after being kidnapped by the general

Yang Zhongfa worked so hard to slow down the people who were chasing Yuanli, and when they arrived at the Tunqi Camp, they saw Yuanli and Chu Hechao talking and laughing.

Yuan Li smiled gently at Chu Hechao and behaved politely.The strange thing is that Chu Hechao also respected Yuanli, and he was very patient with his advances and retreats.Looking at it this way, the obvious good relationship between the uncle and the sister-in-law seems to be an illusion when Yang Zhongfa just saw the scene of them fighting on the horse.

Yang Zhongfa rubbed his eyes vigorously, his mouth was too shocked by Chu Hechao's appearance, he scratched his head to find Yuan Congyun and Han Jin, "What's the situation?"

Han Jin is Yang Zhongfa's lieutenant general, and Yuan Congyun is Yang Zhongfa's colleague. They are both under Chu Hechao's command.These two were sent by Chu Hechao to the Tunqi camp to watch over the soldiers and horses. One was to supervise the soldiers' training so as not to slack off, and the other was to prevent the soldiers from being hooked away by the school lieutenants of the Tunqi camp.

Han Jin was even more at a loss than he was, and spread his hands, "My lord, my subordinates don't know either. The general came here with his sister-in-law like this. I have never seen a general so polite and virtuous. It's scary."

Yuan Congyun coughed, and raised his chin toward Yuanli, "Is that Mrs. Xiaoge's wife?"

"Yes, but Mr. Yuan likes others to call him Mr. Yang Zhongfa." Yang Zhongfa smacked his lips. "Hurry up and change your words. Don't call me sister-in-law or sister-in-law. The general said it, and you will be counting on Mr. Yuan to provide us with military salaries in the future!"

Yuan Congyun was deeply moved, "I didn't expect Xiaoge to be his wife after his death. Yang Zhongfa, it's not that I don't like this Mr. Yuan, but there are some things I have to ask you. You answer honestly. Mr. Yuan Can you bear such a big burden? This is the rear of an army of 13, 13 soldiers plus our lives! This is no joke!"

"Cong Yun, look at the general's attitude, don't you understand?" Yang Zhongfa patted Yuan Congyun's shoulder, "If this guy didn't have real information, our general would be so polite?"

After saying this, Yang Zhongfa's expression was slightly weird, and he added in a low voice: "It's not very polite... The general kidnapped him without Mr. Yuan's consent."

The other two took a deep breath, and said in a low voice, "Is it really kidnapped?"

Yang Zhongfa nodded without saying a word.

Yuan Congyun, "...the general is really doing this, alas."

The imperial court put all the military pay for Chu Hechao in front of the cavalry camp, but because they knew that Chu Hechao had brought a thousand soldiers and horses, they just patted their butts and ignored them. They only put down the food, but did not send a single soldier. The folks came to transport the grain.

The military pay is not antique calligraphy and paintings, gold and silver silk cloth like corrupt officials in Hanzhong, but real bags of grain. The monthly ration of 13 troops is 90 shi. After loading these grains, there is a long line. For a thousand cavalry, it is really difficult.

But Chu Hechao seemed to have guessed that this would happen. With an order, all the cavalry removed the unnecessary luggage from the general's salary, threw it in front of the cavalry camp, and set off on the road with everything they could carry.

Haohao Tangtang and his party rushed to Ruyang County.

Yuan Li looked back at the discarded things with regret, "Why didn't the general bring more cavalry when he came to Luoyang?"

Yang Zhongfa sighed, "Young Master Yuan, it's not that we don't want to bring it, this is all we can bring."

"War horses are hard to find, and cavalry is hard to train. There is not enough food in northern Xinjiang, so it is not easy to find these strong cavalry and horses."

Today's horse harness does not have pedals, and soldiers who practice riding horses often die under the horse's hooves.Yuanli had long thought that after he had enough backing support, he would make pedals that could greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the cavalry.He thought about it, and when he arrived in Youzhou, this could be put on the agenda.

Yuan Li asked Chu Hechao, "How many cavalry are there under the general's command?"

Chu Hechao: "Five thousand."

Five thousand.

Yes, a little more than Yuanli thought.

Not long after, Guo Lin and Lin Tian took Liu Jixin and Wu Kai respectively to catch up with the large army, and they breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Yuanli's appearance in peace.

Yuan Li told them that he would go to Youzhou, Wen Sheng asked Liu Jixin and Wu Kai, "If you two don't want to go to the north with me, I will find a good place for you."

Wu Kai and Liu Jixin looked at each other.

Liu Jixin turned his head to look at the extremely long transport vehicles and Yang Yang's cavalry on horses, his eyes flashed, and he immediately saluted: "Since Liu has followed the son, he will naturally go through fire and water with him."

On the contrary, Wu Kai hesitated for a while, and finally looked at Yuan Li as if struggling: "Young master, if I leave, my mother will not be taken care of, I will feel uneasy."

Yuan Li immediately said: "If you can let me go, I will send someone to bring your old mother to Ruyang, and let her be supported by my family. She will surely enjoy her old age without worrying about food and clothing."

Wu Kai breathed a sigh of relief, clasped his fists and said firmly, "I'll go with you too."

Liu Jixin took the opportunity to ask to take his wife and children with him. His wife and son were in good health and could withstand the journey, so Yuanli agreed.

On the way, Liu Jixin wanted to show off some of his abilities. He rode his horse around the long queue a few times, and when he came back, he said to Yuanli, "My lord, that batch of food is not right."

Hearing this, it wasn't just Yuanli, Chu Hechao and his generals looked at Liu Jixin together, "What's wrong?"

Liu Jixin didn't panic at all, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "There is a lot of old grain mixed in the grain."

Yuan Congyun's tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and he said: "I know about this. Although it is old grain, the millet is not moldy and can still be eaten. The court can't produce new grain now, even if there is new grain Food will not be given to us."

Liu Jixin took out a handful of grains and showed them, "No. If it was just Chen Gu, Liu would not take it out and say it. But please take a look, my lord, this Chen Gu is not an ordinary Chen Gu, but soaked in water. Chen Gu passed by."

Everyone was startled, Yang Zhongfa's face changed suddenly, he snatched Chen Gu from his hand and put it into his mouth, and said with a dark face in an instant: "What he said is true."

Yuan Congyun couldn't believe it, he also took Chen Gu to taste.After a few moments, he was silent for a while, his eyes were burning red, and he immediately cursed, "Son of a bitch! I'm going to the court!"

Yang Zhongfa said gloomyly: "I'll go with you!"

The two turned their horses around and were about to leave.

"Stop." Chu Hechao said expressionlessly.

Yuan Congyun and Yang Zhongfa stopped in place abruptly. They gritted their teeth for a long time before turning around and driving back.

"You go to the court, who are you looking for?" Chu Hechao sneered, "Can the court exchange food for you? Do you have time to spend with the court?"

Yuan Congyun lowered his voice and gritted his teeth, "I personally inspected these grains, General, I am willing to be punished in the end."

Chu Hechao said, "I'll punish you when I go back."

After finishing speaking, he looked in the direction of Luoyang, and casually tapped the palm of the other hand with the hand holding the whip.

A chilling air emerged spontaneously from the neither light nor heavy actions.

The bright and dark light spots of the tree shadow fell on his tall nose bridge and thin lips, and the sound of the whip hitting the black leather gloves made Yang Zhongfa's generals instantly tense and their scalps went numb.

"Sister-in-law," Chu Hechao said suddenly, "Who do you think would do it?"

Yuan Li looked in the direction of Luoyang, and spit out two words: "Eunuch."

Not only did he guess that it was the eunuch, he could also guess the reason why the eunuch did this.

The eunuch did not guess that the goods of the corrupt officials in Hanzhong were robbed by Yuanli, or that Chu Mingfeng secretly promoted the purge against them.It was pure, just because Chu Hechao lost face on the day of Chu Mingfeng's burial, so he used this method to entrap Chu Hechao to let him out.

They just want to vent their anger.

What a ridiculous and ridiculous reason, but this is reality.

Something gradually settled in Yuanli's eyes.

When he saw similar things in books before, he only thought it was really ridiculous, and felt that these eunuchs were really stupid, greedy and short-sighted.But when this kind of thing actually happened, Yuanli knew what kind of feeling it was.

monstrous rage.

and a deep sense of powerlessness.

Just because they want to vent their anger.

Therefore, I do not know how much of the rations of the 13 soldiers in northern Xinjiang was soaked in water.

Ridiculous, really ridiculous.

Chu Hechao grabbed the horsewhip quickly, and his fingers made a frightening sound, "Sister-in-law has a good idea."

Yang Zhong said angrily: "The group of eunuchs—"

He clenched his fist violently and smashed his thigh angrily.

Yuan Li's expression was calm, he looked at Liu Jixin, and asked, "Mr. Liu, is there any way to prevent the damage of these grains and grasses?"

Liu Jixin said modestly: "Liu did not dare to do it. It is impossible to prevent the damage, but there is a good way to make up for it."

Chu Hechao looked sideways, and also looked at Liu Jixin.

Liu Jixin smiled mysteriously, "Since this Chengu will get moldy on the way, why not give it to someone else before it gets moldy, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

Yang Zhong made a rough voice, "How can this be exchanged! These grains cost at least 10,000+ stones. If this is exchanged by each family, it will have to be exchanged next year!"

"Hey, listen to me slowly, my lord." Liu Jixin shook his head and said with a smile, "If we want to trade, naturally we won't trade with ordinary people for food. If we want to trade, we will naturally trade with clan tycoons."

A powerful clan is not the same as a powerful clan.The clan tyrants have strong financial resources, a large amount of land, and tenant farmers who work for them. They are real land rich owners, but they are not necessarily people with knowledge and official status.The powerful family is a political bureaucracy that combines financial resources, power, and knowledge.Liu Jixin did not dare to touch the family, but dared to encourage Chu Hechao to bully the powerful clan.

Since ancient times, in wars, the lack of money and food has been searched from powerful people. This is something everyone knows.But there had to be a reason, otherwise they would be no different from bandits, and they would have a bad reputation.

Liu Jixin said in detail, "My lords are all generals of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the soldiers of Northern Xinjiang are also my soldiers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Now the important officials of the country and the border guards of the country have no food to eat. Take the Chen Gu that can still be eaten and exchange it with them. Old grains or new grains that can be stored for a longer period of time, what’s the embarrassment? The righteousness of the family and the country come first, presumably these clan tyrants also know how to understand your lords and the frontier army, and they will gladly exchange new grains with us. Let’s go together In northern Xinjiang, passing through Yezhou, Yizhou and other places, there are countless powerful clans. When we directly pulled the chariots and soldiers past their gates, we stopped for a short while to exchange food. Beautiful?"

Send soldiers and horses to people's doors and knock on them for food?What's the difference between this and coercion by force or explicit robbery!

But Yuan Congyun couldn't help but praise: "Good idea!"

Yang Zhongfa also laughed, "You literati, you have to make excuses for doing things. Buying and selling by force can be said to be righteous to the country, hahahaha, but I really like it!"

Liu Jixin smiled but said nothing, twirling his beard and looking at Yuan Li and Chu Hechao.

He was very worried that he would see dislike or rejection on the faces of these two, but fortunately, neither Yuanli nor Chu Hechao were pedantic, pure, kind, and stupid people. Seeing that they both looked smiling, Liu Jixin felt relieved.

Chu Hechao made a final decision: "That's the way to do it."

The next morning, the group finally arrived in Ruyang County.

Zhao Ying was waiting in front of the gate of Ruyang County with people, and when he saw the army coming from a distance, he cheered up.It's just that when the army was about to walk in front of him, he saw his own son among them!

Zhao Ying was astonished and hurried forward to salute.Yuan Li asked the others to wait for him outside the city for the time being, and one of them got off his horse and gave Zhao Ying a few words, and Zhao Ying left in a hurry.

Yuanli recruited Wang Er again, "Would you like to go to northern Xinjiang with me?"

Wang Er said without hesitation: "Wherever the eldest son goes, I will follow him, there is no other way."

"Okay!" Yuan Li said, "Then go and get your horse and Xuan Jia."

Without further ado, Yuan Li collected all the things he wanted to take away in nearly a day, and told Yuan Song one by one what he needed to order.

Simply because of Yuanli's intervention in Ruyang County, the people lived peacefully enough and never thought of rebelling.After investigation, there were not many houses with white cloth on the door.

Yuanli finally bid farewell to his parents in a hurry and returned to outside Ruyang City.

At this time, the generals who had been waiting outside the city for a day had grown impatient.

Yuan Congyun was very anxious. Every time he wasted a day, he would waste a lot of food. He didn't know much about Yuanli, and he didn't trust him very much. Come on, it's been almost a day! Why does it take so long to order?"

Yang Zhongfa also waited anxiously, "That's right, why hasn't Mr. Yuan come out yet."

As soon as the words fell, they saw Yuanli walking out of Ruyang City Gate with a group of vehicles and civilian husbands.

Everyone got up and walked over, their complaints were still in their mouths, and before they could say it, they saw bags of bulging grain on the cart.

Some rice grains fell on the car board, and the fat rice grains were so crystal clear that they shone with a white light.

Everyone looked straight at him.

This turned out to be a cart full of grain, and it was brand new grain!

When several cars and dozens of people came out, Yuan Congyun and Yang Zhongfa could still maintain their composure.But when more than a dozen vehicles and hundreds of people came in front of them, the two were completely speechless, staring blankly at the rice on the vehicle and the people behind them.

"My God." Deputy General Han Jin murmured.

Yuan Li walked over slowly.

Everyone immediately looked over with burning eyes, wanting to ask if the food was transported to the northern Xinjiang together, but because of the anxiety and complaint just now, they were too embarrassed to ask.

But when Chu Hechao asked, his voice was very relaxed, "Sister-in-law, what are these grains?"

"I took out the food that went north together, and the surplus food that could be embezzled at home." Yuan Li smiled lightly, with his hands behind his back, and his posture was very straight. Going to northern Xinjiang, the soldiers in northern Xinjiang can also relax a bit."

Yuan Congyun took a deep breath, then suddenly strode forward, bowed down earnestly and said, "Mr. Yuan is righteous, and Yuan admires it."

Yuan Li helped him up, "Master Yuan, don't worry, there are still things after this."

Yuan Congyun couldn't help looking into Ruyang City.

Yuan Li clapped his hands casually, and a moment later, the sound of hoofbeats sounded, and thirty well-bred horses walked out of the city gate leisurely.

These thirty horses are all handsome and vigorous, and their eyes are calm when they stare at people. It can be seen that they have been fed with excellent horse feed.

Yang Zhongfa couldn't help but praise with bright eyes: "What a horse!"

Yuan Li said: "Since Master Yang likes it, I will give Master Yang a horse. You can go forward and pick it."

Yang Zhongfa was overjoyed, he quickly thanked Yuanli, and strode towards the horses.

Han Jin also leaned over cheekily and said, "Young Master Yuan, I wonder if the general can pick a horse?"

Yuan Li laughed loudly, "Your Excellency, it's up to you."

He was so generous and straightforward that Han Jin was so happy that his teeth gaped, but also regretted the many dissatisfaction that arose in his heart when he was waiting for Yuanli.He bowed firmly to Yuan Li, behaved respectfully, and then went forward to pick up the horse.

Yuan Li also took the initiative to say to Yuan Congyun: "If your lord has a horse you like, feel free to pick one."

Yuan Congyun's face was hot, and he waved his hands quickly.After walking far away, he couldn't help boasting to others: "Young Master Yuan is really righteous."

The more enthusiastic Yuanli was towards him, the more guilty he felt, the more he felt that Yuanli was a noble character, and he was full of praise for him.

Seeing this, Chu Hechao walked to Yuanli's side, looked at Yang Zhongfa and Han Jin who were picking and choosing among the horses, and said in a low voice, "Sister-in-law is amazing."

Yuan Li tilted his head and smiled at him knowingly.

War horses are not the last thing.

When a group of people from Zhao Ying and Wang Er pulled out the goods of Hanzhong Gouguan, everyone was really shocked.

Gold and silver treasures, silk calligraphy and paintings, all precious things are hidden in wooden boxes, each of which is worth thousands of dollars.Yuan Li took them to see these things one by one, and the generals were breathless after seeing them.Yuan Congyun's legs went limp when he saw the dozens of boxes of golden gold.

Several generals had an idea at the same time.

God of Wealth, this is definitely God of Wealth!

No wonder the general treated Mr. Yuan so politely, they also wished to confess Mr. Yuan.

Yang Zhongfa, who knew some inside information, stared blankly. He couldn't believe that this batch of goods was actually here in Yuanli, "My mother."

He immediately went to see Chu Hechao, and immediately saw the corners of Chu Hechao's lips curled up coldly.

There was some faint anger, but he tried not to let it out.

Yang Zhongfa shuddered, turned his eyes quickly, and admired Yuan Li even more in his heart.

Even the general can fool him, and even dare to take it out as something at this moment, Mr. Yuan is really powerful.

Also really brave.

Yuan Li did not forget to test Chu Hechao's bottom line, he deliberately asked: "General, do you like this great gift?"

"I like it," Chu Hechao pressed down the corner of his mouth for a moment, then pulled it up again, with a half-smile, "Sister-in-law really impresses me."

But what can he say?

I have to obediently thank Yuanli for taking out the goods.

At this point, Yuanli finally packed up all his bags, the sun moved westward, and the night was getting darker.

The soldier and horse farmer picked up the things, Yuan Li turned over and got on the horse, and everyone set foot on the road to the northern border.

When there was only the last ray of light left in the setting sun, Yuan Li turned his head and looked at the fist-sized city wall at the end of the road and the two small seal characters on the city wall: Ru Yang.

Goodbye, Ruyang, father, mother.

When I come back again, I hope it will be the day when the world will be pacified.