Ren Xiaonian, wearing a cloth suit, wearing a pair of faded horse boots, and wearing a military backpack that was faded and patched across his shoulders, appeared in front of Li Hao almost never recognized by Li Hao.

Li Hao just returned from the prefect of Haixing Prefecture.

He had been thinking about the great cause of traversing the sea, and finally got the strong support of His Majesty the Emperor, and finally achieved success after overcoming many obstacles.

However, many important officials of the court who still disagree with this still set a lot of obstacles for him, including but not limited to not paying military salaries to his land troops.

The travel of such a huge expeditionary force involves all aspects. Many supplies must be prepared carefully at one time, and they only have one chance to replenish supplies. Once they embark on the journey, the local area will be out of reach, and everything depends on themselves.

Therefore, Li Hao had to take a look at everything in detail and personally. A lot of supplies also needed strong support from Haixing locally.

Haixing, as the largest port for the Tang Dynasty to the outside world, has extremely high prices. On average, the people here are probably the richest area in the Tang Dynasty.

But Li Hao's funds were limited, so he hoped to buy more materials with less money, which would not work among the people. Li Hao did not dare to force himself to buy and sell. However, the government's warehousing could make a decision. For example, grain will soon be in the autumn harvest season, and the old grain in the warehousing needs to be replaced with new grain.

When the old grain is sold, there is a lot of room for discussion here.

Similar to this, a considerable number of government-owned materials have an issue of renewal. Li Hao is the idea of ​​these old goods.

"Ren Dagou!" Seeing Ren Xiaonian, who was negotiating with the sentry in front of the military camp, Li Hao, who was riding a horse with several guards, recognized his son for a long time, and finally confirmed that the guy in front of him who looked very old was the person he had been waiting for.

Ren Xiaonian turned around and saw Li Hao at a glance.

He bowed and said, "Commander Li, Ren Xiaonian was ordered to come and report."

Li Hao turned over and dismounted, strode to Ren Xiaonian, looked him up and down for a while, then shook his head and said, "The changes have been too big. In the past two years, it seems that you have suffered a lot of injuries."

"This is what Ren Xiaonian deserves. Your Majesty is magnanimous, and Ren Xiaonian is grateful for his crimes and has been grateful." Ren Xiaonian bowed towards Chang'an with his fists.

Li Hao nodded: "Go in and talk!"

Here is Li Hao’s navy camp.

Li Hao's residence is halfway up the mountain, a wide road made of cement leads from his residence to the military port. Standing on a small platform in front of his residence, everything inside the military port is clear.

Behemoths were parked in an orderly manner in the port. Outside, several small ships were patrolling, and occasionally a large ship that had just completed training could be seen returning from outside.

The waves surging, the sea birds surround the masts, and the sea breeze lightly fingers. A feeling of high sky and wide seas instantly filled Ren Xiaonian's heart.

"We will stop when we get drunk today. The past is gone. Today we are drunk but lying high. You will take office tomorrow." Li Hao picked up a big wine man from the house, and went to his feet, saying, "Drinking the strongest wine and dealing with the most gentle and vicious sea will be the daily life of our two in the future."

The crystal clear wine was poured into the sea bowl, and the two picked up the wine bowl and touched it heavily, tilted their heads and drank it.

After taking a few sips, Ren Xiaonian started coughing violently.

Looking at Ren Xiaonian with a red face, Li Hao put down the wine bowl and shook his head and said, "Have you drunk much in the past two years?"

Ren Xiaonian nodded, picked up the bowl, and took a small sip.

"Then drink it slowly! It seems that you need to adapt little by little to re-adapt. To be honest, your changes have been too big, and I can hardly recognize you."

"How can you not change after experiencing such a thing?" Ren Xiaonian said with a wry smile: "It's like a wholesale rebirth."

"Nirvana is also a good thing." Li Hao said: "I have not pleaded for you in the past two years. You won't blame me, right?"

"How could this happen? Ren is all caused by his own fault." Ren Xiaonian said: "And this time, if the commander hadn't been willing to take me in, I'm afraid I'd still be able to get back."

"I poached you from Zuo Xiaowei back then." Li Hao sighed: "If you don't follow me, maybe Jose's position will be yours now."

Ren Xiaonian smiled and shook his head and said, "I have only understood a lot of things in the past two years. Even if I stayed in Zuo Xiaowei, I would not be able to sit in that position. My personality is flawed."

"Who can do the most effort if you can get back this time?" Li Hao asked.

"I heard that he was the commander of you, Jose, and Hou Fangyu, and then Mr. Cao Zhang almost turned against me and the Empress." Ren Xiaonian said.

"Is this what Fatty woman told you?" Li Hao said.

"yes!"

"Big dog, let me tell you the truth. This time you can come out, but the one who really touched Your Majesty is Pang'er's wife. The queen is also because Pang'er is carrying a baby, which makes her difficult to refute her face. Otherwise, do you think that the Queen's temper can forgive you? Remember Pang'er in the future!"

Ren Xiaonian nodded repeatedly.

"Liu Yuan is my best subordinate. He saved me in that war, and his wife now has rebirth for me. I will repay this kindness for my whole life."

"With your words, I feel relieved. We who are in the army have clear grudges and grudges. We should repay the kindness of a drop of water." Li Hao said: "Come and drink."

This time, Ren Xiaonian drank the wine in the bowl in one breath.

"This time the Volunteer Army recruited a total of 6,000 people." The bowl was filled with wine, and Li Hao said: "Most of them are veterans, and many officers are from various troops of the Tang Dynasty. To be clear, they are all thorny, with abilities and levels. Once done, they can definitely sweep the barbarians. But the biggest problem is not the enemy we are about to encounter, but the integration problem within us."

Ren Xiaonian listened carefully to Li Hao's introduction of the situation.

"Do you know? On average, there is a fight every day in their garrison. Even if there is military discipline constraints, it cannot be banned. These gangs of damn men have already had a thorough understanding of military discipline in the army. After fighting so many fights, the highest punishment is just a day when they are locked up in a small dark room. They will never go beyond the line, and they are very smart." Li Hao smiled. "Even the officers I brought from various troops, the ones are not good. No wonder when they gave me these officers, they smiled happily as if they were the New Year. They were all people who gave the ministers a headache."

"People with personality are basically capable." Ren Xiaonian said with a smile.

"It depends on how you tame them." Li Hao said: "If you can't take them down, it will be troublesome."

"How long has it been?" Ren Xiaonian asked.

"One month, only one month." Li Hao said: "A month later, we have a military operation similar to an exercise-like nature, and then we will set sail while the season is coming."

"Similar to an exercise?" Ren Xiaonian was a little confused.

"Yes, this is a test given to us by the big guys." Li Hao smiled and said, "This test can be completed with at least an excellent appraisal before we can officially set sail. You also know that there are not many people who oppose our distant film this time."

"Is it Fujian?" Ren Xiaonian hesitated for a moment and said it.

"You are still so keen. This is a secret. I missed such a little bit of verbal comments and you can guess it." Li Hao smiled and said, "This time, not only water operations, but also land operations. I don't worry about water. What I worry about is the Volunteer Army Land Division, which you are about to serve as the commander."

"Don't worry, I won't pull you back!" Ren Xiaonian said affirmatively.

"Okay, with your words, I'll have a clear idea." Li Hao took a sip of wine: "You've gotten back this time. Has your wife come back to find you?"

Ren Xiaonian's muscles twitched, and she shook her head and said, "How is this possible? After something happened to me two years ago, her family forced me to divorce her. It seemed that today was Chunshang, and she had already married someone else and had a re-string."

"When they married you with a slutty face, they were looking for your future. I still remember that Jose said this when he was drunk, and then the two of you fought." Li Hao said: "A person like this can only share wealth and honor, not suffering. If he regrets it in the future, I won't mention her! Fortunately, you haven't had time to have a baby yet, otherwise there will be trouble. When our brothers make a name for themselves in the future, what kind of woman do you want? Come on, drink!"

That night, Ren Xiaonian got drunk and was unconscious. In the end, two Li Hao's guards carried him into the house like a dead pig.

But on the second day, just as the sky was getting bright, Ren Xiaonian was already dressed neatly and left the house.

Li Hao is already waiting for him outside.

"Commander Li, I'll go here. In a month, I'll give you a brave army that is not inferior to any army in the Tang Dynasty. If I can't do it, I'll jump into the sea by myself." Ren Xiaonian bowed.

"Go, the horse has prepared for you. From here to the base, there are a total of fifty miles. If you set off now, you can still catch up with the base's breakfast." Li Hao said with a smile.

After bowing his hand, Ren Xiaonian stopped talking, and turned over and galloped away.

Looking at Ren Xiaonian's back, Li Hao sighed. Speaking of which, he is almost the same type of person as Ren Xiaonian. Didn't he also make a mistake and was idle for a long time? Seeing his former brothers walking ahead of him one by one, he changed his mind and became a navy master.

The only difference between him and Ren Xiaonian is that although he also wants to work hard to get a higher position, he will not take military and political risks.

Now, he has succeeded.

But Ren Xiaonian is about to start again.
Chapter completed!