After staying in the military camp for a whole day, he kept chatting with his future subordinates and got more information from them about the current situation of Jiangzhou officers and soldiers. After narrowing the relationship between the two parties, it was not until dark that Sun Tufang took Lu Take them back to the city.
It's not that Sun Tu has no intention of sharing the joys and sorrows with the sergeants, but because he has more important things to do. At least he has to see Cai Dezhang tomorrow to get his approval to force the government to allocate money and food to the villagers. soldiers.
But he had only eaten a few mouthfuls of food when he got home. Someone knocked on the courtyard door again. Tang Feng went over to open the door and saw a fat man with a fat face full of flattery. After seeing him, he nodded and bowed. He asked: "Dare I ask if this is Sun Tuanlian's house? Qi Kun, the officer in charge of the army, came here to pay his respects."
Sun Tu, who was eating in the main room facing the courtyard gate, heard him announce his identity and spoke inside: "Please come in and talk." He was just thinking about when to meet this person. But he delivered it to his door.
Qi Kun dragged his slightly bloated body into the room, and bowed to Sun Tu and others. He had done enough etiquette, and then with Sun Tu's permission, he stood up and carefully sat on a stool on the side. . Neither Sun Tu nor Yang Zhi had much reaction to his humble actions. After all, this guy's status was indeed a bit too low.
In addition to the civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty, there was actually a part called miscellaneous officials, which were only slightly higher than the officials and had more power at hand, but compared to those who had entered the rank For civil and military officials, miscellaneous officials like Guan Gouguan are really not worth mentioning.
Of course, his humble status does not mean that he has less authority. At least this Qi Guangou holds the money and food bags of thousands of officers and soldiers in Jiangzhou City, and he is not someone who can be manipulated at will.
After seeing him sit down, Sun Tucai said with a smile but not a smile: "Qi Guan is really well-informed about the news. He found out my residence so quickly. But that's good, I have something to ask for your help."
"Sun Tuanlian is joking. As long as you give me an order, the official will act according to the order. How dare you claim to be helping." Qi Kun said with a smile: "As for Sun Tuanlian's residence, to be honest, it is a residence belonging to the official. It’s a rented property, so I knew early on that Tuan Lian lived here.”
"Oh? I see. It seems that Qi Gong Gou's family is indeed well-off, which is disrespectful. By the way, I wonder why you suddenly visited the place today?" Sun Tu was also stunned, but then he regained his composure and said.
"After Xiaguan found out that this place was actually rented by Sun Tuanlian, he felt both honored and a little uneasy in his heart for a few days. After thinking about it, he finally decided to come to see him. This is Xianguan's idea. I hope Tuanlian doesn't dislike it. ." As he spoke, Qi Kun quickly took out two thin pieces of paper from his sleeves and handed them over with both hands.
Sun Tu took it casually, glanced at it, and the smile on his face became even brighter. It was actually a deed to the house here, and a banknote worth 500 guan that could be redeemed on sight at Jiangzhou Changgui Bank. Deposit tickets, these two things are not considered a small gift even if they are placed in Tokyo.
"Qi Guan's business is really generous. I have never accepted this kind of meeting gift." Sun Tu said, and put two more things on the table.
Yi Fang said: "No wonder some people nowadays say that those who are famous in literature and those who work hard in the military are the ones who benefit the most from doing odd jobs. This statement is indeed true."
Qi Kun laughed nervously: "Haha, Sun Tuanlian was just joking. This is just a gift specially prepared by the officials to show their respect for you. It's really not worth mentioning." He deliberately emphasized the words. His tone told Sun Tu that he didn't come up with these things alone.
After a pause and seeing no reaction from Sun Tu, he continued: "Also, if Sun Tuanlian doesn't dislike it, we can actually honor you a hundred times a month. I wonder what Tuanlian means?"
"This move is becoming more and more generous. What you can give me is actually more than the salary issued by the court. It is really an eye-opener for me." Sun Tu said and glanced at Luda and the others: "I don't know You have come up with all these benefits, but what do you ask me to do?"
Feeling that Sun Tu was already moved, Qi Kun also relaxed and continued to smile: "How dare you ask the group trainer to do anything? As long as everything goes as usual, this shouldn't be a difficult task for the group trainer, right?"
"Hmm... that is to say, you are using this money to pay for me to manipulate you and turn a blind eye to my actions of secretly swallowing up the money and food that should be distributed to the rural soldiers?" Faced with Qi Kun's silence, Sun Tu continued He said: "According to the regulations of the imperial court, there should be five hundred rural soldiers in Jiangzhou City, and the money and food allocated from the government every year should be more than 20,000 guan. But you, you only spend one or two thousand guan and want to send me away? Qi Guan Gou, you are really overqualified to be a Guan Gou official but not a businessman."
These words finally made Qi Kun change his expression. A layer of dense beads of sweat quickly appeared on his fat face. He hurriedly defended: "That's not what Sun Tuanlian meant to be a lower official. It's just..."
But Sun Tu didn't want to say anything more at this time, but threw the two pieces of paper back into his arms: "I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, I didn't come to Jiangzhou to make a fortune, but to make a fortune." I, the Song Dynasty, have trained a usable army, so you should put away all your thoughts as soon as possible. I don’t care who is behind you, and I don’t care what you have done before, but this time you have to be old Honestly spit out all the money and food that you have embezzled. Don't blame me for not reminding you. I will go to see Prefect Cai tomorrow and ask him to investigate what you people are doing behind the scenes! Let's work together, you If you are wise, hurry up and prepare money and food, otherwise..."
"Sun... Sun Tuanlian, this matter is not that simple. Don't mess around. Even if Cai is afraid, he won't allow you..." Qi Kun finally became a little angry. He could no longer care about pretending to be grandson, and suddenly stood up and wanted to do something. threaten. But before he could finish his words, Luda suddenly stepped forward and grabbed him from his stool: "If you dare to make any noise like a thief, the Sa family will let you know how powerful we are as soldiers!" , has raised his jealous fist, as if he is about to punch the opponent in the face at any time.
Sun Tu was also shocked when he saw this. If Qi Kun was really punched by Lu Da, he did not have the physique to suppress Guanxi, and he might lose his life at once, so he quickly tried to dissuade him: "Brother Lu, there is no need to fight with him." He's talking nonsense, just throw the person out, it won't dirty your hands." Then, he looked at the man who was so frightened that his face turned pale and his body was trembling slightly.
Qi Kun said: "You don't need me to tell you now what the result will be, right? I'm not kidding. I'll give you three days at most. If you don't see the three months of food you owed before, you will have someone." Looking for you."
Before Qi Kun could react, Luda had already taken him out like a chicken. With a wave of his hand, he threw his body weighing more than 200 kilograms out of the courtyard. Immediately there was a burst of sound from outside. There was a muffled sound followed by a cry of pain, obviously the injury was serious.
It wasn't until Lu Da closed the courtyard door and came back that Sun Tu looked at him with some fear and said: "Brother Lu, I'm really afraid that you will attack him. This person may still be useful."
Luda just grinned when he heard this: "Don't worry, Sanlang, Sajia still understands this point of propriety, and he won't ruin your important event in a fit of anger. I was just angry and wanted to teach this guy a lesson." He faced him. He was both rough and attentive, so he could naturally understand some of Sun Tu's thoughts, but his only concern was: "It's just that you are so eager to make things clear, are you really going to make mistakes?"
"What I want is to make things clear. Now that the law is on our side, there is no need to use any conspiracies. As long as we use some conspiracy openly, we can make these guys reveal their true colors and mess up their positions." Sun Tu said with a smile.
It's just that his thoughts are not something that the people around him can really understand. They can only scratch their heads in distress, not knowing how to answer the question for a while.
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"My boss, Sun Tu went to see Governor Cai again and is now having a secret conversation in his official room." The next morning, Xu Chong came to Yuan Wang with a smile on his face to report.
The latter just smiled when he heard this: "This Sun Tu is still too young and energetic after all. He doesn't even have any city government. Not only did he throw Qi Kun out of the house last night to show his goodwill, but he rushed here today to talk to him. Prefect Cai’s showdown, isn’t this posing a problem for the prefect?”
"Yes, if I were sitting in his position, even if I refused to join them, I would at least have to stabilize Qi Kun and others first. Now that he has made his intentions clear, naturally there are many people who want to deal with him. Did he think he had to deal with only one Qi Kun? Can a little Qi Kun have the courage to swallow tens of thousands of dollars a year? After all, this officialdom is different from the battlefield. If he, a military attache, insists on making trouble, the final result will only be... I got him in." Xu Chong nodded in amusement.
I don't know which sentence touched Yuan Wang's heart and made his expression change slightly. But he quickly recovered: "Yeah, it's really ridiculous that Cai Jing actually wants such a reckless warrior to help his son deal with me. But this Sun Tu is really a pity. He has the courage to do whatever he wants. He is upright and upright. If he can be used by me, he can make a difference. Oh, what a pity for such a talented person." In his opinion, Sun Tu's reckless behavior this time will definitely lead to a bloody blow and loss of life. Officials, and even loss of life are normal consequences.
At the same time, outside Taishou Cai's office, several officials suddenly heard a bang from inside, and then the always elegant Taishou Cai shouted loudly: "Okay, then I will give you a chance. But if you go After checking the money and grain warehouse, we still found nothing, but don't blame me for being merciless. I convicted you of false accusations and sat on you instead!" Obviously, the prefect was completely angered by this young and arrogant Sun Tuanlian. !