Song Beiyun

Song Beiyun sat at home and let out a long sigh. Wuyou, who was fiddling with his binoculars next to him, turned his head and asked, "What's wrong, senior brother?"

Song Beiyun, who was writing, put down his pen and sighed, "Today is Qiaoyun's due date."

After he finished speaking, he came to the window, leaning on the window lattice with both hands and looking into the distance: "I really owe too much to my family, except that I was by my side when Jin Ling'er was pregnant, and I was basically not by my side before the other children were born." .”

"They won't blame you. A man should put his family and country first. My master said that there are many people in the world who stand up to the sky and the earth, but there are very few people who serve the country and the people. With a body of seven feet, already promised the country How can I get a body?"

Wuyou's words were a typical parrot, and she probably didn't know the meaning of them, but Song Beiyun sighed for no reason when he heard these words.

Because if it wasn't for Zhao Xing, he wouldn't have rushed to Harbin thousands of miles away in such a hurry. According to the time calculation, he should be poking at Haizhou Port by now, guarding Qiaoyun and Biluo, waiting for the two The arrival of the child.

But still the same sentence, people are not as good as heaven, Zhao Xing has made great achievements that will go down in history, but he, Song Beiyun, ended up not being able to reunite with his family or see his children for the first time.

But won't he come?Obviously not, taking over a place, even the most peaceful takeover, is doomed to have a lot of shit to deal with, can't Zhao Neng be able to deal with it?In theory, it is possible, but he will definitely be tricked, because he really has little diplomatic experience, and the Liao Emperor will not give him any face.

It can be done by force, of course, but that will seriously damage the foundation of trust between the Song and Liao countries now, and if this matter is replaced by Song Beiyun, it will be a matter of course, and no one will feel that this is an accident.

In order to reduce possible conflicts in the future, and for the sake of the unified foundation in the future, Song Beiyun must also come to this trip.

Just like what Wuyou said, a seven-foot body has already promised the country, and it is difficult to bear family members.

"I just hope everything is fine." Song Beiyun's fingers tapped on the window lattice, his thoughts drifting away.

Looking back, almost ten years ago, when he was eighteen or nineteen years old, he was still that country boy who would go to the city with Quiet every three to five days to sell medicinal materials to tease Zuo Rou.

Don't care about the turmoil in the court and don't pay attention to the intrigues on the border, the days at that time seem like gods now.

As for now, it’s actually quite good, but to be honest, this is not the life he likes, but since he has chosen this path, there is absolutely no reason to give up halfway, as things in the world are like.

Turning my head, I realized that the age of 30 was just around the corner. It seemed as if yesterday was just yesterday. The sum of the two lives has passed a year, but the memories overlapped for no reason.

Sometimes in the dead of night, he would miss home, but he couldn't tell which home he was missing, maybe because it was all home.

From being out of tune with the times to slowly becoming one with the times, and even pushing the progress of the times forward by one's own strength, the original motivation may not be some grand goal for the country and the people, probably ...Probably because I was homesick, missing the home that was full of traffic and roaring day and night.

Later, I had a family here, had children and roots, and that family became a roundabout in my dream. Although I never mentioned it, I never forgot it.

Leaning on the fence and looking far away, the sense of loneliness that is out of step with the times has long since disappeared, replaced by a sense of longing for the future.

He really wants to see what the future will look like, and what kind of flowers will bloom when the seeds of a more scientific social system and industrial system fall on this piece of the world that should be in disarray.

It's like playing a placement card game, and you always have a premonition that you will be able to draw a coveted golden legend next.

There are still unknown places outside, and there are still poisonous insects dormant inside, but nothing can stop the wheels that have changed their tracks from spewing forward.

It's just that now standing halfway up the mountain, it's a bit difficult to look up and down.

"Brother, if you are worried, you might as well go back."

"No." Song Beiyun turned his head and glanced at Wuyou: "Now that the ceremony is approaching, there is no way to separate yourself. You can't expect Zhao Xing to face the Liao Kingdom alone, he won't be able to handle it."

And Zhao Xing, who was practicing calligraphy in the corner of the room, raised his head and looked at Song Beiyun at this moment: "I said, I'm still here, and you haven't done it once or twice. At least take care of my emotions."

"That's fine, I'll go back to Haizhou tomorrow morning, and you can deal with the Liao Kingdom for the rest."

Zhao Xing shook his head like a rattle drum: "That's impossible, brother Yelu is too fierce, I can't handle it without you, I almost couldn't stand it in the previous confrontations, every time I was about to die, I would tell them this I have handed over the matter to Song Beiyun. If you leave, won't the Liao Kingdom step on my head and shit?"

Song Beiyun snorted and didn't say anything else, but Zhao Xing put down his pen and said with a smile, "Oh, when this is over, I'll give you a big vacation!"

"You said it." Song Beiyun pointed at Zhao Xing and said, "If you harass me when I'm on vacation, I'll find a place to hide right away."

"Oh, I got it, I got it." Zhao Xing waved his hand: "One year! How about I give you a year's vacation? You are free between the two court meetings."

"Two years."

"One and a half years, no less."

"Two and a half years."

"You man!" Zhao Xing patted the table: "Although the current situation is stable, but if you have been walking like this for more than two years, the people below have turned against the sky?"

"Three years!"

"Two years! No less."

"Deal." Song Beiyun nodded, "It's been agreed for two years."

Zhao Xing sighed helplessly, but Wuyou felt bored listening to them talk, so he said hello and went out with binoculars to see the scenery.

As soon as Wuyou left, Zhao Xing sneaked up to Song Beiyun's side: "Well... how about I discuss something with you?"

"The deer-headed mouse-eyes, it looks like it's thinking about something."

"The elixir of life..." Zhao Xing rubbed his hands nervously: "Give it to me."

Song Beiyun turned his head and looked at Zhao Xing: "How do you know?"

"I got it out of the Wuyou words that day." Zhao Xing said with a cheeky smile, "I will exchange the throne with you."

"I don't want your throne." Song Beiyun shook his head, "I don't want the elixir of life either."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xing jumped up on the spot: "Song Beiyun, you are fucking crazy! That is the elixir of life!"

Song Beiyun spat: "Do you believe in that thing?"

"Believe me, there is indeed a record in the court secrets, saying that after taking it, you will live forever."

"Nonsense." Song Beiyun waved at him: "Come, come, let me tell you the principle of biological aging."

Although Song Beiyun said a lot in the end, Zhao Xing not only refused to listen, but became more and more eager to try.

In the end, Song Beiyun was annoyed, and he shook Zhao Xing away with a wave of his hand: "Let me tell you, the surname is Zhao. No matter what, I will never give you this thing. If I don't know how to eat it, you can't eat it either."

"Why?" Zhao Xing looked surprised and aggrieved: "You were not like this before, you won't kill me, okay?"

"Don't learn Buddhism for me, Baonu! Disgusting." Song Beiyun stood at the door with a flick of his sleeves: "This is actually a bet, you know? Since it is a bet, there is a risk. And the probability of losing this gamble is extremely high, so high There is no chance of winning at all, and if you lose, you will die."

"It shouldn't be..."

"It's a bet. Since it is immortality, is the opposite violent death? Since you believe it can live forever, why don't you believe it will die suddenly?" Song Beiyun explained with a wry smile: "Assuming half is immortality and the other half is sudden death. , before you eat this thing, you don’t know whether it is life or death. But the moment you eat it, life and death will surface, your probability is only 50.00%, dead or alive, right? "

"Um……"

"Then it may be possible for other people to try this matter, but it is absolutely not for you." Song Beiyun pointed to Zhao Xing and said, "If the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty died suddenly because he took a medicine from Song Beiyun, it is now In terms of Da Song's model, what will happen?"

"do not know……"

"It will split." Song Beiyun sternly said: "The credibility of the imperial court will collapse directly, and Chang'an and Jinling will split into two countries, each with half of the country. Then my mother's ten-year foundation will be destroyed once, Zhao Xing, Zhao Xing, life There are not a few decades that can be wasted like this. So no matter what your reasons are, I will not let you gamble on this, understand?"

"But it doesn't necessarily die."

"It's not necessarily going to happen."

Well, it's a knot.Pessimists and optimists had disagreements that were difficult to negotiate on the matter of "Song Beiyun's medicine".

Song Beiyun stood on the pessimistic point of view, and he was on the side of death, so from a pessimistic point of view, if you don't gamble, you win.

On the other hand, Zhao Xing is a natural optimist. He always believes that since there is an element of gambling, the chances of winning will be great.So it's not a conflict to try it out.

This matter has risen to a philosophical debate so far. In the scope of philosophy, neither of them is wrong, but neither is right.

All in all, it's very brain-burning, but the final result must be Song Beiyun's victory, because this thing is within his control, and Zhao Xing has no bargaining chips in his hands.

"Then you promise me that if in the future... I said if. If I am no longer the emperor, you can give me this, and I will try to gamble."

"it is good."

Song Beiyun gritted his teeth, and reluctantly agreed, but not without conditions: "But the premise is to finish the work at this stage."

"Unify China?"

"Correct."

"Then I will abdicate directly and give the throne to Fo Baonu, so you will be the regent in peace and security?"

"The Liao Kingdom doesn't have that energy or ability. Now, the spirit of the people of the Song Dynasty, the arrogance of the soldiers, and the ethos of the officials are called the national destiny. This national destiny cannot be controlled by the Liao Kingdom." Song Beiyun waved his hand and said, "You now Don't think about it, the Liao Kingdom can't grasp that something will happen."

Zhao Xing, how could he speak against Song Beiyun, and he was soon defeated.

Although he is thinking of immortality, but he is self-willed and willful, and the truth is still there.Just like what Song Beiyun said, with the prosperity of the Song Dynasty now, no other country can control it. If he really voted, there would be wars everywhere the next day after he voted. After coming out, Song Beiyun was not good at it.

Why?Because the pillar of the Great Song Dynasty is Zhao Xing instead of Song Beiyun, the Great Song Dynasty is now in full swing. First, it has got rid of the poverty and weakness of the past 40 years, and then the road to building a strong army is steady and steady. The rectification of the officialdom has also achieved initial results. Going in a good direction.

The life of the people is better, they have unprecedented confidence in the country, the soldiers have absolute obedience and loyalty, because of the new examination system, the people will no longer be locked in the existing class and cannot be promoted, and the officials have more opportunities to display their ambitions The stage, what is this equivalent to?Da Song, who is equivalent to standing up from behind, showed everyone a blueprint for the future that can be seen and touched.

At this time, he suddenly said that his mother's helmsman has surrendered to the enemy, and the good life in the future will be gone. Who can bear this?The cruelest thing in the world is not being hungry all the time, but when someone stretches out a hand to hold someone while you are starving, but when you change hands, you are pushed into the wind and rain again by that person.

The general analogy is that in 1970, when the United States was in full swing, Nixon suddenly announced that the United States would merge into the Soviet Union unconditionally.Not to mention that Nixon's ancestral grave will be dug up, just that 48 flowers must burst out in all fifty states of the United States.

So it's fine to talk naively, if it really works, Song Beiyun will definitely put Zhao Xing under house arrest immediately, and then help the crown prince to take the position, and declare to the outside world that Zhao Xing has become sick from overwork and is sick in the palace.

It's still the same sentence, whoever blocks Song Beiyun's plan is the enemy, and everything is out of the question in the face of national justice, whether he is Zhao Xing or Buddha Baonu, gods block and kill gods and Buddhas block and kill Buddhas.

Anyway, just don't force Song Beiyun to do anything while he is still reasonable.

"Okay, this thing has been stored for a thousand years, not bad for the past few years, when you have nothing to love in your life, and when Da Song has you or not, I will find a way to get it for you."

Song Beiyun patted Zhao Xing on the shoulder: "I don't care if I eat to death."

"Then I'm destined to die, and I can't persuade you with good words." Zhao Xing said with a smile: "Anyway, it won't drag you down."

"Well, no more nonsense. I'll write some letters home. How about you? Do you have any letters from home?"

"Let me discuss something with you."

"Don't talk about taking medicine."

"No." Zhao Xing was silent for a moment: "Didn't the prince call you uncle?"

"Well, what happened?"

"I plan to let him recognize you as his father, in case something happens to me, you..."

"Roll, roll, roll." Song Beiyun waved his hands and walked out: "I won't serve your family!"

Chapter 850: Sunny August 10, Nine Years

It has been more than a month since he came back from Yingtian Mansion. During the cool weather, Song Beiyun seemed to have returned to the autumn when he was fourteen or fifteen years old.

Every morning, the old man would call him up to practice kung fu, and if he was a little lazy, he would be scolded.

It stands to reason that he has reached this level, and he shouldn't have been scolded like the third grandson, but things have backfired, and he is owed and lazy, and he feels that something is missing if he doesn't get scolded a few times a day .

He didn't go back to Chang'an directly, but went back to Lianyungang immediately to see his newborn child, and take good care of Biluo.

Qiaoyun also gave birth to a son, which made him a little disappointed, but at least he gave away the name of the preserved egg. Qiaoyun cried for a long time because of this, while Biluo knelt down to worship the gods and Buddhas every day, praying that he could have a daughter come out.

But the old man liked this grandson very much, and basically gave all the treasures at the bottom of the box to this little thing that didn't even grow teeth, and even Song Beiyun had never seen many things.

"You're partial, why? Why don't you give it to me!"

"I think you need a beating, little bastard!" The old man was overwhelmed by his noise, picked up his broom and chased him out.

But still like that, when the old man chased to the door, Song Beiyun was nowhere to be seen.

After all, he escaped, just like he did more than ten years ago.

When he came to the lighthouse, Song Beiyun leaned on the railing alone and looked at it. After a few months, there were new changes in the port, but he didn't pay much attention to it now because he was on vacation, two years of paid leave.

In fact, it was not easy for Zhao Neng to criticize him for being fake, but Song Beiyun had a serious chat with Zhao Xing in private. One was that he hadn’t spent much time with his family all these years, and the other was that the old man might not live for too long. I already felt it when I first met him when I lifted him up.

After all, some things are unavoidable in the world, so Song Beiyun decided to use these two years to return to the family, and if there is any urgent matter, he can still find him.

"I knew you were here."

Miaoyan climbed up to the lighthouse and found Song Beiyun: "What? I was kicked out of the house again."

"That old man is really unreasonable, I just asked, but he actually wanted to beat me up."

When Miao Yan heard his words, she laughed out loud: "You still dare to fight back."

"That's why I ran away."

While talking, the sound of firecrackers came from the port below. Following the sound, I found that the last ship of the Jiuyuan warship was just launched. This Dingyuan ship should be the most advanced ship so far. In addition to sail power, steam power was used as auxiliary power for the first time, and the tonnage is also the largest among Jiuyuan. Although it is called a secondary battleship, it is actually no worse than the first flagship. where is it.

What makes Song Beiyun regret is that the progress of the tank project is still slow, and now even the power problem has not been solved.

"It's so fast."

Miaoyan also looked at the Dingyuan ship covered in red and colorful in the distance, and said with emotion: "Ten years, we have spent ten years, and we have leapt into the steam age. Do you think it will develop into a steampunk? ?”

"No." Song Beiyun shook his head and said, "As long as the laws of physics remain unchanged, human evolution will eventually converge."

"That's right." Miao Yan sighed, "But it's really fast."

"In fact, this is the normal iteration speed. As long as a door is opened, many things behind it will follow the current." Song Beiyun raised his fingers and counted: "Actually, we think that the time is very long because history will give people a sense of confusion. .”