Zhang was stunned for a moment, and Zhao Xing said slowly: "All the sins in the world will finally be repaid---- when Cai did degrade in the past, someone once said that the road to Lingnan will be reopened, and someone will be punished by the same kind in the future." The old party let Cai indeed die on the degraded land in Lingnan, and now the new party has returned three people from the old party, and three people have died on the degrading land.

But doesn't the New Party know that ---- time will come when all the sins of the world will be repaid? ”

Zhang looked at the people in the hall, the hall was full of Zhao Xing's subordinates and brown-haired and blue-eyed people, Zhang was angry, he didn't say anything, Zhao Xing immediately replied: "It's okay, all of you here are my henchmen, follow me to the north and south, if they betray me, I won't stand here today." ”

Zhang sighed, but did not answer Zhao Xing directly, he nagged to himself: "Su Laopo is in Huizhou, it's almost the New Year, I should give him a pot of wine to celebrate the New Year." I'm old, my legs and feet are not good, people say that there is something to do with the disciples, you help me send it, I first came to Guangzhou, and the road is not familiar. ”

Zhao Xing nodded in agreement, Zhang yawned, and said lazily: "Look at your style, you are planning to run Guangzhou well." The old man is old, the climate in Guangzhou is hot, and the old man has no intention of doing things, and he didn't bring his subordinates to Guangzhou this time. Fortunately, I know that there are Zhao Liren here, you have enough manpower, borrow a few people to help me support the Zhizhou Yamen, if you have the energy to come over, by the way, help me to do things in Guangzhou, the old man only wants to live in a cool house before the beginning of spring next year, so as not to let the old man die of heat in this place. ”

Zhao Xing arched his hand: "Don't worry, boss, I will personally give your wine to the family teacher." Guangzhou is a small place, and there is nothing big about it. I asked Wan Qianyong to supervise the state government, and I also asked the boss to build the house as soon as possible, and if it can't be completed in the summer, the boss can move into my house. ”

Zhang nodded, and replied with a smile: "The old man is old." At this age, I just want to live a few more years. To be able to survive until I return to my hometown alive is enough. In the future, the old man's main energy is on the resignation, the old man will submit a resignation form every month, asking His Majesty to allow the old man to return to his hometown to raise his honor, well, what is fun in Guangzhou, delicious food, you don't have to be polite to leave people, just bring it to the old man. ”

Zhao Xing agreed and retreated. Out of the state office. Wan Qiyong sighed: "Mr. Zhang is almost seventy years old, and he has traveled a long way through the smoke miasma and the Lingnan mountains. Trekking to this Guangzhou, it's bitter! It's a pity that the old man is depressed, and it seems that he won't be able to help the adult in the future. ”

Zhao Xing shook his head: "Don't look at this old man, he's almost seventy." As long as there is another big problem in the Western Xia, the imperial court will definitely reactivate our old Shaanxi ministers, I don't have to count on it. It is estimated that Xie Lin is also reluctant to return to Shaanxi. The only available land in the imperial court is Master Zhang, you wait, when the imperial court reactivates the land of Master Zhang, this old man will run faster than anyone else. Wan Qiyong and Zhao Xing sighed all the way, and the two went home to pack some things and took the congregation to Huizhou, which was December 15 in the Gregorian calendar. The last solar term winter solstice in 1094.

There are still ten days to go, and the year 1095 is coming. The year 1095 is a remarkable year in world history. this year. With the last few important Buddhist temples being demolished. and the constant infighting of Buddhism in India, where Buddhism went extinct. Hinduism then took its place, and there was no Buddhism in India for the next 700 years (Buddhism in present-day India was reintroduced from Sri Lanka 700 years later). At the same time, the First Crusades began.

Therefore, some historians record the arrival of 1095 as follows: In this year, Shakyamuni died, in India, where he was born; At the same time, the Su Shi era in East Asia came to an end, and Western fanatics began to attack the holy land they thought of with knives and torches......

The "Su Shi era in East Asia" is an Asian term, and Westerners call it the "Asian flamenco era", which symbolizes generosity, fanaticism, and the pursuit of unrestrained elegance.

Zhao Xing didn't care about the affairs of the Eastern and Western Divine Realms, he only cared about the things on the tip of his nose in front of him. He ushered in the arrival of the Gregorian New Year on his way from Guangzhou to Huizhou. The sound of explosions on the road continued, and in the process of overhauling the road in Guangzhou, explosives were used for the first time as a tool for opening mountains, or a building material, in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. This kind of black powder is not very powerful, but it can't stand up to a large amount. Zhao Xing single-handedly controlled Xiaoliuqiu, the first storage place of saltpeter in Asia, and also controlled the sea trade of Japan, the first storage place of sulfur in Asia.

The road under construction does not overlap with the existing official road, and occasionally it runs parallel to the existing official road, and the people who go with it will see the explosion causing the smoke and billowing smoke and rumbling sound. Shuai Fan walked all the way and introduced: "From here to Huizhou, we have a total of 300 tuns, each tun is about 1,000 people, responsible for repairing 20 miles of official roads. There are more than 20 points that need to be exploded, but fortunately, everyone in my dynasty can light firecrackers, so it is not complicated to make these.

The migrant workers work in three shifts for two hours each, six hours a day. When it is the turn of the team to go up the mountain, the rocks that are blown down crush the paved road, and the team that does not have a turn, or the team that has already finished the work, will gather for a simple drill. In addition, there is a half-hour lecture every day, mainly employing local old farmers to teach them the habits of Guangzhou crops.

So far, we have hired 130 local veteran farmers, some of whom are village talents......"

Zhao Xing interrupted Shuai Fan's words and interjected: "I have already discussed with Fang Cipeng, all the old farmers who come to teach the people will be given the false title of teaching agricultural science on Guangnan East Road, whether he is illiterate or not, the government will issue the official body of the teaching. This official title is not paid, but Xuezheng records the list, and he has no rank, but he can not bow down when he sees the magistrate. If there is a lawsuit involving the academic edict, the local magistrate must first make a clear statement about the academic administration and then summon the agricultural academic edict. ”

Shuai Fan pouted: "My lord, the title of agricultural science is so awkward, it is better to call it a bachelor of agriculture directly." ”

Wan Qianyong stopped and said: "Hugh is Hugh, how can we give the name of a bachelor casually, or call it an agricultural scholar." ”

Shuai Fan muttered something again, but everyone didn't hear it clearly, and then he said: "My lord said that there would be 100,000 migrant workers at the end of the year, but now there are only 60,000. There is a serious shortage of manpower. In Guangzhou, the southerners are short. It has always been unbearable to fight, and our sailors and gunners still need to be recruited from Shandong and Henan, my lord, it seems that the New Year is coming, and if the army is not trained in the New Year, we will not be able to make a move. ”

Zhao Xing explained while urging the horse to hurry: "Don't worry, people will have it, I have 100 million people in the Great Song Dynasty." Henan and Shandong have enough population, but it will take time. Recruiting people takes time. It also takes time to transport these people, and it also takes time for these people to rush to Guangzhou.

Five or six days apart. The asphalt from Shaanxi is about to arrive, and the goods are transported through the Yellow River to the Bohai Sea, and then all the way down from the Bohai Sea. The road was transported for a month, and when they arrived here, they began to pave the road, and when the road was paved in the spring of next year, these people could let them reclaim the land, and as long as half of the tens of thousands of people who came first were willing to stay, our task for the year would be completed.

However, every batch of people who come to the cantonment needs to be trained, anyway, the imperial court has a custom of integrating the displaced people into the Xiang Army, so we should organize these displaced people into the Guangnan Xiang Army. Then take a walk on both sides of the road, while reclaiming the land and protecting the road. Wait for these people to put down roots. Guangzhou's population is sufficient, and the population is enough to do a lot of things. ”

Shuai Fan promised every sentence. In this way, the three people traveled all the way to the mountains and rivers, from time to time drove down the official road to the road construction site to observe the construction situation, and when they arrived in Huizhou, it happened to be Chinese New Year's Eve.

Su Dongpo is a high-profile figure wherever he goes, and when he heard that he was degraded to Huizhou, countless readers made a special trip to wait for him on the route of his derogation, ready to follow him to Huizhou. One of the Yangzhou students, Zhang Huimeng, has the most tenacious personality, he didn't wait for Su Shi on the road, he actually measured with two legs, touched all the way to Huizhou, followed Su Shi around, and served Su Dongpo day and night with his disciples. Then the literati students near Huizhou heard the news of Su Shi's arrival, and rushed to Su Shi's degraded residence together, and even many people in Hainan crossed the sea to Huizhou to ask Su Shi for advice, including Jiang Tangyou, the first Jinshi in Hainan's history.

At this time, Jiang Tangyou had not yet been admitted to the Jinshi, and Su Shi could no longer see it when he was admitted to the Jinshi.

These literati and students spontaneously gathered in front of the White Crane Peak where Su Shi lived, making the mountain forest where Su Shi was located look full of aura. Zhao Xing stood at the foot of the mountain, looked up at the endless stream of pilgrim students in the mountain road, and listened to Cheng Shuang's report with fascination: "Shigong said that he liked the handsome beauty of this mountain forest, and the little nephew bought this peak, and invited more than ten tea craftsmen from Hangzhou, and hired 30 families from the local area to plant tea behind the peak, and grow grain and vegetables in front of the peak. ”

"How is the mood of the master?"

Cheng Shuang replied: "Very good, Shigong is happy every day!" When he first arrived in Huizhou, he wrote "The First Time I Arrived in Huizhou": as if he had traveled in a dream, he was pleased to know Xinfeng. The officials and the people were surprised to sit on something, and the fathers and elders greeted him. Seventh uncle, you don't know what it was, I was about to cry when I remembered that time---- the elders of Mancheng heard that Su Gong was here, and they all welcomed this man together. It's tear-jerking.

It's just that Shigong has been in a bad mood recently, and recently received a letter from Master Zhang saying that he would send six pots of wine, and the letter did not arrive after receiving the wine. How can Qingzhou six engaged, turned into nothing. The empty annoyance holds a new crab in his left hand, and wanders around the east fence to sniff Luoying. The South China Sea envoy is now in the North Sea, and he will pay 100 percent for spring ploughing. ”

Su Shi is an incorrigible optimist. When a friend sent a drink, the letter arrived and the wine did not arrive, so he happily asked: Is the name of the person who delivered the wine "Mr. Wuyou"? Where's the wine? I walked around the garden a few times with a crab in my left hand, and my hands were tired, and the wine had not yet arrived, so how could I eat the crab? Could it be that the wine was used to water the ground during spring ploughing?

In normal history, Su Shi was also very happy during his depreciation of Huizhou, and wrote a famous poem: "At the foot of Luofu Mountain, in the fourth spring, Lu Tangerine and Huangmei are the newest." Eat 300 lychees a day, and be a Lingnan person." At the same time, he also wrote to his friend saying that he was living here and everything was fine, and hoped that his friend would not him

However, the reality is that he was constantly hungry and needed the pilgrimage students to provide him with food every day. In modern times, there is even a view that the beautiful Chaoyun girl is starving to death in Huizhou!

A generation of Wenzong still maintains a cheerful mood in this situation, which makes people can't help but want to cry and sing every time they think of this.

"Has Cheng Zhengfu been here?" Zhao Xing held back his sadness and asked.

"I've been here", a smile appeared on the corner of Cheng Shuang's mouth: "When my master first came to Huizhou, he was also worried about this, and he was depressed all day long. The disciple wanted to send someone to block it in advance. But when Master Chaoyun learned about it, she burst out laughing. Say: My husband is a dignified husband, how can I be stumped by this little thing.

The master was shocked and asked the lady what the magic method was. Mrs. Chaoyun smiled and said, "How can people be ruthless if they are not grass and trees?" When the master comes, the whole city goes out to greet him, as long as the master is not too tough, relying on the reputation of the master and the family affection to influence Cheng Xian, Cheng Xian will not be too embarrassed.

Mrs. Chaoyun's words made Master Yun pause. Shigong immediately repaired one. Talk about the front edge with Cheng Xian and miss the family affection. It also shows that it is inconvenient for me to go to meet you and something like that. Cheng Xian received the letter and was moved. It didn't take long to come. ”

Zhao Xing smiled. Cheng Zhengfu came directly to Su Shi after returning from Guangzhou, but no matter what. Cheng Zhengfu and Su Shi are relatives, and in the patriarchal society of the Song Dynasty, it is impossible for the two to kill each other. Zhang's prediction was wrong. He knows less about this era than Zhao Xing.

"Since Dongpo to Hainan, the world does not dare to ---- small Huizhou before Pogong, who knows Huizhou? After Po Gong, who in the world doesn't know Huizhou? That's the power of culture! Zhao Xing said leisurely: "Ah Shuang, you said you wanted to snipe...... Don't say that again. If I wanted to snipe and kill people at the beginning, why should I be in this situation today. But sniping can't be used at will.

Everything has its own rules for how it runs. Rules aren't always good. But the rules are not good, and you can ask for the rules to be changed. However, before the rules were changed. We must be rule-upholders, not rule-breakers. Otherwise, why should we change the rules, because aren't the rules that are changed also rules? Who will uphold the new rules we have set? Rely on us rule-breakers?

Xiao Shuang, don't wade through that bottom line at will. No one has ever done great things by assassination---- never! Therefore, this weapon cannot be used at will. Otherwise, the ultimate victim is our ...... See, this is what it is, it could have been solved, but if we had gone down that final path...... Everything is different! ”

"The Last Way!"

Cheng Shuang remembered Zhao Xingdi's reminder and continued to explain: "Shi Gong met Cheng Zhengfu and told him: Guangzhou's military equipment is lax, the barracks are damaged, and the soldiers have to stay in the people's homes, so that the people can't live in peace. Shigong hoped that Cheng Zhengfu would inquire about the matter, and repeatedly told Cheng Zhengfu not to let others know that he had brought it up himself......

Zhao Xing also smiled, since he arrived in Guangzhou, he has built a large number of migrant workers' houses, thanks to the bombing of the mountain and the opening of stones, and now the hired people live in thick stone houses, and the living conditions of the soldiers have not improved at all, not that Zhao Xing can't take care of it, but he sincerely embarrasses those soldiers, waiting for them to put forward their own retirement requirements. Unexpectedly, Su Shi, an incorrigible person, actually noticed this.

Su Shi was a criminal official and was placed under residential surveillance, while it was Guangzhou Xiangjun who monitored him. There were three armed forces in Guangzhou, the first was the forbidden army, 1,200 men; The second is the Xiang Army, including a total of 20,000 people who have moved to the ground over the years, and the rest are civilian armed forces, called gunmen.

Like the Shaanxi archers, these civilian armed forces were also very miserable, because there was no formal salary and frequent deployment, so wealthy gunmen often liked to spend money to recruit people to replace them, and as a result, the word gunner later became synonymous with taking money to do things for others.

Guangzhou is remote, and the Xiang army can already recruit countless gunners in the local area just for the cost of marching to Guangzhou, so the number of Guangzhou Xiang troops is not large, and they are ignored by officials at all levels, and they don't even bother to build their barracks. Su Shi himself is also dependent on other people's funding to live, and he still has the heart to care about the housing problem of Xiangjundi, this kind of behavior is at best said to be benevolent by nature, and at worst it is said that this person's sympathy is overflowing.

Zhao Xing stood at the foot of the mountain and sighed, waved his hand, Cheng Shuang understood, and led the way first, Zhao Xing followed behind and walked towards Su Shidi's residence on the slope of the mountain.

Su Shi's derogation reminded Zhao Xing of Huangzhou, and the house he designed for Su Shi in the middle of the hill was still painted snow-white, and it was named the White Crane Snow House. Su Shi is a romantic person, Zhao Xing painted the walls white and flawless, and he had nothing to do with the painting of white cranes all over the wall, making the whole room like a holy place inhabited by cranes. This holy place is surrounded by pilgrims.

The group of readers watched in amazement as several people dressed as officials walked up the hillside, followed by a group of brightly armored soldiers, all of whom were also leading their horses on foot, and halfway through, the soldiers had spontaneously dispersed, faintly protecting the entire hillside. The students couldn't tell where the team came from. Soldiers were seen surrounding the hillside. Panicking, they whispered, and the daring students were about to stand up and reprimand the military attache who had come, but when they saw the man turn around and say a few words, the soldiers immediately began to gather their ranks and stop at the bottom of the hillside.

The residence that Zhao Xing designed for Su Shi this time is an open house, and the entire mountain peak is Su Shi's property, so there is no need to use the courtyard wall to close the house. Halfway up the hillside, a steeple-topped stone house rises. He has large, bright floor-to-ceiling windows that allow you to see the outside from the inside. You can also see the entire mountain peak. When Zhao Xing was about to walk to the door, two people came out of the door to greet him, and Su Yu was the first. Trailing Sue passes.

Su Guo was obviously instructed by Su Yu, and when he saw Zhao Xinglai, he didn't call him by his local official name. just arched his hand to greet: "Brother Xing, the New Year is approaching, you are not at home with your wife and children, how can you come to Huizhou, you have a heart!" ”

Zhao Xing stood at the door, looked back at the scenery of Su Shi's residence, nodded with satisfaction, and then pointed to the left and right of the house and instructed Cheng Shuang: "Build two more rows of houses on the left and right." A row is made into a large lecture hall. Let the teacher give a lecture, and make a row into a dormitory-style house. Let the students stay overnight...... Is life a good teacher? ”

The latter sentence was asked about Su Shi's two sons, Su Yu smiled bitterly and did not answer, Su Guo shook his head, and said embarrassedly: "It's okay in other places, there is such a good living environment in the land of Lingnan, and I have thanked Brother Xing for taking care of him, but he doesn't have enough to eat, and his father can't eat enough." ”

Su Shi is a person who cares for his friends, and his own life depends on his disciples, but as long as there are guests coming, he will definitely entertain them. The students who came to visit him often enjoyed his hospitality, and the number of people visiting the area was so large that the student land paid a drop in the bucket, leaving him and his family in constant starvation.

Zhao Xing nodded and replied, "I just went to see Zhan Fan, the governor of Huizhou, and planned to build a wharf in the bay so that ships could dock. Once the wharf is completed, I will send 30,000 people to Huizhou to enrich Huizhou's hukou...... Please inform the teacher, I will visit. ”

Su Yu turned around and left, and Su Guo chatted with Zhao Xing about their coming to Huizhou. Huizhou has few people and poor land, and the government has a habit of killing a sheep every ten days, and the mutton is purchased by the official personnel of the government, and criminal officials like Su Shi only have the power to buy sheep bones. During the time when Su Shi belittled Huizhou, he happily recorded his anxious mood of waiting for the market to kill sheep, and talked about how he used his talent to renovate the sheep bones and haggis to make a variety of flavors of food, for which he also wrote many poems to boast of his talent.

A generation of writers, his full of talent and learning is all spent on thinking about how to make food, and when I heard Su Guo tell me, Zhao Xing, as a person of this era, has a fever in both cheeks.

After a while, Su Ying came out and invited Zhao Xing in: "My father is lecturing, and my mother asked Brother Xing to rest in the middle hall first, she said that she was cooking, and Brother Xing was not an outsider, so she didn't come out to greet him." ”

Zhao Xing asked curiously as he walked into the house, "Why, didn't you hire a few servants to serve the teacher?" ”

Su Yu smiled bitterly and turned his face away without answering Zhao Xing's stupid question.

Criminals are not allowed to hire servants, this is an unspoken rule of the Great Song Dynasty officialdom, Zhao Xing's mountain peak was bought by Cheng Shuang, and hiring servants to serve the manor was also carried out in the name of Cheng Shuang, and Su Shi's home, it is inconvenient to hire people directly, so Wang Chaoyun must personally cook and take care of Su Shi's diet, and sometimes take care of the diet of dozens of students.

At this time, Wang Chaoyun had officially become Su Shi's wife, but she was not Su Su's mother-in-law, so the way the two called her unconsciously adopted the word Niangniang. This word was used by servants to address the mistress before the Song Dynasty, and it became the term for the empress in the imperial palace after the Song Dynasty.

Su Yi didn't specifically explain Zhao Xing's mistake, but he still had Wan Qianyong by his side, and Wan Qianyong explained to Zhao Xing in a low voice: "Do you remember Lu Huiqing, when he was settled in Mizhou, didn't he hire a servant, Su Gong's current situation is similar to Lu Huiqing at that time." ”

Zhao Xing understood, he grinned, can this little threshold stop him, he hurriedly instructed Cheng Shuang: "Hurry up and recruit a few smart and diligent servants from the Wa Kingdom, and let them serve the master." ”

The Great Song Dynasty did not let the criminal officials hire servants, but we couldn't stand that we had slaves, Zhao Xing had many slaves in his name, and he sent Su Shi a few house slaves, who would blame him. After three years, the slaves had to regain their freedom, and Zhao Xing sent another batch.

As he was talking, Su Yu came over and invited: "Brother Xing, my father-in-law has finished speaking, please come over." ”

Zhao Xing raised his feet and left, and after walking two steps, he suddenly remembered something, he took off his official hat again, untied his belt, took off his official robe, and went to see Su Shi in his underwear in the official robe. When Su Shi saw Zhao Xing's appearance, he smiled, he didn't care about Zhao Xing's embarrassed image, sat on the chair and accepted Zhao Xing's teacher's salute, and then pointed to the three people in the room, and introduced: "This is Zhang Huimeng, a student from Yangzhou, these two are from Hainan, this is Jiang Tangyou, this is Fu Yuanqing." ”

The three students frowned and looked at the disheveled man who broke into the hall, and when everyone's eyes moved to the official boots on Zhao Xing's feet, they understood, and hurriedly got up and bowed to Zhao Xing: "My lord, the student greets." ”

If Zhao Xing came to meet Su Dongpo in an official uniform, Su Dongpo, a criminal official, would greet Zhao Xing with the etiquette of meeting Shangguan according to the rules. But Zhao Xing took off his official uniform, bull-nosed calf pants and undershirt to see Su Dongpo, it was different. Su Dongpo didn't have to salute Zhao Xing, but Zhao Xing could salute Su Shi. This meeting made Su Dongpo very proud, and the most proud thing in his life was his derogatory career in Huangzhou, which was not only the peak of his creative life, but also won Zhao Xing, a loyal student who had no regrets and was willing to follow him to the ends of the earth.

The proud Su Dongpo still couldn't change his big-mouthed temper, Zhao Xing came to see Su Shi in civilian clothes, and the official name was not reported during the whole process, but Su Dongpo reported for him: "This is my student...... What should I call you, it should be said: the imperial city envoy, the bachelor of Baowen Pavilion, in addition to the Guangnan East Road soldiers and horses and the road through the slight envoy Guan Guan Gou pacification of the official affairs; The deputy envoy of Quanjiangnan Transit and the capital of the capital mentioned the coinage of Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road; In the middle of the doctor, the right scattered cavalry attendant. ”

After reporting Zhao Xing's long list of official names, he smacked his lips, feeling that he had not missed anything, and added: "My student's previous term was Huanqing Road to recruit appeasement, it was he who fought against the Western Xia army with Zhang Du, and even counterattacked into the territory of Western Xia, but unfortunately it was ......."

Zhao Xing hurriedly interrupted Su Shi's words: "Teacher, Master Zhang Zhang's husband has also arrived in Guangzhou, and he is currently the governor of Guangzhou. He asked me to bring a few bottles of wine to congratulate the teacher on the New Year. ”

When Su Shi heard the wine, he smacked it a few times in his mouth, and said regretfully: "There is wine but no meat, it's a pity." ”

Zhao Xing hurriedly stood up and replied: "The student rode hundreds of horses, and the teacher wanted to eat them, so the student ordered someone to slaughter them!" ”

"Nonsense!" Su Shi scolded sharply: "Your entourage is riding a precious Dawan sweat and blood horse, how can you slaughter it for me, this is spread out, haven't I become a sinner?" ”

Zhao Xingyi grinned and teased: "Teacher, how are you and now not sinners? ”

Su Shi was stunned for a moment, laughed, shook his head while laughing, and tears overflowed from the corners of his eyes: "You and I master and apprentice gathered in Lingnan, but I didn't expect that you and I became sinners." ”