Yu Hong was very enthusiastic towards Yuan Li, directly inviting him to stay at the Governor Mansion.
Yuan Li declined, he didn't even stay at the post station, and found an empty house under the name of the government in the city to stay in.
He brought with him two hundred personal soldiers, and no matter which post station, it couldn't accommodate so many people; if he stayed at the post station, the soldiers would have to camp outside and suffer the elements.
It was already summer, so sleeping outdoors was not cold, but there were many mosquitoes outside. The flood had just passed, and it was exactly the time to be most careful about drinking water and mosquitoes, so as long as he entered a city, he would find an empty house to stay in.
The soldiers took down the door panels, with ten people sleeping in one room, and hung curtains on the doors, burning mugwort every day to drive away mosquitoes. Over a month, none in his unit fell ill.
