Gao Di really said the truth, and he rushed to Wei Bao to tell Li Rusong about the old past so long ago, and Gao Di was sure that Wei Bao did have a lot of research on military affairs.

As for Wei Bao's financial resources, Gao Di did not have the slightest doubt, knowing that Wei Bao could win the local army of tens of thousands in Shandong this time, relying on silver.

This made Gao Di even more interested in befriending Wei Bao.

I felt that I spent a pair of military towns worth more than 100,000 taels in exchange for friendship with Wei Bao, and this pair of Golden Lion paperweights was really worth the money.

"It's all shallow, I believe that Gao is also familiar with the military, I say this, I want to show my heart to Gao Daren, I and Gao Daren are standing together, a relationship of glory and loss! As for my mentor, in my opinion, my mentor still pays less attention to the rights and wrongs of human feelings. offended nine thousand years old, even if he was forced to stay in office, it would be thankless. Besides, Liaodong is a thankless place, it is better to take advantage of the prestige to reach the peak, the rapids retreat, if you are interested in the future, when you come back, you will still be a pillar of optimus! Wei Bao said.

Gao Di nodded approvingly: "What Master Wei said is good, what he said is really good!" It would be better if Master Sun could figure it out. Indeed, if Lord Sun retires now, the entire Ming Dynasty will be retained, and the court will have to use Lord Sun again in the future, how beautiful is it? Knowing this, I said that it is inappropriate, I am afraid that only Master Wei can persuade Inspector Sun in private. ”

"Actually, it's not appropriate for me to say this kind of thing, after all, I am a junior, a student, and a disciple." Wei Bao shook his head and said: "Yes, Inspector Sun's prestige, except for Your Majesty, I'm afraid there is no status above Inspector Sun, I can only give it a try at that time." ”

Gaudí was overjoyed when he heard this: "Then there is Master Lauwe." ”

"By the way, there is one more thing, Lord Gao, I want to marry the daughter of Wu Xiang in Liaoxi, and I will have a wedding banquet in the next few days, so I would like to ask you and a few grand dukes to go to Liaoxi with me as soon as possible, so that I can also show more face." Wei Bao Road.

"Oh? Didn't Master Wei just marry the daughter of Grandpa Guo? Are you going to marry again so soon? Gao Di was a little surprised when he heard this: "Won't Grandpa Guo be unhappy when he knows?" ”

"No, my father-in-law is very good to me, and I told him too." Wei Bao smiled: "My lady will go to Liaoxi to attend in person." Originally, I knew Wu Xiang's daughter in front and Guogongfu in the back, so I couldn't bear the daughter of the Wu family. ”

Gao Di nodded, agreeing with Wei Bao's point of view, and admired Wei Bao for getting along so well with the British duke, this kind of concubine is on the occasion of the new marriage, not to mention the British government, even ordinary big families will not be happy, and Wei Bao can also take the daughter of the prince to Liaoxi, how capable is this?

"This is easy to do, when I have a treat tomorrow, I will tell a few grand dukes, it doesn't matter when they leave, it mainly depends on the two of us." Gao Di smiled: "Do you know why the imperial court sends several eunuchs to serve as eunuchs every time?" First, they are afraid that there is something going on below, and the court and His Majesty do not know, and second, they are afraid that the army will not be able to control it. In the end, I am afraid that if only one eunuch is sent, the benefits will be taken by one eunuch, so three or four eunuchs are usually sent. In such an important place as Liaodong, three big eunuchs were sent! They know that there is no oil and water in Liaodong, not to mention the three big eunuchs, even the big eunuchs are not willing to go, who doesn't want to go to those important towns in the south of the Yangtze River to get oil and water? Therefore, the big eunuchs don't care when they go to Liaodong, it all depends on the two of us. ”

Wei Bao sighed, who doesn't know these things? However, Wei Bao knew that Gao Di had nothing to say, and used the secrets that everyone knew were not secrets to appear close to him.

Then the two of them chatted for a while, and expressed to each other that they must cooperate well before reluctantly saying goodbye.

The next day, Wei Bao and Gao Di accompanied the three eunuchs to drink and eat at noon and evening.

When the three eunuchs heard that Wei Bao was in a hurry to go to Liaoxi to marry, they agreed immediately.

In order to show that he had a good relationship with the emperor, Liu Chao also volunteered to ask for a canonization for Wu Xiang and Wu Xiang's wife, so that Wei Bao would have face in front of the other party.

In fact, Wei Bao didn't care about these things, Wei Bao knew that the Wu family didn't attach much importance to the canonization of the imperial court, they were frontier clans, and what they cared about most was the land and people under them, and the false name of the imperial court was useless to them.

And with the relationship between Wei Bao and the emperor, if Wei Bao opened this mouth in person, the emperor would definitely agree.

But since Liu Chao volunteered, Wei Bao still thanked him and sent thousands of taels of silver to express his gratitude.

provoked Hu Liangfu and Ji Yong to secretly regret that they didn't react as fast as Liu Chao, and they should take the initiative to help Wei Bao do this.

Wei Bao's reputation in the palace is too high now, because unlike the outside world, the outside world can't figure out the relationship between Wei Bao and Wei Zhongxian, and only thinks that Wei Bao is an official close to the Wei family, and he will not treat Wei Bao as a hardcore eunuch.

And the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace regard Wei Bao as a hardcore eunuch, and the people around Wei Zhongxian almost know that Wei Bao and Wei Zhongxian have a very close relationship.

Being close to Wei Zhongxian is equivalent to being close to the emperor, and Wei Bao is generous, which eunuch doesn't want to do things for Wei Bao?

Those who can't grab it will regret it.

One day later, Wei Bao and Gao Di, as well as three great eunuchs, set off with their people.

There were more than 100 people in the group.

Gao Di brought a few clerks, as well as a family member, and then a team of soldiers from the army. There are more than 30 people in total.

The three big eunuchs with a dozen or so small eunuchs, as well as a team of servants from Dongchang, were also more than 30 people.

Wei Bao has the most people, and Wei Bao brings personal guards with him, all dressed up as writers, a total of 100 people!

Not only that, behind these more than 100 people, there are also Zhang Meiyuan, Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya, Princess Zhenming, Yang Xue and Xiong Xin'er, the people in the president's secretariat where they are located, and the clerks under the president's secretariat who are serving as writers, there are more than 300 people, in addition to a large number of people from the Tiandihui Statistics Department and the president's guard who are secretly protecting, and there are thousands of these people!

In order not to be exaggerated, the group either hid in the shadows or dragged behind.

The speed of the procession was very slow, the eunuchs were pampered, and the physical defects could not be bumped, so they walked slowly and steadily.

It took two days to just walk to Qian'an, and even Yongping Mansion has not yet arrived.

Qian'an is the closest military camp to Jiliao in western Liaoning, and Wei Bao proposed to Gao Di and the three great eunuchs to go to Jiliao's military camp to have a look.

Originally, this was a very reasonable request, Gao Di said that it was the strategy of Liaodong, but in fact, it was also the strategy of Jiliao, his position coincided with Sun Chengzong, in fact, the scope of power was the same, and these military camps were already under his command.

But Gao Di was puzzled: "I'm afraid this is inappropriate, right?" I'm afraid that Inspector Sun will be unhappy when he knows it, so it's better to speed up his journey a little and arrive at Yongping Mansion before the time comes, and it is most appropriate to rest there. If you feel tired, you can rest for two days in Yongping Mansion and then go to Shanhaiguan. ”

"Hey, since they're all here, it's still dusk, wouldn't it be better to look at the barracks, and then enjoy the scenery here, and eat some wine, vegetables and fruits? I'm afraid that a few grand dukes will be tired. Wei Bao laughed.

Liu Chao nodded and said, "Yes, isn't Jiliao's military camp the territory of Lord Gao?" Lord Wei is also the eunuch of the imperial gift, let's not say that we should take care of them, even if a few people in our family are just eunuchs who come to do business, they don't dare not accept them. ”

The eunuchs are better in the capital, not to mention being a man with their heads between their heads, anyway, they are a little more restrained, after all, there are too many officials in the capital, who knows which one will stab the cabinet basket, or it is possible to directly stab Lou Zi to which imperial relatives or His Majesty.

But once they got out of the capital, the eunuchs were very arrogant one by one, and they were used to putting on a score.

Because it has been suppressed in the capital for too long.

In addition, foreign officials, at the top, are governors, governors, political envoys, and general soldiers, and then they are officials of prefectures and counties, or officials of health centers, so they will not be able to get on the stage.

These people, what are they in front of these great eunuchs who can see the emperor?

In the eyes of the big eunuchs, anyone who is not a Beijing official, no matter how big he is, he also has a superior in Beijing, which is nothing.

Gao Di heard Liu Chaodu say this, so he could only agree.

Then Gao Di sent people to pass on the battalion officers who were guarding Qian'an.

Qian'an is a very orthodox border city, almost all of them are stationed with soldiers and horses, and there are few ordinary people.

Every time Wei Bao comes and goes to the capital, he doesn't like to take the official road of Qian'an, and there are Jiliao's barracks all the way, and there are too many checks.

Wei Bao likes to walk under Yongping Mansion, close to Hejian Mansion, and quickly move over.

The gate officer guarding the Qian'an camp saw the name of Jiliao Jing slightly higher, and did not dare to slack off, so he hurriedly went to inform the guard, the guerrilla general Cao Wenzhao!

Wei Bao has a certain understanding of Cao Wenzhao, Cao Wenzhao is a native of Datong, Shanxi, and belongs to the native Jiliao people, whether it is a hereditary soldier I don't know, if so, it is also the lowest one, because Cao Wenzhao is a general who has been promoted by military merits, not a hereditary general.

Cao Wenzhao's courage and wisdom were famous in the late Ming Dynasty, if there is a ranking, not counting Confucian generals, just counting military generals, Cao Wenzhao should be able to rank first in the late Ming Dynasty, with courage comparable to Lu Bu.

Cao Wenzhao was a general during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, known as the first good general, and the rear officer was the chief soldier.

He made outstanding contributions in the war to suppress the peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty. In the eighth year of Chongzhen, in 1635, he committed suicide due to the defeat of the outnumbered soldiers in the battle of Hutou Town.

After his death, the Ming Dynasty posthumously awarded him the title of Prince Taibao and Zuo Dudu.

Cao Wenzhao served in the army in Liaodong in his early years, and served Xiong Tingbi and Sun Chengzong, and was promoted to guerrilla warfare.

Wei Bao will pay attention to these famous warriors in history, but that's all.

Because Wei Bao's eyes are mainly on management, in local governance, these things, the military generals are of no use.

Moreover, Heaven and Earth will take the route of hot weapons, and Wei Bao will not take the route of cold weapons, and he will not rely on many soldiers.

Heaven and earth will say that there are more than 200,000 troops, but they are all the establishment of the garrison headquarters, and the real army is only 30,000 people, and the army is the one who goes out to fight.

And there are more than 10,000 people in the Coast Guard, which also accounts for a large proportion.

In terms of the construction of the army, Wei Bao focused on thermal weapons, and the same was true for the construction of the navy, Wei Bao looked at mechanization, artillery, iron armor, steam engines, all modern elements.

Cao Wenzhao received the report and was a little puzzled, I don't know why Gao Di didn't say hello in advance and ran to Qian'an to do something?

Cao Wenzhao was promoted at the hands of Xiong Tingbi, and he is a generation of Jiliao people, and he is very loyal to the top of Jiliao, so after Xiong Tingbi was unlucky, Cao Wenzhao was also quite loyal to Sun Chengzong.

However, speaking of which, Gao Di is a native of Luanzhou, and like Sun Chengzong, he is also a native of Jiliao.

The reason why these big officials can sit in the position of Jiliao boss is that regionality is also a key consideration of the imperial court.

For example, in the original history, people from remote areas in the south like Yuan Chonghuan had the opportunity to become Jiliao bosses, which was completely accidental.

It also shows that Yuan Dwarf is indeed very capable of fooling, fooling the emperor not to say, but also fooling all forces to acquiesce to Yuan Chonghuan's ascension. Not easy.

Cao Wenzhao didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly greeted him in person.

Wei Bao saw that Cao Wenzhao was tall and majestic, and his armor was majestic, and at first glance he was a legendary, comparable to fierce generals like Lu Bu, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei.

Although Wei Bao is not interested in cold weapon generals, especially because he is afraid of being suspicious, Wei Bao rarely has contact with army generals, but he still appreciates it.

Wei Bao has also seen a lot of generals of the Ming Dynasty, if everyone has the appearance of Cao Wenzhao, I believe that the military strength of the Ming Dynasty will definitely be improved.

Hot weapons troops, modern warfare, mainly does not rely on any commander, but on ideas and beliefs, as well as discipline, obedience, organization, of course, generals are also very important, but what is needed is a large number of generals.

Under a division commander alone, there must be at least a few hundred officers above the rank of second lieutenant.

Cold weapons troops don't need so much.

This time, Wei Bao's identity as a supervisor of the army, his identity is different, although he is still a civilian official, he has a very close relationship with the army, and understanding the army and contacting the generals are all part of the work, and there is no need to avoid suspicion, so he can contact the generals generously.

Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty is very taboo about the friendship between civil officials and military generals.

If every guerrilla general had Cao Wenzhao's appearance, it would be terrible.

"The last general Qian'an guerrilla Cao Wenzhao visited Lord Jingluogao, Master Wei, Gonggong Liu, Gonggong Hu, and Gonggong Ji!" Cao Wenzhao personally went to the outside of the city to bow down.

"General Cao, please get up, we are passing through here to see your military camp." Gaudi's kind way.

After Cao Wenzhao thanked him, he took the guards at the city gate and his two nephews Cao Bianjiao and Cao Dingjiao, as well as a group of personal soldiers.

Wei Bao felt that Cao Wenzhao's soldiers were good just from these people, and Cao Wenzhao's soldiers all had a breath of energy, unlike the border troops that Wei Bao commonly saw in Liaoxi, all of them always had a weak appearance, and they could only see the momentum when they bullied the common people.

"Lord Jingliu and Lord Supervisor are here, and there are a few grand dukes, our small place should be entertained, but we have never received a military order from Lord Jinglue, so we dare not casually order soldiers and horses to parade for Lord Jingliu and Lord Supervisor, right?" Cao Wen said.

Wei Bao was a little speechless, I feel that Cao Wenzhao's EQ is so low and he can't show it, can you invite everyone into the city first? What the hell are you talking about at the gates?

Gao Di also changed color when he heard this, and felt that his face was a little unbearable, especially in front of Wei Bao and the three great eunuchs, he could only scold: "Bold, the headquarters is Jiliao Jingluo, all the soldiers and horses in Jiliao and Liaodong are under my control, your barracks, how can I not look at it?" If Jiannu comes over now, will you have to wait for Inspector Sun's military order? ”

Gao Di has the ability to do it, and as soon as the big hat was pressed down, Cao Wenzhao was very embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "Please don't misunderstand, isn't it that Jiannu didn't call now?" How can the two be said together? I don't know if this is possible, but after I quickly send someone to ask the Inspector for instructions, I will ask the Lord Jinglu to review it, how about it? ”

Wei Bao smiled, not waiting for Gao Di to be angry, because Wei Bao had already seen that Gao Di was really angry, and he really felt that he couldn't hold his face.

Wei Bao preemptively said: "General Cao, so be it, arrange for our entourage to stay first, and inspect your soldiers and horses tomorrow, it's okay." ”