"This ......" Cao Jinliang looked at him with some surprise, his face was full of doubts, and he asked quite incomprehensibly: "In the end, you must still take your brothers to join the army, what is the difference between saying it and not saying it?" If you don't say it, the brothers will obey the order, and they will be crisp and refreshing, you said it, the heavy mind can't help but think about it, and they all have concerns, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to keep people when the time comes! ”

"What if you can't keep people?" Li Yongzhong asked rhetorically: "How hard did we work back then to pull the current situation. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 What if you don't leave any info? I already know how to train soldiers, how to raise them, and how to use them! After a while, another strong army has come out! The young man's face showed a rare flying spirit, and he didn't see the usual steadyness, the more he spoke, the more excited he became, he stood up and said proudly to Cao Jinliang: "I just want to explain it thoroughly!" Going into battle is no better than others, and having doubts is to send them to death! It's a drag! I don't want to send those who are uncertain to death, and I don't want them to burden me! ”

Cao Jinliang's eyes were also shining, his waist was straight, he sat upright, those lazy looks in the past, the soft bones seemed to be out of shape, all disappeared, although Li Yongzhong had never seen it--but he thought, Cao Jinliang, who was still the son of a military general, must be like this-"Good! Although I still don't understand your reasoning, since you say so, when you return to Fushun, gather your brothers! Cao Jinliang's face was full of excitement, and he suddenly said with red circles in his eyes: "I escaped back then, but I thought that my family name was dusty, and there was no hope in this life......" Speaking of this, he turned his head sideways and stopped talking.

Li Yongzhong sighed in his heart, since the crossing, he has been careful to survive, cautious everywhere, and finally revitalized the situation. But just like Cao Jinliang, who is also the elite of this era, he can't understand Li Yongzhong's idea - it is a concept that has become the foundation of the world in modern times after hundreds of years of precipitation, after being quenched by blood and fire, and everyone is equal! There are high and low occupations, and there is no noble or low personality!

He laughed at himself, his heart was indeed extravagant. Even in modern times under the guise of equality, money, class, etc. invisibly divide people into three, six, nine, and so on, but even so, no one will dare to say that equality is wrong! But at the end of the Ming Dynasty, inequality was the norm. Li Yongzhong did not dare to say that he would never be assimilated by this era, but at least for now, he wanted to do something—he could do it.

Calming down and putting these aside for the time being, Li Yongzhong discussed with Cao Jinliang: "In this case, we have to go on the road as soon as possible, it is June now, and it is January again," he frowned, quite embarrassed, "but I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up with the time." ”

Cao Jinliang glanced at him, a sly look flashed on his face, he smiled strangely first, and said, "There is something I haven't had time to tell you yet." ”

Li Yongzhong suddenly felt a word in his heart, and asked in disbelief: "Is it ......?"

"Yes!" Cao Jinliang simply admitted neatly, "You are so busy these days, you haven't had time to read the news from Fushun?" ”

"Since I've entrusted it to you, of course I don't care." Li Yongzhong relaxed, picked up a broad bean, rubbed the shell and threw it into his mouth, and smiled vaguely: "This crime is done by yourself, what do you want to do?" Haven't I died of exhaustion sooner? ”

Seeing that he was in a relaxed mood and could still joke, Cao Jinliang was also relieved, took a sip of tea and said: "A few days ago, Master Wang sent a message, Dao received a letter from us, knowing that there was a battle, and he was worried that he would not succeed, so he ordered He Tai to take the remaining brothers to escort grain and grass all the way, calculate the days, wait a few days, and they will be able to arrive in Bijie." ”

"Good!" Although he had already guessed it, after hearing Cao Jinliang's personal confirmation, Li Yongzhong was immediately overjoyed. "Bang" slapped on the table, slapping the tea bowl and spilling the tea. But after being happy, he frowned again and asked, "Brought it all out?" What about the family? Now the family has a big business, especially the dock fort, which is now our foundation! ”

"It doesn't matter." Cao Jinliang comforted him and said: "Master's letter is clear-I'll show you it later--after we leave, the group of people recruited before will be able to get started." Besides, it is said that the whole army is exhausted, but how can there be no caretaker left? The veterans still have four corps, the recruits have ten more corps, sixty or seventy people, and Master Wang is sitting in the center. ”

Li Yongzhong felt a little relieved when he heard this, sighed heavily, rubbed the bridge of his nose and said tiredly: "There are too many things, one by one, and we have the ones we can do copywriting, except for myself, counting you and the master, there is no one left!" Although Master Bisheng is a good hand in business, he ...... "He didn't say it thoroughly, but Cao Jinliang understood the meaning inside.

Cao Jinliang has no other way to do this. I had to persuade Li Yongzhong: "How much can we do now?" Although it is messy, fortunately, there are precedents to follow, so bear with it first. Now I can only pay attention to it first, check the talents everywhere, and then cultivate a few helpers by myself. ”

And so it can be. Li Yongzhong sighed, and couldn't help but envy the novels he had read in the past -- what kind of talents were picked up wherever he went, what could be convinced and used by me as long as he had a deep conversation with people overnight, and what kind of people did not need to be recruited to find his heart and brains -- all these things Li Yongzhong had never encountered. There are only a few people in his hands who can talk about talents: He Tai, the milk brother who grew up together; Wang Huanzhi, the salt master left by his father Li Qi; Cao Jinliang, a deserter who came to him to eat. The rest of the people, such as Liu Xiaoqi and others, are even more immature, and they can barely become a captain officer, no matter how much they do, they will not only harm him, but also harm themselves.

Of these three, He Tai still seems too young to be in charge alone, and he can't be of great use; Wang Huanzhi is shrewd and shrewd, and loyalty is enough, but unfortunately he is too down-to-earth and old-fashioned, so he has to use it to watch his family; Cao Jinliang -- Li Yongzhong glanced at him, this man was happily peeling broad beans for refreshments -- he had talent, but he also had personality.

Li Yongzhong sighed silently, and for the time being, he didn't think about the troubles about talents--there are very few people who can talk about literacy and hyphenation in this era, but what Li Yongzhong wants is never just a person who can write. He shook his head, simply didn't think about it anymore, picked up a piece of braised beef and threw it into his mouth to chew it gently, and then took a sip of tea, it was a joy and stability.

After a few days, as Cao Jinliang said, someone sent a letter early in the morning, saying that the team would definitely be able to go to Bijiewei before noon. Li Yongzhong couldn't sit still, so he simply called Cao Jinliang, brought a few more guards, and seven or eight people went to wait outside the city to wait for someone.

I didn't have to wait long, but I heard the crisp sound of "jingle bells" on the road in the distance, and the sound of hooves also joined in. Then a big flag with white characters on a black background in the wind crashed into people's eyes first-"Fushun Li Yan", and then a long team of horses gradually appeared. The few guards around Li Yongzhong were a little excited, if it weren't for their duties, they would have to rush out and hug their brothers.

Cao Jinliang said hello to Li Yongzhong, whistled, then clamped the horse's belly, first crossed the crowd, and trotted briskly towards the horse team with the sound of hooves, and when he got there, Li Yongzhong watched him jump off the horse, ripped off a person who was still riding on the horse, first gave a punch to the chest, and then hugged the man!

"It's Team Leader." Liu Xiaoqi couldn't stop smirking when he saw people coming, thinking that he was happy and ruthless, and took the initiative to say to Li Yongzhong: "It's been a long time since I saw them!" ”

Li Yongzhong looked at him excitedly, and said with a smile: "I don't need to keep people like this, it's okay for you to go over and take a look." ”

Liu Xiaoqi glanced over there with a lot of heart, thought about it, and still refused. He said to Li Yongzhong seriously: "Since Cao Tou has an order, his subordinates must obey the order." He smiled innocently, and said: "After all, his subordinates are now regarded as leading soldiers," his face was a little red, and he felt that he was really ashamed of his words, but he mustered up the courage to continue: "I don't look like myself, so what do you say when my brothers see it?" ”

Hearing that Li Yongzhong had a sense of novelty that he didn't know, he looked Liu Xiaoqi up and down, and saw that he was riding on a horse with a straight back, wearing a lacquered hat that shaded the sun, and a simple green cloth straight body, which was really heroic, and it was completely different from the cowardly and thin teenager back then.

He didn't expect that a casual command at that time gave a person a new life. Li Yongzhong was in a good mood suddenly, and the tiredness, nervousness, fear, anger, etc. of these days were all swept away. He tightened the reins, and with a volley of whips, the horse neighed, shook off its hooves, and galloped towards the team that was slowly approaching! Liu Xiaoqi and the other guards were startled, and they didn't want to beat their horses to keep up immediately, and for a while, the smoke and dust were billowing on the road, and six or seven horses were galloping, and the momentum was amazing!

Over the years, Li Yongzhong's traffic has almost entirely relied on horses, even though he only had the experience of riding a pony in his childhood park to take pictures hundreds of years later, at this time he was already very good at riding, but after a few breaths he stopped before the horse team, and the mount taught him to stand up, and then his hooves settled, leaving two deep hoof prints on the soft earth.

He sat on the horse, hooked his lips and smiled at He Tai, who was stunned on the other side, and suddenly became a teenager, and asked loudly: "Atai, has it always been good?" ”

He Tai, who was full of wind and dust, couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw him, and without hesitation, he knelt down on one knee and saluted: "My subordinates have seen the head of the family!" ”

Behind him, whether they were on horses or on foot, the guards all saluted as if they were courteous, and shouted in unison: "My subordinates have seen the head of the family!" ”

Li Yongzhong jumped off the horse, pulled He Tai up, didn't say much, it was also a hug, and when he let go, he also hammered his fist in his chest, and said with a smile: "Good brother!" Just waiting for you! ”

Several other salt merchants who came with the Li family's caravan, whether they were men or shopkeepers, were already frightened when they saw this battle, and they looked at each other and didn't know what to do. When they were in Fushun, they were also common Li Yongzhong, but many people thought that he was born with a really good temperament, but when I saw it today, this majesty was really terrifying! There was a faint thought in my heart—was what I had seen in the past really the true face of this young family master? (To be continued.) )