Chapter 137: Brother Zhao Shu
Sima Chen was very relieved when he saw Ling'er's appearance, he had been rushing forward all along, and now it seemed that he was not hot on his head. Sima Chen, who was in a good mood, immediately felt refreshed and the fatigue caused by the overnight rush was nothing at all, although he didn't show it, but Ling'er still keenly felt his joy, and she asked for some reason:
"What's wrong with you? Did I say anything funny? ”
"Not really." Sima Chen hurriedly explained, he knew that Ling'er didn't seem to have any temper, but in fact, it was not.
"And what are you happy about?" Ling'er asked.
"I'm naturally happy to see you, by the way, I haven't said anything about the news I brought." Sima Chen successfully changed the topic, he was not used to asking such questions.
"yes, what kind of news did you bring in person?" Ling'er couldn't think of any major news that could make him so happy?
"It's news about your father, do you think it's a good thing?" In fact, Sima Chen didn't want to tell her now, he wanted to wait until he had fully grasped the matter, but now in order to make Ling'er happy, he had to say it in advance.
"Really? Tell me where he is now? How is he doing? Why haven't you contacted us for so many years? Originally, she was disturbed by the vague letter, but now she can't calm down.
"Don't be in a hurry to listen to me slowly." Seeing that she was so excited, Sima Chen jumped in front of him all of a sudden, and held his hand tightly, his heart was sweet, but when he thought about it, she was so close to him, but it was for Zhao He, and he felt a little bit of taste in his heart. Of course, this idea is just a flash, and it is inevitable that the father and daughter have been lost for many years, and it is inevitable that they will be excited when they have news. So he pulled her to his side and sat down. Originally, he planned to let her sit on his lap, but he was afraid of scaring her, so he reluctantly let her sit beside him and put his big hand on top of her small hand.
"Say it quickly, then. It's really urgent. Ling'er put all her energy on Sima Chen's face, and she didn't have the slightest feeling about her little hand being held in her hands.
"It's going to be a long story." Sima Chen wanted to take a sip of tea, but he was reluctant to let go, so he had to endure it.
"It's okay, you can go as long as you want, but can you hurry up?" Ling'er really wants to yell, are you worried about your aunt's appetite? Of course, she can only enjoy it in her heart.
It's really not something that can be explained in a single word. It took Sima Chen an hour to finish everything he knew. In fact, it didn't take so long, but Ling'er always asked questions. And to explain Zhao He's situation, we have to start from the beginning:
It is said that back then, Zhao Shu left Hongsongtun and went all the way to the east. It took him more than a year to get to the East China Sea. When he was a child, he heard some things about the sea in the village, so he had a deep yearning for the sea, and now he has nowhere to go, and he chose the direction of the East China Sea from the moment he walked out of the mountain. When he got there, he saw the sea that was in his heart, and then he learned the skills of going out to sea with the locals. lived a life of poverty and hardship. This year, he only spent the loose silver that Ling'er gave him. But the silver ticket in his horse jacket did not move, he knew that it was the silver that saved his life, and he could not take it out casually unless it was absolutely necessary.
Zhao Shu grew strong and kind, and soon won the trust of the people in the fishing village, and everyone was willing to take him with him when they went to sea. There was an old man who lived alone in the village who let him live in his own home, and he also gave him his fishing boat, which made Zhao Shu very moved, and he recognized him as his godfather in front of the whole village. From then on, he settled here, and in order not to cause trouble, he told people that he was an orphan. I don't know his name, but people call him wood. The old man said that wood did not sound good. gave him a new name, and Zhao Shu lived in this remote fishing village with Grandpa Sun in the name of Sun Nianen.
But the good times didn't last long, when Zhao Shu completely mastered the skills of going to sea and could fish independently, Grandpa Sun was seriously injured and imprisoned because he offended the local bullies. In order to save him, Zhao Shu used all the silver in his horse clip to pick up the old man, but because his injuries were too serious, he died within a few days. When he was dying, he gave Zhao Shu an old baggage, inside which was a rusty brand, and Zhao Shu didn't recognize any of the words on it, which didn't look like the words of the Dafeng Dynasty.
After the old man's explanation, Zhao Shu learned that the old man used to be a native of Wei across the sea, and when he was young, he was a general of the most famous elite army of Wei. Later, because of a mission seriously injured, I had no choice but to settle in this small fishing village, I didn't expect this stay to be decades, this time the bully incident was not accidental, but was found by the enemy, and he didn't kill him because he wanted to get a secret from his mouth. The first is that the old man would rather die than say it, and the second is that Zhao Shu spent money to make the other party think of a plan to put a long line to catch big fish, so he let the old man go. I don't know that this silver has nothing to do with the old man It is the life-saving silver that Zhao Shu brought out from home, the old man knows that his time is short, if he dies, those people will inevitably find trouble with Zhao Shu, so the old man forced his broken body to Zhao Shuhe.
Zhao Shuyi was to avenge the old man and protect himself, and on the second night of the old man's death, he took a few taels of silver left by the old man and the broken brand and some dry food to secretly sail to the Wei State on the other side of the East China Sea. It's easy to say now, but it's hard to say. Zhao Shu went through ups and downs at sea and escaped death several times, and finally fainted when he saw the ship, and when he woke up, it was already three days later. When he woke up, he knew that he had encountered a warship of the Wei State, and when they found Zhao Shu's ship on a routine cruise, they thought it was a spy or something, but he didn't expect it to be an eleven or twelve-year-old child. They found the iron plate left by Grandpa Sun on his body, and sent him directly to the fortress by the sea, the Guogong Mansion in Haicheng. The owner of this Guogong Mansion is Wei Kangyong, the uncle of the current Wei Guojun, and his military power is twice as much as the combined military power in the hands of other generals.
And the reason why the patrol soldiers sent Zhao Shu to the Guogong Mansion was entirely because of that brand, which read: Sun Guojian, General of the General Staff of the Yongkang Army. The Yongkang Army was created by Wei Kangyong and is now the backbone of the entire Wei State, and all the people in the Yongkang Army know the five legends in the army. Coach: Wei Kangyong, brave and good at fighting; Deputy marshal: Zhou Qiren, proficient in formation; General Staff: Sun Guojian, proficient in ship construction; Left General: Peng Hai, proficient in the art of war; Right general: Zheng Hongju, proficient in astronomy, can predict the future weather. And these legends, except for Sun Guojian, who disappeared fifteen years ago, all served in the army, so when they saw Sun Yinjian's token, they immediately sent Zhao Shu to the Guogong Mansion.
Zhao Shu said that he was his son according to Grandpa Sun's final confession, which made Wei Kangyong regard him as his own and focus on cultivating him since he was a child, but fortunately Zhao Shu did not disappoint. In addition to digesting all the knowledge with unimaginable perseverance, he also taught himself many skills, which Wei Kangyong admired very much, and when he was fifteen years old, he handed over an intelligence unit in his hands to him to lead. Originally, he just wanted to train him in this way, but he didn't expect that it only took him two years to grow the team to 20,000 people, and he also established liaison stations in several major cities in the neighboring country. In the end, his ability was recognized by the emperor, and he completely entrusted the management of the entire Wei intelligence system to him, and served as Zuo Shangshu of the military department, the youngest important minister in the court in history, only seventeen years old, and only obeyed the emperor's orders. It can be said that Sun Nianen is definitely a well-known figure in the Wei State, and even the queen mother who has no one in his eyes has to give him three points, but he is very low-key, unless there is something important that he needs to report to the emperor in person, he is almost in the Haicheng State Mansion far away from the capital.
In May this year, 18-year-old Zhao Shu married the second lady of Guogong, 16-year-old Wei Ru, at the behest of Wei Kangyong, and the two stayed in Shangshu Mansion, two blocks away from Guogong's Mansion. The construction of this Shangshu Mansion was completed last year, but Wei Kangyong kept him in his own mansion, and Zhao Shu had a lot of official affairs and often traveled to various places, so he didn't insist too much.
Because he lied that he was Sun Guojian's only son, he was trusted by everyone in the Wei State, but his heart was not calm, because there were dozens of people who knew that this was a lie, if not hundreds. So after he had just taken over the intelligence force, he took a few of his henchmen to the Donghai fishing village at night, and he did not show up but asked his subordinates to buy the entire village at a high price, on the condition that they leave their hometown and live inland. The people who had lived here were glad to receive the money at once, and immediately moved away from their homes, and they went very quickly, naturally because they were afraid that the buyer would regret it. Then more than 20 families were recruited from other fishing villages to build the Sun family's seafood base. Subsequently, seafood shops were opened in major cities, ostensibly dealing in all kinds of seafood, but in fact they were the intelligence liaison stations of the Wei State. It is precisely for this reason that he got the inspiration to brew the intelligence machine purchase in various countries, of course, the projects operated in other countries are naturally different, so that Yu Gong can get the information of various countries, and Yu Private He also uses these industries to make a lot of money. The emperor of Wei valued useful information and Zhao Shu's talents, and did not care about anything else, so Zhao Shu paid off all the profits from the start-up funds allocated to him by the treasury for his own income. Every year, the treasury of Wei also has to allocate silver to his troops according to the routine, and Zhao Shu is bold and generous, and has established an intelligence dividend system, that is, additional bonuses and silver will be issued according to the information obtained.
The above situation can be said to be confidential information, not to mention Sima Chen, a person from the country, even if they are in the Wei State, no one can find out, and the reason why Sima Chen can get the news about Zhao He and the Liu family is completely arranged by Zhao Shu secretly. (To be continued......)