This winter's snow is a little more than in previous years, the weather is always not a few days better, and then the north wind is howling, the snow is falling, the old snow is frozen, and it is covered with a thick layer of snowflakes.

In such weather, the vast majority of people are naturally willing to stay at home, this autumn, Jishi City ushered in a bumper harvest, the harvested grain is enough for everyone in Jishi City, safe to survive this winter, and a large number of cantonment from the Dayan Standing Army gathered in Fufeng, Niulanshan Camp logistics materials, but also let Zhengdong Mansion sit back and relax.

But in such weather, there was a group of people riding horses and walking slowly in the wind and snow, and the first person was the supreme head of the Eastern Governor's Mansion today, Gao Yuan. Behind him, he was followed by Yan Shenghao, the deputy councilor, and He Lanxiong, the commander of the Eastern Field Army Group, and only dozens of knights were escorted by them.

Since announcing a series of rules and regulations for the restructuring, Gao Yuan has left his hands on the details of the matter, and let Jiang Jiaquan and other literati improve some of the legal systems needed here, and he himself took Yan Shenghao, He Lanxiong and a few others to start running around Jishi City.

In the vicinity of Jishi City, in the past two years, countless fertile fields have been developed, and more and more villages are being formed, these villages, including the villages where the Huns gathered, as well as the people who emigrated from various places in Liaoxi County, and some special villages, which are formed by the wounded veterans who can no longer fight.

Today, Gao Yuan is going to such a village.

The Eastern Expeditionary Army treated these soldiers who retired due to injuries extremely favorably, not only had a large pension, but also built unified houses for them outside Jishi City, and distributed cattle and farm tools and other livestock that they needed. Gao Yuan is sure that only these people can be fed and clothed. A happy life can make the soldiers who are still serving in the team have no worries, and they can fight bravely, they are a mirror, not only looking at these wounded soldiers, but also looking at all the soldiers in Zhengdong Province.

He Dayou was very excited and panicked today, and yesterday Lord Wu Kaiwu, the Taishou of Jishi County, sent someone down to inform him that General Gao Yuangao, the governor of the capital, would come to Baiyang Village to inspect early this morning. So he got up, and under the thickest and tallest poplar tree in the middle of the village, he rang the bell, and gathered all the people of the village, and gathered them for nothing else, but to sweep away all the snow from the roads outside the village and the roads in the village. However, the weather was not beautiful, and the road that had just been cleared was covered with a layer of snow that had not stopped, which made him a little annoyed.

Look up at the sky. The snow could not be stopped for a while, and it seemed that the work could not be carried out, so the villagers were recruited back and everyone was sent home. Change into your best clothes and go to the entrance of the village to greet you.

For these soldiers who retired due to injuries, military uniforms are their best clothing. Maybe they had better clothes under their chests, but today, all the retired soldiers took out the same uniforms they wore when they left the army.

More than 200 retired wounded soldiers and their families gathered in the village of Baiyang.

At noon, near the sight, a team of people appeared, He Dayou immediately turned around excitedly and waved at the villagers, "Calm down, calm down, the governor is here, soldiers, line up, family members, all retreat to both sides for me, Fang family, take your doll well, don't let him run around." There is also Erniu, is your vicious dog tethered, that dog thing will bite when it sees a living person, if it scares the governor, see if I don't boil your dog and you into a pot of dog offal soup......"

He Dayou shouted loudly and incoherently, the soldiers' faces were stern, but the family members on the side couldn't help laughing, He Dayou couldn't help but be excited, when he was in the team, he was just a small sentry commander, and he didn't have the opportunity to see Gao Yuan at all, in a battle, he lost a leg, so he retired and went to Baiyang Village, because here he was the highest rank in the army, so he naturally became the village chief of Baiyang Village.

Today, he is actually going to see General Gao Yuangao.

When he walked to the high distance at the entrance of the village, he was surprised to see an army standing in front of him, although some of these people were missing hands, some were missing legs, some were blindfolded, and many of them were on crutches, or supporting each other, but they all stood straight. On their bodies, they were all wearing the standard uniforms of the Eastern Army, and the navy blue clothes had been washed a little white, but they were clean.

"Salute!" He Dayou was on crutches with his left hand, clenched his fist with his right hand, knocked on his left chest, and shouted hoarsely. Behind him, more than 200 retired soldiers, like He Dayou, clenched their fists at the same time, tapping their left chest, making a neat sound.

Gao Yuan's eyes were a little red, and he turned over and dismounted, "Return the salute!" He shouted loudly, paying his highest respect to the group of soldiers who had left the army.

Yan Shenghao, who followed closely behind Gao Yuan, was extremely shocked in his heart, looking at these disabled soldiers at this moment, still maintaining a military style and respect for Gao Yuan, he finally understood why his most elite army was still so vulnerable in front of the Eastern Army.

After Helan Xiong dismounted, as Gao Yuan returned the salute to these people, his eyes fell on the family group behind these soldiers, and he actually saw many women wearing traditional Hun costumes inside.

"He Dayou, the fifth sentry commander of the third team of the former Fufeng Battalion, reports to the general!" He Dayou said loudly.

Gao Yuan stepped forward and put his hands on He Dayou's shoulders, "Okay, okay, your name is He Dayou, you are a soldier of the old Fufeng Battalion, and now you are the village chief of this Baiyang Village?" ”

"Yes, General, I was wounded in the battle against Zhao two years ago, and I retired after I came back, and when Jishi City was built, I was placed here to prepare for the establishment of Baiyang Village, and now I am the head of this village."

"I'm a veteran, too!" Gao Yuan looked at the crowd behind him, "How many disabled veterans are here?" ”

"General Hui, there are a total of two hundred and seventeen wounded veterans here, counting everyone's families, there are a total of one thousand and twenty-five people in the entire village." He Dayou replied loudly.

"Let's go, take me into the village, how about we go and see your village?" Gao Yuan said with a smile.

"General, please." He Dayou turned sideways to give way to the road, "General, everyone in our village is doing well, the general has built a house for us, released ploughing cattle and farm tools, we people have nothing else, only a handful of strength, in the past two years, more and more wasteland has been opened, and all taxes have been exempted, and this day is getting better and better." ”

"You are all disabled soldiers here, and you don't want to come here to cultivate the fields, right?"

He Dayou laughed, "General, when we were in the army, the commanders warned us to help each other and form a team in order to better survive on the battlefield. We're planning to reclaim some wasteland! ”

He Lanxiong, who had been following Gao Yuan, finally couldn't help it, and interjected and asked, "He Dayou, why are there so many Hun women in your village?" Where did they come from? ”

"General Helan!" He Dayou owed a debt to He Lanxiong, He Lanxiong and Gao Yuan had been friends for a long time, and the two armies fought side by side many times, He Dayou naturally recognized this Xiongnu general. "When we retired, the army thought of everything for us, there was nothing lacking in material, but the army could not help us find a daughter-in-law, we were all disabled, to be honest, it was difficult to find a woman willing to marry herself, but then the situation changed, there were many wandering Huns on the grassland, there were many women, and many of them dragged their children and daughters, these people couldn't get by, and some came to us and married the disabled soldiers in our village, and we had nothing to pick, It's very good to have a woman to live with you, and then it was spread to ten, ten to hundred, and more and more Hun women came here, so there were more Hun women in our village, in fact, many of the children were also Huns, but now they are wearing our clothes, and they are not so conspicuous. ”

Helanxiong listened to He Dayou's words, but he was a little sad in his heart, although Jishi City also recruited the Huns, but the Huns were so defeated, and on the vast grassland, I don't know how many orphans and widows are still wandering around.

Gao Yuan was very happy, the arrival of these Hun women not only solved the personal problems of these soldiers, but also promoted the integration of two different races, which was exactly what he had always wanted to do.

"Be nice to these women, but don't make things difficult for others." High and far-reaching.

He Dayou smiled: "General, you can rest assured of this, everyone has only one mother-in-law, and they are counting on the white-headed old age, besides, these Hun women are not like our women in Dayan, all of them have great strength, and they are all good at working at home, and now they are the pillars of the family, at first the language is a little incomprehensible, but it is a little troublesome, but now they can speak some Central Plains dialect, we can also speak a few words of Xiongnu, which is much more convenient." ”

"That's good, that's good!" Gao Yuanmei smiled, "I see that there are a lot of dolls in this village, is there a school in the village?" ”

"Not yet!" He Dayou said in embarrassment: "We are a little far from the city here. ”

Gao Yuan turned his head to look at Yan Shenghao, and Yan Shenghao immediately said: "We will solve this problem as soon as we go back, and instruct Wu Taishou to immediately send a school to set up a school here to teach the dolls to read and write, and solve the problem of enlightenment." ”

"Hmm!" Gao Yuan said with a smile: "This problem should be dealt with quickly, He Dayou, let's go to your house to sit down, I really want to hear you talk about the things in your village, by the way, I haven't eaten yet, and the lunch is also solved at your house!" (To be continued......)