Along the way, he accompanied Sun Tu to several cosmetics shops. After getting the remaining five hundred taels of silver, Yang Zhi's eyes became a little weird when he looked at the young man next to him. He was surprised, but also a little admirable. Come. He really didn't expect that a captain of Kaifeng Mansion could easily come up with such a large sum of money, and the other party was not a queen from a famous family. As a descendant of the Yang family, I feel really ashamed in comparison.
After thinking for a moment, he said tactfully: "Sanlang is really good at making money. It really gave me a lot of experience."
"It's just some trivial skills. It can neither enrich the country nor strengthen the army. It's not worth mentioning." Sun Tu smiled nonchalantly and said: "Brother Yang, now that the money has been handed over to you, what are you going to do next?"
"Since I already believe that Saburo can help me, I will not waste my hard-earned money on Captain Gao. I plan to rent a house in the city first and wait for your good news." At this point, Yang Zhi asked curiously: "I don't know, Sanlang, who can you ask to help me?"
"Nowadays, the only person left in the imperial court who is willing to help a down-and-out military attaché like you is Tong Taiwei from the Privy Council. But if Brother Yang really wants to make a difference, he has to go to the army and fight against the Xixia or Liao people. I don't know. Are you willing to take this risk?" Sun Tu said and glanced at the other party.
Yang Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed: "For generations, my Yang family has been proud of killing the enemy and serving the country. Although Yang Zhi is unworthy, he has had this intention for a long time. He just wasted his years in the front office of the palace because he had no way to serve the country. , and was even sent to the south of the Yangtze River to escort Hua Shi Gang... If you, Sanlang, can really help me achieve what I want, you will be of great help to Yang Zhi!"
"That couldn't be better. Brother Yang will just wait for my news." Sun Tu also laughed.
The reason why he spent so much money to help Yang Zhi was that he felt that the other party was a good man worthy of close friendship. Just like Lin Chong, they never had any intention of falling into trouble. They were just forced by the situation and fell into the abyss step by step. In the end, they could not realize their ambitions until they died. And he, Sun Tu, wanted to make friends with such ambitious and capable soldiers who were still in decline, so as to prepare himself for taking over military power in the future.
After settling down the grateful Yang Zhi, Sun Tufang returned to the security station with the sword that he insisted on handing over to him. At this time, he already had an idea. Maybe he could use the sword-offering Tongguan to open a passage to the army for Yang Zhi.
But just when he was thinking about finding a reason to visit Tong Mansion, there was a commotion outside, and then one of his men hurried in: "Du Tou, the Liao delegation has arrived."
"Oh?" When Sun Tu heard this, he immediately stood up from his seat, walked out of the door in two quick steps, and rushed to the security station. Sure enough, he saw a lot of commotion in the market in front of him. Many pedestrians and vendors hurriedly moved to the side, leaving the entire street empty, and then a cavalry team rumbled out. Coming from the east, murderous.
As early as two months ago, Sun Tu had learned from the Kaifeng government office that the Liao Kingdom would send a mission to Tokyo, and the court had made preparations early in the morning.
The two countries of Song and Liao had been at war since the founding of the country by Taizu. After dozens of battles between the two dynasties of Taizong and Zhenzong, the two sides finally signed an agreement.
After signing the Chanyuan Alliance, the two countries finally became brothers and no longer attacked each other. There was peace for decades.
However, in fact, the conflicts on the border between the two countries have not stopped. The overt and covert struggles between the two countries are also well known. For example, in the past two years, Zhao Ji, a current official, has thought about the Northern Expedition several times. If he had not been blocked by the North Korean civil servant group, I am afraid that the war would have spread by now, and Tong Guan, who was leading the battle, might have led the army. Killed to the north.
As far as Sun Tu knew, after being discouraged by officials from the Northern Expedition for various reasons, Zhao Ji did not give up the idea, but began to embark on more secretive strategies, such as sending special envoys to bypass the Liao Kingdom and fight with its vassals. The Jurchens, who are among the white mountains and black waters, hope to join forces with them to form a flanking attack from the north and the south, thereby destroying the Liao Kingdom in one fell swoop.
There are rumors about this kind of statement even among the people. Of course, many people think it is just a rumor. However, as a time traveler, Sun Tu knows that this is true even though he is not familiar with history. And at this juncture, the Liao Kingdom suddenly sent a mission to Tokyo, which made people wonder about other motives.
Just as I was thinking about it, the cavalry team of more than 300 people had already arrived in front of the public security station. I saw these tall and rugged Liao knights wearing Liao uniforms, riding horses that were a head taller than Song horses. When Sun Tu walked past with great authority, stepping on the baskets of fruits and other objects left behind by the people who were running away, Sun Tu's eyebrows suddenly jumped, and he couldn't help but look at the man among them who was as tall as an iron tower.
The man seemed to feel this gaze, so he looked over, and his eyes met with Sun Tu's. Those were two ferocious eyes like hunting wolves, which pierced Sun Tu's heart, but he did not avoid them. He just looked at them with a half-smile, and even nodded to them.
This caused a strange smile to appear on the face of the Liao man. After scanning the sign in front of the security station where Sun Tu was located, he bent down and asked a few words to a Song official and guide who was following them. , a moment later, he grinned meaningfully at Sun Tu, jerked his horse, and led the team to gallop forward faster and more arrogantly.
"This time the Liao delegation came with bad intentions." Cui Lueshang muttered something in a low voice with some sigh. Sun Tu happened to hear it and turned to look at him: "How do you say this?"
"Du Tou, I just said it casually. I hope Du Tou will forgive me." Cui Lueshang subconsciously admitted his mistake first. It was not until he found that Sun Tu was staring at him seriously that he smiled bitterly and said: "This is just a humble opinion of a humble official. . In fact, a few years ago, there were also Liao missions coming to Bianjing, but they were far less numerous and elite than this one.
"In the past few years, the Liao Kingdom has sent fewer envoys to our Song Dynasty, and our Song Dynasty is also average. And I heard that the martial arts of the Liao people are not as good as before, so it is not a big deal to try to form this powerful and elite cavalry team. It’s easy.”
Only then did Sun Tu understand: "You mean, the Liao people noticed that the Song Dynasty was hostile to them, so they sent a mission to suppress our Chao Ruiqi?"
"That should be it." Cui Lueshang scratched his head and said with some uncertainty.
But Sun Tu is one
Laughing: "Is that just that? Why do I feel like they have other deeper meanings?"
No matter what the purpose of the Liao mission in coming to Tokyo was, it had nothing to do with a small official like Sun Tu. The only thing that related to him was that the burden on him suddenly became heavier, because shortly after the Liao delegation entered the city, the government sent someone to summon him and announced his new responsibilities to him.
The person who saw him today was still his immediate superior, Xue Yuanpeng. Xue Tongpan has been in a pretty good mood recently. He also benefited a lot from the Fen Yanzi case. As long as this year passes safely, he will get a good evaluation at the end of the year, and he may be promoted by then. What's more important is that Sun Tu, who has been giving him a headache these days, has finally calmed down, and the area east of the city has good public security, which invisibly gives him more capital for promotion.
Therefore, when meeting Sun Tu and other subordinate officials, Xue Yuanpeng's attitude was quite friendly and he smiled: "I have called you here today just to tell you one thing. Just now, the Liao delegation has arrived in Tokyo, and as usual, , His Majesty cannot summon them immediately, and they will have to wait at least five or six days. During this period, they will naturally not be able to stay peacefully in the embassy, and will mostly go out and wander around Tokyo.
"I also know that there have been many people in the Song Dynasty who are hostile to the Liao Kingdom recently. Now that there are Liao people appearing in our Tokyo city, maybe someone will have their thoughts. But the two countries are fighting without killing each other, and even more Not to mention that we are still friends between Song and Liao, and their envoys cannot make mistakes in our Tokyo. Therefore, I want you to cheer up in the past few days, and be sure to restrain the people, especially those in the Jianghu or gangs, Don't let them cause any trouble, let alone really hurt the Liao envoy."
All the chiefs and catchers were all refreshed, and they all crossed their hands and said, "Here!" This was a more solemn statement than just clasping fists and accepting orders.
Naturally, Sun Tu would not do anything special if he was among them, but he had a question in his mind. If an envoy from the Liao people caused trouble in our city of Tokyo, how would he respond? However, he did not ask this sentence after all, because he knew very well that once he asked, his boss's answer would be to calm down the matter.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, the attitude of Chinese people towards people from other countries has not changed thousands of years ago, and they have always been accustomed to submitting to others. For example, he had heard people mention that there were people from Liao and even envoys from Xixia who misbehaved in the Song Dynasty. As a result, the government had nothing to do with them and they were let go after only a few words of reprimand. On the other hand, if the people of the Song Dynasty had conflicts with these foreigners, they would be severely punished, and many families would be destroyed. This is why the people of the Song Dynasty are deeply hostile to the Liao and Xixia people today.
Not to mention what will happen after a thousand years. Since the decline of the Chinese nation in modern times, Chinese people have been bullied. Even in the new era, Chinese people are still like second-class citizens compared with foreigners...
However, the east of the city under his jurisdiction is more than ten miles away from the embassy, and half of the city of Tokyo is separated. Presumably those Liao people will not go to the east city to show off their power no matter how mischievous they are.
When he was ordered to leave, Sun Tu had this thought in mind, but sometimes many things may not go as expected, otherwise there would be no such thing as an accident.