"Young guys, let's get the banner!"

After seeing the turn ahead, Li Laiheng could see his hometown Mizhi County, so he immediately shouted loudly to his personal guards, his words full of excitement.

When his personal guards heard this, they all raised flags.

On these flags, there were Li Laiheng's military positions: General of the Dongjiang Army; there were also written about the military achievements made by Li Laiheng, including the wars of Jianlu and Japanese pirates. There were also pieces of military medals hanging on his chest, shining in the sun.

While excited, he turned to look at the person next to him and said in a hurry: "Enjoyed father, where is yours? Fight out too, let them all see. Now we are a serious official army, and we are elite troops directly under the Liaodong Bo!"

The man next to him was Li Guo, the general of the Dongjiang Army. He and Lu Xiangsheng were both 46 years old. Although his current identity was a tremendous change from when he left his hometown, he did not have the same interest as Li Laiheng. He just smiled and said lightly: "We are just returning to our hometown to see it with the order, there is no need to be so silly!"

"Yes, we returned home on orders. Of course, we have to let them all see what our identity is now and what glory is! This is what the emperor means!" Li Laiheng was still interested and said excitedly, "Besides, those banners I have prepared for you, it would be a pity if you don't need them!"

After saying that, he saw Li Guo just smiled and didn't say anything to him anymore. So he turned around and ordered Li Guo's personal guards and said, "What are you still standing there? You've been to the hometown of Da Zheng. What are you doing when you hide? You'll be able to beat me up with all your banners!"

While speaking, Li Laiheng even drove over and shouted at Li Guo's personal guards. Seeing this, his own personal guards also started to make excuses. In the end, Li Guo's personal guards also raised flags.

Seeing the flags waving and being so excited, Li Guo just smiled and didn't stop him. It was obvious that he was making a fuss with Li Laiheng. Most of the time, he looked at the scenery in front, back, left and right, searched for the memories in his mind, and compared them.

When the famine broke out, Mizhi starved to death. He rebelled with his uncle Li Hongji. At that time, dead people, bones, etc. could be seen everywhere on the road. Now, although people still rarely see them, dead people, bones, etc. have disappeared.

Looking at the fields near the official road, wherever he looked, it was still drought, and even the fields were cracked. Li Guo was a little worried and a little puzzled.

What he was worried about was that God still did not give the people a way to live, or the drought was raging, how did the people live?

What I wonder is that as drought as before, I didn’t see dead people, nor did I see the worry and fear on the faces of passers-by. Logically speaking, this is almost Mizhi County, so there should be more passers-by, so why can’t I see a few people?

Soon, after turning around, I could see the Mizhi County Town in the distance at a glance.

Wherever I look, I finally gained a lot of popularity. I can see some people in the fields and on the official roads.

Seeing this situation, Li Laiheng suddenly became even more excited as if he had chicken blood. He immediately ordered his personal guards to say, "Right up my chest and raise the flag higher. Now, I'm back with dignity!"

As he spoke, he seemed to think it was not enough, so he also ordered Li Guo's personal guards, and he minded whether they were holding high or not, whether their chests were straight or not.

As they got closer and closer to Mizhi County, someone finally noticed the knights, put down their work, and stood there watching them.

Li Guo noticed this situation. If it were the case before, in this case, everyone would hide faster than rabbits, and no matter whether they were officers or soldiers or not, there would be no good things.

From this we can see that the world is really peaceful in my hometown now, otherwise it would be impossible to stand there and watch the fun.

"Hey, who is this person? Judging from his attitude, he must be a very big official, right?"

"No, they are all martial artists, and they are like this?"

“…”

Li Laiheng couldn't help but feel anxious when he heard their discussions. At this time, one thing he remembered was that the people in his hometown were too illiterate. The banner he had set up and no one knew the words on it. Wouldn't this be useless to customize the flag?

In desperation, he didn't even bother to pose for a while and quickly greeted the people watching the fun by the official road in Mizhi dialect and said: "I am the general of the Dongjiang Army in Liaodong. This is Li Guo and Li, the general of the Dongjiang Army in Liaodong. We are all Mizhi people, and we are fellow villagers..."

When I heard him introduce himself in Mizhi local dialect, I have to say that Li Laiheng’s reputation is not very good, but Li Guo’s reputation is still very famous in the local area.

"Li Guo, is the tiger that rebelled with the thief?"

"Yes, it must be. I heard that after being captured by the emperor, I volunteered to go to Liaodong to fight Jianlu!"

"Wow, now I've returned home in glory and returned to my hometown. It's so enviable!"

"No, I have become the commander of the court! It's so amazing!"

“…”

I received praise as scheduled, but they were all for Li. When Li Laiheng heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious. Why didn't he praise himself? He also changed his mind and went to Liaodong to kill Jianlu, and became a general!

He was excited, but never thought that Li Guo had a better reputation than him at the time and now his official position is higher than him, so others naturally focused on Li Guo, not him.

A group of people suddenly emerged from the city gate. The leader was wearing a green robe and was the county magistrate of Mizhi County.

He then asked with his fists, "But Lord Li, the general of the Dongjiang Army, face to face?"

Although Li Guo's rank is now far higher than that of the seventh-rank county magistrate, Li Guo is a military general and the county magistrate is a civil servant. If it were the past, the county magistrate would basically not be able to welcome the military generals who returned to their hometown to visit relatives.

But now, the county magistrate is still here. Li Guo knew in his heart that this was because these people returned to their hometowns to visit relatives under the order, and the local authorities probably received the emperor's will, so this was the case.

Thinking of this, Li Guo couldn't help but feel very moved, and he felt that the emperor was so kind to them. Not only did he think about them, he arranged for them to go back to his hometown to visit relatives, but he even told the local people not to neglect them. It would be so lucky to meet such an emperor in this life!

Li Guo would not be too arrogant, so he quickly turned over and got polite with his parents in his hometown.

Seeing that Li Laiheng, who had never had any of his own affairs, couldn't help but feel a little bored. He became a little more interested and could only follow his foster father and listen.

The county magistrate of Mizhi County and Li Guo walked side by side and had a cordial conversation, and everything was very harmonious. The county magistrate also prepared a banquet to welcome Li Guo.

After getting familiar with each other, Li Guo also saw that there seemed to be less abortions in the county town than before the famine. His confusion increased instead of reducing, so he finally mentioned it to the county magistrate and said, "I wonder if there are any festival gatherings nearby. Is this person all going to join in the fun?"

After hearing this, the county magistrate of Mizhi County was a little stunned. Then he looked around and suddenly realized it. He smiled and explained, "The Grand Marshal means that there are not many people in Mizhi County, right?"

Hearing this, Li Guo nodded apologetically.

The population of a county determines which one is among the top, middle and lower levels, and is linked to the county magistrate's political achievements. It seems a bit embarrassing to put it in person.

However, it is obvious that the county magistrate did not mind in this regard, but just said with a smile: "Mizhi County has always been drought-free and rainy, and the land is barren, making it difficult to live a living person. Fortunately, the potatoes that the imperial court vigorously promoted are a drought-resistant crop, which has solved the belly of many people. However, if you want to live a good life, with the current fertility of Mizhi, you can only support so many people."

"What about the others?" Li Guo asked casually, and felt that the question was a little wrong, so he immediately changed his words and said, "What I mean is, what if the population increases in the future?"

After hearing this, the county magistrate smiled and said, "Over the years, the world has been peaceful, and the population has naturally increased. The extra people have all gone to Hetao."

"Crazy into Hetao?" Li Guo was stunned when he heard this.

After becoming a prisoner of the court in the Battle of Nanyang, he voluntarily went to Liaodong to kill Jianlu. Since then, he has been in Liaodong, or simply in North Korea. With the communication conditions of this era and the fact that he has no relatives in his hometown, he basically knows little about the situation in his hometown.

Judging from his reaction, the county magistrate understood what was going on and explained with a smile: "The court has a policy to encourage Han people in the Guanzhong area to open up land and farm. Therefore, not only in Mizhi County, but also in many places including Yan'an Prefecture, where the drought is severe, they all went to Hetao. This is generally commonly known as breaking into Hetao!"

Speaking of this, he paused and added: "I guess it was the first time the Grand Marshal came back in so many years, and I don't know the details. Today's Guihua City can be said to be very prosperous. If the Grand Marshal has time, he might as well go and have a look, it's worth a look."

When the emperor personally led the army to expedition and destroyed more than 10,000 enemy troops in Guihua City, Li Guo certainly knew about this.

As a native of northern Shaanxi, he has naturally heard of the saying that the Yellow River is the only rich.

Now that the county magistrate said this, he is really curious. The people in the arid areas of the pass have another way of life, which makes Guihua City prosperous?

If this is the case, there will probably be no military city in Yulin in the future, and there will be no need for the Great Wall.

Suddenly, he remembered something and couldn't help but frown and asked, "Although the Mongolian tribes along the Great Wall were either destroyed by the emperor or had already surrendered. However, there are also the three tribes in Mobei and the western Mongolian. Is it safe in Hetao?"
Chapter completed!