Chen Laoshi walked out of the valley entrance and looked at the layers of hills in the south. His eyes, which had been turbid for decades, became bright again.

It is this land where countless northern brothers fell here forever. One out of ten, and even half of them didn't have the chance to set foot on the battlefield, and their lives were taken away by the scorching heat in Lingnan.

Back from here, Chen Houshi never thought that he would return here to see this land and listen to the whispers of the old brothers who had been sleeping here in the ground. When they conquered Jiaozhi, they were not defeated by the Jiaozhi people, but by the harsh conditions of this land.

People around him shouted and neighed, and countless people were sweating profusely on the hillside. They were using their abilities to change this land. From now on, the army of the Central Plains dynasty will be unobstructed to the south.

From Yongzhou, to sugarcane affairs, and then to Liangzhou, Chen Laoshi saw what Xu Ping had transformed this land into. The miasma was gone, and the swamps covered with poisonous snakes became rice fields that could not be seen at a glance. The hillside where tigers and leopards were planted with sea-like sugarcane, and the wide road led to every densely populated area.

This land is no longer a burial place for the people of the Central Plains, but a wealthy place that can produce countless money and grain.

This is a real change of heaven and earth. Heaven has been replaced by the heaven of the Song Dynasty, and earth has been replaced by the earth of the Song Dynasty, and people will always become people of the Song Dynasty.

Behind him, two huge earth walls were erecting, starting from Nanliangzhou City, like a pair of arms, extending to the hills on both sides of the valley entrance. The arms were embracing a huge pocket nearly five miles deep and more than three miles wide, like a mouth, facing Jiaozhi, and swallowing it into his stomach.

I wonder if the old brothers lying under this land can see what they are today. This land that was regarded as a daunting journey back then will become the tomb of the Jiaozhi people.

Qiao Datou looked at Nanfang and asked Chen Houshi beside him: "Dad Chen, that's Jiaozhi. Why does it look no different from the Yongzhou of our Song Dynasty?"

"It was originally the same land. Even the people there and the places we saw were the same as those of the natives in Yongzhou. There were no Jiaozhi people. Otherwise, how could Emperor Taizong be conquered by soldiers?"

"It turns out to be the same as Yongzhou. I thought it was strange!"

When he heard that it was no different from where he grew up, Qiao Datou lost interest and looked around, hoping to see something special and write it down. When he went back, he said that he had also been to Jiaozhi.

Unfortunately, there is a large construction site around now, and all the workers are working in sugar commerce. What is the strange and beautiful place? Qiao Datou turned around in disappointment. Suddenly, he found that Chen Laoshi had tears in his eyes and asked curiously: "Dad Chen, is the sun too dazzling? You are shedding tears!"

Chen Zhen smiled helplessly and reached out to touch Qiao Datou's head: "Yes, I'm old and I'll cry when the sun shines. Let's go back and see here. I've also realized my thoughts for the rest of my life. Datou, after a hundred years, you should not join the army in Yongzhou and take my father's ashes back to Hedong."

Qiao Datou asked curiously: "What are you doing when you go back to Hedong? I don't know anyone there!"

"Spreading my ashes in the Fen River can be considered as falling leaves returning to their roots. Go there to find a wife, have children, and be our Central Plains people."

Qiao Datou muttered a few words, but couldn't hear what he was saying. In his heart, he felt that Mr. Chen was really bored, so why did he take his ashes back to the Central Plains? It was not buried there. Speaking of marrying a wife, why did he go back to Hedong to marry? Women in Yongzhou are very good. I heard people everywhere that when the war with Jiaozhi is pacified, many Jiaozhi women will inevitably come to Yongzhou and can afford to marry them for a few dollars.

These days, Qiao Datou has been saving money, just waiting to marry a Jiaozhi woman. Why did he return to Hedong?

However, since childhood, Qiao Datou was always pulled by Chen Laoshi, and he complained a few times in his stomach. He still had to listen to Grandma Chen's words.

Xu Ping didn't know what the two veterans at the foot of the mountain were saying, but just looked at the surrounding situation with Sang Yi.

Looking back at the two earthen walls that were growing gradually, Xu Ping asked Sang Yi: "A few days ago, I specially sent people to Guizhou to discuss with the grain envoy, borrowing the hard crossbows from the military subsidiaries of Guizhou and several nearby states. I don't know if there is any news? In our Yongzhou, we have less than a thousand powerful crossbows, but it is not enough to face the Jiaozhi army."

"When I got back with the news, the Transport Office has agreed, but it will take time to collect and it will take some time to transport it. Guizhou is the first prefecture of the road, and the most armor is stored. If it can support Yongzhou, it will be like a tiger. There are five thousand powerful crossbows, and there are 10,000 or 20,000 elite soldiers from Jiaozhi, and they can't pass the valley entrance at all!"

Xu Ping smiled and said nothing.

How can the Jiaozhi people not come in at the entrance of the valley? They must let them come in, as long as they are not allowed to go back. Xu Ping really felt that he was losing money if he set up such a big battle without leaving behind tens or twenty thousand Jiaozhi people's bodies. For 30,000 to 40,000 people a month of local work, such fortifications, would have to be evenly killed by tens of thousands of Jiaozhi soldiers.

The war is full of money and food, and Xu Ping wants to use money to make Jiaozhi King Li Foma cry.

At this moment, Tan Hu ran up from the bottom of the mountain panting and saluted Xu Ping: "Official, someone is coming from the capital, I'm waiting in Liangzhou City!"

Xu Ping was stunned and asked, "Who is here? Do you recognize him?"

"It was Shi Quanbin, the eunuch who came last time, and said he wanted the official to go back immediately."

"Is it him?" Xu Ping was worried and suspicious. The eunuch was not allowed to leave the palace at will. It must be the imperial edict of the emperor or the queen mother so far away.

What happened at this time?

Xu Ping did not dare to neglect the people around the emperor and asked Sang Yi to continue watching here. Xu Ping followed Tan Hu down the mountain and rode his horse back to Nanliangzhou City.

As soon as I entered the yamen, I saw two small yellow gates standing in the yard. Now Shi Quanbin has a status and status, so of course he has to take someone to serve when he comes out.

He asked Tan Hu to take two ingots of silver to greet the two small yellow gates. Xu Ping said hello and walked around to the flower hall.

As soon as he entered the door, Shi Quanbin, who was sitting and drinking tea waiting for Xu Ping, came up: "Yunxing, I haven't seen you for a few years, my brother misses you so much!"

Xu Ping hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and sat down with Shi Quanbin.

After getting the soldiers to have tea again, Xu Ping asked: "The head of the Pavilion came from the capital this time. I wonder what important things are there? Can I help?"

Shi Quanbin smiled and said, "This time I came for you. In a few years, you were promoted to Yuanwailang, but it caught the people in the court off guard. When you arrived at this official position, you were all qualified, but you were unprecedented in your age."

Speaking of this, Shi Quanbin came to Xu Ping with a spring breeze on his face: "I came this time to bring you the first special order to be promoted!"

After hearing this, Xu Ping was stunned. The official system in this era was extremely complex, and the rankings were even more terrifying. Even if the Jinshi could be transferred to the court for more than the capital, it would take decades to survive. Therefore, even ordinary middle- and senior officials would have to rely on this special order to be promoted, at least five levels at a time.

But the question is, does Empress Dowager Liu remember her holiday? It doesn’t look like her style! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!