The next day, Li Shiji waited and waited but saw Zhang Chao coming, so he called a general and asked him to ride a horse to Zhangjiagou.

"Be sure to bring Zhang Wenyuan back for me. If he pushes everything from place to place, then tie him up and bring him back."

"Yes, Mr. Cao." The burly general of the big and thick family agreed and strode out of the hall door.

When we arrived at the front yard, we directly ordered eight servants, then we turned over and ran towards Zhangjiagou. When we arrived at Zhangjiagou, we were told by Mr. Zhang that Zhang Chao had already packed his luggage yesterday morning and went to Chang'an.

"Are you mistaken? We, Duke Cao, haven't seen Sanlang yet, so we asked us to come and pick him up."

My father's heart sank and he hurriedly called Qiangui, who was feeding the horse.

"Qiangui, tell me the truth, where has Saburo been?"

Qian Gui was confused, "Before the little husband left yesterday, he did tell his old servant that he went to Chang'an."

"Who did he bring along besides Shuanzi?"

"The little man also brought Wu Ye and Shan Ye, as well as Xiao Ba Xiao Shi San."

Dad Zhang slapped his thigh and it was broken. If Zhang Chao went to Chang'an, he would definitely not bring Ke Shan and the others with him. Now that Li Shiji's generals have come to him, it must be that this kid has not gone to Chang'an. When they go together, what Zhang Chao said to him yesterday, my father came back to the scene. He didn't want to go to Chang'an at all.

My father went to the village home in person, asked Ke Wu's wife, and finally solved the case.

When Ke Wu left yesterday, he said he wanted to go to Lantian and go hunting with Zhang Chao.

Several people looked at each other.

"Why don't we go to Lantian to find Saburo?" the general of the family asked.

"Forget it, they must have entered the mountain when they went to Lantian to hunt. The Qinling Mountains are so big, where can I find them? Forget it, please reply to Duke Cao and say thank you for your kindness. It's because my son is ungrateful and cannot support the mud."

The generals had to return in a defeat.

When Li Shiji heard that Zhang Chao had actually ran into the Qinling Mountains, he was so angry that his beard shook.

"Okay, Zhang San, you really don't know how to be polite, that's all."

"Duke Cao, Zhang Sanlang left a letter to you before leaving, we brought it back."

The letter is a folded piece of white paper, very white and thin.

Open it, on a piece of white paper, there were more than a thousand words written in densely packed with words. The words were very small, and they were not brush words, but small characters on fly heads, and the strokes were very hard.

But Li Shiji glanced a few times and found that many words were missing and there were many typos, and there were a lot of typos.

"Good paper, the words are OK, but why are there so many typos?" Li Shiji shook his head regretfully.

After reading the content carefully, Li Shiji was silent.

"Mr. Cao, what's wrong?"

"This Zhang Wenyuan looked down on him a little, and even talked to me about the situation in Hebei."

When several generals heard this, they all laughed.

Zhang Sanlang used to be a young monk who was escaping from the mountains. He just went down the mountain to return to secular life. What kind of situation does he know? He actually dared to give guidance to Duke Cao of the Dignitary Zhuguo to Hebei. Isn’t this a show of his skills and laughing generously?

Li Shiji didn't laugh.

Although he felt that what Zhang Chao wrote was a bit alarmist and even nonsense, he thought about it carefully and found that some of the words made sense.

For example, Zhang Chao said that Dou Jiande had a high reputation in Hebei, such as the court killed Dou Jiande and recruited Dou Jiande's original civil and military officials into the capital. In addition, the Hebei officials appointed by the court to liquidate the Xia army soldiers who had originally returned home made the people of Hebei panic and uneasy, and finally the Hebei Rebellion was in danger.

Li Shiji was originally guarding southern Hebei, so he knew very well that what Zhang Chao said was indeed reasonable. After defeating Dou Jiande, the court was indeed a bit inappropriate in handling Hebei.

After Dou Jiande was captured, the left-behind pseudo-Xia Zuo Pushe opened the treasury, distributed money and grain to the soldiers, sent them back to their hometown, and then surrendered to the Tang army with Dou Jiande's wife and children. This was a good result. If the court had not blamed him at this time and vigorously appeased the hearts of the people of Hebei, Hebei would definitely not be in chaos again.

But the court used a high-pressure cleaning strategy for Hebei.

Think about this year, another army in the imperial court, Li Xiaogong and Li Jing, fought south, and rushed to Jiangling City with thunder. Finally, Xiao Xian surrendered. After Xiao Xian surrendered, Li Xiaogong was going to plunder the army, but Li Jing persuaded him to stop.

In the end, Li Xiaogong did not kill or rob. A few days later, more than 100,000 Liang troops who came from all over to serve the king arrived at the city of Jiangling. Because the Tang army did not rob the people, Xiao Xian took the initiative to persuade these Liang troops to surrender.

Before a single army was damaged, more than 100,000 Liang troops were dismissed and surrendered, and dozens of prefectures occupied by Nanliang were pacified overnight. Even because of the uninflicted Tang army in Nanliang, Li Jing arrived in Lingnan, the chiefs and generals from all over the country also surrendered without any resistance. Li Jing and others fought no war along the way, and so put half of the country was pacified.

It is conceivable that if Li Jing did not stop Li Xiaogong and asked him to loot Jiangling, or even directly settled the civil and military officers and generals of the Southern Liang Dynasty, would he be willing to surrender after more than 100,000 Nanliang royal army arrived?

Even if the Tang army could defeat these tens of thousands of Liang troops head-on, would the other Liang troops surrender so easily? In other parts of Jiangnan, those slang men from Lingnan were willing to surrender easily?

Everything is hard to say.

Similarly, if the Tang army had captured Dou Jiande and saved his life, or at least the people in Hebei were uneasy and had just sent back to their hometowns, the matter might have been another situation.

Li Shiji was a little impressed. Zhang Chao, a little polite person in Bashang, could actually tell the general trend very well. The truth was clear, which was surprising.

But Zhang Chao said that this time the Hebei anti-military army would fight against the enemy, and it would be difficult to stop the unity of the upper and lower levels, but he did not agree with this. Dou Jiande also defeated the Hulao. What could Liu Heita do?

Forget it, this kid just doesn't want to go to Hebei to find a reason. No matter why he doesn't want to go, since he is so unwilling to go, there is no need to force him.

Li Shiji went to the Duke of Yiguo's Mansion and had a meal with Qin Qiongcheng Yaojin and other brothers, which was considered a farewell.

"Mr. Mao just needs to go to Hebei with peace of mind. Brother Shan has already made some progress. Maybe when you arrive in Hebei, your second brother will come out."

Qin Qiong followed Li Shimin's path. He took Li Shimin to meet Shan Xiongxin. During this period, Shan Xiongxin expressed his loyalty to Li Shimin. The specific changes were not very simple, but they finally took the right path with Zhang Chao's guidance. With Li Shimin's reluctance, Shan Xiongxin finally had hope.

"Thank you, Uncle Bao."

"What kind of polite words do my brother say? Brother Shan is also my brother. I would like to thank Mr. Mao for his willingness to take Sanlang to Hebei this time."

Li Shiji smiled bitterly.

"When it comes to this, I feel helpless. Sanlang ran to Qinling Mountains. This kid would rather run to the mountains to hide than to follow me to Hebei. I have no choice." As he said that, he took out Zhang Chao's letter and showed it to Qin Qiong and others.

"But this kid is not simple. I don't know what his master, Master Sanzang, has taught him before, and he dares to give me some advice."

When Qin Qiong heard this, he couldn't help but get angry, "Brother Tie Gun is too indulgent to this kid. We kindly want to find him such a good opportunity to win a medal, but he still doesn't appreciate it, as if we are trying to harm him."

"This kid is really kind to treat it as a donkey's liver and lungs." Cheng Yaojin also cursed.

"Forget it, everyone has their own ambitions, so you can't force it." Li Shiji persuaded him a few times.

"When he comes back, I must teach him a lesson, and I will be lawless." Qin Shubao said.

Niu Xiu said, "Actually, it's easy to deal with Wen Yuan. You see, he's 210% old. He's not married yet, so he's going to be wild. Let's talk to him about a family marriage. Once he gets married, he will definitely be happy when he has a wife and has a bunch of children, and he will definitely be calm."

"This makes sense. It's really time to tell him that he's kissed. But, where is there a suitable one?"

Several dukes were discussing what kind of wife to find for Zhang Chao. They could not be ordinary peasant girls, and ordinary women were not worthy of Zhang Chao. They could not be any businesswoman women, as businessmen were a cheap business. It would be better to choose a landlord or a daughter of a gentry. The family is wealthy, and the girl must have some knowledge and a good character...

South of Bashang, Lantian.

In Lantian County, at the foot of the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, Zhang Chao had just left the house.

Last night, they arrived at a small villa at the foot of Qinling Mountain in Lantian. This village was Ke Wu's father-in-law's house. Ke Wu's wife was from the villa. Ke Wu's father-in-law was a herb collector and also planted some medicinal materials. Every year, he sent medicinal materials to Chang'an to sell. He and Ke Wu's father were old friends.

The Ke Wu family had many brothers, while the Ke Wu Zhangren had many daughters in the family. Later, Ke Wu's father and his father-in-law got married.

Ke Wu has really many sisters, with nine daughters. His father-in-law is also very famous in the local area because he not only gave birth to nine daughters, but also married five wives. He died after a few years of marrying one, and died after a few years of marrying the other. It was not until he married the fifth one that he finally lived together safely for more than 20 years.

Ke Wuzhangren's surname is Wang. He is over 60 years old, but he is very enthusiastic. Yesterday, he took out some dried game and dried mushrooms from his home to wait for the guests. Today, he personally served as a guide for Zhang Chao and others and took them to the mountains to hunt.

"Golang, this Saburo is so amazing?" Old Man Wang asked in a low voice while pulling his son-in-law to open the way.

"It's really amazing." Ke Wu replied.

Mr. Wang nodded. He married five wives and gave birth to nine daughters for him, and finally gave birth to a son.

Now this son is only eight or nine years old, and most of his nine daughters are married, but there are still three young people in the family who are not married.

When Mr. Wang saw Zhang Chao yesterday, he felt that this young man was very good, and he thought that he wanted to take Zhang Chao as his son-in-law.
Chapter completed!