Chapter 140: Surrender!
He stood in the hall so calmly, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, looking at Liang Pengfei, which really made Liang Pengfei feel more and more curious. "My name is Liang Pengfei, who are you?" At this time, Liang Pengfei subconsciously used the greeting method of later generations.
Liang Pengfei's greeting method was really unexpected, which made the person who raised him stunned, and he smiled and saluted Liang Pengfei: "A certain surname is Sun, the name is Shijie, and I have seen the garrison." I have heard the prestige of the garrison for a long time, but I have not been able to see it, and I hope that it is not strange that it is rude. ”
"Sun Shijie, hehe, nothing strange or strange, please sit down, scholar, show Mr. Sun tea." Liang Pengfei stood up and stretched out his hand to signal that Sun Juren to take a seat.
Sun Shijie was not polite, after sitting down, he took the tea bowl, took a sip and moistened his lips, and said to Liang Pengfei: "I heard that the garrison has established the Liang clan school in the suburbs of Guangzhou to cultivate talents for the clan and the country, which is a good thing, but I can't figure it out, why only take those who have not won the fame, and those who are in the city of Guangzhou, and who are in the city of Guangzhou, and who are said to be confused with businessmen as teachers?" ”
Although Sun Shijie said this unhurriedly, there was a sharpness in his words, Bai Shusheng and Monk Chen couldn't help frowning, and the two pairs of sharp eyes revealed a fierce color, which fell on Sun Shijie's face.
Liang Pengfei smiled: "Mr. Sun's words are also reasonable, but those who have made a name for themselves will sooner or later be the elite of the country, and they are busy thinking about how to serve the court and serve the people, and how much energy do they have to teach and educate people?" This is why Liang is reluctant to invite people with merit and fame to join the clan to learn and teach. ”
"Serve the court and ......serve the people," Sun Shijie muttered and repeated Liang Pengfei's words, and the corners of his mouth and eyes showed a hint of mockery. How many officials in the world can do it?! ”
Hearing this, Liang Pengfei's hand holding the tea bowl paused slightly, raised his eyes and looked at Sun Shijie, this guy still looked good. It seems that he has no consciousness of his actions of pointing at Sang and scolding Huai in front of an official.
What do you mean by that? Could it be that you came to the Liang Mansion to humiliate my young master?! Monk Chen's fiery temper suddenly burst out, he roared in a deep voice, his eyes widened, and a fierce aura penetrated his hideous face.
"Is your young master like that?" Sun Shijie ignored it, picked up the tea, poured a big sip, and looked at the murderous Monk Chen behind Liang Pengfei with a smile.
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"You!" One sentence made Monk Chen's mouth open for a long time, rolling his eyes vigorously, and he was angry but couldn't get out. I had to say in a rough voice: "Of course my young master is a good person. He took a step back and stood behind Liang Pengfei.
Liang Pengfei couldn't help laughing, it's really rare, to be able to hold Monk Chen like this, this Sun Shijie really has two brushes.
Sun Shijie saw Liang Pengfei laughing loudly there, and couldn't help squinting his eyes and looked at Liang Pengfei who was gradually laughing.
"Mr. Sun is really a wonderful person, but is Mr. Sun just trying to be funny just to see me?" Liang Pengfei stopped laughing, took out a cigar from his arms and put it on his mouth, and the white scholar next to him came forward to light the cigar for Liang Pengfei, and the fragrant smoke began to fill the room.
"Actually, Sun is now a man with four walls and no long things, so he wants to beg for food under the hands of the garrison, and I don't know if the garrison is willing to take Sun in." Sun Shijie stood up and gave Liang Pengfei a deep salute.
"Why?" Liang Pengfei stood up, avoided Sun Shijie's big gift, and said lightly.
"Because the garrison has at least done the duty of a court official." Sun Shijie smiled faintly and looked at Liang Pengfei. "I heard that the Liang family was born in a family of pirates, but he has never been embarrassed by his compatriots, and the garrison lord is even before entering the office, captured those Xiyi sea chiefs, I don't know how many people and merchants because of those Xiyi pirates and the family is ruined, and now, the garrison has been an official for only two months, breaking the Xiyi private merchants, seizing a large number of harmful opium, and is not afraid of the officials, the Guangzhou prefect and the Yingyi maritime merchants colluded and smuggled the matter to the world, instead of filling the wealth gained, and there is no official to protect each other......"
"These actions are enough to make Sun sincerely admire." When Sun Shijie said this, a bitter smile tugged at the corner of his mouth: "In his lifetime, seeing his family's revenge be avenged, Sun Mou has already fulfilled his wish, plus the garrison adult has been an official for several months, does not disturb the people, does not make trouble, everything is for the country, is loyal, and is a righteous person, so although Sun is not material, he is also willing to recommend himself to the garrison under the account and be a staff member." ”
"Revenge on the family?" Liang Pengfei couldn't help but feel a sudden snort in his heart. "Your family is a maritime merchant?"
Sun Shijie shook his head and slowly told his story, his great-grandfather was born as a military general, and then his grandparents became civil officials, and his father, who was weak since childhood, stayed at home only after obtaining a meritorious name, because of illness, he stayed at home, relying on the hundreds of acres of land left by his ancestors, and became a landlord, and Sun Shijie, because of his solid family, learned his family history from his father's mouth, and was determined to study and practice martial arts since he was a child, intending to serve his family and country.
When he was twenty-five years old, he was selected to be promoted, and Sun Shijie naturally continued to work hard to prepare for the entrance examination in Beijing, striving to be a high school jinshi, and also a good official to become an official, because although the person is also qualified to be an official, it is still very different from the jinshi. But the year he was ready to go to Beijing to catch the exam, four years ago, because of the encroachment of land and property, he had a dispute with another family, and the two sides started a lawsuit.
Sun Shijie's father was not convinced, and as a result, in a fit of anger, he put Sun Shijie's father and son in prison on fabricated charges, and they were imprisoned for more than a month.
Since then, Sun Shijie's father has been ill, and Sun Shijie is also because of the health of his parents at home, and he is disheartened, no longer pursues fame, just relying on the remaining dozens of acres of thin fields, supporting the two elders, usually still entertaining himself by reading, and when it came to last year, his parents both died, Sun Shijie was not good at management, so he had to sell land and property to bury his parents.
Now as ordered, a dignified person, it can almost be said that the four walls of the house are painted, and it is extremely sloppy, even if the mouse carries a sack in, I am afraid that it can only come out with a bag of tears.
And during this period of time, I heard about Liang Pengfei's heroic deeds against foreign captives, and I heard that Liang Pengfei did not commit any crimes against the people in the sailor camp in Xin'an, plus Liang Pengfei captured and killed those Yi merchants who smuggled opium in a war, and let the stunned Gerry die because of it, which can be regarded as avenging his family revenge and blood hatred, and besides, he Sun himself will be almost unable to live, so he used the excuse of being a teacher to see if this Liang Pengfei is worthy of his own service, and as a counselor, he can also have food and clothing.
Hearing that Sun Shijie told the tragic story with a calm face, Liang Pengfei could only shake his head, this kind of thing, Liang Pengfei was not surprised, who was that stunned? In Guangzhou, he can be described in four words in the minds of the broad masses of the people, that is, he is notorious.
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However, firstly, because he is a Manchurian, and secondly, he has the Guangdong Customs Inspector Erdenbu behind him as his backer, so his position as the prefect of Guangzhou is still stable, if it weren't for Liang Pengfei's grasp this time, maybe, relying on the wealth obtained from smuggling, he may be able to climb up after the expiration of his tenure, and being a Taoist is also an uncertain thing.
"Since Mr. Sun is willing to stay by Liang's side to counsel military affairs, it's not impossible, it's just ......" Liang Pengfei had countless thoughts in his heart.
"The rule of eating the king, being loyal to the king, Sun still understands this truth." Seeing Liang Pengfei hesitate, Sun Shijie said.
"Well, if, if something happens in the future, you still need to bother Mr. Lao to give advice to Liang." After thinking about it, Liang Pengfei still made a decision, leaving this person, at least, judging from his speech and demeanor, this person is indeed a person, as for whether it is necessary to let him get involved in his core affairs, it will naturally take time to test.
And Liang Pengfei has also found that there is too much talent around him, otherwise, why would he build a family? Why did he let those pirates learn from those Spanish officers and prisoners of war on King of Crabs Island? It's all because of the lack of a variety of people around him.
This Sun Shijie at least he was deeply victimized by the Manchu officials, which led to the destruction of his family, if he gave more guidance in the future, and he was exposed to it for a long time, he might be able to become his own helper.
Sun Shijie thus became the first official staff member under Liang Pengfei.
"By the way, Brother Sun, I will start and rush to Xin'an tomorrow, and I will ask Brother Sun to go back tonight, pack up everything, and I will go to Xin'an with me." Liang Pengfei stood up and said with a smile.
"Don't worry, tomorrow morning, Sun will definitely be here on time." Sun Shijie gave Liang Pengfei a deep salute again, but this time, Liang Pengfei did not dodge again, and Shi Shiran accepted this salute.
After Sun Shijie left the Liang Mansion, he let out a long breath, and after recalling the experience in the Liang Mansion, Sun Shijie's face couldn't help but have a shallow smile. "Whether such a proprietor is really worthy of my service will have to be seen."
"Let's find out all the origins of this guy, as well as what he said, be sure to find out." Liang Pengfei narrowed his eyes and commanded Bai Shusheng. "It's really a talent, but the more talented, the more cautious you are." Liang Pengfei muttered to himself in his heart.
At this time, Liang Pengfei saw a fast horse galloping at the corner of the street, and on horseback, it was a personal soldier of the Governor's Palace, with an anxious face, Liang Pengfei couldn't help but feel nervous...... --------------------
(To be continued)