Li Yao said to the guards: "Go and call the blind man over"

The blind man came over soon, and as soon as he entered the room, the blind man saw the fat man, and hurriedly said: "Fat man, I have been looking for you for a long time, just now the eldest brother asked me to reward the three armies, but I went to you, the quartermaster, as soon as possible!" ”

Li Yao smiled and said: "Fatty, you go and prepare supplies to reward the three armies first, blind man, you stay here!" ”

The fat man answered and left the room!

Li Yao looked at the blind man and asked, "Blind man, your scouts are all over Yiguo, do you know where sulfur and saltpeter are produced?" ”

The blind man thought for a while and said: "Big brother, I have a record of this, because these are strategic materials, so I sent someone to investigate, I remember that there are four counties in Yiguo that have saltpeter, but two counties are particularly biased!" ”

As soon as Li Yao heard that the blind man had a record, he immediately asked: "In which four counties, you can talk about it!" ”

The blind man said helplessly: "Big brother, I really can't remember everything, you wait, there is a record in my room, I'll show it to you!" ”

Li Yao hurriedly said, "Go and come back quickly!" ”

The blind man came back soon, picked up the record and flipped it up, flipped through it for a while, and said happily: "Big brother, I found it, you can take a look!" ”

Li Yao took it, looked at it carefully, and said, "Jin County, Mei County, Hong County, Ya County!" ”

The blind man nodded and said, "It's these four counties!" ”

Li Yao picked up the map and glanced at it, and said, "None of these four counties are ours!" ”

The blind man said domineeringly: "Big brother, say it, which county do you want, I'll take it back for you!" ”

Li Yao waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about this, I'm asking you, where is the source of sulfur in Yiguo!" ”

The blind man said, "Big brother." Yiguo has always been a big sulfur-producing country, and Daxian is a large sulfur county, which has more sulfur than our Qi country! ”

Li Yao patted his head and scolded with a smile: "Sure enough, if you care, you will be chaotic, I have forgotten about Daxian, a big sulfur county!" ”

Then Li Yao said: "Since the country has plenty of sulfur and saltpeter, we don't have to worry about the blockade of us by the country of Qi." By the way, I just saw in the record that the saltpeter production areas of Jin County and Ya County are in the mountains! ”

The blind man thought for a while and said, "Yes, so the transportation of these two places is extremely inconvenient, if you want to take saltpeter, it is better for us to go to Hongxian and Meixian!" ”

Li Yao looked at the map and shook his head and said, "Hongxian is on the territory of the southern bandit army, and Meixian is on the territory of the eldest prince, even if we can get these things." If you want to transport saltpeter, you have to pass through the Yangyun forces, which is too risky, so I think it's better to go to Yaxian! ”

Li Yao looked at the Yaxian records compiled by the blind man, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Chen Yada's fiefdom is in Yaxian?" ”

The blind man glanced at the record and said, "That's right!" ”

Li Yao hurriedly looked at the map and said, "Yaxian County is only more than a hundred miles away from Yangsong County, blind." I'll give you a mission, you take the cavalry to Yaxian for a turn. Remember, don't enter the county, don't hurt civilians! ”

The blind man asked, "Big brother, what are you doing when you go around Yaxian?" After my scout investigation, there are only 3,000 city guards in Yaxian County, but there is Chen Yada there. There are a lot of literati gathered! If you want to take this county, give me 10,000 troops, and I promise that by this time tomorrow, Yaxian County will be ours! ”

Li Yao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Since it is a gathering place for literati. We can't use the strong, at least we have to salute first and then the soldiers, you take the cavalry to take a turn, and you should be able to rush back when you reward the three armies at night, and if you can't come back, you can only drink soup! ”

When the blind man heard that he was coming back late, he could only drink soup, and immediately ran out of the room, saying, "Big brother, I must go and come back quickly, and leave some meat for our cavalry!" ”

What Li Yao said was naturally a joke, the cavalry has always been the best treatment in Li Yao's troops, not only is the white flour steamed bun full every day, but also can eat one or two pieces of fat meat and vegetables almost every day, this time envy other troops, but the cavalry is also the most bitter, such a cold day, you have to go out to perform the task, which makes the other troops have nothing to say, how much you do and eat better!

Since Chen Yada came to the fiefdom of Ya County, he is like a hermit who has retreated to the mountains, traveling in the mountains and playing in the mountains every day, drinking and having fun with other scholars!

Chen Yada has always cared about the operation of the county, but he also knows that the county officials in the county must be Yangyun's people, so he is too lazy to care, as long as I don't touch you, you'd better not come to me, the county magistrate is also very happy to see Chen Yada traveling every day, drinking and having fun, after all, the county officials and others are all from civilian backgrounds, and they are very respectful to this talented prince who once founded the Yiguo Poetry Club, since you don't come to meddle in the affairs of the county, then I can also maintain a minimum of respect, so that everyone's face is also good-looking!

So many times, even county officials often come to Chen Yada's poetry reception!

Today, Chen Yada is still holding a poetry reception, in fact, it is very simple, just some wine and some literati are chatting about some idle things!

Because the literati are well-read, they chatted and talked about military affairs, and one of the scholars said: "When it comes to military affairs, Li Yao, the marquis of Qi State, has earned enough eyeballs!" ”

A literati next to him also chimed in: "This Li Yao is indeed a character, it is said that he was ordered by King Yi not to step into Yiguo for half a step, but Li Yao not only came in, but also came in with hundreds of thousands of troops, it is said that Li Yao was only weak last year, what a hero out of a teenager!" ”

Another literati sneered: "Li Yao is just an outsider, he has invaded the land of our Yiguo, are you still saying good things about him?" ”

Chen Yada heard the conversation of these scholars, and interjected: "I remember that every time Li Yao attacked the next county, he would set up an academy and force children under the age of ten to go to school, and it was completely free, what do you think, Yushu!" ”

The scholar beside Chen Yada said: "I have heard of this, and I have to say that Li Yao is a person with an ambitious heart!" ”

The scholar next to Yushu said: "I don't agree with this, forcing others to do things they don't want to do is not becoming a tyrant, and everyone goes to study, then who is willing to plow the field and plant?" ”

After listening to this person's words, Yushu nodded and said: "Zhicheng, what you said is not unreasonable, it's just that there are only two years to study for free, and you can basically read the text in two years, if you still want to read, you will have to pay the tuition, if these people concentrate on the imperial examination, the refugees will cause the phenomenon that the fields are uncultivated and the land is barren!" ”

At this time, Chen Yada said: "I don't think so, because the people who are forced to go to school are all children of poor families, after two years of study, because they are still young, they can't afford the tuition fees in the future, and they have to go home to rely on their families. ”

After listening to Chen Yada's words, everyone exclaimed: "Won't everyone have the opportunity to be admitted to the Xiucai in the future, so if you take the talent, I am afraid that there is only Li Yao in ancient and modern times!" ”

(To be continued.) )