The arrival of Tuoba and Qiu Yu further strengthened Su Qin's power in the northwest.
The three lines of defense are now in operation, but it will take time to truly become a defense line guarding the northwest. It is still in its infancy, but Su Qin believes that it will not take long to take shape.
Although the northwest is located in a corner and is relatively lacking in economy and resources compared to other places, it is precisely because of this that it gave Su Qin the opportunity. Once Su Qin manages the northwest well, he will have a future to fight against other collateral factions. basic disk.
Regarding the northwest region, Tuoba and Qiu Yu have actually learned about it in detail. Except that the tomb-keepers in Qinzhou are relatively powerful. After all, the ancestral tombs of Su Qin's ancestral hall are all here, and Qinzhou's economy is also the strongest among the five northwest states. , Chang'an is also the fifth largest city in the federation.
The other four states are relatively weak, followed closely by Longzhou, Ningzhou and Qingzhou. Except for some manpower in the state capital, other cities can almost be ignored.
Finally, there is Xinzhou, which is almost a blank area for the Su family’s mausoleum guardians. After all, Xinzhou has a large area, sparse population, and complicated ethnic composition. It has experienced a lot in these years. Not to mention that the Su family’s mausoleum guardians dare not intervene here. Other forces I almost didn't dare to intervene.
Then, according to Su Qin's plan, Tuoba and Qiu Yu will first stabilize the power of the tomb-keepers in Qinzhou, then further develop the power of Longzhou, Qingzhou, and Ningzhou, and finally intervene in Xinzhou.
After talking about these things, Su Qin was relatively satisfied with Tuoba and Qiu Yu. He said in a deep voice: "I will leave the northwest to you from now on. I hope you won't let me down."
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"Don't worry, young master, we will do our best to live up to the great trust." Tuoba said loudly.
Qiu Yu also has bright eyes. Even though she knows that she will encounter a lot of resistance, she is still full of confidence in the future.
Su Qin stood up and made arrangements: "Brother Chen, take Tuoba and Qiu Yu to the training building to see if there is anything else that needs to be modified, and then find someone to modify it according to their requirements."
After deciding to use Qinling Manor as Tuoba and Qiu Yu's temporary base camp, Su Qin had people renovate the training building again, that is, some offices were built upstairs, and other supporting facilities were relatively complete.
After Su Qin came out of the lounge, he went to find Lin Xi. Aunt Zhou over there had already taken Lin Xi to visit almost all of it. If he really wanted to visit this huge manor carefully, it would probably take an hour.
After meeting Lin Xi, Su Qin asked, "How is it? Do you like it?"
This manor was similar in area to the Lin family's old house, but the style was different. Lin Xi was already shocked.
She thought thoughtfully: "Is it too big? There are no people in such a large manor on weekdays. Is it too wasteful?"
"Nothing is wasted. There will be other people living here for the time being, but they live in the training building next door. We only come here occasionally in the main building. If you are bored on weekends, you can bring your roommates or classmates over to play." Su Qin smiled. said.
Lin Xi smiled lightly and said, "We probably won't be able to come here more than a few times a year."
"We will live here temporarily. When we graduate from college and leave Chang'an, this place will be used for other purposes." Su Qin explained casually.
"Oh, that's good." Lin Xi said lightly.
Evening, Sue
Qin and Lin Xi lived here, and Tuoba and Qiu Yu happened to come. Su Qin and Lin Xi invited them to dinner at the manor. Lin Xi had already met Tuoba and Qiu Yu, and they were not unfamiliar with them.
But we didn’t talk much during the meal, and we didn’t drink much, so it ended quickly.
The next night, at a barbecue restaurant near Chang'an University, Su Qin took Xu Sitong, Chen Mingyuan and Li Yang for dinner. In addition, there were Xie An and Zhou Song. There was a holiday tomorrow, so it was treated as a pre-holiday dinner.
Xu Sitong is going to travel abroad with his parents, while Li Yang is preparing to return to his hometown in Northeast China. Only Chen Mingyang is not going back and plans to practice hard at the training base.
Su Qin felt that Chen Mingyuan was a little led astray. Shouldn't such a dandy with a simple family background eat, drink and have fun? Why did he choose such a path?
But since Chen Mingyuan made this choice, Su Qin didn't say anything more.
Xie An, who came in last, said with a smile: "What day is it today? Young Master Su invites us to have dinner and drinks. It's so rare."
"Young Master Su invited us to have a drink and dinner, and you brought wine. Are you looking down on us, Young Master Su?" Xu Sitong moved his position to Xie An and joked. They are now close friends and quarrel with each other when they meet.
Xie An said casually: "My friend gave me two bottles of red wine. I don't have time to drink alone recently, so I brought it over for you to try. It's enough for friends."
Li Yang echoed: "Lao Xie is the best friend."
Xu Sitong called the waiter and said: "Order food, order food, I'm so hungry. Summer is about to pass, beer barbecue crayfish will be goodbye soon, I must have a good meal tonight."
Su Qin said at this time: "Wait a minute, there's more
A friend didn't come. "
"There is another friend, who is it?" Zhou Song asked curiously.
Su Qin didn't explain, took a sip of water and said, "I'll be there soon. You'll know when we meet you later."
Su Qin said something so mysterious that everyone was looking forward to it, and they didn't know which friend it was. After all, Su Qin said he would not bring a girlfriend tonight, so there was no woman.
Everyone in the school who is close to Su Qin is here. Su Qin rarely interacts with other students in the class. At most, they just meet and say hello.
As for other departments, I don’t have many friends.
Just when everyone was confused, the last friend opened the door and appeared.
When they saw this friend, Xu Sitong, Zhou Song, Chen Mingyuan, and Li Yang all widened their eyes, looking as if they were in disbelief. Maybe they didn't expect him to come.
Xie An was not surprised by the comparison, after all, he had known the details of his friend for a long time.
Xu Sitong stood up instantly and shouted: "Zhao Jingshi."
Zhou Song also pointed at Zhao Jingshi and shouted: "Zhao Jingshi, what are you doing here? Do you want to find trouble?"
Zhao Jingshi ignored Xu Sitong and Zhou Song at all, with a somewhat impatient expression on his face. He seemed not to pay attention to Xu Sitong and Zhou Song at all. If Su Qin hadn't invited him to have dinner and drinks, he might not have come at all.
The atmosphere was somewhat tense, and others didn't know what was going on.
Su Qin stood up and said: "Don't be nervous, this is the last friend I told you, Zhao Jingshi, you are all familiar with him."
"Jingshi, come here and sit here." Su Qin waved his hand for Zhao Jingshi to sit over.
Zhao Jingshi came over obediently and became angry when he saw Su Qin.
He smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Su Qin."
When Zhao Jingshi met Su Qin before, he was extremely arrogant and provoked Su Qin several times.
This time when Zhao Jingshi saw Su Qin, he was so obedient and respectful, which made Xu Sitong, Zhou Song and others a little confused.
How is this going?
Could it be that some unknown story happened between the two of them and they turned from rivals to friends, just like Zhou Song and Su Qin before?
Xu Sitong asked directly, "Lao Su, don't you explain what's going on?"
Zhou Song also said: "Brother Su, tell me what's going on. We are all in the dark. How can we drink this wine?"
Chen Mingyuan has come to his senses. No wonder Zhao Jingshi came to see Brother Su alone two days ago. It is estimated that their relationship was no longer the same as before, so what Brother Su said when he returned to the dormitory will be solved now. The mystery is over?
"Let's order first, and we'll talk about it later while we eat." Su Qin said deliberately.
Then everyone called the waiter to start ordering. When the waiter started serving food and wine, Su Qin smiled and explained: "Actually, it's nothing. Jingshi is the younger brother of my friend. I didn't know about this relationship before. I just I thought the name was a bit familiar, because his family is all from the Jingzi generation, and later his brother and sister called me and asked me to take care of him at school, and that’s when I found out about it.”
Su Qin explained so simply that he would not really explain the cause and effect of the matter, which would make Zhao Jingshi lose face.
"So that's what happened. I was telling you how he came to find you downstairs in the dormitory last time. Why don't you tell me again so that we are still hostile to him."
Xu Sitong suddenly realized.
Zhou Song also said: "I didn't expect that he was actually one of our own. He probably didn't even know about it. Otherwise, why would he have provoked you continuously before? If you hadn't kept stopping us, we would have really prepared to compete with him."
Zhao Jingshi was a little unhappy when he heard this. When he was about to retort, he subconsciously saw Su Qin's eyes and immediately sat down obediently.
Su Qinfeng said lightly: "What happened in the past is over. From now on, you will be friends and you can take care of each other in school."
"That's necessary. Now that we are all our own, we will definitely not target him anymore. Your friend's brother is our brother." Xu Sitong said cheerfully.
Su Qin glanced at Zhao Jingshi and said, "Jingshi, say hello to these seniors."
Although Zhao Jingshi was not happy, he still stood up and said: "Dear seniors, my name is Zhao Jingshi. I have offended you because of my ignorance in the past. I hope you adults will not remember the faults of villains and don't be as knowledgeable as me. I will punish myself with this glass of wine first." "
After saying that, Zhao Jingshi poured himself a glass of beer and drank it directly.
After Zhao Jingshi finished drinking, Xu Sitong, Zhou Song and others smiled and said that everything was over, etc., as if they had regarded him as one of their own.
Su Qin said in a serious tone at this time: "Jingshi, everyone knows what you were like in school before. I may not spend much time in school, but I will let them keep an eye on you in the future. If you are in school Continue to be as domineering as before, if they find out and tell me, don't blame me for not warning you."
Only then did Zhao Jingshi understand why Su Qin took him out for dinner and drinking today. It turned out that he wanted to
These friends will keep an eye on me in school from now on. They are really cunning.
Zhao Jingshi said with an apologetic smile: "Brother Su Qin, I have already said that I will change it, so don't worry, it won't be the same as before."
Su Qin did not forget to tell the others: "Jing Shi is young and ignorant. When he first arrived at school, he was a bit domineering. His brothers and sisters asked me to take care of him. If he dares to be like before in school in the future, you can tell me."
"Lao Su, don't worry, we will keep an eye on it for you." Xu Sitong said first.
Zhou Song patted Zhao Jingshi's arm and said: "Jingshi, you have to be better in the future. Brother Su will never be merciful when he takes care of people. Ask them, I have suffered a lot in front of him before."
Zhao Jingshi could only say helplessly: "What the seniors said is true, and I will accept it with an open mind."
Zhao Jingshi is very clear about his current situation. It seems that he will not be able to get through the four years of university unless he does not study at Chang'an University, so he just accepts his fate.
"Let's eat, the barbecue is cold." Su Qin changed the subject.
Xie An picked up the wine glass and said, "Let's have a drink first. Welcome Jingshi to join our small group."
Everyone was talking about welcoming Jingshi to join, and a glass of refreshing beer was quickly downed.
After drinking this glass of wine, the atmosphere became much more harmonious, and everyone else came to Jingshi to have a drink, which was considered as taking care of the newcomer.
Zhao Jingshi had a good drinking capacity and quickly responded to everyone. Gradually his attitude became less rigid and he gradually integrated into everyone's atmosphere.
While drinking and chatting, Su Qin introduced Xie An to Zhao Jingshi and said, "Jingshi, let me introduce to you. This is Xie An. You
But call him Brother Xie. Your brother and sister have a good relationship with his brother. You can have more contact with him in Chang'an in the future. You two should be able to play together. "
After hearing that Su Qin said that his elder brother and sister had a good relationship with Xie An's brother, Zhao Jingshi subconsciously asked: "Xie family?"
Su Qin nodded and said, "Well, I'll introduce you to him."
Hearing that it was the Xie family, Zhao Jingshi was somewhat polite and greeted with a smile: "Brother Xie."
"You should have a good relationship with Liu Peng. He is introducing you to join our elite club in Qinzhou University Circle. If you are interested, you can come over and have a look. They are all like-minded friends, so that you will not have any problems in Chang'an these few years. It will be boring." Xie An actively invited.
Liu Peng and Zhao Jingshi used to go to the same high school and were familiar friends. He had told Liu Peng before that the elite clubs in Qinzhou University Circle were all rich second-generation officials and second-generation officials with unusual family backgrounds.
It's just that Zhao Jingshi wasn't interested at that time. Now that he heard that Xie An was also a member of this elite club, he became more interested instantly.
"I heard Liu Peng say, can I?" Zhao Jingshi said modestly.
Xie An chuckled and said: "Liu Peng can join, why can't you? Besides, your brother Su is now the president of our elite club, and I am the vice president of the elite club. You can join as long as you nod. "
Zhao Jingshi was not polite when he heard this. He was having a headache and had no friends in Chang'an. He couldn't hang out in school every day in the future.
So he said without hesitation: "I will join."
Xie An picked up the wine glass and said, "Okay, I will take you through the membership formalities another day."
The two clinked glasses
Drink all the wine in one gulp.
Su Qin was relieved when he heard that Zhao Jingshi had joined. Zhao Jingshi didn't have many friends in Chang'an yet. In the future, Xu Sitong and Zhou Song would play with him in the school and he would gradually become familiar with him. In the future, he would be taken care of by Xie An and others outside the school. Then he I feel more reassured.
What kind of circle you are in will gradually determine what kind of person you become.
Zhao Jingshi's circle has now been arranged by Su Qin. Is Su Qin still afraid that he has been led astray in Chang'an in the past few years?
Besides, these people can help him keep an eye on him. Even if he wants to cause trouble, he has no chance.
This is why Su Qin brought Zhao Jingshi out tonight.
Friendships between men are largely due to wine, and many friendships begin with drinking.
So at the end of the drink, Zhao Jingshi became more temperamental, pulling others to keep drinking, and kept talking after drinking too much.
After all, he is still just a child, there is no such thing as so much fuss and scheming, most of the time he is just willful and impulsive.
In the end, Xu Sitong, Zhou Song and others helped him return to school.
At noon the next day, Zhao Jingshi woke up when Su Qin called him. Su Qin whispered: "Are you awake?"
Zhao Jingshi had a headache and said, "Brother Su Qin, I drank too much last night and didn't do anything stupid, right?"
Su Qin shook his head and said, "No, I just talked a lot. In the end, it was Lao Xu and Zhou Song who sent you back."
Zhao Jingshi said a little embarrassedly: "Thank them for me."
"You are already friends, there is no need to be so polite between friends." Su Qin said casually.
Zhao Jingshi yawned and said, "Brother Su Qin, do you have anything else to do? If nothing happens, I will continue to sleep for a while. I have a terrible headache."
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Just go back to sleep and don't forget about the afternoon. "Su Qin warned.
After saying this, he hung up the phone.
Zhao Jingshi suddenly woke up, and then he remembered that he had promised Su Qin to accompany him to Longzhou and Ningzhou a few days ago. He refused at first for this long trip. He originally thought of going back to Beijing to enjoy a few days, but now it is completely ruined. .
Who told Su Qin to tell her sister in advance, and the family immediately agreed.
He has never been to Longzhou and Ningzhou. In his mind, they are remote and backward places. He doesn't know why Su Qin took him there. Isn't he going to be a coolie?
There was no way to change it anyway, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet.
