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Yuan Shao nodded and said, "That's right, Luoyang hasn't been in vain these past few years, that's right. Xianyi, you go back first."
"Yes, father!" Yuan Xi bowed and exited the door.
It was cold and windy outside, and when Yuan Xi came out of the warm study, he couldn't help shivering.
I thought that since I had already come, I should go to visit my mother.
Although I can't win my mother's heart from my third brother, it's better than leaving no impression at all.
Once the incident in Luoyang is over, I don't have to be as timid as before. I just need to walk a little farther away from my elder brother in everything.
After coming to Mrs. Liu's room and reporting, Yuan Xi proudly went in.
Mrs. Liu was wearing a thick brocade dress, and she was sitting in front of the brazier warming up the fire. The strong flame seemed to have melted all the knots between her eyebrows, and she seemed to be in an unusually good mood.
But what displeased Yuan Xi was that Yuan Shang also knelt and sat on the left side of his mother.
Seeing him coming, Yuan Shang hurriedly stood up and said: "Second brother, you are here."
"Well, I just came from my father's study, so I thought about visiting my mother." Yuan Xi deliberately disgusted him and didn't say anything.Then he went to Mrs. Liu, bowed first, and then sat down.
Mrs. Liu took Yuan Xi's hand, sized her up carefully, and said with a smile on her face, "Xianyi has changed a lot in the past few years, did he suffer a lot in Luoyang?"
"Thanks to my mother, I didn't suffer much, but I learned a lot."
"Hehe, that's good, that's good." Mrs. Liu doesn't care about state affairs, but she is still extremely strict with her children's education. After she finished speaking, she glanced at Yuan Shang, and said calmly: "You can hear me, Xianfu. Go to Luoyang to see more in the future, don't stay at home all day."
Yuan Xi laughed secretly, going to Luoyang at this time, even ten Yuan Shangs would not be enough to die.
Mrs. Liu didn't know, so how could Yuan Shang not know, he gave Yuan Xi a vicious look, and said respectfully: "I would like to obey my mother's order."
"Well, you all go outside to learn more, so that you can share more burdens for your father in the future."
Yuan Xi nodded in agreement, he knew that this was what his mother said to his third brother...
Coming out of the main house, looking at the gray sky, Yuan Xi let out a long breath, and drove home in a carriage.
On the second day after Yuan Xi returned home, Yuan Shao in Bohai, Hebei issued an edict, galloped to various counties, and then summoned volunteer soldiers, erected a white flag of recruitment, and wrote the word "loyalty".
It was only a few days away, and the Yuan family had a deep foundation in Hebei, so the recruiters gathered at the same time like rain.
What surprised Yuan Xi was that he was summoned into the mansion by Yuan Shao on the third day and asked him to recruit soldiers in the south of the city.
After Yuan Xi made some inquiries, he found out that Yuan Shao not only found himself, but also his two brothers and his cousin Gao Gan, who recruited soldiers from all over Bohai County.
The requirement is to recruit [-] soldiers per person.
Although Yuan Xi's place is a bit remote, Yuan Xi is still very excited about this recruiting. You must know that this time is recruiting in name, but in fact it is his three brothers. Among the generals or soldiers who are outstanding, they can barely count themselves as Bole.
After receiving the news, Yuan Xi stayed up all night. Early the next morning, he got up early, called Cai Yan and Diao Xiu'er, and said to the two women, "Wen Ji, Xiu'er, my father asked me to go to recruit soldiers, and I might have to go out For a long time, the two of you are at home, you must pay more attention to safety, now is a chaotic world, you must not go in and out alone casually."
Although Cai Yan was a little bit reluctant, she was more happy for Yuan Xi, nodded and said: "Husband, you can go anyway, with Xiu'er and I at home, everything will be fine."
It was not long since the last time we parted, and this time we had to leave for a while again, Diao Xiu'er was a little bit reluctant, she stepped forward and leaned her head in Yuan Xi's arms, hugged him tightly and said, "Husband..."
Yuan Xi sighed, hugged Diao Xiu'er's small waist tightly, kissed her hair and said, "Xiu'er, be good, wait for me at home, okay?"
Diao Xiu'er twitched her pretty Qiong nose, and muttered: "Husband must come back quickly, you must not fight by yourself in a war."
Yuan Xi was amused, it seemed that Diao Xiu'er thought she was going to fight, but he didn't explain too much, and after being intimate with her, he pulled Cai Yan aside.
Chapter 28 Recruiting Soldiers ([-])
"Wen Ji," Yuan Xi said softly, "If there are no accidents, your father will come over in a few days. You have to persuade him well then."
Cai Yan hasn't asked about this matter recently, but now hearing Yuan Xi mentioning it, she immediately became excited and said excitedly, "Husband, are you serious?"
"When did my husband ever cheat you?" Yuan Xi smiled and said, "It's just that your father was too troublesome and something went wrong on the road. In short, when he comes, don't let others know about him. ?"
"Okay, husband." Cai Yan took a deep breath and responded softly.
Yuan Xi gave a few more instructions, then bid farewell to the two daughters and walked outside.
Walking to the gate, Yuan Xi summoned Yuan Le and Yuan He, and said to them: "Every time Ma'am goes out, you two must follow. If there is a problem, I will only ask you two."
"Please rest assured, Second Young Master, I will definitely protect Madam well."
After Yuan Xi ordered all the affairs in the mansion, he led Yuan Xiang and Yuan An to set off on fast horses.
Since Yuan Shao had already sent someone to talk about it, there was no need for Yuan Xi to go to Yuan Shao to report. Yuan Xi could go straight to Bohai to govern Yangxin.
At noon, Yuan Xi and his party rushed all the way, and finally arrived at Yangxin.
Leading the horse into the city, Yuan Xi could see from a distance the long queues in the city, slowly moving forward.
Unexpectedly, he had already started to recruit soldiers before he came, Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment, and walked forward quickly.
After a while, he walked to a government office, a square table, a middle-aged man with the appearance of a literati, was writing hard.
Yuan Xi gave him a wink, and Yuan An quickly stepped forward to inquire, then turned to him and said, "It's my lord's subordinate, Shi Liangli, who asked to recruit soldiers first."
"Liang Li?" Yuan Xi frowned slightly, there was no information about this person in his head, presumably he was an unknown front office official in Yuan Shao's early days.This time, it is estimated that he came to assist him in the name of Yuan Shao.
But this person is also interesting, he did the first recruiting before he came, it's not just a general ignorance.
Before Yuan Xi could reach the door, he saw a chubby man wandering out from inside. Judging by his appearance, he was about 30 years old.
"Humble post, Liang Li, see the Second Young Master."
When Liang Li saw Yuan Xi, his small eyes instantly widened, and he bowed down.
A smile appeared in Yuan Xi's eyes, and he raised his head and said: "Liang Changshi is not polite, I hope you and I will cooperate a lot in this recruitment."
Liang Li chuckled, his small eyes were almost squeezed into his chubby fleshy face, "Second Young Master, you are being modest, this time I came here to assist Second Young Master, I haven't seen Second Young Master come for a long time. , This is the advanced time to start recruiting soldiers, I hope the second son is not to blame."
"Sooner or later, you have to recruit soldiers, so why blame them?" Yuan Xi laughed, "However, this long team is a bit slow, so it's better to divide it into two teams. You and I will recruit more today, Liang Changshi ,what do you think?"
Liang Li nodded and said: "That should be the case." After finishing speaking, he asked someone to bring out another square table, take out a pen and paper, and just about to ask someone to come over to record, Yuan Xi interrupted him and said, "I have Yuan An available. , there is no need to call others.”
Yuan An understood, walked directly behind the prescription table and sat down.
Yuan Xiang on the other side walked up to the long queue, and a thick voice sounded: "People behind can go there to line up, now there are two locations where you can apply."
The people in the line were stunned for a moment, and immediately dispersed, and ran over not knowing who was there.
Liang Li shook his head, said politely to Yuan Xi, and went in again.
Yuan Xi didn't care about him either, Hebei has so many talents, he won this inexplicable opportunity to recruit soldiers, so naturally he would not let go of the opportunity to recognize talents.Standing next to the middle-aged scribe and Yuan An, he watched and listened to the appearance and name of the people who came to sign up.