching him language. What he taught is Master Sansi's 'however the flowers fall, and the swallows return like deja vu'."

Yan Shu laughed and said, "Nonsense! How can a six-month-old child learn this? This is too impatient."

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Su Jin smiled and said, "Let them go. Anyway, it's no big deal to be around a child all day long; Huh? Where's Brother Fu? Why didn't you see him? Isn't he here seven or eight out of ten days?"

Yan Shu's complexion changed, and it was suddenly clouded, and he said angrily: "Don't mention him, the old man gets angry when he mentions his name, but he wants to come, how can the old man let him come."

Su Jin asked suspiciously: "What's the matter? Why does Lord Sansi look so indignant at him?"

Yan Shu looked at Su Jin and said, "I'm afraid you don't know yet, they are making a scene that is too shameful, they have stirred up a mess in the hall, and they don't listen to what the old man says."

Su Jin was startled and said, "How could this be?"