Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 305

"Drink tea." Sun Li pointed to the stone bench in front of him to let his younger brother sit down, and then insisted on a big iron pot to cook dragon balls there in a very organized manner.

The tea these days is all pressed into cakes, and it takes a lot of time to get it to drink. Two years ago, Sun Li, who was just a small tea manager, didn't have such a leisurely mind at all.

But now he is already a veteran.

In the past two years, Sun Xin's haircut has also brought Sun Li a lot of benefits. He successfully operated in Houjiazhai as a Zhizhai. , the subordinates are rich and tight, and they don't overly exploit the traders in the area under their jurisdiction. On weekdays, they just talk about martial arts and drink with others, and donate to idlers, easily gaining a reputation for benevolence and righteousness.

And after having money, everything is easy to manage. Sun Li managed the Houjiazhai up and down. He didn't go through many fights in two years, but he made more military exploits than he shed his blood in Dengzhou.

So this time Sun Li went back to Dengzhou to seek the official position of deputy commander of the army and horses. He really got promoted based on his military merits.

Made a cup of tea for himself and Sun Xin each, Sun Li picked up the cup of Xiaolongtuan and tasted it for a while, and Sun Xin also brought the tea cup to his lips and smacked it for a while, the tea of ​​this era is all steamed Yes, the aroma is relatively weak, and it is hard to make it, and the bowl of tea made by my brother is indeed much more flavorful than the group tea made by my own farmer.

Putting down his teacup, Sun Licai asked, "What do you think about serving the court?"

Talking about the topic they discussed yesterday, Sun Xin stroked his chin and said, "I went back and thought about it for a while. I really want to unite with the imperial court, but I don't have an idea who I should find in the middle of the alliance."

Sun Li looked at him and said with a smile: "It's not easy to find someone, of course it's Zong Ze."

"Zong Ze? But he has a lot of opinions on me for a while..."

Sun Xin was a little worried. Zong Ze was really kind to him before, and even wanted to recruit him to be an official, but after returning from the Kingdom of Jin, Sun Xin could clearly feel that people in Dengzhou official circles treated him well. There is a bit of alienation.

The reason is also easy to guess. When Sun Xin was in the Kingdom of Jin, he exposed in front of Ma Zheng that his subordinates could deploy hundreds of millions of catties of hemp yarn.

Ma Zheng would not be so stupid as to report Sun Xin's large-scale smuggling to the court, nor would he easily reveal Sun Xin's strength to Shangguan, but the news would definitely spread in the officialdom of Dengzhou.

Sun Xin wants to transport goods from Dengzhou to Korea on a large scale, which cannot be hidden from people.

Now everyone knows that he has such great strength. What is surprising is that Sun Xin's ability is outstanding, but what is frightening is that when Sun Xin has a little strength, he is the court's wooing target, but when his strength reaches a certain level, the court will I have to be afraid.

Now Sun Xin is in such an embarrassing position. If he is able to say a word for Sun Xin, he can make friends with Sun Xin like recruiting security. But if no one speaks, Sun Xin is a threat from the court.No one wants to tie their fate to Sun Xin.

"Zong Ze is a very clean official. If I want to find someone to speak for me, it's better to find someone who can be easily bribed by money."

Sun Xin himself knew that he was not someone who would be of great benefit to the court, and it was naturally harder for an official like Zong Ze who cherished his feathers to trust him.

Hearing this, Sun Li shook his head, "Zong Ze is a good official. Heroes cherish heroes. Only he can speak for you. If it is purely about benefits, he will ask you how much money you will send. Those officials in Dengzhou City will risk their lives Intercede for you at the risk of your head? To put it more seriously, if one day you really rise up, can those gold and silver be exchanged for the heads of his family?"

Sun Xin is silent, it is true that he himself does not want to rebel now, but the officials who watched these things happening in Dengzhou City do not necessarily think so.

Although the imperial court did not know Sun Xin's strength, these officials knew it very well.

If he wants to unite with the imperial court, the risk of supporting his officials is very high. In this way, only Zongze can really help him.

"Brother, do you think Zongze is willing?"

Sun Li said firmly: "Yes."

Sun Xin was quite surprised: "Why?"

"It's just because he is a good official and you are so powerful. I think Zongze should understand that life for the people of Dengzhou would be much harder without you. If your power falls, it will definitely not be a blessing for the people of Dengzhou."

Sun Xin thought for a while and nodded.

Indeed, only thinking about the officials of Dengzhou City from this perspective would they be willing to take the risk of escorting themselves.And the official who was willing to protect him was none other than Zongze.

And Sun Li, who said these words, was also emotional in his heart. His brothers have such abilities, not only making the family rich but also protecting the safety of tens of thousands of people. It is really extravagant.

Then Sun Xin brought up another matter, "I thought about it yesterday. If we can really get the court's approval, our guards want to contact the Qingzhou government."

Sun Li asked suspiciously, "What are you doing to contact Qingzhou?"

Sun Xin was dipping in tea, drew a topographic map on the stone table, and finally touched the location of Qingzhou with his hand and said: "Qingzhou has many mountains and many bandits. The next state and county to be attacked by Liangshan is likely to be here. I want to go there." Defend Qingzhou."

Sun Li was taken aback, "Help the imperial court defend the city?"

Then he also understood what Sun Xin meant. If Liangshan really attacked the prefectures and counties, Qingzhou would definitely mobilize a lot of people's and material resources in order to defend Chengguo, and it might not be able to defend it.

Once Sun Xin sends troops to help, on the one hand, he can gain a great reputation among the people of Qingzhou, and on the other hand, he can greatly expand his reputation in Dongsan Prefecture with the help of this dispatch of troops.

"But will this battle not be won? And even if it can be won, it would be too ostentatious."

Sun Xin smiled, he wished to show up a little bit in Dongsanfu. Although he said that he had no idea of ​​an uprising for the time being, the situation in Shandong was about to change a lot in the past few years, and he wanted to quickly accumulate his own strength in Shandong. Fame, and the alliance with the imperial court is just to facilitate his expansion stage so that he does not suffer too much trouble. It was originally planned that even if he did not cooperate with the imperial court, he would help go to Qingzhou next year.

"We defeated those Liangshan bandits in Dulonggang, and this time we can defeat him for the second time with the help of the city walls and ditches."

Although Sun Li felt that this plan was not very reliable, he still nodded: "Even if we want to fight, we have to think about it in the long run. Let me help you contact Zong Ze first."

"This matter will take a lot of trouble, brother."

"What do brothers say about this?"

Sun Xin got up to leave, and Sun Li knew he was busy and didn't want to stay any longer.

When he came to the school's construction site, Sun Xin saw many people working hard.

Now that the name of Sunjiazhuang Academy has been decided, Sun Xin wrote a plaque with his own hand and called it "Supervision University".

The first batch of enrollment is a total of 800 people from the four colleges, of which 400 are short-term students who can graduate in half a year, mainly for re-education of middle and senior cadres of the Supervisory Committee and the Protection Army, and the other 400 are full-time students However, it does not take four years like later generations of universities. First, there is not so much content to hand in, and second, the supervisory committee does not have so much money. The syllabus formulated by the teachers is that students study and work overtime for two years to complete.

Now the first batch of students have arrived at the construction site. Most of them were originally workers and farmers. It is normal for them to eat the school’s subsidized food and help the school to do something, so they were directly dragged to the construction site to work as construction workers before the school started. .

After Sun Xin arrived, the teacher gathered a group of peasant and soldier students who came to school to listen to Sun Xin's lectures.

Seeing the tanned skin of all the students, their necks pierced with sweat, Sun Xin sighed and said: "You are all talents of our supervisory committee, you must study hard, and don't let down the school built by your fathers and villagers by saving money and food for everyone."

When the voice fell to the ground, the instructor took the lead in applauding, and the students applauded in unison.

Sun Xin wandered around the school construction site, and when he returned to the construction site, he saw Lu Zhishen, who was in charge of farmers and soldiers, kick a student soldier in the buttocks.

"Are you a college student or are you worthless in this class! Why don't you know how to run faster when everyone is carrying the burden? Do you remember what Mr. Zhuang said just now? You don't need money for food and clothing in this land. And the master taught you how to learn in the study room, which was provided by the folks in the supervisory committee from the income, and those who work today, whoever doesn’t work hard will be beaten by the army when they go back!"

Sun Xin was quite astonished. He planned to let Lu Zhishen manage this supervisory university, and the students are treasures.

Sun Xin hurried up to stop him and said, "Master Lu, we don't like beating people in our school."

Master Lu didn't expect Sun Xin to be watching from behind, and he was a little at a loss.The farmer was also stunned, Master Lu gave him a wink and he ran away quickly.

"Occasionally, occasionally." Lu Zhishen touched his bald head and said with a smile.

Sun Xin didn't have much to say, so he left after a few instructions.

At noon, as soon as Sun Xin and the people from the construction site arrived for dinner, the college students also ate three meals like the farmer from a better family.

It began to rain outside just after eating, and seeing that the muddy yellow soup was not suitable for work, Sun Xin asked the students to find a place to rest first.

The school building was not built yet, and the ground was full of loess. Sun Xin saw that everyone didn't even have a place to sit, so he turned around and told the farmer who was serving him to get some waste hemp yarn mats from the hemp yarn factory as soon as possible.

Sun Xin himself found a hemp gauze mat and slept among the peasant soldiers. When he got up in the afternoon, he found that the students around him had already gone to work. No one dared to call him. Sun Xin got up by himself and saw a peasant soldier working Cleaning up the hygiene in the work shed, when the two met, they happened to be the soldier who was kicked and beaten by Lu Zhishen in the morning.

The young man is sixteen or seventeen years old, and he and Sun Xin are also acquaintances. His parents were the first batch of farmers in Sunjiazhuang, and Sun Xin taught him to shoot guns during the first peasant and soldier training in Sunjiazhuang.

(End of this chapter)