after being kidnapped by the general

It was probably because it was really uncomfortable to lie on the chair and sleep. When Yuan Li closed his eyes to get sleepy, he could always hear the "creak, creak" sound of the chair under Chu Hechao's body shaking constantly.

The harsh voice made Yuanli's forehead twitch.When the voice sounded again, Yuan Li sat up abruptly, gritted his teeth and said, "General!"

The sound of the chair stopped, and then there was a false snore.

"..." The corners of Yuanli's mouth twitched, "General, can't you sleep?"

In the dark, the pretentious snoring stopped, and Chu Hechao's voice was sleepy and slightly irritable, "The chairs are too crowded, I can't sleep well."

"How about this," Yuan Li said kindly, "The general still has an injury on his back, why don't you sleep on the bed with me? The two of us sleep sideways, and we can fall asleep even if we squeeze together."

Unexpectedly, he was rejected, and the man said: "No, it doesn't make sense."

Yuan Li smirked twice, "Hey, the general knows the reason now?"

Chu Hechao really responded.

Yuan Li was speechless, and prepared to get out of bed neatly, "Hurry up, general, you come to sleep on the bed, and I will sleep on the chair."

Chu Hechao frowned. Yuanli was his sister-in-law, and she was still young. There was no reason for elders to let sister-in-law sleep on a chair when they fell asleep on the bed.He said without hesitation: "No, you sleep on the bed."

Yuan Li was already looking for shoes in the dark, rustling, "Forget it, I'm much thinner than the general, and I'm just right to sleep on a chair."

Chu Hechao raised his voice slightly, and scolded impatiently, as if he was being murderous, "Lie down on the bed for me!"

This sound was so harsh and forceful that it almost made people shiver.

Yuan Li was taken aback fiercely, and his anger immediately flared up.He kicked off his shoes with a sneer, turned around and lay down on the bed, threw the quilt over his ears violently, and even if he was killed, he didn't want to take care of Chu Hechao anymore.

Who cares more about Chu Hechao who is a dog.

I don't know if the sound insulation effect of the bedding is particularly good. After Yuan Li covered his ears, he really never heard the "creak" sound of the chair. Unknowingly, sleepiness hit him.

On the second day, after Yuanli slowly opened his eyes, he saw a figure rubbing his shoulders stiffly.

Yuan Li blinked, his vision gradually became clear, and he could clearly see the crumpled robe on Chu Hechao's back.

He opened his mouth to speak, but then remembered Chu Hechao's harsh words to him last night, and suddenly lost the interest to speak, and swallowed the words.

All right, Chu Hechao has a personality that doesn't like to be cared about, so Yuanli won't stick to other people's ass.

He looked at several water basins in the house.

When I woke up, the ice cubes in the water basin turned into water again.Yuanli got out of bed and put on his shoes, bypassed Chu Hechao, walked to the basin and squatted down to check the melting of the ice at a close distance.

Chu Hechao glanced at his back from the corner of his eye, and continued to stretch his figure.

Feeling the soreness coming from his whole body, his handsome facial features twisted for a moment, and then quickly became extremely cold.

Last night, after Chu Hechao realized that Yuanli was being quarreled by him, he didn't move after he was done, maintaining the same posture until dawn.When he woke up in the morning, Chu Hechao's bones were already stiff, and he could hear the cracking sound of the bones when he moved, which was more painful than fighting all night.

After the bones were comfortable, numbness spread all over the body again.Chu Hechao slowed down for a while, then raised his numb legs and walked behind Yuan Li, "How about it, can a basin of ice cubes last overnight?"

Yuan Li fiddled with the water basin, and found a piece of ice the size of an adult's palm in the water basin.The water was still bone-chillingly cold, instantly turning Yuanli's fingers reddish from the cold, like winter plums in the depths of winter.

Yuan Li wiped his hands, and said in a businesslike manner: "You can't see it from this way. Last night, there were five or six basins with different degrees of freezing in the tent. The coolness in the tent also depends on the number of ice cubes. If the general simply asks whether a basin of ice can last overnight, I can't give you an answer."

Chu Hechao said decisively: "Then try again tonight."

Yuanli stood up and went to find homemade toothbrush and toothpaste to wash up. He bent his lips perfunctorily towards Chu Hechao, and retracted his white teeth for a moment, "General, you can get a basin of ice cubes back in your tent tonight and try it out try."

Several words in this sentence were specially emphasized by him.

Chu Hechao was puzzled.

Yuan Li nodded politely, poured out the water in the basin, and returned with a basin of clean water to brush his teeth and wash his face.

Chu Hechao stood by for a while, always feeling that Yuanli's attitude towards him was a bit subtle.He walked slowly to Yuanli's side, and said casually: "Sister-in-law, what are these?"

At this time, people were still using willow branches to brush their teeth. Yuan Li simply explained, "Toothbrush and toothpaste."

Watching his movements, Chu Hechao also understood the role of "toothbrush and toothpaste". He could smell the faint smell of lotus leaf and poria cocos in the toothpaste, which was not like the salt, vinegar, tea, etc. that he usually uses to rinse his mouth. Food, pleasant fragrance.

Curiosity flashed in Chu Hechao's heart, and he said, "Lend me the toothpaste, too."

Yuan Li glanced at Chu Hechao silently, and the words "poor relatives who beat the autumn wind" appeared in his mind again, and he quietly handed out the toothpaste.

After Chu Hechao finished washing with him, he said thoughtfully, "Is there saponin in the toothpaste?"

Yuan Li nodded, and said casually: "If the general likes it, I will send a bottle to the general."

Chu Hechao nodded immediately, "Thank you sister-in-law."

Yuanli: "...you're welcome."

After breakfast, Chu Hechao came to Zhuolu County with his cronies, personally encircled a piece of land in the lower reaches of the Sanggan River, ordered his soldiers to guard it, ordered no one to approach, and quickly built a tall house as a place of worship. Ice-making workshop.

At the same time, he sent troops to search for saltpeter in Zhuolu County, transported all of them here, and deployed a hundred cronies to help Yuanli.

Yuanli's cronies were all staying in Ji County, and he was merciless when using Chu Hechao's people.After demonstrating how to make ice with saltpeter, he asked his cronies to follow suit.

Within a few days, batches of ice were transported to the barracks.

When the carts of crystal-clear ice cubes appeared in front of everyone, everyone was taken aback.

Chu Hechao led all the generals to stand in front of the vehicle. Except for him who was calm and calm, the others opened their mouths and their eyes were about to pop out.

There was a lot of exclamation, Yang Zhongfa couldn't move his eyes, and he stammered, "General, general, where did you find these ice cubes?"

As soon as the wind blew, the coolness from the ice cubes hit their faces, Yang Zhongfa murmured: "It's so fucking cool..."

Chu Hechao pursed his lips, "It was made in Yuanli."

Yang Zhongfa was surprised and felt it was reasonable, he sincerely admired and said: "Young Master Yuan is really a rare talent in a hundred years."

Fortunately, the old Chu family was able to find such a talented person as their daughter-in-law.For example, their old Yang family did not have this blessing. The eldest son and the second son were married, and the youngest son was just five years old!

Yang Zhongfa regretted it for a while, hating himself for giving birth to his youngest son a few years late.

Someone came to ask Chu Hechao how to distribute the ice, and Chu Hechao said: "There are meritorious persons, from generals to soldiers, whoever makes meritorious service will have ice."

As soon as these words came out, several people immediately beamed with joy, and immediately informed the subordinates of the news.

In the end, Chu Hechao handed out these ice cubes according to his official position and military merit, and specially left some rewards for his trusted subordinates to show his appreciation.As soon as the ice cubes were divided, the whole army boiled up and down.Many generals who received the ice followed Chu Hechao's example and kept some of the ice in their hands for themselves, and rewarded the rest to their soldiers.

Summer has always been known as bitter summer. On the frontline battlefield, these ice cubes seem to be more welcome than gold and silver treasures.

There was a voice of gratitude in the army.Besides them, Liu Jixin and Wu Kai also got a lot of ice cubes unexpectedly.

The ice cubes they got were even higher than that of ordinary military captains, comparable to the cost of Generals Yang and He, and both of them were flattered for a while.Wu Kai felt even more ashamed, and when he wanted to return the ice, Liu Jixin thoughtfully stopped him.

"Do you know why the two of us alone can get such ice cubes without military service?"

After thinking for a while, Wu Kai said hesitantly: "Could it be because of the injury to the barracks? Besides, we are the Lord's subordinates?"

Liu Jixin figured it out while his thoughts were turning, he smiled and stroked his beard, and suddenly dropped a mine, "I'm afraid our lord made this ice."

Wu Kai suddenly opened his eyes wide.

Liu Jixin smiled and said, "If it's just because of the injury to the barracks, we shouldn't have been given so many ice cubes. Look again, the general gave us so many ice cubes, will the rest of the generals be dissatisfied?"

Wu Kai shook his head, "I didn't hear any dissatisfaction from the generals in the army."

"That's it," Liu Jixin nodded in satisfaction, "The general should have said that this ice cube is the credit of our lord, and other people will know it clearly. Not only did they not think that we were rewarded for nothing, you just wait and see." , In the next few days, they will definitely be much more enthusiastic about waiting for me."

Wu Kai nodded involuntarily.

Liu Jixin stroked his beard, looked at the cart of ice cubes in front of him, and couldn't help but narrowed his eyes with a smile, "We are really blessed by the lord..."

After finishing speaking, he sighed again regretfully, "It's a pity that my wife and children are far away in Jixian County, even if there are so many ice cubes, I can't deliver them to them to relieve the suffering of the hot summer."

And after they quelled the rebel army in Shanggu County and returned to Ji County, I'm afraid that autumn will come, and there will be no need for ice for summer.

However, Liu Jixin misunderstood. Four days later, the scout Liu Baili, who was going to inquire about the enemy's news, rushed over and brought a piece of news that Chu Hechao didn't expect.

On this day, Yuanli was having lunch, and people from Chu Hechao came to call him, saying that the general had something important to see.

Yuan Li hurried over, and as soon as he entered the camp, he saw seven or eight generals in the room.

These generals were all strong-backed, they all bowed towards Yuanli, and said in a loud voice: "I have seen Mr. Yuan."

Yuan Li also replied, "You are welcome."

Chu Hechao sat in the upper seat, pointed to the chair specially placed beside his table and said, "Sister-in-law, please sit down."

After Yuanli walked over and sat down, Chu Hechao said to the others: "You are all my trusted subordinates, and I won't lie to you. Although Yuanli didn't win the crown, but the credit he made is enough. Get a military rank above captain in the army."

His sharp eyes swept over everyone one by one, "He doesn't just rely on military merits to determine his status. Yuanli coordinated the rear military pay for our 13 army in northern Xinjiang, and took charge of Youzhou in Jixian County, temporarily holding the seal of the governor of Youzhou. Once the crown is established, I will write to the imperial court and ask him to be my military adviser Zhonglang general."

The general of military adviser Zhonglang is a higher position than some miscellaneous generals, and he can participate in military affairs.

Chu Hechao didn't say these words to Yuanli in advance. When he said them now, he was not only speaking to his subordinates, but also to Yuanli.

Yuan Li was slightly surprised, but then calmed down.

Chu Hechao understood very well that the longest relationship in the world is the relationship of interests.It's no good for Yuan Li to keep working in the rear, I'm afraid Yuan Li will complain in his heart if things go on like this.How can there be such a thing in the world that you only want the horse to run and not feed the horse?Therefore, Chu Hechao planned to give Yuanli a military position in the army, so that Yuanli would be completely tied to the army.

One is not to waste Yuanli's talent, and the other is to get more involved with each other.

This step of Chu Hechao was exactly in line with Yuanli's wishes.

Few of the people present were stupid, and they all knew what Chu Hechao meant.They are Chu Hechao's direct descendants, so naturally they would not question Chu Hechao's decision, not to mention that it would only be beneficial to have a good relationship with Yuanli, and no one would be so stupid as to offend their parents.They said in unison: "Yes, the general will remember what the general said."

After finishing speaking, they smiled and said to Yuanli: "Master Zhonglang."

Before the imperial court's letter of appointment came down, and Yuanli hadn't been crowned, it was just a sentence from Chu Hechao, so they changed it directly.From this trivial incident, Yuanli could see the attitude of these people towards the imperial court.

After they finished greeting, Chu Hechao knocked on the table with his fingers, and everyone shut up instantly and looked at Chu Hechao.

Chu Hechao looked at Yuanli, "Sister-in-law, do you know why I sent someone to call you here?"

Yuan Li thought, "Aren't you talking nonsense?" The smile on his face remained unchanged, "Of course I don't know. I just wanted to ask the general, when did this happen?"

Chu Hechao clapped his palms and said lightly, "Come in."

A scout walked in through the door.

The scout had taken advantage of this short period of time to eat a meal and refill the water, and his speech became much clearer and smoother. He cupped his fists and said, "I'm telling you, my lords, that Master Karasuma Dadan of Shanggu County has brought [-] cavalry to calm Pan County and There are two white rice crowds in Luoluo County. He asked the villain to pass a few words to the general. He said that he helped the general to pacify the two counties of Youzhou. After a few days, he came to Zhuolu County to meet with the general. Trophy."

The rest of the generals had just been called and had just learned the news.

Hearing this, Zuo Xiangrong, a school lieutenant who was blind in his right eye, suddenly had a toothache from anger, "Fucking Karasuma man! I won the spoils of two counties for nothing, and I still have the face to ask the general for something?! Have they made a move?"

The rest of the faces were also very ugly.He Lang sneered, and poohed, "You're so fucking thick-skinned."

It is not a hard job to calm down the white rice crowd, but in a sense, it is a great thing.

The Baimi people are mobs, and if they are calmed down, they will not only be rewarded by the court, but will also get a lot of spoils for their great contributions.

For example, Beixincheng County, Yu County, Zhuolu County, etc. that Chu Hechao sent people to snatch back. Every time they recapture a city, they can get considerable spoils of war.These trophies were obtained from the hands of Baimizhong. Every time Baimizhong went to a county, the powerful landlords in the county fled or fled, and a large amount of wealth, jewelry and land manors were monopolized by Baimizhong.When Chu Hechao's army crushed Bai Mizhong, these things naturally became Chu Hechao's.

It's just that Youzhou was originally Chu Hechao's fiefdom, so Chu Hechao naturally wouldn't do anything to rob himself. Every time he took back a city, he would leave a certain amount of spoils for the local construction, but even so, the remaining spoils It was also extremely rich, half of which was rewarded by Chu Hechao to his subordinates.

What's more, every time a city is recaptured, what they get is not only spoils of war, but also prisoners of Bai Mizhong.

The Baimi people were recruited by Chu Hechao. As strong men, they built the city they had ravaged, and also did some construction work, transporting supplies, etc., which greatly reduced the burden on the army.

Karasuma people will never love the land and people of Youzhou as much as they do. I am afraid that the two counties they have pacified have been plundered by them. Except for the land of powerful landlords that cannot be taken away, the rest can be taken away I'm afraid they have already taken them away.In the end, it is only necessary to pretend that the ruined city was the work of Bai Mizhong, who can say anything about them?

Everyone was so angry that their faces were livid.

"These Karasuma people are really shameless, they have taken all the benefits, and dare to come here to ask for rewards?" Yang Zhongfa laughed angrily, and said murderously, "Damn, the people of these two counties don't know what they have been ruined into." Looks great! I bullied the general’s people in the general’s fief, and it’s a good thing not to teach them a lesson. They’ve been in the pass for a long time, and they really forgot how they were beaten to the ground by the general!”

Chu Hechao pulled his lips, and said without a smile: "Now the Baimi crowd is everywhere, and the emperor called on troops from all over the country to suppress the Baimi crowd. The Karasuma people obeyed the imperial court, and it was a meritorious service to send troops to quell Pan County and Luoxia. For meritorious service, of course they dare to ask me for a reward."

After all, the rest of the people shut up.This is exactly the reason why they are so disgusted that they can't get angry. Not only can't teach these Karasuma people a good lesson, but they have to treat them with a smile on their faces.

The silence in the tent made people feel aggrieved.

Yuan Li lowered his eyes and thought quietly, and Chu Hechao suddenly asked, "Sister-in-law, what do you think?"

Everyone looked at Yuanli.

Yuan Li raised his eyes, conceived some words, and said: "General, don't forget that the attack on the Baimi people is for the court, not for the general. Even if Youzhou is the general's fiefdom, if the Karasuma people want rewards, they should also give rewards to the court." To reward."

As he said that, he smiled faintly, and said with hints: "The Karasuma people moved to Youzhou and were under the control of the general. The achievements of the Karasuma people should also be reported to the court by the general."

As for how to write a letter, how to add oil and vinegar, this is not something that Mr. Karasuma of Shanggu County can decide.

The others suddenly realized, Yang Zhongfa slapped his thigh fiercely, "Yes, how could I forget this! General, Dadan should ask the court for a reward, it's none of our business whether he suppresses Bai Mizhong or not!"

Chu Hechao laughed silently, "Sister-in-law is absolutely right."

He Lang sighed, still feeling angry and depressed, "Then, don't we care about the affairs of Pan County and Xiangluo County with the people of Karasuma? These two places will definitely suffer serious disasters, and I'm afraid we will have to deal with them later." I contribute money to build cities and subsidize the people."

Yuan Li suddenly laughed when he heard the words.

The smile is bright, like the spring breeze and the moon, but there is ice in the eyes, "General He, please rest assured."

He sneered silently, "I'll let them take out the money themselves."