Chapter 234: Prison City Camp
The day after receiving the official document issued by the state yamen, Sun Tu asked Yang Zhi and Lu Da to stay in the camp to continue training the village soldiers. He brought several personal subordinates and Huang Wenbing, who was very interested in making good use of the recent situation.
Speaking of which, Mr. Huang is also a wonderful person. After experiencing the previous field storm, he deliberately made friends with Sun Tu and would provide the soldiers in the army with some vegetables, vegetables, meat, etc. from time to time. Sun Tu had no intention of refusing his repeated show of kindness, so he simply had a deep conversation with him openly and openly. Only then did he realize that Huang Wenbing did have ambition that ordinary landlords did not have - to enter the court to become an official.
In fact, with the current chaos in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, it was not difficult for Huang Wenbing to buy an official with money. But he didn't want to be the one who was looked down upon by his colleagues. Instead, he wanted to enter the court with dignity, but this was difficult. Although he was a little talented, he was on the list after several exams. The road to imperial examinations was completely cut off. With his weak body, he wanted to become an official in the military, which was hundreds of times more difficult than a decade of hard work.
So after all, we can only choose the right way to rely on the powerful or gain credit. In fact, during this year, Huang Wenbing did try to please the prefect Cai Jiu, but Cai Jiu made good friends in the city. Although he was able to meet the prefect with his identity, he could not have a deeper impression of him. At least it seems that this road is not easy to walk.
In fact, it is also because of this reason that in the original story, Huang Wenbing, who was determined to make contributions, deliberately reported to Cai Jiu that Song Jiang had written anti-poems on Xunyang Tower after being drunk, which caused a storm and eventually took all his life into it.
Now, with Sun Tu's intervention, Huang Wenbing has a new idea and began to deliberately make friends with Sun Tu, a group training that was highly appreciated by the prefect, and had just made great contributions to Jiangzhou. He hoped that through him, he could achieve his ultimate wish to become a court official.
If he had changed to a self-proclaimed noble person, he would have been disdainful when he heard his intention, and it would be very likely that Huang Wenbing would even drive away Huang Wenbing away from him. But Sun Tu had his own opinion. Even if Huang Wenbing had selfish motivations, he would be happy to give the other party some opportunities as long as he said what he was thinking in his heart. Especially in the previous few contacts, he found that the other party did have real materials, so he had the intention of cultivating. Because Sun Tu had no shortage of warriors now, but there were fewer think tanks who could help him make suggestions.
Today, Sun Tu took Huang Wenbing to the Prison City Camp with him, and there was also a school entrance exam for him. If he was satisfied, he would entrust the daily affairs of the Prison City Camp to the other party to deal with. In fact, Huang Wenbing had a vague guess about this, so he seemed particularly excited at this time.
Sun Tu had passed by near the prison camp in the past, but it was the first time to look at the Jiangzhou prison city carefully like today. From a distance, I saw that the walls of this city were not much shorter than those of the Jiangzhou city wall, and the bricks on the rammed earth seemed particularly solid. In addition, there were more than a dozen soldiers standing with swords and guns at the small city gate, and there was also a guard standing on the city wall every 10 or 20 steps, which really gave people a feeling of solidity.
Of course, today's show is obviously aimed at Sun Tu. It should be that the officials in charge of the camp in the prison camp guessed that his new immediate boss would arrive in the next two days, so they made corresponding arrangements.
Sure enough, when Sun Tu brought people to the camp gate where only two horses were allowed to pass by side and revealed his identity, several blue-clothed officials greeted him with a smile. After seeing the gift, the leader's broad face, square lips, long-skinned body, and a long-skinned court, claimed to be in prison for the two courts of this state. His wife, named Dai Zong, smiled and said, "Xiang Rili always heard people mention that Sun Tuan was extremely talented, but the villain and others were not allowed to see him in person. Today, he was fortunate to see his true face, but it was more admirable than we imagined."
"Haha, President Dai is too ridiculous. I am just lucky to win a victory, but it is not worthy of such praise from all the officials and people in the city." Sun Tu was quite intimate with this future hero of Liangshan. After replying with a smile, he said a few gossips with others, and then they led them to the prison camp.
Although the entrance to this prison camp is not big, it is just for better prevention. In fact, it occupies a large area. After all, there are thousands of prisoners and prisoners in it. In addition to the prison cells located in the middle and back section of the camp city, there are many officials in front of them. It is impossible to let them crowd in a small room like more than ten prisoners like ordinary prisoners.
When Sun Tu was invited by them to sit in the hall directly in front of him to serve tea, Dai Zong and others sent all the books and books that had been prepared long ago, and then reported to him the daily expenses and affairs of the prison camp one by one. They also knew that Sun Tu was now a hero in Jiangzhou and a confidant of the prefect, so they did not dare to deceive themselves, so they told everything truthfully.
Sun Tu listened quietly, and when he encountered something he didn't understand, he would ask a little. Until they explained the official duties clearly, he asked with a smile: "In addition to the salary issued by the state government, you should have gained a lot of benefits from these prisoners, right?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was speechless and didn't know what to answer. Sun Tuanlian is really a martial artist. Is he so straightforward? Even Huang Wenbing, who had been standing behind Sun Tu, smiled bitterly when he heard this, and couldn't help but lean over and whisper: "It's not easy to investigate this matter of Tuanlian, at least now is not the time to investigate it."
But Sun Tu gave him a look of peace and then continued to look at everyone and smiled: "I don't mean to blame you. The environment in this prison camp is not good, and there is no chance to stand out. You are not very different from those prisoners here. If there is no additional benefit, no one will come here to serve."
Seeing that everyone was relieved, he continued: "But I have my own rules. Some of the items I set before can be used, but some methods that have to squeeze out all the oil and water from the prisoners' bodies will be spared. Although they are all guilty, they should also have some dignity."
"What the Tuan Jian said is that the humble ones will definitely do this in the future." Dai Zong then realized that the new Shangguan just wanted to establish his prestige. As long as he didn't do things too much, he would naturally not be too harsh.
After pounding them, Sun Tu asked them to take him to the prison cells behind and check out what kind of criminals were locked inside.
In fact, how could a terrible prisoner in a wealthy place like Jiangzhou be sent to this place? At most, some prisoners who have committed serious crimes but are understandable, or who are still wealthy at home serve their sentences. However, even though there are many good-born prisoners, their lives in this prison camp are not easy. They all look depressed. When they see a group of officials and prison guards coming, they salute and greet them like rats and greet them repeatedly. The rules are extremely strict.
Some of the cells in front of them, which only imprisoned one or two people, were OK and looked quite clean. But after walking deeper, as the number of people in the cell increased, the environment inside became harsh, and some were even more stenchy, and people were still a little far away. The stench had already come to him, which made Sun Tu frown deeply.
After looking in several prison cells but not much improvement, Sun Tu asked Dai Zong: "Di President Dai, such prisons will cause the prisoners to get epidemics. Once an epidemic breaks out, I am afraid that the prisoners in the entire prison camp will be infected and even spread to the people of Jiangzhou City. Do you have any considerations in this regard?"
"This... Beiyi has never thought about this." Dai Zong lowered his head with a little uneasy.
"But we can't give them a better place to live for this reason, right?" A official murmured in a low voice behind him.
Sun Tu was not angry at this, but said, "Things can always be solved. I ask you, what hard labor do these prisoners do on weekdays? Should they repair the city walls or clear the Xunyang River waterway?"
"There are all these, but they can only be done after the slack farming season. After all, the hundreds of prisoners here cannot be completed. Therefore, the corvee service must be requisitioned. In order to facilitate governance, we dare not let them all go out..." Dai Zong quickly explained.
Sun Tu nodded understandingly: "Will these prisoners have nothing to do during the busy farming season? Since that's the case, why can't you let them clean up the environment in the prison camp yourself? I think this is equivalent to something that is very beneficial to them, no one will object, right?"
The officials were stunned when they heard this. They had never thought about this trick, or they had never considered it for the prisoners. Now, after thinking about it carefully, I really felt that Sun Tu’s suggestions were good. Not only the dirty prisons behind, but also the front yard and other places could actually be cleaned.
Dai Zong immediately clasped his fists and said, "Sun Tuanlian is indeed wise. He only came to the prison camp for a while and solved this problem. The villain admired it."
"Haha, it's easy to say. I also know that you are still worried that this will give prisoners a chance to escape. Let's do this. In two days, I will send some elite soldiers to help guard the guards, so you don't have to worry about it. As long as they are allowed to do things in shackles, they can be safe."
The implication of Sun Tu's words was that he would install his own hands into the prison camp, so Dai Zong and others naturally dared not refuse to obey this.
So in the understatement, Sun Tu held all these subordinates in his hands, thus paving the way for Huang Wenbing to take over the relevant matters. In this way, he could focus more on training troops without having to always care about the prison camp.
Chapter completed!