Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 154
At that time, Lehe felt a little surprised. Sun Xin is a very low-key person, why is he suddenly going to provoke the officials with great fanfare, and want to engage in some rituals with him? Doesn't this violate what he said before expanding Zhuangzi slowly and low-key? , the idea of ​​not causing trouble?

Sun Xin didn't let him guess too much, and laughed directly: "You can't get nothing if you gather so many refugees. Since we made the judge feel that he did a good job and wanted to see it for ourselves, we naturally have to catch it." This is an opportunity to please him.”

Le He understood: "You mean that this scene was not staged for Sun Jiazhuang, but specially for Zong Zezong's general judgment?"

"Otherwise? Let's encourage the farmers to celebrate how many refugees the Sun Family Village has recruited on the Sun Family Village... Isn't that enough to eat?"

Le He was amused, but then felt that he should have thought of this section earlier.

Although Zong Ze heard that he was a capable official, and that he was honest and fair, people in the world were either looking for fame or profit. Since he was not interested in profit, the other party would be willing to accept Sun Xin's bridal sedan chair. .

Sun Xin didn't need to worry about this matter after he ordered it down. He could handle all these matters without any problems at ease.

Sure enough, in the next few days, Lehe ran around without Sun Xin's orders. First, he went to the people in Dengzhou City to help prepare the colored painting banners that Sun Xin needed, and then communicated with Ma Ziliu to find him and some apprentices. Together, they prepared for various advocacy scenes when the time came to welcome Zongze, and went to several big families in the city to find a few famous cooks to prepare meals for Zongze.

On May 25, Zong Ze came to Sun Xin's Sunjiazhuang to observe the people's sentiments, and what he saw was a scene of red flags waving and colorful silk flying.

As soon as Zong Ze got off the sedan chair, someone picked out a string of firecrackers and set them up on the road. Two incense burners were set up for him on the side of the road and they were burning. When Zong Ze got off the sedan chair, Cigarettes linger around him like a fairy.

The stewards of Sunjiazhuang stood together, all smiling, wearing brand-new clothes, gathered at the gate of Sunjiaji and waited.

The welcome scene was prepared early at the gate of Sunjiazhuang. There was a dragon dance, a lion dance, a dry boat, and a few people came out on stilts.

The guard of honor from the state capital brought by Zongze himself was useless at all, how could their gongs that cleared the way be as lively as a professional temple fair like this?

When the excitement finally came to an end, Sun Xin had already cleared a large blank space among the crowd.

Sun Xin welcomed Zong Ze and a group of officials who came out of the Dengzhou government office to stand in front of the crowd. He clapped his hands and asked Zong Ze to say a few words.

The protagonist of today's ceremony is naturally not Sun Xin, who are dressed in colorful clothes, but Zong Ze, who is in his fifties and has slightly gray hair among the crowd.

Sun Xin was also a little surprised that Zong Ze would personally go down to the ten-mile card to watch the resettlement of the refugees. Of course, Sun Xin was overjoyed that he could come.

Although Zong Ze is not young, he has a vigorous spirit after arriving in Dengzhou. He has already started to do a lot of practical things in Dengzhou only half a year ago. Because he wanted to do practical things, Zong Ze agreed to stand up and support Sun Xin, a landowner who was particularly active in accepting refugees.
At this time Zong Ze was standing in front of the crowd, and Sun Xinxian proclaimed to everyone with a flattering face: "Everyone listened, this is the Elder Zong who called on the refugees to help everyone survive, and it was all under the care of the Elder Zong Ze." We all have today's life!"

After Sun Xin finished speaking, he started to lead the applause himself. All the dealers had rehearsed a long time ago, and when they saw the owner clapping, they immediately applauded according to the rhythm.

Seeing how the people welcomed him, Zongze's face was flushed, and he coughed and said, "All the villagers, I am Zongze, and I am the general judge of Dengzhou Prefecture! I am also happy today, so I can see You are all placed in this Sun Family Manor now, with food and clothing..."

Halfway through, Lehe in the audience led the applause again, and Zongze continued after the applause ended: "Speaking of me, although I have the title of parents and officials, the sage has such words: Officials are like boats and people are like water. Without all the people in this world, what can we officials of the imperial court do?"

Sun Xin watched Zong Ze speak from the side, with a smile on his face, but in fact he didn't hear his words at all, and just came from a silent background.

Although Zong Ze was an official in the Song Dynasty, he was not at all stage frightened in front of this scene, and he was able to express his idea of ​​putting the people first.

You must know that officials with such a high degree of thinking are actually very rare these days. Zong Ze's speech is not long-winded, but very down-to-earth, and there are no literary words in his spoken language. Now, if they didn't know that he was an official who had been promoted by old officials, who would have thought that he was a serious Jinshi?

In Sun Xin's memory, Zongze's name is also very impressive. After the Jingkang Incident, Zongze was a rare pillar of the Song Dynasty in the north. Three calls to cross the river can be said to be the hope of the literati in the world.

But that's it. The resources that an official's ability can mobilize are based on the level of resources that the entire imperial court can allocate. The Song Dynasty's rule in the north has completely collapsed. Even if Zong Ze is a good official, it is impossible. Relying on a reputation to carry the soldiers under pressure.

After Zong Ze finished speaking, Sun Xin hurriedly invited Zong Ze to go to Sun Family Village to look at the fields.

As Zongze entered Zhuangzi, the gongs and drums that had stopped just now sounded again, and those walking on stilts and running dry boats began to perform around the entrance of the Zhuangzi, attracting beams of joy on everyone's faces, and the dealers also found it interesting .

There are no entertainment activities these days, even folk performances such as running dry boats, which seem unattractive in later generations, are never tired of by the common people these days, and even ordinary people spend money on stilts and The performers of the dry boat perform in the fields, not for other reasons, just to make everyone watch lively, and they have to spend a lot of money for the time of performing a stick of incense.

After inspecting the fields of Sun Family Village, Zong Ze was invited by Sun Xin to sit in the yard.

At this time, Zong Ze really had time to chat with the overly young owner of the Sun Family Village.

All the leaders followed into the courtyard, invited Mr. Zong to sit at the top, and seeing all the officials lined up, Sun Xin said with a smile: "Thank you, Zong Tong, for coming to Sun's Village today, Xiaozhuang is really shaggy. Brilliance."

Zong Ze waved his hands and said with a smile: "Master Sun, it's really rare that the Sun Family Village is so well-organized, young and promising."

Sun Xin looked at Zong Ze from a close distance, with three willows and a long beard, and a doughy face like a Buddha statue. He had no idea that he was the official who fought against the gold later on. He just felt that he was a kind gentleman and rich man.

(End of this chapter)