After more than half a day, the starry night and night, and when the sky was almost dawn, finally, Qin Ming and the people returned to Horseshoe Mountain with 100 million taels of silver on their backs.

The road can be described as very hard, to avoid being blocked, they take the small road.

And those who knew that they were carrying 100 million taels of silver could not have imagined that they would use people to carry these silver tickets on their backs.

In addition, the traces of the carriage led almost everyone astray, so although Qin Ming and the others worked hard all the way, it was also smooth.

Back at Horseshoe Mountain, there was immediately a spy back to report.

In a short time, more than a dozen wagons and countless troops came to meet them.

After Marshal Long and General Zhu saw Qin Ming and the others, they hurriedly rushed up and excitedly asked them if they were okay.

Then asked about the specific situation along the way, and then confirmed that he had really received 100 million taels of compensation, even if Marshal Long was a marshal, at this moment, he was shocked and incomparable.

In the big tent of the barracks, looking at those large silver tickets, Marshal Long and General Zhu's eyes were about to pop out.

When he had the opportunity to be alone with Qin Ming, Marshal Long asked Qin Ming: "Your Majesty, then our army, should we withdraw now, or continue to stay?" ”

Qin Ming thought for a while and said, "The army should stay for a few days first, and deter the southern country here, don't let them think that we will withdraw after taking the silver." When they find out that we are not leaving, and then have people urging us, they will retreat. ”

Marshal Long smiled: "Your Majesty is really insidious and cunning...... No, no, that ...... Your Majesty is really Shengming......"

Marshal Long wiped his cold sweat and hurriedly changed his words!

Qin Ming rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, the war is over, you are here to deter, I still have to go back to Chu State cleanly, I don't know how the Chu State has been in the past month!" ”

"Then Your Majesty, let General Zhu go back with you, his 100,000 troops need to be taken away first, and continue to return to the southern border to shock the border."

Marshal Long is worthy of being a marshal, and his pattern is not only on the battlefield, but also always concerned about the safety of the entire Chu State.

Qin Ming felt that it made sense, the south had always been a place where 200,000 troops were stationed to guard it.

Although the threat of the south is no longer a threat, the south is still an important frontier, and there must be soldiers to deter it, and an army of 100,000 is still indispensable.

"The original 100,000 troops of General Wang are temporarily under your command, and they will be shocked and deterred." Qin Ming said.

Marshal Long clenched his fists: "Command!" ”

Qin Ming nodded, and then left the camp.

After a short time, Marshal Long summoned everyone and gave his order, asking General Zhu to return to Chu with 100,000 troops and General Qin first.

As for him and Xue Rengui, they still have to stay for three days.

General Zhu didn't have the slightest opinion on this, especially Qin Ming was very happy to go back with him, and he always wanted Qin Ming and his daughter to make a couple.

So, on the same day, he led an army of 100,000 and set off directly.

On the way, General Zhu looked at his daughter on horseback, then looked at Qin Ming, and said:

"By the way, General Qin, I don't know, what is your name? I've known each other for so long, and I still don't know my full name! ”

Qin Ming smiled: "The name is not very good, it is better to call Qin Xiaojiang to look kind." ”

"Hahaha, that's fine, then General Qin, how many characters is your birthday?" General Zhu asked again.

Qin Ming was stunned for a moment and said, "The general asked what ...... do this?"

General Zhu smiled and said: "Actually, there is no need to ask, General Ben also thinks that the birthday of you and General Ben's daughter is compatible." ”

Qin Ming was speechless, thinking to himself, how worried are you that your daughter can't get married? Blame me for a disaster?

On the side, Zhu Linglong's face was slightly red and silent, obviously, she did not object to her father's words to Qin Ming.

"Junior General Qin, do you have a sweetheart?" General Zhu spoke again, which was more direct.

Qin Ming really didn't know how to answer.

Say you have it? How awkward is that atmosphere?

Say no? But he does.

So he thought for a moment and said, "Don't think about marriage for the time being!" ”

General Zhu opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a while.

So, it was not easy to talk about this matter again, so I simply opened the topic and talked about something else.

In this way, after two days of travel, he left the White Country.

After a short while, it was the border of Chu.

Soon, it was also an important pass in the south of Chu State, guarded by General Zhu's army.

This is a barracks, and the soldiers live in tents.

When General Zhu and the others returned to the camp, they were finally relieved and could take a good rest.

In the barracks, Qin Ming also planned to rest for a day before leaving.

However, after a night's rest, early the next morning, when Qin Ming and General Zhu's father and daughter were having breakfast, a soldier came in with a middle-aged man in brocade clothes.

As soon as the middle-aged man came in, he saluted and said, "The little one has seen General Zhu!" ”

"Oh? Aren't you the housekeeper of Liu Bu's political envoy's family! General Zhu spoke.

The middle-aged man nodded: "It's the little one, my family's political envoy learned that the general returned from a great victory, so he specially set up a banquet to celebrate the general's achievements, and hoped that the general would bring his subordinates to the celebration banquet~"

General Zhu smiled: "Lao Liu has a heart, but he just came back from the war, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave!" ”

"General, now that the southern country has been defeated, and the border pass is safe for the time being, please be sure to give face to the general. Besides, all the officials of Nanjiang Province will come to celebrate this time, if the general doesn't go, won't it soothe everyone's face? ”

General Zhu is a rough man, and when he says this, he is embarrassed.

And Qin Ming frowned, a sentence in this made him feel a little interesting.

That is, the housekeeper said that all the officials of Nam Giang Province were going to go.

This is funny, it is a good thing to win the battle, and it is also a good thing for you, as a local feudal official, to invite the soldiers and celebrate them.

But if you celebrate, you will celebrate, and the officials of the entire Nam Giang Province will come to celebrate, isn't this a bit exaggerated?

What's wrong? Don't you have to go to work? All the officials came to eat and drink to celebrate, so in such a big province as Nam Giang Province, wouldn't there be no officials in various places for a day or two?

This made Qin Ming very unhappy, so he opened his mouth and said: "Since the political envoy is kind, then General Zhu, why don't we go and have a look, it's just a meal!" ”

In fact, Qin Ming just wanted to see if the officials in this province liked to leave their posts without permission.

Seeing that Qin Ming had spoken, General Zhu also nodded: "Okay, then, let's go eat him today." ”

So, General Zhu cleaned up, took his daughter and Qin Ming, called more than a dozen generals under him, and set off, riding with the butler to a huge city dozens of miles outside the barracks.

Jiangyin County in Nanjiang Province is a provincial Zhili County, the county seat is very large, the Zhili Mansion is here, and the provincial capital is also here.

(End of chapter)