Chapter 7105 Information Channels

Chapter 7105 Information Channels
Hearing her husband say that, Zhang Yingying calmed down. Although being a marquis was desirable, to be honest, Zhang Yingying didn't really have any strong desire for it.

When she married Sun Er, he was only a seventh-rank nobleman. To be honest, she didn't fall for Sun Er because of his title or anything like that. It was purely because Sun Er was a beastly, muscular man. From the first time she saw him fighting a group of people, Zhang Yingying felt extremely safe with him.

On the contrary, official positions and titles do not bring Zhang Yingying any sense of security. If they are too high, they will make Zhang Yingying feel a sense of crisis. Now that she has reached the rank of Marquis of Guannei, Zhang Yingying spends more time looking in the mirror. There is no way around it. After all, every woman knows that no matter what kind of man it is, he likes a beautiful young girl of eighteen.

Although Zhang Yingying is quite pretty, the most useful of her current halos compared to before is that she married Sun Er when he was still an ordinary centurion, making her a wife who shared hardships with him. As for her background and the fact that she is from the Zhang family of Qinghe, these are just for show.

Sun Er was, after all, a Marquis within the Pass, and a Marquis within the Pass with great potential. Unlike Jiang Guang, whose command ability was practically nonexistent, Sun Er, Zhang Yong, and Ma Ye were capable of commanding. Although they could command a small group of people, a thousand or two thousand people was not a problem.

Considering her title of Marquis of Guannei and her age of over forty, to be honest, it wouldn't be a problem for a wealthy family to find someone younger, prettier, and of higher birth than Zhang Yingying to be their mistress. However, such a question is meaningless to someone of humble origins.

To put it bluntly, Sun Er never imagined that from the very beginning, when he married Zhang Yingying and even broke his right leg to leave the army, he had the idea of ​​being with her for life. Of course, Zhang Yingying had a similar idea.

Therefore, when Sun Er mentioned becoming a marquis, Zhang Yingying was excited for a moment. After Sun Er said that he had refused, Zhang Yingying let it go. Marquis status is indeed prestigious, but it is meaningless for Zhang Yingying to risk her life for it now.

“That’s true. Life is already very good now, and you’re already a Marquis of Guannei. Even though you’ve said that you’re very strong, and with all your brothers by your side, you might not be in any danger even if you encounter a breakthrough formation, and the strength you’ve shown is indeed very impressive, if possible, I still don’t want you to go to the battlefield.” Zhang Yingying nestled in Sun Er’s arms, stroking his pectoral muscles, and said with a touch of gentleness.

Although she really liked wild and tough men and enjoyed watching men fight, and even the reason she fell for Sun Er was because he was so fierce in fighting others, after they got married, Zhang Yingying stubbornly prevented Sun Er from going to the battlefield. She even kept Sun Er in a simple and warm life for six years and gave birth to a son and a daughter for him.

In Zhang Yingying's words, "I like watching men fight, and I'm willing to marry you because you're a fierce fighter, but that doesn't mean I want you to risk your life on the battlefield."

Although Zhang Yingying felt that such words did not conform to the general trend of the times and went against the martial spirit of the Han Dynasty, she had told Sun Er her true feelings several times. Sun Er followed Zhang Yingying's mindset and gave up continuing to fight.

It wasn't until the Ji Province case in the seventh year of Yuanfeng that Sun Er could no longer tolerate it and took action. He fled and encountered Liu Bei. Later, in order to repay Liu Bei's appreciation, he followed Liu Bei to the Ganges River and achieved the rank of thirteenth-level Zhonggeng. After returning, Sun Er, as the general of Ji Province, found it difficult to stay idle.

From Zhang Yingying's perspective, she was extremely excited about her husband's meteoric rise to power, but she also had great worries. She could accept living a hard life with Sun Er. Even when she first left Qinghe to open her own shop and lived a very poor life while raising children, she felt it was quite good and she was happy.

What she truly couldn't accept was the potential danger to Sun Er. For Zhang Yingying, her biggest worry since the seventh year of Yuanfeng was receiving a pension sent by the Grand Commandant. For her, losing other things didn't matter, and a life of poverty didn't matter, but losing Sun Er was absolutely unacceptable.

Until a few days ago, when Sun Er completely turned the tables in the battle in the small world and became the Marquis of Guannei, Zhang Yingying finally felt at ease. At this level, Sun Er could give up his official position and go to some remote corner to claim a piece of land. Zhang Yingying herself didn't need a very good place, just a piece of pure land where she could feel at ease and see Sun Er in front of her every day.

So these past few days, Zhang Yingying has been researching fiefdoms, all to ensure that Sun Er can completely stay away from the war, eat and drink his fill, retire quickly, and find a place to build a fiefdom. Even if it lacks everything due to its poor foundation, such construction can guarantee that he can see his bedmate every day when he wakes up.

These simple days brought Zhang Yingying peace of mind.

After all, we've had enough of the exciting days; it's time to settle down for a while.

As for going further, better, or even better, it's all meaningless. Even if the elders from the Zhang family in Qinghe come to congratulate her and say that she's getting more and more timid as she grows up, it's all meaningless to Zhang Yingying. She's been bold enough in the past three years. Now, all she needs to do is carefully and cautiously maintain this family and ensure that the pillar of the family is safely and securely established.

Therefore, the idea of ​​soaring to great heights only flashed through Zhang Yingying's mind for a moment before being extinguished. A marquis? Is it so easy to win one? It requires real fighting.

Even though Zhang Yingying wasn't exactly an exceptionally intelligent woman, she at least knew that at this point in time, the only way for Guannei Hou to become a marquis without any significant achievements was to formally participate in the Han nobility war. From now until the war ended, when Liu Bei bestowed titles upon his officials, he would receive a wave of rewards, and this process...

At least in Zhang Yingying's view, it was definitely not a safe process, so she decided to forget about the marquises and instead focus on figuring out where to best locate her own fiefdom.

“Well, I wasn’t planning to go to the battlefield anyway. The situation of the Han Dynasty on the Ganges isn’t very good right now. Those people are getting too greedy.” Sun Er said with a touch of emotion. He was, after all, a top-tier veteran and had his own connections. He could ask the veterans who had returned from the Ganges, and he knew a lot about the situation.

In reality, the veterans themselves know which guys have ulterior motives and which guys haven't changed, but they can't say it outright. Besides, the veterans who can figure this out are smart people, or rather, they've experienced too much.

For this reason, the veterans who knew these things would not spread their judgments indiscriminately. At most, they would tell their trusted brothers. And Sun Er did have a few reliable brothers.

“What I mean is, why don’t you resign from your position as the General of Jizhou?” Zhang Yingying said with a hint of worry, stroking Sun Er’s back. “Resigning from the position of General of Jizhou and finding a fiefdom in the Indochina Peninsula with the title of Marquis of Guannei seems like a good idea. Just don’t get involved with my family. Let me tell you, the Zhang family of Qinghe wasn’t very interested in you before, but now…”

"You resigned from the position of General of Ji Province?" Sun Er frowned slightly. This position was arranged for Sun Er by Liu Bei. Originally, Liu Bei intended for Sun Er to be the Commandant of Leling or Nanpi, but later Huo Nu was taken down, and the position of General of Ji Province became vacant. Sun Er had enough merit in the Ji Province case and his strength was enough to suppress the group of powerful figures in Ji Province. Therefore, after the Battle of Ganges, Sun Er was promoted to General of Ji Province.

This was a position with a salary of 2,000 shi (a unit of grain measure). Because Ye City, the capital of Ji Province, held a very important position in the Han Dynasty, it was a provincial capital at the level of a secondary capital. Therefore, the governor of Ji Province usually concurrently held the position of prefect, and the general would also concurrently hold the position of military commander. Since it was a secondary capital, the salary was naturally 2,000 shi, not a position with a salary of more than 2,000 shi.

Therefore, this was a high-ranking official position that required review by the State Council and approval by the Censor-in-Chief. If Sun Ergan resigned after two years, frankly speaking, it would be difficult for Liu Bei to accept the situation.

Incidentally, to put it bluntly, Sun Er's official rank was actually half a grade higher than Guan Hai and Li Tiao, but in those days, nobility was the real deal, just like military rank and position.

“Well, let’s resign from the position of General of Ji Province and find a place in the Indochina Peninsula to build a fiefdom. That way, we can stay away from the war.” Zhang Yingying said in a low voice. She had already planned the subsequent arrangements. “Being an official in the country is actually a waste of your current title. If the Marquis of Guannei were to claim land in the Indochina Peninsula, even if you drew more than you need, no one would care.”

After arriving in Chang'an, Zhang Yingying talked to the ladies and even talked to the wives of some veterans who had been enclosing land in the Indochina Peninsula. She gained a good understanding of the Indochina Peninsula. Of course, what Zhang Yingying valued most was that the area was far from the emperor's reach, no one cared about it, and it was unlikely that she would encounter enemies, making it very safe.

“Your suggestion is exactly the same as the one Chen Junshi gave me. He also suggested that I get a fiefdom in the Indochina Peninsula, and he could help me solve some construction problems,” Sun Er said with a smile, amazed that his wife could think so far ahead.

"Did Military Advisor Chen also suggest that?" Zhang Yingying asked, taken aback.

"He told me to go to the Indochina Peninsula and get a fiefdom. He said he would help me solve some construction problems, and as long as I stayed there peacefully and handled some work transferred from above, he could arrange for me to be a marquis," Sun Er said with some doubt.

Chen Gong had already learned a lot from Chen Xi. Although many details were still undecided, given the extent of Chen Xi's words and the solutions he had been given, it would be incredibly rude of him not to get started.

Chen Xi's words were clearly telling him, "If you behave, your Bingzhou faction will also benefit from this round of operations."

Having understood this, Chen Gong naturally had to tell Sun Er when he met him that Sun Er should go to the Indochina Peninsula. As for the safety issue, to be honest, with Taishi Ci, Gan Ning, and Lu Xun controlling the two oceans, and with the support of their Bingzhou faction, Jiangdong couldn't just rebel directly.

To be honest, given the situation in Jiangdong, it's not that Chen Gong looks down on them, but those people are only good at sabotaging each other and fighting amongst themselves. If you ask them to rebel, especially since the country has also planted a bunch of people on the other side who are about as powerful as them, under these circumstances, it's absolutely impossible!
If that's the case, then what's so dangerous about it?

Of course, there is indeed danger below a certain level, but there is absolutely no danger at the level of a marquis. If the idea of ​​directly killing a marquis were to happen during peacetime, then the higher-ups would really have to send someone to quell the rebellion. This is not an iron fist that Jiangdong can withstand.

Therefore, Sun Er and Wei Shuang could easily go and loot the loot box, then go to the Indochina Peninsula to acquire land. After acquiring the land, according to Chen Xi's historical progression, these two would naturally become marquises.

As for merits, contributing to the land or pioneering new areas are all merits.

We can't let Chen Xi embarrass us!

After all, when it comes to studying Chen Xi's psychology, Zhou Yu is probably in the top three, and Chen Gong is at least in the top five, right? If the times really progressed to that point, wouldn't Chen Xi's personality have allowed Sun Quan and Wei Zhongxian to be promoted to marquises?

What a joke! Things have come to this point. It doesn't matter if you two come or go. Losing you two would just make me, Chen Xi, look like I'm suppressing you. So be it. Anyway, having two more marquises to eat won't bankrupt me. I'll just have to accept it.

Chen Gong guessed that, given Chen Xi's past behavior, he would most likely make this choice. He couldn't possibly overturn the rules he had set before just for two marquises. After all, at least several hundred people in Liu Bei's faction had gained a title through this opportunity, and the Bingzhou faction was, after all, Chen Xi's own territory. Is it a problem to divide them into two marquises?
Of course it's not a problem!
So when Chen Gong returned to Lü Bu's side, he saw Sun Er and Wei Shuang being trained by Lü Bu. He asked the two of them if they wanted to become marquises, and then told them to remember to work with the Bingzhou faction to establish a fiefdom in the Indochina Peninsula.

Other forces can't get any benefits from the Central and Southern Peninsula at this time, but the Bingzhou faction has gone to Chen Xi to beg for food, and Chen Xi has fed them lobsters. So, they might as well give this benefit a try!

Besides, even if it doesn't succeed, it's not a loss. At least you can get some infrastructure, right?

"Huh?" Zhang Yingying was stunned for a moment, then scratched her hair, somewhat unsure how to respond. What did she mean by just going to the Indochina Peninsula to establish a fiefdom, then staying there obediently, and being appointed a marquis later? What kind of operation was this? Did some war break out in the Indochina Peninsula? If so, shouldn't she choose either Yili or Northern Xinjiang?
Liu Bei's veterans had many places to choose from, and if they were willing to spend time exploring, they could choose some very good places. So when Zhang Yingying heard Sun Er say that as long as they stayed in the Indochina Peninsula, they could become marquises in time, she was worried about war and naturally considered other places.

Ultimately, Zhang Yingying's need was stability, not the status of a nobleman.

“I was thinking that you also think the Indochina Peninsula is nice, so let’s choose a piece there. I remember Dr. Sun told me before that if I wanted to choose a fiefdom in the Indochina Peninsula, I should let him know in advance,” Sun Er said with a hint of reminiscence.

Sun Er, after all, had reached the pinnacle of his military skills, belonging to the top tier. Therefore, he had access to a very wide range of people. Even if some important figures couldn't give Sun Er the answers directly, they would still give him certain hints.

For example, Sun Qian told Sun Er after Sun Er became the Marquis of Guannei, "We are considered to be one family from five hundred years ago. Congratulations on becoming the Marquis of Guannei. If you choose your own fiefdom in the future and choose the Indochina Peninsula, remember to let me know so I can check your location."

Although it was just a greeting, even Sun Er could understand its meaning. It wasn't even a hint. Even though Sun Er was somewhat doubtful that he was overthinking it, after all, if his fiefdom was far from Jiaozhou, he couldn't really build a road to get there.

Well, it can only be said that Sun Er was shallow. Sun Qian received a hint from Chen Xi that between the eleventh and fifteenth years of Yuanfeng, the Chang'an money shop would carry out a larger-scale fiscal transfer for roads, logistics and transportation, so that Sun Qian would not have to worry about road construction.

This was a casual reply from Chen Xi, who seemed deaf, when Sun Qian told Chen Xi that he was planning to build a road for the veterans who were choosing fiefdoms in the Indochina Peninsula, and also to take care of some simple water facilities and urban construction.

But listen carefully! Sun Qian didn't think he and Chen Xi were talking at cross purposes. This was clearly telling him to go all out, not to worry about not having enough money or materials. From the eleventh to the fifteenth year of Yuanfeng, the quota for this thing would be maxed out. Just do it!

Although Sun Qian later grumbled that Chen Xi hadn't given him a precise plan or official documents, only a verbal message, considering that the materials converted from the first wave of government funding had already been transferred into inventory with the arrival of the message, Sun Qian felt there was nothing more to say and just got to work.

As for the fact that materials worth hundreds of billions were misappropriated without official documents from higher authorities or a construction permit issued by the Executive Yuan, will there be any backlash once the site is repaired?

Sun Qian looked at his more than ninety reorganized production and construction corps and felt that if he didn't do this, he would really lose face. And even if he did do such a big job, he would only end up being punished, at most by the fourth five-year plan, holding a grand meeting to conduct a detailed audit and break down of road traffic and logistics.

However, judging from Sun Qian's feeling, this thing will just be dealt with objectively, not personally, and it's impossible for them to bring him down!
　The author is probably doomed.
　　(End of this chapter)