"Minister, Sun Yue, meet Lord Chengzhi."

"Hahaha, little Sun Yue, little prodigy, get up quickly, sit down, sit down, I've heard of you for a long time, I didn't expect you to help me this time, by the way, I have a little bit of my homemade drink, my child loves to drink, you are about the same age, try it, see if you like it."

Sun Yue was really a little flattered, and his perception of Cao Bin was very good for a while, and he secretly raised his eyes to look at him, but saw that Cao Bin was thin and thin but had a small goatee, and his face was quite white, although he was thirty years old, he still gave people a feeling of little fresh meat, anyway, he was handsome, and his words were very kind.

Most people who have not learned about the history of the Song Dynasty in detail in later generations will think that Cao Bin is a military general, but in fact, he is an authentic civil official, and the Northern Song Dynasty does not seem to have a pure military general as a privy envoy, he has successively served as the Hezhong Metropolitan Supervisor, Tongguan Metropolitan Supervisor, Jinzhou Metropolitan Supervisor, Pingyang Metropolitan Supervisor, and even when he was in Pingshu in the future, he was actually a supervising army, and he can be called a professional man in the supervising army.

Seeing Sun Yue drinking the drink with a smile, and said that it was very sincere, Cao Bin smiled and asked amiably: "You made the suggestion of the Military Commission Division?" ”

Sun Yue hurriedly said: "No, no, no, it's just talking on paper, it's just a beginning, and it depends on the official family and my master to improve it to make it really possible." ”

Cao Bin smiled: "You kid is quite modest, not bad." ”

Cao Bin is actually very satisfied with his new assignment, although it is only called the Military Commission Department now, but he knows that sooner or later it will be changed to the ministry level, and the chief of this yamen is also a genuine prime minister, as long as he does a good job, he will not dare to say that he is the first leader in the future, and a second-in-command is inevitable, deputy prime minister, this is already an almost heavenly pursuit for a literati.

After doing some handover briefly, Cao Bin said, "Lord Lingzun has some leisure in the near future?" I want to invite him to a light meal and talk about the Luoyang Cement Factory. ”

Sun Yue said with a smile: "Since it is invited by Lord Chengzhi, you have to be free if you are not available, how about this, now it looks like it's noon, my father and son invite you to go to Fengle Building to try the craftsmanship?" ”

Cao Bin smiled: "That's right, everything in your Fengle Building is good, but the wine and food are too expensive, I usually don't want to eat easily, walking and walking, I like your West Lake vinegar fish the most." ”

Sun Yue said: "But it's not time to go on a business trip yet." ”

"There is good wine and good food, and I don't care about the time, I am the biggest, and I say that if you go down, you will go down." As he spoke, Cao Bin picked up Sun Yue and left, as if the gluttonous worm in his stomach had hooked him and he couldn't wait.

When he arrived at Fengle Building, before the dishes were ready, he saw Sun Chunming sweating profusely, just like Sun Yue thought, as soon as he heard that Cao Bin personally invited him, he had to let go of the big thing.

"Envoy Sun, I've admired the name for a long time."

"Don't dare, don't dare, Cao Chengzhi invited, it's a blessing."

The two had a polite meal, and finally sat down and ate and drank.

"The cement of the Sun envoy is good, there is this artifact, the bridge and paving are like divine help, the construction of the camp and the construction of the city is even faster, the barracks, but they are all waiting for the little goods in the hands of the Sun envoy, what is even more rare is that the Sun envoy is obviously holding such a chicken that lays golden eggs, but it is not profitable, but used to supplement the lives of the soldiers, Cao admires, come, I salute you a bowl."

"Cheng Zhi is polite, Sun is more often taken care of by the two kings on weekdays, but he is just using this to talk about his heart, more selfishness than public heart, he really deserves to be respected, but the dog will do things under Cheng Zhi in the future, this child has more problems, so he inevitably needs to take care of Cheng Zhi, this bowl of wine, or the lower official respects you."

Both of them are masters at the wine table, and after a while, they said several baskets of kind words, and drank a small half jar of wine, but they didn't say a word of business, just flattering each other, blowing each other's business, and Sun Yue didn't have anything to do, and when Sun Yue was almost full, when he looked up, the two of them didn't move their chopsticks much, and they were afraid that they would have to drink the moon with such a way of drinking.

Don't these two have to work in the afternoon?

I couldn't help it, Sun Yue broke through: "Dad, Cheng Zhi took over the errand of the Inner Temple Duty Military Commission, and he will be responsible for the life of the soldiers on duty in the Inner Temple in the future, this time I want to learn from you about the situation of those military families and retired soldiers at the Luoyang Cement Factory." ”

Sun Chunming nodded and said: "Understand, understand, what situation Cheng Zhi wants to know, the lower officials must know everything." ”

Cao Bin smiled bitterly: "But I don't know anything about cement, and I don't even know much about the basic way of business, to be honest, you just asked me to ask, and I don't know where to start. ”

Sun Chunming saw Cao Bin calling him brother, so he naturally beat the snake and said with a stick: "Brother Cao has something to say, even if he is instructed, how can he say the word help." ”

Cao Bin smiled and didn't say anything, he recognized the brotherhood between the two of them, and said: "That's the case, before I officially go on this errand, I want to go to Luo *** to see the situation over there first, I don't know if Brother Sun can accompany me to go in his busy schedule?" ”

Sun Chunming was embarrassed: "This ......"

"Oh, if Brother Sun can't pull away, it's okay to let others go with me."

Sun Yue secretly stepped on Sun Chunming under the table, giving him a strong look, he knew that Sun Chunming had been really busy because of Xu Yan's affairs recently, but which one was light and which one was heavy, didn't he have any points in his heart? When can't you do the work, this is Cao Bin, the first good general in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Cao Bin and his people have always been praised for their good character in history, and kindness has always been repaid, no better than Murong Yanzhao, who has not lived well for a few years, and he did not die until the Zhenzong period, and he lived longer than Zhao Guangyi, so why don't you hug such a big thick leg?

Sun Chun knew Sun Yue's thoughts, Luoyang was not far away from Feng after all, and he couldn't delay a few days back and forth, so he had to say: "It's okay, when does Chengzhi plan to leave?" ”

"In three days, I still have some official business to deal with."

"Okay, then it's settled."

After finishing the business, the two finally moved their chopsticks, and the vinegar fish in the West Lake on the table were cold, but the two of them seemed to eat with relish, and they did not delay the two of them to continue to blow each other.

At this moment, I heard a noisy sound below, it seemed that someone was making trouble, after all, this was their own business, so Sun Chunming confessed, and several people went downstairs, but at first sight, it was a man covered in bruises, purple and wounded, and was carried into the lobby of Fengle Building, and dozens of strong men were holding sticks and shouting noisily.

Sun Chunming hadn't asked about business for a long time, and Lao Cao asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Lao Cao frowned and said: "It should be here to find fault, that person drank in the building yesterday, and drank too much to insult the girl who was accompanying him, so I had him beaten and thrown out." ”

"Hit so hard?"

"How is that possible? This is not the first time this kind of thing has happened, the brothers are all measured, all of them are flesh wounds, at most he has been lying in bed for a few days, and his injuries are definitely repaired. ”

Cao Binqi said: "There are still those who dare to make trouble in Fengle Building in Kaifeng City? What kind of immortal is this? ”

Sun Chunming smiled bitterly: "Bacheng is coming at me, recently I was in Kaifeng Mansion to rectify the officials, maybe I was in a hurry, let Brother Cao see the joke." ”