Chapter Ninety-Five: The Scourge of Soldiers
Unlike the cold and snowy outside, there is a charcoal fire burning in the room, so it is extremely warm, even like the weather at the beginning of spring. [Ran^Text^Library] []
The scholar was dressed in a single robe, holding a book in his hand, leaning lazily in front of the windowsill, a pair of wide feet in the wooden basin and stirring constantly, and the basin emitted bursts of heat.
The difference is that the guys downstairs who are constantly rubbing their hands together to keep warm, a pair of rough hands are frozen and cracked, but they don't know what it feels like under their feet, so that the upstairs and downstairs seem to be two worlds.
As the head of the Sun family, although he has a bad temper over the years, he treats his subordinates like brothers, if the weather is like this, he will not let the guys be frozen, and he enjoys it here.
Just like today, the guys are still rushing to work, but he is not idle, he is still wrapped in a cotton robe and goes out at such an age, but he doesn't even sit in a sedan chair.
Probably because the sedan chair needs a sedan chair driver, and in this weather, the sedan chair man braves the biting cold wind to carry the sedan chair, which is really a torment, so he simply walks over by himself, which can be regarded as letting the sedan chair drivers rest.
So seeing this scene, Shopkeeper Sun suddenly frowned, and all the previous praise for this scholar in his heart faded at this moment.
is probably as rude as the other party, he has always been an elder, but the other party is like this to himself, for a while, he has a thousand kinds of mistakes.
So his anger came out in an instant, and he was ready to criticize this rude and lazy lazy bone, but he also wanted to let him know that he should always know some rules when doing things.
"I thought that the shopkeeper Shen was a Confucian businessman...... Which Cheng wants to be like such a vulgar man, and disgrace the people of my generation......"
Shen Wuyan didn't expect the other party to say this, so he looked at the bucket under his feet where the old man in front of him looked, and immediately realized, but his body did not move, and he always maintained his original posture, pinching a piece of pastry from time to time and sending it to his mouth.
"It's probably that Shopkeeper Sun estimated Zai Xia too highly, so that he suddenly found that I was not as beautiful as you thought, so there was a gap in my heart...... And I've always been like this, and there's nothing wrong with that. ”
was waiting for the other party to reply, and then giving the other party a strong counterattack, but after thinking about what the other party said, he was very reasonable, thinking that he was suffering from the gap in his heart, but he couldn't blame him.
But he couldn't resist the annoyance in his heart, so he glanced over, and happened to see the other party holding the book in his hand The title is a "Tao Te Ching", and he became more and more annoyed, and said: "It's a shame that you are still familiar with the way of the sages...... But he was also burdened by these immortal cultivation doctrines...... The edict of the first emperor is guilty, don't you know? ”
Shen Wuyan glanced at the shabby scroll beside him, raised his clean face slightly, couldn't help blinking those bright eyes, suddenly laughed, and said, "Although this scripture is said by Taoists...... But it doesn't seem to have much to do with monasticism...... The younger generation doesn't read much, so don't lie to me......"
Being ridiculed by the other party like this, Shopkeeper Sun was even more annoyed, and kicked the wooden barrel over, and then the sewage flowed around, but he snorted lightly and said, "The guy downstairs is so tired, but you are enjoying it upstairs...... How can you bear it? ”
"If Shopkeeper Sun can't bear it, you can go down and help them......" Shen Wuyan still had a smile on his face, but he looked at the medicinal herbs spilled from the wooden barrel, but he was a little regretful, sighed lightly, and hurriedly ordered: "Come on, clean up...... These herbs ...... That's it, a new ......"
As he spoke, a guy came up from downstairs, quickly wiped the ground, then picked up the medicinal herbs, looked at the shopkeeper Sun, and said coldly: "Childe personally unloaded the goods in the warehouse, and he didn't close his eyes for a day and a night...... Siqian will come to class later, so Childe doesn't have time to rest, so he has to prepare for class in advance......"
Listening to this young man's words, Shopkeeper Sun's face changed slightly, he glanced at Shen Wuyan, who was tired, and then glanced at the remaining water stains on the ground, and his heart couldn't help but tighten.
Then he sighed secretly in his heart, hugged his fist towards Shen Wuyan, and continued: "The Sun family has discussed with the Zhao family and the Qian family...... Don't want this year's share of silver, leave it to the dart board to buy a thousand carriages......"
Although the road has been repaired and the speed is much faster, it is clear that the convoy of 1,000 wagons is far from enough to transport goods from the south to the north, and some more wagons are needed.
Shen Weijing also talked to Shen Wuyan about this, but in the end, because of the lack of silver, the matter has been put aside.
Now this shopkeeper Sun is saying this, but it is great news.
Shen Wuyan nodded slightly, but his face was still unfazed, and he said lightly: "After all, it is a matter of the five families working together, and it is not very good for Shopkeeper Sun to discuss with his subordinates alone......
Shopkeeper Sun nodded, but his expression was much calmer than before: "Shen Gongzi has already been there...... Say it's up to you to decide......"
"Then it's decided." Shen Wuyan smiled lightly, and then waved his hand and said, "Shopkeeper Sun sits down and drinks a cup of tea......
The old man tightened his clothes, glanced at the neatly arranged tea set, and then looked at the sky outside the window, and said in a deep voice: "There are still some side things...... Next time. ”
After leaving the Xingbake Tea House, Shopkeeper Sun was not in a hurry to go back, but went towards the General's Mansion.
This season, General Li was not idle, still practicing swords in the courtyard, and after finding that someone was coming, he hurriedly put away the sword, and then ran towards the shopkeeper Sun.
General Li was well aware of the abilities of this old man from a merchant background, and although he was only a merchant who provided firearms to the imperial court over the years, he had very close contacts with eighty percent of the officers and soldiers in Liaodong.
Moreover, the other party has countless fortunes in Liaodong, and can be regarded as one of the richest businessmen in Liaodong, and ordinary officers and soldiers do not dare to have any disrespect with the other party.
The most important thing is that this person is also close to Li Chengliang, and the two still have some relatives, so even he must respect him very much.
Standing three feet away from the old man, he immediately bowed down and made a big salute to the other party, and then said, "Master Sun......"
Shopkeeper Sun casually accepted the other party's etiquette, then waved his hand, smiled faintly, and said: "Ruxuan is still practicing swords in this weather, but he is hardworking......"
Ruxuan is Li Ruxuan, the general of Li Staff, since he came to Liaoyang City over the years, few people have called this name, except for the general soldier Li Chengliang often called, and only this old man can call and dare to call.
Li Ruxuan nodded slightly, and sighed lightly: "Tricks can't always be idle...... But he doesn't have any big skills, it's all a bit of a show......"
Shopkeeper Sun didn't say much, smiled again, and then sat down in the pavilion with Li Ruxuan, then made tea and chatted.
"This batch of firearms will be delivered in these days...... I asked Mr. Li about the Jurchens mentioned a few days ago, and I thought they were all little minions......"
Hearing the old man say this, Li Ruxuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then sighed: "Liaoyang City's military equipment is really a bit unbearable...... The weapons are all old things, and the soldiers are also negligent in training, and it is really difficult to deal with what is really big. ”
"But you can't be blamed for this......" Shopkeeper Sun shook his head helplessly, and said: "These farmers who have been planting for decades, you let them take up arms to fight now...... It's a joke. ”
Li Ruxuan nodded and said, "I'm afraid that the Jurchens will make trouble over there...... The Mongols took the opportunity to make trouble...... That's going to be difficult......"
"But it's a problem...... shopkeeper Sun smiled bitterly, waved his hand and said, "It's good for Ruxuan to take care of Liaoyang City...... Naturally, Mr. Li is in charge of the other things, and it is useless for you to think too much......"
"I'm afraid that the target of those people is Liaoyang City......" Li Ruxuan looked at the cold and frozen, smiled bitterly, and said: "The Jurchens were born in Liaoyang before...... The eight cities of Liaodong, speaking of which, it is difficult to attack Liaoyang City...... But I'm always worried......"
"It's not an exaggeration to worry, and now Liaoyang City can be described as extremely rich...... These barbarians just want to grab something, and Liaoyang City is just right. Shopkeeper Sun snorted coldly and said, "This batch of firearms is made according to the specifications of the Shenji Battalion, and the power is extraordinary, if they dare to come, try them......"
The words were full of killing intent, but they made the atmosphere in the arena even colder.
After a long time, Li Ruxuan suddenly said again: "I heard that Shen shopkeeper did something about a dart game...... Are you involved in this? ”
"It's really interesting, and it happens to be able to transport some Western gadgets from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which is much safer than asking someone to transport it......" Shopkeeper Sun smiled and said.
Li Ruxuan smiled and said, "But I have to admire this Mr. Shen, who actually pulled you into the water......"
"It's nothing more than using me as a shield." Shopkeeper Sun smiled lightly: "But this person does have some skills, and some meanings......"
Li Ruxuan also agreed with this, so the two looked at each other and smiled.
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The nearest town to Liaoyang City is called Qingyang Town, the town is mostly composed of some idle shops, last year opened the tea and horse market, so the small market town has expanded a few points.
However, although it is called a town, it is not a town at all, and there is no imperial court to govern it, it is composed of some merchants, and there are also merchants who come and go to rest again.
Today, the town is still peaceful, the merchants wave the horse bells into the market town, their faces are full of smiles, most of them are some Liao people who sell mountain goods, take advantage of the winter to send these goods to Liaoyang for some silver for the winter.
But he can also buy a box of rouge for his wife at home in Liaoyang City, buy some toys and long-awaited candy for his children.
In the midst of these caravans, a tall man in a strange robe walked into the town with his group.
The man looked around with a cold gaze, touching his hat from time to time, probably worried that the hat would be slightly off, and revealing the hair ornament that was different from that of the Han people, and revealing a little horse's feet.
However, his gaze always wandered on these merchants, and from time to time he showed a cruel smile, and finally disappeared without a trace as the cold wind blew.
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