Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 75 Preparation
"Lang Jun, let's try it."

Li Shan resolutely rejected the coquettish Xiaoman, jokingly, wearing this pomegranate red shirt with my face, it will not make it difficult for others to distinguish male and female when going out.

Besides, going out with the army, although it is said that it is just to sort out the accounts, but in case something happens... The red clothes, with the pure white horse under his crotch, are the proper first target.

To Li Shan's surprise, Zhu Wei and his mother agreed to go out with the army.

It can be understood if you think about it carefully. Li Shan has long discovered that Zhu Wei should have some connection with the East Palace behind the scenes. It should not be on the surface, but a personal relationship.

"It's not necessary, is it?" Li Shan glanced outside the door, "At most, bring Zhu Ba and the others along."

"When the army goes out, why don't you bring your personal guards with you?" Zhu Wei said with a serious face, "There are 30 people in total, all of whom have been trained by Guo Pu. They all know how to ride, and they carry swords, bows, crossbows and armor. They should be able to protect you well."

"Zhu Ba, come in!"

Zhu Wei pointed at Zhu Ba's nose, "Ruo Dalang..."

"Uncle Guo said that the main general will die in battle, and his personal guards will be killed... Oops!"

Before Zhu Ba had finished speaking, the dark-faced Zhu Wei slapped his head, and he couldn't speak.

Li Shan glanced over Zhu Ba's hanging head, and landed on those young and strong people in the yard, except for a few familiar followers, some of them looked familiar, and some of them were quite unfamiliar.

Although the relationship is close, and even he has kindness to Zhujiagou, it is not a trivial matter for thirty young men to serve as personal guards and join the army with him.

Li Shan turned his head and glanced at his mother. Mrs. Zhu seemed to have no objection to this, but he had some vague guesses in his heart.

"You really want to join the army?"

"Slashing with a knife and cutting with an axe. If you are the only child in the family, if you have no heirs, please quit."

The thirty big men in front of them remained silent, causing everyone in the room to quiet down.

Li Shan was silent for a long time, then turned to look at Zhu Wei, "I also ask Uncle Qi to help, these 30 parents, wives and children are all raised by the Li family."

Standing at the forefront, Zhu Ba suddenly knelt down and kowtowed, and everyone behind him bowed down.

"You don't need to worry about your family, you just need to move forward." Zhu said loudly, "Dalang joined the army for the first time, and he returned safely. Each household will get fifteen acres of land and will be exempted from taxes for five years."

Li Shan tilted his head unnaturally, this is a bit exaggerated...Does our family have so many lands?
From then on, these thirty men, together with their family members, were completely devoted to the Li family. For ordinary villagers, this was not a humiliation, but a rare opportunity.

Tomorrow was about to leave, Li Shan walked back and forth in the yard for a long time, chatting with Zhu Wei and Zhu Shi without saying a word.

"It's almost late autumn, even if the refugees return home, they won't be able to survive the winter. Dongshan Temple has enough food, and the Chang'an County Government sends a batch of rice, flour and millet every ten days to get through the winter first. Unfortunately, there are no canals connected to each other. "

"I have already asked at Dongshan Restaurant, everything is as usual, Uncle Qi will keep an eye on it, if you need anything, you can go to brother Xiaoqing."

"I'm afraid that the time to go out with the army this time will not be too short. If you don't return in winter... Uncle Qi can give it a try and select some duty-loving refugees from among the refugees to see if they can stay."

"By the way, if there are orphans, they will all be sent to Dongshan Temple."

Zhu Wei hesitated for a while, "Zhou Zhao has traveled all over the world and is quite familiar with Hebei, so he volunteered..."

"Uncle Qi, what is the origin of this person, can't you tell me now?"

"There's nothing you can't say, that day... just because I was afraid of scaring you." Zhu Wei said, "But in the past six months, Dalang made friends with Guangji..."

Zhu Shi who was on the side explained: "This person was recommended by others. He just mentioned that he is quite talented, but he has a grudge against Cui Shi of Qinghe."

Li Shan thought for a while and asked, "Is Zhou Zhao's real name?"

"No, this person's surname is Ma, I don't know his name."

Li Shan's expression moved, and he thought of a person. There are two sources of the surname Ma. One is the surname Hu, and the other is Ma Fujun during the Warring States Period.

"Bring him." Li Shan smiled, thinking that there was an excuse to bring drinks, but he couldn't say it just now.

At this time, the three of them heard thunderous hoofbeats, and the chaotic neighing of horses sounded outside the gate.

Li Shan was surprised to see that Li Kai, Changsun Chong, Gao Xingzheng, Fang Yizhi, Cheng Chumo, Du He, Changsun, and other familiar children of the Prince of Qin's mansion had arrived. Even Yuchi Baolin, who wanted to smoke Li Shan these days, came. up.

"Are you all ready?"

Facing Li Kai's question, Li Shan showed a wry smile, "Ask again, can I not go?"

Changsun Chong comforted him: "Liu Heitai is already in decline, and he will be defeated in one blow. Brother Li is just following the army to see the world, and there is absolutely no danger."

"Even if it doesn't go well, it should be in time." Fang Yi said with a straight smile, "It won't be delayed until the beginning of next spring, we can catch up."

This is the scientific examination of the specified year.

The fathers of these young people in front of them are Li Shimin's confidantes. They don't know why King Qin refused to take Li Shan under his command, but they found that when Chang Sun Chong and Li Kai gathered everyone to send them off, their fathers did not object.

Li Kai had a reason to send him off. He has the deepest relationship with Li Shan, and Chang Sun Chong also had a reason. Du Ruhui asked his family's children to come here with him.

Gao Xingxing handed over a package, "Soft armor, worn next to the body, with a silk jacket over the hood, it is difficult to use in battle, but it can prevent cold arrows."

"Brother Li is going to Hebei. Please also bring a letter for my father, which is for Shuangshiluo, the governor of the prefecture." Cheng Chumo said softly: "The former second guard from the right of Prince Qin's residence."

"It's the same with my father." Fang Yizhi also handed over a letter, "It's for Tian Liu'an, the former commander of the Right Fourth Army of Prince Qin's Mansion, and the current supervisor of Weizhou."

Li Shan was stunned for a while, and bowed to thank you, "Thank you, gentlemen, and I also thank you all."

Obviously, this was Li Shimin's arrangement, because Li Shan received a post two days ago and was invited to meet Li Kai's mother, Changsun, and got a letter from Princess Qin to Li Daoxuan, the general manager of the Hebei Road March.

"By the way, Pauline also specially brought more than 40 war horses, all of which were seized on Puzhou Road last time..."

"Beautiful fists and embroidered legs are difficult to fight on the battlefield." Yuchi Baolin said in a deep voice, "There are many Turkic cavalry in Liu Heita's army. If there is no horse, I'm afraid they won't be able to escape!"

After a pause, Yuchi Baolin stared at Li Shan with wide eyes, "When you come back, we will settle the score properly!"

Li Shan raised his eyebrows and gave a provocative look.

At night, Li Shan lay quietly on the bed with Xiaoman in his arms. Anjing was just Li Shan, and Xiaoman was still muttering something.

This expedition to Hebei with the army, on the bright side, Li Shan had to go because Li Qianyou controlled the number of nominations for next year's scientific examination, and also because the king of Qi passed Li Qianyou's possible recruitment.

But in fact, the reason why Li Shan made this trip was that Li Shan, who failed to enter the Qin Palace smoothly, was not qualified to refuse.

Strength is the foundation, even if it is just a chess piece, it must be a weighty chess piece.

Although Li Shan's reputation has risen within half a year, it is not enough.

Li Shan's hand slipped in along the clothes unconsciously, and Xiaoman's muttering in his ears disappeared immediately, but his breathing became heavier.

It's a pity that Li Shan was still thinking rapidly in his mind. Li Shimin praised him several times, but he didn't recruit himself. This is understandable.

But why did Li Shimin ask his wife and subordinates to send letters this time when he accompanied the army to conquer Hebei?

Li Shan didn't know exactly what Li Shimin was thinking, but he had his own thoughts, and he also had his own considerations about this expedition to Hebei.

(End of this chapter)