Chapter 125: An Unexpected Visitor
On this morning, it was already the Chinese New Year's Eve, and Liu He got up early in the morning and took Wei You to the various camps in the city to comfort the soldiers.
Since you are here to condole, you must not be empty-handed, otherwise it will seem too fake.
The condolences were ordered by Liu He a few days earlier to be prepared, including beef, mutton, soju, and some snacks such as walnuts, red dates, persimmons, etc., and the varieties are also rich, and it seems that it costs a lot.
Although these condolences were piled up and filled with several houses, if they really had to be distributed to the soldiers, it was estimated that it would be a small piece of meat per person, a few sips of wine, a few walnuts and a few dates, but there were not many. In the years of scarcity of materials, it is not easy for a border city like Macheng to buy a batch of decent New Year's goods.
No matter how much, it's always a piece of the eldest prince's heart. It is already rare for a noble son like him to be able to stay in Macheng and celebrate the New Year with the soldiers, as for personally going deep into the troops of Qu's level to greet the soldiers and handing over some New Year's goods, this kind of thing has never been heard of.
The reason why he personally went to various tuns to comfort the soldiers was not only to increase his influence in the minds of the soldiers, but also to prevent these condolences from being detained and swallowed up by the middle and lower-level officers.
Macheng currently has 5,000 garrisons, and there are more than 20 of the Qu level formation, Liu He started to walk around in the morning and was busy until the afternoon, which is the end of the matter. The lunch meal was still eaten with a military marquis, two Qu Chang and four tun chiefs at the North City Gate.
Although he was a little tired, Liu He enjoyed this "down-to-earth" feeling.
The soldiers at the bottom are all from poor backgrounds, and some of them are because they have many brothers in the family and their parents can't afford to support them, so they are sent to the army to have food, and when they die in battle, they are buried in the field casually, and the family should not have given birth to this man, and no one will go to the garrison to cry; Some are because their families are poor, and they want to earn this blood-licking salary and military rations to support their parents, wives and children at home; There are also criminals who rebelled with Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju at the beginning, but they were adopted and supported by the kind-hearted Liu Yu.
Few of the soldiers were literate, but most of them were honest and obedient, and as long as the officers gave them a bite to eat and did not deliberately whip and abuse them, the soldiers would stay in the ranks honestly, even if they knew that they would face death one day in the future.
Staying with these simple soldiers, Liu He will feel that he doesn't have to live so tired, he doesn't have to think about calculating this and calculating that all day long, as long as he manages the one-third of an acre of land in front of him, he will be quite satisfied and happy.
Tian Chou, Xian Yuyin, Li Yan, and Zhao Yun, Liu He's most trusted subordinates, are not currently in Macheng, although sometimes it makes him feel a little empty in his heart, but it also gives Liu He the opportunity to try and change according to his own ideas.
If these people were around Liu He, he would tell them to do whatever he wanted, instead of going to the bottom in person, after all, Liu He, as a superior, also had to consider the feelings of several subordinates, and it was not good to rush with them to do something that seemed to be humble and trivial.
Of course, Liu He put Zhao Yun alone in Ningcheng this time, let the elder Cheng Xu assist from the side, put Li Yan and Sun Li in Guangning, and put Xiahou Lan in Gaoliu, not out of consideration for giving them the opportunity to try to lead the troops and manage the troops according to their inner thoughts alone. Although Liu He has some memories from another advanced space and era, he may not be better than Zhao Yun, Li Yan, Xia Houlan and Sun Li who led the troops, because the most advanced is not necessarily the most suitable, and the most suitable is often the most effective.
Everyone is very young, it is the age of ambition, drive, and enthusiasm, Liu He doesn't want to restrict them everywhere, let them follow behind him, and as a result, he learns a four dislikes.
After transferring the camps in the city, Liu He came to several main streets in the city, chatted with the vendors, asked some questions such as the channels of purchase, business income, future plans, etc., and finally mysteriously revealed to people that there would be big moves in the city after the beginning of spring, and those who started late would not make money.
Since the eldest prince said that there would be a big move, the vendors were naturally convinced, so they even had a good time this year, and kept thinking about where the so-called big move would come from.
Towards the end of the evening, Liu He returned to his mansion in Macheng.
It is said to be a mansion, in fact, it is a three-entry courtyard, there is a row of houses in front and back, and the left and right sides are surrounded by brick and stone walls, which was originally the place where the Macheng County Order lived and handled official affairs, since Liu Yu came, he let it out, and now let Liu He live. However, this is all temporary, and when the imperial court is officially appointed, Liu He still has to go to Ningcheng, where the Wuhuan Captain's Mansion is located, to take office, and use it as a base camp and nest in the future.
The guards guarding the mansion were naturally the twenty black-armored knights brought by Liu He from Jicheng, and there were also Shi A and Ding Jing, although there were no female dependents, but because they were very familiar with each other, they didn't feel lonely.
When Liu He walked to the front yard, he saw Yan Laosi and Tao Kuan meeting a few heads together and muttering something quietly, and without waiting for Liu He to get closer, he suddenly saw the eldest prince with sharp eyes, so he hurriedly shouted: "The son is back home!" ”
Everyone hurriedly stood upright and looked at Liu He with a strange expression.
Liu He felt that something was not right, so he pulled his face and scared a few guys and said, "Are you guys doing something unreasonable behind my back?" How did you become so honest as soon as you saw me! ”
Tao Kuan leaned in front of Liu He and said in a low voice: "Son, there is a distinguished guest in the house, and he has been settled in the middle courtyard, you can go and have a look." ”
"Who's the guest?"
"Well, you know each other anyway, just go in and see." Tao Kuan didn't say it explicitly, and vaguely said to Liu He.
Liu He rolled his eyes, stepped into the middle courtyard, and walked towards the middle courtyard.
It stands to reason that these guards are very alert, if it weren't for the guests who were very familiar with Liu He, they would definitely not easily put their lives into the middle courtyard, at most, let the guests wait in the foyer in the front yard. Since these guards wanted to give Liu He a "surprise", Liu He didn't bother to put on a son's pretense, forcing Yan Kuan to explain and report honestly.
Shi A and Ding Qian, who came in with Liu He, were going to accompany him to the middle courtyard, but they were dragged by Yan Laosi, who was quick-eyed, and said that the brothers had recently pondered a few powerful fighting skills, and they wanted to ask Shi A and Ding Guo for advice.
Liu He came to the middle courtyard with a little curiosity in his heart, but he didn't even see a ghost, so he pushed the door and went into his study.
Without waiting for Liu He to stretch out his hand, there was a "squeak", and the door of the house was opened from the inside, and a woman dressed in white with long hair standing in front of Liu He.
The light in the room was a little dim, Liu He was stunned for a moment, and when he saw clearly who the person standing in front of him was, he suddenly felt that his buttocks began to heat up.
"Sister Ai'er! How did you come to Horse City? Liu He's eyes widened.
"Hmph, my legs are long on me, you can come, why can't I come?"
"Yes...... However, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, why don't you stay in Jicheng to accompany Zhao Beijia and his family to celebrate the New Year, and run to this cold border city? ”
"I heard that there is a kid who is very powerful, and before he arrived in Macheng, he drove Kebineng and Yan Rou away, and now the people of Jicheng are praising your deeds, so this woman is curious, and wants to come to see if you haven't seen this guy for a few days, so he has grown three heads and six arms!"
"What three heads and six arms! That's if the son of this son commands the decision, it's expected to be good first! Liu He protested with some dissatisfaction.
"Hmph, it's a good thing to count first, so did you expect that you would be pricked by needles again during the Chinese New Year today?" Zhao Ai'er had a "sneer" on her face and began to take out the silver needle from the needle bag.
"Why don't you be free today? This is the New Year, you said that it is not easy for you to come here, why don't I take you to the city to see the stars now? Liu He involuntarily covered his back buttocks with both hands, and began to beg for mercy and say good things.
"Can you see the stars on Chinese New Year's Eve? You be honest with me, get down quickly! Since it is not easy for me to come to Macheng, then cooperate well and seize the time to get back the delayed conditioning time for you! ”
Liu He had no choice but to walk to the couch, obediently lie down, and pouted his "plump buttocks"......
The eldest prince entered the house, and it didn't take long for him to do so.
"Oops! Can't you just tap it? The sound of the eldest prince moaning came from between the cracks in the window.
The corridor leading from the front yard to the middle courtyard was crowded with people, and everyone listened to the "wailing" of the eldest prince, all of them covered their mouths and laughed.
Yan Laosi said: "The goddess doctor is really powerful, she simply eats the son to death!" ”
Tao Kuan echoed and said, "Well, it's really powerful. If she hadn't rescued me, my brother would have gone to Jiuquan a long time ago. ”
"You guys, Zhao Beijia's sister came to such a big thing, and she didn't report it to Gongzi in time, just wait to eat and hang!" Ding said in a low voice.
"It was specially explained by the goddess doctor, and we were not allowed to run to report to the son."
A group of people in the courtyard whispered about the story between the son and the goddess doctor, but there was gradually no movement in the house.
"Sister Ai'er, thank you for coming to see me at this time."
"Less proud! If it weren't for my brother's urging to let me give you, the great hero of Youzhou, to regulate your body, I wouldn't have been too lazy to go out at this time. Tell me, how can you repay me? ”
"Why don't I make a personal promise?" Someone started to have no skin and no face.
"! There is no shame in the ground! ”
"Okay, then you can make a promise? You won't lose anything if you follow me! ”
"Death! No matter how big or small you are, you can't hold your mouth like this, see if I don't stab you...... Yours...... Buttock! ”
The fairy sister held back for a long time, but she couldn't say the vulgar word "butt", so she had to use "cheek" instead.
"Hehe, it's not once or twice that I've been pricked by you anyway, wait for my body to adjust in the future, see how I clean you up!"
A certain "unscrupulous boy", the "bad water" in his head is rippling.