Faced with Li Hao's request, Mr. Liang did not raise any questions. After all, Li Hao had proven with practical actions in the past two years that he was reliable in doing things.
However, Mrs. Liang still refused: "You also know that I don't like vulgar things, so you should find someone else to manage the workshop.
In the past two years, you have promoted many people within the clan. Just ask them to help you supervise this matter. "
Li Hao replied: "It would be fine if we leave general matters to them, but the art of papermaking is related to the future of my Yuan family. I really can't trust others to take care of my children."
Seeing how serious Li Hao's words were, Mrs. Liang could not help but be silent for a while and said: "I think you are going to Xuzhou this time to discuss this matter with your father.
Then I won't ask you. During this period, I will help you take care of the papermaking workshop. "
"Thank you, mother. I know that my mother will definitely help me." After hearing Li Hao's words, Mrs. Liang replied: "Come on, you don't have to sell it to me. Go ahead."
After Li Hao resigned, a smile appeared on Ms. Liang's face. All the things Li Hao had been doing in the Yuan family over the years seemed to have brought a little life to her lonely life.
Of course, Li Hao did not see this scene. At this time, Li Hao was already preparing for logistics. After all, the purpose of going this time was for actual combat.
The soldiers and horses went ahead without moving the food and grass. After all, there was not much time left for Li Hao to fiddle with. He could only gather his troops after finishing the harvest, and then he had to return before the next spring plowing.
In order to save time, Li Hao started preparations early. First, he needed to send someone to Xuzhou to inform Yuan Pei. After all, he had to have a reasonable reason to lead a large group of people across the state border.
Let Yuan Pei issue a transfer order in the name of the transfer department, and it can be dealt with officially.
In addition, the logistics of marching along the road had to be arranged by Li Hao in advance. After all, this time Li Hao could not ask the government to prepare supplies along the way, so he had to carry it himself.
When the busy farming season was over, Li Hao had just made arrangements, so he quickly gathered his troops and waited for Yuan Pei's orders to arrive before they could officially set off.
Yuan Pei didn't let Li Hao wait long, and quickly sent the transfer order with troops and horses.
So Li Hao formally bid farewell to Liang and took his troops on the road to Tan County, the seat of Xuzhou, where Xuzhou's bandit suppression camp was also located.
This is a journey of more than 600 miles, and most of the roads we pass through are plain areas, so the road is easy to walk.
Therefore, in the first few days, Li Hao led the entire army to march hundreds of miles a day, and the field exercises were used to assess the effectiveness of the daily training of these units.
It was not until he was approaching Ju County that Li Hao began to slow down his march, because according to the news sent back by Yuan Pei, bandits were entrenched in Daqing Mountain and Jiuxian Mountain in Ju County.
Although Li Hao was confident that after his training, he would definitely not lose in a fight with them, but now that they don't have a crossbow or a stomach, they would inevitably suffer losses in a real fight, which Li Hao couldn't bear to bear.
Therefore, when passing through this area, Li Hao asked people to hold swords and create a great fanfare to deter thieves.
In the end, Li Hao's actions did have an effect. Seeing that these people were so vicious and difficult to deal with, the thieves simply let Li Hao leave without incident.
In the end, it took eighteen days for Li Hao to take his tribe into Tan County, where he met the envoy sent by Yuan Pei to welcome him. Only then did he learn that Yuan Pei had gone to Xiapi State to suppress bandits.
However, before Yuan Pei left, he had already arranged a camp for Li Hao and the others, and told Li Hao to set up camp and wait until he came back.
This is not a problem at all. After all, after marching for these days, necessary rest is still needed.
But when Li Hao asked about when Yuan Pei would be back, he got an answer that he didn't know clearly. He simply said that he wanted to see Xia Pi's progress, so Li Hao was naturally not satisfied.
I only have more than four months of free time here, and one month of traveling back and forth plus the necessary rest. The remaining time is only three months after full shooting. This time requires both training and shooting. There is no time to wait for two actual battles.
So Li Hao made up his mind that after the camp was settled, he would send people to Xiapi to find Yuan Pei. If nothing else, he would at least send a batch of crossbows.
As a result, when Li Hao arrived at the camp, before he could send anyone away, he met Wan Songbai and Cheng Shi, which surprised Li Hao.
After all, Xuzhou's bandit suppression campaign did not concentrate all the troops in one place. In addition to the large camp in Tan County, there were also large camps in Guangling and Langya.
After all, Li Hao came here to borrow the power of the imperial court to train his troops, and Wan Songbai was a confidant of Emperor Wen. It was a bit awkward to meet him like this, so Li Hao originally thought that Yuan Pei would let him stay away from him.
But Wan Songbai's reaction next made Li Hao feel completely at ease. He said: "Master Yuan is here. Not long ago, your father said that you would lead your troops to help in the battle, and asked me to help you clean up the camp. Coming.
Originally, Brother Cheng Xian and I calculated the days and thought it would take two days for you to arrive, but we didn't expect you to arrive so quickly.
Fortunately, Mrs. Cheng's wife was thoughtful and had made preparations in advance, otherwise we would have been embarrassed. "
Listening to these words, accompanied by the kind old faces of Wan Songbai and Cheng Shi, Li Hao felt a little close to them.
But Li Hao woke up in an instant. You must know that although these two people are not bad people, they are definitely not innocent people.
For their own people, these two people may indeed be happy to help, but based on the friendship they had met once before, they would not let these two people regard them as their own people.
So just listen to some words, and don't take them all seriously. Although Li Hao doesn't think that these two people will take the risk of offending the Yuan family to his disadvantage, but they will dig a few small pits for themselves. Li Hao I believe they can do it.
However, from this sentence, Li Hao also extracted a piece of information, that is, Yuan Pei asked him to help him settle in the camp.
Since Wan Songbai dared to say this in front of so many people, he must not be lying. In this case, he could have guessed the purpose of his visit, but he did not show anything strange.
Does that prove that his behavior of gathering wool is not a special case, so he is not surprised? No wonder Yuan Pei agreed so readily after he wrote the letter.
Li Hao then replied: "The main reason is that the journey is quite peaceful, so the journey is naturally fast. It seems that the two generals also contributed to this."
Wan Songbai and Cheng Shi smiled upon hearing this and accepted Li Hao's compliment. Then Wan Songbai said: "Let's go and take you to see the camp prepared for you. If there is anything wrong with it, tell me directly. I will Find someone to help you arrange it."
After saying that, Wan Songbai was about to step forward and pull Li Hao away, but Li Hao dodged him without saying a word.
After all, chatting with an uncle was really unsightly. Of course, Li Hao accepted this kind offer.
After all, it was his first time here, and having an acquaintance with him would save him a lot of trouble, so he said, "Okay, I'll go take a look with the two generals."
Then Li Hao turned around and let his subordinates rest on the spot, while he only took a few personal guards and followed Wan Songbai deep into the camp.
After waiting for the place, Li Hao discovered that the garrison area arranged for him was actually next to the Chinese army's tent, which was a good location.
Of course, Li Hao estimated that the reason for this arrangement was, firstly, because of his father's instructions, and secondly, because Wan Songbai somewhat did not believe in the strength of Li Hao's men.
He was afraid that if he encountered an enemy night attack, he would collapse due to nervousness, and if a camp roar was aroused in the camp, everything would be over.
While Li Hao was thinking and chatting with Wan Songbai, several people walked out from the side and saluted Li Hao.
Li Hao saw that these were all the people who had followed Yuan Pei earlier. It seemed that Yuan Pei had not taken everyone away, but had left some helpers for him.
It's just that they don't look very smart. After all, even outsiders Wan Songbai and Cheng Shi came to the camp gate early to greet him, but these people were waiting here.
I don’t know if these people are careless, or if they don’t know that they are here.
However, Li Hao did not treat them coldly because of his inner thoughts. After all, most of the time what he thought in his heart and what he did on the surface were inconsistent. Li Hao had decades of experience in this.
He greeted them one by one, asked them about their current situation, and praised them when they needed it, and comforted them when they needed it. It was at this time that Li Hao realized why there was a woman behind this group of people.
You must know that although the folk customs in the Han Dynasty were open and women's status was quite high, there were generally no women in military camps. After all, there were differences between men and women.
It wasn't until he glanced a few times later and saw clearly that it was an acquaintance he had never met before that Li Hao expressed his understanding.
However, Li Hao remained silent at that time. After taking care of all the people from the Yuan family, he asked them to go down to rest first and discuss them in detail one by one when they had time.
After they dispersed, Li Hao turned around, as if he had just discovered Xiao Yuanyi, and asked Wan Songbai, "Is this...?"
Wan Songbai replied: "This is General Cheng's wife Xiao Yuanyi. She has always accompanied General Cheng in the army and conducted military affairs, and she also has many military exploits.
This time, she was responsible for adjusting the layout of the camp, and she was much better than the people under my account. "
After hearing this, Li Hao pretended to be suddenly enlightened and said: "It turns out to be Mrs. Cheng. This woman is not inferior to men, which makes the younger generation admire her."
Xiao Yuanyi replied: "Young Master Yuan, you're welcome. I just did what I had to do."
Then he spoke to Cheng Shi and said goodbye to Li Hao, saying that he was busy with other things and would not disturb him.
At this time, Wan Songbai wanted to take Li Hao to other places, but Li Hao quickly refused: "I'll familiarize myself with the camp later. It's better to bring the others in to camp first. After all, it's getting late.
If the two generals have other things to do, you can go and get busy first. When I have arranged the arrangements here, I will host a banquet for you two. "
Li Hao's original intention was to send Wan Songbai and Cheng Shi away so that he could work quietly.
But Wan Songbai didn't seem to understand the meaning of Li Hao's words, and said directly: "There has been no fighting in the past few days, and we are bored when we return to the camp. We might as well help you here."
Then Cheng Shi also agreed, saying that he wanted to stay and help, but Li Hao couldn't forcefully refuse, so he had to take the two people back together.
It's just that there's a big discrepancy between what they say and what they say with their actions. When it comes to actual work, these two people obviously have no energy.
After all, these two people have been directing others to work until now, and there are few opportunities to do the work themselves.
Not to mention that Li Hao has a fixed pattern of setting up camp. It is all based on the experience that Li Hao summed up in the Song Dynasty. Compared with the level of Wan Songbai and Cheng Shi, it is undoubtedly much higher.
As a result, these two people, not to mention directing, were not very helpful even if they started working. There was no other way, so Li Hao wanted to pull the two of them out to talk alone to prevent them from hindering others' work.
The two of them may have felt that their presence here was a bit of an eyesore, but they followed Li Hao's advice and went into the Yuan family's tent nearby to sit down.
It's just that in the conversation that followed, both inside and outside the words were centered around the camping method just now, and they looked very interested.
There was no mention of wanting to teach Li Hao, but the meaning was evident everywhere, which made Li Hao feel a little funny.
However, Li Hao had no intention of keeping this secret. After all, it was an unimportant matter, and it wouldn't hurt if others learned about it.
He said directly: "This method is actually not complicated. If the two generals are interested, I can send someone to your camp to teach you how to use it."
Hearing this, Wan Songbai's face was happy, but he still said: "I'm so sorry, how can we learn your method?"
Li Hao replied: "What kind of method is this? It's just a summary of the lessons learned by the predecessors. Besides, I have a predestined relationship with the two generals. Let's just treat it as a meeting gift. I hope you two won't refuse."
Having said this, Wan Songbai got down the slope and said, "Young master Yuan is so polite, so we are disrespectful. When you settle down here, I will treat you to a good meal and a drink."
Li Hao said: "Then I won't be polite, but I'll treat you to the first meal. I happened to have brought some specialties from Jiaodong and they won't be kept for too long.
I'll find a place in Tan County City when the time comes. I'll invite General Wan, General Cheng, and their families to a banquet to try Jiaodong's delicious food and wine. "
"Okay, then it's settled. Mr. Yuan will be invited first, then I, Lao Wan, will be invited, and finally Brother Cheng Xian will be invited. In this way, we can have a good time." Wan Songbai answered.
After the matter was agreed upon, the two sat for a long time before leaving. They also took away the instructors that Li Hao promised to send out, saying that after seeing Li Hao's camp, they felt that their own camp was really unsightly. , it needs to be changed as soon as possible.
Li Hao was helpless about this, but in order to restore purity as soon as possible, Li Hao was quite willing to do this.
In the next two days, Li Hao visited all the Yuan family members in the camp to get a detailed understanding of the current situation in Xuzhou.
By the way, he sent people to Tan County to buy a house to entertain the Wang family and the Cheng family.
At this time, Li Hao had already figured out that Wan Songbai was accompanied by his wife and Wan Qiu's wife, and Cheng Shi and Xiao Yuanyi were accompanied by even more people, including Cheng Yong, Cheng Song and Cheng Shaogong's three sons. They are all here, and there is also Mrs. Qingcong.
