Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 179
Coming down from the city gate, Sun Xiangfu immediately cast a questioning look at Xi Junmai. No matter at any time, what he cares most about is his own safety. When his life is in the hands of others, he I can't sleep well.

"This person should be a master taught by a famous teacher since he was a child. Just by the strength of his fingers, he must be a master of arrows." Xi Junmai made a rare and pertinent evaluation of a person.

"A master with arrows? No wonder you dare to say that even if you hide in the army, you can't guarantee your survival. Well, how is your archery?"

Sun Xiangfu also saw the guards training archery in Xingfu Village. He pulled the bow himself. With his arm strength, he couldn't even pull a stone bow. It was very easy for Xi Jun to buy a bow and shoot arrows. Both have many years of military career, Xi Junmai has been following Sun Xiangfu since he came out, but it is quite different from his original growth trajectory. I don't know if he has talent in this area.

"A certain person is best at close combat. Although his archery skills are passable, he is not considered top-notch in the army. Compared with Wang Xu, there should be some difference."

Although Xi Junmai talked bluntly about his specialty, he had to admit that his talent in archery was only average. The most capable archer in the Tang army was Xue Rengui who had not yet made his debut. The rest of the generals seemed to have none. Specialized in this way.

"Well, the guards still have to practice this kind of long-range attack method, but we are now friends with Wang Xu, not enemies. When Liang Shidu's problem is solved, we return to Chang'an, and he will have nothing to do with us."

Sun Xiangfu drew a big cake for Wang Xu. Whether he can eat it or not depends on whether Wang Xu is hard enough, but whether he can eat it or not, for Sun Xiangfu, as long as he is willing to eat, his own The purpose has been achieved.

The development of Hetao is as significant as the development of Lingnan. Once the grassland is successfully turned into a place suitable for farming, another door will be opened for everyone. At that time, the Great Wall will no longer be a wall to prevent foreign invasion, but It is the shackles that restrict the outward expansion of the Han people.

After returning to the death row camp, Captain Superintendent Zhan looked at Sun Xiangfu with a bit of awe in his eyes. There are not many people who can be invited as guests by the first son of Taiyuan Wang's family, and they come to see them on their own initiative, not passively. Drinking wine, so even he dared not yell at the death row prisoners who approached Sun Xiangfu.

"General Niu has an order that the death row camp will start early tomorrow morning and march [-] miles a day to ensure that the army can reach the city of Mayi, the governor of Shuozhou, within five days."

"In this snowy day, I walk eighty miles a day? Moreover, if I go down for at most two hundred miles, I will be in the enemy-occupied area of ​​Shuozhou..."

The condemned prisoners did not dare to say much about the captain's order, but Sun Xiangfu raised objections, but seeing the captain's expression, Sun Xiangfu also knew that this matter was probably not discussed. In the Datang Army, even junior officers dared not Question the command of the chief general, let alone a death row prisoner who has no human rights.

After Duzhan Xiaowei walked away, Sun Xiangfu said to Xi Jun, "Li Dudu wants to launch a surprise attack on Shuozhou. It is not surprising that he issued such an order, but these people are not wrapped in cotton armor like us. I guess it is impossible to travel so quickly. Send them our spare armor. In addition, starting tomorrow, we will also distribute the food we brought to them. I only hope that Wang Xu's letter will go fast enough. Let's go to Shuozhou When you are fighting, you don't have to face the butcher knife of the Shuozhou army."

The people in the death camp are not only used for passage, but also for testing. If Master Liang is on guard against the imperial army, these people will be beheaded. The army only knew the reality of the Shuozhou army at the lowest price. .

At night, torches were lit in the camp outside the city that was designated as a large army. When the guards gathered all the prisoners in the death camp and distributed them thick cotton armor, the prisoners knelt down and knelt down to them. In fact, a guard only has a spare armor and two spare horses, which cannot equip everyone. Some people who are really in poor health voluntarily gave up the opportunity to wear armor, but the clothes that those who wore armor took off are quite good. Let them wear a little thicker.

"Let's build a snow rake overnight! One can pull three or four people, so that those who can't ride horses can also speed up."

Sun Xiangfu said after everyone had allocated the available materials.

"It's very kind of you, my lord. I'm going to cut down trees to make a plow."

The 13-year-old Guo Kui hadn't fully grown yet, so Sun Xiangfu deliberately gave him a set of spare armor, but it was obviously too big to wear. Sun Xiangfu beckoned him over, and asked the guards to find some ropes to help him After tightening the cuffs and waist tightly, Guo Kui immediately felt his body warmer. He looked at Sun Xiangfu with a smile, and wanted to say something grateful, but he didn't know how to use the words.

"I'm not an adult. I'm a death row prisoner just like you. Do you see this thing on my neck? Don't look at him wrapped in fur. It's actually a shackle. Now I'm being tortured!"

"I heard these armor-piercing elder brothers call you that, so I followed them. If I don't die, can I follow you like them." Guo Kui looked at Sun Xiangfu expectantly and said.

"Hehe, good! If we didn't die in Shuozhou, we would be good brothers."

"I, hey..."

Guo Kui still didn't know what words to use to express his happiness, so he jumped up and down and followed the guards to get wood for snow rakes.

"Stupid people are honest. This baby is a good seedling. If he can survive, he will serve you wholeheartedly for the rest of his life."

After Guo Kui walked away, Tang Fengyi ran out from nowhere, looked at Guo Kui's back and said.

"I'm talking about old Tang, can you not think of people so utilitarianly? By the way, do you want to know what I talked with Wang Xu?" Sun Xiangfu glanced at Tang Fengyi displeasedly and said.

"Hehe, you are the most self-interested person I've ever met, but I'm curious that people like you sometimes take Li Tang's interests at heart."

Tang Fengyi knew all about Sun Xiangfu's actions when he was in Lingnan before!It can be regarded as knowing a general idea. Regarding Sun Xiangfu's style of dealing with things, he is an ordinary man. After analysis, he came to a conclusion similar to that of Li Shimin. He is too much like a businessman who cares about everything. Almost nothing that can create benefits for him is missed.After taking a trip to Jiaozhi, he didn't let go of anything that Jiaozhi could bring him benefits.

But such a person was able to cooperate with Feng An and gave up a lot of benefits, just to help those barbarians in Lingnan improve their lives.

He could still be willing to risk the crime of beheading and kill the Japanese envoy who did illegal things in the Tang Dynasty. Of course, Tang Fengyi was imprisoned at that time, and all he knew was the adapted story. In fact, Sun Xiangfu killed the dog and went to Ertian It is indeed for the benefit of Datang.

"Does love to make money conflict with patriotism?"

"do not have it?"

"I don't think so at all. A genius like me can make money while being patriotic! By the way, aren't you really curious about what I talked to Wang Xu?" Sun Xiangfu didn't talk to Tang Fengyi. After chatting about what kind of person I am, I asked again.

"There's nothing curious about this. If it wasn't for some exchange of benefits, you know that Wang Xu has a way to deal with Liang Shidu, and Wang Xu needs your help to deal with his two older brothers. It seems that you have reached a deal." Tang Fengyi said that the old god is here.

"So you are not worried about the danger of going to Shuozhou at all, and you didn't even fight for a set of cotton armor for yourself. What made you have so much confidence in Wang Xu?" Sun Xiangfu glanced at Tang Fengyi who was still in the original dress.

"Hehe, the old man does not have confidence in Wang Xu, but in Wang Rui, the current Patriarch of the Wang family. Master Liang is nothing more than a dead bone in the tomb. Wang Rui cannot fail to see it. Therefore, in order to minimize the losses of the Wang family, when the court When the army arrived at the city of Shuozhou, it was the time when Liang Shidu gave the head." Tang Fengyi still looked like that.

"Day, I thought I cheated Wang Xu, but it turned out that I was cheated by him."

When Tang Fengyi said this, Sun Xiangfu immediately realized that he took the initiative to come to the door, and nothing good happened. It turned out that this Wang Xu was also a difficult character.

The land of Shuozhou must have a large number of properties of the Wang family. In order to keep these properties from being damaged, they originally planned to kill Liang Shidu to minimize the loss. What he did made Sun Xiangfu agree to his request and help him win the position of heir to the family for two years. This deal is simply too good for him.

"Why, what did you promise him?"

Tang Fengyi's teasing expression has been revealed, and he will laugh out loud when Sun Xiangfu speaks out. He has been thinking about his own calculations in his heart, to show his talent in front of Sun Xiangfu and gain reliance, so as to ensure that he will not die , Maybe there is still a chance to make a comeback.

"Oh, it's nothing. It's just tricking him into opening up wasteland and farming on the grassland."

Sun Xiangfu secretly said that fortunately, Feng Zhidai had reminded him that he had thought hard about a strategy to cheat Wang Xu, otherwise he would have lost the deal.

"Hey, you're also a smart guy. The land on the grassland is so easy to plant. I'm afraid it's easy to plant but hard to harvest. How could Wang Xu be so unwise?"

Tang Fengyi originally wanted to laugh at Sun Xiangfu, and then put forward his own suggestion, but found that this kid didn't seem to be fooled. However, with Wang Xu's wisdom, he shouldn't listen to such nonsense as Sun Xiangfu!So, he just laughed twice and asked his own question.

"Of course I know that growing food on the grassland is easy to attract bees and butterflies! But otherwise, how could you survive three battles without dying?"

"You, are you doing this to save us death row prisoners?"

"Why, do you think I'm great?"

"This, no, no, what did I say earlier? Yes, how could Wang Xu be so unwise that he would agree to your suggestion of opening up wasteland and growing food on the grassland." Tang Fengyi patted his head and found the point of the problem.

"Is it hard to guess? Do you think these families in the north have nothing to do with the barbarians outside the pass? Don't say you don't know where the barbarians get their salt and iron. Others are farming on the grasslands. Maybe not, but they can do it."

Hearing this, Tang Fengyi's body was shocked. After a long time, when he looked at Sun Xiangfu again, there was a trace of awe in his eyes. Those who can see this level and think of this plan are really wise people. The actual ruled area of ​​the Han people has been advancing outside the customs, and this has been of great benefit to the Han people over the years.

(End of this chapter)