Su Hao didn't know how Xiao Ruxun and his wife arranged for him behind the scenes. He had no distracting thoughts in his mind and just followed the arrangements of the Ministry of War and the hints of Chen Dao, Jiang Tingfu and others.
After being stationed in Pinglu City, Su Hao divided the survey camp into dozens of groups and went to various parts of Ningxia Town to start surveying and mapping operations. The soldiers in the survey camp were trained according to the dual tasks of surveying, mapping and combat. Each soldier has both
Be able to master certain aspects of surveying and mapping business, and also have combat capabilities. Before departure, Deng Kui and Xu Guangzu gave secret instructions to the leaders of each group, telling them to keep a low profile and not attract the attention of the army. In addition, they should improve their skills.
Be vigilant and ready to respond to possible events.
Su Hao himself also went out with the surveying and mapping team to have a general understanding of the geographical environment around Ningxia Town, and then returned to Pinglu City. As the commander of the army, he could not leave for a long time, in case something happened
Things will be in trouble if the people below can't find him.
Su Hao was a time-traveler, but he didn't know whether Kuaibai had ever rebelled in history, let alone remembering the time when Kuaibai rebelled. What he could do was to strengthen defenses openly and covertly, while
They spread their intelligence network in order to obtain early warning information before an incident occurs.
The veteran Chen Guanyu has now become the full-time spy supervisor of the survey camp. Su Hao took a fancy to his ability to deceive and asked him to recruit a group of unscrupulous people who were outside the survey camp and specialized in various tasks.
Intelligence collection work. While handling the case in Runing, Chen Guanyu and his men learned a lot of secret information that could not be grasped through formal channels, which helped Su Hao a lot. This time when going to Ningxia, Su Hao will naturally not forget to use his skills
function.
Long before the Kanyu Camp arrived in Ningxia Town, Chen Guanyu had already sneaked into Ningxia City as a wandering Taoist priest. With his eloquent tongue, he quickly became a slightly famous figure, often visiting among officials.
, the general's home, helping people to survey Feng Shui and cut off good luck. Through this channel, Chen Guanyu mastered a lot of information about Ningxia City and surrounding forts, and secretly sent it to Pinglu City for Su Hao and others.
For decision-making purposes.
According to reports from Chen Guanyu and other spies under his command, the conflict between Kuai Bai and Ningxia Governor Dang Xin is intensifying, but Kuai Bai does not seem to have any intention of starting a rebellion immediately. In addition to the officers and soldiers of the Ningxia Guard, Kuai Bai's subordinates
, and the privately maintained armed "Cangtou Army". Chen Guanyu accepted several lower-level officers of the Cangtou Army as his registered disciples. Judging from the reports of these people, the daily training and other activities of the Cangtou Army
There are no abnormalities in the arrangements, which reflects that Kuaibai has not yet begun mobilizing for the rebellion.
Sometimes, Su Hao also wonders whether the concerns of Jiang Tingfu and the Ministry of War are just unfounded speculations. Since Kuaibai is of Tatar origin, it is inevitable that the Ministry of War will not trust him, which will lead to his every move being interpreted.
It is a sign of unruly behavior. In fact, there are discords between the military and the administration in various places. Not all conflicts will lead to mutiny.
The surveying and mapping work of Zheyu camp is proceeding in an orderly manner. Surveying and mapping data are constantly sent from the scene. The female embroidery workers led by Yuan Yamei continue to embroider contour maps on white silk based on these surveying and mapping data. So far,
Su Hao has yet to find an ink that can effectively prevent scattering, so this method of embroidering pictures on white silk can only continue. Most of these embroiderers brought from Fengcheng and Huai'an are with Kanyuying
The officer in the army got married, which can be considered as a solution to the worries.
The days passed by day by day, and the life in Pinglu City was very monotonous and poor. The military households in Qianhusuo relied on farming and had no extra income, so the business in Pinglu City could not develop. The city was passable.
There is only one restaurant, which mainly serves the officers in the city. Su Hao took his staff there several times, and every time he met some familiar faces. The cuisine in the northwest was not suitable for Su Hao and Cheng Yi.
Due to the taste of southerners, and the fact that this is the only place to eat, everyone feels tired of it after eating it a few times, so they just go to the market to buy vegetables every day and cook it themselves when they come back.
"Look, there are fresh leeks. Let's buy some and make dumplings to eat?"
On this day, Su Hao and Li Zhi were accompanying Cheng Yi, and Song Ling was shopping for vegetables on the street. When she saw green leeks on a stall, she couldn't help shouting with joy.
Cheng Yi knew that Su Hao also liked to eat dumplings stuffed with chives, so he approached the vegetable vendor to inquire about the price. The vendor startled Cheng Yi: "What, one pound costs 300 Wen!"
"Why don't you go grab the money!" The singer was also annoyed. In the south, a pound of leeks costs more than ten cents, but here it has increased 20 times. How is it different from grabbing money? The singer is the eldest lady in Nanjing.
With his background, even officers and soldiers would dare to rob him, so how could he be willing to suffer such a disadvantage?
The vendor sneered and said: "300 taels of silver is too expensive? I also told you that this is the last crop. After this crop is sold, you can't even buy one or two leeks in Pinglu City for 3 taels of silver."
"Your leeks are raised with gold!" the singer said unforgivingly.
Li Zhi was well-informed and said to the singer: "Singer, the land here is arid and the climate is cold. The price of vegetables cannot be compared with that of the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. Since this dear friend said that 300 Wen per pound is too expensive for us, we won't eat it.
Forget it, why bother arguing with others?"
"It's really too expensive!" Song Ling also knew that what Li Zhi said was right. She and Cheng Yi went shopping in the city on weekdays and had already seen the prices of vegetables here, but the 300 yuan per pound of leeks exceeded the price.
It was just her imagination. She looked at the leeks, swallowed her saliva, and said, "It's so expensive, so I won't buy it. You can keep it for yourself!"
Several people turned around and were about to leave, when a local man came up to inquire about the price of leeks. The vendor opened his mouth and quoted a price of 150 yuan per catty. Su Hao and others heard this very clearly.
"Let me tell you, how much do your leeks cost per pound?" The singer had already taken two steps away, but now she rushed back with eyes wide open and said angrily to the vendor.
The hawker said calmly: "Selling to locals, 150 Wen; selling to you, etc., 300 Wen."
"Why!" the singer asked accusingly, "do you still have the right to bully foreigners?"
Su Hao and Li Zhi looked at each other and felt that this hawker had gone too far. It was not surprising to bully foreigners, but to blatantly say this and look calm was unacceptable.
Su Hao raised his fist to the hawker and said, "Brother, I don't understand why the price of leeks doubled when you sell them to us outsiders?"
The hawker said: "Pinglu City is only a small place with not many products. In these days, the price of everything outside the city has increased. Isn't it thanks to you foreigners? Why don't my leeks cost more?"
, what should I use to buy oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar?”
This is called disturbing the people... Su Hao felt a little ashamed in his heart. As a forward fortress, Pinglu City had enough food stored in the official warehouse. Kanyu camp spent money to buy food, which would not cause fluctuations in food prices. However,
Non-staple foods such as vegetables, beef and mutton, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar can only be supplied locally. More than 2,000 people have been charged out of thin air, and the prices of these commodities have naturally risen. The lives of local people have been affected, and for them,
It is normal for guest troops to have opinions.
"Brother, I came to Pinglu City to carry out errands under the orders of the imperial court. Although the prices of various things have increased because of us, a vegetable vendor like you has also made more money.
Really? Why do you blame us?" Su Hao asked.
The hawker pointed at Cheng Yi and Singing and said to Su Hao: "I don't know what kind of general you are, but there are quite a few generals coming and going in Pinglu City. You said you were here on errands, so why don't you bring this with you?"
What’s going on with the beautiful wife and concubine?”
"Who is this lovely wife and concubine? Be careful what you say!" Singing shouted loudly. She stayed in the camp to take care of Li Zhi. Being called a concubine for no reason made her very upset.
.
Cheng Yi's identity is even more embarrassing. She is considered a staff member of the survey camp. But because Su Hao couldn't bear to let her live with the female soldiers, she has been living in Su Hao's house since Runing. She is most afraid of
What's more, she didn't know when she had an inexplicable feeling for Su Hao, so she didn't dare to listen to such speculation. The vendor and the singer were Su Hao's
Such a beautiful wife and concubine, her face suddenly turned red to her neck.
"Brother, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense. These two women are both sergeants in my camp, and they are both girls who have not yet left the government. You can't destroy people's reputation like this." Su Hao lowered his face and said to
The hawker said.
The hawker didn't know if he had taken the wrong medicine. When Su Hao said this, he not only didn't shut up, but sneered: "These two are the sergeants in the camp? They must be the sergeants in your red tent, right? If
Why is this woman blushing if she wasn't fooled by the villain?"
"You..." Cheng Yi was embarrassed and angry, and glared at the vendor.
"Do you dare to say that you don't have some intimate affair with this gentleman?" the hawker said, getting excited and squeezing his neck.
Su Hao's eyes widened and he shouted: "Shut up! If you keep talking nonsense, don't blame me for being rude!"
"Hey, how dare you hit someone in Pinglu City?" The vendor pointed at his face, "If you dare, hit me here, and I'll blink..."
"Snapped!"
Before the hawker finished speaking, Su Hao really took action. The words the hawker said to Cheng Yi were already considered naked insults. Su Hao had already held back his breath. Now that he saw that the hawker was so emboldened and openly challenged him, Su Hao would not take action again.
, it was like being slapped in the face by a hawker. He remembered that Xiao Ruxun had threatened him when he first arrived in Pinglu City, and now he was not even taken seriously by a vegetable hawker. If he didn't show anything,
In the future, the border troops in Pinglu City will not ride on him and Kanyu Camp?
With Xiao Ruxun's previous attitude, Su Hao knew that if he personally started a fight on the street, he would definitely cause a lot of trouble. But Su Hao was determined to test Xiao Ruxun's reaction, and some
If something needs to be done, you must do it, otherwise you will be looked down upon forever. (To be continued.)