After arriving in Hua County, Li Hao immediately went to see the old county magistrate Cheng. It seems that Li Hao admired this old magistrate quite a lot.
Because this is a truly good official, the kind of good official who will stand up in times of crisis and save the people even if his whole family is sacrificed.
Therefore, when faced with the greeting of the old county magistrate Cheng, Li Hao dismounted early to greet the general and treated him with the courtesy of a junior.
And County Magistrate Cheng Cheng had also heard about Li Hao's reputation. After all, the surrendered soldiers from Shu that Li Hao had taken under his command had benefited so much from Li Hao, so they naturally helped Li Hao spread the word of generosity and benevolence. Virtue's reputation.
Magistrate Cheng Cheng said, "I have heard about General Yuan's reputation in Hua County for a long time. I am really lucky to meet him today!"
Li Hao heard this and quickly replied: "Old County Magistrate Cheng is ridiculously complimenting me. This junior just did some things that should be done and unintentionally gained a little reputation. I really don't deserve such praise from the old magistrate.
However, since the old county magistrate took charge of Hua County, he has allowed the people to live and work in peace and contentment in a short period of time. This is the way we should learn to help the world and bring peace to the people.
It turns out that when I was in the capital, I heard Cheng Zirong say that the old county magistrate was a person, and I already respected him. It is an honor for the younger generation to see him today. "
County Magistrate Cheng who only listened to the previous words felt relieved. After all, Li Hao knew about Magistrate Cheng's personality, but Magistrate Cheng only learned about Li Hao from outsiders.
Although all the news he heard was positive, County Magistrate Cheng Cheng still had doubts about whether it was true or not. After all, it was common for a wealthy family to use their reputation to sell their integrity.
And even if this is true, it is also true that Li Hao is proud of his youth. Therefore, before this, County Magistrate Cheng was always worried that Li Hao would not get along well with him, but now he seems to be relieved.
Especially when I later heard that Li Hao and Cheng Zhi knew each other, this level of trust became even better. After all, although the old county magistrate Cheng and Cheng Zhi were not related by blood, they felt like old friends at first sight and had the same affection as father and son.
I was just curious about how these two people met. After all, the family backgrounds of the Yuan family and the Cheng family were too different. So I asked immediately, "How did General Yuan know Zirong?"
Li Hao explained: "It turns out that General Cheng once assisted my father in suppressing rebellions and bandits in Xuzhou. At that time, I happened to go to my father's place on business and got to know General Cheng.
Later, after the Battle of Shuzhong, I went to the capital to serve, and then General Cheng also returned to the capital. I met him when I visited the Cheng family.
However, he has not been appointed as the magistrate of Hua County now. When I left the capital, the Cheng family was already preparing to take office, and he should be on the way now. "
"I see, I didn't expect General Yuan and Zirong to have such a connection." County Magistrate Cheng replied, and then he seemed to have thought of something, and said quickly: "By the way, let's go into the mansion quickly. This is the beginning of the conversation. Regarding Rong, I forgot to invite General Yuan into the house, which is really rude."
Li Hao smiled and said it was nothing, and then entered the county government office with the old county magistrate Cheng. As for the soldiers and horses accompanying Li Hao, except for a few personal guards, the county captain took the others to other places for resettlement.
Li Hao had no objection to this. After all, Emperor Wen was still far away from Shu, and he did not have many people with him. Fan Chang was not cheating, so it was impossible to know that he knew that he was the mastermind behind the scenes.
Therefore, even if they are alert, they will only send people to keep an eye on them and will not take action rashly. Hua County is still safe enough now.
Following County Magistrate Cheng, he entered the inner house of the county government office. After the host and guests were seated in the main hall, Magistrate Cheng got straight to the point and discussed with Li Hao how Hua County should welcome Emperor Wen's arrival.
Li Hao said directly: "Your Majesty asked me to come here mainly to survey the situation in advance to arrange the garrison. You have to worry about the rest.
This is not my intention to shirk it, it is just a matter of Hua County. How could I have the old county magistrate to know about it? Moreover, I will not stay in Hua County forever. I will also have to visit other places where His Majesty has to inspect them. Just fine. "
After hearing these words, County Magistrate Cheng knew that this was true, and it was also what he expected.
So he directly said: "Then I understand. There happens to be a villa left by the Gongsun family next to Hua County. Its shape and scale are quite large, and it can be used as a palace for His Majesty.
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I will send someone to take you there tomorrow to take a look. If there is no problem, I will send someone to build and clean it. "
Magistrate Cheng's straightforward answer was obviously prepared for it, so Li Hao naturally had no intention of refuting it.
Moreover, under the original circumstances, Emperor Wen's station was not far from Hua County, which was where Huangfuyi learned howling like a wolf. Presumably, it was the place that County Magistrate Cheng mentioned.
After a few brief conversations about the business here, County Magistrate Cheng took Li Hao and asked him about Cheng Zhi. His concern was indeed like that of an old father caring about his child who had been away from home for a long time.
But the relationship between Li Hao and Cheng Zhi was not so good that they knew everything. It was quite awkward to talk about it, so they had to pretend to be tired.
When the old county magistrate Cheng saw Li Hao like this, he couldn't ask any more questions, so Li Hao got up and said goodbye to the old magistrate Cheng, and went back to rest where his soldiers were stationed.
County Magistrate Cheng Cheng persuaded him to stay, saying that he had ordered people to clean up the guest rooms at the county government office, so that Li Hao could rest in the county government office.
After all, the conditions in other places are still worse than those in the county government. Just let Li Hao go back tomorrow.
Li Hao refused and said: "I lead the army and have always lived with the soldiers. Naturally, I can live in the place where they can live. The old county magistrate does not have to worry.
I will bring someone over again early tomorrow morning, and then go and have a look at the villa you mentioned. "
After hearing this, County Magistrate Cheng Cheng's evaluation of Li Hao became a little higher. After all, as a son of a noble family, it is rare for him to share the joys and sorrows with his soldiers.
Naturally, he would not stop him anymore, so he summoned his servants to take Li Hao over to meet them.
After returning to the station, Li Hao first inspected the camp defenses. After confirming that there were no problems, he led Yuan Wo into the room.
Asked: "Have you received any reply from the person you were asked to contact earlier? How many people have they mobilized?"
Yuan Wo replied: "I have already received a reply. My lord, in addition to those left as county soldiers, the old army can gather 3,000 people. However, most of these people are in Guanghan County. If you want to come to Hua County, you don't have to come." Attracting other people's attention may cause some trouble.
In addition, in terms of weapons, these people only have swords and guns at their disposal, and there is no way to use standard equipment such as crossbows and armor. "
Li Hao nodded after hearing this, because this was what Li Hao expected. After all, the battles he fought were basically fought in Guanghan County and Shu County. Naturally, the most prisoners were captured in these two places.
In Shu County, due to Gongsun Shu's dying counterattack, local troops were consumed too much, so most of the soldiers and horses here were reserved for use by county soldiers.
However, Li Hao, the county soldier, could not mobilize at will and could only mobilize through local officials. This may cause leakage problems, so he could only mobilize those who had been demobilized as civilians and reorganize them. Therefore, Li Hao also thought of this countermeasure. Understand.
"Forget it about crossbows, but there is always armor. I ordered people to transfer a batch of paper armors to Hanzhong. You order people to transport them in.
As for the deployment of men and horses, first let them assemble secretly in their respective counties, and then let the caravan increase the number of activities in Ba County during this period.
When it is time to use it, I will notify you in advance and let these people disperse with the caravan into Ba County and ambush around Hua County.
In addition, remember to send someone to keep an eye on Fan Chang. If there is any action on his side, report it as soon as possible? "
Hearing that Li Hao had ordered people to equip the paper armor, Yuan Wo felt relieved. He said that the paper armor was a good thing. Li Hao specially ordered people to develop it in Jiaodong.
Although ordinary paper is an extremely fragile thing, it not only has low hardness and can be torn easily, but it is also afraid of water and will rot when rubbed when it gets wet.
But as long as it goes through certain technological processes, the flexible paper armor can be made to not fall apart when exposed to water, and even become stronger. Not to mention a missed arrow, even a fire blunderbuss cannot penetrate it.
Of course, it was not Li Hao who came up with this thing, but the Song Dynasty itself had this kind of artifact, which was widely used in the troops in the south.
After all, although the durability of this paper armor is not as good as that of iron armor and it is easily damaged, it is not difficult to make and the cost is low, so even if it wears out quickly,
It is also acceptable.
At the same time, compared to the bulkiness of iron armor, this kind of paper armor is much lighter and can be called an artifact.
And the most important thing is that the imperial court restricted private possession of armor, so Li Hao naturally couldn't violate the ban. So this kind of paper armor was Li Hao's way to get around this ban.
Anyway, this thing is easy to deal with. When it is used up, you only need to wait for the paper armor to dry and then burn it cleanly. There is no basis or evidence.
If there are really signs that I can't hide it later, the worst I can do is find a reason to dedicate it to Emperor Wen. Maybe it will still be a credit.
After receiving Li Hao's order, Yuan Wo went down to arrange the matter, and then Li Hao rested.
On the second day, Li Hao got up and went to the county government office to meet with the county captain of Hua County. This time, he took Li Hao to inspect the terrain.
There is no way. Originally, there were only three people in charge of Hua County: the county magistrate, the county magistrate, and the county lieutenant. The old county magistrate Cheng was busy with official duties and sitting in the county government office, and the county magistrate Cheng Zhi hadn't arrived yet, so these things were It can only be done by the county captain.
The county captain of Hua County is surnamed Li. His family is considered a wealthy family in Hua County, and he knows the situation in Hua County very well.
Although Li Hao was not familiar with this man's situation, in the original plot, Hua County, led by County Magistrate Cheng Lao, put up a resolute resistance against Fan Chang.
The county captain who commanded the military in Hua County must have not surrendered to the enemy, so Li Hao could trust him, so he showed a little curiosity about the situation in Hua County in front of him.
Lieutenant Li did not have any doubts after hearing this, but took the initiative to introduce the situation of Hua County to Li Hao, including the population in and outside the city, topography, customs and so on.
As he talked, he went up to an unusually beautiful hillside with a pond on the side. This scene seemed quite familiar to Li Hao.
Seeing that Li Hao liked it, County Lieutenant Li said, "This place is not far from that other garden. Why don't we take a rest here."
When Li Hao heard this, he immediately remembered why he looked familiar here. It turned out that this was the place where Cheng Shaoshang and Lou Yao were playing outside and bumped into Huang Fuyi.
It seems that the place that Magistrate Cheng refers to is indeed the palace where Emperor Wen stayed in the play.
After thinking about it, Li Hao was no longer interested in this and said, "Forget it, let's go to Bieyuan as quickly as possible. Let's take a look at the specific situation there first and go back early to reply to County Magistrate Cheng.
After all, there is not much time until His Majesty Luan Jia arrives. If we can arrange things as early as possible, we should arrange them as early as possible to avoid being in a hurry and delaying things. "
Lieutenant Li County replied: "Your Majesty is so loyal to state affairs, I admire you so much. Let's set off now."
After saying that, everyone set off again and passed a tall and wide pavilion at the top of the mountain. The eaves and roof were cast with a bronze unicorn, and the six-sided and eight-sided columns stretched out underneath. It looked really exquisite.
After walking for half an hour, Li Hao saw a courtyard with white walls and black tiles. The walls were high and the courtyard was deep. Under the eaves were flying phoenix tiles and withered beasts, especially the two heavy purple gold beast-head door knockers on the vermilion door. On the top, there are also four green jade stones to serve as the eyes of the animals.
When you walk in and look around, you can see tall buildings and long beams, and a wide house with an open roof. Although it is not very rich, it is full of grace and grace.
Although the courtyard has not been inhabited for a long time, so some dust and dead leaves have fallen into the courtyard, making it look a bit defeated, but in the end, the flaws cannot be concealed.
Then Li Hao walked around the Bieyuan and found that there was a small lake behind the Bieyuan. However, there was an open space at a certain distance from the Bieyuan, and the other three sides were also flat land with an unobstructed view.
In such a place, as long as a warning sentry is set up, basically no one can sneak in, and the safety factor is still quite high.
But that's right, if it was really a dangerous place, Emperor Wen in the play would not use this place as his residence.
So Li Hao said to County Lieutenant Li: "I think this is a very suitable place for Your Majesty to stay. Now let's go back to the city and inform County Magistrate Cheng."
County Lieutenant Li naturally had no objection to this, so everyone started on the road back to the city without wasting any more time.
Starting around Chen time, we made a big circle and waited for Li Hao to return.
When we arrived at the county seat, it was not yet past noon, and this villa was indeed not far from Dehua County.
After County Magistrate Cheng received Li Hao's reply, he immediately began to arrange the garden. First, he sent people to clean the garden and restore the garden to its original appearance.
Then we need to find craftsmen to inspect, repair and reinforce the buildings in Bieyuan. At least there must be no safety hazards, otherwise no one will be able to afford it if something goes wrong.
However, these matters only need to be watched by the old county magistrate Cheng. Li Hao left twenty villagers as supervisors while he went to inspect other places.
After all, if you stay in one place all the time, it is easy for others to suspect that you have a purpose in coming here.
At the second stop, Li Hao went directly to Chengdu. This was also the final destination of Emperor Wen's trip and the place where he spent the longest time in Shu. Naturally, it should be more detailed.
But here, Li Hao had no say. After all, this was the administrative seat of Yizhou Mu. Even with Emperor Wen's authorization, Li Hao did not dare to command him.
