Chapter 30: Trouble

Yan Haibo is the most obvious improvement among these people, perhaps because of his youth, and because Gao Yuan asked him quietly from the side after noticing him. He was only sixteen years old, two years younger than himself. After Gao Yuan took office, the team's food has undergone earth-shaking changes. Yan Haibo, who is in the growth stage, has received good nutritional supplements. Compared with other people, he has received greater benefits and can clearly see his body. Earth-shaking changes are taking place.

Yan Haibo is currently competing with others to grab the bar. The so-called grab bar means that two people are at one end of the parallel bars, grabbing the lever with both hands, jumping over the parallel bars and chasing the person on the other end until one of them grabs the other end. The competition is over. Yan Haibo has won more than ten people in a row. Although he continued to fight, he was a little breathless, but looking at the challenger on the other end of the bar, his eyes were full of raging desire to fight.

Sun Xiao practiced his arm strength on the horizontal bar at the other end. Now he is not limited to ordinary movements. At this time, he stretched his legs straight, forming a right angle with his upper body, and then used his arms to pull himself. Going up, doing pull-ups like this will be several times more difficult. With every time Sun Xiao pulls up, the muscles on the upper arm will bulge, and under the care of the sun, sweat will drop. It slid off the bronzed skin and fell to the ground with a thud.

Gao Yuan hugged his arms, leaned on the door frame of the room, and looked at everything in front of him with satisfaction. Although only ten days have passed, the changes in the mental outlook of these people are still obvious. They are no longer the same as before. They went to sleep, woke up and looked for food, and now they vented more energy to these tools.

It's almost time to implement the next plan, he thought to himself.

Zhang Yi, who hadn't been here for several days, hurried all the way over, "Young Master." He ran all the way to Gao Yuan, and Zhang Yi bowed first.

"Why are you here, is there something wrong at home?" Gao Yuan asked.

"No, young master, it was the county magistrate who asked you to go to the mansion at night. When the noon came today, butler Lu Bin went to find me, saying that it was the county magistrate who said that he must let the young master go to the Lu mansion tonight. "Zhang Dao.

"Didn't Lu Bin say anything?" Gao Yuan asked strangely.

Zhang Yi shook his head, "However, Lu Bin said that the county lieutenant is a little unhappy, so the young master should be more careful."

Why is Lu Hong unhappy, what happened? Gao Yuan thought about it, but he didn't have any clue, so he didn't bother to think about it. He looked up at the sky, the sun was about to set, and there was nothing else to do today, so let's go earlier. I summoned Cao Wencheng and Sun Xiao, and gave a few words in a low voice. It's been ten days since I came to the barracks, so I should go back and take a look. Speaking of which, I really miss Ye Jinger, so I can take this opportunity. Go visit her.

"Can you ride a horse?" Looking at Zhang Yi, he asked. He bought five horses from Helanxiong a few days ago, and one was knocked out. Now he has a total of six here. So he gave Lu Hong a horse, which was considered his filial piety. Lu Hong had a horse that he rode on a regular basis, but he had been looking at the teeth for a few years. Too far.

"You can ride, but you can't!" Zhang Yi smiled embarrassedly.

"You can ride if you can!" Gao Yuan turned to look at Cao Tiancheng, "Tiancheng, go and bring two horses here, remember, the best horse will be brought here, and that is what I will give to the county magistrate."

"clear!"

It takes more than an hour to walk from the barracks to Lu Hong's home, but riding a horse is just a cup of tea. This is also in the city, you can't let go of running, if you let go, the time will be shorter. .When I got home, the sun hadn't completely gone down the mountain.

"Uncle, I'm back!" Walking into Lu Hong's house, Gao Yuan shouted loudly, holding He Lanxiong's war horse in his hand.

Lu Hong stood at the entrance of the lobby with his hands behind his back, and saw Gao Yuan listening to the war horse, "Is this the horse you bought from the Huns in the West Market that day?"

Gao Yuan smiled and handed the reins to Zhang Yi, "Yeah, uncle, this horse is really good, I bought a total of six horses from him, this is the best one, and I will use it for your travels in the future. , your original horse is really not worthy of your status as a county captain!"

Lu Hong laughed, "Yes, you have filial piety, you have a good horse, and remember your uncle, come in!" With his hands behind his back, Shi Shiran walked back to the room." Lu Bin, make tea for the young master "He turned to look at Gao Yuan who was standing in front of him, "Sit down, what are you being polite at your own house?"

"Yes, uncle!" Gao Yuan sat in front of Lu Hong with his upper body upright and his hands on his knees. These days, in the military camp, he asked soldiers to sit or stand according to the rules, and he did the same. , it's natural to get used to it.

Looking at Gao Yuan's appearance, a hint of surprise flashed in Lu Hong's eyes.

"You just took office a few days ago, Zhang Han came back and told me that you did a good job, even better than I thought, I'm also afraid that you will be unable to gain a foothold for a while, and you won't be able to hold back those soldiers. Well, I didn't expect you to easily overwhelm them, and you gave them both favors, very good, very good, don't you know, I'm here to support you at any time! I thought you would come back to me to complain in a few days. What!" He smiled at Gao Yuandao while drinking tea.

Gao Yuan smiled, "Actually, these soldiers are not bad, it's just that they didn't get paid before, and life was too hard, that's how it is. Now I pay them and let them eat well, of course they also Just got pissed off."

"That's exactly what you said!" Lu Hong put the teacup on the table and looked at Gao Yuan, "Gao Yuan, that is, after Zhang Han came back, I learned that you actually made a lot of money to go to the team, and later I heard that you paid all their salaries this year, right? These days you are repairing the barracks and making clothes for the soldiers. These are all expenses for the Philippines, where did you get the money?"

"My nephew borrowed a thousand pieces from the magistrate of Wu." Gao Yuan said.

"A thousand sticks!" Lu Hong sucked in the air, as if his teeth were hurting.

"Gao Yuan, when you first joined the team, you should gather people's hearts and give the soldiers some salaries. In fact, I have already prepared some here. Originally, I will send you there after you pass. ."

"Thank you uncle." Gao Yuan said quickly.

"You don't need to thank me, you say that you pay a salary, one person pays a consistent amount of money, and you can make these guys smile, how can you pay for the whole year at once? You, you, do things without thinking!" Lu Hong shook his head again and again. "I've only prepared a month's salary for you here, but I'll tell you, what should I do if you've stabbed such a big hole all of a sudden?"

"Uncle, I care about this. Didn't we take a stake in Wu County Magistrate's wine business? I estimate that by the end of the year, our dividends will have this amount, and then I will be able to fill this hole. now!"

Lu Hong was taken aback, "Why, your wine recipe can bring him so much money?"

"If the county magistrate Wu is good, there may be more." Gao Yuan said confidently: "Uncle, you can see it when the time comes. This year, you will definitely have a good time."

Hearing Gao Yuan's affirmation, Lu Hong couldn't help showing a smile on his face. For a thousand pieces, he couldn't get so much money in a year before, but in just three months of work, he has so much income, doesn't it mean that He has an income of 4,000 per year. He was thinking about himself when he suddenly saw Gao Yuan staring at him, and he couldn't help blushing.

"Even if you have money to plug this hole, but money is not such a use!" Lu Hong brought the topic back again, "You are your personal money, but these troops belong to the county, and they should be transferred from the county. I have to pay with the county, and if the county and county have not paid enough, I can't help it, right? And you do this, it makes me very embarrassed. "

"Uncle, these soldiers are too hard, and it's just right to be a soldier to eat food and get paid!" Gao Yuan said indifferently, he did not explicitly say that Lu Hong has always been very good to him, just like a nephew, deducting the soldiers' pay, After all, I can't take it on the stage, and it would be too slap in the face of Lu Hong to say it. It's enough to know this.

How can Lu Hong not understand Gao Yuan's words, his face suddenly sank, "Gao Yuan, you must be too young, some things, I have to do it! Except for the Curie Pass that team paid full pay, the other two The team has always only paid half pay, this is a customary rule, and these soldiers also know it, so there is no trouble, but now you make trouble, I will not end well, and now Zheng Xiaoyang is coming to me to make trouble."

"Who is Zheng Xiaoyang?"

"Zheng Xiaoyang is the soldier of the third team. They only paid April's salary this year. You have paid the full salary all at once. How can this matter be concealed? He thought that the money was taken by me. Then the trouble came to the door and asked me to pay their team the full salary, what do you think I should do now?" Lu Hong said very dissatisfiedly, "When Zheng Xiaoyang came to make trouble, it happened that Huo Zhu and Wu Kai were both there, let me The two of them gave me a good laugh."

Gao Yuan thought for a while, "Uncle, I think you should pay them all, not only this year, but also in the future!"

With a bang, Lu Hong slapped the table with a slap, "You little baby, you know shit! Do you know how much profit I need to stay in this position for a year to settle those things? Don't say In addition, just to be able to secure the seat of the county lieutenant, you have to pay a lot of money to go out, do you know? Yes, I am a personal soldier of the prefect, and I have a good background, but what is this, I don’t know how many people are watching As for this seat, I have to take care of it up and down. It takes hundreds to thousands of people every year. You can see that I live a glorious life. In fact, it means tearing down the east wall and repairing the west wall. How do you know the embarrassment? I've already paid the full rate, so what should I do? Go for the northwest wind? Besides, everyone in more than a dozen counties in Liaoxi Prefecture is doing this. Am I being attacked by a crowd? Gao Yuan, when you are an official, you have to be a man first. If you are angry, you won't be able to work long in this position."