Passing through the station

The tunnel is not dark, but it is not bright either. After all, Ruan Bai's craftsmanship cannot be compared with that of King Yue Ze, and sometimes it is necessary to manually adjust the angle of the copper and glass used for reflection.

After the curtain was drawn in the stone room, the light became even weaker.However, Chu Hao had obviously stepped into the boundary of inhumanity with one foot, and the dim light did not affect his vision.

Ruan Bai soon discovered that Chu Hao's stripping him naked was really not for any obscene purpose.The old man was wiped with warm water as well, even the tiniest wounds were smeared with golden sore medicine, and the bruises he encountered were rubbed with medicinal wine.

Two words: comfortable!

Ruan Bai put on a light linen coat, took out his empty pockets, and didn't have a single copper coin, so he pulled Chu Hao's neck, raised his head and kissed him several times as a tip.

Chu Hao's face was heavy, and he didn't relax because he accepted the bribe: "Write down the account first, and I'll clean you up when I get home." The two of them, one of whom was a rookie who had never seen blood, brought a dog that had grown fat all over his body. Meat milk dog, go to face a Hun cavalry, what is going on in your mind?I usually look smart, but when I get hot blood, I turn into grass, right?Is the male ghost eager to go back to his hometown?

"Oh." Ruan Bai bowed his head and admitted his mistake, acting like a good boy.

Now he is very good at this move. Combined with his current appearance of young teeth, he has developed the [-] moves to ensure that the attack power of each move can cause the enemy/Chu Hao to effectively damage the blood.

This time Chu Hao was not so much angry as he was scared. He made up his mind in his heart that he must let Ruan Ergou know the seriousness, and he must not let it go like this again.He who believes that Ruan Bai will have a sense of proportion is simply unbelievable!

But rationally knew that Ruan Bai did the right thing.If it were any other person, he would be able to praise him for his actions today; but this person cannot be Ruan Bai...he is very selfish in his heart-everyone, including himself; anyone can, but not It's Ruan Bai, and nothing can happen to Ruan Bai.

Ruan Bai's shoulder was injured, which to him could only be regarded as a minor injury, not even one-tenth of the injury in the grassland.Chu Hao, on the other hand, held it carefully as if he were dealing with a fragile item, and his body trembled slightly.

Ruan Bai was stunned, raised his uninjured hand, and gently patted Chu Hao's back: "I'm sorry." Thinking about it, he didn't want to see Chu Hao in danger.

The two of them leaned against each other like this, and no one spoke again.

Someone whispered outside: "My lord?" It was Chu Hao who called out.

"what's up?"

"There are not enough hospital beds, are they..."

Chu Hao looked around, feeling embarrassed for a while.

The stone chamber has limited space.There were dozens of wounded people he brought over this time.There are still some supplies piled up in the stone room, plus the daily necessities that Ruan Bai and Zhang Daniu needed for their temporary stay here before, they almost bump into people when they turn around.In such a small place, he occupied the beds of two people on the stone bed...

Chu Hao quickly came out with Ruan Bai on his back, without letting him go, and ran straight into the depths of the tunnel.Ruan Bai looked back and understood: "The doctor came quickly."

Two doctors and, it seems, two apprentices helping.The soldiers under Chu Hao could help more or less, while others were pushing wheelbarrows back and forth in the tunnel.

While walking quickly, Chu Hao explained the situation to Ruan Bai in a low voice: "These two doctors were dispatched from Shunyang Pass, and they are more skilled than you in dealing with these injuries, so you don't have to worry."

As they said that, the two of them passed by another stone room. There was a large amount of materials piled up in this stone room, but now a corner has been emptied.The soldiers brought by Chu Hao are busy transporting back and forth.

"Brother Cao showed great power this time and caught the Huns by surprise." It's just that as time goes by, it becomes more and more difficult to achieve decent results.Cao Jiajun also experienced a certain amount of attrition.

King Pingxi sent reinforcements. In addition to frontal combat to contain the Huns' army, there were also some scouts responsible for communication and other miscellaneous affairs.The person who leads these scouts is Chu Hao.Only after he was actually in charge of the logistics did Chu Hao realize how many things Ruan Bai had shared with him.

Ruan Bai was a little strange: "It's just a matter of picking up a bargain. Brother Cao hasn't returned to Shunyang Pass yet?"

"Not yet. The Huns have cut off the route, and General Cao can't go back now." He said immediately, "But it's nothing serious. My father has sent reinforcements to contain the main force of the Huns. The Cao family's army will definitely not be besieged. As long as the supply of logistics materials can be guaranteed, the Huns will be punished severely if they are not guaranteed.”

Ruan Bai understood: "You put me down, I will rush back as soon as possible." Transporting supplies should have been his professional field as a postman.

Information communication barriers on the battlefield, all kinds of sudden dangers, this is a completely unfamiliar field for him; but...

"If it's just to deliver the supplies to the designated place, I think I'm fine." Before he knew the authenticity, he had two action plans, and now it seems that it's time to use them.

Afterwards, Chu Hao no longer persistently walked forward with Ruan Bai on his back, but found a secluded side road and sat down, explaining all the things that need attention one by one, the most important thing is: "Don't always have Run ahead for everything, and those idiots in the rear can't do anything well if no one is watching."

Chu Hao is in charge of the liaison between the two ends these days, so his physical fatigue is second to none, and the most important thing is his mental fatigue.General Cao's side is not a big problem.The entire Cao family army is cavalry, with strong mobility and familiarity with the surrounding terrain. It is absolutely guaranteed that they will not be caught by the Huns in a short period of time;

Chu Hao has the third, fourth, and big fat by his side, so there is no problem in communicating with each other.Looking for someone on the grassland, you don't need the third child to go out, Big Fatty can handle it.

The problem happened to be in Shunyang Pass.It wasn't that things couldn't be shipped out, or that things weren't in order... All kinds of excuses and reasons made Chu Hao almost draw his sword out of anger.When he didn't participate in the pre-war preparations, didn't he?Don't make his family's second brother the chief boss behind the entire Shunyang Pass logistics?I can't even handle such a small matter, what the hell do you eat?

Sensing Chu Hao's anxious coquetry, Ruan Bai couldn't help chuckling: "The first batch of supplies, tomorrow afternoon at the latest, wait for my news."

He obviously doesn't know the situation in the rear, he clearly feels that Shunyang Pass will take half a day from the tunnel, and he doesn't know anything about the situation on the battlefield... Chu Hao really wants Ruan Bai not to talk big, let alone try to be brave, but to his superior Ruan Bai's eyes, his response can only be: "Yes. I'll wait for you."

The battle situation is not as optimistic as Chu Hao said, and the situation of General Cao must not be so good.The grassland has always been the home of the Huns.Temporary victory does not mean smooth sailing later, being cut off the retreat route means that the Huns have mastered... or partially mastered the initiative of the war.

The food supplies at Shunyang Pass have always been insufficient.Especially now that the grain has not yet been harvested.Food is still second, and it can always be solved from other places. Anyway, it has always been patched together like this.

Medicinal ingredients, nothing to say about this.When Ruan Bai learned that the current medicinal materials are mainly collected, he knew that there was a shortage of medicinal materials in Dazhou.Needless to say, the medicine after deep processing.And according to Ruan Bai's practical experience, many medicinal materials and medicines are either in high storage conditions, or basically can only be prepared and used immediately.Some medicine dispensing skills are still in the hands of a very small number of people... All kinds of problems make the medicine basically impossible to solve in a short time.

The above two things may also be able to fill in the gap as much as possible through some means, so the weapons cannot be solved by relying on Shunyang Pass alone.

All weapons are cast by the Ministry of Industry.There are only two places that can be allowed to forge weapons, one in the capital and one in Xijing.The one in Xijing is still an issue left over from history and is of a semi-public nature.If it is a small batch of weapons that occasionally have special difficulties, then it is okay to take a walk in Xijing.If there is a gap in weapons caused by a large-scale war like now, if we blatantly transport weapons from Xijing, then unless the Pingxi Palace is really planning to rebel.

However, there have always been policies and countermeasures.There is a shortage of weapons, and you can't make them yourself. If the weapons are worn out, you can repair them yourself.Through such means, General Cao occasionally brought in a little private goods, and at least he managed to maintain the entire western front.

It can be maintained, but it is too painful and tiring.

After Ruan Bai took care of it, the reason why food and grass issues went much smoother was because he simply jumped out of the capital.This is the same as people saving money, not only to save money, but also to increase revenue.

In his view, the current military structure is very redundant.The number of soldiers is less than one-tenth of the number of auxiliary troops.Does a soldier of the Great Zhou really need ten auxiliary troops to back him up?the answer is negative.

So, he mobilized people to dig coal, run couriers, do business, and process and resell various materials... Since Tang Yan and others from the capital were completely stumped by him, he has mobilized thousands of people in a short period of time. auxiliary army.Even if most of these auxiliary troops can't really play the role of open source, but without going through layers of reports and dispatches, everyone's actions are only obeyed by him alone, and even the purchase funds are also independently accounted for. It is not planned into the unified ledger of the army.

Although this method is a bit out of the ordinary, compared with the old method in terms of efficiency and effectiveness, it is a scene that is more useful.Of course, this method also has many disadvantages, the most obvious being that as the controller, he has too much power.

Therefore, Ruan Bai walked very carefully on this road.He knows that he has enough backers and strong backing, but none of these can deny his own lack of strength.He is like a child guarding Jinshan, and even opened a Jinshan Park for people to buy tickets to visit. Tourists found that there are not only golden Jinshan in the park, but also a bunch of vicious snakes and beasts.But poisonous snakes and beasts doze off sometimes, not to mention that there are no natural enemies. At that time, not only his golden mountain will not be able to defend, but even the poisonous snakes and beasts guarding the golden mountain will be implicated...

The tunnel has been repaired.

After exiting the tunnel, Ruan Bai went straight to Shunyang Pass without stopping.

Obsidian's speed is very fast, and he will no longer get lost, and it took a shorter time than Ruan Bai expected.As soon as he arrived at the post station, he was stopped by the big maid named Qin'er next to the princess: "Second young master, the prince asked you to come back, hurry to the general's mansion."

Therefore, Ruan Bai didn't even get off his horse. Only when he arrived at the general's mansion did he know what kind of chaos the rear had become, and even the princess was arrested.

When Ruan Bai entered the door, King Pingxi was yelling: "Good for you, Cao Xu! Get rid of this pile yourself, and go for a walk if you say you want to walk the horse, and leave a mess for me!"

King Pingxi wanted to scold again, but he saw Ruan Bai's figure out of the corner of his eyes, and frowned at Ruan Bai's obviously bandaged shoulders: "Little Er, hurry up and help Dad." The people in the hall knelt on the ground, Pingxi Wang commented, "A bunch of trash!"

The chaos in the rear now has nothing to do with King Pingxi's ability.After all, King Pingxi said that he controlled the entire western part of the Great Zhou, and he had a general understanding of the situation at Shunyang Pass; but this understanding was not enough.Although he has enough prestige, he can't hold back and doesn't get along well with the specific people who do things.

What's more, there is a major premise. General Cao's act of attacking first is a war that can be fought at any time.

Sending Chu Hao, who is more suitable for leading troops to attack and annihilate, as a scout, King Pingxi has reached the point where no one can use him.

When the others saw Ruan Bai coming in, they all breathed a sigh of relief.They also didn't understand that when they were with this person before, they didn't care how many things he did, and all the affairs were running smoothly.The presence or absence of General Cao actually did not hinder the logistics much. Anyway, General Cao was responsible for them, nodding and shaking their heads.

Then, these two people left back and forth, leaving behind Chu Hao who came in halfway, but he could barely turn around.But Chu Hao was soon sent to the front line...

Trash—not to mention King Pingxi thinks so, even they themselves think so.He can't do anything well, and he has worked in the same position for at least ten years, so why is he like a rookie?

Isn't it just this time that he was beaten passively and took the initiative to beat someone?

Isn't it just that the elite army is trapped in the grassland, and the supply line is cut off...is there no supply line at all?

Ruan Bai smiled: "Leave it to me." Then he led the people kneeling on the ground to a side hall.Time is so tight, even a dog has to use all four paws, how can there be time for these people to kneel down and admit their mistakes?

As soon as he sat down, another servant girl beside the princess brought a cup of soup and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty ordered it, the second young master will take it slowly."

The taste of medicinal herbs and chicken soup mixed with a special sweetness, Ruan Bai squinted his eyes and smiled, and said, "Write down to me one by one the questions you have in hand. Now, Mr. Liu, go and prepare 120 wheelbarrows, Arrive at Shunyang Station at Zishi; Master Qin arranged for three hundred auxiliary troops, responsible for pushing carts and carrying goods, to gather at Shunyang Station at the same hour; Lord Lou..."

King Pingxi listened for a while through the door, nodded secretly, and went to other things in peace.

The concubine, who was also busy in the backyard, saw the maid came back and asked, "How is it?"

"Go back to your mother, the soup has been delivered. The second young master seems to like it very much."

"Who asked you this?"

"Your Majesty, Second Young Master's shoulder is injured, but it doesn't look serious."

The concubine's brows were already slightly frowned, and she slapped the table with her slender and fair hands. She stared fiercely at the front yard for a while, then turned her head and gritted her teeth: "Continue!" Good old Chu , The son was injured.Matters need to be dealt with urgently now, and I will see how my old lady treats you when I look back!

As Ruan Bai arranged all the things at hand, everyone disappeared one by one.But before he could drink two sips of soup, a personal guard came to report: "Master Ruan, Hu Shang, Ji Shang, Niu Shang... several merchants are asking to see you."

Ruan Bai nodded: "Bring them here." The logistics have already asked them to do what they should do, but the gap in supplies is always there. Fortunately, he made the layout a period of time in advance, and hope the result will not be too ugly now.

Ordinary businessmen are not able to get in touch with officials.For example, for some merchants, only the leaders of the caravan will consciously get acquainted with some local snakes, and most of them are just small officials.For example, a cattle merchant in the capital has a big eunuch standing behind him, who is already too good to die.

But this does not mean that cattle merchants have sufficient social status.Walking into the real general's mansion today, the cattle merchant's legs are a little weak.For the rest of them, their legs were as soft as noodles.

Fortunately, when Ruan Bai was on the road, the first thing he said when he saw someone was: "You're welcome, everyone sit down."

Not much left to say.Businessmen have a keen and vicious sense of smell, and at this time they just cut straight to the point. If they make three detours when they say a sentence as before, the knife may reach their necks when they say the next sentence.

"The villain has already prepared the goods Master Ruan asked for. The extra two hundred shi of grain is the villain's wish for the border officers and soldiers." Hu Shang and Ruan Bai cooperated the first time and tasted the most sweetness.The value of two hundred shi of grain was not enough to hurt his bones, but it was enough to express his sincerity.

When several other businessmen heard this, they cursed the old fox inwardly.

The cattle merchant continued: "Master Ruan, besides the goods you want, the villain has also collected twenty doctors on the road, all of whom are famous local doctors. They are like villains. Although they can't go to the battlefield, they can I hope to contribute to the defense of our country.”

No one is dumber than the other.They have all dealt with Ruan Bai, and the process does not mention whether it is pleasant or not, but their understanding of Ruan Bai is roughly the same-this is a humanoid gold mine!As long as you can deal well, you don't have to worry about making a fortune!

Now that such an obvious opportunity is in front of them, how could they not seize it?Taking the opportunity to strengthen the relationship between the two parties is the way to make money in the long run.After all, there is no shortage of merchants here in Shunyang Pass.

Ruan Bai probably expected that these businessmen would do something, but he didn't expect them to be so good.After all, although the few here can say that their families are well-off, they are not yet rich.The things sent at this juncture are really urgent.Even if he knew that he had to give up some benefits to them, he still had to agree.

At that moment, several merchants saw Ruan Baihong standing up from his seat with tears in his eyes, and bowed to them: "Everyone is righteous, I have the audacity to thank you on behalf of the tens of thousands of soldiers and their families at the border gate."

If Ruan Bai is not 51 this year, but [-], then the first reaction of these old foxes who are as human as they see what he has done is probably to curse secretly in their hearts: dead old foxes, they know how to act.

But Ruan Bai is only a 15-year-old boy, and his body is still obviously injured. Even his body is full of dust and dust, and he hasn't had time to take care of it, and he hasn't had a good rest.

General Cao is now deeply trapped in the grassland, and these merchants already know about it.The relationship between Ruan Bai and General Cao is not a secret.A young man without a backer obviously only needs to be his own little postman, but now he is working so hard for his brother-in-law, which can only be said to be true.

Hu Shang and the others thought about the children and nephews of the same age in their own family, and they couldn't help shaking their heads and sighing secretly: This person is better than others...

Hu Shang and others left, and Ruan Bai sent them all the way to the gate.

Hu Shang and the others took a few steps, and looked back at Ruan Bai standing at the door and looking at their backs, they couldn't help but look at each other.In the end, the bull merchant stomped his feet angrily, and cursed in a low voice: "You guys don't dare to say it, I will say it!"

Ji Shang grabbed his arm: "Hey, what's the hurry? Didn't you forget just now, let's go together."

An Shang, the oldest, rolled his white beard and stepped forward first: "That's right, I don't give in to the old man. My memory is getting worse."

Ruan Bai was standing at the door just now, but he was just sorting out his thoughts. Unexpectedly, in such a daze, those businessmen came back one by one: "Where are you guys?"

An Shang glanced at the soldiers at the gate of the General's Mansion, and whispered: "My lord, is it convenient for Fang to take a step to talk?"

Um?Ruan Bai was a little strange, but he gestured to the back to tell them not to follow, and led them to a secluded alley beside him: "What's the matter?"

The cattle merchant said: "When the villain knows a place, it may be able to solve the urgent need of the adults."

Food, medicinal materials and even doctors, they have already taken care of it for him, what else is there to worry about?

Ruan Bai suddenly widened his eyes slightly, subconsciously lowered his voice: "You mean... weapons?"

Why, as a businessman, can I get weapons?No, it should be said that it is easy to get something with money.These merchants must have weapons around them for self-defense.But are the weapons for self-defense the same as the weapons for killing enemies on the battlefield?Neither quantity nor quality can be compared.Even if they took out all the weapons around them and "donated" them to Shunyang Pass, such a small amount would not be able to solve the problem at all.Therefore, the weapons they mentioned have other sources, and they are likely to be standard weapons!

Niu Shang nodded solemnly: "Exactly. The Imperial Weapons Bureau manufactured no less than two thousand long knives, two thousand long spears, and one thousand armor; and it is near Shunyang Pass."

The author has something to say: literati are elegant/do not do business properly

Topic: How to Become a Qualified Dazhou Literati

Give a few chestnuts

Leaving aside the persimmons of force value: know how to grow flowers, but delicate ones are difficult to raise; know how to see a doctor, and bruises are a strong point; others, you should know a little bit.

Aside from the strength value of Xiao Tiantian: he can read Fengshui, draw architectural design drawings, and is especially good at landscaping.

Datangtang, who has no strength value and needs to be put aside: I will watch minor illnesses such as headaches and brain fever. My son was in poor health when he was a child, and he is better at pediatrics; he is currently studying dispensing.

Tuji, who doesn't have any force value in the first place, doesn't need to be ignored: Apart from fighting and talking, he knows a little bit about everything.

Research conclusion: It is better to be a princess, as long as you can make money.