Li Hao got up and slowly paced in the hall and groaned, and after a while, he said lightly: "To deal with this group of indigenous people, it is better for us to salute first and then soldier." Fastest update"

Cui Peng hurriedly asked: "Lord Wang, please forgive the stupidity of the officials, how to salute first and then soldiers?" ”

Li Hao said: "This matter is more complicated, this king needs to plan well, and wait for this king to settle down." ”

Although Cui Peng was anxious, he couldn't ask questions, so he could only give up his orders: "Yes." ”

Li Hao can see from his demeanor that Cui Peng does have the intention to do something practical for the people and the Tang Dynasty, but unfortunately his ability is limited, in fact, no one is born with inability, the reason why Cui Peng is like this is the consequence of reading the book of death, like some Confucian ministers in the court, he will not learn and apply it lively, his thoughts are restricted and imprisoned, and he always wants to find a solution from the book, how is this possible.

Fortunately, Li Hao felt that Cui Peng's poisoning was not too deep, and he should still be saved, as long as he was trained by some training, he might be able to enlighten him.

The question was almost asked, and next, Cui Peng sent someone to prepare the dinner.

Early the next morning, Cui Peng personally took Li Hao to Qiongzhou and came to a small village fifteen miles south of Qiongzhou, which was basically in ruins, and in the village, there was a big mansion, and this mansion was the mansion that Cui Peng arranged for Li Hao.

Li Hao looked at the abandoned village, and then looked at this mansion, his eyebrows twitched, although this mansion has been repaired, it still looks very lo, it is not as good as his mansion in Lantian at all, and the most important thing is that this mansion is not in the city, what the hell is this abandoned village.

You know, this is not Lantian, this is Qiongnanye, it's very chaotic, maybe the aborigines will be killed.

"This is the palace you prepared for this king?" Li Hao pointed to the house in front of him and asked with a very bad face.

Cui Peng's face was full of embarrassment: "The prince forgives the sin, Qiongnan's side is really ...... Alas, it's too simple, except for this mansion, there is really no place for the prince to make a mansion, the prince can rest assured, the lower officials have already sent someone to repair the house, and it is clean, the prince can go in and have a look. ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said: "Regardless of these, you tell this king first, how did this house become vacant?" ”

"This ......" Cui Peng suddenly felt as if he had eaten two kilograms of hot poop, his face was full of bitterness, and he stammered for a long time before he stammered, "Back to the prince, this was originally a very big village, but it was later looted by the aborigines, and many people died, and the villagers and the original owner naturally withdrew to the city, and since then, most of the villages in Qiongnan have been removed, and now there are only villages near Yazhou, after all, the aborigines dare not go there." ”

"Yo, you can do it." Li Hao smiled when he heard this, "In such a dangerous place, you let this king live here, what kind of heart do you have?" ”

Cui Peng suddenly oozed cold sweat on his forehead when he heard this, and he was also very helpless, because he really couldn't find any house, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "The prince forgives the sin, and the lower officials are also helpless, besides, the prince can recruit more people to protect the courtyard and protect the safety of the palace, Qiongzhou is only ten miles away from here, I believe that even if the indigenous people attack, as long as the prince's troops can last for a while and a half, the soldiers and horses of Qiongzhou can come to the aid immediately." ”

Li Hao's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and he thought of a thing, that is, he could use the excuse of protecting his own safety to wantonly levy troops, and then train them into special forces or Xuanjia Army, and this idea was not said by himself, but proposed by Cui Peng.

So Li Hao rolled his eyes and asked, "How many people were there when those indigenous people generally went out?" ”

Cui Peng said: "There are many indigenous people who come to Qiongzhou to plunder, generally around 10,000 people, and at most 15,000 people at a time. ”

Li Hao frowned when he heard this, and asked, "Then tell me, how many nursing staff does this king need to prepare to recruit in order to defend against the natives?" ”

"This ......" Cui Peng hesitated for a long time when he heard this, and said, "Back to the prince, if you are a lower official, you need at least five thousand people, but you are especially good at fighting, I am afraid that two or three thousand people will be enough." ”

Li Hao was secretly happy when he heard this, two or three thousand, how many people are there, but, of course, the more the better, Li Hao waved his hand and said: "Nonsense, this king is most afraid of death, this king must recruit five thousand parts, this matter will be handed over to you." ”

"Huh?" Cui Peng was surprised when he heard this, "Let the lower officials recruit the subordinates for the prince?" ”

"Can't you?" Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "This king said in advance, this king wants young people, preferably between fifteen and twenty years old, not more than twenty-five years old, and don't have physical disabilities or hidden diseases, although the king's requirements are a little harsh, but the king's salary is very high, all the parts, the monthly salary is 500 Wen, and it will increase every year in the future, how much it increases, depending on their performance." ”

"But......" Cui Peng was full of embarrassment, "but this is not in line with the laws of the imperial court, five thousand people!" That's not five hundred! ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said: "This king also knows that this is not in line with the laws of the imperial court, isn't there no way, and the method of recruiting the tribe was proposed by you, or this king is here waiting for the indigenous people to cut off the king's head, what do you think?" ”

"This ......" Cui Peng almost wanted to cry, what kind of thing was this, this was really difficult for him, he suddenly regretted it, why did he talk nonsense with his broken mouth, what kind of nurse did he recruit.

Li Hao saw Cui Peng's aggrieved appearance, waved his hand and said indifferently: "Okay, the matter is urgent, you have to use extraordinary methods in an extraordinary period, you do what this king says, whether to report truthfully or conceal it at that time, you can do it yourself, anyway, this king doesn't want to be cut off by the natives, even if the emperor blames, there is no way." ”

"Either ......" Cui Peng asked in a tentative tone, "Lord Wang, or ...... Don't report? ”

Li Hao was secretly happy when he heard this, this old boy is finally a little enlightened, and he is no longer so brainless.

Li Hao pretended to think about it and said, "Then don't report it, if you report it, I'm afraid that you and I will get into trouble." ”

"Yes! Xia Guan understood. Cui Peng nodded helplessly, he kept comforting himself in his heart, "It's not a big deal, the prince has recruited a little more to resist the barbarians, it's not a big deal, don't report it, don't report it......" He felt like he had done something wrong.

"Okay, now you can go into the house and have a look." After Li Hao finished speaking, he took the lead towards the old mansion.

This is a three-courtyard house, which is big enough for ordinary merchants, but for Li Hao today, it is too small, but fortunately, it has indeed been repaired and cleaned inside, otherwise Li Hao would definitely turn around and leave.

After looking at the house, Li Hao nodded and said: "This king will live here for the time being, and when this king is free, he will relocate the site to build the palace." ”

Cui Peng didn't say much, he didn't have anything to say, he was the king of Qiongnan, he was rich, and he wanted to build a palace on his fiefdom, did he dare to beep?

From this day on, Li Hao began to move, because Li Hao had too many things, three days later, all the luggage was moved over and settled.

And Cui Peng's efficiency this time is good, the five thousand parts have all been recruited, and they were sent to Li Hao, Li Hao sent Pei Miao and several doctors accompanying him to check the bodies of all the parts to make sure that they are in good health, and then Li Hao praised Cui Peng very rarely.

That night, Li Hao went to the Yazhou Governor's Mansion to meet Cui Peng and asked him to help arrange that he wanted to meet with the five tribal leaders who were more friendly to the Tang Dynasty.

Cui Peng immediately sent someone to make arrangements, and five days later, Cui Peng personally came to Li Hao's house and said that everything was ready, but the meeting place was in the Ziliu tribe.

Li Hao frowned when he heard this, this Cui Peng also has this ability to do things, and actually set the meeting place in the indigenous tribe, although the relationship between the Ziliu tribe and the Tang Dynasty is relatively friendly, but since it is to talk about things, of course, it is more advantageous to the home field, as the dignified King of Qiongnan, he went to the territory of the indigenous people to talk about things with others, what is this called, it is very bad for the prestige of King Qiongnan.

But Li Hao is also helpless, just go, who let himself meet such a person with low ability to do things.

Li Hao came to the Ziliu tribe with two hundred special soldiers, the Ziliu tribe is two hundred miles southeast of Qiongzhou, and the back is an endless mountain, and there are many people in the Ziliu tribe today, because the leaders of the other four tribes are also here, and these leaders will naturally bring a lot of people to ensure their safety.

The meeting place is in a hall of the Ziliu tribe, which is a wooden house, the space is quite large, the bottom of the house is all staked, more than a meter above the ground, this kind of wooden house is common in the tropics, because it can effectively defend against many poisonous insects, snakes and ants.

Li Hao pushed the door and entered the wooden house, only to see a few seats in the hall, all of them were sitting people, and they didn't have to think about it to know that these people were the leaders of the major tribes.

The main seat is still empty, obviously, this is reserved for him, although this is the territory of the Ziliu tribe, but these tribes have a friendly relationship with the Tang Dynasty, the more friendly they are, the more they understand, the more they know the strength of the Tang Dynasty, although now the Tang Dynasty seems to be bullied by those natives on the side of Qiongnan, but they know that it is because the Tang Dynasty does not pay attention to the land of Qiongnan at all, once the Tang Emperor is angered and sends heavy troops to come, these tribes can only crawl on the ground and tremble, and since Li Hao was named the king of Qiongnan by the Tang Emperor, Then it can be said that it is the master of Qiongnan, so this main position naturally has to be left to Li Hao.

As soon as Li Hao entered the door, the five leaders stood up and saluted: "Meet King Qiongnan!" ”

Li Hao smiled and waved his hand: "The leaders are exempt, it's too polite." ”

A beautiful female leader who looked like she was twenty-three or four-year-old stepped forward and said, "King Qiongnan, please take a seat." ”