Li Meng didn't have any likes or dislikes for them, but Ma Gang's father gave himself the identity of the general banner, which was also the affection of the Su commander, and he still gave face. ** and a group of veterans are also helping salt poles to practice, which can be said to have given a lot of convenience, of course, this is also related to the fact that Li Meng almost fed the idle personnel of the Lingshan Guard, as well as the rapidly expanding forces.

Speaking of which, the Lingshan Health Office, from the hundred households to the commander, according to Li Meng's understanding, is obviously older, **in his early fifties, and he is already a young man compared with a few thousand households. There is nothing to do in the health centers in such peaceful places, just farming and eating grain, and everyone is just supporting the elderly.

** When he opened his mouth, Li Meng naturally would not refuse, and after greeting him with a smile, he asked one of the Yanding who accompanied him to arrange for them to eat, and under the guidance of the yamen officials, they came to the back hall.

In the study, Yan Zhizhou, who was dressed in the official mansion, and Su Commander, who was white, were both here, and the battalion of soldiers and horses outside Jiaozhou City had been transferred to Dongchang Mansion for defense at the end of the year, so this is also the military and civilian brain with the highest status in Jiaozhou, of course, in the real strength comparison, they are really not as good as Li Meng's nine-grade inspection.

Strength is one thing, but the identity of the official is another, Li Meng also knows that what he should do is to do enough, and when he enters the door, he respectfully salutes and greets.

Yan Zhizhou saw Li Mengjin enter the door, and the smiling expression when talking to Commander Su disappeared, looking at Li Mengjin and the people about to salute, Zhizhou said coldly: "Lord Li doesn't have to be so polite, this official invited you to come purely for a private matter, come and sit!" ”

It's completely a business invitation, how can you come here is a business matter, the commander of Su over there is kind, looking at Li Meng with a smile, completely like a kind old man. smiled and said:

"Master Li is a heroic warrior at first glance, speaking of which. I know your poor parents, but it's a pity, it's a pity, it's ......a pity."

It's really like an old man, talking babblingly. Yan Zhizhou, who was on the side, looked like he didn't want to talk more, so he directly picked up a letterhead on the side and said:

"This official is in charge of the people, and Lord Su is in charge of the army, and there is nothing to do with you, the salt government. It's just that this Gaomi Zhixian wrote a private letter to come over, saying that there were horse thieves in the local area, Gaomi had no garrison, and the government service was even more useless, and the county didn't want to report it to make a big fuss. Although you and I are not in the same direction, Lord Su is your general, so let's talk about it! ”

After all that is said. didn't say much, this Yan Zhizhou went straight away, looking unwilling to say a word to Li Mengduo. Obviously, yesterday's proposal made him angry, and it was already good to be able to sit here and explain things clearly.

As soon as Yan Zhizhou left, the envoy Su over there still had a smile on his face, and said in a long way:

"That Gaomi Zhixian and Yan Zhizhou are said to be fellow villagers, and since they are opening their mouths to help, Lord Yan can't wipe off his face. Yesterday I wrote there. Don't be afraid of Erlang's jokes, all of us can fight are such old men as this seat. No battle. Or Wu Tongzhi said that Erlang's salt is all brave, so I invite you to come today. ”

Regarding Yan Zhizhou's rude attitude, Li Meng also had no position to blame. This Su commander talks about his identity, but his general, although in the guard, the hundred households, the thousand households and the commander are all the same identity, but they also have subordinates to each other, and they are in the Lingshan Guard, leading the children of the military households outside to toss so much, the other party ignores it, and gives a lot of convenience, and asks for help, how to say, then Yan Zhizhou also has to receive a favor.

Commander Su was a standard old man, babbling, but there was one sentence that Li Meng listened to.

"You salt, I heard from the people around me, you have practiced enough, but you have fought too little, so you still can't train good soldiers, and when you encounter something, it's too easy to panic."

This is a rare fighting opportunity, and the battles between the salt lords and the salt sellers in various places on weekdays are less than even when they see blood, so it is not a way to go on like this.

Seeing that Li Meng simply agreed, Commander Na Su felt that he had a lot of face, and he didn't say much, but said with a smile:

"The detailed situation Wu Tongzhi will make it clear to you over there, the old man can't help too much, so I wish Erlang you success first."

Wu Tongzhi is really an acquaintance, for the sake of the face of Eunuch Liu in Beijing, Li Mengke, the usual silver Li Mengke has added thirty percent to the past, there are many small things in Jiaozhou City, and Yan Ding will come forward to help do it.

So after saying goodbye here, Li Meng was not polite, and went straight to the house where Tongzhi was located in the yamen, said hello, and came to inquire, Tongzhi Wu Wensong had already prepared, and waited there with a smile on his face, and as soon as the two sides sat down, they opened their mouths to introduce.

The matter is not complicated, the official sent by Gaomi County told the situation very clearly, in the hilly woodland near Xiazhuang in the north of Gaomi City, there is a group of horse thieves, saying that everyone has horses, and they are fierce and abnormal, and the caravans and local landlords and gentry who come and go Gaomi are all infringed by them.

There are only a dozen government servants in Gaomi County, and the people are also unusable, so I specially ask Jiaozhou to send people to help, if the troops are transferred to recruit and suppress bandits, it will be time-consuming and costly, not to mention, and it will also have an impact on the performance appraisal of the county, and the local unappeasement is the main reason for the bad evaluation. Therefore, write a letter to ask Jiaozhou to send people to help, it is purely a private act, and it will be solved quietly, if it does not work, it will not affect anything, if it is done, it is not too late to reward the merits.

It is said that the gentry also agreed with the action of the county order, and the officers and soldiers often suppressed the bandits but did not get rid of the bandits, but the local disaster was almost the same, and the place where the border between Qingzhou and Yanzhou was already chaotic for a while, and the officers and soldiers were there, and the news that came out all day long was a defeat.

There are probably more than 100 horse thieves near Xiazhuang, and it is said that there are righteous people who know where their nest is, as long as Li Meng passes, someone will naturally lead the way.

After listening to it, Li Meng felt that this was almost the credit of sending it, and vaguely felt that something was wrong, it seemed that although these people only considered the salt ding at the end, looking at this posture, it seemed that they were ready to let the salt ding fight this Xiazhuang horse thief from the beginning.

After Wu Wensong, who knew the same thing, introduced the situation, he said seemingly casually:

"Men must have some merits in order to get ahead, although the salt administration inspection is fat, but the pattern is too small, it is not a long-term thing."

This sentence confirmed some vague conjectures in Li Meng's heart, anyway, it's not a bad thing, just go.

Li Meng took three hundred salt dices out of Fengmeng Town, advanced along the Jiao River, and arrived at Gaomi Xiazhuang without too much effort.

The nearest captain of Yanding is Ma Gang, and he also rushed over to join Li Meng with the three hundred Yanding who had gathered, speaking of which, this is the first official military operation of Yanding in addition to private fighting, whether it is Li Meng or Yanding below, they are very excited.

In modern times, when he was a squad leader in the PLA, Li Meng only had to restrain the team well and do a good job in training and daily dynamics, and it was estimated that even if he became a company commander or battalion commander, he would only focus on military training and related work, and such things as logistics should only be exercised at the regimental level

However, Li Meng took these 300 people to start a day is really anxious, these 300 people march, camp, live and eat on the road do not need to be arranged by him, but what Li Meng grasped is only daily combat training, he knows the skills of combat, not these.

Fortunately, it is a two-day journey from Jiaozhou to Gaomi, and Chen Liu and Wang Hai seem to have received some teachings from the ** side of the training them, although they are also in a hurry, but after all, there is a charter.

And Li Meng has an advantage here, the march is on the Jiaohe River, there are many people in the village, and the Yanding team is not short of silver, and what is lacking can be bought with money.

In less than two days, he stumbled through it, and when he entered the territory of Gaomi, there were already representatives sent by the county government and the gentry to greet him, which made Li Meng breathe a sigh of relief.

In the inner line, where supplies can be obtained at any time, he is still so embarrassed on the march, and he appears so layman, so it is good, the problem is exposed, and the targeted solution is that it is better than suddenly appearing at the moment of life and death, so that you will be caught off guard.

Ma Gang led the salt Ding has been stationed in Xiazhuang, Li Meng led the salt Ding team into Xiazhuang, Ma Gang and the patriarch of the Xia family came out to greet together, this Zhuangzi is not small, six hundred people were actually placed by them, according to Ma Gang, the head of the Xia family is also selling Laizhou salt on weekdays, which is a small customer.

Yan Ding has a name that Li Meng strives to maintain, that is, the military discipline is strict, and there is no crime in the autumn, which is also the most basic requirement of the modern People's Liberation Army, in this era, because of the abundant funds brought by the sale of salt, so it is not difficult to do this, although the representatives of the Xia family and Gaomi County repeatedly assured that since it was Yan Ding who took the initiative to come to help, then all the supplies should be borne by the local government, but Li Meng really didn't care about these small money, and insisted on paying for everything by himself under the gaze of the other party as if he was looking at a fool

Xia Zhuang Lizheng and a master in Gaomi County thought that Li Meng was polite there, but after confirming it, he could only do it according to Li Meng's intentions, and he didn't spend more money on his own.