There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

In the morning of the next day, Han Hao was ordered to personally come to the Xuzhou military camp to invite pottery merchants into the city to discuss matters in the prefect's mansion.

The pottery merchant saw Han Hao, he was very curious, and said, "Your Majesty is so anxious to ask me to enter the city, could it be that something important has happened?"

Han Hao's complexion looked very strange, and his eyes were full of deep suspicion when he looked at the pottery merchant.

"Young master Tao, one of the four prominent families in Hanoi, ran to the prefect's mansion early this morning, asking the lord of the palace to send troops as soon as possible to wipe out the Baibo bandits."

The potter pretended to be surprised and said, "So anxious? Aren't they very firm in their unconvinced attitude? Why did they change their tune so quickly?"

Han Hao stared deeply at the potter, as if hoping to see some flaws in the potter's expression.

"Last night, the Baibo thieves went out of the valley again, looting and burning the fields, farms, horse farms, and livestock farms of the four prominent Hanoi families in the suburbs."

"Crack!" The pottery slapped the table heavily, and said angrily, "This is a hateful white wave thief."

"The problem is..." Han Hao looked at him calmly venting his anger, and said quietly, "Young Master Tao, we hid in the valley where we looted the cattle, sheep and horses of the famous family last time. I went to see them this morning. For some reason, it seemed that there were twice as many of them. "

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"Really?" The pottery blinked at Han Hao puzzledly, and said, "So fast? I can't see that the animals in Hanoi County are still very firey, and their fecundity really cannot be ignored."

Han Hao's face began to twitch again.

For Mr. Tao, Han Hao really has no strength to fight with him.

"Young Master Tao, let's go into the city with you. General Bao will also enter the city later. Let's see what the Patriarch of the Four Families in Hanoi has to say."

The potter nodded and said, "Good."

When Han Hao came to the meeting hall of the Hanoi prefect's mansion, Bao Xin and the leaders of the four great families in Hanoi had already arrived.

The leaders of the prominent families all had drooping eyebrows. Obviously, after the turmoil last night, they were sick with worries and didn't sleep well.

The several patriarchs settled the accounts with their fingers. If they were robbed by the Baibo bandits again, the loss would definitely far exceed the asking price of the pottery merchant last time.

Although the patriarchs also hired some heroes and organized some private soldiers, there was no formal training, the second was that the nobles smelted iron armor for no reason, and the third was that there was no systematic military system. Under the nose, after all, they can't be too presumptuous in this kind of thing. For other things, Wang Kuang can tolerate the noble family, but in terms of armed forces, Wang Kuang definitely has his own bottom line.

Therefore, in the face of looting, these private armed forces are not of much use for the time being. Moreover, the family has a lot of property, so it can't be defended with a little manpower, and it doesn't solve any problems at all.

"Master Tao is here"

Everyone turned their heads to look, and it turned out that the pottery merchant had followed Han Hao.

Patriarch Pingzheng got up and saluted him, his face obviously a bit embarrassed.

After all, they were the ones who "hummed" and swung their sleeves at the pottery merchant last time, but they.

The pottery merchant didn't hold any grudges at all, and said with a smile, "Mr. Ping, your eye circles are a bit dark, didn't you sleep well last night?"

It wasn't you who was robbed in Pingzheng's secret passage, of course you were sleeping soundly!

"Hehe, thank you for thinking about it, my lord. The old lady is old, so she doesn't get enough sleep. Before Mr. Tao came, the old man and the others had already discussed with Mr. Wangfu and General Bao. We still need to discuss and discuss the matter of punishing the Baibo bandits."

The pottery merchant was rather curious: "Need to discuss? Didn't we already discuss it before? Isn't it the past that several Patriarchs disagreed with Tao's proposal?"

Pingzheng looked hesitant, and the light in his eyes fluctuated. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Young Master Tao, what happened a few days ago was because I was impolite and impulsive. You apologize."

As the saying goes, you don't slap a smiling person with your hand. Even if you are a fierce-faced person, potters rarely slap the face. Mr. Tao has such a good temper.

The Tao merchant smiled politely at Pingzheng: "Mr. Ping is too polite, Mr. Tao has been here for a while, we have met several times, we are familiar with each other, and Mr. Tao didn't take the matter of a few words to heart. "

Although Pingzheng disdains the Tao merchant's way of handling things, he still admires the potter's self-cultivation, and then said: "Young master Tao, the old man and others have thought about it these few days, and feel that the banditry of the Baibo army is indeed too serious. The matter of sending troops that I mentioned last time should not be shelved because of the conflict of loyalty. It is the people of Li people in my land of three rivers who are suffering so much, and this matter needs to be negotiated."

The pottery merchant nodded, and said: "Ping Gong's words, for the country and the people, Tao deeply admires the same sentence, if we want to send troops to suppress the thieves, in addition to supplying food, grass and winter clothes, money, horses, and killing thieves The stolen goods obtained are indispensable."

When Pingzheng heard this, his anger flared up again.

"Master Tao, this condition has not changed at all from last time!" Pingzheng's voice was a little hoarse.

The potter was curious: "Mr. Ping, you are the one who asked us to send troops again. The conditions have always been here. Why did you change them?"

Pingzheng: ""

Taking a deep breath, Pingzheng suppressed the burning fire, nodded and said: "I will wait for what you want, I agree!"

A bright smile suddenly appeared on the potter's face.

"Mr. Ping, if you said that earlier, wouldn't this matter be settled easily? Why bother to push the blame until today, it is not at all happy to be shy"

Pingzheng: ""

The 60-year-old man was described as shy for the first time.

Zheng Yan of Ji County opened his mouth and said: "Dare to ask Mr. Tao, since we have agreed to your conditions, I don't know when you will send troops to suppress the bandits?"

The pottery merchant smiled and bowed his body, saying: "Food, horses, winter clothes, money, when the time comes, we will send troops immediately!"

"Okay!" Zheng Yan stood up, and said seriously to the pottery merchant, "I will agree to Mr. Tao's conditions, but since we and other distinguished families have agreed to Mr. Tao's conditions, Mr. Tao must also agree to our conditions." !"

The pottery merchant chuckled lightly and said, "What request does Mr. Zheng have?"

Zheng Yan said word by word: "I also invite Wang Fujun, General Bao and Mr. Tao to agree on a time limit for hunting the thieves! The time limit must be overcome."

After saying this sentence, Wang Kuang and Bao Xin looked embarrassed.

The Baibo Valley is not easy to play, how to set a time limit?

The potter didn't care, and said: "Then according to Zheng Gong's opinion, when is the best time to agree?"

Zheng Yan closed his eyes, lowered his head and counted the days, and said: "Just before the New Year's Eve!"

The so-called "New Year's Eve" is simply "New Year's Eve".

Hearing this, Bao Xin pinched his fingers and said with a frown, "So fast!"

The potter said with a smile: "Okay, let's follow this day!"

All the prominent families were stunned when they heard the words, they didn't expect this kid to agree so easily, without haggling at all.

Has he never fought a war?

"Young Master Tao, the time limit we have with you is before the new year's eve, don't get me wrong!" Zheng Yansheng emphasized it again, fearing that the pottery merchant had lost his voice.

"Yeah!" The potter nodded and repeated: "Before the New Year's Eve, I heard it clearly!"

Chapter 1: The Dynamics of the Baibo Army

Seeing that the potter had no objection, all the distinguished families discussed some details, then left immediately and went back to prepare things.