It was winter again, and Chen Leng and they had already seen a strong New Year atmosphere on the way back to Chang'an from Dongjiang. After walking for a while, they changed to a boat to enter the Nanping River and traveled all the way to Chang'an.

Standing on the boat and looking to the two sides, the villages you can see are all covered with red colors. For the people of Daning, the topic of talks this year for the Chinese New Year must be that the Navy defeated the Sang Kingdom.

As Chen Leng said before the war started, if this battle was fought well, the court would continue to provide funds for the navy. If this battle was not fought well, those who had opposed the use of a lot of money and materials to build the navy would immediately jump out again.

The reason why Your Majesty insisted on building an invincible fleet is because history can be seen. During the Chu State, there was a chance to dominate the sea. At that time, because of some civil strife involving the Chu State royal family, the Chu Emperor once ordered the construction of a huge fleet of oceans.

At that time, even Sang Kingdom had no sea ships. The Chu Kingdom's large ship was an unrivaled giant on the sea. However, after several oceans, the Chu people saw ignorance and primitiveness wherever they went, so the Chu people finally judged that there was no meaning in developing sea transport.

The Chu people felt that those barbaric people were not worthy of communicating with the Chu people.

After the last ocean, all the large ships were thrown by the sea, and no one was in maintenance and repaired, and they were destroyed by wind and sun. Since then, the Chu State has never built a sea ship again.

But less than fifty years later, the pirates of Sang Kingdom began to invade the eastern border of Chu on a large scale. At first, the Sang people came in the name of commerce, because the large ships of Chu had arrived at Sang Kingdom decades ago, which brought unparalleled shock to the Sang people.

So how dare the Sang people who came to the Central Plains for the first time dared to be presumptuous? They came with respect, but after they came, they found that the Chu people had already abandoned their martial arts skills, and there was no invincible warship fleet.

As a result, the Sang people became more and more courageous. At first, they plundered the Chu fishing boats and merchant ships near the sea. Later, they found that the Chu people had no ability to fight at all, so they began to land and directly plunder villages. When they were most rampant, the Sang people even captured many county towns.

However, history always has some amazing similarities. Just when His Majesty decided to build the navy, many officials in the court dug out the allusions of the Chu period and took those old books to talk about things.

There was a record when it was said that there were primitive and ignorant places outside the sea, and there were even people wearing tree bark and eating raw meat. There was no need to build a large-scale naval team to deal with these people.

Your Majesty’s attitude is... You can say whatever you want, and I will do my own thing.

However, His Majesty still compromised in the early stage and asked the Ministry of Revenue to allocate funds on the grounds of building the Nanpingjiang Naval Division, because water bandits were indeed rampant at that time, seriously threatening the fleet of the Jiangnan Weaving Mansion.

Fortunately, Zhuang Yong and Shen Leng were enough to bring glory to the emperor. They used the newly built naval army to conquer the southern border, which made those in the court who opposed the expansion of naval army shut up.

When the fleet stopped at the Water Gate in Chang'an City, everyone was a little surprised. Not so many people knew about the date of returning to Chang'an, but the dock outside the Water Gate was already crowded with people. They waved their arms at the Navy warship. They shouted loudly the words "Daning Navy". Everyone looked so excited.

"This is what we mean by joining the army."

Meng Changan looked at the people who waved his arms, and people like him were also excited.

Crown Prince Li Changye looked excited and waved to the people.

"General!"

A girl who looked sixteen or seventeen years old waved her handkerchief and shouted at Chen Leng and the others. In fact, she didn't know which one was Chen Leng, but just kept waving and shouting, hoping that the idol in her heart could see her.

It would be fine if only this girl was so crazy and excited, but the key was that there were not many people.

There were also a few girls standing together on the high ground and shouting the three words "Duke An" with their eyes burning, and even their voices were hoarse.

Chen Ran smiled and said, "Are you strange? Those who call Duke An Guo are all women, and those who call General Dao Bing are all men."

Meng Changan glanced at him.

Master Cha sighed.

Chen smiled coldly and embarrassedly: "This is indeed an individual phenomenon. There have been no such many people shouting when they came back before, and you know it."

Just as Mr. Cha was about to speak, he saw a few young women standing together and waving their arms wildly towards Chen Leng, calling Duke An and looking for Duke An and Duke An.

Mr. Cha said, "I never thought that the age gap between those who like you is so big. The girl who calls you is only in her teens. The young women and ladies here are about twenty or thirty years old, and there are people who look like they are in their thirties and forties who are shouting to marry you."

Chen Ran pointed to the other side: "There is there."

Cha Ye followed Chen Ran's instructions and saw several women in their forties and fifties who were in their forties and fifties, waving their handkerchiefs and calling Duke An Guo.

Shen Leng: "..."

Chen Ran sighed: "I thought it was the opposite. Women all like Meng Chang'an, and men all like to be cold and cold."

Master Cha looked at Chen Ran: "In your words..."

Chen Ran shrugged: "Brother, you don't know. Leng Zibuqingbubai and I were wearing open-crotch pants at that time. You are both latecomers."

Meng Chang'an said: "Where am I?"

Chen Leng: "Shut up."

One hour later, Weiyang Palace.

His Majesty looked at the people who were leaning forward to salute in front of him, each of which was his favorite, including Prince Li Changye, Chen Leng, Meng Chang'an, Chen Chayan...

"Cha'er, go to the Queen's Palace first. She can't sleep well if she thinks about you. Especially recently, I know that you are coming back soon, and I'm not sleeping soundly. Go and see her."

"Abide by the order."

Chen Chayan saluted to the emperor and left. The children were all at the Empress, and she could not help it.

"I'm very happy."

The emperor pointed to the chair not far away: "Everyone sat down and talked, let the boat go and make tea."

The emperor's eyes always floated to Chen Leng's side. After returning from the war, Lengzi looked a little darker, but he looked more masculine. Relatively speaking, the second prince Li Changye seemed a little weak.

The emperor thought that Lengzi was more like himself when he was young. At that time, he led troops in the northern border and was so dark. He looked rough and matched his identity as a prince at all.

It is precisely because of this that he can establish such a high prestige in the army.

If he hadn't had enough influence back then, Mu Zhaotong's plan would have been successful. In addition, the old dean wrote three letters and met two people, laying the foundation for staying Wang Dengji.

After learning about Mu Zhaotong's plan, the old dean wrote the first letter to His Majesty, asking His Majesty to come to Chang'an immediately, and the second letter to Pei Tingshan, asking Pei Tingshan to lead his troops to Beijing.

The third letter was written to the Tang family. If there was really something uncontrollable, the old dean hoped that the old lady of the Tang family could bring troops from the Western Xinjiang to Chang'an.

After these three letters were written, the old dean went to meet the Imperial Army General Dan Tai Yuan Shu. At that time, Tan Tai had just become the Imperial Army General, and the old dean was the one who was most worried about was him.

He was promoted by Li Chengyuan. Although he had a life-and-death relationship with King Liu in northern Xinjiang, it was all the past and the old dean was not sure. After he went to see Dan Tai Yuan Shu, Dan Tai Yuan Shu only said three words to him, and the old dean returned happily.

Dan Tai said...I'm sick.

The general was sick, and Pei Tingshan's nine thousand swords of soldiers dared to block the gate of Chang'an City, so that the prince could not get through and could not get in. If the 80,000 imperial guards really started to move, the nine thousand swords of soldiers could not even make a wave.

Dan Tai was so sick that Mu Zhaotong slapped the table and scolded her mother.

"I've been thinking about how to reward you."

The emperor took a breath and smiled, "I asked Lai Cheng to come in with all the assistant ministers of the cabinet a while ago. I discussed with them. It has been a long time since I didn't have a suitable statement. What I said is that I deserve your military achievements."

He looked at Lai Cheng: "Sir, please come and proclaim the imperial edict."

Lai Cheng quickly stood up, first bowed to His Majesty, then turned to look at Shen Leng and Meng Chang'an, cleared his throat and said solemnly: "Your Majesty's order, Meng Chang'an, the general of the Eastern Sword and Swordsman, will enter the Great Pillar Kingdom, and the title of Duke of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of

"General Haisha, honor and honor will be promoted to the country, and the title will be promoted to the second rank of the military position..."

"General Yan Kaisong, the first-class marquis, was inherited from the second-rank rank..."

Finally, it is about Shen Leng.

Lai Cheng cleared his throat again and said, "Shen Leng, the general of the Donghai Navy, changed Duke An to Duke Gu, and was inherited from generation to generation. He received three salary and honored the great master."

"Go to the position of General of Shen Leng Shui Division. From now on, Shen Leng will be the General of the Chang'an Imperial Army."

"The General of the East China Sea Navy was temporarily appointed by Wang Gendong, and Wang Gendong was awarded the title of third place and was not replaced by hereditary service. He was promoted to the second rank of military service."

Lai Cheng didn't have a manuscript in his hand, and he said one by one, his voice was clear and his words sounded very comfortable.

After he finished speaking, Shen Leng and the others quickly knelt down to thank him.

The emperor stood up and pulled them all up one by one. He smiled and said, "I have prepared a banquet for you. All civil and military officials are waiting. I will let them put the banquet in the Tai Chi Hall, and I will drink with you in the main hall."

Meanwhile, Black Martial Arts.

Yuan Fuji left Xingcheng and brought tens of thousands of imperial guards to the north shore of Luojia Lake in the southern border. The black warriors had already built a solid enough border city here. In order to deal with the attack of Ningren's firearms, the structure of the border city also changed.

Standing on the wall of this border city, Yuan Fuji frowned.

Opposite Luojia Lake is the newly built border town of Ningguo. Two big cities are across the lake. Heiwu and Ning have not had any wars for several years. Yuanfuji has not dared to slack off in the past few years and have been accumulating strength constantly. He knew that Li Chengtang would definitely come again.

"How are the recruitment matters in various places doing?"

Yuanfu Ji asked.

"Return to the king, tens of thousands of new soldiers have arrived at the border camp to start training, and those in the distance will arrive within three months at the latest. It is initially expected that if young and strong men over 16 years old and under 40 years old join the army, the whole country can recruit millions of soldiers, but after the selection, a group of them will be eliminated, and there will be about one million people."

"Tell the recruits that if they fight with Ningren in the future, killing one Ningren can be promoted to the centurion level, with a reward of ten taels and a Ning general, they can be promoted to general directly, with a reward of hundreds of taels. Those who kill a general of the third rank or above of Ningren will be granted a title of marquis."

He held the city wall with both hands, and after a moment of silence, he said, "It turns out that Heiwu is a mountain pressing on Ningren, and now Ningren has become a mountain."
Chapter completed!