"Sixteen years!"

Li Yu walked back and forth in the house with his hands behind his back, saying, "In the past sixteen years, many people have been promoted from unknown unknown soldiers to generals, generals, generals, and even founding heroes, marquises, and dukes!"

Speaking of this, he turned to look at Meng Liao.

Meng Liao lowered his head in shame and whispered: "It is a humble minister who is talented and knowledgeable, and cannot bear to use it..."

"No! You have been following my father all the time, and you have no chance to lead troops to fight, nor have you the chance to make achievements!"

Li Yu stopped, looked at Meng Liao in front of him, and said, "The promotion in the army is not about qualifications, but only about military merits! Since you have no military merits, you are naturally just a small Yulin Guard Zuoshi."

Meng Liao blushed when he heard this.

Li Yu continued: "But this time it's different. You are one of the leading generals!"

Meng Liao was shocked and immediately looked at Li Yu.

"I've given you the opportunity. Whether you can seize it, whether you can save military achievements, and whether you can make yourself stand out depends on your own ability."

"Your Highness..."

"I won't let you teach me martial arts for nothing. This opportunity is my reward for your teaching. Is General Meng still satisfied?"

Meng Liao was stunned for a moment, then he knelt forward and bowed forward, and said with a red look: "Your Highness's great kindness, I will never forget it!"

"I am just a martial artist, and he is stupid and can't say those nice flattery words, but I am able to swear to heaven. In the future, whenever your Highness uses me, I am sure to do my best and have no choice but to do my best!"

Li Yu was happy, quickly stepped forward, pulled Meng Liao up, and smiled and said, "Talk when you speak, don't kneel down at any time.

"I don't need you to do anything for me. Let's win this battle well and eliminate the bandits in Changping and Heyang without leaving any trouble.

"When the troops return to Beijing, the ministers will not be able to find out our faults."

Then he could be granted the title of King of Wu smoothly, return to his fiefdom, and live his life comfortably in a rich and mediocre manner.

Every day, there are many beauties around you, and this kind of life is like this...

Perfect!

Meng Liao intervened and bowed, saying, "Don't worry, Your Highness! This time, I decided to general Changping and Heyang's bandits will be completely wiped out, and there will be no future troubles!"

"Very good!"

Li Yu patted Meng Liao with satisfaction.

When Meng Liao said goodbye, Lu Fang looked at Li Yu and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Your Highness, conquer a rare general!"

"Conquer?"

"Yes! Your Highness gave his favor, General Meng was grateful and vowed to be loyal to His Highness. Isn't this considered submission?"

Li Yu was amused and cried, and said, "Actually, I just wanted to motivate him, ask him to perform well and win this battle with all his might!"

Lu Fang smiled and said, "Your Highness's unintentional behavior can even convince others. If your Highness is willing, wouldn't he be full of talents?"

Li Yu shrugged and said disapprovingly: "What's the use of me wanting so many talents?"

Lu Fang smiled but said nothing.

It can be seen that Li Yu still lacks the ambition to be enterprising now.

Lu Fang could fully understand this.

Li Yu's personality is more at ease with the circumstances.

In addition, his living environment is too comfortable.

The external environment is not stressed and the inner temperament is loose, so naturally he cannot stimulate his ambitions.

However, this situation may not last long...

Hua Meier also knew about Li Yu's attack on bandits in Changping and Heyang.

She frowned secretly, was there no one in the Great Zhou Dynasty available? She actually asked Li Yu to lead the troops.

She asked with concern: "Your Highness, is this trip dangerous?"

Li Yu said indifferently: "It's just a few bandits, not worth mentioning."

After hearing how relaxed he said, Hua Mei'er became more and more worried.

In the past few days, Huang Zhao, in accordance with Li Yu's instructions, sent servants from the mansion to buy food everywhere.

Because there was too much grain bought, the prince's mansion's grain warehouse was already full.

A large amount of grain is piled up in the idle yard. It would be fine if it doesn’t rain. Once it rains, all the grains will have to be washed away.

Huang Zhao specifically asked Li Yu if he wanted to continue buying grain.

Li Yu said: "Yes! Of course you have to continue buying! Spend all the spare money in the account!"

Huang Zhao smiled wryly and said, "But Your Highness, there is nowhere to place these foods in the mansion."

Li Yu rubbed his chin and thought for a while, and said, "I remember, how many houses are there in my name?"

Huang Zhao suddenly realized: "What your highness means is to store all the purchased grains in those houses?"

"Yeah!" Li Yu nodded and said, "That's it."

"Yes! Your Highness!"

Huang Zhao simply didn't ask why Li Yu bought so much food.

Li Yu has always been like this, spending money like flowing water, buying whatever he wants, regardless of whether it is useful or not.

In the next few days, Li Yu had an extra job.

Just go for a few houses under your name.

When you see the piles of food inside, you will directly put it into your own space.

These houses are like monsters that cannot be fed.

No matter how much food the servants put in, when they go there the next day, they will ensure that there is no left.

The servants were naturally amazed at this, but they didn't dare to ask more questions.

Ten days later, Li Yu and Meng Liao led three thousand capital troops to Liangzhou.

Changping County and Heyang County are both located in the southern part of Liangzhou.

It borders the Xiaoyang Kingdom and the Fanhu Kingdom to the south of the Zhou Kingdom.

The two countries of Xiaoyang and Fanhu repeatedly invaded border areas and plundered the people, especially Xiaoyang.

It is precisely because of this that the people's livelihoods in Changping County and Heyang County were in decline, which led to the rampant bandits in the country.

This time, Lu Fang was also on the expedition with Li Yu, and the twelve guards who were responsible for protecting him in person.

From the capital to Changping and Heyang, there are more than a thousand miles.

Even if the march is fast, it will take at least ten days and half a month to reach their destination.

On the way, Li Yu and Lu Fang sat in the carriage, playing chess and drinking tea. They were relaxed and comfortable along the way.

Judging from his leisurely state, he knew that he was going to fight, and those who didn’t know thought that he was going out for a trip.

The troops passed through Weizhou and entered the boundary of Liangzhou.

Liangzhou has many mountains, streams and gullies, and the speed of troops and horses has slowed down significantly.

Li Yu was uncomfortable sitting in the carriage. He swayed around and his mind was almost wandering around.

He lifted up the curtain and called out, "Zhu Da!"

"I'm here!"

Zhu Da immediately urged him to step forward.

“Where is ahead?”

"Report to Your Highness, thirty miles ahead will be Guang'an City."

Guang'an City is the county town of Guang'an County.

After passing Guang'an County, passing through Guangrou and the same two counties, you can reach Heyang County.

Li Yu nodded and said, "You go and notify General Meng that today, we will be stationed in Guang'an City."

"Yes! Your Highness!"

Zhu Da agreed and ran towards the front of the team.

Guang'an City is one of the important towns in Liangzhou.

It is also the only way for Liangzhou to communicate with the capital.

The population in Guang'an City is about 100,000.
Chapter completed!