The weather is hot, the cicadas are chirping constantly, and there are no clouds in the sky except for the hot wind, which is really unbearable.

In Yanmen County Zhiyinguan City, a group of people who had just come out of the county government gathered directly at the flag pavilion in the city. This group of people shouted in front of and behind them, and there were groups of slaves. For a while, the ordinary civilians who were enjoying the cool here were so frightened that they fled for shelter.

Then, soon the slaves bought some fresh fruits and vegetables for their masters from the market downstairs, and soaked them in cold water from the deep well before bringing them to the second floor.

However, no one touched these summer delicacies, which were extremely luxurious in the eyes of ordinary people. The people on the second floor of the flag pavilion were all like wooden sculptures, looking solemnly at the corner at the end of the market, waiting for the person they wanted to meet.

Appear.

"I've really kept you waiting for a long time!" A young man dressed as an official went up to the second floor with sweat. After a rough salute, he quickly sat down next to the table and drank from the water urn in front of him.

He took out a big white pear and gnawed it without any gesture.

Naturally, the people around me had nothing to say. It was so hot, how could there be so many rules?

When the young man who served as a household official in the county gnawed on the second big white pear, an elder asked seriously: "I dare to ask my nephew, why are the other family friends in the county not here?

? Could it be that our message was not delivered to the county government just now?"

"Uncle Shi invited me." The official licked his lips and quickly answered with his hands raised. "It's not that it wasn't delivered, it's just that they didn't dare to come and didn't want to come... That's me, if it weren't for Uncle Shi who was also here.

, I’m afraid I won’t come.”

"So..." the elder immediately frowned and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Fu has made up his mind this time?"

"Of course!" Hucao's official replied very simply.

Everyone around him immediately had different expressions after hearing this.

"Then I dare to ask my nephew again, how determined is the Lord's determination?" The elder's heart sank and he couldn't help but continue to ask.

"Uncle Shi." The official threw down the second pear core, cleared his hands in the urn, and then said with a straight face, "Our Sun and Zheng families have known each other for many years, and I have only one word to say to you..."

Don't let a momentary fluke ruin your Zheng family's century-old foundation in Wuzhou! Uncle Shi knows that all the big families who hold positions in the county government have agreed to donate food!"

The elder surnamed Zheng sighed: "In other words, the prince is determined to be cruel to his officials? But if he acts like this, even if we have to comply because of the righteousness of the emperor and his ministers, isn't he afraid of ruining his reputation?

Did the Taiyuan Guo family's family lineage suffer some damage along the way?"

"The Lord is also a little helpless about this matter." The official surnamed Sun couldn't help but frowned. "Uncle Shi, after this military disaster, the entire Yanmen was in a mess, and the Xiongnu Chanyu is still taking care of himself in the village outside the city.

As for recuperation... As the chief of a county, you can't just sit back and ignore it, right?!"

"Didn't I hear that... er, didn't I hear that Mr. Fu went to Pingcheng to borrow military rations?" Suddenly, a middle-aged, wealthy man couldn't help but come over to ask, and took the initiative to take out another big white pear from the urn for this.

Sun's subordinates presented it with a very low attitude. "I dare to ask Deputy Shi Sun, if this is the case, why do you need me to wait for food? And so much? We, a small family of Feng family in Juyang, actually want it too."

One hundred and fifty stones?!"

"Brother Feng, you've got the point right!" Deputy Sun took a bite of the pear, but couldn't help but raised his head and sighed. "The problem lies with the military rations!"

Later, the official of Hu Cao vividly described how Zang Min, the defeated general, was unwilling to take responsibility and only sealed up the general's grain and left it to future generations; and how Governor Guo was waiting for the new arrival in Pingcheng.

Then he waited for the other party to come and asked for food; and how shrewd the Sima was to see through it at a glance that Zang Min and Guo Taishou deceived him as a junior official and made him take responsibility, and then how unreasonable and unreasonable he was, saying that he only offered a stone of food.

I want the county to also produce a stone of grain...

In short, after telling such wonderful deeds, the powerful people in these peripheral counties were all dumbfounded.

"I'll tell you the truth!" This Cao official sighed helplessly while holding a big date in his hand. "Now the whole north of Yanmen County is full of bandits and defeated troops. The county can only rely on this Sima from another department who has a strong army.

Come to suppress the bandits. And this Sima is not from a wild way. I heard other colleagues in the county talking about this person, but they all kept it secret... As you know, I just returned from a study tour in Taiyuan for several months, and then I was captured by the Guo Mansion.

Jun Zhao was not very clear about this matter... But in short, Guo Fujun wanted to rectify the situation anyway, so he had no choice but to agree to him. But now the county treasury is indeed extremely empty, so he has to look for large households in the army to provide food.

Come and match that Sima’s military rations!”

"Could this other Sima's surname be Gongsun?" The old man thought thoughtfully, and then suddenly became excited.

"It seems so. Could it be that Uncle Shi knows this person?" The official surnamed Sun couldn't help but wonder while eating dates.

"Of course I know this person." The old man surnamed Zheng immediately stood up and said. "And I finally know why you are the only one here... You should go back to business as soon as possible, and don't delay your future. I already know this matter very well.

It’s just a hundred stones of food, and it will be served immediately!”

"The three armies were defeated!" At this moment, the fat man surnamed Feng, who had just handed the pears to Sun Li, suddenly stood up and raised his arms, shocking everyone on the flag tower. "

The northern border is empty, the county is devastated, the people are displaced, and soldiers and bandits are rampant in the countryside. At this time, it is time for the Zhongguan clan in our hometown to serve the country. Now Mr. Guo Fu and his grandson Sima are aiming to rectify the situation and want to provide relief. You can't wait.

I want to do my best for the country and the king, but instead I am pushing back and forth here for a few hundred stones of corn. What is the truth? Forgive me, Feng, for being ashamed to associate with you! Farewell!"

After saying that, Fatty Feng picked up the jar of fruits and vegetables brought by his slave and went downstairs with his head held high, making everyone else look at him angrily.

"Cough! Cough!" At this moment, the Sun official suddenly turned red and coughed violently.

Everyone suddenly woke up and hurriedly stepped forward and slapped him with all their hands, and then the big jujube in the opponent's throat was knocked out.

But Sun Li, who drank his own handwashing water and took a breath, had no time to think about it. He just grabbed his uncle Zheng, as if he was as guilty as a dog: "Uncle Shi... why don't you give me some advice?"

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"Good nephew!" The old man surnamed Zheng also looked ashamed. "Actually, if I think about it more carefully, I have already dragged you down this time... When I returned home, I took the initiative to resign from the position of deputy historian of Cao in the name of studying abroad.

Well, otherwise the high-ranking officials in the county may not be able to spare you."

"What does this mean?" Sun Shili became more and more frightened.

Before the old man surnamed Zheng could reply, a middle-aged man next to him couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Brother, you don't know who this grandson Sima is... Just from this matter, you can know that you are quite marginalized in the county."

"No matter how tyrannical a Sima is, who is more powerful than a thousand stones, can he still be more powerful than a county guard who is two thousand stones?" Sun's subordinates were frightened and couldn't help but get up and ask.

"Hey!" The man shook his head repeatedly. "I'm not saying how tyrannical this grandson Sima is... In fact, in my opinion, if Mr. Guo Fu wants to do something alone, there is an opportunity to take advantage of it.

, and if Gongsun Sima alone wants to do something, he can also find a way to deal with it... The unsolvable part of this matter is that these two people have joined forces!"

"That's right!" The old man surnamed Zheng couldn't help but turn around when he heard the words, then stroking his beard in the wind, and sighed again. "I think that Mr. Guo Mansion came down from above, upright and upright, so-called justified; while the grandson Sima stood aside and looked on, hiding his sword in his arms.

What is called unstoppable; not to mention that one of these two people is a direct descendant of a famous family in Bingzhou and is deeply rooted; the other is a member of the royal family and is unfathomable... With these two people joining forces, anyone with some discernment should know that this Yanmen family is

On the ground, up, down, left and right, there is no room for others to interfere!"

"I understand." Sun's official suddenly realized. "Although I still don't know who this grandson Sima is, according to what Uncle Shi said and everyone sighed, this matter is absolutely unreasonable! And under such circumstances, the county

All the dignitaries in the government have obviously surrendered to their own families, but no one reminded you that the wealthy families in the peripheral counties have bad intentions! But I accidentally interfered with their good deeds... How can I go around it when I go back?

Thank you very much, Uncle Shi, for your advice. I will submit a letter to resign immediately and go back to Taiyuan for study tour!"

"It was me who missed Deputy Shi Sun's future by waiting!"

"If my nephew hadn't come to retaliate, we would have almost suffered bad luck."

"In the future, when my good nephew returns to the county, he will definitely be rewarded!" For a while, everyone upstairs made a promise.

While there was harmony in the flag pavilion of Yin Pavilion, at the same time, two hundred miles away in Pingcheng, Gongsun Xun, who was said to be unstoppable, was also dressed in casual clothes and was helping his wife select local fruits.

Both mother and son were sitting on a horse in the shade of the trees in the courtyard. In front of them were several cold water jars filled with local fruits. There was no need for servants to serve them. They showed a loving mother and a filial son, creating a harmonious atmosphere.

"Mother, try this." Gongsun Xun picked out a small red fruit from the water jar and handed it over.

"Too sour!" Aunt Gongsun burst into tears as she took a sip. "Why do all the apples these days taste like this? I don't know how many years it would take to select the big apples that came later... No, give me a pear right away.

slow!"

Gongsun Xun immediately took out a big white pear and handed it over.

"If nothing else, the dates and pears in Shanxi are pretty safe." Aunt Gongsun took a few bites before she regained her composure. "And in summer, pears are the best!"

Gongsun Xun couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this.

"What does this mean?" Aunt Gongsun asked, looking sideways at her only son through her black-rimmed glasses. "Am I wrong?"

"It's not wrong." Gongsun Xun sighed. "For us, pears are naturally better than dates, but for the people in Pingcheng, dates are far better than pears at this time... Dates are very hungry, and

People who are short of food at home are now searching for wild dates all over the mountains and plains, and although pears are big and watery, they cannot be used as food after autumn."

"Your words make me feel guilty even if I eat a pear!" Aunt Gongsun said helplessly. "Why are you thinking about this now? Is it useful?"

"It's my son who talks too much." Gongsun Xun quickly shook his head and smiled. "I have already joined forces with Governor Guo to collect grain. We will discuss this matter when there is news... This must be the first time for mother to go to Liaoxi, right? How did you feel along the way?

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"I feel...fortunate that my son has grown up!" Aunt Gongsun threw down the pear core and took paper to wipe her hands. "If you hadn't achieved something, how could I, a woman, have made it out of Liaoxi? Do you know, come here this time,

The trade routes along Shanggu, Daijun, and Yanmen have also been completely opened!"

"Mother, if you take action, things will fall into place naturally!" Gongsun Xun quickly bowed his head and complimented.

"What's my fault?" Aunt Gongsun tried to throw the paper ball at the courtyard gate, but unexpectedly a gust of wind blew it away. She could only look at the sky and gave up. "This time we can open up this northern Xinjiang trade route.

, mainly due to your contribution to burning Danhan Mountain... Do you know that Danhan Mountain was burned down by you!"

"It's just a coincidence." Gongsun Xun lowered his head and replied. "My mother told me that it was just a mudslide."

"No matter what, you have made a big splash this time and are famous in Northern Xinjiang. It is true that the powerful families in these three counties are willing to give you face at this time... You will be big in a few days.

At the time of the wedding, we will invite all the powerful families from Yanmen over, and I will make them all the downlines of the Amway account!"

Gongsun Xun pursed his lips and was speechless.

"But you are also in danger." After saying this matter of course, Aunt Gongsun said something casually. "Did you know that Mohu Zang escaped from Xianbei? Then I knew what kind of person Tan Shihuai was.

, after the three-way victory, he did not come to rob the border, but went east to help Xianbei in the east catch fishing slaves, and taught the barbarians in Xianbei in the northeast how to fish... This kind of character looks like a genius of a generation.

Template, if we stay with him for another twenty years, I'm afraid we will really lead our troops south to the Central Plains and achieve something great?"
To be continued...