Ruan Bai showed his temperament in front of General Cao, and he has always been a little spoiled, but he is a good boy with great rights and wrongs. His unceremonious expression was normal in General Cao's opinion, and Ruan Bai must have pretended to be strong because he was afraid that he would be embarrassed.

But will Ruan Bai let General Cao take advantage of him?

Ruan Ergou's advantage can be taken advantage of by anyone?

There is no need for Ruan Bai to say anything, facing the "ignorant boy" Ruan Xiaobai, General Cao himself can't get over it in his heart, but he can't find any way to compensate for it.

right, he has. But Ruan Bai and him are not the same system. Although Ruan Bai is on his land, the care he can give Ruan Bai is very limited. Ruan Bai is not a troublesome child, and he doesn't need to wipe his buttocks. In his opinion, Ruan Bai, the post man, belongs to playing. According to Chu Hao's importance to him, when Chu Hao returns to Xijing, where can Ruan Bai continue to stay here? This time is not too far away.

money, compared to him, Ruan Bai is indeed not much rich; But new wheelbarrows have been put into service, and the sauerkraut business has been done. Well, these are just small amounts of money. But what about the various wool products? What about the briquette briquette stove?

Since coal has entered everyone's field of vision because of the ondol, now all kinds of coal products are competing for popularity. It's not that no one wants to start with this industry, but now the only known coal-producing area, Xiyuan, a large amount of land has been taken away by Ruan Bai's relevant personnel.

Even if someone gets a small amount of land through various means, the profit from simply selling coal is not at all comparable to that of various processed coal products.

Because of the season and promotion problems, these products have not brought a lot of benefits to Ruan Bai, but the future of the coal boss is bright.

To sum up, Ruan Bai is not short of money.

Ruan Bai is not bad for backers. In the west of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the backer who can be harder than the prince of Pingxi is probably the king of Pingxi himself. As for him, the general...... Well, you have to be self-aware.

So, can he explain the compensation to Ruan Bai? They gave him all the recipes for making a fortune in vain.

General Cao could only get straight to the point: "Brother Ruan, look at this...... Tell your brother what you want. As long as my brother can call the shots, it's easy to say anything. ”

Ruan Bai's eyes narrowed, his mouth grinned, revealing a mouthful of big white teeth: "Big brother, hand over the auxiliary army and retired soldiers to me!" ”

He is short of people, very short of people.

And Shunyang Pass, in fact, there is no shortage of people.

Every year there was a large number of soldiers, not only regular non-commissioned officers, but also a large number of auxiliaries and exiled prisoners. The latter's status in Shunyang Pass is not as good as that of livestock. As for the retired soldiers, in fact, there are very few of them. But just because it's a small number doesn't mean it's not a problem. The conditions that the imperial court could give were very limited, and most of these soldiers relied on generals such as General Cao to supplement themselves.

The former is indispensable, but for the current structure of Shunyang Pass, there is actually a lot of waste in terms of manpower. The latter, on the other hand, is a complete burden.

Master Cao only thought about it for a moment, and then he understood Ruan Bai's plan. As the highest official in this place, he has certain rights to appoint and dismiss his subordinates. What Ruan Bai asked for was not an official soldier, and some auxiliaries were not a problem.

"I don't know how many people Brother Ruan needs?"

"Well, let's have one or two hundred first." One or two hundred people can't actually meet his current business needs, but no matter how many people there are, he has no place to settle them, and secondly, he has no management experience. These 100 people are just trying their hands.

As soon as Lord Cao heard Ruan Bai's request, he knew that he was measured, and he didn't mention it at the moment, but just asked: "If you have any specific requirements, you can say it, and the eldest brother will send someone to you as much as possible." ”

is worthy of being a general, and doing things is refreshing. Ruan Bai was satisfied: "The eldest brother is doing things, what is the younger brother worried about." It was not early, and the younger brother took his leave first. ”

Lord Cao hurriedly stood up and wanted to send Ruan Bai out, while whispering: "Those who come from the capital this time, Brother Ruan should pay more attention." ”

Ruan Bai nodded: "Thank you big brother for reminding me." ”

Seeing that Ruan Bai understood, Master Cao didn't say anything more. He reminded him, just because those Beijing officials can find some fault for nothing. This time, they came for the implementation of the stirrup and horseshoe, which had little to do with Ruan Bai. However, Ruan Bai is the one who got these two things out, and there will be people who will target Ruan Bai, especially if these people stay for a short time, and they live in the post house with Ruan Bai.

In fact, even if Lord Cao doesn't remind him, Ruan Bai will pay attention. The guy who stopped Chu Hao just now was not a good person no matter how you look at it.

No, he finished talking about business, and Chu Hao, who came with him, didn't finish talking yet.

Chu Hao didn't deliberately pick a place, no matter how familiar he was with the General's Mansion, this was not his territory after all, and many things still had to be a little taboo.

As soon as Ruan Bai turned his head, he saw Chu Hao and the official surnamed Zhang.

The two of them stood in a secluded corner, and the guards patrolling around them also deliberately moved out of the way.

The official surnamed Zhang had his back to them, and Ruan Bai could only analyze from his standing posture, his whole person was slightly stiff, and he should have failed to achieve his goal. As for Chu Hao, he looked a little bored, and when he saw Ruan Bai come out, his eyes lit up, and he ignored Lord Zhang in front of him, and walked over directly, looked at Ruan Bai, and then looked at Lord Cao: "Finished talking?" ”

Ruan Bai tilted his head and looked at Master Zhang, who suddenly turned around and walked over.

Lord Cao also noticed, but looking at Chu Hao's appearance, it was inconvenient for him to say anything, so he just said, "Finished talking?" He said to Lord Zhang again, "It's not early, the official asked people to take Lord Zhang to ......" Yesterday's dinner, the group naturally stayed in the general's mansion, and today we talked about things for a day, and we haven't talked about it yet, just talking about it. Judging by the many years of dealings between Master Cao and the Beijing Chinese official group, it is obvious that there is still a good talk. Even from the perspective of defending his righteous brother, he was unwilling to let these difficult guys have more contact with Ruan Bai.

Although his righteous brother has a smart brain, he is obviously not enough in terms of experience, and facing these Beijing officials is similar to facing a fat rabbit in the face of wolves.

When Lord Cao said this, he was also kind enough to build a ladder for Lord Zhang, but he didn't appreciate it at all, and he glanced at him directly.

"What are you? Didn't you see this official talking to His Royal Highness? ”

As soon as these words came out, Ruan Bai, who was very inexperienced in officialdom, also showed a surprised expression. He was a little suspicious that he was still dreaming at this time, otherwise how could he hear such a ...... Honest words?

Master Cao laughed angrily. If he can endure this breath, then he is not a man! He said at the moment: "This official is not a thing, but Lord Zhang insults Shangguan...... Come on, drag him down, ten strokes of the military stick! ”

When Master Zhang's two arms were erected, there was still a trace of disbelief on his face: "Cao Xu, you dare!" ”

Master Cao gouged out his ears with his little finger: "What does this official dare not do?" You, a little fifth-grade official, dare to openly insult me for a third-grade ......" He lowered his voice and asked, "This official is curious, who gave you the guts?" ”

Lord Zhang saw that Lord Cao's side was not working, and he was caught and lifted up by two guards left and right, and couldn't help but twist his neck and shouted in the direction of Chu Hao: "Your Royal Highness doesn't care?" This official is Princess Min's maternal uncle, and now in the situation in Beijing, if His Royal Highness still wants to ...... princess?"

"Shut up! The princess's marriage is arranged by the queen's mother, how can the princess's reputation be arranged by you as an outsider? Chu Hao seems to be drinking Lord Zhang, and at the same time maintaining the royal reputation. But the meaning of this is straightforward.

Nowadays, the marriage of the children in the family is basically the matter of being the mother of the house. This is no different at Royal. Even as Princess Min's own mother, she only has the right to build yì, but not the right to decide. To put it bluntly, whether it is the marriage of the princess and the prince, it must be counted by the queen's nod.

As for a princess's uncle or something, he may be able to play prestige elsewhere, but if he wants to shake in front of General Cao and Chu Hao, he can't shake it. There was only one uncle in the dynasty, and that was the queen's brother. Even if it is Uncle Guo, it is more like an honorific title, and there is no actual right.

As for Princess Min's uncle or something, this identity will not be seen at all, and now he is still talking about it decently, which is a joke.

Now Mr. Zhang said his backer in one sentence, but ...... It's no wonder that Princess Pingxi looks down on this family. Mo said that Princess Min is just a princess, that is, Princess Min is a prince, and if she has such a relative, she will also have blood mold for eight lifetimes.

Not to mention how Lord Cao cleaned up Lord Zhang, Ruan Bai was a little worried on the way home: "Today, Lord Zhang has revealed your identity, doesn't it matter?" ”

Chu Hao didn't think about it: "It's not a big problem." In fact, the person who should know my identity has already known. Master Cao knows for sure. A few years ago, Xiao Xizi came and recognized me, and the little old man of the emperor must have known that I was here. "Anyway, he didn't expect to be incognito, plus he didn't even change his name, and now he is a thousand households, not an obscure soldier.

"It's just that some things are known, and this time it's been broken...... I wonder if my dad will call me back in advance? "Or will his mother come and whip him with a whip? So it's not good to marry a chicken or something. When his mother was a girl, she was very knowledgeable, and once she married into Jiangmen, she not only danced and wrote, but also learned to dance with knives and guns......

Ruan Bai always felt that Chu Hao was not worried about this matter. But since Chu Hao didn't say it, he didn't bother to worry about it, and instead said, "I have something I want you to ...... Daddy helps. ”