In the next few days, Cao Liang has been busy with the recruitment of soldiers, but the results are also quite significant, with the help of a cadre of officials in Hedong County, Cao Liang successfully completed the task of recruiting troops a few days ahead of schedule.

Because Cao Liang insisted on taking the route of elite soldiers, the soldiers recruited this time can be called high-quality, and a lot of soldiers who know how to ride and shoot have also been recruited, and the rest of the soldiers can be called strong and strong, Cao Liang is very satisfied with this recruitment.

In particular, a lot of craftsmen have been recruited, such as blacksmiths, stonemasons, carpenters, leathermen, doctors, etc., which are many and complete, and can completely cover various types of technical work, although these craftsmen have no place to use in the short term, but from a long-term perspective, Cao Liang's transaction is extremely cost-effective.

He recruited craftsmen as auxiliaries and incorporated them into the newly formed ordnance battalion. The salary of the auxiliary soldiers is higher than that of the regular soldiers, which is probably the only one in the world.

It is precisely because of Cao Liang's generous treatment that these craftsmen will rush to join the army.

This also makes many people red-eyed, the social positioning of the farmers and industrialists, so that they always think that the peasants have a higher status than the craftsmen, and now they have joined the army, they just get a lower salary than the craftsmen they look down on, so many people will inevitably have complaints.

An official fed back this question to Cao Liang, Cao Liang just smiled slightly, and said lightly: "What kind of soldiers to collect, what kind of salary to give, naturally according to the rules, no matter who has a skill, you can come to try, only if you meet the requirements, you can get double the salary." Otherwise, shut up. ”

The rules are naturally set by Cao Liang, if you want to enter Cao Liang's army, then you have to abide by Cao Liang's rules, this is very clear, there is no doubt that Cao Liang will not change his original intention because of other people's nonsense.

Deng Ai was in charge of training, and if these newly recruited soldiers were not systematically trained, they would not be able to form combat effectiveness, so Deng Ai's training was carried out from the very beginning, and after several days of training, it was still fruitful.

But it still takes a little time to really form combat effectiveness, Cao Liang is naturally very clear, but he is not ready to fully train the troops in Hedong before leaving, due to the relationship of time, Cao Liang must embark on the road to Bingzhou after more than 20 days, and can only hope to improve the combat effectiveness of the army in actual combat.

Since the recruitment is over, Cao Liang is waiting for the arrival of the fourth battalion of the Northern Army, and according to the calculation of time, the fourth battalion of the Northern Army should be about to arrive at this time.

However, the first to arrive was Ah Fu, the steward of the Gaoling Marquis Mansion, who personally escorted the convoy transporting money and grain to Anyi, all the way, but when he saw Cao Liang, he was full of smiles and was very happy.

After Cao Liang's letter was sent to the Gaoling Marquis Mansion, the Gaoling Marquis Mansion was busy, and Ah Fu was in charge of the production and sales of Wushisan, so the money and food that Cao Liang needed must have come from Ah Fu.

In order to ensure the safety of transportation on the road, Ah Fu led his family soldiers to escort him personally, and rushed from Luoyang to Anyi, fortunately, the distance from Luoyang to Anyi was not too far, even if it was a tiring journey, it only took five or six days for Ah Fu to arrive at Anyi.

Now Cao Liang's status in the Gaoling Marquis Mansion is high, his needs, it must be responsive, the Gaoling Marquis does not dare to give a discount at all, and fully cooperates, so although the Gaoling Marquis Mansion received the letter a little later than the imperial court, but the efficiency is concise and efficient, compared with the red tape of the imperial court procedures, it naturally saves a lot of trouble, so Ah Fu easily surpassed the imperial court's army and arrived at Anyi one step ahead.

Cao Liang is still very sure of Ah Fu's efficiency, and it seems to be a wiser choice to hand over the most profitable Wushi business to him.

Cao Liang has not been home for three or four months, since the expedition, he has been busy with military affairs, and he has not even had the opportunity to write a letter, but at that time there was a war in Hanzhong, the road was cut off, and even grain and grass could not be transported, even if Cao Liang wrote a letter, he could not deliver it back to Luoyang.

It wasn't until he arrived in Pubanjin that Cao Liang had the opportunity to write a letter to his family, and when he saw Ah Fu at this moment, he naturally had to inquire about the situation at home, the physical condition of his parents, and the situation of his wife Yang Huiyu.

Ah Fu replied one by one, the situation at home is fine, the old man Cao Yan is still running between the Hou Mansion and the military camp as always, and the time spent in the military camp is definitely much more than staying at home.

Madame's health is also very good, but she is worried about Cao Liang's safety, and she doesn't think about tea and dinner every day, until Cao Liang writes a handwritten letter to her family, and she is at ease.

As for the young lady, Ah Fu took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Cao Liang.

To tell the truth, Cao Liang is still full of guilt for Yang Huiyu, due to the tension of the war, he left Yang Huiyu on the tenth day of his wedding and went to Chang'an.

Cao Liang opened the letter, Yang Huiyu's handwriting was neat and beautiful, but there was no trace of the children's private feelings between the lines, she just said that everything was fine at home, and her parents were healthy, please rest assured that Cao Liang was a good man, and she would give her full support to Cao Liang in any matter, so that Cao Liang should not worry about his family.

At the end of the letter, Yang Huiyu told him that she was already pregnant, and she was very honored to inherit the incense for the Cao family, and she would do her best to take care of the child, so that Cao Liang would not be distracted by it. The uncle is young and reckless, please ask Cao Liang to take care of him.

Knowing this great news, Cao Xiandang was very happy, they just stayed together for ten days as a newlywed, but I didn't expect Yang Huiyu to really be pregnant, God bless, he Cao Liang is finally going to have his own child.

Yanghu walked over at this time, saw Cao Liang's smile on his face, and said in surprise: "Brother-in-law, why are you so happy?" ”

Cao Liang raised the letter in his hand and said, "Your sister's letter." ”

Yanghu's eyes lit up suddenly, and he immediately leaned forward and said, "My sister's letter? Did you mention me? ”

"Of course, your sister said that you were reckless and frivolous, and asked me to control you more." Cao Liang smiled and said.

Yanghu pouted dissatisfiedly and said, "That's it, she's still not my own sister?" ”

Cao Liang smiled and said, "Let me tell you a good news, you will soon be an uncle." ”

Yanghu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said happily: "Really, that's great!" ”