The seat of Hanoi County is in Huai County. It is located between the beautiful foothills and rivers. The city is not large in scale, but it is built in a very orderly manner. On the road near Huai County, pottery merchants saw it in the fields and countryside.
There are a very large number of livestock, including cattle, horses, sheep...all kinds of small animals.
Bao Xin told the pottery merchant that compared to other counties in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Hanoi did have more livestock, but most of them belonged to the private property of local aristocratic families.
There are many prominent families in Hanoi, the most influential of which is the Ping family in Binh Yi, which is derived from the surname Ji. Its ancestor was Han Aihou, the Korean king during the Warring States Period. Later, it was passed down to the present day and uses the name of the feudal town as its surname.
After the Ping family in Pingyi, there were the Li family in Yewang County, the Sima family in Wen County, etc.
Among the famous families mentioned by Bao Xin, the one that attracted the most attention from pottery merchants was undoubtedly the Sima family in Wen County!
I don’t know if I will have a chance to meet the Sima family in Hanoi this time... But the Sima Yi who looked down upon the wolf should be only about ten years old now, six or seven years younger than himself.
Years old, it is probably impossible to see him. After all, no matter how shameless the pottery merchant is, he can't just run to Sima's house and say that he wants to see if your boy has a traitorous look.
Time flies, and before you know it, Xuzhou Army and Bao Xin Army have already arrived in Huai County, and Hanoi Prefect Wang Kuang also very politely went out of the city to greet them in person.
Tao Shang met Wang Kuang in the Dong League. He was not very impressed and did not say a few words. The main reason was that Wang Kuang was not a surprising person. He was neither handsome nor ugly. He wanted to be impressed by him.
It's not an easy task either.
However, there was a person next to Wang Kuang today who caught the potter's attention. This person was wearing a dark brown robe. He was strong but not impressive in appearance. He had a few long beards on his chin. His face was upright and kind. At first glance, he looked like that.
A kind of person who works meticulously and skillfully.
What really attracted the attention of the pottery merchant was not his appearance and temperament, but the name Wang Kuang gave when introducing him to the pottery merchant and Bao Xin: "Han Hao, a businessman in Hanoi."
Han Hao is a native of Hanoi. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Han Hao gathered his followers to protect the county. His reputation was spread because of this incident. After Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi, took office, he recruited Han Hao to serve because of his reputation. In the early days of the alliance, he ordered
He led his troops to help resist Dong Zhuo in Mengjin.
Dong Zhuo also heard about Han Hao's name, and deliberately caught Han Hao's uncle Du Yang to surrender to lure Han Hao, but Han Hao refused, thus becoming even more famous.
After losing his uncle and gaining fame, Han Hao didn't know if this business was worth it or not.
According to history, after Wang Kuang's death, Xiahou Dun heard about Han Hao's name and came to meet him in person. He was deeply impressed by his talent and made Han Hao his general.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, stars gathered together and talented people emerged in large numbers. Han Hao's story is not familiar, but in fact, after joining Cao Cao's camp, this man made an indelible contribution to the early accumulation of strength of the Cao Wei Group.
Han Hao's first great achievement was in the first year of Xingping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Lu Bu attacked Yanzhou and fought with Xiahou Dun. Lu Bu once sent people to Xiahou Dun's camp to feign surrender and took the opportunity to kidnap Xiahou Dun!
That's right, don't doubt it. In the late Han Dynasty, there were many cases of heroes fighting for hegemony, assassins, assassinations, and hijackings. It was not like the modern people imagine that they only relied on frontal battles on the battlefield.
Many modern people think that high-ranking people in ancient times would not be easily defeated by such little tricks. In fact, many high-ranking officials and generals were killed by such little tricks. Ancient defense had no technological component, and the success rate of assassinations and kidnappings was very high.
high.
After Xiahou Dun was kidnapped, Han Hao led his troops to the camp. He first calmed down the chaos, and then angrily scolded the army for pretending to surrender: "You are so rebellious that you dare to take General Xiahou as a hostage. Don't you want to live? Besides, I am still alive."
You are on a mission to defeat the rebels, am I going to let you do whatever you want just because of a general?"
After saying this, Han Hao cried to Xiahou Dun again: "The national law is such, I have to do this!" He immediately summoned soldiers to attack the hijackers. The hijackers were so frightened that they kowtowed repeatedly and said, "We only ask for travel expenses, let us go."
Let's go back!" Han Hao denounced the behavior of the hijackers and killed them all.
What Han Hao did was widely rumored at the time. Even Cao Cao praised his actions, calling his method the best for all ages, and issued an order that in the future, anyone who takes hostages can be eliminated together with the hostages.
, don’t worry about the hostages.
However, the matter handled by Han Hao was very questionable in the eyes of the pottery merchant, as it involved a lot of luck.
Cao Cao praised Han Hao because he saved the hostage, so he did it as an afterthought!
The main person who was kidnapped that day was Xiahou Dun. If Cao Cao himself had been kidnapped, Han Hao would have killed him along with the hostages. It is estimated that the eight heads would not be enough for Cao Cao to chop off afterward.
In addition, there are also the men sent by Lu Bu to take hostages... People who do this kind of thing usually have a narrow escape. They must choose loyal soldiers who have the spirit of accepting death as home! Either help these killers deal with their posthumous affairs in advance, or make promises
After the assassin died, he treated his family well or took his family as hostage...
But Lu Bu obviously didn't arrange these preliminary tasks. The people sent to kidnap Xiahou Dun were all on a whim. After they succeeded, they were frightened by Han Haoyi and actually let the hostages kneel and kowtow, and asked Han Hao to give them travel expenses home?
Please be assassins, okay? Since you robbed the meat tickets, you have no way out! When things come to a close, even tearing up the tickets is better than kneeling down and begging for mercy, right? Will you be able to survive after letting him go?
The pottery merchant was very curious about how much effort Lu Bu spent in history to select these "excellent" talents from the vast sea of people.
The second major thing Han Hao did for the Cao Wei Group was to jointly propose the farming system to Cao Cao with Zao Zhi. He was one of the initiators of the farming system, and personally participated in the formulation of the farming regulations, assisted Zao Zhi in farming, and solved the problem for Cao Cao.
The long-standing food problem.
Compared to Han Hao who rescued Xiahou Dun from the assassin like a blind cat trying to kill a mouse, Tao Shang was more interested in Han Hao's participation in farming.
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Outside the city of Huai County, Wang Kuang welcomed Bao Xin and Tao Shang very warmly: "Unexpectedly, as soon as the alliance broke up and the princes returned to their respective territories, not long after, Yuncheng and Mr. Tao came to Wang's jurisdiction.
The county is small and the reception is not good, so please don't say anything against Wang."
Bao Xin got off his horse, raised his hand to Wang Kuang, and said, "What are you talking about on a public holiday? We are both serving the country, so why should we distinguish each other?"
Wang Kuang laughed loudly, shook his head and said: "Yuncheng's concern for the country and the people has really not changed at all."
After saying that, he turned to look at Tao Shang and said: "Master Tao is young, but everything he says and does is an act of loyalty to the country, which is really admirable... Yuan Benchu wrote to me, saying
Mr. Tao took the initiative to ask for help to defeat the Baibo bandits. Mr. Zhuo helped him a lot. Mr. Tao has such ambitions at such a young age... He is a true husband!"
Tao Shang smiled slightly and said: "Since Mr. Wang Fu said so, I am not polite. I will probably have a lot of things to trouble you this time."
Wang Kuang said with a smile: "That's right. When they arrived in Hanoi County, Yuncheng and Mr. Tao regarded it as their home. The longer they stayed, the happier Mr. Wang would be."
He said this unintentionally, but Tao Shang curled his lips when he heard it... The longer he stayed, the more unfavorable it would be for the conquest of the Baibo Army? I don't know how Wang Fujun came up with these kind words.
The merchant Tao forced a smile and said, "Master Wangfu, Mr. Tao also brought two of your old friends. I wonder if you would like to meet them?"
Wang Kuang was startled when he heard this. He didn't react for a while. He didn't know how the pottery merchant had two more friends of his.
When they were confused, they saw behind the pottery merchant and Bao Xin, the curtain of the large carriage was opened by someone, and an old man with white hair and beard stepped out half of the carriage and said to Wang Kuang: "Mr.
Festival, do you still remember me?"
When Wang Kuang saw this man, he suddenly understood and said hurriedly: "Wang Wang once served in the capital in the past, how could he not recognize Lord Situ... Oh! I remember, among the dozens of ministers, Wang Situ and Huangfu are going to
Live in the land of Xuzhou! Why didn’t you two go back to Xuzhou and came to Hanoi with Mr. Tao?”
Wang Yun laughed and said: "It's a long story. I'll let Mr. Tao tell you slowly when I get the chance. Anyway, he likes to quarrel with others the most... By the way, among the ministers of the court and ministers, those who live in your Hanoi,
Who is coming?"
Wang Kuang said hurriedly: "Ben Chu sent Wang Kuang to settle down the chief minister Nong Zhou Zhong and the guard Zhang Xi. Kuang then ordered people to invite the two ministers to the prefect's mansion and hold a banquet so that Master Situ and
Mr. Huangfu talked with the two of them about old times."
Seeing that Wang Kuang was so sensible, Wang Yun couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.
On the way into the city, there were two seniors, Wang Yun and Huangfu Song, so Wang Kuang ignored the pottery merchants and just rode his horse in front of the carriages of the two ministers and chatted with them.
The person who accompanied the pottery merchant happened to be Han Hao, who was very interested in the pottery business.
"Han is now under the command of Prefect Wang. What political affairs are he specifically responsible for?" The pottery merchant began to get close to Han Haola.
Han Hao rolled his beard with his fingers and said with a smile: "Although I am engaged in military affairs, I help you with all the military and political affairs. The most elite unit under your command is the Taishan Army, which is also the army of Prince Fujun's hometown soldiers."
!However, in the previous battle with Dong Zhuo, we suffered a lot of losses. Now there are only three thousand soldiers left, and I will train them on my behalf."
The pottery merchant couldn't help being surprised when he heard this: "The strongest troops and horses under the command of Wang Taishou turned out to be commanded by Han Zheng, which is disrespectful and disrespectful! Presumably Han Zhi was in Hanoi, and he must be the second-ranking figure in the army besides Wang Fujun?
"
Han Hao waved his hands modestly and said: "Don't dare! Don't dare! Mr. Tao's words of praise are too serious. Hao is just training Taishan soldiers for the prefect. To put it more bluntly, he is just looking after the home and nursing home... In fact,
, Hao’s main duties in Hanoi County are to properly arrange the fields, plant grains, reduce famine, and also have the responsibility of formulating and collecting taxes.”