Chapter 1146 Twilight
Seeing the convoy slowly coming from afar, Sun Ce quickly stood up, bowed his hands, stood by the roadside, with a compassionate expression and serious smile, as if he was facing a great guest.
The one who came was indeed Dabin: the former Taiwei Zhu Jun, the former master of the Sun family's father and son.
Sun Ce arranged for Xu Qian and Chen Yi to accompany Zhu Jun, and realized that he had done his etiquette. Unexpectedly, his father Sun Jian was very dissatisfied with this, thinking that he was disrespectful to the former master and was ungrateful. He didn't say anything, but just gave up his military affairs and accompanied Zhu Jun to inspect Yingchuan in person. When Sun Ce heard this news, he dared not be negligent. He had to put down his military affairs and rushed to Yan County to greet Zhu Jun.
Sun Jian took the initiative to give up the virtuous, but in fact he gave up the power of the head of the Sun family and only retained his identity. As a son, Sun Ce also wanted to leave enough face for Sun Jian. Although Sun Jian had a lot of children and grandchildren, he was just over 40 years old. If Sun Ce was not too outstanding, Sun Jian was at the peak of his life and was full of energy.
Of course, if Sun Ce really did not have Sun Ce, he would have died young. The problem is that no one except Sun Ce himself knows this.
The knight in charge came over. The knight in charge was no one else, but Sun Jian's army general Zu Mao. When he passed by Sun Ce, he winked at Sun Ce. Sun Ce nodded understandingly and smiled bitterly. He asked his army to lead Zhu Jun. Sun Jian regarded himself as the chief of the family and deliberately emphasized his loyalty to Zhu Jun to condemn Sun Ce's rudeness.
This is a straightforward daddy.
Twenty knights passed by, and four infantrymen were again dancing with swords while walking. The cold light shone brightly, and the sweat beads on the infantry's forehead were shining. Sun Ce looked at the long team and sighed secretly. There were so many people and so many horses, how much food should be prepared for the town pavilion along the way to eat. Now he wanted to break a grain of food in half. My father was fine. In order to show his gratitude to Zhu Jun, he actually brought up a guard of honor with nearly a thousand people.
Is this still a travel in a condom?
"Here you come." Hongzi, who was beside him, whispered.
Sun Ce responded, and squeezed the smile on his face even brighter. If Sun Jian saw his mourning look, he might be so angry that he fainted. Seeing the carriage slowly coming, Sun Ce carried the hem of his clothes and took small steps to arrive in front of the car, reached out to open the door, and bowed to salute.
"Mr. Zhu, don't be fine."
Zhu Jun sat on the chairman, looked at Sun Ce, then looked at Sun Jian opposite him, and smiled and said, "Wentai, I haven't seen each other for two years. Bo Fu is already a great husband, which is really touching."
Seeing Sun Ce's respectful attitude, Sun Jian felt proud, but deliberately showed off his dissatisfaction. "It's just a gesture, but I don't know how to be polite, and I won't be a human being. Mr. Zhu is tolerant and Jian is very grateful. Mr. Zhu doesn't even take a step, please get off the bus."
Without saying a word, Sun Ce lifted up the hem of his clothes, knelt half-kneeling on one knee, and raised his hands above his head. "Please get off the bus."
When Zhu Jun saw this, he looked at Sun Jian in surprise and lowered his face. "Wentai, you are too much. Although Bo Fu is a junior, he is a general in the field, how can he be a servant? How can you do this? "
Sun Jian was also surprised and was not mentally prepared. He sent Hongzi back to Pingyu and asked Sun Ce to come to welcome Zhu Jun, but did not ask Sun Ce to use his knees as a step and let Zhu Jun get off the car. Although he was scolded by Zhu Jun, he felt proud. Sun Ce had such a big face. Even if he had any rudeness before, he would make up for it now.
"Duke Zhu, don't say that he is just a prefect of a county. Even if he is granted a marquis in the future, he will be an old official of Duke Zhu. Treating Duke Zhu with his children is a duty, so why not be taken? The orderly and the old are different, which is the basic principle of dealing with people."
Zhu Jun refused again and again, Sun Jian couldn't bear to let Sun Ce ask Zhu Jun to step on, so he asked Sun Ce to step back. He had his own waiter to take a step. Sun Jian got off the car first and helped Zhu Jun get out of the car. Although Zhu Jun abandoned his official position, he looked good, had a rosy complexion and a big belly, and had a bit of aura of returning home in glory. He pushed Sun Ce away, walked to Sun Ce, pressed his broad palm on Sun Ce's shoulder, and pinched it hard.
"Boy, at a young age, he can be introverted and his future is limitless. He will be lucky for your old master."
Sun Ce was so embarrassed that he quickly politely said. Sun Jian smiled and kept asking Zhu Jun not to praise Sun Ce too much, so as not to become arrogant because of his favor. Zhu Jun was annoyed, waved his hand and signaled Sun Jian to go away and say a few words to Sun Ce. Sun Jian was a little embarrassed, and with a stern face, he drank a few words, asking Sun Ce to reply well and not to be rude. Then he rushed to the front to check the food and accommodation arrangements.
Zhu Jun crossed his fingers and walked slowly with his stomach in his arms. Sun Ce bowed his hands and followed behind.
"Bo Fu, how are you preparing for the war in the autumn?"
"It's not going well." Sun Ce was very frank, neither crying poor nor pretending to be rich. "On the first battle of the Chinese New Year, Runan's grain storage was almost exhausted. After the summer, although the rain in Yuzhou was not as serious as Yanzhou, it had a great impact. It was estimated that the harvest was not as good as last year. Guanzhong had a severe drought, and the imperial court came to order me to send grain to save the disaster. Zhang Zigang raised it from many ways and barely raised 300,000 stones to prepare to transport Guanzhong, but there was no food for me. What I can count on now is the harvest of the military farms in Yingchuan and Dangshan."
Sun Ce reported one by one, and Zhu Jun listened quietly and nodded from time to time.
"Bofu, it's really not easy for you to still be able to transfer food to Guanzhong at this time."
"Mr. Zhu, I am just doing my best, and I am still far from the requirements of the court. I dare not say whether I can satisfy the court."
Zhu Jun sighed softly: "The court is not satisfied. It's good to do your best to do your best. Bo Fu, maybe I'm old and often feel powerless. I'm tired. I heard that Wu Hui is stable and I want to go home to support me. You are the prefect of Kuaiji. Whether I can live a stable life in the future depends on you."
Sun Ce hurriedly said, "Mr. Zhu can't say that. You can't bear it. The chaos in the world is just in need of a respected minister like Duke Zhu. I guess it won't take long before the court will have an edict to ask Duke Zhu to come out of the mountain."
Zhu Jun smiled and shook his head. "Maybe, but even if the edict arrives, I don't want to go. The Han Dynasty has been like a person who is in the twilight for four hundred years. Those who are not capable cannot save me. I am also a person who is in the twilight. How can I achieve my wish with the people who are in the twilight? The Han Dynasty needs young people like you father and son."
Sun Ce was slightly stunned and did not answer Zhu Jun's words. Zhu Jun had something in his words. If one answered inappropriately, he would leave a handle on his words if he didn't do it well.
Seeing that Sun Ce was silent, Zhu Jun's white eyebrows trembled, and a trace of worry flashed between his eyebrows. He stopped, raised his head, looked at the official road made of green trees, and came out for a while, withdrew his gaze, and looked at Sun Ce quietly.
"Bo Fu, the party members are loyal and have a high reputation, and take the world as their responsibility. They are just arrogant and shameful, neglected to practice, and always think that they can achieve their contributions in one battle. It is rare for party members like Li Yuanli to be both virtuous and capable. The world is in chaos, and moral articles alone cannot bring peace. I have recommended your father to the court. If nothing unexpected happens, an edict will arrive soon."
Sun Ce frowned slightly. "What kind of edict?"
Chapter completed!