Summer is coming.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
Around Liangshanbo, the training of soldiers is still going on in an orderly manner.
On the shore, the cavalry galloped, and the infantry formed formations and went out for exercise.
On the water and in the forks of the harbor, there were also sailors sailing and swimming.
The horse, infantry and water armies are training in full swing.
"What a decent day like this!"
Sun Lei looked at everything and nodded with satisfaction. This is the life he wants.
"Father!"
Sun Yao and Sun Yao hugged Sun Lei's legs and shouted tenderly.
"What's wrong?"
Sun Lei smiled and touched the heads of the two children. They spent less time together and more time apart, but the two children kept pestering him as soon as he came back. This family relationship comes from blood.
"Go out and play!"
Sun Yao pointed to the outside of the water pool and said, it would be boring to stay in Wanzi City all day. Hua Chan and Li Shishi would not take them out on weekdays.
"Okay, let's go out and play!"
Sun Lei smiled and picked up a pair of children. Anyway, he had nothing to do and it was good to go out and play.
"We're going too!"
Li Shishi suddenly jumped out and said, there was Hua Chan beside her.
"Let's go to Liangshan Town!"
Sun Lei said with a smile, it seems that the children were probably instigated by Master Li.
Liangshan Town is getting bigger and bigger, and its scale has already surpassed Yuncheng County. Tao Zongwang made several suggestions that city walls and cities could be built.
But Sun Lei didn't agree. He didn't like the city wall. It restricted the development of the city and made it easy for people to become complacent. Strong military power was the most reliable. When the enemy came to the city that day, what role would a city wall play? Just lie to yourself!
After getting on the boat, the tall and beautiful building immediately made the child very curious, and he ran around on the deck with a smile.
Upon seeing this, Hua Chan quickly grabbed the two children. Although the boat was not bumpy and they would not fall into the water, the children were too small and it would not be good for them to bump into each other.
When the family arrived in Liangshan Town, someone immediately recognized Sun Lei. However, Sun Lei did not establish a country and still regarded himself as a bandit. When the people saw him, they did not kowtow and just shouted "King" enthusiastically!
"Father, what is the king?"
Sun Yao asked coquettishly, drooling.
"The king is my father's other identity!"
Sun Lei smiled and took a bunch of candied haws on a straw stick from a vendor and handed it to his daughter. The little daughter couldn't move her eyes while looking at the red candied haws.
"Father, sweet!"
Xiao Nizi smiled and ate until her eyes narrowed into a straight line.
"As long as you like it, come on, there's something for everyone!"
Sun Lei gave another string to his son, Hua Chan, and Li Shishi.
"I'm not a child, can I just get rid of it with sugar-coated haws?"
Master Li muttered dissatisfiedly, but still ate happily.
Candied haws on sugar-coated haws is a rare item. It used to be found only in big cities. This thing is made by stringing mountain reds, crab apples, grapes, sesame yam, walnut kernels, etc. on bamboo skewers and dipping them in rock sugar. It is a very good snack.
Mountain reds, crab apples, grapes, hemp yam, and walnut kernels are not expensive, but rock sugar is expensive. Unlike salt, sugar can be extracted from mines, wells, and seawater. Extracting sugar requires a large amount of food, even if it is grown. The crop sugarcane also requires fields.
Fortunately, there is no shortage of fields here in Liangshan, and smart people have begun to plant some cash crops, and sugar cane for extracting sucrose is one of them.
"Pay!"
Sun Lei was a little amused when he saw the hawker shivering with a straw stick, and said to Zhu Fu who was accompanying him.
"Your Majesty, I don't dare! I don't dare!"
The vendor obviously misunderstood something and was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy.
"It's only natural to give money for food, take it!"
Zhu Fu smiled and took out the copper coins and put them into the vendor's hands. The folk candied haws were just wrapped in a thin layer of rock sugar, which was a little sweet. They were not expensive, and you could buy a bunch for just a few cents.
"Father, I want more!"
Sun Yao, who was eating candied haws on a stick in Sun Lei's arms, pointed at the candied haws on a straw stick and shouted.
"Just eat one bunch, there will be something else to eat later!"
Sun Lei said with a smile, his son is greedy. He eats what is in his hand and looks at what is in the pot. How can a little person eat two skewers?
When you go out with your children, you are constantly eating and buying small toys. Children are only interested in eating and playing.
"Brother Wu! Bring some pot helmets!"
Sun Lei took the family shopping for a long time, and then came to the door of Wu Dalang's cake shop.
"It's Brother Sun Lei!"
Wu Dalang, who was making pancakes, walked out with a smile.
"Call someone!"
Sun Lei smiled and patted the two children on the head, and the two little things just ate.
"Uncle of the Wu family!"
The two villains quickly shouted sweetly to Wu Dalang.
"Okay, okay, the hot pancakes will be ready soon!"
With a smile on his face, Wu Dalang ran to the kitchen to make pancakes.
"Mother eat!"
Sun Yao smelled the aroma of cooking cakes and handed the candied fruit she had only eaten a few mouthfuls to Li Shishi.
"You little thing, if you don't eat later tonight, watch me spank you!"
Master Li looked at his daughter with wide eyes and said, "There were snacks and snacks all the way. Her belly was already full and she would definitely not eat later."
"Just today!"
Sun Lei ate the candied fruit on his daughter's hand and smiled.
"Brother, you have spoiled them rotten, how will you control them in the future?"
Hua Chan also said in a rare voice that if the child is so indulgent today, he will definitely not be able to be locked up in the future and will go out to play every day.
"If your father is not at home, you must obey your mother, otherwise your father will not be lenient!"
Sun Lei looked at the children in his arms and said, "The two villains naturally agreed. Whether they can do it or not is another matter."
The cooking cakes were served quickly, and there were many varieties, ranging from steamed buns to baked pot helmets. Wu Dalang brought all the varieties of cooking cakes in the store.
"Brother Wu, didn't Erlang go to Qinghe? Why don't you go back and have a look?"
Sun Lei looked at Wu Dalang and asked. Wu Song took Pan Jinlian and his son Wu Xuan to Qinghe a few days ago.
"It's enough for Erlang to go back to those things at home. Don't I still have to look after the store?"
Wu Dalang said with a smile that the main purpose of going back to Qinghe was to pay homage to the ancestors, and it was not a New Year's Day. The two brothers could go back alone.
After talking for a while, Wu Dalang started to work again. The business of his cake shop was very good, and the cakes were sold out as soon as they were baked.
"elder brother!"
Shi Qian came over from nowhere, smiling and clasping his fists.
"Be good and go to mother."
Sun Lei patted the child lying in his arms and said with a smile, Shi Qian must have something to do when he came here.
"Brother, the Liao people have sent people again."
Shi Qian said in a low voice.
"Huh? Are you coming to Liangshan?"
Sun Lei asked.
"No, I just went to Cangzhou. Xiao Qian said he wanted to meet his brother!"
Shi Qian spoke.
"Xiao Qian?"
Sun Lei touched his chin and started thinking.
"Brother, merchants all say that Xiao Qian has great power in Yanyun and handles all military and political affairs with one hand!"
Zhu Fu said.
"Have someone tell Xiao Qian that it's okay to meet, but we'll fix the time later! We're not free now!"
Sun Lei opened his mouth and said that he had made a condition, giving Liangshan five states, and Liangshan would send troops to deal with the Jurchens. He should want to negotiate terms now, but he had to stay cool at this time, otherwise it would be difficult to negotiate.
