Looking at Chou Chou sleeping on the straw mat, Qingyan couldn't help but roll her eyes.
She just thought that Chou Chou was quite reliable this time. She said she would let him watch over here, and he stayed here all the time, not even eating breakfast.
This guy has never missed a meal time, so if it's just a matter of a while, he will definitely follow suit.
As a result, this guy didn't go, so she praised him in her mind for focusing on the overall situation and being more sensible. She didn't expect that this guy wasn't up yet.
The food they brought back was not much, and it was probably not enough to feed the three people left behind. Thinking that it had plenty of food in its space, it would not be short of a meal and a half, so they stopped calling it.
Qingyan lay beside it, Chou Chou rolled into her arms naturally, stretched out his arms to hug the furry little monkey, and soon fell into a deep sleep.
Li Hao and Wang Qian sat on a stone not far away. They did not take a break immediately, but quietly discussed the process of refining salt.
I feel that this refining method is indeed very simple. As long as you can find salt rocks, you can make salt.
If that's the case, wouldn't it be possible to refine the salt yourself during future expeditions without having to send a team to risk their lives or travel long distances to buy it?
Salt and iron are related to people's livelihood. They were previously owned by officials and would never fall into private hands.
But now in troubled times, the heroes are divided and everyone claims to be an official, so the salt and iron have been divided up.
Some of them were in the hands of some wealthy families, and some were in the hands of the ruthless bandits who dominated the area. Those in power now only have some salt mines in the central area.
The place was heavily guarded, for fear of being robbed.
The profits here are huge, and they are also related to people's livelihood. If you don't have these things in hand, you can't feed your soldiers.
Now that he has learned this simple refining method, Li Hao is extremely excited.
He whispered to Wang Qian: "This girl from the Xue family is really lucky. I was worried about how to send troops to rescue my father and eldest brother after reuniting with my second brother. Now I have a ready-made reason!"
Wang Qian's eyes lit up and he said: "Master means..."
Li Hao nodded, "Yes, just tell the Holy One that someone is selling private salt here, and there is probably a new salt factory..."
When the time comes, you can just refine some and do business. It is just a den for stocking up, and you don’t have to spend real money to buy it.
Wang Qian sighed and said: "Now the Holy One needs a reason to send troops. The man named Shi betrayed the Holy One and directly let the Khitans enter. Now they have entered Xinzhou. If we don't take action, the imperial court will be in danger..."
A gloom flashed in Li Hao's eyes, "The imperial court has long been in chaos. As long as my father is rescued, we must find a way out quickly. I'm afraid things will change soon..."
He looked at Qingyan with complicated eyes. He didn't know what else this little girl wanted. It would be great if she could be under his command.
There were also female generals in the previous dynasty, including the queen, so he did not look down on women, thinking that as long as he married her, he would get her unwavering support.
In fact, it's just the opposite. It's better to be a husband and wife than to be a confidant, or to exchange interests, which are more reliable than having an affair between a man and a woman.
You must know that people's hearts are fickle. Once you fall in love with someone else, you will become an enemy, and you will even be more ruthless than your enemy. There are many lessons learned from this, and his family has it.
His father was caught on patrol this time by someone else, and it was the concubine he brought with him who was involved in the conspiracy.
That concubine had lost her child to another concubine before, and her father did not seek justice for her, so he felt resentful and secretly collaborated with the enemy.
But he didn't expect that the other party was also using her, and he didn't take her away with him. He wanted to kill her directly to silence her, but he was rushed over and rescued by his men.
Only then did she tell the truth. Now she is still imprisoned in the army, waiting for her father to come back to deal with it by herself. After all, she is considered a concubine, so it is not easy for him to deal with it directly.
After he knew the whole story, he wanted to lead his troops to rescue him, but he didn't have a tiger talisman, and he was not a general. His position was just a small vanguard officer, and he couldn't command the army at all.
Later, his father's military advisor gave him an idea and asked him to go to a nearby mountain in Yunzhou to look for Taoist Lin. It was said that Taoist Lin not only knew the magic of evading armor, but was also good at using poison.
As long as he persuades the Taoist priest or asks for medicine from the Taoist priest, causing the opponent's barracks to fall into chaos, he can lead dozens of his and his father's guards to the rescue.
This is the reason why he came here with two guards, but now that Dao Zhang Lin has been known by the other party, this trick will definitely not work.
Now he can only think of a way to get the Holy Emperor to order his eldest brother or second brother to lead troops to rescue him.
But just for his father, the Holy One would definitely not agree, so he could only find one reason, and he felt that he had found the reason now.
After he came out of the mountain, he went to meet his second brother to discuss the matter.
His father did have time, but the other party took his father as a hostage because they wanted to capture the two cities where his eldest brother and second brother were stationed without spending a single soldier, without taking his father's life.
Li Hao frowned and sighed. Now he doesn't know what's going on with his father. Even if his life is not in danger, he has suffered a lot...
