In the plain private room of the restaurant, there was a wine table, and the lights on the wall flickered, illuminating everything in the private room.
Su Lu picked up some food and wine with chopsticks. After taking a bite, he shook his head and said:
"Mr. Yu, although I have the reputation of being the head of the martial arts hall, you also know that I rarely interfere in lectures and daily affairs. It is not my style to assign people so rashly."
Yu Wei smiled bitterly:
"Your Majesty, you saw the stone rail line being built with your own eyes. Although more and more miles have been built, more and more damage has been done to it. Without a dedicated military guard, something will happen to this stone rail line sooner or later.
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"Yes"
The door of the private room rang. Lu Zhan poked his head in and asked with a smile:
"Your Majesty, Mr. Yu, General Cao has arrived and wants to see you."
Yu Wei became nervous after hearing this. What was Cao Hua doing here? She had recently been awarded a medal, and the key was to become the Commander-in-Chief of the Cangwu Army in the Southern Border. What does Cangwu City have?
If she comes to ask for someone, and the prince gives it to me, then I can get even fewer people.
The door was pushed open, and Cao Hua, dressed in a scholar's robe, came in with a smile, saluted the two of them, and sat down on the side.
Su Lu asked and said:
"When did you come back? In the past few days, I have been conferring honors. I have nothing to do. Are you satisfied with this promotion?"
Cao Hua smiled and said:
"Master clearly knows that this disciple has no idea about these things. As long as I can do the things master arranges well, I will be very satisfied."
"I was eating downstairs just now, and some students from the martial arts hall were making trouble. When Zhao Ning was dealing with those students, he saw your guards before he could see you."
Yu Wei hurriedly interrupted Cao Hua and said hurriedly:
"Let's make an agreement first. Your Majesty, I want the people first. The Ministry of Works is also willing to take those troublemaking students."
Cao Hua glanced at Yu Wei in astonishment. He didn't expect that the old minister also wanted people. It seemed that he had defeated the Three Kingdoms in one fell swoop. There was a shortage of talents everywhere in the court. "
Su Lu ignored Yu Wei and asked Cao Hua:
"Cangwu City is located on the bank of the Huai River. From now on, it will be positioned not only as an important town for the imperial court to guard the southern border, but also as a north-south thoroughfare connecting the north and the south. If you want someone, just choose it from the Martial Arts Hall."
Yu Wei's beard stood up in anger, the prince was too partial, he was so generous to his apprentice, and treated the Ministry of Industry like a stepmother.
Cao Hua glanced at the sour-faced Yu Wei next to him and said with a smile:
"People are definitely needed. Since Lin Gang and Ningyun took away five hundred elites, thousands more soldiers were borrowed by Dingxiang Guards one after another. We are very short of people in Cangwu City."
"But seeing that you are so short of people, I don't want to go too far. Just give me a hundred students who graduated from the martial arts hall this year."
"no."
Yu Wei pulled up his stool and stood up, his face turned blue.
"One hundred people. I'm talking about General Cao. It's not like you haven't presided over the affairs of the Jiangwu Hall. How many people can graduate from the Jiangwu Hall in one year? There are less than 300 people in total. Going north and west, the water army and the bird soldiers,
No one wants that place."
"If you leave half of it at once, how can I ask the prince for someone else? If it doesn't happen, it won't happen."
Su Lu shook his head, signaled the others to calm down, and explained to him:
"Let's do this, Mr. Yu. I will assign you a few students. Be patient and don't be impatient. Let me finish my words."
"For the students who graduated from the Capital University this year, I have the final say and will give you fifty. For the soldiers who have retired from the army, I promise to give you a batch every year from now on, so that you can form a stone rail army and be responsible for the protection of the stone rail.
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Hearing this, the rest of the group's faces brightened slightly, and they asked with some uncertainty:
"Are these people useful enough?"
Cao Hua smiled and said:
"They are all elites who have fought many battles and have seen bloodshed. Protecting a stone track and frightening the unruly people along the line is not a piece of cake. As long as the trainees assigned to the Ministry of Industry have some potential, they must do their job well.
Son, nothing will happen to the stone rail line."
Hearing this, Yu Wei felt relieved and asked Cao Hua with a smile:
"General, how long do you plan to stay when you return to the capital this time? You must know that you have been leading the army for many years, and the Cao family cannot benefit from you, so they are becoming more and more dissatisfied with you."
Upon hearing this, Cao Hua picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all in one gulp. His wheat-colored cheeks were slightly red, and his eyes shone with a strange luster:
"The Cao family is where I am. The Cao family is in such a mess that there is no longer any need to exist."
Saying this, Cao Hua dropped his wine glass, stood up and walked out:
"Master, I'm too drunk to drink, so I'll take my leave first."
Yu Wei looked at Cao Hua's shaking back and said jokingly:
"General Cao leads thousands of troops, and among the thousands of troops, there is no one who has ever blushed. How come he blushes after drinking a glass of wine?"
Cao Hua had already walked to the door and supported Cao Yun who was coming towards him. With his heart at ease, he answered with a smile:
"Drinking is not my thing, fighting is what I am good at."
As he spoke, Cao Hua's voice gradually became softer and finally turned into a whisper, and his whole body fell limply on Cao Yun's arm.
Su Lu smiled, shook his head, and said:
"Gao Dabao, take a few guards with you and follow Cao Yun to protect the general back to his mansion. Go back to her new mansion, which is occupied by some old men from the Cao family. Drive everyone out and say
I said, whoever dares to mess with my apprentice, I will take his head."
Gao Dabao responded with a hey and followed Cao Yun and Zhao Ning downstairs.
Yu Wei stood up, holding on to the railing, looking at the group of Cao Hua's personal guards who were noisy because of Cao Hua in the hall on the first floor, and said in a worried tone:
"My lord, if you do this, it is like putting the general on the fire. The Cao family will definitely not be able to tolerate General Cao. The power of the Cao family that she could borrow in the past will not be available in the future.
Already."
Su Lu picked up the wine glass, drank it clean, and said with a smile:
"Who is the Cao family? If it weren't for Cao Hua, I would have uprooted them long ago."
"If they know death this time, that's okay. If they seek death themselves, then I don't mind sending them to meet the ancestors of the Cao family."
Yu Wei clicked his tongue and said:
"Your Majesty, the Cao family is a famous family after all, and the general can still draw on a lot of influence."
Su Lu looked at Cao Hua who was being carried on Cao Yun's back, and the sight of the little girl with a tanned face who was stubbornly walking in the army when he was fighting in the Northland reappeared in his eyes.
Now, she is already a capable general on her own.
"Yu Gong, you are wrong. The Cao family is not a famous family."
"Cao Hua is the one who belongs to a famous family."
Yu Wei shook his head, but after a moment, the shaking of the head turned into a nod, and his tone was full of hesitation:
"A person is from a famous family?"
"Your Majesty's statement seems to be correct, no! Your Majesty is right. Where the general is, he belongs to a distinguished family."
"One person can do it, one family can do it, and one clan can do it."
Yu Wei looked at Cao Hua's back, his cheeks filled with admiration:
"As expected of a general who knows how to fight, one person is a clan."
