After the end of the court meeting, the three provinces, six ministries, and various government offices were busy, not only to reward and reward the northwest army for this great victory, but also to properly dispose of the millions of soldiers, so the whole Xianyang can be seen everywhere The officials and soldiers who passed the edict and the orders of the various provinces rode straight to the northwest counties.

In the Zihuan Palace, where Shangshu Province is located, the offices of the six departments are full of people, and the chief officials of the six deployment offices of the Lihu officials, soldiers, and criminal workers are all busy, and the noise, roars, and stamps are heard one after another, and groups of people are coming in and out, and the threshold of the six departments is about to be trampled on.

According to the edict, the reward of the victorious generals and the disposal of the surrendered soldiers had to go through the military department, which required a large number of people to go to the northwestern counties and the guards guarding the Great Wall passes to be carefully handed over.

The reward is good to say, in the war, there are military officials and long history who are responsible for recording military exploits, basically they can't run, and the records are checked and distributed next to each other, but the differentiation of the soldiers needs to be carefully considered, because there are too many and complicated situations involved, it is estimated that one million people are all dispatched, it will take at least half a year, and these people will also be assigned to the designated place to reclaim the land or build bridges and roads, and once the identity of these people changes, the management department has also changed. Therefore, the household department has to arrange a large number of people to receive and dispose of these people, and the other departments are similar, except for the Ministry of Rites and Rites, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Officials have all begun to be busy, these people are assigned to designated positions, and they need to strengthen supervision, which is the business of the Ministry of Justice, and these people also need to eat, drink, and live in Lasa, which needs to be dealt with by the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry, and to properly manage these people, a large number of officials also need to be arranged, so it is also necessary to recruit a large number of middle and low-level officials.

As a result, the three provinces and six departments suddenly found that there were not enough manpower, and they needed to recruit a large number of scribes who were proficient in writing, so the busyness of the court began to spread to the people, and various orders to recruit low-level clerks were transmitted to the various yamen, which also stirred up the entire Xianyang, and many of the hundred disciples who could not see any direction of life in Xianyang were all excited, and they ran to the yamen to deliver their resumes.

The Henan War was won, the Hetao area was divided into Jiuyuan, Shangjun, Beidi three counties, divided into Jingbian, Hengshan, Yulin, Shenmu, Hequ, Guyang and other a total of seven counties, although the management is a vast and sparsely populated grassland area, but Meng Tian has begun to arrange for the soldiers to cut down wood and take stones to start building a city in the designated place, once the city is repaired, the officials perform their duties, a large number of border soldiers and border people migrate and live together with the Huns, this rich grassland will be completely incorporated into the territory of Daqin.

In fact, it was the caravan that went with the army to receive the booty of the Huns earlier than the imperial court.

Because of the three chapters of the law, there were more than 200 merchants who participated in the construction of horse equipment, all of whom organized huge caravans to collect their rewards with orders issued by the imperial court, and when they saw the cattle, sheep, horses, piles of leather goods and prisoners of war, women and children left unattended by Li Xin's army on the grassland, they were all completely crazy, and many of them hugged the necks of their horses and couldn't help but burst into tears.

Without him, it's cheap.

A tall Hun horse is only 3,000 yuan, almost 2,000 yuan, and the foal is even only 200 yuan, as for the cattle and sheep are cheaper, according to the group, regardless of the male and female, the old and the young order the head and sell it directly, not only sell nor sell separately, to buy is a group, because these cattle, sheep and horses are not taken care of at all, scattered everywhere, and there is no way to count and count.

Therefore, the officials in charge of the aftermath simply have no mood or energy to strictly follow the original contract distribution, the huge Henan territory is hundreds of thousands of miles around, scattered cattle, sheep and horses are hundreds of thousands, and so in strict accordance with the edict to get the estimate of a year, and these uncared for livestock will definitely not wait for a year, it is estimated that the summer will be over the wolves, so in the end, the accompanying officials directly arranged for soldiers to protect these caravans to go to the grassland to find themselves, who finds who, and then discounts the value, The excess part is bought with money, and the merchants are not stupid, after finding it, they will buy Xiongnu prisoners of war, arrange manpower supervision to let these slaves graze on the spot, and then this place will become an inexhaustible supply base for cattle, sheep and horses for the family, and the accompanying officials of Daqin are naturally happy to see it, because the addition of merchants has strengthened the supervision of the Xiongnu in disguise, so that they can better communicate and manage, so many caravans stationed down people were soon appointed to the positions of Li Chang Pavilion Chief Li Dian, etc., Then coordinate with the soldiers with military merits to serve as the tour and cooperate with the management of the Xiongnu herdsmen.

In addition to grazing on the spot, the merchants who got a large number of cattle, sheep and horses also selected strong horses, cattle and sheep to arrange people to drive back to the Central Plains, and now it is the early summer season, the grass and trees along the way are abundant, and these large livestock can easily eat and walk, and after spending a month or two to rush back, those who are alive can be sold at a good price, and naturally each one will make a lot of money.

Therefore, these cattle, sheep and horses are piles of walking coins in the eyes of the merchants, with eight thousand and one thousand floating on the horses, three thousand and five thousand floating on the strong ox, even a big sheep is worth three or five hundred dollars, and the golden light exudes while walking, and a large group of people can't open their eyes.

So after getting the cash allocated to their own livestock, many caravans have been eager to drive cattle, sheep and horses to the Central Plains, these more than 100,000 head of livestock, the sooner they drive back, the more they can sell at a good price, so during this period of time, the Great Wall passes of the northwest counties are closed, every day there are caravans with the Huns to drive large herds of livestock through the pass into the interior, and when they arrive at the pass, they will send many cattle and sheep to the garrison of the Qin army, rewarding them for years to protect the Central Plains, but also for the smooth entry and exit in the future. It can be regarded as an emotional investment, so in the recent month, the living standards of the Great Wall guards and soldiers close to the counties of Henan have improved a lot.

In addition, there is no need to worry about the harassment of the Huns, many border people have also begun to set up stalls in some passes to sell some food and special products, pecans, chestnuts, barbecue, noodles, preserved fruits, dried dates, and even some people sell pancakes and fruits, so the caravans in and out, the post guards who pass through, and the officials who come and go will stop to eat and drink when they are hungry. In an instant, because of this unprecedented victory, it was easy to live.

But whether it is the busy court, the excited businessmen, or the happy border people, they have nothing to do with Chen Xu.

Because today is the seventh day of Wang Qingsleeve's death, commonly known as the first seventh, although he knew that there was only an empty coffin buried in the tomb, Chen Xu still had to perform a full set of plays, so he couldn't let people see the flaws, so he pretended to be very depressed and took his family to the cemetery again to burn incense and worship.

In early summer, the banks of the Wei River are already verdant.

The wheat field is green, the wheat seedlings that have begun to tassel and raise flowers are undulating and swaying in the warm wind and the hot sun, the dark green of the Zong Mountain in the distance is like dai, lying on the Weihe Plain like a long dragon winding, the beautiful peaks of the mountains suddenly rise up and stand in the mountains, disappear from time to time in the churning clouds and mist, ethereal like a fairyland.

The sparkling Wei River in Qinglingling reflects the distant mountains and trees, and the water surface ripples with golden ripples in the sun.

The four-bridled carriage slowly moved forward on the bumpy dirt road, with Chen Xu and Shui Qingrou sitting on it, and two carriages behind it, the second one sitting Chen Jiang, Xing'er and Yu Ji, and the last carriage with a few maids from the Qinghe Marquis Mansion.

Dozens of guards wearing leather armor and waist straddle swords followed on both sides, and Yu Wuya's black-clothed black horse followed Chen Xu's carriage, carrying a new steel sword on his back, and a leather case hung on his body, and inside the leather case was Chen Xu's firecracker.

Since the last time he was slashed by Gai Nie's sword, Yu Wuya's injuries have not fully recovered, although he has rested for a full month, his skills have recovered less than half of what he used to be, and he can't fight violently, so Yu Wuya likes Chen Xu's firearm and carries it on his back all day long, so his equipment looks very nondescript.

Chen Xu sat in the carriage, his face was neither sad nor joyful, and he looked at Zhongnan Mountain in the distant world in a daze with a pair of empty eyes, and his body swayed gently with the bumps of the carriage.

Shui gently held Chen Xu's hand, looking at Chen Xu's unrelenting expression, he felt a tingling in his heart.

Since Wang Qingsleeve's death, he has almost always been like this, no joy or sorrow, as if he had lost his soul all of a sudden, and sometimes he stayed for an hour or two without the slightest movement.

"Bang~" The carriage pressed against a stone and shook suddenly, Chen Xu's body also shook suddenly, and then seemed to suddenly come to life, he took a long breath and turned his head to look at the water softly, with a relieved look on his face.

"Husband~" Shui gently hugged Chen Xu's arm in surprise.

"Gentle, I'm sorry to worry you these past few days!" Chen Xu stretched out his hand and gently took the water into his arms, feeling the delicate and fiery body, with an extremely apologetic face.

"Gentle and husband are one, why apologize, gently just hope that husband can be safe and sound every day!" Shui said softly, with red circles in her eyes.

"I originally wanted to tell you about Princess Qingning in advance, but I felt that I couldn't speak, alas~" Chen Xu sighed, and then shook his head, "It's all my fault, but the deceased is gone, and the living still have to work hard to move forward, I hope she can live in another world!" ”

"Husband, do you really think that the dead will go to another world? Are the netherworld mansions and Nai He Bridge and Meng Po Tang you said true? Shui asked softly and curiously.

Chen Xu shook his head: "Who knows?" Maybe there is, maybe not, just like you Xiuzhen asked, pursuing the ethereal immortal path, but in fact, who can know the truth or falsehood? ”

"Xiuzhen asked, just to ask for an inner peace, not to ask for immortality, gentle and never thought of asking for immortality, the master said that everything is vain, the Tao is only in the heart, meditate and cultivate, sit and forget to emptiness, no self and no phase, no sorrow and no joy, beyond the outside of the object and inside the god machine, this is the road to cultivate the mind, only the peace of mind, in order to achieve the realm of the true and the Thai things and I forget, in order to comprehend the avenue to peep into the sky, unfortunately, gentle is too stupid, after eight years of cultivation, there will be nothing, if you can't meet your husband, Maybe you can't stand this mundane disturbance and ask for peace by dying softly! Shui gently leaned into Chen Xu's arms and whispered.

"Don't think like this in the future, if you also die, I won't be too lazy to live, my wife will marry one and die another, and when the time comes, I will have the notoriety of a wife, won't I have to beat a single person in this life?"

"Husband, don't talk nonsense!" Shui sat up softly and glanced at Chen Xu, then sighed faintly and said: "Actually, Princess Qingning is very pitiful, she lives alone in Qingning Palace, and there are only two little maids who are close to her on weekdays, I heard that Princess Qingning used to have a straightforward and jealous personality, and many children of princes and princes in Xianyang City have been beaten by her, how can this kind of character endure the loneliness and neglect day after day, she used to live a lot of freedom in the Tongwu Marquis Mansion, and once became a royal woman, she seems to be respected, but she has to endure everything, plus she is troubled by illness, This double pain is something that not many people can endure, death...... Maybe it's a great relief for her! ”