"Tiger."

Kuwa knocked on the door twice and walked in with a basin of hot water. A burly man was following behind. He was not someone else, but Hua Xiong, who Kuwa was looking for. Dong Hu seemed to be lowering his head and writing something...

"Tiger."

Kuwai shouted again with a wet hot towel. Dong Hu then put down the brush in his hand, took the wet wipes that Kuwai brought to him, looked at Hua Xiong who was holding his fists with his hands, and Kuwai squatted on the ground to help him take off his shoes and socks...

"I asked you to come so late, because there were some urgent letters to send you to Hedong County. I had to hand over the letters to my uncle. People are there, and people are destroyed."

Dong Hu tapped the desktop with his fingers, as if he was hesitating about something...

"Although it is not 100% certain, this general is 90% sure, and the world is going to be in chaos. After you send the letter this time, you can continue to stay with your uncle or return immediately."

"The world is going to be in chaos, and there may be millions of people rebelling in the Central Plains. If Empress He and the eunuchs use their strength, their uncle will likely lead troops to fight against the thieves in five months, and the chance of you being commanded by thousands or ten thousand Dong Buyi Cong is as high as 80%.

"So...you have to make some choices, whether to stay with your uncle or turn back immediately."

Dong Hu did not look at Hua Xiong who looked shocked and even trembled slightly, but looked down at the bitter baby who was brilliant towards him, bent down and pinched her cheek...

"hehe……"

"Whether you stay with your uncle or return immediately, you are a direct commander of thousands or ten thousand people. If we cannot go to your uncle, you will be supervised by the eldest son and only need to be responsible to the eldest son."

"But you should know the difference here, stay with your uncle. After the war, let Dong Buyi return by himself. With Dong Buyi's elite help, as long as you are not too careless, it will be not difficult to obtain enough military merits. In the future, in the military system of the Han Dynasty, the ship will inevitably rise with the uncle, and it will not be difficult to become a prefect of a county or a commander of a military commander."

"If you turn back immediately and travel day and night, you will have three to four months to go with Dong Buyi. As a general, you should know what this means, the benefits, and the disadvantage is... You will be like us, at most a member of the Xiliang Army, not a member of the Han Empire. You know the difference between the two."

He looked down at Kuwai carefully putting on clean cloth socks for him, then looked up at Hua Xiong, picked up the written letter, Hua Xiong hurriedly stepped forward and took it with both hands...

"Remember."

"With a man is there, and a man is dead, and a man is destroyed. Don't let others see the letter, but you must hand it over to your uncle in person."

Hua Xiong held the letter in both hands and knelt on one knee.

"Hua Xiong guarantees his life and will never allow a second person to see the letter!"

...

"Go."

"promise!"

Hua Xiong hugged Dong Hu and Kuwai, then walked out of the study...

"well……"

Dong Hu sat alone in the study room for a long time, but finally sighed. He didn't know whether it was right to help Dong Zhuo like this. He didn't notice it when Kuwa walked into the study room again, until she pulled his arm...

"baby……"

When she heard her say "baby", Dong Hu couldn't help but smile and picked her up in the waist.

"OK!"

"Let's go have a baby!"

...

It was snowing heavily, and it was still dark. No one noticed that more than ten cavalry ran out of Hukou Castle, all of which were one person and two cavalry. More than ten cavalry until they ran out of the land. The leader stopped and silently looked at the dark and invisible Hukou Castle. After dozens of breaths, he turned east again. In a moment, the dozen cavalry disappeared.

It snowed all night long. When Cai Yong got up and opened the door, the door was frozen by the wind and snow. He kicked several times before opening the door. This scene happened to be seen by Dong Mao.

Dong Mao and his daughter Dong Bai were instructing their servants to clean the snow in the yard. When Cai Yong kicked the door with a "bang bang", he came over. Seeing that Cai Yong's scattered hair was not combed, there was a smile on his face.

"Sir, did you sleep well last night?"

The two of them did not stop all the way. Sleeping in the open and eating in the open really consumed too much energy. When they came to Hukou Fort, they felt relaxed after seeing Dong Hu who often refused to obey the orders, and they slept very sweetly at night.

Cai Yong glanced around and found no trace of Dong Hu, so he spoke to Dong Mao.

"I don't know what Huwa's bedding is made of, it's very warm. I slept until now. Where did Huwa go? Why didn't I see him?"

Hearing Cai Yong's mouth shut up, Dong Mao couldn't help laughing, but before he could speak, Dong Bai, who was wearing a small rice dumpling, had a high hand.

"Bai'er knows!"

"Uncle Huwa and his mother are back home!"

“…”

Cai Yong was speechless, but Dong Mao was not very strange. He reached out and invited the old man to walk to the kitchen at the end of the pavilion.

"Thuwa went back to the city to find some elders and discussed seeing off my mother. The wife also had some things to look for her father-in-law. With the tiger's protection, the wife could be safer."

Cai Yong smiled and nodded, saying, "When I was in Luoyang, I heard that Huwa's reputation in Lintao, and there was that boy protecting him. I think no one dared to provoke him."

"hehe……"

Dong Mao smiled and said, "In private, Huwa has always said that Mr. Hu is a truly kind and kind gentleman. His words have something in his words, but it hurts his name as a gentleman."

Cai Yong was stunned and chuckled and shook his head, "If Huwa is really a honest baby, it wouldn't have caused so many people a headache."

"hehe……"

Dong Mao chuckled, but his head shook slightly.

"Many people have a headache...it's just a gentleman who is a villain."

Cai Yong was stunned, but Dong Mao was unwilling to explain, and smiled and said, "Thuwa's exclusive secret mutton soup is a masterpiece of Lintao. If you don't taste it in Lintao, it will definitely be a great regret."

Seeing that he didn't want to say much, Cai Yong didn't say much. When he was in Luoyang, he kept listening to people saying that Dong Hu started his business by selling mutton soup and had some expectations for the mutton soup.

Cai Yong ate a bowl of mutton soup and then another bowl, which made his forehead sweat. However, the old man was well-informed and even ate some spices. He was surprised that a bowl of delicious soup cost only two cents. Not to mention the spices in the soup, even the salt water that tasted so good was not a soup costing two cents, not to mention the soup. Not to mention the spices in the soup, even the soup that tasted so good was not a soup costing two cents, not to mention the mutton meat.

After asking, Dong Mao just smiled and was not willing to disclose Dong Hu's business secrets, but the old man obviously didn't care about these things. He cared more about Dong Hu's military affairs, such as...mercenaries.

On this side, Cai Yong was sweating profusely, but no one in the Li Mansion hall spoke. Li said Dong Mao's words. Yesterday, Fatty Li was still pale and sweating profusely. After only one night, he changed again.

Li Kuan's son, Li's brother, and Li Quan, the southern captain of Longxi County, was looking at Li with a gloomy face.

"This trick of coaxing children can also deceive you!"

"snort!"

Li Quan was angry with Li, and after snorting heavily, he turned around and clasped his fists at Li Kuan.

"Dad, the tiger baby has been calm since he came to Lintao. Every day, people go to Hukou Fort to ask about mercenaries. Why is that tiger baby not greedy for mercenaries to get cheap?"

After Li Quan said that, more than ten people in the hall nodded. They knew that many people went to Hukou Fort to rebuild the mercenary camp, but Dong Hu never agreed.

In the world in Dong Hu's memory, some countries do not have mercenaries, but none of them regard mercenaries as the main force, because mercenaries are not honor corps, but purely armies that focus on interests, which is extremely dangerous.

After Dong Hu obtained the Hehuang Valley, he had no intention of re-establishing a mercenary camp. Unless the world was in real chaos, he could seize the fields that could accommodate soldiers, he would not continue to recruit mercenaries. Therefore, he hid in Wubao, willing to paste paper, horses, paper, cows for his aunt, rather than meeting some people, and only let his subordinates entertain him.

However, countless people went to Hukou Fort. In the eyes of the old people of the Li family, Dong Hu wanted to compete with the Li family for the people's expectations of Lintao.

Seeing more than ten old men nodding, Li Kuan hesitated. He had seen with his own eyes how brave the mercenaries were. Just when he was hesitating, the county magistrate Sun Ying bowed his fists.

"Sir, Sun thinks that Huwa's words make some sense. It's better to be cautious and cancel the tax on the population first and pay more taxes..."

"Old guy, what did you say? Do you know how much money and grain my Li family lost last year?"

Li Quan was furious and strode forward, pointing at Sun Ying's nose and cursing...

"The tax on household taxes for people and households is set by the court. Could it be that my Li family? If I don't pay taxes, which one will charge the country to fight against thieves? If I don't pay taxes, the court will blame you, will you chop your Sun family's head or my Li family?"

County Magistrate Sun Ying suddenly felt anger and snorted coldly at Li Kuan.

"Sun is incompetent, so I will ask the prefect to leave tomorrow. Whoever you want to be the county magistrate will do it!"

After Sun Ying clasped his fists, he suddenly shook his sleeves and was about to leave. Li Kuan was panicked and stepped forward to grab Sun Ying's arm.

"What does County Magistrate Sun mean? Just discuss and discuss something..."

As he said that, he suddenly glared at Li Quan.

"Damn it, hurry up and apologize to the county magistrate!"

Li Quan was angry, but in the face of Li Kuan's anger, he still casually hugged his fists.

"Li is reckless, please forgive me for the magistrate Sun."

After another persuasion, Li Kuan pressed Sun Ying down and glanced at his dissatisfied daughter Li, and sighed deeply.

"Mr. Sun County, it's not that my Li family is too greedy. You know that our Liangzhou has never been peaceful. If the court abandons the position of prefect of my Li family, there is no need to worry about some things, but... But what if there is any turmoil in Liangzhou? Where do the money, grain, and soldiers come from?"

Seeing that Sun Ying was still unwilling, Li Kuan suddenly patted his chest.

"Mr. Sun County Magistrate, I promised that my Li family would only be recruited for one year, and that I would be the same as when Zhong Ying was there in the future!"

Li Quan was very anxious.

"father……"

"Shut up!"

Li Kuan stared at him, and Li Quan left his head with a hatred. Li Kuan thought for a while...

"Mr. Sun County, you see, this is great. The mercenaries have a little less food every day. I... my Li family gives three kilograms..."

"Dad, if you have one pound more than one pound, you will have to pay an extra five thousand pounds a day, and if you have to pay an extra forty stones a day, you will have to pay an extra fifteen thousand pounds a year!"

Li Quan couldn't help speaking again. Li Kuan's old face hurt. His son's arithmetic was very good. The more he did, the more bloody his heart was.

Li Kuan slapped his thighs heavily.

"Ten fifteen thousand stones is ten thousand stones!"
Chapter completed!