Chapter 159 On the Road

The cheers surged in the huge tribal caravan made Ye Tao feel that his efforts, including those who had made evil with many inexplicable people in the court, were worth it. The tribe also fully demonstrated how they treated good friends and brothers. Among the caravans carrying a large number of good things, there were many representatives of many tribes, who were able to speak. They generously presented a lot of good things to Ye Tao. The most exaggerated thing was a pure gold Buddha statue weighing more than 400 kilograms from somewhere. Ye Tao, who was destined to work for a long time, had to send someone to send the thing back to Zhengyuan for collection. To be honest, a more reliable gift was probably an elite cavalry guard composed of about one hundred tribal warriors, and ten good horses selected from thousands of people.

The addition of one hundred tribal warriors made Ye Tao and his party's total number suddenly exceed one thousand. Although there were iron ore on the grassland and it was also a good iron ore, the tribes that lacked advanced smelting technology were even a problem even if the weapons and equipment provided to these warriors were equipped with. Ye Tao simply asked the warriors to throw all their original weapons back and paid for them to re-equip them. The new cavalry sword originally designed for the Blood Qi Army, the full set of carefully designed horse harnesses, the light cavalry armor in the Scout camp style of the Blood Qi Army, the complex craftsmanship but extremely good performance, have gradually gone from the Blood Qi Army to other elites.

The special bloodletting arrows spread by the Rui army, unified style of water bags, dry food bags, marching tableware and personal supplies bags... Except for the military uniforms that cannot overlap with the Blood Ki army, they can only be redesigned and made, and this special guard has been completely renewed. The warriors of these tribal warriors are not very cold for the spear that the Blood Ki army is quite popular with, but most of them have proposed the requirement of equipped with double arrows and double swords. These requirements made Ye Tao suddenly understand that these guys did not control the horses when fighting, and a cavalry sword was not enough. And the requirement of equipped with two water bags and one to fill wine. Ye Tao also agreed.

Good weapons, especially durable land harnesses, extremely high precision composite bows and extremely good stability arrows, have excited these tribal warriors for several days. In the eyes of these tribal warriors, most of these equipment are of the best in the past. Good weapons have greatly improved the combat effectiveness of these hundred tribal guards. Then, the centurion Bavro, who led these hundred people, began to follow the example to give the tribal guards stricter tactical discipline, while the guard leader of Ye Tao, Bi Xiaoqing, began to add fuel to the training of the guards. Ye Tao's guard was basically composed of the Blood Qi Army and the Imperial Army. The huge gap in riding and bowing skills is something that those of them who included everything in the competition cannot ignore.

Ye Tao didn't know much about horses. But he also knew that the ten horses he received this time were too extravagant to use to pull a cart. Ye Tao did not dare to challenge the soft and black guy all over his body, but he personally fed the horses and made friends with him every day. But what made Ye Tao even more happy was the pair of snow-white foals. The foal was so beautiful and his eyes were full of curiosity. Ye Tao would run with these two foals for a while every day. He treated the foal as a pet far more than it was as a mount. He treated the horse walking as a good adjustment after the heavy mental activities every day, which made Ye Tao's life look quite healthy.

"Sir, I'll be at Thunder Cliff tomorrow. Will this Luqiaosi work be centered on Thunder Cliff?" Bi Xiaoqing asked.

At this moment, Ye Tao was lying on a large area of ​​grass. Two foals were running around under the guidance of the big black guy. The guy named "Ye Xing" was really unique. When the amount of activities was almost the same every day, it would take two little white horses back to Ye Tao, stare at Ye Tao sincerely, or arch him with his nose, probably saying, "It's almost time. It's time to go back for dinner." Ye Xing actually understood his mission as a mount, and did not reject Ye Tao, the owner who was very indulging in it, but was still a little reserved. Ye Xing really ran over at this time and pushed Ye Tao with his nose and squinted his eyes so comfortable that he wanted to sleep.

Ye Tao stood up, stroked the three beautiful horses affectionately, and answered Bi Xiaoqing's question casually: "Only Thunder Cliff is almost the center of Yunzhou, which can be easily managed to reach the main roads of the north and south directions, and can also summarize the situation faster. But these are not big problems. When it comes to Thunder Cliff, I will stay there for at least two months and not leave. How about letting my brothers run more during these two months? I want a more detailed map of Yunzhou."

Bi Xiaoqing said in confusion: "Didn't the map already exist?"

"It's not just a military map. I hope this map can mark the properties in Yunzhou, where there are minerals, where there are medicinal materials, where suitable for planting... and so on. Also, from Dongjiaji to Benlangyuan, where suitable for building stations along this main road, there must be a plan. It is unlikely that I will run from south to north again and again. You know, what happened to Your Majesty that was stuffed over is difficult to deal with." Ye Tao said with a wry smile.

Bi Xiaoqing said strangely: "Can you just let officials from all over the country report many things? Although... it seems that this is not something that the adults are under their current authority, it is enough to ask General Xu to do a favor. Is it necessary to let the brothers in the guard run around?"

Ye Tao laughed and said, "For the time being, we are just collecting these situations. When General Xu frees up his hands to develop the local economy, the imperial court still hopes that Yunzhou will maintain the current situation in a short period of time. No large number of officials are sent, and local officials in various places will still be the same. If they report, they probably won't report anything. When you go to a new place, you will often see some things and feel it's strange and fun. But local officials in various places in Yunzhou are similar.

We are all locals, and we think that no matter how strange things are, they are tired of them. What I need is only impressionistic understanding, not in-depth research. Now I don’t have the power and the ability to do in-depth research. However, these impressionistic visits can become the basis for maintaining and building roads and the layout of stations. They are quite important work. In two or three months, it is estimated that... it will take less than half a year to maintain and renovate the original main roads, and do this."

Bi Xiaoqing did not fully understand Ye Tao’s thoughts, but he nodded and said, “Then I will go back and communicate with my brothers. However, sending two hundred people out is enough. It is safer to leave more people around the adults.”

Ye Tao waved his hand and said, "Are you bored when you are idle? If I run around, you can't forget it. If you are stationed in Thunder Cliff and there are problems with daily protection, it would be too...too unreasonable, right? Besides, Bavro said that he would strengthen the training of tribal guards. He stayed by my side and you would leave a hundred people, which is enough. The other people's hands will be released at that time... You set a standard, this is a business trip, there is a charter for daily expenses, and you will take care of yourself if you have too much. Just don't play too crazy."

Bi Xiaoqing seemed to suddenly remember something and said, "Sir, aren't you going to bring your family to Yunzhou?"

Ye Tao nodded and said, "At least Qiu Yan, Sophie and the others are going to come here. My father doesn't have to come. There are a lot of things in the workshop. The fourth senior brother said he is coming to Yunzhou too, and it just so happened that he will build a smaller workshop in Yunzhou according to the situation. What's wrong?"

Bi Xiaoqing smiled and said, "It's okay for Miss Sophie. When Miss Dai comes, she must have to run around for a while, sketching and other things. The guards around Miss Dai should be enough near Danyang, but Yunzhou is still a bit messy now. Adults don't want Miss Dai to have any problems, right? Technician Qian is also a key figure in Ye's workshop. He will definitely be able to show off his talents when he goes to Yunzhou, but now it's hard to say whether there are any lurking enemies in Yunzhou. Although the Dai family has been purged, the trick of playing emergency games before the war is not very reliable."

Ye Tao naturally knew that Bi Xiaoqing would not disobey his orders, but the most important thing he was sent by his side was to protect his own safety and his family. Ye Tao sighed and said, "Investigation is also very important. I want to send those students out to do this."

Bi Xiaoqing's eyes rolled and said, "Sir, why don't you do this? The guard will send half of it out. Another group of students was selected. Their identities and occupations were relatively complicated, and it was more convenient to deal with local areas than the brothers in the guard. Isn't there a course to deal with people? According to your words, it is considered an internship."

Ye Tao thought about it and made sense, and nodded in agreement. Since they left Dongjiaji and entered Yunzhou, their trips were always too fast, because there were too many people who came to visit Ye Tao along the way. There were old friends in the Blood Qi army, people from the Dai family, people from the tribes, officers from the Dongping army who entered Yunzhou earlier than Ye Tao and officials who began to gradually take over local affairs in Yunzhou, liaison officers sent by Old General Xu Jingtian, and many local people in Yunzhou, big merchants, ranchers and others. These people have become the first lesson of Ye Tao's training for those "scholars": the best research sample to understand the characters' personalities through details. The itinerary that has been delayed these days is definitely worth the money.

While they were walking towards the camping site and talking about enriching Ye Tao's plan to collect information from various parts of Yunzhou, a series of horse hooves sounded. A sergeant who was alert on the road ahead ran over and reported: "Sir, the Blood Qi Army left-behind officers' group is here to welcome you. It will be a quarter of an hour to arrive at the camp."

Ye Tao smiled. The old friends are here. It seems that they will be lively again tonight. "Let's go, go back to the camp. Except for the soldiers on duty, call the others back."
Chapter completed!