The Qing Navy Xingwen Chengwu County asked Li Mao to be transferred to the judge of the Military Academy, Jia bluntly invited Li Mao into the public house, asked him what he thought, Li Mao said: "If it is possible, I still want to follow Ming Gong, after all, I am not familiar with the things in the army." ”

Jia bluntly stared at Li Mao's eyes, his eyes were sharp like a knife, he picked up the documents of the Qing Navy, and said: "You have solved a big problem for them, General Yu admires you very much, and it is just a gesture to Chengwu County, after all, you are a Jiedu officer, not an official of Chengwu County." Speaking of which, Li Mao can only express regret.

He didn't understand the joints in this, the reason why he had to bother with such words was nothing more than to leave a good impression in front of Jia Zhiyan, and the purpose was to leave a way back for himself. Coming out of the Chengwu County Ya, Li Mao looked back at the plaque hanging on the county Ya's eyebrows, this is where he started, but now he is like a passerby, and suddenly he has become a passerby. He suddenly felt some emotion in his heart: he had unconsciously become sophisticated and sleek, why did he hide the vicissitudes of life in his young heart.

Qingmo led the horse and waited in the middle of the street, and when he saw Li Mao with his head down, his face was a little gloomy, so he asked with concern: "Why, he won't let people go." Li Mao patted the little guy on the shoulder and turned over on the horse. The two went out of the north gate of the county seat, and met Chen Shu, who was carrying a backpack and preparing to travel far away, next to the water pavilion outside the city gate. Li Mao dismounted to salute.

The two chatted for a while in the grass pavilion by the water, and after cherishing each other, they went their own ways and walked out of half a mile, Qingmo still couldn't help but say: "I heard that Chen Shu sold the ancestral house and said that he was going to Chang'an to gain fame. Li Mao was in a good mood and asked with a smile: "Tell me, where is he ruthless." ”

Qingmo said: "Isn't it obvious, but you have to go to Chang'an to suffer, and fame and fortune are so easy to take?" Xue Dalang is known as the first genius in Baoding County, famous in the river, such a good knowledge, but also named Sun Mountain for many years, he is still unknown in Chengwu County, what can he do when he goes to the capital? ”

Li Mao smiled: "I can hear it, what you mean is that he is not a ruthless person, but a stupid person, a stupid person who is reckless." ”

Qingmo said twice, but it was a default.

Li Mao didn't say something to Qingmo, and he didn't intend to tell anyone, two months ago he and Chen Shu reached a secret agreement, Chen Shu used his connections in the Moqi clan to help Li Mao find out something that Li Mao was interested in, and the reward was a letter of recommendation from Xue Rong, with this letter, Chen Shu's trip to Chang'an was less blind and more than one point of chance.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival in a blink of an eye, Li Mao stayed in the position of the right judge of the Qing Navy Military Institute for two months, and then followed the Qing Navy sergeants who went to Haizhou to embark on the journey south. The rebellion in Haizhou began in early summer, the third bird was dissatisfied with the official army and suppression, and led three or four hundred people to attack and occupy the county town of Donghai, which coincided with the flood in Haizhou and the wind disaster, the fishing boats could not leave the port, the farmland was not harvested everywhere, and the government was unfavorable for disaster relief, resulting in the displaceable people, and the third bird took the opportunity to recruit troops and buy horses, and the power expanded rapidly, and even broke the official army that entered and suppressed, and the momentum was very huge.

Ziqing Jiedu caused Li Shigu to quickly mobilize the Yunzhou Pinglu Army, the Chengwuqing Navy, and the Mizhou Town Navy to the south to quell the rebellion. The Qing Navy was transferred to fight 800 people, and the commander was Zhao Hede, the deputy envoy of the soldiers and horses, these 800 people were not the elite of the Qing Navy, more than seventy percent were old, weak, disabled and temporarily recruited recruits, and most of the generals were appointed by humble generals, Zhao Hede was very old in the Qing Navy, but he was not a close confidant of Hualong, and the backbone of the grain officer and other backbones were mostly played by newcomers, and the perfunctory meaning was very strong.

Li Mao served as the left judge of the military material institute of the camp, and actually presided over the affairs of the military material institute.

The soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, which shows the importance of grain and grass in the march and battle, when Li Mao was appointed to the post of Zuo Judge, he was nervous and couldn't sleep for three days. After two months as a judge in the Qing Navy Military Academy, Li Mao was able to get started with the basic business, but being an assistant and being a leader were far away after all, not to mention that guarding the place and marching to fight were different, and the difficulty of the latter was far from being comparable to the former.

Li Mao didn't know the bottom of his heart, and before he set out for the expedition, he made a special trip to invite the clerk to drink back wine, and humbly asked for advice on the matters that should be paid attention to during the march. The clerk smiled and didn't answer, and after three rounds of drinking, he said: "The military material institute is the big steward of the whole army, in charge of the whole army's eating, drinking, lazing and sleeping, there are many and trivial things, and the slightest carelessness will cause a big disaster, but with your talents, you are competent." The clerk patted Li Mao on the shoulder as a sign of encouragement.

Li Mao's face turned white, how could hundreds of people eat, drink, and sleep, be good to wait? In case something goes wrong, can this grain officer of his own still live, and he has the heart to ask for advice again, but the clerk is already drunk and unconscious.

Li Mao locked himself in the tent and thought about it all night, the next morning, the sky was raining, the air was surprisingly cold, and his brain became surprisingly calm, after thinking all night, he figured out that it is better to rely on others than on himself, a manly man, there are always some things that need to be faced in person, he exhaled a breath of turbidity, and cheered himself up: How many people in the army regard the grain and grass officer as a fat shortage, and want to get a handful, but I am so afraid of difficulties, is it the big husband's doing? Since ancient times, wealth has been in danger, and there is no good father to cover it, and if you want to be rich, you can only pin your head to the waistband of your trousers.

Trembling, like walking on thin ice, like facing the abyss. It is a true portrayal of Li Mao's heart when he first served as a grain officer, or he was fully prepared in advance, or he was favored by God, Li Mao's career as a grain officer started very smoothly, and the more he did, from Gushan Town to Teng County, Xuzhou, and then from Teng County to Pei County, the road was smooth sailing, and there was no mistake.

After the army entered Pei County, it met Wei Bo's army from afar, with about two thousand people, bright clothes and armor, and a majestic momentum. Wei Bo to Haizhou between Xuanwu, Ziqing and other roads, the brigade march is very difficult, and Wei Bo Town has maintained a semi-independent state since the Anshi Rebellion, and the successive festivals have made the father die and the son succeeds, the brother dies and the younger brother inherits, and the imperial court posthumously awarded the Jieyue.

What prompted Wei Bojun to come thousands of miles to quell the rebellion, Li Mao's heart was full of questions.

Pei County in the Kaiyuan period for the county, after the Anshi Rebellion population plummeted, the county east and west only one street, the population is less than 1,000 households, suddenly more than nearly 3,000 soldiers and horses, suddenly confused, the Qing Navy and Wei Bojun often because of the competition for the road contradictions, Wei Bojun has always been arrogant, see the Qing Navy are some old, weak, sick and disabled, with contempt, the road meets, often provocative words, Li Mao restrained the generals of the military material institute not to clash with Wei Bojun, was ridiculed as weak.

One day, Zhao Hedesheng, the general of the Qing Navy, summoned the generals and told the battalions to restrain the soldiers, reduce going out without permission, and not to clash with Wei Bo's army.

The generals were not convinced, and their tone was a little perfunctory when answering, Zhao Hede suddenly became angry, and said angrily: "The imperial court invited Wei Bozhen to send troops with great meaning, and you can't understand it, but you must know, who doesn't look at the muzzle of the gun, and if he dies, he will die, no wonder I can't save him when he dies." ”

Zhao Hede has always shown himself as a calm general, and this gaffe left a deep impression on Li Mao. After the hall was dispersed, he returned to the military material courtyard and summoned more than a dozen officials to immediately convey Zhao Hede's meaning, seeing that everyone also had a perfunctory meaning, Li Mao said angrily: "Haizhou people are in turmoil, just a few hundred people, the Qing Navy can be pacified, but now they use two towns and four armies to gather in Haizhou, why did they come, have you ever thought about it?" ”

The Haizhou Rebellion was only a few hundred people, but Li Shigu invited Wei Bozhen to send troops together, although Li Mao couldn't understand the reason, but instinctively told him that there must be something strange in it, and he was careful not to suffer.

Li Mao's gaze swept over everyone's faces in turn, and when he saw that everyone was out of breath nervously, he slowed down his breath, and said earnestly: "As the saying goes, go out for thousands of miles to seek wealth, this time the army enters Haizhou, it will be a success, and the court will have a heavy reward after the success. ”

Li Mao served as the judge of the military material court of the camp as the official of the Jinwu Wei Si Ge Chongjiedu, and many of the generals were not satisfied, although these people were not Yu Hualong's cronies, but they had been in the camp for many years, and everything was clear, seeing that Li Mao was young and had a lot of contempt. After this period of running-in, everyone found that Li Mao had a calm temperament, acted carefully, and did not leak anything in his work.

Li Mao's words covered by clouds and mountains and fog felt even more unfathomable to them, and everyone did not dare to be careless, and after the meeting was dismissed, they each returned to their accounts, and summoned the soldiers and the husband to convey the spirit of the meeting, and they were busy with a clear eye.