The White Wave Valley was finally pacified.

But the problem is that Yang Feng was also beheaded by Xu Chu's sweeping thousands of troops with one move.

With the death of Yang Feng, the whereabouts of the pottery merchant's 500 lintoe gold have also become a major mystery in the early peace period of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

As the saying goes, it's easier to borrow money than to pay it back, but it's even harder to pay off the dead.

A few days after the pacification of Baibo Valley, the potter would lead the four Pei brothers to Yang Feng's old house in Baibo Valley almost every day for a whole day.

But even though the potter dug into the ground, he didn't find what he was looking for...... The five hundred lintoe gold seemed to have been taken by Yang Feng from the yang world to the underworld, and disappeared in the valley out of thin air.

Perhaps this was Yang Feng's last counterattack to the potter before he died.

This counterattack proved to be effective.

After pouting Yang Feng in the house in Zibo City, the potter finally gave up completely, and then sat in front of his mansion in a daze, staring blankly at the white clouds and dogs in the sky above Baibo Valley.

What is a shot back to the pre-liberation period, that's it.

The White Wave Valley was pacified, and the leaders of the three families began to settle things in the valley.

The aftermath is much more complicated than the battlefield, and at the same time, it takes a lot more thought.

The collection of the White Polish Army, the distribution of rations, the disposal of corpses, etc., as well as the beware of the rebellion of the newcomers, and the inventory of the disarmed utensils in the valley...... This pile is not a worry-free job.

Of course, for the potters, the most important thing is the collection of the Bai Bo army.

Because of Hu Cai's special status, the potter specially asked him to be mainly responsible for handling this matter, and asked Han Hao, Xu Rong, and Mi Fang to be the supervisors.

Now that four of the five Bai Bo Shuai have died, only Hu Cai is left, with his presence and the grace and power of the official army, it should be no problem to absorb the Bai Bo thief.

But the most critical point now is who these more than 100,000 Baibo troops are under their command.

Bao Xin and Wang Kuang said in advance that they were not interested in these Bai Bojun, but after all, that was just talk.

The potters would certainly not be naïve to think that the princes were all foaming at the mouth and nailing when they spoke! On the contrary, in the eyes of the potters, the princes made promises and swore poisonous oaths, which were sometimes unreliable compared to the thieves.

But even so, the potters would never give up these more than 100,000 people from the Baibo Army......

In his opinion, these people were won by spending all their net worth, and they paid the price of blood, and no one wanted to get involved!

Whoever wants to get involved, the potter will abolish him.

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On this day, the potter came to Yang Feng's former residence as usual, and turned the house upside down again with a glimmer of hope.

Sure enough, once again, nothing was found.

The potter then smashed Yang Feng's yard to pieces.

After venting, the mood was a little happier, the potter fluttered his hands, came to the front of the hall, found a clean place to sit down, leisurely looked up at the sky, and watched the white clouds and dogs again.

After a while, I suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, but it was Mi Fang who led Hu Cai over, and the two of them were followed by ten strong Tiger Guards, each holding a large stack of slips in their hands.

Looking at the mess in Yang Feng's yard, it was as if it had been swept away by a bandit...... Mi Fang and Hu Cai couldn't help but smack their tongues secretly.

What is this, the thief's yard was robbed by the thief?

When the potter saw the two, he smiled very gently, like a spring breeze.

"How are you here? Is everything all taken care of? ”

Mi Fang nodded and did not speak.

However, Hu Cai stepped forward and bowed to the potter: "Back to the eldest prince's words, Baibo Valley used to support people, a total of six armies, five battalions, seventeen departments, regardless of men, women and children, although not in the military system, but also according to the arrangement, so that at any time can be transferred to the battlefield, after this battle, the subordinates have been counting the surrendered soldiers for several days, there are still 114,700 people, according to the orders of the prince, all disrupted the original arrangement, divided into ten armies, each army 11,470 real personnel, these are the roster of personnel in the valley, please see the son." ”

114,000!

The potter's heart turned over the river happily, but his face was very calm.

He said to Hu Cai appreciatively: "I won't look at the roster, the names of more than 100,000 people, I can't remember them one by one, General Hu has worked hard, and these Baibo troops who have just been attached to them will be temporarily commanded by you, after all, your prestige is still there, without you, it is difficult for the potter to master so many people." ”

Hearing this, Hu Cai hurriedly shook his head and said in a low voice: "There are so many people, where can the villain come over, the eldest prince must not make fun of the villain, or send another henchman to be virtuous." ”

The potter was happy when he heard this, and he expressed his satisfaction at Hu Cai's sudden increase in consciousness in a short period of time.

knows his position very well, if he doesn't take the job he should take, he will never take it, among the five handsomes of Bai Bo, he is the smartest.

"These more than 100,000 people, the number is huge, and the grass has fallen for many years, it is difficult for ordinary people to control, and only the prestige of Hu Shuai can shock them, but the military law and military regulations of my Xuzhou army are drafted according to the Han law, compared with the loose regulations of the Baibo Army in the past, but they are much stricter, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for Brother Hu to smooth all of them for a while, so let's send you someone to assist you in supervising the management of the army until we arrive in Xuzhou safely, how about it?"

Hu Cai is now completely acting in accordance with the orders of the pottery merchant, how can he not agree, just nodding his head vigorously.

The potter waved his hand, beckoned Pei Qian, and asked him to call Yang Zhan over.

Among the lieutenants of the Xuzhou Army, Yang Zhan has been appreciated by the pottery merchants since the first battle of killing Huaxiong in Yangren City.

A subordinate who can solve problems for the leader is a good subordinate.

When he was young, Yang Zhan arrived.

The potter instructed him: "Yang Zhan, Hu is the great hero of our pacification of Baibo Valley this time, I discussed with Brother Mi and asked him to temporarily act as the goalkeeper and manage the more than 110,000 Baibo Valley troops for us, but he is only afraid that he will not be able to do it alone, so you can be a deputy for him and assist him in managing some people, and when I return to Xuzhou, I will not pay attention to it." ”

Yang Zhan had a lot of eyes, and as soon as he heard the words of the pottery merchant, he knew the meaning of the strings, and immediately smiled and said: "The last general must serve the eldest prince and assist General Hu well, so let's do it, these 110,000 horses may as well be divided into the eleventh army, and ask the eldest prince to select ten capable cronies from the Tiger Guard Army to assist Yang and assist General Hu in charge of the army respectively." ”

Wise man!

The potter praised Yang Zhan for being sensible in his heart, and said: "You can go to Xu Chu for this matter in a while, if you want to choose someone to help you, just ask him directly." ”

"No."

After Yang Zhan made a salute, he turned his head to look at Hu Cai, and said flatteringly: "General Hu, subordinate Yang Zhan, on the order of Gongzi, assists the general all the way, and if there is anything that his subordinates can't do on the way back to Xuzhou, please ask General Hu to give more corrections." ”

After all, Hu Cai has also been the leader for several years, and he still has some knowledge, and he naturally understands the intention of the potter's arrangement of such a lieutenant to assist him.

Hu Cai smiled at Yang Zhan and said: "Captain Yang doesn't have to be polite, my old Hu has been a rebel for half his life, and once he got out of the mud road today, many things are not clear and I don't understand, besides, I am naturally afraid of trouble, on the way back to Xuzhou, Bai Bogu will bother Captain Yang to work hard, Hu is only responsible for enjoying leisure on the side, and I hope that Captain Yang will not pick on Lao Hu's reason when the time comes." ”

Seeing this, Yang Zhan secretly said in his heart, no wonder the eldest prince helped this person to the stage to surrender to Bai Bojun, it turned out that he took a fancy to this person's virtue of "knowing current affairs"!

I have to say that the eldest prince's vision is still very unique, and this Hu Cai is very good.

"General Hu is polite, Yang was ordered to assist the general, if Bai Bo has something, he has to rely on General Hu's prestige to mediate, how can he enjoy leisure? You have to work hard. ”

Hu Cai laughed when he heard this, and he also understood why the potter asked Yang Zhan to help him, this kid speaks without leakage, at first glance, he is a shrewd and capable person, leading troops to fight may not be very capable, but mediation must be what he is good at!

The performances of Hu Cai and Yang Zhan made the potters very satisfied

Suddenly, Pei Qian, who was outside the door, walked in quickly and whispered to the potter: "Eldest prince, General Bao came to see you and said that he wanted to resign from you." ”

"Resignation?" The potter was stunned when he heard this: "You're leaving so soon?" ”

Pei Qian shook his head and said, "I don't know what's going on, but General Bao's face is anxious, and he looks like he has something important, and he said that before leaving, he has to meet with his son." ”

"I see." The potter nodded, turned his head and instructed Mi Fang: "Brother Mi, you will be the east later, arrange for General Hu and Captain Yang to have lunch together, everyone will get acquainted with each other, and I will go to see Bao Xin." ”

Mi Fang agreed, and then suddenly approached the potter, and whispered: "Childe, in the past few days, we have used Hu Cai to subdue and reorganize the Baibo army that surrendered in the valley, and we have not left any room for Bao Xin and them, more than 100,000 people, I estimate that Bao Xin has long been red-eyed...... Childe should be careful. ”

Mi Fang's words gave the potter a wake-up call, he patted Mi Fang's shoulder and said with a smile: "I know, don't worry." ”

When he got out of Yang Feng's house, he saw Bao Xin leading his brothers Bao Zhong and Bao Tao to wait outside.

Bao Xin's face was not very good, obviously something on his mind...... The potter didn't know if he wanted to share the 100,000 men of the White Wave Army with him.

If Bao Xin really asked for someone, the potter would definitely reply to him with a smile in the face of the alliance, "Get out." ”

Seeing that the potter came out, Bao Xin stepped forward to greet him: "I haven't seen you much in the past few days?" I went to Huangfu Zhongcheng just now, and he said that you get up at midnight every day, and you will run to Yang Feng's old house before dawn. Why, Yang Feng has any savings to provoke you to be so blushing, are you here to dig for treasure? …… Or hide from Bao? ”

When the potter heard this, his cheeks twitched slightly, and his eyes were a little red...... Which pot surnamed Bao does not open, which pot is mentioned.

"Where is the treasure digging, it's just to take the opportunity to hide and be idle, and after gathering such a large wave of Baibo soldiers, you have to take care of everything you eat, drink, and Lasa, it's really too tiring, you can't hide it......" The potter frowned, sighed and complained.

Bao Xin snorted and said solemnly: "You kid, what can Bao say about you?" …… You said you look like a gentleman, why do you have so many ghost eyes? At the beginning, Bao disdainful of these Baibo army thieves, that is really disdainful, will I really come to rob you of these thieves? You don't have to tempt me with your words! ”

The potter was a little surprised, and he looked at Bao Xin fixedly, as if he couldn't believe what he said.

In this world, is there really such a person who does what he says, does not envy or envy?

This is Bao Xin, replaced by Cao Cao, and he is estimated to be slapping each other with him now.

Seeing the admiration in the potter's eyes, Bao Xin couldn't help but straighten his chest and said loudly: "Bao is a human being, he promises what he says, how can he not speak!" ”

The potter bowed and apologized to Bao Xin: "Bao Gong is so loyal and trustworthy to keep his promise...... Sure enough, it lived up to the word 'letter' in the name, and Tao admired it. ”

Bao Xin laughed when he heard this: "That's nature, are you at ease now?" ”

Tao Shang nodded vigorously: "Peace of mind, of course peace of mind, people in this world, Tao doesn't believe anyone, you have to believe Bao Gong, after all, character is not here, just the word Bao Xin, it is no different from the word 'integrity'!" ”

Bao Xin touched his beard and nodded with satisfaction.

After being silent for a while, he suddenly heard the potter hesitate again: "Why don't you ...... Can you sign me again? I can feel more at ease under it. ”

Bao Xin's hand was full of strength, and he directly pulled down his beard.

Not only did he not give the potter a note, but he also lost his temper angrily at him.

The potter felt that he was very aggrieved, the so-called empty words, the integrity of this thing was originally an ethereal object, especially in the troubled times, the moral market was sluggish, the princes deceived each other, and the lies told every month were as frequent and regular as the great aunt...... In the absence of a mandatory law to restrain them, the potter felt that it was not too much for him to ask Bao Xin to sign a letter of commitment.

After complaining about the potter, Bao Xin vented enough, and then slowly led his words to the point.

"Master Tao, Bao came today to resign from you."

The pottery merchant said strangely: "Wang Fujun went out on errands and never returned, Bao Gong is in such a hurry to leave, isn't something important happening?" ”

Bao Xin's face was sad, and his tone was quite worried: "I can't hide it from you, something happened, Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao was killed by Liu Yuanjun of Yanzhou...... Yanzhou is now an eventful season, Bao needs to go back, so he will not wait for the public festival here, and after the prince's day returns, Tao Gongzi apologized to him on behalf of Bao. ”

When the potter heard this, he suddenly realized.

Dongjun Taishouqiao is an important town in Yanzhou, and he and Bao Xin nominally belong to the supervision and management of Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou.

Now that Liu Dai killed Qiao Mao, I don't say what the reason is, but just because of this sudden incident, Bao Xin, as an important town in Yanzhou, naturally can't sit still, and it is natural for him to go back in a hurry.

"In this case, Tao will no longer keep General Bao, and ask General Bao to be more careful along the way, we will have a date later."

The potter gave Bao Xin a deep salute.

Speaking from the heart, Bao Xin is one of the few people who can be liked by the potters among the princes, he is not so selfish, and he is relatively particular about life, in the complex circle of princes, he can be regarded as a rare self-purifying person.

Bao Xin also returned the salute to the potter, and suddenly said: "This time to conquer the Baibo army, Bao didn't know why you proposed this, but I saw that you tried your best to collect all the 100,000 Baibo troops under your command...... To tell the truth, Bao Mou sincerely admires your mind and thoughts, these more than 100,000 people, you deserve it, Tao Gongzi, go back to Xuzhou, do things for Your Majesty, and do things for the world. ”

Bao Xin's words made the pottery merchant very embarrassed, and he waved his hand modestly: "Bao Gong is too praised, Tao is really frightened." ”

Bao Xin laughed and said boldly: "It's a good thing for young people to be modest, but sometimes you don't need to be too modest...... It is a blessing for the world to have a descendant like you among young people! Farewell today, I don't know when we will meet again. ”

The potter put away his smile and said: "No matter when we meet again, if Bao Gong has something to say, the potter will definitely help him within his ability, and he will never break his word." ”

"Good!" Bao Xin nodded with satisfaction and said, "I've known each other for so long, and I finally heard you say something today, hahaha, Bao remembered your promise, Tao Gongzi, we will meet later!" ”

"General Bao, there will be a period later."

Bao Xin arched his hand to the potter, led Bao Zhong and Bao Tao to turn around and was about to leave, but before he could go far, he heard the potter hesitantly shouting at him: "Bao Gong...... Is it true that the note will not be made for me? Then you can swear a poisonous oath...... I promise that I will not ask anyone in the future. ”

Bao Xin stopped in place fiercely, took a deep breath, and calmed the anger faintly burning in his chest.

It was a long time before I heard him muttering to himself.

"It's still indefinite!"

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Bao Xin left, and only the Xuzhou Army and the Taishan Army led by Han Hao were left in the Baibo Valley.

According to the agreement with the potter, Han Hao secretly transported the baggage looted by the potter from the four major clans in Hanoi to support the Baibo army, which temporarily solved the problem of logistics supply.

And the potter also began to count the days with his fingers, it has been a year since he came out, and it is time to set off for Xuzhou.

There are still many things and many ideals that need to be realized by ourselves.

However, before leaving, the potter felt that it was still necessary for him to meet Han Hao.

For this person, the potter really wants to get it, although the act of digging the corner of the alliance is very inauthentic, but the potter just can't restrain the greedy desire in his heart.

In these years, it is just the opposite of the later generations in which I lived, there were many people who fought wars, and there were many old oilmen of the political type, but it was difficult to meet economic and technical talents.

So, on the third day after Bao Xin led his army away, the potters rummaged through Yang Feng's house according to custom...... It has become an integral part of his life in the White Wave Valley...... went to find Han Hao, ready to be moved by his feelings.

If Han Hao still didn't eat oil and salt, the potter felt that he should consider simply kidnapping him.

came to Han Hao's residence, but found that he was not there, and the attendants of the Taishan Army said that Han Hao was doing a routine inspection in the stable.

The potter couldn't help but feel strange, in broad daylight, he had nothing to do and ran to the stable to check something? Could it be that you are really hiding from me?

If Han Hao was really avoiding the potter, then he still lacked understanding of the thickness of this Xuzhou son's face...... What's so great about hiding in the stables? He was hiding in the latrine and squatting pit, and the potter dared to go over and pull him out.

The potter came to the stable, and Han Hao was indeed here.

But the situation is that Han Hao did not deliberately stay here to avoid the potter, and there was indeed something.

"This one can't be used either...... Han Hao raised his hand and patted the horse's back lightly after inspecting a war horse, signaling the horse keeper behind him to make a record.

The potter was quite curious, stepped forward, poked his head over slowly, and said, "Han Zheng, what are you doing?" ”

Han Hao was taken aback by the Tao merchant's cold voice, turned his head in surprise, and said in surprise: "Tao Gongzi, why are you here?" ”

The potter replied with a smile: "But for the sake of the king...... Specially for the heir. ”

One sentence made Han Hao a little overwhelmed.

I wanted to hide out, but I couldn't find a suitable reason, so I could only be cramped and uneasy in the same place.

The potter didn't continue to tease Han Hao, but just turned his head to look at the war horse that Han Hao was referring to.

I saw that the horse's right hind leg was slightly lame, and after falling to the ground, it quickly lifted up, as if it was in some pain, and the horse's breathing was also very short.

The potter was surprised when he saw this, and the thoughts in his head spun rapidly.