Standalone Northern and Southern Dynasties

Chapter 7 Sister
"Give me a horse? Brother Ze is such a generous friend!" The old man stood up and looked at the horse, then said, "This kind of horse needs to be fed with fine feed every day, and it is best to mix it with soybean powder to ensure that it does not lose weight. It also needs to be galloped in the wild every now and then to maintain its horsepower, but it costs a lot of money."

The old man looked at Su Ze, and Su Ze said, "That's why I bought this riding slave, so that someone can herd the horses when I'm on duty."

The old man nodded, took out a wooden sign from the doorway beside the inner square, carved words on it with a knife and pen, handed it to Su Ze, and said: "This wooden sign is for you, for your riding slave to use when entering and leaving Jianyangli. Horses are not allowed in the inner square, so you should go home quickly."

Su Ze quickly said respectfully: "Thank you, Master Zhong!"

Su Ze's house was in Jianyangli, near Fangshikou. A water canal flowed through Jianyangli, and Su Ze's house was upstream of the canal.

Only a brother and a sister live in the house with two entrances, front and back. Compared with the increasingly crowded living environment in Jianyang, this house is considered quite good.

The father of Su Ze's body was originally a military officer at the Yulin Military Academy. His family also had a stable. It is remembered that the Su family also had their own horses.

However, Su Ze's father was involved in a case and died, and a lot of his property was confiscated. Later, the case recurred, and the Su family took back his father's bones, cremated them, and sent them to Longhua Temple.

However, since no one came to vindicate his father, and the people who framed his father and forced confessions about his father's death were all safe and sound, Su Ze's father's case became a taboo in Jianyangli and the Yulin Army. This house was the only legacy left by his predecessor's father.

With such a house in the divine capital and a system at hand, Su Ze can live his life in peace and stability.

It’s a pity that such peaceful days will not last long. Luoyang will soon be in chaos, and various forces will take their place, sending the entire prosperous city into the abyss.

The catastrophe is approaching, and Su Ze can only make some preparations in advance.

But in today's world, where can we find a place to settle down?
Southern Liang? The current Emperor Xiao Yan of Southern Liang was not as incompetent as he was in the later years of his reign, and Southern Liang seemed to be doing well.

However, it is more than a thousand miles from Luoyang to Southern Liang, and Su Ze has a military post. Leaving the Yulin Army without permission would be considered desertion. How could he take his sister to Southern Liang?

Besides, the Southern and Northern Dynasties were rivals of equal strength. The splendor and bubble of the Southern Liang Dynasty was not much less than that of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

"Brother!"

A thin girl with an unmarried woman's bun came out of the house, but when she saw the riding slave leading the horse behind Su Ze, she was so scared that she took a half step back.

"Yuyao, this is my newly bought riding slave. This horse was given to me by a friend."

Sitong City is adjacent to Jianyangli. There are many military households' families in Jianyangli who sell goods in Sitong City. Gao Huan's horse sales must have caused a sensation in Sitong City, and there is nothing to hide about Su Ze's horse selection.

Su Yuyao has a thin figure, but you can vaguely see that she is a beauty. After Su Ze traveled through time, he relied on this sister to gradually integrate into this world, and he also got through the most confused period when he first traveled through time.

Su Ze has nothing but love for his original sister, and this is also one of the motivations that supports him to survive in this world.

"I'll go clean up the vacant stable in the front yard later, and let him live in the side wing."

Su Ze pointed at the riding slave he had "summoned" using the system, and was still somewhat confused about the creation of this system. The riding slave was like a "summoned creature" in the game. Was the world he was in real? Was he in a huge stand-alone game?
Su Yuyao immediately put her hands on her hips and said, "Brother, you have been on guard all night, go and rest, I will clean the stables!"

In a poor military family like Su Ze, girls have been doing housework since childhood. When Su Ze was injured, Su Yuyao was the one who took care of the house. Su Ze yawned and said:
"Then let him help you clean up. Here are the Hu cakes and mutton I bought at Sitong Market. Leave them for you, Yuyao, to eat at noon."

After saying this, Su Ze looked at the riding slave and said, "From now on, you can be called Su Da. The horse breeding will be left to you."

After giving the order, Su Da led the horse into the house, picked up a broom and started cleaning the stable.

Su Yuyao looked at the riding slave who looked stupid but did things efficiently. She was very satisfied and started to direct Su Da to clean up.

The Su family also had servants in the past. Ever since my brother was injured and fell into a coma last time, they have finally become much more sensible. They no longer act bravely and aggressively in the army, and they often bring back some things to supplement the family income. Life at home has also improved a lot.

Now my brother actually brought back a riding slave and a horse! Su Yuyao felt that her life was becoming more and more promising.

Just as Su Ze was about to enter the house, Su Yuyao called out to him:
"Brother, my father-in-law is coming today and said he will take you outside the city to practice riding and archery tomorrow."

Su Ze staggered and almost tripped over the door frame. His legs trembled when he thought of the "horror" of this father-in-law.

He thought that just when he had recovered from his injury, he was dragged outside the city by his father-in-law to train in riding and archery. This former colleague of his father was so inhumane to the point of being abnormal.

Of course Su Ze knew that his father-in-law taught him martial arts, which was definitely a favor to his family. These were family knowledge passed down since ancient times. The skills of a cavalryman in riding and shooting combat required instruction by words and deeds, which was a blessing that many uninitiated time travelers could not ask for.

It's just that this father-in-law was too strict, and always forced himself to participate in the selection of soldiers to join the Qinghe Prince's shogunate in the near future.

Prince Qinghe Yuan Yi is a member of the royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty and was also the regent minister listed in the will of the late Emperor Xuanwu.

In the court of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Qinghe Prince Yuan Yi was appointed as the Grand Tutor, the Grand Commandant, the Palace Attendant, and was in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel. He was the most powerful official in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The princes of the Northern Wei Dynasty had great power. They could set up their own shogunate, appoint their subjects, and even have their own guards. Therefore, for a poor man like Su Ze, it was almost impossible to obtain an official position in the Northern Wei court. However, if he had outstanding martial arts, he could be summoned by the princes to be a subject or guest, and then be recommended by these powerful people to obtain an official position in the court, thus entering the official career in this roundabout way.

This is similar to the roundabout route taken by poor scholars in the Tang Dynasty who failed to pass the imperial examination and chose to go to the border to seek refuge with a military governor, and then obtain an official position in the court by making meritorious services under the military governor.

Many famous ministers and generals of the Northern Wei Dynasty entered their official careers through this method. Su Ze's father-in-law honed Su Ze's martial arts so that he could become a subject and guest of the Qinghe Palace.

However, Su Ze obviously had other ideas. According to the history he knew, King Qinghe Yuan Yi would soon be defeated in the court struggle of the Northern Wei Dynasty and die in the power conspiracy in the palace.

Even if history had changed, these royal family members and ministers of the Northern Wei would have been drowned in Heyin when General Tianzhu entered Luoyang.

Entering the Prince of Qinghe's palace at this time, doesn't that mean joining the National Army in 1949?

(End of this chapter)