Of course, Gao Pangshi could see Cao Gan's joy at a glance, but he always insisted that his subordinates should be kind and powerful at the same time, so he decided to reveal a piece of information to Cao Gan, and then said calmly: "Over the Malan River in Xuanfu, wait for a while When I return to Beijing, I will also inform him that Bailixia is my property, and he will take more care of you."
Cao Gan was really surprised: "Young Master and Ma Zongrong also have a relationship?"
"I don't have any friendship with Mr. Ma, but..." Gao Pragmatic chuckled and said: "On the front line of Xuanda University, whether it is governor, governor, town or guard, my third uncle is Duke Xuan. Follow the horse’s lead.”
Cao Gan was happy, but also a little scared. What I am happy about is that the path of Xuanfu that I have always taken will be more stable in the future, and the business will probably continue to grow. And since Datong is also a pawn of Gaoge Lao like Xuanfu, how can I take advantage of Mr. Gao? Don't you have a chance to do it?
But the fear may be more than the joy: I was almost too old to cause trouble a few days ago. If I really bring out Mr. Gao, I'm afraid that even if Mr. Gao didn't say anything, Ma Zongrong would have to do it himself in order to clear himself up or make up for his mistakes. You can't go out and conquer the Baili Gorge. What a situation...
Cao Gan shivered and said to himself: Bodhisattva bless you. Fortunately, Mr. Gao has his own destiny, so he did not make a big mistake, Amitabha.
Cao Gan no longer had any doubts about Gao Pragmatic's strength, and quickly expressed his loyalty with practical actions: "Master, after the inventory of Bailixia's properties, I first sent 30,000 taels of silver to Sanshenyuan, plus war horses. One hundred horses, fifty draft horses, fifty donkeys, one hundred fat pigs, one hundred sheep, and twenty carts of silks and silks. What do you think of the rest?"
"I didn't plan to ask you to send these right now." Gao Pingg said sincerely that you had already sent them, so I was happy to say something nice, but pretended to be indifferent and waved my hands, saying, "That's fine. , since it has been delivered, let’s put it in Sanshen Garden first. As for the remaining part, you can just make another copy of the account book for me, and the things will continue to be placed in Bailixia, otherwise your subsequent transactions will still be How to do it?"
Cao Gan was secretly happy and quickly agreed.
Gao pragmatic thought for a moment and said thoughtfully: "The war horse you sent this time was quite timely..."
Cao Gan's heart moved and he asked subconsciously: "What do you mean, Master?"
"Let me ask you, can Bailixia choose one or two people who are loyal and honest, but also have superb riding skills and solid horse skills to come to my place?" Gao pragmatically said, and explained: "You know what I have just done here We organized and trained a servant escort team, but the time was too short, and all the training has not been on track yet, and the equipment is still blank, let alone mounted combat training."
Cao Gan knew about this matter, but his thinking seemed to be different from Gao Pragmatic: "Master, this cavalry battle is not as good as the foot battle. In our northern land, we can handle it in three to five months of training on foot." The person who has practiced the longest in the world is Qi Yuanjing of the Southern Army. It is said that he is ready to fight in three years after training for two years. But this cavalry battle is different. In three years... he can control a horse and wield a sword on the battlefield. Not bad, to truly be considered elite, don’t even think about it if you don’t have more than five years of hard work. Otherwise, why are most of Ma Zongrong’s elite servants Mongolian? Isn’t it because Mongolians use horses to travel all year round, and their riding skills are far better than those of Mongolians? Am I a Han Chinese?"
He said this and concluded: "So according to the villain's wishes, if the young master wants a bodyguard capable of riding and fighting, it is better to select them directly from Bailixia, otherwise it will not be effective at all for a while."
It's not that Gao Pragmatic didn't know that cavalry combat was difficult to practice, but it was a little bit beyond his expectation that it was so difficult. After all, he was a politician back then and had never carefully studied ancient cavalry tactics. A little bit of ancient cavalry knowledge, all pieced together from here and there from nowhere, would definitely not be enough for Cao Gan - unless he wanted to engage in French wall-type heavy cavalry tactics. But of course that's impossible. If you try this with a short Mongolian horse that's famous for its endurance and ease of maintenance, I'm afraid your brain will be burned out.
But to choose directly from Bailixia thieves, Gao was pragmatic and a little unwilling. Although Bailixia had surrendered to them now, he was still a stranger to them after all. They were willing to listen to Cao Gan's persuasion to surrender to them. , I am afraid that it is mostly because they are unwilling to give up the existing "good life". It is somewhat unsafe to use such a group of people as their own close protection.
He pondered for a moment before asking aloud: "I remember you just said that there are more than a hundred young riders in Bailixia who have been trained in riding combat?"
Cao Gan quickly said: "Young Master has a good memory, there are one hundred and sixteen people in total."
Gao pragmatically asked thoughtfully: "If you were asked to select the sixteen young riders with the best riding skills... how much worse would their riding skills be compared to those of your men who have been thieves for many years?"
Cao Gan thought about this question for a moment before answering: "If it comes to the riding skills themselves, there is almost no difference. If it is just the experience of facing the enemy in battle, they are probably far from enough."
Gao pragmatic waved his hand and made a decision directly, saying: "Let's do this, you choose sixteen young riders with the best riding skills to be my direct bodyguards, and also choose two experienced subordinates, one I am here to teach these young riders the experience of riding on the battlefield, and secondly, to teach the guard team under me - I don't ask them to master the skills of riding on horseback quickly, but at least they must be able to ride a horse to attack, abandon, etc. Horses fight.”
Cao Gan felt a little regretful, but after thinking about it, it was a good start, so he immediately agreed.
The momentary disappointment in his eyes was clearly captured by Gao Pragmatic, who was best at observing words and emotions, but Gao Pragmatic didn't say much, let alone regret.
This is not because he is pragmatic and cowardly, but because he knows that Cao Gan wants to use Bailixia people as his bodyguards not because he wants to harm himself or to hold him hostage. He probably wants to be surrounded by his Bailixia people. The people in Lixia, because only in this way will they pay more and more attention to Bailixia.
You must know that now in Sanshenyuan alone, the forces under his command are divided into three parts: the Xinzheng hometown faction represented by Gao Mo and Gao Xiaozhuang, the Sanshenyuan faction represented by the third steward of Sanshenyuan, and the Sanshenyuan faction represented by Cao Gan Bailixia School.
Since there are factions among your subordinates, don't think that they won't "compete for favor". After all, as the old saying goes: "Children who cry are fed by milk." The so-called crying, in fact, simply means that it will attract attention. This is true for children, and the same is true for subordinates.
Gao Gongshi is experienced at this point, so although he won't know how to point it out, he will never let Cao Gan really get what he wants - you have factions, and I, the young master, can control them! Otherwise, you, Bailixia, are so strong now, and I let your people surround me. Even if it is due to my identity, you don’t dare to have any bad intentions, but for Bailixia The interests of one faction are hiding something from me. Is it really impossible for you, Mr. Cao, to do it?
Even if it's true, I can't believe it. The bad habit of sitting back and watching one of your subordinates become dominant must be eradicated!
