Departure in the first month, all parts of Daming are still immersed in the breath of the Spring Festival, starting from Ningyuan, after entering Shanhaiguan, the situation is very different, all over the Ming Dynasty, except for Dengzhou, Laizhou and Shandong affected, the situation in the rest of the places is basically stable, after stabilizing, the people want to be able to have a good Spring Festival, all year round, to be able to relax, that is, the Spring Festival.

Su Tiancheng understands this feeling, the life of the common people is not good, only during the Spring Festival, they are willing to be extravagant, they can eat meat and drink wine, relatives and friends can visit each other, and the Spring Festival is particularly important in the hearts of the people, more than all other festivals, at this time, it is the time for relatives to reunite, as for many other festivals, it has slowly become a festival celebrated by scholars or gentry and wealthy households, such as the Mid-Autumn Festival, the people have no time to celebrate at this time, for the sake of livelihood, And keep working.

Along the way, Su Tiancheng did not pursue speed, and he could rush to Dengzhou slowly.

The sergeants recruited by Song Sijun reached 12,000 people, recruiting sergeants from the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, the progress was very smooth, half a month, 2,000 people were recruited, and the rest of the sergeants were still in the process of assessment, there were a lot of people who signed up, the Jiangning camp was between the two tribes, the prestige was not ordinary, the young people of the Mongolian tribe were different from the Guannei, because of the poor living conditions, they had been fighting for survival since they were children, not only fighting with other tribes, but also fighting with the harsh environment, I have long developed the habit of being aggressive, and when I heard that the Jiangning battalion was going to recruit sergeants, of course everyone enthusiastically signed up.

The 12,000 people who had already been recruited set off on the 10th day of the first lunar month and rushed directly to Dengzhou to garrison the Jiangning battalion officers and men in Dengzhou and Laizhou. Responsible for accommodating these new sergeants.

Although it is said to form a water division, Su Tiancheng did not plan to use new recruits to form a water division, the water division belongs to a part of the Jiangning battalion, and the main sergeants are still composed of soldiers from the Jiangning battalion, these recruited sergeants. The focus is still on training to become surprise soldiers and foot soldiers, especially the sergeants recruited from the Xibe and Daurian tribes, which must have been trained as surprise soldiers.

The role of the sailor is very important, and in the future, it will also be able to control the attempted army at sea, including Zheng Zhilong, who is also a potential opponent of Su Tiancheng, and the sailor formed by Su Tiancheng is not a sailor in the ordinary sense, he will find a way to equip the artillery on the warship. Moreover, the power of artillery is not ordinary, and the Jiangning battalion has an innate advantage in this regard, and Bi Maokang has always been developing artillery in the area of Fort Anning, and developing artillery for the naval division has become the main task.

Su Tiancheng's requirements for the sailor are very high, and Zheng Zhilong of Fujian has a strong sailor and a sailor formed by himself. If you can't achieve a high starting point, it will be difficult to gain a foothold. Zheng Zhilong is a pirate, but he is not so polite, he sends a sailor to harass him, you can only watch dryly, besides, pirates are used to life at sea. You are on land, and you have nothing to do with others, besides, Su Tiancheng also knows that Western sailors are very developed. It won't take long to be able to run rampant all over the world.

Guarding the city relies on cavalry and foot soldiers, but to open up the territory, you still need a water division, whether the Ming Dynasty can really become strong, you still have to rely on the water division in the future.

After the crossing, Su Tiancheng's real wish is to make Daming dominate the world, to achieve this goal, there are too many things that need to be done, strictly speaking, Su Tiancheng formed a water division, not to deal with the little Houjin.

Leaving Shanhaiguan, the brigade entered Beizhili.

Su Tiancheng first had to go to Gaoyang County, Baoding Prefecture, he wanted to pay homage to Sun Chengzong, in addition, he also had to fulfill his promise, although Sun Chengzong's children and grandchildren also needed to guard in Gaoyang County, but they could make arrangements in advance, and when the time came, Sun Chengzong's children and grandchildren could go directly to Dengzhou.

Entering Gaoyang County, Su Tiancheng noticed that the atmosphere here was very bad, although it was the twenty-second day of the first month, it was still in the first month, and it was said that there should be a strong festive atmosphere.

There are only about a dozen people who followed Su Tiancheng, Wang Dazhi and Liu Tiehan were not around, but these people have been following Su Tiancheng for a long time, everyone has the courage of ten thousand people, and there are not so many people in the team, of which 1,500 people, escorting Chunping and Su Mingyue, went to Dengzhou first, and Su Tiancheng's side left five hundred people.

When he entered Gaoyang County, Su Tiancheng didn't want to cause any trouble, and he also went to worship Sun Chengzong on the way to Dengzhou, so the team of people and horses were looking for a place to live outside the city.

Soon, by talking with the people on the street, Su Tiancheng learned that the reason for the bad atmosphere in Gaoyang County was because of Sun Chengzong's death.

This made Su Tiancheng a little surprised, he didn't expect Sun Chengzong's influence in Gaoyang County to be so great, ordinary people felt sad for his death, this is very remarkable, Gaoyang County can produce a cabinet chief, this is the glory of the county, but the cabinet chief assistant is not necessarily loved by the people.

When talking next, Su Tiancheng realized that when Sun Chengzong was at home, he did a lot of good things for the people in the county, including appealing for the interests of the people, and he had a very high prestige in the county.

The common people remembered the benefits of Sun Chengzong, the news of Sun Chengzong's death spread to Gaoyang County, many people cried bitterly, and when the coffin returned to Gaoyang County, countless people went out of the city to greet them.

Sun Chengzong's hometown is not far from the county seat, and Sun Chengzong's cemetery is not far from his hometown's mansion.

When Su Tiancheng arrived, Sun Quan took everyone and knelt down to greet Su Tiancheng.

Sun Chengzong's teachings on his deathbed, the size of the Sun family is clear, although Su Tiancheng is young, but he and Sun Chengzong are good friends, Su Tiancheng is Sun Chengzong's most appreciated court official, the descendants of the Sun family, except for the eldest Sun Quan and the second Sun Ji, and the youngest son Sun Pei, the rest are all following Su Tiancheng to do things.

Su Tiancheng helped up Sun Quan, who was kneeling on the ground, and motioned for the rest to stand up, Sun Quan was close to sixty years old, older than Su Tiancheng's father, kneeling in front of him, Su Tiancheng was very embarrassed, although this was a necessary etiquette.

Su Tian could go directly to worship Sun Chengzong, but he insisted on following the etiquette of his younger generation, and after wearing linen and filial piety, he followed Sun Quan and others to the cemetery.

Su Tiancheng knelt down and kowtowed to incense, and Sun Quan, on behalf of his family, knelt to the side.

The worship soon ended, and Su Tiancheng went to visit Sun Chengzong's widow.

After returning to the house, Su Tiancheng thought that there were some things that he needed to explain well, otherwise after leaving Gaoyang County, Sun Yue and the others would have to look for it for a long time.

According to the rules of the imperial court, after the death of his parents, the son needs to worry about it, he can't be an official at this time, and he can't do things in the court, he has to keep a special vigil, and the time is generally three years, although Su Tiancheng doesn't agree with such rules, but he also feels that this is a kind of admiration for filial piety, which is something that the state of etiquette must pay attention to.

Sun Siming and Sun Sizong are also in Gaoyang County, the two are not by Su Tiancheng's side for the time being, they were granted a period of vacation, and they went home to mourn, they don't need to worry about it, after all, they are separated by a layer, and the two will soon return to Shaanxi and Henan Mansion respectively.

After all, it was Sun Siming and Sun Sizong who had seen the world, and after sitting down, Sun Siming spoke first.

"The younger generation heard that the adults are going to Dengzhou, I don't know if this is the case."

Su Tiancheng nodded, he didn't speak, he was also thinking, how to say everything that should be said, if it is delayed for three years, the daylily will be cold, but if you don't wait for three years, the descendants of the Sun family will violate filial piety.

"When the adults go to Dengzhou, what are the requests of the juniors, I don't know if I should say it."

"Whatever comes to mind, just say it."

"The younger generation and younger brother Sun Siming all want to go to Dengzhou and follow the adults."

Su Tiancheng shook his head, Sun Chengzong did not make such an arrangement before he died, this is actually painstaking, Sun Chengzong's descendants cannot completely follow his side, the future development is uncertain, following his own side, it must be dangerous, and it will not take many years, he will start a large-scale fight with Houjin, it will be a life-and-death fight, the degree of tragedy is simply unpredictable, and there is a struggle in the court, killing people without blood.

"You still feel at ease to do things in Shaanxi and Henan Mansion, don't have other ideas for the time being, Master Taishi is gone, and what he asked you to do before his old man died, you must do your best."

After saying these words, Su Tiancheng spoke to Sun Quan.

"Brother Sun Quan, the entrustment of the lord before his death, I have always remembered, but the matter of guarding the soul is the biggest thing, and we must not be slack, I think about it like this, Brother Sun Quan and Second Brother Sun Jian can guard the spirit in Gaoyang County, and the third brother Sun Qian can go to Qingzhou Mansion to do things, as for the fourth brother Sun Quan and the fifth brother Sun Yue, the two can go to the Jiangning camp to sharpen, and Sun Zhixin also follows to the Jiangning camp, you first need to adapt to the environment, wait for a while, and then I will consider the rest of the arrangements, Sun Pei went to the capital to study, if there was any difficulty, even if he found me, as long as I could do my best, I would definitely help. ”

This night, Su Tiancheng stayed in Sun Chengzong's old house, and he did not go to the inn in the county seat.

is about to face a new future, through ten years, Su Tiancheng's mind slowly began to change, which is also forced by the actual situation, there must be a change, he doesn't know if he can still grasp it very well, under the premise of the lowest loss, let the Ming Dynasty develop on the road of prosperity and strength. (To be continued......)