Another morning, the back house of Sun's mansion.

After Sun Tu came out of Hu Rong's room, he went straight to Yaer's bedroom not far away, without knocking on the door. Hearing familiar footsteps, Yaer, who woke up early, asked the maid to open the door and put the careless man in.

Ya'er did not get up from the bed. Although she had not yet shown her pregnancy, she seemed particularly careful and lazy since she knew that she was pregnant with her third brother. She had not liked to call her maids in the past and began to leave her maids to serve her in the room, and also learned to stay in bed. Seeing Sun Tu come in, she showed a sweet smile: "Third brother, you got up so early today."

"Yes, because I'm going to the camp today. I haven't been to the military camp for seven or eight days, so I'm always worried." Sun Tu explained casually. Since getting married, he has indeed stayed in the mansion to accompany a pair of wives, especially Ya'er, who is taking good care of Ya'er and dare not slacken at all. The first thing I do when I wake up every day is to come to see her and talk to her.

However, as the chief general of the army in Qingzhou and even the entire Shandong, he could not have stayed at home since he had been resting for this period of time, so after he finally chose to return to the military camp today to take charge of the overall situation. In response, Yaer naturally expressed support and nodded slightly: "Well, the third brother is a person who wants to do big things, so he naturally cannot always stay at home and stay with us."

"My Ya'er is the most virtuous and sensible. Come on, let me hear what our child is going to say to me today." As he spoke, Sun Tu had already stepped forward, hugging Ya'er's slender waist, and pressing his ears to her lower abdomen, as if listening to the movement inside.

"Third brother is really, the child has just moved, so how could he say anything..." Ya'er said funny. But even though she said that, the joy on her face became more and more prosperous. She just likes to be so intimate and doting by her husband. She is holding her in her arms, which makes her feel particularly safe.

Sun Tu smiled, "Ordinary children naturally don't have the ability to do this, but our children are not ordinary. Listen, he is talking to me now. He said that he will be good in your belly and will never make his mother uncomfortable. Also, he said that he must be filial to his parents after he is pregnant for ten months."

"Well, I believe our children can do it." Ya'er felt even happier and stretched out her hand and surrounded Sun Tu with great force.

The couple was warmed by the bed for a while before Sun Tu was about to leave. However, before leaving, he reminded him carefully: "Ya'er, don't be too careful, and you don't even want to go out of the door. Although you have a body and need to rest, proper exercise is still needed, otherwise it will also affect your body. By the way, the weather is not too hot today. You can ask Rong'er and the others to accompany you in the back garden. When I come back, I have to ask. If you don't do as you please, see how I punish you then!"

Ya'er nodded obediently: "Ya'er remembers it, I'll talk to Sister Rong later, so you can go to the military camp with peace of mind."

Sun Tu left the house only then. After he rode his horse out of the mansion, the gentle family man immediately turned back to the majestic military chief. Amid the greetings of the people along the way, he headed straight to the military camp.

Today, Qingzhou City has indeed changed dramatically from the past with the careful management of officials such as Huang Wenbing. Whether it is the shops and streets, or the merchants and the people, it has been greatly improved. Even in such a hot summer, the city is still full of traffic and endless people. Various kinds of goods from all over the world can be seen everywhere, making this city shine with a different vitality.

When Fang Qian brought a few followers into the city gate, he couldn't help but sigh: "Sun Qianli is really a rare capable official who is both civil and military. Under his rule, Qingzhou's prosperity is not even under the wealthy Jiangnan prefectures and counties before. Alas, if Tong Shuai and the court could use his words from the beginning, maybe there would be more prosperous Zhendian and more war-capable troops in our Song Dynasty."

With strange thoughts, he soon arrived at the tightly guarded military camp. It was not until he revealed his identity as an official of the Privy Council that soldiers came in to report. It didn't take long before Sun Tu met him in person. As soon as he saw Fang Qian, he smiled and walked up to hold his fists and saluted: "I don't know that Fang Chengzhi is here, Sun has missed the welcome, so please forgive me."

In recent years, Fang Qian was promoted step by step under Tong Guan's support. Now he has been promoted to the position of edict with great power in the Privy Council. He can grasp the news at the first time whenever military reports come and go, as well as the promotion of generals from various places. In some cases, he can even intervene and influence military affairs. During the period when Tong Guan left Beijing, he was the head of the Privy Council.

Of course, this is just a statement on the surface. With Fang Qian's qualifications, even if Tong Guan is supported by him, he cannot really bring the major affairs of the entire Privy Council into his own hands. Now most of the power has fallen into the hands of Gao Qiu and others, and he, the second-in-commander of the Privy Council, can only stand aside. This time, he was specially sent to Qingzhou, which shows how much impact the current situation in the court has on Tong Guan's party.

After following Sun Tu into the military camp and sitting in the command lobby, Fang Qiancai smiled bitterly: "Don't make fun of me, Qianli. If others don't know the situation in the court, can't you see it? Since Tong Shuai left, my life is getting sadder and harder. Today, they will find a reason to send me to Qingzhou to deliver a letter."

"Haha, that's just some sluts, not to be afraid. One day, Tong Shuai made great achievements in the north and returned, they would naturally be honest." Sun Tu laughed casually, but he had no intention of sharing the same hatred of the enemy.

He had a bit of incest towards Tong Guan, but when he wrote a memorial to impeach Cai Jing, the old boss's actions were so heartbroken. Not only did he not come forward to speak for Sun Tu, but he also ran away in panic as soon as possible. That was fine, but afterwards, he even wrote to reprimand Sun Tu, saying that he was bold and implicated himself, which naturally made Sun Tu look down on him and began to alienate him.

It was only then that Sun Tu suddenly realized that Tong Guan was also one of the six thieves who were later generations called him. Although it seemed that he had indeed made a lot of contributions to the Song Dynasty, he was still just a selfish treacherous slander. He really didn't have to rely on him too much, and he could only rely on himself.

Fang Qian also saw that Sun Tu was still dissatisfied, so he could only persuade him a few words, and then talked about his happy things: "But this time, you can suppress the Liangshan bandits, and you will still be more beautiful. You don't know that once this matter was reported to the court, even the officials were very happy. In addition to saying a few good words, he also praised you as a rare good minister and general in the Song Dynasty."

"The official family is really absurd. I am just doing my job as a minister." Sun Tu said modestly, and then asked: "Chengzhi said he was here to deliver the letter, but what do you say?"

"Since the official family is happy, it will naturally give you a great reward to you and many of the soldiers who have made meritorious contributions. The court has made up its mind that this year, the salary of your Jingdong Road Army has doubled, and rewards such as silk, wine and meat have already been lucky. It will be delivered to Qingzhou within one or two months. As for the promotion and rewards of your soldiers, they have been approved by the Ministry of War and the Privy Council. More than ten generals including Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, Qi Desheng, etc., who have made meritorious contributions with you many times have been promoted by the court to the chief supervisors of each prefecture and are still under your command. Other generals also have promotion and rewards. At that time, these official edicts will be delivered to Qingzhou together with the rewards.

"There is also a thousand miles away. After some discussion between the officials and the officials in the court, he made great contributions this time. He was specially appointed as General Xuanwei, appointed as the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard Hall, and served as the commander of the military commander of Jingdong Road. He controlled the troops and horses in various parts of the route, equipped with goldfish bags and imperial equipment. This is really a great emperor's grace."

Fang Qian gave out the rewards that Sun Tu received in one breath, and there were indeed many titles. But overall, whether it was the noble General Xuanwei or the deputy commander in front of the Imperial Guard Hall who seemed to have great authority, they were actually just empty titles. At most, he would only get more salary in the future. As for the statements such as goldfish bags and imperial equipment, it was more of an honor. Anyway, Sun Tu didn't take it seriously.

However, the commander's mission still made him happy. This position means that he has truly entered the middle and high-level stage of the military officer of the Song Dynasty and entered the high position of the fourth-rank senior official.

If it were in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the fourth-rank military officers would naturally not be considered high-ranking officials, but they would be different in the Song dynasty. Because the first-rank military officers in the court currently do not exist, the highest is the second-rank military governor, then the third-rank military governor, and then the commander of the road.

Just like the fact that officials who are not in the rank of the eighth and ninth ranks are at the same level as the seventh rank, it is also an extremely difficult process to pass the fifth rank and enter the fourth rank. Generally, it is difficult for generals to become chief ministers throughout their lives, unless there are major promotions of important officials in the court, or they have made great military achievements for the country like Sun Tu.

It can be said that Sun Tu has been very happy these days. Not only did he get married and have children in his family, but he was also proud of himself in the officialdom. He became the chief minister at the age of 30. This is an extremely rare existence in the 100-year history of the Song Dynasty.

Even though the military power in his hands has not increased as a result, he has nominally more right to mobilize all the troops in Shandong than before. After all, it is just a temporary dispatch, and the commander of this road is the most legitimate official position.

But after Sun Tu was happy, his heart moved again. He always felt that things were not that simple, and the other party should have something else to say...
Chapter completed!