Chapter 6 To the Capital
When I first saw the two of them, this appearance was indeed the same as the impression in Li Hao's mind, that is, they were slightly younger in comparison.
But this is normal, after all, Yuan Shen and Ling Budo are the same age as themselves, and they are just eleven years old this year, and Ling Budo is already twenty-one years old at the beginning of the plot.
In ten years, it is normal for there to be some differences in appearance, and Li Hao can still understand it very well.
When Wan Songbai and Cheng Shi approached, Yuan Lang first introduced the two sides, one was to inform the two of Li Hao's identities, and the other was to let Li Hao distinguish which one was Wan Songbai and which one was Cheng Shi.
After all, in Yuan Lang's eyes, Li Hao should have never seen these two people.
Originally, Li Hao, as a junior, should have taken the initiative to say hello, but before he could speak, he heard Wan Songbai say: "I remember that Brother Yuan's second son is a twin, and he should only be ten years old." ”
After finishing speaking, he didn't forget to look up and down before he continued: "How could your father let you follow to chase the bandits and others." ”
Hearing this, how could Li Hao not guess that Wan Songbai regarded himself as a son-in-law who came to see the world.
However, it is also true, although the normal family attaches great importance to the cultivation of offspring, as long as it is not the time of life and death, it will not let a ten-year-old child go to the battlefield.
And those who know a little bit about the situation of the Yuan family know that the main branch of the Yuan family is thin, and they will not let their heirs take risks.
So it is not surprising that Wan Songbai has this thought, and Li Hao didn't want to correct it, and replied directly: "My father accompanied my brother to Bailushan Academy some time ago, and now he has not returned.
And to deal with this group of bandits, it didn't get to the point where my father had to come forward, this is the boundary of Jiaodong after all. ”
Wan Songbai knew that this was true, the Yuan family had taken root in Jiaodong for more than 100 years, as long as they were willing to spend some price, it was indeed not something that a group of bandits could shake.
Of course, this is also because Wan Songbai didn't see the specific battlefield, so he didn't have a specific understanding of the commander's ability, and only thought that the Yuan family won by force.
After all, Wan Songbai still has some understanding of the number of bandits in this wave of bandits.
Obviously, there are not only so many in the house and castle, it should be that the Yuan family solved it before, and then came here to collect the loot.
Although this situation is understandable, looking at Li Hao's victory as a matter of course, Wan Songbai and Cheng Shi glanced at each other.
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, the self-confidence revealed in the conversation of these top families is indeed far from being comparable to ordinary people.
This is a bit arrogant to others, but when it comes out of Li Hao's mouth, it doesn't seem harsh at all, but it seems so natural.
So he planned to go back and train his children well, and he had to do the same in the future.
Although Li Hao knew that the two of them had normal sexual interests and hobbies, the two men looked at each other directly, and their intent-watching appearance still made Li Hao's heart tremble.
Hurriedly coughed twice to make the two of them sober up, and then saw Wan Songbai say: "If I had known that you had come out to deal with this group of bandits, your Uncle Cheng and I would not have worked so hard to find their traces everywhere."
Also, why didn't we think earlier, who could have your Yuan family in Jiaodong well-informed. ”
Li Hao had to admire what he said, his face was really thick, he could make friends with him by following the words, and he would call himself an uncle after a while.
Of course, Li Hao didn't refute it, anyway, these two have a very high appearance rate, and they may have to deal with each other often in the future, so it's good to leave some affection.
He replied: "It turns out that the two uncles came to chase the bandits, and it was really hard all the way."
Now that the bandits have been eliminated, the two uncles should be able to have some free time, so it is better to go back to the house with me and sit down, so that my family can fulfill the friendship of landlords. ”
Hearing Li Hao's invitation, Wang Songbai replied: "I also heard your father say about your Yuan family's style, and I thought I wanted to see it at that time.
It's just that although this wave of bandits has been resolved, Xuzhou is still not peaceful after all, and we have to go back to the Xuzhou camp as soon as possible to restore our lives.
This time, we won't go, and we will have the opportunity to visit Yuan's Mansion in the future. ”
Li Hao replied: "Since the two uncles have official duties, then I will no longer force them." ”
Then the two said goodbye to Li Hao, and then prepared to go back with the soldiers and horses.
At this time, the loot seized by the bandits had been counted, and Li Hao took the account and looked at it, and he was still quite satisfied.
At this time, Li Hao thought of Wan Songbai's greedy temperament, and there was a passage in the play that Wan Songbai thought that the Kanyu map in Shuzhong was a treasure map, so he deliberately concealed the matter that he didn't want to give to Ling Budo.
So do you want to share some of the captured loot and send it to Wan Songbai to tie this good fate to the end.
Li Hao weighed it and forgot it, after all, it was just the first acquaintance, and it was too much to do too much.
Wan Songbai is a coarse and delicate person, and it would be bad for him to feel that he had other intentions.
After making up his mind, Li Hao began to ask people to form a team and move all the things back to the house.
In addition, let Yuan Lang take people to the house where Zhang Gui and Wang Ping were imprisoned, press the two back together by the way, and wait for Yuan Pei to come back and deal with it.
At this time, the clan had also been informed and knew the whole process of exterminating the bandits this time, and the clan reacted very strongly to Li Hao's ability to lead the troops this time.
After all, now it is only the beginning of the chaos, in fact, the turmoil in various places is still endless, and the Yuan family is a family of poetry and books, and there has always been no shortage of scholars.
Therefore, compared with Wenzhi, the achievements in martial arts are obviously more favored by the clan elders at this time.
So when Li Hao brought people back to the mansion, the clan elders gathered in the mansion and praised Li Hao for more than two hours, which made Li Hao feel in his heart the literary attainments of these clan elders, and it takes technology to praise people for such a long time.
However, the Liang family was obviously much colder, and after simply asking about the situation, he let Li Hao leave, saying that the later matter was waiting for Yuan Pei to come back to deal with it.
This move made Li Hao sigh with emotion, it seems that as long as it is not touching life and death, his mother is really enlightened.
But that's fine, anyway, Li Hao doesn't want to be too constrained, and he doesn't lack love like Yuan Shen.
After that, Li Hao asked Yuan Lang to distribute rewards and pensions to his subordinates according to the custom, and the rest was included in his private treasury.
This time, the money in hand was a little richer, and Li Hao could think about what he could do next.
After all, since this time it has already emerged, there is no need to hide it again, just put yourself in the open, so as not to let others think that you are Taoguang and want to compete with Yuan Shen for the position of the head of the family.
Speaking of which, Li Hao still has a lot of things, such as iron smelting, winemaking, salt making, soap, ceramics, glass, and many other messy things.
After all, he has been in the world for thirty or forty years, and when he was bored, Li Hao could have made craftsmen develop a lot of things, and Li Hao knew most of the processes.
It's just that many of these things can't be done, after all, the official system of salt, iron and wine in the Han Dynasty began during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Although it has been liberalized so far, it is a little too sensitive to operate salt and iron as the Yuan family.
If you make wine, it consumes too much food, and in today's environment, it is obviously not suitable.
With such a screening, it seems that only soap, ceramics, and glass businesses can be done, and only high-end luxury goods can be made, after all, the commodity economy of the Han Dynasty was not developed, and the business of ordinary people was not so good.
Of course, to do this, Li Hao first had to pass Yuan Pei's pass, and without the consent of the head of the Yuan family, he could mobilize a few people on his own.
So next, Li Hao sorted out the relevant information of his previous life with his memory, while waiting for Yuan Pei to return, and by the way, he gave himself the wrong words to deal with Yuan Pei.
In fact, Li Hao didn't wait long, because Yuan Pei got the first urgent letter earlier, and when he knew that there were bandits in the territory, he immediately returned.
As a result, because he was too fast, he missed the second letter that informed the thief of his success, causing him to not stop all the way, and the fast horse rushed back directly.
It wasn't until after entering Jiaodong that I learned all the news, but at this time it was not far from the house, so I simply went back to the house without stopping the repair.
So when Li Hao saw Yuan Pei, he could clearly see the tiredness on his face that couldn't be hidden.
So he hurriedly persuaded: "Father, you don't want to rest for two days, anyway, the matter has been dealt with, and it's okay to talk about it two days later." ”
Yuan Pei replied: "It's okay, my body is fine, I don't need you to worry about it."
In the process of exterminating the rebels this time, I heard Yuan Lang say that you did a good job, but I want to ask you, where did you learn these things. ”
Subsequently, Li Hao began his own tirade, saying all the words he had carefully made up these days.
From rationality to sensibility, from the knowledge in the book to the experience of reality, anyway, after some operation, Yuan Pei was stunned when he listened.
Anyway, he passed this level quite smoothly, and asked Yuan Pei to promise to open a certain amount of authority to Li Hao.
Of course, it is undeniable that part of this must be due to the relationship between father and son, so Yuan Pei did not mean to delve into it.
Since then, Li Hao has had a certain degree of autonomy, and has obtained two manors, 300 trilogies, and 1,000 slaves and maids given by Yuan Pei.
For this reason, Li Hao handed over more than half of the loot, and promised that he did not need to use the family property to support these people in the future, and Li Hao also promised that his homework could not be delayed.
However, Yuan Pei didn't seem to believe that Li Hao could do this, and was ready to remedy Li Hao at any time.
After all, Li Hao is here at his age, and it is indeed difficult for Yuan Pei to give enough trust.
Against Yuan Pei's suspicions, Li Hao began to restart his business with passion.
However, for the first product, Li Hao did not choose soap and glass, but chose Quyuan plow.
Originally, Li Hao didn't actually notice this, after all, as Li Hao, he wouldn't often run in the farmland.
It was only after being assigned to the manor this time that Li Hao noticed that the plough used in this time period was still a long straight plow, and the turning was not flexible enough when ploughing the land, and it was laborious to lift the soil, which was very inefficient compared with the Quyuan plough used in the Song Dynasty.
Of course, it is inconvenient for Li Hao to talk about the result directly, otherwise it will be difficult to explain the source when it comes to something.
But Li Hao has experience in solving this matter, and when Li Hao wanted to develop something in the world, he called craftsmen to brainstorm, and then he only needed to point a little bit in the dark to the critical moment.
When the time comes, use two versions of the wrong foundation, and the correct one will come out, and it will not make people suspicious.
After testing the effect, it was true that the ploughing speed of the Quyuan plough was basically more than twice as fast as that of the long straight plow, so Li Hao brought Yuan Pei and the elders of the family to watch.
Then the Quyuan plough made by Li Hao during this time was snatched up, and more orders were received by the way.
It's just that the amount used by the Yuan family alone naturally can't satisfy Li Hao's appetite, but if it is sold externally, Li Hao has to take into account the problem of being imitated.
After all, the process of Quyuan plough is not particularly complicated, and as long as there is a physical object, it is easy to imitate it.
Of course, Li Hao didn't think about it and didn't let others do it, it was unrealistic, but he had to eat the first cup of soup.
In addition, agriculture, the foundation of the world, is a great thing, in addition to economic value, this thing itself has a high political value.
Although Li Hao's current identity is useless, it is a sharp weapon for Yuan Pei.
So Li Hao found Yuan Pei and discussed the matter of borrowing the Yuan family's channel for production and sales, so that I believe that ordinary people would not be enemies of the Yuan family for this benefit.
In addition, by the way, let's see if Yuan Pei has reacted to other uses of this thing.
However, Yuan Pei did not disappoint Li Hao, and before Li Hao finished talking about the borrowing, he interrupted Li Hao's words and said:
"There is no hurry to sell this item for the time being, I have already sent someone to transport this item to the capital and give it to Your Majesty.
You must know that this curved plough can be described as an artifact, and the manpower of the people is limited after all, and the progress of reclamation of wasteland has been slow in recent years.
Now with this thing, the people can reclaim more land faster and grow more grain, which is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people, and Your Majesty must be very happy.
Comparatively speaking, the so-called money is just a small thing, do you understand? ”
How could Li Hao not understand this truth, but this point does not affect his own sales.
However, seeing that Yuan Pei was so cautious, thinking that after all, he knew Emperor Wen better, so he didn't argue, but said: "My son understands, please rest assured." ”
Seeing this, Yuan Pei also said: "I will set off tomorrow to catch up with the carriage that sent the Quyuan plough and personally deliver this thing to His Majesty."
Do you want to rush to the capital with me, it is much more prosperous than Jiaodong, do you want to go and see it? ”
Hearing that there was an opportunity to go to the capital, Li Hao was still very happy, after all, it was the capital, although it was not as prosperous as Bianjing City, but the charm should still be worth seeing.
And most of the stories after that take place in the capital, so it's good to go over early and see if you can lay it out in advance.
So he agreed directly, and said: "Okay, it's best to go to the capital to see it, I'll go back and pack my bags, and I'll set off with my father tomorrow." ”
After returning to his manor, Li Hao gathered a group of people and arranged what they needed to do after they left.
After everything was arranged, he returned to the house to rest with his salute.
Early the next morning, Li Hao followed Yuan Pei on the road to the capital, of course, a number of guards were naturally indispensable.