When he saw Hao Ren in the past, what Lin Ziran saw was a shrewd and capable senior sergeant. Hao Ren's appearance was considered dignified and his body shape was normal. He usually looked like a dog even when wearing the military uniform of a scholar-official.
But now, Hao Ren's military uniform was not only dirty, but also had several big holes in it. His little round hat had gone somewhere, and his hair was messy and stained with mud.
When Hao Ren saw Lin Ziran coming over, he said loudly: "Thank you, Brother Lin, for the rescue. If Brother Lin hadn't arrived in time, I would have really fallen here!"
Perhaps sensing Lin Ziran's gaze, Hao Ren also explained: "The horse was frightened and fell into the ditch just now. This was really disgraceful and made Brother Lin laugh!"
Lin Ziran naturally didn't think it was a joke. He just felt that Hao Ren's image had changed a bit at first, and he couldn't get used to it because of his embarrassment. But after thinking about it carefully, he still admired this man.
In the face of an enemy attack and the friendly troops fleeing, he can still prevent the baggage troops from holding on for several hours and wait for reinforcements. This ability alone is worthy of his sergeant.
Therefore, Lin Ziran said: "As soon as I received the report from my subordinates, I immediately led the army to come to the rescue. The rescue was late, which made Brother Hao suffer."
Hao Ren said: "Haha, it's not painful at all. I'm just a little scared, but I'm finally safe now!"
Hao Ren was actually very unhappy with Luo Mazi under Lin Ziran. If Luo Mazi hadn't led his army to escape before, he wouldn't have been trapped in a tight siege. But having bad feelings for Luo Mazi didn't mean that he didn't have good feelings for Lin Ziran either.
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Just as Lin Ziran admired Hao Ren, Hao Ren also felt that Lin Ziran was actually quite good. He was cheerful, kept his word, and did not hesitate to save others. Even though several of his henchmen were wimps, especially that one
Luomazi.
I don’t know how Lin Ziran, such a shrewd person, could find such a bunch of unreliable subordinates.
Of course, this Luo Mazi is not his subordinate, so he will naturally ignore it.
Since Lin Ziran personally brought people to the rescue and did not cause too serious or irreparable losses, he would not openly quarrel with Lin Ziran, otherwise he would be even more worried next time if Lin Ziran refused to save her.
Feeling uncomfortable.
So Hao Ren thought for a while and said: "Brother Lin has led the army to help this time. I am very grateful. I will report to the regiment leader later to express my gratitude to Brother Lin!"
"I heard that Brother Lin recently went to the Hongxiang Trading Company to buy ordnance. Hao actually knows the people in this business. If you go to them to buy ordnance from them again, tell me and I will tell you.
The price should be less!”
When Lin Ziran heard what Hao Ren said, he also knew that Hao Ren didn't plan to care about Luo Mazi anymore, and also planned to continue to be on good terms with him. Naturally, he would not turn him away, and immediately said: "Brother Hao, you're welcome.
The matter of escorting the baggage is originally my responsibility, and it should be!"
"As for the ordnance, it would be better if Brother Hao could help."
Although I don't know what the relationship between Hao Ren and Hongxiang Trading Company is, since this person said so, it should be true. When he goes back to Hongxiang Trading Company to purchase ordnance, the price may be even cheaper.
Not counting the old bandits, his Qingshan patrol camp now only has more than 200 people. However, Lin Ziran has been thinking about continuing to expand, but he just doesn't have the money on hand. When he gets the money later, he will definitely continue to recruit people.
Purchasing ordnance expansion.
So for Hao Ren, regardless of whether he would need it in the future, Lin Ziran decided to take the next step.
Originally, Lin Ziran thought that reporting his merits and finding connections with Hongxiang Trading Company were benefits from Hao Ren, but he didn't expect that when the baggage team was preparing to set off, Hao Ren found Lin Ziran again and said to him:
"When the rebels attacked just now, they destroyed many of our carriages and burned a batch of baggage. It's really a pity!"
As Hao Ren spoke, he pointed to several carriages on the roadside. Lin Ziran took a look and saw several burned carriages and some supplies with traces of fire. However, beside these burned supplies, there were
There are still a lot of intact supplies.
Lin Ziran had already guessed something in his mind, but he was still a little unsure: "Brother Hao, is this?"
Hao Ren looked around, then lowered his voice and said: "These burned materials are of no use anymore, so they will be discarded directly later. But Brother Lin, you can ask your men to double them and see if they can be found."
Something that’s barely usable!”
Well, Lin Ziran now knows that this is the benefit Hao Ren gives.
And now Lin Ziran understood why Hao Ren had such a good reputation. He was recognized as a good old man, Jian Liangzhi had great trust in him, and his colleagues also spoke well of him.
You must know that it was because Luo Mazi led his men to escape that Hao Ren fell into a situation of siege. However, from the beginning to the end, Hao Ren never said anything about Luo Mazi, let alone the retreat of Luo Mazi. He just said thank you.
That’s all!
Lin Ziran likes this style of doing things!
Lin Ziran also pretended to nodded slightly at this time and said: "That's it, okay, I'll let the brothers look through it and see if they can find something that can still be used!"
After that, he waved his hand and asked Luo Mazi to lead the people to clean up the damaged carriages and burned materials.
Not long after, Luo Mazi walked up to Lin Ziran, with a hint of joy and lowered his voice and said: "You guys have seen it, there are 80 guns and a batch of ammunition, and there is also a batch of grain, canned food, and uniforms."
Waiting for various supplies, the market price is probably worth more than 2,000 yuan!"
Not to mention anything else, the price of the eighty Fuyuan muskets is about 1,600 to 700 yen based on the bulk purchase. With other materials included, it is not surprising that they are worth more than 2,000 yuan.
Lin Ziran nodded slightly: "Yes!"
Then he turned around and walked to Hao Ren who was organizing the baggage team to start heading north again and said:
"Brother Hao, thank you very much"
Hao Ren laughed: "It's just burned and damaged materials, not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!"
"But for the follow-up material escort, I shamelessly asked Brother Lin to escort him personally."
Although Hao Ren didn't plan to care too much, people like Luo Mazi really made him uneasy. He wanted Lin Ziran to personally lead the patrol battalion to escort the supplies.
Not to mention Hao Ren, Lin Ziran is not worried about Luo Mazi now. If he escapes a few more times in the future, he will probably be hurt. Lin Ziran therefore said: "Brother Hao, don't worry, the following baggage boys will personally lead the people."
Escort, as long as my patrol camp is here, there will never be any trouble!"
This conversation actually showed that the bunch of 'damaged' supplies that Hao Ren gave to Lin Ziran were not for nothing. He wanted Lin Ziran to personally escort them in the future. As for the people under Lin Ziran,
He couldn't believe Luo Mazi.
Just like the last time Jian Liangzhi gave him weapons and then asked him to escort the supplies, it was a transaction.
However, Hao Ren would not say that he would lose several truckloads of supplies every time he transported them. This time, he was attacked by the Guang'an rebels, so he just increased the number. Not only did he not lose money, but he also made more money.
After such an exchange, the relationship between Lin Ziran and Hao Ren sharply improved. In order to ease the relationship with Hao Ren and resolve the conflict, Lin Ziran even called Luo Mazi over and asked him to solemnly apologize to Hao Ren.
Of course, it doesn't mean to run away directly or something like that. This is too inappropriate and it's hard to report the battle. It means that the enemy's partial divisions were contained, and they quickly returned to Qingshan Town to request support, and then gathered the main force to repel the Guang'an rebels in one go.
military.
Hao Ren is also a smart man, and happily accepted this statement, and discussed it with Lin Ziran. The subsequent battle report was that the baggage train was suddenly attacked by hundreds of Guangna rebels. The baggage train was not afraid of danger and formed a defensive formation on the spot.
, and Lin Ziran immediately led the rescue after receiving the news, and finally defeated the Guang'an rebels by cooperating inside and outside.
Anyway, hello to you, hello to me, hello to everyone!