Li Qiao had to get Sheng Hong's consent before he could agree to this matter. The next day, he went into the palace to inform Sheng Hong about the matter, and Sheng Hong readily agreed.
There are 120,000 troops garrisoned in the border town. Sheng Hong prepared 3,000 pigs, 3,000 sheep, and 20,000 chickens this time to give all the soldiers a good meal.
Now someone is taking the initiative to donate a hundred pigs, which is a good thing.
The farming in the three southern provinces has caused him to spend a lot of money. Looking at the harvest of the farming this year, if he is not satisfied, then he will raise funds publicly in the court next year.
Now that others are willing to donate meat so that his soldiers can eat better, he is very satisfied.
Moreover, yesterday his seventh son and fourth son knew that he had chosen Li Qiao to go to the border town, and they did not make any fuss. They just expressed that they also wanted to donate some supplies to the soldiers in the border town.
Of these two sons, one donated 5,000 jars of liquor and the other donated 5,000 jins of medicinal materials. In addition, his eldest son also donated ten thousand taels of silver as a pension.
They are all his good sons.
Sheng Hong accepted the donation, and when Li Qiao returned home and told the story, Li Xiaorui listened and shouted that he would also donate meat to the soldiers who worked hard to guard the border.
He just got a lot of new year's money, and he is willing to use two hundred taels to buy wine for the soldiers!
Li Qiao laughed when he heard this. The little guy also knew how to let the soldiers drink.
Li Changfeng and Li Yunfan saw that their father didn't respond, so they patted their pockets proudly. They could also donate two hundred taels.
They are also willing to let the soldiers in the border towns eat and drink well.
Li Qiao thanked them for their kindness and touched their little heads one by one. He would set off early tomorrow morning and had no time to prepare.
Wait until next time.
Sheng Hong's reward is not just this one, there will be many opportunities in the future.
Of course, you have to say this in your heart.
They have to leave tomorrow, and Tao Zhu and his family are reluctant to leave. Li Qiao is not expected to return from this trip for a month.
too long.
At night, Tao Zhu's limbs were wrapped around Li Qiao's body, hugging him tightly. His mind was so messed up that he couldn't sleep.
Li Qiao didn't sleep either and softly explained the many affairs at home during the past month.
He should come back in early February, in time for Li Xiaolan and Jiang Mao's marriage, and Tao Zhu would have to take care of all the pre-marriage matters first.
He didn't plan to bring all the ten people except Li Shou and Li Shou. Tao Zhu also needed guard protection when he went out. Sheng Hong had already given him a hundred members of the Guards. He only needed to bring Li Man, Li Zhao and Li Bu. It's enough if you don't cut down on Li.
During the month when he was away from Shengjing, his family rarely went out and lived a low-key life behind closed doors.
Tao Zhu hummed from time to time as a response.
Until he finished his instructions, Tao Zhu also started to tell him not to run around, and if he had to go out, he must bring the guards with him.
And also wear armor, just in case.
Li Qiao responded one by one, feeling full of reluctance.
But soon it was time to get up, and while it was still dark, a hundred members of the Guards had arrived.
He dressed neatly, had some breakfast, and then got on the carriage entering the palace with his family reluctant to leave.
When he arrived at the palace, Sheng Hong explained a few more words to him, and then urged him to set off.
Because the horses were unable to run due to the large amount of supplies they had brought, they had to walk for four or five days to reach the border town.
It was a cloudy day today, and Li Qiao faced the cold wind in the morning and embarked on the road to the border town.
As for the various supplies he brought with him on this trip, they were all parked outside the city at this time.
In addition to him, there were two officials from the Ministry of War and an official from the Ministry of Personnel who went to the border town with him.
The convoy was led by him, and soon the carriage arrived at the city gate.
Li Man acted as the driver. Just as he closed his eyes and thought about how to use his powers during this trip, the carriage door was knocked softly, and then Li Man's voice rang out: "Master, Master Zhu is standing in front of you."
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He quickly opened his eyes, bent down and walked a few steps to the carriage door.
Opening the carriage door, sure enough, Tao Zhu stood fourteen or five meters away from him, waving to him.
"...walk faster." He urged Li Man.
But after saying this, he saw Tao Zhu waving at him with one hand instead of waving his hands and shaking his head.
It was obvious that Tao Zhu was refusing to allow him to get out of the car.
Immediately afterwards, Tao Zhu made another gesture and waved his hand towards the city gate a few times, signaling him to leave the city quickly.
Tao Zhu didn't want to influence him when he was doing business, so he just came over to take a look at him.
He had good eyesight, and even from more than ten meters away, he could see Tao Zhu's red face that was frozen in the cold wind.
Tao Zhu must have arrived at the city gate in a carriage after he went out. Brother Zhu had been waiting for him for a long time.
Unspeakable emotions instantly enveloped his heart, making his nose feel a little sore. Brother Zhu didn't know his strength, so he could only hold on and see him off despite being worried to death.
When he comes back this time, he must find a suitable opportunity to tell Brother Zhu about his supernatural powers.
He couldn't see Brother Zhu like this.
Soon, the carriage arrived in front of Tao Zhu.
Their eyes met, Tao Zhu smiled at him, stretched out his right hand to wave to him, and said four words silently:
come back earlier.
He couldn't help but laugh, waved to Tao Zhu, and then shouted to the four people behind Tao Zhu, "Send Brother Zhu back quickly."
The four people who never tire of learning loudly responded "Yes".
But Tao Zhu quickly shook his head and took two steps towards the city gate. It was obvious that he wanted to watch his carriage drive away before returning home.
Understanding what Tao Zhu meant, Li Qiao signaled the four of them to follow Tao Zhu. He did have to stay at the city gate for a while to check the supplies for the trip.
After leaving the city, the household official in charge of the supplies came up to him and checked various supplies with him with a long list.
This took half an hour.
This is only a part of the supplies. He donated too much coal and it was impossible to transport it to the border town in one go. It had to be transported in batches.
During this period, Tao Zhu stood outside the crowd and stared at him silently until he got on the carriage and was about to set off, then reluctantly waved to him again.
Resisting the urge to rush over and hug Tao Zhu, he smiled at Tao Zhu and then closed the carriage door.
He swore that when he returned to Beijing this time, he would definitely tell Brother Zhu about his supernatural powers!
He was a little worried before, fearing that Tao Zhu wouldn't be able to accept it, but today when he looked at Brother Zhu who insisted on accompanying him to the last moment in the cold wind, all his worries disappeared.
Brother Zhu loves him so much that he loves him so much that no matter whether he is the original person or not, no matter what his true identity is, Brother Zhu will definitely accept him.
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Chapter 237 Arriving at the border town, super powers. The current situation of the border town, General Chang, the situation is not very optimistic.
Tao Zhu stood by the roadside and watched Li Qiao's carriage being submerged in the convoy and disappearing, but he did not leave until the ox cart at the end of the convoy turned into a black dot, and then he withdrew his gaze.
Pursing his lips, he lowered his head and wrapped his cloak tightly around him.
Then he entered the city with red eyes and a little lost.
I won't be able to see Li Qiao for a month...
Back in the carriage, he leaned against the carriage, clutching the cloak tightly with both hands. He was a little cold after standing in the cold wind for too long.
After a while, he realized that it was still a bit cold, so he pulled the hat on the cloak behind him and prepared to put it on.
He couldn't get sick from the cold. Li Qiao had repeatedly told him to take care of himself last night, and he couldn't let Li Qiao still worry about being outside.
However, when the hat was pulled, a slight feeling of weight was felt.
Um?
He was a little surprised. Is there something in the hat?
It shouldn't be.
When he came to the city gate in the carriage, he was wearing a hat, but there was nothing in the hat at that time.
He turned his head, pulled the cape and hat onto his shoulder with his left hand, and reached into the hat with his right hand.
A cold touch came, and he couldn't help but tremble. He was even more surprised. Did he touch ice?
When did he have an ice cube in his hat?
Why didn't he notice it just now?
Are all your thoughts on Li Qiao?
Thinking of Li Qiao, he was a little distracted. It took him more than ten seconds to realize that his hand was still holding an ice cube.
With a gentle breath, he took out the ice cube from the hat. However, when he saw the ice cube in his hand, his eyes widened in disbelief.
What he held in his hand was not one ice cube, but two. The two ice cubes were only the size of grapes, and they were not completely frozen. The surface was ice, and the inside was water, and the water was still shaking.
What's more important is that one of the two ice cubes has the character pottery and the other has the character bamboo.
The shape of the ice cube is his name: Tao Zhu!
Is this a little surprise that Li Qiao put in for him?
But he was wearing a hat on the way to the city gate, and there was absolutely no way that there were these two small ice cubes in the hat at that time.
Otherwise he will definitely find it!
So, what's going on...
Of course, he knew that this must be related to Li Qiao.
Except for Li Qiao, no one would tease him like this.
But how did Li Qiao put these two ice cubes in his hat? Before this moment, he had not noticed these two ice cubes at all.
