Compared with the outside, the room was as warm as spring, and Liu Ruyan was lazily leaning on a soft couch, and her face was much better than when she had just arrived. Seeing Li Mi and Li Hao coming in, he said, "Find a place to sit by yourself!" ”

The person who was born in the secret camp is basically equivalent to Li Ze's retainers, and those who are given the surname Li have to go to the next level, you must know that now every year the Li family worships their ancestors, and these people who are given the surname Li are allowed to enter the family temple to participate in the sacrifice. In this respect, these people are actually a branch of the Li family.

Since it is a family, Liu Ruyan naturally has nothing to be polite about. Although Li Anguo is still there, Li Ze is now the real head of the Li family, and Liu Ruyan is the main mother.

"Are you alright?" Li Hao moved the brocade stool by himself, sat two steps in front of the soft couch, and bowed slightly.

"It's almost over." Liu Ruyan nodded, "The army has been settled, right?" ”

"Yes." Li Hao said: "The basic work has been almost prepared in advance, and it is all done step by step. However, I didn't expect the big guy's reaction to a long voyage at sea to be so serious, so he was a little underprepared on top of the decoction. However, a large number of doctors have been recruited to quickly prepare some relieving decoctions in order to speed up their recovery. ”

"Hmm." Liu Ruyan said: "Before coming, Yan Jiu once said that the northerners suddenly arrived in the south, but they were afraid that there would be a lot of discomfort. ”

"Yes, I see that a lot of soldiers have brought a lot of soil from the north." Li Hao said with a smile: "I heard that if you drink it, there will be no risk of being unsatisfied." ”

"Not only that, but the ship also brought a lot of ingredients from the north over, always to let everyone have a transition process, you also have to pay attention to this matter, I don't want these Angzang men in the north, to the south, one by one, become sick."

"Madame, don't worry." Li Hao nodded again and again. "We still have some experience in this, when we came over, we have also experienced such a process, some people have nothing to do, and some of them are really sick, so this time, we are still very well prepared, and we will never make a mistake."

"Well, there is one more thing, winter is coming soon, before coming, the prince said that people from the north are here, but I am afraid that some will not carry the cold!" Liu Ruyan suddenly laughed, "I'm afraid that it's snowing heavily in the north now, but I think it's not bad here, will northerners be afraid of the cold when they go to the south?" You've been here for over a year, and do you see snow? ”

"Ma'am, it's really possible." Li Hao said: "The cold here is not the same thing as the cold in our hometown." The first winter really froze me enough. Many people have suffered from frostbite, and their combat effectiveness has dropped sharply. ”

"Is there really such a thing?" Liu Ruyan sat up straight all of a sudden.

"Yes, the cold in the south is not the same as the cold in the north!" Li Hao said: "The north is dry and cold, but the barracks are burned with kang, and if you don't go out, you will be fine, but in the south, it is wet and cold, and the temperature in the house is about the same as outside." The soldiers from the south didn't have anything to do, but the soldiers from the north couldn't stand it at all, but fortunately, they all carried it now and got used to it. ”

"What's the arrangement?"

"There is no habit of burning kang here, so we can only prepare more braziers, charcoal and other things." Li Hao spread his hands, "In addition, a lot of sweating ginger, pepper and other things have been prepared, and of course, chilblain cream and other things have also been prepared." ”

Liu Ruyan sighed and lay back again: "That's all it takes." Let's talk about the military deployment here itself! ”

"Madam, after two wars, the entire Yangzhou army can be regarded as a reborn change, at the beginning, we came through various ways of soldiers, a total of 5,000 people. It is also the main force of our initial operation. After the two wars, about 2,000 people were lost, of which about 800 were killed and more than 1,000 were wounded and had to withdraw from the army. The remaining 3,000 people, in addition to retaining two armies of 1,000 people each, the remaining 1,000 people were all scattered and incorporated into the Yangzhou army, becoming the most basic backbone of the Yangzhou army. Li Hao said.

"The casualties are not small!" Willow like flue.

"Yes." Li Hao said: "The most important thing is that in these two wars, especially the battle with Cao Bin, we can only be top of our people, and the Yangzhou army still can't be reassured in the face of such a tough battle." But now it's much better, and the Yangzhou army is now very good. ”

"How are the wounded people housed?"

"It's mainly divided into two parts." Li Hao said: "If you are willing to go back to the north, you will naturally arrange for them to go back, and the rest will be arranged on the spot, such as those who go to the countryside to farm, do some small business, and so on." ”

"Do you go back too much?"

"Rarely!" Li Hao said: "When the candidates were selected, they were selected, and basically they didn't care, but in fact, when they returned to the north, they didn't have any relatives. These people are all members of the Yixing Society, and now they are scattered in the local area and have become the most stable force in our rule over the local area. ”

"Are they doing well?"

"Most people are doing well." Li Hao said with a smile: "When they were in the army, the military salary was already very high, and when they retired, they got a lot of retirement pensions. ”

"In other words, there are still people who are having a bad time!"

"That's natural." Li Hao nodded and said: "These people are really not good at business, they are not good at farming, and they are not good at doing business, but Yixing Society will also have follow-up help for these people, no matter what, let them take root here." ”

"Well, the affairs of the Yixing Society, since Yang Kai and them take over, we will not care about it." Willow like flue.

"Yes, there are now 20,000 people in the standing army of Yangzhou, one is under the command of Ren Xiaonian, and the other is led by Su Bao. If a major war breaks out, 20,000 to 30,000 young men can be recruited. Li Hao said: "But now that Madame, you have brought 5,000 people over, Yangzhou is above the military, and there is basically nothing to worry about." ”

"Over there in Huainan, there's still no progress, right? What does Gong Yunda want to do? Liu Ruyan asked suddenly.

"Feel like a strange thing!" Li Hao sneered: "The more he is in this situation, the more he feels that he can raise his value." However, he has stopped sending grain, grass and ordnance to Zhu Youzhen now, and we don't have the strength to attack him on a large scale for a while, so we can only do this first, and once the time is ripe, we must let him know what kind of fate the two ends of the first rat will be. ”

"Send someone to tell him, just say that I Liu Ruyan is here, let him come to Yangzhou to see me, if you don't come, you will bear the consequences!" Liu Ruyan said coldly.

"Okay." Knowing Liu Ruyan's temper, Li Hao responded without saying a word.

"Then there are the two places in western Zhejiang and eastern Zhejiang." Li Hao said: "The situation in these two places is much more complicated, mainly because the Xiang Xun Group has also wooed them, and earlier we were not strong here, and they were also wavering, judging by various signs, I am afraid that they have fallen to the Xiang Group in secret." The trouble is that we are very embarrassed for them, we can't fight, we can't fight, no one can make up our minds, but now that Madame is here, we have the backbone. ”

Liu Ruyan glanced at Li Hao: "Haozi, do you know why you are lagging behind?" ”

Li Hao's heart jumped and he lowered his head: "Li Hao is stupid." ”

"You're not stupid at all, you're just too alive and thinking too much." Liu Ruyan sneered: "Sometimes when you do things, you can't look ahead and backward, and when it's time to start, don't hesitate at all." Think too much about it, and the time will slowly slip away. At this point, Li De, Li Rui is indeed better than you. Li Han won't talk about it, he is a real dead eye. ”

Li Hao's face was red.

"That's it, don't talk about this, you just need to know that the prince still has high hopes for you, and the path you choose now is not wrong, in the words of the prince, the future is still very promising, but if you don't change your character, it won't work. In the east and west of Zhejiang, we will never allow them to fall to the Xiang Group, so, next, what should be beaten will be beaten, you have ships and soldiers in your hands, what is there to fear, those who follow me prosper, those who oppose me die, some things, don't say above, don't you dare to do it? Liu Ruyan said sharply: "Sometimes, you have to memorize the things that you should carry." ”

"I see."

"Now is the right time." Liu Ruyan said: "Yueyang has stabilized his footing, Ding Jian has gathered Zheng Wenchang's sailors and is attacking Xiangyang in a big way, and Liu Xinda's sailors in Ezhou are not weak, with your current strength, it is difficult to control the Yangtze River alone, just take out your hand to teach a lesson in eastern and western Zhejiang, and after Zheng Wenchang takes Xiangyang, you will attack left and right, go and clean up the Liang army sailors in Ezhou, control the Yangtze River, Eyue, they will not be able to stand." ”

"My subordinates will do it when they turn around."

"Do you know how to do it?" Liu Ruyan glanced at Li Hao.

"Yes."

"There you go!" Liu Ruyan waved her hand.

Li Hao stood up, bowed respectfully and withdrew.

"Am I being too ruthless to him?" Liu Ruyan turned her head to look at Li Mi, who had been silent.

"He's going to give it a good beating." Li Mi shook his head and said: "When he was in the secret camp, he was not like this, but then he really changed a little. Utilitarianism is too heavy, but it has become an obstacle for him to move forward. ”

"Hopefully he'll make a difference."