In front of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Cai Jing watched Sun Tu leave under the escorts of more than ten personal guards, and quickly disappeared into the vast night. His face changed several times, but he did not order to keep anyone. Even though nearly two hundred slaves had gathered around him at this time, there were even more masters.

Because the Grand Master Cai, who had calmed down at this time, it was clear that even if he could really win Sun Tu, it would not be able to solve the fundamental problem. As long as Jiangnan was not under the control of the court, he would only have more troubles to take him down. In addition, what was even more terrible is that although Sun Tu did not mention it, he knew that Jiangnan had Tong Mu who had always been trained by Tong Guan as his successor.

Once the Jiangnan is in chaos, Tong Mu will be the leader of the thief. It is hard to say what choice Tong Guan will make in the north. There are more than half of the elite troops of the Song Dynasty gathered there. If a mistake will really drag the Song Dynasty into the bottomless abyss. This is something that Cai Jing cannot accept no matter what, and he dare not give such a chance to happen. Since Sun Tu has already made his point, as long as the court does not pursue it, he will be at ease to be a rich and idle marquis in the capital. Then as he wishes, he will stabilize him first.

At least in Cai Jing's opinion, he still has time and opportunity. Jiangnan can spend a few years infiltration and division, or wait until the war between the north and the Liao Kingdom is over, and then let the border troops go south to suppress the rebellion. He still has this patience and stubbornness, after all, the prime minister can hold a boat in his stomach.

Of course, the problem facing Cai Jing is not small at the moment. At least he has to persuade the emperor to hold Gao Qiu, who is already angry. However, he needs to start as soon as possible, but it is a bit urgent... He pondered in front of the mansion for a while, until a cold wind blew, which made him shiver, and Grand Master Cai turned around and returned to the mansion indifferently. He was afraid that he would be uncomfortable this year.

When Sun Tu returned home, it was nearly three o'clock, but no one in the house went back to his room to rest, especially a man who was busy and exhausted. After learning that he was back, he immediately came out of the outer hall: "Is the general safe? I heard that you were suddenly invited by the traitor, and I am still deeply worried about my humble rank."

Although the person who came was full of concern, he did not hide his ability and shrewdness. It was Dai Zong, known as the God-Walking Taibao. After seeing him, Sun Tu was slightly stunned: "Why did you suddenly come from Jiangnan?"

"Some day ago, we received a secret order from the general and immediately acted according to the plan in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River. However, when we were about to send the news back, we found that the Yangtze River was intentionally blocked by the government by all the important roads. Everyone was worried that the general would have any accidents in the capital, so they sent me to bypass the main road, walk the small roads, and pass on the message." Dai Zong smiled and replied next time.

Sun Tu felt a little moved: "Thank you for your hard work. In fact, you don't have to worry so much. I believe you will succeed in Jiangnan. No, even Cai Jingdu can't do anything to me, so he can only let me come back, and others dare not do anything to me."

"But the general..." Dai Zong said with a little uneasy expression: "Is there really no future troubles to do this? Brother Gongming and others are quite worried in Jiangnan. If we do this, we are clearly despised." As he said that, his eyes drooped and he didn't dare to look at Sun Tu.

Sun Tu was not dissatisfied with this statement, but just smiled and said, "Don't worry, at least in the past or two years, the court will only focus all its energy on the north. As long as we don't do anything excessive in Jiangnan, they will turn a blind eye." "I have heard of this matter. My Song Dynasty is planning to attack the Liao Kingdom in the north and recapture the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. However, this battle will be over one day, and then..."

"There is no need to worry at that time." Sun Tu looked confident, but he was stunned by the other party. He really couldn't figure out where his confidence came from. Sun Tuzi could not tell Dai Zong that he had concluded based on historical trends, so he casually said: "As for the whole story, you will know it then. Anyway, as long as we manage the Jiangnan area well, there is no need to worry. After all, there is the richest place in the world!"

This is the truth. It can be said that Jiangnan has borne half of the money, grain and taxes of the Song Dynasty for many years. As long as they are determined to be independent there, they can be self-sufficient. Even if they really rebel against the court later, they will have natural dangers in the Yangtze River, which is enough to compete with the power of the Song Dynasty. Moreover, the Song Dynasty today is no longer the Song Dynasty when Emperor Zhao Kuangyin was the Emperor. With the combat power of the current official army, unless the northern border is abandoned, it will be impossible to wipe out Jiangnan.

Although Dai Zong didn't quite understand where Sun Tu's confidence was, seeing that he said so, he stopped getting entangled in this, so he could only nod and respond. Sun Tu also relaxed afterwards and said with a smile: "Since you have come from afar and the New Year is approaching, so let's just celebrate the New Year here. I'll let you arrange for you to live at home and wait for the New Year and things will fade, and it's not too late to go back."

Dai Zong did not refuse, and immediately agreed with his fists. For him, it was also interesting to have a different New Year Festival in Tokyo Bianliang.

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Whether this year is uncomfortable or interesting, it comes on time. After all, it is the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, and it is the New Year's Eve again.

The Chinese nation has been passed down for thousands of years and there are various festivals, but in terms of the strongest festive atmosphere and the most relaxing one's feeling, I hope that the day when I can reunite is still the New Year's Eve at the end of the year.

On this day, whether it is farming, working, business or official, as long as possible, they will return to their hometown and live a happy reunion year with their relatives. This tradition is the same even in the Song Dynasty, a thousand years ago. Even in family affection, the ancients were better than those of later generations.

It was still bright, and there were no more pedestrians on the bustling streets of Tokyo, which used to be bustling. Almost everyone had returned home and gathered with their families. Today, the Yue Hou Mansion is even more gathering with relatives and friends. Dai Zong is here, Tang Feng is here, Cui Lue Shang's family has been staying in the mansion. In addition, the guards who have been following Sun Tu have almost filled the spacious halls of the house.

This made Sun Tu, as the master, look particularly busy. He often had to bring wine glasses to toast everywhere, and clinked glasses with his subordinates and brothers to express his feelings. It was not until the third update that he had a drink of seven or eight minutes before he stopped drinking, and then accompanied his family to the backyard.

At this time, there were crackling sounds outside one after another. It was because many people were burning firecrackers to increase the festive atmosphere. Not bad, it was burning, not setting off firecrackers. Because the gunpowder at this time was not yet advanced enough to create firecrackers from later generations. In order to make the New Year more interesting, there was a festive atmosphere. Since the Tang Dynasty, some people have tried to grill hollow bamboo poles to make it explode to welcome the New Year.

Later, some people began to fill bamboo with saltpeter and other objects. In this way, the firecrackers could explode even louder after being ignited, and some bright and dazzling red lights burst out, which often attracted many people nearby to chase and watch. However, the price was several times that of ordinary firecrackers, and they could not be used by rich families.

The Yue Hou Mansion naturally prepared a large number of firecrackers with saltpeter in the morning. After Sun Tu brought his wife and children to the yard, the slaves began to light braziers and put firecrackers into them. As the crackling sound continued to sound with red light, Hutou was already so happy that he clapped his hands, laughed loudly, and was very excited. Even, he wanted to break free from his mother's arms several times, ran up and set off a few firecrackers to play with him, but scared Ya'er and could only hug him.

After all, my son is still young, so I dare not let him get angry. After several struggles failed, Hutou became a little angry, whimpering, looking at his father pitifully, and saying in a daze: "Dad, yes, dad, yes..."

Seeing that his son begged him to rescue him, Sun Tu couldn't help but smile. However, he was not relieved that his son, who was less than three years old, went to play with firecrackers, and said, "Tiger Head, if you are obedient, Dad will show you something more fun."

Hutou widened his eyes and looked at his father carefully for a while, then nodded vigorously: "Okay, I want to look good..."

Sun Tu immediately went back to the backyard, but in fact he entered the warehouse system and took out a few remaining fireworks. In Shandong, although he provided a lot of relevant gunpowder for craftsmen to imitate, he had not used up all of them. Then, under the eyes of his son, under the expectant eyes of others, the leads of fireworks were lit in front of the yard.

After just a moment, bunches of fire trees and silver flowers continued to rise and unfold in front of everyone, making everyone present stunned. Hutou screamed in excitement and patted his little hand. This thing was much more interesting than that firecracker. Compared with that, the firecrackers next to him were too simple and inconspicuous.

Sun Tu had already picked up his son at this time and said solemnly in his ear: "Son, you have to watch out. The fireworks are set off. This will be the key to whether our Han people can establish themselves in the Central Plains, expand their territory, and completely conquer the foreign enemies in the north in the future. When you grow up, you must do everything possible to make the gunpowder continuously improve and become a real weapon to kill the enemy!"

Hutou, who had been robbed of all his attention by the brilliant fireworks, nodded blankly and agreed, but he didn't know if his father's words would enter his heart and change something? Sun Jie, who was at least three years old, could not say it now.

At this time, there were continuous sounds of drums in the distance, and it was finally the third update.

The fifth year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty has passed, and bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new is another new year. It is the first day of the first lunar month of the sixth year of Xuanhe!

(End of this volume)
Chapter completed!