On the New Year, the Sichuan soldiers' temporary camp was laughing and cheering. The drunk soldier was drunk all over the ground. Many soldiers fell to the ground with a jar of wine and fell asleep with a satisfied smile. It would be fine if they slept on the ground on the dog days of summer. But it was still the cold winter month, and they lie on the ground under the snow and ice. If they were not dealt with in time, they would be frozen to death the next day. {wx}

It was a pity that the unintoxicated soldiers helped the drunk cats back to the barracks to rest.

Fortunately, there was nothing wrong all night, maybe those "chaotic thieves" also needed to celebrate the New Year, so they were at peace for the time being.

The next morning, after a group of soldiers woke up from a hangover, they immediately engaged in normal training, practicing while suppressing and leading training. This was a policy established by Lu Haoshan early in the morning. He took the initiative to invite him to come here thousands of miles away, not to travel around the mountains and rivers.

The New Year is a very important festival for the Chinese nation. It seems to have a tacit understanding. Whether it is the official army or the rioters, they consciously suspend their actions during the New Year: the official army holds troops in the city or in the military camp, and does not take the initiative to suppress bandits, and the rioters do not know which mountain they hide in, and stop, and even stay in peace for several days.

Although Lu Haoshan was determined to make contributions, most of the mobs and rioters were engaged in Shunde and were responsible for defending Fenzhou. Lu Haoshan, who was in Pingyang, was out of reach, so he had to stay here temporarily, waiting for the imperial court's orders while training troops.

Well, although there is no military pay, the usual food and grass in Shanxi are still available. It is considered as borrowing other people's food to train their own soldiers, so this transaction is not compensated.

However, Lu Haoshan was not idle. He blackmailed 180,000 taels of sons and 300,000 taels of loan from Fan Yongdou. The 180,000 taels were obtained, but the 300,000 taels had not been fulfilled. The document that Zhao Yuqing needed to protect and the document to mortgage the land and real estate was not stumped. Lu Haoshan used a flying pigeon to send the message back, and then quickly sent the things he wanted to think.

It didn't take much effort at first. However, Zhao Yuqing was too fond of Lu Haoshan, his son-in-law. After receiving the message, he actually replied that Lu Haoshan would not need to borrow it. He raised the money for Lu Haoshan to avoid making money in vain. Lu Haoshan was a little amused and cried when he received it. He explained it again before dispelling Zhao Yuqing's kindness.

After some hard work, Lu Haoshan finally got the token of withdrawing money from the ticket number on the 16th day of the first lunar month. This was only when Lu Haoshan understood Zhao Yuqing's painstaking efforts. He only got 300,000 taels of silver loan, and only got 180,000 taels of profit. After deducting 120,000 yuan in profit, this was the result of Fan Yongdou's special discount.

When Lu Haoshan took the money, he realized that the price of borrowing these money was not low, and he would always have one cent profit. If he had two or three cents of profit, he would have to lower it. Only one cent profit would have to be calculated. 300,000 taels a year would have to be profitable, and six years would have to be 180,000 taels. If he really counted according to the rules, Lu Haoshan could only get 120,000 taels. Fortunately, he said there was a discount early in the morning, and Lu Haoshan also paid the profit for six years at a time. Only then did he get 180,000 taels.

Ironically, this silver is just as much money as Fan Yongdou gave to buy life.

It's really bad. You can earn 120,000 taels by doing nothing in six years, and earn 20,000 taels a year. You also sold a huge favor. No wonder those money shops are so rich that they have such huge profits. It's not a robbery, but they can rob it.

Fortunately, Lu Haoshan did not intend to repay. Not only did he not return it, he also had to think of more ways to teach these traitors, scum, and traitors a lesson.

“Ah~~”

After Lu Haoshan took a nap, he yawned for a long time, turned his head and asked Tang Qiang, "Captain Tang, what is the number of today?"

Tang Qiang responded respectfully: "When I say that, today is the 23rd day of the first lunar month."

It was the 23rd day of the first lunar month, and this day passed so fast. When I entered Shanxi, I thought it was a mob everywhere. With a wave of my hand, the soldiers would pounce on her like a hungry tiger and sheep, training and accumulating military achievements. But unexpectedly, they only fought a few small encounters, and then suppressed more than 100 small mobs, which were fake. Lu Haoshan was a little depressed.

The reason is very simple. In order to echo each other, the rebels felt a bit like a group to get warmth. The streams of those big streams went wherever they went. Pingyang and Fenzhou had already harmed each other and stopped coming. They were not valued. The Sichuan soldiers and court ordered assistance to defend Fenzhou and Pingyang. They could not be dispatched easily. Unlike Shaanxi soldiers, they were granted official positions before they entered Shanxi. After entering Shanxi, they were given priority to supply, intelligence, and the right to pursue freely and suppress bandits. If necessary, they could also order the local garrison to assist.

The Sichuan soldiers and Shaanxi soldiers, one was born of stepmother and the other was born of their own mother. Their treatment was far behind.

When will this boring day be the first? Lu Haoshan muttered in his heart, and he felt a little depressed.

Just when Lu Haoshan was about to pass by in a calm day, a messenger rushed in and shouted: "Report to Lord Qianhu, General Deng is here."

General Deng? Lu Haoshan suddenly became confused and said in surprise: "Which General Deng?"

"If you want to know, it's Deputy General Deng Qi." The messenger said quickly.

Li Dingguo said from the side: "Sir, since Commander Dong's defeat, Commander Han has always wanted to send people to Shanxi to make the reputation of the military and civilians in Sichuan. The information said that ten days ago, Deng Yan led 2,000 elite troops to Shanxi, but he didn't expect it to arrive so soon."

Lu Haoshan remembered this. Dong Jian's defeat was a relief for Lu Haoshan. This would help him get rid of his brainless control and play at will. However, for Han Wenden, who was eager to prove his abilities, he didn't think so. He had not made a decent contribution and almost wiped out the entire army. Especially when Shaanxi soldiers won all the battles, he was even more slapped in the face. It was reasonable to send elite soldiers and strong generals to fight.

Unexpectedly, Deng Yan was sent out.

Deng Yan, Lu Haoshan, knew that as a grassroots struggle, he was a typical example of a big man. He was born in a minor background, but he was not pessimistic and disappointed. He was devoted to serving the court. He loved to practice boxing, sticks, riding and shooting since he was a child, and he practiced good skills. However, good things were hard for many times. He was useless for heroes, and he had worked as a sedan chair driver. It is said that opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, and gold will always shine. After several struggles, he led his troops to support the king and made great contributions in four cities, and had accumulated military merits to the position of deputy general, and was awarded the title of Herald Thousand Houses.

It can be said that the scenery is unlimited for a while, but I didn't expect that he would enter Shanxi as well.

In fact, looking at Sichuan, there are not many generals like Deng Qi, and there are also experiences in leading troops out of Sichuan. It is reasonable to send him here.

It was a character, Lu Haoshan immediately stood up and asked loudly: "Where has General Deng been?"

"If you want to go back to the Lord, General Deng will arrive here in about a quarter of an hour when he arrives at Heifeng Ridge."

Lu Haoshan said without hesitation: "Gather the troops immediately and we will welcome General Deng together."

The messenger responded and then quickly went to teleport the order. After the messenger left, Lu Haoshan said to Tang Qiang, Zhao Gongchang, and Li Dingguo and other core personnel: "Let's go, let's welcome General Deng and see what new instructions he has this time."

"Yes, sir." Everyone responded in unison.

In fact, Deng Qi and his party came later than the missionary soldiers said. Lu Haoshan waited outside the camp gate for two quarters of an hour, and Deng Qi and his party arrived late.

"Wenchong Qianhu Lu Wenhua, please see the General, but I didn't know that General was coming and was wrong to welcome him. Please forgive me." As soon as I saw Deng Yan, Lu Haoshan immediately bowed.

Deng Yan was the deputy general of Sichuan. The general was widely used in the Ming Dynasty. He was as big as a general of a province and a place, as small as a general of a city and a pass, such as Li Chengliang, the general of Liaodong, Mao Wenlong, the general of Pidao, and other senior officials. They were all first-rank officials, and those generals of small lands had sixth and seventh ranks. The quality of the deputy general on Deng Yan should be between the second and third ranks, mainly depends on his tasks and role.

"Haha, Lu Qianhu asked for it." Deng Qi was not very arrogant. He helped Lu Haoshan up and said, "I heard that I had a young and promising general in Sichuan. I didn't expect it to be younger than my official imagined. Good, good, get up, we martial artists don't have so many rules."

"Sir Xie." As a modern person, Lu Haoshan dislikes the most is the style of kneeling down and worshiping him. He also took advantage of the situation to stand up after hearing this.

When he stood up, Lu Haoshan did not forget to wink at Tang Qiang and others.

"See General Deng." At this time, the soldiers gathered in front of the camp saluted Deng Yan, with their movements neatly and unified, and their voices were like a bell. Even Deng Yan, who was standing several meters away from the soldiers, felt a wave of sound coming towards him.

Deng Qi looked at Lu Haoshan with some surprise, and then said to the soldiers: "No, full of energy, please be free from gifts, get up."

"General General Xie." The soldiers responded and then got up.

"Lu Qianhu is all his own people, so he doesn't have to be so polite. When I was in Sichuan, I listened to the commander Han mentioned you many times. If you can avoid these common etiquettes in the future, you can avoid it."

Lu Haoshan hurriedly said, "Is it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar? When you go out, Lord Deng is our parents and distinguished guests. This etiquette is not missing."

"Hahaha," Deng Yan laughed a few times, and then said with a loud voice: "It's all Sichuan soldiers, we are in line with each other. We say that our parents and officials have recognized them. However, when it comes to distinguished guests, today's distinguished guests are not Deng, but the two behind Deng."

While speaking, Deng Yan flashed to the side and pointed to the two arrogant men behind him and said, "Come on, let me introduce them. These two are famous tiger generals in Shaanxi. This is General Cao Wenzhao Cao, General Cao Bianjiao, and the nephew of General Cao."

General Cao?

Lu Haoshan was shocked. These two were great men and one of the few powerful generals in the late Ming Dynasty. Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao were uncles and nephews. Cao Bianjiao followed his uncle Cao Wenzhao at a young age. He had experienced many battles and suppressed many riots. The two were brave and resourceful, and they were unstoppable on the battlefield and shined. Even Chongzhen knew these two figures, because both of them were surnamed Cao, and they were called General Cao.

Some people also call them the two heroes of the Cao family.
Chapter completed!