The road to go straight.

Chen Leng and the others came out of the boat port and headed straight to the military post. Everyone knew how anxious Chen Leng was, and how anxious Mr. Chen was. If he could be divided by level, then Mr. Chen's impatientness must not be lower than Chen Leng's impatientness.

A gentleman is a good person and a kind person.

First of all, the elders.

Not many people noticed that after Chen Leng and Cha Ye got married, Mr. Chen rarely lived with them, and that was the choice of the teacher.

Once, when my husband was drinking with the old Taoist and the others in Xiachanting Garden, the old Taoist asked, "If Cha'er has a child, you will become a grandfather and grandfather again." That is a joy of family. Why do you get together with us all the time in this Xiachanting Garden? Do you really care about us being with you all the time?

Mr. Chen smiled without saying a word.

The old Taoist, who had few teeth, smiled and said, "I understand if you don't say it. When people get old, they always feel that they are burdens, but not burdens, and they don't want to disturb the couple's life. The world of two people is different from the world of three people. The so-called joy of family... You care, but you care more about the couple."

Mr. Chen nodded slightly, but still did not answer.

The old Taoist sighed: "That young couple is really a person who wants their little lives? If you don't go home, Cha'er will run to Xiachanting Garden every day. As long as General Chen is in Chang'an, he will come every day. Do you really think they can't understand your thoughts?"

Mr. Chen still smiled but didn't say anything, but his eyebrows looked a little proud.

The children he taught were also good and kind.

The military post is not far from the port. According to Shen Leng’s arrangement, the military post will prepare the fast horses.

Before the group entered the post, they saw a large group of people outside the post from afar. They didn't know what happened. They walked over quickly and got closer and saw Ye Jingtian, the general who had already taken charge of the wolf ape in the southern border because of His Majesty's order.

"The horses in the military post are not fast enough."

When Ye Jingtian saw Chen Leng and the others arrived, he smiled and said, "I ordered the fast horse to be sent here after receiving the report from the Military Post. I got the news a few days ago that you have destroyed Ruan Tengyuan, so I plan to do that you are coming back soon, so I just come and wait."

Ye Jingtian handed Chen Leng something: "Although you are the admiral of the sea patrol master, you will be stopped to check when you pass the city through Pingyue Road. This is the pass certificate written immediately after the Taoist government received the news. He asked me to bring it to you. The Taoist government originally wanted to come to see you, but it was just a chore. After all, he is the Taoist government and cannot do without it. He has ordered that the towns in various places in Pingyue Road. If you hold this document certificate, you can travel all the way."

Chen Leng bent down and bowed: "General Xie, Lord Xie Daofu."

"Thank you."

Ye Jingtian stood up and performed a military salute: "I have been destroyed, and the sea of ​​the southern border of Daning will be eliminated forever. The Taoist government said, please make sure I will give you a salute, not by official rank or by seniority, but by merit. From then on, the people in southern border of Daning will never be disturbed by pirates and will never worry about going to sea. I do not believe in Zen. Zen Buddhism says that Bodhisattvas protect the peace and stability of the people in all directions. Go away. If there are indeed Bodhisattvas, the war soldiers of Daning are Bodhisattvas, and you are Bodhisattvas. Your navy is the Bodhisattva in the hearts of tens of millions of people along the southern border of Daning."

Chen Leng was so frightened that he was said that he quickly returned the gift.

"The Bodhisattvas in Zen do not kill animals."

He smiled and said, "The true Bodhisattva is the parents and officials of the people, and is a person like the Taoist master."

Ye Jingtian smiled and said, "Don't brag about each other. What I'm not saying politely. You shouldn't be polite. If the Bodhisattvas in Zen do not kill, the Bodhisattvas of Daning will have to kill. Kill the threats outside of Daning and kill him a man who is in the heaven and earth. Since he is a Bodhisattva in Daning, then what is the damn thing about people outside of Daning? Our Bodhisattvas will take care of our affairs and do not have the realm of saving sentient beings with great compassion."

He patted Chen Leng's shoulder: "Some of the warrior Bodhisattvas are to protect Daning even if they slaughter everyone outside Daning."

He looked at the cold eyes: "Zen Buddhism says that killing will be retribution, don't believe in that trick. If you hold the life and death in your hand, you will be with the black thread knife, and the true Buddha will avoid it."

He said these words were not nonsense, but because he knew Chen Leng’s worries.

Chen Leng was afraid that his killing would be too heavy and that he would be punished on his unborn child.

"When Ye Liuyun was communicating a while ago, he accidentally mentioned your thoughts."

Ye Jingtian took an iron plate from his arms and handed it to Chen Leng: "This is the iron coupon of the Southern Wolf Ape's military merits. My own. Only when the military merits are enough can you have this iron coupon. In other words, if you don't kill a thousand people, how can you get this thing? I'll give it to you. If you feel that your iron coupon of military merits cannot shake the evil demons and heretics of the world, I will add a little to you with the evil spirit of the wolf ape."

Chen Leng was shocked.

It is a military iron coupon, a symbol of the glory of a soldier for the rest of his life.

"Daning soldiers use killing to stop killing. Not to mention evil demons and heretics, gods and Buddhas in the sky dare not approach Daning."

Ye Jingtian put the iron coupon in Shen Leng's hand: "Go back with peace of mind, and it also treats it as a small gift I gave to my child."

He took a step back and saluted again: "Let's go, it's a good journey."

On the military post, hundreds of good horses selected by Ye Jingtian themselves were already ready. Chen Leng and his team were all rich, and they could run in rotation in this way hundreds of miles a day.

Farewell to Ye Jingtian, everyone got on the horse and headed northwest. After running for a day, they found the military post to change the carriage. With the order from Ye Kaitai of Pingyue Road Mansion, the military posts in various places had already been prepared. Chen Leng and others took turns to rush the carriage and rush along the official road, traveling 400 miles a day and 200 miles a night.

In August, Chen Leng and others will leave the West Shu Road.

At noon, I was already trapped and exhausted. Looking at the map, it was still dozens of miles away from the next military post. The West Shu Road is no better than other places. The military post is two hundred miles away. There is a noodle stall on the road ahead. Everyone got off the horse and was hungry. Each person had a bowl of hot noodles. Thinking about it, the temptation was irresistible.

The most comfortable way to go back to Chang'an from Pingyue Road is to take the water route. From the Grand Canal, go north to Jiangnan Road and then turn to Nanping River and head westward, which is equivalent to going around a very large semicircle.

The fastest route from Pingyue Road to Chang'an is to go northwest to the East Shu Road, then West Shu Road, and after leaving West Shu Road, it is Gyeonggi Road. However, this official road will be a little bit by side, so you choose to go to Hexi Road and run a few hundred miles along the straight road before entering Gyeonggi Road.

However, the only thing that makes people worry is the elusive weather and the East Shu Road, as well as mountain roads.

The East Shu Road is better. After entering the West Shu Road, you don’t know how high you are running. You think it is the official road at the foot of the mountain. As you run, you will find out why you have reached the middle of the mountain? After running for a while, why are you almost reaching the top of the mountain? Turning around, you will see that it is obviously still at the foot of the mountain.

This is why Daning is rich and powerful. With nearly 120 years of hard work, it was only after opening mountains and building roads on the West Shu Road and building such a straight road that can reach Chang'an. Although it is not as wide and flat as other places, it can be riding a horse without delay.

There are only two real official roads on the West Shu Road, one is to go to Chang'an and the other is to go to Jiangnan Road. Except for these two official roads, most areas are overlapping mountains. Even in Daning, there is not such a powerful force to move mountains and fill the lake.

When the two official roads were built, it took nine years for the survey officials of the Ministry of Works to find the relatively simple route for the project. It took one hundred and sixteen years for these two official roads to be repaired. Other places are really not easy. If you want the road to be feasible, you either have to dig a mountain to repair the tunnel or just flatten the mountain, which is not accessible by manpower.

There is no need to say much about the meaning of building a straight road to Chang'an. Building a straight road to Jiangnan Road is for people's livelihood. The Western Shu Road is a treasure land for sericulture. Since ancient times, Shu Jin has been famous all over the world, but there is no road, so what can Shu Jin be valuable?

With this straight road and the waterways of Nanping River, the lives of the people in the Shu road will get better and better.

His Majesty Li Chengtang has made great wishes in the future, whether it is the West Shu Road or the East Shu Road, or the two mountains and the south and north of the mountains with the same mountain range, including the even mountain roads in the east, and Daning must achieve mountain village access.

But if Daning cannot do it this generation, the next generation of Daning emperor may not be able to do it, but if Daning prospers for a long time, it will be two hundred years if it fails for a hundred years.

Shen Leng walked from the East Shu Road and almost left the West Shu Road. Looking at this road, he could imagine how much the price he had paid for the road construction.

This road is much more shocking than the half-bridge road to the west. The half-bridge road is only a few dozen miles away. These two roads are one thousand and one hundred miles long to the Jiangnan Road and one thousand and seven hundred miles long to the Chang'an.

It is naturally more difficult to build half of the road, but the construction of roads in the two Shu areas is even more arduous.

Dismounted not far from the noodle stall, Shen Leng and his group filled the seats of the noodle stall at once, and there were people standing and waiting.

"I can't get so many bowls of noodles at once, you have to wait."

The owner of the noodle stall is a hardcover man who looks in his forties. His wife helps him. A little boy who looks six or seven years old squats on the side and plays with mud, so this is something wrong... The man is in his forties and his wife looks about the same age. Why is the child so young?

Shen Leng looked at the man's hand.

"rise."

Shen Leng stood up, everyone didn't understand, but they all stood up as well.

Shen Leng stood up and gave a standard military salute: "The old regiment leads!"

Everyone then realized and saluted at the same time: "Lead the old group!"

Hearing the old man who was about to cook noodles, the middle-aged man's shoulders trembled, and when he turned around, his eyes were filled with tears.

Although Shen Leng and the others were not wearing military uniforms, how could he not tell that he was a soldier from Daning, but he dared not recognize him... Although Daning is not a business man, after the war soldiers retired, they are often arranged by the local government to do things. Why do they need to set up stalls and sell noodles by themselves?

He felt undecent.

Stand solemnly and salute.

Although the back is no longer straight and although it looks a little fat, the military salute is extremely standard.

He slowly pulled out a red rope from his neck. The red rope was tied not with jade or gold or silver, but with the iron logo on the chest of the Daning warriors.

Chen Leng couldn't help asking: "Why are you setting up a stall on the roadside? The retired old regiment led the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War each allocated 110 taels of silver, which is not counted. If the retirement bank of two taels per month is not squandered, it would be enough for food and clothing a year. The local government must arrange employment for you according to the law. Logically speaking, you should be working in the wing soldiers or in the county government. If there is no difficulty, how could you set up a stall?"

"It's okay, it's okay."

The middle-aged man smiled: "I just feel that I can't waste it, and I'm more at ease to do something myself."

"I am a general."

Chen Leng took out the general's iron plate and placed it on the table: "Tell it truthfully."

The middle-aged man's face changed and he stood up with a bang.

"Return to the general, because...because of forced force."

The cold eyes were cold.

"explain."

"The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War allocated silver to the local government. The retired veterans returned to the local government to report and paid one by one. They went to the government to receive two taels of silver every month. The court's arrangements were good enough."

The middle-aged man lowered his head: "But on the West Shu Road... it's not easy. I don't know anything else. Changhu County's monthly retirement silver is not issued, nor is it not issued. The reply to us was that the local government's bank was not rich, so it was issued every year. The one hundred and ten taels of silver were also issued in the second year. In the second year, the retirement silver was issued for several months, but not the one hundred and ten taels. In the third year, the retirement silver was also issued for several months. After two or three years, the retirement silver was not issued."

He glanced at Chen Leng: "I heard that the officials who specialize in managing this matter took the silver approved by the court and deposited it into the money house for interest. There were hundreds of retired veterans in Changhu County, plus the pension silver of the fallen soldiers. All of them were counted. If you could deposit it in the money house with 100,000 taels of silver, the interest given every month was enough for those people. At the beginning, they should have planned to pay it monthly to pay it annually. In the second year, the interest for every year was enough for every year. However, they became more and more greedy and did not pay it every year. Now the money that has been rolled out is probably hundreds of thousands of taels, perhaps... more."
Chapter completed!