Chapter 217
The gentry landlords had long lost their previous calmness and were filled with sorrow. They wanted to ask for forgiveness, but for a moment they didn't know how to speak. Only Huang Wenbing, who was at the end, was secretly happy and happy at this time. His previous judgment was indeed correct. This new Jiangzhou delegation training was much more powerful than ordinary officials in both scheming and methods. With just a few words, they had to drive these many Jiangzhou gentry into a dead end.
But at this moment, he suddenly found that Sun Tu, who was about to leave, had a wink at him, which made him a little stunned, but he quickly understood and immediately stood up and shouted: "Sun Tuanlian, please stay and give me a chance to apologize..."
Huang Wenbing was indeed a smart person. He understood his own eyes, otherwise he would not be able to continue singing the show. Although Sun Tu was strong at this time, he actually didn't want to force these gentry into a dead end, otherwise he would have left a lot of trouble for himself, so someone must stand up and sing.
In the begging eyes of everyone, Sun Tu finally stopped and turned to look at Huang Wenbing: "How do you plan to apologize? Let me tell you the truth. I did plan to buy back the fields before, but now..."
Huang Wenbing immediately answered: "I...I am willing to return all the land I bought before to the government, and I dare not charge a penny."
After hearing what he said, everyone felt a pain in pain, but now people are under the low eaves, so they can only admit it. They nodded and agreed: "No, not bad, I was just a little bit shocked. I would like to ask Sun Tuanlian to ignore the villain's life and spare us this time." As they said that, they all bowed and put their posture very low.
But to their surprise, Sun Tu still looked undeniable: "Is it just that this can offset the mistakes you made before?" He said that, and looked at Huang Wenbing again.
Huang Wenbing said that you really have a big appetite, but he quickly cooperated and said, "In addition, my Huang family is willing to take out another 300 kilograms of rice and flour to serve as military rations to reward the soldiers in the village..." When he said this, he looked like he was gritting his teeth, as if he had made a great determination to endure the pain and bleeding.
"It seems that Mr. Huang is indeed willing to change his mistakes. What about you?" Sun Tu's face turned cloudy at this time, and he even showed a smile. How could this reaction be understood by others? Even though he cursed his greed in his heart, he could only pinch his nose and recognize it under such circumstances. At that moment, they successively proposed to give rewarded money, food, or dozens of stagnant coins, or one or two hundred kilograms of rice and flour to the village soldiers.
It was not until these people finished speaking in a mess that Sun Tu smiled and said, "Since you care so much about my village soldiers, I will not be able to pursue the matters before. But I hope you can keep your word and send the land and food to the military camp within three days. Otherwise, you will bear all the consequences." As he said that, he would not stay any longer and turn around and leave.
After the footsteps of Sun Tu and the other two went downstairs could no longer be heard, the gentry and landlords breathed a sigh of relief and regretted it. If they had known this was the result, they should have agreed to Sun Tu's conditions before, so they would have received some compensation, instead of not only having to waste the fields like now, but also having to give the village soldiers another sum of money and grain. It would be really a fate that would not lose the rice if they steal chickens.
And amid the regrets and lament, someone suddenly said with suspicion: "Zhang Endong saw the opportunity quickly. He actually handed over Tian Qi early in the morning. Not only did he lose anything, he sold it to Sun Tu..."
"I think this person must have some problems. I'm afraid he's colluding with Sun Tu early in the morning, so he can hold on to our handle!"
Human nature is accustomed to competing for credit and scapegoating. Even if it is their own fault, they will make excuses for guests. At this time, they naturally vented their dissatisfaction on Zhang Endong. These words fell into Huang Wenbing's ears but made him worry. If these people knew that they were the ones who were not on the same front as them at the beginning, they would not know what would be the outcome?
Fortunately, these people did not think about this. After saying a few words, they began to read Huang Wenbing’s favor: “Brother Huang, this time it’s really thanks to your reaction quickly, otherwise I would be in big trouble.”
"Haha, I'm just worried about taking a risk in my own industry." Huang Wenbing waved his hand guiltily. But others didn't think so: "This time I owe Brother Huang a favor, and I will repay you in the future."
"Yes, Brother Huang, if you have any difficulties in the future, just tell Fang. As long as you can help, I will definitely not refuse."
These people said another scene and then left. After Huang Wenbing calmed down, he felt even more happy. It seemed that he had taken the right step. Not only did he get along with Sun Tu, but he also made many people accept his favors. Obviously, this was the reward Sun Tuan gave him: "It seems that I should really get close to Sun Tuan Lianduoduo..."
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When the gentry and landlords of Jiangzhou who were arrogant and did not look at him directly, suddenly sent money and food to the military camp one after another. After seeing their own training, they were very pleased and left with great gratitude. This really made the soldiers who were practicing hard and unable to believe their eyes. Is this the problems with their eyes and ears caused by hard work every day?
Before the soldiers could discuss this, Sun Tu gathered them all in one place and pointed to the stack of land deeds on the desk behind him and spoke: "I know that you are all curious about why the gentry and landlords came to the military camp to see me in the past two days. Now I will tell you the truth. They came to return the land they bought from you at a low price last year. Moreover, they not only returned the land deeds, but also gave money and grain as our military pay in order to make up for it."
Even though the military discipline of the rural soldiers had been purged during this period, after hearing such unexpected words, everyone could not help but exclaim, with an incredible expression on their faces. If Sun Tuan had not been here for his prestige, I would have probably asked someone to directly question the authenticity of these words.
Sun Tu did not get angry because of everyone's reaction this time, but said with a smile: "I know this matter sounds bizarre, but this is the fact. I promised you half a month ago that I would help you get your fields back within one month. Now is the time to fulfill your promise. Next, I will let someone divide the fields equally into the hands of every soldier. I just hope you can learn from this lesson, but don't let people take away the land they depend on for their own life."
Even though everyone was still worried, as Sun Tuo had prepared to start calling out the names and handed over the corresponding two acres of military fields to the other party, the man finally accepted this fact in surprise.
Soon, the entire village soldiers' barracks were filled with ecstasy of losing and regaining, and cheers were even louder. If it weren't for the accident, someone would have shouted that long live Sun Tuanlian. At this time, Sun Tu's status in the minds of the village soldiers had become extremely tall, far exceeding that of Yuan Wang and Yuan Promotion Officer who were previously praised by them.
Because everyone still remembers it very clearly that when the city was short of food, Sun Tuyuan also worked a lot for them and helped them a lot, but in the end they were unable to keep their own fields and fell to the point where they needed to obey others' orders to make a living. However, when Sun Tuanlian took the field back and returned it to everyone, the favor was too deep.
Seeing these soldiers looking grateful to him, Sun Tu knew that this was the best opportunity to boost the morale of the army. So he stood in front of everyone again and said with a serious expression: "Everyone listen to me again."
With just one sentence, the originally noisy military camp suddenly became quiet. No one said a word. Everyone looked up at Sun Tu with respect, waiting for his teachings.
Sun Tu's eyes swept past the soldiers in front of him, and then said, "Do you know why those gentry and landlords were willing to return the land deeds and money to us free of charge this time? It's not because they are so afraid of me. I am just a small seventh-rank military officer, not to the point that they can fear them. The fundamental reason lies in you!"
These words made the soldiers in the village a little confused and completely unable to understand. They could only continue to watch their own training, waiting for him to give further explanation.
"I know that you have always thought that our rural soldiers have a low status, so you never dare to argue with others. Even if they are robbed of their own money and food industry, they can only swallow their anger. But today I want to say that all this is wrong. As officers and soldiers, we have the responsibility to defend our homes, but also our own backbone and dignity. As long as we work hard to let the people and the court know our strength, no one will dare to oppress us in the future.
"This time the gentry and landlords gave in because they saw your hard work in daily life, for fear that one day they would fight back after we became elite troops. So if we want to change our destiny, we should practice hard and make ourselves stronger!"
These words naturally had a lot of flaws and could not withstand deep research at all, but they were enough to encourage the morale of the rural soldiers who had little knowledge and were excited by taking back Tian Qi. So soon, these people shouted loudly: "We must work hard to practice and become a real elite!"
"Okay, that new training method will start tomorrow." Sun Tu smiled with satisfaction. He believed that after today, this rural soldier would completely change and truly become an elite army of self-reliant.
Chapter completed!